A/N : Wuaaa….. Here the 7th chapter…. (^_^) Thank you for your reviews… I'm glad
Chapter 7
Love Between Two Captains
Their field trip was over. That made Fuji happy. Finally, she could come home and met her cacti. Oishi looked over at his partner and noticed that his partner was asleep. He sighed, 'Oh well...everyone is tired maybe I'm going to take a nap too...' he thought as he leaned back on the chair.
He heard the soft snoring of Kawamura at the back and soon enough he fell asleep as well. It was already 5 in the afternoon when the buses have returned to the school.
"Wake up, people!! We're here!" One of the sensei announced happily.
Fuji had stirred from sensei's loud voice as she made to get up before he felt a weight on her shoulder, seeing Zakuro asleep. She gently shook her awake. "Zakuro-chan... We're back at the school... Wake up," she called.
Zakuro opened her eyes and rubbed them "Oh… let's go" They walked out of the bus and prepared for the went home.
-Next day, Saturday, 09.00 am-
"Syuusuke, can I—Are, what are you doing ?" Yuuki asked as he entered his younger sister's room. The room was messy, very messy. Fuji, in other hand, was sitting in the middle of the floor, trying to get what did she looking for.
'Syuusuke, what are you looking for ?" He asked gently as he sat in front of her, "Maybe I can help you a bit"
"My necklace!! I can't found it anywhere" She said as she bend down to look under her bed.
"Eh?? How so?"
"I left it on the table, Aniki !! When I went back to my room it's gone. I really need it because I have a match tomorrow." Fuji said. Well, she indeed left it on the table because she went to the bathroom earlier. Yuuki raised his eyebrows and looked around the room.
"What does it look like?"
"It is silver, with a pendant having a blue stone" She answered without look at her brother. Yuuki looked around and spotted something under a paper. He walk over and lift it up.
'Oh, this thing?" Fuji turned around and her face lit up.
"Yes!!!" She ran to him and took the necklace from his hand to hung it around her neck again. Yuuki shrugged.
"Why did you look so panic anyway? You could buy another one and why do you need it for tomorrow match." Yuuki asked his sister who still look so happy.
"It's priceless, Aniki! It's from him" Fuji said. Her eyes were shining when she remember her childhood at Chiba.
"Him?" Yuuki confused. Who was him anyway?
"Yes, him! My friend ten years ago" Fuji said, trying to help her brother remembered a boy she introduce to him ten years ago.
"Oh, him. Your first love?" Yuuki asked as he remembered something from the past.
"Uh huh. I have match with a strong opponent tomorrow, it's for good luck." Fuji said, smiling as she palmed her necklace.
"Heehhh, for good luck?" Yuuki said calmly. He knew the blue eyed girl in front of him didn't need any good luck for tomorrow match.
-Seishun Gakuen, 10.00 am-
Fuji threw her attention outside the window beside her. Her class was having a Math lesson but it seemed boring for her. She ignored the lesson and looked outside. She smiled when she remembered her childhood at Chiba. Why did she feel nostalgic now? Usually she just looked at her necklace to make her satisfied but lately she really wanted to meet him again. It had been ten years since she met him. She missed him. Well, he was her first love…!!!
"Fuji-kun, can you answer the question number four, please?"
Fuji turned to blackboard when she heard her name being called. The teacher was standing with her arms crossed in front of her chest. Fuji smiled when her eyes scanned the fourth question, the most difficult question among the others.
"198,097 degree, sensei" She answered calmly.
The teacher frowned and took her calculator from her bag. Fuji's answer was correct, of course. She didn't call a tensai for nothing. Felt defeated, the teacher turned to the blackboard and continue to the next question. Fuji turned her attention back to outside the window. Her eyes caught a certain person walking toward the library with some thick books in his arms. She watched every movement he made with his muscular and athletic body. Fuji smiled.
-Lunch time, rooftop-
Tezuka was eating his lunch when he heard the door opened. He gave the person an icy glare before turned back to his lunch.
"Tezuka-kun? Mind if I sit here?" The soft voice asked gently to him. He answered the question with a glare. He didn't say anything.
"I'll take it as a yes" The person sit and unpacked her lunch.
'What are you doing here, Fuji-kun?"
"Hmm… having my lunch" Fuji answered simply. Tezuka narrowed his eyes. Why did she suddenly come here? Usually she went to canteen with her friends or Kikumaru.
"Ne, Tezuka-kun?"
"…."
"How's your left leg? I saw you walked to the library this morning. Your movements were little weird, are you okay?" Fuji asked concerned. His heart melted a little before he answered.
"I'm fine." He answered coldly.
'Ah, souka…" Fuji nodded. They began to eat their lunch in silence. No one said something.
-Seigaku, Girl's tennis court, afternoon practice, 01.00 pm-
Fuji didn't joke when she told her brother that she had a strong opponent today because today she with the other regular would play against Boy's tennis club. Too bad one of the regular couldn't come because of her illness. Meanwhile the accident between her and Tezuka became a hot topic among the regular because almost all of them was third year and saw it as well.
