The Prince of Tennis Play
Disclaimer: Oh, I own Tenipuri? Yeah, only in my dreams.
Rating: G or K
Genre: Drama, humor, slight suspense
Pairing: Tezuka and Ryoma thrown in for fun… at least for Fuji's entertainment lol.
Warnings or notes: OOC-ness, 1500 words. Hmm… in truth, if you don't see Oishi and Ryoma pairing, then Tezuka and Ryoma pairing does not count too lol.
The last part of the audition is here. Next will be the drama practices. Anyway, I want to know if any of you like me to write the whole drama or only some humorous parts?
Thanks to Carzla for editing this chapter (additional note: she said she seriously pities Tezuka lol). Please drop a review with an answer to my question, ne? Thanks!
: Ready… Go :
Chapter 9 – Audition II
The fighting duo came back later after completing 50 laps outside the school hall. A cruel fate awaited them as Inui walked towards them with two cups of his infamous juice and a very mischievous grin. The poor juniors were unconscious a few seconds later with two empty cups nearby while the others could only tremble at the pitiful sight of the two collapsed regulars.
"Not even a tiff is allowed," the mad scientist declared, holding another cup of his juice in front of the others. "Otherwise you are welcome to drink my newly invented Special Edition Blue Heaven." That statement alone had caused all of them to cower in fear, leaving only two unaffected people. The name of his juice was enough to send chills to everyone.
'If we drink it, we will really be in Heaven and meet some angels.'
If Tezuka was threatened, he did not show it. On the other hand, Fuji was flashing his usual smile as he trotted towards Inui. "Saa… it looks excellent," he complimented as the others silently wondered if the world was full of these enigmas. If so, they would be better off living on Mars or contemplating suicide.
"Alright, Tezuka is next," Oishi was first to regain his composure and decided to waste no more time. Immediately, everyone was focusing on their captain, who was walking towards the middle of the stage and the audition continued in pure silence suddenly.
A few minutes passed by peacefully. "Tezuka is graceful and gentlemanly so he is most suited to be a royal," Fuji commented while rubbing his chin as if in deep thought. "But being the King is a bit too old for him," he added with a chuckle.
"Tezuka was once mistaken as a teacher by my father so I don't think it's a problem," Kawamura said bluntly, causing the others to laugh instantly. Suddenly he realized he might have caused Tezuka embarrassment and quickly tried to cover it. "No! I urm… don't mean Tezuka is old! It's just…"
Before he could continue, someone interrupted. "Nya! Tezuka should be the prince in my opinion, but the prince is a hopeless romantic!" Eiji chuckled as he squeezed Ryoma in a tight hug. Ryoma was thankful that he did not have to play doubles with the hyper third year and wondered how could their vice captain stand Eiji all day.
"While Buchou is an expressionless real life 'pillar'…" Nevertheless, the freshman was glad that he was used to Eiji's occasional hugs and was excited to seize a chance of mocking their stoic captain nonetheless. It seemed like even he was influenced by Fuji's sadistic.
In the middle of his acting, Tezuka narrowed his hazel eyes dangerously. His hearing was as sharp as his vision and none of their conversations had escaped his ears. In the end, he glared at the noisy audience, asking them to shut up if they valued their lives. The directors had no idea what happened since they were sitting quite far from the rest, but they did exchange questioning looks with each other.
Only one was brave enough to continue the fun of teasing the great and mighty Tezuka. "Perhaps the 'pillar' looks good in a dress?" Fuji smiled innocently. This time his voice was loud enough to reach both the directors and Oishi paled at the thought.
"He is less muscular than Taka-san by 39.8 percent. Thus there is a 43.5 percent he looks better than Taka-san in a dress considering his height, weight and physical looks." Inui calculated and his hand was working at a high speed as he wrote down all the so-called 'good data'. It was beyond everyone how those weird numbers appeared, but coming from the data collector, no one had the inclination to know how. It was creepy enough to scare them off.
"30 laps around the school, everyone!" Tezuka's patience wore off at last. When Oishi tried to calm him down, the vice-captain found himself running more laps than the others without knowing why. Inui was too occupied with his data that he could care less if they, the directors who had the authorities, were being punished.
