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Underline - Singing.
Hi everyone! If I do singing I'll probably be using 'Mermaid Melody' songs they seem so nice.
Disclaimer : I DON'T OWN PRINCE OF TENNIS OR MERMAID MELODY SONGS.
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It was a week from last time and now all the regulars along with Yumiko, Akemi, Azemi, Yandere, Tsundere, along with Echizen's parents were gathered in front of the giant park they would be playing in. (Author's note : It's like that place where they have all their matches during the competition.
"Well I suppose we should go in." Yumiko said leading them in towards the court that they would be playing.
Upon arriving there Yumiko twitched but no one seemed to notice. Why did Yumiko twitch? Simple. His so called "Mother" decided to make the match public which was why there was so much people around the court waiting for the match to start.
Fuji who finally noticed Yumiko twitching spoke up. "Ne, Yumiko-chan you alright?" Fuji asked with concern in his voice. And Ryoma was one not to show emotion but for his cat, Karupin and Yumiko he would make an exception. He asked Yumiko if he was alright and Yumiko replied that he's fine just that his mother annoyed him to which all the regulars agreed.
Walking almost near the court Yumiko saw his mother from the corner of his eye but that wasn't what made him narrow his eyes. It was the sight of his mother grabbing onto a little boy with blonde hair and blue eyes with a desperate look on his face trying to get the tight grip off his wrist.
Yumiko quickly stormed over there leaving everyone confused but they soon followed Yumiko to where his mother and the small boy were.
"Shimato! What are you doing to him!" Yumiko glared at his "mother" while trying to get the boy from him. When Yumiko finally got the boy away from his mother he held the boy protectively and glared at Shimato before looking the boy over to search for any injuries.
"Did she do anything to you sky?" Yumiko asked with concern looking at a hyper little boy who shook his head while smiling at Yumiko.
(Author's note : Oh yeah! I made a mistake during last chapter Sky isn't 6 he's 3. My bad. Oh yeah his full name is Skyler.)
Shimato just huffed and looked away.
"I'm warning you, if you hurt him you'll regret it." Yumiko said rage clear in his voice.
"Hmph, I'll make another deal with you, If you win you can keep him, and if you lose you have to marry Haruka and SEVER all ties with this group of people and never contact them again." Shimato made a disgusted face at the regulars and everyone else while gesturing them with her hand.
"I accept." Yumiko said without hesitation earning some worried glances from the regulars.
Yumiko took Skyler's little hand in his own and walked back over to his side of the court with the others following them.
The group looked at the small little boy with a curious and interested look with the two pairs of twin's smiled at the sight of their holding hands.
When they finally got back on their side Oishi asked Yumiko a question.
"Yumiko why did you agree to those terms?" Oishi asked with a curious expression as many of the people in the group wondered about the answer too.
"Because I love Sky and I'm not leaving him with that (Yumiko covers Skylers ears) bitch." Yumiko said while taking his hands off Skylers ears and Skyler just looked up at Yumiko curiously before tilting his head to the side and smiling with his eyes closed making him seem like a certain tensai they all know…
"If you don't mind Oishi, Kikumaru go warm up and Yandere, Ysundere help them will you?" Yumiko asked looking at them.
"Sure." The four replied simultaneously.
Ryoma sat down next to Yumiko who was sitting on the coaches bench with Skyler in his lap.
"Something wrong Ryo-chan?" Yumiko asked looking at Ryoma.
"Iie, betsuni." Ryoma replied looking at the ground. 'How can he say he would severe all ties without without thought.' Ryoma thought sadly as he started to feel a little insecure.
Yumiko looked hard at Ryoma trying to figure him out while Ryoma felt uncomfortable with Yumiko's gaze on him.
"I'm sorry Ryoma." Yumiko said.
"For what?" Ryoma replied/asked.
"For agreeing to her bet without asking you but Skyler means a lot to me." Yumiko said looking lovingly and smiling at the small innocent boy sleeping in his lap.
Ryoma just watched and nodded in understanding.
"Ryoma don't feel insecure, you know I love you." Yumiko said giving Ryoma a chaste kiss on his lips before pulling back to see Ryoma's blushing face.
"Usu." Ryoma replied still blushing looking at the ground 'That's right Yumiko's feeling will never change for me.' Ryoma thought with a smile sneaking a glance at Yumiko.
