LOVELY, NATURALLY

RYOMA gasped for breath as he stood before his house。

'Thank god I sent the luggage a few days ago or I'd be screwed!' He thought before hearing the nostalgic squeak of the rusty hinges of his door. The temple was just as he left it. He saw his bag's shadow from the paper screen doors a few feet away. He opened the sliding door to reveal his old man sleeping with an…explicit….magazine over his face like he would do, except with manga.

Karupin jumped off Ryoma's arms and went to its respected bed a few doors down.

He had a sad smile on his face. That's right, I left, no one told me to, I chose to. Before he got any deeper into his flashback he saw his old man stir and wake up.

"Honey…~" The senior samurai murmured before the magazine slid off his face to see a blur of green looking down on him.

Ryoma forgot of any unpleasant thoughts he had just mere seconds before and that cocky smirk reappeared on his face. "Oi, old man, are you drunk?" He teased.

Nanjirou's eyes adjusted to the light and gaped at the sight before him. His son…no it couldn't be…..He knew Ryoma was going to come home today….he knew that Kevin told him he'd look different but this!

"Hello~?" Ryoma frowned seeing that everyone was doing that to him, but it sort of morphed into a pout in his case. He clearly didn't know the effect he was putting on anyone did he?

"Ryoma?" The elder Echizen finally made out.

"Yeah, old man." Ryoma replied bluntly. His voice still had that annoyed tone laced between syllables.

"Che, your still a brat." Nanjirou laughed and continued mentally, 'And here I thought you changed.'

"Che." The younger Echizen replied. Then he just remembered something, "Hey, old man, don't you have to get to XXXXstreet for your honeymoon with mom?" He added, "In about…25? Minutes?"

"What'd you talking 'bout brat? That's on the 6th!" The elder replied.

"…It is the 6th, and its 3:35am and your car leaves at 4am and remember what happened last time…so…." Ryoma knew were this was headed so he plugged his ears…

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…And all hell broke loose…

"!"

Before you knew it, Nanjirou bolted out the door in a crazy fashion, leaving Ryoma laughing. The Older Samurai must have looked crazy because one girl actually scream 'PERVERT!' at him before throwing her shoe at him.

Ryoma decided he should take a shower; it was a long flight after all. He undressed and stepped into the shower, forgetting the fact that he invited his sempais to his house.

~IN THE CAR RIDE TO THE ECHIZENS'~

"Stupid snake, move your foot, IT'S ON MINE!" Momo screamed.

"Well, if you moved your arm from my head, MAYBE I WOULD!" Kaidoh screamed back.

"Probability of them stopping…0%" Inui sighed and rubbed his temples. 7 people were smushed into one car and 2 of them have a tendency to fight to no end. Saying that the driver was annoyed was an understatement, but he didn't want to break his arm eyeing the violent teens. If he broke his arm that would hurt. If he broke his arm, that would hurt and he couldn't drive. If he broke his arm, that would hurt and he couldn't drive, If he broke his arm, that would hurt and he couldn't drive he couldn't work…He went on and on, ignoring the scene unfolding in the back.

"Guys." The familiar sadistic tone spoke with venom, but the facial expression held a smile resulting in a scary Fuji.

"Sorry." The two murmured resorting to elbow nudges.

Inui gaped at this and started scribbling in his notebook, "Fuji…..Momo…Kaidoh…" He repeated again and again.

That's pretty much how the car ride went. Tezuka was reading a book, Kikumaru and Oishi fell asleep and Fuji, Inui, Kaidoh, and Momo did what they did.

"Mnnnnn-nyah?" Kikumaru woke up with a stir, careful not to wake Oishi, well, that didn't go very well cause he screamed, "STOP!"

The taxi swirled to a stop, barely missing a row of garbage pales behind them.

Oishi woke up in a snap, Kaidoh and Momo stopped their elbow war, Inui looked up from his book, well his hand was still writing in it, Fuji turned to face him and Tezuka glared intensely.

Kikumaru sweat-dropped but still spoke, "Isn't that Echizen's house nyah?" he said, pointing a slender finger to a location behind the window.

The house was indeed Echizen's; it has his surname carved into the plate above the door.

They thanked the driver, and paid the amount plus extra for Kikumaru's …..Ummm, almost causing the car to get totally busted? Yea, that.

The group somehow managed to force themselves out from the small car and walked up to the door.

They knocked but there was no answer, the lights were shown visibly from creaks in the wooden door. They were contemplating on what to do before…

CRASH!!!

It wasn't the crash that startled them the most, but the voice that screamed with it, it was unmistakably Ryoma's, and Karupin's hiss only approved it even more. They paid no second thought before rushing in.

~What happened~

Ryoma exited his shower with a loose white towel that wrapped dangerously low on his waist. He didn't notice the magazine his old man was reading that was lying in the middle of the floor. Put one and one together, he fell. Karupin who was startled at the sound hissed by instinct. Ryoma cursed at himself for making such a loud yelp.

BAM!

The doors opened, revealing Seigaku regulars rushing in, prepared for anything, mafia, burglars, thugs, anything…anything except for the breath-taking sight before them.

Ryoma was sprawled out on the floor with only a towel for any type of clothing, his hair was tied tightly in a small bun so it still looked like he had short hair, and his lips were parted, and face still flush from the hot shower he had taken moments ago. Ryoma noticed he wasn't alone and…

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"!" Ryoma screamed. (Like father like son was how the expression goes I believe? xD)

"SEMPAIS! GET OUT!" Ryoma yelped running to a nearby room. 'Oh my gods! I'll lock myself in here forever!' was what he said before he realized something.

