Hyoutei's First Date
By: NarutoandBleach
When Ryoma gets word that the Hyoutei Captain has become obsessed with him, everyone knows that something is up and Ryoma is keeping secrets from his friends. Are they really dating each other or is this simply a plan to bring two rivals together as one?
Disclaimer: The original manga, Tennis no Oujidama, is the work of Konomi Takeshi. Characters and settings have been adapted without authorization or approval, and I am making no profit from their use.
[Flower Festival and Dating Hyoutei]
As the bus arrived at the convention center, Ryoma and yukimura got off and prepared for the flower arrangements since this is the first time that the kid ever did something like this since his parents bought flowers for their house many years ago. However, many of their plants are dying out and his father couldn't afford plants or flowers. Furthermore, this was a good chance for Echizen to learn more about flowers and how they are arranged since he could bring back a couple of souvenirs for his family and for Fuji and shiraishi.
"Oi, Echizen! You've never been to this place before, haven't you?' asked Yukimura.
"It's my first time here and I've never seen this many people before. I wonder what 's going on today?" said Ryoma.
"Everyone here is preparing for the flower arrangement festival, also known as Ikebana. My friends Fuji and Shiraishi recommended this festival for me since they needed some new plants for their greenhouses. Now, I am sure that Fuji wanted you to get some new cactuses for him since his old ones are dying out right?" continued Yukimura as he and Ryoma entered the center.
"Yes, I noticed, but which one is he looking for?" asked Ryoma.
"you will see soon enough." Contined Yukimura as he took his date's hand and into the flower shop. Once there, the announcer said, "welcome to this year's flower arrangement where we pit the best of the best out there to see who can arrange the best flowers for this competition. The winner will take home these plants as souvenirs. Now then let the match begin!"
"Good luck out there, Yukimura-buchou!" said Ryoma as he shook his cousin's hand.
"You too, little bro." continued Yukimura.
Elsewhere, Sanada and Akaya were watching the competition from the control room with Atobe and the Hyoutei club members since this could mean that Ryoma has something big planned for his friends.
"Looks like the brat seriously started dating the buchou from your school, ahn, Sanada?" said Atobe.
"It seems that way, but did Fuji arrange this somehow?" asked a flustered Sanada.
"That sadist Fuji is planning his every move and will do whatever it takes to make Ryoma suffer. Furthermore, I think the flower arrangements could be good for that brat since he is planning to win plants for Fuji and Shiraishi since they asked him to get them for the greenhouses." Continued Inui. "If I had to guess, Ryoma has an 80 percent chance of winning this competition while the final 20 percent shows that our baby will be on good terms with the plant enthusiasts."
"How can you be so sure?" asked Gakuto.
"Believe me, that kid has helped Jackal with his assignments and he eventually passed his classes thanks to Echizen's work. Furthermore, I think he could tutor Momo since he doesn't do well on most of his tests."
"Shut it, Sadaharu! No one asked for your opinon!" snorted Momo. Everyone else knows how bad Momo sucked on school tests and laughed at him. But before Momo could say anything, the announcer on the screen said, "Oh my goodness! Echizen Ryoma has created a perfect Ikebana of wildflowers and daisies. This is a perfect example of a flower arrangement! And what do we have here folks? Yukimura has made a flower bed of Ikebanas filled with poisonous plants and zinnias. Ladies and gentlemen, this did not happen on our show, looks like we got some fierce competitors out for the grand prize!"
"You got to be kidding me! Since when did that brat learn how to arrange flowers?" asked Akaya.
"I actually taught him that during one of the health sessions at Shitenhouji and surprisingly, he managed to make some pretty cool flowers during class. Even the teacher accepted one of them as a present for his wife.
"Wow, I never knew that you were so into Echizen! Furthermore, Sanada-sempai, why is that brat dating your sadistic captain?" continued Shishido.
"I am sure that he has a crush on that guy." Said Senogku.
"So, let me get this straight: That brat likes any tall, dark and creepy middle school sadists that he beat at tennis? I never thought him to be that type of person." Added Kamio.
"Japanese people are so barbaric." Said a voice from the open door.
