TENNIS NO OJISAMA

Chapter Six: Meet the Pervert

"Eeeeekkkkkkkk!" The scream was heard all throughout the Echizen household. The 'reconnaissance' team led by Momochan – Senpai went on a rampage upon hearing Ryuzaki – chan's voice. Momo stood up first followed by Kikumaru.

"That brat, who knew he had it in him! I'm going to teach him a lesson about preserving the youth!" Momo snarled his fists tightly clenched.

Kikumaru nodded his head in fierce agreement. Together, they head out of the garden and dashed like mad ducks toward the Echizen house. Inui grinned like an idiot, still collecting data as he followed the distraught pair.

Oishi trailed after Inui, spouting his motherly worries while Taka – san shook his head as he went with him to help him put order upon the incoming dispute.

Kaidoh and Tezuka watched their teammates with confused looks. Big sweatdrops hang over their heads.

"Echizen!"

Ryoma's head snapped when he heard a scream coming from the upstairs. He was totally distracted; he didn't notice the sharp knife he was using in slicing the onions cut into his finger spouting blood.

"Gaaaahhhhhhh!"

"Echizen!" Momo roared as he leapt out of the bush and ran towards the door. He came to a sudden halt when he saw Nanako running towards the direction of the house, mainly the kitchen.

Kikumaru let out a resounding sigh. "Looks like Ochibi is finally sated."

Oishi blushed furiously, heat fuming his cheeks. "Eiji! Don't say such things!"

"Hmm…fascinating. So Echizen finally reached the big O, huh? Hmm, when would Ryuzaki get hers?" Inui mused, still writing madly in his notebook.

Taka – san is flabbergasted at Inui's musings. "Inui! I already told you not to write Echizen's private life!"

Tezuka just glared at them while Kaidoh made another one of his Mamushi 'hisses'. They were acting like insane idiots. Yeah, that's the right term. They were practically insane to go spying on Echizen's life as if the stoic tennis player would give a hint from his tightly – closed lips.

'I should've gone back to my place when they planned this,' Tezuka wryly thought. He was not interested in other people's business. But thinking about what Kikumaru had said earlier, this was one time they would see Echizen make a fool of himself once in a while.

"Everyone! Here's what we going to do," Momo said as the others huddled around him. It looks like they were going to do the frontal assault.

Kikumaru snickered while Oishi tried to tone down his 'motherhood' behavior. Inui's glasses sparkled while Taka – san and Kaidoh sighed. Tezuka watched them, unexpectedly, a grin tugged at the corner of his lips.

Too bad he didn't bring a camera on his way here. Things will be getting pretty interesting.

Ryoma nursed his cut – up finger as he blew on the small incision that was dripping madly on the wooden chopping board. Oh great, he was bleeding like crazy; he was spilling his entire guts on the onions. He didn't want to eat finely chopped bloody onions for dinner. Not when his blood was the secret ingredient.

"I need to patch this up, I don't want to bleed to death here," he muttered, setting the onions and chopping board aside then headed out of the kitchen. He was greeted with a very dressed Nanako, her purse in her hand.

"Ryoma – san, I need to buy a few things for tonight's dinner. We've used up all of our salt and ketchup, I need to make a short trip to the grocery," she explained as she slipped on her shoes.

He nodded meekly. "Sure."

She smiled in satisfaction as she turned away from him. "Watch the house for me okay?"

"Whatever." He watched as Nanako head out the front door. 'Want to use my blood as a substitute for ketchup?' he thought dryly.

He heard the front door closed with a firm click. Shaking his head, he head upstairs thinking if Sakuno was awake and if there was a spare bandage in his room. And to top things all off, Karupin was still missing. That damn cat, where the hell did he go? He knew Karupin was a bit of an adventurer at heart, he would go to hide in unusual places where there was low in scrutiny and probably to drive his master Ryoma crazy, to the point in where his ever controlled demeanor would snap.

"Che, Karupin should better be home before dinner," he grumbled as he walked straight to his room. Unknown to him, the Momo 'Reconnaisance Team' managed to sneak inside the house by means of the backdoor from the kitchen. Kaidoh reluctantly acted, as lookout for any signs of life, hissing angrily when he found out there was none.

