A/N : Oh…. Thank you for your reviews…(^_^) I'm glad it's not boring and you like it… I'm trying to update earlier but I will have an exam at June, so I think I won't update for a while when June comes because I need to study… but I'll try to update few chapters before that… Well, here the 8th chapter… \(^_^)/

Chapter 8

Love Between Two Captains

-Monday, Fuji's house, 07.30 am-

"Good morning…" Fuji Yuuta ran downstairs and entered the kitchen happily. The two other Fuji looked at him strangely before Yuuki spoke.

"Good morning Yuuta, You look happy today" Yuuki said as he continued to eat.

"Yes, I am" Yuuta said. He sat down and clapped his hands as he looked at the foods on the table. A certain soup and pie was served for the breakfast. They were his favorite foods.

Syuusuke chuckled a little. She leaned down to poked his brother's cheek.

"You will have a date with your girlfriend, ne Yuuta my cute ototou-chan?"

"It's not, Aneki !! Mizuki senpai will teach me a new move, that's all! And don't call me that!" Yuuta glared at her and continued to eat.

"Who is that?" Yuuki asked.

"Mizuki-senpai is my club's manager, Aniki. He's so awesome. He has a tons of data tennis inside his head"

Fuji titled his head, "Data tennis? Like Inui?"

"Yes, but minus the glasses and green notebook. He's so cool" Yuuta said excitedly. Fuji tipped her cheek with her index finger 'I wonder what does he look like?'

-Seishun Gakuen, 08.00 am, Class 3-6-

There was no practice today, so Fuji just walked to her class. She was about to turn right when a voice call her. She looked over and see Inui walking toward her. An opening green book was in his hands.

"Inui-kun"

"Ah Fuji, I just want to ask you if there's a practice for this afternoon?"

"Of course Inui, well at least I hope so. Why do you ask?"

"Nothing, I think I can't go to tennis practice today. So I check if there is any practice." Fuji raised her eyebrows. 'Why does Inui ask me? Isn't Tezuka is his captain?'

'Why don't you ask Tezuka-kun, Inui-kun?"

"Hn, I did try but I couldn't find him anywhere so because you are the captain too I ask you" Inui said as he pushed up his glasses 'what a lame reason!'

"I see.."

"Well, thank you Fuji. Bye"

"Bye" Inui left. Fuji shrugged and continued went to her class. She sat down on her chair and greeted immediately by Kikumaru who rushed to her to borrow her homework. After Kikumaru was busy copying her homework, she turned her head out the window. She let out a deep breath when she remembered what did her brother say lat night.

Flashback

Yuuki was reading his tarrots when he heard the door opened. He put a warm smile when he saw it was his sister. Fuji walked to him and sat in front of him.

"Ne Aniki, can your cards tell me where's my love now?"

Yuuki smiled "Why?"

"I want to meet him. So please!!" she put her best puppy eyes. Yuuki chuckled.

"Fine, fine" He put the cards on the bed and trying to read them.

"Well…"

"Well?" Fuji cut him impatiently.

"It says that you have met the person long ago but you don't know about it" Yuuki said.

"Really?"

'Yes, maybe because he looks different now so you can't know that he's near you"

"Hmm… souka.." Fuji frowned. She looked at her grinning brother. Curious, she decided to ask him.

"Aniki, do you know who is he and how he looks like?"

"Of course… I already know because I've see him before" Yuuki said smiling.

"Eeeehhhhh!!!! Why don't you tell me!!" Fuji shook his shoulders "Aniki… tell me!!"

"No, I want you to know by your self" Yuuki said simply as he collected his card again. Fuji pouted. Yuuki patted her head before got up and place the cards in his closet.

"Now go to sleep, you have school tomorrow Syuu" He said. Fuji sighed and went to her room.

End Flashback

Fuji sighed once more. Her brother didn't help her. She really wanted to know about her childhood friend but her evil Aniki didn't give her any information? He even didn't give her any clue. 'Aniki is so mean' she thought.

