After meal time was a bath. This is one of the consequences of cross dressing. Fortunately, I already had a plan before hand. While they held their little competition, I 'accidentally' spilled some of my drink on myself.

"I think I'll go ahead... cold cold cold..." I say as I weirdly walked away, trying not to make further contact with my cold wet shirt.

~*~

"I'll help you find the bathroom, Ichinose-kun." Shizuma said politely.

"Ahh... Sure, thanks." I slowly nodded, then again, I didn't know where the bathroom was.

I quietly followed Shizuma while keeping my cool. Inside, I was panicking, mentally yelling to myself, 'WHAT AM I GOING TO DO NOW?!' I could see the bathroom from a distance. We were in front of the two rooms; male and female bathrooms.

'Hahaha.... I'm screwed... hehe...' I laughed at myself. A small drop of sweat sliding on the side of my head. I needed to make a good excuse.

"Thank you for helping me find the bathroom, but I think I left my pen-" I stopped at my mid sentence because of Shizuma's light laughed as I stood there dumbfounded.

"No need to make excuses, I already know." He told me, while he gave me a blue yukata and a towel. I decided to continue to question.

"Know what?"

"That you're secretly a girl. Now, please hurry and take a bath before the others come." he shoved me inside the men's room.

"Huh?!" I whispered a bit louder than a normal whisper before I could question further, he was already walking back to the others.

Out of panic, I ended up following what Shizuma said and took a quick bath. I dried up and put on my clothes. I could hear the voices coming nearer. I slipped on the clothes given to me and stepped out of the shower.

Kohinata and Kadowaki was the first ones who entered the bathroom. The moment I saw them, I was shaking even though I was already finished.

"Ah, you finished already?" Kadowaki asked while the rest of the team have arrived; Heath, Riku, Takeru and Kyosuke.

"That was fast, Ichinose." said Riku.

"Yeah, I just did. Ah! I'll just check my phone! I'll just wait at the hall." I gave them a small smile and jogged out of the room.

I deeply sighed in huge relief. All that was stuck in my mind was; How did Shizuma know? If Shizuma knew, does the other Saisei members know?

I was distracted by this thought. I sighed once more and placed the towel on my wet hair and waited for the others to finish. I had to ignore this thought for now...

~*~

"You rarely let your hair down like that, it's fresh." complimented Nana to Heath and Riku, who just got out of the bathroom.

"Okay, I'm going to run." Takeru stated as he adjusted his glasses.

"Run? But you just took a bath." I say looking over to him but he just ignored me.

"He doesn't change..." Heath commented while Takeru kept walking, not until he was stopped by Asuma.

"Oh!"

"Hey, Reiji-sama wants everyone to come up!" Asuma informed us, we all shivered.

"Seriously?"

"More practice?" Riku feared. We did what we were told and followed Asuma to where the others were. The moment we came in, we were greeted with a;

"Table tennis match!"

"Hoot! Hoot!" Kohinata cheered with a smile.

"But where is the excitement without any prizes?" Ban-chan happily asked. "Okay then, the loser will..."

"Punishment! Perform a song!" Kadowaki persented.

"Hoot! Hoot!" Kohinata and Bantaro joyfully cheered.

"Why are they always excited by these meaningless things...?" Heath said, looking away.

"Pshhh... Don't be a Kill Joy..." I softly elbowed Heath.

"Looking for a fight now are we?" he transferred his gaze to me also softly elbowing me with a vain showing on the side of his head. I could feel a negative aura.

"Haha. No..." I awkwardly laughed and smiled then looked back at Takeru and Riku.

"I'm going to run. Hey, Yagami, let's go." Takeru looked at Riku, who was grabbing tennis rackets.

"Huh?"

"If you leave now, you'll lose by default." Reiji told Takeru.

"Well then, let's do this." Takeru quickly held up tennis rackets.

"Yey! Let's play!" I happily said, childishly jumping as I held two tennis rackets.

Time flew by quickly and we were already at the final match; Reiji and Shizuma Vs. Takeru and Riku.

"Shizuma!" Reiji called out. "Yes, sir." Shizuma hit the ball back to the opposite side, near the edge of the table.

"Let this to me!" Riku received the ball.

"Wow!" We were amazed but then the ball Riku received went towards Takeru's head.

"Oh... Don't mind, don't mind." Riku said rubbing his head with the racket.

