Eiji`s family secret Chapter 7: Truth

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I need to know how Oishi is doing, if he will be fine with what happened with Eiji. Poor Oishi ,but I didn't know that part of Eiji. It was strange: first that demon form, like the one of Kirihara, and then he knocks me out. This isn't the Kikumaru Eiji I know. The tensai thought, trying to sleep. "I'm going to call Oishi," Fuji said, searching for the number of the fukubuchou on his cell phone. "Maybe he needs to talk to someone."

"Fuji?" the guy at the end of the line answered, looking at the screen of his cell phone. Maybe he needs to talk about what happened.

"Hi Oishi, I was worried and I decide to call you," Fuji stated in a worried tone, trying to calm himself and analyze what was going on. "Are you busy?"

"No, don't worry," the fukubuchou replied. "I'm fine, and I'm not busy right now. And you…"

Oishi was interrupted by the voice of the tensai at the other end of the line. "Oishi, we need to go back to that island. I'm worried about what would happen to Eiji if he stays there." His voice was no longer calm.

Why do you want to go back if you know that Eiji didn't want us to be there, and then knocked you out? Well I think I understand Fuji's feelings since I feel the same way. I'm worried about Eiji, but angry that Hyoutei knows things that we don't, and that he is with Gakuto instead of Fuji or me. Oishi thought with a sad smile, trying to hold back his tears. "I think we would call Inui for help," were the only words Oishi managed to say.

"Yes, call him, and I'll call Tezuka, and all of us will met in the clubhouse, okay?" the guy at the other end of the line agreed. He then hung up, knowing that Oishi was trying to hold back his tears because the mother of Seigaku didn't want him to know he was crying, and Fuji want to embarrass Oishi for crying.

Oishi nodded, but didn't answer. When he noticed that Fuji hung up, he called Inui.

"E-Eiji..." the purple haired boy said to his friend as they walked up to their room. Eiji is hurt, really hurt. I know he wants to cry, but he can't, not here, or everyone would think he is weak, and that would be horrible for his family. And all because those two guys came here. If they had not come, then Eiji wouldn`t get hurt like this. Baka-idiots!

"Yeah?" was the only thing the Seigaku acrobat answered. He walked faster to get to his room soon as possible, trying to avoid people who were looking at them strangely, as if saying `Who are you?` `Why did you do that?` and most horribly `You want to cry?` He arrived at his room and took out his cell phone. I have to make some calls. Oishi and Fuji are going to came back if I don't say something. Eiji thought, but he was interrupted when the Hyoutei acrobat took the cell phone form his hands and looked at him with a worried face. "Hey, I need to-" he tried to finish his sentence, but Gakuto spoke up first.

"Eiji, go ahead and sleep a little," Gakuto advised, looking at the concerned face of his roommate and leaving the cell phone on the desk. "I know you need to think about what happened today, but you need to rest too. Remember that the contest will begin tomorrow, and you need to be relaxed and calm."

"B-but…" the red-haired boy began to complain.

"No buts! Now go to the bed," the purple-haired boy ordered, shoving him towards the bed. "I'm going to take care of everything now. I'll call everyone and do all those thing. Don't worry, I'll be fine. It's only one night so I can manage it" He then picked up the cell phone and headed towards the door.

"Really? Thanks Gakuto!" Eiji smiled and lay on his bed. He hugged Daigoro and tried to sleep while Gakuto left the room and smiled. Eiji, you have a lot of things to think about, and you need to rest a little. I'll take your place today, so don't worry.

"Okay is everyone here?" the stoic buchou asked, looking at all the regulars, except Eiji, in the clubroom. Then he nodded to his fukubuchou.

"Thanks Tezuka. Okay, we are here to talk about what happened with Eiji, Gakuto and Hyoutei," Oishi began. He took a big breath and continued. "Do any of you know anything? Tezuka, what happened with the Hyoutei guys who tried to stop us?" He looked at Tezuka who closed his eyes as he began to speak.

