Notes: Hi to all!! This is my first ever fan fiction. If there are any errors in this chapter/story, tell me right away.
I decided to do this fanfic because I wasn't satisfied with its ending (series anime). Also I haven't watched any of the OVA's So maybe there Don't 4get to readwill be errors or what. Hope you like it. Enjoy!! & review.. Ja ne! And now I sort of edited the whole story okay?
Together again
Chapter 1: Something's Missing….
Summary: Seigaku Regulars noticed that something is missing in their lives….
The Seigaku regulars have won the championships in the national tournament.
--A Few Years Later--
All of the regulars have finished college and are now working…
Kunumitsu Tezuka became a professor, Syusuke Fuji became a professional photographer, Ryoma Echizen became a tennis instructor, and Takashi Kawamura became the best sushi chef. However, the Golden Pair weren't separated; Syuichiroh Oishi became a physician, while Eiji Kikumaru became a pediatrician
Saddaharu Inui became an engineer, Kaoru Kaidoh became a veterinarian Takeshi Momoshiro became a fast food clerk manager.
At the hospital:
A red haired man who is sited on a chair waiting for someone is down deep with his thoughts, a few moments later, someone with black hair man with dark green eyes approached him.
"Oi, anyone in there?" the black haired man said while waving his hands in front of the red haired man who is in deep thoughts.
"Ah Oishi! Gomen(sorry), I didn't notice you were already there," the red haired man exclaimed.
Sighs." Its about time you noticed me," Oishi replied. "Anyway, what were you thinking about? You looked like you're not feeling well. Are you okay?"
"Saa..Oishi you're worrying too much," Eiji said. "I am ok. Okay? Now, come on let's grab something to eat, I'm starving."
At the venue:
"Oi, Fuji-san Ogenki desuka?(are you well?)" Fuji's friend asked while he was preparing his camera for the party. He was asked to be the photographer.
"Of course I am," Fuji replied "What made you say that?"
"Well, it's because that you're holding your camera upside down & the lid of the camera is still covering the lens," his friend replied.
"Huh?" Fuji said & then noticed that his friend was right & he fixed his camera looking a bit embarrassed.
At the party:
"Okay…1+1…" Fuji asked
"Neeee!" the children answered.
"Okay that was good," Fuji said. "Now Coco go in front" he said while pointing at the little girl with pigtails.
"Niichan, I am not Coco, I am Mori & that's Coco," she said while pointing to a little girl with a hazel hair with a yellow headband.
"Ah Gomen(sorry) Mori-chan," he apologized. "Okay, Mori go up in front Sayaka join her," he said.
"Hai!" they replied.
"Ne niichan," a child asked Fuji. "Daijobu desuka?(are you okay?)"
"Of course I am," Fuji replied showing off a delicate smile. "Why you asked?"
"Well…it's as if you're not your normal self today," the child replied.
"Huh?" Fuji asked.
"Well…you're not as cheerful like last time," the child replied. "Hontou ni Daijobu desuka?(are you really sure that you're okay?)"
"Of course," Fuji replied. "I was just thinking, but now that's over," he said with a big smile
"That's the 3rd time I've been asked this day, I wonder what's really wrong with me? Why am I feeling so insecure?" he kept asking himself.
At the tennis courts:
"Ahh! So fast!" a boy explained about maybe same as Ryoma's height when he was in junior high. "Ch-chotto matte kudsai sensei!(pls. wait coach!)"
"Ah gomen(sorry), I got way too serious there," a dark-green haired with the same cocky attitude & hazel eyes answered. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah I'm fine," the boy replied while wiping his sweat & dusting his shorts. "That was great Echizen-sensei!"
"You shouldn't be the one judging my moves & complimenting me you know," Echizen replied.
"But you were awesome! When did you learn how to play tennis like that?" the boy asked.
"A long time ago," Echizen answered coldly.
"Sensei…you're so cold," the boy said.
Then out of the blue he asked again:
"When was a long time ago?"
"Why on earth was I asked to teach someone like him tennis?" Echizen asked himself.
"Hello? Sensei, come on answer me. It will be the last question I am ever gonna ask you. Kudasai(please)…" the boy asked pitifully while looking straight at Echizen's eyes.
Sighs. "Okay," Echizen began. "But it will be the last or else you won't learn anything. I learned how to play tennis when my father taught me how to play it. Then there came a time where I really wanted to beat him so I pursued on playing tennis until I improved. That's all. Now let's get back shall we?" he asked impatiently.
"Oh so that's it, you were really good at tennis right from the start. Ne Echizen-sensei?" the boy said.
"Okay, enough let's get back to work," Echizen commanded the boy.
But while coaching the boy he felt the same unsettling feeling Fuji, Oishi & Eiji had had.
At the University:
"Okay read page 98 & be prepared for a test shortly," the professor of the class announced.
"Huh? Demo(but) sensei(sir) didn't we just had a test about this two days ago?" a student from the class asked their 'mistaken' professor.
"Oh, sorry I forgot. Just read page 110 & answer the exercises that follow it," he told his students. "Get a hold of yourself Kunimitsu!" he told himself.
"Hai," the students replied in unison.
"What is this unsettling feeling that makes me act this way? Is there something wrong? Something I've forgotten?" Tezuka asked himself as he sat down on the teacher's table.
