Authors' Notes:
Madz-San:
The idea of starting this at the graduation was Chibi Bun's idea that I changed up a bit. I loved her idea of Kite making the ceremonial speech, it was great. It really left an opening for comedy later.
Also, while reading this don't suspect that we will be doing a great amount of crossovering! We're just mentioning and making references every once in a while, nothing huge! This fanfic isn't complete crack… Not some stupid Sailor Moon X DragonBall Z crap. -_-
To make note as well, don't think the main pairing is the only one. We may not introduce other teams that much but we will have some show up, not just Higachuu.
Well, I hope that this fanfic that Chibi Bun and I are doing will give Tanishi Kei more fans, because he deserves them! So please enjoy and give us your thoughts! ^-^
Chibi Bun Tamago's Rantings:
…Madz-San wrote most of this, but I've added my input here and there. I truly believe that the characters introduced in the last hundred or so chapters of the first series of Tennis no Oujisama, should be more explored. Writers have been doing this especially well for Shintenhouji but not so much for Higa.
And it's also sad to see teams from earlier chapters be neglected as well. This would include (but not limited to) St. Rudolph, Midoriyama, Fudomine, Rokkaku and Yamabuki. I think it's kinda pathetic that Midoriyama was discarded in the anime in exchange for Jyousei Shonan. I believe it's because the Midoriyama boys were somewhat boring (in contrast to the, pardon me, freak show of Jyousei), but they also were the most normal team, in a way. They have great potential, as all the members were second years when they faced off against Seigaku. Maybe I'll try writing something for them…Argh! Stay focused! (I love PoT so much, it AIN'T funny. At all.)
Anyway, by writing this piece together, Madz-San and I hope to help increase the number of fanfics for Higa. Enjoy reading, PEACE OUT! Byez!!!~*
Señor Gordo: Chapter Uno
I always knew that these graduation ceremonies were boring as hell, but this is too much! The event has been going on for at least 40 minutes and from the look of the pace, it will continue for another 30 minutes. Also, despite the fact that I got a fair amount of slumber last night, I have to keep fighting myself from falling asleep through Kite's 'I'm such an intelligent, almighty, smart-ass with a stick up my butt graduation speech'. Even though I'm pretty sure Kite worked hard for his speech, rehearsing and editing over ten fold, it really is a pity that I can't just sleep through it. However, there's also the factor that with Kite's 'Hitman ways' he may kill me… Or like in the days of tennis, shove a gouya down my throat.
I wasn't too sure if I'd be joining tennis during high school. I mean, I'm not particularly great at it, neither am I in the best shape, (says my 233 pounds and just about everyone that calls me a fat-ass…). You'd think that all the work I've put into tennis would have molded me in shape but it just didn't. If anything, I think I may have gained weight during those times. But then if I didn't join tennis again, what would I do? I'm not very familiar with other sports and I don't have a hobby that I'm good at. Plus, all those universities want to see what you do besides school work, the nosey bastards…
What was so great about this whole thing anyway? Why do we need this big ceremony when it's just high school that we're going to? They make it sound like this is so important. That we are upgrading to the royal palace and any mistakes we make, we'll be sacrificed right in front of the emperor for his own pleasure. The whole thing's ridiculous.
As if to prove my point even more, my head began to nod in a slow rhythm again and I could feel myself drifting off into a sweet slumber. That is until I felt a painful, hard smack to the back of my head. With a cry of alarm, I spun around to see who it was that caused my throbbing head.
And as if this time could be any more unpleasant, I caught eyes of the holder of long honey blond hair, a golden tan, and a pretty face that I did not want to see.
Hirakoba Rin snarled at me before he yelled at me in a harsh whisper. "Wake up, fat-ass! If I have to go through this, so do you! There's no way in hell I'm letting you snooze! Like that's all you need, more sleep!"
It's a waste that such a dirty mouthed bitch has that face.
I let out a small grunt then formed a tired glare as I responded before Hirakoba could hit me for a second time today.
