Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis....so tired from all these tests and quizzes....all in a row...yawn

Drama Teacher Ch. 5

Ring, ring, ring

Ryoma reached out a hand to shut his alarm clock. He pushed the covers off of him, sitting up. Karupin was curled up besides him, still sleeping. He got dressed and went downstairs.

His old man was there already, and so was Nanako. He sat down and began to eat breakfast.

"Oi, no greetings? What a brat," said Nanjarou (A/N: ....). Ryoma ignored him.

"Ryoma," began Nanako, "I heard that your class got picked for the school play. What part did you get?" Ryoma nearly choked on his piece of bread. How did everyone know about the darn school play!? And why did Nanako have to bring that up again!?

"Tell us, boy," said Nanjarou, "I'd like to see you act, HA!" Ryoma scowled.

Ryoma's mother came in. "What's the play about?" she asked. She obviously overheard the conversation.

"Nothing, I'm off," and Ryoma picked up his backpack and his tennis bag. He headed out the door.

He was halfway down the sidewalk when he heard a familiar bicycle bell. It was Momo. "You're going to be late, you know," said Momo, grinning. He was still amused over the fact that he and Sakuno were the main characters of the play. Ignoring him, Ryoma silently sat on the bicycle.

Both managed to make it to school 10 minutes before the tardy bell rang. Ryoma slipped into his seat. He glanced around the room, hoping that nothing would go wrong. Well, there was the brat Horio, along with Katchiro. Sakuno and Tomoko were talking. So far, nothing seemed wrong....at least, he hoped there'd be.

The teacher went in front of the room. Everyone quieted down.

"Alright, yesterday, all of you were assigned parts in the school play," Ryoma resisted the urge to crash his head against the desk, "The drama teacher from yesterday will be here in about 10 minutes. I want everyone to be one their best behavior, whether you like your part or not,"

After 10 minutes

The drama teacher stayed firm to her word. She entered the room exactly after 10 minutes. She was carrying a huge black suitcase along with several other bags. Ryoma did not even want to think about what was probably in there.

"Hello, everybody, I had a wonderful time yesterday with you all," she began, "Now, today, I'll be giving you your costumes," Ryoma nearly fell off his chair when he heard that, "The sizes will have to be adjusted, but that is exactly why I've brought so much stuff with me today, and that is to make sure that the costume fits you perfectly,"

"Alright, ladies here, gentlemen here," the drama teacher gestured to two lines.

Ryoma dragged his feet towards the line. He did not want to get measured for the stupid costume. Especially since he had to play the main part....

Horio was in front of him, blabbing away, "Man, I can get used to this! No homework, no classwork, nothing at all! Just memorize the lines!!! Plus I get to order Echizen around!!" Ryoma couldn't help but admit that even he would have been satisfied if he got Horio's part of being the king.

Girls' Line

"Sakuno, hurry up!!! Move up the line!!!" rushed Tomoko.

"Okay, okay," Sakuno moved up the line.

"Cheer up, girl, you're playing Juliet!! You'll be with Ryoma!!!" Tomoko continued to ramble on and on about how lucky she was. Sakuno blushed. She still remembered yesterday's incident, where Momo-chan-sempai and Eiji-sempai came.

"--you'll be right there in the spotlight, and you'll also be all dressed up!! Sakuno, you're so lucky!!!" Tomoko squealed with delight.

"Next!" called the drama teacher. She was measuring the girls while the original teacher was measuring the boys, "Ah, Sakuno, you're playing Juliet, aren't you?"

Sakuno nodded shyly.

"Let's see....I know that I have the measurements to that dress somewhere..." the drama teacher rummaged through her bags, "Ah-ha, here it is," She took out a piece of paper that had measurements on it. She took the measuring tape around her neck and started measuring Sakuno.

"Just as I thought. The dress is slightly bigger than you," said the drama teacher, "But that's exactly what I want,"

"Huh? I mean, why, sensei?" asked Sakuno.

"Well, if the dress is too short, it won't reach the ground....it'll look a lot better if it reached the ground," said the drama teacher. She handed Sakuno a green bag that had her costume and accessorie for the play, "Here's the costume. After school, go to the bathroom, change, and come to the auditorium. I want to see how it looks," and with that, she pushed Sakuno away and hurried on with the others.

Boys' line

Ryoma scowled. The teacher that was measuring him was taking forever. He felt stupid standing there and having a teacher measure him.

Just when Ryoma thought that she was going to take another 10 minutes, the teacher finally said, "Alright, finished,". With a relieved sigh, Ryoma started to walk away.

"Where do you think you're going, Echizen?" the teacher stopped him, "You still need to take your costume with you. The size is perfect," she handed Ryoma a green bag similar to Sakuno's bag.

Ryoma silently took it and stared at it blankly. Great, he could just imagine how stupid he'd look on the stage with a costume on....

Tennis practice (A/N: I got too lazy to write out the rest of the school day, so I skipped down to tennis practice)

"Echizen!! What did the drama teacher say today?" Momo was grinning. He seemed to be very eager to hear what had happened.

"Nothing," and Ryoma turned to go.

"Nya! Ochibi!! Did you get your costume today???" Eiji bounced in front Ryoma's path.

"Leave me alone," and Ryoma pushed Eiji away.

They all went inside the locker room and changed. While Ryoma was changing, Momo noticed something in his bag. Something green.

"Eh? What's this? I don't normally see this around," and Momo reached out to pull it out and see what it was.

Ryoma grew alarmed and he slapped Momo's hand away, "Keep your hands off of my stuff, Momo-sempai," Momo frowned, but nevertheless, he seemed to catch on to what Ryoma had.

"Oh, is it something that you got today? From the drama teacher? Or from Sakuno-chan?" Momo grinned like a madman.

"Hsss," Kaidoh was listening to the conversation, "The idiot doesn't seem so stupid today..."he thought.

"What do you care?" snapped Ryoma.

"Is that any way to treat your sempai?!" Momo and Ryoma started to argue.

While the two were arguing, Fuji went ahead and slipped his hand into Ryoma's bag without him noticing. He took out the green bag and peeked inside.

"It seems like someone got their costume today," Fuji's voice rang out.

Everyone's attention turned towards Fuji. Ryoma slapped his forehead. He had forgotten about Fuji.

Eiji took the bag and looked, "Nya! It's true! Ochibi got his costume!!" Momo came along. Ryoma felt like strangling Fuji for looking into his stuff.

Momo and Eiji were making a big fuss about Ryoma's costume, and even Taka joined in. Inui came along and began taking down his annoying data. Oishi tried to stop them, but it seemed like even he was pretty much amused about the whole idea.

Fuji, however, had already thought of something else, "If Echizen got his costume today, then don't you think Sakuno-chan got her's too?" his lips were twisted into a mischievious smile (A/N: doesn't he always smile????)

Ryoma felt like killing Fuji right there and now....

"Nya! I say that we go and see Sakuno-chan after practice!!!!"

"OKAY!!!" all of the members agreed.

At that instant, Ryoma felt like dying once again....

Author's notes: I wanted to include the part where they see Sakuno in her costume, but I can't...study study.....fist too little time!!!!