Two Tezukas?!
Disclaimer: Same as in the prologue
Rating: T
Pairings: TezuRyo, OishiKiku, OCxOC, and more to come.
Note: I might edit chapter 2 again. A friend of mine said that at some point, she doesn't get the story. Hm…
If you've ever read the manga, La Esperança, then I may have gotten some inspiration out of it. Not exactly the story, but the thought about finding something that the character thought he lost long ago. I haven't finished the collection though, so I dunno if the main characters would live happily ever after.
This would be a two part chapter. I didn't think that it would be this long so I'm dividing it.
Also, I got a new meaning for "Kunibo" Kuni-bozou (Kunimitsu the monk). He pretty much acts like an old guy. He even looks older than his age, but he's really sexy that way XP
"Talk"
'Thought'
"English"
"Different foreign language"
Chapter 3: Of New Faces and New Home Part I
Last Chapter
"Ryoma," the other boy called as he peeks in the room. "The food is burning."
"Shimatta!" he cursed and ran to the kitchen. Just as he went in the kitchen, the doorbell rang. A little green head popped in the room, but he signaled that he'll open it. As he opens the front door…
"Bucho!"
He closed the door as calmly as possible.
"Bucho! Open the door damn it!"
Momo cursed the door. It almost hit his nose! "Bucho! We're just trying to visit! Oi, Mamushi! Say something, kono yaro!"
"Fsh…"
"Nya, Tezuka! Open the door!" shouted Kikumaru to the other side of the door. He pouted to his tennis partner who is smiling at him.
"Tezuka, please open the door, or the sushis would get wet," the mild mannered Kawamura called to their former bucho. The statement was true since in both hands, he is carrying a rather large sushi container.
"Saa, I'm sure that he's just surprised that we all came here," reasoned the mother hen of the group.
"Aniki, are you sure that it's ok for me to be here with you guys?" asks Yuuta. "His brother just smiles.
"Don't worry. Tezuka is just like that." Mizuki, who was trying to get into a conversation with the Seigaku tensai just nodded.
"Yes, Fuji-kun, I—"
"Yuuta, when we're done visiting, let's watch a movie. There's a new romance movie that I'm sure you'll like (1)."
"Fuji-kun, are you even listening to me?!"
------------------------------
"Who's knocking at the door?" Ryoma asks the other teen as he again peeks through the living room. The rain is still pouring outside and the voices he heard on the other side of the door are being muffled by the loud clap of thunders.
"No one of importance."
Raising an eyebrow at Kunibo's reluctance to answer his question directly, he wipes his hands on a towel and opens the front door. As he glances out, the other seven of the Seigaku regulars are there, with an addition of two of St. Rudolph's regulars. Ryoma, just like the other boy beside him did, slides the door back as calmly as possible.
There is only silence as the people outside registered what had occurred.
"Echizen!"
---------- Narita International Airport --------------------
"Gyaaahhhh!!! I'm late! I'm gonna die! I'm gonna die!" cried a man in brown robes while running inside the airport and clutching a transparent plastic which makes it obvious to everyone what its contents are (porn, of course!). Women look at him with disgust while other people just look at him as if he's insane.
Nanjiroh turns up at the VIP arrival area one and a half hour late from his appointment. 'But then it was worth it.' "Haiti! At last! I have finally found the 'Sweet Girl' magazine limited edition with a life size poster of Yuriko-chan! Oh my sweet baby!" The brunette then starts to rub the glossy front to his cheeks.
"Ecchi ossan, are you done with your day dreaming?" A young man with brown hair and shades covering his eyes came in front of the strange man. Wearing expensive looking clothes together with his lithe figure and air of superiority, this man could easily make women swoon with one glance if not for the visible frown marring his pale face.
Without looking at the stranger, he shouted the first thing in his mind. "Ora! How dare you disrupt my sweet dreams! You brat –! GYAAAAHHHH!!!!"
"Konichiwa, oji-san." Pulling off his dark tinted glasses, he reveals his mismatched eyes to the other; one gold in color and the other a blue sea. "I am assuming that you have just arrived. I guess it was useless to lie about my arrival time if you still got here late. You still made me wait for almost an hour"
The Japanese blinks and looks up, fake innocence in place. "Eh?! Have you grown taller again, Yukie-chan? Whoa! And you look a lot more handsome the last time I saw you! You must have driven a lot of girls crazy in Paris, eh?"