-Lunch time, canteen-

Inui and the other regular were discussing the next plan. Kikumaru had forced Zakuro to accompany Fuji to the library because he wanted to make sure that Fuji was far away from them. Half-heartly, Zakuro agreed and dragged Fuji to the library.

"Ahem… so that's it the plan" Inui said after he explained the plan to the other regular. Momoshiro and Echizen looked at each other while Oishi looked worry.

"Inui, isn't it too cruel" Oishi asked. He never thought the next plan was like that. If anyone found out especially Fuji herself, they were in a big trouble.

"Oishi, that will be fine. Fujiko-chan won't know if there is no one tell her"

"I hope so"

"Yes, I'm 100 % sure it will work. Beside is if only we can make her in that condition so if she's no it's fine. I saw the television this morning and it help a lot." Inui said.

"Momoshiro, Echizen, you know what have to do, right?"

Momoshiro nodded, "Usu, Inui senpai"

Inui stared at his notebook.

Plan three : - Steal Fuji's umbrella

Make sure she'll come home with Tezuka

Make her sick in the midway (if possible) so Tezuka will carry her.

-Seishun Gakuen, afternoon practice-

The practice this afternoon was not really good. The weather was bad. The dark clouds covering the sky. It seem a heavy rain would ruin their practice. And that was true. Soon, it rained. Fuji shouted to the members to took the nets and hurried back to clubroom. The same situation could be seen at boy's tennis club. Tezuka was disappointed because the practice was canceled today by Ryuuzaki-sensei and se let everyone went home.

He was walking to the gate when he spotted a girl standing with a frown on her forehead.

"Fuji-san?" He called. The honey brown hair turned around and smiled to him. It seem she could come home because she didn't have an umbrella.

"Ah, Tezuka-kun? You still here?" She asked sweetly. Tezuka just nodded.

"And you?"

"Well, actually I want to go home but someone stole my umbrella I place in my locker so I think I will wait until the rain is over" Fuji said. Tezuka nodded. He opened his umbrella and looked at Fuji.

"Fuji-san…"

"It's okay go ahead. I'll wait here…" Fuji said although it was actually she wanted Tezuka to offered her to share his umbrella. 'Come on force me to go home with you' She whished silently.

"I just want to say be careful at school I'll go ahead" With that he left Fuji alone at the school.

Fuji was left alone at school. She really angry at Tezuka who left her.

"So he was not going to ask me to go home with him? Urgh… boys!!" She buried her face in her palms." But I have to go home soon… Yuuta will come home soon and I have to make dinner because Aniki will come home late…." She looked at the rain and decided to run home.

-Tuesday morning, Fuji's room, 07.00 am-

Fuji was sick because of the rain yesterday. Her brother was forced him on the bed because Fuji might faint at school but Fuji was stubborn. She sneak out her room when his brother went to take a bath. Today, the girl tennis club would have a share training with boy tennis club. She have to looked after the practice today.

-Morning practice, boy's court-

The practice was more interesting than usual because the boys excited because the girls came again. They seemed waned to get attentions from the girls.

Momoshiro was having a match with Fuji. She could return the ball but somehow she felt dizzy and powerless. She tried her best to stay awake but it didn't work. She was about to return the Dunk Smash with her Higuma Otoshi when she felt her head spinning. She fell down on the court hard. The other's ran to help her.

"Fujiko-chan!!!!" Kikumaru ran to her and place his hand on her forehead. He looked in horror to her before said that she had a fever.

"Kikumaru, bring her to the nurse!" Tezuka said emotionlessly. Kikumaru nodded and brought her to the nurse with Oishi's help.

"Continue practice!" The 'yes' answers was heard and everyone continued to their practice. Tezuka was about to turn around when he saw something sparkled on the ground where Fuji lied a moment ago. He frowned and bend down to pick it . His eyes widen in shock when he know what was it.

"What's wrong, Tezuka?" Inui asked. Tezuka placed the thing into his pocket before walked away from Inui "Nothing"

Tezuka saw Oishi walked back without Kikumaru. He frowned and about to asked when Oishi answered him first.

