DISCLAIMER:
2ManyShoez: Mommy and Daddy aren't here right now because they had to get sister back from the Supreme Court. Apparently, her height and her hair broke about four laws, so I will be doing the disclaimer! We obviously don't own Prince of Tennis. We obviously do own Emi and Eri. Please have fun reading!
Translation: TheSpunky(Short)Alchemist and GreenMamushi aren't here because FlippinWonka was being held by the Supreme Court. Her freakish height and her puffy hair were too weird, so she is being tried. I want to own Prince of Tennis, but I don't. We don't want Emi and Eri, but we own them. Just read the story already.
Amai Masquerade Love
Chapter 6: The Prince's Appearance
Normal POV
-At Hyotei, 8:00 A.M.-
Emi stood on the bleachers and announced to all of the members that were running around the courts.
"All right! That's enough laps, come onto the courts, so I can make an announcement!"
When all the members had gathered around, she began talking.
"Good job everybody! First off, all members have no afternoon practice. Regulars, of course, have practice today." She heard some of the non-regulars cheer. "That is all. All non-regulars are dismissed; regulars are to stay."
As she finished her last sentence, a stampede of people ran out of the tennis courts. After she made sure the regulars were the only ones left, she smiled sadistically.
"So guys, I have a special practice for you today." They started to get nervous as Emi rubbed her hands together (A/N: Think of a mad scientist), an evil shine came to her eyes.
-At Rikkaidai, 8:00 A.M.-
"Thank-you all for your hard work today!" Eri flashed her super sweet smile. "All non-regulars can have afternoon practice off for being so flexible, even though you have a new manager!"
"Thank you, Eri-chan!" All of the non-regulars cheered as they exited the courts. As soon as Eri couldn't see the members anymore, her aura became malicious.
"Uh… Babe…? Could you stop making everyone think that you're an angel?" Niou stopped as Eri glared at him. "Um… Never mind-"
"Eri! TARUNDORU! You let everyone off practice!" Sanada yelled.
"My, what are you talking about Gen-chan? I'm not letting everyone off practice, just the non-regulars. You all are going to have practice!"
"Eri-chan, but why did they get the rest of the day off? If we're all going to be practicing here, isn't best if they stayed?" Marui asked.
"I never said practice was going to be held here though, did I, Bunta?" She smiled at the regulars, who were looking at her with confused expressions.
-Seigaku, 8:20 A.M.-
"Everyone, line up! Just because we made it into the nationals, doesn't mean that we should let our guard down! Yudan sezu ni ikou! You are dismissed!"
"Hai, Tezuka-buchou," said the members.
"Buchou! Can I talk to you about something?" Echizen Ryoma walked up to his captain.
"What is it, Echizen?" Tezuka asked.
"I have to miss afternoon practice today. We are having a family gathering and I have to help my cousins."
"Okay, yudan sezu ni ikou, and Echizen, tomorrow, do 50 laps for skipping practice."
Ryoma sighed. "Hai, buchou."
-Hyotei, 3:30 P.M.-
"Hey, Emi! We've been doing nothing for half-an-hour now! When are you going to start your special practice?" Shishido asked. All of the regulars and Emi were lazily sitting on the bleachers.
"If you're bored, Ryou, we can ditch and go on a date!" Shishido started to blush, glaring at her, while Gakuto and Emi snickered.
"Wahhh, I want to go on a date with Emi-chan!" Jirou said, suddenly wakening from his nap.
"Mm hm. How about you, Atobe?" Oshitari asked, smirking sadistically. It was obvious -to him, at least- that his buchou harbored some feelings for their manager.
Atobe suppressed a blush, and covered his flustered state with a cocky smile. "Ore-sama would love to go on a date with the heir to the Clark Corporations." He tried to pass his eagerness off as only money and fame related.
Emi laughed. "Well, Eri already has someone she likes, and so do I. You won't be getting a date with either of us any time soon."
"Emi-hime! You like someone?" Oshitari grinned as Atobe became noticeably paler.
"Who is it, ann?" Atobe asked casually.
"Aw, Babe, I'm touched. You told them of our secret love affair together?" A new voice spoke. The Hyotei boys turned to face the new voice and gasped.
-Rikkaidai Tennis Team, 3:20 P.M.-
"Are we there yet, Eri-san?" Yanagi asked.
"Almost there Renji, and you all can drop the formalities. You guys can just call me Eri, like how you call Emi, Emi."
The regulars were riding a Clark charter bus. No one but Eri knew the actual destination, though.
"Ne, Babe, seeing you as how you keep looking at your phone, I'm guessing we are late to the place we were supposed to go to?" Niou asked from the seat behind Eri. Said girl reached back and smacked him lightly.
"Stop it with the 'babe' nicknames, buddy, before I hurt you. I'm not going to fall for those player tricks of yours." The other guys snickered as Niou leaned back, miffed.
"Eri-sama!" The driver spoke up before Niou could reply. "We have arrived."
