A/N: Yay! I'm still alive and kicking! Sorry for the late update like always and hope you enjoy this chapter. Thanks to whoever's still waiting and reading this. I love you guys~
Warning: Spoilers and such. OOC-ness and random crack.
Disclaimer: I don't own POT and some data came from fanbooks so credits to the translators for translating them. I love those people lol. The data translations can be read at the forum in mangahelpers if you're interested. Also I don't own the game Catherine. It's a real game just google if you don't know it lol.
Chapter Twenty: Blog and Brother
It was the morning after the pillow fight incident. Yuushi woke up to see that Kenya got up earlier than him. Kenya was standing in the middle of their room with his arms spread open and his head raised with his eyes closed. Yuushi looked at his cousin strangely.
'What is this fellow doing this early in the morning? And why did he wake up earlier than me?' he thought.
It was Kamio's turn to wake up and when he saw Kenya's pose, unlike Yuushi, he asked him directly,
"What are you doing, Kenya-san?"
Sakata woke up as well and Kenya, upon hearing his name being called, opened his eyes and with a refreshing smile turned to him and answered,
"This is the first time I have felt so free in all my life!"
The rest tilted their heads in confusion with a synchronized, "Huh?"
"You know what happened last night! Zaizen broke his phone! With that out of the way, he can no longer threaten my life!" Kenya said with a tone of excitement.
The others sweatdropped. They felt sorry and happy for him at the same time.
Suddenly though, a terrifying sound ruined his happy moment.
piro piro piroo~~~n
Kenya felt the blood drain out of his face. He immediately took hold of his phone and after looking at it, his face turned into a terrified expression. The others looked at him sympathetically.
Kamio tried to break the silence by asking, "Was that Zai-"
He was cut off when Kenya said, "Don't… don't finish that sentence. Please. And don't even mention his name to me right now."
Yuushi checked his cellphone and went to Zaizen's blog. Like they thought, it has a new update and it read,
Did you know that Kenya-senpai is actually jealous of buchou's popularity with girls?
Yuushi sighed, 'So that's why he's depressed. Not only did his kouhai update his blog, it was about Kenya too.'
~xoxoxoxo~
"Zaizen, didn't your phone break last night? How did you update your blog? Did you borrow someone's phone?" Shiraishi asked while they were eating breakfast.
Everyone stopped eating and looked at them. Shiraishi sweatdropped, 'They were all curious about it? Does everyone already know about Zaizen's blog?'
"Oh that. Well, Atobe-san has a lot of spare phones and he gave me one and in exchange, I would not write about this certain secret of his." Zaizen calmly answered.
Everyone turned to look at Atobe with anger in their eyes and they all thought, 'So it was your fault!'
"Hmmm. I wonder how I can bribe Zaizen-kun to not tell my secrets." Mizuki thought aloud.
Chitose laughed and said, "Good luck with that. It's a little hard to persuade our kouhai."
"I know a threat that will work." Koharu winked, "But I actually wanted Zaizen-kun to let my secrets be known to the world!"
"Why do you still keep it as a secret if you want it to be known?" Shishido deadpanned.
"And, what's this threat that will work?" Ryoma asked. He is a little curious. After all, he was also one of Zaizen's victims.
"Give me a kiss first then I'll tell you." Koharu quickly said with a matching smooch face.
Ryoma vein popped and actually wanted to throw his grape juice at him but Kawamura stopped him.
"You don't need that brat to give you a kiss Koharu! I'm here after all. I'll give you one anytime!" Hitouji said.
"No! Didn't I tell you that I don't need you anymore!" Koharu shouted.
"But Koharuuuu!"
And everyone continued their breakfast ignoring the gay lover's quarrel.
~xoxoxoxo~
At the courts, they were doing their usual practice when Kirihara suddenly shouted, "Hey everyone! Tokugawa Kazuya and Echizen Ryoga are having a match at the next court!"
"A match between those two? How interesting." Fuji commented.
"Catherine told me the details!" Kirihara added.
Everyone deadpanned after that one sentence and they all continued their practice.
"Hey I'm not lying! They really are having a match!"
"Then tell us Akaya, how can this Catherine tell you about it? Did it walk all the way to the other court and spoke to you?" Marui asked, emphasizing some words.
"How rude senpai! Catherine is alive I keep telling you!" Kirihara defended.
"How can a stuffed bear be alive Akaya?" Niou asked with a snicker.
