Author's Notes (1): Still takes place before Hyotei arch, but we're getting closer.
Author's Notes (2): No real hard Japanese words used.
Author's Note (3): Some of the information I got off the Boy's Cloud website and a scanlation I found of PoT 10.5. I took the liberty of interpreting some parts of it.
Title: Bazaar Situations
As Inui silently took notes as he leaned on the wall of the nurse's office of St. Rudolph with Kawamura beside him, Kikumaru and Kaidoh sat quietly as the rest of the team was being treated or helping those in need of treatment. After the vice principals came running with Osakada, everyone who was involved with the melee and those that saw the whole melee start were hauled off into the inner offices of St. Rudolph to be nursed and interrogated by the adults. Only a select few were allowed to escape the interrogation, namely himself, Momoshiro and Echizen. All others were taken into the custody of the administration.
Since they were uninjured and had no experience in healing people, Tezuka had ordered Momoshiro and Echizen to help Nomura and Kisarazu clean up the mess of the tennis station while he was supposed to keep an eye on Kaidoh and Kikumaru with the help of Kawamura. Inui sighed as he eyed his teammates; so far they were doing nothing except worry about the consequences of their actions. (It was a 95.6 percent probability that they would.) He turned back to his data book to finish up his report.
Situation: Fistfight at St. Rudolph tennis station at their Mini-Bazaar
Cause: unknown
Participants Involved:
St. Rudolph: Three unknown boys from lacrosse team will add notes later; Yanagisawa, S.; Kaneda, I.; Fuji, Y.
Seigaku: Ryuzaki, S.; Kaidoh, K.; Fuji, S.; Tezuka K.; Oishi, S.; Kikumaru, E.; Kawamura, T.; Inui, S. (Late participant); Momoshiro, T. (late participant); Echizen, R. (late participant)
NOTES
A) Observations: Fighting ability and Injuries
Ryuzaki, S.: No fighting ability is apparent. Injuries: Head injury, unknown if caused by being struck in fight or by some other means.
Yanagisawa, S.: No fighting ability whatsoever. Knocked out when arrived. Injuries: bruise on chin.
Kaneda, I.: No fighting ability whatsoever. Knocked out when arrived. Injuries: bruise on cheek and chin.
Oishi, S.: Unknown if he has any fighting ability. However, he does have quick reflexes and exceptional ability to judge on when to attack opponent. (stopped Kaidoh in mid-swing) Injuries: None.
Kikumaru, E.: Unknown if he has any fighting ability. However, his quick reflexes give him an advantage in avoiding punches. (also stopped Kaidoh in mid-swing) Injuries: None.
Kaidoh, K.: Very strong one-two punch. No formal training in fighting. Was about to demolish his opponent before Oishi and Kikumaru stopped him. Injuries: Blackened cheek, minor bruises on arms and slight skin damage on knuckles.
Fuji, S.: No formal training in fighting, however, it is apparent that there was some experience in fighting before. Fighting ability seems to come from an innate ability. Injuries: Blacken right eye, split lip and some skin damage to knuckles.
Fuji, Y.: No formal training in fighting, however, like his older brother, it is apparent that he had some experience in fighting. Has a strong right, however his guard is non-existent. Injuries: Blackened left eye, split lip and minor damage to arms, hands and swelling on chin.
Kawamura, T.: Formal training in karate. Has the ability to defend and attack at the same time. Gave his attacking opponent an excellent roundhouse kick on the jaw as he threw Fuji to safety. Injuries: None.
Tezuka, K.: Formal martial arts training clearly apparent (Karate? Judo? Tae-Kwon-do?). Took down his opponent in less than 20 seconds and was done with 2 quick hits on the jaw and solar plexus. Injuries: None.
B) Observations: Aftermath of the situation and assessments of participants
-Yanagisawa mumbles incoherent phrases with his catch phrase while unconscious (i.e. "Who ate all the bananas, da-ne?" "You can't take my mango ice, da-ne.")
-Fuji, S.'s first instinct is to go after those attacking his brother and to attend to his brother after the altercation is over then to check on Ryuzaki, S.
