Two Tezukas?!

Disclaimer: I don't own the anime. If I did, then there would be a lot of shonen-ai pairings in it.

Rating: T

Pairings: TezuRyo, OishiKiku, OCxOC, and more to come.

Summary: Tezuka finds himself orphaned after his parents were caught in a car accident. Now, adopted by the Echizens, he finds himself completely tangled to his former kouhai's life... In more ways than one.

Note: This fic is set while the seniors had already graduated from middle school and is now in their first year in high school. This features only the main character in the Kanto region and maybe some other random players. Also, there might be some slight AU. Please enjoy!

Prologue: The Beginning

To say that Tezuka Kunimitsu is in a state of shock would be an understatement. How would you feel if someone from the police force called you five days ago to inform you that both your parents were involved in a car accident and had died before they could even send them to the nearest hospital? Nope. Being happy is the last place in your mind, but then again, this is Tezuka Kunimitsu we are talking about; The guy who stays cool and calculating in front of adversity.

At the time of his parent's funeral, many of his parent's business associates and his former school mates and rivals offer their condolences to the teen. Even Atobe, the diva, came with a solemn expression on his face with a large bouquet of lilies in Kabaji's hands (In truth when he tries to buy a whole store of flowers that is until the Hyotei tensai, Oshitari Yuushi, intervened).

Oishi, the mother hen of the group had stood beside him on the day of the burial trying to console the stoic man thought there was no need to. Even if he and his father stay in one roof, they could not see each other eye to eye. The deceased Tezuka had always discouraged him about tennis. He had wanted his son to focus his studies, graduate, find a stable job, and then maybe marry a woman of high prestige. His mother, being brought up as a traditional Japanese woman kept her mouth shut. Still, the new orphan could not help but feel a little remorse about the situation.

He knew that it would be hard for him now that the only living family he has now is himself, and that is where would start off: in front of half a dozen lawyers and some child care workers arguing what should be the best course of action for the orphaned boy.

At first, Oishi's family had gladly volunteered to take care of him until he is legally an adult, but Tezuka's deceased father's lawyers were strict about who is fitting enough to take care of the young heir. "We could not let a widowed man take care of a child who had just gone through losing his whole family in such a short span of time. He needs a surrogate mother in this time of his life." At this statement, Kunimitsu couldn't help but raise a brow at this. After all, if one needs a mother to take care of them, Syuichiroh fits the description completely. In the end though, he kept his mouth shut at this tiny piece of information for the sake of saving his best friend's remaining masculinity.

Another candidate was the Atobes, but the former Seigaku pillar adamantly refused the offer. He could not see himself waking up and see the "Monkey King's" face every morning even to save his life. Then there were some other random strangers wanting to adopt him, but in the end, he refused his father's business partners' entire offer to take him in. After all, he couldn't be called a prodigy if he could not see what they are planning.

"We should put him up for adoption or maybe foster care. The child could not live all alone in this kind of trauma."

"You must be kidding, woman." One of "his" lawyers objects. "Tezuka-sama has inherited a large sum of money from his deceased parents. We could not just have him be taken advantage of by some God forsaken couple in need of easy money. Besides," he laughed half heartedly. "I don't think a sane couple would want to adopt a sixteen year old who's starting high school a week from now just out of their love and sympathy."

"I agree." Another of his father's lawyers commented. "If Tezuka-sama must be subjected to this, we should choose a family with equal or higher status with his family."

The topic of these talk remained silent as these strangers talk about his future. He is almost at the brink of shouting at them to leave his life alone when a loud slam of the double doors shut the whole gathering up.

A man in brown yukata and shades with stubbed chin grinned at the shocked assembly. "Hello all you white collared guys and old hags! I just came to adopt that shonen over there." The stranger said pointing at the orphan.

He was greeted with silence.

Tezuka, being the calm and collected guy that he is, stood up from his seat to usher this strange man out of the room. That is, until he saw a familiar capped head behind the senile looking guy. "Echizen." He whispered and for the first time in the pre-teen's life, he saw an emotion flicker in his bucho's eyes: confusion.

The monk looking man just grinned wider, walked to his direction, and to the teen's surprise, puts him in a headlock. " Ne, Megane-chan (at this, Tezuka's fingers started to twitch), would you like to have that uncute kid over there as your otouto? I'm sure that another block of ice to accompany him would be good for him, ne?"

"W-wait a minute!" One of the lawyers stuttered, coming out of the shock of having this vagabond interrupt their important discussion. "Who are you? How did you get in here anyway?"

The stranger took off his shades putting it inside his yukata laced his fingers at the back of his head. "Echizen Nanjiroh. Yoroshiku!"

Author's Notes: This is my very first fic so I don't expect much from it, but comments are highly appreciated. I know this chapter is short, but then again, this is just a prologue. Also, I'm having trouble as to whether I would have InuiKaido or MomoKai(or vice versa. Doesn't matter much) Also, if you have some pairings in mind, please tell me.

Thanks for reading!

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