Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis. The series belongs to Konomi Takeshi. Nor do I own this upcoming bit from Soul Calibur.

Guess Who

'Do we have to fight?'

'Yeah, I guess we do.'

Hiya!

Swoosh

Shiiiinng

"Damn it!"

Ha!

Ah!

'Fall... Crescent moon!'

"Almost there..."

Hau!

Slash

Shing Shing

E.I.N! Come.

"No, no, nooo!"

Ziiiiiing

Slash Slash

Swoosh

Pew pew

"You're dead. You're dead, you're dead, yo—"

'Time for bed. Now sleep forever.'

"—YES!"

'You're better than this...'

EXCELLENT

"I WIN YOU BAG OF BITCHES!"

'Z.W.E.I. wake up.'

"Viola, babe, let him sleep."

The genius boy of Shitenhouji grinned at the character on the screen, content with his victory.

He was left alone at home while his older brother and his family were having an outing. Their parents were away on vacation for a month. It started off as a quiet and relaxing afternoon, just the way he liked it.

Bang!

"We're back!"

Hikaru heard Naoki yelling from the front door. He sighed and shut off the game console. There goes my peaceful day.

He lazily made his way into the living room as a tiny figure ran up to him holding a blanket in his arms. "Ji-san~!"

"Ah, be careful!" Ayano, his sister-in-law, shouted to her son before walking up the stairs.

His nephew appeared to be overjoyed about something for he was bouncing the whole time, wearing a grand smile. He explained to his uncle what he did today, where they went, and what they saw. When the little boy took a breather, Hikaru ruffled his hair and finally asked, "So, what have you got there?" Pointing to the bundle still in his arms. The boy's artichoke eyes lit up and he eagerly removed the top of the blanket. "Alice!"

Hikaru stared at the snow white puffball that was unveiled.

"Alice?" He raised a brow and turned to his brother. "You got him a bunny?"

"Yeah! Why not?" Naoki slung an arm around him, grinning ear to ear.

Hikaru felt his annoyance level rising and ducked out of the embrace. "Don't touch me."

"Oh come on Hika-chan!"

The boy glared at him. "And don't call me that."

"Don't be like that!" The older whined, feigning hurt. "Love me~!"

The younger grabbed a cushion from the sofa and threw it at him. "You're just as gross as Koharu-senpai and Yuuji-senpai."

Little Hotaru ignored his father and uncle like always and continued to pet the bunny. A few thrown items and a punch later, the siblings calmed down. His father walked over rubbing his aching cheek and knelt down beside him. "Why don't you let your ji-san hold her?"

Hotaru nodded and walked towards Hikaru who, might I add, had the fireplace poker in hand in case his brother dared to approach. "Meet ji-san... again!"

He held Alice up to him. "Do you want to hold her?"

The bunny blinked at the tensai, stretching one of her paws out as if to say hello. Sighing as he put the poker back, Hikaru smiled softly at both child and animal. "Give her here."

She practically jumped out of Hotaru's arms into Hikaru's. He released a breath of relief as he barely caught her in time.

"I think she likes you!" Naoki exclaimed, his shamrock eyes gleaming.

"Obviously." Hikaru smirked, gently stroking Alice who now snuggled up against him. "Everything likes me better than you."

"Bitch..." He muttered in response.

"No cussing." No one even heard Ayano enter the room. Naoki tittered as she was next to him for who knows how long. Her cerise irises were narrowed on him.

"I love you; don't hurt me!" He pleaded. "The brat's done enough!"

Said brat rolled his eyes. "You're such a pain in the a—"

"Alice~!"

They turned their gaze to the child that had his hands in the air out of pure joy. He giggled happily and smiled at them. "What?"

The three looked at each other and laughed.

Hikaru held the bunny up to eye-level; his viridian eyes meeting emerald. Interesting...

"Welcome to the family, Alice."

