An Inuyasha high you would never have expected
"normal talk"
'thought'
flashback
dream
different language
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As Ryoma ran off, Kikyo groaned and Kagome sighed. Momo just stared after him, "What was that about?"
"Ryoma has been doing that whenever someone tries to ask him something direct about himself, we don't get it at all but who knows," Kikyo said, they walked the rest of the way to school. Ryoma was already practicing in a match with Fuji so they didn't get a chance to confront him; they changed out and merely watched the two pit against each other.
"Saa, Ryoma-kun you're confused, your tennis is suffering," Fuji pointed out and Ryoma missed a shot he normally could have hit back, Ryoma looked away and waited for the smiling tensai to serve. Fuji smirked as Ryoma shot back out of anger.
"What the hell is he doing," Kikyo asked harshly, her tone was angry and her eyes were studying Ryoma intently.
"What do you man, senpai?" Momo asked.
"He's playing abnormally; he's not playing like himself. He's out of it," Kikyo clarified. Fuji seemed to be thinking along the same lines as he shot Ryoma easy balls, that Ryoma had trouble returning them. Fuji stopped letting a ball go by him, his eyes are open and flashing.
"Ryoma-kun, get it together," He said. Ryoma looked up, he bowed to Fuji.
"Forgive me senpai," Ryoma said quietly, "I'm not in my best shape today I guess," Ryoma did southing no one would ever have thought, he gave up the match and surrendered to Fuji. He left the court. Everyone stared after him confused as hell.
"Well that was weird," Kagome said quietly, she turned to go after her brother but Kikyo shook her head and took Kagome in the opposite direction after nodding towards Momo, Fuji, and Eiji. They were going after the confused freshman.
"Let them handle it, they have a better idea than we do," Kikyo advised her twin, Kagome nodded and they went off to train the remaining regulars.
With, Eiji, Fuji, Momo, and Ryoma-
"Ochibi," Eiji called glomping Ryoma, Ryoma braced himself and only staggered at the attack, "Whats wrong with you, NYA!?"
"I don't know," Ryoma sighed, exasperated. Eiji hung on him until he sat down next to a wall.
"How can you not know?" Momo asked. Ryoma glared at him.
"Ryoma-kun?" Fuji asked, he and Eiji sat on either side of Ryoma and Momo sat in front of him.
"I'm confused about a... girl," Ryoma whispered, Fuji opened his eyes in surprise, Momo and Eiji had to force themselves not to grin widely and start teasing the poor, poor, deluded, confused, little freshman.
"What's her name?" Eiji asked.
"She sits in front of me in all my classes her name is Akina, Akina Ooka," Ryoma replied almost silently. Momo recalled the girl and let out a long, low whistle.
"Dang, Echizen, she's a cutie, and get this she's shorter than you!" Momo exclaimed, Ryoma shot him a death glare and Momo eked and hid behind Eiji.
"The thing is I can't talk to her," Ryoma muttered.
"Why, Ochibi, every girl in your year wants to talk to YOU," Eiji asked, Fuji smirked.
"The same reason, Eiji, that you or I couldn't tell Kikyo-chan or Kagome-chan how we felt about them until they did first, fear, of rejection and fear of humiliation," Fuji said knowingly. Ryoma nodded slightly. That was of Fuji's mind working on a plan to get Ryoma and Akina together, Ryoma just didn't know about it yet.
At afternoon practice-
"ECHIZEN!" Tezuka yelled, once again this turned the heads of all the regulars, Kikyo and Kagome, "I MEANT RYOMA!" Ryoma cussed under his breath and walked over to his Bucho, everyone secretly watched as Ryoma went towards the stoic Bucho of Seigaku.
"Hai?" Ryoma asked almost silently.
"What is wrong with you today?" Tezuka demanded. Ryoma shuddered at the tone of anger.
"I'm having personal problems," Ryoma muttered, making everyone except Fuji, Momo, and Eiji raise an eye brow, now the whole club was listening.
"And it's affecting you this badly?"
"Hai Bucho."
"Echizen, I want you to get over this and soon. We need you for the upcoming match and I need to make sure you can handle it or I'll be forced to sit you out," Tezuka said sternly, Ryoma almost napped back a smart-ass retort but he actually had to bite his tongue to stop himself.
"Bucho, I'm sorry, I'll figure it out by then, and I'll try not to let it harm my tennis," Ryoma muttered, he left, but Tezuka wasn't done oh no, Tezuka wanted to get his message through loud and clear.
"Thirty laps, to clear you're head," Ryoma again bit his tongue and took off running. Kikyo and Kagome glared daggers at Tezuka.
"Tezuka-kun don't you feel that's a bit harsh?" Kikyo snapped at him as she led an exercise. Tezuka muttered something that sounded like 'No." Kikyo glared harder until she was forced to resume actually teaching. Ryoma finished his laps in record time and right after that, no water breaks or air breaks for that matter went into a intense match with Kaidoh and won 6-4. After wards Ryoma pushed himself even harder by asking Kikyo for a match.
