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Chapter 2: Shitenhouji?
"My Natsuki is leaving the house! My darling baby is growing up too fast! I miss my baby!" Moriguchi Reiko cried out as she watched her daughter bring down a suitcase and a backpack from her room.
"Mom, you're overacting way too much. I'm only going to be in Osaka for two weeks and then I'll only be in Tokyo and Kanagawa for the last six weeks. I'm going to try and visit you too!" Natsuki exclaimed before setting her luggage down on the carpet.
"Yes dear you shouldn't worry too much. You know I taught Natsuki boxing last year for self-defense so if anything were to happen, which I doubt; she can take care of herself. Plus, from what I hear, the boys in every team you'll be visiting are very well-mannered." Moriguchi Kazuma said sternly as he joined his wife in watching their daughter get ready for the flight to Osaka.
"Yeah mom, listen to dad." Natsuki said as she took out the braid in her hair and let her gold locks fall down past her shoulders. She stepped aside to let Layla get the luggage and bring it out to the car waiting for her out front. "Besides I'll be safe the whole time! I'll even call you a few times a week when I'm not busy."
Her mother looked at her before sniffling a bit. "Oh all right, if both of you say so then I'll trust you Natsuki." She sighed a bit before continuing on. "But I remember when you were still a little girl and you depended on us for everything but look at you now! You're just like me when I was younger!"
Her father smiled fondly at his wife before turning back to Natsuki. "That's right. Oh and darling, you do have everything you need for the flight right?"
"Yes I do dad." Natsuki replied while slipping on a pair of flats that complemented her light blue sundress. "Oh, I'm going to be late for my flight! I love you mom, I love you dad! See you guys in a couple of weeks!" She quickly gave both her parents and her maid a quick hug and kiss on the cheek before bolting out the door with her huge handbag.
"Shimazu – san! Please step on it! I need to get to the airport or I'll miss my flight!" She almost screamed as her driver veered out of the driveway and sped straight onto the highway.
"Yes Natsuki – sama. We'll arrive at Haneda Kuukou in 20 minutes." Her driver nodded to her as he spoke.
Natsuki took a deep breath and was contemplating on whether to take a short nap or not when she realized that her phone was vibrating. She took her phone out and saw that it was an unknown number.
"Hello? This is Moriguchi Natsuki speaking."
"Hello Moriguchi – chan! This is Watanabe Osamu speaking." The man at the other line said while yawning. "I'm the Shitenhouji tennis team manager, and my team and I will pick you up at the airport at four o'clock."
She gasped slightly while remembering the itinerary Sakaki-kantoku had given her with all the names of the coaches and players from each team. Which, speaking of the itinerary, was buried deep within her handbag somewhere. She grasped her bag before replying sheepishly.
"Oh, yes of course Watanabe – san," she paused for a moment, "but how will I know who you are? The list Sakaki-kantoku gave me didn't include descriptions."
"Ahh yes I forgot. Well….let's just say it'll be pretty hard to miss my team and you can always call me with this number if you do get lost."
"Oh right, well thank you but I've arrived at the airport so I'll meet you in Osaka?" Natsuki said tiredly as she realized how fast the 20 minutes passed by so quickly.
"Right, see you soon Moriguchi – san." The phone made a 'click' sound as the line went dead.
"Natsuki – sama," Shimazu said as he opened the door, "your luggage is already on the cart. Please be careful." He bowed to her which made Natsuki laugh quietly before he climbed back into the car and drove away.
Well here I go
She said to herself before pushing the cart through the sliding doors and walking into the large airport that awaited her.
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"Nee Nee Osamu – chan! When's Nee-chan getting here? I'm tired of waiting and I already ate all the food I brought~!" A short, red-haired boy by the name of Tooyama Kintarou complained as him and his team walked over to the doors which people were flowing out of.
"Yeah! Yuushi sent me a picture of her and she's really pretty!" The blonde, speed star added as they closely watched the crowd of people for the rumored girl.
"Kenya, Kin – chan, when Moriguchi – san walks out, you two are not allowed to bomb her with questions. She's probably tired and the last thing she would probably want is to deal with you two." Their buchou, Shiraishi Kuranosuke said with authority as they saw a beautiful girl walk out of the doors.
"Hey hey senpaitachi, isn't that her?" The lazy genius of the team, Zaizen Hikaru asked as he eyed a pretty girl walking over to them. Not that he would ever admit to ever looking at any girl of course.
"Are you guys the Shitenhouji tennis team?" The blonde Moriguchi Natsuki asked politely as each boy nodded their heads in return. "That's great! My name is Moriguchi Natsuki, and please take care of me for the next two weeks!" Natsuki smiled strikingly while bowing slightly.
"Kyaa! Yuu-kun! Look at her! She's so precious!" A boy with glasses said enthusiastically as he shook her hand.
