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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:01:44 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>marui bunta fanart</title>
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  <description>Birthday fanart for Bunta~! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;http://kinkitty.livejournal.com/4326.html?mode=reply&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(Hap birt Bunta)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Comments and criticism are loved muchly.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:40:32 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>[Fic] The View [Maruihara]</title>
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  <description>I&apos;m on Thanksgiving break already, and that means ficcage:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title&lt;/b&gt;: The View&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.livejournal.com/~emmayori&quot;&gt;sakakirose&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Words&lt;/b&gt;:2,182&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summary&lt;/b&gt;: Marui x Kirihara one-shot.  On the strong side of PG-13.  Our Heroes go camping.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://emmayori.livejournal.com/117010.html&quot;&gt;Follow the fake cut!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;X-posted to &lt;span class=&apos;ljuser&apos; lj:user=&apos;demonicbublegum&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://community.livejournal.com/demonicbublegum/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[info]&apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://community.livejournal.com/demonicbublegum/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;demonicbublegum&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class=&apos;ljuser&apos; lj:user=&apos;go_go_rikkaidai&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://community.livejournal.com/go_go_rikkaidai/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[info]&apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://community.livejournal.com/go_go_rikkaidai/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;go_go_rikkaidai&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 20:01:54 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>fanfiction</title>
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  <description>More ficcage. ^^;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt; Temptation&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span class=&apos;ljuser&apos; lj:user=&apos;ieatchu&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://ieatchu.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[info]&apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://ieatchu.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;ieatchu&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; / &lt;span class=&apos;ljuser&apos; lj:user=&apos;shikanashi_kk&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://shikanashi-kk.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[info]&apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://shikanashi-kk.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;shikanashi_kk&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Word Count:&lt;/b&gt; 1178&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating:&lt;/b&gt; PG-13 or T for sexual elements&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pairing:&lt;/b&gt; Maruihara&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Disclaimer:&lt;/b&gt; Prince of Tennis and all of its characters do not and never will belong to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summary:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://ieatchu.livejournal.com/29862.html&quot;&gt;There was something sexy about the way Kirihara ate ice cream.&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:22:29 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>at nineteen / fic</title>
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  <description>FIC. &amp;lt;3&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt; At Nineteen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span class=&apos;ljuser&apos; lj:user=&apos;ieatchu&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://ieatchu.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[info]&apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://ieatchu.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;ieatchu&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; / &lt;span class=&apos;ljuser&apos; lj:user=&apos;shikanashi_kk&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://shikanashi-kk.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[info]&apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://shikanashi-kk.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;shikanashi_kk&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Word Count:&lt;/b&gt; 890&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating:&lt;/b&gt; T or PG-13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Warnings:&lt;/b&gt; Yaoi, sexual mentions, crack, boys being boys ;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pairing:&lt;/b&gt; Maruihara&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Disclaimer:&lt;/b&gt; Prince of Tennis do not and never will belong to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summary:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://ieatchu.livejournal.com/27712.html&quot;&gt;&quot;Marui-sempai, I think I&apos;m pregnant.&quot;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 19:33:24 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>[Fic Drabble] Photochop [Maruihara]</title>
