Title: His abusive past

By: Namikaze Naruto, tenma no ouji

Revised and Rewritten


His abusive past:

Awakening and

wrong information


Two weeks passed in a blur and Ryoma hadn't awaken since the day in the hospital room, but unlike before they knew the boy was alright and had taken to listening to all of Ryoma's favorite songs in hopes that it would wake the boy.

Lounging around the room, the group was eating their lunch in relative silence while listening to the soft, yet beautiful voice of Shirota Yuu flow through the room. Ir they had been shocked upon finding out their baby boy liked Kimeru's music well they were downright floored upon finding out Ryoma was a fan of Shirota Yuu, who they had never heard about, they might have heard his name in passing from girls but that was about yet. After listening to a couple of his songs, Eiji and Fuji quickly became a fan of his music. And it wasn't only his music that they became a fan of, much to the groups amusement. It wasn't everyday you see three males fawning over posters of hot guys as if they were some teenage girls.

Eiji sighed and glanced at the bed, only to widened his eyes when he saw his smallest friend head tilted in their direction, half-lidded golden eyes stared at the group with a hazy expression, seemingly half-asleep. Bolting from his seat, causing the chair he had been sitting on to clatter to the floor, he ran towards the bed. The loud clatter caused the rest of the group to turn towards the direction it came from, only to blink at the red blur that raced passed them. Turning they watched as Eiji dropped to his knees beside the bed.

"Ochibi-chan!" he cried, "Thank Kami-sama." tears fell from blue eyes as the redhead gripped Ryoma's hand, "I'm so happy your finally awake, ochibi." Those words broke the rest of the group from their shock and they ran towards the bed as well, each voicing their own worries and happiness at having him awake again.

Tezuka glanced towards Kawamura and Momo, asking if they could get the doctor. and with a nod the two ran out of the room. Inui took several steps back and pulled out his phone deciding to take it upon himself to notify some people that Ryoma was awake and coherent.

"Ryoma, how are you?" Fuji asked.

Blinking Ryoma opened his mouth before closing it again. Raising his hand he pointed towards the pitcher of water and Oishi immediately reacted. Racing towards the table he grabbed one of the cups and filled it with some ice cold water and rushed back to the bed. Fuji sat beside Ryoma and gently propped the boy up while Oishi tilted the cup.

Around this time, Kawamura and Momo returned dragging a doctor with them but they were paid no mind as all eyes were focus on the boy on the bed, "Are you finished, Ryo-chan?" The teams resident sadist questioned as Oishi pulled the cup away when the boy gave a nod of his head.

Placing Ryoma gently on the bed once more, Fuji took a step away, far enough away for the doctor to exam Ryoma but close enough encase the boy needed him. The doctor resisted the urge he had to shiver, he never meant a group of young teenage boys that were so protective over a single boy. "Alright let's see if there's anything wrong with you, shall we Echizen-kun."


The sound of the phone ringing caused Nanjiroh to snap out of his thoughts and turned towards the butler who had just answered after a while he walked over holding the phone, "Its Inui-san, Echizen-sama."

Nanjiroh nodded and grabbed the phone, "Yes, hello Inui. What did you call for? Is everything alright with Ryoma?" the answer he received caused tears to form in his eyes and he made a hasty 'see ya soon'. as he bolted upwards, "Minna, get down here, hurry up."

"Nanjiroh, what is it?" Mariah asked, glancing towards the Echizen head who had tears in his eyes but a smile across his lips, "Are you alright? What's going on?"

Nodding his head, "I'm alright Mari." he replied, "Inui called, he said Ryoma's awake. His awake." he whispered, crying. "The doctor is checking him over now and he said every thing looks alright." Yells and cheers broke free before everyone rushed around getting ready. Nanako had broken down in happiness and Ryoga embraced his father, tears being hidden from sight. Finally after two weeks Ryoma was finally awake, and he was beyond happy by the news,

"Let's go oyaji."


Oshitari thanked Inui and placed the phone down and glanced at the group, "Inui said Echizen-kun woke up. The doctors are checking him over but everything seems alright. Inui thinks it'd be better to visit him tomorrow so that his family can visit him today."

