Tennis no HimeSama
Chapter 9: Meet the HaHa
It took another 30 minutes to an hour for Ryoma and Sakuno together to lather, scrub and rinse Karupin dry after the grueling bath that cost them their clothes and their messy hair. Ryoma stretched his cramping muscles as he watched Karupin dash out of the bathroom, a trail of wet paw prints evident. Sakuno giggled at Karupin's sudden exit then stared at Ryoma.
"Karupin is really cute, Ryoma – kun! I've always wanted a cat but I'm so clumsy, I might not give it proper care," she mused as she squeezed excess water from her long hair. Ryoma looked at her for a moment then shrugged.
"You can always visit Karupin here anytime, Sakuno. I think he also grew fond of you, especially after you courageously gave him a bath," he commented. Sakuno launched herself at him and gave him a peck on his cheek.
"Mwah! You're so sweet," she drawled. Ryoma's face went red due to embarrassment and he pried himself gently from her hold. She pouted a little but she quickly understood. They were too wet and her clothes clung to her curves, leaving nothing to the imagination to Ryoma's eye. She gave him a shamefaced expression.
"Well, time for you to change into new clothes. I'll be right back in a few minutes or so to clean the mess," Ryoma said as he walked halfway from her and into the door. Sakuno called out his name and he turned at her.
"Anou," she began. His eyebrow went up and she squeaked. She stared at her boyfriend's inquiring look and blushed. She twisted the hem of her skirt as she whispered, "If it's alright with you…I will help you with the cleaning, Ryoma – kun."
Ryoma didn't say anything. He just gave her a small smirk. "Thank you." With that, he closed the door. Sakuno waited for a few minutes before she started humming to herself and was about to lift the toilet bowl and take a pee, when her boyfriend went in again and hand her a yellow printed oversized T – shirt and the unmistaken pink undies. A new set of clothes.
Sakuno smiled a bit as she started to remove her wet clothes.
"Man! Inui, when are we supposed to catch Ochibi in action? I mean, he might've raped Ryuzaki – chan by now," Kikumaru commented as he shook Inui by the shoulder. Momoshiro nodded eagerly while Kaidoh hissed.
"Just a second, Eiji. It will be ten minutes from now and we will commence our mission," Inui assured the Acrobatic – styled Seigaku Regular. Momoshiro observed their surroundings and began to sneeze. He wiped his nose as he stared at the darkening sky. "Man, it's almost nighttime. And we hadn't teach him a lesson yet."
Tezuka snorted. "If you didn't drag us back here, Inui, we're saving ourselves from a lot of shame."
"Pipe it, Tezuka! You know you want to find out if Ochibi is doing those dirty things to Ryuzaki – chan!" Kikumaru argued. Oishi stood up to Tezuka's defense. "Eiji!"
Fuji rubbed his chin in thought. "I still don't understand that waiting for Echizen to come out here in the open is exciting. I expected something much more than that."
Momoshiro waved his hand in an assertive gesture. "Be patient, Fuji – sempai. We'll get to that point sooner or later. We're just waiting for Inui – sempai's signal. I can't wait to see Echizen's face once we caught him manhandling Ryuzaki – chan!"
Oishi turned into his "Seigaku Okasan Mode". "Momo! Watch what you're saying!" Turning to Kawamura, he commented, "Taka – san! You should be helping me in restraining them! They're going overboard in Inui's idea!"
Taka – san only shrugged. "I can't help you, Oishi. After all, I'm only a reserve."
Oishi's face went red in anger. "What? You're still toadying over that idea?" Kikumaru slapped a hand over Oishi's mouth, muffling his sounds of protest.
"Sssshhh! Oishi! You shouldn't say such things! Remember, this is payback for Ochibi's deceit," he explained to his distressed partner. Kaidoh hissed again while Inui turned to him.
"Kaidoh, can you scan the entire surroundings for us?" he asked in formality. Deciding not to argue about it, Kaidoh stepped out from the bushes and slithered like a snake as he glanced around their surroundings. His teammates waited with their bated breaths of Kaidoh's outcome. Kaidoh reached the back door of the house and gave an experimental twist on the doorknob. It silently opened with a soft click.
