Spy Games

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Ego Trip: Sorry it took so long for me to update my story. I've been having a whole gruelling week of exams that simply took too much energy to prepare for and sit for. Anyway, hope you'll like this chapter as well and don't forget to review!

Disclaimer: Prince of Tennis characters are not mine…

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Groan

"What the hell? Where am…" mumbled Tezuka groggily as he struggled to make heads and tails out of what had just happened. As he moved slightly, his head began to throb painfully, causing him to wince inwardly. The pain seemed to bring everything back into focus and his memory came flooding back to his mind. The note from "Inui"… the storage room… Ryoma… blank…

Looking around, Tezuka saw that Inui and Kaidoh were still unconscious and of absolutely no help to him. 'When I get out of here, I'm going to KILL those two idiots!' thought Tezuka in fury. 'How dare they do this to me!' he continued as he struggled to free his hands from the knots. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed a piece of notepaper stuck to the wall in front of him. Squinting slightly, he vaguely made out Momoshiro's untidy scrawl.

To my dearest Tezuka-senpai,

Forgive me for the dastardly deed of harming your royal head,

I fully understand from now on you will want to see me dead.

I understand hell hath no fury like a scorned Tezuka,

However, I must plea you kill me after little Ryoma.

For we have made a bet on who will be the first to die,

My entire life's savings I have bet that it must not be I.

Oh please spare my life, Oh great leader of our kind.

It's actually your own fault you're in such a tight bind.

Why our boss ordered your capture we know not,

But we're just following whatever stupid orders we've got.

Think hard and maybe you'll figure out the reason why,

You've managed to become the thorn in Tenkawa's eye.

In case you woke up in a hurry,

We've left in such a great flurry,

Having no wish to face your fury.

Did I mention we're really sorry?

Yours truly,

Momoshiro and Ryoma [Ryoma: I had nothing to do with this]

Ps, we really couldn't figure out why Tenkawa wanted you and those two out of the way, but still an order's an order. By the way, I had nothing to do with the writing of this note. (Ryoma)

[A/N: I also have no idea where that came from! Blame it on exam stress]

Reading the note did nothing but increase the pain in Tezuka's head. Swearing that Momoshiro would die a slow and painful death, Tezuka finally managed to loosen the knots enough to slip his hands out. Even in his slightly incapacitated state, something Ryoma mentioned stuck in his head. 'Why would Tenkawa order them to capture him, Inui and Kaidoh?'

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In the courtyard

"Thank you for the drink Tenkawa-senpai," said Fuji as he sipped on the cup of coffee Tenkawa had brought over. "No problem. You seemed kind off lonely sitting here all by yourself so I thought you might like some company. It's such a hot day I thought you might like something to drink. Are you waiting for someone?" asked Tenkawa while sipping on his own cup of tea. "Actually I'm waiting for Tezuka, he suddenly had something to attend to," replied Fuji with a sweet smile, failing to notice the dark look that passed over Tenkawa's face at the mention of Tezuka.

Suddenly, Fuji felt lightheaded, dizzy, as if the world was slowly spinning around him. Blinking rapidly and shaking his head trying to dispel the queasy feeling inside him, Fuji began to feel really uncomfortable. If he hadn't been so busy trying to stop his world from dancing circles around him, Fuji might have noticed the look of triumph that flashed in Tenkawa's eyes. "Fuji-kun, are you ok? You're looking ill," enquired Tenkawa in concern. "Oh it's nothin…" Fuji managed before he fainted dead away.

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Groan

"Where am I? Ow head… hurts…" murmured Fuji as he awoke to find himself alone in a dark room, lying on an unfamiliar bed. All he could remember was sitting in the courtyard drinking coffee with Tenkawa-senpai and then the world started spinning… Getting scared, Fuji looked around the large room to find nothing familiar. Where in the world was he? Where was Tezuka? How did he get here? Who…

Fuji's thoughts were interrupted when the massive oak door opened and Tenkawa entered the room. Feeling bewildered and slightly out of sorts, Fuji could only welcome the familiar face. "Tenkawa-senpai, I'm so glad to see you! Where am I? How did I get here? I think I should be going, Tezuka will worry if…" Fuji said before being cut off when Tenkawa came towards him and sat down on the bed right beside him.

"There's no rush to go Fuji-kun, why don't you stay a while more…" Tenkawa murmured as he leaned closer towards Fuji, reaching out to twirl a lock of Fuji's soft brown hair between his fingers. Shocked by Tenkawa's actions, Fuji could only reflexively move away from Tenkawa who reacted by shifting even closer, until Fuji felt the headboard of the bed against his back. Panic exploded in Fuji's mind, as he realised something wasn't right here, Tenkawa-senpai was acting much too weirdly.

Forcing a smile and frantically trying to figure out how to get out of this situation, Fuji said, " Tenkawa-senpai, I really must get goin…" He never got to complete his sentence as Tenkawa suddenly leaned in and pressed his lips onto Fuji's. Panic shot through every nerve in Fuji's body as he tried to push Tenkawa away. However he was physically no match for the bigger boy and even as he struggled, Tenkawa was already moving on, his hands moving towards Fuji's body. When finally Fuji managed to push Tenkawa away, there was fear and bewilderment in his beautiful blue eyes as he desperately tried to fend of Tenkawa's advances.

"No point fighting it Fuji, we're at my family's estate in the middle of nowhere, no one can come rescue you now, not even your darling Tezuka, I'm going to make you mine now," whispered Tenkawa with a maniacal grin on his face and a wild gleam in his eye.

