The Seigaku Regulars have won the Nationals and they've gone on to High school as well. Ryoma's childhood friend shows up at school and last thing he wants is for him to fall in love with her. But life's not exactly what you wish for is it? To top all that off there's Sakuno and Tomoka coming in between them and the fact that the winter vacation is coming up. But the winter vacation is a bit more eventful than usual when all the regulars go on a trip to this wierd mansion and end up disappearing one by one. A romantic horror story with some comedy in between!
I know that summary sucked. I'm really sorry. I know my summaries aren't good at all but hopefully my story'll be better. Please read and review. This isn't recommended for Sakuno fans AT ALL. I don't really like her. She's way too girly. No offense intended.
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Disclaimer:I do not own the Prince of Tennis because then Ryoma would change his name and turn into a Buddhist monk because of my fangirliness...XD
"Ladies and gentlemen. We interrupt this program to-"
"Ugh", Serena snorted," Finally." It had been three whole days of sitting in the American Airlines in utter boredom and annoyance on her trip from America to Japan. Serena Misaki was what you would call an average fourteen year old. She'd finished her middle school studies in America and was now coming back to Japan for her last year of Junior high school and high school education as the education system of Japan and America are different. She was 5 feet 3 inches in height and her black hair which had tints of red and brown reached down to a little below her waist. Her brown eyes were watery and red from her long journey and her fair face looked wary and tired as she stared out at the vast expanse of land stretching out beneath her. Serena had lived in America for most of her life though she wasn't born there but now she was coming back to Japan where she had spent the first four years of her life. The plane journey was typical hell but she was feeling better now that it was about to land.
"Serena!....Serena!....SERENA!!!!!" Chris was practically pushing her off her seat, "Se-"
"NANDA????" Serena's habit of speaking Japanese when she was angry was a mystery. He never learnt the language and it tortured him to come to Japan, but of course, he only had to stay for a few days till Serena settled in with her cousin. As Serena explained to her geek of a brother what 'nanda' meant, the plane landed. Chris just said he only called her to wake her up from her meditating trance. She didn't even have the energy to argue with him so she bounded out of the plane with her hand luggage and into the Tokyo International Airport. Chris jogged up right behind her. He had the same black hair and brown eyes as her though his hair was pitch black and his eyes were bigger but they still looked similar even though Chris was one and a half years younger than Serena. That was probably why people thought they were twins. "You think cousin's still a living dead?" Chris piped up as he caught up to her. "I hope he can turn YOU into one…" she replied coldly. Serena's cousin was the stoic captain of his school tennis team. He had a grave arm injury but was still the best player in the country. He often had to go to a rehabilitation centre in Germany for that but his arm had recovered a lot recently and he and his team had even won the national tennis tournament in Japan. (Me: too much info?) She considered him better as a brother than Chris of course. I mean how many people can stand it if their brother turned on the TV in their room in the middle of the night while they happen to be sleeping just to watch some stupid show on frogs on the Discovery channel. Tigers or snakes would be understandable but FROGS????. I mean seriously……
Meanwhile, Tezuka Kunimitsu was roaming the airport searching for his "long lost' cousin. She'd called him a week ago asking if she could move in with them for the year while her brother stayed in America to finish his middle school education. His parents were delighted and got everything ready while they sent Tezuka to the airport to pick her up. "Kuni-chan!!" he heard a voice call from behind him. Only one person could have called him that and gotten away with it and as he turned around he saw his grinning cousin waving at him like her life depended on it. She was at the luggage belt area loading a huge red suitcase on the cart and her brother was nervously eyeing him and helping with the luggage a little. Chris was ALWAYS nervous around Tezuka, afraid of him more like, and that made Serena laugh all the time. Tezuka went over to them, helped them with the rest of the luggage and led them out of the airport where he had a car waiting to pick them up. He was clearly in a bad mood and that made Chris even more terrified so he sat in the front seat to avoid being pounced by his cousin while Serena sat in the backseat. He was getting grouchy on the road so Serena asked, "Why are YOU so angry?"
