i am well aware of the fact that my last fanfiction is not yet finished... well that is you all's fault for not reviewing! goth...

anyways this is a fanfic that i promised to write for a friend of mine... this was a request she asked for and here it is!

This is for:
TezukaEijilove4evr

You're welcome

Disclaimer: i do not own Prince of Tennis... if i did do you think i'd be writing these fanfictions?

Akira Yama presents a TezukaEijilove4evr request
When Forever Is Not Long Enough
Prologue

Confusion. What else is there to feel? At eight years old, when your best friend vanishes; what do you do? The grown-ups will not tell you what is going on. They choose not to say whether he is found or not. It is very frustrating.

"Kunimitsu, Kikumaru-san just called. They found Eiji-kun!"

Heart skips. Only one thought in mind. Thank goth.

Mom was breaking laws. I remember well. She was speeding. I was buckled in, but my heart was pounding. My best friend had been kidnapped. I was so scared when I had found out. There was no telling what those men did to him.

We swirved into the hospital parking lot. What happened?

Walking into the hospital we could hear the echos of someone shouting. We drew closer and saw Kikumaru-san shouting at a group of police officers.

"You bring him back, but don't bother to catch the guys who hurt him?!" She shreiked.

An officer, brave fool, tried to calm her down. "Don't you dare! He has bruises and had to get over a hundred stitches. Don't you dare tell me he's ok! They ran tests on him! Those men hurt him and you don't bother to catch them!"

I watched mom go to her and place an arm around her shoulders. I did not care to watch them. I wanted to see Eiji. Where are you?

"Oh, Eiji!" I heard Kikumaru-san cry out. I looked up and saw Eiji in one of the hospital gowns. He had only a few stiches above his eyebrow and had bruises on his wrists and neck along with a black eye. I wonder where the other stitches are? His azure eyes were stricken in fear. His mom hugged him tightly. A police officer whispered something to her and she went off on an outraged rant.

"You want to get a statement?! When you don't even have the men in custody?!?" Her fist clenched, she didn't even notice her son cowering away from her, arms sheilding his head. Traumatized from the events from the past two weeks.

My heart throbbed. "Eiji." I whispered to myself. He looked so frail. The gown hung on his small shoulders. He must have been starved along with who knows what else.

As if he had heard me, his big eyes turned to me, lighting up. He ran to me, "Mitsu!"

He threw his arms around my neck. Yes, he was definately much thinner. I held him tightly, a little afraid that if I held too tight he would break, but worried that if I did not, he might slip out of my arms. His small body shook as he started to cry. I sat down in the floor, holding him close as he sat in my lap. He buried his face into my neck. I rubbed his back as soothingly as I could.

"M-Mitsu it was howwible.* They hit me and did something weally** weiwd*** to me." He tried to say through his sobs. I kissed the top of his head and held him as he cried.

A while later a doctor walked over to Kikumaru-san. I watched as I stroked Eiji's hair. The doctor tried to keep it quiet, but failed.

"We have some bad news." The doctor said in a solemn tone.

She looked at him, with a readying expression, tears in her eyes. "Yes?" Her voice was shaking.

"We got some of the results back." She nodded, baited. "We are very sorry to tell you this, but your son was raped."

* :horrible

** :really

*** :weird

i do not know if that is how he talked at eight, but would that be sooooo adorable or what?!

anyways, yes there is more to this, this is not the end. so i hope you enjoyed it, sorry for any OOC-ness, but eh it will be as close as i can get it and adding to the fact that he is forever traumitized... i will see how canon I can make it. canon as in character/personality wise.

Thanks for reading!