-Fuji, Y.'s first instinct is to respond to his brother then to tend to Ryuzaki, S.
-Tezuka's first instinct is to check on Ryuzaki, S. as soon as his altercation was over
-Momoshiro and Echizen have no experience in handling highly emotional girls
C) Additional notes and observations
-Members of St. Rudolph tennis team and lacrosse team were wearing wigs and kimonos (attempt at a cosplay café?) Tennis team had wigs that were braided into pigtails, unknown if this was deliberate or not. 90 percent chance it was due to name of café (Sakuno's Special Tennis Café)
-There are some hints to the involvement of the school's drama club. Also, they are called as the main witnesses of what happened to start the situation.
-Tezuka called Ryuzaki 'Sa-chan' which indicates a close but unknown relationship with her. (This bears further investigation)
-Ryuzaki called Tezuka 'Miso-nii'. (As of yet, it is unknown as to why she calls him that.) And it was observed that Ryuzaki preferred to cry on Tezuka instead of Fuji, Y. Support: She immediately went to him as soon as she recognized him Added note: Fuji, Y. appeared shocked that Ryuzaki would abandon him to cry on Tezuka (96.7 percent probability that had never happened to him since meeting her)
-Ryuzaki can cry for at least 20 minutes non-stop and is quite adept in clinging to a person Support: She has not left the side of either Fuji brothers or Tezuka
-Echizen is disturbed at Ryuzaki's behavior towards all three. 60.8 percent chance that he is disturbed by her emotional state; 20.7 percent chance that he is disturbed by her closeness towards all three men, 15.38 percent chance that he wishes to be the one that Ryuzaki clings to
-Osakada has a pair of very strong lungs; there is a personal supposition that her screaming could be heard at least 15 meters away without any help.
-There were only two bentos left (a mabo dofu bento and a tempura bento) at the end of the situation and the bidding on the auction dishes was quite high. (The Korean grilled beef calling the highest bid and the manicotti calling the lowest bid)
"Is there any news, Inui-sempai?"
Inui closed his book as he looked at Momoshiro and Echizen. "Nothing yet- Oishi and Fuji are almost done and Ryuzaki is still being examined by the nurse and Principal Mitsuko went in just now. Osakada, Tezuka and Fuji's brother are still with her." Inui silently noted that Echizen pursed he lips slightly at the news. "Vice-principal Aizen is still interviewing members of the drama club and Vice-principal Yamada is interviewing the members of the lacrosse team and the tennis team. Did you clean everything up?"
Momoshiro nodded. "What there was of it, sempai, we saved what we could and threw out what we couldn't." He stretched his shoulders. "And that silent auction- it went really well. For each dish that Ryuzaki made, it earned at least thirty dollars. I was tempted to bid on a kabob dish myself, they smelled so good."
"Mada mada dane," Echizen said as he shook his head at Momo-sempai. "Ittai!"
"Just who are you saying that to?" Momo scolded. "This is what you're reduced to because you said that. The god of dates is still angry with you."
"It's not like I said that to her on purpose," Echizen said as he glared back at Momo-sempai. "And who is the god of dates anyway?"
"So what do you think is going to happen now?" Kawamura interrupted before they could get any louder. He looked at Inui. "We didn't cause the fight, but we were involved in it."
"There's a 45.8 percent chance that we will be reprimanded by Principal Mitsuko and that St. Rudolph will call Principal Hiroyuki and Ryuzaki-sensei," Inui said as he thought about it. "And there's a 30.8 percent chance that we will be punished for participating in the fight instead of stopping it."
Kikumaru frowned. "Nyah! What happened to the other twenty or something chance?"
"I need more data to know what will happen," Inui said as he looked at Kikumaru. "The deciding factor is what started the fight and what happened to Ryuzaki to make her cry like that."
As Kaidoh hissed angrily, Kawamura shook his head curtly. "They shouldn't have made her cry like that- whoever did it. Fujiko, Yuuta-kun and Tezuka are still very angry about that." His gentle brown eyes hardened. "I've never seen Tezuka use his judo outside of a competition."
His cat-like eyes sharpening, Echizen looked at Kawamura curiously. "How do you know that Buchou used judo?"
