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"The rain's not showing any sign of stopping," Sanada said,

More thunder…

"MAKE IT STOP!!" Marui wailed.

"The thunder's scary nya!"

"BURNINGGG!! I'LL MAKE THE RAIN STOP, BABYYY!!"

Niou looked at Taka-san's direction, "As if you can…"

Yukimura sighed, "I was hoping that we could all go swimming."

Yagyuu was reading a book. "I think we can take this time to rest."

"BUT I DON'T WANNA REST!! I'M RIGHT HERE LOOKING AT MY SAND CASTLE GETTING RUINED," Akaya yelled.

"For the last time! IT'S NOT YOURS!!" Marui shouted.

Jackal put his hand on Akaya's shoulder, "Akaya, calm down."

Akaya slapped Jackal's hand, "Get your hand off me!!"

"WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!"

"Fushuuu…"

"Akaya slaps like I girl," Niou teased.

"I DO NOT!!"

Fuji sighed, "The rain's getting harder."

"But the chance of it stopping in 10 minutes is 75 percent," Yanagi and Inui stated together.

"That's good news," Tezuka said.

"What should we do while waiting?" Yagyuu asked.

Everyone was quiet. There was no answer.

"Everyone?" Yagyuu asked again.

"There's nothing we could do but wait…" Marui said.

Niou rested his chin on his palm, "I can't think of anything we could do."

"Fushuuu…"

10 minutes later…

"Ah… the rain's stopping," Ryoma said.

Eiji smiled, "I can see the sun nya!"

"Eiji, don't look directly at the sun. You'll get blind," Oishi warned.

"Blind?!"

Oishi looked at his watch, "It's exactly 10 minutes after Yanagi-san and Inui told us that it'll stop."

"That's great!" Yukimura cheered. His oh-so lovely smile was back on his face.

"The rained stopped all right! But the beach is deserted!" exclaimed Momo.

Everyone looked around to notice that the beach really was deserted.

"It was crowded a while ago," Jackal said.

Inui touched the sand, "The sand's perfect for making sand castles since it's now wet. Shall we continue the contest?"

Akaya grinned, "Were going to continue the contest? Really??"

Everyone nodded.

"YAY!!"

Yanagi held up his timer, "We will continue our sand castle building contest. The contest shall last for 30 minutes."

"Whoever has the best sand castle wins. Fushuuu…"

"START!!" Inui signaled.

And once again, everyone got busy. Getting shells and shaping the castles.

"I suggest Tezuka does the shaping," Fuji said with a smile.

Everyone in their team nodded.

Eiji got a bucket, "I'll go and gather shells nya!"

"Make it fast Kikumaru-senpai," Ryoma said.

And Eiji ran off. Gathering all the best-looking shells he could find.

On the other team, Akaya was doing most of the work. And no, he isn't complaining.

"Make sure it's perfect, Akaya," Marui told him.

Niou nodded in agreement, "We should win."

Akaya ignored them and continued on with his work.

Yukimura looked at the sand castle, "Why don't we help you, Akaya?"

No answer…

"If you don't answer we'll just help anyway…" Yukimura said.

Still no answer…

"I'm going to go collect shells." And Yukimura walked off with a bucket in his hand.

Yagyuu helped Akaya with the shaping. Still, Akaya wasn't complaining. So he continued on.

Marui got a shovel (a small one) and started digging around the castle.

"I'll go get some water," Niou volunteered. "We can put it in that hole you're digging, Marui."

"6 minutes left!" Yanagi said.

Momo volunteered to put the shells around the sand castle this time. "It looks great!"

"Ne, Sanada. Can you help me design the castle?" Yukimura asked, with his ever loveable smile.

"Uh… sure," was Sanada's reply.

"A-RI-GA-TOU!"

And they started decorating the castle oh so perfectly with different kinds of shells.

Marui took one shell, "What kind of shell is this?! It looks weird!"