"You said the wrong answer." Evil aura starts to spread through the arrival waiting area, making everyone else start to flee from the place. Cold sweat starts to pour out of Nanjiroh's body. "Ehe. Er…" he kneels down in a kowtow position. "I'm sorry! Please don't hurt me!" The sound of Yukie's ever present whip slicing through air made him more miserable. This time, real tears of fear came out from his eyes like a river as he hugs the younger man's right leg. "There was a very good reason I was late! You see there's this pregnant woman who –"
"Enough of your lies! Old man," The whip made contact to the tiled floor. The few people who had stayed to watch, ran for their lives from the beautiful psychotic bastard and the perverted old guy. He is sure that one of them would report this to the guards, but are they to stop the famous Yanagi Yukie from killing a perverted man. "I will not tolerate your lateness and for that I shall punish you slowly." The brunette reverted to Japanese and drags out his next words in perfect English and putting on a sadistic grin. "Very slowly…"
"WAAAAAAHHHH!!!! I'M SORRY! I PROMISE TO GIVE YOU RYOMA'S SWEAT SOAKED SCHOOL JERSEY IF YOU LET ME LIVE! OH PLEASE! YUKIE-SAMA!"
With that statement, brown cat ears sprouts from his head and a matching tail waving around, Yukie changes into a hyperactive seventeen year old. "Hontou ni? Where is it?! Where is it?! Old man, if you're lying to me, I'll personally castrate you."
'Sorry seishonen. This is a life or death situation.' The ex pro thought as he sobs onto the teen's silk pants.
"Nya, old man, let go of my pants. You're gonna get your snot all over it." He kicks the old man off of him, which made the poor guy fly to the other side of the airport wall.
"A-a." Groggily standing up from the pile of rubbles, Echizen patted the dust off his robe.
With cute puppy eyes, the pale brunette starts to question Ryoma's father about our beloved chibi player. "Où est Ryoma maintenant ?Va-t-il comment mon petit chaton ? L'alimentez-vous droit ? Néanmoins l'intimidez-vous ? Est-il distillateur en-dessous de 160cm ? Que diriez-vous de de Karupin? (2)"
Nanjiroh sighs, rubbing his temples. 'I need the brat to understand this guy.' "I'm not the br(He stops himself after seeing Yukie returning to his "devil mode") Ryoma! Unlike him, I can't understand you."
"Ji-san, Yukie was inquiring about Ryo-chan's and Karupin's well being, who, by the way, you had not brought either one with you." Another man, who is slightly taller than his companion, smiled at their host. Just as the other man, this man has a certain charm surrounding him even though he is pulling a cart load of baggage. "Good afternoon, oji-san."
"Whoa! You're also here, Tokiko." He greeted the long haired black teen, all the while patting his shoulder. Unlike the other teen, Tokiko is always respectful though when angry, his attitude makes a 180 degree turn especially if it concerns someone close to him. "What brings two of my beloved sons here? (3)"
"Je trouverai l'homme qui essaye de voler mon bébé Ryoma de moi! Cet âne payera!" Yukie screamed. This time though, he had a scary look on his face that could only be considered as an Oni's face.
"Huh?" A large anime question mark appears above him. 'His mood swings are getting weirder and weirder.'
As if reading his adopted father's thought, the ravenette covers his mouth to stifle his laugh; Tokiko explains his cousin's words. "He heard that you adopted a new brother for us. After that, he kidnapped me away from my studies just so he would have an accomplice when he gets here." Tokiko massages his head at his cousin's actions. 'What kind of family uses a tranquilizer to his cousin?' "Really," a deep sigh escapes from his lips, "his devotion and over protectiveness to Ryo-chan is greater than his workaholic state. I'm sure that by now, Alex (another OC) must be feeling harassed by all of Yukie's secretaries' phone calls asking for Yukie or me. Oh!" he cries, "I even forgot to do the grocery yesterday! My poor Alex…" he sobs balancing on the doles of his feet and rocking himself back and forth. "And also," he continues, his cerulean eyes being covered by his long bangs"I left my Alex-chan without a word of departure and left him unprotected from that unruly barbarian (another OC). Ngh! Alex-chan! I'm going home!" he screams running to the direction of the departure area.