"Hey, is that true? Are they dating?"
"I think they aren't because Fuji-chan pushed him away and he was rolling o the ground."
"Really? Poor Tezuka-kun"
"Ahem.." Six heads turned their head to their captain who has her eyes opened now. The regular shivered and smile nervously.
"Ne, what are you talking about ?" Fuj asked, smiling sweetly and dangerous.
"Ah..ah.. Nothing buchou. Nothing" Ayame answered for her friends.
"Really?"
"Y..Yes.."
"Oh, I think all of you talking about me because if you do that maybe I'll ask Inui-kun to gift you his famous juice as a present. It taste really good."
The regular's faces turning blue. They swore they wouldn't talk about it again. Fuji left them and preparing her racket when Ryuuzaki-sensei called her. She turned around, ready to face to face with her coach.
"Fuji, done yet?"
"Hai sensei, almost. Why?"
"Well, I want you to prepare yourself because I would to pair you up with someone."
-Boy's tennis court-
"Ne Kikumaru-senpai, is that true?" Momoshiro asked with a surprise look on his face. The regular were gossiping about the accident at the campsite few days ago..
"It's true, Nyaa..!!! I couldn't believe my eyes at the moment too. Tezuka was allowed Fuji to bring him back to campsite and they were touching.."
"It was because Tezuka-kun couldn't walk, Eiji" a voice answered for him. Kikumaru turned around and saw his best friend with her teamates behind her.
"Nyaaa.. Fujiko-chan, What are you doing here?"
"Hm.. Ryuuzaki-sensei wants us to come here to have a match with the boys"
"Nyaa… really? Really? Wow, that's great! I can play with you, Fujiko" Kikumaru jumped to pull Fuji into a tight hug but before he could, Tezuka and Ruuzaki-sensei already walked into the court.
"Hey, look !! That's Fuji senpai…"
"Yeah, the girl club's members. What are they doing here?"
"I heard they will have a match with the regular"
"Really? Wow, the match between the regulars"
The other members were whispering about the upcoming match between the regulars. They really excited with this rare moment. They also hoped the captains would face each other too, although it was impossible since Tezuka's leg still injured.
"Regular, gather around!!" Tezuka's voice was heard. The regular,-boy's and girl's- gathered in front of their sensei. Ryuuzaki-sensei scanned her students before spoke.
"Today, I want everyone to have a double match. I will pair a girl and a boy to be a partner and plays against the other."
"So, we have to work together?" Echizen asked bored.
"Yes Echizen. And the losing team will have to drink some of Inui's vegetable juice." Ryuuzaki-sensei said proudly. The boys were shivered with this as well as the girls. The girls already knew what happened with the person who drinks the juice because one of them passed the court at the moment Kaidoh fainted after drank the juice. She immediately told the rest of her team and they began to prepared their body and mental whenever Ryuuzaki-sensei asked them to drink that poison. Now, their nightmare was in front of them. They glanced to Inui who holding a large cup of green liquid. He put the cup on a table with few glasses on it. They just had one way to avoid that juice, they had to win.
"Fine. Court A Oish Shuichiroh-Yoshida Misaki VS Momoshiro Takeshi- Nakatsu Yume!"
'Hai!!"
"Ne.. hello Yume-chan!!!" Momoshiro ran to a dark black hair in a ponytail. The girl giggled before walked to the A court followed by Oishi and Yoshida. Echizen glared secretly under his cap before looked away.
"Court B Kaidoh Kaoru-Hajimema Ayame VS Kikumaru Eiji-Fuji Syuusuke."
"Hoi hoi, you're my partner Fujiko!!" Kikumaru hugged his best friend and dragged her toward court B.
"Court C Kawamura Takashi-Kouno Sora VS Inui Sadaharu-Fujiwara Zakuro"
"Hai!"
"Court D Echizen Ryoma VS Shinjou Kanna"
"Eh sensei, why should I have a match with her in single?"
"Because one of the regular can't attend the practice today, Echizen. So you have to play with her in single."
"Usu…" 'Good thing because I can't play double'
A red haired girl probably a second year walked over him.
"I'll crush you, chibi"
"Mada mada da ne, senpai!" Echizen smirked.
Tezuka watched the match from the baseline since Ryuuzaki-sensei asked him to, so here he was. His eyes observed the matches in front of him. The girl regular was really good. They could push the boys to use their special moves. Tezuka's eyes landed to Fuji-Kikumaru VS Kaidoh Kaoru-Hajimema Ayame match. The mach was interesting.
"Look, snake shoot!" Katsuo shouted as Kaido posed his snake shoot. The ball flew fastly but Kikumaru's ability was able to shoot back. Ayame jumped to smash the ball.
