Inui's New Delux Penal Tea

Disclaimer: Not my characters. Though I'd kill to own them TTTT cries

AN: Me and my friend came up with this at lunch, just like we did with A Small Fall. What can I say? We had a LOT of free time on our hands during lunch. So we came up with a load of crack fics X3 hehehehe..enjoy

Chapter 4: Seperation and Eiji's Plan

The captains, and members that were also to be hosts, had been successfully gathered without much of a problem. When Yukimura heard about Seigaku having a problem, he had immediately called Sanada as Fuji had asked him. Sanada hadn't been happy about being taken away from his work, but he had agreed to go with his worrying captain anyways. Inui made the call to Renji, who just sighed at his friend's information and agreed on meeting them at the decided location. Sengoku had agreed without any problem what-so-ever, though it took Taka and three-way calling Dan to get Akutsu to go. Saeki was a bit harder to get a hold of, as he wasn't in their region, but he agreed anyways when he heard how odd Fuji's voice sounded. Coach Ryuzaki had made Tezuka and Oishi look over the papers she had planned to pass out to the families, gotten approval, and agreed to drop them off at Tachibana's house. Driving in the car with a pack of six year olds was hectic. While most of the 3rd year students behaved, Eiji had become prone to glomp-attacking Ryoma, Kaido and Momo were still fighting, and Fuji had slipped Taka a racquet to keep the two 2nd years busy. When she finally dropped them off-thanking every God she could that Tachibana's parents were out-, she prayed that Tachibana liked kids.

The captains, and members that were also to be hosts, had been successfully gathered without much of a problem. When Yukimura heard about Seigaku having a problem, he had immediately called Sanada as Fuji had asked him. Sanada hadn't been happy about being taken away from his work, but he had agreed to go with his worrying captain anyways. Inui made the call to Renji, who just sighed at his friend's information and agreed on meeting them at the decided location. Sengoku had agreed without any problem what-so-ever, though it took Taka three-way calling Dan to get Akutsu to go. Saeki was a bit harder to get a hold of, as he wasn't in their region, but he agreed anyways when he heard how odd Fuji's voice sounded. Coach Ryuzaki had made Tezuka and Oishi look over the papers she had planned to pass out to the families, gotten approval, and agreed to drop them off at Tachibana's house. Driving in the car with a pack of six year olds was hectic. While most of the 3rd year students behaved, Eiji had become prone to glomp-attacking Ryoma, Kaido and Momo were still fighting, and Fuji had slipped Taka a racquet to keep the two 2nd years busy. When she finally dropped them off-thanking every God she could that Tachibana's parents were out-, she prayed that Tachibana liked kids.

Tezuka turned on his team mates with a silencing glare, "If any of you do anything out of line. I'll personally take care of you the minute we're back to normal. ...What are you laughing at, Fuji?"

The tensai was the only one laughing at the threat, and just shook his head in apology, coughed politely and went up to the door to ring the bell.

Tachibana had been pacing while they had waited, for many reasons. While everyone had arrived safely, and easily, Akutsu was in the same room as Akira. He had to keep walking over to the red head and hold him back for a couple of minutes, while small Dan tried to keep Akutsu from tempting Akira into a fight. Saeki also seemed worried, and having someone worry more than him made his urge to pace worse. Sengoku actually had the nerve to try hitting on An, an act that was quickly nipped in the bud by Akira and Tachibana himself. The Rikkai Dai members were the only calm, well-mannered ones. When the door finally rang, he made himself walk over, trying to seem like he was calm.

"Everyone's here, Fuji-san...?" He blinked, looking around a moment. He was sure he heard the bell. A polite cough made him look down. A group of kids. Were standing on his doorstep. They looked oddly familiar, too... Then it clicked. He made a small choking sign, hiding it behind a cough, and lowered himself to a kneel, "Tezuka-san...Fuji-san..." He got a pair of acknowledged nods from the two in question, and forced himself not to fall over, "Er...do...come in." He got up, taking a few steps back so the children could walk in. He noticed the tennis bags when he found Oishi trying to pull Eiji off of them, the red head...child...complaining the entire time about not having 'Daigorou', whoever that was. Tachibana sighed and brought the mass of bags in, surprised at how light they were.

When the small group of kids entered the living room, everyone immediately quit talking. The first to react, were Dan, An and Yukimura, who all squealed or made a soft 'aaaw!' and went over to get a closer look. Kaido hissed and Tezuka growled at the three, both daring them to pick either up up, while most of the others allowed themselves to be prodded at. After seeing she couldn't cuddle the cute, scowling, little Tezuka, An had gone straight to Momo. Dan took to Echizen right off the bat, while Yukimura kept the others to himself. Eiji, espeically, stayed latched to the Rikkai Dai captain. After a while, the others began to snap out of their shock, but continued to stare. Especially Saeki and Renji, as they looked over their childhood friends in horror. Well...Saeki did. Renji just gave one of his 'I-can't-believe-you-did-that' look to Inui, who shrugged seemingly innocently.

