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Hello there! This is a NiouxOC story and it will have hints of other pairings. But not with the main OC... This is be part of a series of stories but I will explain that later. Enjoy reading!
Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis. Copyrights go to Konomi Takeshi. I own the OCs of the story.
My eyes started to dry out and get tired from following the neon green tennis ball bounce across the net and back and forth. It had already been an hour since all the regular club activities have ended. I bet only the Rikkai tennis team were the only ones here. I know the loss of their captain's presence have made them feel down but they shouldn't put their emotions in front of the priority of winning for the school. If they didn't show their emotions like that, then they wouldn't be here practicing overtime and I wouldn't have to wait for Ichirou to finish their practice... Ichirou may be taking Seiichi's place as captain but he's pushing them too far. Every regular in the team is soaked in sweat. I was surprised to see Jackal sweat too. He has the longest stamina and he is breathing in all the air he can get right now. I know that they want to win for Seiichi, but I think Ichirou has gone nutso with practice. Can he even walk me to the dojo? Ichirou has always been serious with everything. Grades, extracurricular, athletics, and the arts too! It was only two months before the Prefecturals, then the Regionals, and then the Nationals. I still remember last year when little Akaya entered Rikkai. He was adorable. But he still has a lot to cover to be captain next year. I wonder when is Ichirou going to finish their practice...I don't have all day to wait...I even finished Kendo training for the Prefecturals...Man...This is taking forever...
"Hey, Sanada!" I called. He turned around and glared at me. It wasn't my fault that he missed his shot. I was already used to the glaring and the 'tarundoru-ing' he does everyday. "I don't have all day to wait, Sanada!"
He went to talk to Yanagi and then he ran to the fence. Since he didn't bow to apologize or go to his bag to put his things away, I'm guessing that he isn't coming with me.
"You go ahead to the dojo, I'm busy today." he told me. He did not look sorry at all. Typical rock.
"Why do you need to make them practice so long? Just do the 'Quick-Kill' method I use at my practices." I told him. He just stood there keeping his stone face. But his eyes told me that there was fear and disturbance in his world.
"Just go. I have my ways and you have your ways of training a team for competitions." He said.
"Well,...You've should have told me earlier so I didn't have to waste my time waiting for you to finish dancing around the court." I said. But I did feel guilty. I should have asked him if he was going to take this long. But there was no need to say that aloud. " ….I guess I will see you back at the dojo. Bye." I waved and he just bowed and ran back to the court. He is training hard. I guess he is trying to keep his promise with Seiichi. Or he is under the strict influence of his grandfather...I started to walk away from the tennis courts until I heard my name being called.
"Aoi! Fujimoto-senpai"
I turn around to see Rikkai's Junior Ace and Trickster of the Court running toward to fence calling out my name.
"Fujimoto-senpai! Are you leaving?" The Rikkai Devil asked. He gave me the puppy eyes and pouted even though he was trenched in sweat.
"I thought you wanted to see me torture that third year over there." Niou said. I look to see that the third he was talking about is lying his back on the floor gasping for air. Niou really killed him. Niou and Akaya were both dripping with perspiration from the roots of their hair. Ichirou is really killing them. But they still managed to keep their happy tone when the were talking to me.
"Sorry guys, I have to leave. I can't wait for Sanada to finish torturing you guys." I told them. They both gave me the puppy look. "But I will see you guys tomorrow if Sanada hasn't killed you guys by them." The three of us laughed.
"I heard that, Aoi!" Sanada called. He finished a smash at Yanagi. The ball got stuck in the fence. Now I should really get going.
"I should really get going guys." I told them.
"Okay," Akaya said. "See you tomorrow, senpai!" He gave me his cheeky smile and ran back to the courts.
"Yea...see you tomorrow, Aoi." Niou said. We both waved at each other and then he ran back to the tennis courts and I continued walking to the gates.