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  <description>Nothing to bring out the Maruihara love like a mountain of homework.  As a result:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Title: Photochop&lt;br /&gt;Author: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.livejournal.com/~emmayori&quot;&gt;sakakirose&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Words: 484&lt;br /&gt;Summary: Marui + Kirihara drabble, G/PG for silly and slightly grabby Akaya. Kirihara and Photoshop conspire for some Sanada humilitation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://emmayori.livejournal.com/105285.html&quot;&gt;Follow the fake cut!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;X-posted to &lt;span class=&apos;ljuser&apos; lj:user=&apos;demonicbublegum&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://community.livejournal.com/demonicbublegum/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[info]&apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://community.livejournal.com/demonicbublegum/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;demonicbublegum&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;.</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 19:28:52 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>tastes like apple / akabun one-shot</title>
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  <description>more ficcage. ^^;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt; Tastes Like Apple&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span class=&apos;ljuser&apos; lj:user=&apos;ieatchu&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://ieatchu.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[info]&apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://ieatchu.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;ieatchu&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; / &lt;span class=&apos;ljuser&apos; lj:user=&apos;shikanashi_kk&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://shikanashi-kk.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[info]&apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://shikanashi-kk.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;shikanashi_kk&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating:&lt;/b&gt; PG or K+&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Genre:&lt;/b&gt; romance, fluff, humor&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pairing:&lt;/b&gt; AkaBun, Maruihara, a side dish of D1&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Disclaimer:&lt;/b&gt; Prince of Tennis and all of its characters do not and never will belong to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summary:&lt;/b&gt; Kirihara likes apple-flavored sweets. The old man at the candy store wonders why Marui&apos;s basket is full of apple-flavored candies this time instead of cherry-flavored ones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ieatchu.livejournal.com/25174.html&quot;&gt;&quot;marui-sempai is definitely an apple!&quot;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:38:42 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>AkaBun one-shot</title>
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  <description>HUZZAH I AM FINISHED LYZOMG.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-ded-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;please forgive for possible OOCness. ;_;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt; Because of Hamlet&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span class=&apos;ljuser&apos; lj:user=&apos;ieatchu&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://ieatchu.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[info]&apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://ieatchu.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;ieatchu&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt; / &lt;span class=&apos;ljuser&apos; lj:user=&apos;shikanashi_kk&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://shikanashi-kk.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[info]&apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://shikanashi-kk.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;shikanashi_kk&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating:&lt;/b&gt; R&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Genre:&lt;/b&gt; romance, fluff, some drama&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Pairing:&lt;/b&gt; AkaBun, Maruihara, and some Marui/Kirihara/Fuji S.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Disclaimer:&lt;/b&gt; Prince of Tennis and all of its characters do not and never will belong to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summary:&lt;/b&gt; Kirihara wonders why Marui always cries when they do it, and Marui wonders why Kirihara has stopped touching him.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ieatchu.livejournal.com/25071.html&quot;&gt;However, impotence is the least of Kirihara&apos;s problems.&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:47:48 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>[Doujinshi] MaruiNiou: Ai (Love) Marui Bunta</title>
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  <description>&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb38/blufox_o7/Ai%20Marui%20Bunta/cover001.jpg&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb38/blufox_o7/Ai%20Marui%20Bunta/cover002.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Title: Ai (Love) Marui Bunta&lt;br /&gt;Circle: Hitodedo&lt;br /&gt;Rating: PG coz their thoughts are so... pervy. Oh, my dear boys. :)&lt;br /&gt;Pairing: Marui Bunta/ Niou Masaharu (Hints of Marui/Kirihara, Marui/Yagyuu, and Sanada/Yukimura.. I think)&lt;br /&gt;Note: Yagyuu&apos;s a pervert. Hahaha! This one has two stories in it. Both are funny (well, at least for me). This is also another of those djs where you can witness an adorable cannibal!Bunta. RIKKAIDAI IS FULL OF LOVE. And yes, my scanner sucks. I tried to fix some of it, but then it became boring so I didn&apos;t &lt;em&gt;totally&lt;/em&gt; fix it. It&apos;s still clear enough, though. And I think it&apos;s a nice read. If you wish to translate this and wish for better scans, just drop me a message. I&apos;m getting tired of scanning, so I&apos;ll probably rest for a while. I think I wont scan for like a week or so on my own will. &lt;strong&gt;BUT&lt;/strong&gt; if you want &lt;a href=&quot;http://blufox-o7.livejournal.com/19126.html&quot;&gt;any of these&lt;/a&gt; to be scanned, message me and I&apos;ll do it right away. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;(&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blufox-o7.livejournal.com/23571.html#cutid1&quot;&gt;View/ Download Scans&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;x-posted: Sorry for spamming!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 09:07:23 GMT</pubDate>