"Eiji said he'll stay with Fuji-san"

"Hn. Oishi please take care the practice."

"Ah hai!"

Tezuka went to the clubroom. He sat down on a bench and took out the thing from his pocket. He looked at it carefully. Yes, it was. It was the necklace he gave to her. He was sure of it. The silver necklace with a blue pendant. But it was whose? Is it Fuji's? She was lying on that ground right? But everyone was around her earlier. What if it someone's from the girl members since they were there? If that true, so she is here then.. in this school.. but what does she look like now?

Tezuka ran his hand to his hair. He was so confused. Well, the necklace was in his hand right now. The owner would look after it right? So what should he do is wait. Waited for the owner to look for it.

Fuji was panicked. She was back from the nurse and found out that her necklace was gone. She almost cried. She felt dizzy again. Her brother would pick her up in few minutes but she still couldn't find her necklace. God, what should she do? It was so important. Then she saw Yuuki walking toward her with such an angry face. Maybe he upset because Fuji ran away from the house when she was sick. Silently, Fuji obeyed and followed her brother.

-Midday, Fuji's room-

Yuuki took the bowl from the table and handed it to Fuji. Fuji was still looked so sad after she found out that she lost her necklace. She cried.

"Stop it and eat this soup!'

Fuji shook her head. Yuuki sighed.

"Syuu, I told you not to go to school today now look you lost your important necklace. It's a karma"

"But Aniki…" Fuji whined.

"Stop it. Now eat or I'll force the soup down your throat!" Yuuki said. Fuji ate her soup silently.

-Friday, Seishun Gakuen-

Fuji recovered from her fever so she would go to school and asked everyone she met at school to make sure that anyone found her necklace. Fuji had asked Zakuro, Kikumaru, Ayame, and the others but none of them know about it. She almost desperate.

"Ne buchou, just let it go. Buy another one" Zakuro said when Fuji and the others ate their lunch in canteen school.

"But that's so important to me It's from my childhood friend and my first love" Fuji said.

"Eehh!!! First love??" Ayame shouted, catching attention from a certain someone who passed by.

"Yes, I met him ten years ago and he gave me that necklace." Fuji explained, "I don't want to disappointed him because I lost the necklace. He'll be angry to me…"

"You really love him ne, Buchou" Kanna asked.

"Yes, very much"

"Care to tell us who is it?"

Fuji shook her head, "I don't know who is he?"

'What??!!" The other asked, or shouted to be exact, loudly.

"It was ten years ago I met him, don't know what he looks like now!" Fuji explained "All I know, he has a brown hair and brown eyes"

"But many boys have such hair and eyes too"

"That's why I so confuse"

-Rooftop-

Tezuka breathing heavily. He was just eavesdropping the conversation between Fuji and her friend and he couldn't believe his eyes. He sat down and took the necklace from his pocket. Fuji's words playing in his mind

"Yes, I met him ten years ago and he gave me that necklace." Fuji explained, "I don't want to disappointed him because I lost the necklace. He'll be angry to me…"

So she was Fuji. His childhood friend was Fuji. But what if she wasn't? After all everyone have a childhood friend, right? What if he mistook it?

"It was ten years ago I met him, don't know what he looks like now!" Fuji explained "As I know, he has a brown hair and brown eyes"

Brown hair and brown eyes. He had them. He had those clues. But is she really her?

Tezuka tried to remember Fuji's eyes. He dig his memory when he watched Fuji-Kikumaru VS Kaidoh-Hajimema's match. Fuji opened her eyes that time. When she showed him her Higuma Otoshi. Blue. Right, Fuji's eyes was blue. Fuji was his childhood friend. He was sure. Fuji's blue eyes, honey brown hair, little figure, eternal smile. He remembered now. Syuu-can was her. That was why he felt more affected to Fuji than the other girls. That was why he let Fuji helped him the other day when he injured although his mind tried to stop him but he couldn't. A small smile made it's way to his face. The only thing he had to do was made sure. Tezuka stood up and decided to find out.

