A/N: The votes are in and it seems people want to see RyoXMatsuma and a grouping of the characters! To satisfy that craving here is the newest one-shot!
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rebeccasanfujieijilvr- I can promise you a lot of that pairing XD
Heart Br0ken- Writing about them will have to wait till next chapter but it'll definitely be an interesting chapter!
Sweet Obsidian Rain- Team Action has been granted in this chapter but there's more teamwork in chapters up ahead for sure ;)
NDebN- I hoped you did… it was just a quick warm-up for more to come!
Selyn- Ahem… yes, we'll leave that to your imagination XD But yes, Subtle ways will be picked up from both counterparts!
abhorsen3- That can be granted after Tezuka and Atobe centered one!
Story II: Tennis Getaway
Summary: It was suppose to be a trip to learn something…only that something might not be what they were intended to learn.
"Hayaku! (Hurry up!)" Ryo rushed the team into the bus Matsuma had provided.
"Hai buchou!" they all said trailing into the bus.
The bus was very elegant thanks to Matsuma's money. The jet-black bus had a very nice interior complete with a small bathroom towards the back. Comfortable feathered chairs filled the bus, air-conditioned, wide screen TV, individual nightlights and a blanket for each passenger. It was amazing…as amazing at anything Atobe could account for as well. Despite the excitement of the team and the comfortable ride, Ryo merely frowned…THIS was suppose to be a training camp for tennis and relaxation away from family…so why was it that his aniki AND Fuji-san coming?
Poke
"Itai! (ouch!)" Ryo said crossly to Ryoma who had taken the time to poke Ryo on the head.
"Get in Ryo," Ryoma merely said with a smirk.
"Why are you coming?" Ryo demanded as he followed his brother into the bus and towards the back.
"Because you all need an experienced trainer," Ryoma said.
"Then why is Fuji coming?" Ryo asked irritated.
"Because your brother needs me," Fuji said with a bright smile coming up from behind them both.
"That's not a valid reason," Ryo accused.
"Why are you against us going?" Fuji asked rubbing Ryo's head lightly. Although Ryo hated to admit it, this was the rub that calmed him…and made him feel like a little boy!
Pushing Fuji's hand off with a pout, Ryo sighed. "Do you two happen to notice that every time the tennis team takes a trip you two always happen to tag along as well?"
"So?" They both questioned.
"No one else's parents come!" Ryo hissed out crossly.
"That's because their parents aren't professional tennis players-"
"Or photographers!" Fuji added.
"What does photographing have to do with this?" Ryo asked.
"I'm a supportive mother Ryo," Fuji pointed out.
"So is Jun's mother, but you don't see her tagging along!" Ryo protested.
"That's because she has a company to run."
"And you have a shop to run," Ryo pointed out.
"But I own it, so I can close it for a week if I wish; on the other hand Jun's parents can't since a lot of people depend on them."
"But the loss of a whole week's income!" Ryo countered trying to reason.
"Can be compensated since Ryoma is rich." Fuji said coolly, "Actually, I don't need to work at all, I just choose to."
Ryo groaned as he collapsed on a seat on the bus. He was through trying to reason with them!
"Shouldn't you sit next to Jun in the front? Fuji asked seeing Jun walk into the bus seemingly looking for a certain someone.
"Shouldn't you two be up there as well with Inui-sensei?" Ryo shot out standing to go towards the front of the bus
"He's fine up there with Kaidoh," Fuji said absently.
"Ka-kaidoh-san?" Ryo stopped to choke out.
Ryoma nodded jerking his head towards the front where Ryo caught Kaidoh coming into the bus as well.
"Who invited him?" Ryo asked with a pout.
"I did," Fuji said, "To keep Inui company…."
"Company? Then why is Momoshiro-san climbing in as well?" Ryo asked.
"Well I couldn't invite Kaidoh and leave Momoshiro out when he was here too." Fuji said easily.
"Then WHY is Kikumaru-san and Oishi-san in here as well?" Ryo demanded seeing more passengers climb on.
"Inui invited them along," Ryoma said settling in his seat.
"Who else can you all invite?"
