(A/N: I'm attempting the unthinkable. As to why I made this…it just sounded cool to try. Just take it as something different from all the romance/drama stories that have been out there in the PoT universe lately. I blame my insanity on being stuck in a college apt all summer with no car, taking 2 sessions of summer school w/ research, and no vacation. Warning: Random cameos will occur at leisure and implied pairings will most likely appear since the creator seems to like to hint at that. I have tried my best to stay in-character, given the situation.)
Disclaimer: Konomi Takeshi owns the rights to Tenipuri/PoT. Any crazy characters I bring in I sadly admit I hold responsibility for.
Timeline: I guess you could say AU. Inui is not a regular in this story, but that doesn't mean he won't be important insert evil grin.
All I can say is…it was a creative idea meant for enjoyment ^_^.
"Once upon a time…"
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"Ryoma!" The author rubs her head. "Why'd you do that? I'm trying to start the story!"
"This is not a fairy tale!" Ryoma gives the author an evil look while holding a large paper fan in his hand.
"It isn't? The author looks back at Ryoma with confusion.
Ryoma sighs. "Mada mada dane…"
Title: A Not So Normal Adventure
Genre: Humor/Fantasy
Somewhere in Japan, there was a school located in the midst of Tokyo called Seishun Gakuen Middle School (aka: Seigaku). For six days a week, boys and girls would frolic to school for an education and then attend various club meetings in the afternoon after school has ended.
Seigaku was well known for having an outstanding boy's tennis team. The captain of the team, Tezuka Kunimitsu, was a 3rd year tennis player with exceptional skills and has never been defeated (till Atobe came around, but let's not worry about that). This year, a student named Echizen Ryoma came and proved to have the skills to make it as the first 1st year regular in Seishun Gakuen's history. Along with Oishi Syuichiroh, Fuji Syusuke, Kikumaru Eiji, Kawamura Takashi, Kaidoh Kaoru, and Momoshiro Takeshi, the 8 Seigaku regulars would help lead the boy's tennis team all the way to their goal: The Nationals.
This is not one of those stories…for something goes mistakenly wrong.
Chapter 1: And so…our journey begins.
"Last lap!" Tezuka yelled as the Seigaku regulars ran around the tennis courts frantically for one last time. It was the beginning of another day for the boy's tennis practice in the afternoon. As usual, all the team members had to run plenty of laps around the tennis courts to keep themselves in shape and boost their stamina. Those that failed to keep up would have to face the wrath of Inui's newest creation. Everyone did fine during the first 10 or so laps. Soon, the 1st years would stumble and loud screams of agony and pain could be heard from the other side of Tokyo. Interestingly, the screams would cause the rest of the members to run even faster for they too did not want to suffer the same fate. Eventually, the 2nd and 3rd year members would slow down and screams of torture and suffering could be heard once again. By the time the last lap rolled around, the Seigaku regulars were the only ones that were still standing.
"You all know what will be waiting for the last one." Inui said with an evil grin as his glasses flashed in the bright sunlight. Behind his back, he whipped out a large pitcher of what happened to be a frothy, bubbling, purple liquid. The smell was so noxious that some of the 1st years closest to Inui fainted. Others screamed that their skin and eyes were burning from the caustic stench. The members trembled in fear and felt that maybe…the cup of hideous stuff they were forced to drink wasn't so bad.
The Seigaku regulars cringed at the site of the pitcher as they ran by. All of them pushed and shoved to make sure that they were not the last. Momoshiro and Kaidoh were viciously attacking each other as they ran side by side. Fuji continued to smile and wonder which of the regulars he would get to see suffer. None of them liked that idea. He asked Tezuka if he would join him for the drink and in response, Tezuka ran faster and further away from Fuji. Everyone else continued to run as fast as they could. Ryoma decided to cause some havoc by grabbing a hold of a tennis racket nearby and casually placed it into Kawamura's hand. Kawamura burned up and slammed his way through the crowd of regulars, giving Ryoma a runway to the front of the pack.
On the other side of the court, all of the members were waiting nervously wondering which regular would come in last. Inui looked at his stopwatch. "34 seconds" He responded. Besides not being last, all of them would have to finish the lap within a minute. If not, they'd have to sample his newest creation, which would give Inui plenty of 'new data'. Horio looked on and wondered who would be the first to round the last corner of the tennis court.
All the regulars were in a dead heat as they were nearing the last corner. As they were getting near, a bright flash of light in the sky nearly blinded all the regulars. "What the…?!" All of them exclaimed. Suddenly, the ground beneath them began to sink, almost as if they stepped into a pile of quick sand. None of the regulars had a chance to say any last words before they quickly disappeared into the unknown darkness below. The hole vanished and the ground returned back to normal.
