Summary thus far: Shinju planned the party and has everyone suited for their costumes (except Fuji and Kawamura)! Now he's training Tezuka and Ryoma? What is with his fixation with those two? But if they lose in the mini doubles tournament on Monday, they'll have to drink Inui's new dreaded concoction: the Pakinn juice!
TENSHI HIGH'S EVIL BUCHOU!
-Chapter Three: To Be Safe and Successful…-
The two teens collided. "Itai!"
"G-Gomen, Echizen," Tezuka panted out, tired from the dragged out training and from the previous matches.
Ryoma shook his head, panting as well before he stood up. "I-It's fine."
The next ball flew toward them and Ryoma hit it back. Tezuka hit the next and then the balls stopped coming altogether. Both Tezuka and Ryoma were sweating and panting heavily. "W-Why'd you stop it?"
"Because I think you're ready for the third part of my plan," Shinju led the two confused teens to a wall. "For two hours without rest, hit the ball back and forth on this wall."
"Two hours?" Ryoma groaned. "It's five now, though!"
"I already took the liberty of telling your parents that you would be home late."
Tezuka swallowed a gulp full of air. "We have to… do this… Echizen."
Shinju put his forefinger on his chin with an evil smirk. "…Don't you think by now… that you're close enough to use 'yobisute?' I mean, you guys are partners now, and, well… yeah. I mean, it helped me play with Shiro when I called him by his given name, you guys should try it."
"We still have a sempai and kouhai relationship," Tezuka almost cried out in shock. To call his Echizen by his first name was—whoa, what? His Echizen? What was Tezuka thinking about? 'Bad, Kunimitsu, don't think of such things! Your grandfather would be disappointed in you!'
"Friends can't be in different grades?" the silverette asked innocently, his red eyes sparkling with mirth and amusement.
"He does have a point there… K-Kuni…mitsu…" the younger of the two stuttered out.
"…Ry-Ryoma…" Tezuka mumbled softly, liking the way the name rolled off his tongue.
Shinju smiled. "Okay then! Tomorrow, we'll do the fourth and fifth step, so do the wall training and we'll go home so you can rest," the two teens nodded shakily and walked over to the wall.
Ryoma faced Tezuka. "Ready sem—Ku-Kunimitsu?" said teen nodded and Ryoma served the tennis ball.
"…I didn't think they would be so determined to do this. I thought they'd give up after twenty matches, twenty five at most," the silverette tennis captain mused.
Toushiro looked at Shinju and then at the two tennis players. "…I thought they'd give in at thirty…"
Shinju lowered his gaze to looked at the court. "We underestimated them."
Toushiro scratched the back of his head and sighed. "Yeah."
"Hmm… I think they'll make a great doubles team, though, after this," Shinju placed his glasses on the bridge of his nose.
"Getting serious?"
"Watching them play brings out my real side," Shinju said with a wink. Toushiro turned to the young tennis captain with a concerned look. Shinju chuckled at the expression and tilted his head to look at Toushiro. "Don't worry about it, Shiro… that one is sealed, thanks to you."
Toushiro gave in inaudible sigh of relief and turned his attention back to the two tennis players facing the wall. "They're strong."
"…I acknowledge that, but are they strong enough to understand?" Shinju kept his fingers on his rimless glasses.
"…I think… they may be strong enough to beat even you," Toushiro answered truthfully and Shinju chuckled.
"But not you," the silverette added with a confident smile.
"…They might."
The younger shook his head. "They can't. Only you have mastered the Bishi technique… and you created my Tenshi/Bijou playing style."
"I did, but it's useless if they know about it."
"We can only hope that they don't; sometimes, ignorance can be bliss," the captain smirked.
"Only because confidence is ignorance," Toushiro returned and chuckled softly when Shinju sighed with a shake of his head.
"Can't you let me win these word games at least once? Meanie."
The coach gave Shinju an amused look before walking toward one of the courts. "Should I really let you? Come on, let's play a game."
"Ah? Oh, sure… I really can't wait."
"For what?"
Shinju looked at his coach. "Until tomorrow… you know?"
Toushiro glanced at the teen. "…Neither can I…"
"I thought as much," Shinju smiled deviously then frowned in disappointment. "However, it turned from a push to a shove to a hit on the head rather quickly."
"Of course. Those two are so anti-social and oblivious when it comes to this type of thing. Even though you said five steps, it's actually six."
"Of course, but that's because usually the sixth step happens throughout my method… but they really aren't the types to open up," the captain complained with a pout.
