Hey everybody! It's me, OROgoldenpair1. I have created a new story, yes! This one is not a crossover. If you want to see my crossover story, Go to Naruto and the Prince of Tennis crossover story list. It is called Ryoma's Ninja Troubles. This story is a little different, I'm twisting it my own way. Hope you like! (PS: I know Eiji is in his 3rd year in the series, but lets pretend it's just year 2.)
"Eiji!" Oishi called out. I turned around to face him. " Oh! Oishi! I was looking for you, so we could eat lunch together." I called back at him. The school's cafeteria was full and busy, like always. We found an empty table, and sat. It was only two seconds before the whole Seigaku Tennis Regulars sat down with us. "Yo, Eiji! Are you gonna come to church tonight?" Momo said, his mouth half full. "Yup!" I said, nodding. "You guys are so committed to church, aren't you? It's annoying." Ryoma said, looking at them with the corner of his eyes. I and Momo simply ignored his statement. "Baka Mamushi, are you coming too? Oh wait, the only reason you would come is for the food, right?" Momo said with squinted eyes and an anime sweat drop. All of a sudden Kaido said "Pretty much." I looked at him with amazement, realizing this was one of those rare moments where he and Momo would actually agree on something. "Oishi, are you coming as well?" I said, facing him. "I can't do it tonight, my mom is giving birth. The doctors said it must be tonight, so I have to go there. It's a shame though..." Oishi said, a finger on his chin. "Oh yeah! I forgot that 8 months had passed by..." I said, mimicking his position of thought. "Oh, I forgot! Where's Fuji-sempai?" Momo said, looking around the room. I knew some where nearby that Fuji was eating lunch all by himself on the roof of some building. I didn't even want to guess.
My name is Kikumaru Eiji. People call me Eiji, because it's easier. Three years ago, my father died. I loved him very much. Ever since, I, my mom, and my sister were never the same. My mom never once gave marrying a second husband as a thought in her mind. I used to do a lot of stuff, bad stuff. I was always forcing girls to give me a second look, I used to smoke, and I used to steal, too. It was a bunch of crap, actually. Since my dad died, my mom had taken us to church. She always said "It's good for us during this hard time." I never once believed that some words and a book could heal my heart. That was until I met Lucy, my summer school counselor. She was always nice to the kids, and she made me understand things, and eventually I got smarter in every subject. She would always say "You sow what you reap." Or, "You know, Jesus said a couple of times 'Ask and it shall be given unto you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and the door shall be opened.' You guys should try to ask if you ever need help. That's what I'm here for." After two summers, I didn't need to go to summer school anymore. She said I had finally found my way. The next month, she got into an accident and died. I was completely shaken. I would do all of those bad stuff to show emotion rather than crying. Well, I guess that's enough of the sad past. Perhaps I should tell you what happened later.
It was one Sunday that my family went to church. As always, the preacher would mention at least something about giving your heart to God, and that God in human form died for us. So that we can at least have some way into the kingdom of Heaven. That day, I actually listened. I was flipping paged of the Bible like a maniac. Of course I was still skeptical, but I wanted to know what this whole ordeal was really about. After church, I met with the pastor. I opened up to him, and told him my life. His eyes opened for each word said. "I want to know how Jesus can love me. I mean, I've been through so much. And I've done so many wrong things. And two people I actually cared for have died. You expect me to 'Know Jesus' like that?" I said after I was done telling my story. "Listen, listen! Life is hard on everyone. I know that through personal experience. But I don't expect you to. There is a thing called Faith. When you believe God can do something for you, and you wont give up. That is what carried me through troubles. And God has always had something better on the end on the tunnel. For the things he gives us, like LIFE its self, and sacrificing His Son, I feel it's only natural to bow down to him. And when you learn to respect God, you also learn his word. He says that we should honor him, and that he will give us eternal life. Have I mentioned John 3:16? 'For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. That whosoever believeth in him shall not perish, but have everlasting life.' You see, no matter what you've done, God still holds a place for you in his heart because he is our Father, and we are his children. He created us, from Adam and Eve. We must know that we from birth are sinners, because of the disobedience of Adam and Eve eating from the Tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil." He said, adjusting his chair. "I can give you examples of stories that I think God is telling me to show to you." He said, sipping a little coffee.