"I, for one certainly didn't invite anyone but myself." Ryoma stated.
"Everyone's sitting in the front." Ryo pointed out after realizing there was nothing he could do about the extra people.
"So?" Fuji said sitting next to Ryoma. "We need privacy for what I have planned."
Ryo merely lifted a brow as he walked towards Matsuma, who seemingly was waiting for him. He had no wish to know what Fuji meant by the need for added privacy.
"Why were you back there?" Matsuma asked glancing past Ryo as well.
"Can't you see?" Ryo asked whipping around to point it out to Matsuma…sadly he didn't see the top of his "parents" head at all, instead he found the curtains drawn around the last seat.
"I don't see," Matsuma said scanning the back.
"My aniki is back there with Fuji-san," Ryo muttered out taking an empty seat.
"I see..." Matsuma merely muttered sitting beside him. "Is that why you don't look so happy?"
"Since when does buchou's expression ever change besides the scowl and frown?" Aikawa asked from behind them.
"O-chibi-chibi…where's O-chibi?" Kikumaru asked craning his head into Ryo's space and attention.
"Having fun back there…" Ryo muttered pressing into his seat. He wasn't taking any chances with the glomping cat.
"Hehe…so my o-chibi is being naughty with Fujiko ne?" Kikumaru said looking slyly over to the back where the curtains were drawn.
Ignoring Kikumaru-san, Ryo turned his attention to his teammates.
Aikawa was sitting beside Kitawaru talking about his mothers and sister's latest attack on his new girlfriend, Moritaka was on the phone with his worrying mother, Fukumachi was talking to Tokinawa about return aces, while Inui and Kira quietly did their own things beside each other…Inui writing frantically and Kira listening to his mp3 player while resting. It seemed his team was just a regular old team with normal old people outside of tournaments. This past year after Nationals, they had been called monsters, gods, anything that wasn't human…but he wondered how much Shiba would pay just to capture these small little sights…
"Hello!"
Ryo's head snapped up to see just the person he was thinking of waving with that wide smile with camera in hand.
"Inui-sensei…what is she-"
"Shiba-san wants to do a special on Seigaku…" Inui merely responded.
Ryo suppressed a groan. "So obaa-san is riding with us?"
"Obaa-san?" Shiba exclaimed, "I'm not that old!"
"You're older than my aniki which makes you a Obaa-san," Ryo said pointedly before pulling his hat low to stare out the window…already he wished he'd never agreed to this trip!
xXx
"Isn't it relaxing?" Matsuma asked Ryo as they stepped off the bus to be greeted the Okami-san (Mistress of the hot springs) and a few workers.
"Matsuma-san… I'm sorry but your order got mixed up and the 5 Private rooms and 1 group room was changed to 4 Private rooms and 1 group room." Okami-san said regretfully.
"That's fine," Ryoma said, "That leaves one room to Inui and Kaidoh-senpai, another to Kikumaru and Oishi-senpai, one to Fuji and me and the last to Shiba-san."
"What about me?" Ryo complained.
"Matsuma and you shouldn't even get a private room," Ryoma said, "Fuji has been to laid-back on the both of you but I don't think you two should be experimenting yet."
"What do you mean Fuji is laid-back?" Ryo demanded, "You never say anything when Jun sleeps in my room every week."
"That's because I'm otherwise distracted…" Ryoma said brushing it off.
"Distracted by what?" Ryo mumbled out.
"By me of course," Fuji admitted cheerfully.
"Che!" Ryo said slugging his tennis bag over his shoulder.
"Since your buchou is so enthusiastic, all of you shall have doubles matches!" Ryoma announced.
"What? It's a hot spring resort!" Kitawaru complained.
"But this is a tennis training," Ryoma reminded them. Hot springs can come later for you guys."
"Ike!" Ryo commanded his team, "We are here for training overnight so we might as well use this time to work hard and relax tonight!"
"Hai…" Most of the team said regretfully.
"Seigaku…"
Everyone turned around to see Atobe Kei standing there with his own teams dressed to relax.
"What are you guys doing here?" Kitawaru demanded.
