Eternal.Angel
July 1, 2007 to July 2, 2007 (EDITED August 13, 2007)

Disclaimers: I do not own any part whatsoever of Prince of Tennis, and some magical terms are Angie Sage's, so I do not own those words either.
Summary: Sleeping over at Fuji's house could be one of the worst choices that the Seigaku Tennis Club Regulars and Freshmen have ever made in their entire lives! Being sucked into a video game that was just being played with, the regulars and freshmen must find a way out by saving the entire world! But…how? Enjoy! And don't forget to review please!

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Escapade Two: The Adventures Begin!
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"Ughh…" complaints came from several mouths. Everyone had fallen to the grassy field, landing either on their backs, butts, stomachs, feet, hands, or head (which would be stuck to the ground).

The regulars and freshmen stood up from their awkward landing positions and brushed off the dirt and dust from their shirts, pants, and skirt. Except Kachiro and Katsuo had to pull Horio's legs as hard as they could so his head would come out from the deep ditch.

Everyone looked around their surroundings, and found it wasn't the living room anymore. They were surrounded with tall stalks of grass, oak trees, and they couldn't see any landmarks in the distance. Except for a huge, big, scary forest, that is.

"Haha…well," began Momo, who was rubbing his temple, "why don't we all try going into the forest to see if anything's up. I'm sure they have a plan for us to go back home."

Suddenly, a large BAM! came from the forest. A shrill voice was heard screaming for a moment, and a few crows flew out of the trees, squawking as they went.

"Ahaha…" laughed the second year, backing up a few steps, "I take that back…LET'S RUN OUT IN THE FIELD AND GET OUT OF HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" He ran as fast as he could, but Kaidoh intervened.

"Baka, fsshhh, are you that scared of a stupid forest? YOU CALL YOURSELF A MAN!" yelled Kaidoh.

"Shut up, mamushi!" shouted back porcupine head, as they emerged into another fight. Everyone sighed and gathered around to discuss a new plan.

"Saa," Fuji started off the discussion, "Since we're already in the game, we might as well play along with it till we defeat the masters. Besides," he had something to mention, "We're already prepared, are we not?"

Everyone separated and peered at their different outfits. They were dressed exactly the way they created their characters, with the same weapons and names. Everybody agreed with Fuji and continued to observe one another's appearance.

"Ha, I'm so prepared I could kill off all the masters already!" bragged Horio, who at the same time spit out some dirt from his mouth.

The two freshmen slipped away from the bragging boy, afraid of the germy dirt coming from his mouth, "Ek! Horio, stop spitting dirt out!"

As the trio fought off one another verbally, the regulars and Tomoka gathered into another huge group, devising a plan.

"So," said Tomoka, who had a purple cloak on, purple high heel shoes, a black-sleeveless shirt and skirt, and was holding a golden staff, carved with different designs and symbols, "Where do we go first?"

Inui answered her question as he took out his notebook to take notes, "The only landmark visible would be the Wicked Woodlands, a piece of land which has many trees and the inside is dark, and the place is owned by the Corruptive Crone. She has Darke Magyk that will corrupt you to the core." Then he used his hands to make the notebook disappear (he was an Ordinary Wizard, after all).

"Nya, kowaii!" moaned Eiji, dressed in an old-worn out clown suit. He jumped away from Inui, hiding behind his doubles partner.

"Eiji, there's nothing to worry about," soothed Oishi as he patted him on the shoulder. Kikumaru would only tug his brown shirt, scared to his wits. "Everybody's here together, no need to worry," replied the Male Spellcaster, who specialized in Medicines and Lite Magyk.

"Demo," opposed Kawamaru, as he overheard their conversation while looking for his lost Knife, "Tezuka-buchou and Ryuzaki-san aren't here."

"Ah!" the freshmen trio exclaimed, suddenly knowing that fact, "Kawamaru-senpai is right!"

