Yamabuki Match

Disclaimer: I only own Sapphire, Smoke, Yageo, Tama, Ishida, the names of Eiji's family, the Eiji devils, Eiji angels, the co-op attacks between the Guardians, Leo, Glacia, Nemi, Frank, Wei-Ko, Rotor (Aria), Hanako, Shugo, Miyabi, Akashi, and Death. I also own some of the plot of the story if you know what I mean. Anime, mangas, and games that are in this story that I do not own are Prince of Tennis, Yu Gi Oh GX, Chrono Crusade, Negima, Full Moon Wo Sagashite, Gravitation, Mermaid Melody, Marchen Awakens Romance, Skip Beat, Ultra Maniac, Dark Stalkers, Sakura Wars and Super Smash Brothers Brawl.

I want to cry after looking at this chapter. While writing about LME in my Lux Pain fic Broken Hearts, I had the motivation to re-write another chapter. Enjoy!

Chapter 7: Yamabuki Match

Eiji's POV

"Hey, Smoke! Why didn't you come to school today?" asked an eight year old Eiji.

"Yeah! We were worried about you!" an 8 year old Sapphire began. She then noticed that Smoke's arm was bleeding, "Don't move please. You're bleeding."

"Is he...going to die?!" Eiji questioned as he trembled. He covered his eyes to avoid seeing the blood on his friend's arm.

"Quit screeching Crybaby A-ji. This wound is nothing!" an eight year old Smoke ensured the red haired boy.

Sapphire sighed as she got out her first aid and began treating the wound. In five minutes the wound was bandaged up perfectly.

"…Thank you…" Smoke said in a hesitant voice.

"Don't mention it. Just don't do stupid ninja stuff again."

"How many times do I have to tell you that ninjas are not-"

"Sapphire, you're medical skills are amazing!" Eiji commented interrupting what Smoke was telling the bluenette.

"Thanks. I study hard!"

"Tch, you keep skipping grades. Soon, you'll be in college with those straight As."

"Yep, and then I can get my doctor's license and finally become a doctor!" Sapphire cheered.

"We'll be looking forward to that!" Eiji told her.

"…But will you ever forget us?" Smoke asked hinting anger in his tone.

"What? Of course not! We're best friends forever right?"

"RIGHT, NYA!"

"Right…friends…"

The three children held their hands out in the middle of the small circle they created continuing to chant BFF.

"Smoke, what're you doing?" Eiji asked his friend in a terrified voice.

Sapphire was on the ground with deep wounds on her hands. Her shirt was torn as blood was smudged all over areas where the knife cut her at. His friend Smoke looked at him showing no emotion. He was carrying a knife in his hands and was gripping it tight to where his own blood mixed with Sapphire's.

"EIJI STAY AWAY! HE'S GONE MAD!" Sapphire screamed as she wrapped her arms around herself trying to stop herself from shivering.

"Eiji…I…"

"…I…" Eiji began, "…Knew you were the one who was behind all the animal deaths and the students injuries. I didn't say anything because I didn't want to admit that you were the killer, but…I don't know anymore!"

"Eiji…what did you-"

"Save it Smoke. I called the police. If only you just talked to us...then I wouldn't have had..."

Smoke glared at him and started to walk closer and closer to him.

"Smoke! Don't hurt Eiji! You told me that if I died then you wouldn't touch him!"

"Did I really make that sort of promise?"

Smoke was at face length with Eiji. The red haired boy didn't move from his spot. Was it fear that immobilized him or something else…

"DIE!"

Smoke raised his hand with the knife in it and aimed it at Eiji's face. The knife came in contact with skin...

I woke up shivering in fear. That was another dream of my past. I could remember the blood that spilled that day as well as those spiteful words. I placed my hand on my bandage on my left cheek. It has been six years since the incident but the wound still felt like it was brand new and now that those six years past, Smoke was out of jail and wanted revenge.

What went wrong that day? I asked myself.

"Eiji?"

I turned to the right of my bed to see Azmaria laying on my bed. I was so surprised that I fell off my bed and landed on Jun who was sleeping on the floor. He groaned as he unconsciously scooted towards Judai who was snoring loudly. I glanced around the room to see Sapphire sleeping in a sleeping bag that she brought from America and Shuichiro was sleeping on a futon that I lent him. My room was cramped.

"Are you okay Eiji?" Azmaria asked me.

"I think so, nya!"

"I wasn't talking about you falling off the bed. I meant the nightmare you were having. Are you okay? I mean, you were tossing and turing in your sleep."

