Deja Vu

Author: Kai

Rating: K+ for this chapter

Genre: Angst, Tragedy, Drama

Pairing: Niou Masaharu & Yagyuu Hiroshi

Disclaimer: Tennis no Oujisama and Code Geass were not mine (but you still can read it without watch Code Geass)

Chapter 1: Losing

I'm fearful of losing something for something I want again.. unbearable... Toguro by Gazette

I still remember our first meeting in my head clearly. That time, we knew nothing about each other. He was just a transferred student in my class. We knew nothing… he knew nothing about me, about this school, about this country… He couldn't speak Japanese clearly, which always made him bullied by all of his classmates. I mean, all of his classmates except me. I thought that it was a useless thing to do. But I never meant to be a kind person, who hated such a thing and be on the weak people's side. No, no, that was just shit. So I let them do whatever they wanted to the poor foreign student.

But maybe that's why one day, he walked toward me and said: "Ni shi Yagyuu ma?" I didn't understand what the hell he said, except I was sure my name was inserted in his words. He corrected his sentence and spoke with broken Japanese: "Yo-u are— Yagyuu- ri-ght??"

I was surprised because that was the first time he talk to me. I understood that time why people like to tease him. I just nodded. "Yes. What do you want?" I asked him harshly. He smiled and clenched my hand tightly. "I- think- yo-u ha-ve kno-w who- I- a-m? I-m Niou Masaharu, ju-st tra-ns-fer-re-d fr-om Beijing. Wo-uld yo-u l-ik-e to be- m-y fried?"

I raised my eyebrow. "Friend, you mean?" I corrected him.

"Ah, yes, fri-end, not fried. Wo-uld you?" he smiled with innocent smile. I just sighed. Shit, he thought I would be glad to be his friend just because I'm the only one who never bullied him? He was wrong, totally wrong. He was wrong— but I couldn't ignore that innocent smile. I didn't know what I do, because then I smiled back and nodded. "Of course. My name is Yagyuu, Yagyuu Hiroshi."

And I was called 'Mr. Gentleman' ever since that day.

"Ooi, Yaaagyuu!!" I blinked, and then noticed we were in the middle of match with an unimportant school, I didn't remember it's name, and returned the ball with my Laser Beam. (Hell, who the fuck gave you permission to name my move, Niou???)

"6-0!! Match and Game won by Rikkaidai Fuzoku, Yagyuu-Niou pair!"

"Geez, Yaaagyuu, how can you get dazed in the middle of match?" Niou poked at my shoulder with his racket.

"I guess…"

"Hnn? Guess what?"

"How could a polite boy who always called me 'Yagyuu-san! Yagyuu-san!' two years ago now become a trickster like this, Niou? Can you answer this mystery of fate?"

Niou snickered. "Just ask that to the God of Fate. Maybe you would get your answer." I sighed. Yes, that time he was just an innocent kid who always pursued me like a kitten and its mother. Since we became friends, no one bullied him again since, how to say it, no one wanted to make problems with an outer spaced person like me. I couldn't remember when he start to get used to the Japanese language and another people. I couldn't remember when he got used to our habits. When I noticed, he was like Niou right now, the trickster Niou Masaharu. It felt kinda silly remembering how his old self was.

"Naa, Yaaagyuu,"

Geez, and now his way of calling me is really annoying! I think I prefer being called 'Yagyuu-san' like before…

"…Let's make a plan for our match next week against Seigaku…"

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"Ooi, Yagyuu!!! Wake up!! Yagyuu!!" I blinked and rubbed my eyes, then put my glasses on. "Aah, Kanagawa, what's wrong?"

"How long do you intend to sleep? Look at the time, it's already 7!!"

"Sorry." I tidied up my bag, which became my pillow since last night. "Where are the others?"

"They are having their breakfast right now. You must hurry, since we will start our attack on Britannia's army after that. Are you ready, Yagyuu?"

I nodded. "Definitely. I'm ready to die since my parents were killed by the Britannian army five years ago. I will never forgive them until we regain our freedom."

Kanagawa smiled. "That's good."

Five years had passed… it feels like a really, really long time since that time. Five years ago, I was just a boy who knew nothing about this world. I just knew about tennis, golf, and middle school lessons. Just theories, but not reality. I Think about it now, my childhood was… really happy. Playing tennis with everyone, with Niou… but that was taken from me since that day. Britannia came and declared war. In a short time, we lost and they took over our region. The army killed my parents, although they were just ordinary civilians. I will never forgive them. So then, I joined the Nippon Freedom Troop to get our Freedom back.

Niou… I never heard about him again since five years ago. How is he? Is he still alive? I don't know… I hope the he's all right. He is the type of person who can survive in these situations… I think. I hope. I wish. I want to meet him again, just once, even just for one more time. Five years ago, I just thought of him as an annoying, impolite, damn trickster, who always does whatever he likes… but I was wrong. He did what I want to do, not just for himself. When he hit that giant guy's face because that guy was disturbing me, insulting the damn teacher who was always staring at me with an odd stare… he did all of that for me.

Shit. And I just noticed it now. I'm the worst. When I thought he was the worst guy I met, I was wrong. I was the worst.

Silly, how much I want to meet him again to say that I need him. I need him so much. But that's all useless now. Without Niou Masaharu, I'm not my old self anymore. The 'Yagyuu Hiroshi' now is totally different from the 'Yagyuu Hiroshi' five years ago. The old 'Yagyuu Hiroshi' had died with his parents five years ago.

"Yagyuu! Your breakfast is ready! Eat before it gets cold!" someone called me from outside my tent. "Yes! I'm coming!!!" I clenched my fists and went out to eat, preparing for the next attack. I must win. Definitely win. That's what Yukimura-buchou said to all of tennis club members. And those words are kept in my mind.

To be Continued

Hahahaha... ;;laugh bitterly;; Ok, I don't know why I wrote something like this. This idea came suddenly in my brain while I watched Code Geass episode 22. Maybe this fic is not really like Code Geass, but while I confused what country would be the antagonist (XD) 'Britannia' came in my thought, and it heard like Code Geass, so I put that tittle in 'disclaimer', or maybe would be some point resemble CG... but it won't be as cool as CG, I can't write a wonderful story like that...

R&R please! And Big, Big thank you for DarkDemonCat-san to the beta. You really help me a lot!!! I luv u!!! XD

Kai Natsuyou.

© July, 2007 by Kai Natsuyou. All rights reserved.