A/N- I'm really sorry for the delay, even if some of you could care less about my story.
I'm not really going to say anything about this chapter, because it really isn't my best and it was typed under pressured circumstances. Some ideas are really stupid, sorry I couldn't come up with anything better.
-sigh-
I guess I can't blame anyone though, because in the end, all these excuses still lead back to me and those stupid classes I thought I could ace.
Enjoy. – [That is if this story is even at enjoyable standards -.-
Disclaimer: Prince of Tennis and all of its characters do NOT belong to me.
And Yet
Special Circumstances
"Oh no, oh no, oh noooo!!!" Kikumaru wailed, flipping from court to court.
"E-Eiji!" Oishi stared at the acrobat cautiously.
"I've always said not to let your guard down." Tezuka looked sternly at the team.
"But, but, but, BUUUUUUTTTTTT!!" Kikumaru collapsed on to the floor, panting from his 'workout.'
"Why the hell," Ryoma glared at everyone, "did you drag me all the way over here?"
Inhaling deeply, Ryoma closed his eyes and tried to recall what had happened in the past…five minutes.
After a moment of self-recollection, Ryoma came to these conclusions:
One, he had been stuffed with sushi.
Two, he had been thrown into the trunk of Momo's jeep, with Sakuno.
Three, he had been driven to Sakuno's house and Sakuno was chucked out of the trunk.
Four, he had been extremely pissed and kicked Momo's balls.
Five, he had been whacked with a tennis racket and found himself waking up in a tennis court.
"Did you NOT hear what your fiancée just said?!" Momoshiro exclaimed.
"The wedding and baby shower are on the same day, so what? Just change the day of the baby shower." Ryoma pouted.
"We can't." Oishi sighed, "Ryuuzki-sensei had to set out a day for us to have these courts to ourselves. Everything has already been planned and it's all scheduled for May 6th."
"Then don't have a baby shower." Ryoma shrugged.
"NO!" the whole team yelled in his face.
Ryoma rolled his eyes. "Then just plan them both on the same day."
"Fshhh. Easier said than done." Kaidoh murmured.
"For once, I agree with you, Kaidoh." Momoshiro sighed.
"Echizen, think about it. Squeezing a baby shower and wedding into one day is very unreasonable. First of all, the baby shower can't possibly be before the wedding, but it can't come after either." Fuji said gently.
"Why can't it come before? Or after?" Oishi asked.
"Well, the wedding is obviously more important, so it's going to have to come before the baby shower, no matter what. And after the wedding, Ryoma and Sakuno need to spend some time of their own." Fuji grinned, sending pins and needles through everyone's bodies.
"MATTE MATTE! What do they need to do after the wedding?!?!?! Why can't we surprise Sakuno-chan after the wedding?!" Kikumaru pounced on Fuji, shaking him vigorously.
"They're married. What else would they do?" Fuji smirked.
"FUJI!" Everyone exclaimed, except for a very confused Kikumaru and a fuming Ryoma.
"According to my data," Inui said, blushing a little, "It would be pretty hard to do that while Sakuno is pregnant."
At this point Ryoma could've sworn he had flames shooting out of his ears.
"How dare they," he thought, "talk about me and Sakuno like that."
Everyone turned to look at Ryoma, who was currently murmuring a sequence of curses directed towards the rest of the team.
"I'm still having a hard time understanding," Kikumaru frowned, "Demo, I know that since Inui says that it's hard to do whatever Ryoma and Sakuno have to do after the wedding, then they can just not do whatever they have to do and go to the baby shower instead!!!"
"Ahhh. But that would ruin the post-wedding night theme." Fuji said.
"Eh? Night theme? What do they do? Have a teeth brushing ritual?" Kikumaru asked.
Fuji smiled. "Only you do that, Eiji."
"That's not true! Oishi comes over and goes through the ritual with me!" Kikumaru walked over to Oishi, "Ne? Oishi?"
Oishi forced a smile.
"Are you idiots ever going to start planning?" Kaidoh murmured.