Yukie, having very quick reflexes, controls his older companion by choking the taller man. "Shut up, Tokiko." the man hissed. "I have already informed Alex and Ken when you were unconscious in the plane. They would be here in two days time. Also," releasing Tokiko from his choke hold when he senses the man calming down a bit. "I gave Ken a strict order about your brother's chastity." At this, the other man sighs in relief.
Nanjiroh coughs to gain the two bishonen's attention. "Sorry to interrupt, but I just want ask where you guys are going to stay over? I could let you stay with us, but it would be a bit crowded."
"Domo, Nanjiroh oji-san. Demo sa, I had already prepared the accommodation for Tokiko and me. We would be staying at my late grandfather's home. It is nearer our new high school."
"Hm, let me guess," rubbing his stubbed shin the eldest of the group grinned. "You're enrolling in Shokan High, which, 'coincidentally', is where my newly beloved Kuni-chan is going to study."
"'Kuni-chan'?" the two chorused.
"Hehehe, his name is Tezuka Kunimitsu. He's really like a block of ice. He's a good kid and kind of reminds me of you when you were still a cute kid." Echizen said, as he pointed at Yukie's direction. "If it weren't for your more tamed hairstyle and eyes, you might even be considered twins."
"Hm, I want to see Yukie's twin. It would be quite interesting to see their expressions. Now if you would please excuse me. I must talk to my brother for a bit. Seeing as I do not have my cell phone with me," he said while giving a glare at his cousin's direction, "I would use the payphones for a bit. I'll just make sure that the wolf had not eaten my poor unprotected sheep." And he walks off.
Nanjiroh chuckles at the boy's behavior, but then his face changes into a look of utter sincerity. "Just as you once needed to cling to Ryoma all those years ago, Kunimitsu also needs his support. Yukie," he looks seriously at the boy. "The new kid is just like you back then; a beautiful porcelain doll that is marred by many small cracks that keeps multiplying day by day, destroying the masterpiece slowly. He needs Ryoma's help just as Ryoma did when he was in doubt back then." As he finishes, he notices that Yukie's fist was clenched so tight it was turning pale.
"Does that mean that I am not needed anymore?" The bishonen looks at his elder's face. "Does that mean that I am now obsolete in Ryoma's eyes?" the listener didn't try to speak. It would be too dangerous for Tezuka whether he agrees or denies that truth of the question. "The only thing I could say to that is I have no intention of hurting Ryoma in anyway." He looks at their topic's father. From the background, Tokiko could still be seen talking to his brother. "I had always been there to protect him from harm—"
"But you couldn't protect him from yourself, right?" At the tense and dejected look he got, he sighs. 'Oh gods, I hope their puberty would end soon. I might die from their mood swings!' "I'm sure that Kunimitsu is not going to take your place from Ryoma's heart… Wait a minute! Didn't we have this conversation when Ryoga—"
"Let's go, Yukie-kun, Oji-san. Let's do sight seeing for a bit." Echizen groans. He could feel a migraine coming to him soon. "I always want to visit the ever traditional Japan. I want to see the Tokyo Tower, Harajuku, Odaiba, and Roppongi Hills."
The eldest of the three sweat drops. "Tokiko-kun, what you are talking about is the commercial area of Tokyo." explains Nanjiroh. As he looks to his other charge, he only sees the other's emotionless gaze. He smirks inwardly. 'Always looking so cool and unemotional, but a single word from that gaki and you crumble. What have you done to him, seishonen?'
"Really? Hm… I always thought that the Roppongi Hills (4) is just a famous mountain similar to Mt. Fuji." The man just smiles continuously. "Oh, and the limo is already waiting outside. I saw it by the window just now."
"Aa."
"Wait! If you brats already have a ride and a place to stay, then why call me?"
"Just to make sure that the info I received was true. It's been two years now has it not?" 'It's been two years since I last saw Ryo-chan and you, oji-san.' The unspoken meaning warms the old man's heart.
