Hey, see now we all can get along! I just want to say thank you for all your cooperation and lightening up from the flames. I am aware that there is MUCH to improve on and I am aware of that. I am willing to cut down on my romaji use because even that makes me sad. I also wanted you guy's to know that Kizuka has secrets in her past (hint to the story) as reason to why she is perfect. Other than that I realize that I in fact haven't put up a disclaimer and am willing to do so. I meant to do that in the beginning but clearly I forgot. I'm also aware that I haven't put much effort into the story and the characters are a little out of it so I'll try to make things stable in personality, though I can't promise anything. Umm….Oh yeah I would like to thank everyone for responding to my note. It helped a lot and took away most of the tense I had earlier. I think some people have taken my opinion the wrong way so to clear up anything I would like to say I'm not against yaoi or yuri. Whatever you want to write is fine with me. And yes, I have horrible grammer.
Disclaimer: I don't own in any way, shape, or form any of the original Prince of Tennis characters. But I wish I did. Those belong to Takashi Konomi. The only actual thing that I own, are the many OC characters.
"Is everyone here?" asks the stern buchou.
"No." Me and Hazumi slur.
We're leaning against each other back-to-back still half asleep. After a few minutes Ryoma shows up late as usual, then we trudge up the stairs, well some of us anyway. Hazumi and I have fallen asleep again. I feel a tap on my shoulder and open my eyes half way to see Taka-nii.
"Kizuka, Hazumi, we're leaving you." we nod and walk up the stairs lagging behind everyone else. Surprisingly, in my current state, I get an idea.
"Momo-chan." I call rubbing my eyes. He turns around.
"Ne?"
"Can you give me a piggy back ride? Pwease?" I plead giving him the cutest puppy dog eyes. He shrugs and bends down letting me on his back. When I am settled he hurries to catch up with the others.
"Thanks Momo-chan. Tomorrow as a treat, I'll make you a big lunch." he brightens at this.
"If that's the case I'll carry you every day." I chuckle.
"Nice try." I say and lay my head down.
As we pass Hazumi she gets a jealous look and turns to Kaidoh.
"Kaoru you know I love you right?" he gives her a suspicious glare.
"Carry me?"
"No." he answers simply. They begin to bicker messing with my nap. I growl.
"Momo-chan slow down to Kaidoh." he cocks and eyebrow but complies.
"Kaidoh, don't you want to be the best little brother and carry her, for me?" I ask sweetly. He softens a bit and nods mumbling. He stops walking and lifts Hazumi onto his shoulder. I smirk. 'Well I did say carry her, but I didn't say how.' I think in amusement.
"You know this is not what I meant." growls Hazumi.
"Fsst. Do you want to walk." he replies. Hazumi pauses.
"At least he's carrying you. Let's go Momo." I giggle and Momo laughs. In the distance we hear them arguing and then a thump. Momo turns only to see Kaidoh walking past irritated with only his bag. 'He dropped her.' I sweat drop.
"KAORU YOU DUMBASS!" she yells and runs after him. Momo and I shake our heads.
-GINKA-
"The time's finally come to beat Seigaku! Now it's our time to take the lead." says the head guy. Everyone gets excited.
"That nightmare changed us." states another guy.
"No, that wasn't a nightmare. Thanks to him, we've been fired up. He's probably just some wandering tennis player." says the first guy.
"He'll probably become pro." says the second guy. "We should be grateful to the youngster." comments another.
"Hey, Seigaku's team is coming."
They run into the nearby bushes as Seigaku passes by.
"That's Seigaku's buchou, Tezuka Kunimitsu. He's good enough to beat most high schoolers." says the first guy.
"It's no good, he's too strong. He's on a different level than us." says another.
"Fine we'll target the others." suggest another guy.
"Wait. The next two are Oishi Syuichiroh and Kikumaru Eiji, Seigaku's Golden Pair. There skilled got them a ticket to nationals last year." analyzes the first guy.
"Na..Nationals?"
"Fine, we'll throw those two away. We only have to win three games." states the second guy.
"Ridiculous, the next one is Kaidoh Kaoru. He tires out his opponent by making them run around the court with his snake shot."
"That guy's dangerous." stutters a guy.
"Look, it's Momoshiro Takeshi. Although he's a 2nd year like Kaidoh, I heard when playing...against St. Rudolph, he used a Super Dunk Smash to kill somebody." They all panic at this hoping not to get killed while playing.
"Why're we hiding?" realizes one but the others ignore him.
"Shh...here comes another. Kawamura Takashi...when he gets a racket in his hand...he has the most powerful attack in Seigaku. His Burning Serve can go up to 200 kilometer per hour." explains a guy.
"And then there's the calm and gentle Fuji Syuusuke. He's the #2 player on Seigaku. With his three counters he can beat anybody." says another.
"Then, are you saying we can't beat anyone?"