From then my life changed. I was no more into bad stuff, AKA sin, because I now could see how wrong those things really were. They could decide if I went to Heaven or Hell, or if I was alive or dead even. After my year of training from the youth counselor and the pastor himself, it was time for me to go to Seishun Gakuen Middle School, also known as Seigaku for short. I made friends easily, and by the first month, I had my own fan-club. But I did not let that get into my head. I had a real mission to do: Try to preach the Gospel to people, while still learning of it myself. Well, a lot of stuff happened, and I got into the tennis club because they saw my Acrobatic play come into good use. I met my team, and everything was good, until I had the dreaded word. Puberty. Oh gosh, it was crazy. I mean, every girl that I passed, my heart would start pumping non necessarily. I would have to race to the bathroom to calm myself. Also, I had those weird dreams that would include me and another random girl from school on a date. Then I had those... Ugh, I don't wanna even talk about it. It was crazy, period. Finally, school went by so fast that I was already in my second year. It was that time when the freshmen Ryoma Echizen came to the team. I didn't like him at first, but now he's my little Ochibi! I tried speaking to him several times on christian related stuff, but he totally tuned me out. It was before the beginning of the 2008 Tokyo District games that I finally convinced Momo and Oishi to come with me to church. Over time they warmed up to it. Now we are officially Christians, and we love each other. NOT IN THE WAY YOU ARE THINKING, READERS! Ahem ahem... anyways, back to the story.
School had ended, and it was time for tennis practice. How ever, during a rival game between Momoshiro and Kaido, I fell asleep under a tree. I opened my eyes little by little, to see a girl at my feet holding out a box of Bento. "Sempai, I made this for you." She said. She was Sakuno Ryuzaki, a girl who has reddish-brown hair and has always rooted for the Seigaku tennis regulars. "Oh, Sakuno-chan! Arigato, but I'm not hungry..." I said, looking away and scratching my face. "It's ok! You can keep it. It wont turn bad easily, you know." She said, looking proud. "I know." I said, remembering the last time I ate her food. It never withered away. No matter how much you wanted it to. I suddenly did a flip, and landed on my feet. "I guess it's about time I get going to practice. Oh, Sakuno?" I said, stopping. "Yes, sempai?" She said in her innocent tone. "You can give that to Ryoma. I think you would prefer to do that, right?" I said, looking behind my shoulder. She blushed and started to walk the other way. I smiled ear to ear at that. Since he entered this school, I knew she liked our little prodigy. I wasn't too good on love related matters, since I never really knew how to like a girl. And yes, this is the guy talking with the 1,222 girls and 3 guys in his fan club. When I got to the tennis courts, I saw Oishi warming up with a couple of freshmen. "Yo!" I said, with the peace sign. " Konnichiwa!" I shouted. "Konnichiwa, Eiji-sempai!" The freshmen said as they bowed. "There's no need to bow, I'm just here to practice the Golden Pair's new formation, Australian Formation!" I said, fist up. "Eiji, you did not need to shout it to the whole entire court. Now freshmen, any of you who know how to play doubles, come and practice with us." Oishi said with an anime sweat drop. Two second years that I knew from science class came up. Of course I and Oishi rocked out and beat them, but they actually managed to get a couple of points from us. "Wow, guys! All you need to do is practice synchronized play, and you guys will get better." Oishi said, shaking hands with them. "Arigato, Oishi and Eiji sempai!" They said. The rest of practice was pretty much just a bunch of swings and war shouts. Well, that's how it was for me anyways... When it was finally sunset, Tezuka-buchou finally called out "Dismissed! Tennis practice is over! Announcements for the arrangement of the Tokyo District game are tomorrow!" "Hai!" the rest of us responded. I was tired, so I wanted to rush home as fast as I could to take a nap before church.
