Heyo how long has it been? Probably too long. School finally started up. I like all my classes for the most part seeing as I'm only gone for like three hours every day. Professors are nice and everything.
I had an idea for where this story was headed but forgot to save said idea and it got deleted and now I'm starting back over from scratch. It should still workout though. I might add in a school for this one seeing as there hasn't been one for a while. Who'd you like to see interact with everyone?
Aah, I still don't own Prince of Tennis.
Here's chapter two. Enjoy!
When lunch ended the two of them went back to the classroom and continued on with the day but everything was pretty much a blur for Echizen. He didn't pay attention that much to his classes but instead thought about all the things he's heard about himself while walking around the school. Nanako told him what to expect with everything and it was spot on. It was one thing to be the new kid but another to be the rich new kid.
He was glad to hear the bell at the end of class. He walked with Horio and two others named Mizuno Katsuo and Kachirou Katou which he found out were also on the tennis team. Thinking he was going to be able to play tennis set his mind at ease although he knew he would still most likely be the center of attention and even more so now because he's actually on a tennis court.
He stood in the front while Ryuuzaki gathered everyone up. He could see the judgmental and jealous stares but there were also ones of admiration. Then there was the stupid smile on Momo's face.
"As you all know, we have a new member joining us today; Echizen Ryoma. Treat him well. Now go get changed." Ryuuzaki's introduction was shorter than Echizen would've liked seeing as now the members would come straight to him for questions. "Echizen this is Tezuka Kunimitsu. He'll be your captain from here on out."
Tezuka reached out his hand. "Do you have your things?" Echizen took his hand and nodded. "You don't have to participate today seeing as it's your first day if you don't want but this is the only time. You're not going to be given any special privileges just because you're Samurai Nanjiro's son. You'll help the first years with clean up and be tested to earn a spot in the regulars, no exceptions. If you're late to a practice be it in the morning or afternoon you'll run and if you're grades are unacceptable, you'll be adjourned until they're acceptable again. Any questions?"
Echizen stood dumbfounded at all the information that was thrown at him. Even if he did have a question he couldn't find his voice in that moment to ask it. Though he could tell Momo told him the truth about not getting special treatment from anyone.
"Maa maa Tezuka, always so strict." Ryuuzaki shook her head. "Momoshiro." Momo came jogging over at his name. "I know you two are already acquainted. Make sure he gets introduced to the others."
"Hai~." Momo slung his arm around Echizen's shoulders and dragged him to the club room where the other regulars were. Momo more or less kicked open the door and shoved Echizen in. "Minna from now on this little punk is our responsibility." He glanced over at Kaidou. "Try to be nice to him."
"Are you implying something?" Kaidou glared at Momo.
"Nothing whatsoever." Momo turned to head outside. "But with a scary face like yours, you can't help but be careful otherwise you're likely to scare everyone off." Momo gave a hardy smile and ran out the door.
"Teme. I'll show you who has a scary face." Kaidou went running after him.
Echizen stood confused in the doorway surprised at the sight that just happened. He was going to go after him but felt an enormous weight on his back.
"Oishi look how small he is!" Echizen turned his head and came face to face with a smile and red hair. "Ochibi!" The red head then put Echizen in a grip that made him feel like he was going to pass out.
"Eiji let go of him." A boy with a bowl cut came up to them and proceeded to pry the red head from him. "We don't need him injured right at the start. Are you alright?" Echizen nodded. "Sorry about that. He tends to get attached to things. I'm Oishi Shuichiro and he's Kikumaru Eiji." Oishi reached out his hand while Kikumaru latched back on to him. "The one that ran after Momo was Kaidou Kaoru. He may seem a on the rough side but he's a good guy. Next is Kawamura Takashi."
Echizen watched as the boy came over to him; tall, well built, and had a weird aura around him. "Nice to meet you Echizen. I hope we get along for the next few years." The way he spoke surprised Echizen. Surely someone of that stature would have something more.
"Taka-san you forgot your racquet." The next boy to come up had sort of a suave air about him. "Fuji Shuusuke. Nice to meet you."
Echizen nodded at him. Momo said that they all knew what it was like to live like he does but he still didn't understand what he meant by it. His thoughts were thrown aside when a rather loud yell emanated from beside him.