"Everything's clear," he finally said. They sighed in relief.
Inui then stood up. "Then its time. We'll storm inside and from there, we'll begin the interrogation."
Kikumaru followed second. "Yah! We'll make Ochibi admit his crime by shouting it out to the heavens!"
Momoshiro shot an approving fist in the air. "Yeah!"
Oishi stood in between Kikumaru and Momoshiro. "Guys! Don't do anything violent towards Echizen!"
Inui raised a hand to begin their "mission". "Then, everyone, let's go!"
And so, the three hyperactive sempais rushed towards the Echizen home with their Seigaku Mom hot on their butts.
While the other three were left staring at their backs and sweat dropped.
Fuji smirked with a puzzled expression. "Aahh…so they're going to do the initiative? Very interesting. I want to see this." He strutted towards the back door that was flung open by the rampant mob.
Taka – san shrugged again. "Oh well, might as well be a catalyst to prevent them from doing anything drastic." He then followed Fuji inside the house.
Tezuka stared at where his teammates disappeared. They're still persistent…as if Echizen will allow them to show his weakness towards Ryuzaki – sensei's granddaughter. But, I have to watch this until the end; it's bad to let this event pass and everything that happen here go to waste. He was about to walk back into the house when something caught his eye.
By then, going back into the house was a bad idea.
Ryoma finished zipping himself up into a pair of navy blue baggy jeans. Raking his fingers through his unruly hair, he opened his closet and pulled out a dark green button down shirt. He slipped inside of it and he was in the process of buttoning up his shirt when his door suddenly opened.
"Anou, Ryoma – kun…I…Eeekkkk!"
Sakuno shrieked then closed her eyes when Ryoma turned around to face her and she saw his exposed chest. Ryoma raised an eyebrow. "What are you screaming about?"
"You…you're not finished dressing yet!" she exclaimed, her hands swept upwards to cover her eyes and burning face. Ryoma gave a nonchalant shrug as he resumed buttoning his shirt.
"Actually, I'm halfway dressed. And it's also not right for a girl to suddenly barge into a room, especially if it's a boy's room," he chided. Sakuno tensed at his words and she brought her hands down, only to fold it above her chest.
"Hmph! So? Your room's the messiest place I've ever been! And this is only the first time I visit it," she retorted as she walked to the bed and started to straighten out the bed covers and fluff up the pillows. Echizen just watched his girlfriend tidy up his room, keeping one eyebrow raised as she arranged his things on his desk, and opened the blinds of his window, the moonlight spilling throughout the room.
"Oi, I'm not asking you to become my housekeeper," he complained as she sneezed while she was dusting the inside of his closet. She covered her mouth as she sneezed again. He handed her a handkerchief.
"Of course you don't. If Tomo – chan and your fan girls find out that their ojisama is living in filth, who knows how many of them will show up at your doorstep demanding to clean your room," Sakuno sighed. Ryoma winced at the thought of a rabid mob of girls bursting inside his room.
"Now that's a very worse scenario you've quite presented, Sakuno – chan," he replied dryly. The brown haired girl bit her bottom lip naively as she focused her attention in smoothing out the wrinkles in Ryoma's coverlet. A sight made him smirk. "In fact," he continued as he crossed his arms and looked at her. "It seems to me that you'll need to tone down your eating habits if you still want to keep in shape. From my point of view, your bottom looks perfectly round."
Sakuno squeaked at his comment. "R- Ryoma – kun no Baka!" She snatched up his pillow and threw it at him. He tilted his head sideways and the pillow hit the closet with a loud sound. He made a wry face as he walked towards her. She grabbed another one of his pillow when he caught her wrist with his hand.
"Oi, stop throwing my things. And what I'm saying is true. I already told you before that added weight would not only slow your agility, but also your reaction time will decrease and you might not be able to return fast balls at this rate…" he explained, not noticing the slight twitching of Sakuno's eyebrow. She slapped his hand away and whacked him with the pillow straight in the face.