While he was lonely with his thoughts, his students continued doing what their professor had told them. But all this was stopped because the bell had rung & Tezuka sighed with relief. Every single student stood up & bade him goodbye except for one student who approached him.
"Er…sensei(sir) daijobu desuka? (are you okay?)," the concerned student asked.
"Ah," Tezuka replied but his tone was different. "How come you asked?"
"Because you weren't like the Tezuka-sensei I once knew," the student replied. "Is something bothering you? Is there something I can do to help?"
"Iie (No), betsuni (its nothing). I'm fine. Why don't you just enjoy you're break. I appreciate your concern but there is nothing you need to worry about," Tezuka told his concerned pupil.
"Okay sensei. But if you need my help I'd be glad to help you," his student offered. "Ja ne!"
At a certain fast food shop:
"So that will be 2large fries, a burger & two large cokes," the manager announced as he was temporarily taking the place of the occupied cashier tasked to do something else.
"Somimasen(Pardon me), but I said 2 regular fries, 3 cheeseburgers & 3 regular drinks," the person ordering corrected the manager.
"Oh, gomen nasai (I'm sorry), so that will be 2 regular fries, 3 cheeseburgers & 3 regular drinks," he said again turning some shades of pale red because of embarrassment.
"Hai," the person ordering replied.
"Arigato (thank you) Momoshiro-senpai(1)," the cashier who came back thanked the manager for temporarily taking over his place.
"Oh no problem," he replied. "So have you finished your task?"
"Hai," the cashier replied.
But as Momo was walking up to his usual post he suddenly slipped.
"Momoshiro-senpai!"(1) everyone exclaimed as they saw their manager lying on the wet floor.
"Ittai," Momo groaned as he held his butt because of the pain.
"Daijobu desuka (are you aright?)Momoshiro-senpai? (1)" one of the employees asked.
"Ah…da-daijobu(I'm fine)" Momo replied while standing up. "What is happening to me? Why am I suddenly making these kinds of mistakes? Also how come I feel that something's missing?
At the office:
"So there will be a 50 chance that the customer will take another order. Am I correct Inui-kun?" Inui's officemate asked.
Meanwhile Inui was deep with his thoughts that he didn't hear a word his officemate asked.
"Hello? Anyone there?" his officemate asked waving his hand in front of Inui's face.
"Ah gomen(sorry)," Inui apologized coming back to his senses. "What was that again?"
"I said there will be a 50 chance that the customer will take another order?" his officemate repeated once more.
"Oh maybe a 65 or yeah a 50 chance but I'm not entirely sure," Inui replied while checking the papers placed on top of his desk.
"Oh maybe I'll just ask you sometime when you're mind is clear. You don't seem like yourself today. I suggest you take a rest Inui-kun," his officemate suggested & left.
At the clinic:
Kaoru Kaidoh felt something beside his foot, so he bent down to get it. The 'thing' that touched Kaidoh's foot was just an ordinary tennis ball. He wondered how the ball got there but while he held the ball with his hands, he realized that it has been a long time since he played the sport he loved & treasured the most: tennis. He also remembered how he trained hard just to perfect his playing style, the menus his senpai made for him & most of all: his teammates. The persons to whom he shared almost every single part of his life with but while he was deep within his thoughts a child came in ask:
"Somimasen(Pardon me)…ano…can I have my ball back?" the child ask hesitantly.
"Huh? Oh is this yours?" Kaidoh ask back while kneeling to the child's side showing the tennis ball.
"Hai(yes)" the child replied softly.
"So you play tennis?" Kaidoh curiously asked the child as he handed the ball to the child.
The child eagerly got the ball out of Kaidoh's hands & nodded a "yes" to Kaidoh's question.
"It's enjoying right?" he told the child.
"Mm" the child nodded gleefully in agreement.
"You know I used to play when I was young," Kaidoh told the child.
"You do?" the child excitedly asked Kaidoh who just nodded.
"Can you teach me some moves?" the child pleaded.
"Okay," replied Kaidoh.
So Kaidoh lead the child to the nearest tennis court & taught him some basic moves. While teaching the boy Kaidoh realized that he felt lighter & that the unsettling feeling inside of him was telling him something…but it wasn't enough; there was still one more piece in the puzzle that he has to look for…
All of them couldn't s concentrate on what they were doing because of this unsettling feeling. When they got home, all of them decided to sleep off the unsettling feeling hoping that they would feel better the next day. While sleeping, they had the same dreams unknowingly, of course. They had dreamt about their glory days in playing tennis to the fullest, the feeling they feel when they were IN the game & also their losses/failures in playing tennis.
Upon waking up they were wondering why on earth did they had those kind of dreams. Also they have realized that their unsettling feeling hasn't vanished yet. They have thought very deeply on what they were doing now and what has been missing in their lives which make up for their unsettling feeling. At last they came to a conclusion that they have not been playing tennis ever since they graduated from college, all of them were busy with their work, except for Echizen who had forgotten the real meaning of playing tennis & only knew how to serve & hit balls. So, they decided to visit a place where they haven't been in for years & where it all began:
SEISHUN GAKUEN
(1) I read that '-senpai' can also be used in workplaces to show respect to someone higher than your position.
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