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  <description>I made them a while ago but haven&apos;t pimp them here yet. Sorry if you see this more than once.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Icons&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[26]&amp;nbsp;Prince of Tennis&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Total: &lt;/strong&gt;26&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Teasers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/6/akayabuntaicon6vm5.png&quot; /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; src=&quot;http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/9972/akayaicon26pr5.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://iceduelist.livejournal.com/30222.html&quot;&gt;They are here.&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:06:23 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>[Maruihara] Breaking Tradition</title>
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  <description>&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma&quot;&gt;Title: Breaking Tradition&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma&quot;&gt;Author: Blufox&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma&quot;&gt;Fandom: Prince of Tennis&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma&quot;&gt;Pairing: Marui/Kirihara&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma&quot;&gt;Words: 1891&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&lt;a href=&quot;http://blufox-o7.livejournal.com/15377.html#cutid1&quot;&gt;There&apos;s gotta be a reason why &apos;things&apos; always happen in coffee shops&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;x-posted to other communities&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 06:10:05 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>[Fics] Niou/Marui</title>
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  <description>*waves* blufox_07 &amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;[Unknown LJ tag]&lt;/b&gt;&amp;lt;/lj&amp;gt;introduced me to the comm. ^^ And so I must infect you with some HaruMaru love! =D &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Both for 10Settings comm. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Title:&lt;/strong&gt; Highway &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Characters:&lt;/strong&gt; Niou Masaharu x Marui Bunta &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; orangechicanime (dazed-writer) (Dazed Dreamer) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rating:&lt;/strong&gt; PG-13 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Theme:&lt;/strong&gt; 1.highway &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Warnings:&lt;/strong&gt; suggestive themes, shonen-ai, mild cussing &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; First day of university, and they&apos;re struck in traffic. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Link: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://dazed-writer.livejournal.com/854.html#cutid1&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://dazed-writer.livejournal.com/854.html#cutid1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Title&lt;/strong&gt;: Science Lab&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNoSpacing&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Character/s:&lt;/strong&gt; Niou Masaharu x Marui Bunta&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNoSpacing&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Author:&lt;/strong&gt; orangechicanime (dazed-writer) (Dazed Dreamer)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNoSpacing&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rating:&lt;/strong&gt; PG-13&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNoSpacing&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Theme:&lt;/strong&gt; 2. Science Lab&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNoSpacing&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Warnings:&lt;/strong&gt; suggestive themes&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNoSpacing&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary:&lt;/strong&gt; They have the science lab to themselves. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Link: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://dazed-writer.livejournal.com/1735.html#cutid1&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://dazed-writer.livejournal.com/1735.html#cutid1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For 30Sweets comm. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Title: &lt;/strong&gt;Photograph &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Author: &lt;/strong&gt;orangechicanime (dazed-writer) (Dazed Dreamer) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Theme: &lt;/strong&gt;18. Say Cheese! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pairing/Characters: &lt;/strong&gt;Niou Masaharu x Marui Bunta &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rating: &lt;/strong&gt;G &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Disclaimer: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span&gt;Don&apos;t own Prince of Tennis nor any of its characters.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary: &lt;/strong&gt;You&apos;re not very photogenic, Haru. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Link: &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://dazed-writer.livejournal.com/1458.html#cutid1&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://dazed-writer.livejournal.com/1458.html#cutid1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For 30Nights comm. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Title: &lt;/strong&gt;Night Confession &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Author: &lt;/strong&gt;orangechicanime (dazed-writer) (Dazed Dreamer) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Theme: &lt;/strong&gt;003. Find me in the dark &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Pairing/Characters: &lt;/strong&gt;Niou Masaharu x Marui Bunta &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rating:&lt;/strong&gt; PG &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Disclaimer: &lt;/strong&gt;Don&apos;t own Prince of Tennis nor any of its characters. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Summary: &lt;/strong&gt;Please don&apos;t tell me this is a love confession.&lt;strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Link&lt;/strong&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;http://dazed-writer.livejournal.com/1197.html#cutid1&quot;&gt;http://dazed-writer.livejournal.com/1197.html#cutid1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All linked to my writing journal. And I&apos;ll dig up some more soon. ^^ Enjoy~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 21:21:39 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>what happened in rikkai dai</title>
