Title: Sleeping Fuji
Series: Prince of Tennis
Rating: Teens (just to be safe)
Pairing: mainly TezuFuji
Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis. And I don't own the story of the 'Sleeping Beauty'…
A good fairy, Inui, fairy of the 'Data Tennis' though unable to reverse the spell said, "Listen, due to the 75 chances that this will work, this is my gift for the princess.. The princess will not die. She will just fall into deep slumber according to my data that is 92 accurate. She will stay asleep for 100 years again provided by my 85 accurate data, until someone comes to save her from this terrible curse. The only thing that will break the spell is a kiss- a kiss from a prince worthy enough to meet my 97.6 criteria"
Queen Eiji cried at the thought of his daughter dying, but was comforted at the thought that somehow, fairy Inui's super accurate calculation will come true. But to make sure nothing bad will happen, King Oishi forbade the whole kingdon to play tennis and ordered everyone to burn their tennis rackets and everything associated with tennis that could make the princess curious about.
And so, Princess Fuji grew up to be a very beautiful princess with the warmest smile and the most beautiful voice. Everyone was so happy to see her grow up and watch her bloom each day, but secretly they dreaded Fuji's 18th birthday as it was the day where evil fairy Atobe's curse would finally be fulfilled. The people of Seigaku's kingdom dreaded the loss that might happen on that day, once the beautiful and smiling princess gets pricked by a broken tennis racket, the kingdom will lose the warmth and love.
"No need to worry, fellow citizens of this kingdom." King Oishi said. "I had made sure every tennis racket has been burned. No traces of anything related to tennis will be found in this kingdom. So I assure you all, the princess is safe."
One day while in the garden, Princess Fuji was wandering around admiring the flowers. Then she came upon a thorny green plant sitting alone at the end of the flower patch.
"Ah, I wonder what that green thorny plant is?" Fuji said. She walked toward the plant and was about to touch it, when suddenly--
"Princess!" Fairy Inui said, then hurried up next to Princess Fuji to look at what the young lady was about to touch.
"What is it, Fairy Inui?" Fuji asked calmly, afterwards revealed the sweet smile fairy Momoshiro gave her.
"Ah nothing princess. I just had a calculation that 84.3 chances that you are here." Fairy Inui replied. Sensing that Fuji's attention is still fixed at the plant, Inui spoke, "That is a cactus, Princess Fuji. The cacti are succulent plants that grow either as trees, and shrubs. It belongs to kingdom plantae, division magnoliophyta, class, magnoliopsida, order caryophyllales, family cactacea."
"Can I touch it?" said Fuji, and slowly moved her hand closer to the thorny plant.
"Since I'm 93.8 sure that only a tennis racket will make her fall asleep I guess it won't hurt her to touch that plant." Said Inui.
"Did you say something?" Fuji asked, turning away her gaze from the cactus to fairy Inui.
"No, I just said it's alright if you touch that plant, it won't kill you." Inui said, in a matter-of-factly tone.
"What?! Why would someone or something kill me?!" Fuji said, shock evident in her face.
"N-No, I mean it's not dangerous, so it's alright to touch the cactus, no one's gonna kil you!" Inui said, starting to panic.
"No I don't like it anymore!" and so Princess Fuji went off, running away to the woods.
And so she went to the lovely woods where she stopped after being exhausted from running. He sat on the soft green grass and said, "I guess I'll just stay here until I'm bored, but since I'm here already, I might as well explore this beautiful land wth pretty flowers and plants."
She walked further into the woods and saw a strange piece of land. It was a rectangular patch with no plants or flowers. The only thing present are white markings that she didn't understand. Curious, she moved towards the markings and looked at it intently until a voice spoke that made her jump in surprise.
"Good day my dear, what brings you here? Ahh… you've seen my humble tennis court, have you?" the voice came from a man. He was holding a yellow ball and two tennis rackets.
"I-I just wandered here and… W-who are you and what are these markings on the soil?" Fuji said with wonder.
"Ah.. My name is Atobe. These is a tennis court as what I've said. Anyway, have you played tennis before?" asked Atobe.
"No. What is that sport? No one in my kingdom taught me a sport named tennis existed."
"Playing tennis is easy. Here, let me teach you…" an so Atobe taught Fuji how to play and later on, challenged her for a match.
Everything went well and Fuji was getting used on how to play tennis, she could learn pretty fast. But suddenly, Atobe screamed, "Hametsu e no Rondo!!" and Fuji's racket slipped, hit a pole and smashed. Everything seems to be on slow motion. The racket smashed into tiny sharp pieces, slowly coming back to Fuji. And once small piece flew farther, and landed on Fuji's delicate finger. The next thing that happened, crimson blood was coming out of Fuji's pricked finger.
"Ah, I've got pricked! I'm sorry I smashed your racket… Is there anything that I can do to replace it?" Fuji asked, still holding his pricked finger.
"Yes, there's something you can do to replace my broken racket. That is to… DIE." Atobe said, look of pure evil evident in his eyes.
"What? First Inui told me something that won't kill me, now you're telling me to die?! What's the problem with you people--" Princess Fuji fell to the ground, unconcious.
"Bwahahaha! MY curse finally came true! Say goodbye to your hopes and dreams, kingdom of Seigaku!!" Atobe yelled with outmost glee, then vanished.
(author's note: I'll just add the last chapter tomorrow… I'm so tired… please r&r… comments and suggestions are welcome… thank you!)