Not long after that the golden pair and the twins came back to the group.
"The match is going to start in 5 minutes." Yumiko told them all while running a hand through Skyler's hair.
Everyone just nodded in acknowledgement waiting patiently for the match to begin.
"The match will now start!" The referee announced as everyone around Yumiko turned to look at Shimato's side where they team just arrived.
Yumiko paid them no attention while he just looked straight as the referee called both team players for doubles 2 to go in.
"Oishi, Kikumaru Vs. Itsukei, Meni." The referee said as the said people walked up to the court.
(Author's note : I'm not really good with the tennis scene's so I might skip a lot of it! Don't sue me for not putting action in there o.o).
"Oishi to serve!" The referee announced at Oishi stood at the base line waiting for Kikumaru's signal before serving. After serving Oishi got into position as did Kikumaru.
Blah blah blah….?
"Game set and match Oishi, Kikumaru wins." The referee announced to the group's relief and the dismay of Shimato who frowned and was currently yelling at the two who lost.
"Suck it up bitch." Yumiko smiled over to where Shimato was and she snapped her head towards his direction in less the a second after the insult while everyone gasped at Yumiko for cursing at his mother.
"Why you little…" Shimato growled out through gritted teeth as her husband held her back. Shimato bit her lip in fustration between wanting to throw her husband's hand off her shoulder and punching Yumiko and making him pay for the insult or listen to her husband and sit down. Finally Shimato sighed and sat down glaring at Yumiko who smiled smugly back at her.
'Oh I'll get you watch yourself Yumiko.' Shimato smirked inwardly.
"Good job!" Yumiko and the others cheered as the golden pair came back to join them they were exhausted after their match while Yumiko handed them both a water bottle with a grateful smile.
"Thank you." Yumiko said to the both.
"Iie! We wanted to help nya! Ne ne Oishi!" Kikumaru said energetically to Yumiko who smiled at the red headed acrobat.
"Yea we just wanted to help Yumiko you are our friend after all." Oishi said with a kind smile to which Yumiko returned.
"Akemi, Azemi." Yumiko called out and turned around looking at them.
"You guys ready?" Yumiko asked them while they just nodded.
"Ok go!"
"Usu!" They replied in unison.
The twins walked into the court awaiting their opponents on the other side.
(Author's note : I'm lazy and bad as you know so I'm going to skip this part about the match too. Gomenasai! :3)
"Game set and match Kino, Gakoni pair wins!" The referee announced as Shimato smirked smugly at Yumiko who ignored her and told his brothers that they did a good job.
"Thanks Yumiko." They said yet that didn't lift their spirits they lost the match and tied up the score they looked at Yumiko and a sleeping Skyler with sad eyes this could be their only chance to rescue Skyler from that evil witch.
"Don't worry about it!" Yumiko insisted them where they finally listened to Yumiko and stop moping there were more chances.
"Tezuka, are you ready?" Yumiko asked looking at Tezuka who's face did not falter as he nodded.
"Aa." He said in a monotone voice.
'As expected of the captain.' Yumiko gave a nod looking at Tezuka with admiring eyes while Tezuka got in the courts awaiting for his opponent.
"Tezuka Vs. Anaito." The referee announced a moment later.
(Yadda yadda yadda) (COUGH - My bad I'm bad with tennis scences as I've said before.)
"Game set and match Tezuka!" The referee announced as everyone clapped while Shimato snarled under her breath. When Tezuka came back to the group Fuji gave Tezuka a light peck on the cheek while Tezuka flushed a crimson red while his teammates laughed at their captains embarrassment. After fighting off the blush Tezuka held Fuji's hand with his and stood by him while everyone just smiled at the couple. Fuji had his smiling mask intact but secretly inside he felt happy that Tezuka let him give him a public display of affection as Tezuka normally didn't allow.
"Ryo-chan your up!" Yumiko said proudly at his now blushing boyfriend. Ryoma pulled his cap down to cover his eyes as he had a small smile gracing his lips as he went on the court. 'I'll try my best for you Yumiko-chan.' Ryoma thought determined not to lose.
"Echizen Vs. Hamashiro." The referee announced as Yumiko, Akemi, and Azemi snapped their heads to the direction of Ryoma's opponent only to have their fear confirmed.