"Wow, its lovely seeing you, Hirakoba." I said bleeding with sarcasm, of course. However, he didn't appear to enjoy it as much as I did.
"Tch! Yeah right! I was hoping now that middle schools over with I wouldn't have to see your ugly mug. After all you won't be in tennis during high school."
What the hell? Who said I wouldn't be in tennis?
"Wh, what do you mean since I won't be in tennis throughout high school?" I asked pissed and confused. And just to make me hate Hirakoba even more, he made a mocking laugh and smirked.
"Are you serious? Do you really think that you'll be able to join with that lard? Or with that embarrassing defeat by the Echizen brat? You'll be lucky that they'll even let you try out!"
He did have a point, to be honest that memory was pretty embarrassing, being beat by a little midget and all. However, besides that, so what if I lost? He did too and that didn't mean he had to be such an ass about it. Therefore, to get somewhat even, I threw something back at him.
"Yeah, well it's not like you and Chinen did any great against the Seigaku team either. You guys got beat too. And also I think I know my weight issue fine after you reminding me the 50 times before. So you can shut your mouth."
And just as suspected he didn't take that comment too well and raised his voice.
"Fuck you! At least Chinen and I did better than your house sized butt! And I can call you fat as much as I want! Maybe it'll finally snap in your pebble brain to lose some pounds!"
His words cut like a katana committing seppuku. I know that I've been told that for years and I should be used to it but for some reason every time Hirakoba would bring it up it'd make me feel so much like crap. Why did his words hurt and get under my skin so easily? I don't understand it. I've been trying to solve this crappy feeling from the day I met him and I just couldn't find the answer.
This is why I try to avoid him so desperately. If anything he was the biggest reason for me not wanting to join tennis again. But I couldn't just back down, now can I? He frankly told me that I sucked too much and was too overweight to be accepted on the Higachuu high school tennis team. And If I just pussied out and didn't even try, it would only make him more pleased. And he'd keep making those ridiculing laughs and smirks. If only I could see the beautiful, discontented expression he'd make when I proved him wrong.
"What? You got nothing to say, you beached whale? You notice that I'm right finally? Well, I guess your brains not that much of a pebble after all… Maybe it's more like a peanut-"
I couldn't take any more of his shit-filled insults and snapped. I got a hold of his collar and yelled.
"Fuck off!-"
But then I felt a hand tug on my shoulder and pull us apart.
"Hey, party's over!" Shouted a tall, mid-thirties appearing man. I didn't know who he was but I guessed he was a teacher.
"K, Kazuma!" Hirakoba said stunned.
"That's Kuwabara Sensei to you! Now break it up, this is an important ceremony and you need to respect your fellow student up there." He said as he pointed up to the glaring Kite. He was definitely going to assassinate me later.
"S, sorry, Sensei…" We mumbled to Kuwabara.
"Ok, just keep it down. I better not catch you guys messing around again."
And with that being said, the orange haired Sensei walked off to stand off to the side, next to my last year's home room teacher, Urameshi Sensei.
Hirakoba whispered in my ear and smirked before returning his attention back to our favorite resident smart-ass.
"I bet your brain's not the only thing that's peanut sized."
I was about to retort back but Hirakoba had already returned to his seat in the auditorium. That's just like the bastard, to say something nasty and coolly strut off.
So, I sat there and somehow managed to stay awake through the rest of the whole damn thing. Finally, after about another half an hour, I was able to retreat home.
On my way home, my dad called and told me he was going to pick me up. I told him where I was at, so I waited for his truck to pull up. He soon came, rolling up in his Escalade, and I hopped in.
"How was graduation, Kei?" he asked warmly.
I looked at his outfit, "Why are you still wearing an apron, Dad?"
"I just finished making some chocolate chip macadamia nut cookies! ~*" He declared proudly.
I gazed at his silly appearance dully. How can a full grown, six foot man wear something so foolish as a white apron, with tons of pink and baby blue frills, and Cinnamoroll floating in the smack dab center of the atrocity?
