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.
[A Special Date]
After Ryoma wrapped up his lunch date with Hanamura-sensei, he took the center stage in the control room and grabbed a microphone before facing his friends and said, "So guys, my date with Hanamura sensei went pretty well since I have formed a special bond with her. Furthermore, the flowers have given her the strength to improve her bond with the students. After all, I feel that she might be forming a bond with me as well since I don't know what to say at this point. Plus, I might be going to Josei Shonan to help the coach teach the first years how to play tennis and no I am not attending classes there." Ryoma was blushing even after giving the bouquet of flowers to the coach while his friends cooled him down with the hand held fan as Tokugawa was in the room smiling at him before giving him a thumbs up.
Everyone looked at him with silences on their faces and some were shocked. However, they immediately paused to regain their composure while Shishido got up and faced Ryoma in the center stage area by hunching down a bit while the others surrounded him.
"Are you serious? You really are going to Josei Shonan? I thought you were planning to make your name well known at Hyoutei?" began Hiyoshi.
"I did not say that I was going to attend classes, did I? All I am doing is just a part time coaching session with some rookies at the request of Hanamura herself since she feels that I am going to be of some use to her." replied Ryoma.
"Really? How did she start hitting on a brat like you anyway? Is it because of the good looks that you have?" asked Shishido.
"Or it could be that your words of love totally blew her away since you have a thing for women. You really got guts, kid. I admire that." Smiled Yagyuu.
"Hey, like I said it was my first time talking with girls since I cannot confess my love towards Sakuno and Tomoka whenever I am around them. Sure, some girls like them can be annoying at times cheering repeatedly because I couldn't practice tennis in peace. Therefore, it will be in my best interest to not have distractions from those annoying cheerleaders for a while." Said Ryoma.
Soon, Kikumaru walked over and immediately placed Ryoma in a headlock, "O-chibi! How rude! If you don't want girls cheering for you, just ask them nicely, you little brat!"
Momoshiro immediately followed suit and planted a headlock on Ryoma and said, "I agree, you don't understand a thing about girls. Maybe you need to spend more time with Sakuno more because you are her boyfriend, admit it! She has worked hard to make you happy and you must return the favor, is that clear?"
"Sure, whatever you say, but let me remind you that Sakuno is just a childhood friend of mine since we never dated each other. Besides, Monkey king almost dated Ann not too long ago and she almost fell for his good looks and his charming personality. I have to give him credit for not trying to piss off Kamio and Momo, but still, Ann will eventually just accept his love sooner or later." Added Ryoma.
At that moment, Atobe immediately turned bright red, the color of Fuji Apples. Gakuto and Shishido sniggered quietly in the corner while the Oshitari cousins laughed loudly since they have never seen this side of Ryoma before. Sure, Momo stopped Atobe from trying to date Ann, but she clearly stated that the king of Hyoutei was not her type. So now, Atobe immediately placed his thinking cap on and said, "Brat! Ore-sama has ways to make Ann fall for me. Also, you are still my date and don't you forget that! And don't call me monkey king! I can prove to you that I can get Tachibana An to fall for me because last time, she was a little too nervous."
"Keigo, are you seriously planning a double date with both Ann and Ryoma? What will her brother say about this?" asked Akaya.
"If Keigo wants to see if he can date my sister, it's fine with me. Besides, I already defeated Hyoutei in a tennis match previously so I cannot refuse his request. Furthermore, my bond with Atobe was strained at first, but after seeing my sister always following him around, I guess it couldn't hurt. Overall, An just needs to spend some time getting to know Keigo a little better." Stated Kippei.
"Ore-sama thanks you for your contribution, Kippei. And don't worry, I will take good care of her." bowed Atobe.
"Good luck. Don't get on her bad side though since she has a tendency to snap." said Kippei as a smug appeared on his face.
"Of course, you already know how to comfort her so I will do my best to keep her happy any way possible." finished Atobe.
"I am counting on you." replied Kippei.
The others were shocked at what the captain of Fudomine had just done for his sister since they have never seen a brother getting this serious before. Sure, they have seen how Ryoma dated that guy previously and now they are wondering why Kippei's own sister would want to take a crack at the captain of Hyoutei since this was her moment to see if she can put a spark in his eyes. Meanwhile, Chitose and Jungle boy since they observed the whole date between Ryoma and hanamura earlier. Furthermore, Chitose couldn't help but to give Ryoma those flowers as a token in order to keep his sister out of trouble. As for Kintaro, he found it weird that Chitose was acting like this and decided to walk over to where Ryoma was sitting and said, "Wow, what is wrong with our sempais today? Why are they falling for all the girls out there?"