Flashback

"You want to fight, Tezuka?" Hyoutei's buchou questioned with his arrogant voice and pose as he glared into the stoic teen's eyes.

"Yes, but ... do you know what type of fight?" Tezuka asked back to the rich bastard in front of him.

"Okay, tennis, Tezuka Kunimitsu vs Atobe Keigo, and if you lose we are going to go after Fuji and Oishi," the monkey king suggested, looking at his teammates who nodded and headed for the courts with the guys from Seigaku.

"Yes, but if I win you're going to tell me something about Kikumaru Eiji, okay?" Tezuka agreed with his poker face as he walked behind Atobe.

"Okay, but I can't tell you everything. I'll tell you only some things, but I'm going to win so..." the arrogant captain bragged, looking at Tezuka who nodded as they both stepped onto the courts with their rackets.

Both captains used all their special moves, and an hour later…

"Game and match, Tezuka Kunimitsu, 7-6!" Momoshiro called out as he looked at both players who were sweating like crazy. Atobe was on his knees, holding his racket hard, and Tezuka had his right hand on his left shoulder.

"I won, Atobe," the stoic teen announced, approaching the net while everyone else entered the courts towards their buchous with water and towels. "Now give me some information about Kikumaru." The Hyoutei regulars also helped their captain stand up, and nodded in agreement as he looked at them.

"Okay, but I can only tell you some things about Kikumaru," Atobe sighed."You think that Kikumaru Eiji is only a normal kid with a hyperactive and happy attitude, carefree and stubborn sometimes, but he actually isn't like that... not his real life and identity." He glanced at the Seigaku regulars who had their eyes completly open and surprised faces. Momo and Kawamura were confused, and Kaidoh didn`t say anything though he was surprised. Inui was taking notes in his green book, Tezuka didn't show any reaction, and Ryoma only covered his eyes with his cap.

"He is rich, and was trained since the age of 5 to continue with the family work. He has many problems, enemies and things that you can not imagine, and they were concealing this one. You did not even realize it when he was missing classes or not arriving on time for practice. All that was for his job, not because he was lazy or something of his style, and now he is in a very dangerous mission. If he does not fulfil it like owes his family.... he will be degraded of the position. Now, that's the only thing I can tell you." Atobe looked at his teammates who nodded and smiled, showing him that he made the right decision to tell them about Kikumaru.

"B-But why and how did Hyoutei know about that?" Ryoma asked in a worried tone, which surprised everyone. "And why is Kikumaru-senpai, and not one of his brothers or sisters, the one who has to take this mission?"

"Well, we know because like every rich and famous family, his whole family, except for him, studied at Hyoutei," the arrogant captain explained. "Kikumaru was going to enrol at Hyoutei but wanted to be in a normal school, with normal kids who didn't know who he was. He wanted friends who liked him not just because of his family. His parents agreed but he had to attend all the parties and celebrations Hyoutei held because he had to meet all the other rich families. He agreed because it was the only condition that allowed him to attend Seigaku. Everyone in Hyoutei knows who Kikumaru is. He is like a king there. All the Hyoutei tennis club members are from powerful families, and we have all met Kikumaru at the parties. We talk and laugh like normal friends, and he tells us everything he can't tell you, and everyone agreed to help so that's why Hyoutei knows, but Seigaku doesn't. About his sisters or brothers, the oldest in the family decides on the person to go on the mission, and he thought that Kikumaru Eiji was the only one with the ability to overcome it. I can't tell you anything more, only that Gakuto and Kikumaru have the same type of life, which is why they are together, and we tried to stop you." The Seigaku players then nodded and watched Atobe take off his jersey and start to walk away.

"And one more thing, I think Kikumaru is coming back in two weeks, and you can't go and search for him. I already make sure of that." With that Hyoutei disappeared from the tennis courts.

End of the flashback

Me: Now, what do you think of this chapter? Nya ,well please review. Sorry if the characters were OOC in the other chapters nya. I'm trying not to do that, but it is a little bit difficult for this story.