I felt somewhat at peace that night talking to my father. He gave me little to none advice, but I was just glad he was there. I believe for the first time we had a real 'Father-Daughter' moment. I mentally laugh thinking about it.

Beep

Huh? What's that sound?

Beep

I use all my power to open my eyes and look at my alarm clock. "It's 9:45 and I'm suppose to meet Tezu-kun Kunimitsu at 9." I say to myself before the information actually sinks in. My eyes pop out my head. "DAMN IT! IM REALLY LATE!! HOW COME NO ONE WOKE ME UP!!!?" I shout making the house shake. I'm dressed and ready in 5 minutes, record time, with Ryoma right beside me as we go downstairs. I guess he woke up late too. We are so alike it scares me sometimes.

"ITAKIMASU!" we yell then run down the street toward the park. 5 minutes later a black car pulls up next to us. The window rolls down to reveal Dawn and Kamon.

"Kizuka-sama, Ryoma-sama, need a ride?" they ask. Without a second thought Ryoma and I are in the car and on our way to the tournament.

They drop us off at the park entrance we walk, since we're late it was no point in running, to the court Seigaku is playing on. On our way we spot a kid wearing a Seigaku jacket another school. We walk up to the gate.

"Hmm? Getting yourselves into trouble?" I smirk. The freshmen turn around and their faces immediately light up. "Kizuka-senpai, Ryoma-kun." they say. Horio walks over to us nervously.

"Echizen hurry up and trade places with me!" he whispers franticly. I raise an eyebrow but don't interfere. I sigh. "Chibi-chan while you fix this problem I'm going to fix mine." I say and walk off with a wave.

After a few minutes I see the familiar red, white, and blue jackets of Seigaku. 'Sometimes I wish I had one of those things. Maybe I can 'borrow' Kunimitsu's.' I think. I walk over to see that Kunimitsu was watching the match in his usual stance. I stand by him and sigh which makes him look at me out the corner of his eye.

"Gomen, I'm late. I'm not really a morning person and Ryoma is on his way he had a warm-up to do." I explain not looking at him. I didn't really want to see the face he was giving me. "Ah. I knew something like this woud happen, so don't worry about it. Although I can't say the same about Echizen." I sweat drop. 'Typical.'

Ryoma shows up soon after getting bombarded by everyone. I am apparently invisible, but it's ok. "Yeah Morning everyone. I'm happy to know that I'm loved enough to be recognized." I pout. Eiji and Momo immediately hugged me making a Kizuka sandwich. I laugh as they chant 'We're sorry, we love you.' over and over again. "Okay, Okay. You can stop." they do and everyone laughs at us. Kunimitsu clears his throat. "Echizen it's your turn." he says.

Singles 1

"Tezuka show them whose captain here. "Encourages Ryuzaki. I run up to him as he takes off his jacket. "Hey, Kunimitsu don't you want to let me wear your jacket?" I ask cutely. He looks at me and hands me the jacket. I smile brightly. "Yay! Arigatou Kunimitsu!" I exclaim and kiss him on the cheek wishing him good luck. I sneak a glare at the Regulars to see their reaction. 'Just as I thought.'

Regulars

'Did she just kiss him and call him by his first name without a suffix?' they ask themselves. "Hoi, Hoi! Inui your plan worked!" exclaims Eiji. Inui pushes up his glasses. "Of course it did. My data says there was a 98.97 chance of success." "We finally got them together." smiles Fuji. Taka nods in agreement. "I still think if they found out we planted the notes they would kill us." states Ryoma pulling on the bill of his cap. "Don't be so negative." glares Kaidoh. Momo puts his arm around Ryoma's shoulders. "And besides, this might be good for us. Tezuka could ease up on practice." he suggests. They all look back at Kizuka and Tezuka and smile to themselves about their accomplishment.

B2Me

"It's a bit big but otherwise it's comfy." I comment snuggling deeper into the warmth of the jacket. I smile to myself and unknowingly blush a faint shade of pink. 'And it smells good too.' I think watching Kunimitsu mercilessly beat his opponent.

