Entwined Desires
Akisame: Does anyone know what year it is the PoT? I'm guessing it's around 2002-2003. In this chapter I'm just assuming it's 2003. Well here's chapter 14!
Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis…
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Secret Room
Yukimura looked out into the early morning sky. It was grey and a bit cloudy. He sighed. "It was nice outside not too long ago…"
He grabbed a brown leather jacket off his chair before he left his room. He came into the kitchen and greeted his parents, sister and grandmother.
"Going out with Mitsuawa-san?" his sister questioned and he smiled.
"Something like that," Yukimura replied and his cell phone rang. "Excuse me."
He looked at the caller ID and he smiled before answering. "Good morning."
"To you as well," Saki said on the other end of the phone.
"I'll be there in a few minutes."
"Take your time, there's no need to rush. I'm sorry for dragging you into this Seiichi-kun."
He sighed. "It's alright, you don't need to worry about it."
"Sigh, you're too nice. Well I'll be a bit late picking you up since SOMEONE," Yukimura heard laugher in the background and he assumed it was her sister. "…decided to show up uninvited!"
"Oh Saki-chan, there's no need to be so up tight," he heard a guy's voice in the background; Fuji.
"Anyways, I need to deal with these pests first, bye!"
"Bye," he said and he shut off the phone. Sigh, guess it can't be helped.
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"I'm sorry," Saki apologized to Yukimura as he got into the car. She glared at the two uninvited newcomers, who were smiling.
"Oh Onee-san, don't you like us?" Kosaki, who was sitting beside her, clinging onto her sister's arm.
Saki gave her a look. "Do you really want me to answer that?"
Saki brush off her sister from her arm. She smoothed out her blue pair of jeans that she wore along with a purple long sleeve shirt and blue poncho. Kosaki pouted, in a black mini skirt with a couple of stylish belts hang around her wrist and a pink jacket overtop.
Fuji smiled as Kosaki cling onto Fuji's green jacket instead. "Must you be so mean to her? She's heartbroken."
"Yes, very heartbroken indeed," Saki muttered sarcastically. "Why can't you let me be before I lose my sanity?"
"Hey that rhythms!" Kosaki exclaimed, getting all giggly once again.
"Agh, see what I mean…" Saki's head collapse onto Yukimura's shoulders.
"Hang in there," he smiled.
"Easy for you to say, you're not related to her," Saki hissed.
"I know," he smiled once again, irritating the brunette.
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"Are you okay?" Kaede asked the sullen brunette as she walked into her house this morning.
"Good morning Hiyoku-san!" Kosaki bounced happily to the young actress.
"Oh… you're here as well," she tried to smile. "Why don't we sit down for tea?"
As they got settled into their seats, a maid came and brought their tea.
"Here, drink up," Kaede passed one cup to Saki, who looked dead… literally… "It'll make you feel better."
"Where's your Obasan? Isn't this her house?" Kosaki asked, looking around the room.
"My Obasan is out today, and she'll be back later today," Kaede replied, sipping her tea.
"So what are we doing here anyways?" Kosaki asked, almost pouting. "It doesn't look like there's anything to do here."
"Secret passages," Fuji answered, smiling.
"EH? How did you know about that?" Saki exclaimed, surprised, choking on her tea.
Fuji smiled, amused as he watched the poor thirteen year old choking. "I saw the map of the Hiyoku blueprints on the way over there. Seems interesting."
Kaede nodded. "I only discover them yesterday by accident but I was afraid to go into them alone. So I thought maybe you'd come with me Mitsuawa-chan."
"Me?" Saki looked surprised for a second before her face went grave. "Remember what happened during Halloween? Wouldn't you think I was a scaredy-cat after that?"
"Well you were calm at the beginning," Yukimura pointed out and Saki glared at him. He smiled. "But anyone would be afraid if they were locked in a house with a serial killer on the loose."
"Agh," Saki banged her head against the table and they all laughed.
"Well I'm pretty sure there isn't something like that here," Kaede said. "You looked so brave… flawless… I get scared easily…"
"Did you just call her flawless," Fuji almost laughed, angering her as she turned red. She reached out over the table and stabbed his foot with her's.
"Saki-chan," Fuji smiled at her, giving her the creeps and retrieving her foot quickly.
"Onee-san is flawless," Kosaki agreed. "It's not fair!"
"Kosaki, shut up."
"But Onee-san!"
"I am NOT perfect!" Saki hissed, flustering. "If I could, and I can't believe I'm saying this but, I'd trade my very soul to be you."