"Hey who's that girl?"
"She's cute." they all blush.
"Hazumi, Chibi-chan, you slowpokes, hurry up!" I urge oblivious to the team in the bushes.
"Coming." they answer. When Ryoma walks by Ginka becomes shocked with realization. The commotion catches our attention and we look to the bushes. Ryoma smirks.
"What? Did you come to lose again?" he mocks.
"Hmm. So this is the team you beat the crap out of a yesterday?" I ask in curiosity. Ryoma nods.
"Or did you come to get your balls back? Well I'm not returning them." states Ryoma and walks away. This causes me and Hazumi to burst out laughing.
"All you guys lost to my brother! HA HA." I say in between laughs.
"Yeah, you'll really have a tough time with the rest of the team." adds Hazumi as we walk away.
My POV
When I have calmed down and caught up with the rest of the group I run to the front and hold Kunimitsu's hand. He looks at me out the corner of his eye but says nothing as a faint shade of pink spreads across his cheeks. I hear a snort from behind me and I turn to glare at the smirking Hazumi. I let go of Kunimitsu's hand and begin to walk next to her.
"What?" I ask in irritation.
"Oh, nothing. I just thought you wanted to keep your crush a secret."
"It's not a crush ok. Look..." I began. I look around and pull her back so that we were last.
"Here's the 411. Me and Tezuka are playing a joke on the Regulars. We're trying to make them think we're together and then at the end of the week tell them were not and punish them for meddling in our personal life." Hazumi nods, but keeps smirking.
"You see the problem with plans like that is that they back fire, apparently like how it is now." I gain a confused look.
"What do you mean?" she sighs heavily.
"I mean you're falling for each other." I pause.
"No we're not."
"Yes you are."
"No we're not."
"Yes you are."
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
By this time we have stopped walking and stand there yelling at each other. In English might I add. Still don't get it? We're in Japan where the native language is Japanese. English is foreign and we've just drawn a crowd. Of course with the Regulars having front row seats, but have no idea what we're arguing about.
Momo's POV
(Credit to my friend aka Migoto Hazumi for this part all the way up to Inui's POV.)
Kizu-nee and Hazumi are really loud. It must be something bad because it's not Japanese. They're speaking English!! Only a few people can understand.
"Fuji-senpai, what are they saying?" I ask but he ignores me smiling.
"Echizen? Buchou?" I question.
"Somebody tell me what they're saying!!" I yell in frustration.
"SHUT UP!!!" My teammates shout. I shrink into the crowd just as Hazumi yells something that makes Kizu-nee pause.
"I'm really enjoying this," Fuji-senpai smiles,
"You Tezuka?" I look at buchou—
"Bu...buchou?" I stammer seeing the hint of red spreading on the captains' cheeks but it's barely noticeable.
"Oi viper? Do you know?"
"Fsst." Kaidoh hisses shaking his head and walking away.
'I think he's embarrassed.'
My POV
Hazumi and I suddenly notice the crowd we've drawn. I sweat drop and look at them with a smile but it suddenly turns into a deadly glare.
"What the hell are you staring at?" I say in a deadly tone scaring the pants off of them. Hazumi plays with her long hair and waves.
"Sorry. Excuse us." we say in unison, though she was the one to apologize, and we cut through the crowd together, quickly!
Inui's POV
I watch as the 2 girls exit.
"I couldn't collect any proper data." I then spot Echizen heading back to the courts.
"Wait Echizen! Is it over?" Ryoma pulls down on the brim of his hat and looks away. "Mada Mada Dane." I sigh and give up on collecting the data. "I'll get it next time."
My POV
"You know this all your fault." I pout crossing my arms as I walk with Hazumi to the courts.
"Sure it was." she says rolling he eyes causing me to glare.
"You know, you need to stop provoking me to..." but my threat was cut off by a red-head with a goofy smile on his face.
"Ladies what's going on?" he asks trying to hit on us.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT CARROT TOP!?" we yell in unison scaring the poor sap.
"I...I was." We cut him off by walking past him uninterestedly.
"Boyfriend." I say simply. Hazumi snobbily.
"Not Interested." When she catches up to me we start snickering behind our hands while talking about him.
"I feel bad for him." I say 1/2 truthfully. Hazumi laughs.
"Don't. Just think Tezuka and Fuji are better." she states.
Insert thinking pause
"Yeah." we sigh dreamily in unison.
"Hoi, Hoi! What are you Nee-chan is up to?" asks a curiously cute Eiji.
"Nothing." we quickly reply in surprise. He blinks a few times before shrugging and walking away.
"Eiji-chan is cute, but he's way too gullible." says Hazumi shaking her head.
"Don't talk about my cute little brother like that." I pout. She rolls her eyes.
"Let's just go watch the match." I nod and we walk over to the court.
