Disclaimer: Prince of Tennis belongs to Konomi Takeshi!
Chapter 1: Rumors
"I'm coming!" Fuji Syusuke shouted as his sister, Yumiko, called him. This day sure feels different. I wonder what's going to happen, he thought.
"Do you want to ride with me to school?" she asked.
"Thanks, but no thanks. I'd rather walk. The weather seems very fine today," replied the young tensai cheerfully.
"Suit yourself then. Bye! See you later!" Her sister said before leaving.
The tennis tensai just smiled. He knew that his teammates were waiting for him at the gates of the academy. "I better hurry, or else Eiji would get bouncy again."
It was already 7:10 in the morning and five of the Seigaku regulars were waiting near the gates of the academy.
"Nya! Classes starts at 8 and Fuji isn't here yet!" Kikumaru Eiji told his teammates. He was starting to get bored from sitting for almost ten minutes.
"Hmmm…Fuji is late eh!" Our resident data expert, Sadaharu Inui started saying. "According to my data, there are lots of circumstances that can result to Fuji's lateness. 82 of that would be because he was stuck in traffic, 16 can be because he woke up late and---"
"Ohayo! Omatase itashimashita!" Fuji greeted them happily, "The weather was really fine so I decided to walk to school today."
"I didn't expect the last 2 to be because he walked to school today," Inui told the other Seigaku regulars. Fuji just smiled at the data expert, "Same as ever," he thought.
"Hoi, hoi! You're finally here! I've been waiting to tell you a rumor!" Eiji bounced on him excitedly.
"A rumor eh! Is that a secret? You do know you shouldn't go around telling other people's secrets right?" Kawamura Takashi told Eiji.
"Taka-san, you know I'm not really into secrets, nya! What are secrets for if you couldn't tell others about them? And besides, it's not really a secret anymore since most kids in our class already know about it!"
"About what?" Fuji asked him.
"The new girl!" Eiji said in response. "Mmmm…Oishi, what's with the red face, eh? Do you know anything about this?"
Darn that Eiji. Why does he have to say it aloud! Syuichiroh Oishi thought. "Well, it so happened that as I was gathering my things for my next class yesterday, the teachers were talking about that new girl that you were saying, and, from what I've heard, she's Momo's older sister. So, I guess the rumor that Eiji was talking about IS true."
"Momoshiro's sister?" Kunimitsu Tezuka said.
"Yeah. Momo's sister." Oishi confirmed.
"I didn't know that he has a sister. But anyway, we're about to find out soon, I guess." Fuji said in reply.
"How can you possibly say that, eh?" Kawamura asked him.
"'Coz Momo's coming, nya!" Eiji pointed out.
"Ohayo senpais!" Momoshiro Takeshi greeted them.
"Oi, oi, Momo! Is it true that you have a sister! Is it true that she's gonna go here in Seigaku?" Eiji asked him.
Momoshiro smiled at his senpais. He knew they were waiting for his answer, and he knew that they wanted it now. But, he wants to have fun. Clean fun. And so…
"Why are you smiling! Hey! Come back!" Momo heard them say as he started to approach the academy building. "Classes are about to start. I wouldn't want to be late for first period. Bye!" He answered them.
"MOMO!" Eiji whined.
