jychan: I don't own Prince Of Tennis!!!..
19. Kaori's First Day Of School
"Neh, Kaori-senpai, what class will you be in?"
I asked the person with me, or moreover, Takeuchi Kaori, a friend of Onii-chan, who met her in his rehabilitation,
"3-6."
"Eh? 3-6? Then, you're in good hands! Eiji-senpai and Fuji-senpai are there!"
I told her as she raised an eyebrow.
Ah! It seems she still didn't know Eiji-senpai and Fuji-senpai, then.
"Eto, other regulars in the Tennis Club. Kikumaru Eiji-senpai and Fuji Syusuke-senpai."
I told her as she nodded,
"So, Kumiko-chan."
"Doushite desu ka, Kaori-senpai?"
"Eto, do you have a boyfriend already?"
EH?
"Eh?"
She sighed and said,
"From your reaction, I suppose you don't have anyone then."
I nodded in response.
"I'm sorry for being so straight-forward when I asked you."
She apologized,
Why did she apologize there?
"Ah! There's no problem at all! Don't worry, Kaori-senpai. I was just surprised with your question. Becau- never mind."
I told her.
She might be not interested with it, after all. Since we just met.
"Maa, maa, Kumiko-chan, you don't have say never mind. If you have any problems, you can just tell me."
She said as I nodded,
So, if I tell her about...
"Eto, Kaori-senpai, you see..."
"Are we almost near to 3-6, Kumiko-chan?"
I sighed. I guess I really can't tell her now. The situation's still complicated and we also just met. How could I forget...
"Almost, senpai. Almost."
"Saa, Tezuka-chan what are you doing here in the Third Year Classrooms?"
I jumped as I heard someone's voice,
I turned around.
I sighed.
It was Fuji-senpai, after all.
"Fuji-senpai, ohayo."
I greeted him as he said,
"Ohayo. And who is this girl with you, Tezuka-chan? A friend of yours?"
"Eto, Kaori-senpai, this is Fuji-senpai. The one I talked about earlier that would be one of your classmates. He's also a fellow regular like Onii-chan."
I told Kaori-senpai, who nodded and smiled faintly at Fuji-senpai,
"So, you're one of 'Mitsu's friends then, since you're a regular as well in the Tennis Club. Takeuchi Kaori. Just transferred to Seigaku. Domo."
Kaori-senpai introduced her friend,
"Mitsu? So, you must be talking about Tezuka, then. Ore wa Fuji Syusuke."
"Ah. Hai. Dozo yoroshiku Fuji-san."
Kaori-senpai said,
"Saa, I'll be going inside the classroom as I have to put my bag first. Ja, Tezuka-chan."
Fuji-senpai told us as he went inside the 3-6 Classroom.
Normal POV
Kumiko and Kaori were talking outside the 3-6 Classroom for a while when,
"Neh, Kumiko-chan, are you sure you don't have any boyfriend?"
Kaori asked the younger girl who went "Eh?"
Kumiko swallowed for a while and replied,
"I really have none. Promise. Why do you ask?"
"You see, that Fuji guy earlier, when he looks at you, there's something with the way he smile,"
"Ah. Fuji-senpai smiles always. It's a very known fact by everyone. Especially with his sadistic streaks!"
Kumiko whispered at Kaori, who nodded and thought,
'This girl... Matakun... I have no doubts that she is Mitsu's younger sister.'
And soon the bell rang,
"Ah! The bell. I have to go now, Kaori-senpai. Just wait for your sensei at the door. I'll have to go now! Ja!"
Kumiko said as she went off to her room, leaving Kaori outside of her classroom.
Sooner or later, a teacher went near her and told her,
"Takeuchi Kaori, is that your name?"
"Hai."
"Come in. Come in."
The sensei said as Kaori went in the classroom with the sensei,
"Ohayo sensei."
"Ohayo minna-san. Take your seats now."
The sensei said as Kaori stood in front with the sensei,
"This is your new classmate. She just transferred from... From what school again?"
"Rikkai Daigaku Fuzoku."
Kaori replied as the sensei nodded,
"Rikkai Dai??? Sugoyi..."
The students murmured as the sensei coughed,
"Ehem. So, introduce yourself already."
The sensei told Kaori who nodded and sighed before saying,
"Ohayo minna-san. Atashi wa Takeuchi Kaori. And as what sensei said, I transferred from Rikkai Dai."
She paused as she saw some girl raise their hands,
"...And no, I can't give nor help you with the Rikkai Dai Tennis Regulars. So, any questions? Ah, yes, my interests... Hmmm... It includes bullying and annoying my younger cousin, hmmm... History, perhaps... And then, Tennis."
She continued as the girls who raised their hands earlier, sighed in defeat, although there were some students who raised their hands,
"You, with the red hair."