"Kyaa! Koharu! You're so right!" A boy with a green headband said back enthusiastically.
Natsuki looked at the two intently before slightly chuckling to herself before apologizing. "I'm sorry. You just remind me so much of my parents that I can't help but laugh."
Both Koharu and Yuu-kun looked at Natsuki with stars in their eyes as they realized what she said. "Osamu – chan! We like her!" They both said in unison to their coach who only laughed in reply.
"So Moriguchi – san, my name is Shiraishi Kuranosuke, and I'm the buc- "
"And you're the buchou of Shitenhouji while the boy standing next to you is Koishikawa Kenjirou who is the vice-captain. The hyperactive boy behind me is Tooyama Kintarou while the blonde boy fighting with him is Oshitari Kenya. The two who remind me of my parents is Hitouji Yuuji and Konjiki Koharu. That leaves four more guys, and I'm guessing the guy who looks bored out of his mind is Zaizen Hikaru, and the really tall guy is Ishida Gin." She spun around on her heel to look at the remaining two guys. "You must be the coach Watanabe Osamu – san and the one next to you is Chitose Senri. Am I right?" She showed a charming smile while Kin – chan started to jump around.
"Whoa~ nee-chan is so smart! How'd you know?" He asked eagerly.
Natsuki blushed a little before answering him nonchalantly. "I got bored so I asked Oshitari Yuushi – san to give me some descriptions and I just matched your face with your name and wa-la." She added in a little hand motion for effect.
Osamu – chan whistled slightly as Kenya laughed. "Well that's my cousin for you. So why don't we all leave this gloomy airport and head back to my place." He grabbed the suitcase that Natsuki had before looking back over his shoulder. "Oh, and Moriguchi – chan, you'll be staying at my place during your stay here in Osaka."
"Yayy~! Sleepover at Kenya's house with nee-chan!" Kin-chan yelled as he ran up to catch up with Kenya as Natsuki giggled.
"Moriguchi – san, would you like me to carry your bag?" The rough voice of Ishida Gin asked her before she shook her head.
"No it's alright, but thank you." She smiled sweetly at him before going to the huge van that all the tennis team members had stepped into.
She carefully got into the middle seats of the van next to Zaizen Hikaru and Oshitari Kenya before smirking. "So guys who's ready for 20 questions?"
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"Ano, Kenya – san, why is Moriguchi – san staying at your house?" Zaizen Hikaru asked lazily as the last of Natsuki's stuff was brought in to the Oshitari house from Osamu – chan's car.
"Oh, well there's been an empty bedroom since Yuushi left and my parents just jumped at the idea of having a daughter for a couple of weeks. I hope you don't mind Moriguchi – chan." Kenya added as Shiraishi and Ishida Gin brought up her suitcase and backpack to her room.
"Its fine really Oshitari – san. Your parents are really nice about it." Natsuki said in reply.
When she had stepped into the house, a woman rushed out to see her and proclaimed her to be a 'beautiful, smart lady and Kenya should be lucky to be sharing a roof with such a girl.' The man who had walked out with the woman was more laidback and introduced themselves as Oshitari Kenya's parents.
"Moriguchi – san," she turned around to see Kenya blushing slightly before he mustered up the courage and continued on, "I'm used to everyone calling me Kenya here and since we're going to be working together, I think it's only fair that you get to call me by my first name as well?" Natsuki laughed as Kenya's statement ended up sounding like a question with how his voice trailed off at the end.
"Well, of course I would gladly call you Kenya – san. And, you can call me Natsuki if you'd like. All my friends back home call me that." She added with a smile.
"Aw thanks Natsuki – chan!" Kenya said eagerly while smirking at his kouhai that was pouting behind her.
"That's not fair~! Why does Kenya-baka get to call nee-chan by her first name~! Can I call you by your first name too nee-chan?" Kin – chan pouted and tugged on Natsuki's dress as he spoke.
"If you'd like Tooyama – kun, you can call me Natsuki as well." She smiled happily before being pulled into Kin – chan's bone-crushing hug.
"Kin – chan, that's enough, let go of Moriguchi – san, or I'm going to touch you with my poisoned hand!" Shiraishi said menacingly as he began to unwrap the bandages that covered his arm. Natsuki softly laughed when Kin – chan ran quickly away from Shiraishi and ducked behind the couch.
"No! Anything but that!" She kept continuing to giggle until Shiraishi started laughing along with her.
"All of you Shitenhouji boys can call me by my first name. It's only natural considering that we're going to be working together for the next two weeks." She heard cheering from Yuu-kun and Koharu before looking at Zaizen Hikaru who sauntered toward her.
"I'm still going to call you Moriguchi – san." He said coldly before walking out of the door.
