© 2008 Gold

Title: Beyond: A Tribute

Author: Gold
Rating: K+

TIMELINE

Disclaimer: Prince of Tennis is created by Konomi Takeshi. This work is a piece of fanfiction and no part of it is attributed to Konomi-san or any other entity holding any legal right associated with and arising out of Prince of Tennis . It was written purely out of fanservice and it is not to be used for profit or any false association with Konomi-san or aforesaid entities.

Notes:

This is just a brief timeline setting out what has happened so far, in chronological order. This is to help people get up to speed as to what's been happening. The dates and times may be a bit confusing because Cincinnati is behind Tokyo by thirteen hours.

24 July 2010, Saturday

Tokyo

– Momoshiro is last seen leaving his host family's house in Biei, Hokkaido

– Momoshiro's last telephone call is to his teacher in charge of the school camp.

24 July 2010, Sunday

Cincinnati 11 am (Tokyo, midnight)

- Sanada Genichirou advances to the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Global Tennis Masters

26 July 2010, Monday

Tokyo

- Momoshiro's disappearance is briefly reported in a few morning dailies

Tokyo, 8 pm (Cincinnati, 7 am, same day)

- Tezuka becomes embroiled in a doping scandal

Tokyo, 8.30 pm (Cincinnati, 7.30 am, same day)

- The Seishun Gakuen (International) Tennis Fanclub, Tezuka Kunimitsu Supporters Club (TKSC) launches an online petition with the support of the Kaidoh Kaoru Supporters Club and Echizen Ryoma Fanclub

27 July 2010, Tuesday

Tokyo, 3 am (New York – 26 July 2010, 2pm)

- Atobe and Fuji have a long-distance telephone conversation

Cincinnati, 9 am (Tokyo, 10 p.m., same day)

- Tezuka holds his press conference

Cincinnati, 11 am (Tokyo, midnight, same day)

- Kevin Smith blurts out to Echizen Ryoma that Momoshiro is missing, somewhat exaggerating it by stating that he has been missing for a week

Cincinnati, 4.30 pm (Tokyo, 5.30am, 28 July 2010)

- Echizen Ryoma crashes out of the Cincinnati Global Tennis Masters

- Yukimura Seiichi advances to the quarter-finals of the Cincinnati Global Tennis Masters

Cincinnati, 7pm (Tokyo, 8am, 28 July 2010)

- Atobe gate-crashes Tezuka's apartment

Cincinnati, 8 pm (Tokyo, 9am, 28 July 2010)

- Yukimura slams a tennis ball into Kirihara Akaya's stomach. The force is not enough to seriously hurt Kirihara, but it is enough to make him hurt

28 July 2010, Wednesday

Tokyo, 10.04 am (Cincinnati, 9.04pm, 27 July 2010)

- Yanagi Renji hears someone call him Sempai in a vague dream

Tokyo, 11.30 am (Cincinnati, 10 pm, 27 July 2010)

- Yanagi Renji wakes up, but there's no good coffee

Tokyo, midnight (Cincinnati, 11am)

- Yanagi reaches Inui Sadaharu's house on bike

29 July 2010, Thursday

Tokyo, 4 am (Cincinnati, 3 pm, 28 July 2010)

- Yukimura Seiichi collapses on the court, just before his match against Sanada Genichirou begins

Tokyo, 7am (Cincinnati, 6pm, 28 July 2010)

- AMI Group releases first press statement on Yukimura Seiichi

- Oshitari Yuushi calls Inui Sadaharu

Tokyo, 9 am (Cincinnati, 8 pm, 28 July 2010)

- AMI Group releases second press statement, informing press that there will be a full press conference within the next twenty-four hours

Tokyo, noon (Cincinnati, 11 pm, 28 July 2010)

- The boys gather at a café in Tokyo. From Rikkaidai, Hyoutei, Seigaku, Fudomine, St Rudolph's, Yamabuki...

Tokyo, 1 pm (Cincinnati, midnight, 29 July 2010)

- Kaidoh Kaoru is in the hospital. So are Atobe Keigo, Tezuka Kunimitsu and the rest, waiting for the doctors to deliver the results of the tests on Yukimura

Tokyo, 1.15 pm (Cincinnati, 00:15 am, 29 July 2010)

- A pow-wow in the sixth conference room in the Atobe summer cottage at Karuizawa

Tokyo, 1.30 p.m. (Cincinnati, 00:30 am, 29 July 2010)

- Atobe calls in to the sixth conference room in the Atobe summer cottage at Karuizawa