Galaxy of Stars
Summary: after the murder of the Echizen family, strange people seem to be interested in the Seigaku, Rikkai and Hyoutei regulars in particularly in Ryoma. Who, become much calmer and less enthusiastic than anyone has ever seen. Nadesico Crossover!!
Okay here's the next chapter!! sorry if it's late! the comp at school was really slow and didn't load!! And i apologise if it does not reach peoples standards... it's pretty depressing... i'm like wow did i write this? and then i look at chapter one and i'm like: this sucks... LOL... i hope it's alright!! enjoy the read!!
Chapter 1
"Ochibi… are you alright?" asked Eiji.
"I'm fine," said Ryoma, as he walked passed him.
"Is it really alright for you to be at school? You could take a day off," said Syuichiroh. "I'm sure Tezuka would understand…"
"I'm fine Oishi-sempai…" said Ryoma, and walked out of the club room.
"Sa… don't worry about it, Oishi," smiled Syuusuke, "he probably wants to busy himself so he doesn't think about it…"
"But wouldn't that make it worse?" asked Syuichiroh. "His family was just killed…"
"I don't think he likes being reminded," said Syuusuke.
"He's stubborn," said Takeshi, "That brat just doesn't want to show weakness…"
"Maybe Tezuka will go easy on him," said Takashi.
"And who was it that agreed to take him to school?" snorted Kaoru.
"What was that Viper? You're blaming me?" asked Takeshi.
"Momo… Kaidoh… twenty laps," ordered Kunimitsu as he entered the club room.
"Sa… Tezuka… what are you going to do?" asked Syuusuke as they looked at Ryoma who was stretching. For the many months they had known the freshman, they watched before their eyes as the freshman change. He allowed his hair to grow and said that getting it cut was a waste of time. After time, he started looking more feminine than Syuusuke. A/N: gasp! How is that possible?
At the start of the year they saw him as an arrogant and cocky freshman, however day by day the arrogance disappeared and the cockiness turned into blunt comments. When asked, Ryoma just said it was a waste of energy to continue with it.
"Echizen… you shouldn't be here," stated Kunimitsu.
"It's a school day," stated Ryoma.
"You should go home," said Kunimitsu.
"Why…? There's nothing to do at home," said Ryoma with a blank face, "Unless you want me to go home and clean up…"
"Maybe you can stay with one of us," said Syuichiroh.
"I'm fine living with myself," said Ryoma.
"Sa… I'm sure Nee-san won't mind staying with us…" smiled Syuusuke.
"I've imposed on enough people," said Ryoma.
"You won't be imposing," smiled Syuusuke 'what do you mean by that?'
"I think I'll turn down your offer," said Ryoma.
"Echizen…" warned Kunimitsu. "You are to stay at Fuji's…"
"…" Ryoma just kept quiet.
Takeshi laughed, "You can't say no can you?"
"It's not that…" said Ryoma, "I'm just not bothered arguing…"
Everyone just sweat dropped, and remembered that he was just lazy. They knew they couldn't get through to him even if they pestered him all day and decided to allow Ryoma to have some space for himself for the day.
"Echizen is acting really strange," said Hario, as he talked to Katsuo and Kachiro, when they walked out for lunch.
"Eh… Ochibi acting strange?" asked Eiji as he jumped out of no where, which caused the three freshmen to jump in surprise.
"Eiji-sempai!" exclaimed Katsuo in surprise.
"What is this I hear about Echizen?" asked Syuusuke.
"Fuji-sempai, Ryoma-kun has been acting strange," said Kachiro.
"What do you mean?" asked Syuusuke.
"He's done everything," said Kachiro.
Fuji frowned, "Please elaborate… I don't understand…"
"Every exercise for the year," said Katsuo, "he's finished them all…" (A/N: I really can't do that…)
"Serious…?" asked Eiji.
"Not only that… he's been reading," announced Hario.
"Tennis magazines?" asked Syuusuke.
"No… manga and novels," said Kachiro, "It's strange…"
"In science he explained something in technical terms that was very hard to understand," said Katsuo.
"Sa… it seems this is more serious than I thought," said Syuusuke thoughtfully.
"Nyah… we have to save him!" exclaimed Eiji.
"Save whom?" asked Syuichiroh, as he and the rest of the regulars appeared.
"Ochibi…! He's reading manga and novels! He even finished all exercises for the whole year!" exclaimed Eiji.
"Maybe, he is taking his family's death badly," said Takeshi.
"I believe we'll find our freshman on the roof," said Inui as they walked passed the first years class.
"Are you looking for Ryoma-sama?" asked Tomoka. "He won't be on the roof…"
"Where is he?" asked Kunimitsu.
"We… we saw him go into the computer room," said Sakuno nervously.
"Computer room…?" and the regulars shared a worried glance and quickly headed to the computer lab. They looked through the door and could see Ryoma in the corner typing away quickly at speed that they did not think was possible. His eyes were transfixed onto the computer screen and not once did they see him blink or look down.