"Did you spot Echizen, Mamushi?" Momo whispered.

"No I don't. And stop calling me Mamushi!" Kaidoh snapped angrily.

Oishi pushed himself between the two men. "Stop it you two! Do you want to blow up our cover?"

Both men restrained themselves and shook their heads no. Oishi gave a relieved sigh and then turned to Taka – san. "Echizen didn't even suspect us to sneak in here. I'm pretty sure that we've caused quite a commotion."

"Maybe Echizen is upstairs to where Ryuzaki is," Taka – san replied. Tezuka stared at the interior walls of Echizen's home and let out a snort.

"You're imagining things. Even Echizen's cousin left this house," he remarked dryly. He received a couple of glares from his teammates.

Momo coughed loudly to draw their attention to him. "In any case, we should search inside for any signs of Echizen or Ryuzaki – chan!"

Kikumaru turned away fro Momo with disgust. "Eeewww…Momo! How could you! Even though Ochibi is doing that 'umph' things, we should be respectful enough not to invade his privacy!"

Momoshiro blushed. "O –Of course not, Eiji – senpai! I just want to teach Echizen a lesson when it comes to respecting women like Ryuzaki – chan!"

Kaidoh let out an annoyed hiss as he slouched on a sofa. "Bah, who cares about Echizen? I'm hungry, I'm tired, and I want to go home!"

"Good thing Fuji is not here. I'm sure he'll be as excited as we are," Taka – san commented as he stared at the painting in the living room wall. He was awed at how spacious the entire house was, and admired all of the decorations flanking the living room. He had to admit that Echizen's home was more cozy than his one at home.

Before Taka – san could ponder further on his musings, Tezuka began to cough as he signaled everyone to focus on him. He adjusted the rim of his glasses as he spoke.

"If we want to caught Echizen in the act, we're going to use stealth. My guess is that he is now in his room with Ryuzaki – sensei's granddaughter. Whatever he's doing to her, who knows anyway," he said.

He was rewarded with annoying looks from his friends. In some corner of his mind, he heard Kikumaru muttering, "Tezuka's – mean – he – needs – to – get – laid."

Inui stepped in, still writing in his notebook. "Tezuka, in my opinion, why don't you give yourself a break and loosen up for a while? You've just got back here from Germany to have a nice quiet vacation."

Tezuka eyed Inui with a dark gesture. "This was not my idea of loosening up. Who in the right mind would sneak up on someone who was making out with a girl!" he ranted, his voice echoing in the whole room. Momo and Kikumaru grabbed Tezuka again, and Inui was upon him a rope in his hands.

"Tezuka, this is the only way for you to loosen up. Who knows? I can get efficient data when there's no hindrances involved. Hee hee hee," Inui stated brandishing the rope as if it was a whip.

Oishi raised up a protesting hand. "Stop it you three!" His protest however fell into deaf ears as the three bound and gagged Tezuka much to the surprise of Taka – san and Kaidoh. They sweat dropped. Where was Fuji when you need him?

"Achoo!"

"Brother, are you sure you're okay?" Yuuta asked his brother who was sneezing a couple of times.

Syusuke shook his head. "Nah, it was just allergens. Nothing serious."

Yuuta tapped his racket. "Ready to lose, Big Brother?"

"Anytime," Syusuke replied, as usual a grin on his face.

Ryoma was near to his bedroom door when he stopped. He could have sworn that he heard voices coming from downstairs. He tried to ignore it but the voices became louder. Did Nanako finally returned from shopping?

"Maybe Karupin came back," he finally said as he grasped the doorknob. But, before he twists the knob open, loud bashing and grunting can be heard throughout downstairs and he groaned. 'Looks like that was a big Karupin to me,' he thought. The sounds continued so he decided to go downstairs and find out what caused the commotions.

"Hold still, Tezuka! There! All done!"

Bound tightly with ropes not to mention a gag on his mouth, Tezuka tried to struggle but to no avail. The ropes and the gag were heavily knotted; there was no way he could escape from them. And the worst part of it, his thrashing and their snickers were heard all throughout the entire living room and probably; Echizen might've heard it too.