The sliding door opened slightly and a thin arm extended to grab the pile of clothing Ryoma had set out before and snatched it quickly before slamming it shut.

He heard Fuji-sempai chuckle from outside the room. Hey the doors are paper, what do you expect, total sound proofy-ness? So it pissed him off. He slowly grabbed Karupin and set him outside.

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"!" (Even though it's a cat, It's a Echizen xD)

A lot of banging and crashes could be heard, the sempais were living there worst nightmare…part 2.

Ryoma took his time changing. He wore a long white sleeved shirt and simple black pants, with is favorite FILA cap covering his hair, it was too annoying when it was wet, but he grew it out for a reason…, anyway, you can't expect him to dress up in his house do you?

~Somewhere in America, a certain blond all but screamed "Hell Yea!"~

Although the clothing itself was simple, it just was the same as fine silk when it was on the boy. He walked outside to see the mess.

The sempais were running around like mad. Tezuka and Fuji were smart enough to find shelter in a room next to the one Ryoma was in a while ago. Momo, Eji, and Oishi were running in a complete oval, around and around again. Kaidoh and Inui were the bushes for safety.

"Karupin," Ryoma called out, "You should get some rest, and you must be tired." And just like that, Karupin walked in the room were his bed was. 'Now then… HOW THE HECK DO I HANDLE THIS?' You can't blame him; his sempais just saw him basically naked so yea…. But little does he know, the Sempais have the worst end of his dilemma.

Soon the group was sitting in a circle…

And sitting…

And sitting…

And sitting….

To put the complicated minds in simpler terms:

Echizen Ryoma= that was soooo embarrassing! Why on the day we meet again this happens? But what if… Then…But…..etc etc etc

Seigaku Regulars= *mental nosebleed*

"So…..hello?" Ryoma started, hoping some of the awkwardness would fade.

Kikumaru was the first to recover, "Nee o-chibi! We saw a movie star today!" He shouted like a child.

Oishi followed, "He looked really young though."

Momo started talking too, "Yeah, he was wearing really dark shades so I couldn't really see his face." Ryoma twitched, 'it couldn't be…'

Kaidoh also added a few words, "He had a cat." Ryoma: 'n-n-no way….'

Fuji spoke as well, "He wore a black shirt with red that exposed a great deal of skin…" Ryoma: 'They couldn't have…I mean I looked a bit different but to not recognize me?' Ryoma grinned, having a mischievous thought just enter his head.

Tezuka just said, "And had long hair." Ryoma visibly paled under his FILA hat.

"Ryoma?" He looked up and saw Inui staring at him intently, there's a bulge in your cap.

"Huh? Yea, your right!" Kikumaru replied.

"Take it off, there might be a tennis ball lodged up there since you are Ryoma." Fuji chuckled.

Ryoma sighed, taking the cap off, revealing land emerald locks cascading down and clung to his body since it was still wet.

The Seigaku regulars now realized how the 'movie star' was.

Kikumaru actually said, "Movie star is o-chibi?"

Ryoma decided to put his acting skills to the test, "S-sempais…..Y-y-you didn't r-r-recognize m-m-me?" Ryoma said, sniffling with big eyes.

The sempais paled and went into a fit of 'sorry' and 'don't cry's' Ryoma's shoulders shook which lead the sempais into a bigger fit.

"Pwahahahhaaa!" Ryoma burst into a fit of laughter. "Wow, you actually believed me" He managed to say between laughing. Then he added, "Mada Mada Dane."

The Seigaku regulars were dumbfounded but found themselves laughing along with him. 'Even Tezuka let the corners of his mouth go upward around 3%' Noted Inui.

"Looks like your having fun." A voice spoke.

Heads turned to see none other than,

"Monkey King!" Echizen spoke quite in-different but you could tell he was happy.

"Ore-sama was in the neighborhood and I heard a lot of noise…"Atobe couldn't finish, 'Brat? That's the brat from 3 years ago?' He inwardly thought. Atobe smirked, he saw the glances that were shot at the boy and casually walked in. Atobe always had feelings for the boy, just he never admitted it. (Yeah, he was just in the neighborhood, at 4 in the morning, nothing unusual about that.)

He snaked his arm around his waist and whispered, "Welcome home." In a strong, almost seductive voice.

Ryoma flushed red and pushed him away, "What….you…huh?"

His in-experience to romance made the King laugh, "Well, I'll be going, ore-sama needs sleep." He stated before 'casually' walking out the door in designer clothing and 'casually' walked on a red carpet, and 'casually' step in a gigantic limo.

The regulars were glaring at Atobe until he exited the door.

"Well, I… Im going to bed!" Ryoma announced running upstairs. The Seigaku regulars agreed with him, they had to wake up again in around 4 hours so getting as much sleep as possible would be good, and they exited the Ryoma Household.

'What the heck am I doing? Im not gay…..am i?' Ryoma was beyond flustered. He never thought he was gay but he never had interest in either gender before. "ahhhhhhhhhhh, I'll think about it tomorrow!...today?' In four hours he had to get up so…

He didn't notice his cell phone blinking.

"From Yukimura Seiichi"

CHESHIRE VIOLETTA`S BLURB

So hello once again xD

Some things to know

I had trouble conveying my feelings in this chapter.

Spell check sucks when you type Japanese words TT^TTI tried making it longer though xD

I couldn't type to the best of my ability due to pain in my upper right arm, sorry TT^TT

And thank you to all the reviews!

Btw, keep voting, *dramatic music* "Who will end up with Ryoma?"

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