"I've seen him fight before," Kawamura said simply.
"You're kidding!" Kikumaru exclaimed as he stared at Taka-san. "Tezuka has been in brawls with other guys before?"
At the same time Echizen's eyes widened as Momo's jaw dropped. "Taka-san! Buchou has been in fights before?"
"Ii data," Inui said as he started scribbling into his data book. "I never knew that Tezuka has some delinquent tendencies."
At his teammate's astonished faces, he blinked as he realized that they were getting the wrong idea. "Delinquent tendencies? What are you guys talking about? How can you call fighting in martial arts competitions delinquent?" As they stared at him, Kawamura blinked. "Ano, you guys didn't know that his grandfather is a judo master, did you?"
When everyone shook their heads, Kawamura shrugged as he explained. "Ano, Tezuka's grandfather has a dojo and he mainly teaches judo to the police. When we were younger, Tezuka was involved in the competitions, but these days, if he's ever there, it's as a reserve competitor or he's helping out his grandfather."
"That explains those moves he did before!" Momo exclaimed as he looked at Taka-san. "That just as cool as the kick you did when you were holding Fuji-sempai!"
"Ano, that was nothing," Kawamura said as he scratched his head in embarrassment. "Nothing compared to Tezuka when he was fighting."
"Really interesting data," Inui said as he noted that down. He adjusted his glasses. "By any chance, would you have any idea why Ryuzaki calls Tezuka 'Miso-nii', Taka-san?"
Momoshiro let out a bark of laughter. "She calls Buchou what?"
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As the nurse examined her head, silent tears ran down Sakuno's face. She squeezed Yuuta-oniisan's hand as the nurse gingerly probed the sore spot on her head.
"Does it hurt here?" the nurse asked gently as she lightly touched the inflamed area.
"Hai," Sakuno whispered. She squeezed Yuuta-oniisan's hand harder. "Ah!"
"Stop that, you're hurting her!" Yuuta snapped at nurse. "She was hurt enough by that idiot."
"I'm sorry Fuji-kun, but I have to determine how big her bump is," the nurse said apologetically. "But it won't be much longer. Okay?"
"Ha-hai," Sakuno sniffed as tears started coming out from her eyes again. "But the bump isn't hurting that much, it's just the pounding in my head."
The nurse wrote something down. "Well, let's see if we can get you some medicine for that." She smiled at the little girl flanked by her friends. "Then you can go, okay?"
Osakada knelt in front her friend and smiled cheerfully. "Hear that Sakuno? The torture is almost done, okay?"
"Hai," Sakuno sniffed as her body started to hitch. She started to wipe the tears that were quickly starting to roll down her cheeks. Her head really felt that it was about to explode.
Frowning at the nurse as she went to get some medicine, Tezuka motioned for Osakada to step away. "Sakuno- Sakuno, stop crying and look at me." Tezuka gently touched the side of her cheek. When she didn't respond, he made his voice firmer as he reached for under her chin. "Sa-chan, look at me."
Tezuka took out a handkerchief out from his pocket and started to wipe her face. "Shh… stop crying, it's almost over, Sa-chan. Blow."
Obediently, Sakuno blew her nose into the handkerchief. Tezuka gave her a small smile as he wiped her nose. "That's a good girl."
"Thank you," Sakuno whispered as she sniffed again. She leaned against Yuuta-oniisan's arm as she gave Miso-nii a small smile then promptly lost it a second later.
Quietly sighing, Tezuka brought out a long thin red tubular balloon. "Look what I found in my pocket." Sakuno looked at him as she tried to give him a small smile again. "What do you want me to make? Do you want a scepter? A giraffe? A bird? A dog?"
"A dog please," Sakuno sniffed as she rubbed her nose.
Osakada's jaw practically dropped as the stoic captain of the Seigaku tennis team blew the balloon up and then started to expertly twist and tie the balloon. In seconds, he was done. "Here's your dog, Sa-chan."
"Thank you, Miso-nii." Sakuno said softly as she took the dog and hugged it to her.