"So Kizu-san what's with you and Tezuka?" inquires Ryuzaki. I side glare at her. She was starting something and I know she is in on the scam with notes. "None of your business." I say looking away from her only to come face to face with an eager looking team. I sweat drop and back away into a muscular chest. I look up to see Kunimitsu. "We're going together." he says putting an arm around my waist. The guy's congratulate us but I was too busy watching a guy watching us. It was the same one who conversed with Ryoma on our way to the courts. 'Jerk.' I mentally insult. I am broken out of my thought by Ryuzaki annoying the line-up for the next match. I still haven't given Kunimitsu his jacket and I wasn't planning to anytime soon. It's just too comfortable along with his arm around my waist.

"Alright for the next match against St. Rudolph we have:

Singles 1: Tezuka

Singles 2: Fuji

Singles 3: Echizen

Doubles 1: Seigaku's Golden Pair: Kikumaru and Oishi

Doubles 2: Momoshiro and Kaidoh

I glance from Momo-chan to Kaidoh. "Is that a good idea?" I ask aloud. Inui hearing this explains that they've been rivals since they've been in the club. I sigh. "Then I guess if they don't kill each other it's okay." I could feel Kunimitsu nod. It was a few minutes before the match started so I dragged Kunimitsu a ways away from the group.

"It's working. They really think we're together." I say smiling. He just nods. Our plan is working perfectly. 'Now at the end of the week we'll tell them that we're not actually going together and break their little hearts, then Tezuka Kunimitsu will make them run a million laps while I make them drink Inui's nasty juice every 5 laps.' I think evilly. Kunimitsu takes my hand pulling me out of my dark ego. "The match is about to start." he says plainly still holding my hand. I blush. 'Why does he make me feel this way?' I think looking up at his tall, muscular, and calm figure. My cheeks turn a more visible shade of red. 'So handsome. WAIT! I'm not suppose to be thinking that, but...for some reason I can't help it.' I mentally slap myself looking downward as we stand with the rest of the group. This is the order starting from the left facing the court:

Ryoma

Eiji

Oishi

Taka

Inui

Fuji

Me

Tezuka

"GO! YOU CAN BEAT THEM MOMO-CHAN, KAIDOH-SAN!" I cheer. The others join in.

Awhile later Kaidoh and Momo begin bickering on the court, I get worried. "Are you sure this'll work out?" I ask skeptical about the situation. They weren't talking to each other and arguing everytime the other team scored a point. At court change they drank their water facing opposite directions of each other. "You guys need to calm down. I think the heat is getting to you. Anyway your opponents' technique and combinations are better. What should you do?" Comments Ryuzaki firing up the Seigaku players. "Use strength..." starts Momo, "...Use determination..." says Kaidoh, "To win!" they shout. I jump back a bit startled by their shout. Unconsciously I had grabbed onto Kunimitsu's arm. Inwardly he smiled to himself.

With renewed strength Seigaku is back in the game. Kaidoh and Momo helping each other out so they could execute their special moves. "Ike Momo-chan, Kaidoh-san!" I begin to cheer again. I could tell they were really getting into it.

After a short break one of the opponents started blabbing about Mizuki's scenarios. 'What a bunch of bull.' I think. It is getting annoying because he says 'Dane' after ever sentence. I could tell the boys were getting mad. "Dane, Dane...You're annoying Dane!" They yell in unison. 'About time someone shut him up!' I smirk.

"Sugoi! Their so in sync." I say, Fuji nods next to me, as we watch them get into position.

"Time!" calls a voice. Our attention is drawn to St. Rudolph's bench coach. I glare. "I don't like that guy..." I mutter darkly, "...disturbing my boys' game."

You probably don't understand my frustration. The jerk wad called 'time' only to clean the freakin court. My blood is boiling to the point where I might explode like a volcano. Kunimitsu, sensing this, grabs my hand and squeezes it. I sigh calming my nerves. "His ass better get off the court soon." I murmur, missing Mizuki's interaction with Kaidoh and Momo. Now he is walking toward us, my bad, Inui.

"How unfortunate Inui-kun." he begins smirking. 'Strike one.' I think. "Bench coach is the only one on the court who can give players advice during a match." he continues. My eye twitches. 'Strike two.' "Bench coach is a player who is registered. You're only able to supervise the players." replies Inui calmly. Mizuki sighs amused. "If you had made it as a regular...you could've given them advice in the court." he chuckle. 'Okay he's past the limit. I hope he chokes and dies on that chuckle.' I think angrily. Mizuki begins to walk away after a few words from Inui, but catches a glimpse from my flashing dark blue eyes. He visibly shudders, fear momentarily showing on his face before going to his seat, as instructed. 'Cocky Bastard.'