When I got home, I saw my sister watching television. "Oh, konnichiwa imoto-chan!" I said, leaning over the couch and kissing her cheek. "Oh, konnichiwa aniki." She said. (They said "Hello, younger sister." and "Hello, older brother." Then after this, he says "Where's mom?") "Where's kaasan?" I said, looking around. I put my book bag on the kitchen table. "She's in her room sleeping." My sister, Tenshi, said. "Oh. Well, I guess I better eat something. Do we still have some bento left?" I called out, opening and closing cupboards. "Yeah. Top stack." Tenshi said. I pulled out my moms homemade bento with delight. My mom is a professional cook, and my dad used to be a gymnast. I guess I got my tennis moves from my parents. After I ate, I went to my moms room and kissed her on the cheek. Then I went to my own room, and slept like I never had slept in my entire life.
It was 7:00 already, so we already were on our way to church. We got there at 7:30, 10 minutes before the real starting time. I saw Momo and Mamushi not to far away decked out in long pants and a collared shirt, like I was. "Oi! Hey guys! I hope you didn't have any trouble getting here." I said, scratching the back of my neck. "I can't believe I had to carpool with this guy." Momo said, sweat dropping and pointing to Kaido. "Fshuuuu" Was his response. Well uh, I guess I'll introduce you to my mom and sister." I said, moving through the columns of chairs. My church is fairly big, with a couple of windows, and it has a little stage/platform where the choir would sing, or the pastor would preach. Or just for announcements and stuff like that. Plus, It's painted blue, my favorite color. I took them to my mom and my sister. "Guys, this is my sister Tenshi, and this is my mom. Mom, Tenshi, this is Momoshiro Takeshi, and Kaido Kaoru." "It's nice to meet you. You can call me Mrs. Kikumaru." My mom said, getting up from her seat and shaking both their hands. My sister did the same, but looking with admiration at Kaido. "Well mom, we have to go to the youth center, and I might as well take Tenshi with us." I said, pointing to a door on the opposite side of the church. "Yay!" My sister exclaimed. It was 7:38 by then, so we rushed to the other side. The youth church was fairly normal, and we all paid attention. (I'm not gonna explain the contents- too lazy -_-') By the end of it, I looked at Kaido and I saw he was sleeping. "Kaido!" I said, shaking him. "What?" he responded. "It's time to go." We got up, and made our way back to my mom. "I guess you guys are done! It's time to go! If you don't mind, Momo-chan, Kaido boy, would you like to accompany us to dinner?" The two looked at my mom, then me, and then my mom again. "Well, I suppose my mom would be fine with it. The same with yours too, right Mamushi?" Momo said, turning to Kaido. "Ah." He simply replied. "Nya, this will be fun!" I yelled, jumping into the air. The six of us got into our car, after Momo and Kaido called their families. Guess what? We were going to Chili's! I loved their Shirly Temples so much, that was one of the ONLY two restaurants we ever go to. My sister was busy conversing with Momo and Kaido, so I just looked out the window on my left. The night was filled with stars, but so few I could see because of the city's lights. As time was passing, I began to sleep.
"Eiji-sempai! We're here!" Momo said, waking me from my sleep. (Seriously peoples, have you ever looked out your window then fallen asleep in a car? It sucks when you are woken up, right?) "Gah, I'm coming, I'm coming." I said groggily, getting out of the car. We went inside and were seated quickly. The restaurant was noisy, just the way I liked it. "Koko ni watashi-tachi o satsuei shite itadaki arigatÅ gozaimasu!" Kaido and Momo said, bowing to my mom. (They said "Thank you for taking us here!") "Mondai nai, mondai nai." She said back, smiling. ( She said "No problem, no problem.") We all ordered, and right on time the waiters gave us our food. Like always, as my drink, I ordered the Shirly Temple. My sister and Momo got the same. "So, how did you find the lesson? Enjoyable?" My mom asked us. " Nya, It was fine as always, okaasan." I said, sipping my greatly made Shirly. I was turning out to like that name. "It was better than last week's, I'll tell you that. I didn't fall asleep 3/4ths of the message this time!" Momo said, smiling wide. "Yeah, you slept 1/4th of it. And I heard you as well..." Kaido said. "What ever, Baka Mamushi." He responded, rolling his eyes with his arms crossed. Other than that moment, the night went well. I think my sister actually took a liking to Kaido, weirdly enough. We finished the dinner, left some tips, and went back inside the car. "I am stuffed." Momo said, patting his belly. With a sweat drop, I said "I know, Momo. I know." We dropped the two of them off at their houses, and finally arrived at our own.