Everyone turned and saw a mysterious blonde figure entering the room and sat down in a chair while Kikumaru walked over and said, "Who are you?"
"Me? I am a foreigner who is also interested in tennis. My name is Liliadent Krauser, and like Echizen, I am an American as well. So, what's going on here?"
"Nice to meet you again, if you are looking for Echizen, he is entangled in a date right now with Rikkaidai's sadist captain at the ikebana convention. Furthermore, he just presented that completed flower for the sadist captain. I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think Echizen is so popular with the big boys now because he seems to be so into dating people that he cares so much about." Continued Choutaro.
"Well, looks like Yuushi-sempai's novels really helped him there and I guess Japanese culture is a little more complicated than I first thought. But no matter, I am going to enjoy this!" continued Krauser.
Soon, an utter silence filled the room since they have never seen Krauser act like this before. Even Kirihara feels that this guy has other secrets that no one else knows about. "Yuushi can be such a sadist at times. So what brings you here to Tokyo?" he asked stoically.
"I heard that, Akaya!" boomed Yuushi.
Akaya immediately ran behind Shiraishi without uttering another word.
"Well, Echizen has introduced me to this cute little girl at Seigaku called Sakuno and boy, her foods were so good, I could practically be a celebrity chef one day!"
"Seriously? I thought Kevin had fallen for her and now you are trying to take her away from the American kid? You are both rivals I tell you!" continued Gakuto.
"That's because Kevin was willing to share Sakuno with me since we are both interested in her. And besides, Echizen said it was okay since he is more interested in dating other people and decided not to interfere." Finished Krauser.
"Ah, I see. So that brat has completely forgotten about Sakuno and decides to shift his focus on the men in his life, eh? If he is thinking about dating men, then by all means let him. I am not sure why Atobe even hooked that brat up with him, let alone with other tennis club members." Said Minami.
"Minami, you do realize that Echizen was Atobe's first date?" asked a confused Jackal.
Minami jaw-dropped at that response and grimaced, "really? I didn't realize that Atobe had feelings for that kid. I am quite surprised that the kid knows how to hook up with all the students from other schools since he is pretty good at it. Do you remember on valentine's day, he sent Lucky Sengoku a text message asking him out on a date? It was so hilarious!"
Everyone in the room fell on the ground laughing after hearing what Echizen had done. "Sengoku must have had a field day with that kid right? I wonder if that brat had introduced girls to him at the beach, nya!" grinned Kikumaru.
"He sure did, and in fact, he even asked the girls to kiss Sengoku on the head and face, leaving him no chance to flirt with the ladies afterwards." Continued Minami.
"WHAT? How dare those women not fall for a cute guy like our Ochibi!" shouted Momo.
"Ore-sama will ensure those women pay for the suffering that they endured on Ryoma!" shouted Atobe.
Meanwhile, back at the convention center, Yukimura and Ryoma advanced all the way to the finals where they will be facing off against each other for the grand prize, but no matter how good their flowers were, they ended up in a tie and both were named co-champions. Furthermore, the boys were told to take their prizes and free spa passes to an onsen in Hokkaido.
"Well, it seems that this contest had both of us winning, right Yukimura-buchou?" said Ryoma.
"It sure did, and I am quite glad that you spent the time doing this with me." Smiled Yukimura.
"Next time, I should stop by at your classroom since I am sure you need my help watering your garden and I am glad that I went out on this one-on-one date with you. Now then, it seems that Renji is expecting me to deliver some ingredients to his lab at his house. So what do you say, can you escort me to renji's place after I water your plants and flowers?" asked Ryoma.
"Thanks, but I got it, and Sure I can guide you to Renji's house." Smiled Yukimura as they carried their prizes onto the bus and straight into Rikkaidai. Once there, they entered the greenhouse and placed the plants down on the table for the caretaker to look after before leaving. As the duo entered the streets, they spotted two students from Higa chuu inside a glasses store trying out some new styles and the captain decided to investigate.
"You go straight to renji's house while I check out the glasses store. See you soon, okay?" said Yukimura as he headed straight inside.
Ryoma waved back as he entered Renji's lair and called out, "Yanagi-sempai! Yanagi-Sempai where are you?"