"Oh, that? It was nothing. It was just a nightmare of running out of my favorite toothpaste," I lied.

Azmaria gave me a look like she didn't believe me, but she decided to take that answer and stop questioning me.

I looked at my alarm clock and it read 7:30 AM. Our match with Yamabuki began at 10:00 AM. Just a few hours to get ready and get that nightmare out of my head. I ran downstairs to prepare breakfast. I was quite disappointed when I saw Sapphire's parents drunk on the couch. They were mumbling about their heads pounding in their sleep.

"What's wrong with them?" Azmaria asked me.

"Hangover from drinking too much alcohol last night. They're be fine when they take the remedy to cure it. So, let's start cooking Az, nya!"

"Umm…okay…"

Azmaria's POV

The cooking didn't do well because of me. I'm a very clumsy person alive and dead, so I ended up dropping plates and breaking them on the ground. I also ended up spilling the flour on the floor.

"I'm sorry! Please forgive me! Don't hate me!"

"-sweatdrop- It's fine Az. Just clean it up."

Basically that's what happened all morning until it was time to go to the match…

Eiji's POV

I am never going to ask for Azmaria's help again when it came to cooking…Sapphire and Jun made fun of me! The nerve of both of them.

Anyway we all walked to the tennis court where Seigaku would have their match with Yamabuki. We were really early despite Azmaria's major screw up this morning.

A few minutes later though, Ryuzaki-sensei Tezuka-buchou, Fujiko and Kaede, and Inui arrived. Momo, Taka, and Kaidoh appeared five minutes after that.

"So," Kaede began, "what happened last night?"

"Why are you asking me?" I asked as I raised an eyebrow.

"You ran off yesterday at practice, so…" Kaede was cut off.

"What happened was none of your business!"

"…Jun, what happened?"

"Nothing. Just the usual sleepover, but damn was the room was packed!" Jun answered.

"…How many people were in the room?" Fujiko asked.

"Well…there was me, Oishi, Judai, Jun, and Sapphire which would make it five people," I explained. Azmaria didn't count since she was dead.

"That's a lot of people," Kaede commented.

Silence filled the area as their was nothing else to say. Judai started bugging Jun in a few minutes though due to boredom.

Ten minutes before it was time to register, O-chibi arrived. He's always late…

"O-CHIBI!" I screamed in glee as I went over to give him another one of my big hugs.

"Eiji-sempai…get off."

"But…

"The kid told you to get off, so get off!" Sapphire hissed. Damn was she being a bitch.

I let go of O-chibi and glared at Sapphire, "Oh, is the slut jealous?"

"You did not just say that Crybaby A-Ji!"

"Both of you shut it and let's go! Everyone's leaving us!" Jun warned.

We continued to give each other death glares even when we finally chased after the Seigaku.

Azmaria's POV

Once we registered the players the match for the district finals the match began after Fudomine forfeited their match because of their injured players. Fujiko and Taka lost their match 6-3. The Golden Pair went up next, but I warned Eiji that after the match that we got do some demon slaying since there were demons on the lose.

The match started and they were already losing to 1-0 because they kept hitting the balls to Oishi. I knew what was going on. If they keep hitting balls to Oishi then Eiji will want to help him. He would move out of his spot and the players would hit the spot where Eiji just left allowing them to score. Oishi warned his partner when he tried to help him out. Eiji understood and stayed back as Oishi performed his Moon Volley technique…but it wasn't shaped like a moon.

Eiji was shocked, so I checked his mind to see what he was thinking. His Moon Volley is much stronger now thanks to Judai teaching him magic.

I looked where the ball hit. There was a crack in the spot. Scary! Looking at the crack though. I could tell that the element that Judai gave him was earth.

The game went on and the score was now 4-2.

"Shuichiro! Daigoro the bear lies on…" Eiji said.

No one knew what Eiji was talking about because they didn't know who was Daigoro. I didn't know either...oh, wait! That's that bear that Eiji and Sapphire were playing with yesterday. Every time they put down the bear, it kept falling a lot on it's side. I understood what the Guardian of Hope was talking about and Oishi knew as well.

He did a short cross on the court as the player…umm…Kentaro! He aimed the ball in the direction where he couldn't reach, and Eiji countered with an acrobatic play. SO COOL!

"We can start attacking now…right, Oishi?!"

"Heck ya! You've waited long enough, Eiji."

