Birthday fic for MOMO-CHAN! Happy Birthday to our favorite (or only) Dunk Smash expert! and of course, the only person to go with momo is going to be RYOMA! YES! this is a momoryo fic. don't kill me because of it! I LOVE momoryo... although not as much as TezuFuji... but that's beside the point! I might make this a two parter... the second part being ryochan's birthday... but i'm not too sure about that... ;;... please Read and REVIEW!

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Surprise, Surprise

By: SadistFujiFan

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Beep Beep Beep Beep

Momoshiro Takeshi slammed his alarm clock to make it shut up and forced himself to wake up. It was Wednesday [1], and the middle of the week, and a really hot summer day. He had to wake up early to get to practice on time... and even earlier because he had to pick up Echizen. Sighing in defeat, Momo started getting ready for school and practice. After he was done, he walked downstairs.

"Ohayo, Takeshi. Happy Birthday! How do you feel, turning 14?"

"Ohayo, Kaa-san. I totally forgot it was my birthday! I don't feel any different..."

Momo's mother chuckled softly and proceeded to place breakfast in front of Momo. Without further ado, he started eating like there was no tomorrow. Soon, all the food was gone. Momo jumped up and ran towards the door.

"Thanks, Kaa-san! See you later! I'm going now!"

The door slammed and Momo was out of the house. From inside, you could hear Momo getting on his bicycle and zooming away. Momo's mom smiled a smile that was either evil or hiding something...

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"ECHIZEN! I'M HERE! HURRY UP! WE'RE GONNA BE LATE! I DON'T WANT TO RUN LAPS FOR TARDINESS!" 'Although Oishi-senpai usually doesn't give laps...'

Momo watched as Echizen walked sleepily towards him. Echizen got on the bike and leaned forward, as if falling asleep. Momo wasn't used to this, but didn't say anything. Without a word, the two started towards Seigaku.

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When they reached practice, Momo had to force Echizen to get off of him. Echizen had indeed fallen asleep on Momo's back. It was amazing he hadn't fallen off. Momo turned Echizen towards the clubroom, but he would not move. Momo had to push Echizen all the way.

When Momo and Echizen got to the clubroom, everyone was there already. Except for Fuji, Kaido, and Inui, everyone seemed very tired. Momo noted this was weird, but didn't question it.

Since it was so close to Kanto Finals, against Rikkai Dai, the only people at practice were the Regulars. Everyone did the warm-up drills, although, only Kaido seemed to be doing it with the usual vigor. Soon, the group was doing practice matches -- Kawamura vs. Inui, Fuji vs. Eiji, Oishi vs. Echizen, and Kaido vs. Momo.

Why is everyone so tired today? Well, except for that baka Mamushi. They don't have their normal power. Especially Echizen. Wonder what's wrong? Momo wondered. Perhaps he was wondering too much, because just then, he lost the point to Kaido, who had used his infamous move, Boomerang Snake.

Disgruntled, Momo focused on his match. Soon, he forgot about everything but the match; everything from his weary teammates to his birthday.

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At 4:30 in the afternoon, Oishi concluded practice. Momo was surprised, as it usually never finished before 6.

With the rest of the regulars, Momo went back to the clubroom to get changed out of his sweaty clothes. Momo finished first, so he went outside to wait for Echizen.

After about 10 minutes, Echizen came out. That in itself wasn't weird, but what he came out saying was weird. "Onegai shimasuyo, senpai." [2]

Onegai shimasu? For what? Momo speculated. He didn't give it much thought, however, because it really wasn't his business. "Echizen! You wanna go for burgers?"

"Uisu," came the reply that was not very wholehearted.

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At the fast food shop, the pair ate as they usually did, like there was no tomorrow. However, Momo noticed that Echizen didn't eat with the usual spirit. Actually, he was eating unenthusiastically, and he was yawning a lot. Was he really that tired?

Soon, the two finished eating. Echizen kept looking at his watch.

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Outside, the two were about to get onto the bicycle. Usually, Momo would have taken Echizen straight home. However, today, Echizen asked something really unusual.