"Hm. Um, Kizuka, why are they lining up?" asks Hazumi taking a couple of pictures. I sigh.
"It's good sportsmanship and they kind of get to analyze the opposing team. At least that's what I do." I tell her. She "Oh's" and goes back to snapping pictures. We watch as the teams stare each other down. Then the least expected happens.
"We quit!" says Ginka, the opposing team, bowing apologetically. I shake my head.
"Wimps. Aren't even going to try." expresses Hazumi.
"You took the words right out of my mouth." I tell her. The teams walk out of the court and toward us.
"Well I wasn't expecting that." comments Taka-nii.
"I thought they wanted to play us." Thinks Oishi-kaasan aloud. I smirk.
"Well if a certain player hadn't made winning against us seem impossible they would've at least put up a fight." I comment side glancing at Ryoma who pulls his cap over his eyes.
"They probably wanted to preserve their dignity." concludes Tomo. Me and Hazumi sweat drop.
"What dignity?" me and Hazumi mutter in unison. We seem to be doing that a lot today. For supposed enemies we're really close.
"Hey, why are you guys so scared of the team? There's nothing special about Seigaku." taunts a voice. We look to see a guy in a green and yellow uniform, like the carrot top from before, and grey hair. I glare. He doesn't have the right to talk about Seigaku. I'm not the only one who feels that way because I practically can feel Momo's anger.
"Who does that bastard think he his?!" says Momo attempting to go after the grey haired boy.
"Momo, stop it." commands Oishi. Momo complies with all the self-control he has left, which isn't much. I watch on in curiosity.
"Hazu-hime make sure to get good pictures." I tell her. She arches an eyebrow.
"And what exactly are you up to, Kizu-hime?" she asks skeptically.
"Nothing. I just think this might prove to be a profitable opportunity, Hazu-hime." I smirk, she catches on smirking as well.
"Gotcha." She goes off to get a better angle.
"Let's go, you piece of shit." says the guy riling up Momo.
"That Bastard! I can't take this anymore." shouts Momo breaking free of Oishi and charging at the guy. I go over to Kunimitsu's side, an innocent look on my face. "You better stop him before something bad happens." I tell him. He looks at me suspiciously before calling Momo off. I smirk 'Those pictures will easily sell to those fan girls.' I think. 'I'll just call it Team profits.' I smile to myself evilly.
The team gathers around as Inui explains that the guys name is Akutsu Jin from Yamabuki.
"Akuso?" asks Hazumi from her place above me in the tree I was leaning on. I sweat drop.
"It's Akutsu." she thinks a moment.
"I think I'll stick with Akuso. It fits him better." she says smiling while cleaning her precious camera.
'Retard.'
"Anyway Yamabuki is our next opponent, right?" I confirm. Inui-san nods and explains that they have a pretty strong doubles team. I sigh. 'Anyone can have a strong doubles, but can they apply their skills successfully.' I criticize mentally.
Mystery POV
"Seigaku. Seigaku." I repeat over and over. 'I am really looking forward to seeing her again. It's been so long since we've last spoken. Oh! I hope she remembers me. I don't know what I'd do if she forgot me.' I think sadly. I walk blindly around the tennis park not watching my steps as I bump into someone. I look up to see a big muscular guy with a smirk on his face.
My POV
I yawn. "This is boring. Hazu-hime let's go find something more interesting." I say beginning to walk off. She jumps from the tree agilely and runs to catch up with me.
"Something more interesting than your boyfriend?" she teases. I side glare at her.
"Don't push your luck." she shrugs not phased. After awhile of walking around we hear an ear piercing scream. We follow it and see a girl being harassed by a guy who obviously can't get laid for anything, and I can see why.
"Hey don't you know it's wrong to pick on innocent girls?!" I state catching his attention.
"If you wanted some all you had to do is go to a whore house. I'm sure they'll give you a discount." adds Hazumi.
"And who the hell are you?" He asks.
"We are part of the Seiagku Warriors..." I begin, "And we'll take on anyone...I am Echizen Kizuka..."
"And I'm Migoto Hazumi." we say standing back to back arms crossed.
"In the name of Tennis,"
"And Soccer,"
"We shall punish you!" we end together trying our hardest not to burst out laughing. (It would so ruin the whole act.)
"Let's see you try!" he yells and charges at us. I smirk and use his charging momentum to take the opening and land a hard punch to the stomach. He doubles over in pain. Hazumi then takes this chance to kick him hard in the face knocking him backwards and out cold. We high five each other.
"Good punch." she comments. I smirk.
"Good kick."
"Thanks, I think going Sailor Moon on him was good." comments Hazumi.
"Definitely." I reply with a smile. After complimenting each other we check on the girl who was looking at us in awe.
"Daijoubu desu ka?" asks Hazumi. I hold a hand out for her to take, which she takes cautiously.
"I'm fine." she answers dusting herself off. I smile.