"I am in the lab right now. Just show yourself in." said yanagi on the screen. Once the door was unlocked, Ryoma entered the door and kicked off his shoes before proceeding to the lab since he had the necessary ingredients for Renji's special juice.
"So what brings you here to my lab?" asked Renji.
"For a little one-on-one date with you." Replied Ryoma.
"I see, so Yukimura-buchou sent you here to be my test subject right?" smiled renji as he lifted one of his eyes open.
"No, that's not it at all! I am here to hand you some ingredients for your drink and then I will be on my way to meet Marui at the arcades. I don't have time to sample your drinks because it is not good for me. Thank you so much!" called Ryoma as he immediately dashed out of the house and straight into the arcade hall while avoiding any embarrassment out on the streets.
"That brat didn't even taste a drop of Renji's special juice? What a coward!" hissed Kaidou.
"Looks like he had no interest in the juices because of his digestive issues, no wonder Echizen has a 66 percent chance of tasting the juice." Continued Inui.
As Ryoma entered the arcade, he could see Marui already beating two other people in the transformers game and the mortal kombat game. He then walked over and leaned on one of the machines and said. "Is this game occupied?"
"Nah, take a seat, my friend. How are you?" asked Marui
"I am doing well, but I just escaped a madman named renji who almost made me sample one of his diabolical juices yet again. Anyway, I want to have a friendly competition with you at a game. Are you up for it?" asked Ryoma.
"Bring it on! I have been beating my stalker at this game all morning and he continued to follow me and want a rematch. I told him that he had to face someone else since battling him won't help me improve my score. Now that you are here, let's begin shall we?" smiled marui as he placed his hand on the boy's head.
As the game began, Marui was already gaining the lead against Ryoma, but the kid managed to make some comeback moves and defeated the opponent twice, winning the first two rounds. But in the next one, Marui managed to make a finishing move on Ryoma's Sheeva with his Liu Kang character, thereby taking the lead away.
"You are good at this game, marui-sempai. But you won't beat me in the next round." Smiled Ryoma.
"Show me what you got then." Added Marui. As the game continued, both students are not giving in since they are not backing down at all from the game until a winner has been declared. However, Liu kang was simply too powerful for Ryoma to handle and decided to concede this match.
"That wasn't much of a challenge at all, brat. How about a game of pinball?" asked Marui.
"Sure, I got plenty of time to take you down in that game." Glared Ryoma.
Once the two started the pinball game, it seems that both of them have boosted their scores tremendously without losing the ball so many times. But all they were doing was hitting the same targets over and over without getting any awards. Furthermore, as the scores soared to the billions, it seems both were tied again.
"What the hell is wrong with this game? Is the pinball machine rigged?" groaned a disgruntled Marui.
"It seems that the tables have more advantages over us." Replied Ryoma.
As the two friends continued dueling, it seems that they are out of chances of winning any game and decided to call it a day and both of them ordered a few drinks to cool their heads off while watching some television.
"Looks like those two had some stiff competition in the arcade games today, right Sanada?" asked Akaya.
"tarundoru! I can easily beat Ryoma in the pinball game! But since when did that kid become such a pinball wizard?"
"Maternal Instincts, perhaps?" shrugged Shiraishi.
"In my home country, pinball games are so old nowadays. I mostly play super Mario bros on my Nintendo 3ds system in order to keep myself entertained." Continued Krauser.
"In case you haven't noticed. Nanjiro gave his son a Nintendo system as a graduation present since he always wanted competition with you, Krauser. I think you both are good gamers, but Marui has become a gaming geek now since he talks about it non-stop during school hours and it is driving our fuku-buchou insane." Said Akaya.
"Seaweed head, you are already annoying me to no end, just like my nephew. Just shut up and watch the movie!" thundered Sanada.
"Geez! No wonder you have been sleeping on the wrong side of the bed. Have you been sleeping with your captain, you masochist?" said Akaya gleefully.
"I am no masochist! Do you want to run laps?" boomed Sanada.
"No fuku-buchou! Please don't make me do it!" whined Akaya.