"Ne, Momo-senpai, can we go to your house today? I've never seen it. Plus, no one's at home today. My dad's working, my mom is visiting her old friend, and my cousin is staying at a friend's house to help her friend with something. Echizen asked of Momo, really out of the blue.

Momo looked at Echizen questioningly. "Yeah, whatever, I guess. I'm sure my mom wouldn't mind or anything.

"Thanks. If Momo hadn't looked away at that point, he would have seen Echizen's little smirk of... satisfaction?

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"I'M HOME! Momo yelled as he walked into his house. Receiving no answer, Momo wondered what was wrong. His mom, younger brother, and younger sister should have been home by now; it was already 5:30.

"Momo-senpai, where's your family? Shouldn't they be here? Echizen actually looked worried... or not... Momo thought, as he looked at Echizen's bored look.

"Yeah... I don't know. Maybe they're at the combini [3] or something. I don't know. Anyway, make yourself at home. The living room (and kitchen) are that way," Momo shrugged and pointed towards the door to the left.

When the two of them opened the door, a big shout was heard; "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

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After Momo got over the initial shock, he looked around and saw many of his friends... and rivals.

He could see Oishi, Eiji, Fuji, Inui, Kaido, Taka-san, Arai, Ikeda, Hayashi, the freshman trio (Horio, Katsuo, and Kachiro), the whole Fudomine team, Hyotei, Rokkaku, St. Rudolph, and Sengoku from Yamabuki. His family was also there Ð his father, mother, and siblings.

"Momo-senpai. Stop looking around like a stupid duck already, Echizen was seen with a big smirk on his face.

"You... you... you guys did this... for me?" Momo was beyond stunned.

The Seigaku group just nodded their heads, some with smiles, others with black looks.

"Mom? You knew about this? And even... all of you guys?

"Yes, Nii-san. Come on! Let's eat! The two younger siblings of Momo's walked over and pulled their brother inside the living room. The party soon started.

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The party disintegrated by 8:30. Everyone still had practice the next day, and it was late. The Seigaku group helped clean up, and then sat around. Echizen was sleeping on the couch, oblivious to everything around him.

"Thanks, guys. It was really nice of you to do this, Momo was acting kind of... different. He must have been really happy.

"Don't thank us, Momo-chin! Ochibi's the one that did everything, right Oishi? Eiji looked at Oishi, who nodded his head, and continued. "He stayed up until all night to get everything together. And he called everyone that came. The only thing we did was set up the stuff while Ochibi kept you away from your house!

"Yeah. Echizen really did a lot. A bit too much too. He kept calling us in the middle of the night to remind us of something or another. He wouldn't stop. I think we're all tired today, Fuji smiled at Momo, a freaky smile.

"Hoi hoi, Oishi! Give him Tezuka's present! And the group gift! Eiji was jumping up and down... kind of.

Oishi smiled at his doubles partner, shook his head while chuckling, and took out two nicely wrapped things. "Tezuka sent this to me about a week ago from Germany," Oishi explained, and he handed Momo one of the gifts.

"Bu... Buchou?" Momo seemed shocked beyond belief. Momo's hand was shaking uncontrollably.

"Yeah. He never would have bought anything if it wasn't for Eiji and Fuji calling him almost everyday. They practically forced him to buy you a present," Oishi chuckled.

"It was a 2.3% chance that Tezuka would have even remembered Momoshiro's birthday if no one had reminded him," Inui (of course) had his notebook open, and was scribbling away madly.

Momo proceeded to unwrap his present from Tezuka. Inside, about ten pieces of paper, under a small tennis ball paperweight, was found. On each of the papers, it said, "Coupon to Get Out of Doing 5 Laps. Momo could be seen smiling, a bit evilly, I might add.

"Now I don't have to run for a while! Cool!" Momo, obviously, was ecstatic. Momo was always late and getting into trouble and having to run laps, so not having to run was like heaven.

"Momo, have you seen the back?" Fuji seemed to be smiling all too happily.

"what do you mean, Fuji-senpai?" Momo asked, while turning the paper over. On the back, Momo could see "Only to be used when Oishi is acting-captain" and "Only one coupon per day.