"Okay!" She bounced out of her seat, got out her bag of rackets, and walked to the door of the bus. "Come on guys! We're finally here, so get your stuff and get out of this bus!" She hopped out and skipped away, and the regulars lost sight of her.
"Well, I guess that we should just follow Eri."
The regulars slowly filed out of the bus, and gasped when they realized where they were.
"Darling, why are we at Hyotei?" Niou was looking at her with amused eyes. Eri pinned him with a glare.
"What. Did. I. Just. Say?" she asked through gritted teeth. Niou laughed and backed up, his hands up in defense. The rest of the Rikkaidai team watched in fascination. Yanagi began to scribble down notes.
"Hey, you said I only couldn't say 'babe'!" Eri's glare only intensified, and she took a step forward. Niou's expression became slightly nervous. "Gomen, gomen," he said. Eri looked at him for another long moment, then turned around, satisfied. Niou couldn't resist. "Babe." He added.
Eri stiffened. She took one long, ominous breath- and kept walking. Niou -and everyone else- looked shocked at her composure, but Eri was actually inwardly screaming. I can't kill him. I can't kill him. I will get in trouble with the law. Rikkaidai's team will suffer. I can't kill him. She chanted to herself. Out loud, she said:
"Saa… Well, let's go. I'll explain everything when we get to the tennis courts."
As they went on, they started to hear familiar voices.
"Emi-hime! You like someone?" A voice asked. When Niou heard this, he sprinted towards the voice.
"Oh! I've got to see this! Come on! Let's follow Niou!" Eri laughed, following. The Rikkaidai regulars exchanged amused glances and dashed after their manager. A few seconds later, they caught up with Niou, who was standing right outside the tennis courts with a mocking look on his face.
"Who is it, ann?" The Rikkaidai members turned their heads to see the Hyotei team captain turning pale.
"Oh? Does Kei-chan have a thing for Emi?" Eri smirked as she said this.
However, Marui was not laughing. "Did she just call him Kei-chan?" He growled under his breath, balling up his fists.
"Why don't we see if Atobe really does like Emi-chan or not?" Niou suggested in a mischievous tone. He raised his voice. "Aw, Babe, I'm touched. You told them about our secret love affair?" Eri slapped her forehead. How many girls is he going to call 'Babe' by the time we're done? Somehow… I think a lot. Meanwhile, the Hyotei regulars turned their heads around and gasped. Emi had also turned to see who had been foolish enough to call her "babe" and advertise their non-existent relationship. Her eyes narrowed on Niou, who cheerily winked at her and waved. He will suffer my wrath! Well, not now, but he will sooner or later…
"Rikkaidai? Why are you here?" Gakuto asked.
"Eri-chan!" Jirou ran up to Eri and hugged her. "Wah, why are you here? Ah! Marui-kun is here too!" Jirou started smiling gleefully as Eri patted him on the head.
Marui was not as amused. He was actually thinking about killing and torturing Jirou.
"Ah, Buchou! Help, Buchou fainted!" Choutarou screamed.
All heads turned to Atobe. His body was lying on one of the bleachers.
"Atobe?" Emi called worriedly. She ran down to the spot he had fainted, and lifted his head up onto her lap. She felt his forehead.
"Weird, it doesn't feel like anything is wro-."
A cell phone started ringing. Emi then fished it out of her pocket and talked in it to the caller.
"Where are you? ... What, really… Oh, okay… We'll be there soon." She gently placed Atobe's head on the ground.
"Gen-chan is in charge until Eri and I get back okay, Chou-chan, take care of Atobe." She ran and grabbed Eri's hand. "We'll be right back!"
When the twins were out of sight, Jirou and Gakuto approached the Hyotei captain. They figured that he hadn't really fainted, but they wanted to amuse themselves anyway.
"Is he dead?" Gakuto stage-whispered. Atobe twitched slightly. Jirou shrugged.
"I dunno. Poke him." Before Gakuto could do anything of the like, Atobe's hand shot up and grabbed his wrist.
Niou sighed, also walking closer. "I knew you weren't actually unconscious. Atobe-san, you can't fool us. Now get up! I thought you had more pride than to pretend to faint!"
Atobe got up immediately.
"So I guess you have a thing for Emi-chan, right?" The Hyotei and Rikkaidai regulars waited for his reply. There was a short pause before he subtly nodded his head.
"But, Atobe-san, Emi-chan told us that she didn't like you at all a few days ago!" Marui said.
"Ore-sama believes that he will eventually capture her heart. Plus, Ore-sama thinks that he has a better chance at getting Emi's heart than you at trying to get Eri's heart!"
Marui started blushing madly.
"Wait! So Marui-kun likes Eri-chan?" Jirou asked.
Now all eyes were on Marui. He looked like a strawberry. He sheepishly nodded.
"Well, because we both like one of the twins, can we just call a truce?" Marui went up to Atobe with his hand out. "Truce?"
Atobe looked at Marui's hand and started thinking. It might be better to gain more people to help Ore-sama's cause to Emi's heart…
"Ore-sama pities you, so he will accept your truce offering."