Meanwhile back in the arcades, Marui and Ryoma were enjoying their drinks when his phone chimed. It was Jirou calling. Marui quickly picked up and said "What do you want, stalker?"
"Well, I just wanted to ask if you are free to stop by my house to help me with my science project since I really need some expert advice from you." Said Jiroh.
"I am kind of busy right now, but what advice do you want from me?" asked Marui.
"Just come by and I will give you the details." Finished Jiroh as he disconnected the call before gathering his things.
"Looks like Jiroh is calling me to complete his wild experiments again. Anyway, you should finish your final tasks with Yagyuu and Niou now. I am sure they are waiting for you at their house. Have fun!" And with that Marui left Ryoma a tab and he covered it before leaving.
"That selfless Marui thinks he can abandon me without paying? We will see about that!" though ryoma to himself as he dashed outside over to the doubles house and knocked on the door. Somehow, the door opened on its own and Yagyuu immediately invited Ryoma inside and said. "Welcome to our haunted movie mansion, do you like something to drink?"
"Water would be good, and ponta too. Besides though, why did you guys call me here?" asked Ryoma.
"Why, to get you interested in horror movies, dude! Besides, you have to stay for an entire 2 hours until the movie is over without bathroom breaks!" continued Niou.
Yagyuu cleared the brim of his glasses and stared at his teammate for a moment and said, "You don't get to control when to take bathroom breaks since Ryoma is free to use it during the movie. In other words, you cannot control our date like some conceited puppet. Besides, Atobe and Fuji have sent Ryoma here to date us, not for you to rape him!"
"NANi!? You mean sadist fuji and evil Atobe sent him here? I didn't even know that those two could plot something like this, but hey, it doesn't matter as long as Ryoma is here, he will still listen to every single command I give him like starting right now, he needs to give me a cup of tea!" continued Niou evilly.
"Niou can be such a slave driver sometimes and now I have to bring him tea?" No wonder Monkey king told me this guy was getting on his nerves so much. Now I know why Niou is feared by everyone. However, I am not scared, I can handle the double date." Thought ryoma to himself as he handed Niou the tea.
As Atobe watched carefully, an evil smirk ran across his face, "Looks like that kid seems to be able to follow orders thoroughly, ahn?"
"Keigo, are you seriously going to let that creepy freakshow take full control of your date? Remember, you did send him out on these one-on-one dates, but I never imagine you would give him to Masaharu Niou." Continued Yuushi.
"Ore-sama and Niou goes way back to the days when we doubled up in tennis, so it shouldn't be a problem. After all, he did exactly everything I told him to do at my place so I want to see how well he can apply these instructions when he is at Niou's house." Smiled Atobe.
"Keigo…" began Gakuto. "you do realize that you sent that brat into the lion's den, right? How the hell is he going to get out of there after the movies are over?"
"He has some plans of his own, and I packed a few drinks into his tennis bag for the calm one and the trickster." Continued Atobe.
As Ryoma reached into his bag, he grabbed his ponta and showed it to his dates before saying, "Oi, masaharu and Yagyuu-sempai, if you want ponta, I will be more than happy to give it you. Shall we begin the movie?"
"Are you sure you are not scared?" asked Yagyuu. "Because I can sit next to you just in case."
"Don't worry about me, I never get scared of horror movies." Smiled Ryoma evilly. "Besides, I've done a lot of evil things in the past like throwing scooters at bank robbers and shaved their heads bald, so this shouldn't be a problem for me."
Everyone in the control room jaw dropped while the golden pair laughed like crazy. "Looks like we are not the only ones that became evil and sadist at the same time, that brat must have inherited our evil deeds." Grimaced Yukimura.
"That dude is a demon I tell you!" shuddered Shishido.
Liliadent looked at the gang in confusion and shrugged it off, "Echizen really learned from the best at how to make people suffer. On second thought, maybe I did go too far on Akaya, but who are we to judge? After all, Ryoma may be cute on the outside, but he is a demon at almost everything." He said.
"No shit, American!" snorted gakuto. "I've never seen him acting like this before, but he just admitted committing an illegal act on bank robbers."