"Hoi! Hoi! I'm Kikumaru Eiji. Nya! Are you planning to join the Tennis Club?"
"Hmmm... It depends... Although I heard the Girls' Tennis Club sucks a lot. No offense."
Kaori said with a snicker at the end while some girls were glaring at her,
"So, any more questions?"
And another guy raised his hand,
"You."
Kaori pointed to the guy,
"Hello. Ore wa Aoyama Yuki. And I wanted to ask you if you have a boyfriend and if I stand a chance."
The guy flirted with Kaori while there were howls and whistlings in the background,
"I'm single..."
The guy said, "YES!"
"...but not available. You would ask why? Try talking to Mitsu or maybe Kumiko, they know me well."
"Mitsu? Who's that guy? Is he my rival towards you?"
'With Mitsu? Hell no. You don't stand a chance on 'Mitsu.'
Kaori thought as she sweatdropped,
'Now, what do I do...'
"Saa. 'Mitsu, you say Takeuchi-san. I take it that 'Mitsu is Tezuka Kunimitsu of Class 3-1, neh."
Fuji said as everyone widened their eyes,
"Ah hai."
Kaori affirmed with what he said as the Yuki-guy went to tears on what Kaori said.
Lunch...
"Nya! Takeuchi-chan! Takeuchi-chan! Nya! Let's eat lunch together!"
Eiji's voice stormed out as he went near Kaori,
"Eto, I guess. Would Kumiko-chan be there?"
Kaori asked as Fuji told her,
"Of course. She would be after all her older brother would be also with us."
"Sou ka. That's great then."
Kaori said as she smiled at him,
'Is it possible that this guy knows about me towards... Shoot...'
She thought as she took out her bento from her bag and walked with the two of them.
"Saa, it seems you're already used with these glares, Takeuchi-san."
Fuji told Kaori who nodded on this,
"Hai. It was also like this back in Rikkai Dai. Me, sitting with 'Haru-chan. Me, sitting with Ren-san. Me, sitting with Sei-chan. Me, sitting with 'Rou-san. Me, sitting with Bun-chan, Me, sitting with 'Hara-san. Me, sitting with Aka-chan. Me, with Hiro-san. I missed those times."
Kaori said as she sat down, seeing other people,
"Eto, Kaori-senpai!"
"Kumiko-chan. Nice to see you again."
"Eto, minna-san, this is Takeuchi Kaori-senpai. She's also a classmate of Fuji-senpai and Eiji-senpai."
Kumiko introduced Kaori to the Regulars, who nodded,
"As what Kumiko-chan told you, I'm Takeuchi Kaori. Domo. I transferred from Rikkai Dai. So, I guess that's it."
Kaori said as Kumiko widened her eyes,
"Eh? Kaori-senpai came from Rikkai Dai?"
Kaori nodded with this,
"Eh? So, you know Seiichi-kun!"
"Hai. I do know Sei-chan."
"Saa, so those other people, 'Haru-chan, Ren-san, Sei-chan, 'Rou-san, Bun-chan, 'Hara-san, Aka-chan and Hiro-san are other Regulars, then."
Fuji said as Kaori still nodded,
"Hai. 'Haru-chan is Niou Masaharu, Ren-san is Yanagi Renji, Sei-chan is Yukimura Seiichi, 'Rou-san is Sanada Genichirou, Bun-chan is Marui Bunta, 'Hara-san is Jackal Kuwahara, Aka-chan is Kirihara Akaya, and Hiro-san is Yagyuu Hiroshi."
Kaori said as the others were still widening their eyes on what Kaori said,
"Nani ka? Ah! How could I forget! 'Mitsu told me that Seigaku and Rikkai Dai faced each other in the Finals!!!"
"Mitsu?"
The regulars asked as they faced Tezuka, who just arrived,
"Ah. Kaori, I see you've met the Regulars, then."
He said as the regulars eyes widened,
'First name basis???'
"Anyways, can I ask for your names?"
Kaori asked as she changed the subject,
"Eto, Ore wa Oishi Shuichirou. Dozo yoroshiku, Takeuchi-chan."
"Iii. Data... Ah. Ore wa Inui Sadaharu. The chances of you coming here with us for lunch is that there is a 92% that you are classmates with Eiji and Fuji, since you came with them. A 5% that Tezuka told you to come here. And a 3% that Tezuka-chan told you."
Inui said as Kaori sweatdropped on his data,
"Sou ka..."
"Fsshh... Kaidoh Kaoru. Fsshhhh. Hajimemashite senpai... Fshhh..."
"Ahehe..."
Kaori chuckled nervously,
"Eh? Echizen and Momo-chan aren't here yet..."
Kumiko noticed as she looked all over, until she spotted a certain freshman with his senpai,
"Mada ma-"
"Chibisuke!"