Surprisingly, An was also here since she had seen what Ryoma did earlier. "Well, Kintaro, it seems that the male gender has a thing for women because of their good looks, sweet personality, and how attractive they really are. That's why boys will date girls no matter how beautiful they really are. Unfortunately for me, Keigo can't stop staring at me because it's our first date together. So I have to fulfill my responsibility since he wanted to court me and I cannot say no."
"An-chan, are you serious? You know Keigo has been dating Ryoma for a while now and all of a sudden, he comes after you? Oh boy, looks like everyone has lovers except for me. I want Shiraishi-sempai to date me since he is always busy preaching about health and recovery. Besides, I have already seen the bond that Hanamura had with our Ryoma so I want to see what my bond with Kura looks like when we are dating." Smiled Kintaro.
"Why are you calling him Kura, Kintaro?" asked a confused Kenya.
"Well, I like to shorten people's names so Kura is perfect for him. Besides, you can see how well he bonded with ryoma when he met our tennis team back in Osaka. Therefore, if Ryoma is going to date Atobe, then I am going to take care of Shiraishi with my little date thanks to these flowers I picked up from the Ikebana shop next to Rikkaidai." Continued Kintaro.
The room was pretty silent after Kintaro gave his little speech and soon, they all started guffawing loudly, including Atobe and Shishido since they have never seen that cute little monster rookie making a statement like this.
"You? Dating your own captain from Shitenhouji? That's a laugh. I wonder how Kuranosuke will feel when he finds out what you're doing with him?" sniggered Akaya.
"There is nothing wrong with dating your own captain, but have you forgotten that Shiraishi is not really interested in dating women right now? He is way too focused on the poisonous plants at the school. Furthermore, he already asked Fuji for a special date since that guy is a complete genius when it comes to plant knowledge. Besides, our little brother knows that Shiraishi is just a friend and not his date." Added Yukimura bluntly.
"I can prove to you that I can successfully date Shiraishi. But let me ask this: how come Shiraishi-sempai always asks him to eat lunch at his house? It's like they are two peas in a pod. Are you sure that they are not boyfriend/girlfriend?" asked Kintaro.
"The only reason why I always invite Ryoma to my house is because he likes to hang out with me during free time. Furthermore, he and I will sometimes discuss homework issues or about protecting the plants from dying in the hot sun. We are not on a date yet since that brat knows that I am not his type and I can understand that, but one of these days, he has to date me so that we can continue to strengthen our friendship bond." Stated Shiraishi as his smile started to become wider.
"When did you get here, buchou?" asked Chitose
"I just finished practice about an hour ago and wanted to see what was going on in here. To my surprise, I didn't know that Atobe was going to be dating Ann and ryoma at the same time. Also, Fuji already texted me the video of that brat and the coach from Josei Shonan dating together and its pretty funny seeing them together for the first time. I must admit, that kid has a lot of guts dating a grown woman from another school, but how do you think he will fare with Sumire Ryuzaki?' asked Shiraishi.
"I don't know if the coach will approve of this date with her own students, but I can't deny the fact that Nanjiro would probably force his own son to date her in the coming days since she already added Kevin Smith to her list of rosters in Seigaku. There is no telling what could happen now since no one knows how old Sumire really is.
"Personally, we don't allow our own teammates to date our own coaches. Unfortunately for you teammates at Shitenhouji, your coach will fall for Sumire pretty soon if I am not mistaken. "Said Momo.
"Really? Did Osamu send Coach Ryuzaki a text message? If so then this could be the start of something new for them in the near future. Besides, osamu is the type of coach a lot of people would want to hang around with. But when Kintaro is around him, that kid can easily annoy Osamu for a good amount of reasons and this could give him more headaches later on, saa?" replied Fuji.
As the gang checked their cell phones, no one except Ryoma seems to have gotten the text message from coach Osamu telling him that he is planning to woo Coach Ryuzaki soon. At that point, everyone was confused as to how that brat had gotten the message while no one else did since many were wondering where this rumor is coming from. How did Coach Ryuzaki get involved in a date with a boring coach from Osaka? Furthermore, Ryoma decides to copy the message towards everyone else's phones so that they know what exactly is going on because there isn't a chance to hide this now from his teammates because they want to know exactly what Sumire is planning for coach osamu later.
With so many senior boys falling for their lovers, everyone feels that they need to do something special for Atobe since he is going after Ann for the first time instead of always pursuing Ryoma. As for the Shitenhouji boys, they are going to prepare some sort of a feast for their coach since he is pursuing Sumire. Just then, Ryoma's phone rang and he answered, "Hello, Ryoma speaking."
"This is coach Ryuzaki, I heard that you got a message on your phone regarding me dating Osamu. I don't know where you got that idea from, but I might give this whole date thing a try. Where did he say he wanted to meet me?"