"GOOOOO ECHIZEN. WE'RE GOING TO BE GOOD FRIENDS FROM TODAY FORWARD." Echizen sweat dropped. When he thought Kawamura needed more this isn't what he meant.
"Kawamura why don't you take that energy to the courts and try to stop Momo and Kaidou before Tezuka gets his hands on them?" There was one more voice Echizen heard. He looked to see someone with spiked hair and glasses sitting on a bench in the club room writing in a notebook. "Echizen Ryoma; age 16, height 151cm, weight 50kg, birthday December 24th, blood type O, Capricorn." He pushed his glasses on his nose. "Welcome to Seigaku. Inui Sadaharu. If you need anything let me know." Inui shook his hand then left.
"How…?" Echizen couldn't even form a proper sentence.
"Don't mind it. Inui has information like that for everyone." Oishi slightly laughed at Echizen's reaction. "Will you be joining us today?"
"I wanna play a match against Ochibi!" Kikumaru pushed him into the club room and told him to change.
Echizen was thoroughly surprised to say the least. Momo wasn't joking when he said he wouldn't receive special treatment. Never in his life has he had someone just latch onto him like Kikumaru did or been talked to so freely. They really didn't care that his father was Samurai Nanjiro. He still didn't understand what Momo meant with how they knew what it was like but he wasn't going to press the matter. He changed into his practice uniform and walked out onto the court.
"O-chi-bi!" Kikumaru waved him down as he walked on the court which he didn't exactly enjoy because of the attention it drew in. Either way he went over and stood opposite of Kikumaru. "You can serve."
Echizen took a ball out of his pocket and bounced it a few times then threw it in the air and hit it. Everyone that was watching didn't expect the ball to bounce and fly towards Kikumaru's face, especially not him.
"Nya what was that?" He looked at the ball lying on the ground then at Echizen. "What kind of serve was that?" Echizen smirked then did it again. "Waa did you see that? Oishi did you see how it curved to my face?"
"What kind of serve was that?" Kawamura asked no one in particular.
"Echizen manages to put a special spin on the ball which allows it to curve in an upwards motion." Inui read from his notebook. "It's his signature move, Twist Serve."
"Inui-sempai I still don't understand how you can have this much information on everyone." Momo sighed.
His glasses gleamed. "It's my job."
Everyone started their normal workout. Echizen quick match ended and he went on with the freshman helping them clean the court while answering their questions to the best of his abilities. Most were about how he managed to do a twist serve, if he could teach them, and if he learned it from his father.
For the most part, by the time Tezuka had announced the end of practice, he was exhausted. The shear amount of things he did was wonderful and it exhausted him. Everything Nanako said was right; he liked school and the people there even if they had their opinions on him. He was hoping it would get to the point where the rumors died off and everyone sort of forgot his background which reminded him.
"Momo-sempai, what did you mean when you said everyone there knows what this life is like?" He was walking with Momo when the thought hit him and his curiosity was getting the better of him.
"I don't know if it's right for me to tell you about the others but-" Momo was silent for a second and scrunched his face. "My grandfather was the leader of a powerful and influential gang and when he died, he left the right to lead it to me." Echizen was stunned. He certainly didn't look like a crime lord. "Same goes with Mamoshi. Two different groups but our grandfathers were best friends and worked together for a lot of jobs." He stopped walking. "Everyone has a different backstory but we all know what it's like to have rumors going around, be treated specially, and having twenty-four seven surveillance."
He put his fingers in his mouth and whistled. Echizen watched as people came out of the woodwork and looked at them. "Even right now, we're constantly being watched. It's been almost three years since I was chosen and they still treat me the same."
"You're the leader of a crime organization. Of course they're going to watch you. Haven't you got enemies?" They started walking again and they people faded back into the shadows.
"Doesn't everyone?" That made Echizen think; he didn't know if he had enemies. Maybe rivals, but not enemies. "Kikumaru-sempai is much like you. His father is the lead in the toy world right now and all thanks to him. He told us he was targeted by other companies because his father was running them out of business. Of course he felt bad about it but there wasn't much he could do. He tried helping one company but the idea he came up with made them go bankrupt and everyone thought he did it on purpose when really the idea was just a fluke."
"Taka-san is pretty much a master chief; his father has a successful sushi business that often caters for large companies. Oishi-sempai's parents are some of if not the best doctors in Japan, Inui-sempai has two brilliant scientist parents which mean they're very likely to be connected to the government in some way, and Fuji-sempai's family owns a dojo and he's trained in the martial arts. Buchou is the only one who I don't really know the backstory of. If anyone knows it's Inui-sempai but I doubt you'll be able to get him to tell you."
