A/N: I am on a roll! Two updates in one day! So, here we go!

I didn't go with regulars to wherever they are heading. I went somewhere just clear my head. I then heard a rush footstep behind me. I then felt someone's arm around my shoulder and that person made me almost lose my balance.

"You didn't think of waiting for me?!" I turned my head to my right and saw Shiraishi-san with a pouty face.

"Sorry. My mind was busy thinking on what I'm going to do with those idiots"

"You mean Momoshiro and Kaidoh?" I nodded.

"Those two are like cats and dogs. I will never expect those two helping each other once the 3rd years are gone" I said

"If you want to clear your mind, let's buy some takoyaki?"

"Why not" Shiraishi-san then bought some takoyaki for us and since its one of our bet. But I kept on thinking, what will happen to those two idiot. We then met up with Fuji-senpai who kept on teasing the both of us

"Just don't say this to Mitsu-nii or he will flip" Fuji-senpai just chuckled. I am so doomed!

"That Momo... it's as though you think he's not suffering enough yet" Fuji-senpai commented when we saw Inui-senpai

"Honestly, I wanted to tell him that I'm entrusting things to him, but I was probably too subtle about it" Inui-san said. I then looked at Shiraishi-san who was in deep thought

"Well you should know him better than that" Shiraishi-san commented.

"That's true" Fuji-senpai said.

"Those two needs patience, mostly Kaidoh" I said and my two senpais just nodded. Fuji-senpai called Eiji-senpai about Momo. After they hung up, I then received a cal from Oishi-senpai

"Yes?"

"Ayumi, Echizen's here!"

"Huh?"

"Will meet up with everyone at the lodge. Call Tezuka" and he hung up

"What is it?" Inui-senpai asked

"Oishi-senpai told me that Echizen's here in Osaka" I answered while I was waiting for Mitsu-nii to answer

"Kin-chan will be happy to hear that then" Shiraishi-san commented

"Hello?!" I heard from the other line

"Mitsu-nii, head to the lodge. Echizen has arrived to Osaka" I told him

"Okay" and we both hang up. We said our farewell to Shiraishi-san and the three of us headed to the lodge. Once we got there, we saw Echizen on the lobby with Kintarou, Taka-senpai, Oishi-senpai and Eiji-senpai and we waited for the Mitsu-nii to arrive.

"Shorty, why are you here in Osaka?" Eiji-senpai asked and hugged Ryoma from behind

"I just wanted to eat some real takoyaki, that's all" Ryoma answered. Yeah, right...

"Echizen, you always so abrupt" Fuji-senpai commented to the struggling Ryoma

"But I'm glad you're here. If Echizen joins them, then both Momo and Kaidoh would regain their confidence" Oishi-senpai said

"Let's tell them right now" Taka-senpai added

"No. Don't tell them yet"

"I agree with Mitsu-nii on this one"

"Tezuka!" everyone exclaimed and looked at the both of us, shocked.

"They have yet to realize something important" Mitsu-nii said

"Also, they shouldn't rely very much on Ryoma" I added

"Something important?" Iniu-senpai questioned

"If they meet with Echizen, they will lose the opportunity to realize it" Fuji-senpai explained

"Right?" and asked his question to Mitsu-nii. Oishi-senpai was about to say smething, but Mitsu-nii left.

During that afternoon, I was with Mitsu-nii, reading some books that we bought.

"Captain Tezuka" we heard from outside of the room

"Enter" we heard the door opened and the shuffling of their steps. The both of us closed our books and looked at them.

"We have a favor to ask of you, captain"

"Will you hear us out?" I then looked at Mitsu-nii who had a serious look. After hearing their favor, Mitsu-nii looked at me with that same look. I just released a sigh and grabbed my phone that was on my pocket

"I know. I'll contact them right away" I said while dialing all of the numbers of the people that we need and heard the cheers of the freshmen and sophomores. I then contacted the last number when I was on the courts of Shitenhouji with the Shitenhouji who was training the freshmen and sophomores of our team.

"We really are thankful for this" I said and bowed to the regulars of Shitenhouji

"No, its okay. We really wanted to help out" Shiraishi-san said in a shy way

"Awwww, our captain is embarrass!!!" Koharu-san commented and I think I saw hearts in his eyes

"Freshmen and sophomore! Don't you even think of slacking off! You guys still have a long way to go" I shouted to them when they were running their laps

"YES!!!" they shouted back. After their laps, they started their training with Gin-san and everyone was cheering to which player will play with Gin-san

"Don't you mean this is pathetic instead? Having intense training along with practice matches" Kenya-san questioned

"We all decided on this together. If we were to depend solely on Momo-senpai and Kaidoh-senpai it would be shameful, wouldn't it?" one of our freshmen said

"And that's why they asked this favor before I contacted Shiraishi-san about this" I added

"Good grief. Going through everything as a team, huh?"

"Well, that is Seigaku's spirit isn't it?"

"That's right. And our Shitenhouji spirit is..."

"When you laugh, it's a win! When you've won, it's a team too!" the Shitenhouji team shouted. I just giggled at their antics.I then saw Shiraishi-san with a smile. I then jogged towards him and just stood beside him while watching the practice

"The whole Seigaku team appreciate this. Thank you very much" I said

"It's okay. Momoshirou and Kaidoh will be shock tomorrow if they saw their improvements"

"That's true. Well, let's go find Mitsu-nii, he might be watching on the sidelines" we then went outside of the courts and around to find Mitsu-nii who was watching Momo and Kaidoh.

"Found you" we heard and we saw the other regulars of Seigaku.

"Despite telling us not to give them unnecessary help" Oishi-senpai started

"In the end, you just couldn't leave them be, right?" Fuji-senpai ended. Mitsu-nii just looked away from them, well... he is sometimes shy about this

"Oh yeah, you still have that Taiko competition tomorrow, right Ayu-chan?" Eiji-senpai asked

"Taiko competition?" Shiraishi-senpai questioned

"Yup. It will start during practice tomorrow and might end maybe after lunch" I answered

"Well, we wish you good luck then! Sorry if we couldn't watch the competition" Taka-senpai said

"We could just skip practice tomorrow" Eiji-senpai suggested

"You guys are not going to do that! If I saw any of you there, I will give you hell, got that?!" I pointed an accuse finger to them

"Mou, Ayu-chan didn't think of it as a joke!"

"Sometimes your suggestions is not a joke!"

Shiraishi's POV

I didn't knew that she could play the Taiko. I need to contact Chitose to record her performance tomorrow. Does Zaizen know about this? If he did, urgh! I'm so jealous! It's like he knows Ayumi-san more than me!

I really need to do that plan tomorrow before she gets to practice!

Meanwhile...

"So, this is hers, huh? Tezuka, you will definitely pay!"

A/N: What is Shiraishi planning? Does ZaiZai know Ayumi more than Shiraishi? Who is this mysterious person?! Find out on the next chapter that will probably be publish within this week!

EDIT: The part of "Awwww, out captain is embarrass" I got confused with ZaiZai's name of Hikaru to his Koharu-senpai