"He did not say where though, he just wants you to stop by at Shitenhouji middle school after practice so that you can go on your dinner date without any interruptions. Also, it seems that my lover is also going after Kippei's sister as well since I have to accompany her yet again. I've already missed several days of tennis practice, so can I make up for lost time?" asked Ryoma.
"You did not miss any days of tennis practice, so you're fine. Besides, I already have Kevin coaching the first years about the sport itself and some of them are such slow learners. But I am sure that they will improve eventually. Anyway, I just got the update you sent to me and I will be more than happy to accompany coach osamu to dinner. Anyways, I will talk to you tomorrow and be sure to show up on time for school and practice as usual!" said Sumire as she hung up the phone. Afterwards, Ryoma turned his attention his friends and said, "Well, looks like Sumire is definitely going on a dinner date with Osamu and she has made it official."
Kintaro immediately jumped for joy as he hugged Ryoma tightly while Shiraishi's beetle Gabriel slowly crawled around the boy's arms approvingly. Although the kid doesn't really like bugs that much, he gave a soft rub on the beetle before putting it back on the branch inside a cage.
"Looks like you finally approved the coaches of their date, right Koshimae?" smiled Kintaro.
"I didn't do anything; it was actually your coach that decided upon the dinner date. Frankly, she wasn't going to date me because I am not her type. Besides, this is an adult thing so we need them to have their quite moment together alone and we have to respect their privacy. Besides, I will accompany Ann on her date with monkey king—" Before he could finish his sentence, the diva gave him a death glare.
"I mean, I will accompany Ann on her date with Keigo-sama since he really wants me to see how this will turn out." Finished Ryoma.
"that's better, brat! I don't think she will back down from the challenge right?" asked a sheepish Atobe as he turned to look at An.
"No way! I accept your challenge. Meet me tomorrow at the gates of Fudomine around 3 pm sharp, don't be late!" said An.
Atobe immediately gave her a thumbs up and would promise a date for An since this is one that she will cherish all her life. Although she has a headstrong personality, she is ready to conquer just about anything that stands in her way. Furthermore, everyone else are Atobe's pawns, but An is known as the queen of tennis that can easily crush anyone in a match. She can be elusive at times when trying to reject the offers from her knights in shining armor.
"if you plan to capture my heart, you got to show that you really are the type of guy to win my love. How about a game of tennis?"
"Nah, you have defeated me many times in that sport. How about I just take you home with me for a game of chess instead? Besides, if I didn't know better, I'd say that Akaya has lost to you many times before in that game even when he was trying to take you to a favorite hair stylist. I have to admit, that kid has a strong heart, but my heart will keep you a lot warmer, so what do you say?" asked Atobe.
"Do you always have to say that to just about anyone that you date, you egotistical maniac?" snapped An.
"Now, now, don't be like that. When I went for that brat Echizen, it took him a while to accept my love for him and he feels much more comfortable around me. But you won't be too much of a challenge since I will find a way to win you over since I am done with my former ex-girlfriend." Continued Atobe.
"You never told me you had an ex-girlfriend. What did she do to you?" asked An.
"Perhaps I can explain that. You see, that woman challenged me to a tennis match to see if I was worthy enough to date Atobe. After a while, I told her that me and Atobe are just friends and we occasionally hang out together to do fun things. However, she immediately went beserk and smacked me in the face for taking her lover away when I did no such thing. Luckily, Atobe was there to break up the fight and decided to end his relationship with that girl and said that he is more interested in winning my heart instead of high school girls." Continued Ryoma.
"I see, but you didn't get hurt or anything right?' said ann.
"nah, my face is completely recovered now. If you want, I can accompany you to Atobe's house since I am going back to his place anyway tomorrow afternoon after practice." Finished ryoma.
"Wonderful! I will have the car parked outside of the gates tomorrow afternoon, don't be late! My dog gets very anxious when he doesn't have anyone over and he does get lonely at times. Besides, dating you guys is a walk in the park since I have a tendency to treat younger children as equals and I find them to be very cute. Anyway, I need to get back and wrap up a few things at the clubhouse, see you both tomorrow!" said Atobe as he immediately retired from the lab and headed back to the school club house.
"That guy just doesn't know when to give up, right Choutaro?" whispered Shishido.
"I told you before, that guy is narcissistic for picking little kids as his dates. Doesn't he realize that sooner or later an will reject him?" replied Choutaro..
"I don't think she will reject him that early, we should actually keep an eye on them and find out just how their little date will go tomorrow afternoon because Atobe has his ways to make people change their minds about him." Said Yuushi. Soon, a light chuckle appeared on Atobe's mouth as he walked out the door and for once, the king admits that he finally has found the girl of his dreams since Kippei has granted permission for them to spend some quality time together.