"Especially if it's with another anti-social person."
Shinju nodded tiredly. "We just have to hurl them in the right direction."
"Hypothetically or literally?" Toushiro asked apprehensively as he threw a tennis ball into the air.
Shinju smiled like the devil. "Quite literally."
Shinju wiped the sweat off of his forehead and chuckled while also sighing in defeat. "I still can't beat you."
Toushiro ran his hand through his sweat soaked hair. "But you've gotten better; you took three games from me."
"Ah, I have gotten better, haven't I? What time is it, Shiro?" Shinju asked, recovering from his out of breath state.
The coach looked at his watch. "It's a bit past seven."
"Echizen! Tezuka! It's time to go!"
The two tired teens panted. "D-Don't shout at us like we're kids in the park! Che…" Ryoma swallowed. "C'mon Kunimitsu, let's go."
"Aa… Ryoma…"
The teen looked at Tezuka. "Hmm?"
Tezuka paused then shook his head. "No, never mind."
The two entered Toushiro's car. "So do you think you improved?" Shinju asked.
"Of course," Ryoma declared with a mini glare at his captain.
Toushiro reared out of the parking lot and drove onto the street before saying, "But you're going to have to pick up your synchronization. Have a conversation and get to know each other better."
Ryoma tipped his hat down. "We'll definitely obtain perfect synchronization. If it's Kunimitsu, then it'll happen."
"Ha! Your attitude better help you!" Shinju grinned as Toushiro parked the car. "Well, see you tomorrow. It's lucky that you two live next to each other you know…" Shinju started suggestively with a smug smirk.
"See you tomorrow, buchou," the mentioned captain just smiled.
"Bye! …Shiro…?" the captain smiled sadly. "…I think… we might lose tomorrow."
Toushiro put his hand on his head and looked pensively and Shinju. "…You don't plan on playing seriously, do you?"
"Pressure and pain," Shinju held his left wrist and flexed it before wincing slightly. "There was too much of both here."
Toushiro put his hand on Shinju's wrist as well. "It's okay Shinju, you're fine now…"
"I know that… but… it's been what? Seven years? I may be fine… but you're not," Shinju lightly squeezed Toushiro's right shoulder with his free hand. "Your shoulder-"
"I said this before Shinju, I'm fine."
"…Toushiro… I'm so sorry…" Shinju gripped his friend's sleeve and cried. Toushiro pat Shinju's back lightly to comfort him and looked up at the sky to see that it was raining.
Ryoma entered his house. "Tadaimas!"
"Okaeri, Ryoma!"
"Seishounen," his father started seriously before his face cracked into a sly smile.. "Why were you out for so long? Were you with a girl~?"
Ryoma sighed. "Kiryu-buchou told you I'd be late. I was practicing playing doubles."
Nanjiroh stared at his son before he burst out laughing. "YOU? Playing doubles? It's definitely not your thing! Your personality would crush your partner before your enemy!"
"I've found someone that can keep up," Ryoma snapped before solemnly walked up the stairs. "Or rather, someone I can keep up with."
"Tadaimas," Tezuka was greeted by an older girl and an older boy.
"Okaeri, outoto! It's so late, I can't believe you were playing tennis for this long!" the boy chimed excitedly.
Tezuka put his bag down and sighed tiredly. "Not now niisan, I'm tired."
"Clearly!"
"Shouldn't you be looking for a job anyway?" Tezuka asked in an irritated tone of voice.
"Trust me Kuni-chan… Kyou-niisan won't work for a while now," the girl snickered at her own joke and the older boy pouted childishly.
"Hey! Respect your elders, Karin!" Kyou reprimanded playfully.
"At least I have a job," Karin noted with a dignified huff.
Tezuka looked around. "Where's Katomi-neechan?"
Karin scratched her head. "Ah, she had to study for a big test, so she won't be back this weekend."
Tezuka nodded. "I see, I'll be retiring, then. I'll be in my room if you need me."
"You're not going to eat?" Kyou asked while holding up a plate of food.
"I ate… drank enough…" Tezuka trailed off, letting his mind finish off his sentence with, 'of Ryoma,' the brunette shook his head to clear his thoughts. "Good night, Karin-neechan, Kyou-niisan."
"Night!" the two called.
Tezuka walked up the steps and into his room. He signed onto his computer and typed in the address for a specific chat site.
-YudanSezu HAS ENTERED THE CHATROOM-
PillarSupport: hey there^^
YudanSezu: ur on already?