Early the next morning, Hikaru was awoken by the sound of thumping against his door and muffled voices. He groggily rubbed his eyes wondering what the hell anyone would want with him at this hour. It was—he looked at the clock—It wasn't even time for him to get up. Morning practice wasn't for another hour or so. Pissy from the sudden wake-up call, he tried to go back to sleep. A few minutes past, the thumping had returned. He let out a groan, getting up and dragging his feet to the door.

Alice observed her surroundings after waking up from her slumber. Dawn was breaking through and she was ready to explore again, bouncing around in the cage. Her impatient jumping made the boy across the room stir. She calmed herself down before it became a problem. She watched him toss and turn, then he threw off the blanket. "I'm up!"

He rolled out of bed full of energy and hurried up to the cage.

"Good morning Alice!" His dark hair stuck out everywhere.

She nodded in response, much to his delight. Hotaru opened up the cage and she hopped out. He picked her up and went to wash his face. Alice sat on the cabinet waiting for him.

"My, my someone is up early." Ayano stood at the doorway with a loving smile.

"Mama!" Hotaru hugged his mother. "Good morning."

She patted his head then looked at Alice and did the same. "Ready for breakfast?"

At that, Alice jumped down and skipped out the door, following the sound of Hotaru's giggles as if they lit up the dim hallway.

"Should I wake ji-san up?" the boy asked as they walked by his door.

"Later, if he doesn't get up on his own."

"Okay~"

The mother and son duo went down the stairs and into the kitchen, but Alice had other ideas. She went past Hikaru's door only to slide to a halt and turn back around. Up on her hind legs, she began pawing at his door.

Thump thump thump

In the kitchen, Hotaru heard the knocking. He looked behind him to confirm his suspicion; as he thought, no bunny had followed. Ayano was too focused on taking out ingredients to hear a thing. She turned to find him staring at the ceiling with an amused expression. Then she heard the thumping, looked up, and sighed. "You should go get her before Hikaru gets angry."

Hotaru nodded, giggling as he skipped merrily but slowly about his way.

Ayano sweatdropped, not sure whether her son was happy to fetch the critter or get his uncle angry.

Alice continued knocking until someone picked her up. "Keep doing that and he might kick you upon opening the door."

The bunny looked up at the person and snuggled against them. Naoki grinned at her attempt to jump out of his arms after the display of affection. "Want to make trouble, don't ya?"

"Morning papa!"

"Hm, morning kiddo. I don't suppose you came back up here just to say that."

"Nope!" Hotaru honestly spoke while shaking his head.

"Aww, papa's hurt." His father wiped a fake tear. "Well, let's go get breakfast; I smell eggs."

They were mid-way down the stairs when Alice managed to get free, leaving the small boy toppled over his father on the staircase.

Thump thump thump

The first time she did it, nothing. This time, however, she heard movement behind the door. Once the doorknob jiggled, she stopped. Without a moment to spare, it swung open revealing a clearly agitated Hikaru.

"What the hell do—!"

Noticing no one there made him hold his tongue. He glanced both ways down the hall then ran a hand through his spiky, raven black hair, letting out a frustrated sigh. Suddenly he felt something soft against his leg which startled him and looked downwards... Of fucking course. "You."

Growling as he picked her up, he held her close to his face; so close that he could almost feel her fur tickling him. His eyes, sharp and intense, bore into her very soul...but Alice ignored the deadly aura coming from the teen and licked his nose. He blinked once—lick—twice—lick—three times before admitting defeat. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't stay mad. "You're lucky you're cute."

Author's Note: It's been a long time since I've updated or wrote/typed anything new on FF. Ideas have been blooming in my head for a few series so I thought I'd run with this story first. Apologies if Zaizen (or everyone soon to come) is a little OOC. Also, eye color thing; I know his eyes are dark green in the anime so I went with viridian which is a little darker than emerald depending on shade and varies. Artichoke is a color...a greyish-greenish color. Hotaru's eyes are a mixture of his parents. I tried guys. Lol

Any criticism for improvement is welcome! :3