"Maybe he wanted to play the hero and assisted the police in tracking down the crooks and eventually, they were arrested, and I am 70 percent certain that he was rewarded handsomely by his father and the city" continued Inui. The others looked at him for a moment and said, "How do you know that?"
"It was in the newspaper. According to my data book, Ryoma saved the bank from losing money by flinging two scooters at the crooks during a date with Momo and Kikumaru. Those vehicles are over hundreds of pounds each and the weight of them caused serious injuries to one of the thugs, while the other one suffered a black eye, swollen cheeks, and a broken leg. Finally, he entrusted his tennis bag to his teammates while taking out a shaver from his bag and cut off the crooks' hairs while they were arrested." Continued Inui.
As the others looked at the paper, akaya would have nightmares if he was involved in this mess while the hyoutei members could only smile and commend the short-pants brat's bravery on the streets.
"Looks like we were all worried for nothing, but who taught him how to do this sort of damage?" asked Momo.
"I believe it was some sort of ferocious training that he did back in America not too long ago so I think he must have used what he learned and took on those crooks like it was nothing, right boss?" added Renji.
"Indeed, Renji. So, I think it's best if we let Ryoma watch this movie before he moves on to date the next school team." Finished Inui.
As the movie started, Ryoma grabbed a bag of popcorn and shared it with the trickster and the calm dude since this was his chance to use deadly force if necessary against any crooks that dares to steal purses. Furthermore, the trickster and Yagyuu were quite surprised that Ryoma hasn't moved from his spot and he didn't even hide under the blanket.
"Looks like this kid isn't really scared after all, we might have underestimated him, puri." Said Niou.
"I agree, no wonder his master had made the right choice in setting that brat up for a double one-on-one date." Said Yanagi as he took another handful of popcorn from the bag. During the intermission Ryoma went to the bathroom for a little bit before resuming since he likes to make things easy for himself. But as soon as he returned, Niou gave him the bowl and said, "Make us another batch of popcorn for us, please."
Ryoma could only give an exasperated sigh and went to the kitchen for the popcorn while pouring drinks for the duo. "Sometimes I wonder why Niou can't make some foods for himself instead of ordering other people around for it."
Elsewhere, Kikumaru nodded and said, "Ochibi, Niou is a greedy bastard and a trickster since he has trouble making himself independent. This is still a date so please keep playing along."
"Well, looks like that kid is in for a rude awakening, but me and Fuji should thank him for the ikebana arrangements that he sent to us on the way back. We are truly grateful for his services." Said Shiraishi.
"You can't seriously be praising that kid now, right? I mean look at what he did to these thugs!" protested Shishido.
"Hey, don't worry! I am sure he will be on good terms with you guys once I send him on his next assignment with the Hyoutei tennis team." Smiled Atobe.
"And just what do you mean by that?" asked Shishido nervously.
"He will be doing one-on-one dates with us next! Hahahahaha!" smiled Atobe as he went out to write the schedules for his school while everyone else collapsed face-plant to the ground, leaving Krauser and Yuushi starring at Atobe,
"Just what do you think he is planning?" asked krauser.
"Don't ask me, Atobe is clearly not thinking right." Stated Yuushi.
After an hour and forty-five minutes later, the movie was almost over since Niou and Yagyuu were not sure where this horror film was taking them, especially Ryoma since he didn't understand what that woman's intention was for trying to kill the zombies.
"Why can't that woman just burn them all alive and be done with it? She knows the flame thrower is right there and she said to the officer that killing and torturing these zombies is what she does best." Said Ryoma.
"You want to be like her? Torturing and killing people?" asked a surprised Yagyuu.
"No, I am just saying that she should protect those that are important to her. I mean look at her with an arsenal of weapons, she has the means to defeat her enemies." Continued Ryoma.
"True, but look closer, her husband is a police officer and he has armed himself with more weapons including rocket launchers and grenades." Added Niou.
As the action scenes played out, every single zombie out there gets slaughtered and the couple hugged it out and the movie ended.
"That wasn't so bad after all, not even scary enough." Said Ryoma.
"You mean you saw this before?" asked Niou.
