= = = Fragments of Memories = = =

-BIG NOTICE-
It's at the end of the story, please make sure you read it!!

Warning - Shounen-ai, probably some angst, either now or the future.

-Windy-
So.... I know I have other fics to continue.... but my ideas are stuck in my head and I really need to let them out....

-Dew-
You said you had another one?

-Windy-
Hai! But I don't think I'll be able to post it until I come back... Gomen!!

-Tetra-
This fic isn't AU, but it's quite supernatural. It's mostly revolved around Tezuka this time.

Pairings - TezukaxRyoma ((I will mainly focus on this pairing in this story.)) With hints of Golden Pair, TakaFuji, InuiKaidou and MomoAnn. SanadaYukimura, OshitariAtobe in the future.

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= = Chapter 1 - Present Memory = =

Tokyo Airport.

"Being on time as usual neh Tezuka?" Fuji Syusuke greeted his old school friend.

Tezuka Kunimitsu, the former Buchou of the junior highschool of Seigaku, is now a 21 year old student of Tokyo University -Toudai. He was studying to become a doctor, and in the previous year, he actually went abroad to Germany to study the hospitality over there, and has now arrived back in Japan, starting a new year in Toudai, his 3rd year in doctorship.

Coming out of the glass gates from within a certain section in the airport, Tezuka was pushing a trolley that consists of only luggage, went over to his old friend.

Fuji Syusuke was also 21 years old and was set on studying on photography in Toudai, and he has also taken a career on writing horror novels. Some of his famous novels were even made into movies, which scared the sh#t hell out of many people, and rumours spread that his stories could send people to the hospital for weeks. Some reviewed saying they could even see the gates to heaven. Scary.

Right now the forever stoic expressionless tall man was walking out of the airport with the forever smiling brunet guy. They made their way to the car park, found Fuji's red Renault car and as soon as they finished placing the luggage on the back of the car, Fuji started the engine and drove out of the airport parking area and traveled to the main roads.

"One year really flew pass by didn't it Tezuka?" Fuji smiled as he somehow managed to drive and looked over at his friend.

"Ah. How's everyone doing?" Tezuka asked.

"Eiji became a PE teacher this year for our old school. Hopefully he'll be staying there for awhile."

"Hn."

"Oh yeah, Momo and Kaidou passed their exams, Kaidou is studying English literature and Pure maths, seems like he's aiming to become a teacher, and Momo said he wanted to try and open a bar, so he's studying a course that concerns that too."

"Sou ka... it's good to have an aim in life."

"And speaking of them both, they moved into a bigger house with Oishi, Eiji and Inui."

"They did?"

"And they left a room for you as well, they'll take you to the new house later. Right now we're going to Taka-san's sushi shop, seems like they haven't seen you for a while, the boys want to have a welcome party."

"Sou ka..."

".......Ne Tezuka?" the tensai, still having his eyes closed, suddenly stopped smiling.

"What is it?" Tezuka looked at the walking prodigy beside him out of the corners of his eyes.

".........Iya, nandemonai," the brunet replied with a bitter smile.

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"Ah Tezuka! Fuji!" Kawamura Takashi greet the duo that pulled the door of the sushi shop side ways. "Welcome back!"

"Ah, I'm home Taka-kun." Fuji smiled at his husband whereas Tezuka nodded at the sushi shop owner indicating a greeting. By the time they reached the sushi store, it was late afternoon. Both of them paced over to the seats of the sushi bar, since Kawamura was working behind the counter.

"Oishi and Eiji called over earlier but they went out to buy some stuff. The rest are arriving soon," Kawamura informed.

"Sou ka, well then, why don't we go and meet them? I'd like to go to the bookstore as well," Fuji smiled as he did a wondering pose.

"Ah," Tezuka nodded in agreement.

"Ah, Tezuka, what's that sticking out of your pocket?" Taka-san pointed at Tezuka's coat pocket. Something black was clearly sticking out, as if begging to be stolen.

Tezuka took out the black object and examined it.

"A tennis wrist band?" Fuji asked. "My, my and you have two of them! Very, yudan sezu ni ikou, ne Tezuka?" Fuji smiled.

"Ah...." Tezuka replied. These black wrist bands looked familiar. Since when did I have these with me?

"Well, we better take leave, we'll be back soon Taka-kun," Fuji reached up to his lover and quickly planted a kiss on Kawamura's right cheek before walking out of the shop with Tezuka and Taka-san waving goodbye at them.

