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"Blah, blah." Talking

"Blah, blah." English

#Blah, blah. # Kevin's thoughts

Kunimitsu Tezuka.

Chapter 2: Introductions.

Kevin's P.O.V.

As we watched our younger brother walk through the airport I could tell he was still being affected, even if it had been three years. I noticed Ryoga watching him curiously.

"Kevin?"

"I'm afraid I can't tell you, Ryoga, demo he will tell when he is ready." I said walking away. Ryoga walked beside me.

"Why can't you tell me?"
"Because it's for Ryoma to tell you. Don't pressure him into telling you. He'd tell when he's ready." I said quietly as we walked up to Ryoma, who was waiting in the exit.

"This way chibisuke." Ryoga said directing us towards his car. Ryoma slipped into the back of a C3 Pluriel 1.4i Côte d'Azur after placing his bag in the boot. He pulled his cap lower and leant back against the chair. I slipped in to the front passenger door and closed the door.

"I'll be dropping you both off before going out for a while before picking 'Kaa-san up. 'Tou-san is out and will be for most of the day."

"Who is visiting?" Ryoma asked.

"Visiting? What do you mean Ryo?" I asked confused.

"He only ever goes out if he's visiting the person he is dating and if he's having someone over… who are you dating anyway?"

"You'll find out later. Any way oyaji said something about the old-hag."

"Old Hag?" I asked confused.

Ryoma was snickering in the back.

"What's so funny Ryo?" both Ryoga and I asked.

"Old hag is his old coach. When she finds out what he calls her she is going to kill him."

"I… Have I met her?"

"Iie…she was in hospital when you were last here. You saw one of the other coaches and Tezuka-buchou."

"Tezuka-buchou? The one that swapped the match with you?" Ryoga asked.

"Aa, I never asked him to do that."

"I know you didn't."

Ryoma yawned and closed his eyes again. Ryoga looked at him in the mirror.

"Why is he tired?"

"Three days straight of staying awake. He has been doing a lot of practice recently and he didn't want to stop."

"Make sure he sleeps before 'Kaa-san gets home. It will cause trouble."

"Hai." I said just as we came off of the turn off for the town. Ryoma didn't fall asleep but he was close to it.

"What are you two doing today?"

"Sle…" I started to say before Ryoma interrupted me.

"I want to go to the school." He said lifting his cap up.

"Ryo?" I asked turning back to face him.

"I want to see Senpai-tachi. I've missed them."

"Okay Ryo-chan. But we'll sleep till one. You need to rest."

"Hai."

Ryoga dropped us off at the house before driving away. We walked towards the house and the door opened. A long black haired woman with deep purple almost brown eyes stood there. She smiled at us.

"Okaerinasai" she said smiling at us. A Himalayan cat came rushing past her feet and straight to Ryoma.

"Karupin!" he said before picking her up. She purred contently as Ryoma petted her. He smiled softly and walked into the house. Both the female and I blinked.

"She's not been the same since she hasn't been with him." The lady said.

"I wouldn't have guessed, Nanako-san." I said sarcastically. She giggled and we both entered the house. I went up to my room and placed my stuff in my bedroom. I then went to Ryoma's and checked on him. I found him curled up on top of his covers with Karupin on his hip. I smirked and gently closed his door. I changed my mobile phone time and set my alarm for twelve. I then curled up on my own bed and followed Ryoma's example.

"…KEVIN-SAN LUNCH IS READY!" I heard Nanako call up the stairs. I sat up and rubbed the sleep out of my eyes. I found it was five to twelve. I switched my phone alarm off and walked out of my room. I heard whimpering from Ryo's room. I opened it and saw him tossing and turning. He was muttering in English.

"No… don't…"

"Ryo-kun." I said softly sitting on the edge of Ryoma's bed. I placed my hand on his shoulder and gently shook it. "Ryo, time to wake up." He slowly came round. He blinked a couple of times before looking around the room. His eyes fell on me and looked confused.

"…Did I …?" he asked sitting up.

"Yes, Ryo. You had the dream again. You feel up to eating something? Nanako-san has made lunch for us."

Ryoma nodded and swung his legs off of the bed. He yawned and stretched. As he stood up he stumbled a bit.

"Ryo, you sure you want to do this?" I asked wrapping an arm round his waist keeping him upright.

"Aa. I need to get back into the swing of things…"

"It may be too early but I'm there if you need me."

Ryoma nodded and we walked down the stairs. Nanako smiled as she saw us enter the dinning/kitchen area.

"Did you enjoy your sleep?"

"Aa." Ryoma said before sitting down at the table.

"Kawamura-san told me that your senpai's are using their old courts. He never said why though." Nanako said as she placed chicken on the table.

"The old courts… the middle school courts?" Ryoma asked confused.

"Yes… I think that's the place.

"Is Taka-senpai still playing tennis?"

"He didn't say." Nanako said.

"We need to enroll…" I started to say before Nanako stopped me.

"Oji-san done that yesterday." She said sitting down beside me.

"I guess I could go and say hi to my old senseis." Ryoma said taking some of the chicken. We sat talking for a while before going to get ready.

I sat waiting for Ryoma at quarter to three. He came down at three carrying his racquet bag on his shoulder. I picked mine up and we left the house. We turned left and started walking towards the school the closer we got the more Ryoma edged closer to me. As we got to the school the bell ran. There was a rush of children coming out of the school. Many of them looked at us as if we were aliens and Ryoma clung to my arm. I placed a hand on top of his and squeezed it tight. He pulled his cap lower but didn't remove his hand from my arm. As we walked up the front stairs Ryoma heard a familiar voice.

