Sweet Sugar and Hyper Spice Chapter Three: Strange Incidents Occur! Nyeh? I'm A Puchi Hime?!
Kikumaru Aiji
"Yatta! Time to see Ei-chan again!"
Aiji exclaimed while running out of her classroom after school had ended. No matter how long Aiji and Eiji have been apart they would always miss each other.
"Nyeh? Where'd my notebook go?" As Aiji arrived at the tennis courts she checked through her bag only to find her special notebook… GONE!
"NYEH!? Why did this have to happen to me…?"
"Aiji-chan?"
"Nyeh! Senpai-tachi you've got to help me! MY NOTEBOOK IS GONE!"
Aiji had asked a couple random second years. Which apparently was Arai's group.
"Why should we help you?" One of them said causing Aiji's bottom lip to quiver helplessly.
Considering Aiji's small third grader height she looked like a poor helpless little girl wanting to find her parents. Yep, pretty sure that did the trick.
"Hey isn't she Kikumaru-senpai's imouto?" Ah, they finally noticed huh?
"Mou… I'll go find Ei-chan instead."
Aiji gave up on receiving help from the second years and quickly spotted Oishi.
"OISHI-SENPAI!"
"Aiji-chan? What's wrong?"
" is gone…" Oishi had heard of from Eiji, he said that was Aiji's precious little notebook filled with sketches and random notes, and random thoughts.
"Hey Aiji-chan! I found this your notebook… sorry it's all wet."
Momoshiro handed her , the poor notebook was still dripping wet, and the pages were falling out. Who could've done this?
" …?" Aiji had looked through the pages only to find smeared lead marks and smeared paint.
"Nyah don't worry Ai-chan we can get you a new one!"
"Nyeh… I guess you're right Ei-chan."
"Aren't I always?"
"Well…"
Aiji was about to say something until…
"Kikumaru-san."
Both Eiji and Aiji looked at Tezuka.
"Aiji."
"What?"
Tezuka had walked a few feet away and stopped near an empty court.
"Get a racquet."
Eiji gave Aiji his racquet to use as Aiji walked up to Tezuka.
"Are we going to play a match?"
"Ah."
Aiji didn't exactly know how to even play tennis. But she at least knows the basics so might as well try?
"Nyah! Good luck Ai-chan!"
"The rest of you get to practice."
Eiji pouted, he didn't get to watch Aiji play her first tennis match, and see if she can take any points away from their Buchou! Oh well, too bad for him, and possibly Aiji.
Tezuka served at her and being Aiji she instinctively hit it… just a little over the net which surprised Tezuka a little tiny bit. I mean, she didn't even know how to play tennis, and at least she got it over the net.
Tezuka served again but a little faster, Aiji seemed to gain a little confidence and managed to hit it back towards Tezuka, and it soon became a rather calm rally. Until Aiji tripped over air…
"Ahh!"
Aiji's body instinctively reacted and her arm held her up long enough to hit the ball back a little over the net. She didn't fall after that which left her unscathed.
"Did I actually do it?"
Indeed she did but Tezuka only watched her movements. The way she had moved to receive was very natural and fluid. Like she was born to play… though most of the time it didn't seem like it.
"Nyah! Good job Ai-chan!" Aiji grinned a little quickly forgetting the fact that her notebook had been fatally damaged. Eiji gave her a thumbs up as Aiji nodded.
"Mah Tezuka, she passed already." Fuji called out to Tezuka from another court as Tezuka sighed.
"Nyeh? Passed what?"
"Congratulations Kikumaru Aiji-san. You're officially a Seigaku regular… Seigaku Tennis Team's 'Puchi Hime' specifically." Inui had informed her.
"Puchi Hime?" Aiji, Eiji, Momoshiro, Kaidoh, Kawamura, Ryoma, the freshman trio, and Tomoka and Sakuno had confused looks on their faces. Inui pushed his glasses upwards and expertly explained.
"In the upcoming tournament, a Puchi Hime is required, Puchi Himes are freshman females who are very… petite and know the basics of tennis, there is only one Puchi Hime on each team, and if a Puchi Hime is not present on the day of a match then the team will be immediately disqualified."
Inui paused for a bit as everyone looked at him.
"Anyway, Puchi Himes go up against other Puchi Himes in a one set match, one playing an actual tennis game-"
"Why they play only one actual tennis game?" Aiji asked curiously.
"Well they are called Puchi Himes. Meaning Petite Princesses, they're very popular for being rather cute, and are very well known." Momoshiro explained.
"Nyah? Momoshiro must know all of the Puchi Himes!"
"What are you talking about!?" Momoshiro looked very flustered by Eiji's remark.
"You must know a lot about Puchi Himes senpai."
"ECHIZEN! Not helping!"
Inui started explaining the rest about Puchi Himes to Aiji who was accompanied with Fuji, Tezuka, Sakuno, Tomoka, Freshmen Trio, and Kawamura. Kaidoh somehow got into another argument with Momoshiro so Oishi had to intervene while Ryoma watches amused and half listening to the explanation.