Atobe nodded his head, "That's good. Tomorrow we'll see the brat."

Ohtori wrapped his arms around Shishido, tears dripped from his chin. He was really glad the younger boy was awake. It really scared him to think that someone he knew could have died, and someone so young at that. Feeling an arm tighten around him, Ohtori buried his face against his partners shoulder. Curling around Oshitari, sobbing out his relieve, while Oshitari ran his hands through the redheads hair. Jiroh, Hiyoshi and Kabaji looked relieved by the news as well,


Yanagi thanked Inui and closed his phone walking towards his teammates, "I have news that I liked to share with you." he called out, gaining the rest of the groups attention. Everyone looked a bit solemn. Kirihara looked pale being held in Marui's arms, but he wasn't the only one. Yukimura looked worse, and Yanagi couldn't blame his best friend. He had been there during the shooting, had been there when the boy stopped breathing, and knew he was, more then likely suffering from nightmares as well. "Inui just called me." Sharp intake of breathes were taken at the news, "He said Echizen-kun is awake and being checked out by a doctor and that everything seems alright and we can visit him tomorrow."

At the news Kirihara and Yukimura broke down. Marui tightened his old over the second year while Sanada held the blue haired captain. "Thank Kami." was the only thing that could be heard from Yukimura as he released his pent up fear and relieve.

Niou and Yagyuu walked over and patted Kirihar's back, while Jackal smiled. "That's really good news and it was nice of Inui to share it with us, maybe now Kirihara and buchou can get some well deserved sleep." Yanagi nodded his head in agreement.


Taking the stethoscope, and after making sure it wasn't too cold, the doctor placed it against Ryoma's chest checking his heartbeat before moving it to his back, telling him to take a deep breath before releasing it.

Ryoma followed the doctors orders without question and flinched when the doctor hit his wound. A whispered apology left the man's lips as he pulled away, "Your heart is strong, everything seems okay with your breathing." Taking a step back, the doctor took out his small flashlight and shined it into Ryoma's eyes to check his sight.

Ryoma hissed in pain, flinching away and closing his eyes. Fuji pushed the doctor away and climbed onto the bed beside Ryoma and rubbed his back, "Ryo, are you alright? What's wrong?" the tensai asked while the rest of the group circled the bed and Kaidoh gave a glare towards the doctor.

"Ryoma's eyes are sharp, so they must be ultra sensitive to lights right now." Inui stated, glancing towards the doctor, "But aside from that, that means his alright, right?" Inui glanced at the name tag, "Igarashi-sensei?"

Smiling, Igarashi gave a nod, "Yeah." he closed his folder, "Well Echizen-kun is fine. I want him to stay here for at least three days so we can keep an eye on his wounds but after that, he can leave."

The group gave a nod and bowed their heades, "Thank-you for your hard work sensei." they replied in unison before turning back towards Ryoma as Igarashi-sensei excused himself, well he would have if he didn't have to dodge the stampede of people pouring into the room, chanting the patients name. Shaking his head, the doctor smiled as he left.

Ryoga and Nanako threw there arms around the youngest Echizen and sobbed against his shoulder, "I was so worried about you Ryo. When I found out that you actually died, I didn't know what to feel. I was so..." the older Echizen brother trailed off, holding his brother closer.

Nanjiroh walked over and embraced both of his sons. Ryoma's lower lip trembled before he closed his eyes and began crying against his father. He caused his father and his brother, as well as his friends and psuedo family unimaginable pain, and he never wanted to do this to them again. but he did. "I'm sorry." he whispered through his tears.

When Nanjiroh and Ryoga pulled away all the females raced forward and hugged him whispering words of comfort to the boy, "It's not your fault Ryoma, don't blame yourself for this, the blame lies with the person responsible." Mariah whispered, running her hands through the boys hair. "It'll never be your fault that your in here or that you worried us and made us cry. capire."

