I finally got this chapter out. It's not one of my absolute fav's, but I think it's decent. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN PRINCE OF TENNIS.
Chapter 7
Unexpected Guests.
Last Time
"Ochibi! Wait!"
"Oi Ryoma!"
He could hear his sempai calling him, but continued to run. He could hear them following him. As he continued the sound of voices quickly got louder, the crackling of a fire could also be heard.
Not even thinking he burst through the trees. He immediately halted eyes wide with horror. No F**** way!
"Monkey King?!"
Currently
"Monkey King?" Ryoma shouted loudly, drawing the attention of everyone in the clearing.
"Brat?" Atobe exclaimed, eyes wide and disbelieving. The seven other Hyotei regulars also shared looks of disbelief, but none more than Ryoma himself.
"What are you doing here!?" Ryoma and Atobe asked simultaneously. The both glared at each other heatedly.
"I asked you first!" Ryoma muttered.
"No, Ore-sama most definitely asked you first!" Atobe snapped back. "But if you must know, Ore-sama is camping with Ore-sama's team."
"Che," Ryoma muttered disbelieving. He found it hard to believe Atobe had ever stepped foot in a forest before now, much less knew how to camp!
"Now that Ore-sama has graced you with the knowledge of why Ore-sama is here, it is only proper manners to do the same," Atobe glanced down at the brat, shrinking away in disgust at his appearance.
Ryoma froze, his mind turning inside his head. There was no way he would tell the Monkey King he was lost. He would never be able to live down the constant teasing and humiliation that would come from it.
"Going for a walk," Ryoma knew he was a horrible liar, and tugged the brim of his cap down to hide the light blush that settled on his face.
Atobe's eyes narrowed in suspicion. "Going for a walk? In the middle of a forest?"
Thankfully Ryoma was saved from replying by the sudden entrance of two of his teammates.
"Ochibi! Why did you leave us nya?" Eiji shouted clinging to the soaking wet freshman.
"You shouldn't just leave your sempais like that, you just shouldn't," Momo commented, lightly smacking Ryoma upside the head, but not hard enough to actually hurt him.
"Che, it's not my fault you can't keep up," Ryoma said quietly, trying to squirm his way out of Eiji's suffocating hug.
"That's no way to talk to your sempai's Echizen," Momo muttered, glaring at the freshman.
"Nya, Momo's right! Ochibi needs to be more respectful to his seniors!" Eiji agreed.
"It looks like more plebeians have come to be graced by Ore-sama's presence!" Atobe looked over the three's appearance. All of them were soaking wet, covered in mud, had twigs and leaves in their hair and looked like absolute messes.
When not one of the three responded, Atobe decided to continue. "You never did tell Ore-sama why you were in the middle of a forest."
When yet again there was no response Atobe spun around, but was shocked to find no one there. "What?" He muttered confusedly.
"Um Atobe, I think you might want to look that way," Shishido commented and pointed to the other side of the clearing where more than a dozen burgers were neatly stacked. About 4 cases of pop were set beside the food. Ryoma, Eiji and Momo stood around the table; eagerly stuffing food into their mouths.
"I didn't realize how hungry I was!" Eiji exclaimed, washing down a burger with some pop. The last meal any of them had eaten was breakfast; food had been prohibited on the bus.
Atobe watched with horror filled eyes as the three continued to obliterate what was supposed to be his and his teammate's dinner.
"How dare you lay your filthy hands on Ore-sama's dinner!" Atobe shouted with horror.
Ryoma, Eiji and Momo continued to ignore him as they ate burger after burger, basically shoveling the food into their mouths.
"Monkey King should learn to share," Ryoma commented obnoxiously, taking a break from stuffing sweat, sweat food into his mouth.
"Why you brat!" Atobe exclaimed, only to realize Ryoma was, once again, ignoring him.
"This clearing is really big!" Momo stated, excitedly looking around. Ryoma cast his gaze around and nodded in agreement.
On one half of the clearing was a large campfire, with log seats placed around it. A large table filled with food stood about a meter away from it. On the other half of the clearing was a very large area for tents. 5 average sized tents were placed around that half of the clearing. There was still a lot of room left though, from the looks of it the clearing could fit at least 6 more tents.
"You should not expect anything less from Ore-sama! Ore-sama is the captain of Hyotei's tennis team after all," Atobe stated proudly, nodding in approval at Momo's statement. Ryoma stopped as something dawned on him.
"Ne Eiji-sempai⦠what about Buchou?" Ryoma asked, finally remembering about the rest of his teammates.
"Nya! We forgot to blow our whistles!" Eiji shouted, jumping up.
"Buchou is going to kill us," Momo groaned.
They were all startled by a sudden rustle in the bushes. After a moment Kaidoh appeared, looking just as dishevelled as Eiji, Ryoma and Momo.
"Kaidoh!" Eiji yelled, surprised by his sudden appearance.
"Fshuu," Kaidoh mumbled, trying to look as calm as possible.
"Did the Viper get lost?" Momo teased, knowing full well that he shouldn't be talking.
"Shut up!" Kaidoh glared heatedly at Momo.
"Che," Ryoma took out his whistle and blew into it, causing a loud shrill whistle to sound throughout the forest. This made everyone shut up. They waited for a few minutes and sure enough, another whistle sounded from farther away, a second whistle following after that from even farther away.
It took about 15 minutes before the first group showed up. Fuji's group was the first to arrive, Tezuka's group following shortly after.
"Now that we have all arrived I think a meeting is in order," Inui stated, looking up from his notebook.
Tezuka nodded his agreement and everyone settled around the campfire.
A/N
So anyway, how'd I do? Next chapter will be posted soon. It won't be as long.
Please Review, constructive critism welcomed.
If you were stranded in a forest, without your own tent and it started snowing would you rather share a tent with Eiji or Oishi?
