I went ballistic today, my poor computer was being traumitized. I was in a frenzy when my Sapcebar wasn't working right. But now that it is, thank god!
Warning: Contains Scheming, slight romance between two males. You have been warned!
I don't own anything of Prince of tennis!
Just a couple of feet from the shopping duo were St. Rudolph's tennis team members, Yuuta and Mizuki. It had been a whole twenty minutes after they had run into the two at the burger place, and they were far from capturing any sort of secrets that Sanada might have been keeping from Mizuki and Yuuta. Yuuta was uncomfortable in the crouching positions that Mizuki was putting him through and was constantly repositioning himself while his friend watched their prey through a pair of binoculars that he had brought with him everywhere he went.
"M-Mizuki, are you sure they're hiding something?" Yuuta asked as he peered around the street lamp post they had been crouching behind.
"If you don't question things, you'll never know what to expect. Just follow my lead." Mizuki quickly let go of his binoculars and pulled a pair of sunglasses from his pocket, sticking them on his face smoothly.
"What are you doing, Mizuki?" Yuuta asked as he quickly joined Mizuki and stood next to him, watching Sanada and Ryoma.
"It's called a disguise, Yuuta. You should know about these things when you're travelling with me. Be careful, Yuuta, they could catch onto you." Yuuta scratched his head nervously and smiled.
"I-I don't really think that's an issue." Mizuki put his finger to his lips and notioned for him to be quiet.
They looked side ways to where Echizen and Sanada had been standing and watched as the two of them went into another store. Mizuki smiled and gracefully stepped into the store with Yuuta close behind him. Feeling proud to be doing something sneaky, Mizuki pulled his sunglasses slightly down the bridge of his nose, making himself look more cool then he was acting. Yuuta looked around nervously and found Echizen glancing at some T-shirts on a nearby rack.
"Mizuki, Echizen looks normal to me, we should just drop this game for today."
"Are you mad, Yuuta? If Sanada is hiding something, then it could mean trouble for our team. Seigaku and RikkaiDai could be planning to work together on something. And if that's the case, our team could be at a great loss! I will not accept such an act against tennis. You should keep note of this, Yuuta. Teams should not be working together, it's not natural. We'll crack down on all the clues we have so far." Yuuta smiled in agreement out of respect.
"Mizuki, I think you're thinking too far into this. Have you ever thought about becoming a detective? And what kind of clues do we have to begin with?" Mizuki shushed him and didn't answer his questions.
Sanada was waiting at the register while Echizen was picking something out. Neither of them had seemed to notice that they were being watched. Mizuki and Yuuta looked on as Ryoma found a shirt he liked and brought it to the counter. Mizuki smiled as though he figured out what was going on.
"They're shopping together!" Mizuki exclaimed proudly.
"That was obvious and this is pointless." Yuuta went to get up from crouching for so long until he was dragged back down by Mizuki.
"No! We have to figure out why they are shopping together. Don't you question the reason for them being together? I know Echizen wouldn't want to hang around a stiff person like him, he's always found hanging around Momoshiro!"
"You sure know a lot about Echizen. Have you been stalking him, Mizuki?" Yuuta could feel an ominous aura coming from Mizuki.
"Not really. Well...maybe a little, but only because he's an interesting freshman. We need people like Echizen on our team!"
"I think it's too late for Echizen to change schools now. He's gotten used to being in Seigaku. Let's just leave them be-" Yuuta was cut off as Mizuki ignored what he was saying.
Jumping from his crouching position, Mizuki followed Sanada and Echizen out of the store with Yuuta in tow. Sanada and Echizen rounded the corner of the store and began to cross the street, the lights changed all of a sudden and witnessing Sanada pull Ryoma out of the way from traffic, were Mizuki and Yuuta. Mizuki was shocked to see Echizen smiling so care free while Yuuta had trouble seeing what was so surprising about the scene.
Without noticing it, Sanada had his arm draped over Echizen's shoulder as though he were out on a date with him. Mizuki and Yuuta both noticed this and were now beginning to question just what were Echizen and Sanada to each other?
