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'…

After a decade the castle remained silent, the memories of the unfortunate events trapped in its walls. Many stories of the princess sleeping inside spread far and wide, but no one dared to come and check if the stories were true, as once one man who happened to came by to inspect returned and told everyone who cared to listen that the castle is deeply enveloped by the thick branches and vines, and that is literally impossible for one to enter the stone castle. No one else dared to come near the kingdom, because they say it gives them a haunted look. So there lay the stone castle, slowly falling into ruins, almost indistinguishable.

Then one fateful day, a young man riding on a magnificent white horse came to pass by the moss-covered castle. The handsome young man had lovely short brown hair that fell just above his neck. He had amber-colored eyes that are framed by semi-circular glasses. The beautiful youth was a prince from a far away kingdom, his name is Prince Tezuka.

Prince Tezuka heard the old tale from a stranger who visited his kingdom. Because he was curious, he decided to travel and look for the kingdom of Seigaku and see if there really exists a princess that was trapped in a dreadful curse.

He is now standing in front of the crumbling castle. Like what he'd heard, it really was covered completely with thick vines, with big thorns that looked like poisonous needles. He drew out his metal sword from its sheath and slashed the nearest vine, hoping it would break. But to his surprise, after the vine was severed, the plant healed itself as if it was never cut before.

A stiff "Hn." was all that he could managed to say, before attempting again to cut several vines. But the same thing happened; after the vines split, it would regenerate itself again. He was about to try cutting other vines but a voice startled him.

"So, one brave man came to save the unlucky damsel… But I'm saying to you now, your attempts will be futile. As long as I guard here, no one can get near her!"

Prince Tezuka spun around to see a man radiating a very dark aura. The man is holding a tennis racket that is emanating black sparks.

"Who are you?" Tezuka said. Sword raised in front of him.

"Me? I am Atobe, the fairy of 'Hametsu e no Rondo'! If you don't know, I cursed this wretched castle! I placed a curse that the princess would die, but no, some pesky fairy reversed my spell, placing the princess into some enchanted sleep. But the things still work my way until I learned that to re-awake the princess, a prince will come and save her! so what must I do? But to make sure no prince will ever reach her alive."

"Hn." Tezuka replied, still holding his metal sword between him and the evil fairy.

"I'll make sure you won't reach her alive! If you are the prince destined to save her, I'll prove them wrong! I'll kill you and the kingdom will be buried and forgotten forever!" Atobe shouted, and with one swish of his tennis racket/wand, the vines parted and transformed into a thorny tennis court.

Tezuka saw this and his metal sword glowed white and was changed into a shining silver tennis racket.

"Ah, so you know how to play, huh? Well then, I say that you better run now, or suffer the painful consequences!" Atobe mocked the prince.

"No I won't run. I will defeat you." Tezuka courageously answered.

And so they fought, to determine who will win. Both are good players and no one wants to give in. but suddenly-

"Hametsu e no Rondo!!" shouted evil fairy Atobe hurling the deadly ball into Prince Tezuka's direction.

"Good will always defeat the evil! Pinnacle of wisdom!" Tezuka attacked. His attack defeated the evil fairy's Hametsu e no destruction. And so the evil fairy Atobe vanished, and with his defeat, the vines and thorny plants disappeared.

The path is clear now, Prince Tezuka ran off to find the princess he desired to see. Since no one has dared to save the princess, no one was able to describe what beauty the princess might be.

At last after climbing several staircases, got lost in some chambers, he was able to find the princess' royal bedroom.

He opened the door slowly only to be amazed by the wonderful ornaments of the room. But what mesmerized him more is the pretty young lady laid in the soft bed. He walked up to it, and lo! Was deeply charmed to the beauty the princess beholds. There lay the person he longed to see, sleeping silently. He studied the princess' face; it was creamy white in color, smooth and seems very delicate. And as he gazed upon the shapely red lips, he felt like he was falling in love with the sleeping lady.

He knows what to do. In order to lift the spell, he must kiss the princess trapped in a curse she never desired. Inch by inch, his face went closer, slowly lowering his face to capture the others' lips. Finally their lips met and it felt like bliss.

"Gods, it tasted like honey!" Tezuka said to himself, then again capturing the soft lips to his own.

Then princess Fuji awoke and felt the warm lips pressed against her own. She kissed back which made prince Tezuka jolt in surprise.

Princess Fuji sat up and looked into the amber- colored eyes of her savior. She can't help blushing when she saw that the prince is indeed very handsome. The same thing was happening to Prince Tezuka when he saw the beautiful princess Fuji. They just stayed there, staring at each other as if the time stopped for them.

They continued to be like that until Prince Tezuka spoke, "Your highness, I am Prince Tezuka from a far away kingdom. I- I came here to see if the stories were true and it was. But I never expected the princess I'll see is far more beautiful than what I've imagined." He then knelt down and took her hand and kissed it.

Princess Fuji blushed once again, but managed to say, "You make me blush with your sweet words, your highness. I am Princess Fuji of this kingdom of Seigaku. An evil fairy cursed me on the day of my christening but luckily, a good fairy reversed the spell. And so I've waited long on that fateful day that a prince will save me and our kingdom from this demise… And it is you Prince Tezuka; you saved me and our kingdom!"

After saying those words, they hugged one another because of the deep joy they felt. And they knew that it was a love at first sight! They were about to kiss again when he door opened to reveal,

"Princess Fuji! Ah, the Prince who saved us is here!" Fairy Ryoma exclaimed.

Inui said, "See? Based from my 98.6 percent calculation that a prince would come is still accurate and—"

"I SAID STOP THAT PERCENT CALCULATION OKAY?! A decade has already passed and you still can't control yourself from doing that freaking percentile thingy!" Kaidoh roared.

After a few days, Prince Tezuka asked the permission of Princess Fuji's parents to allow them to get married. They consented and a grand celebration was held. Everyone is very happy, especially now that the kingdom is alive again once more. No more curses to fear about, no more evil fairy to worry about.

Prince Tezuka and Princess Fuji traveled to many parts of the world, built a new castle and got many kids and they lived happily ever after.

The End.

Sorry if the story is quite mushy, corny or whatever. Ideas had gone haywire in my brain. Comments, suggestions are welcome. Thank you! Thanks for reading my fic! And thank you to 'ekusinuk' and 'raime' for the wonderful comments you gave me! It gave me inspiration to write more… thanks!  –purple sakura