Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis

Something is going to be revealed here. And remember that I'm using 'syuusuke' whenever the location is at the Fuji household.

Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis

Chapter 11: Welcome home, dad

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-+-+-+At the house of Momo's aunt +-+-+-+

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"What are we doing here?" Inui asked. He really couldn't stand how Momo would look at him with a smug face.

"You'll know soon Inui-sempai," Momo stood beside him and looked forward. "We're here now."

+At the Fuji Household+

"Syuusuke," his father said. "Nothing changed. You still look the same!" he went forward and hugged his son. They were all standing in the living room right now.

"Nice to see you, dad." Fuji hugged back and kept the smile on his face.

"By the way," his father pulled away, "I have something to tell you." He turned to everyone else in the room, "I'll just borrow Syuusuke for a while," he said while he had a smile on his face so no one will notice that what he was going to say was something dreadful for Syuusuke.

"Sure, dear," Yoshiko said as the two went to talk privately in Syuusuke's room.

Syuusuke was walking behind his father and he felt as he was going to interrogated for a crime he didn't do.

Both walked through the corridor it total silence. Syuusuke just knew that this wasn't good and his father knew that he had to act fast. His father actually received some word about what's happening. He just didn't know whether to believe what he saw and read. He thought that he'll face no more problems like this in the future, but no. A nightmare is coming and he didn't like it one bit.

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-+-+-+At the house of Momo's aunt +-+-+-+

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"No way am I doing this," Inui said as he backed away from everyone. They were already inside the house and they were all brought inside a room that Inui noticed was full of make-up. Everyone was looking at him with faces that made him feel uncomfortable. Tezuka and Momoshiro were also no where to be seen.

"Come on, Inui," Eiji said, "it's for Fujiko! And you're the only one who's the same height as his dad!" Eiji was actually excited to see Inui in the getup.

"Why didn't Tezuka tell me earlier?" Inui asked.

"He was afraid that you'll say no," Oishi answered. "He said that it would be better if you were already here."

Inui stared at him in shock with his eyes and mouth wide open… well, we don't know for sure about the eyes because of his glasses, but everyone can see his mouth.

"He said that he won't do this if you don't agree," Kawamura said.

"Say yes!" Eiji shouted, "it's for Fujiko! Say yes!"

"Yah, Inui," Oishi continued, "do it for Fuji. We need to get some information about Shiro so we could at least find something to keep him away from Fuji."

"Yah!" Eiji screamed again. "do it for Fujiko! You don't want to see Shiro coming back for him again, right?"

Inui just stared at them. He couldn't believe what he has gotten himself into. He grunted as he saw the way Eiji was smiling at him. "Okay, okay," he lowered his head, "I agree to this" Inui was confused as to why he said that. That confusion however suddenly vanished when the door suddenly slammed open to reveal Momoshiro. Behind him was Tezuka and a lady, Momo's aunt.

"Good! I told yah he'd agree!" Momo shouted. "Let's start with the make-over!"

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-+-+-+At the Fuji Household +-+-+-+

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"Syuusuke," his dad coldly said as he sat on the armchair while Syuusuke sat on his bed. "Who's Tezuka Kunimitsu?" He asked directly.

Syuusuke stared at him with his eyes open and surprise written on his face. His father and Tezuka had never met. He probably told his father about Tezuka before and there is a possibility that they met when his dad was on the way here. "He's a schoolmate of mine."

"Other than that," his father's face showed that he was dead serious.

"Captain of the tennis team," Syuusuke tried to remain calm.

His father grabbed his wallet from his pocket. "I don't want you to feel pressured or anything." He opened the wallet and grabbed a picture. "but I want to hear it from you personally." He showed the picture to Syuusuke. "Who is he?" It was a picture of him and Tezuka making out on his bed. (it's in one of the previous chapters)

"Dad," Syuusuke uttered as he stared at the picture. He felt scared that his dad knew, especially with what happened before.

Silence was covering them.

Slowly, Syuusuke turned to look at his dad. "I'm sorry," his face was serious too and he didn't let any tears go down for he felt none anymore. "I didn't mean to. I'm sorry," he bowed his head.

"Syuusuke," his dad stood up and returned the picture to his wallet. "I don't mind you getting into relationships but I don't want it to be with a guy," his voice was getting colder with each passing word and his face showed that he was trying to hold back his emotions. "If it was for your happiness, I wouldn't care, but you'd get hurt if it's a guy." Syuusuke remained silent. "You look feminine and have a slim body, who knows what they will do to you." His dad was trying his best not to raise his voice. "After you almost got raped before with that Shiro guy, I wouldn't let it happen again." His hands were clenched into fists now as he remembered the scene years ago.