"Yumiko isn't that-" Akemi whispered to Yumiko only to have Yumiko cut him off.
"I know. If anything bad happens I'll stop it." Yumiko assured the twins.
Flash Back
Yumiko and the twins had been walking home from school one day while passing a pubic park near their school. As they were passing they noticed someone bullying a little kid.
"We should help." Yumiko said to the twins as they made their way over towards the bullying who was holding a tennis racket in one hand and a ball in another. Yumiko was about to say something to the bully but was interrupted as another kid faced the bully.
"Hey! If your so tough why don't you pick on guys your own size." The kid said to the bully who was the same size as him.
"Get lost you idiot." The bully said angrily.
"No!" The boy stood firm in his place glaring at the bully not backing down as he made a motion for the smaller kid that were being bullied to get behind him.
"I see you place tennis." The bully said quirking up an eyebrow at the tennis bag slung over the kids left shoulder.
"So what if I do?" The kid glared at the bully.
"Lets have a match." The bully said with amusement written in his eyes.
"I accept but if I win you leave him alone." The kid challenged not taking his eyes off the bully.
"But if you lose…" The bully trailed off yanking the kid in his face while whispering something that Yumiko and the others couldn't hear but they saw the kid pale up.
"I accept." The kid said after managing to find his voice.
"Eiru go home first." The taller boy said to the kid. Clearly they knew each other Yumiko and the others thought watching the two older kids get their racket out and preparing for the match.
20 minutes later both boys were out of breath as the boy previously defending his brother collapsed on floor after the bully hit him on the head with a ball with other bruises he acquired in the match with the bully while the bully walked over to him with a smirk before dragging him off behind the bushes.
Yumiko and his brothers quickly followed and when they got to the bushes they were mad and shocked that the bully was pulling that unconscious kid's pants off with a smirk on his face.
"Get off him." Yumiko said grabbing the bully's hand forcing the bully to stop before throwing the bully off the kid and into a tree. The bully groaned in pain and stood up glaring at Yumiko.
"Your gonna pay for that bitch." The bully said while stalking off towards Yumiko only to be held back my Akemi and Azemi.
"Don't even think about touching out little brother!" Azemi spat out.
"It's best you leave now before we do something we regret." Akemi said with disgust laced with his calm voice while both Azemi and him were glaring at the boy.
The bully quickly took off leaving the four boys there. After the bully left Akemi and Azemi turned their heads towards Yumiko who had just helped the boy put his pants on.
Shortly after, the boy woke up.
"Where am I?" They boy asked Yumiko who was next to him.
"Ah! You finally woke up." Yumiko said relieved. The boy blushed and looked up at Yumiko with thankful eyes.
"I suppose it was you who helped me when the bully was gonna go threw with what he was gonna do. Thanks." The boy said with a bow after standing up.
"Iie it's fine." Yumiko gave a smile but was short when men wearing black clothing came and held Yumiko, Akemi, and Azemi.
"What the?" The 3 yelled simutaneously.
"Let them go." The kid order as the people in black obeyed and let the 3 go.
"Who are they?" Yumiko asked eyeing them suspiciously as did Azemi and Akemi.
"Don't worry they are just my personal guards." The boy gave a sheepish smile and rubbed the back of his head.
"The names Hiwaya Omoto." The boy with brown hair extended his hand.
"Yumiko Hiro." Yumiko replied shaking his hand and he didn't seem fazed as the other boy was from a wealthy family and that impressed Hiwaya.
"These are my brothers Azemi and Akemi." Yumiko said with a wave of his hand indicating the two. "They are twins."
"Ah, nice to meet you." Hiwaya said with a smile.
"Well we got to get going." Akemi said leading Yumiko out of the bushes they were behind by his shoulders.
End of Flash Back
Yumiko suddenly felt sad from not seeing his friend Hiwaya that was currently in America. They had become good friends after that incident with the bully that was currently facing Ryoma in a match. 'I hope that bully changed the style that he plays in… If not he could seriously hurt Ryoma.' Yumiko thought watching the gaming intensely.
"Masaki to serve!" The referee announced and Masaki, the bully went to the base line to serve.