At the Sanada Dojo
I continued to practice my kaeshi marks. It felt life I'm in still life. I couldn't feel the world stopping. I couldn't feel the speed.
"Your form is off again. Move your foot a centimeter forward to get the mark." a voice said. I turned around to see Ichirou standing at the door. I didn't hear him say tadaiima or anything.
"Welcome back to you home, Ichirou," I called. He frowned upon the name I called him by. But he also had a confused look on his face.
"How many times do I have to tell you to stop calling me that, Aoi." he stated keeping his stoic facade in place.
"Why not? It's so hard to say your full name so I decided to give you a nickname," I explained to the Great Emperor of the Tennis Courts, "and I can't call you Sanada cause everyone in this household is Sanada. You should be happy that I stopped calling you that nickname at school. You could have been the main source of jokes by then. The Great Emperor Statue is no longer called the Emperor but Ichirou-kun or Gen-chan."
"Anyway, I came back from practice four hours ago. It's nine o'clock right now. When are you going to leave?" He stated, again keeping his stoic facade showing no emotion at all.
I just stared at him blankly then looked at the clock. It did say it was nine o'clock. I couldn't believe the fact that I lost track of time again. I guess I'm staying at Sanada's again.
Ichirou just sighed.
"Do you need an extra set of clothes to change to?" he asked plainly with a sigh. Any regular person would die of boredom from a conversation with this social retard. Luckily, I am one of the very survivors. Seiichi is one and the rest of the tennis team. I almost stay at his place on a regular basis since I came to Kanagawa when I was about nine. Kendo is what I lived for but I still miss Asahikawa...and the Ooe dojo. I left my friends and we moved here because of dad's job. The teachings here at the Sanada dojo are weak compared to the teachings at the Ooe dojo back in Asahikawa. I miss the Lavender field, and the monthly trips to go near the Ocean. Hokkaido...how I miss you so...
"I don't need any. I came prepared." I told Ichirou.
"As always...You cause so much trouble for everybody..." Ichirou said lowly. He then got a whack at the head by his brother.
"Oi, Gen. You should be nicer. She could be you future girlfriend be happy." he said with a smile. The smile he gave was a creepy smile. Like the one Seiichi or I give to our teammates. When he said that, it felt like a bunch of slugs were crawling all over my skin. It was that gross feeling. Like touching raw meat of something of that kind of level of disgust. My face painted the feeling I had inside. Disgust, disturbance and horror. Ichirou's face didn't' show a nice picture either. His face looked just like mine. Filled with disgust, disturbance and utter HORROR.
"Uh...no no...Just friends and maybe he could be like the strict mean and demeaning older brother I never had..." I said calmly. I was always a fast thinker. Whenever I, or Niou, get in trouble, I could think of a reasonable excuse to cover it up. Whenever I pranks or tricks on people nowadays, they could never suspect it is the strict captain of the Kendo team. I always have to back up Niou. He isn't smooth with the pranks and tricks like I am. No one would know it was me...but Ichirou, Niou, Seiichi and some of my friends back in Hokkaido. Some of them are now in Osaka's prestigious Nomaiya Academy. They have won the Kendo National Tournament two years in a row. I'm making sure this year Rikkai will have its win. We are going to have our first win. We are no longer going to stay in second place. Ichirou's aniki was now laughing. I felt Ichirou's glare burning through my back.
"Okay, kiddies. Don't do anything funny tonight, alright." he said. And with that, he left the room.
"Do you always have to make fun of me when you make excuses." Ichirou said while frowning.
"Well, it's either that or go along with your brother. Which would you rather have. A girlfriend that can kick your ass at Kendo and Judo and be humiliated for the rest of your life OR have a sibling-rivalry relationship with the girl who can still kick your ass at Kendo and Judo. Which sounds LESS humiliating, Ichirou-kun? Choice one or choice two? Either way, you are going to be humiliated and insulted but on a different level." I explained. He was about to open his mouth to say something to fight back, but he then closed it. I knew he could never fight back in a verbal competition with me. Being on the debate team can help you evolve a lot. He could never win. He sighed.