"…Fujiko-chan why hasn't he contacted us?" a Red haired blue eyed teenaged boy asked.

"I don't know Eiji-chan." A shoulder length brown haired teenaged boy replied to his friend. As we past them some one bumped into Ryoma causing him to bump into me and into the brown haired teenaged boy.

"Sorry." I said not looking at him.

"It's okay." He replied. Ryoma and I had only gone up two more steps when we heard. "…Kevin… Ryoma…"

"Fujiko-chan, daijobu?"

"Hai. Ike before Tezuka-kun makes us run more laps." He said before running down the last few steps.

"Shusuke…" Ryoma said softly looking behind him for a second before turning to me. "Ike, I'll take you to the teachers lounge."

"Okay, Ryo." I said following him up the stairs. He took us up to the teachers lounge and knocked on the door. He opened it and bowed.

"Excuse us." He said before walking in. I followed him and found many of the teachers looking up at us.

"Can we help you?" a coloured man with brown hair and eyes asked.

"Sensei, are you still teaching English?" Ryoma asked turning to the man smiling.

"Who…" he started to say but at that moment an old lady came in and the room fell silent. She had dirty blonde hair and she was wearing a deep pink and white track suite with a white t-shirt underneath it. She looked up for the papers she was carrying and gasped.

"R-Ryoma!" she stuttered looking at him.

"Konnichi wa Ryuzaki-sensei." Ryoma said lifting his hat up to see her properly. She smiled at him before going to her desk.

"E- Echizen –kun? Is that really you?" the English teacher asked.

"Aa." Ryoma said smiling.

"Who is this?" Ryuzaki asked looking at me.

"Ryuzaki-sensei this is Kevin, 'Kaa-san and oyaji adopted him two and a half years ago. Kev, oyaji and my old coach Ryuzaki-sensei." Ryoma said politely.

"Nice to meet you." I said bowing to her.

"Kevin…… As in Kevin smith?"

"I changed my surname to Echizen."

"Well it's nice to see both of you. When did you arrive?"

"Early this morning." Ryoma said before yawning slightly.

The door behind us opened and Ryoma and I turned round. There stood a brown haired teenaged boy with blue eyes and a pair of glasses on his face. Ryoma immediately pulled his cap over his eyes. I looked at him confused.

"Tezuka." Ryuzaki said

this is Kunimitsu? I thought looking at him.

"Sensei." He said before looking at both Ryoma and me. "E-Echizen…" he said looking slightly shocked.

"Buchou." He said pulling his cap even lower. I smirked and shock my head lightly.

"Tezuka-kun, Ryoma-kun and Kevin-kun would like to join or rejoin the tennis club. Can you fit them in?"

"Hai. I can place them in the inter school tournament next week."

"Domo." Ryoma said pulling his cap lower.

"Ryoma, remove your cap. You're indoors." I said only to receive a glare from him. He did remove his cap how ever and he shook his head slightly. He pulled his hair back and tied it at the nape of his neck.

# He needs to cut his hair. # I thought as he did this. He picked up his tennis bag and turned to Ryuzaki.

"Why don't you both go and get changed and then we'll head down to the courts?" she suggested. We both nodded and left the room. Ryoma took us to the nearest washroom and went into one of the cubicles. I went it to another and changed. I pulled on my green shorts and black top on before placing my sunglasses on my head. I walked out and leant against one of the sinks.

"Ryo you okay?"

"Yeah… I think… I … no…"

"Want to talk about this?"

"… Later…." He replied before I heard a sniff.

"Ryo?" I asked walking to his cubicle. The door opened and I came face to face with a teary eyed Ryoma. I wrapped my arms round him and let him cry. After he had settled down he moved back slightly. "Feeling better?"

He nodded.

"Let's go." I said before pulling my bag on my back. Ryoma slipped his bag onto his back and we headed back to the teachers room. We found Ryuzaki and Kunimitsu standing outside the room waiting for us. I noticed Kunimitsu's eyes widen slightly when he saw Ryoma. Ryoma was wearing long black shorts with a black t-shirt. On his wrists were two seat bands and on his feet were black trainers and black socks. The only thing that was white was his cap. Ryoma was scratching his left arm while his head was turned to the wall away from Kunimitsu. I placed my hand on his shoulder.

"It will be alright Ryoma."

Ryoma nodded and we turned to both of them.

"Ike." Ryuzaki said turning and walking away towards the stairs. "So Ryoma how early did you get in this morning?"

"Seven am."

"Aren't you tired?"

"Slightly, demo we slept till twelve when we got to the house." Ryoma said edging towards me. We walked down the stairs and Ryoma clung to my arm. When we got outside there were no students in the court yard. Ryoma relaxed slightly and walked with out touching my arm. He instead scratched his wrists. I noticed this and took his hands.

"Ryo!"

"I… I… sorry…"

"it's fine. Just don't scratch them."

I noticed Kunimitsu was watching us out of the corner of his eyes. Ryuzaki stopped at a corner.

"When I call your name come into the court. I'll call Kevin-kun first then you Ryoma. Just wait here ne?"

We both nodded and watched them disappear round the corner.

A/N: I hope you like this. Again I'll need reviews more than three before I up date. I may not update as often as I start college tomorrow (18/09/07) and it will be difficult to type my stories while studying. I'll update a.s.a.p. Mika-chan.