"The second game is the dress up game. Halloween Dress Up, then Christmas Dress Up, Swimsuit Dress Up, Animal Dress Up, and Royal Dress Up. Each has a theme for each match. For example, on Animal Dress Up there is a specific animal you must dress up as. The themes are most varied to specific colors so it's not very hard."
"The position is perfect for Aiji-chan." Fuji smiles like usual as Inui continued,
"The third game is for vocal skills. Basically to sing enough to move the hearts of people. The fourth game is traditional dancing skill. The fifth game is the mathematical question game where it tests calculations and probability only."
"Nyeh, that's easy!"
"The last game is the test of personality. If your personality appeals to both the judges ad the crowd you will be able to advance. To test a Puchi Hime's personality they ask personal questions. That is all Puchi Himes do." Inui finished.
"Nyeh, what about the other regulars?"
"We will play like we usually do. Puchi Hime's match adds onto our score. We also have a new point system. Judges will give you points called HP which stands for Hime Points. Hime Points represent how much of a princess a Puchi Hime is. The school with the most wins and points gain the title Royal and Prestigious."
"Why me nyeh?"
"One, because you're… petite, two is that you know the basics of tennis, three is I've heard from Eiji that you love dressing up and singing, four is that you've practiced traditional dance in America for seven years, five is that your personality is perfect for the position, six is that you can always be at the matches because of Eiji, and seven is that you have the special hidden technique. Will you accept the position as Seigaku's 'Puchi Hime'?"
"Who told you about that nyeh!?" Aiji has a special move… that's not for tennis but could help win.
"Fuji."
Tezuka, Kawamura, Inui, and I switched our gaze to Fuji who was smiling brightly like always.
"Eiji told me." Yep, sadistic smile had to be added in.
"Ei-chan!"
"Nyah? What- NYAH!?"
"There it is… Legendary Kikumaru Aiji Most Irresistable Adorable Eye Stare."
Eiji couldn't look away from the eye stare, Momoshiro and Kaidoh stopped fighting, Ryoma actually had a tint of pink appearing on his face, Fuji's eyes opened, Kawamura had faltered to the ground, Inui dropped his notebook and his pencil snapped, and Tezuka had actually shown a bit of shock on his features.
Aiji had the most powerful eye stare that even the manliest man on Earth can actually falter in guilt no matter what. Even if you haven't done anything wrong nothing can possibly defeat the Legendary Kikumaru Aiji Most Irresistable Adorable Eye Stare!
"Nyeh Ei-chan… what should I do? They want me to be the Puchi Hime…"
'SHE SPOKE!' Eiji was put on the spot. Yep, he's showered with a bunch of guilt that he didn't possibly deserve. That is the power of her legendary stare!
"Nyah… eto…"
"Nyeh, just kidding!" Aiji stuck her tongue out at Eiji in a teasing way.
"Nyah! That's not funny Ai-chan! You had me so guilty there!" No doubt everyone else felt amused by Aiji and Eiji.
"Nyeh, I guess I'll accept the position of Seigaku's 'Puchi Hime'!"
"Ah, it's getting late! We need to go home Ei-chan before someone uses you toothpaste Ei-chan!"
"NYAH!? Why didn't you tell me before Ai-chan!?"
"Aiji."
"Hai Tezuka-senpai?"
"The match is tomorrow. Yudan sezu ni ikou."
"NYEH!? TOMORROW!?"
EXTRA: Aiji and Eiji at home!
Aiji yawned a bit as Eiji patted her on the head.
"Nyah, tomorrow is your first match Ai-chan! Aren't you excited?"
"Nyeh, I guess… what do you think Usagi-chan?" Eiji smiled at her childlike antics. He loved Aiji with all his acrobat heart and doesn't want to separate from her and vice versa. They even share a room together and a bed because the family thinks that Aiji would be safer there. Plus she doesn't like being alone so it's perfect!
"Nyeh, Usagi-chan says she's excited for me." Aiji smiled brightly at her older brother and yawned once again.
"Nyah, we should go to sleep for tomorrow Ai-chan."
"Hai!" As Aiji climbed into the bed Eiji put Usagi-chan beside Kuma-chan. Eiji glanced at Aiji who was sitting upright on the bed.
"Nyah, don't worry I'm coming."
"Nyeh, which school our we going against first?"
"Nyah, I forgot…ah! It's Fudomine!"
"I wonder who's their Puchi Hime nyeh…"
CUT! Finished with the third installment of Sweet Sugar and Hyper Spice! Sorry it took to long but it's here now nyeh?
You already know how Fudomine matches go! So we're gonna skip to Puchi Hime vs. Puchi Hime after a few moments in the next chapter!
Sweet Sugar and Hyper Spice Chapter Four: Puchi Hime vs. Puchi Hime! Nyeh? I saw someone that looked like me!