"Me?" Kosaki asked, bewilder, and same with everyone else.
"Wow, I guess there's a first time for everything huh?" Fuji broke the silences.
But before Saki could fire back her respond, Kosaki spoke. "But I wanna be Onee-san! I'm not that great… I'm not as good in tennis, I'm not as pretty, I'm not as-"
"Smart for saying that," Saki finished, trying to find some sort of regret for actually helping her bratty sister out, but couldn't. "At least you have the support of Okaa-san and Otou-san. Does anything other than that matter so much to you?"
"Saki…" Yukimura began, putting a hand on her shoulder but Saki continued.
"Look, if I am 'perfect', than I hate it. If 'perfect' means being pretty, smart and all those things but not having your own parents to care for you, than I don't want to be 'perfect'. Trust me Kosaki, your life is way better than mine… okay, hold the phone! I just gave a speech that's trying to make her self-esteem raise even more than it needs too. What is wrong with me?"
They all laughed as Saki sunk down into her chair. Kosaki blushed and smiled at her twin. "Thanks Onee-san… this is the first time I ever heard you say something nice to me… I'm glad… But, you're wrong."
"The way you make it seem," Kosaki said, using a straight face. "You look like you're having fun, enjoying life. I want to be you, no matter what you say. In a way, it's funny. I want to be you and you want to be me. Sigh, god can be so cruel sometimes."
"Kosaki, you baka," Saki muttered.
"Our desires are one and the same," Kosaki chipped before she went quiet. "Entwined some how…"
"Congratulations, Kosaki's first big word of the day," Saki changed the subject.
"Hey!" Kosaki whined. "Onee-san is mean!"
"Sillies," Kaede giggled. "Come on, let's go explore!"
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"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Saki asked Kaede who was standing at the entrance to the passages.
"Well, I do have candles we could put around as we go along," Kaede suggested.
"What if there are spiders and maybe skeletons?" Kosaki pouted, clinging onto Fuji.
"Don't worry so much, it's not like you'll die in there," for some reason, Saki could have swore Fuji's smile went dark when saying that.
"Don't jinx it!" Kosaki cried.
"If you're so afraid, then wait out here," Saki snapped.
"No! I'll be alone!" her twin said in a cute voice.
Help me! Saki prayed to god and knowing god never helps her, she when on ahead into the passages without a second thought.
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"KYAA!"
"Ah! Kosaki my ear!"
"It's okay, it's okay."
"Fuji-kun!"
"Brat…" Saki grumbled, looking at the blonde as she was being embraced by her boyfriend, with tears in her eyes. "It's just a cockroach."
"But, but, that can't be a normal size for a cockroach!"
But Saki, Yukimura and Kaede were already walking away from her, completely ignoring her.
"They're mean," she wiped her tears away. "Meanies!"
"Um, Kosaki-chan," Fuji said his girlfriend's name.
But seems Kosaki didn't hear him. "Why do you all have to be like this?"
"Kosaki-chan…"
"What?" Kosaki made a face to Fuji.
"There's a spider on your shoulder," he replied.
"…" Kosaki slowly turned towards her shoulder… "AHH!"
Usually the others would just ignore it if it was just Kosaki screaming her head off but they turned around after hearing a crash.
"What happened?"
Fuji smiled. "See for yourself."
Where Kosaki sat was a hole in the wall, behind the hole, lead on further through the passages.
"Wow Kosaki, to think you were actually helpful," Saki smiled and walked into the unknown passage.
"Spi-spider," Kosaki mumbled in fear, breathing heavily.
"Its okay, it's gone now," Fuji laughed.
"Hurry up or we'll leave you two behind!"
"Please!" Kosaki begged but Fuji picked her up in a bridal style and carried her forward.
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"Hey I see something up ahead," Kaede said, spotting an old medieval type door. She reached out to open it.
"Wait! Maybe you shouldn't…" Kosaki pleased, giving her the puppy dog eyes. "What if there's dead people in there, or ghost haunting this place? Or maybe-"
"Shuddup!" Saki whacked her in the back of the head. "Open it Kaede-san."
And so she did, curious, everyone (even Kosaki), peeked in. It was just an ordinary room. It was small, with a plain looking bed on the corner and a desk beside it. It doesn't look like anyone has been in it… for a very long time… Shivers went through everyone's spine.
"Nice," Fuji smiled his Fuji smile and walked in.
"Fuji-kun!"
"Don't be such a baby," Saki said, dragging her in. She looked around. "Doesn't look like there's anything interesting here."