"Well excuse me if I'm getting fat to your point of view!" she huffed as she stomped out of the room. Hearing the door slammed shut, Ryoma removed the pillow from his face, and mischief glittered in his cat – like eyes.
"Hnn…and she blames me for overeating. Wait till she sees herself eating later," he said to himself as he went out of the room to follow her.
Sakuno almost tripped from walking down the stairs, obviously pissed at Ryoma's statement. So what if she was gaining a little bit of weight? That's not going to make a difference when it comes to playing tennis, right? Suddenly, her gaze swept up to the large gilded mirror of the living room and she couldn't believe her eyes on what she saw.
No wonder. She was wearing only Ryoma's shirt that was reaching a mere inches above her hips. And from the look of things, he must have noticed it when she bent down to fix the coverlet of his bed. Oh well, he'd finally seen her bottom and they weren't even married yet.
She then heard light footsteps and having a gut feeling that it might be Ryoma, she took a deep breath then turned to face him. "I know I'm gaining weight lately and I…"
"Uh…huh…and I'm right all along that you've been getting fat?"
"You're right, I'm getting fat and…" Sakuno's eyes went wide and looked at Ryoma who was eyeing her in a bored manner. She resisted the urge not to slug him.
He pretended not to notice her glare as he held up something in front of her. It was a pair of jeans. It was his cousin Nanako's jeans. Her eyes lit up as she accepted them gratefully. No wonder she felt cold. She was also halfway dressed.
"It's too small for her so I figured out that this would still be a bit more of your size," he replied dryly. She smiled sweetly; eyeing the jeans' faded design. It was absolutely exquisite.
"It's beautiful. Arigatou, Ryoma – kun," she mouthed the words blissfully.
His golden eyes twinkled in absurdity. "Actually, you could've shown your butt in my sight for all I care but, since there is a need for decency, I had no choice but to give you that."
She defiantly stared at him. "You're beginning to become perverted, Ryoma – kun."
He gave a grin. "Mada mada dane."
She clutched the jeans as she went back upstairs. Ryoma watched her hips swayed quite provocatively and he shook his head. Damn, he was having perverted thoughts. Well, when did he ever start having these? When he met her? No. Maybe Momoshiro – sempai? Nah, he always talks about youth. Maybe…
Oh, now he got it. It was from his very own lecherous father. That oyaji of his somehow mingled his perverted – ness into his blood and his system. Eww…gross… Yeah. That must be it.
Unknown to him, conspicuously peering through the shadows, his sempais were watching his every move and the whole thing.
Meanwhile, outside the Echizen home, Nanako and Ryoma's mother were standing in front of the wrought iron gate with their groceries. Nanako was fumbling for the keys since she didn't want to bother Ryoma --- he was too tardy, and he didn't want to waste his time opening up the gate for her. She was about to pull the keys from her bag when her aunt called out her attention. "Hai, Oba – sama?" she asked.
Ryoma's mother tapped one finger under her chin in thought. "I'm quite surprised that Ryoma brought his friend for dinner, Nanako – chan. To tell you the truth, I almost thought that he was a sloth and he inherited his bad habits from his father."
Nanako's cheeks turned pink at the same time, she gave a low laugh. "I was also surprised too, Oba – sama. To think that it's also unanticipated for Ryoma – san to bring a cute friend along for a family gathering," she agreed as she adjusted her hold onto her groceries. She cast a wary glance at her aunt.
"I'm sorry if I can't tell you any more of the details, Oba – sama. Ryoma – san told me that he'd be the one to introduce his friend himself. To not spoil the moment, I mean," she assured her. She didn't want to worry her aunt that much especially since their only son will finally introduce his girlfriend formally to the family.
Her aunt didn't seem to mind. "That's alright, Nanako – chan. Actually, I'm grateful to you for picking me up at the station. Normally, I'd asked Ryoma for this but…oh well," she smiled at her lovely niece. "I'm sure that kid has his reasons."
Nanako managed a smile. "Oh…well…of course he was."
"Then we'd better hurry. Open this door and let's meet them inside!" her aunt exclaimed. Nanako drew in a deep breath and started opening the gate.