Ryuzaki-sensei and the rest of the members also saw the bright flash of light and closed their eyes. As the flash died away, all of the members looked around wondering what had happened. Horio then noticed that the Seigaku regulars had not come around from the last corner of the tennis court. "Huh?" He turned his head all around looking with confusion. "Where did the regulars go?" Horio then ran to the corner as to where the regulars were to come from and noticed that none of them were present.
Inui looked at his stopwatch again. " 1 minute and 10 seconds." He looked up and turned to Ryuzaki-sensei, who had a perplexed look on her face. "Sensei, where did everyone go?" She gave him a frustrated look as an angry mark was beginning to show on the side of her forehead. "Does it look like I know?!"
Horio still stood in confusion. Then an idea popped into his head. "Ah! Maybe they got scared of Inui's newest concoction and ran away!" He nodded his head as if he were a genius with his two years tennis experience. Everyone looked at him with an empty look.
However, all were thinking the same thing: "Where exactly did the Seigaku regulars go?"
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First there was darkness, then there was light. All of the Seigaku regulars closed their eyes as they were swept into the bright light that enclosed around them. Upon opening their eyes again, the regulars noticed that they could see below them a vast land covered with lushes of trees and bright green plains. A large snow covered mountain could be seen in the distance and various pools of water were scattered across the land. All of them at the moment were astonished that they were somehow floating in the blue sky speckled with white fluffy clouds.
Wait…they weren't floating. They were now falling towards the ground. Upon realizing the situation they were in, loud screams could now be heard.
"What the hell is going on?!" Momoshiro yelled as he and everyone else were falling with increasing speed.
"You think I know?! It's not everyday something like this happens!" Ryoma screamed back.
"Where in the world are we?!" Eiji yelled. He looked around and noticed that the Seigaku regulars were the only ones present. "Maybe we did something bad and this is our punishment!" Eiji clasped his hands together and began to pray. "Please Kami-sama…I'm not ready to die! I promise I won't tease anyone again! I promise I won't whine at Nee-san for using my favorite toothpaste…"
"Waaaaahhhhhh!" Kawamura screamed as he frantically grabbed the air. "I don't want to die! Someone save me!"
"How do you expect anyone to save you when we're all in the same situation?!" Kaidoh replied with a not-so-calm look in the face.
While most of them were in the midst of screaming and yelling, only Fuji, Tezuka, and Oishi had somehow remained calm in the awkward situation they were in. They had the same thoughts going on in their heads: "What in the world is going on?"
Perhaps they thought it was a bad dream that they would somehow wake up to once they hit the ground. As they got closer to the land, a mighty wind breezed towards them and slowed down their fall. However, that wasn't enough to stop the Seigaku regulars from crashing into the trees down below. Loud cracks of the branches were heard as the regulars tumbled through. Birds scattered and flew away from the area as they tried to avoid the large objects that had smashed through their territory. Besides damaging a few trees and bird's nests in the process, the Seigaku regulars had somehow made it to the ground in one piece.
"Itaiyo…" Ryoma exclaimed as he rubbed his head and opened his eyes. He glanced around and noticed that he was in the middle of a vastly huge forest surrounded by numerous trees. He looked above and could see pieces of the blue sky through the top leaves. "Where did everyone go? Momo-sempai?" Ryoma called as he scanned the area.
"Right…here..." A voice mumbled very slowly. Ryoma looked down and noticed that he had fallen smack on top of Momoshiro. He laid smack on the ground front first. Ryoma didn't notice that he was sitting on his back. "Could you get off me Echizen? You weigh a ton and my back is killing me!"
"Aa…that was probably why I don't ache all over." Ryoma said with a smirk. He got off Momoshiro and helped him get up. Momoshiro stretched and rubbed his back. "I'm amazed that none of us got killed from falling at that height." Momoshiro replied as he looked up at the sky. "Speaking of which…we should find everyone else to see if they're alright." Both Momoshiro and Ryoma ran off to meet everyone else.
Eventually, all 8 of the Seigaku regulars were gathered together. Most of them ached with scratches and bruises from falling, but luckily none of them were seriously hurt. That however wasn't what was on their mind. All of them were more concerned with how one minute they were back at school running around the tennis courts, yet in the next minute somehow ended up in a vast forest.
"Well…we all seem to be in an interesting situation." Fuji said as he pondered and looked around at the surroundings.
