Title: Summer Festival
Author: shiroirukaze
Rating: K+
Disclaimer: Prince of Tennis does not belong to me
Prologue
"What are we doing here, Momo-senpai?"
"For the delicious teriyaki, takoyaki, dorayaki…" (1)
"Fsshhh…all you can think of is food. No wonder with that brain size of yours."
"What did you say, Mamushi?!"
"What? Do you want to fight?"
"Will you two stop it?! We are on the temple's ground, for heaven's sake!"
The two second years glared at each other and were about to deal some serious damages to one another before Oishi's shout brought them back to reality. A few curious onlookers stopped and stared at the commotion. A tinge of embarrassment appeared on both Kaidoh and Momoshiro faces as they moved away, still glaring at each other.
"The purpose of this excursion is for us to take a break from tennis practices and to enjoy ourselves, not to fight with one another. Okay, since everyone is already here, let us begin our summer festival. Anyone has any ideas what we should do first?" Oishi soon regretted asking that question when everyone scrambled to voice out their opinions.
"Oishii, I want to go and catch some goldfish nya…" Eiji looked at Oishi with soulful eyes that made Oishi hard to resist his doubles partner's request.
"I thought maybe we can visit the herbal stall." Inui said, pushing up his spectacles after consulting some data in his notebook and looked at Kaidoh.
"Then Tezuka and I will make our way to the temple's main shrine, ne Tezuka?" Fuji replied cheerfully, one arm around Tezuka's waist, waiting for an answer from the bespectacled captain. Tezuka nodded in response.
"This is a major headache. How can we keep track of each other when everyone wants to go to different places?" Oishi stared at his teammates with a despaired look. He knew that if all of them went separate ways, it will be hard to locate each other later and besides, he was worried for his teammates' safety too. It was Fuji's idea that solved the problem.
"We can always meet again after everything has ended."
"Fuji is right. We can arrange a time for us to meet again when the festival is over." Inui supported the idea while the rest of the members nodded in agreement.
"Okay then. We will meet again here at 10pm. Are there any objections?" Oishi asked and when no one said anything, the whole team broke off, heading towards different places. Eiji led Oishi to the stall opposite the temple that has a big pond in front of it with dozens of medium-sized goldfish swimming around. Inui and Kaidoh walked past a few stalls before Inui settled for a stall selling various kinds of herbs in barrels. Momoshiro dashed towards the nearest food stall, grabbing Ryoma along. While the rest of the team headed to the rows of shops on the temple's grounds, Fuji and Tezuka made their way to the main shrine located at the top of a flight of stairs.
To be continued...
A/N: this is the first part of a fic which contains drabbles of different pairings. since everyone is heading to different places, a lot of fun incidents are bound to happen. thanx for reading and reviewing.
(1) teriyaki - barbecued chicken meat chunks on skewers/sticks
takoyaki - octopus balls topped with mayonnaise and natto
dorayaki - japanese pancakes