"I called your parents already. Just wash up, change, then go to sleep. Make sure you wake up at six. I scheduled morning practice tomorrow, anyway." Ichirou said.
"Okay, okay..." I said, "Just let me apologize to you family again, Gen-chan."
"Fine," he said. His eyes soon widen at the nickname, Gen-can. He then gave me a blank stare.
"What? I can't use that too?" I said with a innocent face. I was an angel. He just pinched the bridge of nose to calm down and sighed.
"Just go." he sighed and then he left the room.
I exited the room with a smile. I couldn't stop thinking about what his brother said. Of course Ichirou is never gonna get a girlfriend. He needs to mature up and be more open. He is more like a rock than a book. You can always read a book but rock isn't something that you can decipher easily. He his just a plain, smooth stone that you always see in the park pathways. I've known Ichirou since I cane to the dojo five years ago. This dojo may have weak teachings, but the students that attend to this dojo are just as interesting.
I continued to walk down the hallway to the living room, where his parents and grandparents were.
"Please excuse my presence." I said before I slid the door open.
"Ah..." Sanada-baa-san said, "Aoi-chan you're still here? I thought you left."
"Actually," I started, "I lost track of time today and Ichirou insisted that I stayed at you home again. I am so sorry for inconveniencing you with my presence at this time again." I bowed to show my respect.
"It's fine." Sanada-dono said with a faint smile, "It's great to see someone so serious with kendo as Genichirou is."
"Yes," said Ichirou's mother, "I'm so glad to have you stay again. Ichirou is lucky to have great friends like you and Seiichi. I hope your parents aren't worrying that your not at home."
"Ichirou told me that he called my parents already. I am once again sorry for inconveniencing you and disturbing you at this hour." I said and bowed again, "Please excuse me." I left and closed the door behind me. I sighed. I began thinking about the many times that I had to stay overnight at the Sanada's. I started to think that I am troubling them too much. Having them clean up the spare room and making extra food in the morning. I shook my head and told myself that I should watch the time next time. I preceded to go the the washroom and take a bath and clean up and change into my spare clothes. I looked at the time. It was 9:45 pm. That didn't take too much time. Ichirou showed me to my room. He patted me on the head and whispered, "Oyasumi" and ran...no...sprinted out the room. I knew he never that hard of a rock. He can show emotions once in a while. I smiled...This was going to be great blackmail...
a/n:
YAY! THE FIRST CHAPTER IS POSTED!
I know there wasn't much NiouxOC going on but I will promise you that the next chapter will show a bit more of it.
And no. This is not a SanadaxOC. Sanada is just the glue. Really Field Glue? Haha.
This story will be part of a series. I found it troublesome to have one story to have many pairings in it so I am going to break it down into different stories. This is the first part of the series. The mentioning of the U-17 camp might be omitted. Who knows... I know what you guys are thinking. 'Do all the stories events interlink? What if we don't get the storyline if it's separated like this? How do I know if one of your stories are in the series?' etc. etc. HAVE NO FEAR! When the story events happen to interlink, I will post the chapters of all the stories but it would be put in the main point of view. For example: This story revolves around Rikkai so it will be put in their point of view or to the relating characters of the event. This is something hard to explain but when the stories are posted, you will get what I mean. If one of my stories has 'S1' in front of it, then it's part of the series.
If you all heard the news...ONEMANGA IS SHUTTING DOWN! Yes. We are now saddened by this but there are other websites but I hope everybody will remember ONEMANGA.
Hope you guys like this and review to tell me if there are any mistakes. Sorry about the abrupt ending but I still need to my summer reading...I just started and school is going to start soon...
If you have questions you are free to PM about it and I'm at a downfall for updating things so...yea...and the OC's full name is Fujimoto Aoi.
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