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  <description>&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana;&quot; name=&quot;storytext&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;cutid1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ljcut&quot; text=&quot;stays in rikkai dai&quot;&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana;&quot; name=&quot;storytext&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;b&gt;----x)(x----&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I must have looked malnourished that day&lt;br /&gt; I asked you to trade places&lt;br /&gt; You&lt;br /&gt; with brittle, over-dyed hair&lt;br /&gt; silver now – like wisdom.&lt;br /&gt; Me&lt;br /&gt; with the uncanny ability&lt;br /&gt; to make animal figurines out of gum.&lt;br /&gt; You&lt;br /&gt; listened with amusement&lt;br /&gt; while I explained my petty excuse for memory&lt;br /&gt; I&lt;br /&gt; sat under the spreading chestnut tree&lt;br /&gt; while receiving a lesson in logic.&lt;br /&gt; For once, our polarity did not attract&lt;br /&gt; or repel&lt;br /&gt; or make silly faces at each other between dusty windows&lt;br /&gt; but merely settled in content&lt;br /&gt; like gasoline on water,&lt;br /&gt; like a ball against the net.&lt;br /&gt; When I first met you, my brittle, over-dyed friend,&lt;br /&gt; my left foot was named Buoyancy&lt;br /&gt; and yours was named Cynicism.&lt;br /&gt; I used to believe&lt;br /&gt; both ran the same laps&lt;br /&gt; kicked the same dirt&lt;br /&gt; and harbored the same bruises under coffee tables&lt;br /&gt; Yet&lt;br /&gt; one could cause regret&lt;br /&gt; while the other remained invincible.&lt;br /&gt; But both must exist, with someone.&lt;br /&gt; I confess,&lt;br /&gt; your left foot still feels alien to me.&lt;br /&gt; Were we ever incompatible with discomfort?&lt;br /&gt; I wondered&lt;br /&gt; as you made your way against density&lt;br /&gt; for my best interest&lt;br /&gt; and yours&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana;&quot; name=&quot;storytext&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;b&gt;----x)(x----&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;title:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/b&gt;sober&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;pairings:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/b&gt;marui bunta x niou masaharu&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;rating:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/b&gt;G&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;word count:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;183&lt;b&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;genre:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/b&gt;angst/general&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;frequency:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/b&gt;one-shot&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;disclaimer:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;j&apos;ai rien&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;prompt:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/b&gt;well, no matter what, we had to write &lt;i&gt;something&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;fanfiction.net portal &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3568570/1/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 02:15:43 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>:D Mood theme~!</title>
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  <description>&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://community.livejournal.com/ayarockcreation/59514.html&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/8725/advertisementso7.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kirihara Akaya x Marui Bunta Fanart Mood theme&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;(Click picture to find out more.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;[X-posted to: &lt;span class=&apos;ljuser&apos; lj:user=&apos;demonicbublegum&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://community.livejournal.com/demonicbublegum/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[info]&apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://community.livejournal.com/demonicbublegum/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;demonicbublegum&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class=&apos;ljuser&apos; lj:user=&apos;go_go_rikkaidai&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://community.livejournal.com/go_go_rikkaidai/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[info]&apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://community.livejournal.com/go_go_rikkaidai/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;go_go_rikkaidai&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class=&apos;ljuser&apos; lj:user=&apos;tenipuri&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://community.livejournal.com/tenipuri/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[info]&apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://community.livejournal.com/tenipuri/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;tenipuri&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class=&apos;ljuser&apos; lj:user=&apos;elfinism&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://community.livejournal.com/elfinism/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[info]&apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://community.livejournal.com/elfinism/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;elfinism&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class=&apos;ljuser&apos; lj:user=&apos;applebubblegum&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://community.livejournal.com/applebubblegum/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[info]&apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://community.livejournal.com/applebubblegum/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;applebubblegum&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class=&apos;ljuser&apos; lj:user=&apos;tenipuri_yaoi&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://community.livejournal.com/tenipuri_yaoi/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[info]&apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://community.livejournal.com/tenipuri_yaoi/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;tenipuri_yaoi&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;]&lt;/small&gt;&lt;/center&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2007 04:58:51 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>he would fit in a lilac prom dress</title>