Yuuta and Mizuki followed them once again across the street and were watching from afar as the other duo stepped into a picture booth. Mizuki and Yuuta looked at each other in shock.
"Sanada-san, you look like a monkey in this one!" Ryoma laughed as another picture came out.
"You brat." Sanada pouted but laughed with Echizen anyway.
Mizuki began to write something down on a notepad as Yuuta watched them for Mizuki. Curious as to what was happening in the booth, seeing the curtain moving quite a lot, Yuuta went to see what was going on. He gulped as he took a few steps forward to the booth. He could hear laughing going on but then there was a sudden silence.
Yuuta felt an arm turn his body around and facing him was Mizuki who had now finished writing in his pad.
"Don't wander off! What's that sound?" Mizuki and Yuuta began to hear strange noises coming from the picture booth.
The both of them were now curious and Mizuki lifted the picture booth, slightly without a sound and got a peek at what was going on. He blinked several times to see that this was real and not make believe. He backed away in a hurry and allowed Yuuta to see.
"M-Mizuki, did you know of their relationship?" The said man started to look very hot headed for some reason.
"N-no! And besides, there's probably a reason he's doing that. Sanada must have threatened him at some point. There's no way Echizen would allow that to happen! Regain your position and make it look like you're waiting for me!" Mizuki suddenly pushed Yuuta into the guard rail at the side of the sidewalk and disappeared in a flash.
Hearing the duo coming out of the booth, Yuuta did as Mizuki told him to and looked as though he were actually waiting for someone. Trying not to make eye contact with either Echizen or Sanada, Yuuta glanced around looking to where Mizuki had gone off to.
"S-sorry for making you wait, Yuuta-kun." Yuuta looked around and saw that a woman who had an appearance strikingly close to Mizuki, had popped up out of no where and was now approaching him.
Echizen and Sanada hadn't realized that Mizuki and Yuuta were there and were on their way again.
"M-Mizuki-san, where'd you get these clothes?" Yuuta asked as the seemingly hot, but flustered Mizuki was now following the other two at a high speed.
Yuuta ran to catch up with Mizuki just as Echizen and Sanada crossed another street. Mizuki was fuelling with rage as to why his disguise wasn't attracting their attention in the slightest. It finally hit him. What if they really were on a date as what he had seen earlier being the proof? He gave a low growl and ran in the high heels he had on his feet. Dressing as a woman had its disadvantages.
Mizuki stopped, realizing that Echizen and Sanada had stopped at a nearby hotel. His face lit up with amusement. Yuuta finally caught up with him but was shocked to see Mizuki rush off into the hotel building. Glancing around, Mizuki made himself appear like a lady with a lot of cash on hand. He spotted them at the counter and sat himself down on a sofa with Yuuta next to him.
"Please don't rush, Mizuki-san. It's hard to catch up to you." Yuuta whined as Mizuki watched them go up in the elevator.
"Yuuta. Let me borrow your phone!" Mizuki held out his hand impatiently.
"What? B-but-" Mizuki ignored him and grabbed Yuuta's phone from his pocket.
"I just got the perfect plan. To break those two away, I'll need your help! I'll call up Echizen and tell him that you've been kidnapped. Then when he comes back down, you'll explain that they won't let you off so easily next time and then you'll bring him up to their room! It's a perfect plan!" Mizuki seemed really into it.
"But...Mizuki-san, how are we going to know what room they're in?" Mizuki gave Yuuta a look that said, 'I've got a plan.'
"Just wait outside the hotel and I'll phone you. I'll give Sanada-san a call first." Yuuta did as Mizuki had said and waited outside.
Mizuki dialed Sanada's number and cleared his throat to prepare his best acting skills. He smiled as the phone began to ring. This was positively the best idea he's had yet.
A/n: I wonder what Mizuki has up his sleeve! And what were Echizen and Sanada-senpai doing in the booth? And what the hell are these two doing in a hotel anyway? RXR TBC!