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It was already nine in the evening and Syuusuke was no where in sight. He was supposed to be home by seven and his parents were already worrying as they sat in the living room. Yumiko was out looking for him while Yuuta was sitting in between his parents asking over and over again, "where is aniki? Is he hurt? He's supposed to be home now. Did something bad happen?" and all his parents could do was to comfort him. They have been calling people since eight and no one saw Syuusuke. When Yumiko couldn't take it anymore, she went out to look for him telling her parents to stay in case Syuusuke came back home.

Yoshiko looked at the clock. It was already nine fifteen and still no Syuusuke. Her husband noticed that she was staring at the clock so he looked at it too. He saw the clock ticking second by second and he couldn't take it anymore. He immediately stood up and went to get his car keys on the table.

"Dear," Yoshiko said, "you're going?"

"I can't take it anymore!" he shouted and looked at his wife and son, "Who knows what happened to him. I know my son and he wouldn't make us worry like this." He walked towards the door. "I'm going to look for him." He reached the door and opened it. He was walking furiously but his whole body suddenly froze when he opened the door. His eyes were wide and his mouth was open. "Syuusuke," he said in a low voice.

"Aniki's back?" Yuuta exclaimed as he stood up to stand beside his father. Before he could reach him though, his father ran forward and Yuuta immediately stopped in his tracks. "What's the problem?" He thought that his brother was safe, that he shouldn't worry anymore, but now he got this bad feeling and he looked down. He was still little and didn't understand a lot of stuff, but he just knew that something bad happen. Before he knew it, his father came running back in with little Syuusuke in his arms. Yumiko was rushing behind him and she closed the door. All he could do was stare at his brother's body. "What happened to aniki?" He shouted at his dad as he felt his tears wanting to come out.

"Yuuta, I can't tell you what happened." His father said in a soft voice, "because even I don't know yet." He immediately turned to Yoshiko, "get the first aid kit," and gently placed Syuusuke on the now vacant sofa. All he could do was stare at his son who was sleeping and had a bruise on his right cheek. His clothes were ripped and he could see marks on his arms and legs.

"Aniki," little Yuuta ran towards his brother and kneeled on the floor. "Aniki, wake up!" he turned towards his sister. "What happened?" then to his dad, "He's going to be okay right?" His gaze shifted from the two who were both staring at his brother. No one answered him.

"Yumiko," his dad said, "where did you find him?"

"Dad," Yumiko said in a low voice. Before she could continue, Yoshiko came back with the first aid kit. Her husband moved away from Syuusuke to give way to her but Yuuta didn't want to let go of his brother.

"Yumiko," he said again as he didn't remove his gaze from Syuusuke. "where did you find him?"

Yumiko gulped. "I found him in the park. He was unconscious and on the ground near the swings." Yumiko kept her gaze at her sleeping brother, "I picked him up and started to call his name. He wouldn't budge but he kept saying 'stop, don't hurt him.' He kept saying that while I carried him all the way here."

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"Don't you know how hurt we all were?" his dad couldn't help it anymore and shouted that line of his. "Even before I had any of you, I promised myself to accept all my children whether they be gay or not, whether they have two heads or three arms! I only want for your happiness but I wouldn't risk you getting raped again!" His voice was getting louder and louder. He didn't know that the rest of his family heard him. "We don't want you hurt, Syuusuke!" He tried his hardest not to shout but he couldn't control it. The pain of that memory was just too much for him. No parent would want to have his/her child to be hurt like that.

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It was already morning and Syuusuke finally woke up. Everyone was in his room. He sat up and felt nervous. He didn't even know how he got home. All he knew was he had a lot of explaining to do.

"Syuusuke," his dad said while not looking at him. "Tell us what happened and please tell us the truth."

Syuusuke looked down. He isn't one who lies and he knew he'd have to face this sooner or later. "I was almost raped."

"What?!" Everyone shouted and looked at him.

"By who?" Yoshiko asked, she felt more scared by the minute.

"By Shiro," Syuusuke didn't want to look at their faces. He didn't want to get into the details too.

Silence came in between them all and it was broken when they heard the armchair fall to the ground. His dad stood up abruptly and walked to the door with an angered look on his face. He stopped before he could fully leave though. "Where does he live, Syuusuke?"

"I don't know," Syuusuke was never told of that.

"His full name?"

"I don't know," Syuusuke wanted to cry. He was remembering what happened last night. All he wanted was to forget about it. It was hard for him.

Not being able to control his anger, his dad punched the wall. He wanted to curse out loud but because his children where there, he didn't. "We wouldn't be able to get him to the police if we don't know those information!" he was shouting and everyone was scared. "We'll stay here for one more week then leave. All of you will stay in this house and I'll be looking for Shiro. Nobody is allowed to go outside," he turned to face all of them, "is that understood?!"