"We are taking a relaxation trip… it seems you all are here for an entirely different matter though…"Atobe said looking at their tennis attire.
"You're right," Ryo smirked, " While you're here relaxing we are advancing."
"Echizen!" Atobe glared at Ryo. " Do you want to die early?"
"All of you get on the tennis court," Ryoma interrupted. " Momoshiro will be in charge of all of you while the rest of us settles everything. I will be there soon to check on all of your progress."
"Hai!" They all echoed as Momoshiro enthusiastically led the group with Ryo towards the tennis courts.
"We haven't greeted Hyoutei yet…" Fuji pointed out to Ryoma who was walking pass Hyoutei without caring to greet them.
"What about those small fries?" Ryoma stated walking pass them, "Monkey jr. doesn't need my acknowledgement."
"What?" Atobe said with a frown, " For your information-"
"Hurry Syuusuke!" Ryoma stated before walking inside.
"Sumimasen (excuse me)" Fuji said to the team and followed the rest of his friends in.
"I think I'm going to have to call my cousin!" Atobe said glaring at Ryoma's back.
XXx
"Come on Buchou!" Aikawa yelled. "Matsuma and you are falling behind!"
'I know that!' Ryo thought angrily. It wasn't that Matsuma was hindering him as a doubles partner; it was the annoying talk from Inui and Kira that was disrupting both of their paces. Not only that, the tennis court here was on a slight slope so there was a disadvantage to Jun and him!
"Game Inui/Kira pair, 5 games all" Momoshiro said with a grin.
" You are all disgusting!" Atobe announced from where he stood with his team. " Talking about such dirty things!" They were waiting for THE monkey king to pick them up and decided to watch Seigaku's doubles match.
"Ryo…" Matsuma started ignoring Atobe's complaint…after all, it was Kira and Inui spilling it all out!
"We'll take the next game and win buchou!" Inui said with a smile.
"Mada mada!" Ryo yelled out and went to the baseline to serve. " Ready Jun?"
"Hai…" Matsuma said letting out a frustrated breath.
Serving a twisted serve straight at Kira, Ryo got ready to defend. Kira smiled as he returned it to the corner.
"How was last night in your room buchou?" Kira asked slyly.
Ryo narrowed a look at Kira as Matsuma returned. They were using their under-handed distraction again. He had enough of there spouting "moments" of Matsuma and him to everyone…he'd win them at their own game as well then!
"Heh… Matsuma fell asleep." Ryo announced cockily as he watched Inui stumble at that new data.
"15-love!" Momoshiro called out with another quick grin. He just found out how amusing it was to ref a game for these small guys. They talk of the most amusing scenes and Momoshiro enjoyed watching each pair stumble when a new piece of information was revealed. It seemed Ryo had enough of their data since he seemed to be answering their questions and assumptions now.
Ryo smiled, as he got ready to serve again. It seemed giving them fake information messed up their rhythm as well.
'Now to win in straight points with instant kill!' Ryo thought as he serve and got ready.
"So you exhausted him?" Kira asked lobbing it over to Ryo.
"Thoroughly," Ryo said ignoring Matsuma's glare and the shocked expressions of every one. Smashing the lob over to Inui side, he noted Inui was too frozen with that information.
'Mou osoi! (It's too late)' Ryo thought as Inui missed by a few inches.
"30-0"
"Inui!" Kira said with a frown.
"I'm sorry but he's being so open it's shocking!" Inui said shaking his head a bit.
"Can't you tell he's lying?" Kira said jerking Inui's head to the opposite side where Ryo's smirk seemed to be filled with huge ego as well.
"We were lying half the time too…" Inui muttered.
"That's why it was frustrating the both of them and disrupting their play." Kira said with a sigh. " From now on they have caught on and we need to ignore the outrageous data they throw at us."
Inui nodded. After the quick pep talk they got into their positions and waited for the serve.
"Oi…want to know more?" Ryo asked after he served and got ready to receive.
"Of course!" Kira answered aiming the shot towards Ryo only to send it to Matsuma.
"Then shall I tell you how exciting it was on the way here as well?" Matsuma asked hitting it back to Inui who returned it easily.