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  <description>i drew something in the car. 30min. &lt;a href=&quot;http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/destellando/maruibunta-1.jpg&quot;&gt;messy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;bun-chan&apos;s pretty.</description>
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  <pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2007 08:23:19 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>notes from the underground</title>
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  <description>&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;title:&lt;/span&gt; class with j&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;ó&lt;/font&gt;zef ch&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;ł&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;opicki&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;pairings:&lt;/span&gt; none&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;rating:&lt;/span&gt; PG, for language &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;word count:&lt;/b&gt; 1237&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;genre:&lt;/span&gt; general&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;frequency:&lt;/span&gt; one-shot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;disclaimer:&lt;/b&gt; i have nothing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;prompt:&lt;/span&gt; english assignment. persona exercise from jhu writing tutorials, &lt;a href=&quot;http://ctyjhu.org/cdw3/container.htm&quot;&gt;section 7&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;fanfiction.net portal &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3536446/1/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;&quot;&gt; &lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;cutid1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ljcut&quot; text=&quot;but he never tells me I&apos;m setting a &apos;bad example&apos; for my kouhai&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;--------&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;x)(x--------&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;Now I understood why, while the rest of the girls in civitas took turns baking me cakes, she had always stood resolutely at the back of the room. Why two days after she found me kissing Sakura, she was crying in the bathroom. Why all those times I thought she gave me a withering look, &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt; &lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;I wasn&apos;t imagining it.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The first thing is momentum, no matter what anyone tells you. If you&apos;re quick, you&apos;ll set the pace. If you&apos;re ingenious, the pace will set you.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;Forty-three minutes had passed after his demand for us to sit. I keep time like a cesium watch now, can you believe it? It&apos;s always one yuck move and my tight-rope walking trick flops over the net, or two wrong seconds and then the ball cuts off my ear. My opponents make me crazy about perfection, elegance – beauty. Having two pairs of eyes stare at me while I work is like trying to dance ballet drunk. Sometimes, I &lt;i&gt;do&lt;/i&gt; play drunk. Getting hopped up on a little vodka is nothing before an easy school; it makes me practice hitting corner shots under the worst conditions so I&apos;m ready to face any psychological pressure against harder teams. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&quot;Forty-love!&quot; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jackal shot me a dirty look. &quot;Bunta! Where&apos;s your game?&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;I snapped my gum in response and started to bounce lightly on the spot. This was getting annoying. We should have killed them seven minutes ago.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;For some reason, I&apos;m always so &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;spacey&lt;/span&gt; in this class. Part of it is &apos;cause my seat has a stunning view, and I can choose to sleep or look at the courts. The other part is our professor. He recently got a haircut that enticed a bunch of staring from the other faculty members. It&apos;s quite gross, really: the barber did some cheap, rough shredding, then applied liberal amounts of overzealous gel over it to hide the fact that his cutting skills were completely nonexistent. I keep my grades up alright, but at the cost of frequent jolting. Whenever he yells &lt;i&gt;Marui!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: normal;&quot;&gt; in the middle of class, I flinch and try to cover my ass by winking at the cutest girl in my direction. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;How! &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;How did I misread that ball? Jackal&apos;s switching sides with me already, muttering darkly about their feigning techniques. If it&apos;s fooling me, then it&apos;s time to play seriously, before we lose any more points to their combination. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;I poked my partner as he passed. &quot;Ne, Jackal. Double back, okay? I need more time to read them.