Echizen understood perfectly; Kikumaru's fluke toy idea was seen as sabotage, Kawamura dealt with food so- if it really was anything like his life- he would have to deal with a poison possibly, if Oishi's parents were considered the best doctors and weren't able to save someone he could picture relatives trying to make it even, and Inui's connection to the government put him at risk. He lumped Fuji in with Momo and Kaidou since his family owned a dojo and they usually have several people looking up to you for instructions for what to do and automatically putting you in a position for power.
Tezuka was still a mystery though. If it was Momo's second year and he didn't know Tezuka's background, he doubted he could find out. He could try and get it out of Inui but if anything it would somehow turn into Inui getting more information on him.
"We all look out for each other though." Momo continued. "We're a team and if one person has troubles then everyone has troubles. No one knows what you're going through better than us so if you have a problem don't try and hide it. Inui-sempai would probably be able to tell anyways." They got to the cross in the road and began to part. "We all have enemies Echizen but we all have people we can reach out to for help."
Echizen snickered. "Look at you, a big, bad mob boss having a heart to heart. How cute." He turned with a smile and started walking down the street.
"Oi! I'm serious!" Momo scrunched his face frustration. "Don't expect me to come get you tomorrow when you're running late."
"Hai, hai." Echizen smiled and offered a wave in his general direction. He was glad he found people that related to him in such way and felt that he could trust and rely on them. The walk back to the house was a quiet one. The evening air sent a welcomed chill though him. He felt at ease; first day of school was successful, his teammates accepted him for who he was.
As he got closer to his street he saw security doing a horrible job at hiding their presence and he called every one of them out on it. Most ignored and told him he shouldn't have gone off with that boy in the morning and others asked how his day went. When he got to the house there was a line of them on either side of the walkway and all greeted him.
"What's the point of trying to be incognito if we have all these people here?" He asked rather loudly as he entered the house.
"Ryoma-kun welcome back. How was your first day?" Nanako peeked through the doorway and greeted him.
"Seishounen!" Before Echizen had a chance to answer his cousin, Nanjiro came running through the hall at him and grabbed his shoulders. Echizen stumbled a bit and scrunched his face at the smell of his father's alcoholic breath. "Ne, ne guess what happened while you were out today?"
"Have you been soaking in alcohol?" He covered his nose and mouth. "You stink like it." He pushed past his father and started walking up the stairs to his room. "What does he have to be so happy about?"
"We're celebrating the good news." Nanako's tone was cheerful enough but her smile seemed forced.
"What are you talking about?" The fact that Nanako was upset by it and Nanjiro overjoyed sent an unwelcomed down his spine.
"Remember that big corporation that we tried to partner with?" Nanjiro smiled and hiccupped. "I was able to close the deal and the best part is that the headquarters are in Sapporo. Get your bags packed, the sooner the better."
His eyes widened slightly. "What do you mean 'get packed'? We just got here."
"Business is business." Nanjiro took another drink. "We're leaving in the morning."
"What are you talking about? I just started school, Sapporo's on a whole different island." The fact his father thought so lightly of his feelings made him irritated. "I found people who accept me for me and don't give me special treatment just because I'm Samurai Nanjiro's son. I'm not going anywhere."
"And I'm not letting this deal slip out of my hands. Do you understand what this could do for the company if we hit it off?"
"I don't care about the company, about deals you can or can't make with others, or about this type of life. I don't want to be treated special. I'm not leaving." He went up the stairs and into his room, slamming his door upon entering and collapsing on the bed in a huff.
Eeeeeh another weird place to leave off but whatever. Actually trying to just draw the story out because I sorta have an idea where it's going but I still need time to finalize everything so you guys are left in suspense until I figure out what to do.
Well did ya like it? I know still kinda dull but next chapter will have stuff I promise. Again would you guys like me to add a school in? Right now I'm leaning towards Hyotei because I know their personalities best and I would fuck it up less to write them instead of others but if you'd like to see a different school just tell me and I'll work it in.
Please forgive spelling and grammar and shortness and lateness and laziness and repetition and redundancy and other things I'm sorry.
Hope you liked it. See ya later!