With that they went on the offensive and won the game 7-5. The tennis members cheered as Jun and Judai were ready to leave to go slay some demons.

Once the Golden Pair got off the courts, Kaede and Sapphire were long gone. Momo went up to the court, but Eiji couldn't stay and watch the match because Jun and Judai were pulling on both arms to go demon slaying with them.

"Sorry guys, but there's somewhere I need to go," Eiji informed.

"Fine. Just make it back in time to see Echizen's match," Inui said in a threatening voice that the red head didn't seem to notice.

The three Guardians ran off as I quickly explained to Oishi what was going on in their case before I floated after them.

"Okay, so how many demons are there?" Sapphire asked.

We were in the middle of Tokyo as Jun explained to us the situation.

"There are three demons that are forming a triangle around the city. They are trying to form a barrier and kill all the humans that are inside it. Our job is to eliminate them at the same time. Judai and I will be taking this point where the beach is, Kaede and Sapphire will be taking this point where the mountains are and Eiji, you take this point where we just came from."

"Wait! The place where Seigaku is facing Yamabuki…this doesn't form a triangle!" Eiji shouted.

"Actually, it does. Instead of forming an equilateral triangle it forms an obtuse triangle. The beach and mountains are straight lines apart from each other, but the tennis court makes the line uneven. See?" Jun clarified as he showed Eiji the crooked line on the map he or rather the Ojama Trio drew.

"From this information we can tell that the demon hates water. In fact, two of the three demons hate water because of the distant. That's why Sapphire and Kaede will be slaying the one in the mountains. The mountains is Kaede's territory anyway."

"Gee thanks, de gozaru."

"The one near the beach is the weakest, perfect for Judai to face."

"I'M NOT WEAK!" Judai declared.

"That's not what I meant! You lost your experience, so start with square one all over again!"

Judai sulked as Jun continued, "Eiji, the tennis court is your home field, all you have to do is slay the demon before it gets to the tennis court. Understood?"

"Hoi-hoi."

"Yes, then let's move out! GUARDIAN POSITION SPACE!" -

"GUARDIAN POSITION HOPE!"

"GUARDIAN POSITION TIME!"

(And we skip it again...joy...)

When they were done I was stunned by Judai's look. Sapphire was too. Even Kaede was surprised because her eyes were opened.

Judai remained in his guy form, but was wearing all red from a jacket with a white shirt underneath it, to stockings, from the shoes…and I could tell that his underwear was red too. His clothing style reminded me of a certain mermaid from this anime called Mermaid Melody only it was red instead of pink. His hair was shinier, and his pendant was around his neck. The gem in the pendant was a pearl. Now I could see why Judai was so attracted.

"It's the male form this time," Judai pointed out.

"HEY JUDAI!" a voice called out. We look behind Judai to see a guy with pink hair and blue orbs. He was wearing rock star clothes…but what was so wrong was that he looked so much like a girl…just like Judai.

"HI SHUICHI!"

"Shu-who?" the girls, Eiji and I asked.

"Oh. This is my Guardian Shuichi Shindou. He is like you Azmaria. A human that died because of a war three years ago…in a world I can't remember."

"He appears when Judai's Sukka form is a male, and a female Guardian appears when he's a female," Jun informed us.

"This guy looks like a cross dresser. Are you sure that he's a guy?" Sapphire questioned unconvinced that the pink haired teen could be a Guardian.

"THAT'S MEAN! JUST BECAUSE I SHAVE MY LEGS, AND WEAR MY FRIEND'S UNDERWEAR DOESN'T MEAN THAT I'M NOT A GUY!"

"So you are a cross dresser," Kaede said with a smile.

"SHUT UP!" Shuichi shouted and began to pout.

"Stop it you two. He's very sensitive," Judai told them.

"From what?"

"From-" Judai was cut off because Jun yelled at us to get going and that we only had 120 minutes left before the demons form a triangle and kill all the people inside it.

Eiji and I headed back to the tennis court. Once we got there, we ran right passed it. The demon was ten meters away from causing destruction from to the court.

I noticed that some people were staring at Eiji because of his Sukka clothing, so I knocked them all out with my magic powers. They would wake up when the battle was over knowing nothing of what they saw. Eiji leaped at the demon and tried to hurt it with his tennis racket, but the eagle like demon clawed at him. He had to either dodge it or get scratched in the shoulder while giving damage. He chose to give damage, and slashed at the stomach. Feathers came off it as the eagle flew back and then circled him. Eiji was cringing on to his shoulder. It was dripping with blood.

