Eternal.Angel
July 2, 2007 to July 6, 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 Three: Meet Fairee, WHO?!
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A bunch of monsters, from birds to hands to walking sticks, advanced towards the Seigaku Pupils under Kaidoh's command.
The regulars enforced the freshmen behind them. "Don't move an inch," warned Oishi, as he put his hands together and widened the space between them afterwards, creating a sizzling and crackling sounded ball of Lite.
"On the count of three, everyone, attack," ordered Fuji, his eyes having been opened now.
"One."
Weapons were released.
"Two."
Weapons were prepared in their stances.
"Three."
The group of regulars charged at their own respective space, while the freshmen scurried around their place, guarding and protecting themselves.
Ryoma charged at the two limbs which were taking captive of his senpais. Jumping off with the one foot split step, he raised his sword in midair and sliced through the branches.
Or at least tried to.
He fell back down with a THUMP, and sighing, rubbed his back. Stupid wooden katana, I deserve something better than this!
His golden-like feline eyes were more determined than ever. Echizen made another attempt, but failed.
The freshmen trio, noticing the struggle of their friend, rushed over immediately to help him release the two captive regulars.
"Kikumaru-senpai, Momo-chan-senpai, we're coming to get you!" yelled the trio.
"Get us down here ASAP! And I told you that you could call me Momo-chan!" Momoshiro whined slightly as he shifted his position in the grasp of the tree.
As the rookie player jumped for the x-th time to slice down the branches, Horio jumped up along with Echizen and grabbed on to one of the branches. The tree, feeling very sensitive, began swinging the boastful brat back and forth, making him dizzy.
"R-r-r-e-e-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-e-e-e-e-e-a-a-a-a-s-s-s-s-e-e-e-e t-t-t-t-h-e-e-e-e-m-m-m-m-m-m-m…" gurgled out Horio, as he unconsciously poked the tree branch with his Musdoke.
Kachiro, meanwhile, fumbled around with his bow and arrow, not knowing how to string it properly. He tried shooting an arrow, but it flimsily darted towards the ground, only flying a few feet.
"Ahh! I can't even shoot a dumb arrow!"
Katsuo, on the other hand, was having trouble distributing the sticky pads properly. They would flutter down to the ground and destroy the icky hands that grasped for their legs from below, but right now, he had to fly one of this exorcist papers to the tree branches that held the duo.
Osakada Tomoka, being afraid of unnatural things rooting upwards from the ground, screamed in fear as she trampled the fingers, knuckles, bones, hands, and wrists with her expensive high heel shoes. I'll get a replacement later…
On the west side of the battle was Oishi, the Male Spellcaster. From his hand he shot out the sphere he had created in his palms before, and the obliterating light drove away the Darkness from the creatures in control. They scuttled away only to find themselves against a Darke Barrier, and the entire cycle kept on repeating. The Spellcaster was having a difficult time ridding the monsters, and he didn't have enough power to heal himself right now for more strength.
Down south and east were Kawamaru and Inui. Inui from his Notebook of Observations and Spells, read aloud a few of them and cast aside the power towards Kawamaru's Kitchen Sushi Knife.
"Hmmm, let's try this one: Magnum Item-ium." The small Kitchen Knife was now enlarged and much larger than its regular size.
"Hmmm, Ii Data," he thought, as the Writing Quill wrote down the results of the spell. "Let's try this one now: O, Exspectare Lite! Finis Darknesse!" A sudden glow was attached to the huge Knife, and its wielder grabbed hold of the handle.
"BURNINGGGGGGGG!!!!! I'LL KILL ALL OF YOU MONSTERS NOW!!!!!!"
The Zyol furiously swung the blade back and forth in all directions. The demons that approached to attack them were wiped out completely, never to return. Unfortunately, more had grown from below, so it wasn't a very pretty sight.
"Hmmm, Ii Data. Notebook, make sure you're getting this." The Writing Quill and Notebook nodded, then resumed to continue writing down the events and incidents of the battle.
Covering the skies were the tensai, Fuji Shusuke. Jumping onto one tree to another, he clawed the deadly crows which gave of toxic breath and auras for those around them. It appeared as if he were flying across the place with ability. With his left hand, Fuji's jumps were more agile and quick, and he easily dodged the attacks of the birds, slashing them with his right claws.
The battle continued on furiously, all the regulars not knowing what to do. They had hardly earned any experience points, so what the heck? But they kept on trying, never giving up.