"Patience, Mamushi. Patience." Momoshiro slapped a hand on Kaidoh's shoulder.
Kaidoh immediately shook it off and glared at Momoshiro. "Don't. Touch. Me."
"Che." Momoshiro smirked.
"To plan the baby shower after the wedding, we will need to be precise with all our timing." Inui began. "I have calculated possibilities, and we cannot afford to lose even .019 seconds."
"Didn't Ryuuzaki already plan the wedding? How is this going to work if she might already have something planned after the wedding?" Momoshiro asked.
"Simple. Echizen will ask Sakuno to plan the reception." Fuji turned to face Ryoma.
"Why should I?" Ryoma retorted.
"Why shouldn't you? You can't honestly let Sakuno plan the entire wedding, Echizen." Fuji opened his eyes for a second and closed them again, smiling.
"She said she wanted to." Ryoma replied.
"So you're just going to let her? She's pregnant and weak. She'll overwork herself." Fuji said sadistically.
Ryoma glared at Fuji.
Why did everyone always have to make such a fuss about everything? It was just a goddamn wedding. Heck, it wasn't like any of them were getting married. It was his and Sakuno's wedding, and yet he found himself turning into one of their little planning messengers.
However, if Sakuno was going to overwork herself, and if Fuji was really serious about her health then…
"Haiiii," Ryoma growled, "I'll ask her."
Fuji just continued smiling.
"I knew it!" Kikumaru exclaimed. "I knew O'chibi could be nice! I knew it! Momo-chan you owe me money!"
"Nani? That's not fair, you betted on both sides!" Momoshiro complained.
"Shhh, you two." Oishi said calmly.
"Oh, and tomorrow is Sunday, isn't it?" Fuji reminded.
"Hai Hai it is! I can't wait to be O'chibi and Sakuno-chan's baby's legal guardian!" Kikumaru ruffled Ryoma's hair.
Ryoma stiffened. He quickly shook Kikumaru off and walked out of the courts.
"Oi! Echizen, get back here!" Momoshiro yelled, but Fuji held him back.
"Let him be." Fuji whispered.
"Hmmm. After analyzing Ryoma's expression, I can say that there is a 98.2 percent chance that he is jealous." Inui pushed his glasses closer to his face.
"Jealous?" Momoshiro raised an eyebrow.
"He's jealous because he wants to be his child's only guardian." Fuji explained.
"So are we being too selfish for wanting to be the baby's legal guardians?" Oishi glanced around worriedly.
Fuji sighed.
"Aw, poor O'chibi…" Kikumaru frowned. "Ne, Tezuka, are we hurting his feelings?"
"Do what you feel is right. And never leave your guard down. I'm leaving." Tezuka walked out of the courts.
"Call it off." Kaidoh murmured, and followed after Tezuka.
Momoshiro didn't try to stop him this time. Instead, he looked at Inui, Kikumaru, Oishi, and Fuji. (A/N: Kawamura is back at the restaurant, so that's why he isn't present.)
"What do you guys think?" Momoshiro asked.
"Well, I think Echizen needs to learn to get over his jealousy. It's for his own good." Fuji said sternly.
"I agree. If Echizen learns to overcome jealousy, his personality will improve by 73 percent.." Inui's glasses flashed.
"No, this is wrong. We should not be making him feel this way. I agree with Kaidoh, let's just forget about this legal guardian thing." Oishi shook his head.
"Nyahhh!! I really want to be a legal guardian though." Kikumaru complained.
"Eiji, we'll still be able to take care of the baby. It doesn't necessarily have to be legal." Oishi reasoned.
"But," Kikumaru's lip quivered. "Oh, fine! I guess we don't have to get papers signed."
"Momo, what do you think?" Fuji asked.
"I think," Momoshiro started, "I think I agree with Kaidoh. Lets call it off."
Fuji sighed. "I was excited."
"Me too, but we can't be so selfish." Momoshiro defended. "I'll call Echizen."