Kaori called as she saw the freshman who widened his eyes in surprise,
"Kao-nee?"
"KAO-NEE???"
The Regulars asked as they looked at the two.
"Ah... So, Ochibi's mother and your father are siblings... Nya?"
Eiji asked as the two cousins nodded,
"His mother, or Rinko-baa-san was a Takeuchi before he met Jirou-jii-san."
Kaori explained as everyone nodded,
"Sou ka..."
"Hoi! Hoi! Neh, Ochibi, are you OK that your cousin is a relationship with Tezuka?"
Eiji asked as Kaori blushed and everyone went
"EH?"
"Eiji, 50 laps around the school during Practice."
"WAA!!! Oishi!!!"
Eiji was into tears as he was comforted by Oishi,
"Eto, senpai, I am Momoshiro Takeshi by the way. You can call me Momo-chan."
Momoshiro said as Kaori thought,
'Seriously, this guy needs naming sense.'
"Kao-nee, why are you here in Seigaku?"
Echizen asked as Kaori snickered and snaked her arms around Echizen's neck,
"Neh, Chibisuke, you might want me to call the other person who calls you Chibisuke if you keep on shooing me away, like that. Who would you prefer the other one or is it me, Chibisuke?"
She told 'Chibisuke' who widened his eyes on the thought of his older brother,
"That guy? No way. Mada mada dane, nee-san. I'd prefer you over him. That lecher."
"Maa, maa, Chibisuke, he's still your older brother, and I see that he inherited Jiroh-jii-san's pervertedness. Nonetheless, I'm not even sure if you are really Jiroh-jii-san's son since you don't seem to notice girls at all. Unlike Aka-chan who seems to be going on dates with a girl from Fudoumine, I heard. Maa, maa..."
Kaori told Echizen who rolled his eyes on what his older cousin told him,
Meanwhile while the cousins were talking about those stuff,
"Hoi! Hoi! Fuji! Can I ask some of your sushi? It seems delicious!"
Eiji asked his classmate, who smiled (as always) and said,
"Maa, take some, Eiji."
At the other side,
"Tezuka-chan, are you already feeling well?"
Oishi asked the younger girl, who nodded and said,
"Hai, Oishi-senpai. I've been feeling well. I'm sure I'm not gonna faint anymore."
"There is a 15% chance that Tezuka-chan would faint today. Wherein that would increase if she were to get tired."
Inui said as he looked at his data for a moment,
"You are exempted from practice."
Her older brother told her while Kumiko sighed and nodded,
"Hai. Hai."
At the middle part of the table,
"Wah! My sushi fell!"
"Fssh. That's for being stupid and clumsy."
"What did you say mamushi!"
"You heard me fshhh!"
"You baka mamushi!"
"And so what you glutton!"
"WHY YOU!"
"Kaidoh. Momoshiro. Sit down or 20 laps around the court."
The two followed their buchou, whose glasses shone,
"Maa... Maa... Don't tell me you're not straight!"
Kaori nodded as they looked at the cousins' direction,
"EH?"
"Na-Nani ka! Kao-nee, Mada mada dane. I'm straight. I'm straight!"
Echizen told his older cousin, who didn't seem to hear him,
"It's OK, Chibisuke... Or rather, Chibi okama... It's OK. I understand."
Kaori dramatized as she was 'grieving'
"What the heck! Kao-nee-san, I am walking straight. Straight, I tell you. Mada mada dane. Once, I looked at oyaji's magazines"
Echizen shouted at his cousin, wherein who was still dramatizing, while the others widened their eyes on his revelation,
"Seriously, Ryo-chan, you're not gay?"
"Yes."
"Oh. I knew that all along. I was just annoying you. And wow. I never knew you had that lecherous side of yours Ryo-chan and you had to reveal that to the whole Regulars. I'll try telling 'Haru-chan to let you borrow his magazines. They're like almost a mountain in his room."
Kaori told her younger cousin while snickering,
"Mada mada dane."
"Awh, Ryo-chan, don't be angry now."
"Che. Now the whole school says that I read that baka oyaji's magazines when I only read them once when I was very young since I never knew what was inside that baka oyaji's magazines."
Echizen said as Kaori snickered,
"But then, now the Regulars or moreover, the school will not think of you as gay anymore."
Kaori said as she glomped on Ryoma again,
"Whatever nee-san. Mada mada dane."
Hajikerya yeah! Sunao ni good! Dakara choita omoi no wa boo! That's alri-
Everyone looked at their cellphones, but then only one had a call,
"Moshi-moshi."
Kaori took her phone as she answered the call,
"Eh? Sei-chan! It's a good thing that you called."
Everyone looked at Kaori as she was talking to THE Yukimura Seiichi of Rikkai Dai,
"Ah hai. Hai. EH? You know Kumiko-chan? Hai. Hai. Hai. She's here with me. Ah hai."