Everyone nodded.

A week has passed and his father spent as much time as possible looking for Shiro, but he was no where in sight. He met him before and he couldn't believe that Shiro was that kind of a person. After that week, he and his family left for Tokyo.

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"Syuusuke," he wanted to tell his son to break up with Tezuka but he wasn't able to because Yumiko entered the room.

"Dad, don't be like that." She pleaded with him. "Tezuka is a nice person. I've met him before and he isn't like Shiro."

"Yumiko," he said in a cold voice. "That's what we all thought of Shiro before. I wouldn't risk my son's life by giving him to another man!"

"Dad, please, give Tezuka a chance."

"No!" Her father shouted. "I know that the two of them slept together already," with those words, his two children in the room stared at him with wide eyes. "What if Syuusuke at one time doesn't want to, will Tezuka rape him like how Shiro did?!" Apparently, someone e-mailed him the picture and some lies.

"We haven't slept together yet!" Syuusuke suddenly stood up and surprised his father and sister. "Kunimitsu and Shiro are different." Syuusuke stared at his father with pleading eyes. "Please give him a chance, dad. I won't let that happen to me again."

His father glared at him. "I already said it once, no. Break up with him."

"No," Syuusuke answered back..

"When I tell you to break up with him, you'll break up with him or else I am going to bring all of you with me abroad!"

Syuusuke stared at his dad. He couldn't believe what his dad just said. He didn't want to move to another country nor did he want to break up with Tezuka.. He felt as if the world had just stopped revolving at that time and on impulse, he ran. He ran out of the room and into the streets. He didn't stop, he just kept running and running. He didn't care where he was going, he just wanted to get away and clear his mind. Shiro came back and was endangering his relationship with Tezuka. Now, his father came back and wants him to break up with Tezuka. Either way, it was all Shiro's fault.

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-+-+-+At the house of Momo's aunt +-+-+-+

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"Wow, you really look different!" Eiji said as he stared at Inui. He was fatter now all thanks to Momo's aunt who happens to be a make-up artist, works at a TV station and is put under the sector that does the costumes. "We're glad to have someone with the same height as Shiro's dad!" Eiji and the others couldn't help but stare at Inui. His hair was now brown and messed up. He even had wrinkles on his face. His glasses was still on and he now has a mustache.

"If I didn't see how she did this to you, I wouldn't have thought that you're Inui-sempai!" Momo was proud of his aunt's work.

They were all outside his aunt's house now, standing on the street, gawking at Inui who remained silent.

"Everyone," Tezuka suddenly said to get their attention. "Go to his school now. You know what to do, Oishi?"

"Yes, Tezuka." Oishi answered.

"Good. Go ahead, I have to call Syuusuke to check up on him. His dad is arriving today." Tezuka said.

"Sure, Tezuka," Oishi said and they all started to leave to go to the school.

Tezuka stared at their retreating forms. When they were about a street away, he took his cell phone out and called Fuji. He brought the phone to his ear and after five rings, Fuji answered.

"Kunimitsu," said Fuji.

"Syuusuke, why do you sound tired?" Tezuka was getting worried that Fuji probably saw Shiro again.

"Can you come here?"

"What happened? Did you see Shiro?"

"No. I'm at bowling alley right now. Could you come here? Please?"

"Sure," Tezuka didn't question Fuji. "I'll be there, just wait for me."

"Bye."

"Bye." With that, the line went dead and Tezuka walked towards the bowling alley. He called Oishi on his way and told him that Fuji has a problem. He won't be able to follow and Oishi has to call him after they get Shiro's records

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-+-+-+Outside the bowling alley +-+-+-+

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Fuji was standing alone in front of the bowling alley. His eyes were closed and he tried to cover up his frustration. Ten minutes already passed since Tezuka called. He still wanted to run to remove his anxiety but he wanted to see Tezuka even more so he just stood there waiting for him.

Another ten minutes has passed and Fuji was still standing there. He was scared that Tezuka won't come, that he had left him but he still hoped for him to come. He stared at the sky and thought of nothing. He didn't want to think and he didn't want to remember. He was engrossed with staring at the blue colored sky above him. Then, someone called out his name.

"Syuusuke."

Fuji tensed. He knew that voice. He snapped his head to the direction of that voice and he saw Shiro walking towards him.

"I never thought that I would see you here. Has daddy-dead arrived already?" Shiro said as he kept advancing towards Fuji who was now backing up. Shiro kept walking but all of the sudden, he stopped and stared at someone behind Fuji. Seeing his gaze, Fuji looked behind him and saw Tezuka.

"Am I late, Syuusuke?" Tezuka didn't look at Fuji but instead glared at Shiro.

TBC

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