"We're not in Seigaku anymore that's for sure." Kaidoh hissed.
"You just realized that now baka mamushi!" Momoshiro yelled. Both of them started to growl and give each other evil stares.
"Hey you two calm down." Oishi replied. Arguments now were not needed due to the situation they were all in. "In the meantime, let's figure out where we are and what we should do." All of the Seigaku regulars sat around wondering what to do. The thing is…what exactly could any of them do?
"Hey you there!"
All the Seigaku regulars looked up to see who or what said that response. They all looked around and at each other, realizing that none of them were the one's talking.
"Over here!"
They continued to look around and were starting to get frustrated since they couldn't figure out where the voice was coming from.
"LOOK OVER HERE YOU STUPID GUYS!"
All the regulars looked towards the same direction. Instead of seeing a figure appear before them, a small fairy about the size of a cell phone was fluttering. The fairy was wearing a bright pink frilly dress and carried a star shaped wand in her hand. As the regulars looked at the little fairy, smirks began to appear on most of the regulars faces. Soon they all burst out laughing (well…except for Tezuka. Nothing really amuses him). "What's so funny?" The fairy asked curiously since she wasn't sure what caused the commotion.
Momoshiro tried his best to talk as he pointed his finger at the fairy. "You…you look like Ryuzaki-sensei!" He bawled out laughing again. The little fairy in front of them had the facial appearance of Ryuzaki-sensei. In a way, it looked like a chibified version of Ryuzaki-sensei posing as the pixie fairy. "Oh lord, I think we totally lost it! Who would have thought a fairy would look like the old hag?"
The fairy got a frustrated mark on her forehead and she smacked Momoshiro in the head with her wand. "Baka! Is this how you respect your elders?! You all should be glad I managed to save you from becoming a pancake!" Momoshiro rubbed his head. "Itai…she even hits like Ryuzaki-sensei."
The fairy then coughed a few times. "Anyways, where was I? Ah yes! Looking at your appearances, you seem to be from another world." She took a look at all the Seigaku regulars, who were in their tennis uniforms. A frown of confusion then appeared on her face. "However, I could have sworn I summoned for a trio of girls from Tokyo to help save our world. Ah well…I guess you guys will do."
"Wait a sec." Tezuka spoke in his serious expressionless manner. "What do you mean by a trio of girls and saving this world?" The fairy flew towards Tezuka. "This land will be in danger soon and I was suppose to summon a group of girls from another world to help us."
"Um…where exactly are we fairy?" Momoshiro questioned, given that none of them knew where they were.
"People from another world, you are in a land known as…Tenipuri."
All the Seigaku regulars had blank stares in their faces. Not only were they in another world, it was a place with a very weird name.
"Right…" Ryoma replied with a sarcastic emphasis.
"Hold on!" Oishi walked towards the fairy. "You said something about summoning some girls from Tokyo. If that's the case, why did all of us end up here?"
The fairy took out a large manual from her pocket and began flipping through the pages. She began mumbling some words like "wasn't this the page?" and "was it I before E?" She suddenly stopped on a specific page in the manual and a crimson red blush of embarrassment appeared on her face. "Somehow, I guess I mixed up the summoning procedure and ended up with you guys." The fairy began to laugh maniacally at her mistake. None of the regulars joined in the laughter, for they weren't happy about what had happened.
"Che…how annoying." Kaidoh responded. "Anyways fairy, just fix the mix up and send us back to our world. I have better things to do then lounge around here."
"Um…there is one problem with that." The fairy answered back tentatively. "Summoning takes up a lot of magical powers and well…I don't have enough power to send you guys back home. So…you guys are stuck here for now!"
All of the regulars stood silent upon hearing that.
"Um…you're kidding…right?" Eiji replied with a forced laugh. "This is just a joke and we're all going to wake up soon. Can someone pinch me please?" Oishi went over and pinched Eiji in the arm in hopes that this was all a dream. "Itai! That hurt." Eiji rubbed his arm. He looked around and noticed that none of the situation had changed. He was still in a forest with the Seigaku regulars and a little fairy that looked like Ryuzaki-sensei. His face started to become pale and he would have fainted to the ground if Oishi hadn't been nearby him to catch him.
"Exactly how long are we stuck here?" Oishi asked curiously as he attempted to try wake Eiji up.
"My magical powers are weak now. If you guys help me with my mission, I should be able to gain enough power to send you all back home." The fairy replied.
"How long will it take to complete your mission?" Fuji asked.
"Hm…I really have no clue. It could take a day, perhaps a week, or maybe even longer."
