(A/N: Here comes another chapter! Time to bring back all the Seigaku regulars! Episode 71 was one of my favorites and yes part of this chapter will be a play off of it. There are some silly jokes, but just remember…this is rated G (if you think its really bad I'll change it to PG)! Thanks once again for sending reviews (Tsubame Gaeshi, Jen-chan). Thank you everyone for reading. You've given me the motivation to get this far.)
Disclaimer: And for the 6th time…all rights to PoT/Tenipuri belong to Konomi Takeshi. I own Reiko and any made up characters I choose to bring in.
Chapter 6: Phone Mayhem
It's a nice bright mid afternoon Sunday (still the same day as the 2 previous chapters). Two figures with tennis bags are seen walking out of a racket shop. They are both wearing casual clothing since there was no school today. One of them has red hair and has a cheerful smile with a white bandage on the right side of his face, while the other has light brown hair with long side burns.
"Thanks for coming to the racket shop with me Eiji. My strings needed to be restrung since they became loose from all the power shots I've been hitting."
"No Problem Taka-san. My racket needed to get a new grip. Plus, it's also nice to hang out with friends on a non-school day." Eiji looked at the time. "Do you have any other plans today?"
"Not for now. My dad doesn't need me to help out at the restaurant till the evening so I'm free till then."
"If that's the case…want to go play some tennis?"
"Sounds good. I could test out my new strings."
"Alright then I guess we…." Suddenly Eiji's cell phone rang. "Eh? I wonder who would be calling me at this time." Eiji picked up his phone. "Moshi moshi?"
"Kikumaru? This is Inui."
"Hey Inui. What's up?"
"It's a date."
"Nani?"
"Remember how in practice Oishi was acting weird and it was concluded because of a girl? I've just recently followed him from the street tennis courts and he's walking to a café with some girl. He's going to treat her."
"Eh??? Since when did Oishi get a girlfriend? I thought he was always shy with girls. I can't believe he didn't even tell his doubles partner! So who's the lucky girl? Do we know her?"
Inui flipped through his notebook. "That I'm not sure about. I've looked at the data from all the girls in his fan club and none of the descriptions match. She could be from another school or possibly new around here. It usually takes me a week or two to gather data on newcomers."
"Oh is that so? Can you give me a description of her? Is she cute?"
"Let's see. She's cute, about 160cm tall, long black hair that goes about mid-back which is tied back in a ponytail, dark brown eyes, fair skin, and has a very sweet voice. I must say Oishi made a pretty good choice."
"Hm…that description sounds like Reiko-chan."
"Reiko-chan? Who's that?"
"She's a new girl in our class that transferred in last week."
A very long pause in the conversation occurred.
"Eh! That might be Reiko-chan!" Eiji exclaimed. "Inui, where are you now?"
"They recently went into the café located near the intersection with the Asahiya bookstore and the French bakery, the one that recently opened up last week."
"Okay…keep a watch on them till I come by. Taka-san is with me so we'll meet up over there. See you then." Eiji hung up his cell phone. "Taka-san let's go."
"But Eiji…what about playing tennis."
"Forget tennis! This is more important!" Eiji grabbed Kawamura's hand and ran down the street towards the café.
After Eiji hung up, Inui proceeded to make a few more calls. He called Ryoma's house first. His mom answered the phone and said he was out. Inui then called Momo's cell phone. The phone rang, but Momoshiro had left his cell phone on silent.
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Even if Momoshiro's cell phone wasn't on silent, he was quite occupied at the time…
A large frustrated look stood upon Momoshiro's face. "Of all possible chances…"
Kamio also had a frustrated look. "Why of all combinations…"
"How the hell did I get paired up with you again!?" Both yelled at each other.
Everyone at the street tennis courts had decided to pull straws again to determine pairings for a match. Ironically, Kamio and Momoshiro were paired up. On the other side, Fuji Yuuta and Ryoma were paired up. Yanagizawa, Shinji, and Ann were sitting on the benches and Mizuki was refereeing the game.
"This sucks." Yuuta was standing near the net. "I was hoping I could play a match against Echizen."
Ryoma bounced the ball a few times. "Here I go." Ryoma tossed the ball up and served.
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Inui then called up some other people.
"Moshi moshi?"
"Ah Tezuka? This is Inui."
"What is it Inui?"
Inui told Tezuka about the whole situation. "…and that's the gist of it. So what do you think Tezuka? Want to go follow…" BEEP BEEP.
Inui looked at his phone. "He hung up…" (XD)
Eiji and Kawamura meet up with Inui right after. They were both breathing hard for running by so fast. All three of them stood at the street on the opposite side of the café. From a distance, Eiji was able to see through the glass that looked into the café. He was able to see Oishi and from the opposite side of him he saw a girl, which Eiji distinctly recognized.
"That bastard!" Eiji exclaimed. "Since when did he get the advantage on Reiko-chan? And why couldn't he tell me about it? I just want to go over there and ask him how he could keep things from me!"
"Calm down Eiji." Kawamura tried to do his best to lower Eiji's frustration. "Oishi probably had a reason for this. Let's be patient for now and you can ask him later."
Still…Eiji was watching the two sitting there talking cheerfully to each other. Oishi was one of his best friends, but for Oishi not to tell him about this really hurt him deeply. The three of them were waiting around wondering what they should do when they saw Fuji come out of the bookstore right next to them.
"Hey Fuji!" Eiji exclaimed.
Fuji turned and saw Inui, Kawamura, and Eiji. "Hey guys. What are you doing here?"
Eiji ran up to him. "Fuji! Oishi is dating Reiko-chan! Can you believe this? He never told me about having a girlfriend! When did he hook up with her? How could he do this to me!" Eiji pouted.