"Momo and Kaidoh got into a fight again. They should really learn to behave themselves" Tezuka replied staring straight ahead. "That viper and the high-jumping dude?" Serena asked casually. She'd gotten to know a lot about the tennis team from her cousin and knew pretty much everything about their playing styles, special moves and personalities. "So Kunimitsu's just come from practice? That would explain him wearing his uniform. For a second there I thought he was starting to show of…WHAT WAS I THINKING???????" Serena thought to herself and as she made a mental note to slap herself as soon as she was out of anyone's sight, Tezuka nodded in agreement to her question and continued," Don't call Kaidoh that. He's hot headed" but as soon as the words were out of his mouth he had a feeling he shouldn't have said that. Serena just gave a wink and said," We'll see about that."
"There's no satisfying some people……" Tezuka muttered to himself
When they finally got home, Tezuka's mother and father greeted Serena with open arms. In the middle of all the hugs and "it's been so long's" and "you've grown up so much's" Tezuka interrupted saying, "I'm going back to training" as he put on his shoes. "Huh? He left his training to pick me up?" Serena thought to herself and just before he left, he called out to him with a smile saying, "Kunimitsu! Thanks for taking your time to bring me here!" Tezuka almost smiled as an answer and said, "No problem" As he headed out of the house he thought that's exactly why he'd gone in the first place. Despite all the trouble he knew she'd cause and all the crazy pranks she'd pull, she was a sister to him. What with all the problems she faced with her strict parents and besides all that he could always practice tennis with her seeing as she was a great player though she did complain a lot about his training techniques but had no doubt improved since the last time of her visit.
"Serena dear! Dinner's ready!" Tezuka's mother called out from downstairs," Would you like me to bring it up to your room?" Great….trust her cousin's parents to offer her dinner in bed when she was already giving them that much trouble…"No that's ok. I'll be down in a second" Serena had drifted into unconsciousness the moment her aunt and uncle had left her alone. She was more tired than she thought and had been sleeping for 3 hours. It was already 7 pm when she woke up and she didn't want to eat with the clothes she had worn all she had taken a blissful hour for taking a shower and change into her pajamas and a half sleeved white t-shirt which reached down to her knees. She went down and saw that everyone was already seated around the table waiting for her." Sorry for the hold up" Serena muttered as she sat at her seat." Its ok dear" Tezuka's mom said comfortingly as she passed the food around. Tezuka was sitting stiffly at the table with a book in his hand. He had already changed which made Serena think he'd been back from practice a long time was unusually quiet which made her snicker at the thought that her cousin was able to produce this much effect on her evil brother at the first meeting. She should visit him more often.
"So how was practice?" Serena asked Tezuka casually.
"Fine" he replied,"Everyones' interested in meeting you"
"Typical", she said rolling her eyes," Of course they want to meet the National winning teams' captain's cousin" with a hint of a smile
"Actually they're wondering how you plan to survive with me for the rest of the year....especially Momo", Tezuka stiffened at the memory.
Serena laughed at her cousin's discomfort," Maybe I can give them survival tips at school" she said, still laughing
Serena, though fourteen years old was qualified as a student in the first year of high school. She was shocked at the idea at first thinking she'd fail but got used to it soon enough.
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"Mada mada Dane" Serena yelled out in the middle of the rally. It had been almost a week since she'd come to had already gone back to his blissful USA and now she had enough free time without his annoyingness around. Tezuka was out most of the time with his training which left Serena with nothing to do. She had asked her cousin whether she could go to his practices with him but he told her that she would have enough time to do that when school she frequently just walked around the neighborhood when she stumbled on the street tennis courts one fine and utterly boring morning and so now here she was playing tennis with some local kids about her age. She was doing pretty well because no one had yet been able to defeat her.
"Game and match Misaki. 6-2", the referee called out. Serena gave a huge grin at her opponent and shook hands with him." Great game" she told him but he seemed to be in another dimension.
"Um…in the middle of the game…you said something..." he began
"I said a lot of things in the middle of the game" Serena replied with another grin
"No…I meant….you said 'Mada mada dane' "
"Yes…I did say it right? I'm new in Japan so I'm going to have to speak Japanese fluently" she replied now quite confused at the turn in the conversation," Is something wrong?"