Masaki served a pretty normal serve which Ryoma returned effortlessly. They rallied for a minute before Masaki scored the point by hitting it towards the other side of Ryoma faster then he could get there.
"15-love." The referee said.
Masaki glanced at Shimato looking for a signal. Shimato gave him a nod and a evil grin found it's way onto Masaki's face that didn't go unnoticed by Yumiko and the others in the group.
Masaki served yet again but with more speed making Ryoma run a little faster for the lime colored ball.
After rallying for a few minutes Masaki slammed his racket down on the lime colored ball watching it zip across the net. Ryoma who was unable to move from the sudden change of pace in the ball got in the chest resulting in him falling down on his back with a thud.
'That's gonna leave a mark.' Ryoma thought rubbing his sore spot.
"Ryoma! Are you ok?" Yumiko asked with concern filling in his voice.
"Usu." Ryoma replied. Ryoma felt the pain of the impact on him but didn't want to worry Yumiko as he got up and went back to the baseline waiting for Masaki's serve.
"30-love." The referee announced.
Misaki served again and Ryoma returned after rallying for a bit Ryoma his a drive B scoring a point.
"30-15." Ryoma was starting to get heated up.
Masaki didn't like this one bit. He glared at Ryoma while bouncing the ball on the ground.
'I'm gonna get you little boy.' Masaki had an evil grin on his face while he served.
Ryoma returned it effortlessly back into Masaki's court where Masaki hit it back fast. The ball hit Ryoma's court and Ryoma ran towards it trying to hit it back but the ball was spinning in place. Ryoma watched the ball waiting for it to bounce. Bounce it did but it was fast and caught Ryoma off guard and hit him in the stomach knocking the wind out of him.
"Ryoma!" Yumiko shouted from the bench.
"I'm fine." Ryoma said through gritted teeth. 'I'm not going to let scum like him beat me.' Ryoma thought angrily.
The same thing happened again the next few times leaving Ryoma covered in bruises but each time Ryoma got up and kept playing. Yumiko was worried about Ryoma as he saw more and more bruises cover his lover's body.
It was currently 3games to 2 with Ryoma in the lead. Ryoma served his twist serve only to be returned by Masaki. Another rally went on but didn't last long as Masaki hit it into Ryoma's chest causing Ryoma to falter and fall down on his back sputtering a little blood.
"That's it time out." Yumiko called out getting onto the court making his way towards Ryoma.
"No, stay back." Ryoma said through clenched teeth as the pain was hurting him.
"No your coming with me." Yumiko said carrying Ryoma in bridal style towards the bench making Ryoma blush as people were looking at them and Momo and Eiji were teasing Ryoma. Ryoma just pulled his cap lower and made himself comfortable in Yumiko's arms.
Yumiko quickly checked Ryoma over as Oishi did. After checking Ryoma Yumiko stalked over towards Shimato.
"I know you purposely made him hit Ryoma." Yumiko sneered at Shimato who pretended to look innocent.
"What me?" Shimato asked as if she was oblivious.
"I don't like it one bit. I'm taking Ryoma's place for him and I will still participate in my match." Yumiko declared to Shimato who looked incredulously.
"You can't do that! It's against the rules." Shimato said smugly to Yumiko.
"Yes, you will because if you let me take his spot I'll give all the games Ryoma has so far to Masaki and I'll start off with 0 games." Yumiko said without emotions while Shimato thought it over.
"Fine." Shimato smirked and walked over with Yumiko to the referee. After a little talk with the referee Yumiko returned to Ryoma's side.
"Ryoma why don't you watch from the coaches bench?" Yumiko asked unzipping his bag and taking a racket out.
"What do you mean? I'm still playing." Ryoma argued with defiance in his golden eyes.
Yumiko turned around and met Ryoma's golden eyes with his own black ones.
"I'm taking your place so sit tight." Yumiko said soothingly to Ryoma.
"But isn't that against the rules?" Oishi asked worriedly.
"No it's not me and the witch over there worked it out. If I give all Ryoma's games he won so far to Masaki she will allow me to take his place." Yumiko answered while walking towards the court. Ryoma stood up but stopped.
"Sit down Ryoma I don't want to see you get hurt." Yumiko said stepping on the court.