Meanwhile, inside the house, after watching Echizen climbed upstairs to Ryuzaki – chan, the sempais huddled again to form another strategy.
Kikumaru flailed his fist angrily, almost hitting Kaidoh who grunted. "I can't believe that our Ochibi is slowly becoming a closet pervert! We all heard what they've talked about right? He sneaked a peek of Ryuzaki – chan's butt! And worst of all," he sniffed, wiping imaginary tears away from his eyes in a dramatic gesture, "He called her fat! FAT! Does he ever have a clue that FAT is a worst thing a guy should never say to a girl?"
Momoshiro patted his sempai's back sympathetically, also wiping fake tears. "I know, I know, Kikumaru – sempai."
Oishi clench and unclench his fists in exasperation. "Nooo! I can't take this anymore! Let's just confront Echizen again and demand the answers straight from his mouth!"
Kaidoh hissed. "It's nighttime already! Don't you guys want to go home?"
Kikumaru wailed. "NOOOOO! Until we find out Ochibi's wiles!"
Fuji on the other hand was happy. "Wow, I can't believe that everyone seems so psyched about this."
Taka – san sweat dropped. "I don't think "being psyched" is the right term to put up with that, Fuji."
Tezuka made motions, signaling them to shut up. "Everyone keep quiet! Someone is opening the front door!"
The others hushed themselves when they heard jingling sounds from the outside. And there were sounds of women giggling when the door finally opened. The regular members cowered in their hiding places as the light from the living room opened and brightened the entire room.
Nanako closed the front door and followed her aunt to the kitchen to finish preparing for dinner.
The regulars gulped as they saw Echizen's mother and cousin enter the house. They looked back to Inui who was still oblivious to the possibility that they may get caught.
Nevertheless, all they have to do was to wait and observe for whatever unlikely events that may take place within the walls of the Echizen home.
Sakuno sucked in a breath. One more…please, just one more heave…
She braced herself as she yanked the jeans upward. So it was too small for Ryoma's cousin! And too bad, it was also too small for her! Her cheeks were puffed with redness as she began the process of heave, yank, heave, yank on the rough denim material. She sighed. She really was getting FAT, and she needed help with the jeans.
A knock jolted her out of her thoughts as she looked up from what she was doing, then to the door that suddenly creaked open.
Ryoma's head peeked inside the bathroom, his cat – shaped eyes centered on her. "What are you doing?" he asked mildly.
She threw her head back in a huff and turned her back against him. "It's none of your business!" She was still hurt over the FAT comment that he made earlier, you see. Ryoma entered the bathroom and closed the door behind him. He crossed his arms over his chest and raised one dark brow at her statement. "Hmm…really, huh? But, it seems that I'm not the one who's having a tough time."
She did all her best not to scream. "Are you just here to bother me?"
He gave her a smug look. "Perhaps."
"Aaaarrrgggghhhhh!" she exclaimed, throwing up her hands. The jeans fell down in a hapless swoop. She then yanked it back to her hips eventually glaring at Ryoma when she caught him staring at her. "What?" she hissed.
He never took his eyes off her. "I was wondering if you need my help on that thing."
Man, he never learns. He should keep his bluntness to himself. Oh well, she really needed help anyway. Walking towards him, fingers curled on either edge of her jeans, she thrust her hips at him. "Here."
Letting a low laugh escape past his lips, he grasped the tab of her zipper. Staring on her bottomless brown eyes, he smirked. "Breathe deeply and we'll zip this thing up." She nodded, bracing herself with her feet planted firmly on the ground. "Ready?" She nodded again.
Ryoma breathed also and took hold of the tab firmly. "Alright, here I go."
Inside the kitchen, Echizen Rinko paused at her work in slicing the tomatoes. For a moment there, she heard someone moaning upstairs. At first she ignored it but it wouldn't stop. It was bothering her. She turned to her niece who was stir – frying the vegetables.
"Nanako – chan? Did you hear someone moan?" she asked. Nanako shook her head as she continued cooking.
"No, oba – sama. Maybe it was only Ryoma – san or Karupin," she supplied helpfully.
