Disclaimer: I do not own The Prince of Tennis of any of its characters.
Kyaa! I loved the reviews, whee!
But um, here's the bad news about me…I'll be going on summer vacation for like 2 months and well, I won't be able to get to a frikkin computer sooooo I guess this fic will just have to wait for two months unless if I actually find a computer when I back to Taiwan (yes, the elders of my family live there) sooooo (sigh) sadly, I'll have to wait….
Anyways, enjoy this little story of Eiji when he was just a kid! (glomp)
Sweet Dreams Ch. 3:
Eiji Kikumaru
Huge and innocent blue eyes looked around the room. They moved to the right and then to the left. No one was there. A small playful grin grew on Eiji's face.
Quietly, he crept underneath the kitchen tables and snuck across the floor. Still no sign of anybody. Almost there….just a little closer and he could finally reach his goal…
Eiji stood on his tippy toes. He reached up. A small hand appeared on the counter. It searched for the jar that was normally sitting there. Where was it? His hand moved around even more.
SLAP!
Eiji drew his hand back.
"Shame on you, Eiji! You know better than that to sneak cookies out of the cookie jar!" scolded Eiji's sister.
The five year old redhead pouted. "Unya! Can't I just have one?" Eiji gave his sister one of his adorable pouts.
His sister hesitated. She knew she couldn't let Eiji touch the cookies since she was in charge but Eiji's pout melted her objections away. She sighed. Sometimes, Eiji just got whatever he wanted. No one wanted to make a child like him sad.
"Fine…but ONLY ONE!"
"Yay! Sis, I love you, nya!" Eiji gave his sister a big bear hug and took a cookie out of the jar. Munching away happily, he ran into the living room. His sister smiled faintly.
By the time Eiji had reached the living room, he had already finished his cookie. Looking around, he tried to find something fun to do…
Where was his older brother anyway? Eiji always had the most fun with him. Maybe he was up in his room? Bouncing happily, Eiji climbed up the stairs to find his brother.
He opened the door with a quiet creak. His brother was there, but asleep on the bed. Eiji poked his brother.
Poke, poke…poke…
"Unya! He really is asleep!" thought Eiji, "No fair! I want to play!" Eiji sat on the ground as he started to think. His brother wasn't going to play with him unless if he bribed him with something…but what did he have to bribe? Hmmm…
His blue eyes looked up at the desk that was in the room. A black marker was lying across some papers. Eiji grinned mischievously. He climbed up onto the chair and grabbed the PERMANENT black marker.
Eiji marched over to his older brother and pounced on him.
"OOF! What the—oh, Eiji," his brother looked at him groggily, "That hurt, you know?"
Looking at Eiji's wide and round eyes, he knew something was up.
"What do you want?"
"Play with me, nya!"
"…no,"
"Why?"
"I'm tired. I'll play with you some other day,"
"Unya, I wanna play now!"
"No,"
"I'll mark you,"
Pause…Rewind that.
"What?"
"Nya, I said I'll mark you with this marker if you don't play with me,"
"…you wouldn't…"
Eiji uncapped the permanent black marker.
"……fine…"
"YAY!" Eiji jumped off of his brother's stomach and landed on the floor gently with two feet. He tossed the marker on the desk and pulled at his brother's hand eagerly.
"Nya, let's play, let's play!"
The two siblings went downstairs and reached the living room. Since it was at Eiji's request, the entire family played Twister…
"Argh! Eiji, move your foot! I can't reach the green!" said his sister.
"Nya, there's a green right there!" Eiji nodded towards the green spot that was way at the corner.
"I'm not as flexible as you are! I can't reach that green and the closest green I see is the one that next to you! Now move it!"
Eiji stuck out his tongue. "Nope! I'm gonna win this game, nya!"
Everyone stared at him blankly. "You ALWAYS win at Twister, Eiji…"
"Exactly, nya!"
After another 20 minutes of playing Twister…
"Hoi hoi! I win!"
"…………………"
Eiji clapped his hands in glee. He was about to run out of the living room and start playing another game when he ran into his mother.
"No more games tonight, Eiji. Brush your teeth and change out of your overalls. It's time for bed," said his mother, gently.
At the statement of "brush your teeth" Eiji dashed up the stairs, wanting to be the first in the bathroom to use his beloved toothpaste. He took off his overalls, began to take a bath (with lots of bubbles), and switched into his red pajamas with little red kitties all over it.
He happily got out his toothpaste and tooth brush. Squeezing a big blob on his tooth brush, Eiji began to brush his teeth. It was strawberry flavored, too!
One, two, one, two…brush, brush, brush, brush…Don't forget to brush all sides, he thought…
Finally, Eiji spit out the bubbles in his mouth and gurgled the water. Feeling refreshed, Eiji bounced out of the bathroom in a happy mood.
He jumped into his bed, his red hair bouncing along with him. His mother came in and tucked him in. Eiji grabbed his favorite teddy bear in the whole wide world, Kuma Daigoroo. The five year old redhead smiled as he recalled how he had won the toy; he had thrown five darts and nailed all five balloons at an arcade, winning the grand prize of giant teddy bear.
Eiji smiled as he snuggled with Kuma Daigoroo. The warmth of the teddy bear's fur gently soothed him as he drifted off to sleep…
Author's notes: All of a sudden, it feels like as if Eiji was Fuji…o.O XD Oh well…Hope you guys enjoyed it! R&R please!
Review reply:
Kuroaki: Well, this chapter's Eiji…hope you liked it!
KatrinaKaiba: I would have loved to finish this story by now but this took a lot more than I thought it would be…and then summer vacation is coming up and I won't be able to do any more chapters/runs off crying/
Risa-chan: Yes, I'm planning to do the other regulars from the other schools….I love to see some torture…mehehehehe…/evil thoughts start coming into mind/ Thank you so much for reviewing all of my other stories/hugs/
Happybunnerlover: ara? XD
Sanaka: Thanks for the reviews, nya!
akeedacrest: Fuji will be coming up sooner or later…I don't know how I'll pull it off with our beloved tensai and his cute and adorable little brother, Yuuta, but I'll think of some way…/sheepish grin/
Tsuki Mizuno: Tezuka was cute, nya? I confess, when I wrote chapter 2, I kinda stole some thoughts from the anime episodes of Prince of Tennis…remember when there was a little kid playing in the park, and Tezuka sees himself as a little kid playing tennis, too?
DnKS-giRLs: I hope I'll finish this fic though…usually I'm so lazy that I stop halfway…eck/curse my laziness/
KagomeGirl21: Yay! My story wasn't so bad after all/hugs/
Craze Izumi: I have absolutely no clue whether Nanako stayed with Ryoma when he was only five…I was just bored and I thought Nanako would provide some excuse for Ryoma's mother to yell at him….oh, and thanks for telling me about the first name/surname thingo…I was completely lost (and I probably still am) but it clears up a lot, thankies!
Silver Eklipse: Eck! I know! I got the names all wrong! Stupid me…
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE REVIEWS!