Secret Ambitions
Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis or the canon characters. I only own the OCs in the story.
Summary: A boy with a passion and talent like no other. In daylight, he rules the courts he plays on…at night...he rules the stage… In one life, he's known as the prince…the other as a star. When he needs to choose which life to go by…which will he choose for the rest of his life?
"Ambition" – Normal Speech
'Ambition' – Thoughts
Beat 1: Who Knew?
"Come on Echizen!" a violet-eyed, broom-haired styled male teenager yelled across the tennis courts at his opponent. The boy was named Momoshiro Takeshi, or Momo for short. He was one of the power players in the tennis team at Seigaku.
The emerald-haired boy with the cat-like golden eyes peeked out from under his signature white hat and smirked before serving the tennis ball and hitting it over the net to his senpai. Here was the famous freshman prodigy of Seigaku, Echizen Ryoma.
The match was watched by the two's fellow regular members.
One person was watching the match with enthusiasm as the red-head was bouncing in his spot and loudly cheering on his two friends. Meet Kikumaru Eiji, the acrobatic of the Seigaku male tennis team.
Another black-haired male with cropped hair was trying to calm his doubles partner down. Oishi Shuichiro and his partner Eiji made up the Golden Pair. They were good in doubles and were always placed for Doubles 1 in tournaments. Oishi was also the vice captain of the team as well as its nurse and resident 'mother hen' as his teammates liked to call him.
A black-haired male with a bandana on his head hissed as he watched the match. Meet Kaidoh Kaoru, the endurance player of the team. Momo usually would call him viper just to mess with the boy.
Another person was shouting with a racquet in his hands next to a brunette with his eyes closed. The one shouting had light brown hair and was usually very nice and meek without the racquet in his hands. This was Kawamura Takashi, the strongest power player on the team with a double personality.
The brunette standing next to him had a smile on his face with his eyes closed. He was the resident tensai of the team and was named Fuji Syuusuke. His triple counters had never been defeated in the courts as of yet, but that might change in the upcoming Regionals Tournament in a few months.
Watching with a notebook in his hands was a male with short and spiked hair. He was wearing glasses that glinted in the sun as he noted every one of the players' moves and techniques. Meet the resident scientist and data player of the team, Inui Sadaharu.
Another person was watching with a stern expression on his face. He had light brown hair and wore glasses that would glint in the sun occasionally. He was known for having no emotion and was the captain of the tennis team. Meet Tezuka Kunimitsu.
"Mada mada dane Momo-senpai!" Ryoma yelled back smashing the ball and earning the point earning him the game.
"Nya~," Eiji called out already rushing into the court to glomp his Ochibi. "Momo lost to Ochibi again nya~."
"Eiji!" Oishi yelled rushing over to pry Eiji off of Ryoma before the boy could suffocate. "He's turning blue!"
Eiji let go reluctantly allowing Ryoma to take a deep breath to refill his lungs with oxygen again. A beeping noise sounded through the courts.
Everyone looked around looking for who had their phone on in the middle of practice.
Nobody noticed how Ryoma took a glance towards his watch to notice the time. No one noticed how his eyes widened a fraction before he started putting in a specific sequence into the small keyboard on the watch.
The beeping sound stopped soon enough and practice went on without a problem.
"Practice is now over!" Coach Ryuuzaki yelled out.
Before anyone knew it, Ryoma had already run to the clubroom to change. As soon as the regulars got inside, they saw Ryoma already buttoning up his school uniform before he grabbed his bags.
Ryoma yelled out a, "Nice work today! See you tomorrow!" before he walked out of the room and out of the school.
"What's got Ochibi in a hurry?" Eiji asked changing out of his tennis clothes and back into his school uniform along with the others.
They all didn't have an answer but wanted to get one, so they all changed quickly before heading out of the school grounds and trying to find Ryoma.
Eiji spotted Ryoma a good distance in front of them and pointed him out to follow him.