Rinko stared at her cut – up tomatoes. As if something crossed her mind, she stood up from where she sat and removed her apron. "I'm going up," she announced, tossing the apron on the chair. Nanako said nothing as she watched her aunt leave the kitchen.
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Meanwhile, in the living room, the sempais watched as Echizen's mother started climbing up the stairs. Kikumaru gasped as he turned to his eager teammates. "Hey! Ochibi's okasan is going upstairs! Ooohhhh…he's going to get creamed, I tell you!"
Oishi threw in a worried look. "Oh my, I don't want to see this…! I don't want Ryuzaki – chan to get hurt because of Echizen!"
Kaidoh gave a hiss. Taka – san also looked apprehensive.
"Wow. Things are going to get interesting," Fuji commented excitingly.
Tezuka sighed. "I wonder if Echizen finds us spying him again interesting."
Kikumaru glared annoyingly at him. "Shut your trap, Tezuka! We've come this far and you're not going to spoil the mood!"
Momoshiro sweat dropped. "Eiji – sempai is getting keyed up…"
Inui wrote vigorously in his notes and his glasses gleamed. "Minna – san, should we follow Echizen's mother upstairs and see for ourselves?"
Oishi was flabbergasted. "You can't be serious!" He glanced to Taka – san. "Tell them, Taka – san!"
The sushi regular sighed. "Can't. I'm only a reserve."
Fuiji stood up to everyone's surprise. "Let's go."
"Eeehhhh? Fuji! Are you going to take up Inui's idea?" the mother of Seigaku wailed in disbelief. Fuji only smiled at his outburst.
"It'll be fun. And besides, this will be the only time in the world we'll be doing this together." Gesturing towards the others, he added, "I'm sure everyone feels the same way."
Oishi looked at his teammates' determined faces. He sighed as he raised his hands in defeat. "Whatever. I give up."
Inui stood up next. "Well then, shall we go?"
The others stood up and yelled in unison. "YEAH!"
Tezuka stared at them. "Hoo – boy…" One heck of a reunion, all right…
"OW!"
"Hold still…it's almost there!"
"Oooohhhh…but it hurts Ryoma – kun…"
"What? I haven't even pushed it upwards yet. I already told you to breathe deeply."
"Nani? I am already! Yyeeooowwccch!"
"It's almost halfway…I'm sliding my way in."
"Hurry! I don't want to wait!"
"I'm almost there…"
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Rinko could not believe at what her ears were hearing. She heard her son's voice but, wait, there's another voice besides him. She felt beads of sweat dripping down her forehead when she remembered the moaning sounds from the kitchen downstairs. Could it be…?
NO!
Her son was too laid-back, too indolent, too cool, too…oh, there are so many adjectives to be used to describe Ryoma's unreceptive behavior. If she should've known better, the boy would've had an uncertain future. Not about tennis actually, but the chances of Ryoma snagging a girl even on a date would be an unquestionably 0.
The moaning sounds started to waft through the door and Rinko wasted no time. She gripped the doorknob tightly and swerved it open.
The sight she saw took her breath away.
It was her good – for – nothing son…with a girl. Not just any girl. They were…oh heavens…
Her son was starting to follow his perverted father's footsteps.
"EEEEeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkk!"
And before she knew it, she was out of breath and started to collapse.
And then she was caught on a pair of strong arms.
…………
The two broke apart when they heard a scream and Sakuno began to gulp when she saw the bathroom door was slightly ajar. How the hell did that happen? Ryoma wasn't still aware of it and still continued focusing on his work with his back facing the door.
Oh no. "R – Ryoma – kun…"
He was still engrossed with the zipper, happy that the tab was a bit halfway towards the top. "I don't have time to deal with your complaints, Ryuzaki. Just let me finish this and we're through."
Sakuno gripped his sleeve tightly. "B – But…Ryoma – kun! There's something you should k – know!"
Ryoma looked at her sternly. "Ryuzaki, do you want to prance around here naked? Just shut up and let me finish!"
Sakuno placed her palms on either side of Ryoma's face and craned his neck to see what was behind them. Of course, Ryoma was skeptical although now after confirming what Sakuno saw, his mouth went dry.