Yukimura took the shell from Marui's hands, "I don't know what it's called, but… I thought it looked pretty," he smiled.

"3 minutes!"

"Let's hurry up nya!"

"You done, Tezuka?" Fuji asked.

"Ah."

"It looks good!" Oishi said.

On the other team, Akaya and Yagyuu had finished shaping. Yukimura and Sanada were done decorating the castle. All they needed to do was put the water in the hole the Marui had dug.

After a few minutes…

"WERE DONE!!" Seigaku cheered.

"ALSO US!!" Rikkaidai said.

"Ok, so everyone, step away from the sand castles," Yanagi said.

"We'll begin the judging. Fushuuu…" Kaidoh said.

"BURNINGGG!! WERE GOING TO WIN THIS!!" Taka-san shouted.

"Wait. What's the prize for this anyway?" Marui asked.

Yukimura spoke, "How about… Whoever loses will treat the winning team for lunch?"

Yagyuu looked at his watch, "But its 5pm."

"Then it'll be dinner!" Yukimura exclaimed.

"Ok. Then it's decided. Whoever loses will treat the winning team for dinner," Inui stated.

"ALL RIGHT!! I'M GETTING HUNGRY!!" Momo shouted.

5 minutes of judging was done. Now it was time to announce the winner.

"We will now announce the winner!" Inui said.

All ears were prepared to hear the winner.

"I hope we win, I hope we win, I hope we win…" Akaya said, sounding hopeful.

"The winner is…" Kaidoh started.

"Please let us win nya!" Eiji hoped.

"The winner is… Rikkaidai!!" Yanagi announced loudly.

"YAHOOOOO!!" Akaya and Marui cheered.

On the other hand, Seigaku was…

"Awwwww…" Eiji frowned.

"That's too bad," Fuji said.

"It's okay. At least we did our best!" Oishi said, with a smile that didn't fade.

"Ah," was the only thing Tezuka said.

Ryoma smiled, " Well said, Oishi-senpai."

Marui looked at the Seigaku regulars, "And now… for the prize! Where shall we eat??"

Everyone from Rikkaidai nodded.

"How 'bout we treat you guys to some western food?" Fuji asked.

"Western food?!" Rikkai asked.

"We just had pancakes for breakfast…" Akaya said. "Isn't that enough?!"

Fuji frowned, "What's wrong with western food?"

Yukimura chuckled, "It seems that my team doesn't like Western food very much."

"Then, why don't we eat at a Chinese restaurant?" Tezuka suggested.

"That would be a good change of menus," Yagyuu said.

Everyone nodded.

"Now, off to a Chinese restaurant!!" Momo shouted.

"Were the one treating them. Why are you so happy about it? Idiot…" Kaidoh said.

"'Cause were going to eat too, of course!!"

"Fushuuu…"

"Hmm… I'd suggest Rix's Oriental Dining. It has other Asian foods; not just Chinese," Oishi said.

"That would be great!" Yukimura exclaimed. "I'll go contact the bus driver to pick us up."

"You guys have a bus driver nya?" Eiji asked.

They all nodded. "It was Mura-buchou's idea," Niou said.

"He said he'll pick us up in 10 minutes…"

"10 MINUTES?! BUT I'M HUNGRY NOW!!" Akaya complained.

"Kirihara-kun, you're acting like a child," Yagyuu said.

9 minutes later…

"Ah, it's here," Yukimura smiled.

Everyone (including Seigaku) boarded the bus.

"Arigatou for giving us a ride," Tezuka said.

Yukimura smiled his "I'm-so-generous-you-know" smile, "It's nothing."

And they headed off for the restaurant.

Marui had ordered a ton of food. So did everyone else.

Oishi looked at his wallet, "Were losing money."

"Marui-senpai, stop eating. You're getting fat," Akaya said.

"I don't care! And for your information, I am not fat!!"

And the eating continued on.

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