"Reiko-san?" Eiji pointed at the window of the café. Fuji looked and saw Oishi with Reiko. A large smile came upon his face. "Hm…this could be interesting."
"By the way Fuji…what are you doing here?" Taka-san asked noticing Fuji was carrying a bag.
"Oh, my Nee-san wanted me to pick up some things for her. I just picked up the latest book on a novel she's reading."
"Do you need to head back?"
Fuji shook his head. "I'm sure Nee-san can wait. Besides…" Fuji looked back at the café. "I would like to see what happens."
Inui was still calling other people.
"Inui! How many more people do you need to call?" Eiji wailed.
"Just one more…" The phone on the other side began to ring.
"Hai. This is Kaidoh."
"Kaidoh? This is Inui."
"Oh. What's up Inui-sempai?"
"We are following Oishi and a girl named Reiko, who we assume is his new girlfriend and they're going on a date. I was wondering if you wanted to come by with us to go follow them and get some information on the two. So is that a yes?"
Inui suddenly heard Kaidoh scream on the other side and the phone hung up. "What was that about?"
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We bring you a little break right now…
If you were wondering why Kaidoh screamed, lets take you to his side of the phone conversation.
Kaidoh was doing his routine jog when Inui called his cell phone. Kaidoh picked it up and listened to what Inui had to say. It just so happened that when Inui was talking, there were loud ambulances, police cars, and fire trucks running down the street to help out in a nearby accident on Kaidoh's side. The loud noises blurred out part of the conversation. This is what Kaidoh actually heard:
We are **************** going on a date. I was wondering if you wanted ***************** to get some **********. So is that a yes?
End of conversation. (A/N: I think that scene from episode 71 was the largest implication of YAOI I have ever found in PoT. What was Konomi Takeshi thinking??? LOL)
Anyways…now that we cleared that up, lets go back to the story!
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"Well…I guess Kaidoh isn't coming." Inui shoved the phone back into his pocket.
"So what should we do now?" Kawamura asked.
"We could follow them. They just left the café." Fuji pointed at Oishi and Reiko leaving the café.
"Then let's go!" Eiji exclaimed. The four of them: Eiji, Kawamura, Inui, and Fuji all followed a distance away.
"It seems like they're talking about something. Kikumaru, can you hear what they're saying?"
Eiji, known for having very keen senses, tried his best to listen in on their conversation. He missed some of the beginning, but was able to hear everything afterwards:
"Rei-chan…I didn't think you'd remember that promise."
"Of course not Syu-kun! How could I forget something like that!"
"That's true…considering I remembered your promise. Do you want to go do it now?"
"Sure thing." Reiko slapped her tennis bag. "I even brought 'it' along."
"Oh really? I didn't think you'd bring that along." Oishi patted his tennis bag. "I even brought 'it' as well."
"Eh? So you were planning on doing this today anyways!"
Oishi scratched his head and blushed a little. "I guess great minds think alike."
"Haha…that's true. Do you know any good places nearby?"
"There's one not too far from here."
"I'm getting kind of nervous though. I have to admit I haven't done this is quite a while."
"Need me to give you some tips?" Oishi said with a smirk.
"Tips from you? That would be embarrassing! I don't think I'm that bad! Besides…I have a few impressive tricks I can show you."
"I can't wait to see." Oishi said with a smile.
"And I can't wait to see what you'll show me." Reiko smiled back.
Both continued walking towards their destination.
(A/N: For crying out loud this is G rated! XD)
"Eiji…why is your face all red?" Kawamura noticed that Eiji had turned so red that his hair and face were the same color.
"Oh my gosh….Oishi…how could you?" Eiji said in disbelief. It was true he didn't know Reiko that well…but Oishi?
"What were they talking about Eiji?" Eiji whispered into Fuji's ear. Fuji just nodded and listened. Suddenly, his blue eyes widened really large. "Wow…this is quite interesting. I never would expect Oishi to do that."
"Tell me Eiji." Eiji whispered into Kawamura's ear. Suddenly, his face turned as red as Eiji's. "Eh? Are you sure? Oishi wouldn't do something like that!"
Inui who had also listened to what Eiji just said was busy writing in his notebook. "Who would have thought the 'Mother of Seigaku' would do something like this. From data collected on Oishi, there would be a 0.000001% chance that he would attempt something like that. Then again, I don't have any data on Oishi having a girlfriend so anything could happen. I must say he's quite bold and daring. This will be very interesting data. " Inui then took out his cell phone and made another call.
"Moshi moshi?"
"Tezuka? This is Inui."
Inui told Tezuka about the conversation Eiji just mentioned. "So what should we do Te…" BEEP BEEP. Inui looked at his phone. "He hung up…"
"Guys! We have to stop them! They're making a terrible mistake they might regret!" Eiji exclaimed. He was scared for the worst and didn't want to think about what was going to happen between the girl he had a crush on and one of his best friends. (A/N: If I were in Eiji's position and thinking the same way, I would probably be freaked as well. LOL)
"In the mean time, let's just follow them and see where they go." Inui replied fixing his glasses. "If something bad happens, we could always intervene."
"Good idea Inui. Let's keep following them." Fuji and the rest of them continued to follow Oishi and Reiko.
To be cont.
(A/N: So what exactly were they talking about and what is Eiji thinking??? Please remember that they are only junior high students and this is a G rated fanfic! If I were thinking the worst I would have made this PG-13/R (LOL). Besides, we all know Oishi wouldn't do something like that! He's too sweet and caring! Here's a hint though, Oishi is good at something (no not that! I just said this is a G rated fanfic! XD) Hehe…anyways please give a review on what you think. Is the story interesting? Does it drag on? I'm hoping it's interesting. Thanks for reading!)
Preview: Find out what Oishi and Reiko need to settle. Reiko gets in a pinch and saves Oishi?