Everyone laughed out loud while Momo groaned. That just made everyone else laugh louder.

Next, Oishi handed Momo the other gift. "This is from the all of us. We wanted to give you a group gift, as well as our own. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

Momo took the square, flat gift. Opening it, he saw a CD called JUMP! by Onosaka Masaya [4]. Looking a bit puzzled, Momo looked up at his teammates.

"Your specialty is the Jump Smash, right? And JUMP! kind of seems like something you would say," Taka-san explained.

Momo was really appreciative. He really couldn't believe they went through all of this just for him. It was so near Kanto Finals, and yet they did all of this. They had even ended practice early that day!

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At 9:30, the Seigaku group, minus Momo and Echizen, had gone home. Echizen was still sleeping peacefully, and everyone thought it would be rude to wake him up. Momo assured the others that Echizen could stay over for that night. They had already called Echizen's family to inform them the location of their son.

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It was already 11, and Momo was still up, not being able to sleep. It was one more hour till his birthday was over.

Suddenly, a knock was heard. Momo tiptoed over to the door and opened it. he was not expecting what he received...

Something had pushed Momo on his back. That alone wasn't amazing, but the fact that the thing had pressed his lips to Momo's was intriguing. Momo flipped to put the thing on its back to see who it was... to see Echizen's face smirking up at him.

"I don't think I gave you a gift yet," Echizen smirked, and before Momo could react, pushed his lips towards his senpai's. Surprised, Momo didn't react at first, but soon replied.

After a numerous amount of kisses, Momo pulled away and looked at Echizen in the eye. "I love you.

"I've been waiting for that.

The couple fell asleep in each other's arms that night.

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AHH! That was horrible! Flames are welcome! Please! Change it! kill it! whatever! Still, I would appreciate if you reviewed and told me how to make this better! Oh, and of course, this is a Momo birthday fic. I think I got it in time...

Comments:

[1] Ð Well, I know that the 23rd is a Friday this year (2004), but I'm following the small calendar found in Tennis no Ohjisama Manga Volume 23 Genius 198 Page 103, it is a Wednesday. That's the scene of Yukimura (Rikkai Dai Buchou) is looking at the calendar in the hospital. It said that the 23rd was a Wednesday. I'm following that.

[2] Ð "Onegaishimasu yo, senpai." Translates to "I'm counting on you, upperclassmen" or "I'm counting on you. Senpai is an upperclassman.

[3] Ð "Combini" is short for Convenience Store. They're like 7-11s. Combini is plentiful in Japan, and you can find them on almost every business street.

[4] Ð JUMP! is Momo's character song, just like Piece by Piece is Oishi's or You Get the Power is Inui's. It's in the album "The Best of Seigaku Players VI", I believe. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Here's the Roman Character lyric of JUMP! by Onosaka Masaya, seiyuu for Momoshiro Takeshi.

Taranai mono ga nanka shiritakute

Usuppera na kinou wo kiri kizande

Sore narini jibun ga erande kita michi

Furi kaeru koto nado shitaku ha nai

Itsumademo itsumademo kawaranai omoi wo

Taisetsu ni dakishimete hashiri tsuzukete itai

Akiramenai yuzurenai kono mune no sakebi wo

Subete JUMP INTO THE DREAMS

Atoaji no nai shuumatsu nomihoshite

Uruosarenai kyou wo kettobase

Te ni fureta yuuki no kesshou ga hazumu

Furi kitta genkai tobikoetai

Itsumademo Itsumademo kawaranai omoi ha

Kagayaki ni sono sugata azayaka ni utsushiteru

Kotoba ni shite kanaeteku afuredasu ashita wo

Subete JUMP INTO THE DREAMS

Itsumademo itsumademo kawaranai omoi wo

Taisetsu ni dakishimete hashiri tsuzukete itai

Akiramenai yuzurenai kono mune no sakebi wo

Subete JUMP INTO THE DREAMS

Itsumademo Itsumademo kawaranai omoi ha

Kagayaki ni sono sugata azayaka ni utsushiteru

Kotoba ni shite kanaeteku afuredasu ashita wo

Subete JUMP INTO THE DREAMS