"If you wish!" Kira said smashing the ball onto their side.
"30-15"
Ryo smiled at Kira…it seemed they have both caught on to the others plan.
'This is where it begins then!'
Ryo got ready to serve again as he searched for an opening. Serving quickly he searched for holes in the play…
"Ne buchou… you seem a bit stiff…are you okay?" Inui asked hitting it back towards him.
"I am…although not for the reasons you're think of." Ryo said starting a rally with Inui.
"Oh… could it be because you were uncomfortable confined in that seat?" Inui asked slicing the ball towards Matsuma.
"Maybe…" Matsuma answered using a drop shot at the last moment.
"40-15"
"It's war…" Kira muttered. He wouldn't allow the last point to pass…no…not at all. Eyeing the ball intently as Ryo started to serve, he wanted to end the game in favor of them!
"Aren't you two quite a pair now!" Kira asked hitting the ball over.
"Nothing compared to you two." Ryo answered hitting it back with precision. " You two are like the golden pair."
"You think so highly of us buchou!" Kira said with a smile as he tried to slip in a drop shot.
"Why wouldn't I? You two complement each other…especially since you both love data and information so much!" Ryo asked bouncing the drop shot over just barely in time.
"You think?" Kira asked hitting it over.
"Aa…I wonder when you two will be a couple!" Ryo asked smashing it over. It seemed the last line stunned both Kira and Inui since they didn't react as the ball dropped between the both of them.
"Game and match to Ryo/Matsuma pair!" Momoshiro said with a laugh. "Good game!"
"Oi!" Kira said walking over to Ryo and Matsuma. "Inui and I are hetero!"
Ryo merely nodded with a straight face. "That's what the golden pair said too back then…."
"Buchou!" Kira complained moving away from Inui.
It was too late, Ryo had already moved out of the court with a superior smirk.
"You were all horrible!" Atobe announced.
"You talk too much." Ryo merely said to Atobe before pulling Matsuma in for a quick Victory kiss to piss off Atobe. "Want a turn Monkey-junior?"
"I do not want to kiss Matsuma!" Atobe said with a frown.
"I meant tennis…get your head out of the gutter!" Ryo said walking away from Hyoutei to grab a water bottle.
"I can't believe Buchou just kissed Matsuma in the open like that!" Aikawa said still in a state of shock.
"I think he only did that to irritate Atobe…" Kitawaru said with a grin.
"Or maybe it's a trait he picked up from his mother…" Momoshiro said with a small smile, " YOSH! Next pair…. hmmm…Kitawaru/Aikawa and Tokinawa/Fukumachi!"
"Get ready to be defeated!" Aikawa said jumping up to grab his racquet.
"We'll see," Fukumachi merely said as he walked onto the courts with his partner.
xXx
Ryo groaned as he sat in the hot spring to relieve his aching muscles.
"Extra exercise tires you out?" Matsuma asked next to Ryo.
"Aa…especially dealing with you!" Ryo complained. Glancing to the other side of the hot spring he watched Kikumaru-san play with Oishi-san and Kaidoh-san talking quietly to Inui-sensei.
"Buchou!"
Ryo turned to see Aikawa waddle over. " I think you scared Inui and Kira with your observation, they can't sit next to each other anymore!"
"Baka!" Ryo said with a smirk, " If Kira ever did that to Himiko-chan, she'd kill him ne Matsuma?"
"Usu…" Matsuma said with a smile reaching over to wrap an arm around Ryo's waist underneath the steam.
Ryo frowned but didn't pull out of the embrace either. It didn't feel bad and after all he was used to Jun doing this to him…it almost made him want to lean over and…
"You sure you want to do this?"
Ryo snapped out of his haze to see his face inches away from Matsuma's.
"What are you doing?" Ryo asked drawing back.
"You're the one who's on me…" Matsuma said with a smirk.
"Baka!" Ryo said instead and moved off Matsuma. Daydreaming was bad! Focusing his attention to his 'parents' he felt a blush rise on his face. If he wasn't wrong…his parents were not just sitting across from them innocently. He couldn't believe they would do this in front of everyone! His eyes suddenly met Fuji's who dared him to say something about what he noticed.