What my mom didn't know was that I liked to take evening strolls every night. While everyone was asleep after we settled down, I jumped out my bedroom window in a grey t-shirt and blue shorts. I walked on the moonlit road, the cool breeze overwhelming me. I began to whistle, looking at the dark trees as I passed by them. "Sempaiiii~~?" I heard a voice call out to me. I stopped in my tracks, and turned around to the girl I barely recognized as Sakuno. "Oh, what are you doing out here, Sakuno-chan?" I asked her. I saw that she had been crying, so I went up to her, and wiped the dried tears with a spare tissue. "I finally got the nerve to tell Ryoma-kun how I felt about him. It didn't turn out too well." She said, looking to the ground. "Nya, don't tell me Ochibi said something rude to you." I said. " All he said was 'Mada Mada Dane' like he does about everything." She said, tears spilling once more. "Don't cry Sakuno-chan! You are one of the best people I have ever known. Someone will appreciate you. I believe it, so you believe it too." I said, hugging her. "Sakuno-chan, where did you come from? I'll walk you home. If you want." I said, letting go of her. "I actually invited Ryoma to Tomoka's birthday party. I was coming from there, and I was now going home. It's... It's... Over there..." She said, stopping at words to sob, and pointing to a street not to far away. "Che, I'll get Ochibi for you. Don't worry, Sakuno-chan." I said, taking her hand in mine, and walking toward where she pointed.
"Thank you, Kikumaru-sempai." She said, glancing towards the sky. "Mondai nai, mondai nai." I said, hugging her again. It was then that I realized something had changed. Since when did I become friends with Sakuno? Who knows... It was never really noticed in the real anime. I then patted her on her head, and left. "That was weird... Ooh that Ochibi! He's going to pay for what he's done to Sakuno."I said, with a fist raised. As I was walking back, it started to rain. I put my hand to my heart and clenched my shirt. "This will be avenged, or I am not Eiji the Great!"
Author: Ok, that last part really didn't happen. Maybe. Anyways, back to the story!
It was the next morning, and as usual, I didn't want to get up. "Eiji! Eiji! Bakayarou! Get up!" My sister shouted, while dragging me out of bed. "Nya! No Oishi, I just can't do it! You can't force me! Please don't... Leave me be!" I yelled in my sleep, arms flailing. At that point, my sister had to run, or else she would've laughed so hard that she barfed. (This was just a joke.) "Are? What am I doing on the floor? And why do I have a strange feeling I was talking about Oishi? Weird." I said, scratching my head. I just knew somewhere, somewhere Oishi was sneezing. I got up from the floor and kneeled properly, facing my bed. "Thank you for waking me and my family up this morning. I pray that you guide us this day and bless us, and give us protection, as well as my friends. In Jesus' name. A~men." I prayed, rising then getting ready for school. I rushed out of my bedroom with my shoes and backpack in hand. I said good morning (Properly) to my sister, then my mom before I had a small bowl of Kellogg's, then went out the door. As always, I was later joined by my best friend Oishi. " Ohayo Eiji." "Ohayo Oishi. I have got to tell you something. You see yesterday night I was walking on the road like I always do, and I heard Sakuno call out to me! True enough, she was behind me, but looking as if she was in tears. She said she went to Tomoka's birthday party, and invited Ochibi." I said, using my hands to get a general visualization of the scene. "Ok, and?" He said, obviously waiting to hear the good part. Or bad part. What EVER he wanted to hear. "At the party, our Sakuno finally told Ochibi about her crush." I said, putting my hands behind my head. "Who is she crushing on?" He asked, not really understanding. "Duh, Ochibi! Sometimes I wonder about you, Oishi-kun." I said, looking at him like he was crazy. "O-oh." Oishi said, scratching his face and slightly blushing. "Anyways, she said he told her his famous slogan. 