"Hmm," observed Inui, using his Magyk to reappear his faithful notebook, "78 percent that Tezuka and Ryuzaki-san are in the game along with us, 88 percent that they are in a different world, and 99 percent that we will find them along the way."

"Well then," announced Momoshiro, clothed in blue garments and holding a war hammer in his right hand, "Let's go to the Wicked Woodlands and beat the crap out of that witch!"

Everyone formed a group and headed towards the forest, with Momo leading the pack. Before they took a step inside, the Ochibi-Swordsman peered around and murmured, "Senpai-tachi, isn't Kaidoh-senpai missing?"

Momo, who heard Echizen, stopped in his tracks, releasing a dangerous aura and growing a vein pop. Eiji was looking at Ochibi when he sensed the aura coming from the second year and jumped away, and accidentally stepped on Fuji's foot, who suddenly widened his blue eyes and threw his hand back, ready to attack the enemy in front (who was actually Eiji). Kawamura, seeing the sharp blades coming from the sadist's hand, sweat-dropped for a moment before fainting, causing a large dominoes to Horio, Kachiro, Katsuo, Tomoka, Oishi, and Inui.

Echizen simply stood there, blinking in confusion. He shrugged his shoulders and began walking into the forest, his sheath bouncing on his belt lightly.

Everyone turned their heads toward the leaving freshman and stuck their hands out in midair.

"Matte, Echizen!"

"Ryoma-kun!"

"RYOMA-SAMA! Wait for meeeee!!!!"

CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST!

In the depths of darkness was a murky pond, which bubbled and steamed from time to time. Appearing from nowhere was a cloaked person, who ruffled through their breast pocket to crumble the Gnarl Root and Snake Skin with their wrinkly, sharp hands and drop it into the water.

For a moment, it had sizzled, red, hot smoke boiling out of it. The color of the liquid had changed from a dirty brown to a pale green. A cackle was sounded and a voice was heard. The mysterious one limped away, as the fluid continued to sound, the hissing of the unknown but known.

CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST!

After the huge cloud of perplexity was cleared up, everyone followed suit. The aura of the Wicked Woodlands was quite overwhelming, but somehow all of them managed to keep their heads high before fainting.

"Seriously," barked Momo, "Where is that baka mamushi?"

Inui used his Magyk to Apparate his notebook, and decided to have his Writing Quill do the work for him as he spoke, "40 percent that Kaidoh found a way back out, 67 percent that Kaidoh went elsewhere by himself, 78 percent that he is scared, and 89 percent that something happened to him."

"Huh?" worried the mother of Seigaku, "We must go find Kaidoh immediately! What happens if he gets lost? Or an enemy attacks him? Or he gets killed? What happens if he gets killed by the Boogieman! What am I going to say to Tezuka and his family?!" Oishi's hands began to tremble greatly.

"Ahh, Oishi-senpai, calm down. I'm sure that baka mamushi will find his way to us soon…" his partner with the hammer as a weapon trailed off, unable to finish his thought. As he reached to pat his senpai on the back, a slight touch of lightning zapped his entire body. "Gak!" screeched Momo, shaking his hand off wildly, "Oishi-senpai, did you put some barrier? 'Cause it hurts A LOT."

But no response came from the motherly hen, he simply kept on walking straight.

"Oishiiiiiiiiiiiiiii," called the comical fighter, "Stop walking straight or–"

WHAM! He crashed into a tree and slid off the trunk, making slight squeaky sounds.

"–you'll run into that tree…" finished Eiji unhappily.

Tomoka ran from her partner's side and shook the dazed senpai, "Oishi-senpai, are you ok? You were acting all quiet and stuff until you hit that tree."

"Ughh…" awoken Oishi, who rubbed his temple, "I've been acting strange? Gomen, everyone. But I don't know what happened to me. Once thing I was worrying my mind off about Kaidoh, and the next I felt as if…" he stopped for a moment, and took a deep breath.

"As if?" asked the freshmen trio, all at once.

