Yo what's up? Hope you've liked the story so far. Still not sure where I'm going with it but we'll get there.

With school up and out there again I'll probably have less time to work on this but then again I'm a bad person and procrastinate so I'll probably get this done faster.

Uuuh nope, still don't own Prince of Tennis.

Here's chapter three. Enjoy!

"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.

Echizen let out a groan. There was no way he was going to move to Sapporo right after he found people who understood him. His parents promised that he would be able to go to a school of his choice and Seigaku was one he wasn't about to leave. He looked out his window and saw some security making their way around the house. He hated it; always being watched, never getting a moment to himself. In the old house there were actually cameras in most of the rooms so he was literally always being watched.

He was torn from the window when his door burst open for him to see his father in an even more drunken state. "Seishounen whaddya doin' jus' sittin' 'round? Ya needa get packed sos we can leave bright an' early."

Echizen glared at his father. "I told you I'm not going. You said I'd be able to attend school."

"And ya will but now ya needa school thas in Sapporo. Cammon Seshounen it'll be fun. You'll get to meet alotta new people. We'll find ya tha best private school over there." Echizen grabbed a jacket and pushed past his father and went back down the stairs and towards the door. "Whaddya doin' now? Ya needa pack."

He stopped at the front door and let out an irritated groan. "I'm not going to Sapporo, I'm not going to pack, I'm not going to meet new people when I've yet to learn about the ones I literally met today, and I'm not going to go to one of those stupid private schools where all people do is talk about that businesses their families own." He opened the front door. "I'm staying here." He then went out and closed it behind him.

"Ryoma-sama where are you going at this late hour?" Echizen sighed in frustration as a security popped out from the side of the house.

He was frustrated enough and really didn't need this. "Out."

"You know we can't allow you to do that without someone to accompany you." Echizen didn't listen to a word they said and walked past. "Ryoma-sama!"

"Seshounen!" Nanjiro burst through the front door. "Ge' back in 'ere an'pack."

"I already told you several times, I'm not leaving." The frustration was unbelievable. Before anyone could say anything else Echizen took off in a lite sprint down the street. He heard security yelling for him to stop but ignored them and turned a corner. The voices behind him faded and soon died out completely.

He didn't know where he was running to. All he knew was he needed to calm himself and sitting around in a house with a drunken father ranting about a new job opportunity wasn't going to help. He made a few turns and ran down some streets and found himself at a park. He caught his breath and went to sit on a swing.

It's not that he didn't want his father to further his business, no, completely opposite. He wanted him to be successful but he also wanted him to keep his end of the deal; to let him go to a school of his choosing without any interference from his work. He wasn't going to leave Seigaku, he couldn't. Even after one just one day he grew attached to the surrounding and people. It was a start to a new life he didn't know he wanted and he wasn't going to give it up.

He sighed. He had been childish to storm out of the house like that. He knew his father was only thinking about what would be best for the family. And after all he did move to a rather small house- compared to what he was used to- away from where he worked and therefore more susceptible to threat. He knew he was being stubborn and selfish but this was the one thing he wasn't going to give up on.

He sat back on the swing and stretched his legs out. He needed to go back or his mother would throw a fit and have the whole city looking for him. He sat upright and hoisted himself from the swing only to set eyes on two people walking towards him.

"Echizen Ryoma?" The voice that addressed him was of a young man perhaps not a few years older than him. There was a lamp that barely illuminated the park but gave off enough light so Echizen could make out their faces; both with dark brown hair, one with slightly longer hair going to his shoulders, t-shirts with some sort of design on them, and the longer haired one wore jeans while the other wore shorts.

Echizen's seen this before; dress like a citizen, ask for help finding someone or something, then get taken. This was the basic of basics, one of the first things they teach you in life, say no to strangers. If they really thought they would convince him to go with them they had another thing coming. He had a strategy for something like this and it usually worked unless there were some external factors.

He didn't say anything as they moved closer and acted like something else caught his attention.

"Are you Echizen Ryoma?" Short asked once more when they were closer and Echizen finally paid attention to them.