'Mada Mada Dane'. Can you believe him?" I yelled, getting angrier by the second. "What? Well, I mean, I knew Echizen wouldn't be at that stage just yet and can be dense, but still! Sakuno is a very, very pretty girl. I don't see why he wouldn't at least consider it." Oishi said, scowling. "Oishi. Stop. You know as well as I do that we aren't supposed to encourage these things. But it sill makes me wonder." I said, finger to my chin. "Besides that, how was the delivery!" I said, all of a sudden getting pumped. "Oh yeah! I have a new baby sister! My mom and dad decided to call her Osumi. You know, after the first Japanese artificial satellite put into orbit. It is quite obvious my folks are into Astronomy, right?" He responded, getting pumped as well. "Yeah! That is a pretty name. So were you there by her side?" I asked, facing him. "Eh, that would be a no. I figured it would be too disgusting, figuring that I came from the exact same area my sister did, and having to watch it all. My dad said it was an easy delivery, not too much pain. And now, all my mom can eat is Ice Cream!" He said, laughing. "But, how'd church go?" Oishi said, surprising me. " Oh. Well, it went fine. Actually, I introduced Momo and Kaido to my sister and mom. After church, we all went over to Chili's, of course with permission from Momo and Kaido's parents. It was cool!" I said, smiling. I opened my eyes to see Oishi sitting on the concrete with his arms wrapped around his knees that were kept up to his chest. "Ra~kkih..." He said, before the anime purple lines above him began to fall. ( Basically, he said "Lucky." ;P) Sweat dropping, I said, "Oishi, classes are about to start. Let's go already." " Ha~~~iiii" He said, getting up from his sulking position.
Classes seemed to fly by, then lunch came. When I caught sight of Momo, I told him what I told Oishi. And yes, I told him about Oishi's words of the delivery, which Momoshiro did not want to hear in the first place. "Yarou... that bastard Echizen. He has no intellectual insight on a girl's heart what so ever!" Momoshiro said with a fist raised. "Eh, You have none either, or else you would've seen by now that Tachibana's sister liked you. And of course, you are so riled up you can not hear what I am saying at this very moment. Ah, so like Momo-chan..." I said, sitting down at a table, Momo ( leaving a blazing trail behind him) following after. After some time, Fuji and Inui came to sit with us. "Yo." Fuji said to me, while Inui was still looking over his newly gathered Data. "Huhh..." I sighed. "What's wrong, Eiji-kun?" Fuji said, rarely opening his eyes. "Well, I have this feeling that I'm going to blow up once I see Ochibi. Even though he's MY Ochibi! Wahhh!" I cried. "What are you talking-" He got cut off when he heard a struggle. I turned around and saw Momo sitting on Ochibi, nearly strangling him, pushing his lunch aside. "Momo! Get off! Get off so I can get on!" I said, pushing him aside to have my part in the strangle fest too. "Momo-sempai! Eiji-sempai! What are you doing?" Ochibi barely managed to say." I realized that I had done the wrong thing. I got off of Ochibi, and helped him up. "Sorry. I'm sorry for nearly strangling you. Momo's sorry too. Even though he's not ready to say that at this moment." I said, looking at the ground before looking at Ochibi again. "Why did you not accept her, Ochib~ii?" I asked in my annoying voice. He said nothing, and just picked up his lunch tray. "Why is because I know someone who will give her more than I would of the thing she's asking for. Eiji-sempai." He said before smirking and walking away. The crowd around us settled and I took my seat again. "Eiji's percentage of getting riled... 95 percent." I heard Inui say before scribbling it down in his little notebook. I gave him a look before asking Fuji what Ryoma meant. "He meant there is someone else who could give her more love. A different kind of love. That's why he turned her down." Fuji said. "Oh. I wonder who that could be... I better go find her." I said, before finishing my lunch and speeding off to the Ichinen trio's table.
Normal Pov~
"That Eiji is a Baka. And he STILL doesn't know." Momo whispered to Fuji before the rest of the Regulars sat down with them. Before anyone could notice, A smirk appeared on Inui's face, his glasses flashing a color of silver. "Good Data. Very good Data." He said, scribbling who knows what onto his little notebook.