A/N: Ignore my grammar mistake and enjoy.
Flashback
"Are you sure about doing this?"
"Yes."
"Why?"
"I want to know who kill oyaji."
Right now Ryoma is trying to find any sort of information in his father room, he search from top to bottom with the help of his cousin. It's hard to search since every time he opens the drawer porn books fall out covering the room.
"Why can't I have a normal dad for once?"
"I found a mask." Nanako shouts. "Oh my god, it belongs to the first 'Joker'."
"Nanako, we're not here to search for masks."
"But you need one since you are the last successor."
Ryoma just shook his head and continue searching, Nanako seem to have a good time every time she find something that belong to his ancestor and she will giggle if see found something that is out of ordinary such as the monkey hand.
Just now she act so serious and few minutes later she act like her usual self.
"Found it!"
"Another masks?"
"No, this is a pile of paper that has something to do with Joker! SEE!"
Ryoma quickly get down using the ladder (since he is short) and take the paper that Nanako is holding. It takes him a few seconds before he completely froze.
The picture on the right side corner of the paper is none other than his team mates Fuji Syusuke.
"Oh my god." He says.
"Um . . . Ryoma, you better look at the others too."
He does as she says and looks at the others, at that moment he feels like hitting his head against the wall and forgets about all of this.
"Atobe, Shiraishi, Tezuka buchou, Toyama, Ryuzaki Sakuno, Jin, Seiichi, Genichiro and Fuji? You have to be kidding me?"
Nanako just seem surprise that they all related to Ryoma.
"Ryoma, think your match with them decided by your father in the first place, maybe your meeting is not fate after all."
Is this the reason dad asks me to go to Japan in the first place?
"All of them are my friends but in reality they are my enemies."
They both stay silent for a while and this is the first time in his life he feels somehow betray by them, one of them or all of them is responsible for his father death.
"Do you still what to do this?"
"Yes, I will avenge my father."
End flashback
Ryoma go to school the next day as if noting happen, inside he feels so nervous to meet those two and he wonder what he should do if one of them greet him. Should he smile and act cocky as usual but they both will know that his attitude is different from normal since their eyes are sharp. What should he do?
"Echizen!" Momoshiro calls.
"Momo senpai." For the first time in his lie he feels so happy to see his senpai run toward him and pat his head.
"Are you ready for another day of training?"
"NO!"
"Of course, I hope you are ready to be defeated by me again Momo senpai."
"Hey!" Momo says. "I got stronger his day, just look at my muscle."
"I don't have any muscle but still winning every match." He laughs.
They both didn't realize someone is glaring at them from afar, the eyes full of jealousy and he doesn't like when someone he likes is talking happily with someone else.
"Echizen, momoshiro."
They both turn around to see their senpai.
"Fuji senpai!"
Ryoma quickly walk away from them as fast as possible since he doesn't want to see that man face at all. He walks towards where their usual practice is but as soon he sees Atobe and Tezuka his heart is thumping very fast. Now he is in no condition to see both of them.
As he walks pass them he can sense that Tezuka is looking at him maybe thinking it is inappropriate that his kouhai didn't greet him.
"Did something happen to Echizen?" Atobe asks.
"I will talk to him later. He seems distracted lately."
"Don't you think that he will be a good member?" Atobe asks. "Since he has a high potential just like us and I think we will gain a lot of profit if he join us."
"Echizen is still a child."
"But he act more mature than anyone else right?"
Tezuka stay quiet for a while. "I will think about it."
Fuji is hurt, his dear Ryoma didn't even look at him at all ever since morning, he doesn't like it when Ryoma ignore him like that.
It was then he sees Ryoma is hanging out with those four people again; one of them is Ryuzaki Sakuno. If only he can he switch places with that girl, they're seem to be having fun. That is until he sees Ryoma is trying to ignore her too and walk away from them all of a sudden.
"Saa . . ."
Something must happen for the boy to act this weird.
"I'm going to find out since it's a pain to see he is hiding something again."
Without realizing he is smirking and open his eyes as he stare directly at Ryoma.
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He can feel the excitement building up inside of him, watching as Ryoma is getting hit at the face and blood start to come out from his eye. Instead of giving up the match, the boy insist to continue playing despite the disadvantage. Even so . . . he still trying to win and Fuji like it as he sees the blood start coming out again even though the coach has put bandage on it.
Interesting. That is one way he can describe him.
He knows Tezuka is thinking the same way too since he pay a special attention to Ryoma since he is special, there's an aura surrounded the boy who can make people attract to him. I was then one day he stay back since Tezuka have something to asks him.
"Do you love Echizen?"
That question almost make Fuji lost his poker face.
"What are you talking about Tezuka? We're not allow to fall in love with someone who hasn't has status."
"You can't fool me Fuji. Now tell me the truth, do you love him or not?"
Fuji simply smiles as he heard the question, it's quite funny to think the feeling he has is call 'love.' For him he thinks more about chaining the boy and lock him inside a cage so nobody else can have him.
"I guess it is something like that but more sadistic way Tezuka."
"I see." Tezuka says.
"Are you afraid I will betray the group?" Fuji asks before Tezuka is about to walk out from that place.
"You're not the type to betray Fuji and if you are wondering why I ask it is because I am worry about Echizen since you are the type that doesn't let anyone touch your things even though it hasn't been confirm it will become yours."
Fuji chuckles, looks like his childhood friend know him so much.
"You know a lot about me."
"If I don't I will be in danger won't I?"
In their group, there's few people label as danger, on of them is Fuji Syusuke and nobody must let their guard drop when they're near him.
End Flashback