"No, please no… Let me go please," pleaded Fuji, shaking with fear. Desperately looking around for an escape path, he could find none, even the scenery outside the window was completely foreign to him. What would become of him? Who could rescue him? "Tezuka! Help me Tezuka!" screamed Fuji as he placed his faith in the one person who could probably save him from this.

Caging Fuji in with his arms on either side, Tenkawa said into Fuji's ear, "No use screaming for him, there's no way he can come rescue you Fuji-kun."

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Crash

The door crashed open with such forcefulness that the impact shook the house. Standing in the doorway, was a godsend from heaven. Tezuka stood there, looking as furious as anyone could ever be, flanked by Momoshiro and Ryoma who simply looked as if they were here for the show.

"And why is it not possible for me to come rescue him?" mocked Tezuka with a subzero tone and killer glare. If looks could kill, Tenkawa would already be dead and buried six feet under. Softening for a moment, Tezuka turned to Fuji and said, "Should you ever need me, all you have to do is call out and I'll be right there."

Turning back to Tenkawa, Tezuka's eyes hardened as he took in the compromising position Tenkawa was in, with his arms caged around Fuji and Fuji with his dishevelled appearance. "As for you…" he growled menacingly before advancing towards the bed to pull a shocked Tenkawa Kai off Fuji and proceed to… Bish Bang Boom [A/N: I'll leave that to you imagination]

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Dropping a bloodied Tenkawa onto the carpet, Tezuka turned to Fuji who was still looking slightly shell-shocked at the turn of events. "Are you ok? Did he hurt you in any way?" Tezuka asked, underlying his question with a cold threat of more pain for Tenkawa if Fuji gave the slightest indication. Shaking his head, Fuji tried valiantly to stop the tears from falling but wasn't very successful. Having almost given up hope, Tezuka's appearance had indeed been a great relief to him and he simply couldn't stop the tears from falling. Tenderly, Tezuka reached out and used his thumb to gently wipe Fuji's tears away. Taking Fuji into his arms, Tezuka could only try his best to offer comfort.

"Um, not to interrupt anything but what are we going to do about this?" Momoshiro asked, pointing at Tenkawa who was still lying in an insensible heap on the carpet. Before Tezuka could order sudden death or painful torture, Tenkawa spoke painfully, "Why didn't you two idiots help me? You're supposed to be working for me!"

"Correction, we work for him," Ryoma said blandly, pointing at Fuji who was still wrapped up in Tezuka's arms. "What! How can that be? You've been at the Tenkawa family for so long, why betray me? Was he paying you more? You bastards!" Tenkawa said incredulously. "Actually the guy has a point, it's not as if they pay us more, come to think of it, do they even pay us? Hey we're such suckers… Aren't the undercover spies always the ones who get paid the most?" ranted Momoshiro as it suddenly dawned upon him.

"Momo," Tezuka said sternly.

Momoshiro immediately changed his mind, "And what a wonderful boss he is!" Causing Ryoma to roll his eyes at his partner's blatant stupidity.

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Back home

"Hello Inui-senpai and Kaidoh-kun, nice to meet you. Sorry about the whole knocking you out and leaving you in the storage room thing…" Momoshiro said sheepishly. "Ouch… I said I was sorry… I swear… Ahhh… Ryoma, help… No fair, Ryoma had a part in it too… Ow…" Momoshiro shouted as he had to dodge the flying objects Inui and Kaidoh pelt him with.

"Baka…" Ryoma muttered to himself as he went back to his video game.

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Upstairs

"I've brought you some medicine for your headache," Tezuka said as he entered Fuji's room carrying some pills and a glass of water. His heart thumped when Fuji turned his baby blues towards him and smiled sweetly. It seemed as if he was beginning to return back to normal, except for the shadows that only Tezuka could see still lingering in Fuji's eyes.

The whole trip back from Tenkawa's estate in the middle of godforsaken nowhere, Fuji had tentatively clung to Tezuka, unwilling to let go, subconsciously seeking the safety only Tezuka could provide. It still brought fear back to Tezuka to think about how close he'd come to being too late to save Fuji. It had taken him a while to figure out what Tenkawa really wanted and even longer to locate the idiot pair and get them to bring him to where Tenkawa had stashed Fuji. All the way, his heart had been pounding so hard he'd almost had a heart attack, envisioning the worse possible scenario. The relief that he'd felt when he saw he was in time to save Fuji had made him realise just how precious Fuji was to him, how he couldn't afford to let anything happen to his smiling angel. Coming to terms with the feelings he'd spent his life running from had been surprisingly liberating. Now all he had to do was make sure he got his point across, which shouldn't be too hard to accomplish.

"Thank you Tezuka," Fuji said, reaching out for the pills and water. Even though Tezuka had rescued him and he was finally save from Tenkawa the pervert, Fuji couldn't help lamenting the loss of the intimacy between himself and Tezuka that had existed after Tezuka had rescued him. Thinking wistfully that now things would probably just go back to normal, Fuji didn't notice Tezuka placing the pills in his own mouth and pouring water into his own mouth.

When he realised that Tezuka wasn't handing over the pills and water, he looked up and opened his mouth to ask again. Taking advantage of Fuji's opened mouth, Tezuka closed his own over it and used his tongue to transfer the pills and water into Fuji's mouth. In his shock, Fuji reflexively swallowed his medicine together with the water though all he could taste and feel was Tezuka.

The world started spinning all over again…

End of Story

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Yay! Finally finished this story! Feeling a great sense of achievement right now! What do you guys think about this ending? Ha ha, feels as if I'm paving the way for a sequel… Anyway this is it… for now… Ah no, must have the willpower to end this story… Ok this is the end of Spy Games, hope you liked it! [Tears profusely] See you again… I hope…