"So, who wants to tell us all what's going on?" Sengoku broke the silence, cheerfully, despite getting punched in the arm by a growingly aggitated Jin. A small, horrified squeak from Taka quickly made the former Yamabuki power player settle down somewhat, though he was still glaring daggers at the happy-go-lucky boy. Everyone else, though, turned to Inui and Tezuka. The captain was seated on the arm of the recliner, and wasn't looking pleased with the stares. The data player on the other hand, looked positively estatic as he once again explained their situation to the other teams. The reactions were various, but overall amusing. Saeki was practically in tears and close to fainting, something Fuji quickly took advantage of and started teasing him. Renji was scolding Inui, Yukimura was hugging a tearful Eiji like a kitten, and Sanada was trying to calm a spazztic Oishi down, as said spazzing child tried to calm Eiji down. Yamabuki took it generally well. Sengoku was estatic about the match-up he had with Momoshiro, and Jin...well. Dan kept Jin in line, despite the violent boy looking ready to rip Inui limb from limb. Out of the three Fudomine players, only Akira was ranting.

"You can NOT be serious about leaving me with Mamushi!"

"Don't call me Mamushi!"

"I'll call you whatever the hell I want, Mamushi!"

Tachibana grabbed Akira, to keep the red head from pouncing on the small Kaido. It took Inui and Taka to keep said child from launching himself at Akira's legs, though he continued to struggle. Akira ceased struggle the minute Tachibana gave him a glare, and saw Tezuka's famous twitch. He so didn't want to be around when they turned back-the decision set when the captain barked 100 laps at Kaido, then at Momoshiro for laughing. He was surprised Fuji wasn't getting any repriminding, as he was still abusing the poor silver-black haired boy with endless teasing. How anyone on Seigaku could tease anyone with a captain like that, was beyond Akira.

After the laps had been barked, Sengoku had grabbed Momo around the waste and hauled him over his shoulder, while hauling his tennis bag over the other shoulder, and grinned at the others, as Jin did the same to Taka's tennis bag, Taka himself and Dan, "Well, pleasent as this has been, we better get home. Tomorrow's Friday, but we still got school, y'know!" He turned to the Rikkai Dai data player, "Don't forget to deliver my message, 'kay? Later everyone!" He mocked a sweeping bow, which caused Momo to freak out, and left, with said child clutching his back in fear of falling. Jin just glowered at everyone and took his silent leave, with Dan over his right shoulder, complaining about his bandana falling over his eyes, and Taka over his left shoulder, whimpering pitifully as he clung to his tennis bag.

"He's right." Yukimura smiled sweetly, bowing graciously to Tachibana and Tezuka, "My apologies for invading your house, Tachibana-san, but we really do have to be going." The captain of Rikkai Dai smiled at Eiji, "Come on, you'll be fine."

Eiji, now somewhat calm, nodded tearfully and began dragging his tennis bag behind him, which Yukimura quickly took from him and picked the child up. The red head was clinging to him, waving sadly over his shoulder at his team mates and then at Oishi. Oishi waved back, as Sanada shouldered his bag, and took after Yukimura, giving his data player a side glance, "Coming, Yanagi?"

"Of course." The addressed player nodded his farewell to the others, before continuing to lecture his childhood friend, as they, too, made their leave.

"I guess we should go, too." Everyone turned to the glum, forgotten, Saeki. Fuji was sitting in his lap, with one of Saeki's arms around him so he didn't run off. Not that the child was complaining. He seemed to be enjoying every second of it. Especially when Tezuka sent a death glare at the smiling tensai, and Saeki mistook it for a glare directed at him. He quickly set Fuji down and turned to Tachibana, "We'll be going now... My apologies, Tachibana-san." The Rokkaku tensai bowed quickly, shouldering the bag at the same time and took off. Fuji just giggled and followed at a light run.

Tachibana had nodded to all the apologies, though he found Saeki's to be the most confusing. The boy had looked more scared of the brooding child sitting on the arm of the chair, than of intruding. He then turned to his two team mates, "Akira, Shinji, you two can stay if you want. It is getting late."

Shinji began muttering under his breath about being dragged away from his house by Akira at such a late hour, while Akira resumed his glaring contest with Kaido. The Fudomine captain could only smile and shake his head, while directing his two players towards his room, beckoning the Seigaku players to follow him. They listened without much complaint, and braced themselves for a long night.

--Rikkai Dai: Yukimura's House--

The next morning, Eiji woke up curled up in an unfamiliar blanket. His first reaction, was to start crying when he didn't find Daigorou, and then to look around when he heard his name.

"Kikumaru-kun, are you ok?"

The red head looked up and almost screamed when he saw Yukimura smiling down at him, then remembered where he was. With a sigh, the red head pulled the blankets back over his head, then looked at what he was sleeping in, "...Why am I in my tennis bag?"

"You crawled in there when we got here."

Eiji looked up to find Yukimura dressing in...street clothes. Wasn't today a school day? Eiji blinked, crawling out of his tennis bag, "Aren't we going to Rikkai Dai Fuzoku?"

"Oh, not yet. I have a doctor's appointment this morning." Yukimura smiled at him, and Eiji blinked. Did that mean he wasn't going to see Oishi?

"Where am I going?"

"Well, you can come with me, or stay with someone else for a while..."

Eiji almost considered saying 'Sanada-san!' for the sake of Oishi, but then another thought crossed his mind. He could cause trouble and get away with it now.

"Uncle Gakuto!"

Yukimura looked at him oddly. Why on Earth did the boy want to stay in Hyotei? Oh well. It was his choice, after all. The captain smiled, "Alright...Atobe-san shouldn't mind letting you stay at his mansion for a while..."

TBC...

Two second explaination of why he's taking him to Atobe: It's like. 6am. School doesn't start until 8am, if I remember right, and Yukimura's appointment is at 7. Why? Cause I say so. Don't question as to what Hyotei regulars are doing at Keigo's place, either.

Anywho. Next chapter is Eiji-centric! Aka: EIJI'S BIG ADVENTURE!