-Saturday, 06.00 am-

Tezuka woke up early since today was holiday and he wanted to jog. He changed his clothes into a sport one and rushes from his house. His parent and grandfather were still sleeping. He breathed the fresh morning air deep into his lungs before jogged along a small street.

It had been an hour since Tezuka jog along the road. Felt tired, he decided to return home. Tezuka's forehead was wet because of the sweat. 'maybe a cold bath will be nice' he thought when he jogged to his home. Just then a splash of water was thrown over his head. He closed his eyes in annoyed. Well, he really needed bath to wash his sweat body but it didn't mean right now, on the street. He opened his eyes again and saw his body and clothes were wet badly because of the water.

"Ah, I'm sorry!" A voice was heard from behind. He narrowed his eyes when he knew who that voice belongs to. He turned his head and looked coldly to the culprit.

"Ah.. Tezuka-kun"

"Fuji-san!"

"I'm sorry, I didn't do it on purpose. I didn't mean to." Fuji bowed her head although she really wanted to laugh. Tezuka sighed.

"Can you be more careful for once. You always annoy me!" Tezuka said.

"What?! I never annoy you! I said I didn't mean to do that! Beside no one is perfect!" Fuji snapped back, raised her voice a little.

"I don't need you to be prefect but I need you to be more careful! No look what you've done to me!" Tezuka said in a high voice almost screamed.

"I know that so I'm sorry. I was just watering my flowers and accidentally watering you too. But I have said sorry right ? Beside what the big deal? All you have to do is just go home and take a bath then ask your mother to wash you wet clothes, That's all! You are the one who very annoying, Tezuka-kun!" Fuji said back.

"What?! You…!!"

"What?" They glared to each other before Yuuta's voice broke the silence from inside of the house.

"Aneki, where are you?"

Fuji glared once more to Tezuka before she went to the house. Tezuka sighed and jogged to his home to have a really cold bath to cold his burning head.

'Stupid girl! Stupid, stupid and annoying girl! Why she always makes me angry? She's not her! It's very obvious! Maybe I should stop guessing that she's her. Well, then I will check to the other girls, right?'

-Fuji's house, breakfast-

Fuji's bad mood because of her fight with Tezuka earlier made Yuuta felt little worried. He of course didn't know what happened with his sister because he had been in the house but he was sure he heard some noises from the garden before he called his sister for laundry. Yuuki who knew what happened because he watched the fight from the balcony on Fuji's room tried to fight down a smile. He decided to ask for Yuuta.

'What's wrong Syuu? You don't look like yourself now?" Yuuta looked to his brother for a while before he looked back to his sister. Fuji looked or rather glared to her brother before said.

"I'm angry." She said simply.

"Angry? Why?" Yuuta asked. He leaned forward.

"I'm angry because a most annoying boy in this world shouted at me when I have apologized to him!"

"Eh?" Yuuta blinked. So that was the reason his siter shouted from outside earlier.

"Who is it?" Yuuki asked, tried to sound curious.

"It's Tezuka!" Fuji said angrily. She really didn't want to talk about him right now. She was angry with him. Why did he act so cold, anyway? Yuuki chuckled. He continued to ate his rice while Yuuta was too scared to ask anything more. He stood up and grabbed his tennis bag.

"I'm going"

"Eh, Where'll you going Yuuta?" Fuji asked little curious. She never knew Yuuta would go to somewhere in holiday. Usually, he was jut at home with her to do his homework with her help.

"I have practice today, Aneki"

"Practice? In holiday? Why?"

"Because my manager said so" He answered.

"Manager? Misaki-kun?" Fuji tried to remember the name.

"It's Mizuki, Aneki!"

"Ah, he has a difficult name to remember and he's evil too! He make you practive in holiday... Well, can I go with you?" Fuji asked while showing her best puppy eyes. The younger Fuji blushed a little before ran to the door. Fuji sighed. Yuuta left her.

