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Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis (Tennis no Ohjisama), nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

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Prince of Tennis is not mine. Lots of thanks go to my friend Nicole for helping me with the ideas of this story and for helping me write when i get stuck.

Kaidoh sighed as he prepared for bed.� His roommate Inui thought he had slept
through the previous night but truthfully he hadn�t fallen asleep until the
older boy had put the book he�d been reading away and turned off the lamp.� Kaidoh had hoped his sempai would just sleep
tonight but that thought was ruined when Inui walked in and picked up the other
book he�d found in the attic.

The attic� just the thought of that room made him
shiver.� He�d thought the room was
strange on the tour of the house when Ryoma had attempted to climb up there
while still holding Karupin after going into some weird trance.� Then, earlier today, he�d gone up to the
third floor to get a mop at Kawamura�s request and as he�d passed under the
closed hatch he could have sworn he heard a girl
laughing.� After the incident with Ryoma
and the red eyed ghost that morning Kaidoh decided that he definitely did not
want to find out what it was and had run back downstairs.

A sound of annoyance from the cot across the room shook him
from his thoughts.

�� Something
wrong Inui-sempai?� Kaidoh asked as he sat up.

�� Nothing to worry about.�
I just can�t seem to read this for some reason.� I can read anything else perfectly, so it
can�t be my glasses or my eyes, but when I try to read this the words blur
beyond legibility.� Inui responded.

Kaidoh saw the data player get up and walk towards him still
holding the thin book.

�� Kaoru,
would you do me a favor and see if you can read this?�
Inui asked his occasional doubles partner.

Kaoru blinked for a moment at the sudden use of his given
name.� They had been dancing around each
other for months now; each wanting more but neither making the first move,
seemingly afraid of how the other would react.�
He decided to let this new development go without comment, hoping Inui
would understand that he was ok with it.

He reached out and took the book as he shifted over so the
older boy could sit on the edge of the bed.�
Kaidoh opened the diary as his sempai made himself comfortable and
immediately entered a trance-like state that would not allow him to release the
book until he�d finished reading it.�
Subconsciously he fought it enough to read out loud as Inui had
requested.

If Inui found it strange that his kouhai was suddenly as
stiff as and reading like a robot he gave not outward sign.� Instead he set his mind to gathering and
sorting the data he was being told about Echizen Mai.� As with Aya�s diary things became more
interesting after she found a boyfriend.

Mai�s Diary Entries follow:

It seems that watching after my younger brother has developed some
benefits.� Katsuro�s friend Hattori Saburo
came to play and brought his older brother, Sho, with him.� Sho is tall and handsome and very
outspoken.� I�m still deciding whether I
like him or simply want to be rid of him.�
He took one look at me and turned around to ask my father if he could
court me.� I cannot believe my father
said yes.

�� Sho took me for a walk on the
property and we ended up at the pond.� I
love that place.� I slipped on the grass
that was wet from the morning dew, and Sho tried to catch me but he also
slipped.� To my mortification I landed on
top of him.� I got off quickly and tried
to help him up but he would not stop laughing.�
Once he was standing I asked him what he found so humorous and his
response made me so angry.

�� You may have eyes like a cat,
Mai-san, but you certainly lack the grace to land on your feet.� He said.

I must have been
blushing bright red by that time and he just kept laughing.

I pushed him into the
pond.

After I got back I was
walking up the stairs when someone grabbed my ankle.� I barely escaped hurting myself on the stairs
and when I turned around to see who had tripped me there was no one there.� When I looked at my leg later there was a
bruise that looked almost like someone�s hand.�
I dare not tell anyone.� What
would they think of me with a bruise there?

Sho came to visit
again today.� He brought me a kitten,
apparently with my father�s permission.�
I know it�s because of the comment he made yesterday, but she was just
so cute, and he did apologize.� ��I named her Tsuyu right there and then.�
After a cup of tea Sho excused himself and asked me to walk him to the
door.� Once there he kissed the back of
my hand and winked at me before he left saying,

�� Maybe Tsuyu here can teach you the
grace to match your beauty.�

He makes me so
angry!� Yet there is something about him
that is endearing.�

Tsuyu behaved oddly
when I brought her upstairs after Sho left.�
As we passed the locked bedroom where my ancestor Kiyoshi killed
himself, no one has been in that room since then, she
arched her body in my arms and began to hiss.�
She continued to do this until we entered my room.� I cannot help but shiver when I pass that room, it always feels like someone is glaring at me.