"She's like Momo-chan senpai! She can jump so hight" Horio said.
The ball was smashed with a powerful strength. Tezuka narrowed his eyes when he saw Fuji opened her eyes and use her one of her Triple Counter in a second. The members who cheering and watching looked at her amazed.
"W..what was that?"
"Amazing, how could she do that in a second?"
"I never see it before"
"It's Fuji Buchou's Higuma Otoshi, right? I heard from the regular that Buchou has that kind of move to kill smash shoot" one of the second year from girls tennis club said.
'So it's Higuma Otoshi' Tezuka focused his eyes to Fuji who smiling calmly 'It's amazing.'
"Game set Oish Shuichiroh-Yoshida Misaki 7-6"
"Game set Kikumaru Eiji-Fuji Syuusuke 6-3"
"Game set Inui Sadaharu-Fujiwara Zakuro 6-4"
"Game set Echizen Ryoma 6-4"
Echizen smirked to his senpai before walked out from the court.
"Mada mada da ne, Senpai"
"Nya..!!! Fujiko we win… win…" Kikumaru bounced happily. The losing team looked so scared because they knew what was waiting them as the punishment. They glanced to the juice and gulped.
"Time for your punishment, ladies and gentlemen." Inui held the large cup high with an evil smirk on his lips. The losing teams took a step back. Inui poured the poison into the glasses and handed them to them.
"Drink it"
The teams just stared to their glasses. Kaidoh looked at his glass in horror. He didn't want to drink it.
"Is it really safe?" Shinjou Kanna asked as she looked at her glass.
"We won't die, right?" Hajimema Ayame asked worriedly
"Don't worry ladies, maybe you'll just..ehmm.. throw up" Momoshiro said while he hold his glasses tightly.
"Momoshiro-kun, it's not help at all" Kouno Sora said to him. Momoshiro rubbed his head and stared to his glass.
"Drink it now, 1… 2… 3…!"
They swallowed their juices accompanied with a worry faces from their friends. They stood silence for a second before ran to the sink area. Fuji and Ryuuzaki-sensei chuckled a bit.
"Well, I think enough for today. All of you dismiss!" Ryuuzaki-sensei shouted to both the regulars and walked away. Fuji and the rest of her friends walked to the sink area to check the other members. Almost all of them lied on the ground like died bodies.
-Tezuka's house, Kunimitsu's bedroom, 11.00 PM-
Dream
"Kuni..!!" a sweet and cute girl ran to him with a racket in her small hand. A five years old boy with a dark brown hair and hazel eyes turned his head to face his friend. He looked at her hands and frowned.
"What are you doing here Syuu-chan?"
"Eh? You promised to teach me tennis, didn't you?" She titled her head cutely. Her smile widen when she saw the boy nodded.
"Ah.. That's right. Let's go to my uncle's court, ne!" The boy grabbed her hand and lead her to his uncle's court.
The girl, Syuu-chan, was a smart and fast learner. In short time, they could play a good match together. The boy smiled when he saw his friends couldn't move anymore because she was too tired. Syuu-chan sat down on the bench near the court, panting. Kuni sat beside her.
"You're good"
"Really?" Her beautiful blue eyes shining in happiness. The boy nodded. He dug into his pocket and took something silver.
"You know, my mother gave it to me and asked me to give this to my special one. I think I'll give it to you because you're my special friend." Kuni said innocently.
"What's it?"
"It's a necklace" He said while hung it in front of her face,
'Wow, it's beautiful."
"Yeah, it is. Now turn around! I will place it around your neck" Syuu-chan turned around and let the boy placed it for her. The necklace looked pretty on her. Kuni smiled.
"Syuu-chan, tomorrow I'll go back to Tokyo. Keep the necklace for me, okay!"
"Un, and I will be a great captain of tennis team in my school" Syuu-chan said ecxitedly. Kuni just nodded to her. Syuu-chan looked at him closely before leaned to give Kuni a sweet kiss on his cheek.
End Dream
Young Tezuka Kunimitsu opened his eyes. He sat up and buried his face into his palms. He got up and went to his bathroom to washed his face. He looked at his reflection in the mirror. Why did he suddenly dream his chilhood? He never dream it before although after he back to Tokyo from summer vacation to Chiba and left her behind. He remembered a sweet kiss on his cheek. Slowly he touched his left cheek and smiled a little. The girl, Syuu-chan, was the reason why did he act colder toward the girls. He didn't want to fall in love to another girl except his childhood friend. Although he never knew where did his friend now he hoped he would find her oneday. A girl with blue eyes and a certain necklace on her neck. A silver necklace with a blue stone pendant.
TBC
A/N : Well, that the 7th chapter of this story… I'm so tired …. (T_T) Ne, minna Is this story is bad and boring?? Is it? Is it?? I'm really sorry if I disapointed you sometime with few boringness in this story.. I'm sorry… Well, thank you and review please! \(^_^)/