"Balloon animals." Yuuta looked at Tezuka in amazement. He shook his head. "You know how to make balloon animals?"
"Yes," Tezuka said shortly as he looked at Yuuta. "Is there a problem with that?"
Blinking, Yuuta shook his head slowly. "No, it's just that- well, you're Tezuka."
Tezuka lifted an eyebrow. He was about to say something when the nurse entered with an elderly man. "Nurse?"
"I'm sorry, but this is our school principal, Principal Mitsuko," the nurse said as she sat down. "He wants to talk to Sakuno-chan and Fuji-kun here about what happened." She looked at the two. "If that's all right."
Sakuno looked at the man then at Miso-nii, Yuuta-oniisan and Tomo-chan then back again. "Can they stay?"
"Of course they can as long as they don't interrupt," Principal Mitsuko said as he smiled gently. "I have most of the story and I just want to know your side of it. All right?"
Sakuno quickly nodded then winced as her head protested the movement. The principal smiled. "Now, can you tell me what happened?"
Sakuno started to tear up. "I'm so sorry but I don't know what happened." Yuuta started to pat Sakuno-chan's back as her voice started to hitch. "I don't know what happened! I was only cleaning the tables when he grabbed me and pulled my hair hard."
"Who grabbed you?" the principal asked. "Do you know who it was?"
Sakuno shook her head. "I didn't know him- but he was wearing a light blue kimono and had a silver wig."
"Do you remember anything else?" Principal Mitsuko asked as he looked at her. "Anything that happened after having your hair pulled?"
Sakuno shook her head. "I only remember yanked down and I was on the ground. Then I was being grabbed from behind. It was Momo-sempai who grabbed me."
"I see," mused Principal Mitsuko. He looked at Yuuta. "Do you know what happened? And I want total honesty, Fuji-kun."
Yuuta shrugged as he shifted uncomfortably. "I honestly don't know what happened, Principal Mitsuko. I was putting away something, my back was towards everything, and then I heard was Sakuno-chan screaming. When I turned, I saw some guy with a silver wig pulling at her hair. I was about to tackle him when his friend with black hair got in my way. We got into it and threw some punches at each other while I was trying to get to Sakuno-chan." Yuuta felt his anger rise again. "Then the next thing I knew, Kawamura-san was shaking me."
"Why didn't you call for a teacher or an adult, Fuji-kun?" Principal Mitsuko frowned.
Yuuta flushed. "Because Sakuno was already on the ground screaming- I only thought to stop the guy from hurting her."
"And he was right to do that!" Tomoko interrupted. "Who knows what that guy could have done to Sakuno if he left her to get an adult! He could have made her bald for all he knew!"
"Tomo-Tomo-chan!" Sakuno gasped as she looked at her friend's irate face.
"Or even worse!" Tomoko declared as she glared at the principal. "Last time she was in a fight that wasn't even her fault, she managed to only get away with a black eye and a sprained ankle and that was because Yuuta-san was there to stop that bully! He was a real hero that day because that guy was really about to beat her up!"
"Uh, Osakada," Yuuta tried to interrupt.
"Before she met him, she was always hurt a lot more!" Tomoko continued. "And if he had left her today, I bet she would have been hurt a lot worse even though Kaidoh-sempai was on the way to help!"
Tezuka lifted an eyebrow at the angry girl as she scolded the principal of St. Rudolph Junior High School. "Osakada-"
Tomoko pointed at an oval black and blue spot just under Sakuno's collar bone. "In fact, before Yuuta-san could save her, that guy left that bruise there and I bet you she has more on her back because he was gripping her so hard."
"Oh dear, you poor thing," Principal Mitsuko said as he looked at the little girl's bruise. "That must have hurt terribly."
"If you're so intent on the fact that Yuuta-san should have looked for a teacher, then where were all the teachers when it first started, if I may ask you that?" Tomoko asked heatedly. "They weren't around! In fact-"
"Osakada, that's enough!" Tezuka said in a loud voice. Tomoko made a squeak before she clapped her hands on her mouth. He shook his head then looked at the principal and bowed slightly. "I apologize for my kohai's rudeness."