"Pardon? Are you talking to me?" The best thing he could do would be to play dumb until he figured out a way to leave.

"You're name is Echizen Ryoma isn't it?" Long hair seemed a little agitated, like a child being woken up too early from their nap. "Tinted green hair, golden cat like eyes, ball hat, you look like him to me."

"Yaa," He acted embarrassed and ran his hand across his head. "I get that a lot. My name is Dai Adachi. I've been told I look like him but I really don't know." To be honest he really didn't remember the way back to his house but either way he wanted to rid himself of these people. "Do you need help with anything?"

Short hair smiled at him. "Maybe you've seen him at school. Do you know where he lives?"

"I tend to keep to myself." That wasn't a total lie. He hasn't had anyone to hang out with until recently. "Sorry."

"Too bad." Long hair seemed even more annoyed.

"We'll try somewhere else then." Short hair as still joyful. "Thank you for your time."

As soon as they walked out of sight Echizen sighed. He forgot how much doing something like that scared him. It had been a few months since anyone's try anything and he was getting used to the peace. He got up from his place on the swing and started walking back the way he came. The sun was set and only dim streetlamps lit his way. He felt composed as he walked down the street but it was all suddenly whisked away when someone grabbed his arm and twisted it around his back, forcing him to the ground.

"Ne, are you sure you don't know where he lives?" Short hair's voice was sickening; holding a cheerful tone but at the same time threatening beyond belief. "Because we could take you back if you can't find your way."

That set an alarm off in his head. If they were able to track the family down after a short time then maybe it would be better to go to Sapporo.

"We've known where you've been staying for a few weeks. Just had to wait until the time was right to make a move but luckily you made the first move for us." He bent down and gripped Echizen's chin and make him look at him. "Now you're going to come with us and stop daddy's Sapporo deal and when that's done, you're free to go. How does that sound?"

Echizen scoffed. "How stupid do you have to be to think I'll believe that?" The pressure of his arm being pushed up increased immensely, making him let out a grunt of displeasure.

"Why don't we just kill him right here?" Long hair's voice was more along the line of irritation which made it sound like an empty threat. "He's getting on my nerves."

"If I'm just now getting on your nerves I'd hate to think what you'd be like in a bad mood." His tone filled with sarcasm. "If you think I'm annoying now you should hear me sing."

Long hair pushed Echizen's face into the ground. "Do you really wanna die that bad?"

"Oi." This was a new voice that seemed oddly familiar. "I know he's annoying but is that really a reason to kill him?"

"If you know what's good for you, you'll let him up and stop bothering him." Echizen pushed his head up to see Momo and Kaidou along with four other people looming over them. "Get lost."

"Beat it." Long hair pushed Echizen's head back to the ground. "This doesn't concern you."

"On the contrary; he is our teammate." Momo crossed his arms. "This concerns us more than you know."

Kaidou nodded to two of the people behind him and they stepped forward. "If you mess with him, you mess with us."

"And if you mess with us you won't see the next morning." Momo's voiced dropped. His tone was of malice and annoyance. "What's it going to be?"

"Please, please we don't want any trouble." Echizen scoffed at short hair's remark which earned him a slap in the back of the head from long hair. "All we need is for the young sir to come with us for a day or two then everything will go back to normal."

"Well it doesn't look like he wants to go with you." Kaidou hissed.

"He doesn't really have a choice in the matter." Long hair got off Echizen and stood up, pulling Echizen with him. "He's coming with us and depending on what daddy says you might not see him for a long while."

"Well that's not gonna happen." Momo sighed and scratched his head. "Last chance, let him go."

Short hair shrugged. "I'm afraid we can't do that."

"Then you leave us no choice." Momo and Kaidou nodded their heads. What short and long hair didn't realize was that the four people that were with them had surrounded them. "Ne Mamoshi I bet my guys can take them out faster than your guys can."

"Bring it on." Kaidou looked at Echizen. "This wasn't in my schedule tonight, so tomorrow you play me with everything you got."

