Eternal.Angel
December 16, 2007 to December 16, 2007

Disclaimers: I do not own any part whatsoever of Prince of Tennis.
Summary: A parody of The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky with the Prince of Tennis cast, Seigaku! Enjoy! And don't forget to review please!

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Prologue
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"Inui-senpai, how come we are parodying another ballet yet again?" annoyingly asked the cocky freshman of the Seigaku tennis team, Echizen Ryoma. A cold, icy glare bore in his eyes as he stared right through the Data Man's glasses. Inui, however, wrote in his trusty notebook as he answered his underclassman's question.

"Because…our fans would enjoy it?"

"…" a vein grew through his head as his eyebrow twitched violently. "Inui-senpai…"

Nutty Crack! – Nutty Crack!

"Alright, everyone, gather around!" commanded Tezuka as his loud voice echoed through the empty auditorium of the school. Immediately, all those partaking in the play circled around the captain of the tennis team and paid great attention to him.

"Sensei told the tennis team to do another play since the previous one was excellent and he wants more money to support the school as well as the tennis club. So for December, we are going to parody the ballet The Nutcracker since the time of the season is just right," explained Inui, who now appeared beside Tezuka. "I know all of you are very excited to do this, so we hope you like your roles when we announce it."

Everyone, however, sighed exasperatedly in unison, sweat-dropping slightly.

"This time, though, we'll have only our school doing it instead of having Hyoutei and Rikkai Dai involved in it before as we did with 'Gisyuusuke' when we parodied Giselle. So, for our main character, Clara…we shall have Echizen do it."

"What?" he asked bluntly, staring incredulously at his upperclassman.

"Well, first of all," explained Inui, "Your name would become Claryoma, since your first name as an R in it and would fit somewhere in her name. Second of all, you're the shortest one and would be perfect for her size."

"…"

"Anyhow, moving on; since we still have tennis practice to attend to, I'll post the rest of the roles later on our bulletin, and tomorrow after school when we don't have practice, the script writers are to meet in our usual meeting room on the second floor."

"Dismissed to tennis practice," announced Tezuka as he walked away, heading towards the courts. Everyone followed suit as they began chattering amongst themselves.

"Why do we have to be involved in such things?"

"I think Inui-senpai is lying to us."

"Sh! He'll give us some of his weird juice or something…"

Second year Momoshiro Takeshi caught up with Echizen and smiled toothily at him, ruffling his hair. "Have fun being Clara, Echizen!"

"…"

Nutty Crack! – Nutty Crack!

In the morning, Echizen found the tennis club crowded around the tennis bulletin, and he blinked tiredly at the large number of people inching towards the wall, hoping to get a good view of it. As soon as a few of them dispersed, Echizen took the time to squeeze through the large and tall students to see what the midst of everything was.

Oh…the role sheet…

"Ochibi! Ochibi!" cried a certain enthusiastic voice, and soon enough, Echizen found himself in a headlock with his upperclassman, third year Kikumaru Eiji.

"Ochibi! I got my part!" shouted Eiji loudly as he smiled, his mouth broadening as his white teeth gleamed in the sunlight of the morning. "I'm the Mouse King!" He beamed at himself as Ryoma stared at him blankly.

Just then, the other regulars came running over to the two, their breaths cut short.

"Eiji-senpai! What role did you get?" excitedly asked Momo as his eyes dazzled with wonder.

"I'm the Mouse King!" beamed Kikumaru as he firmly placed a hand on his chest, his body shining brightly.

"Oh, Eiji-senpai! I'm one of the Mice!"

"Really? Yay!"

"What did you get, Taka-san?" inquired the two hyperactive tennis regulars. Third year Kawamura Takashi nervously scratched the back of his head as his eyes wandered to the ground.

"Well, I'm one of the Snowflakes…" he murmured anxiously, laughing to himself hoarsely.

"Taka-san shouldn't be so down," cheered up the tensai, Fuji Syuusuke as he handed his best friend a yellow racket, which immediately boosted his ego.

"HELL YEA, I'M A SNOWFLAKE!"

Taking away the racket from his hand, Fuji smiled and introduced his own role, "Well, it would have been exciting to be those things, but I guess I'm Herr Drosselmeier who gives Clara her special doll." He looked sadistically at Ryoma, who felt shivers running down his spine as he shuddered greatly.

"Fshh…" hissed a certain Kaidoh Kaoru as he slipped into the conversation.

"Ah, Mamushi! I saw your role…" said Momo, and immediately he burst into a fit of laughter. "I can't believe that you're actually going to be Fritz!"

"Fritz? Who's Fritz?"

"That is Clara's younger brother," explained Inui as he furiously wrote into his notebook, his glasses gleaming in the bright rays of the sun. "But I guess it would look awkward with a tall younger brother, don't you think?"

"…" both Ryoma and Kaidoh were silent as a heavy atmosphere ensued.

"…anyhow, I'm going to be the Snow King with Oishi, who's going to be the Snow Queen," calmly reported Inui, his pen ready in his hand, awaiting for the others' reactions.

"Eh?!"

"Oishi being the Snow Queen? NYA! OISHI!"

"That's…just wrong…"

"Hn…"

"Fshhh…"

"Ah, well, at least I won't be the only Snow-related thing, neh?"

"Congratulations to him then, and you as well, Inui."

"Why thank you, Fuji. Oh, and did I mention that Tezuka is the Nutcracker?"

Dead silence.

"And did I mention we're actually going to be dancing at the same time that we are talking?"

Even more silence, with tumbleweeds flying by in the background.

"And did I mention we're wearing pointe shoes?"

"INUI!"

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A/N: I'm the weirdest person on Earth, writing such weird stuff. And yet I have no idea what's going to happen with it, so we'll see…but I'm pretty sure it'll be Ryoma-centric most of the time and pure Crack, so beware! XD Please review and give me any feedback! I am very happy to be criticized because there is always room for improvement. Arigatou!

Ja ne, and I do not own any part of Prince of Tennis!

Eternal.Angel