At the last moment, when the tiny shred of hope was about to be taken away, a sudden cry startled the enemies and allies, grasping their attention away from the fight.
"Abeite, Darknesse!"
A sudden ray of Lite shone throughout the entire forest and banished the demons, Disapparating them. The possessed Kaidoh tried to block the sunlight from his eyes, and immediately he Disapparated back to the headquarters of the Witch.
"Argghhh," whined Momo, who was free from the clutches of the formidable branch which dropped dead after the Lite, "My butt hurts."
Eiji, on the other hand, did a perfect somersault and posed a 'V' with his fingers, putting on a cheesy smile. Then he returned to his form and asked, "Who gave off that Lite?"
"I-I d-d-did-d," stuttered a timid voice, as they appeared from behind the trees. She blinked her eyes and stared through the regulars.
"Ah, is that you, Sakuno-chan?" questioned Fuji as he sealed his claws.
"Sakuno? Who the heck is Sakuno?" the girl behind asked with a manly voice.
"SAKUNO, NYA!" screamed Eiji in despair, "WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR VOICE!"
The girl cleared her throat and looked at the red-head, stating, "I am not Sakuno. I am a magical pixie." A steam of pink smoke puffed up around the girl, and soon in place of the female was a small, fluttering Fairee with glasses and brown hair.
The small fairy once again cleared its throat and seriously, with a stoic expression, announced, "My name is Fairee Tezuka, and I was the one who saved you all."
Every one of them gaped at the Fairee, looking at him with horrified faces. The Fairee Tezuka had a pair of pink, glittering pixie wings, a puffy and fluffy red dress with white embroideries, a pair of glasses and glass slippers, a crown that sat above his brown, wavy hair, and a wand with a five-pointed star that shimmered in the light.
They all began to snicker.
"What is so funny," sternly asked Fairee Tezuka.
"N-nothing, Fairee Tezuka-a," mused Fuji, who held his left hand to his mouth and silently laughed to himself.
Tezuka grew a vein pop in his forehead, and directed the wand in front of their faces. "20 LAPS!" ordered the Fairee, who was indeed, very small compared to their sizes.
"HAI!"
CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST!
After running their twenty laps, the group of Seigaku students followed the tiny pixie buzzing deeper into the Woodlands, looking for a sign.
Momo and Eiji began whispering to each other.
"Eiji-senpai, are you sure that's Tezuka?"
"Nya, I'm very sure of it! Hoi hoi, correct me if I'm wrong, but who would give us laps to run in a game like this?!"
"Very true, Eiji-senpai. Demo…why is Tezuka-buchou dressed as a Fairee…more specifically, a girl Fairee?"
"I don't think Fairee is the right term to fit him, nya! Tezuka is freaking me out by the second!"
"And what are you two conversing about?" questioned Tezuka suspiciously, appearing in front of the duo with doubtful eyes.
"N-nothing-g of the sort-t, F-fair-ree Tez-zuk-ka-a," stammered Kikumaru, glancing the opposite way of the skeptical magical being.
The flying human flew back to the front and continued to lead the group deeper and deeper into the Wicked Woodlands.
"I see that all of you need improvement in your skills," pointed out Tezuka.
"Hai, Fairee Tezuka," replied Oishi in a quivering voice, "But we don't have the experience points to fight back, or anything of that sort."
"That's where I come in," he bluntly said, "Because I'm a Guiding Fairee. I show players how to gain experience from battles, earn some good loot and prizes, and techniques to improve their skills and be able to beat the masters."
"Then why don't you defeat them yourself?" coldly asked the Swordsman.
"I was ordered not to touch the masters at all. I can only attack its minions though. The masters are for you to battle and destroy, not me. As a Guiding Fairee, my job is to teach others how to grow as a fighter."
"But how are we going to train?" hesitated Kawamura, looking around with nervous eyes. Everyone else nodded.
"There's an inn close by in these places. You'll be able to train there."
CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST!
Soon, Fairee Tezuka had brought the group of the inexperienced to a dark and shabby area, with shingles loose on the roof.
"You call this, an INN?!" protested the second year as his finger pointed to a few holes in the gutters.
Fairee Tezuka brushed him aside and simply said, "These are the Wicked Woodlands. Nothing here is bright and cheerful as you hope it would be." With a flick of his wand, the door opened, and they stepped inside.
Cobwebs hung at every corner, and spiders crawled through the holes of them back and forth, to and fro, spinning and weaving their homes.
Horio simply gaped at the dirtiness, while Osakada slightly pouted at the sight of the place.