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;We were doing Soviet Russia, chapter 18. I liked all of their dictators. I know I shouldn&apos;t be admitting to that, but they seemed as tough and haughty as Sanada, which makes me wonder if our fukubuchou used them as templates for his own behavior. Outside, the weather seemed to agree with my thoughts. Each time my prof mentioned &quot;the influence of Józef Chłopicki,&quot; the trees would double over as if paying a respectful salute, bowing their leafy heads to the girl in front of me. I don&apos;t know her very well – she likes to study and take notes, and she seems distant with her friends. But she smiles at me like she does with everyone else, that Kaeda. It&apos;s no big deal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Left, I thought. I skipped to the right, forcing Jackal to run for the return. I knew he&apos;d curve the ball up unintentionally, a flaw that would tempt them to throw a finishing shot. But I &lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;had&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt; been watching them. I put half an eye to their footwork. Their finishing shots were useless against someone already positioned at the ball&apos;s destination. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;I made my way toward the far right doubles line, one foot stepped in red.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;In 1931, during the great purges of the Bolshevik party,&lt;/i&gt; I copied, &lt;i&gt;Stalin made secret arrangements for the assassination of his close political associate, Sergei Kirov.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;For the first time, I noticed Kaeda wasn&apos;t taking notes at all. She had her diary propped open against a stack of &quot;referential reading,&quot; which hid the flowery cover from our teacher. How strange. It wasn&apos;t like her character, to be goofing off in the middle of something relatively interesting. I wiggled in my seat to see what she was writing.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;June 4&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;How is it possible for that redhead to get away with everything? My best friend left me to join his posse because she had crushed over him for years&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;probably as early as primary school, thinking that she&apos;d have greater access to his personal secrets and attention. If this wasn&apos;t ridiculous enough, he goes around trashing the campus like he&apos;s a big donor who contributes ten million yen a year. What&apos;s with his sickening habit of snapping gum to announce his arrival – what&apos;s so wonderful about him, really?  &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Suddenly, I saw the form of the back player. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&quot;Fuck!&quot; I yelled. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;    &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jackal saw it too, diving forward just as I reached the front. We had fallen prey to the oldest trick in the book – the biggest enemy of overanalyzation. Even a first-year on our team could have predicted that drop shot, a drop shot perfectly executed to hug the net.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;I stopped there, feeling the bottom of my stomach drop. Never, had I &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;ever&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;, been faced with direct disapproval. When Mother thinks I take tennis practice too far, she intervenes with a simple note, but she never criticizes me for &quot;having my priorities reversed.&quot; &lt;/span&gt;When Sanada finds my gum in unwarranted places (like the shower nozzle), he puts me on a sugar ban and forces me to run laps against the wind, but he never tells me I&apos;m setting a &quot;bad example&quot; for my &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;kouhai&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: normal;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&quot;Game and match! Seven games to five!&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;I looked in disbelief at the back of her head. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;This is what gets me in trouble,&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: normal;&quot;&gt; I thought. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;This was why I lost my last doubles match. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;I underestimate my opponents just for being soft-spoken. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;I criticize their flaws and never guard against their talents.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;I list all the times I relied on my hyperactive analysis instead of the basic, basic rules we drilled by (but I had disregarded since I &apos;played too well&apos; for that crap). &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;They shook our hands, surprised to see us still wearing our training weights. I looked down at my own wrist, also surprised.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&quot;We never took them off?&quot; I asked Jackal. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&quot;The only time we succumbed was in the Kantou regionals.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&quot;Oh.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Then I looked straight into the two pairs of eyes that had stared at me during my work, finding only bemusement and understanding – no astonishment or anger. They knew we didn&apos;t expect it. There were always things you &lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;couldn&apos;t&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt; expect. Our failure to comply was not a personal insult, it was their free win.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;But the fact that they understood was chilling. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;It was one of those gentle understandings, something a seasoned hotshot would have no chance against because what &lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt; &apos;conquering hatred with love&apos; but a silly, foolproof cliché? It worked. It worked flawlessly for Fuji Syuusuke, arguably the best player that I know, despite his intentional losses against Echizen and Tezuka. It worked for Jiroh Akutagawa, whose sleepy impromptu never missed a shot. Who admits to this? Never me; I am tensai no Rikkai Daigaku Fuzoku, defense specialist known for his impeccable volley kills and impeccable volley hair. Lalala, pass me the gum.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt; &lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;Now, I understood.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;When was the last time I tried?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;--------&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;x)(x--------&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;p align=&quot;justify&quot; style=&quot;margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Tahoma, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Eurostile, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Eurostile, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2007 13:44:30 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>MARUI BUNTA // 32 BASES</title>