Ryoma sulked up the stairs to his room.
Those idiots. He cursed.
He plopped down on his bed, but was startled by the sudden vibration from his bag. He fished out his cell phone and glanced at the caller ID.
Ryoma thought whether or not he should pick up. It was only Momoshiro, after all.
He let his cell phone vibrate on his bed and decided to take a short nap before dinner.
A few minutes later, his cell phone was vibrating again. Ryoma growled, and reached for his phone.
Does he not know how to shut up? Ryoma prepared a string of curses for Momoshiro as he picked up the phone.
"What the hell do you want."
"Ryoma? Its me, Sakuno."
Oh shit. Great job, Ryoma. It's your fiancée.
"Oh, hi."
"Are you okay? If this isn't a good time—,"
"No."
"What?"
"I mean, yes this is a good time. Is there anything you want?"
"Well, Momo just called me."
"And?"
"He says that they decided being legal guardians wasn't such a good idea after all."
"I see."
"Do you know why they would do that? They seemed so excited before…"
"They change their minds often."
"I hope it isn't because of something we did. Ryoma, did you tell them anything?"
"No."
"Then I wonder what went wrong, I honestly think it was a really good idea for them to be legal guardians."
"Hm."
"Oh! I've been meaning to ask you. What exactly happened this afternoon?"
"This afternoon?"
"Yeah. I said something about our wedding and everyone just got up and forced us to go home!"
"They want me to plan the reception, with their help."
"Oh. Then why didn't they just ask? They didn't have to go through all that trouble of taking me back home and asking you privately…"
"They're weird."
Sakuno chuckled. "Oh Ryoma. They were your sempais. Don't be so mean."
"They don't deserve it."
"Ok, ok. I know I'll never fully understand why you dislike them so much, but I know that deep down you actually do care about them.
"Hn."
"Never mind, Ryoma. It's useless arguing with you."
"So can I plan the reception?"
"Of course you can."
"Ok."
"Alright, uhh, Ryoma, I have to go."
"I'll come pick you up tomorrow."
"Ok. Bye. I love you."
-Click-
"Hn."
Ryoma slowly closed his phone.
They called it off?
He was glad, of course. But over the phone he could hear the disappointment in Sakuno's voice. Apparently she had thought that having eight peculiar men sign papers for legal guardians was a good idea.
Ryoma couldn't decide what he should be caring about more:
Sakuno's feelings or the baby's future?
It was a tough decision.
Who knew what disturbing things those idiots could do to his son? They could probably corrupt the poor kid's entire brain functionality.
But Sakuno seemed so disappointed. Ryoma did not understand why they couldn't just hire a babysitter if they couldn't take care of the baby, but then he realized that he wouldn't want a complete stranger taking care of his son either.
All in all, he would much rather just Sakuno and himself taking care of the baby.
However, Ryoma also knew that both of them still needed to finish school, and he had a professional career to take care of.
Ryoma sighed. He flipped his phone open and dialed Momoshiro's number.
"Moshi Moshi?"
"Momo."
"ECHIZEN! Why didn't you pick up your phone before?"
"I was downstairs."
"Oh, well did Sakuno call you?"
"Yes."
"So you know that we called it off?"
"Yes."
"Oh. Are you happy?"
"No."
"Eh?! Why not? I thought you didn't want us to get them signed!"
"I never said that."
"So.."
"Get the damn papers signed tomorrow."
"Nani?? Really??!?!"
"I could change my mind."
"No. Wait. Don't."
"…"
"THIS IS BIG NEWS! I have to call everyone else. Thanks Echizen. Ja."
-Click-
Ryoma turned his phone off and threw it under his bed.
Why was he so goddamn nice these days?
"Oh Ryoma aren't you excited?" Sakuno tugged Ryoma into the hospital.
"No." Ryoma grumbled.
Sakuno rolled her eyes. "Stop being so stiff, would you? This is one step closer to finally starting our new family."
"It is?" Ryoma spotted the soon-to-be legal guardians of his son and grimaced at all their happy smiling faces.