"Aniki, can you accompany me today? I don't want to be alone at home?" Yuuki stopped eating his breakfast and looked at his sister. Today, one of his best friend was having a birthday party.

"I'm sorry Syuu, But I can't, I'm sorry"

"Oh… It okay" she gave a fake smile to him.

-Tezuka's house, 10.00 am-

Tezuka was sitting in his bed, reading a novel book. He closed the novel and glanced to a certain necklace on his tabled. He reached out a hand to took it off the table. He stared with a genuine smile at the thing on his smooth palm. He missed her. Very much. Now he had a chance to meet her again. Just the Fuji's face crossed his mind. He widen his eyes and shook his head to erase Fuji's face off his head.

'She's not her! Her attitude is very different from her! She's annoying when Syuu-chan is… so gentle and caring' He lied his back on his bed. A small smile went it's way on his lips.

He closed his eyes to remember the sweet memories between him and her when he went to his uncle's onsen in Chiba ten years ago.

A little boy with dark brown hair and hazel eyes was running around the place with a wet face. He was lost. He separated from his parent. He didn't know where was his uncle's house. He never went to Chiba before so he didn't know the way home.

He sat down onto a green grass and looked at the orange sky above. It began to dark. He wiped the tears that escape from his eyes when he felt a small hand touch his shoulder. He turned around and greeted by a cute, very cute face. A girl's face.

"Hei, what's wrong?" Her voice was so soft and gentle. The little boy looked at her. She was small with a honey brown hair, a sweet smile and pale white skin. The boy felt like he saw a doll.

"What's wrong?" The girl repeat her question.

"I'm lost and I can't go back to my uncle's house" he said. The girl stared at him and opened her eyes. They were blue. The little boy was sure that she really looked like a doll. Then the girl smiled.

"I'll help you"

"Really?"

"Yes, I will. Now give me description of your uncle's house!" She said.

"His name's Tezuka Kousuke. He has an onsen, a big one. His house is painted with a cream color."

"Oh, that onsen then. I just now there is an onsen just an onsen in this city. Let's go there!" The boy nodded.

"My name is Syuu What's yours?"

"Tezuka Kunimitsu"

"Well, let's go Kuni!" Syuu took his hand and lead him the way. True, that was his uncle's house. His parent was panicked because he disappeared suddenly. He ran to Syuu who standing outside the house. He give her a hug and say thank you.

"It's okay Kuni-kun!"

"Syuu-chan, do you want to come in?" He offered his hand. Syuu shook her head.

"I have to go, it's getting dark. My mother must be looking for me. Jya, Kuni-kun" Syuu ran away. Kuni ran after him then he heard his mother called.

"Kunimitsu…!!! Kunimitsu!!! KUNIMITSU!!"

"KUNIMITSU!!" Tezuka jerked from his dreaming when he heard his mother shouted from his door. He got up and opened the door to face his mother who had her hand on her hips.

"Kunimitsu, what are you doing inside?"

"Nothing Okaa-san" He answered.

"Then why do you took so long to open the door?" she asked frowning.

"I was in… bathroom" He said uncertain. He didn't want to tell his mother that he was daydreaming. His mother would laugh because it was unlike him.

"Downstairs! Your friend call" She said before she left.

-Monday, Seishun Gakuen, 08.00 am-

Fuji place her shoes in her locker when she felt two hands covered her eyes. Since yesterday, she had been in bad mood but she was able to cover it well so everyone wouldn't scare with her.

"Guess who?" a deep voice asked. Fuji smiled.

"Eiji!" Kikumaru uncovered her eyes and pouted.

"How do you know?"

"It's so obvious, Eiji" Fuji chuckled. They walked to their classroom together like always. T hey were chatting happily when they bumped onto two people.

"Oishi!!!" Kikumaru jumped to hug his partner. He as about to turn back to Fuji when he saw Fuji's eyes were opening and glaring to his partner company. He looked at his side and jumped a little when he saw Tezuka standing there. His brown eyes were glaring dangerously to Fuji. Kikumaru looked at Oishi to ask what happened. But it seemed Oishi didn't know it either.