"That's not for you to say..." Takeru angrily said with a burning aura surrounding him.

"Haha!... Let's move on with the game." I stated looking over to the two and they did as I told. The game was getting a bit more intense since it was Saisei's match point.

"Reiji-sama!"

"Yeah!" Reiji had hit the ball with speed and accuracy. Takeru quickly reacted and got to hit it back.

"Wow!" We all cheered with the hope of winning. Shizuma got to return the ball but it wasn't the best. "Chance ball!" Riku happily said and unfortunately, again, Riku had hit the ball towards Takeru.

"Sorry Fujiwara..." Riku apologized.

"Yagami... you..."

"Game set! 2-1! Saisei wins!" Asuma announced while Bantaro laughed in joy.

"Well done, Reiji-sama." Shizuma compliments. "It's only natural, just trying to beat Reiji-sama is a mistake." Tasuku added, with arms folded.

"Come on, punishment time!" Asuma reminded. "It was a promise. So please take it from the heart." Kaede included.

"Oh well then, let's do this, Takeru!" Riku tells Takeru, who was holding his head. "Me too?"

"Of course! We lost, I mean, like the two of us." he explained.

"The two...?" Takeru says shaking in anger but still ended up singing in front of us.

"Under the spreading chestnut tree," the two both sings, Takeru, who obviously looked like he was forced to sing.

"There we play both you and me. Oh, how happy we will be!"

~*~

3rd Person's POV

The joint training between Saisei and Honan Stride teams passed by so fast. A lot of different activities per day. Activities like swimming, relays and more. For them, it was both fun and tiring. It was worth it since it was fun. Unfortunately, today was already the last day of their training camp.

"This is the final training of this camp." Reiji informed.

"Then there one more thing left to do!" Heath exclaims.

The second you know it. The starting buzzer has been heard and their rematch had already began. Everyone had improved their stamina, speed and, of course, learned from their previous mistakes, but despite that fact, Honan still couldn't beat Saisei in the match.

Later that day, both teams had all go out by the shore to celebrate the end of the training camp. Everyone simply either sat down and chatted or played around while they had a small barbeque.

"Looks delicious!" Kohinata and Kadowaki started at the meat on the grill.

"Ah! We'll definitely beat you next time!" Riku shouted still thinking about the match.

"Bring it on! That tiny lead isn't enough!" Asuma remarked at Riku's comment.

"Kuga-san is great! That style, acceleration... Just think about it is..." Kaede compliments the guy seated beside him as they ate.

"Reiji-sama was also great." Tasuku says looking over to Kaede.

"Of course, I can't compare the two..." Kaede trailed off.

"It's not wrong to look up to two different people." Shun says after she swallows the food in her mouth.

"Uhuh!" Kaede happily agreed with a bright smile while Tasuku continued blowing is barbeque.

"Reiji-sama, here is a wet towel." Shizuma offered which Reiji gladly took and thanked for.

"Huh?" The others reacted, looking at what Takeru added on his barbeque.

"I put some protein on it, since this meal looks a little light. Thank you for the pratice match." Takeru states, holding it out for Reiji.

"Thank you." Reiji smiled and took a bite of it while Asuma, Riku and Heath reacted with a 'Ugh?!'

"It's so smooth. What brand is this?" Reiji asked after tasting it.

"It's Kobe-only reproduction of the Mucho Macho protein." Takeru replied. Reiji quickly called Shizuma.

"I will set up a tour to Kobe immediately." Shizuma ensured with a smile.

"Hey, Mayuzumi, thanks for helping our Relationer." Heath remembered about it and thanked him.

"All I did was give her some tips. She has a lot of natural talent." Shizuma explains.

"Is that so. Well, where is she then?"

Shun's POV

"Hey, guys!" Nana called out while she and Bantaro jogged towards us.

"We brought tons!" Ban-chan added as he yelled, holding a bucket of fireworks.

"Hey! Welcome back!" Kohinata says to them.

"Fireworks! Yey!" Kadowaki and I simultaneously cheered. Bantaro and Nana placed down the fireworks on the ground while Kadowaki was the first one to get.

"Behold! Three generations of wearing glasses, Kadowaki-style figure eight illusion!" he presents as he drew an eight as he held the fireworks.

"Impressive, Kadowaki-shi, Tamaya, Kagiya, Kadowaki-ya!" Kohinata playfully and cheerfully complimented him.