"Hey, look at this!" Kaede exclaimed, holding up a baby pink notebook that was covered in dust from lack of use.
Soon everyone gathered as she flips through the pages.
"Looks like a diary," Yukimura spoke, looking at the dates on top of each page.
"Who ever this person is, she's sounds really…" Saki paused, looking for the right word. "… emo…"
"Emo?" They just stared at her.
"What?" Saki frowned, looking at one entry.
April 17, 1987
Why must it be? I don't understand! Something so horrible as this, and he doesn't even care! What have I done wrong to deserve this? I pray every single day to god… yet it seems he does not hear my prayer.
He is everything to me… please… let this be a nightmare… please…
"1988? That's not very long ago, about sixteen years," Yukimura said as Kaede flip to the cover and whip off the dust.
"Huh?" Kaede looked surprised at the name; Hiyoku Atsuko. "Obasan's diary?"
"Seriously?!" Saki grabbed the diary and flip to another page.
August 6, 1986
I can't believe it! He asked me out! Oh this has to be a dream! Someone so charming and wonderful as him! Can it really be? He and I? Together forever? Only god will decide our fate… and hopefully… he'll be on my side…
"Who is 'he'? Obasan isn't married, so I guess it didn't so too well…" Kaede trailed off before grabbing the diary back and flipping a few pages after the first one they read.
November 30, 1987
It has happened, after so long together… and he didn't even fight back! Does he really love me? Or am I just another play thing to him?
I don't care! If he won't fight back, then I will!
"Keep going," Kosaki urged. "This is like a really good dramatic book, expect, this isn't fiction."
February 14, 1988
Valentines day, the day of love. I tried to give him some of my homemade chocolates like I always do… but he rejected them. He told me to "go away and never come back" but I'll never do that. Love will make you do crazy things… I will keep trying… till the day I die…
"This isn't like Obasan at all! I've never seen her date or gossip about guys or anything," Kaede cried. "She stays away from them… is this… why?"
July 9, 1988
What have I done? I can't believe it. This is what I want… isn't it? But why do I regret it? He isn't talking to me, he's ignoring me… and she out of all people told me off. If I've known he would never talk to me again after that… I wouldn't have… Oh I'm such an idiot. I wish I was never born!
"This is so confusing, what has she done? Did she win the 'fight' or whatever it is?" Saki sighed.
"Maybe she did," Fuji replied. "Love itself is crazy."
"Excuse me?"
"Nothing."
Saki sighed and took the diary, staring at it.
"Obasan always seemed happy…" Kaede trailed off, sitting on the bed. "Oh Obasan…"
"She got dumped and now she's being all depress? Interesting," Fuji said.
"Not helping," hissed Saki, curiously flipping to the last page while everyone was with Kaede. At that moment, Saki's eyes widen and she dropped the diary. "Oh my god… holy…"
"Saki, what's wrong," Yukimura rushed to her side immediately as her eyes show terror.
"T-the la-last pa-page…" she stuttered, clinging onto Yukimura.
"The last page?" Everyone started at the diary on the ground as Kaede picked it up and flip to the last page. At one glance, Kaede, too, dropped it in horror but Fuji caught it.
"Is it that bad?" Fuji asked, almost happy.
"It-it's," both girls quickly nodded as he flipped to the last page.
Fuji smiled. "Oh so that's it."
"Why aren't you freaking out!? You and your stupid poker face!" Saki shouted.
"It's just blood," he said.
"BLOOD?!?!" Kosaki cried.
"Yeah, the last entry, it's written in blood," Fuji replied like it's the more normal thing ever.
Kosaki paled. "Wri-writt-en in-"
"Blood," he finished and his girlfriend fainted. "And the last word trailed off the page too…"
Ignoring Kosaki, Saki spoke as she regains her calm self. "What does it say…?"
Fuji smiled, his sadist smile of course and read.
March 20, 1989
I'm scared. Someone, anyone please, wake me from this nightmare. I can't take it anymore. It hurts, the pain… By sunrise… my life will be over…
I regret it… everything that has happened… I hate my life! AH! Why won't the pain stop?! You have crushed me in anyway possible! Isn't that enough?! You've won okay? Please, make the pain stop!
I don't want to die… the doctors said my chance of survival is very low… and it's my fault… if only… I've never gone to love him in the first place… maybe… just maybe I wouldn't have to die… as I glaze at my last twilight…
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Akisame: Review?
Next chapter: What could this entry mean? Atsuko is alive… right? Comforting Atsuko herself wouldn't be the best idea… so that leaves her parents to reveal the truth… Next chapter: Snow