"But not her message, eh?" Principal Mitsuko said as he lifted an eyebrow at the authoritative boy. "Well, anyway, she has a point and I believe that I have heard enough to know what happened. Thank you for your time."
As the principal was about to leave, Sakuno called out in a timid voice. "Ano- Yuuta-oniisan won't get in trouble for fighting, will he?"
Principal Mitsuko smiled gently. "I don't think so, but then I have to ask my vice principals on what they found. We'll let everyone know what the decision is shortly."
As soon as he left, the nurse came over with a small packet and a glass of water. "Here, this should help your headache."
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When the four emerged from the nurse's office, they were immediately surrounded by their school mates.
"Tezuka! What happened?" Oishi asked worriedly. He glanced at Ryuzaki who was had her arms around Fuji Yuuta's waist. "Is she all right?"
"Is she feeling better, nyah?" Kikumaru asked as he came over with Oishi. He looked at Ryuzaki and saw the balloon figure in her hands. "Nyah! Oishi! The nurse made her a balloon dog! I want one, too, nyah!"
"The nurse doesn't have any balloons," Tezuka said shortly. "Did the principal let you know what's going to happen?"
"Yuuta, are you okay?" Fuji demanded as he looked over his brother and Sakuno. "Are you all right, Sakuno-chan?"
"I'm good, Aniki," Yuuta said as he scratched his head with his left hand while the other was around Sakuno's shoulder. She refused to let go of his kimono. The poor kid was still feeling lousy. "She's got some medicine and the nurse gave her a compress for her head, but she won't use it. Other than that, she's fine."
"Ah, Osakada, how's Ryuzaki-chan doing?" Momo asked as he came forward with Echizen dragged right behind him.
"She's not feeling too well, Momo-sempai," Tomoko said as she looked at him. Then Tomoko's eyes brightened as she looked at Ryoma-sama. He was just the thing that might make her smile. "Ryoma-sama! You're here! This is great! Sakuno, look, Ryoma-sama's here." She frowned as Sakuno buried her face into Yuuta's side even more. "Sakuno? What's wrong? Don't you want to see Ryoma-sama?" She started to pull at her friend's sleeve. "Sakuno?"
There was a muffled reply that no one could understand then Sakuno suddenly moved from Yuuta's side and into Tezuka's. Eyebrows were raised when Tezuka didn't make a move to push the girl away but jaws literally dropped to the ground when Tezuka knelt and Sakuno climbed on his back, her face hidden from view. Tomoko blinked, unsure of what was going on. "Sakuno? What-why?"
"Leave her be, Osakada," Tezuka said simply as he adjusted Sakuno on his back and ignored his tennis club. He looked at Oishi and continued to talk quietly to him as if nothing was amiss.
Confused, Osakada looked at Yuuta who shrugged, trying not to feel a little jealous at the way that Sakuno-chan went to Tezuka. After what happened before, in the nurse's office, he really wasn't surprised that she went on Tezuka's back, but that didn't mean that he had to like it. After all, wasn't he Sakuno-chan's oniisan? He glanced at Sakuno as she had her eyes closed, her eyebrows knitted together. He could see the tears starting to form around her eyes; the medicine had not yet kicked in to alleviate her pain.
Swallowing his petty little jealousies, Yuuta patted Tomoko-san's shoulder. "I think she's feeling a bit out of it right now and she needs quiet." He looked at his brother. "We'd better call her grandmothers and tell her to pick her up sooner, Aniki. She really isn't feeling that well."
Fuji nodded as Yuuta gently touched Sakuno's shoulder. "I'm going to call Date-sensei, now. And I'll let Sumire-chan know what happened. Okay, Sakuno-chan? Just rest." With one last pat, Yuuta left with his brother to make the call.
"Oh, Sakuno," Tomoko said as she came over to her friend, tears forming in her eyes. "It hurts that much?"
"Neh, don't you start crying now," Kawamura smiled comfortingly as he patted her shoulder. "Sakuno-chan'll be just fine, Osakada."
"Oh, you poor thing!" Momo cried out loud, his heart touched. "That was bad of them, wasn't it? Very bad!"