He continued speaking, "Anyway, how was the ceremony? I heard Kite-kun gave a great speech. His parents said he'd been preparing it for a few weeks now."
Why doesn't that surprise me..? As much as it was a 'lovely' speech, it was hard to lie to my otomen of a father.
"Well… It was…" I tried to think of the proper words to describe Kite's… speech…
"Ewww…" I groaned.
"What?" Dad asked, utterly confused.
"Um, I mean…"
I just couldn't hold my thoughts of it any longer from him and finally laid it out to him.
"Dad, it was crap! Long winded crap! I swear the damn thing went on for a frickin hour and a half! It was so long and boring that even the teachers looked like they could fall asleep!"
"…Did you fall asleep..? That would explain the call I got from Kite kun's mother today. She said he wanted to talk to you… I'm guessing he wasn't too happy…" He said with fear in his eyes for his beloved son.
The whole idea then struck me, Kite may assassinate me but he gets the evil from his mother… who may just kill my father for his 'improper parenting'.
"D, dad… Sorry, I didn't think about your situation, I-"
"It's okay, I may be able to avoid her gouya-beating if I give her some fresh cookies… and blame your mother."
I nodded in agreement. And he went on about his previous beatings as we drove home… Was this supposed to make me or him feel better?
"Why are you afraid of Kite's mom, anyway? Weren't you friends with his parents way back? Plus, you're like over half a foot taller than her. I don't get it."
"You're about a half a foot taller than Kite too. Why are you afraid of him?"
"Silence!" I said nervously. Kite's mom is a woman. Kite's a… Hitman…
"Hah! See. You can't deny that family's ability to install fear. You just can't." He visibly shivered.
"Alright, alright! I get it."
After what it seemed like a good twenty minutes, we reached home and departed out of the truck. We have a pretty nice house. It's three stories high, and has a basement. My dad's favorite room is the spacious kitchen, I think. He even has a tv in there now! Yet I can't have one in my room…at least I have my laptop.
Anyway, we walked into the house and got ready for dinner. Everyone was waiting at the table for us when we came into the dining room. Mom was yelling at the brats, my younger brothers Tanishi Keiichiro and Tanishi Kenchiro. They're going to be fourth graders, the next school year.
"Kenchi! Stop eating! Yes, I can see you nibbling on that, Keiichi!"
She paused as she realized pops was back from retrieving me. "Finally! Everyone, let's eat!" she announced after she bounced over and gave dad a loud kiss on the cheek. Mom could be amazingly bipolar sometimes…
I quickly took my seat. It used to be only eleven people at our table, then my older bro, Ken'ichi, got married and had a kid. They live next door to us, and they come over for breakfast and dinner still. My second oldest brother comes over from his apartment nearby as well. So, with thirteen people eating at one table, things become a little hectic.
"Hey, Kei! Give that back!" yelled my younger sister as I took a tempura shrimp her plate.
It's not like Keiho really likes shrimp as much as I do. But I resigned and gave it back to her. I didn't feel like picking on her today. She looked at me in concern, before she continued eating. It gives me chills to think that my adorable little sister is in the same grade as that scientifically engineered midget (AKA Echizen). Ugh…
"Hey…where's Yoshi, Ryou and Keisa? Shouldn't they be here before we all start gorging?" I asked. Those three usually ALWAYS make sure they are on time…They know my eating habits too well.
"Keisa's at one of her modeling gigs. Keiyoshi's at the university lab working with his partner on some project. And Kenryou…I think he's out with some friends. I don't really know." She shrugged her shoulders.
"Probably doing karaoke like last time" I said. My older brother sure is a ladies man, despite only being a high schooler.
"Damn cougars…trying to hook up with my bro." I mumbled.
"Ah." My mom nodded as she took a bite of rice.
I noticed after eating for a while that Keiichiro was staring with puzzled eyes at me until he turned to our mom.
