A/N : My student introduced me what she calls GM diet and I am thinking of following it whether it's difficult or not. I just have to. I simply cannot stand seeing that Takumi Saito seems to have a slimmer waist than I have. Thus, the idea.
Hai, minna, I am playing Kami-sama again. Hehe. Aren't you as curious as I am as to what the diets of the other members are? It's not fair that only Echizen gets two-bottles-of-milk –recommendation, don't you think?
DISCLAIMER: I own nothing, not even Saito Takumi which is a pity. Don't sue me.
GOOD COMBINATION
"Inui, a-are you sure that this is your new battle plan?" Oishi asked Inui as the latter was distributing copies of his new "diet." Seigaku's mother hen had already scanned his the moment that the piece of paper was given to him. He was one of the few Seigaku members who seriously treated Inui Sadaharu's nutrition intake recommendation.
"Hai. These plans are specially designed to specifically address the needs of the regulars."
Seishin Gakuen Junior High School Tennis Club perused their copies out of curiosity. Inui handing out dietary plans was not new. It had been a tradition just like the monthly intra-school ranking matches and Penal Tea. It was also not new that the data man specified little or drastic changes in their food. Normally, they would shrug it off or pressure another team member particularly Echizen to follow the guidelines. It was to be taken note, however, that the ever loyal Kaido Kaoru all heartedly followed his sempai's recommendations.
What made the regulars curious about the plans was the fact that the mother hen, who had often supported Inui's whims in training, was worried. They then thought that there was something evil lurking in their own plans.
And there were.
"Hoi? Are? Inui! You're going to kill me!"
"This is unfair, unfair!"
"Che…"
"Fshhhhh…"
"Saa…Inui did you carefully think about the consequences of these plans?" Fuji asked and when he asked the members realized how graver the diet was for the tensai. He was one of those who had only shoved their first diet schedule in the deepest recesses of their bags and memories.
When he asked, it meant it bothered him. And a bothered tensai was never good.
"I have given a portion of data on it. Demo, according to all of your data," Inui addressed the team, clearly evading the piercing blue eyes of Fuji Syuusuke, "there is an 87 % possibility you would not pay attention to the plan."
Now, Seigaku tennis club was not only good in tennis. They were also an excellent choral group. "Nani?"
"This is so unfair, nya!"
"Inui- sempai, majiska?"
"I can't believe Inui wants us to die!"
"There is a forty percent chance that you would react like this so I have prepared an answer."
That settled the regulars for a while. At least, their façade did. Inside, however, they were volcanoes waiting to give their judgment upon human kind that was Inui Sadaharu.
"To reinforce the diet for all of you I have written the plans considering your partners plans as well."
"Partners?"
"By any chance, Inui, are you talking about Doubles?" Oishi asked, a little hope going back to him.
"I have also considered that. Demo, if I would base my data solely on Doubles, then you and Kikimaru may probably have the highest score."
"Nya, how unfortunate."
"Daijobou," continued the Data Man. "Your partners are not entirely a stranger to you. They are even close to you in a certain degree. Also, your partners will serve as my eyes and check whether you are following your plans or not."
"Tezuka, did you approve all these?" Fuji threw his counter to the person who seemed to control everything. The other regular members hung unto his response. However, the stoic captain seemed to be attracted to the ground.
"Inui, announce the pairs."
"Hai.
"First pair: Kawamura-Momoshiro." At the mention of their names, Momoshiro grinned at his sempai and the latter smiled back.
"Second pair: Eiji- Fuji."
Muttering "Lucky," Kikumaru put an arm around the smiling Fuji."
"Third pair: Kaido and I."
Kaido let out his trademark "Fssshhh," seemingly satisfied with the pairing. Most of them actually were satisfied. Power Pair, Dream Pair, and the Emerald Pair—not that they knew the names branded to them—they were paired for the next doubles matches...or so they thought.
Seigaku's mother hen had other thoughts though. "There are still three people left, including myself. Don't tell me one will be left out!"