"EIJI! LET ME HELP YOU!"

"Stay out of this Azmaria! If I'm going to achieve the Cosplay form then I have to fight without you."

"Eiji…You're so stubborn...just like Rosette."

Eiji got out his tennis ball and served it at the eagle. The ball turned into a ball of light that hit the eagles' beak. The eagle demon squawked in pain as its flying became unsteady. Eiji took the chance to leap up in the air and slice off one of the wings with his tennis racket. The wing came off and the eagle came crashing down.

"AZMARIA, NOW!"

"Right!"

I trapped the eagle demon in a wall of light. When I activated it we saw Jun's gravity trapping his demon in the sky, and Sapphire's aqua wall trapping her demon. When the white, black, and blue light in the sky the demons were eliminated. Eiji collapsed when his Sukka formed disappeared. I went over to him to heal his wounds, but because I was weakened from creating the wall of light I was only able to heal the blood, and not the scar itself. I tore off one of my sleeves, and wrapped in around Eiji's shoulder. The Guardian of Hope was stunned thinking that my clothing was invisible when it wasn't when it was put on certain people.

"Thanks Azmaria, nya!"

"Don't mention it. Let's just get back to the match. I want to see if Ryoma started his match."

"First, we have to meet up with Jun and the others."

"Okay."

We met up with Jun and the others, but this time it was in front of the tennis courts.

"You know why I don't like flying fish? They give me goosebumps!" Sapphire complained.

"But that demon was easy to capture! Your powers were amazing though." the ninja girl complimented.

"At least you didn't get a shark to fight." the Ojama Trio said.

"I was the one who fought the demon, not you useless spirits," Jun corrected.

The Ojama Trio began sulking again.

"I didn't get to fight again…" Judai said with a sigh as he returned to his normal outfit.

"Poor Judai…" Shuichi mumbled.

"COME ON! I WANT TO WATCH THE MATCH!" I shouted.

They agreed and we went inside to see how Seigaku was doing.

Inside, we found out that Seigaku was winning 2 to 1. Momo managed to beat Sengoku and now Ryoma is facing Akatsu and the match was 4-4.

"O-chibi's pretty good."

"So, you finally show up…AFTER MY MATCH!" Momo yelled

"Sorry, Momo. We had somewhere very important to go.

Eiji stopped talking when he Fuji asked, "What happened to your shoulder?"

The Regulars and the Ryoma's three friends all glanced at Eiji. I can't even hide a wound when I treat it!

"Oh! This?…I…" Eiji's voice trailed off. There was no excuse he could think of, but…

"A bird scratched him in the shoulder and it was bleeding. Kaede treated it, but she does a really crappy job," Sapphire said quickly. It was short and simple and totally unbelievable.

"HEY!"

Everyone sweatdropped before watching the game again.

"Nice save Sapphire." I told her, and she nodded her head in agreement.

We turned our attention to the game, but I saw Eiji cling to his shoulder. That eagle demon must have done more damage than I thought.

Eventually the game was 5-4, 40-30 with Ryoma to serve. If Ryoma scores one more points Seigaku wins the City Tournament.

"GO RYOMA! GO RYOMA!" I cheer with only Eiji, Sapphire, Kaede, Oishi, Judai and Jun being able to hear me and cover their ears.

Jin was fighting back, but Ryoma managed to win with a Drop Volley. The bully walked up to the net and grabbed Ryoma by the collar of his shirt. We thought he was dead…

"I win! You're no slouch yourself," Ryoma taunted.

Jin grinned as he released Ryoma.

"GAME, SET AND MATCH! SEIGAKU'S ECHIZEN WINS 6 GAMES TO 4!"

"WE WON!" everyone cheered.

Ryoma went back up to where the Seigaku members were as Eiji ran over to him to give him another big hug…so immature.

"Eiji-sempai," he began, "I got him back for you."

"For what, nya?"

"He forgot…" Jun mumbled.

"The idiot…" Sapphire said with a sigh.

The five teams that would go to the Kanto Tournament are Seigaku, Yamabuki, Ginka, Fudomine, and Hyotei. Something tells me that something bad is going to happen soon…

Me: TBC 3906 with words. Well, isn't this swell? I couldn't edit much. That's not good, and this fic has to make a lot of sense for some aspects of my Lux Pain fic Broken Hearts to make sense. There were some notes I wanted to comment on, but I forgot them. Oh well, not like it's important. This story doesn't make that much sense anyway. Reviews are appreciated.