"Plenty of times before with friends at the movie theater, thanks to monkey king and that sadist Fuji who forced me to see it." Continued Ryoma as his vein popped and wanted to get back at his rivals for what they did. As Echizen looked at his watch, it was almost midnight since he didn't get that much sleep after running so many errands today. He decided to retire on the bed for the night while playing his game pad. Elsewhere, Niou and yagyuu entered the room and sat down next to him wondering how Echizen didn't feel anything after watching the movie so many times since they were quite surprised.
"Echizen, how come you were not scared when we showed that movie?" asked yagyuu.
"I had no reason to be scared, besides, scary stuff is for the weak and unprepared." Continued Ryoma while reading a book.
"Puri, Echizen sure is an amazing person for us to be dating right now. No wonder he is brave enough to come to us. I think Atobe made the right choice for him since he did mention that the kid will be starting a new life at Hyoutei soon, which means that he will be facing off against Seigaku soon even though he doesn't want to do that because they are his friends." Said niou.
"I am sure Atobe had a reason to get Echizen to come to his school. And besides, I know for a fact that he will be dating the Hyoutei teammates next since that kid has more errands to run." Continued yagyuu.
"Puri." Said Niou as they all fell asleep afterwards.
By the next morning, Ryoma went downstairs for breakfast as usual before leaving to meet the Hyoutei regulars for his next one-on-one date. Furthermore, he thanked the doubles partner for showing him the movie because he enjoyed every minute of it. Once breakfast was finished, Ryoma boarded a bus and headed back to hyoutei to prepare for his next assignment. Once he arrived, he could see that no one has arrived and decided to take a little nap underneath the trees with Jiroh since he didn't get much sleep either.
"I see you are here early as usual, Jirou-sempai." Said Ryoma.
"Yes, early bird gets the worm, you know that right? Well come join me, I am sure Atobe and the others will try and wake us up for our next assignments." Continued jirou as they resumed their nap.
About an hour and a half later, Atobe and the others arrived at the tennis courts and discovered that one of their teammates was missing and snapped his hand. "Kabaji, please find Jirou and Ryoma, I need them for our next assignment."
"usu" said Kabaji as he ran off to find the two brats. Once he located them under the tree, he could see that these two are holding onto each other while they are sleeping and decided to carry them both towards the tennis courts. As they arrived, Ryoma and Jirou opened their eyes and could see the hyoutei regulars standing in front of them.
"Good morning guys, so I guess I overslept, didn't I?" groaned ryoma.
"Nope, you are here bright and early as always. And congrats on successfully dating the Rikkaidai team. Now, your next assignment will be to date all the regulars on my team. Before you start though, Gakuto, can you please wake Jirou up so that he can pay attention to this?"
"Of course." Said Gakuto as he walked over and tapped Jirou on the back. "Yo, Jirou, wake up!"
Jirou immediately rushed to his feet and groaned for a bit before talking. "Hey gakuto, what's going on?"
"Atobe needs your undivided attention because this time we are all going to be dating that brat in front of us." Continued Gakuto.
"Okay gang, Now that Ryoma has successfully taken care of the Rikkaidai teammates, I think its time I put him up with you guys for the next one-on-one date. Furthermore, I've texted you all the schedules of the things you need to do with Ryoma. Please take a careful look at it because I know you will all be happy with what I have in store for that brat."
As the gang looked at their phones with the message of "Hang out with Hiyoshi and Gakuto in the amusement park, buy some new violin strings and complete homework for Yuushi, walk Atobe's dog, buying dog food for Shishido's pet, visit choutaro at the church, and play ping-pong with Jirou in order to keep him focused on sports." They were all shocked.
"Come on now! I mean why are you having Ryoma dating all of us? Don't you know that he could cause annoyances among us?" protested Gakuto.
"Hey don't worry, I am sure you all will have a great time with him after practice is over. Dismissed!" said Atobe as he dispersed the crowd before taking Ryoma into the clubroom.
"So what's up, monkey-king?" asked Ryoma.
"Ore-sama reminds you not to call me that in the early hours of the morning. Furthermore, you've done well with the rikkaidai regulars, but now your next task will be difficult. Can you handle it?"