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"Looks like you're having a happy life," Tezuka commented.

Both Tezuka and Fuji were walking towards their destination. They took a quieter road, which consisted of nature life, of street lights, of wooden white benches and of public vending machines.

"You think so? I have to say I really am happy to be with Taka-san," Fuji smiled even wider. "I currently live in and help run his sushi shop, and I'm having a tie between should I continue photography or writing novels."

"Ah...... "

"I've talked about Kaidou, Momo and Eiji.... well, you do know that Oishi is becoming a doctor to take care of the pregnancy and Inui is studying to become a chemist. I try his creation of drinks once in a while."

"........" Tezuka's face paled a little.

............................

..............-chou ..............

"...?" Tezuka suddenly stopped his pace.

......................Bu-chou...............

The tall short-sighted Toudai student looked around him and coral eyes came across a few quiet empty tennis courts, unlike street tennis courts, these ones have a metal net surrounding them. A train from above suddenly came zooming by on the high built railway tracks.

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This tennis court looked familiar......

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.................Ne Buchou.......

This voice............... who are you?

.................Tezuka Buchou......Tezuka-

"TEZUKA!?" Fuji called out.

And that snapped Tezuka out of his thoughts. The taller lad blinked several times before looking back at his brunet friend.

Fuji was previously thinking of something else to say until he turned back to look at his old friend, he found that the former captain had stopped in the middle of the pathway and had his eyes laid on a very familiar tennis court.

Summing everything up with a conclusion, Fuji frowned a little and began to repeat his friend's name, ".......... Tezuka........" the tensai's face showed the same closed eyes non-smiling expression earlier in this day.

"Sorry I zoned out, what is it Fuji?" Tezuka excused himself.

".......... you........." Fuji glanced at the empty tennis courts out of the corner of his eyes and retreats back to stare at Tezuka, "....Nothing........ I guess we're all tired eh?"

After hearing the word 'tired', Tezuka thought he must be hearing things and decided to leave the issue and responded, "Ah."

"Well, we better get moving, the skies are getting darker, time flies when you're having fun ne?" Fuji chuckled and the both of them resumed their tracks.

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Finally they reached the bookstore, and Fuji was so hung over for inspiration for his next horror novel.

"Maybe I should write one for kids.... what do you say Tezuka?" Fuji asked his tall friend, who remained expressionless as ever.

"I think you should stick to the current audience you're targeting," was all Tezuka said.

"Really?" Fuji replied. But it would so fun to see the children cry in pain and horror....

Suddenly Fuji's mobile rang, the smiling tensai took the silvery gadget out of his pocket and listened to the call, "Moshi moshi, oh Oishi? Yeah, I'm with Tezuka in the bookstore at the minute. Really? Well, we'll meet you two over there in a few seconds ok? Sure thing, later," Fuji close the flap of his mobile before sticking it back inside his pocket.

"It was Oishi and Eiji, they said they'll be waiting in the main street," Fuji told Tezuka. "I just have to stay here for a bit longer, why don't you go meet them first Tezuka?"

"Ah. I'll see you later then Fuji," Tezuka said as he turned and left the building.

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"That voice came from here..." Tezuka stood before the same previous tennis courts he came across back when he was walking with Fuji. He observed the empty courts with his eyes before following with lowering his head and sighed. Instead of meeting up with Oishi and Kikumaru, the former Buchou decided to check out his problems first.

Who WAS that voice? Why was that voice calling for me? The voice sounded really familiar..........and somehow I felt there's a piece....or just something missing in my heart.... what is it?

He remembered this court well, it's the usual court he would go to practice by himself, since it's really quiet and not many people attend in it. That's right, he knew this court well, knowing the fact that he travels home and to this court by train, you can even see the view from the public machine.

And it was also the same court that I asked permission from Ryuzaki-sensei to have a match with....... with........with who?

..........-chou........

Hn?

..........Tezuka Buchou!

Tezuka suddenly lifted his head upwards, surprised to see a small petite figure whose height can be compared to a first year junior highschool student. The young kid was wearing a white and red coloured t-shirt, and navy shorts. He also had a white cap marked 'Fila' covering his head, and he was currently bouncing a yellow tennis ball with the edge of his red tennis racket.

Wait a second..........wasn't the tennis courts empty?

"Heh....it's really rare to see Tezuka Buchou zoning out in public," the young lad teased. His cap was blocking the upper portion of his face, thus not allowing Tezuka to know of his identity.