"O'chibi! O'chibi! I was just telling everyone how you agreed to let us get the papers signed!!" Kikumaru screamed.
Patients in the waiting room turned their heads to stare at the maniac skipping across the hall to hug Ryoma.
"I'm so happy I could just kiss you!" Kikumaru squeeled. (A/N: Sorry if I make Kikumaru sound really gay. He just seems like that kind of a character to me…)
Ryoma instantly dodged Kikumaru's embrace, sending the red head crashing against the wall.
"Eh? Ano, Ryoma?" Sakuno asked.
"Hm?" Ryoma replied, still disgusted by Kikumaru's actions.
"I thought you said you didn't say anything about not letting them get the papers signed." Sakuno observed.
"I didn't." Ryoma murmured.
"Then how did they…"
"Easy. We figured it out on our own." Fuji interrupted.
"Oh?" Sakuno raised an eyebrow.
"Yes. I calculated the angles of his eyebrows and lips every time the subject of signing the papers were brought up. According to my formulas, I was able to conclude that he was jealous 99.9 percent of the time." Inui stated proudly.
"Ahh.." Fuji agreed.
"Jealous? Really Ryoma?" Sakuno asked.
Ryoma, about to send another ridiculous number of curses towards Fuji, was interrupted when a nurse walked over.
She stared at her clipboard and gasped for a second, before looking back at Ryoma. "Echizen Ryoma?"
"What." Ryoma replied coldly, still angry with Fuji.
"W-We're ready f-for you in the o-office," she informed, gaping at Ryoma as she spoke.
"Come on," he grabbed Sakuno's hand, "Lets go."
"Minna-san, its time to go." Fuji waved towards the team, and they all followed the nurse down a hallway, receiving stares every step of the way.
The room they entered was plastered with pink unicorns and purple flowers. Little stuffed animals hung from the ceiling and a big, smiling sun poster was taped to the wall. The carpet was printed with miniature rainbows and cartoon clouds, all on a baby blue background. A sweet vanilla aroma filled the room, mixed in with the scents exerted from the fresh flowers placed on a desk; in front of the desk stood a man of about thirty, grinning wildly, just as his room was. He was rather plump, which unfortunately, leaked through some edges of his suit. His mass of red locks extenuated the brightness exploding from every crevice and curve on his face. His bright green eyes glimmered with happiness and joy as he handed a piece of candy to everyone who entered the room.
"Hello! I am Dr. Sato and I am honored to be of any service to you folks today!" Dr. Sato widened his smile.
"Wow, sensei! I love what you did to your room!" Kikumaru gazed in awe.
"Why, thank you! I love it too!" Dr. Sato squealed in delight.
"Excuse me," Sakuno tapped Dr. Sato's shoulder.
"Yes?" Dr. Sato replied.
"Ano, sensei, we have some papers to sign…" Sakuno began.
"Oh! The papers!" Dr. Sato took a stack of neatly stapled papers from his desk. "You guys all want to be daddies right? Well you are a lucky young lady to have so many men wanting to help you!"
Sakuno smiled.
Dr. Sato handed waddled around the room, handing papers to everyone, still smiling as he did so.
"Hey, handsome," Dr. Sato nudged Ryoma, "Take your paper."
"I don't need one." Ryoma replied, coldly.
"No?" Dr. Sato looked at him suspiciously.
"He's the baby's father, sensei." Sakuno explained.
"That's right!" Dr. Sato took Sakuno's arm and linked it with Ryoma's. "You two are just so cute! I need to get a picture of this.."
Dr. Sato snatched a camera from his desk and quickly took a photo before Ryoma could unlink his arm with Sakuno.
"Aww, I love young couples," Dr. Sato sighed.
"Me too!" Momoshiro looked up from his paperwork. "Finally, someone who agrees!"
"Ne, Oishi," Kikumaru stared at his paper confusingly.
"Yes, Eiji?" Oishi glanced over at Kikumaru's paper.