"You've got a lot of nerves to hit my Ryoma." Yumiko said with possessiveness in his voice making Ryoma blush again as he pulled his cap down while moving the sleeping Skyler's head into his lap.
"So what if I do?" Masaki spat out.
"My serve." Yumiko announced as he grabbed a ball from his pocket getting ready to serve.
"Due to a problem Yumiko Hiro will be taking the place of Echizen while starting off at 0 games giving the already won 3 games to masaki." The referee announced.
Yumiko bounced the ball a couple of times before serving. Yumiko served the ball with a fast slice from his racket making the ball zoom over to the other side bouncing on the Masaki's side of the court before gliding across the ground. (Much like Fuji's counter the moves along the floor. I forgot the name of it but I think it was tsubame gaeshi.)
Masaki was left dumbfounded at how a delicate boy like Yumiko could serve such a fast serve like the one he just witnessed. The others were dumbfounded to except for 4 certain people.
Yumiko repeated the same action a few times earning him a game.
"5-1" The referee announced.
Masaki wasn't going to give up without a fight so he served a powerful serve hitting to Yumiko's corner. Yumiko ran up to the ball gracefully.
"The ball is too strong even if Yumiko manages to catch up to it and hit it back it will be out." Inui said to the dismay of the others. Akemi, Azemi, Yandere, and Tsundere watched on they knew Yumiko could return in and would.
"Don't be so sure about that Inui." Akemi said with a bit of pride in his voice.
"Data never lies." Inui said with a edge in his voice because his data was being challenged.
"Then let Yumiko show you what his play style looks like." Tsundere gave Inui a smile that looked almost like Fuji's which sent shivers up Inui's spine and anyone else's that saw the smile that Tsundere gave Inui.
Yumiko was running up to the ball he already knew he wasn't strong enough to hit it back but he could return it. Yumiko stopped a little before in front of the ball before spinning real fast and slamming his racket onto the ball sending it racing back into Masaki's court corner earning him a point.
Inui stood dumbfounded as Yumiko proved his data wrong.
"He shouldn't have been able to have done that!" Inui said incredulously as the others in the group looked at Yumiko shocked while agreeing with Inui.
"Told you not to be so sure about it." Akemi said with a cocky smirk at Inui.
The game ended with Yumiko as the victor. They people surrounding the courts have never seen any play style like Yumiko's. Yumiko's movements were more like he was dancing then playing tennis with all the spins he did to add power to his shots and his graceful movement.
With a tired sigh Yumiko walked back to the bench with them winning the match and sat next to Ryoma who handed Yumiko a bottle of water as everyone around them cheered and congratulated Yumiko. Yumiko smiled and from the corner of his eye he could see Shimato seething with anger while yelling at Masaki.
'Serves them both right.' Yumiko thought while he caressed Skyler's cheek affectionately.
"Lets go celebrate at my place for sushi!" Kawamura suggested and no one protested. At the word mentioning sushi Skyler's eye's snapped open and looked at Kawamura.
"Yumiko-nii-chan! I can go too right?" Skyler asked Yumiko with pleading eyes. Yumiko just smiled and ruffled Skylers head nodding. Yumiko let Skyler down onto the floor while the others and them all walked to Kawamura's sushi to celebrate their win.
On the way to Kawamura's Skyler went over to Eiji and was currently being thrown into the air with Eiji catching him and throwing him up again. Yumiko was walking beside Ryoma at the back of the group.
"Thank you for taking my place Miko-chan." Ryoma said looking at the road ahead with a blush. Yumiko smiled.
"Iie, you were getting hurt and I did what I should have I took you out of the game." Yumiko replied giving Ryoma a kiss. Ryoma deepened the kiss with Yumiko. Yumiko's tongue grazed Ryoma's bottom lip asking for entrance to which Ryoma gave as his parted his mouth while running his rand through Yumiko's long hair with Yumiko did the same to Ryoma's black-greenish locks. Ryoma tried but failed to suppress a moan. Yumiko broke the kiss as he held out his hand for Ryoma who took it.
"Lets go eat some sushi." Yumiko said with a smile towards Ryoma who nodded.
"I love you Ryoma." Yumiko said to Ryoma as they walked on.
"I love you too Yumiko." Ryoma replied feeling extremely happy like he was floating on cloud 9.
To be continued…
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