The Prince of Tennis Play

Disclaimer: I only want to own Fuji and Tezuka if possible. But too bad, I can't and won't.

Rating: G or K

Genre: Drama, humor

Pairing: Hints of Inui and Kaidoh

Warnings or notes: OOC-ness, homosexuality hints, 1500 words, and pointless chapter.

Hmm… the continuation of Inui and Fuji's insanity plans. XD Kaidoh and Inui are hard to write, especially when it is related to humor (that is why I was stuck and late to update). :sweats: So, please forgive me if you find this chapter boring.

I must thank Carzla for the ideas on Kaidoh's part and for beta reading. Sorry to disappoint you if it's not well written. :(

Here I apologize if I didn't manage to reply some reviews. Thank you for the support though! Please review after reading.

: Ready…Go :

Chapter 7 – Poison

During practice, Inui was summoned by Ryuuzaki-sensei to have a discussion regarding the training schedule he had planned. He was their manager, after all. During his absence, a strong gust of wind caused his personal notebook to fall onto the ground and the pages to flip wildly. Fuji was standing only a few steps away and thus he went to pick it up, only to have something catching his attention. His trained eyes scanned through the opened notebook swiftly.

Target: Kaidoh Kaoru

Mission: Convince him to join the acting

Dispatcher: Inui

Blackmail Material: Inui Juice

Report: Success

Reporter: Inui Sadaharu

'Ah, so it's another success? An expected result,' the genius snickered quietly. The report reminded him vividly of their first target – Ryoma. It was fun mocking their team's baby. For the entire day, Ryoma had avoided Fuji and Inui at any cost. Sure, he was furious, but he wouldn't be able to hold the grudge for long. 'He will, but he can't do anything,' Fuji grinned slyly.

He remembered the data specialist had come to seek for Fuji's assistance earlier before he set out to hunt his prey, which happened to be their junior; Kaidoh Kaoru. Inui had stated Kaidoh might not help Fuji with his plan, or worse, he might ruin it without knowing it. Although Fuji knew the reason Inui gave was to cover his true motives, the other found no hesitancy in agreeing.

"This won't do," was his answer and he had spent an hour killing his brain cells to find a solution.

Inui immediately set off after listening to his words and with an overly joyful wave; Fuji wished him good luck. Knowing his junior, who was a year younger than him, Inui went to the place Kaidoh would be at. If anything, no one could miss Kaidoh's persistency in training and building his muscles and stamina. And there he was, running laps with that scary look that would send everyone away. Unfortunately, that was not working for Inui.

"Kaidoh, your speed is improving by 17 percent," the bespectacled boy stated in a matter of fact tone. It was his way of approaching the other, who only nodded in reply. Seigaku Boys' Tennis Club was full of strange people. It was either they were plain weirdoes, or they were just too unique in their own ways.

The younger made no comment but when he passed Inui, he nodded. Finally after a few more laps, the training was done. Inui handed a bottle to the sweating Kaidoh who was taking up the seat beside his senior. "Here," he said while passing the labeled bottle to Kaidoh.

The snakelike regular raised one eyebrow in doubt. "What is it?" he asked, suddenly feeling suspicious of Inui. After all, his juices were going to kill the club members one day if they drank it continuously.

Smirking evilly, Inui replied, "Inui's Love Potion Remix."

Immediately, Kaidoh fell off the bench. He stood up later with a blush across his cheeks. Inui sounded like Fuji when he switched to his sadistic mode. Failing miserably at what he was trying to say, Kaidoh only hissed in annoyance and embarrassment.

"I was just kidding," the data analyzer pushed up his glasses with a serious expression a while after.

Upon hearing that, Kaidoh held the bottle in relief. He was dying to drink some water so he decided to drink from it. However, before he had the chance to take a sip, Inui's voice stopped him. "Actually, it's the Penal Tea."

That was the second time that day Kaidoh Kaoru had fallen off from a bench. He wondered why Inui would inform him about it, since he knew very well the junior would not drink it after he knew the contents. Inui had tricked the freshmen into drinking his juices, so why would he not do the same to Kaidoh? It was the perfect chance for him to do so.

"Only those who give cooperation are spared from this," Inui's voice snapped him out of reverie. "Next time you are not spared though, Kaidoh."

"What do you mean by 'next time', senpai?" asked Kaidoh, turning away from the other in mind annoyance. Inui had threatened him with his deadly juices?