"Okay, so now that we're going to get Emi-chan and Eri-chan to go out with Atobe-san and Marui, let's come up with some sort of plan." Jackal said.
"Aw! We could have just locked them in a room!" Gakuto said.
"I totally agree, Emi-chan is not the type to comply, but we cou-…"
"Kyaa! Hide me! He's going to kill me!" A voice shrieked. All the regulars looked toward the voice to see Emi and Eri sprinting back to the courts. Eri was running ahead, while Emi kept looking back. On Eri's head was a white cap.
"Hide!" They quickly ran into the courts and hid behind Kabaji. "Kaba-chan, help us! He's going to kill us!" Kabaji moved in front of them protectively.
"Emi-hime! Eri-hime! Who is coming after you? What happened?" Oshitari asked.
Eri popped her head out. "Well, we sort of pulled a prank on Ryoma, and now he's chasing after u-… THERE HE IS! HIDE!"
Outside the tennis courts, Echizen Ryoma was panting, frantically searching for his cousins.
"Ryoma, we're sorry! If you stop chasing us, we can start the practice!" Eri stepped out from behind Kabaji. "Here, you can have your cap back!" She tossed the white hat back at him. Ryoma caught it, cradling it and glaring at his two cousins.
"Yeah, Ryoma, we are sorry," Emi said.
"Well, because everyone is here, let's start explaining things. Everyone go to the courts with your racket! Place your things on the bleachers!" Emi said as she clapped her hands together.
As the three Echizens made their way to the courts, the Rikkaidai and Hyotei regulars started whispering.
"Well, until we get to discuss this anymore, we have to get then to be alone more," said Oshitari.
"Until then, I will gather more data," Yanagi said.
"Hey! Whoever doesn't come down to the courts NOW will have to run 300 laps around Hyotei!" Eri yelled to the group.
"Coming!" Jirou said as he clumsily grabbed his racket. The regulars hurried after him.
"Now that everyone had kindly gathered, we will begin a doubles and singles tournament. Emi will call out your names and which court you will go to!"
"WAIT! So this is our special training?" Shishido asked.
"Yup! Now, courts A, B, C, and D will be used for singles, Courts E and F for doubles. We've set up cameras on each of your courts to analyze your performances later, and we also have some freshmen to be refs. Any questions before we start?" She paused a moment and gasped.
"Wait, is Ato- I mean Monkey King, okay?"
All eyes settled on Atobe, waiting for him to respond. Emi twitched a little as he started smirking.
"Ore-sama is fine. It was only a little heat exhaustion, but ore-sama thanks my precious hime for worrying about me." Emi turned light pink when hearing his words. She looked like she was about to lose it, but then she started smirking.
"Well, as the NEW KING, I have to make sure all of my followers are in good health." She showed a victory smile. "Well, now that the Monkey King's issue was sorted out, when I call your name, step up and go to your courts." She glanced over at Atobe who was having his back pat by practically all of the guys. She and Eri shared a puzzled look before continuing.
"Ryoma and Kaba-chan, Court A!"
"Wait! So why is Echizen Ryoma here?" Gakuto asked.
"Oh, that's simple. It's just that Sei-chan is in the hospital, so we were one player short." Eri explained.
"Moving on, Jirou and Gen-chan, Court B. Waka-chan and Renji, Court C, and Akaya-chan and Monkey King, Court D. That is all for singles. Think of it as an actual tournament. You must win your match to progress further into this tournament. Now, go!"
"Ne, ne, Emi-chan! Are you going to watch my match?" Jirou asked with a glow in his eyes.
"Hehe. Sorry Jirou, but Eri and I are playing as well!" Emi smirked as all eyes stared as her.
"We have to play the Masquerade Pair?" Shishido questioned.
"Only if you win," Emi explained. "Now, on Court E is Ootori-Shishido and Yagyuu-Niou. On Court F is Oshitari-Mukahi and Marui-Jackal. We will play the winners at Court E, and if we win, we play against the winners of Court F."
"We are a little behind schedule," Eri said as she examined the time on her phone. "We would like to start the tournament right away. Please go over to your designated courts." Eri smiled sweetly, and the Rikkaidai regulars started to doubt whether these tournaments were actually a good idea.
- The "Otaku" Corner-
2ManyShoez: Daddy just called and told me that they were able to talk FlippinWonka's way out of the trial, but as they were going out; Mommy got stopped by the police. Apparently, she was too short and had to go to a trial as well. Until they get back, I'm in charge of this Otaku Corner! Please review and keep reading! Also, please read our other stories as well!
At the Supreme Court for the second time:
TheSpunky(Short)Alchemist: -wrings her hands and clenches her teeth to hold in the explosion- Once I get out of these specialized titanium cuffs, I'm gonna teach those height-biased cops a lesson about being prejudiced…
GreenMamushi: -scratches her ear- I wonder how our other daughter is doing back at home. I hope it will still have at least the foundation by the time we get back…