Kaidoh hissed and glared at his rival. "Baka! What don't you understand about being quiet?"
"Are you saying that I don't know about being quiet?" Momo demanded, incensed.
"Not now," Oishi scolded as he tried to get in between the two. "This really isn't the time."
Just as Momo and Kaidoh grabbed each other's shirts, suddenly there was an ominous, choking feeling in the air. The two sophomores turned to see a very dark aura emanating from their buchou. In a low voice with his glasses flashing, he intoned, "You will not fight here. Thirty laps on Monday morning."
"Ah, hai, buchou," the two combatants said as they hung their heads.
"Ah, poor Ryuzaki-chan," Kikumaru cried out softly. He patted her shoulder. "Do you want me to sing you to sleep, nyah? Do you want me to tell you a story, nyah? Do you want me to hold your balloon for you, nyah? Do you want some chicken soup, nyah? I know that helps me when I'm not feeling good, nyah. I can get-"
Getting the feeling that there was a slow burn growing in Tezuka, Oishi tried to distract his doubles partner. "Neh, Eiji-"
"Uh, I don't think she's up to anything like that," Kawamura interrupted as he tried to direct his friend's attention. "She just needs some rest."
"Yeah, just leave her alone, Kikumaru-sempai," Echizen said shortly as he looked at Ryuzaki burrowing into buchou's shoulders. For some reason the fact that she didn't even look at him or even say anything when Osakada brought him over made him seriously annoyed. And why was buchou acting like that? Like she was someone precious to him? It was just Ryuzaki, she couldn't be important to him, not like she was to him. Wait a minute. Don't even go there, you baka. He scowled at the thought. "If Ryuzaki wants to stay on buchou's back and cry-mfph!"
When Echizen looked up to see who was covering his mouth, his golden eyes widened. Inui shook his head. "There was an eighty-one percent chance that you were about to say something that would make her cry." He smiled congenially at Tezuka. "Please excuse us. Oishi, Kikumaru, Momo, come with me. Kaidoh, Taka-san, please keep Osakada company."
As Inui-sempai dragged him away, Echizen glared at Inui-sempai as best as he could- he even tried to make protesting sounds through the older boy's hand. Inui looked at the senior members of the Seigaku tennis team grimly then at the young freshman. He dropped his hands. "Echizen, I'm sorry but you will not say a thing to Ryuzaki at this time."
"Ah? Why not Inui-sempai?" Momo asked, voicing everyone's confusion.
Inui adjusted his glasses. "Because if he does; there is an 89.9 percent probability that he will make Ryuzaki cry again. If he does, there is a one hundred percent chance that Tezuka would forget about him as Seigaku's next pillar as he draws and quarters Echizen in to over a billion pieces that only the combined forces of kami, Buddha and God with an electron microscope would be able to find him. And I'm not even factoring what Fuji would do with what would be left of his body."
"Momo! Eiji! Go do something with Echizen," Oishi ordered immediately. "Now!"
"Hai, Oishi-sempai!" Momo grabbed Echizen by the collar. "Come on, Echizen! Let's help clean up some more!"
"Hey! Let go!" Ryoma shouted as he struggled to get away. "Momo-sempai!"
"Nyah! We have to save you from yourself, Ochibi!" Kikumaru shouted as he merely caught the freshman prodigy's legs and in complete understanding with Momo, who grabbed Echizen's arms, started to carry him away.
"Ittai!" Ryoma hissed as he was carried away.
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The room remained silent as the two adults and three groups of teens all faced each other. No one coughed. No one smiled. No one fidgeted. It was a test to see who would break down and blink first. Or rather, in this case, who would speak first. It was a time old classic trick that adults used against teens.
Sweat trickled down Akazawa's back as he watched Mizuki out of the corner of his left eye, just to make sure that he wouldn't start anything with Kido; and Tezuka out of the corner of his right eye, just so that he could get the hell out of the away of the obviously enraged Seigaku captain.