Kirihara sniffed and was about to shout at them when someone shouted before him,
"Hey guys! A guy I forgot the name and Koshimae's brother are having a match at the next court!"
It was Kintarou, who was obviously skipping practice and loitering somewhere.
With a real person announcing, even if it was a stupid person like Kintarou, they all stopped practicing and went to the next court to have a look.
Once they reached the court, Tokugawa and Ryoga really are having a match and it was a heated match also.
"Hey look, even the high schoolers are here watching them." Tachibana said pointing to the audience.
"I wonder where the coaches are? Aren't they going to scold us for skipping practice like this?" Oishi worriedly asked.
"No worries! No worries! If everyone else is here then it's all fine right nya?" Eiji cheerfully answered.
"Besides, we've been scolded all the time that we're already used to it." Momo said.
"That really isn't something to be proud about." Ryoma said.
While the match was ongoing, Marui randomly asked Kirihara, "Why is it named Catherine?"
Kirihara's eyes sparkled and he enthusiastically explained, "Well there's this game I played called Catherine and the Catherine in that game was sooooooo, sooooo cute that I bought a bear and named it Catherine!"
"Just for that?" Marui sweatdropped.
"Just try playing it and you'll know!" Kirihara said.
"Isn't that game rated as mature? Aren't you too young for that game, Akaya?" Yanagi said.
Kirihara sweatdropped and made an excuse, "R-Really? I-It's just a game right? I-It's not like I'll copy what the game did."
Then Kintarou came and asked, "Ne, I want to play that game as well."
"No Kin-chan! You're too young for that!" Shiraishi shouted.
"Have you played that game, Shiraishi?" Kenya asked.
Shiraishi gulped at the question and nervously answered while blushing, "N-No… not really."
"One hundred percent chance that Shiraishi is lying." Inui said.
"Oh I know that game!" Sengoku butted in, "Catherine was so sexy and cute. Hehehe she's my ideal woman. Well I like all women in the world." he added with a creepy laugh.
"Yeah! Catherine is really sexy and cute right?" Kirihara cheerfully said while holding up his Catherine.
Everyone blankly stared at said bear.
"I'm sorry I even started this. Let's just continue watching the match." Marui lowered his head.
"So why are they even having a match?" Ryoma asked.
"Because of you." Kintarou answered.
Everyone looked at Kintarou with confused expressions.
"Uhh why Echizen?" Oishi asked.
Inui flipped his notebook and said, "According to the data I just got, it said that Tokugawa Kazuya always wanted a little brother and he has taken a liking to Echizen. Recently however, he has lost his favourite little brother Echizen over to Echizen Ryoga and as a result, a burning sense of rivalry with Echizen Ryoga developed."
...What?
Ryoma coughed.
"Well, having a little brother is nice. I guess…" Shiraishi said, breaking the ice.
"My nephew is annoying but I still care for him like he's my little brother and also…" Sanada glanced at Kintarou.
Yukimura noticed this and smiled, "You actually treat Tooyama-kun as a little brother as well. Right Genichirou?"
Niou snickered, "Sanada doesn't treat him as a little brother. For all I know, they could be father and son."
Sanada vein popped and was about to slap Niou but he suddenly used a Kintarou illusion making him stop.
Speaking of Kintarou…
"Uhm, where is he?" Yuuta asked.
Everyone looked around but Kintarou was nowhere to be found.
Shiraishi facepalmed when he finally saw where Kintarou was.
"Over there! He's in the middle of the match with Tokugawa-san and Echizen-san!" Ootori pointed.
"What is that idiot doing?" Kenya scratched his head.
"I'm sorry I wasn't a good father. I couldn't teach him well." Shiraishi sulked in a corner.
"Father?" Zaizen blankly stared at his senpai's stupidity.
Kenya patted Shiraishi's shoulder and consoled him saying, "No. I'm to blame as well. I should've helped you teach him the ways of the world."
"Mother?" Zaizen asked while pointing at Kenya.
"Who're you calling mother?" Kenya shouted while throwing a tennis ball at Zaizen, "And I still haven't forgiven you for what you did to me this morning!"
"I don't really need your forgiveness." Zaizen cockily said making Kenya even more enraged.
Meanwhile, Tokugawa and Ryoga stopped the match and stared at the little brat who dared interrupt them.
"It's not good to fight over Koshimae! You two should make peace and share him!" Kintarou innocently scolded the two.
"Huh?" The two chorused.
Ryoga scratched his head and asked, "What are you talking about?"
