DISCLAIMER: I do not own Prince of Tennis, it's characters, etc. because they are the property of the genius Takeshi Konomi. I am merely borrowing them for this fanfic. Those I own are my original characters and the idea of this story.
A/N: English spoken words are in bold texts while flashbacks are in italic. R&R please! Thanks!
Chapter 2
Fuji switched on the TV when he heard from Yuuta that the whole police department of Japan is going crazy looking for the ambassador's daugter. Looks like they're going to have a problem returning Avi to her family since they have announced to the public that she was kidnapped. The announcement would have made sense since of course, they wouldn't be revealing to the media that their daughter simply ran away because she doesn't like Japan. It would be a disgrace to their family, not to mention an insult to the country they are supposed to be having a diplomatic talk with.
He quickly turned the channel to the news network. There was Avi's dread and fear. It was his brother, not her dad speaking which meant that his brother is very furious with what she just did.
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One of the reporters asked the brother, "Sir, what do you think would be the motive of kidnapping your sister when she's just an innocent civilian?" Kiel answered calmly, "Probably to give some kind of warning not to proceed with the talks, as for now that's the only reason I can think of." The translator then translated to the reporters what he just said in Japanese.
Another reporter then stood up with a question, "How come they managed to get inside the mall and out while dragging your sister? Do you think an inside-job is possible?"
Kiel eyed one of Avi's bodyguards to signify that he was thinking about it. Of course there really were no kidnappers but the media is to speculative so he has to act as natural as possible that there really was a kidnapping. He answered then, "That would be impossible since Roche and Nicolas are well-investigated before they were hired, not to mention they are good friends of our father when he was still a senator." The translator spoke again in Japanese.
Before another reporter stood up, there were murmurs everywhere, trying to think of more questions to ask the ambassador's son. They wanted to know if they were still missing some points before finishing the press conference. Then there was a question which made Kiel frown for a bit. "What would you like to say to the kidnappers and would you pay ransom if ever they ask for it?" Of course, Kiel just answered calmly again, "Of course we would pay ransom. Anything to get her back." The translator spoke again before Kiel stood up and went out of the room while his bodyguard escorted him, trying to keep away the reporters.
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Fuji turned off the TV when he saw Avi dropped dead to the couch, her mouth hanging open. Now she's in big trouble! Her brother's going to kill her when he sees her again. This is a total mess. She shouldn't have done that. Now she's also endangered an innocent family who might just receive a death sentence from his family. There might have been no kidnapping but she was sure her brother would be exposing them to media, if not, he would torment the Fuji family as long as he lived.
"Aniki, what's wrong with her?" Asked Yuuta. They were staring at the girl who was looking at the floor, oblivious to what was going on around her until, "Avi? Avi?" She felt someone tap her shoulder. That made her come outside of her own world and she looked up to see Fuji smiling at her.
"I am so sorry." She managed to whisper. She really was sorry for the Fuji family. Looks like they'll be facing the wrath of Kiel Acklin. If Fuji was a sadistic tensai, her brother was worse. He could manipulate just anyone with his words. She herself was a victim when they were little kids. Although it was child's play, she hated her brother when she was blamed for something she didn't do. Kiel told her mom and dad that she was the one who broke 'mommy's favorite vase'.
"It's alright. We'll just have to get you back, right?" Fuji said calmly with his serene smile.
Yuuta's eyes went wide and then, "Are you out of you mind, Aniki? The police knows what she looks like and if you take her outside, they might just mistake you as the one who kidnapped her!" Yuuta's yelling voice was enough to make Yumiko come to the living room from he bedroom upstairs.
"Yuu-chan! Okaeri! How are you? And what's with all this yelling?" Yumiko asked while hugging her younger brother. Yuuta was trying to pry Yumiko's arms away from him but sadly it didn't work.
"Saa... Looks like we'll just have to make a plan to bring Avi back to her family without the police on our tails." Fuji's eyes opened and revealed shimmering blue orbs. Yumiko blinked blankly, not knowing what the heck her brother was talking about while Yuuta shivered at the look in his aniki's eyes, knowing that he was planning something crazy or stupid.
"This is the worst costume I had to put on ever since halloween! Even my brother had a better idea than this!"
"Oh, Avi, why are you calling it a costume? It's our uniform for the tennis club."
"I know! That's why I'm calling it a costume. Last thing I would've done with my life is to play tennis and actually wear a uniform for it!" Avi continued protesting in front of the Seigaku High tennis team members. She was speaking in english so only Tezuka, Echizen and Fuji understands her. If the other members have heard her, she might have been attacked my Momoshiro or Kaidoh by now the way she insults their regular's uniform.
"Eh, what the heck is she saying anyway, Echizen?" Momoshiro asked, looking confused at the girl.
"Nyaa, o'chibi! Tell us! Tell us! Fujiko is so mean he doesn't want to translate what the cute girl is saying!" Eiji insisted too, while glomping the first year.
"Che..." Echizen said nonchalantly while trying to pry of the red head's arms in his shoulders. When he managed to get away from the red head, he tried to exit the club room but he was stopped by a glare from the tensai.
"Ne, Echizen, you'll help, right?" He said to Echizen, his smile as innocent yet as scary as ever. Echizen gulped before walking back to where he was standing.
As for Avi, she still can't accept the fact that she's with a tennis team, not to mention wearing a uniform and a cap that hid her beautiful strawberry blonde hair. It all started after they watched the press conference of her brother who was looking for her.