"What the hell is he?" asked Takeshi, "He is definitely not acting normal."
"Maybe you should let him sit out of practise today Tezuka," suggested Syuichiroh.
"We'll see," said Kunimitsu. "If the situation does not change…"
Afternoon practise came and it seemed that nothing changed; more weird stories about Ryoma started floating around.
"Sempai…! Big news…!" gushed Hario, "Echizen didn't sleep in English…! He always sleeps in English!"
"OMG… Echizen-kun is so cool," gossiped a girl, "Did you hear what he wrote in English? He's such a romantic and such a deep guy…" (A/N: Romantic…?)
"I know… he's so cute too…" said her friend. Meanwhile near by Tomoka was on the verge of an outburst and Sakuno was trying to calm her down.
"What did he write in English?" asked Syuusuke curiously.
"Something about the sky, people, fighting, and death…" said Hario. "Apparently the teacher thought it was deep and meaningful and told us to copy it down." (A/N: refer to prologue… if it sucks… then imagine it as a very good piece for Ryoma's sake…)
"Do you have it?" asked Syuusuke.
"Nah… why bother?" shrugged Hario.
"That's not good!" said Kachiro, "Even though it was hard to understand, I know it talking about something important…"
Katsuo who had ran off, came back with a piece of paper and handed it to Syuusuke to read; Syuusuke scanned the page and instant looked over to Ryoma.
"Sa… Is it alright if I borrow this?" asked Syuusuke.
"A… sure," said Katsuo.
"Thank you…" said Syuusuke.
"Everyone, gather round!" ordered Sumire, "I've receive important news… The regulars were asked to attend a special camp to hone their abilities… it starts with Saturday and until the end of the year…"
"Eh…? Does that mean its like boarding school?" asked Eiji.
"A little like that…" said Sumire. "Rikkai and Hyoutei receive the same news I've heard…"
"No one else?" asked Takashi.
"Apparently, they only found three schools with enough talent," said Sumire and she turned to Ryoma, "You don't have to go if you don't want to Ryoma…"
"I haven't met Rikkai yet…" said Ryoma with a blank face, "It'll be good to see what they're like…"
Everyone just sweat dropped and wondered if the boy was naïve or just playing dumb.
"Ochibi can bunk with me!" said Eiji, "I swear I'll behave and not be loud… I'll take care of you!"
"As I was saying," said Sumire, "It is this Saturday, you all should get here tomorrow night and a bus will pick you up at eight…"
"Eh? You're not coming with us?" asked Takeshi.
"They don't need me… I'll keep the club rolling," said Sumire. "Regulars are free from training to prepare for the trip, the rest of you back to work!"
"Yay…!! No training today!" cheered Eiji, and looked over at Syuusuke, "Nyah… Fujiko… you don't look very happy…"
Syuusuke held out the paper to Eiji who took it and scanned it, "Nyah… Oishi! Translate for me! I don't understand a thing!"
Syuichiroh came over and looked at the paper, "Who wrote this?"
"Nyah…! Fujiko had the paper," said Eiji.
"Fuji… did you write this?" asked Syuichiroh, soon they were joined by Takeshi, Takashi, Kaoru, Kunimitsu and Sadaharu.
"No… It's Echizen…" said Syuusuke.
"It doesn't look like his writing," said Sadaharu.
"Katsuo's writing but Echizen's piece," said Syuusuke. "He wrote it on the board for English apparently…"
"Can someone translate it?" asked Takeshi.
"Fshu… a first year wrote it and you can't even read it," muttered Kaoru.
"Shh… be quiet you two," said Eiji, "I want to hear the translation…"
They all listened as Syuusuke translated for them and did not notice that Ryoma had finished changing and was heading towards them.
"That says 'honour their memory'," said Ryoma, as he looked at the paper.
"Echizen…" said Syuichiroh nervously.
"What is it?" asked Ryoma, he didn't look like he cared.
"Sa… you finished changing," smiled Syuusuke, "Wait for me…"
Syuusuke walked to the club room to change and the rest of the regulars just looked at Ryoma. More like stared and Ryoma just stared back with a blank face.
Eiji broke the silence as he jumped the boy, "Nyah…! Don't worry Ochibi! Kikumaru Eiji will always be here for you! I'll save you!"
"Kikumaru-sempai," said Ryoma as he struggled out of his grasp. Then he mumbled, "Who's going to save me from you?"
"Sa… let's go Echizen…" smiled Syuusuke, "Do you want to go to the public courts and play for a while?"
"Fine," said Ryoma.
There's chapter one... hope it meets to your standards!! have a question ask away!! i'll try answering unless that's going to be answered in another chapter... Next chapter: Rikkai pops in... the Fuji household... the 'try to help' plan... tattoos and a 'metal detector'...