"Fairee Tezuka," began Katsuo, "How are we going to stay for the night if we don't have any money?"
"For now," commanded the Fairee, "I will be covering your expenses. Until you earn something, you will be under my debt." Everyone looked at one another and sighed.
The pixie lightly tapped the spider-bell, and a ghost came out from the walls to greet the pack of people.
"Y-yes-s, h-how-w m-may-y I-I h-help-p y-you-u?" asked the ghost as it hovered above the ground. The comical jester hid behind the Male Spellcaster, frightened at the sight of it.
Tezuka spoke in a very strict and serious tone, "I would like to reserve rooms for (counting with his fingers) thirteen people please. A separate room for the girl, a small room for me, and four rooms for two people each. We would also like to reserve four training rooms and room service for tonight's dinner and tomorrow's breakfast."
The secretary merely nodded and flew out of the desk and up the stairs. His customers followed him up, the stairs creaking and squeaking as they climbed upwards. They turned many corners here and there, went diagonally, downstairs, upstairs, upside down, downside up, cross over, circles, up, down, right, left, and after a day's worth of complicated turns, the regulars and freshmen and Fairee arrived at their destination.
"Mada mada dane," muttered Echizen under his breath, "Why couldn't we just have taken the short cut?"
"We-e are-e here-e," stammered the ghost, pushing the door slightly aside so it would creak itself open. The rooms were not much different from the office space downstairs – cobwebs, spiders, dust bunnies, and much more grimy things hanging down from the ceiling and sticking to the walls.
"Arigatou-gozaimasu," thanked Fairee Tezuka, as he directed his wand towards the rooms, and each person went inside when they were told to.
Before they had permanently went to bed, Tezuka called out all the members for an important note, "Tomorrow morning, we will eat breakfast and start your training early in the day, so that you will have enough time to gather enough experience and powers in order to bring back that friend of yours with all the hissing and stuff." They nodded in agreement and went back to their respective rooms.
In Osakada Tomoka's Room…
Osakada sighed and looked out the opened window, gazing from afar. She hoped to look for a sign of her best friend, Ryuzaki Sakuno, but none came. She sighed once more and drew the window sill shut and collapsed on her bed.
With her right hand she placed it on her forehead and breathed slowly. She gently rubbed her temples and said to herself, "Sakuno, just in the world where are you?"
In the corner of the room, a flashy shadow drew back into the walls…
In Fairee Tezuka's Room…
"…" exasperated the Guiding Fairee as he continuously used his wand to clean up the filthy mess in the room. Even though his room was a section of Osakada's, even with the status of a Guiding Fairee, Tezuka was definitely NOT allowed to peek into her room, no matter the causes (except for do-or-die ones).
He looked at himself in the mirror before sighing and whispering silently, "Will those kids be able to complete such a dangerous task? I feel as if they're newbies or something of that sort…"
Just as he was about to undress into his pajamas, a Dark and familiar feeling slid by him. Tezuka quickly turned around with his wand in hand, but found nothing in the dim-lit room.
In the Horio & Kachiro's room…
"Horio! Stop stepping on my foot!" yelled Kachiro in pain as he held his foot close to him.
"Hmph! If only there was light in this room, then I wouldn't step on your foot," retaliated Horio.
As they argued however, they did not notice that something even darker than black was watching them from behind before Disapparating.
In Oishi & Eiji's room…
"Oishi!" cried Eiji in the dark, "Where are you!"
"Right next to you, Eiji," Oishi replied quietly.
"Oh, nya! Gomen!"
"Iie…Eiji, I'm just worried about Kaidoh and Ryuzaki-san."
"Nya, it'll be ok! We'll get Kaidoh back in no time and we'll find Sakuno-chan! So jus relax, Oishi!" calmed the red-head in a cheerful tone.
"H-hai," responded Oishi, "Let's get some sleep now."
Fwap…
In Fuji & Inui's room…
"Inui, would you stop flipping the pages of your Notebook? It's quite hard to sleep when I hear you going back and forth through your notes," said Fuji, uncovering his blanket from the bed as he smiled and sat up on the mattress.
"Gomen Fuji, demo, I need to search for some things about Kaidoh's disappearance. There are also many other spells I have discovered which have already been written in my Notebook. I need to test them out so I can gain more experience points and such. And there's Ryuzaki-san's disappearance as well," replied the Ordinary Wizard.
"Saa, do you need some help?"
"Nope; anyways, I don't want you snooping around my Notebook."