"Since when do girls fall in love with sadistic and demonic boys?" asked Akaya
"Who knows, I know that Fuji-sempai always likes to set up these matchmaking sessions for girls when they are near middle school boys older than thirteen. Furthermore, Atobe has his ways to make them fall in love with him. You saw how well he handled Ryoma, so An will not be a problem for him. You just have to believe in that guy since his goal is to gather flowers and a special present for the girl from Fudomine." Added Yanagi.
"Oh, I see. So he really is trying to win her heart? Boy, no wonder Ryoma and an are quite the charmers. They are the bachelor and the bachelorette hoping to find love." Finished Akaya.
"Yes, that is exactly what he is doing. See, you finally understand what true romance really means, you should be a love doctor, puri!" winked Niou.
"Ugh! Cut it out will you, Niou!?" Akaya blushed at that remark and decided to check to see how well this date will turn out tomorrow. This is going to be a momentous occasion for the students and the coaches so all bets are in. Furthermore, An could possibly try out for the girls tennis team at Hyoutei as well. This date is going to get very interesting since this could be the first time a girl from Fudomine will go pro in her tennis career while finding love. At that moment, Ryoma sighed and wondered what Atobe could have cooked up this time because he knows that the diva has shown some good impressions with girls after his former ex-girlfriend left him.
By nightfall, Ryoma returned home from his date with Hanamura while thinking about her offer since he has two options. However, it could impact his decision on going to Hyoutei later on since An is going there as well for a little trial run. Furthermore, with more dates coming up, the short pants kid is going to have some work cut out for him tomorrow after witnessing what just happened in the control room. Elsewhere at Kippei's house, An was packing her necessities for her journey into Atobe's school since she doesn't know what lies ahead at that school yet. Perhaps there could be strong players that could prove to be challenging or the extremely strict coaches pressuring the girls to practice daily. But either way, Kippei knows that this is the path that she must take and decides to give her some encouragement.
"Good luck out there An. Just be careful, you might never know what Hyoutei has in store for you." he said.
"I don't know if it's pure luck or chance, but that masochist diva sure has his ways to get the girls, you know that? besides, Echizen already told me that he felt comfortable around that handsome devil, but maybe I could learn a thing or two from him tomorrow." added An.
"I know right? That kid might not be that smart, but he was daring enough to make a move on a guy like Keigo thanks to some assistance from his sadistic sempais. Hell, he even had no complications with Shinji and Kamio either. Looks like Atobe might choose you as the bachelorette later on." smiled her brother.
"Don't count on it! And even if I don't get a date, I will still beat that guy at tennis." replied An as she sets off for dinner.
Kippei could only crack a smile as he sat down at the table with the family since he almost went for that brat Ryoma last time. Now, he wants to see how well his sister can do with that devilish diva. Elsewhere, Ryoma and the others are still at the control room figuring out their next move since they had no idea where Kippei and Tokugawa came up with those ideas of letting middle school boys and girls date a guy like Atobe.
"Atobe isn't a fool, but this is going too far. Honestly, that guy needs to focus his time on his studies and everything instead of dating people." Stated Akaya.
"Unfortunately, Atobe likes to finish things early because he is not too worried about anything else right now. Furthermore, he likes to spend time with anyone where he pleases since his aim is to get people attracted to him. It's like he wants them to come over to his place for some fun. I always tell him that most boys and girls are not his type but he doesn't care." Added Yuushi.
"No shit! That guy thinks he owns all the guys and girls out there like they are his toys or something. Honestly, I just don't get him anymore. Where is he getting all these crazy ideas from?" grunted Shishido.
"Atobe is in his own little world and he can't seem to leave that place. Believe me, I tried to convince him to take a break from Ryoma, but he just wanted to keep on going until everyone can successfully date him. It's like he doesn't even care about tennis anymore. I know for a fact that there are tennis prodigies that are trying to change the world, but this dating thing isn't going to work. Therefore, we will have to see how long that guy can keep this up." Finished Sanada.
"Guys, let's just play it cool okay? We don't want to rile that diva up because he might be thinking that we are going to give him a huge migraine. Anyway, let's see how An will do with him because this is a test of their true love." Added Ryoma.
Everyone nodded in agreement as they headed over to Atobe's villa for their little investigation since that magnificent diva has a special surprise planned for the queen of tennis from Fudomine.
Author's note: I had to make this short because I know for a fact that Atobe could win An's heart in a heartbeat even with their tennis skills so there is a chance that she might not be rejected from the girls' tennis team. furthermore, even Ryoma knows that Atobe failed to win her previously, but this time, he is going all out on her. I will have more for you next time since I got work coming up in the next few weeks so I will try to update as much as I can. Until then folks, read and enjoy!
