Disclaimer: I don't own anything. I'm not famous at all... Sometimes, I really wish I own one of the characters from Tennis no Ohjisama, like Fuji or Inui.

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Epilogue: The Insane Ending

"Captain of Seigaku Tennis Team, Tezuka Kunimitsu, has been sent to the hospital where he is now pronounced insane and will not be able to attend any practices for about a week." Ryuuzaki Sumire, the coach of the team read aloud from a newspaper article. "So it's all up to you, Oishi! Lead this team well!" She patted the crestfallen Oishi on the back.

Ryoma shuddered as he remembered Tezuka snapping.

Flashback

"500 LAPS AROUND THE COURT!" He had screamed, his face red. He was choking on his own rage, hardly able to breathe. At first, it was merely anger, but it turned into rage.

"Wah-ha-ha-ha-ha! MUA-HA-HA-HA! Puny fools! You can't have my data!" He turned away from his awestruck team and began talking to Inui's data book. "Would you like to spill it? Would you? Would you?"

It didn't stop here. It just got worse. "Would you? Would you? Would you? Would you?" He sang, prancing around. Seeinghis captain dance around was not funny, especially if afterwards, he knocked himself and another regular student out by bashing both their head together... And that regular student happened to be Ryoma.

End Flashback

Ryoma shook his head, glad that he didn't snap first. He never told anyone, but at one point, he thought he was about to snap. He heard jackhammers in his head, felt pecks in his brain, and sensed a sudden "ding" go through his head.

But… then… maybe he would be the second to snap. That's very disturbing, he thought.

Sakuno Ryuuzaki, the coach's granddaughter, had been watching Ryoma's actions for quite a while now. She watched in confusion as he shivered from some unknown memory, his eyes glazed. Her eyes widened as Ryoma shook his head, as if clearing away some thoughts.

Sakuno glanced at Ryoma once again. She straightened up in determination. "Yes, I'm Ryoma-kun's cheerleader!" she muttered to herself. "I'm here to cheer Ryoma-kun on! So I better cheer him up!"

She fixed the polar bears on her braids, and nervously walked over.

"Ano… Ryoma-kun?" Oh great. She already forgot what she was going to say to him. She twisted her braids anxiously, and noticed Ryoma's eyes fixed on her braids.

She flushed a sudden shade of red, and took a deep breath. "Ryoma-kun… Eto, eto... You didn't look well over there. Are you okay?"

Ryoma couldn't help staring at her polar bear braids. Right before the Ryuuzaki girl came over to him, his last thought was, If I see one more bear, I might as well puke. Well, here was his chance to puke.

So he screamed. Oh yes, nice move, Ryoma. He couldn't think anymore. He actually heard a little "ding" in his brain before he snapped.

Thrusting himself at Sakuno, he tackled her and tried his best to remove the "horrible braids of wrath" from his sight.

He screamed multiple times, and, still pointing at Sakuno, banged his head against the wall. Sakuno grabbed his arm to prevent any further damage, but blushed at the sudden contact, and merely backed away, bewildered.

Inui and the regulars, who were watching this fascinating scene, giggled mischievously.

Inui lifted up his data book, flipped to a certain page, and pointed at it. The regulars read it. "Chance of Echizen snapping after Tezuka: 99.9 percent." He flipped to another page and couldn't help adding, "Chance of Echizen paying attention to Ryuuzaki after snapping: 72 percent."

"Ooh," Eiji almost screamed with mirth. "Ochibi has a girlfriend now!"

Inui chuckled and his glasses gleamed. "Never doubt the power of data."

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Author's Note: Thanks for reviewing! I really appreciated all of the reviews. I added a tiny hint of RyoSaku in here because my reviewers seem to like this pairing and this epilogue is dedicated to them! It was fun writing this.