"OH NO!" Kawamura yelled in a panic. "We're all stuck here for that long? What about our family and friends? They're all going to be worried sick and wonder where the hell did we go?"
"This is bad." Fuji said with a frown. "Yuuta-kun was finally coming home tonight and I was hoping to spend some quality time with him."
"I can't be stuck here! The series finale of Hello Kitty ends tonight! I've been waiting all week to find out whether Hello Kitty finds Keroppi's missing friend!" Everyone looked at Kaidoh with a sweatdrop. They didn't even want to question that nor wonder why the hell he brought that up.
"Mada mada…" Everyone then turned to look at Ryoma, who was leaning next to a tree nearby all relaxed. "If the fastest way to get home is to complete the mission, then lets just get this over with as quick as we can."
All of the regulars nodded in agreement. "Echizen is right." Oishi replied. "There's no use for us to complain now since nothing can be done."
Tezuka then turned to the fairy. "Ryuzaki-sensei…" The fairy just stood in confusion. "Ryuzaki-sensei? What a weird name to call me. Ah! I forgot to introduce myself. I am the fairy known as Sumire." The fairy did a little curtsey.
"Fairy Sumire. What do we need to do to complete the mission to get us back home?" Tezuka asked taking the situation seriously. Besides the idea of talking to a fairy, he too wanted to get this over with and return home. The next tennis match in the Tokyo Prefecturals was coming up and he didn't want to forfeit the match and give up Seigaku's chance at making it to the Nationals.
Sumire dug into the pocket of her dress and pulled out a large piece of paper. "I need you guys to fetch me these things." Tezuka picked up the sheet and everyone stood behind him to read what was on it.
Everyone stood in silence again.
"For crying out loud…you're sending us on a scavenger hunt!" Momoshiro yelled at fairy Sumire. "I thought this was some mission to save a hot princess! If that's the case, go find them yourself!" Fairy Sumire then smacked Momoshiro again on the head. "Baka! You think I can just carry these things with my puny size?! I need some people to help me obtain them!" Sumire then coughed and continued with her explanation. "Anyways, these items possess various magical powers that if they end up in the wrong hands could destroy the world. I need you guys to hurry quickly for someone else is also looking for them."
"Sumire-san, where exactly do we go to obtain these items?" Fuji asked with a curious smile. "None of us know the area well so how do you expect us to find these quickly?"
Sumire scratched her head. "Hm…I guess you're right. I will then provide you with a sidekick to help guide you on your journey." The fairy waved her wand up several times and chanted a few words. With a twist of her wrist, a small creature about 2 feet tall appeared near the Seigaku regular's feet. The creature was white and furry with ears like a rabbit. As the regulars looked at the creature, another burst of laughter occurred. The creature before them looked like a chibi-Inui in a rabbit costume. In one of his hands he held a small data notebook and in the other a ballpoint pen. "Hm…I wonder what is so funny?" The fairy thought. "This creature's name is Inuki and will provide you with extensive data on the land that will help you complete your mission."
Fairy Sumire then noticed that only one of them was paying attention. Ryoma, Momoshiro, Eiji, and Oishi were on the ground laughing at the sight of 'Inuki'. Kaidoh, Fuji, and Kawamura were poking and petting Inuki wondering if it was real. Inuki wasn't thrilled with the prodding and started to run away with the three guys following. Tezuka, in the middle of the chaos, was the only one paying attention to her words. Fairy Sumire sighed and flew towards Tezuka, who seemed to be the one taking this seriously. "I leave the mission up to you."
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In the far off realms of Tenipuri, an evil wizard was looking through a magical mirror observing the situation that had unfolded. As to how he was able to look with his eyes closed, no one really knows. "Oh my, oh my…I can't let fairy Sumire foil my plans." The evil Banji, lord of the Yamabukians, was also looking for the items Sumire wanted to possess. He turned around and called forth some of his henchmen. Two guys appeared before him within the shadows of the gloomy castle. "Jimmies…" The evil Banji replied with a smile. "I have a job for you…"
Should I even ask for a TBC? (ROFL)
(A/N: Oh dear…I don't know why I wrote this (Actually, I think it was due to all those crazy chibi episodes) XD. This was just a creative idea that came about at the spur of the moment. My goal is to add all of the characters(rivals) in at some point later on. Hehe,..any suggestions or comments? I can sense comments as to why the hell this was written. Any reason to continue? Should I burn this piece of crap? Save me. If you managed to read this far, you might as well leave a comment or opinion. As always, it was something new to try out. XD.)