"…Mom, what are cougars trying to do to Ryou...?" He asked innocently. She swallowed then made a smile.
"They just want to play with him."
I just about choked on my unagi roll as others began to laugh. After pushing the roll down I looked across to my dad who seemed to be in the same situation as me, struggling with his food.
"Play with him..?" Keiichiro asked, still a bit confused.
"Yup." Mom reassured, her big smile cemented to her face. Keiichiro and Kenchiro's faces soon began to glow.
"Cool! I wanna play with cougars too!" Kenchiro exclaimed.
"Me too!" Keiichiro echoed. I slapped my face as the family still chuckled… And dad gave mom a mortified look which she replied with a lighthearted kiss to his cheek.
"That's nice, boys." Mom responded to the twins.
Finally our … 'interesting' dinner was over. I helped out with some of the dishes before I went down to my room. Yep, down. My room's made from the basement.
I have the largest room in the house, with a king sized bed. It's awesome, I even have my own bathroom! And bookshelves line the walls of the room.
Did that surprise you? I do like to read…sure a lot of it may be manga but I do enjoy intelligent novels and literature. I just don't like to show it off like Kite (AKA 'Our favorite resident smart-ass). Overall, my room is the shit.
However, it has one fatal flaw…It has no television set! Damn it! I mean can't someone at least buy me a frickin twenty inch, decent tv!? Please? The kitchen has one but why not my room?! ...Geez, I'm just going to have to buy one myself sometime, aren't I?... I probably should stop spending my allowance on manga and food…
I was about to start doing homework, but then I realized that I don't have anymore damn homework until April first! YAH!
So I grabbed one of the new magazines I bought yesterday and started reading through it. It wasn't until midnight that I started getting tired and checked the clock. I didn't have the energy to stay up any longer and went to bed. Yet, when I hopped into the covers, words began to resound in my head. The insults Hirakoba threw at me earlier that day. …Why does he seem to hate me so much? I never said or did anything to him in the beginning. Actually, I still don't say anything unless he does first. I may be a sarcastic jerk at times but at least I don't go picking fights. I don't understand… It wasn't until later that I was able to ignore them and finally drift off to sleep.
Author's Discussion:
Chibi-Bun: Not much happened in this chapter, but at least we introduced Kei's family. That, in itself, is a major hurdle to jump over…My favorite part's when Rin wakes up Kei during Kite's graduation speech.*excited* It was sooo parfait!
What's yours Madz-San?
Madz-San: Lol, that was pretty funny and I did love the part with Kei and his dad driving home but I would have to say my favorite was when Kuwabara Sensei showed up for a page.
Chibi-Bun: Sword must get longer!
Anyway, I can't wait to finish the next chapter! This didn't take as long as I thought it would once we started typing it together…And when we get to the band part, you all can bet that my references won't stop. Ahh! I can see it now. A vague one to Dragon Voice, another to Gravitation, and a bunch to real bands…*drools*
Madz-San: Yeahhh~ We can say something about Gackt~//// Ohhh…
Chibi-Bun: Of course. We must feed your obsession.*whispers to readers* If she could, she'd have Gackt as her manslave…
Sooo…If you get to have your Gackie-poo then I can put in allusions to my wonderful TVXQ~*(Who I would like to own. Too bad it's considered slavery…Hmmm…)
Madz-San: *glares* Don't call him Gackie-poo or I'll have to call TVXQ DBSGAY! …But I wouldn't mind if we put in something referencing TVXQ or other artists. So yeah, that would be pretty sweet but first we have to deal with the second chapter and others until we get to him noticing his calling for music.
Chibi-Bun: Yep! That's why I'm excited to finish the next chapter! One more step towards that! And it's pretty fun writing this! Well, I am now saying Good Bye Readers! Review! That's an order.
Madz-San: Uh-Huh! It was fun doing this but I think doing the next chapter would be even more fun! Especially writing 'that part'! ^-^ So Readers please give us your thoughts and continue enjoying our Tanishi Kei fic!