"No no its fine….but is that sort of like your catchphrase?"
"Not really….I used to have a friend who said it a lot" she replied getting really confused this time
"used to?…" he asked noting the past tense and the slight tone of something in her voice…resentment?
"Yeah…used to…so what's your name?" Serena asked not trying to hide the fact that she did not want to continue the conversation on this particular subject.
"O…its..a...Yuuta" he replied and then added with a little bitterness, "Yuuta Fuji"
"Yuuta Fuji? THE Yuuta Fuji? Brother of Syuusuke Fuji?"
"Well I guess you've heard of my brother newcomer or not.." he replied with the same bitter edge to his tone.
"Why wouldn't I?" and seeing the confused look on Yuuta's face she added, "I am Captain Tezuka's cousin."
That set it off. "T-Tezuka?" Yuuta asked with wide eyes
"Yup" Serena replied with another of her grins. She loved to see the effect on people when they heard that she was Tezuka's cousin. From the corner of her eye Serena could see another boy wearing the same uniform as Yuuta stand up and walk towards her. He was smiling like there's no tomorrow and to Serena he looked like the Devil when he did that.
"Hello there. I'm Mizuki and I'm from the same school as Yuuta here." The Devil boy began. He had pitch black hair and his eyes were shining like a child on a Christmas morning.
'What's Mizuki doing? He can't recruit a girl for the boys' team' Yuuta was thinking to himself.
"And what school would that be?" Serena asked with a small playful smile
"She must be up to something as well"
Mizuki didn't seem to be disturbed at all by her smile and that made Yuuta even more bewildered. He just went on casually.
"That school is . I've heard that you are Tezuka Kunimitsu's cousin and also that you have been accepted for High School even though you are fourteen years old"
"Yes that is correct. Go on."
"O there's nothing more to say. You have come from America?"
"Yes"
"Well I would like to welcome you to Japan heartily and I hope that you will have a wonderful time on your stay here"
"Why thank you for your kind welcome. I truly feel very lucky to be around such people as you" Serena replied playing along with Mizuki's tone of speaking which obviously seemed very fake to her. Mizuki seemed to notice her tone and twitched slightly but didn't react.
"Well you know for your age you are a wonderful tennis player. I bet that the moves you used against Yuuta weren't half of all the ones you know but that could just be because you're a right handed player. You are quite extraordinary you know almost like Seishun Academy's Ryoma Echizen."
Serena seemed to stiffen very slightly at the name but didn't react. Mizuki didn't notice either but Yuuta's eyes were open and he saw it quite clearly.
"I'm sure you've heard of him from your cousin?" Mizuki continued with his sadistic tone.
"Yes" Serena replied quietly
"Well you know your talent is excellent but it will not be recognized."
"And why is that?"
"Because you will be compared. Compared with the cousin everyone calls the tennis pro and not to mention the youngest prodigy Ryoma Echizen both of whom are in the same school you are enrolled in"
Serena closed her eyes and said, "Continue"
"I don't believe it. What is that guy? A heartless mind eating mutant?"
"Nothing as of now has happened but soon there will be talk. Who is better than whom? Tezuka or Serena? Ryoma or Serena? They'll break your moral confidence. You will always be followed by that shadow of everyone comparing you."
"So what are you suggesting?"
"That you join our school. You can become the team manager of our team. Of course you can't play in the boys' team but you can join the girls' team and help both the teams win the Nationals. I can teach you to defeat both your enemies. Than no one will dare to compare you with those weaklings"
"Suspicion confirmed. Mizuki is officially a heartless mind eating mutant beast. O.O what would he do if I said it out loud?"
"Is that how you got Yuuta in?"
"Excuse me?"
"Is that how you got Yuuta in ? By telling him all this?"
"Well…a" Mizuki seemed to be at a loss for words.