Oishi started to sweat as he at beside Tezuka and a couple of other boys. He really wanted to say something, anything to break the silence. But to do so would violate the unwritten code of all men, don't blink in a face off. He sighed mentally. All this pressure was not good for his system, especially when Tezuka was seriously pissed off, like he was now. He glanced at his friend warily. There weren't many things in life that could really tick the guy off, but it was a sure guarantee that if you hurt a little girl named Sakuno Ryuzaki, you had better be prepared to get the hell out of Asia and run for your life.
Mugen really wanted a soda. He wanted a nice big soda with ice. It was so damn hot inside the principal's office, he was starting to sweat. He hated it in here; he really hated it in here. And not just because it was his team that was in the wrong for starting the damn fight, he really hated it because it was really hot in here. He glanced at the other people in the room, ignoring fish-eye Aizen and big nose Yamada. Mizuki was sitting, looking perfectly calm even though he had a slight maniacal look in his eye whenever he glanced at Kido. Akazawa looked as if he was going to either deck Mizuki or Kido the moment either one spoke. But the other two guys were the ones that worried him. The one with the weird hair that made him look like an egghead, he looked as if had indigestion and every so often he would be looking at the stone-faced guy next to him. He studied stone-face, his cousin called him 'Tezuka' if he remembered correctly and supposedly he was the hottest thing in the tennis world. And maybe he was, but there was nothing extra-ordinary about the guy as far as he could see. The guy had an athlete's build and the personality of a rock. So what was so special about him? Nothing that he could see, he probably could throw a decent ball. And he was still thirsty. He seriously needed a large soda with ice.
Suddenly the side door opened and in stepped Principal Mitsuko entered with three boys behind him. Everyone stood then remained standing while the principal sat down. He studied everyone with a serious face then quirked a grin at them. "My, you boys have certainly been drinking you milk. You may sit down now." As soon as they sat, he started by pointing at the lacrosse team. "Your boys were the instigators. That means for the next three weeks your team will be cleaning the school, all the athletic fields and team equipment." He pointed at the tennis team. "Your boys were defending that little girl before it turned out to be a melee. So your team has to clean out the school grounds for the next three weeks including the three koi ponds and the chapel." He looked at the Seigaku tennis team captain and vice-captain. "You and your boys were trying to even the odds and get that little girl out of harm's way. I'll call your principal and coach on Monday morning and discuss what will be done. And as for that little bet the two of you have going on, Kido-kun and Mizuki-kun…"
Principal Mitsuko looked at the two teams from St. Rudolph and frowned. "You know that gambling is not allowed. So both girls, Ryuzaki and Tendo, will receive 75 percent of your earnings after costs and expenses. And you boys will write a written thank you signed by all team members. Is that clear? Dismissed."
Tezuka immediately stood. "One second, please, Principal Mitsuko, I have a question."
"Do we have to listen to this or can we go?" Mugen demanded as he glared at Seigaku. The guy looked at him… and he swore that he could hear the clock of his life ticking away. He smiled weakly. What did he say about this guy not being extra-ordinary? "Never mind."
Tezuka ignored the lacrosse idiot and looked at the principal. "I wish to know the reason why was my kohai attacked in the first place."
A vice-principal came forward and frowned. "I don't see any reason for you to know why- you're not related to the girl and it's a matter of a need to know basis."
"Sir, I do not agree with you," Tezuka said in a quiet voice that burned with anger. "I am Tezuka Kunimitsu, third year and captain of the Seigaku tennis club. The tennis club coach is Ryuzaki Sumire, the paternal grandmother of the girl that was attacked. I am a close family friend of the girl that was attacked by a member of your student body. I must know the reason that she was attacked. Before her other grandmother arrives."
Principal Mitsuko frowned as he looked at the young tennis captain. "And who is her other grandmother?"
"What on earth happened to my granddaughter?" demanded a loud voice as the door crashed open and in came a small whirlwind in the shape of a little old lady pointing a cane. "Watabe Mitsuko, I want to whole story- why was my granddaughter attacked by your students?"
Author's Note: This bazaar arch just keeps getting bigger and bigger- sorry to leve you hanging, but the last part will be done as soon as I finish proofing and writing that. (Too many ideas keep coming into my head while writing this) I promise it'll be out soon, alomg with the other chapters! Hopefully no mistakes on this one!