"This is only the beginning..." Kadowaki states as he held up a thick and big firework.

"Kadowaki-senpai, be careful!" I warned him with a concerned look. At the same time the firework lit up and some of it's sparks reached his face. "Ouch!" Then the firework lit up stronger, making Kadowaki yelp.

"I knew this is would happen!" I say, trying to keep a distance form the firework.

"Ouch! Ow! Owww!"

"Kadowaki-senpai, you have sparks on your face!" Riku said. "Kadowaki, re you okay?" Heath worried.

"I almost burned myself into a crisp afro..."

I sighed, relived that Kadowaki was fine now. I turned back and saw Takeru sitting at the stair step alone then Nana had come towards him with a pair of fireworks in hand. "Hey, wanna join us?"

"Don't worry, Sakurai-san, I will make sure he joins!" I assured as I started to annoy Takeru to join.

"Takeru, join already. Don't just sit there...." I say slowly as I poked him with a firework stick. "Hurry, we're waiting..." I poked him again. "Stop that." Takeru say with a vain showing as he took the firework stick from my hand, to stop me from poking him.

"Haha! See! You did join us!" I victoriously exclaimed while I hid behind Nana.

"Fine..." Takeru said as he looked at the firework.

"Sakurai-san! Do you have more?" Riku ran to us.

"The senpais took all of mine. Ha, ha!" he explained with a small smile. Nana gladly gave him one and we all started the light up each of our own.

"Wow! Yours is really pretty!" Riku looked at Nana's firework.

"Yep!"

"Okay then!" Riku stood up. "Look! Look!" Riku cheerfully says as he played with his firework.

"Wow! Cool!"

While Riku continued to do so, we were all smiling, amazed by him. I glanced both at Nana and Takeru, who seemed really enjoying, but Takeru looked like he remembered something. "Last time was by the water, too..."

"Hmm?"

"Last time? When?" Riku asked as he soaked his firework in the bucket of water and Takeru also did the same. "Nevermind."

"Ugh! So hot!" Riku suddenly took of his shirt and went to the water. "He we go!" he was followed by Takeru.

"What?! Why are you competing?" Nana exclaimed but the others also decided to take a dip in the water.

Both Saisei and Honan members had fun at the water as they played around splashing each other with water. All of them were smiling. They were having fun. While they played their inflatable volleyball was tossed out of the water.

"Shu-chan! Can you please pass the ball?" Bantaro yelled looking at me.

"Will everyone call by that name now?..." I sweat dropped while I took the ball from the sand and went near the water, just enough for them to reach.

"Thank you, Shu-chan!" Bantaro smiled as he got the ball. "But you should come and join us!" he suddenly gripped my wrist and pulled me towards the water with a loud splash.

"Hahahahahahahaha!..." The other laughed at my, what they call, 'Priceless Reaction.'

I ended up chasing them in the water but everyone still seemed to enjoy and laughed around. It was fun.

~*~

"Honan will win next time. We'll settle this at the End Of Summer, Asuma!" Riku stated. "Yeah, I'll be looking forward to it!" Asuma replies while they exchanged smiles.

"This is..." Takeru says as he looked at the item Reiji was giving him. Instead of replying verbally, Reiji unzipped his jacket, showing him that it was the same shirt but different colors. The two looked at each other and nodded. "I cannot lose..."

"Lets practice well when we get back!" Nana tells Riku with determination.

"I can sense the hidden feeling you have inside. Next time we run together, show me everything." Reiji said.

"I promise."

"Ah! I almost forgot!" Kaede exclaimed as his gaze was on me. "Shu-chan!" he went in front of me.

"H-huh?" I looked back at him.

"I want to ask you this question, it been bugging me. How did you got to copy my movement?You got to mimic me the same second I jumped." He asked with a serious face. I looked around, everyone was still doing they're own thing.

"Predictions..?." I answered. "I was just lucky that time. I could have done different, it was like a guess." I try to explain.

"I understand a bit more now, Thank you Shu-chan! I'll do better the next match!" Kaede told me with obvious determination in his eyes. 

"Yeah! I hope that we could run again." I reply as we did a pinky promise.

"Attention!"

"Thank you for the camp!" we all say simultaneously with a bow. 

"See you all next week at the End Of Summer!" Riku suddenly exclaimed.

"Yeah!" all of us agreed and bid our goodbyes.

'Next time... Next time for sure!'