"I figured as much. Well for the record I don't mind being compared to my cousin. I'd be proud to be compared to such a wonderful player and you should be too, Yuuta" she added looking at Yuuta
"Hun-huh?" Yuuta stared up from his trance. He was occupied with counting the chances of Mizuki being a mutant or an alien but replied nonetheless, "Oh yeah right Thanks"
"He has no idea what I'm talking about," and with a sigh, Serena continued, "And as for Ryoma Echizen….well he's a complete stranger so I couldn't care any less"
"Am I imagining things or did she pronounce Echizen's name with that same tone….of resentment?"
"Well I guess I'd better get going now. It was nice meeting you two. Maybe we can have a match some other time and by the way next time I wanna play your captain Akazawa" Serena called out as she started running towards her home.
When Serena got home she noticed that the place was unusually quiet and searched around the house for her aunt when she saw the two little notes attached to the fridge. One said:
'Serena dear,
Gone to shop to buy a few things. Be back soon. Have fun at tennis.
Aunt'
And the other one was:
'Rin,
Gone to buy racket tape and restring racket. Oishi might come over while I'm gone. Tell him 2 wait. Be back soon.
K'
"K must stand for Kunimitsu. O well. Guess I have the house all to myself. Great!!"
"Wait. Now what do I do?" (Me:O.O lol)
"What's with the nickname though? Rin? Somehow I CANNOT imagine Kunimitsu saying that…" Serena pondered around aimlessly.
DING DING DING DONG!! The doorbell of the house rang actually it just screeched more like.
DING DING DI- "I'm coming I'm coming" She called and then muttered more softly, "Stupid screeching doorbell"
"What is taking Tezuka so long?" Oishi muttered, "Didn't I tell him I'd come over?"
While Oishi was busy thinking whether he mentioned that he would come over, the door just happened to be opened and imagine his surprise when it was a girl. (We all know he's not supposed to be surprised but well he just is)
"Hello", Serena greeted him
"What is a young girl doing in Tezuka's house??? Did I come to the wrong house? No, I'm sure this is his house. Wait is he-??? No what am I thinking??? I'm sure there is a justifiable reason for a 14-15 year old girl being in Kunimitsu Tezuka's house"
While Oishi was in lala land dreaming up reasons for Serena's existence she was wondering if she should disturb his meditation or not.
"Um….you must be Shuichiro Oishi"
"H-How did you know?" Oishi asked. He looked terrified.
"Um…..I'm Kunimitsu's cousin"
"Cousin? O…um..a…yes…Serena Misaki?" he seemed to calm down but he still looked terrified.
"Um…yes" Serena was confused. Who else would she be? "So why don't you come in….Kuni-chan said you'd come over. He's just gone to buy some racket tape and restring his racket. He'll be back soon"
"Ok then" Oishi replied as he stepped in to the house but he was thinking about something else.
"Kuni-chan? I can almost imagine Tezuka twitching after hearing that. No wonder he didn't want to bring her to training for as long as he could. Well that's all gonna go down the drain tomorrow." He thought smiling to himself.
"So how's your stay here so far?" Oishi asked politely
"Great. I really love it here. There's a lot more of tennis here. In America people usually play basketball, soccer or practice cheerleading. It gets really boring and I've already met some awesome players."
"And who would those be?" Oishi asked interested
"Yuuta Fuji and Mizuki"
"Um…didn't Mizuki-?"
"He tried" Serena replied with a smile and that got Oishi laughing.
Just then they heard the doorbell ring. "Must be Kunimitsu…" Serena said lightly as she opened the door
Tezuka was wearing a full sleeve black t-shirt which clung to his skin and he had a light purple half sleeve sweater on top with some blue jeans.
Serena wolf-whistled at the sight of him and added with a grin, "Well someone's going to get chased by girls for the rest of the day"
This started Oishi laughing and Tezuka narrowed his eyes at her but Serena didn't have time to laugh. Her eyes opened wide at the next sight. As Tezuka went upstairs, Serena noticed someone else following him. It was a girl. A GIRL!!!!! WITH KUNIMITSU TEZUKA!!! She had long black hair just like Serena's only it was darker and very straight. Her hair was cut in layers and she had long bangs which hung down on her shoulders past her brown eyes. She had on a simple black t-shirt and black jeans and she gave a friendly smile to Oishi (who smiled back) and another at Serena which was a little uncomfortable and went following after Tezuka with Oishi right behind them who gave Serena a little smile and told her, "I'll explain tomorrow at school", before he left.