"I don't understand what all these lines are for… and why are there so many boxes?" Kikumaru pointed at his paper.
"Eiji…" Oishi sighed, "Here, I'll do it for you, just sign your name on these lines." Oishi pointed to several places on the paper and took it from Kikumaru.
"Sensei." Tezuka stood up.
"Ooh, and what would this handsome boy want?" Dr. Sato said excitedly.
"Here. Paper." Tezuka handed him the paper and sat back down.
"Sugoi Tezuka. You're already done." Kawamura praised.
"AND SO I MUST TRY HARDER… BUUURRRNNINGG!!" Kawamura shot sparks from the tip of his pencil as he sped through the paper, almost burning holes as he did so. "DONE."
"Well you are really something, aren't you?" Dr. Sato observed Kawamura's behavior.
"Here, sensei," Fuji handed the paper to Dr. Sato, "All done."
Dr. Sato held Fuji's paper, staring at him with confused eyes. "Something about you just makes me want to giggle."
"Nani?" Fuji looked suspiciously at Dr. Sato.
"Betsuni," Dr. Sato grabbed something from his desk and smacked it on Fuji's shirt.
Fuji stared at the shiny pink and yellow sticker and smiled. "I like it, arigatou sensei."
Dr. Sato laughed.
"Sensei, I am finished." Inui handed his paper to Dr. Sato who was still trying to catch his breath. He gasped after glancing at Inui's paper.
"This is amazing! You, young gentleman, are amazing! All these calculations and the precision in this paper is such a work of art!" Dr. Sato gleamed and kissed the paper.
"Arigatou," Inui bowed and retreated back to his notebook lying on his chair.
"Sensei! Here are our papers!! Do you like them too?" Kikumaru bounced in front of Dr. Sato, waving the papers in his face.
"Hmmm," Dr. Sato examined the papers, "Yes, well, they aren't as good as the other papers I saw, but, I absolutely love the signature here!" Dr. Sato pointed to Kikumaru's paper, beaming with delight.
"Me too! See, Oishi? I told you he would love my signature!" Kikumaru nodded, triumphantly.
"But Eiji! It's a picture of a cat, not a signature…" Oishi sighed.
"How can you say that?! He was being creative," Dr. Sato scolded, still smiling though.
"Yeah! Creative!" Kikumaru repeated.
"I. Will. Beat. You." Momoshiro ferociously signed the paper.
All eyes turned to the two immensely concentrated men in the back of the room.
"Done." Kaidoh murmured, and stood up to hand the paper to Dr. Sato.
"No way, not before me." Momoshiro shoved Kaidoh away and forced the paper in Dr. Sato's hands.
"Yarou…" Kaidoh hissed.
"Competition! This is interesting!" Dr. Sato said elatedly.
"Sensei," Sakuno stated.
"Yes, very pretty and lucky girl?" Dr. Sato replied.
"Her name is Sakuno," Ryoma growled.
"Ryoma, don't be rude," Sakuno murmured.
Ryoma rolled his eyes.
Sakuno ignored him. "Sensei, arigatou for your help today. Is it okay for us to leave now?"
"Oh no need for thanks! You are all a very lovely group of people. You may take your leave, though I do hope that you will take a group picture with me!" Dr. Sato pleaded.
"O-Ok," Sakuno shrugged.
"I'm leaving," Ryoma stated.
"Oh come on, Ryoma. Just this once," Sakuno urged.
Ryoma frowned. "Fine."
"Arigatou," Sakuno kissed him on the cheek.
-flash-
"That was beautiful, I'm almost in tears!" Dr. Sato exclaimed. "You two are just too cute!"
Ryoma glared at him, murderously.
He really did hate doctors.
A/N- I have to admit that the ending is a bit abrupt (sorry), and some things that came out of Kikumaru and Dr. Sato's mouth were a bit too corny.
So corny, I almost puked when I read it.
However, changing it would be almost impossible for me.
I might just be the most annoying and corny author on FF…
Please review.
Thanks.