She said as she nodded and then she turned to Kumiko,
"Kumiko, Seiichi wants to talk to you."
Kaori said as she gave her phone to Kumiko, who went near her,
"Moshi-moshi. Seiichi-kun. Kumiko desu."
Kumiko said as she blushed, wherein she turned away to the other way so that no one would see her blush,
"Ah hai. Hai. Hai. Hai. Eto... Hai! Hai. There? Hai. Arigato. You know for coming the other day and also for the Cappuccino. Hai. Hai. Ja, Seiichi-kun."
She added as her blush faded away,
"Eto, Kaori-senpai..."
Kumiko called Kaori as she gave back the phone,
"So, Sei-chan... What's up?... EH? Seriously? 'Rou-san did that?"
" 'Rou-san? Isn't that Sanada nya?"
"No way! Seriously? Eh? 'Haru-chan did?"
"What did what? 'Haru? Isn't that Niou?"
"Hahahaha. I should've seen that. Oh my gosh. 'Rou-san... I really can't believe it."
"Iiii Data. I'd like to find out what is with Sanada. I'll ask Renji later."
Inui said as he pushed his glasses,
"Hai! Hai! So, how is Aka-chan? Good to hear!"
"Aka-chan? As in the devil, Kirihara Akaya? Ulk."
"Me? Oh, I'm fine. Currently, eating with the Regulars. It seems that would always be my fate whether I'm there at Rikkai Dai or Seigaku."
"Data... It seems Takeuchi-san is really in good terms with the Rikkai Dai Regulars."
"Hai. Hai. How about 'Hara-san? Eh? Hahaha. Too bad I'm not there already to help in baby-sitting Aka-chan. "
"Baby-sitting? I take it that 'Hara-san is Jackal! The bald guy, right?"
"Nnn! Nnn! How's Ren-san? Ah, sou ka. Still data, noh. I'd like to ask some data from him. Concerning my kawaii cousin over here."
"What about me, Kao-nee?"
"So, also about Hiro-san? Oh he's still the same as ever? That's good. Send my best wishes and also regards to everyone, Sei-chan."
Kaori said as the Seigaku Regulars kept on listening to her phone call,
"Eh? They're there? Turn the loudspeaker, Sei-chan! You already did? Good! Aka-chan, are you doing well there? You be a good boy there, as always. Don't give 'Hara-san a hard time. OK, Aka-chan?"
"Good boy as always?"
"Good. So, 'Rou-san, how's life there? Getting insane, as always?"
She asked as she laughed,
"Good. Now 'Rou-san, go for the goal. I'm sure she likes you as well. Yuko-chan does."
" 'Rou-san? Then, you mean Sanada? And this Yuko? Liking her? Good data... Ii... Data..."
"Anyways, 'Haru-chan don't get too fast with your pranks there, OK? And also, my younger cousin here would like to borrow your maga- CHIBISUKE! What the heck!"
Everyone turned to Ryoma who hit a ball, which luckily was dodged by Kaori.
"Oh that? My younger cousin, you might know him, Echizen Ryoma."
"EH?"
A loud Eh was heard through the phone,
"What the heck, guys! Don't shout! I'm gonna freak from all the 'Eh's' I've been hearing today."
Kaori said as she rolled her eyes,
"Hai. Hai. JA minna-san. Hai. I'll tell her Sei-chan! Ja!"
She closed her phone as she turned around and saw the Regulars looking at her direction, well, except for Tezuka.
"So you were listening to my call, now, weren't you?"
Kaori said as she smiled at them, but her background were the flames of hell,
"Mitsu!" She called to the buchou, who sighed and said,
"20 laps around the courts, later."
"Arigato 'Mitsu! You know, you're the only one here that could help me go through. Seriously, I'm getting insane. And when I was in Rikkai Dai, luckily, I was accompanied by 'Rou-san, Hiro-san, Ren-san, no not him, he takes lots of data there and he doesn't show me that, so I'm still insane with him, so, hmm, Sei-chan, no, he's a sadist at times, and 'Hara-san. Yes. 'Rou-san, Hiro-san and 'Hara-san. Now, I'm getting insane. From 3 people, it became 1... I'm getting insane in no time, neh, Mitsu?"
Kaori said as she went near Tezuka, who sighed and said,
"Again, yudan sezo ni iko."
"Hai. Hai."
jychan: Now, I'd like to thank animelover098765, unknown player, Dragon Reverb, fanfic addict anonymous, jigokunooujo for their reviews!!! Finally, I've got lots of reviews... T-T (tears of joy!) Waa... I never expected this ever in my life... thank you.. And oh, the ringtone earlier was .SHI by ARASHI! That was their first single around 1999.... But I like the song... It's also in my iPod...
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