PillarSupport: yep, good evenin
YudanSezu: good evening, how was ur day?
PillarSupport: eh, very tiring… O.o
YudanSezu: so was mineXP
StAlKeRO.o: ur so mean, Pillar! u didn say good evening to me when I sined on!
PillarSupport: uh… mayb coz I dunno u dat much? O.o
-NotAShadow HAS ENTERED THE CHATROOM-
StAlKeRO.o: ooh, sined on?
NotAShadow: ugh, gr8, ur here
-NotAShadow HAS LEFT THE CHATROOM-
StAlKeRO.o: uh dear… -sulks-
-StAlKeRO.o HAS LEFT THE CHATROOM-
PillarSupport: ok… that was weird o.O
YudanSezu: agreed…
-ShyGuy HAS ENTERED THE CHATROOM-
ShyGuy: ah, umm… was Stalker here b4?
YudanSezu: srry, u jus missed him
ShyGuy: o, I c… he promise hed b on…
PillarSupport: I think he got upset coz of shadow -o-
ShyGuy: ah! That makes… som sense… ty ^^;
-ShyGuy HAS LEFT THE CHATROOM-
-ImaKitty HAS ENTERED THE CHATROOM-
-m00nVolley HAS ENTERED THE CHATROOM-
-ColdAsIce HAS ENTERED THE CHATROOM-
ImaKitty: ? iv never seen Cold here b4
m00nVolley: neither hav I…
ColdAsIce: this is my first time here
ColdAsIce: dammit, next time I see that idiot, ima kill 'im
-IceFlame HAS ENTERED THE CHATROOM-
PillarSupport: u havnt been on for a wile Flame
IceFlame: srry, srry I was only going to show Cold this place, but guess can stay on 4 wile
ColdAsIce: oi, BAKA! Y u bring me here?
IceFlame: erm, read the top bar cold…
ColdAsIce: I DID, and tats wat pisses me off!
IceFlame: ^-^;
IceFlame: putting that aside, how was your days minna?
YudanSezu: tiring .
PillarSupport: VERY tiring x.x
ImaKitty: it was funful! ^^
m00nVolley: thats not a word, but it was very fun XD
ColdAsIce: 2day was torture for me! A very terrible day
Iceflame: -sulks- u didn hav fun?
IceFlame: I was extremely elated that I was able to torture 2 ppl 2day
PillarSupport: -rolls eyes- tats jus lik u
IceFlame: X3 its in my nature, ima sadist! ;3
YudanSezu: so y was ur day bad, Cold?
ColdAsIce: BCOZ! Flame dragged me around all day!
ImaKitty: U KNOW FLAME? O.o.O.o.O
m00nVolley: Kitty! Dun act so surprised!
ImaKitty: but im curious, can ya tell us hu u r?
ColdAsIce: no
IceFlame: tats a personal question Kitty
ImaKitty: aww, plz? -pleads with puppy eyes-
ColdAsIce: tat wont work, Flame does tat 2 me all the time –ignores-
IceFlame: ahaha…
ImaKitty: grr, stupid cold!
IceFlame: OI! Dun say bad words 2 my koibito!
ImaKitty: ! eeeeeeeeeh? 0.0
m00nVolley: u guys r… I mean… ur…
PillarSupport: Cold is Falmes b/f?
IceFlame: -smiles- yeppers!
ColdAsIce: 0/0 shut up… baka…
PillarSupport: wats rong Yudan? 2 surprised to say anything?
YudanSezu: not necessarily
YudanSezu: after all, itsa gay chat room
PillarSupport: -shrugs- guess so… tats tru…
ColdAsIce: I need 2 vent my anger!
-ColdAsIce HAS LEFT THE CHATROOM-
IceFlame: aww, I gots 2 go now, ttyl
-DataMaster HAS ENTERED THE CHATROOM-
-IceFlame HAS LEFT THE CHATROOM-
-VipersFangs HAS ENTERED THE CHATROOM-
-PowerSMASH HAS ENTERED THE CHATROOM-
PowerSMASH: the hell u doin here Viper?
VipersFangs: shaddup Smash, I can go where I want whenever!
DataMaster: there is a 100% chance theyll fite unless we stop it…
PillarSupport: uh… heck no! I aint getting in2 this!
YudanSezu: if ur goin 2 fite, get a private room!
-PowerSMASH HAS LEFT THE CHATROOM-
VipersFangs: che!
