Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Prince of Tennis. I do not own anything besides the original characters that are included in the fanfic.

All the Jinchuuriki are around 12-15 years old to stay within the middle school category along with the rest of the PoT cast. I know that the ages are wrong; I'm just making them fit into the storyline. All of the canon characters will most likely be OOC considering I can't stay to a certain personality of a canon character no matter what I do. The Jinchuuriki have total control of their Bijuu but can still talk to them whenever. When they release the chakra of their Bijuu they become stronger of course and their voices are a mixture of their voice and the Bijuu they contain, therefore 'Demon Enhanced Speaking' when they do activate their powers.

"Chat" Normal talking

'Chat' Thinking

'Chat' Telepathy between Jinchuuriki

"Chat" Demon enhanced speaking

Sorry for the long wait. School has been a killer and so is work. I took a page from my friend and decided to try and prewrite the chapters before I post them. I will start posting the remaining chapters for this story once evey week on Saturdays so that I have some time to work on the other fanfictions. Hope you like the chapter!

Tail 8: What Did We Do to Deserve This?

"I can't believe you got me mixed up in this too…" a girl complained as she mopped the cafeteria floor.

"You have to admit that was pretty fun right?" said a red-haired man before popping his favorite gum.

Others were helping clean up the cafeteria and complained out loud, "Why did you have to get us involved as well!"

Marui flinched at the sudden outburst of his teammates. It had been about one week since they first visited Rose's mansion. "Oh come on!" he whined, "That food fight was awesome!"

"For you maybe, but not for us; we don't want to be stuck cleaning when we could be practicing. I can't believe you convinced that lady to make all of us clean this mess up when you were the one who started it…" Rose complained once more. "Hey kids! Don't forget to help me put these crates into the freezer!" the lady yelled.

"Yes ma'am!" they all chorused as they got started with the crates.

"Why don't you take off your tennis bags Rose? Those things must be heavy, and you always carry them around," Kirihara said.

"Nah, it is completely fine. Just helps with my strength," Rose said already grabbing a crate only to have it taken away by someone.

Rose looked to see Yukimura being the one who took the crate she had. She heard him say, "You should carry the small ones. These big crates could break your back, and we don't want that now do we?" he asked with a sweet tone.

Rose immediately nodded and went off to find a smaller crate.

During the last trip into the freezer, the group finally finished. They were about to turn around to get out until they heard the door slam shut. They widened their eyes and rushed to the door to find it locked.

Rose just stared at the door and muttered, "Aw man, the lady accidently locked us in here."

Kirihara was panicking and yelled, "What do we do now! This place is free-Achoo!"

Rose rolled her eyes and said, "That is the reason they called this a freezer is it not?" she snapped back while putting her bags down. She zipped open one of the bags and pulled out seven jackets. "Put these on guys. They have heat packs sewed into them. I hope I got the right sizes for you guys," she said tossing one jacket to each of the regulars besides Kirihara.

Marui put on his jacket before asking, "What about Kirihara? Where's his jacket?"

Rose just stared and then opened up the other bag to take out another jacket. She took off her own jacket and tossed it over to Kirihara before she put on the one she took from her bag.

Kirihara quickly put on the jacket and said, "What's the difference between the two jackets you just wore?"

Rose blinked at Kirihara in confusion before saying, "The one I tossed you has heat packs sewed in. This one's got ice packs sewed in."

The group widened their eyes and yelled, "What!"

Kirihara yelled, "Why did you give me this one then? You should be the one with the heated-"

"Its fine Akaya-kun," Rose interrupted, "I'm used to this." With that the girl went over to one of the bigger boxes and sat on it with her knees drawn close to her chest after grabbing her bags. She pulled out a cell phone and called the school number. She heard the phone ring before the machine picked up. She looked at the time and saw that it was the end of their practice time which meant everyone had gone home. She sighed and called Yugito and Killer Bee's phones.

They picked up thankfully and said, "Hello?"

Rose smiled a bit before replying with a "Hello you two. What are you guys doing right now?"

"Just finished practice and heading home. Why?"

"Because…I need some help at Rikkaidai."

"Why didn't you just use telepathy then?"

"Because my teammates would wonder how the heck you knew to come to Rikkaidai today of all days after practice right at the moment…"

"What happened?" Rose could definitely hear the concern in the two Jinchuuriki's voices.

"Marui started a food fight and got all the regulars to help clean up. That's when someone decides to accidently lock us up in the freezer. Could you find the school principal and get him to unlock the door. I looked at it earlier and saw that it was only able to open with a code. It locks up whenever the thing is closed and the cafeteria lady already went home I believe."

"Okay then! We'll find the principal and be on our way!" Rose heard them yell so loud into the phone that she had to put the phone an arms distance away to avoid being deaf later on. She could just imagine the two doing a salute in the middle of the street with people looking at them strangely. She inwardly chuckled at that image before turning her attention back to the others.

Rose sighed as she put away her phone and said to the others, "Yugito and Killer Bee will find the principal and then come here to help us unlock that dang door guys."