"It's all because you've been hogging Echizen. Even if I wanted to practice with him, he's always practicing with you teaching him some dangerous move." Tokugawa dramatically explained. He even sniffed a bit there as if he was about to cry.
"W-What? Is this what this match's all about?" Ryoga questioned, "You just suddenly asked me for a match."
"I also wanted to spend time with my little brother!" Tokugawa continued his dramatic speech.
"…But he's my brother." Ryoga sweatdropped.
"I don't care! I shall destroy you and take him as my little brother!"
Meanwhile at the audience…
"Isn't that nice Echizen? Aren't you a nice little brother?" Yuuta commented.
"You're a nice little brother too Yuuta." Fuji smiled.
"You're a nasty older brother." Yuuta countered.
Back with the dramatic tennis match, Tokugawa served a ball and Ryoga was about to return it when Kintarou once again interrupted and returned the ball instead.
"If that's how it's gonna be then I'll both destroy you and take Koshimae as my little brother so that you two won't fight anymore! Fighting is bad!"
"Why are you saying that if you're joining the fight?" Zaizen blankly commented.
"Well it fits since Tooyama IS older than Echizen." Inui commented.
"He is?" Many players jawdropped.
Yanagi said, "Yes, my data says that Tooyama is thirteen years old born on the first of April while Echizen is twelve born on the twenty-fourth of December. So Tooyama is older by just a few months."
"Really?" Ryoma was shocked as well by that fact and I as the author of this fic is as well.
Ryoga coughed a laugh, "You have no chance against me. I have more experiences having chibisuke as a little brother!"
Ryoma slumped down on the bench, "Why is he going along with this?"
Ryoga continued, "Chibisuke was so cute when he was younger you know and he would want me more as his brother. He used to worship me and is always sticking to me like glue and he would say 'Onii-san' every two seconds!"
"I don't remember that happening!" Ryoma stood up and shouted.
"Hoooohh! Ochibi has a cute side after all." Eiji snickered.
"No! Koshimae will have more fun with me as his older brother! Because… because… because I'm a fun person!" Kintarou countered.
People watching sweatdropped.
"Kin-chan's losing the fight." Shiraishi said.
"Eh? That was the fight they were talking about? They're not gonna play tennis?" Kirihara asked.
"I'm better as an older brother. I can actually teach him a whole lot more in tennis than you all and we can practice anytime, anywhere as well." Tokugawa said.
While the three competed being Ryoma's older brother, everyone got tired of it and just continued on with their practice.
~xoxoxoxo~
That night in Room 206…
"Ne Koshimae! Let's have a practice match tomorrow." Kintarou cheerfully said.
"Just a practice match? Not a real match?" Ryoma asked. He was completely surprised at Kintarou's different approach.
"Yeah! I have to be nice and play with my little brother to keep him happy." Kintarou smiled.
"…What?" Ryoma blankly stared.
"You don't know? Starting from now on, I'll be your older brother!"
"What!" Yuuta and Ryoma chorused. Krauser just stared at them not understanding a word they're saying.
"Y-You actually won that fight?" Yuuta asked with a pointed finger.
Kintarou nodded happily.
"How?" Ryoma asked completely shocked.
Kintarou pouted as he answered, "Isn't it just because I'm a better older brother than them."
Ryoma still can't believe how it happened so he quickly went over to Ryoga's room and asked him.
"It's because I told them that I would teach you more stuff and give you more porn and girls that they kicked me out of the fight." Ryoga answered.
Ryoma deadpanned. Ryoga was about to say something else but Ryoma quickly left the room and shut the door with a bang. He then went for Tokugawa's room.
"I told them that I would teach you and let you ride my motorcycle but they told me that it was too dangerous so I lost the fight."
'They're treating me like a kid.' Ryoma facepalmed.
Once again, Ryoma left the room with a bang even while Tokugawa was about to say something as well.
Back at Room 206…
"Welcome back otouto!" Kintarou shouted once Ryoma returned but it was returned with a glare.
"Don't call me that. Anyway, just stop with this little brother thing. Let's all just agree that I'm no one's little brother."
"Why don't you just be everyone's little brother since you're the youngest here in camp." Kintarou smiled as he said.
It just dawned on Ryoma that he IS the youngest here in camp. He is one of the shortest as well too. Ryoma twitched. That thought just made him angry.
"I'm going to sleep!" Ryoma angrily said.
"Goodnight my beloved little brother!" Kintarou said cheerfully and lovingly.
And that sent shivers down Ryoma's spine and he couldn't sleep that night because of it.
