♫Wonderful Days♫Prince of tennis♫Hyotei♫

♫22♫ I'll chase after you

"Did you find her?!" Gakuto went back to the cottage's entrance, "I can't find her anywhere!" 

"Little Kitten..." Atobe was looking very concerned for the pink haired girl's disappearance, "Kabaji did you find her?" 

Kabaji shook his head. 

"This isn't good..." Oshitari looked at the sky to see it was starting to look gray, the sound of thunder can be heard, "I hope we find her before the weather gets any worse..." 

"It will be too dangerous to look for her if that happens..." Hiyoshi was showing signs of concern too, "Seriously, I didn't expect her to run like the wind the moment she saw it..." Hiyoshi got front row seat with her at the time but he ran off with the group instead of going missing. 

"Sakura-san..." Choutarou was getting worried, so worried that he ended up holding his silver cross necklace and prayed for her return. 

"Moron! Don't pray! She is not dead!" Shishido reprimanded Choutarou, "We will find her, okay? Men don't pray! They go ahead and create that miracle!" 

"Woah! Shishido is manly~!" Jirou was helping point this out because of Ranfa's absence at the moment, freaking Shishido out. 

"We need to find Little Kitten before the rain starts... Spread out!" Atobe was definitely the leader when there's a crisis!

Within the deep, deep forest, Sakura Ranfa was looking for her way back to the cottage only to find herself lost within a maze of trees. She can't seem to find her way back and she's worried about the gray clouds and rumbling sounds from the sky. Will it rain soon? She can only hope it doesn't...

"Geez... I can't believe I ran away like that." She felt very embarrassed just thinking back what happened before...

~What happened before...~

Atobe was making everyone jog through the forest and back again. They're to run to the lake on the other side of the forest and then back to the cottage. He made a competition out of it, since everyone was fired up about who's going to arrive at the cottage first. Though there's no price to be won, it's the thought of beating Atobe to the cottage was something to get everyone fired up. 

Even Ranfa herself was up for the challenge; who doesn't want to beat Atobe at something? 

"Hiyoshi, want to run together?"

She and Hiyoshi were the only once running slowly; they want to save their strength for later since they know the others will stop to rest at some point. If they ran at a comfortable pace, they wouldn't need to rest so often; they will cease victory like the turtle did against the hare!

"Do whatever you want." Hiyoshi would never openly say 'yes' to her even though he was happy about the idea of running to the goal with her. 

"Let's beat Atobe-senpai and rub his face in!" 

"Hmph, it's gekokujyou times two." 

"Haha! He will be destroyed!" 

Her laughter had to pause because the others were running back, even Atobe. Hiyoshi and Ranfa concluded that they must have snapped and their minds has gone to the zone of no return...or stupidity. 

"Are they cheating? There's no way they got to the lake-" Ranfa bumped into something furry and big. She fell on her butt and it hurts. When she looked up, she saw a huge black bear with a small patch of white fur under its chin. 

"Sakura-" Before he can call her name, Ranfa was already up and dashing away. "Wait!" 

Hiyoshi ran away too and everyone only had one thought: Get away from the bear...

"Shishido-san, that bear! I can't believe there would be a bear!" Choutarou was panting heavily after seeing the bear. 

"Ah. I did not expect that!" 

"I didn't expect a bear to be here..." Atobe got his breath back, "Hm? We are short one person." 

"Akutagawa-san is with us, Atobe-san." Hiyoshi pointed out. 

"No..." Oshitari couldn't believe it...

"Where is Ranfa?" Gakuto's question made everyone's eyes widen...

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The heavy downpour and roaring thunder made the sky cry out in a horrible way, making everything gray.

The boys were encouraged to stay indoors by Atobe's maids and butlers. The boys were informed that they have got mountain patrollers to try and find her so it will be a matter of time before she's found. 

"Where are you?" Atobe wanted to go out in the heavy rain and look for her but he was told it's far too dangerous. 

Everybody wanted to go out there and look for their missing manager but the maids and butlers were monitoring everyone very strictly so there's no chance of leaving the cottage. 

However, one of them was man enough against the odds; climbing out of the window from the bathroom, a certain somebody lied about having a bath...

This person called her name over and over in the rain and roaring thunder. 

It's not that he didn't believe the mountain patrols will be able to find her, it's just he was a little scared of the possibility that she wouldn't be found by the end of the day. He wanted to make sure she's safe, that's the way of a senpai...

"I finally found you..." Shishido Ryou, wet because of the rain, has finally found Ranfa.

She's under the tree with the most leaves, hugging her knees to stay warm. Shishido can see scratches and dirt on her and he can only guess that she has been going here and there in order to look for her way back to the cottage. 

"Shishido-senpai?" Was it the rain? Or were those tears? Shishido can't really tell because of the heavy rain.

"Don't tell me you've been here all this time?"

"It started thundering... I got scared..." 

"You?! You took on Atobe with confidence and even have the guts to hit him on the head, and you're afraid of thunder?! You have surprisingly girly fears!" Shishido couldn't believe her at all; she's not failing to surprise people at all! 

"S-Senpai, why can't you at least bring a jacket or an umbrella? It's cold..." 

"Don't question your senpai! Get up!" He pulled her up by her arm only to see her legs shaking out of fear when thunder and lightning greeted the sky with surprise. 

"S-senpai, I don't look like it but I am really scared..." 

"You..." Shishido rolled his eyes and got down on one knee, his back facing her, "Get on, I'll take you back, chicken." 

Shishido did not mind carrying her since she was light. He complained about having to carry her and that if the others saw him, they will tease him about it. However, Ranfa did not mind that one bit because she found out Shishido Ryou's back was warm so the pouring rain didn't bother her that much. 

Senpai's back is so warm...