"…as if my soul had left me, and a sudden Darkness had come over me," finished the victim, and then added, "But I'm glad that weird feeling has left me now. For a moment I thought I would never feel as hopeful as this again. I'm very grateful for that tree." Everyone's heads formed sweat beads before Inui bade his notebook and Writing Quill to do more work.

"Hmm," wondered the Data Man as he rubbed his chin, "Ii Data." The Quill furiously wrote what was on his mind before the items Disapparated. "I'm assuming that because of this strange aura, whatever fears or nervousness you feel will be a way of extracting your happiness."

"Inui-senpai," asked Echizen, "How do you know all this?"

Fuji answered the question in his place, "Because pieces of information would show up on the screen once you experience something. Once it's been read, we know the information to ourselves and can use it for something else."

Then a strange glow appeared around the Male Spellcaster. A cloud formed above his head, which bore the words "+2". It popped and disappeared, never returning.

"Nya? What was that?" inquired Eiji.

"Probably experience points," retorted the Ordinary Wizard, "Since he had that strange feeling, and was knocked back to the Lite Side afterwards, Oishi learned something from it."

"Wow!" the second year was amazed, "Do you feel smarter, Oishi-senpai?"

"Fsshhh, not much if you ask me," replied a voice, in the stead of Oishi.

Everyone's heads turned to find the Viper was still alive.

"Kaoru!" cheered the hyperactive-red-head, as he leaped to give the missing second year a hug. But Kaidoh stuck out a hand, and a tree branch twisted shot out from nowhere and twisted its limbs around his body and carried him higher above ground.

"Baka mamushi!" shouted the powerhouse with blue clothing, "What are you thinking, disrespecting your senpai like that!"

"Shut up, baka porcupine head! Ffssshhh…" another branch shot out and brought the other second year into the air.

The two tennis players struggled in their positions to break free, but to no avail. Momo hollered loudly, "Oi, baka! What do you think you're doing?! Get Eiji-senpai and I down on the ground this instant!"

"Fssshhhh," was the only response from the Viper. It was just then that Fuji's eyes widened, and that he had noticed something.

"Everyone," explained the sadist, "Look at Kaidoh's eyes."

The rest averted their attention to his eyes, and it was only a hollow black that clouded the iris completely.

"Hn, they're empty," observed the swords-freshman.

"Saa," he continued, "Something must have happened to him so that someone else controls him. I think we have to fight him so that he loses before he can break free from the spell."

"Demo! We can't just kill Kaidoh, can we?" Oishi earnestly asked.

"Only one way to find out," Echizen said proudly, drawing out his sword from his sheath. Then he ran as fast as he could towards his possessed senpai.

"Hoi hoi! Go get him, Ochibi!" urged the third year captive, who tried wriggling his way out.

And next, Kaidoh hissed and raised both his hands above his head, then bringing them down to his sides, leveled to his shoulders. Clapping them into one at the exact moment, there was a sudden trembling in the ground.

"Kya!" screamed the purple-dressed girl, "The ground's shaking!"

After a few seconds, the quake had stopped. Strange things emerged from the ground, some things with slimy, gooey hands that clawed out of the earth. Various types of dark-colored birds began to gather around the trees, and the plants started to grow extra stems and limbs, climbing out of their places that were rooted to the ground.

Ryoma froze for a moment and backed away. The safe group formed a large circle, facing the direction of their enemies.

"Fssshh…I am Kaidoh Kaoru, and no one will stop me from summoning monsters from the Dark Shadows!

"Attack!"

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A/N: Well, this chapter isn't as long, but do excuse me for that. I just went to the library to borrow some fantasy books and thought they would help me with this story. So thank you very much! And do you like the story so far? I think I might have to change the rating because of foul language, violence, and the ending. But then again, it might remain K+. Who knows? Please review and give me any feedback! I am very happy to be criticized because there is always room for improvement. Arigatou!

Ja ne, and I do not own any part of Prince of Tennis!

Eternal.Angel