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  <description>&lt;p align=&quot;center&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot; face=&quot;Verdana&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Subject&lt;/b&gt;: prince of tennis&lt;br /&gt; &lt;b&gt;Characters&lt;/b&gt;: Marui Bunta&lt;br /&gt; &lt;b&gt;Number of bases: &lt;/b&gt;32&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table cellspacing=&quot;4&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; style=&quot;background-color: rgb(220, 218, 218);&quot;&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; background-color: rgb(0, 51, 0);&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot; face=&quot;Verdana&quot;&gt;   01&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; background-color: rgb(0, 51, 0);&quot;&gt;  &lt;font size=&quot;1&quot; face=&quot;Verdana&quot;&gt;   02&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; background-color: rgb(0, 51, 0);&quot;&gt;  &lt;font size=&quot;1&quot; face=&quot;Verdana&quot;&gt;   03&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td&gt; &lt;font size=&quot;1&quot; face=&quot;Verdana&quot;&gt; &lt;img width=&quot;100&quot; height=&quot;100&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c130/GigiCoria/ICONE/bases/base2.png&quot; alt=&quot;Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket&quot; /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;    &lt;font size=&quot;1&quot; face=&quot;Verdana&quot;&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;100&quot; height=&quot;100&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c130/GigiCoria/ICONE/bases/base8.png&quot; alt=&quot;Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket&quot; /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td&gt;          &lt;font size=&quot;1&quot; face=&quot;Verdana&quot;&gt;      &lt;img width=&quot;100&quot; height=&quot;100&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c130/GigiCoria/ICONE/bases/base16.png&quot; alt=&quot;Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket&quot; /&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt; &lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot; face=&quot;Verdana&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;RULES&lt;br /&gt; [1] &lt;/b&gt;Credit me&lt;br /&gt; &lt;b&gt;[2]&lt;/b&gt; Don&apos;t claim any of my icons as your own work.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;b&gt;[3]&lt;/b&gt; No hotlink &lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Enojy!&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://haryan.livejournal.com/13659.html#cutid1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot; face=&quot;Verdana&quot;&gt;(&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot; face=&quot;Verdana&quot;&gt;No other road, no other way)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2007 13:41:26 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>MARUI BUNTA // 10 LYRICONS</title>
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  <description>&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot; face=&quot;Verdana&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;img width=&quot;300&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket&quot; src=&quot;http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c130/GigiCoria/ICONE/buntabanner.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   Subject:  &lt;/b&gt;Prince of tennis&lt;b&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Characters: &lt;/b&gt;Marui Bunta&lt;b&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Number of icons: 10 /&lt;/b&gt;10&lt;b&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Credits: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/39728410/&quot;&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Lyrics: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Memories-lyrics-Within-Temptation/A299566CEF80355548256F5F002A0082&quot;&gt;Memories&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/b&gt;by Within Temptation&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://haryan.livejournal.com/12943.html#cutid1&quot;&gt;(all of my memories)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 10:30:11 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Fic Post: Being Bunta</title>
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  <description>&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt; Being Bunta&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span class=&apos;ljuser&apos; lj:user=&apos;serenityrages&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://serenityrages.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[info]&apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://serenityrages.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;serenityrages&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating:&lt;/b&gt; G&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Disclaimer:&lt;/b&gt; Not mine. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://community.livejournal.com/literatrix/6088.html#cutid1&quot;&gt;In which Marui excels in Geometry, among other things.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT: Sorry, it&apos;s been fixed, mod-san. Links now lead to public posts.</description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 10:23:16 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Fic post: The Scent of Failed Forgetfulness</title>
