The Misadventures of Fuji Yuuta

Or

The Lonely, Self-Proclaimed Orphan and the Quest for a New Home

Author's Note: Um… hello. I am KitKitSouji… I'm the co-author of this tale of growing up, love, and hardship… oh wait… ::looks at the story in front of her:: Oh… Ok… I am the co-author of this… THING… you are reading. I agreed to write this to get away from the angsty Hiyoshi-centric fics that I write. I usually write angst or crack. This is the latter. Please be gentle with me.

Disclaimer: I am not making any money. AT ALL, and that includes from this fic. Prince of Tennis is owned by Konomi Takeshi, Shonen Jump, Viz, TV Tokyo and Yonex (at least, that's what I believe). This is just for fun.

Chapter 2: The Kaneda Household
By some ironic force of fate, the closest house to Akazawa-Buchou's was that of Yuuta's dorm mate, Kaneda Ichirou. Yuuta sighed heavily as he prepared an explanation as to why he was showing up on Kaneda's doorstep. His mind rose back up to the embarrassing ordeal at Akazawa's home and wondered if he could even look Kaneda in the face. He tried to shake the images of all the various Kaneda memorabilia out of his head as he rang the doorbell.

The door opened to reveal a young boy, about nine years or so, who looked exactly like Kaneda.

"Um, Hi…is Ichirou home..?"

The boy stared at him for a second before slamming the door in Yuuta's face.

Startled, Yuuta stood there, completely dumbfounded. After a moment, the door reopened, Kaneda Ichirou standing there. Yuuta felt his face flare up involuntarily the second he saw his roommate's face.

"Sorry about my brother, Fuji-san… um… are you ok?" Kaneda asked, concerned.

"I-I'm fine!" Yuuta laughed. "Um, I know you're probably sick of me, being roommates and all, but do you think it's at all possible for me to stay here for the night?"

Kaneda smiled softly. "I don't see why it would be a problem…"

Kaneda led Yuuta into his home. Yuuta automatically noted how neat and organized the entire home was. Not one thing was out of place. While it seemed like the type of home Kaneda would come from, it was kind of creepy to see everything so organized and tidy. He followed Kaneda to a den where his classmate's parents were sitting. They were a plain looking pair. His mother seemed like the typical caring mother, and his father looked like the typical hard-working father.

"Mother, Father… Yuuta-kun here needs a place to stay for the night… can he stay here?"

Kaneda's mother smiled. "Of course, Ichirou, dear." Her smile sent chills up Yuuta's spine. Her eyes weren't smiling at all!

Kaneda's little brother entered the room, staring up blankly at Yuuta.

"Oh, Keita, this is my teammate, Fuji Yuuta. Introduce yourself, and apologize for being rude to him." Ichirou instructed.

The boy just continued to stare blankly at Yuuta.

"Keita, dear, apologize to Yuuta-kun."

The kid just stared and stared. It was starting to scare the daylights out of Yuuta.

"Keita… honey…" The matriarch of the Kaneda household started to grit her teeth.

And yet the kid just stood there, gawking as if Yuuta was a trapped animal in a zoo. He was starting to become nervous. The kid showed no fear in his mother's tone… yet Yuuta was scared shitless.

There was a moment of silence… and then it happened. Yuuta swore he heard something snap as Mrs. Kaneda stood up and started screaming. "KEITA! SAY YOU ARE SORRY RIGHT NOW OR I SWEAR YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SIT FOR A WEEK!!!"

Yuuta continued to wince even as she calmed herself back down. The young Kaneda smiled at Yuuta impishly. "Sorry, Fuji-san."

Ichirou looked slightly embarrassed, but he laughed it off as he led Yuuta to his bedroom. Yuuta was nervous to enter his friend's domain, fearing a matching shrine to the one their captain had under his mattress. He was relieved when he walked into a room that didn't look too different from the dorm they shared back at St. Rudolph's. The only difference was a few posters, one of a famous double's pair, and one of some pop singer who looked an awful lot like Akazawa-Buchou.

As Yuuta placed his duffle bag on Kaneda's floor, he noticed that Keita was staring at him from the doorway. He jumped a little, and nervously pulled his eyesight away from the younger boy. He could still feel the boy's glare on him even though he was trying to not think about it.

"I have to talk to my mom for a second, so just stay here."