Natsuki immediately started frowning as the door closed softly.
"Don't mind Zaizen too much Natsuki – chan." Chitose lightly said. "He needs to keep up his 'bad boy' image so he was probably embarrassed just now. I wouldn't take it to heart."
The rest of the team snickered as Chitose explained Zaizen's personality to Natsuki.
"Really now?" She asked while smirking. Those kinds of boys were the best to tease, and who knows? He might actually be a pretty good actor under that 'cool boy' façade. "Oh, by the way guys, it's already six o'clock. Don't you all have to get home?"
"It's all good Natsuki nee – chan! We're all going do to a sleepover at Kenya's house tonight!" Kin – chan excitedly spoke while jumping on the couch.
"Hey Kin – chan don't jump on that! That's my mother's favorite couch!" Kenya said sternly before opening the front door. "Zaizen! If you're going to leave then don't loiter around my front yard!"
Natsuki heard some mumbling from Zaizen as he walked back in and sat next to Shiraishi. She continued to stare at Zaizen until he grew flustered and quickly looked in the other direction.
Oh this is going to be so much fun teasing him!
"So Natsuki – chan," Shiraishi said, "since we're all going to be here tonight and we're going to be working together and all, why don't you tell us about yourself and we can go around the room and give self introductions."
Natsuki nodded unsurely while looking around the room. Everyone else was looking right back at her except for Zaizen Hikaru who found the carpet to be interesting and was still staring at it.
"Well, I'm 15 years old, and I'm a third-year at Midoriyama Chuu. I'm the head of the drama club back at my school and I love acting. Uhh, I love coffee and chocolate with a burning passion, and I love going to karaoke. My favorite food in the whole world is sushi and yakisoba. Oh, and I would love to try some takoyaki while I'm in Osaka by the way." She glanced at Zaizen who was still not paying attention. "Let's see, oh and the type of guy I like is those with black hair and are the bad boy type. Oh, and I love it when guys have their ears pierced…" Natsuki trailed off as she and the other Shitenhouji boys were staring at Zaizen when he suddenly blushed and ran out of the room.
"Hahahahahaha, oh my god! I've never seen Zaizen run that fast!" Kenya said in between breaths as he kept laughing. "Oh, right it's my turn. My name is Oshitari Kenya. I'm also 15 years old and a third-year at Shitenhouji. My favorite food is probably takoyaki. I'm known as the Naniwa no speed star in the tennis world. My favorite type of girl is ones who are outgoing and not afraid to speak their mind." Kenya finished off with a smile while Koharu whistled.
"My turn!" Koharu vivaciously, "My name is Konjiki Koharu. I'm 15 and a third-year as well. My favorite food is…" He glanced at Yuu-kun sheepishly before continuing, "I'm pretty smart. I have an IQ of over 200. And my favorite type of person is Yuu-kun!" He said merrily before allowing Yuu-kun to take over.
"So my name is Hitouji Yuuji, and I'm 15 and a third-year. My favorite food is…" He looked at Koharu, "I'm good at impressions. Oh, and my favorite person is Koharu!" Koharu gasped slightly before embracing Yuu-kun.
"Right… My name is Koishikawa Kenjirou. I'm a third-year too. I don't really have a favorite food. I don't really stick out either even though I'm the vice-captain." He finished glumly.
Ishida Gin nodded. "My name is Ishida Gin. I'm also 15 years old and a third-year. I like okonimiyaki. I don't really have a favorite type of girl…" He trailed off as Shiraishi laughed.
"Nice answer Gin. So I'm Shiraishi Kuranosuke and I'm this little team's buchou which makes me a third-year and I'm 15 too. My favorite food is takoyaki. Oh and I like girls who can bake." He said dreamily as Natsuki looked at the other boys who shrugged.
"OH! ME NEXT! So I'm Tooyama Kintarou yoroshuu yoroshuu. I'm a first year and I'm only 13 years old so I'm the youngest. I like all foods and a lot of people call me the gontakure. Oh and I like girls who can eat a lot and cook too!" He said almost as if he had someone in mind.
"This leaves me and Zaizen whose still not back, so I'm Chitose Senri. I'm still the newbie of the team because I moved here from Kumamoto this year. I'm a third year and I'm 15. I actually think I like udon the most. I love girls who play instruments." He casually added.
Natsuki looked around at all the guys that she was going to work with and prayed that at least one of them had talent in acting and just didn't know it.
"Oi Moriguchi – san." She whipped her head around to see Zaizen leaning against the doorway. "My name is Zaizen Hikaru. I'm a second year and I'm going to be 15 really soon. I like all sorts of foods but I hate all sorts of foods too. Oh and I just love girls who are blonde and can act really well." He finished with a smirk while Natsuki slightly blushed.
This means war kid. This means war.
-END CHAPTER 2-