"Capisco madre,"Hearing the last word brought tears to Mariah's eyes and she hugged Ryoma tighter, a whispered 'mio figlio' were heard which caused Chroma and his siblings to smile. Ryoga glanced towards the white haired devil and ruffled his hair whispering something into his ear that caused Chroma to roll his eyes.

It took a while before everyone calmed down and the Seigaku regulars sat around the bed when a knock sounded on the door causing all heads to turn. Being the closest, Blake slid the door opened, "Hello."

"Hi, I'm Kirihara Akito. I'm here to see Echizen-kun." Blake took a step to the side allowing the man to enter. Ryoma glanced at the man who looked like an older version of Kirihara Akaya of Rikkaidai. "Echizen-kun, hello, I know you don't know me, but I have something I wish to say to you."

Ryoma blinked and glanced at his teammates imploringly, Tezuka patted the boys leg, "That's Kirihara Akaya's father, Kirihara Akito. He came here allot to visit you."

Akito took a deep breath, and stared into the golden eyes of the preteen, "I have wronged you and everyone that cares about you, unknowingly hurting my son, and indirectly my daughter who is best friends with your cousin." seeing the confused looks overtaking several visages as well as the realization that painted across the faces of those who were sharp enough to put one and one together.

"You..." Tezuka narrowed his eyes, "You were the one!"

Akito lowered his head, "Yes. I was the one who shot Echizen Ryoma." he cringed at the silence that came upon the room, "I know I could spend the rest of my life apologizing and it would never amount to the pain I inflicted on you and those that care for you."

Ryoma held his father and brother from attacking, and shot warning looks towards the others as he stared at the man near the door, "Why? why did you do it? I've never meant you before, so I couldn't have offended you."

"I was hired to do so, but the client never said who the hit was for. She dropped hints that she was being stalked by an abusive ex husband that wouldn't leave her alone. It wasn't till that day, two weeks ago, that I found out who the target was. When I told her, I wouldn't do it, she threatened to kill my son. I couldn't let her hurt my son. and in the process, I hurt him instead when I nearly succeeded in killing you."

Nanjiroh narrowed his eyes, "You were hired to kill my son? By who? And why?"

"I'm not really allowed to talk about what I do to others, but just know, I'm an assassin for hire and paid pretty well for just one hit, but usually the hits are against abusive husbands, psychopathic people, rapist, murderers, people like that. The one who hired me called herself Zaizen Rinko. At the start she said she wanted me to kill an abusive ex husband that was stalking and threatening to kill her if she didn't come back to him, and like I said, I never knew who the hit was for until that day. When I told her I wouldn't do it, she told me she'd just hire someone else with less restraint and have them go after Echizen-kun, along with the original victim, she'd add a second target to the list, my son." with a frown, Akito lowered his head, "The only other person good enough is Miyuki, and that's only because I trained her, the only difference is Miyuki is blood-thirsty and when she's hired to kill someone she'd kill the target and anyone else within distance. When I found out about that, I dropped her as a student."

Ryoma gave a nod, "I forgive you Kirihara-san." he whispered, causing everyone to stare at the boy in surprise, "But I have something I wish to request of you." he replied. Akito gave a nod, bowing, "I want you to help me. You said Rinko was the one who put the hit one me. My mother, ne?"

Akito crossed his arms, "She claimed you were the devil's child and told me you were brainwashing Nanjiroh-san. Rinko is delusional enough to think that should she succeed in killing you, that your father will love her once more and realized that she had been right all along. that you were really a demon."

Ryoga growled, "That bitch!"

"I want you to help me stop her so she won't be able to hurt anyone else." Akito gave a nod, and Ryoma smiled, "In turn we will notify Rikkaidai about the danger Kirihara-senpai is in and help protect him when we're all together."

Akito smiled, "I'll do it. I told Rinko after this, she better watch her back because I'll be after her." Green eyes lit up, "She'd probably already hired Miyuki and is having her scouting for any news about the hit and what came of it. And if I know Miyuki she most likely filmed the accident and everything up to the point where the doctor pronounced Ryoma 'dead' so Rinko probably thinks your dead and has lowered her guard enough to check on Nanjiroh. "


Zaizen Hikaru shivered at the laughter that rang out and stared at the direction it had come from. "Crazy bitch." he whispered taking cautious steps towards the door, he peered inside the room and blinked at the two woman inside, both staring at the T.V.