Serena started snickering and thought to herself, "My stay in Japan just got a whole lot better"
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It was night now. The rest of the evening had gone by with nothing to do for Serena. The girl with Tezuka, as she later found out, was named Tera and that was ALL. Tezuka refused to say anything more when she asked him and neither did Tera.
"You really enjoy torturing me don't you Kuni-chan?" Serena asked during dinner. Tera and Oishi had stayed the entire afternoon and Tezuka's mother had generously asked them to stay for dinner and now Serena got really irritated when Tezuka wouldn't even talk to her. He was obviously enjoying torturing her. To Serena that girl was like poison and she wasn't about to give up so she called Kunimitsu, Kuni-chan deliberately to see the effect.
"Kuni-chan?" Tera asked and began laughing, "You never told me your cousin gave you such cute names" she told Tezuka.
Serena started laughing at Tera's joke and Tera gave her a smile.
"Well I don't think torturing your cousin is a good thing Kunimitsu"
"She calls him by his first name. Excellent!!"
Serena's eyes were almost glowing with excitement and Tezuka sensing her sudden happiness stiffened.
Tera, not realizing any of this went on, "Kunimitsu and me just go to the same archery club in town. I met him at the racket shop today so I asked him if he could lend me a few things for archery and so he brought me here"
Tezuka looked up to see if Serena's excitement had dimmed for the lack of information but his efforts were in vain. She was just as excited as ever and was grinning from ear to ear like there was no tomorrow. It reminded him of Mizuki of St. Rudolph.
After dinner Tera and Oishi left and Tezuka escaped the room of horrors as soon as he could. Serena went up to her room, grabbed a few clothes and went into the shower.
(Note: This is from Serena's point of view)
"Plink plink plink. There was no other sound other than the steady beating of my footsteps on the hard concrete floor. I was wondering how to prank my cousin at school and laughing to myself about what happened today, when I heard it. A voice so beautiful that no earthly being could have produced it. It was singing. I didn't understand the words but they appeared to be in some foreign language. It was sad, the voice was very sad as it sang. I couldn't help myself. I ran as fast as I could to the place where the voice was coming from which led to the bathroom. Someone's singing in the bathroom? I had an urge to find out whom and since the door was open I stepped in. But the moment my foot was in, the voice vanished. I pulled the curtains of the bathtub but there was no one there. 'Must be the neighbors' I said to myself shrugging off the eerie feeling I suddenly felt. I turned towards the mirror to brush and there she was, staring at me with her big beautiful blue eyes. I knew this was irrational. I definitely did not have blue eyes and normally, random people did not appear in mirrors. I tried to touch the mirror thinking that maybe I was seeing things and she would go away. My fingers trembled as they touched the mirror. It was as cold as ice but there she was staring straight at me in the same forlorn way. I blinked my eyes but that didn't work either."
"W-who are you?" I asked the mysterious woman. She appeared my age, maybe a few years older. Her face was pale, very pale, almost chalky white. Her hair was pitch black and it reached down to her knees. She had high cheekbones and was wearing a long gown. It was white and very beautiful with some red parts but only after looking at the dress carefully did I notice that the red parts were blood. The blood was thick and it covered her dress entirely just leaving some of the white. At my question she smiled a beautiful smile which showed her perfect white teeth. But something was wrong, horribly wrong. Suddenly there were drops of blood dripping from her mouth. I took a step back but she motioned me forward. I couldn't help it. My legs wouldn't stop and I kept going forward. Her hand came out of the mirror but it wasn't fair and beautiful. It was decayed and completely rusted with her bones showing. I uttered a loud scream as her face came out of the mirror. It was just like her hand only a million times worse. She gave another smile and went, "Don't worry. I won't hurt you too much" Her one hand closed on my mouth and the other went round my neck. "This is it" I thought. His picture was the last thing that flashed into my mind before I drifted into unconsciousness.
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