"Uh – oh, Ochibi must've heard the noise! And I think he's climbing downstairs," Kikumaru whispered.

Momo shook his head. "We had no choice. We must hide!"

The others agreed easily while Kaidoh replied with a hiss. Hoisting Tezuka, the leapt for safety behind the leather black couch which was big for the eight of them. They held on to their bated breaths as they heard footsteps coming down the stairs.

Echizen descended the stairs. He glanced in surprise, finding out that the living room was empty. He scratched his head in annoyance when he finds out that there was no sign of Karupin anywhere.

"Damn that Karupin, where the heck is he?" he said out loud. He went back to climbing upstairs to his room. Before walking away, he noticed something moving from behind the leather couch.

"Hmm…" he mused as he neared the couch. The 'Reconnaissance Team' let out a soundless squeal at the thought of finally being discovered. Good thing that Kami – Sama was favoring them that it send a bug wriggling out of the couch to distract Echizen.

"Hn? A bug?" Ryoma stared at the tiny speck of a bug wriggling distractingly coming from behind the couch. An imaginary light bulb began to lit above his head and he grinned menacingly as he disappeared for awhile in the kitchen.

When he was gone, the 'Reconnaissance Team' let out a sigh of relief. But their faces suddenly altered to horror as Echizen went back, a bug spray in his hand. He squeezed the nozzle and the poor little bug died a poisoning death.

"Serves you right," Ryoma cackled as he returned the bug spray back in the kitchen then headed upstairs.

Meanwhile back to the 'Reconnaissance Team', Momo and the others gagged and coughed, and from the looks of it, they also inhaled some of the bug spray and now their faces were turning putrid green due to the chemicals that invaded their nostrils.

"Is he gone?" Kikumaru rasped as he peeked at the room. He clutched his neck then groaned. "Damn Ochibi, he sprayed insecticide on us! Wait till I get my hands on him!"

The others were too startled and horrified to react from the gas. Tezuka was making sounds of delight from his gagged mouth. Good thing his nose was also covered by the small handkerchief wrapped around his face.

Momo gasped, his eyes beginning to water. "Yup. Let's go!" he ordered.

The others nodded and followed Momo's command.

"Eeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkkkkkk!"

Ryuzaki screamed again as she fell down when she felt something soft and furry rubbing at her legs. She tumbled down in surprise as she scrutinized the object of her regard. The object stepped out from the darkness, white and black spotted its arms and legs and its furred face looked at her with curiosity. Its furry paw rubbed its face then let out a 'meow'.

Ryuzaki sweat dropped. It is a cat.

"Meoww…."The cat mewled softly then jumped to sit on her lap. He let out a quiet purr then snuggled beside her.

Sakuno blinked once then twice before finally registering the memory in her brain.

'Cool it Sakuno. It was only a cat. Nothing to be scared about.'

"Geez, you scared me! I thought you were a ghost or something," she muttered, stroking the cat's ears. The animal rewarded her with another purr. Smiling at her foolishness, she picked up the cat and cuddled it.

"I better put you outside. If Ryoma – kun sees you here in his room, he might get mad," she told the cat who in return, just meowed.

She grasped the knob and hastily twisted it open.

SMACK!

And before she knew it, she fell down again. And feeling something warm and hard on top of her.

And another scream ensues.

Ryoma muttered a string of curses as he finally reached the door to his bedroom. A lot of strange things happened in this day, it was getting on his nerves. He stared at his cut then cursed again when it began to bleed.

He yanked the door open and all of a sudden, he felt something smacked on him. Really hard.

And before he knew it, he was on the floor. Lying on something soft and furry.

And a scream deafened his eardrums.

Ouch.

And wait, there's a stampede running towards him.

"ECHIZEEEENNNNNNNN!"

Man, his head hurts. A lot.

Author's Note: There you have it! Everything is becoming interesting! Heeheehee! What will happen now that the 'Reconnaissance Team' found Echizen and Ryuzaki? Reviews, suggestions welcome! Arigatou for the reviews!