.........this kid........ is a boy? ".....You are?" Tezuka asked. He examined the whole figure of the boy and spotted a familiar black wrist band on the boy's left wrist. That black wrist band... Suddenly the boy stopped bouncing the ball and let the round yellow sphere rest on the strings of the tennis racket.

"........ it's also rare for Buchou to forget other people too......" the boy lifted his head up, and golden cat-like eyes met topaz small ones. "It's me Buchou! Stop joking around already!!" little neko Oujisama exclaimed and pouted.

......Golden...cat-like eyes.............

..............navyish hair with a blue-greenish shine............

.............you are.......?

"Tezuka!?" a familiar voice suddenly rang out outside the courts.

Tezuka turned his head to the source of the voice and saw it was Oishi, Fuji and Kikumaru that was running towards him. He himself remained in the same position and Oishi asked, "Tezuka! There you are! We were so worried, what are you doing out here?"

".....Nandemonai, Oishi."

"Really Tezuka, I thought I told you to meet up with Oishi and Eiji," Fuji commented.

"Sumimasen, I just thought this court looked familiar," Tezuka noted. "I also met a young boy here too," Tezuka told them and he turned his view back at where the boy was when he had previously encountered.

Gone.

..............Wait a minute........ he was just here a few seconds ago.......

"Hoi? What boy? Tezuka, I don't see anybody here other than yourself," Kikumaru pointed out.

"But he was here......." Tezuka spoke. "He had golden-cat-like eyes and wore a white Fila cap on his navy hair..."

"Whoa Tezuka, that sounded just like Ochi-"

"-Eiji!!" Oishi immediately interrupted.

"Tezuka, you must be hallucinating things. You sure you're not tired?" Fuji asked.

"Yeah Tezuka, you must be tired from that journey. Let's go back to Taka-san's place and rest there," Oishi suggested.

"Ah. I guess so," Tezuka nodded. Maybe he WAS too tired after all.

The four of them started to walk back to Kawamura's sushi shop, with Oishi and Fuji occasionally throwing worried looks to each other and at Tezuka, who was silently listening to Kikumaru's speech along the way. But deep inside his heart, he was thinking about that one petite figure, with a white cap on, navy hair strokes and those golden eyes..... full of proud..... and yet..... sorrowful........

That night, Tezuka was bestowed with the welcome of the whole tennis team, consisting of himself, Oishi, Kikumaru, Fuji, Kawamura, Inui, Kaidou and Momo. They played, drank, sang and talked, of the future and of the past. But sometimes he felt that the group avoided certain topics, and began to switch into another theme, or somebody like Momo and Kikumaru would fill up his cup and make him drink the japanese alcohol - sake.

Something wasn't right.

............-chou......

Something was missing.

........Ne Buchou.........

And he felt that if he asked,

.........What did I tell you to call me?

He won't get a true answer.

...Hmm---- I forgot-- --

Something was wrong in this picture,

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He knew a piece of the jigsaw was missing,

......heheheh...... it was a joke--

The harder he searches for it,

..........you.........

The more tired he will be,

.........because......... it's rare to see Buchou's other expressions-- --

Whether it was the sake that hit him,

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Or the tiredness,

...........Hai, Hai... .......Ku-Ni-Mi-Tsu......

Everyone in the sushi shop that night, fell asleep.

= = T-B-C = =

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-Windy-
I'm thinking of having very little chapters. Then again, that depends on how everything's gonna happen. What Fuji said 'Yudan sezu ni ikou' was one of Tezuka's famous lines - Let's not get careless now.

-Dew-
It's rather freaky isn't it? We meant the plot.

-Windy-
I'm sort of rushing everything, so I apologize for spelling, grammar and OOC mistakes.

-Tetra-
Here is the BIG NOTICE - -
I will be away on holiday at 6th June for around 2 and a half weeks. I'll be back around the 24th. So, you may not see anymore updates at that time. My next update would probably be around at the start of July. I apologize for the inconvience. I intentionally wanted to hurry my 4th chapter of Sister Comes to Seigaku, post this and another new story up, but they take time to write, and also update my 2nd chapter of Crystal to the Horizon, but I doubt I can have them made before I leave. Gomen nasai. But in the end I have this and the 4th chap of SCTS uploaded [smiles]

-Windy-
Lastly, reviews please, I need to know what you think of this story so far. I meant the plot of course. Then again, I'm also happy with other suggestions. [smiles]

Finished on 04/06/2004
Last revised on 04/06/2004