She saw the group nod before she trembled a bit from the cold. The others didn't feel the cold because of the heat packs within the jackets that Rose handed them. Rose was the only one to feel cold thanks to the freezer and the ice packs in her jacket. 'I ought to make one more set of jackets just in case something happens again,' she thought before she trembled more.

No one really saw her trembling because she had put her face down into her arms after drawing her knees even closer to her chest. No one could see her trembling slightly…until she gave an involuntarily shiver that the regulars did see.

They went over to her and lifted her face and saw her eyes half-lidded and felt her shivering.

Their eyes softened before saying, "You should have told us you were cold Rose."

"You…wouldn't have taken…the jackets…if I did," Rose stuttered from the cold.

Marui sympathized and took off part of his jacket while taking off hers. He threw the cold jacket back into her bag and took part of his, actually her, jacket and put it around Rose's shoulders. "You should worry more about yourself than others sometimes Rose. It's okay to be a little selfish," Marui said.

The group widened their eyes and stared at Marui. He just asked, "What?"

"You actually said something serious Marui-senpai…" Kirihara said shocked a bit. He inwardly smiled as he thought, 'You can certainly change people for the better Rose. Thanks for that kiddo…' he thought even though he knew she wouldn't hear.

They all heard a soft sound and looked to see that Rose had fallen asleep with a peaceful smile on her face. "She looks kind of cute when she's asleep isn't she?" Kirihara asked with a small smile on his face.

The group nodded and then went into the middle of the room where it was the warmest in the freezer. They put Rose atop of her bags considering they were bigger than her when put together and used them as a bed for her. Marui took off his jacket and sat next to Rose with part of the jacket draping over Rose's form like a blanket with the other part still around him as well. Kirihara did that as well with his jacket as he sat on her other side.

It was about an hour before they heard the sound of a lock opening on the door. They all looked to see Yugito and Killer Bee flushed and panting with the principal by their side.

The principal saw them all and sighed, "Thank goodness. Thanks you two for telling me about your friend and her teammates. Seems like your friend fell asleep however."

Yugito and Killer Bee looked in and yelled, "Rose! Are you okay?"

Rose suddenly jumped from the sudden outburst before rubbing her eyes and somewhat glared at the three at the door.

The two Jinchuuriki sighed and said, "Don't scare us like that. You're like our little sister; we don't want to worry about you like this."

Rose smirked and said with a sad tone, "So you don't think I'm worth worrying about?" she asked with a sniffle.

The principal as well as the regulars, besides Kirihara, glared at the two who cowered under all the glares. The two started backing up before they heard both Rose and Kirihara laugh out loud clutching their sides.

Rose just laughed and laughed but somehow managed to say, "I can't believe that got you again! I mean really, I should get into acting if the tennis thing doesn't work out!"

Kirihara nodded in response because he still couldn't talk due to him laughing on the ground.

The two Jinchuurikis just sweat dropped at the two laughing while the others had a look of confusion on their faces.

Rose finally calmed down enough to say, "We both love a good prank, and my group of friends are usually on the receiving end of the pranks."

The regulars, minus Kirihara, and the principal nodded in understanding.

The principal smiled a bit and said, "Come on. Let's get you out of this freezer and get you somewhere warm. Are any of your houses nearby?"

Rose was the one to raise her hand saying, "My house is the closest one to the school."

"Alright then. Make sure that you all rest up. Remember no school tomorrow because of the holiday alright," the man said before waving at the group and leaving.

Kirihara just stared at the girl saying, "Are you nuts? Your house is the farthest away from here. How are we going to get there in such a-"

Kirihara was interrupted by a quick chop to the back of his neck by Yugito. The other regulars were shocked before they saw Rose, Killer Bee, and Yugito coming at them and knocked them unconscious with the same method.

Yugito stared at Rose and asked, "How do you suggest we get them back home?"

Rose smiled sweetly at the two and said, "Easy fix. Just make sure you don't tell anyone what it is…not even the other Jinchuuriki got it!" she said with a glare and a harsh tone.

Yugito and Killer Bee could only agree because they saw what Rose was like when she was angry in the ninja world…man was it scary. The entire Jinchuuriki group was scared of her for a week before she convinced them that she was able to control it.

Rose smiled again at them and closed her eyes to look cute. "Good," she said reaching down to her ankles where the tattoos were and poured chakra into them. The two tattoos disappeared off her legs and reappeared in front of the group. The only thing surprising the two Jinchuuriki…it wasn't a weapon…

Author's Note: On my profile is a poll for whichever story you people want me to work on. Included on the poll are six of the stories I'm currenty working on including: Dragon's Master, Half-Breed, and four other new stories whose summaries are on my profile page. Please vote and I'll get started on writing those when summer vacation comes around. I wil start posting them as soon as I finish posting up Beasts Within. The poll will be up for however long until all those stories are good to be posted. Please vote and hope you enjoyed the chapter~