"Let's go Eiji" Fuji pulled his best friend's hand and went to class 3-6. Kikumaru who still too confuse didn't say anything.

"Nya~ what's wrong with you Fujiko-chan?" He asked carefully.

"I don't want to meet that boy!" Fuji said darkly. Kikumaru winced.

"Tezuka-Buchou?" He asked.

"Yes, that boy!" Fuji crossed her arms in front of her chest. Her eyes opened again.

"Why??" Kikumaru blinked.

"He's so annoying!"

-Canteen, lunch time-

"Ne, Inui-senpai!" Momoshiro asked with his full mouth.

"What?" Inui looked up from his green notebook.

"What's the next plan?"

"Well, I haven't any idea" Inui admitted. He frowned when he looked back.

"Eh?"

"Well, these people are so unpredictable. Our last plan was unsuccessful. We even couldn't make Tezuka offered Fuji an umbrella. Why should he become that cold?" Inui closed his notebook.

"Yeah, that's true. And now Fujiko and buchou are fighting" Kikumaru said.

"What?" The other regular looked at him surprised.

"Yes, they are. Oishi and me saw it ourselves this morning." His deep blue eyes widen in certain.

"Why Kikumaru?" Inui opened his book once again.

"I don't know! Fujiko didn't say anything to me!!! She just said that she doesn't want to meet Tezuka-buchou" Kikumaru whined.

"Souka…"

-Seishun Gakuen's garden, 01.00 pm-

Tezuka was walking to the library when he suddenly bumped onto someone. He accidentally dropped all the book. He cursed and about to shout but his mouth went dry when he saw a person in front of him. He couldn't believe his eyes. There in front of him there was a beautiful girl with brown hair. The girl looked up and stared at him with her deep blue eyes. Her eyes were so deep blue maybe like Kikumaru's. Tezuka stared at her curiously. The girl picked the books up and handed them. She smiled a sweet one.

"Here" She offered politely. Tezuka took the books into his hands. He still couldn't find a word to say. The girl bowed.

"Ah I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to" She apologized. Tezuka nodded his head. The girl stared at him. Tezuka looked to her once more before finally find his voice.

"Ah it's okay. I never saw you in this school before" The girl nodded and smiled.

"Well, I'm new here. I'm from Chiba. I just came two weeks ago and join the girl's tennis club a week ago when the girl's members had a join practice with boy's members." The girl said.

"I didn't saw you"

"Well, maybe because I ran and join the crowd when Fuji-buchou fainted and you went to clubroom after that"

"You joined to crowd?"

"Yes, I did"

"What's your name?" Tezuka asked. The girl smiled brightly.

"Oh I'm forgot, my name is Tokugawa Syuuki. Nice to meet you Tezuka-kun right?" She smiled brightly and held out a hand to him. Tezuka reached out a hand to shake it. His mind was mixed with the information the girl told him.

'Brown hair…deep blue eyes..Chiba…girl's tennis club…joined the crowd…gentle attitude…sweetl smile…Tokugawa Syuuki…Syuuki…Syuu…'

Tezuka let out a smile. There she was… His childhood friend was here… In front of him… She was Syuu…!!!

-Behind the tree-

A tall boy with a glasses and notebook in his palm smirked evilly. He watched Tezuka's reaction to the new girl in Momoshiro's class. Tokugawa Syuuki from Chiba, 14 years old, brown hair, deep blue eyes, beautiful, gentle, caring, and charming.

Inui saw a small smile on Tezuka's lips. Smirked more widely he pushed his glasses. Maybe he should change his plan to playing a matchmaker for Tezuka and Fuji because now he found a girl that really captured Tezuka attention 100 %. Closing his notebook, he walked away to meet his teamates to tell them a new plan to get Tezuka and Tokugawa together instead of Tezuka and Fuji.

TBC…

A/N: Hoiiii…. The 8th chapter… I'm so glad… I am very tired because I have things to do... I hope you like it… REVIEW PLEASE!! (^_^)