The Obsessed Romance

By darkwings09

Disclaimer: I do not, and will never, own Prince of Tennis. If I did, Ryoma and Sakuno will be a couple by now; Fuji will be sadistic more than ever and Kirihara and Ann's relationship will blossom! I only own the plot and the haunted mansion. (Oh, and the ghosts that lived there were only invented by me. Maybe except for Mikan and Natsume, yeah, I included them here, as ghosts that is )

Some may be OC okay? Or, OOC maybe?

Feel my obsession and love with the RyoSaku pairing! Oh, on such a short notice…WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO ALL RYOSAKU FANS OUT THERE?! Ooopsie…sorry about that. I'm just too carried away…

Hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoy writing this!

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Let the fun begin!

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"Chotto. I think we have forgotten something important" Inui told them as he suddenly stop and began to think.

Having heard his call, the others also stopped. They looked at him curiously as they waited for his reaction.

"It seems to me that Inui forgot to explain the objective of our little 'mission'. Let's hear him first" Fuji said to them with that infamous smile of his plastered in his face.

"Fuji's right. I haven't even explained the whole thing yet," Inui told them with a wily grin.

Kaidoh and Momo gulped at the same time. Kawamura and the freshmen trio sweat dropped. Tomoka gave out a weird grunt and Sakuno, well, just stared back at Seigaku's data man. Ryoma smirked at their precious reactions.

"First of all, we're here TO investigate this house, albeit finding for clues will not just be a walk in the park…hmm…Ii data" Inui began to mumble the last words as he began scribbling down notes with his handy dandy notebook.

"Inui! Just say it!" Kikumaru pouted as he raised his fist in the air. He was beginning to itch with excitement, not to mention stalking for their o'chibi.

Of course, ALL of them WERE itching with excitement.

"So desu ne. Well, there are about 40 rooms in this place-" Inui was cut off when Momo gasped.

"40?! Man, this will take days to investigate all those rooms! You're kidding us, right?" Momo complained, gawking at Inui as he looked for any signs of mischief. Unfortunately, he found none.

"…Actually, all those 40 rooms were only estimated. We're all not sure how many of these rooms really exist. But still, I estimated 40 rooms. Anyway, the rules are simple: 1. You and your partners should ALWAYS stick together, so no one will get lost. I don't want to hear any reports about missing people, you know. 2. You should investigate thoroughly, since that was our objective anyway. And lastly, 3. Do not let your guard down. I repeat, DO NOT LET YOUR GUARD DOWN. Something fishy is going on around here…" Inui told them as he paused for the intake of air.

They stared at him with mixed reactions. Some excited, some scared and some, well…emotionless. Sakuno blushed when she got near with the oh-so-stoic Ryoma, who merely gave out a smirk when he found his senpai-taichi's weird reactions.

"Yosh! Let's go now!" Momo exclaimed in excitement, approaching Kaidoh at the same time. The others nodded as they find their respective partners.

"Oh-chotto. I forgot yet again another important rule…" Inui suddenly stopped them as that awful look on his face began to show up.

"Hoi, Inui, what is it now?" Kikumaru confronted him impatiently.

"…I will give you only 2 hours to accomplish this. If you failed to show up by that time outside the main entrance door, you'll have no choice but to drink my new and improved Aozu…my Hyper Killer Remix juice! In case you're all wondering about its taste, I adjusted it…Since Ryuuzaki-sensei is not with us today, I will be the one to give you these experiments…" Inui replied as he showed them his new-cough-and-cough-improved juice, at the same time a sly grin appearing in his features. They stared at it in disgust.

"I-Inui, what is in that thing?" Oishi sputtered out as he gulped. The others did the same.

Sure they have encountered and even tasted some of his weird juices. But this one looks different, utterly different. It looks a bit like slime, with those green-like bits bubbling and bursting like bubbles. Even from their distance, which was three feet away from Inui, they can already smell the horrid fragrance. It smelled almost like garbage-

Wait-garbage?

Since when do Inui's juices smelled worse than usual like that?

"Inui-senpai…is really serious" Momo whispered to Kikumaru as he sweat dropped. Kikumaru nodded as he imagined the new 'adjusted' taste of the drink. He gulped even harder. Kaidoh jerked his head to find the nearest bathroom, and quick before he spoils them. Ryoma's feline eyes grew wider in confusion. The freshmen trio and the two girls gawked at the juice in awe.

"Really…serious" Kikumaru repeated.

"Hmm…I wonder what it tastes like…" Fuji murmured to no one in particular.

"You drink it yourself!" Momo and Kikumaru chorused, wondering why the tennis tensai is invulnerable when it comes to dealing with Inui's juices. They envied him, actually.

"Er…guys cool down a bit…" Oishi told them.

"Fsshhh…how can you cool down a hot-headed, Oishi-senpai?" Kaidoh murmured. Unfortunately, Momo heard that.

"So…I'm the one who is hot-headed now, huh? Ne, M-A-M-U-S-H-I?" Momo retorted back as he glared at Kaidoh, who hissed.

"Stop that! We're here to collaborate, not to fight" Oishi scolded them once again as they stopped.

"I'm collaborating, he's the one who is fighting…" Momo whispered to himself. Fortunately, no one heard him.

"Ne, Inui-senpai, where do we start?" Ryoma suddenly asked.

"Actually, there are about six pairs here, so the Kachiro-Katsuo pair should go beyond the kitchen, Horio-Osakada pair should also go with the Kachiro-Katsuo pair and search there, Echizen-Ryuuzaki pair should go down the basement-," Inui explained then he was interrupted.

"Wait, are you saying that there is a basement here? Sugoi!" Kikumaru bellowed in delight.

"Right…so the Momoshiro-Kaidoh pair should go upstairs, and Eiji-Oishi pair to the third floor. Lastly, the Fuji-Taka pair should go outside in the backyard" Inui finished his last statement with a sigh.

"Ne, Eiji-senpai…It's somewhat disappointing not to spy on Echizen, albeit BEING WITH A GIRL IN THIS HAUNTED MANSION ALONE WOULD BE REALLY NICE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DARK BUT ROMANTIC SETTING…" Momo said aloud so that Ryoma can hear what he was saying.

"Yeah…AND WHEN A GIRL GETS FREAKINGLY SCARED THE BOY SHOULD HUG HER CLOSE, NYA!" Kikumaru added as they both snickered.

Ryoma wanted to kill them then and there. Thankfully, he has self-esteem of himself so he decided to send them only death glares. Before he knew it, they all parted ways.

"Ano…Ryoma-kun…the others left…" Sakuno stammered as she told him; slightly trembling by the fact that they are now alone and everybody else sped to their destinations.

"Dakara?" Ryoma eyed her. His senpai-taichi are right after all, she was beginning to be scared. Right here, right now. But then again, on the brighter side, he finds it amusing to watch her like that.

"Dakara…? Mou…" Sakuno gave up, as she remained silent.

This will definitely be a long haunting session.

Both of them headed for the Basement, still clueless of what they may encounter in there.

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HELLO once again! I'm sorry if this chapter's also kinda cheesy…but, hey, It's all about Inui's schemes.

Thanks for all those reviews!

Ja!

Darkwings09