Glancing at the screen, he recoiled in surprise. Two boys were shown, a blue haired teen was kneeling on the ground a small bundle cradled within his arms, he was crying for help from people that were running pass him but no one stopped to help him until another teenager ran towards the boy and resisting the urge to gaped in surprise at the fact that he knew that stern face, he turned towards the blue haired boy and narrowed his eyes. "Sanada and Yukimura" he whispered, "What the fuck is this." He watched as Sanada pulled out a phone, more then likely calling for help.

Zaizen turned towards the woman his father married and rose an eyebrow at the snicker that escaped her lips. He was really wondering what possessed his meek family to leave a kind woman like his mother to marry this crazy bitch that would laugh at something like this. A scream from the screen caused Zaizen to turn his attention back towards the screen. Yukimura was being hugged by Sanada as he cried, the EMT were pulling the stretcher into the ambulance when a call of 'his not breathing' was heard and Zaizen covered his mouth to stop the gasp.

A wail was heard before the Seigaku regulars appeared, the redhead was sobbing. A hand on his shoulder startled Zaizen and before he could release a yell of shock, his mouth was covered and he was pulled away from the door. "It's me young master, it's alright." the soft voice of his butler was heard. "You shouldn't watch that, it's not pretty. Rinko has been watching it everyday since that other woman brought it to her two weeks ago. The first time she watched it, I was standing by the door and had seen the entire thing." Kyouya shook his head, "Nothing good will come from you watching that."

Zaizen crossed his arms over his chest, "I know those people Kyouya, well not know them personally, but I know who they are. There apart of the junior high tennis circuit, we've played them. That blue haired boy is Rikkaidau's buchou, Yukimura Seiichi and the one that made that call was Rikkai's vice captain, Sanada Cenichirou, I couldn't tell who Yukimura was holding but the other group that arrived are the Seigaku tennis regulars. I want to see what happened."

Kyouya looked surprise that his young master actually knew the people and he knew without a doubt that he knew the boy who died at the hospital as well. "Very well Hikaru-sama, but be prepared for what you'll be seeing alright. It's nothing good."

Hikaru gave a nod and walked back towards the door, leaning against the wall, he stared at the screen that was showing the hospital. Seigaku, Hyotei and the Rikkai regulars were amongst a group of other people. A scream rang out and Zaizen's eyes widened as Seigaku's redhead collapsed sobbing his heart out while his double partner as well as the two Hyotei double pair ran over to try to comfort Kikumaru. He glanced towards the others and saw the same look of devastation painted across their faces. He turned towards Kyouya who came to a stop beside him.

"The boy who was rushed to the hospital was just pronounced dead." Kyouya replied softly, "He had been shot twice and died after the operation. The doctor figured the boy's heart couldn't handle the pressure anymore and gave out. They tried to revive him but after so much time, they called his death."

Zaizen took a step back and glanced towards the screen just as another scream was issued and he watched in stunned silence as the tensai who lost against Shiraishi stood up, heartfelt words poured from his lips before he fell to his knees before being embraced by the rest of his team; after that the screen went black. Zaizen hurriedly pulled his butler from the door and up the stairs towards his room. "There was one boy missing from the Seigaku team." Zaizen turned and stared at Kyouya "Was he?"

"They called him Echizen Ryoma."

Zaizen lowered his head, "I see." he glanced towards the side of the room, "We know that kid. He played a single point match against Toyama before the finals of the Nationals. Toyama thinks of Echizen as rival and a friend, you should hear the way he goes on and on about all the things he and Echizen could do. And he really wanted a rematch against the boy." he closed his eyes. "I should call Shiraishi and ask him to tell Toyama the news." Kyouya patted his young masters shoulder before excusing himself to give the younger boy some privacy.


Tsuzuku

(To be continued)


capire - understand

Capisco madre- understood mother

mio figlio- my son

Tenma