"Ryoma drink something then I'll play you," She insisted, Ryoma rolled his eyes while he drank down a half full bottle of water.
"Bucho and everyone else wanted me to get back in my swing so I am," Ryoma said quietly as he spun his racquet Kikyo's eyes widened as she called rough, It wasn't so Ryoma got into a serving position, using his left hand.
"Ryoma," she muttered, Tezuka seemed to understand exactly how bad Ryoma was trying to prove he was fine and tried to stop the match but to late, Ryoma had gone into his I'm-started-so-now-I'm-gonna-fucking-finish-it mode. He hit a left handed quick serve to Kikyo and she hit it back.
"Tezuka-kun," Kagome said quietly form behind the captain and vice-captain making Oishi jump, Tezuka turned around to face her.
"Yes, Kagome-san?"
"I understand Ryoma wasn't paying up to par but don't you think what you said and did was overkill, look at him, he's playing a practice match with his sister that seriously. he plays her every day if he wants, so this isn't special except the fact he's trying to prove to everyone and himself that whatever's going on isn't affecting his tennis, so he was out of it for ONE day, I think you should call it off before Ryoma gets hurt, I've seen this happen before and when our dad pushes him like this Ryoma goes until he drops," Kagome said coldly.
"I apologize for my mistake," Tezuka said, he bowed his head to Kagome.
"Don't apologize to me, stop Ryoma before he hurts himself trying to prove himself to us," Kagome replied.
"He won't stop," Fuji said popping up behind them in an Inui-ish way scarring the ever living crap out of Kagome and Oishi. Tezuka is basically Immune to it by now, "He can't, Tezuka, his bucho and someone he respects, gave him a challenge, even if Tezuka were to walk onto the court and dance around like monkey I doubt it would stop him. Ryoma wants to prove that he can juggle tennis and a crush at the same time like his sisters."
"A WHAT?!" Kagome exploded.
"Oh Shit," Fuji muttered as his girlfriend went into older sis mode.
"Nice one Fujiko," Eiji said walking over with Momo and basically all the other regulars. Tezuka decided to defuse the growing tension.
"Fuji how do you know so much about Echizen anyways. Not counting you're relationship with Kagome-san?" Tezuka asked, curious, Fuji smiled his evil, sadist smile.
"Tezuka, you should be able to answer that yourself," Fuji said, putting unnecessary fear in the hearts of everyone in a mile radius of him.
"Fuji you're just plain scary sometimes," Oishi told him seriously, Fuji shrugged.
"I wasn't implying that," Fuji laughed, "No Ryoma-kun and I talk a lot more than you'd think, just as normal Senpai and Kouhai would and just like friends would." everyone, and I MEAN EVERYONE, starred at him, well save Ryoma and Kikyo. (Yes I mean the ENTIRE tennis club)
"Syuuske, what did you do to my brother to get him to TALK to you?" Kagome begged.
"I just offered to listen and we met up one day at a tennis court and we talked for about an hour. We have meetings like that all the time, Sometimes he listens to me, a mutual agreement to listen to each other and look out for one another, Senpai/Kouhai relationship," Fuji smiled. Everyone's mouths dropped, save again Ryoma and Kikyo and then add Tezuka.
"He just openly TALKS to YOU?" Kagome asked, dumbstruck.
"Yes, because I don't judge him unless it's something unsafe, unlike SOME -stares at a whistling Momo and then I grinning Eiji- people, you and Kikyo-chan weren't here most of the times he talk to me, and besides a lot of it could be called not sister appropriate. He didn't want anyone in his family to know and I assumed that you two fit that build," Fuji said happily.
B-But what does that Gaki talk about to you?" Momo asked.
"That, Momo, is private," Fuji said seriously. Momo backed off but Kagome jumped in.
"Syuuske please," she begged Fuji opened his eyes and stared at her curiously.
"Kagome, if you told Kikyo a dark secret and knew you could trust her to keep it then she told Eiji what would you feel?" Fuji asked, Kagome hung her head.
"Betrayed. I understand, Gomenasai, I shouldn't have tried to play that card," Kagome said unhappily. All the while they were talking Ryoma and Kikyo battle don until Ryoma finally won at 7-5.
"You won Otouto." Kikyo sighed drenching her pure black hair in water, "You can stop now."
"Aa, gomen, Kikyo-nee-chan," Ryoma said stiffly, he neglected the water and towel Kikyo had pushed at him an merely sat down on the bench for a minuet.
"Practice is over! DISMISSED!" Tezuka called telling the freshman to clean, of course Ryoma is the only exception. Everyone streamed towards the clubhouse and showers. Ryoma ran in changed and left before anyone could say another word to him. Fuji slipped away from Kikyo and Kagome and Eiji and followed him...
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SWEET ITS DONE! YES! AND YAYAY! I hope you like this chapie cause it was a pain in my . Next chapie might be a while cause BREAKING DOWN COMES OUT IN ABOUT 6 HOURS! For thoughts who do not know Breaking Dawn is the new Twilight book! Yes this was finished at 1:25 am! I don't care! I'm an insomniac apparently R&R PLZ!