It has been three
weeks since I met Sho.� It has been three
weeks since I became extremely clumsy.�
In the past few weeks I have tripped on the stairs ten times, fallen out
of bed fifteen times, nearly slipped into the pond fourteen out of the eighteen
times I was there with Sho, and barely managed to avoid injury in some form or
another when bathing every night.� Every
time I do something like this and Tsuyu is around she hisses at something and I
get a shiver up my spine.� I have been
wondering lately if maybe she is possessed but the rest of the time she is
sweet and playful.�

I secretly took her to
a temple today and explained to the priests there everything that has been
happening.� They took a look at her and
told me that there was nothing like that wrong with her.� They asked me some questions about the house
and property then told me it sounded more like a ghost was haunting me.� I guess that might explain the bruises that
keep appearing.� I bought some Omamori
but I don�t know if they will do any good.

Today I am taking
Katsuro over to play with Saburo.�
Secretly I hope to see Sho there so that we might go out or talk.� I have fallen in love with him.� Truthfully I think I always loved him.� He finally kissed me yesterday and made me
promise that I would consider no one but him for a husband.� I agreed.

I am so angry!� I was a fool to think I could love that
stupid idiot!� When I got there with my
brother Saburo invited us in and told me Sho would be back down in a moment.� As I waited a girl my age came out of one of
the rooms and just looked at me for a moment before getting this strange look
in her eyes.� She introduced herself as
Yanagisawa Emi after I told her my name, then she smiled at me in an almost
frightening way.

�� You�re the little klutz he�s been
keeping himself amused with while he waited for me to return with his
mother.� Sorry kid, you�re too late.� He�s betrothed to me now.� She said just
before Sho came downstairs.� He moved to
kiss my cheek but I moved away.� I must
admit I was trying very hard not to cry.�
I just barely made it home before I gave in.� My father came to see what the problem was
and when I explained he looked very angry.�

Tsuyu is hissing as I
write this but I don�t care if there is a ghost in my room right now or
not!� He can read this for all I care!

When Sho brought
Katsuro home tonight he was confronted by my father.� I don�t know what was worse, the fact that I
want to forgive him if he would just choose me over her, or the fact that he
just left without offering an explanation.�
Tomorrow is my 16^th birthday, and for once I don�t think I
care.

The journal ended abruptly leaving no hint of how the girl
had ended up drowning in the pond with Sho the next day.�

Kaidoh had come back to himself just as suddenly as he had
stopped reading. He was surprised to find Inui massaging away the headache that
beset him by rubbing the back of Kaidoh�s head and his temples.� He relaxed into the touch gratefully and
nearly fell asleep right then.

�� I�m sorry
Kaoru.� I should have warned you that it
might do that.� Echizen Aya�s diary had
the same effect on me last night and I regret putting you through that as
well.�� Are you alright?� Inui asked as
he got up from the bed.

�� I�m fine
Sadaharu.� You know, that old cot can�t
be good for you.� The bed is big and I
wouldn�t be uncomfortable if you wanted to sleep in it too.� The seventeen year
old said as he looked anywhere but at the older boy.

�� Thank you
Kaoru, I think I�ll take you up on that.� Inui said after contemplating
silently for a second.

They made themselves comfortable under the covers and fell
asleep close to each other without touching.

Mai sighed as she watched the two tiptoe around what they
wanted to say to one another.� She
dropped the temperature in the room trying to make them move closer together
and was rewarded by the elder one wrapping his arms around the other from
behind.� She had been planning this by
not allowing the bespectacled one to read her diary in hopes he would ask this
boy, Kaidoh, who reminded her of the man her brother had grown to be.� He was passionate, independent, strong, and
protective.� Her brother had ended up in
a love hate relationship with Sho�s younger brother Saburo.� They had loved each other but hated the
memories of Sho and Mai that being together brought to the surface.� Saburo never married but Katsuro did, though
he only touched her long enough for her to bear him one child.� Katsuro and Saburo died on the same day the
year before.

Mai reached out and ran a hand gently down Kaidoh�s cheek
but quickly withdrew it when he shivered.

�� Aya-san is
right.� It is time for our stories to be
told.� I�ll show you both how Sho and I
died.� Please forgive my intrusion.� Mai
said placing her hands on their foreheads.

Mai�s past / Inui and Kaidoh�s
dream.

Mai entered the living
room to find her father sitting across from Sho and his parents.� Before she could leave Sho�s mother spoke up.

�� Mai-san please forgive
me.� I am the one who misled
Yanagisawa-san by accident.� I met her
while visiting with my mother and after coming to know her I expressed interest
in possibly betrothing her to my son.� I
did not think to mention that I meant it to be to my eldest son Hiro.� When I asked
Sho to entertain her while I spoke to my honorable husband and Hiro she took it to mean that Sho was to be her future
husband.� Please Mai-san Sho did not know
what Yanagisawa-san said to you, none of us knew until Saburo told us, this is
my mistake.�

�� Daughter Sho�s parents are here to
speak to me on his behalf.� Sho wishes
you to be his wife.� Is this something
you also wish?� her father asked.

