DISCLAIMER: Again, I do NOT and probably never would own Gravitation and Prince of Tennis


2. Band of Prince

"Really?" Eiji asked, his eyes sparkling. He bounced up and down the sofa in excitement, causing Fuji and Oishi to bounce with him.

Manager Ryuzaki smiled at his enthusiasm. Because of their growing popularity in Japan, she always seems to forget how young they really are. She nodded.

"Yay! Nya!" he threw his hands up in the air. "We're going to America! Tour on America!" he singsong in delight. The rest of the band quickly fall into his pace, Eiji was the band's moodmaker as well as the band's vocalist and on guitars. "Aww.. who am I gonna to bring this time? Oneechan? Oniisan?" he held up four fingers and started to choose by singing a song and eliminating the finger the song stopped on.

"I want to bring Yuuta too," Fuji said. "But maybe I should bring my sister this time." He was thoughtful.

Kaido eyed Momoshiro meaningfully before saying, "Please refrain from bringing girls, remember what happened last time?" Last time, Momoshiro had brought Ann along and it had been a major bother. They had to find her a place to sleep in, since they were all guys. And constantly needing to go to the bathroom was a hassle when they were on road trips.

"You're looking for a fight?" Momoshiro growled at him. Kaido was already hissing at him.

"I'm afraid you can't bring anyone this time," Ryuzaki-san cut their argument off. Everyone turned to look at her. They had all been allowed to bring at least one family member in their previous tours in Japan.

"What do you mean Ryuzaki-san?" the other keyboardist, Inui asked. The others sit up a little straighter to listen.

"We're going on the tour with other bands," she said, and was about to explain when her band interrupted her again.

"But we've toured with other bands before," Kawamura said. Eiji looked up from his left hand, which was now holding up two fingers.

"Yeah, but this time it's different," Ryuzaki-san said. "For one thing, we're going on a tour on another country, and…" she paused, as if challenging them to interrupt her again. When none spoke, she continued. "…we're going on the tour with Bad Luck and Nittle Grasper."

The reactions of the band members were different. Vocalist Ryoma continued to look at Ryuzaki-san as if waiting for more explanation. Fuji, Inui, and Oishi nodded knowingly while Kaido and Momoshiro gave a look that said "Who?"

"Who's that nya?" Eiji asked. Their names sound familiar. He turned to Oishi for explanation.

"Nittle Grasper is that famous band that separated three years ago and reunited now. Bad Luck is NG Production's newest edition." Oishi explained.

Eiji nodded, her two older sisters were huge fans of Nittle Grasper, that's why the name sounded familiar. He'd seen CDs of their album lying around the house. He even think that he knew some of their songs. As for BadLuck…

"They're the band that sang on the quiz show, right?" Momoshiro beat him to the punch line.

"What kind of idiot would do that?" muttered Kaido. He clearly didn't believe Momoshiro. By now, they were continuing their postpone argument. The hissing and growling resumed.

"Yeah, I saw that show too," Fuji said, smiling. He had been impressed by the band's guitarist Nakano Hiroki's intellect. The guy was brilliant.

"Me too nya," Eiji volunteered. He had been frustrated with the BadLuck's vocalist, Shindou Shuichi when he kept missing on easy questions but was glad when he was able to finally answer one which led to their team's win. He had liked the song number too.

"We're going on a tour with them," Ryuzaki-san resumed her explanation. "Then after the tour we're all going to join the Battle of the Bands which would also be held in America."

Everyone quieted, they understood that although they would be sharing the stage with these two bands, when the tour was over they would be their competitors.

"We'll leave three days from now, be at the airport by 7 'o clock" their drummer, Tezuka spoke up for the first time. Although, he was constantly showered by offers of other more famous bands to join them, he never left Band of Prince. He was skilled, that's why everyone looked up to him and he was greatly respected in the music industry too. "Are there any questions?" he asked.

No one spoke for a moment. Then, from behind the sofa, came Ryoma's voice.

"So, can I still bring Karupin along?"