Helping Tokiko haul their luggage to a larger stroller, he asks the youngest of the group. "When are you going to see the family?"
Yukie shrugs. "I plan to see Ryoma after I meet this Tezuka. I want to know what kind of man had made my Ryoma-kun accept him as part of our family."
Rubbing his chin, Echizen grinned at his companions. "Such a manly thing to say! The girls must really be crazy about you."
Yukie just twitches his left fingers.
Putting his arms around his adopted children, he led them to the exit. "If you guys are going to have some fun, I'm going with you guys. There's this new bar that just opened last week—"
"Oji-san, Yukie-kun is still a minor. We couldn't go in there." countered Tokiko.
"Ha! You got me. Let's go sight seeing!"
"Hai."
"Aa."
--------TBC--------
Author's Notes: After the next 2 chapter, I'll write about why Yukie is very famous in Japan. Also, there won't be a shonen ai between Yukie and Ryoma.
(1) There's this part in the series where Fuji borrowed one of Yuuta's video. I just thought that the tape was an old romance movie. I'm not very sure though.
(2) "Where is Ryoma now? How is my little kitten? Are you feeding him right? Do you still bully him? Is he still below 160cm? How about Karupin?" I'm not French so I just used Word Lingo. If it's inconsistent, just tell me the correct one and I'll just change it
(3) Just like Ryoga, these two are also adopted since they were kids. Also, the two of them are cousins.
Babbling: However some people got the conclusion that Ryoga and Ryoma are really blood siblings is beyond me. Firstly, Nanjiroh doesn't have to introduce Ryoga to Ryoma if they're really siblings. Secondly, the reporter guy in the series said that his dad retired WHEN he was born. Shouldn't the first born son have more impact to their father than the second born? Lastly, if Ryoga is really an Echizen, then Nanjiroh must have had sex with a girl when he was underage. That would be kinda hard since he already had Rinko in US and at that time, he must already be 18+. I think that there's more probability that the two of them (Ryoga and Ryoma) are more distantly related; like cousins or something. It's only my opinion though.
(4) "I will find the man that is trying to steal my baby Ryoma from me! That guy will pay!"—he's not romantically involved with the chibi, but he loves him a lot.
(5) Roppongi Hills is one of Japan's largest property developments. It is located in the Roppongi district of Tokyo. (By Wikipedia)
Character Profiles:
Yanagi Yukie
Age: 17
Birthplace: France
Blood Type: AB
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Right –Blue; Left –Yellow
Height: 179 cm
Hand: Nitouryuu
Strength: Power, balance, speed, coordination, agility, flexibility, reflexes and stamina are superb
Weakness: Easily distracted whenever Ryoma is around and has less chance of being serious in the game.
Other sports played: Fencing, Kendo, Archery, Swimming, Skiing, Skating, Sky and Scuba diving, Running, Golf, Rock climbing, learned almost all the popular martial arts, Basketball, Volleyball and Soccer
Hobbies: Designing cute clothes for Ryoma, Sleeping, Reads complicated books, Gardening, Mountain climbing, Fishing, and camping
Personality Description: Has a weird case of brother complex, likes to act childish in front of Ryoma and at times, at Ryoma's family. Oh yeah, mood swings that rivals a bitch in heat. Anything else and it's gonna ruin the suspense. He also unconsciously change to different languages (mostly French since he is French and English) when he feels a strong emotion over something; either good or bad. He might be OOC of Tezuka's character right now, but he'll show you his Tezuka side soon!
Kazamae Tokiko
Age: 18
Birthplace: UK (though brought up in America and came from a French family)
Blood Type: O
Height: 181 cm
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Blue
Hand: Right
Strength: Powerful and heavy attacks, balance, coordination, speed and agility
Weakness: Lacks stamina. He is better at a doubles match.
Other sports played: Hand to hand fighting martial arts and Taikwondo, Swimming, Running
Hobbies: Experimenting on "healing" herbs, making weird looking plushies, pigging out but never gaining a pound.
Personality Description: Has Inui and Fuji Syuusuke-like qualities in him. Also, he hates being called "girly" in any sense of the word (Girl's name ahem). He is very protective of his younger brother who will show up after a chapter or two.