A/N: Hoi! Hoi! I just want to say thank you for those who have read and reviewed, and also for those who have beta-read my story. Anyway, italics are for the thoughts. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Tennis no Ohjisama nor any of it's characters… all I own is the OC.

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Chapter 3: Doppelganger

Ryoma slowly backed away. "I… I'm sorry!" he apologized then ran.

"Wait Ryoma!" they chased after the running boy. Ichigo and Tezuka descended the stairs as they tried to catch Ryoma.

He saw them, talking. No one must know about what they've done. If someone finds out about it, then the news will spread all over the school or even Tokyo. Then they might think that they have a relationship. Then they would find out that they're engaged! No! They must silence him… for good!

Ichigo and Tezuka reached the landing, turned and descended another flight of stairs. Ryoma, not knowing where he'll go next, just opened a door to another staircase and ran as fast as he could. Ichigo and Tezuka followed him but they were surprised of what they saw.

"He… he disappeared!" Tezuka was surprised as he saw an empty staircase. There was silence and there was no dark green haired boy in sight.

"You idiot!" Ichigo yelled at him. "This is all your fault!"

"My fault?! Since when did this become my fault?!"

"Well! If you didn't tell me to go to the rooftop, none of this would've happened!"

Tezuka just fell silent. She does have a point. "Well… you shouldn't have come!"

Angrily, Ichigo slowly backed away but was outbalanced at the edge of the first step. She tried to reach for something, or else, she'll fall down on a long staircase.

"Hey! Watch out!" Tezuka quickly grab hold of her in his arms.

Time stopped. Ichigo froze, she never thought that he'd do that; and Tezuka thought the same thing.

Unfortunately, both of them fell down.

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Where am I? I can't breathe… I feel heavy… Ichigo woke up from her unconsciousness. A blurred image quickly caught her eye. 'Brown?'

Her vision became clear again; which was something she really didn't want to happen. Her eyes widened as she saw Tezuka lying on top of her, unconscious.

"Ge-… Get off me!" her voice echoed.

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"Fuji you say?" Momo laughed. As much as he tried to tie it, he can't focus on his shoe lace. "That's a good joke you cracked Ryoma!"

"I told you! It's true! I saw him… wearing a girls' uniform," Ryoma insisted.

Fuji entered the room where Ryoma and Momo were. "What's up, guys?"

"Hey Fuji- sempai! Check this out! Ryoma… he said that he saw you wearing a girls' uniform!" Momo died of laughter.

"It's true! Fuji- sempai, where were you at lunchtime?" Ryoma asked.

"Attending make-up classes," Fuji answered.

"Hah! I told you!" Momo laughed at Ryoma.

"But I saw him, wearing a girls' uniform, and talking to Tezuka- sempai"

"Where did you see them?" Momo hid his laughter under a serious face.

"At the rooftop!"

"Fuji. Momo. Ryoma. Run 20 laps around the field. Now!" Tezuka popped out like a mushroom at the door.

"What?!"

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"If I add the extract of cactus to aozu it will…" Inui was reading the data in his notebook. He quickly noticed a girl passing in front of him. What?!- he looked at the girl closely. Fuji?

The girl was heading to the school gate.

"Wait up Fuji- sempai!" Ryoma shouted. Inui looked at the running field and saw Fuji together with Ryoma and Momo. He returned his gaze to the girl he saw but she disappeared. He looked at his watch. 'It's dismissal…'

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"Ohayou!" Momo greeted his fellow tennis players. He saw Ryoma looking away, deep in thought.

"What's the matter chibi?" Momo tapped Ryoma's shoulder. "Still feeling bummed about what you saw yesterday?"

"Aa!" Ryoma replied.

"Huh?"

Kaidoh looked at the two. "Pssh! Ridiculous!"

"What is it that he saw anyway?" Eiji joined the conversation.

"Oh… just Tezuka and Fuji, talking at the rooftop… what's more is that Fuji was wearing a girls' uniform!"

There was silence for a few seconds. Momo and Eiji laughed in unison. Kaidoh was hiding his laughter; but he cracked and laughed really hard.

"I see that it's true…" Inui appeared from the shadows.

"What's true?" they all looked at Inui.

"The Legend of the Doppelganger"

"Huh?!"

"There was a student here in Seigaku who died in front of a mirror. Since then, her restless soul copies every student but in a form of a girl" Inui read the information from his notebook.

"But if what I saw was a doppelganger… how come Tezuka- sempai can talk to it?" Ryoma asked.

"I don't know… maybe Tezuka can talk to the undead," Inui closed his notebook.

All of them got shivers down their spines, especially Kaidoh.

"Waaah!" Kaidoh ran away.

"Hey Viper!" Momo sighed. "I can't believe he's a chicken when it comes to things like this…"

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Kaidoh was catching his breath. He ran as fast as he can to avoid them. He doesn't believe in ghosts, but ever since he started studying in Seigaku, his view on ghosts changed.

Footsteps suddenly came from a nearby staircase. Kaidoh's heart beat became fast. At times like this, there were no students at that part of the school. Cold sweat trickled down his cheek. The footsteps came nearer and nearer to him. He gulped.

Ichigo came out of the staircase and stopped when she saw Kaidoh.

Kaidoh's eyes widened. His heartbeat became even faster. The doppelganger's there, right in front of him. He could not move. The only thing he did was to shout.

"Aaaah!"

Ichigo, surprised by the look of the man, screamed too. They exchanged shouts until they had the strength to run away from each other.

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Ichigo sighed and leaned at the door of the room she went in. She just ran as fast as she could to avoid that man, or snake…? Now she doesn't know where she was and she doesn't even know how to go back to the place where she saw the snake-looking man. She looked at the empty room she was in. There was a long drawer at the corner of the room beside the window overlooking the tennis courts. She went and opened it.

"Oh wow!" Ichigo looked at herself in the mirror. She was wearing the uniform of Seigaku's tennis club, which she got from the drawer. It fits her really well. She then took out a cap from the drawer and hid her hair as she wore it. Now she really looked like a boy.

"Yo Fuji!" Momo opened the door of the room. Ichigo turned to look at him.

"There you are! We've been looking for you!" Momo grabbed her shoulder. "You have an upcoming match with Oishi… Come on! Let's go!"

"Huh? But I-…" Ichigo was surprised at what Momo just said.

"Come on!"

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She never felt this uncomfortable before. Every eye was on her as she held a racket on her right hand and a tennis ball on her left. She looked at her opponent at the other side of the court, glaring at her.

"This is a one set match between Fuji and Oishi with Fuji to serve" a weird looking man announced. His eyeglasses covered his eyes.

She never played tennis in her whole life. In fact, it's her first time to hold a racket as heavy as lead. She took her position, ready to serve.

"Hey…" Oishi called her attention.

"Uh… what is it?" she tried to make her voice as manly as possible. She never knew why.

"Shouldn't you dribble the ball first?"

"Yeah… I know that" Ichigo tried to keep her pride, not to get herself embarrassed. Tears were coming out of her closed eyes. Her hands trembled as she made her position.

"Stop the game" Tezuka showed up, finally. "She's not Fuji"

"Yeah! Actually… I'm here!" Fuji appeared from a nearby tree.

"Then, if you're here then… who's that?" Oishi pointed at Ichigo.

Ichigo smiled in relief and removed her cap, showing her long brown hair.

All nine of them, except for Tezuka, were surprised. "The… The doppelganger!"

Chapter 3: The end

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