"Sure, I mean after all, you guys are like brothers to me as well so dating your guys will not be a problem." Smiled Ryoma.
"Good, now get yourself ready with Yuushi because I am sure he needs you right now with his violin issues. Said Atobe.
And with that Ryoma left the clubroom and watched the teammates practice their tennis before starting their next date. Furthermore, he feels that if the Rikkaidai teams were easier to handle, he should have no problems with these guys because Ryoma has made a special bond with Hyoutei academy just like he did with Seigaku.
Once practice concluded, Ryoma waited outside of the gates for Yuushi with two bottles of ponta in his hand. "So, oshitari-sempai, I see you are having some problems with your violin lately, right? It's the B string because each time you are tuning it, it always falls apart. I think you need a new replacement string."
"How did you know that my B string is not working to its full potential?" asked Yuushi.
"I've watched you play your violin for a long time and I know the problems you've been having lately. So, allow me to help you. Let's get to the music store." Said Ryoma as he took Yuushi's hand and dashed off into the streets.
As they arrived at the music store, Ryoma and Yuushi browsed around for a bit until they found the B string. "Looks like this is our lucky day, isn't it sempai?" smiled Ryoma.
"Yes, but you know, you don't have to follow me, just wait outside and I will take care of the rest." Said yuushi.
"of course, but remember, I have to help you with your assignments at your house as well." Stated Ryoma.
"Why? Did Atobe send you to come to my place? Sometimes even I wonder why he is being such an ass sending you out doing our errands for us, but no matter, how did you know where I even lived anyway?
"I guess Renji gave your phone and address information to me and I added them to my contacts. So, I see you don't like to multitask, but allow me to help you with the English assignment because I have the dictionary right in front of me. If you want I have the completed essay in front of me and you can use it." Continued Ryoma.
"Really? You just saved me from a week's worth of insomnia! Thank you!" smiled oshitari as he and ryoma entered the house. Once Yuushi settled his stuff down, he took Echizen's hand written essay and looked it over before starting his draft while Ryoma focused on reading a tennis magazine. He also leaves the dictionary on Yuushi's desk in case he needed it.
"you know Oshitari-sempai, You and eiji are great friends. You always look out for his best interest when Oishi is busy with other things. I am happy for you both." Continued Ryoma.
"But of course! If something is bothering him, I will be more than happy to help him with anything he needs. " continued Yuushi.
"But still, Kenya would sometimes just jump in without thinking since you do let him stay here when his parents are out on vacation right?"
"yes, but where are you going with this? Let me finish my work!" protested Yuushi.
About an hour later, Yuushi returned Ryoma's original paper to him and thanked him for the assistance since this was the first time that a kid had helped a tensai with new things other than tennis because like fuji and Eiji those two make great tutors. As Ryoma thanked Yuushi for letting him stop by, he decides to call up Hiyoshi on the phone.
"Moshi Moshi!" said Hiyoshi.
"Hey, Hiyoshi-sempai, this is Ryoma. Care to date me? I am on my way to meet you guys at the amusement park now since ore-sama is giving me a ride there."
"You want us to date you? really? How did you get this number anyway?" asked Hiyoshi.
"I will tell you more when I get there because we got some rides to take care of." Said Ryoma.
"Why, I thought your parents would—" but Ryoma cut him off and said, "I am here to regain my childhood memories at the park, see you there!" and with that, Ryoma hung up the phone and got into Atobe's limo.
"My first mission is accomplished, Monkey King." Said Ryoma.
"Good, now shall we head over to the amusement park? Your double dates are waiting for you." Said Atobe.
"I won't miss this for the world." Smiled Ryoma as the car drove off into the afternoon sun.
Back in the park, Hiyoshi and Gakuto waited for their bachelor at the café not too far from the roller coasters and the merry-go-round since they had no idea what was going to happen. Soon, gakuto asked, "Why are we dating that brat today when we are supposed to be playing basketball?"
"Well, Atobe ordered us to keep ryoma company and this park is a great place for us to do it. In other words, he wants us to show Ryoma around and take him on the rides." finished Hiyoshi.
"I really wish Atobe would have asked Tezuka or Fuji to take that brat's place." said Gakuto.