The Seigaku regulars were gaping at them…along with his mother in Inui – sempai's arms. And from the looks of it, his mother had fainted from an unknown cause and the sempais especially Inui managed to catch her before she hit her head on the ground and suffer a concussion. And weird, what are they doing inside of his house again?
Kikumaru – sempai stepped forward and pointed an accusing finger at Echizen. "Nyaa! Finally, we caught you entirely red – handed, Ochibi! You managed to fool us with the bruise on Ryuzaki's neck but no more!"
Echizen and Ryuzaki exchanged looks.
"Anyway," Oishi coughed as he pushed himself forward between Kikumaru and Echizen. "You better explain yourself clearly to us Echizen or the whole team will force it out of your throat!"
Echizen blinked. "Huh? What am I going to explain myself for?"
"Your mistreatment to Ryuzaki – chan!" Kikumaru wailed.
"Anou, sempai – tachi…" Ryuzaki began but Momoshiro cut her off with a brief "harrumph!"
Inui placed Echizen's mother down on the floor and began to flip his notebook open. After scribbling down a few phrases, his glasses gleamed as he looked intently at the evasive pair. Finally, they had caught them on where they wanted them to be. "Anything you have to say to yourself, Echizen?"
"I told you before, what am I going to explain myself for?"
Kikumaru was about to open his mouth when Oishi clamped it with his hand. Kaidoh gave a hiss while Tezuka kept quiet. Fuji watched the whole scene, his smile growing wide. Taka – san was helplessly restraining a fuming Momo because of Echizen's resistance. Inui decided to take the matter up in his own hands, since he was the one who planned to storm them here after all. He adjusted the rim of his glasses. "Echizen, would you enlighten us your side of the story?"
Echizen was becoming cranky. He was being falsely accused. Glancing at his girlfriend who was still grasping the edge of her jeans, he exhaled noisily. "I don't know what you're talking about, Inui – sempai."
Kikumaru growled like a mad cat. "Gwaahhhh! Ochibi, how could you? Denying yourself now that you're caught doing mean things to Ryuzaki – chan! How dare you…mounting her against her will!" He buried his face in Oishi's shoulder and howled. "Boo – hoo! After all the things we taught you on how to be a good gentleman to the ladies!"
Oishi was a bit embarrassed at Kikumaru's sudden display of emotion so he settled on patting his back in a sympathetic manner. Momoshiro wrenched himself free of Taka – san's grip and made his way to Echizen. Echizen pulled his girlfriend behind him as he met Momo – chan sempai head on.
"Echizen," Momo ground out in between clenched teeth, "You'd better come up with a good answer now or you're going to get it!"
The young bucho stared at his closest friend and smirked. "What answer Momo – sempai?"
'Yarou, he's really provoking me to do it!' Momo seethed as he gawked at Echizen's unperturbed look. Fuji smile got even wider. Things are going to get pretty interesting…
To everyone's surprise, Taka – san stepped in the middle of Echizen and Momo, holding the two apart by their shoulders. Momo gave him an inquiring look while Echizen remained absolutely expressionless. Ryuzaki clung to Ryoma's sleeve as she became queasy of the circumstances.
"Everyone, we shouldn't be prying into their relationship," Taka – san finally blurted out. The other sempais stared at him with a humongous question mark on their faces excluding Fuji who was still wearing his customary grin. Relieved that the sempais were focusing their attention to their 'reserve', Taka – san took a deep breath. "I just realized, what we are doing is a terrible thing. I mean, their relationship is a personal matter. Who cares if Echizen is doing some not – so – good things to Ryuzaki – chan! It's not that he…"
Momo – chan sempai slipped a racket in Taka – san's hand.
"…And furthermore…" Taka – san 's gentle tone began to grow harsh. "if Echizen manhandles Ryuzaki – chan…" he waved the racket up into the air like a sword. "I'll punish him like this!" He swung the racket dangerously. The sempais screeched in horror. Momo and Kikumaru wrestled the racket out of Taka – san's grip while Oishi tried to persuade Kaidoh and Tezuka to help assist Momo while Fuji was impressed at the entire scene. Inui continued on his data gathering. On the other hand, Echizen and Ryuzaki batted an eyelid when they realized that the sempais were the ones making fun of themselves.
