Hooray! My first Prince of Tennis fanfic! I hope you guys are going to go easy on me. I haven't known all of the characters yet, since I kept on skipping the chapters.. Anyway, in this fic, Echizen Ryoma will be the younger brother of Tezuka Kunimitsu, changing his name into Tezuka Ryoma. I suddenly fell in love with the pillar pair lol, so anyway, hope you enjoy this fic!
Beta-ed version by EmeraldRain25! Thanks a bunch, you made the fic a whole lot better lol
Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis, too bad..
Ryoma strode casually into the dining room. Walking over to the fridge to grab a can of ponta, he stopped, and turned to stare at the table.
Laying motionless on the kitchen table was a small, white envelope. Chances were his mother had placed it there. Picking it up, he turned it over, looking for a recipient.
"Great," He muttered, when only the words 'Tezuka-kun' were written on the front of it. The last thing he needed was to open the letter, only to find that it was addressed to his brother. He sighed, brought the envelope to his room, and placed it on his dresser. Laying down on his bed, he began waiting for his brother to get home from tennis practice.
His name was Tezuka Ryoma. In a few days he would begin his freshman year at Seishun Gakuen Junior High, or Seigaku for short.
His brother, Tezuka Kunimitsu, would be in his third year at the same school.
During his brother's first year at Seigaku, he had injured his left arm. His brother still made regular visits to a local physician, but he is slowly, but surely recovering. Ryoma had insisted that his brother rest a little before returning to tennis practice, but as usual, Ryoma was ignored. He was pretty proud to say that his brother would be the tennis club's captain this year.
Tennis.
It was the one of the things both Ryoma and Kunimitsu had in common. Both of them loved tennis and both of them were very skilled at it.
"Tadaima (1),"Ryoma heard a familiar voice. He ran downstairs and saw a tall brunette carrying his tennis bag.
"Okaerinasai(2), Nii-san(3)." Ryoma said, somewhat relieved.
"Is anything the matter, Ryoma?" Kunimitsu(Mitsu) asked his otouto(4).
"I got a letter, Mitsu-nii-san, but it's only addressed to 'Tezuka-kun'. I don't know if it's for you or me." Ryoma said bluntly, seeing no need for useless formalities.
"So, where's the envelope?" Tezuka asked.
Ryoma looked at his brother, slightly embarrassed. "It's in my.. Our room." said Ryoma.
Tezuka remained calm. "You weren't planning to move into the guest room and declare it as your room again?" he asked.
Ryoma blushed. "Well.. I sorta did.. But I'll move back.." he mumbled.
Heading to the guest room on the second floor, he grabbed his books and some clothes, along with a certain envelope and brought them to the room he shared with his brother. Tezuka simply followed, not saying anything until Ryoma handed him the letter. He opened the envelope and began reading it.
"Ah, it's just junkmail." Tezuka said after a pause, while throwing away the letter.
"I see.." Ryoma said.
"So, you're going to be joining Seigaku soon, right? Will you be joining the tennis club?" Tezuka asked after a long silence in the room.
"Yeah, and I assure you, that I'll be a regular even though I'm only a first year. After all, everyone is just mada mada dane(5)." Ryoma answered, cocky.
"Yudan sezu ni ikou(6), Ryoma." was all Tezuka said before he took a decent bath.
"Mada mada dane." Ryoma said after defeating an arrogant second year named Arai.
Arai, who was furious at being defeated by a first year, pushed Ryoma. Ryoma backed up into Horio. This caused Horio, who was collecting balls, to trip and all the tennis balls in the basket he was carrying to stream across the courts. This ended up causing all the second years who was playing at a nearby court to fall. In just a few seconds, the courts were in a state of chaos.
Suddenly, eight people wearing Seigaku Jackets entered the court. They were the regulars. One of them, of course, was the captain of the tennis team, Tezuka Kunimitsu.
"Everyone, 20 laps for causing chaos, now!" Many protested, causing Tezuka to give an additional ten laps. More people wanted to protest, but no one wanted more laps to run, so all of them decided to stay quiet.
'Nii-san, you're so mean..' Ryoma thought as he ran his twentieth lap.
Unbeknownst to him, a few of the regulars were talking about the 'mysterious freshman'.
"That boy, look at him, Inui." The tennis tensai(7), Fuji Shuusuke, pointed at Ryoma.
The data tennis player, Inui Sadaharu, nodded. "It's his twentieth lap and he hasn't even broken a sweat. There's a 95 percent chance that he still won't be sweating after he's finished his last lap."
"Who is he?" The egg headed Fukubuchou(8) asked to no one in particular. Unexpectedly(to the regulars), Tezuka was the one to answer.
"He's Ryoma.. Tezuka Ryoma. My younger brother." Momoshiro's jaw dropped in surprise. Meanwhile Ryoma had finished his lap and walked over to the regulars.
"Mada mada dane." He said his usual catchphrase.
Ryoma was confused when all the regulars, minus Tezuka, looked at him as if studying him.
"What's wrong?" he asked. He was irritated when nobody answered.
"If there's nothing wrong, would you excuse me? And Ni.." Ryoma stopped. "Te.. Tezuka buchou(9), I've finished running my laps." He continued after quite a long pause.
"Then you may start with your swinging practice. Six hundred swings." Tezuka answered.
'Those two.. They're brothers?!' Momoshiro thought, looking at Ryoma, Tezuka and then Ryoma again.
"How unique.." Fuji muttered.
(1)Usual greeting said when one comes back (home, to one's office...) from outside
(2)Greeting said to someone who comes back from outside (= compare with "tadaima").
(3) Older brother.
(4) Younger brother.
(5) You've still got lots more to work on.
(6)Don't let your guard down.
(7) Genius.
(8) It's the vice-president of a club.
"Fuku-" 副 means "vice-" or "deputy."
"Bucho" 部長 means "the head of a department" or "the president of a club."
"Bu" 部 is a club as well as a department in Japanese.
(9) President of a club.
How was it? I hope you love it! Please review, I always appreciate reviews from you guys!
Fuji: I predict that the next chapter would be a complicated relationship between Ryoma-kun and Tezuka-buchou!
Momo: I can't believe that THAT Tezuka-buchou has a younger brother!
Tezuka: What are you talking about?
Jaa ne!
