"-This is getting way too off hand, Ryoma's already been interrogated in school. You could almost call it bullying if she wasn't the one scaring the people away"

The voice on the other side of the phone growled.

"Don't worry. I just need to finish these damned papers and i'll be on my way to save her, you can count on me Inui-kun!"

Inui pushed his glasses higher up his nose, a tight and tense look on his face as the door to his lab opened. 'Damn. He's here' passed through the data masters mind

"Excuse me" He spoke to the phone, hanging up almost immediately

"Saa…so it is true. You really were the boy in those pictures"

The data master's face scrunched up

"Fuji" Inui simply acknowledged.

Fuji began playing around with the lab equipments, particularly a very sharp knife.

"So…mind telling me who was that on the phone Inui-san?"

"Just an old friend…" He tried to evade the question unsuccessfully

Fuji's eyes opened, he knew how to pry off a secret from a dead man, he just hoped he didn't have to do it from a dead man.

Now Inui was regretting ever having a knife

"C-calm down, Fuji…all will be revealed soon"

"Not soon enough" The sadist replied. An evil glint going through his face

A few minutes later, the school alarms rang…

Ryoma stopped in mid run, looking up like a curious child as the alarms rang. Her stalkers stopped with her, all panting and tired as they hid expertly throughout the hallway.

"I can't be 'that' late now can I?" She mumbled out loud the silent hallway

It 'was' silent…that is…until the students pilled out of their classrooms.

Ryoma was but a blur of black-green as she was swept back out by the loud and screaming crowd.

"Fire!"

"Gah! Run!"

"Run faster you idiots!"

"Stop pushing!"

"Wah! Wah! I tripped!"

Could be heard amongst the throng of noise that proved to be the student body of Seigaku

As they reached the outdoor field, Ryoma, in her confusion and wide eyed lost child state, was finally saved by Momoshiro

"Eh? Ah…wazzap Momo-sempai?" She asked, still confused as to what was going on

He frowned and pulled her to a deserted shed, motioning for her to be silent. She ignored the motion completely

"Are you kidnapping me again, sempai? Fuji-sempai will be pissed when he hears about th-"

She paused, finally registering his serious face.

"Are you really dating Fuji-sempai?" He asked seriously

The usually drowsy girl was alarmed by his seriousness and began looking around nervously. This would be the 29th time she was questioned today, she truly did plan to get to class…it was just that people kept stopping her to ask that very question.

She steeled her nerves and gave him the same answer she had given the other 28 curious people.

"Fuji-sempai and I are-"

"Ungrateful, brat."

Nanjirou mumbled, laying down to read the day's newspaper before slipping between the pages one of his favorite 'magazines'. He grinned leaning in to get a closer look as a small blush tinted his cheeks.

"Well, look at the size of those…"

He gave a small giggle, absently noticing the telephone ringing in the background.

"Ryoga! Phone!"

The sound of water running upstairs came to an abrupt halt before Ryoga's voice echoed downstairs.

"I'm in the shower, you old perverted man! The phone's right in front of you! Stop reading your porn and answer it yourself."

Nanjirou winced as the bathroom door slammed shut before the water started again.

"What did I do in my past life to deserve such ungrateful brats as children?"

He sighed, not once taking his eyes of the magazine, he reached out the painfully long distance to the table in front of him and answered the phone.

"Moshi Moshi?"

"Nanjirou? We have a problem…"

Ryoga was leisurely rubbing shampoo on his hair and was humming to himself absentmindedly as he enjoyed the warm water against his skin before the bathroom door suddenly slammed open.

Father and son stared at each other, shocked, before Ryoga was the first one to snap out of it.

Fighting the urge to scream like a girl he quickly grabbed a towel and wrapped it around his waist before screaming.

"What the hell, Old Man?!"

"Pfft! What? It's not like I haven't seen your junk before. I am your father after all."

"W-What? I didn't know you swing like that, you perverted old man! Pedophile! GET OUT!"

Ryoga began throwing anything he got his hands on at the intruder. Nanjirou placed his old tennis skills to good use, dodging everything but the wet bar of soap that smacked into his eyes.

"AHHHH! It burns!"

"Serves you right, old man. May you never see your porn ever again!'

"NOOO!"

Feeling around for the bathroom sink, he dunked his head underwater, nearly drowning himself in the process. Spluttering he slowly opened his eyes, it stung but he could see!

"Wait, brat, listen!'

"Get Out!"

"Ryoma's in trouble!'

Ryoga paused in mid-throw, eyes narrowing at the quivering old man.

"You better not be lying."

"It's true! The old lady just called up, she said Rinko has been calling old friends"

His eyes widened at the statement, lowering the toothbrush he was about to throw at him, Ryoga whispered softly to himself.

"I thought she was still in America…"

"Apparently, she's taken a well deserved break all of a sudden."

"So, she could take Ryoma…"

"If Ryoma agrees."

Anger welled-up in Ryoga's chest before flickering out like a candle against the harsh wind. He sighed tiredly.

"I know how you feel. I can't stay angry at her for long either."

"Well… Let's go get Chibisuke before she gets any ideas."

"Don't worry so much. That Fuji kid who came by last time could probably fend for her for a while"

"Psh. Chibisuke would probably scare him off"

Nanjirou watched as Ryoga made a move to exit the bathroom before reminding him.

"But, I think you should wash that gunk off your head and put on some clothes first."

Ryoga paused, face heating up in embarrassment he glared at him threateningly.

"GET OUT! YOU PERVERTED OLD MAN!"

*peaks out shyly* Hey~ Wazzap fellow readers? Like the new cliffhanger? Ehehe…I…yeah…sorry for the late update… ;3 Don't kill meh! . Fourth year high school aint peachy! So much to DO! T_T

KUDOS TO MY CLOSE FRIEND AND POSSIBLE WRITER MATE: MARIANNE DELA PENA! *^* Without her…this update would not be possible!

Sorry my dear friend, me and my beta thought about it for a while and will have to decline the offer of co-author ship. I began this story with my cousin and though she may be off now, I shall end it for her. WITH my awesome beta of course. Sorry.