If Echizen were not in a very cloudy mood, he would've laughed but he was not too cheerful to even pull up a smirk. His girlfriend still continued to tremble, seeing his fainted mother and the screaming sempais. It was not her idea of a reunion at all. He slipped an arm around her shoulders and gave her a squeeze.
"Let me go! I want to teach Echizen a lesson about youth!" Taka – san roared. Kikumaru managed to snag both his legs while Momo grasped one arm tightly and stretched his other hand to reach for the racket. "That's my line. Taka – san! And stop wiggling! Give me the racket!" Momo yelled as he struggled.
"NO!"
Oishi shrank back in mortification. "Everyone! Stop! Oh geez, we're going to be in big trouble!"
Tezuka shrugged his shoulder unflappably. "I already warned you before and you didn't listen."
Kaidoh hissed.
Fuji was still in high spirits. "What a very balmy atmosphere."
"You're not helping, Fuji!" Oishi exclaimed loudly.
"Still very good data," Inui mumbled to himself as he jotted on his notes frantically. Echizen started to ran his fingers through his midnight green hair. Everything has got to stop.
"All right! Enough is enough!" he bellowed. The sempais stopped from their actions momentarily and glared at him. Ryoma made a motion of his hand as he stared at every one of them. "First of all, I'm totally pissed on what you guys are doing to my personal life. Didn't you understand what Kawamura – sempai said? You had no right to meddle with my own private affairs. What I do to Ryuzaki – chan is between the two of us. I appreciate your concern, but we don't need it."
"NOOO! YOU'RE TORMENTING RYUZAKI – CHAN LONG ENOUGH BRAT! IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO BE DISCIPLINED ABOUT RESPECTING WOMEN! HOW DARE YOU, RAPING RYUZAKI – CHAN! WE WON'T FORGIVE YOU!" Taka – san, still possessed by the racket growled viciously.
Now he was really irritated. "Like I said before, I didn't manhandle Ryuzaki – chan! And where did you get that perverted idea? It's not like I raped her or whatsoever!"
"Ryoma – kun!" Ryuzaki cried out, humiliated.
"WHAT?"
All of them turned their heads around to the source of the voice and they yelped. It was Echizen's mother. While she was starting to wake up from her collapse, she heard everything through her subconscious and honestly, it freaked her out. And now, staring at the sempais and of course, nailing her dazed look on her son and the girl behind him, she began to mumble to herself as if she was on another world.
"My son… my little Ryoma – chin… has followed his perverted father's footsteps… oh where did I go wrong? Where did I go wrong…?" she murmured quietly, repeating those phrases over and over again. Ryoma sweat dropped as he could only gape at his mother. The sempais continued their brawl while Inui resumed his writing. Ryuzaki – chan rushed to Echizen's mother and placed her hand over her forehead. She grimaced when she felt the older woman's skin.
"She's cold and clammy. Let's take her to your room Ryoma – kun," she said to him when he instantly went to her side. He nodded as he lifted his mother up and ignoring the harebrained mêlée of their sempais, he sighed tiredly and marched back to his bedroom with Ryuzaki in tow.
And still, the sempais continued to maul each other, not knowing that their primary suspect had escaped them once again with his accomplice and his victim.
Oh boy.
Author's note: Wowee…they're still at it again! And poor Okasan, she couldn't bear it anymore. Her beloved son becoming the next Nanjiroh Echizen! Hehehe! Next chapter will be more hilarious and Nanjiroh will finally make his entrance! Stay tuned up to the next chapter and thank you for reading my story! Thank you for the reviews, I appreciate your comments and suggestions. Feel free to read my other fics, and don't forget to post your reviews! It's really heartwarming whenever I read the reviews --- it motivates me to write more. I'm actually a very lazy person. Anyways, Arigatou Gozaimasu and keep reading! Ja!
Oh and by the way, Haha is another term for Okasan in Japanese.