"Saa... Looks like we'll just have to make a plan to bring Avi back to her family without the police on our tails." Fuji's eyes opened and revealed shimmering blue orbs.
After that, Fuji asked Yumiko to drive him to Seigaku. Avi didn't know what or where that is but she went anyway since she knew he was helping her. Yuuta remained at the house, not wanting to get into any trouble, specially with the government.
"Where are we going? And what is Seigaku anyway?"
"Saa... It's my school."
"What are you planning anyway? How in the world will you make me go out in public without them noticing me?"
"Saa... I'll take care of that, Avi."
When they arrived at Seigaku, they went directly to the club room. There really were no classes today but Fuji called up the other team members to help him. They went inside the club room and Avi's nose twitched at the smell of it.
Everyone's jaw dropped wide when they saw her.
"Nyaa, Fujiko, isn't she the one who was kidnapped earlier?" Eiji asked while bouncing excitedly. He just met a very famous person.
"Eh, Fuji-senpai, you're the kidnapper?" Momoshiro exclaimed. He can't believe that his Fuji-senpai was a criminal and he's dragged along since he was there.
"Fssshh... Baka Momoshiro! Why don't you let him explain first?" The bandana-boy hissed.
"Baka Mamushi! Can't you see that she was the one reported earlier? You want a fight eh?" He said while pointing at Avi. They shot each other glares and seized each other's collar. Oishi intervened just in time.
"Oi! Stop it the two of you! Let Fuji explain first." He managed to break the two second year's fight.
"Saa... Thanks, Oishi. Now, yes she is Lavinia. I'm sure you already know her by now since the TV reports earlier. We're here to help her to get her back to her family."
"Fuji! Care to explain what happened and how you ended up being with her?" Their stoic captain said. Echizen just shrugged his shoulders as usual.
Before Fuji could open his mouth, the girl spoke for him. "It's my fault. Sorry. I ran away from my bodyguards then it started to rain. I was outside the mall and Syuusuke and his sister helped me. Then we watched Kiel's press conference earlier and decided that I have to get back now. I am so sorry." She bowed her head like a usual Japanese, although she didn't like it. Only Tezuka, Echizen and Fuji understood her since most of them aren't exactly that familiar with english.
"I see. We'll do our best to help." Tezuka said.
With that settled, Avi found herself dressed in a Seigaku regular's uniform, wearing Fuji's uniform since they were the same size. They borrowed Echizen's cap so that she could hide her long hair from the crowd. They used Eiji's bag for her to carry since it was lighter as the acrobatic player only brought his two rackets and an extra shirt.
After that, well, that's pretty much where Avi started protesting.
"Fuji-senpai, why do you exactly need our help?" Momoshiro asked. Even if he knew that his respectable senpai wasn't a criminal, he still didn't want to get dragged into this mess.
"Saa... Because if she was alone and somebody from our rival school sees her, they might challenge her to a match. She doesn't play tennis, Momo."
Momoshiro sighed. He'll help, not because he wants to but because of the tensai's eyes that kept staring at him. It made him shiver, knowing all too well what kind of thing the tensai could do if you say no to him.
"Syuusuke, why don't we just let the porcupine go? He's not interested in helping anyway." She said, pointing to Momoshiro. Fuji chuckled when Avi referred to Momoshiro as 'porcupine'. Momoshiro wondered what the girl said, but whatever it was, he was sure it wasn't nice since his senpai laughed. "Oh, and Syuusuke, I'm pretty scared of your snake player. Why does he hiss all the time?" She asked, another chuckle from Fuji while looking at Kaidoh which made the snake player hiss softly. "Don't worry, Avi, I'm sure they're all willing to help, right guys?" He turned to his teammates. Those glint in Fuji's eyes clearly gave them a 'better-help-or-else' look. They gulped before nodding.
Meanwhile...
At the mansion where the Acklin family is visiting, Kiel paced back and forth, nervous and irritated at the same time.
"Where the hell is that girl? I swear on my cat's life that if I see Avi today, she's dead!" He exclaimed, talking to himself.
"Don't worry, Kiel, I'm sure she's just shopping somewhere, you know. Avi's not really happy into coming here." Margaret said, while looking at his husband.
"Look, I'm sorry. But I want you here and that's not changing. Lavinia better come back tonight or I'll personally look for her." Thomas said while looking at the window. He was very mad now. He didn't expect Avi to pull out one of her pranks, here. Not here that he is on an official business. Now he's ashamed of talking to the Japanese Prime Minister. He needs to straighten this problem before they have a meeting tomorrow.
"Father, you don't need to. I'll talk to him and ask him to help us look for the brat." Kiel earned a nod from his father which said 'yes'. He swiftly headed towards the door when it opened, making him stop walking.
A boy with grayish purple hair with black eyes came inside, running a hand thorugh his hair with his chin held up high.
"Ahn, don't worry uncle, ore-sama knows how to handle the problem, as for you Kiel-san, please sit down. Ore-sama doesn't want his carpet from Europe lose all its smoothness with your feet trodding at it back and forth."
Kiel dropped down to the couch, shaking his head and rolling his eyes. The son of his father's friend hasn't changed, at all.
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Sorry for the late update... I was supposed to upload this but then our electricity was cut-off because of the storm... Anyways, I hope you like this chapter... Hope to update soon! Read and review please!!! Hehe.. Thanks!