When Yuuta turned to lock eyes with his tormentor he almost wanted to beg Kaneda to stay. But he was too proud to admit that he was scared of a little kid. When Kaneda was no where in sight, Keita entered the room silently. "Hey, Fuji-san… wanna see something cool?"

"You aren't going to show me the shrine to Akazawa-buchou that your brother has underneath his mattress… are you?" Yuuta asked in a squeaky voice.

The younger boy looked at Yuuta like he was a moron and pulled something out of his pocket. Yuuta cringed, thinking the boy might have a frog or something, but sighed in relief when it was just a normal tube of lipstick. In his moment of relief, he had no time to ask himself why the young boy had such an item and calmly accepted it when it was offered to him. Little kids liked to give people weird things… right?

Yuuta smiled at the boy who gave another impish grin and ran off to do whatever it is that little kids do when they finish creeping older people out. Yuuta looked at the cosmetic in his hand with interest. He noted the color written on the side of the tube. "Cherry Kiss," He stated to no one on particular. "Aneki wears this color when she goes out with rich guys…"

"Fuji-san… what are you doing?" Kaneda's voice floated to his ears. Yuuta jumped when he saw Kaneda and his mother standing in the doorway.

"Um… nothing…?" Yuuta answered unsurely. He noticed that their eyes rested on his hand. He looked down at the lipstick that rested in his palm, then back at the mother-son pair. He was five seconds away from explaining himself when he heard that snapping noise again.

"Just… WHAT… do you think you are doing with my LIPSTICK?" Mrs. Kaneda demanded through gritted teeth.

"Um… well… actually… it's very funny… it's just… Keita… he… you know, my Aneki wears this color when she's out playing rich guys… heh…"

This seems to be the most opportune time to mention that when Yuuta is scared or nervous, he has this lovely habit of saying just the right thing to make the situation worst.

"JUST WHAT ARE YOU IMPLYING, YOUNG MAN? I HAVE THE DECENCY TO ACCEPT YOU INTO OUR HOME AND YOU CALL ME A HUSSY??"

"Mother, I'm sure that's not what Fuji-san meant!" Kaneda pled. "Let him explain!"

"Alright…" She sighed. "Explain."

"You see… Keita-chan gave it to me. I just thought he was being a typical little kid," Yuuta laughed like a man with his life on the line. He handed the lipstick back to Mrs. Kaneda. "A-and I didn't mean to imply that you were a h-hussy… really… I know that you are a faithful wife…"

"And just HOW do you know THAT? Are you implying that I'm not ATTRACTIVE enough to cheat on my husband? That no RICH man would be attracted to ME?"

"Um… Mother…" Kaneda looked extremely uncomfortable.

Yuuta didn't know how to get himself out of this predicament. This woman was either crazy or guilty and Yuuta really didn't want be around long enough to find out.

"Um… maybe I should go…" Yuuta suggested nervously. He lifted his duffle bag onto his shoulder and hurried past the mother and son. "Sorry to bother you, Kaneda-san."

"Oh, so now you're just going to leave?"

"I'm very sorry!" Yuuta cried, hurrying down the hallway. His duffle bag swung quickly to his left, knocking down a vase mid-swing. Yuuta felt his heart leap from his body as the crash reverberated through the house.

"YUUTA-KUN! HOW DARE YOU BREAK OUR PROPERTY!!!!"

Yuuta ran for his life, nearly falling down a flight of stair before tripping out the door. Keita was standing there, grinning from ear to ear. He helped Yuuta up and stuffed something into his hand. Before Yuuta had time to question it, he saw Mrs. Kaneda stomping down the stairs. He jumped and bolted out the door like a bat out of hell.

Keita stood there, waving. "Bye-Bye Yuuta-kun."

"Oh dear…" Mrs. Kaneda sighed. "I suppose I over-reacted a little… I'll go clean up that vase…"

"Keita…" Ichirou sighed. "Why did you do that…?"

"No reason… really… it was funny."

"You didn't show him the shrine under my mattress… did you?"

"Of course not, big bro!"

Yuuta caught the first bus he could… anything to get as far away from the Kaneda household as possible. As he sat down, he examined the object Keita had placed in his hand.

A pair of lacy, purple panties.

He blushed profusely and stuffed them into his duffle bag before anyone on the bus saw them.

He was definitely NEVER going back to the Kaneda's.

A/N: I apologize for the shortness. Kaneda is the sort of character that I love, but can't write. I promise my later chapters will be longer.

Just incase you didn't know: Aneki- polite word for "Older Sister". (Aniki older brother)