"Whoever backs out from the performance is going to drink my juices," he replied, picking up the dropped bottle. "Just like practice."

This time Kaidoh had to protest. "I am not backing off! I am in charge of the backdrop!" Kaidoh swore he would rather participate in 'Fear Factor' than to drink the infamous Inui Juices.

"Backdrop doesn't count… You have to act, like requested. All regulars have to be on stage."

"No way! This is different!" Kaidoh actually shouted at Inui, apart from Momoshiro, his sworn enemy.

"I'm one of the directors, so I have the right to make that rule," replied Inui calmly. Suddenly, he smirked. "Otherwise you want someone to poison your drinks for months or you want to experience what Echizen went through."

What Inui said about Ryoma's experience sent shivers to Kaidoh. He had no desire to know that, although he did feel pity towards Ryoma. Other than that, he could no nothing else since now he was going to face the same fate if he refused! "As long as it's a minor role that's Momoshiro-free…"

Inui raised an eyebrow. He had thought Kaidoh would fight harder than Ryoma. He never thought Kaidoh would give in so easily. What a surprise. Did his juices scare others that much? Well, apart from Fuji, everyone else dreaded it, so it must be a 'yes'. However, based on Kaidoh's response, data was once again proven to be useless in this kind of situation. "We'll see to that." In his mind, Inui made a mental note to collect more data on Kaidoh.

An hour passed after his encounter with Inui when, suddenly, Kaidoh's screams echoed throughout the school. "Senpai! You cheater!" It was followed by a thud merely seconds after. His classmates were stunned, but some were staring at his lunch box suspiciously. So his lunch was really 'poisoned' after all.

"Ah, I forget to warn him about his lunch," the data specialist murmured in his own class, totally oblivious of Kaidoh's screams a few seconds before. "Fuji decided to take a precaution step."

From that day onwards, Inui received plenty of unfriendly glares from the second year. Fuji only grinned when he saw those puzzled looks from Inui whenever he was within Kaidoh's sight. Not that the bespectacled boy complained, for he seemed to have more topics to be jotted down as 'good data'.

"Inui, actually there is no need for you to ask for my advice," the genius murmured to himself. "Since Kaidoh always listens to you, whereas he seldom takes our word for granted. Apart from Tezuka, I don't think he'll listen to anyone else," Fuji smiled when he flipped through Inui's notebook. 'There is always something that can't be predicted by just data…'

Satisfied, Fuji put the notebook back to its respectively place. "Perhaps you are the one who fails to see the obvious, Inui."

"Hoi! Fuji! Let's play a match with me as a warm up!" Eiji waved wildly to catch his best friend's attention. Smiling happily, Fuji took his racket and ran towards the acrobatic regular. "Nya. Why were you reading just now?" asked a curious Eiji.

'Don't you know curiosity kills the cat?' Fuji thought while showing a smirk to the other. "Love letter from Momoshiro to Oishi," he replied casually, causing Eiji to drop his racket in shock. Apart from his, there were also some several rackets were dropped.

"W-What!" Everyone within hearing range was shocked. Every pair of widened eyes landed on Momoshiro since Oishi was not present at the moment. Ryoma only lowered his cap to cover his smirk.

"How can you, Momo!" exclaimed Eiji desperately. A pair of watery blue eyes accompanied his exclamation. "You didn't tell us!"

"Fuji-senpai! Please don't joke like that!" Momoshiro wailed. His face was red with embarrassment. "I am not interested in Oishi-senpai, Eiji-senpai!" he explained in a panicked tone. "He is more of a wonderful mommy to me!"

Suddenly Fuji burst and laughed. All the tension was gone when they heard his melodious laughter. It sounded so innocent, like an infant's. But of course, only a few knew his innocence would never rival his evilness. Soon after, the others joined in as well, laughing at Momoshiro's exclamations and Eiji's childishness. The said duo was laughing nonetheless.

"Maa… Sorry about scaring you guys with such as joke," Fuji smiled innocently after they had calmed down. "But Momoshiro, I have no idea you look upon Oishi as a mommy." Needless to say, he began to laugh again.

"Whose mommy?" a familiar voice asked, startling the others. When they saw Oishi, everyone turned to look at a flushed Momoshiro and all restraint cracked as everyone started to laugh hysterically.

Thus Oishi had officially become Seigaku's, or rather, Momoshiro's wonderful mother.

: To be continued :