Echizen smirked. "Hai, Kaidou-sempai."

"Doesn't this seem a little-" Short hair looked around them. "Unfair?"

"Let's make it even then." Long hair reached behind his back and pulled out a small gun. "Now we'll say it again, the brat's coming with us."

Momo scratched his head again. "Ah come on. I was hoping to get back soon but if this is how you want it." The two of them whistled and several more people came out of the shadows. "Do you really want to do this?"

"That gun probably isn't even loaded." Kaidou took a few steps forward and held his arms out. "If not, prove me wrong."

"Che. Have you got a death wish?" Long hair scoffed.

"Oi, oi!" Short hair whispered to Long hair. "There's no way we can take all of these people out and they know the gun isn't loaded. Let's just get out of here."

"Tch, figures." Echizen jeered.

Long hair smashed his gun against the back of Echizen's head and let him fall to the ground. "Cocky brat." He looked towards Momo and Kaidou who had stepped forward, ready to tackle him. "Keep him." He turned to short hair. "Let's get out of here."

The two of them turned and started walking away, ignoring the dozens of people staring at them as they went. While Momo went to check on Echizen, Kaidou told someone close to him to keep an eye out for anyone else that might be in the area and watch the two that just left. He walked over to Momo. "How is he?"

Momo had Echizen sitting up and was checking his head for any injuries. "He seems alright for the most part. Although I think we should have Oishi-sempai check to make sure. How about it Echizen? Think you can walk? Oishi-sempai's house isn't that far." He helped Echizen get to his feet.

He swayed for a second then got balanced. "Yeah I can manage."

"What are you doing out here?" Kaidou asked as the three of them began walking out of the park and on route to Oishi's house.

He was silent at first but decided it would help calm himself if he talked. "My father was able to close a deal with a major company in Sapporo."

"That's good though isn't it?" Momo asked.

"For him yeah. I'm happy for him and everything but he said that we're leaving tomorrow." The two older boys looked at him with surprised faces. "This isn't the first time I've had to pack up and leave somewhere but I don't want to."

"So in short you threw a tantrum and ran away." Kaidou replied. Echizen hated to admit it but he was right. "What makes this time so different from the others?"

"What's so different? Mainly you guys." The surprise on their faces grew. "You guys are the first people to treat me like a normal human being. Everywhere else I've been its 'young sir' or 'young master' and someone went as far as calling me 'Prince of Tennis' and quite frankly I don't want that. I know I haven't been here very long and I literally met all of you today but I love it here and I'm not about to leave."

"Maybe your head got hit harder than we though." Momo said as he ruffled his hair. "There's no way someone with an attitude like yours could say something so meaningful." Echizen glared at him. "Joking, but in all seriousness, is it really necessary for you to move? Can't your father manage the business from where you are now?"

"To be perfectly honest he hates it there. I was the one that convinced the three of them to move here for I could go to school. He's perfectly able to establish a way a work that suits him while we're staying but because of the size of it they would jump at the chance to go back to a bigger living space."

"I know this is farfetched but couldn't you just stay here with some of the security people while they move back?"

"Baka. You know how important he is." Kaidou taunted. "He would be an even bigger target if he were living alone."

"I know but it's best if someone put it out there." Momo pouted. "What if you weren't alone? What if someone lived with you?"

"Someone like whom?" Echizen asked with an eyebrow raise.

"How about us?"

Okay there it is. It's been like two weeks I'm so sorry.

Kinda went in a different direction than I had hoped but it'll all turn out awesome I promise. I wanna say thanks to the wonderful person who pointed out some dingy things I did in previous chapters. You're awesome thank you for doing that.

Did ya see the thing? The little thing I put in there? Aah stupid little things like that make me happy. Also I read though Murder Melody again and figured the ending was kinda vague so Imma go ahead and write an epilog for that so if you read it make sure to catch it.

Please forgive spelling and grammar and stupidness and laziness and lateness and corniness and I'm sorry.

Hope ya like it! See ya later!