Tezuka Kunimitsu and Echizen Ryoma still had other concerns, very far from the mother hen's. They were anxious as to who's who since there was a great possibility that they would end up checking on each other. That would mean the end of the world.
"No one will be left out. The three of you will have to guard each other's habits."
Eiji snorted. Fuji chuckled. Kawamura and Momoshiro grinned sheepishly. Kaido tried his best to suppress his smile, and ended up blushing. It was an unusual combination.
"Saa, Tezuka, yudan sezou ni Ikou," chided Fuji.
"Oishi, take care of them, bui," Eiji encouraged the other half of Golden Pair.
"Echizen, mada mada!" Momoshiro jeered.
"These pairings seem to be quite weird," Echizen said in an undertone, carefully hiding his face from his senpai-tachi.
"Do you have any problems with it?" Kaido hissed to him. Momoshiro stood on guard.
"When are you going to stop picking on your kohai?" he said through gritted teeth.
"Nani, want a fight?"
As usual the other Seigaku members gave a blind eye to this usual and also traditional bickering.
"I agree with Echizen, this combination is really unusual Inui," Oishi said, trying not to imagine how he was supposed to squeeze himself between the two pillars of Seigaku. He already had a mental picture of a hen strutting between two stone columns.
"Not really. If you will check your partner's diet plan, you will see that your copies have similarities."
"Nyahoi? Hai hai! There are! Look at this Fujiko-chan!"
Momoshiro and Kaido stopped bruising each other and in conspiracy, peered at Eiji's and Fuji's papers. The red head protectively shielded his, and the tensai opened his eyes to intimidate the two. The sophomores backed off. They knew better than to mess with their sempai-tachi.
Inui chuckled. "I quite understand Kikumaru and Fuji's reactions. If you two will peruse yours, you'll feel the same way too. "
And once again, the regulars thoroughly read their dietary plans. In them were highlighted parts that have the same hue as their partners.
Those parts were not what anyone, not even you, could just share to everyone.
The regulars regretted having ignored the Data Man's previous attempts of Dietary plans. It was clear that Inui did his job well. "You can cheat from time to time any part of your diet, but not the highlighted parts which should be checked by your partners.
"I only have enough eyes to see what you've been showing. With your partners help, I'll be able to check all of you."
"Fssshhhh…" Kaido sputtered. Unlike earlier, somehow, he felt uncomfortable being paired with the senpai he was usually comfortable with. The idea that Inui would be really checking on him—considering that he had been checking on him as it was—made him feel, well, naked…
"Che. You've been turning us against one another, Inui-senpai," Echizen muttered as he opened a can of Ponta. In a flash, Tezuka's hand swept the can from Echizen.
"Saa, Echizen, yudan sezou ni ikou."
"Nyarou," Echizen mouthed but did not dare speak. He was clever enough not to anger his buchou amidst their hellish diet week.
Oishi just grinned, thinking of how in the world Inui got the idea of grouping him with the first two.
"Ne, Eiji this is going to be interesting," Fuji, his blue eyes cold and glinting, chuckled. Kikumaru Eiji who shared his thoughts exuded an air of concentration common of him in a Doubles match.
"Hoi hoi. We're going to beat the others, nya…"
"Taka-san," Momoshiro said as he shoved a racket to Kawamura's hand.
"I am not confident about it…" Kawamura said. That was what he said before accepting the racket. What he said after was a different story. "Moeruze! Great-o! Let's do it, baby! Everyone, come on! Whoever breaks the diet will have to answer to me!"
That was how their one week diet began…and no one had any idea how it would end.
TBC
More AN: I am posting yet another prologue. I just hope this time I would be able to finish it. This will probably have 4 chapters more, depending on how the audience receives it.
Bui is how Eiji says V.
Takumi Saito has played Oshitari Yuushi in Tenimyu.
According to Mr. Wiki, senpai and sempai are both correct. I have used both to avoid biases...hehe