Words seemed to stick
in Mai�s throat so she simply nodded.� At
her affirmative Sho stood up and crossed the room to her side.

�� If you will excuse us please, Mai
and I have much to talk about, and I thought a walk to the pond might be
refreshing.� Sho said as he led Mai out of the room.

�� Why don�t I prepare some tea that
we can take with us?� she asked finally finding her voice.

The red eyed ghost
glared at the two teenagers that walked into the kitchen.� He hadn�t gotten close enough to hear what
had been said in the other room so he could see no reason for this girl to
throw herself at the bastard that had betrayed her and failed to stand by her
side.� The shameless vixen!� Always meeting this boy with no chaperone,
forgiving him no matter how rude or dishonorable he was.� Then again what could he expect from someone
who so casually placed her body against a man�s when she was not yet married to
him.� He�d had enough.� She needed to be dealt with.� They both did.

That decided he
managed to slip a large dose of the powdered strychnine into the pot of tea she
was preparing without being noticed.�
Neither suspected a thing as they gathered up that basket that contained
the pot and cups and left.

The ghost watched as
the two young boys followed their siblings and he chose to go along to ensure
that the innocent boys did not drink the poison.� The red eyed spirit watched in fascination as
the older couple drank a cup of tea each before climbing into a boat and
launching it out into the middle of the pond.�
This was perfect.� If they didn�t
fall into the water on their own when they started shaking he could easily
capsize the boat and it would appear no more than a fatal accident.

Luck was with
him.� Twenty minutes later the girl
started convulsing first and as the boy reached out to steady her he began his
own violent seizure sending them both over the side and into the water.

Katsuro watched in
horror as his sister�s body began moving strangely.� He�d been told many times that you must never
make sudden movements in a boat or it would toss you into the water.� That is exactly what happened a minute later
when Sho started to move just as suddenly as Mai�s was.� Something was wrong though.� His sister had been the one to teach him how
to swim; so why wasn�t she coming back up out of the water?

�� Mai!� Aneki (like Aniki but for a female, elder sister)!?� he tried calling
but got no response.

�� Saburo go get help!� Katsuro yelled
as he jumped into the pond.

His only thought was
to get to his sister.� He had to try and
save her.

Katsuro was exhausted
by the time he got to the boat; he�d never swum with so many clothes on before
and they were weighing him down.� He took
a deep breath and dove down.� Even as he
saw them he knew something was very wrong.�
Neither his sister nor Sho were moving and
their eyes were closed.� That scared
him.� Realizing that he couldn�t reach
them on the breath he had he turned around and tried to kick to the surface for
more air but he barely moved.� His
clothes were too heavy and no matter how much he struggled he couldn�t get back
to the top.� The next thing he knew he
felt hands under his arms and found himself staring into a face he�d only ever
seen in a painting in the attic.� This
person looked like his ancestor Echizen Ryoma but as they neared the surface
the apparition disappeared and a strong hand found a grip on his shirt to haul
him out the rest of the way.� His father
pushed him into the boat and after making sure he was breathing alright he dove
down with Sho�s father to retrieve the other two.

Mai sighed again as she released their dreams.� She couldn�t help but think that had the red
eyed ghost found out about her upcoming marriage she and Sho would not have
been killed.� She shook her head
quickly.� The past was the past and she
couldn�t do anything about it, but maybe she could stop it from happening
again.

Early that morning Kaidoh woke with Inui still wrapped
around him from behind.� Suddenly his
morning run didn�t seem that important as he gave in and snuggled back into the
strong embrace.� He�d had a strange dream
after reading that diary and something about it made him wonder if it was just
a dream.� That thought however was driven
from his mind the instant a warm mouth started kissing and nuzzling a spot
behind his ear.� Both his body and his
mind melted under the sensual ministrations and he groaned softly in pleasure.�� The body behind him stilled for a moment
before sitting up, apparently Inui had just woken up completely.

�� Ah Kaoru,
I�m sorry about that.� I didn�t mean to
overstep my boundaries.�

�� You
didn�t.� Now that you�re up though, I was
wondering if you would drive me to a temple today.� I know Fuji-sempai got some Omamori somehow
but I was hoping to pick up a few stronger wards and seals than what he�s set.�
Kaidoh replied with a light blush as he got out of bed.

�� Yes I had
the same idea.� Let�s get some breakfast
and go then.�
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