He merely glared at his 'mother' and felt his blush rise higher only when he noted that Fuji purposely moved a bit harder then usual and had his aniki gasping to bite back a moan.
"Ryo…"
Whipping his face back, he noted Jun's look.
"What?"
"Are you getting too hot?" Jun asked noticing the blush on Ryo's face.
"Iie!" Ryo denied. He returned his eyes to his parents to notice they were now locked in the middle of a passionate kiss.
"O-chibi…leave that for the bedroom!" Kikumaru said and Ryo was glad for once that Kikumaru-san dragged his aniki far from Fuji…that was until Fuji seemed to be coming towards him.
"Omoshiro…ne Ryo?" Fuji said with his usual smile. " Takes good eyes to see what you did."
"Baka! That's not something you should do here…" Ryo mumbled wishing he had his hat to pull over his face now.
"Eh? But you enjoyed the sight and Ryoma enjoyed the thought of doing it in public…" Fuji said with a huge smile.
"Baka!" Ryo said sinking against Jun.
"I'll leave you to your fun as well then…" Fuji said and waddled back to where Ryoma was waiting.
"Why were you over there?" Ryoma asked feeling Fuji's arm wrap around his waist.
"I was informing Ryo how much 'fun' we were having." Fuji admitted.
"Baka!" Ryoma whispered looking at Ryo who was glaring at the both of them.
"Saa…he said the same thing…especially when he noted how I pushed-"
"Yamete! (stop)" Ryoma said covering Fuji's mouth with his hand. Fuji noted the noticeable blush rise against Ryoma's cheek.
Fuji slid his tongue over Ryoma's hand so he'd let go, which he did, and pulled Ryoma tightly against him. "As cute as that blush was you shall pay for stopping me mid-sentence later tonight…" Fuji promised.
"Che!" Ryoma said although he felt Fuji's wandering hands confirm exactly what they would be doing tonight. "Am I not in the lead at 4-3?"
"Excited?" Fuji asked feeling the evidence clearly while ignoring that Ryoma was in the lead. "It's still my serve isn't it?"
"Baka…" Ryoma whispered tightening his grip around Fuji's shoulders.
Fuji merely chuckled lightly as he watched Matsuma try to make a move from the corner of his eye.
''Boku ni katsu no wa mada hayai yo…(If you don't already know, this is Fuji's favorite line- 'It's still to early for you to beat me')" Fuji muttered as he lowered his lips to Ryoma's.
xXx
"So wasn't that a good tennis getaway?" Fuji asked everyone on the bus as they loaded up the next afternoon to leave.
"Yadda," Ryo said with a frown. "It was completely pointless."
"No it wasn't!" Momoshiro said. "We learned many things about you."
Ryo scowled in response as chuckles were heard from here and there.
"So what did you learn Ryo?" Fuji asked.
Ryo frowned before he smiled smugly back at Fuji.
"I learned a lot more happens underneath the water at a hot spring resort and the fact that your tennis involves different balls then mine."
OMAKE
Ryoma: You were supposed to learn how to play doubles on a rough court!
Ryo: Well Fuji taught me differently!
Jun: Plus we weren't expecting Inui and Kira to use information on us to play under-handed like that!
Fuji: Let's just say we all learned at least one thing!
Inui-sensei: What was that one thing Fuji?
Fuji: Tennis matches can be played in many different ways ne Ryoma?
Ryoma: Mada mada dane!
A/N: And that ends another story! XD
The next story will be centered on "Truths" which has a bit to do with Atobe/Tezuka and Matsuma/Ryo problems. After that I promised a 5-10 chapter special to Ami-chan that will feature the 3rd years in High school, Ryo struggle to find replacements for the regulars that left, and drama for Thrill Pair as a old friend of Nanjiroh's drops by to visit Ryoma. The challenge from Ami was to make it fit in the storyline of now, feature all the characters at least once, have an interesting plot and entertain as usual. I shall try to do that so please wait for that as well! After that I will go back to little cute one-shot stories…unless I get another worthy challenge XD