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Finally, the four boys had finished running laps and were back to the school hall where Tezuka and the unconscious regulars who were spared from the punishment. Among all of them, only Momoshiro, Kaidoh, Inui and Oishi were left. Since Oishi had yet to arrive due the prolonged punishment, and both of the juniors were still in no condition to perform, Inui volunteered to go next. His role was a minor role, so they all agreed that he was satisfactory and there was no need for a change.
After a few minutes, Kaidoh and Momoshiro had recovered and Oishi was back in the hall, exhausted. Momoshiro was next and he stepped on stage hesitantly before he began.
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"Momo as the Fairy Godfather… I would think Eiji makes a better fairy if you ask me," Fuji rubbed his chin again. Eiji only made some noises as he nodded eagerly.
"Anything is better than being the stepmother of Ochibi!" he pouted adorably, gaining some chuckles.
"Oh, really? Then I'm glad to get rid of this role!" Momoshiro, who overheard the conversation due to Eiji's loud voice, exclaimed in happiness. However, the next sentence was enough to throw him off stage.
"Nya! Then you will be the stepmother!" was Eiji's overly cheerful reply.
"Hell no!" Momoshiro wailed before he fainted comically at the acrobatic player's reply.
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Kaidoh was called by Inui to go next and although he was reluctant, he was considered okay. Thus, it was decided he would be assigned to that role.
"He's nothing but a snake that can drive a carriage," Momoshiro jeered. Several eyebrows were raised and a headache was forming.
"You wanna pick a fight, you insolent fairy!" Kaidoh yelled. And once again the others found themselves watching history repeat itself. They quietly kept count as to when would Tezuka snap at the duo. A pissed Tezuka was such an amusing sight to watch, as long as he aimed his displeasure the others.
"Mada mada da ne," Ryoma pulled his cap lower as their annoyed captain yelled to the duo.
"100 laps!"
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Oishi was the last one to audition. He walked onto the stage and was breathing in and out to fight off his nervousness. At Inui's signal, he began his part.
"Nya! Prince Oishi and Ochibi-rella. The pair is weird, right Fuji?" the hyper Eiji elbowed the genius beside him while pointing a finger at a flushed Oishi. Ryoma grunted in response and Tezuka was taking his aspirin again. How many times had he taken them? No one counted and no one dared to ask an annoyed Tezuka.
Fuji only chuckled at his classmate's comment. "Perhaps Prince Tezuka and Echi-rella make a good pair?" he asked with a slight teasing tone, to which it earned a choke and a suspiciously stifled cough from the mentioned boys. It was all recorded in Inui's notebook in less than ten seconds.
Kawamura was standing in a corner observing the others since he was speechless all the time. A soft thud startled him and out the corner of his eyes, he saw a tennis racket lying on the floor. Deciding to be polite, he picked up the racket in order to return it to its rightful owner. That was, before he switched to his 'burning' mode and was shouting at the top of his lungs.
"Burning! You can't choose Echi-rella! My 'stepsister' is way prettier than 'her'!"
Everyone else was dumbfounded at his exclamation. Apparently, Kawamura was too indulged in the audition. Fuji blinked several times before bursting out in laughter at Ryoma's flushing face, Eiji's opened mouth, Tezuka's widened eyes, Oishi's fall and Inui's twisted look.
'Too bad both Momo and Kaidoh are not here…' Fuji thought with a snigger.
The different expressions on each face were priceless to the prodigy. The pictures he managed to capture without anyone's knowledge were definitely going into a special album. It was perfect to be blackmail material alongside an album he titled 'Echizen's Childhood' which he had used less than a quarter of his collection to threaten the freshman before.
Speaking of which, when did Kawamura develop such thoughts of Fuji anyway? To declare that he was prettier than the baby of their team was…unnerving to the others although it was the truth. Nevertheless, the audition ended smoothly with only a few interruptions and no serious injuries thanks to Kami-sama.
When Momoshiro and Kaidoh returned, they were clueless and confused to see an amused Fuji, an embarrassed Kawamura, an unconscious Oishi, a pouting Eiji, as well as two unaffected Tezuka and Inui. At the end of the day, to their relief, they were informed that apart from Inui and Kaidoh's roles, everyone would be assigned to a new role.
"Tezuka? Aren't you overdosed?" Fuji asked curiously, looking at the half empty bottle of aspirins in Tezuka's hand.
: To be continued :