"You have to be careful with thugs aground like that." I warn smiling. Her head snaps up as if something I said made her realize something.
"I'm Migoto Hazumi, Seigaku's sports journalist." introduces Hazumi.
"And I'm Echizen Kizuka, Seigaku boys' tennis club manager/assist. Coach and the girls' tennis club captain." I introduce. She seems shocked.
"You don't remember me do you?" she asks suddenly. I shake my head.
"Am I...supposed too?" I ask hesitantly. She sighs tears welling up in her eyes.
"It's me Hoshikari Isabelle." she states. I think on it. 'Thank name sounds familiar.' Hazumi sweat drops.
"Forgive her, she lacks a long memory span." I glare.
"Hey it's more like 'Selective memory'." I state.
"Selective memory my ass." she mumbles. We begin to argue while Isabelle takes this time to dig through her bag and pull out a picture.
Strangely it has a younger me and her in it.
"GAH! HOW'D YOU GET THAT!?" I yell pointing accusingly at the photo. Hazumi looks at it with interest.
"Who are these other girls?" Isabelle looks at the picture and smiles.
"My friends, though they didn't like Kizu-neechan that much. They thought she was a snob." Hazumi smirks mischievously.
"Well I can see where they get that notion from."
"SHUT UP!!!" I yell at her. She just laughs. I clear my throat.
"Anyway I remember you now. You were the one I called Oto-hime, for your soft spoken voice. You were also my biggest fan." her face lights up.
"I still am. You were like a sister to me. I'd never forget how you chased away those bullies when we first met." I scratch the back of my head in embarrassment.
"Yeah well it's nice to see you again but we have to head back." I change the subject.
"Eto...can I go with you?" Isabelle asks nervously blushing. I look at Hazumi.
"Sure." we shrug in unison. Isabelle bows and clings to my arm like a scared little girl.
"You haven't changed, Oto-hime." I smile down at her. She looks up at me shyly.
"Neither have you Kizu-neechan." she replies.
We make it back to the courts just as doubles 2 was called. Yamabuki wins. The bastards. Hazumi is nearly in tears because Fuji is one of the players.
"No, Fuji-kun lost." She whines. Me and Isabelle sweat drop.
"Hazumi-san..."
"Drama Queen." I add. Luckily she gets over her depression fast by gaining a look of determination.
"Alright we can redeem ourselves by winning the next match with Seigaku's Golden Pair!"
"Well it may not be that easy. Their team went to nationals too." states Inui.
"Saa, Kizu-chan, who's your friend?" ask Fuji-nii. I look down at a hiding Isabelle and laugh.
"This, boys, is my old friend from America, Hoshikari Isabelle. Treat her nicely, she's shy." I introduce.
"Konnichi wa. Watashi Momoshiro Takeshi desu." bows Momo being polite.
"Be casual Momo-chan." I instruct. He loosens up.
"Call me Momo-chan." he laughs.
"Kaidoh Kaoru, Fsst." hisses Kaidoh. Isabelle jumps and tightens her hold on my arm. Hazumi sees this and hits Kaidoh over the head, hard.
"BAKA! You're scaring her!" she yells causing everyone to sweat drop.
"You remember my ototou-chan, ne?" she nods.
"Konnichi wa, Ryoma-kun." she says he nods in acknowledgement.
"Hi I'm Fuji Syuusuke."
"And I'm Kawamura Takashi, but everyone calls me Taka-san."
"Inui Sadaharu." says Inui simply.
"Nyah, Kikumaru Eiji!" exclaims the hyper red-head. She giggles at his hyperness.
"And any friend of Kizu-nee is a friend of ours!" he says hugging her. She looks shocked for a moment before blushing a bit and hugging him back.
"Eiji-chan other people have to introduce themselves." I say pulling off the childish 9th grader.
"I'm Oishi Syuichiroh, pleased to meet you." he bows in respect though I could tell he was hiding a blush. I lean over to her.
"He is also known as Oishi-kaasan of Seigaku." I whisper causing her to giggle. We turn to the last person.
"This is mister don't-speak-a lot, aka Tezuka Kunimitsu." I say. Hazumi puts her arms around our shoulders.
"Bka buchou and Kizu-hime's boyfriend." I glare at her. She backs away. "What? She was going to find out eventually."
"It's nice to know that Kizu-neechan has made wonderful friends. She was quite the loner in America." Isabelle states. They look at her in shock.
"Kizu-neechan? A loner?" They question and look at me in disbelief.
"Believe it because now it's time for the match. You'll hear more afterwards." instructs Ryuzaki stopping any oncoming questions. They groan and get ready. Hazumi holds up a finger like she just came up with a great idea.
"Think of it as motivation boys. The faster you win the faster you'll get to hear the story." Eiji and Oishi brighten at this and go into Fierce Game Mode.