The group followed Ryoma for a while until he reached a park. They were nearly caught as every few blocks Ryoma would snap his head back to check his surroundings. The group of regulars nearly got hit by the telephone poles they were walking by whenever they tried to hide.
Ryoma was just walking towards where he was supposed to meet someone. He was late considering the message from earlier. "Where is that girl?" he muttered under his breath when he reached the park and didn't see who he was supposed to meet.
Pretty soon, his eyes were covered, and he heard someone yell from behind him, "Guess who?"
Ryoma sighed before muttering, "Hello Tenshi."
"Aw," he heard before his eyes were uncovered. "You're no fun," he heard as he turned around to see the girl he was supposed to meet up with earlier if tennis practice wasn't in the way.
He turned around to see a girl with hair that was black at the top and faded to brown at the bottom with little golden highlights at the ends. Her hair reached to her mid-back. She had light green eyes and was wearing a tube top with a half-jacket over it that had sleeves to her wrists. Looking down, Ryoma saw that she was wearing a skirt that made it to her mid-thighs which covered the leggings she had on leading to her high-heeled boots.
"You had me waiting forever~," she whined putting the emphasis on the word 'forever' just to get her point across.
Ryoma rolled his eyes before starting to walk toward their usual spot in the park. "Not my fault that I had practice right then and there," he said sitting down next to a big cherry blossom tree.
Tenshi sat down next to him and pulled something out of her skirt pocket and unfolding the paper. "What do you think of this?" she asked pointing at the sheet and leaning over to show it to Ryoma.
"Not bad but we should change it here and there with the thing," Ryoma said pointing out several things that they could fix. After all, they wanted things to be perfect for the event later.
"Ochibi is with a girl!" Eiji yelled out widening his eyes at the scene.
Momo was gaping at how Ryoma was with a pretty girl underneath the tree.
It looked as if the two were discussing something. The regulars were surprised that Ryoma was actually talking and even had a bit of emotion on his face that he never really showed to the regulars.
They couldn't hear the conversation much because they were too far away, but before the group could try to get closer, Ryoma stood up and brushed his clothes from the dirt on the ground. They heard him yell loudly, "See you tomorrow then Tenshi."
They all saw the girl nod with a wide grin on her face before she jumped up and walked out of the park.
Seeing Ryoma walking off as well, they followed him to his temple home and watched as he yelled, "I'm back you baka Oyaji!"
"About time brat!" another man yelled before someone stepped out of the gates and put Ryoma into a strangle hold.
Ryoma was struggling a bit until he stepped on his father's toes and elbowed him in the stomach before taking his father's arm and flipping the man over. When Ryoma saw what he did, he just muttered with wide eyes, "Woops…"
Nanjiroh had swirls in his eyes before he shook his head of the dizziness and yelled, "You're getting better Ryoma~."
Ryoma sweat-dropped at his father's antics before dragging the man back into the house by the arms with a mock of "made made dane."
The regulars outside couldn't help but just stare at what they just saw…
"Now that," Momo started before blinking his eyes a few times, "was downright scary."
Eiji was shaking next to his partner as he gulped and commented, "Who knew Ochibi could do that…"
No one had the answer…
A/N: There will be an ongoing poll for which pairing Ryoma will be in. Just vote on any pairing(s) you like. Just name them in a review, and I'll be keeping a track of them in a written tally. I will be updating this story every Sunday I can. You can vote for the pairings as many times as you like.
Author's Note: On my profile is a poll for whichever story you people want me to work on. Included on the poll are six of the stories I'm currenty working on including: Dragon's Master, Half-Breed, and four other new stories whose summaries are on my profile page. Please vote and I'll get started on writing those when summer vacation comes around. I wil start posting them as soon as I finish posting up Beasts Within. The poll will be up for however long until all those stories are good to be posted. Please vote and hope you enjoyed the chapter~