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  <description>&lt;b&gt;Fandom:&lt;/b&gt; Prince of Tennis&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Title:&lt;/b&gt; The Scent of Failed Forgetfulness&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;span class=&apos;ljuser&apos; lj:user=&apos;serenityrages&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://serenityrages.livejournal.com/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[info]&apos; width=&apos;17&apos; height=&apos;17&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://serenityrages.livejournal.com/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;serenityrages&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rating:&lt;/b&gt; PG-13&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Word Count:&lt;/b&gt; 570&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Prompt:&lt;/b&gt; Quote # 12 - For the sense of smell, almost more than any other, has the power to recall memories&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Disclaimer:&lt;/b&gt; Not mine. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Notes:&lt;/b&gt; From Niou&apos;s POV. More Niou/Bunta than anything else.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://community.livejournal.com/literatrix/6208.html#cutid1&quot;&gt;The awkward part of any unresolved break-up.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;EDIT: This too has been altered and link now leads to a public post.</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 21:55:04 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Marui&apos;s fanarts!</title>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;I like Rikkai a lot and I luv Marui, in fact I love to draw him. So I have done a lot of fanarts of him, and decided to share them with you. I hope you like it. ^^&lt;br /&gt;Here are they. xD&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I&apos;ve made this one for his &lt;a href=&quot;http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/5650/29mi1.jpg&quot;&gt;birthday.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And this &lt;a href=&quot;http://img119.imageshack.us/img119/4775/106wl2.jpg&quot;&gt;one&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:30:03 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Pimping AkaBun Community</title>
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  <description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/1448/bannerof7.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pimping the brand new community devoted to the pairing of Kirihara x Marui. If you&apos;re a fan of the pair please stop by and join~! We&apos;d love to have you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class=&apos;ljuser&apos; lj:user=&apos;demonicbublegum&apos; style=&apos;white-space: nowrap;&apos;&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://community.livejournal.com/demonicbublegum/profile&apos;&gt;&lt;img src=&apos;http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif&apos; alt=&apos;[info]&apos; width=&apos;16&apos; height=&apos;16&apos; style=&apos;vertical-align: bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;&apos; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&apos;http://community.livejournal.com/demonicbublegum/&apos;&gt;&lt;b&gt;demonicbublegum&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And yes...I know there&apos;s a &apos;b&apos; missing. It&apos;s the only way to get it to fit. XD;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;[If the banner is too big and I get complaints I will put it under LJ-cut.]&lt;/small&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:05:33 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>For the love of Marui Bunta~</title>
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  <description>Just posted Part 1 of Marui&apos;s Birthday Tribute in my LJ~ XD &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For anyone who loves Marui just like me~ ^_^&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Watch out for the rest if you like it~ =D</description>
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  <pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:18:03 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Belated  Happy Birthday</title>
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  <description>This is my late birthday gift to Marui! I hope you understand it....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;cutid1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;ljcut&quot; text=&quot;Kirihara&apos;s birthday gift to Marui....&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://pics.livejournal.com/motto_motto/pic/0000fpdt/&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;240&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;180&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; src=&quot;http://pics.livejournal.com/motto_motto/pic/0000fpdt/s320x240&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ya...I had a HARD time drawing Kirihara...@__@ love his hair but man it&apos;s&amp;nbsp; hard to draw. Well hope you like it!&lt;br /&gt;God bless~&lt;/div&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:34:10 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Fic for our boy&apos;s birthday</title>
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  <description>Title: First Sight : Part 1/2&lt;br /&gt;Author: Whisper&lt;br /&gt;Rating: R-esque&lt;br /&gt;Pairing: Kirihara/Marui&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Summary/Snippet: Kirihara Akaya fell in love his first year at Rikkaidai and, from that day forward, everything in his life changed. Marui Bunta would never know it, but he was to blame for the broken bones and scarred faces of Kirihara&apos;s opponents...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://whisper132.livejournal.com/253536.html&quot;&gt;And so begins the birthday celebration&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:41:29 GMT</pubDate>
  <title>Sketchy Marui Fanart [PG-13]</title>
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  <description>Happy Birthday, Bunta! :DD&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name=&quot;cutid1&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://pics.livejournal.com/shoeythoughts/pic/0004q290&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;1&quot;&gt;Done in Pen and Watercolour, scanned and cropped in Photoshop.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uh. Yes. There are so many things wrong with this pic that I wouldn&apos;t even bother to list, just. Yay! Happy Birthday, Bunta! &amp;hearts;</description>
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