Fsssss…
In Kawamaru & Katsuo's room…
"Well…" started off the freshmen Katsuo.
"…Good night," finished the third year.
They both nodded their heads in the pitch black atmosphere and immediately went to bed without any disturbances, sleeping very soundly.
Hhhhhhhh…
In Momoshiro & Echizen's room…
"Oi! Echizen, help me move this mattress back in the bed frame," called Momo, who was pulling back the large spring mattress onto the wooden bed.
"Yadda," Ryoma simply said, pulling the covers on his bed to his armpit and immediately falling asleep.
"Baka," grumbled the second year as he finally finished dragging the mattress onto the bed. He hopped on and closed his eyes, thinking for a moment about life and reality before falling asleep.
The atmosphere turns a much darker, blacker, color than before.
"OI! WHY IS THE AIR SO BLACK?!"
"Momo-senpai! We're all trying to sleep here!" Echizen yelled as he threw one of his shoes at his senpai before snoring back into his dream.
CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST! CONQUEST!
"Wake up, Echizen Ryoma!" sternly screamed the Fairee, holding a small gong in his hand which he held up to against the first year's ear. He abruptly jolted out of bed, hastily got dressed and went downstairs (or should I say everywhere) to the Dinning Dining Dump.
"Echizen, over here!" yelled Momo as he waved his hand. Echizen simply nodded and pulled down his Fila cap, walking towards them.
"OHAYO, RYOMA-SAMA!" shouted Tomoka to the top of her lungs.
"Hn."
After everyone greeted each other with 'Good-morning's', they were presented with their breakfast plates: Some slimy, green, and gooey fluid for soup, a dead bat for the meat, and some dried leaves for vegetables.
The regulars and freshmen looked at their plates in disgust and pushed them aside, some of them holding their noses. Only Fairee Tezuka was eating and munching on the homemade breakfast.
"What's wrong, minna?" he seriously asked, placing down his Wooden Stick and wiping his mouth with Weaved Grass Stalks. "Are you not hungry?"
Everyone shook their heads as some began to complain about the food.
"Nya, Oishi! This food is definitely not good to eat!"
"I know Eiji, but bear with it."
"I want some cheeseburgers, large fries, bottles of soda, and boxes of chicken nuggets. I'm STARVING!"
"I want some Japanese food, che."
"Nee-san's cooking would be very nice to have for breakfast this morning."
"Since today should be Sunday, I would not have breakfast but rather an energy bar to keep me jogging and exercising today."
"Maybe some tea would be good with some sushi?"
"I want kaa-san's cooking today!"
"Otou-san probably bought me some breakfast before leaving for the tennis courts so early."
"I'd probably have some hot rice with fish and miso soup – oishii!"
"Huh, someone call my name?" Laughs were heard among the group.
"No, Oishi-senpai. Horio no baka…that's all. And I'd probably be eating breakfast with Sakuno and Ryuzaki-sensei today…"
Suddenly, Fuji's mind snapped and he began to talk something about his dream.
"Now that you mention Ryuzaki-sensei, I had a dream that she was going to stab me with electric sporks if I hadn't stopped calling her 'Sumire-chan'." He chuckled to himself while the rest formed sweat beads.
"Nya, Fujiko! My dream is worse! I dreamt of Oishi not being my doubles partner anymore, but instead it was that Gakuto from Hyoutei!" Eiji shivered at that thought.
"You think that's bad, Eiji-senpai! I had a nightmare where you ate the entire burger place, and I had to pay for EVERYTHING! You know how much that costs?! But then, the burgers came out of your stomach and started chasing me…"
Echizen placed a hand over his mouth and muffled behind it, "Momo-senpai, don't speak of such disgusting things – my appetite is already worsening."
"Nya, Ochibi! What dream did you have?!"
The freshmen tugged down his cap and looked away, "Betsuni."
Kikumaru pounced on Ochibi and placed him in a headlock, "Hoi, Ochibi! 'Fess up!"
"Kikumaru-senpai, you're choking me!" gagged Ryoma, trying his hardest to pull away the arm.
Fairee Tezuka finished his breakfast quickly and said, "No time to talk now! Everyone, 10 laps around your room first before training!"
"Ugh…"
"WHAT WAS THAT?!"
"HAI!"
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A/N: SORRY FOR THE LATE UPDATE! I was working on my stupid, crappy romantic story…so yea. I made this one extra long, although most are like one lines, xD. Anyway, please read and I'll update ASAP! 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