-VipersFangs HAS LEFT THE CHATROOM-
PillarSupport: that was rather… quik…
YudanSezu: I can deal with ppl like them o-o
-IceFlame HAS ENTERED THE CHATROOM-
DataMaster: u bak!
-StAlKeRO.o HAS ENTERED THE CHATROOM-
IceFlame: -sadly- ya
-ShyGuy HAS ENTERED THE CHATROOM-
StAlKeRO.o: wats rong Flame?
IceFlame: -cries in corner
ShyGuy: e-eh? wat happened?
StAlKeRO.o: sometin bad happen?
IceFlame: kinda
IceFlame: ya c, ColdAsIce is my koibito, and he stormed outta here coz he gots mad
PillarSupport: som of us kno tat
IceFlame: so I sined off 2 to comfort him
StAlKeRO.o: he dumped u?
IceFlame: NO! and stop interrupting!
IceFlame: anyway, Cold was already mad at me b4… so hes giving me silent treatment!
PillarSupport: ?
StAlKeRO.o: ooh, ouch…
PillarSupport: is the silent treatment that bad?
StAlKeRO.o: Flames a talkative person remember?
YudanSezu: im sorry, u hav my condolences flame… rlly… srry…
IceFlame: HEY! That was unnecesasary Stalker!
IceFlame: thx Yudan
StAlKeRO.o: u said it urself, don't deny it
IceFlame: o ya, guess I did -.-|||
PillarSupport: LOL
PillarSupport: ah, its getting l8 and my dads buggin me 2 sleep, g'nite
IceFlame: NITE!
StAlKeRO.o: nite
ShyGuy: o, nite
ImaKitty: g'night!
m00nVolley: rest well
YudanSezu: good night Pillar
-PillarSupport HAS LEFT THE CHATROOM-
IceFlame: …
DataMaster: -waiting-
ImaKitty: ? wats rong?
YudanSezu: …im sorry…
IceFlame: -glares- Tezuka, where will u b if u dun mak a move?
IceFlame: 4 all we kno he could luv u!
YudanSezu: Pillar doesn luv me, hes not gay lik us
IceFlame: y was he here then?
DataMaster: I agree wit buchou
ImaKitty: but even if ochibi likes guys… wat if he likes som1 else?
YudanSezu: …tats… wat im afraid of…
-YudanSezu HAS LEFT THE CHATROOM-
-ColdAsIce HAS ENTERED THE CHATROOM-
IceFlame: SHIRO!
ColdAsIce: …
IceFlame: ur still mad at me? I said srry a million times already!
ColdAsIce: o im definitely mad, but theres a way u can make it up 2 me
IceFlame: -smirks- naughty Shiro…
-IceFlame HAS LEFT THE CHATROOM-
-ColdAsIce HAS LEFT THE CHATROOM-
StAlKeRO.o: its getting rlly l8… cmon Taka, lefts go 2 sleep XD
-StAlKeRO.o HAS LEFT THE ROOM-
ShyGuy: -blushes-
-ShyGuy HAS LEFT THE ROOM-
ImaKitty: nya, we could get som rest 2, Oishi
m00nVolley: I'll be there soon
ImaKitty: k
-ImaKitty HAS LEFT THE CHATROOM-
DataMaster: …u wanted 2 talk 2 Hime-nee, rite?
m00nVolley: ya
Hime-nee: wow, didn think any1 would notice!
m00nVolley: ya, well we did
DataMaster: only me, Moon, Flame, and Stalker keep the box that shows hus there on…
m00nVolley: hu r u?
DataMaster: Stalker and Flame may hav 4gotten tho
Hime-nee: as the name suggests, Im female
m00nVolley: then y u here?
Hime-nee: because I want Ryoma to be safe and successful
-Hime-nee HAS LEFT THE CHATROOM-
m00nVolley: wat a strange grl…
DataMaster: well talk bout thi with the others later
m00nVolley: good idea nite
DataMaster: nite
-DataMaster HAS LEFT THE CHATROOM-
- m00nVolley HAS LEFT THE CHATROOM-
-End Chapter Three: To Be Safe and Successful-
FYI- PillarSupport is Ryoma, YudanSezu is Tezuka, StAlKeRO.o is Fuji, NotAShadow is Yuuta, ShyGuy is Kawamura, ImaKitty is Eiji, m00nVolley is Oishi, ColdAsIce is Shiro, IceFlame is Shinju, VipersFang is Kaidoh, PowerSMASH is Momo, and Hime-nee is an OC character who you shall meet… I think in the next chapter or the chapter afterward