With Both Eyes Open

Summary: Is it possible, that Behind Closed Eyes, Shuusuke Fuji can truly see her? She wasn't so sure, she felt as if she was being ignored, as if she were invisible...Kagome Higurashi wants to be seen, and brings the issue at hand to none other than Sumire Ryuzaki, the Tennis teams Coach.

Genre: Romance

Pairing: Kagome/Fuji

Rated: M

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Kagome stared over the railing with Ryuzaki standing by her left.

"So this is all because you want to get closer to Fuji-San."

Kagome frowned, shaking her head she sighed, "It has nothing...no, I can't say it has nothing to do with Fuji-Senpai...more like...I want it to have nothing to do with him. I do like Fuji-Senpai...there is no question in my mind, I'm afraid to even look at him, much less let him touch me...I want to regain the loss of control over my body. He doesn't even realize his control over me."

Ryuzaki frowned, turning her eyes to Tezuka who was leaning against the wall of roof's exit.

"Let her..."

"Eh?" To say she was surprised would be an understatement. Tezuka had been quiet the entirety of the girls story and explanation of her situation. "Do you even know if she has any semblance of Tennis skill?"

Tezuka scoffed, "I've seen her play; she'll be a promising addition to the team, whether as a Manager or Player, once she overcomes this minor inconvenience."

"...i see," Ryuzaki nodded, "well," turning her attention onto Kagome, she smiled, "you heard it straight from the Captain himself, we will help you with your situation, but you will still need to find a way to get your club duties done as well. For the most part you will be with Tezuka-San or Inui-San."

"Hai!" Kagome smiled as she bowed respectfully to both Tezuka and the Coach. Watching Ryuzaki turn and leave, she walked over to Tezuka with a small frown, "would I be out of line asking when you saw me play?"

Tezuka pushed off against the wall and turned his eyes to her, "...Hyotei..."

Kagome frowned, "that was two years ago, you still remember?"

"It's not every day you get to see the Hyotei tennis captain work for his win."

Kagome laughed, "Keigo-Sama coached me well."

"...Sama?"

"Hai! Keigo-Sama is Hyotei's King! He is our Sama!"

Tezuka raised a brow, but otherwise, he opened the door for Kagome and left everything as is. "We will get you ready for the coming months, a binder and clipboard, under your name, your own locker in the staff room, and you will also get your own Tennis Jacket, however, it won't read Regular or Coach, it will read Manager."

Kagome listened as Tezuka talked, his voice was so much deeper than that of the others on his team. It was almost unconceivable to think he was her age or even close to it.

"Hime~!"

Kagome turned to see the boy from earlier running towards her and Tezuka, "Neko-Senpai!" She smiled.

"Did you get the position!?"

A small nod was given in response and the boy cheered excitedly.

"I didn't give you my name earlier, it's Kikumaru, Eiji...but I still like when you call me Neko-Senpai, Nya~!"

"Higurashi, Kagome...it's nice to meet you!" She bowed. Blushing a little, she fidgeted with her fingers before opening her mouth to say something, only, the second she looked up to speak, her heart seemed to once again be present in her throat. Stumbling a little, her flesh turned ashen as her back suddenly met the time hardened chest of the Tennis Captain, Tezuka. She hadn't even realized that she'd been taking small steps back.

Eiji turned and frowned, "Fujiko!" smiling, he quickly ran forward and threw his arms over Fuji's shoulders.

"Saa~ Eijiko is being playful." Fuji smiled, eyes still sealed shut. "I heard from Eiji-Kun that you would be trying to get a position as Manager on the Tennis Team, did you?"

"...ah...mm, I..." Kagome's cheeks were flushed dangerously from nervousness, her heart wasn't slowing as he spoke to her, in fact quite the opposite as it even started to skip beats every three or four beats.

"Are you okay?" Fuji moved forward and reached out a hand, despite the added weight of Eiji, and as his fingers barely skimmed her arm, he watched her collapse to the cold chill of the marble floor.

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'My head hurts...' trying to calm her stomach which was doing strange flips, Kagome groaned in pain as her eyes started to open, adjusting the light above her. She sat up carefully, taking note of the fact the she was now in the nurse's office. "What happened...?"

"You feinted Hime."

Turning with a slight start, Kagome relaxed when she saw it was only Eiji. "I thought it was someone else for a second."

"No, Fujiko was called away by Tezuka-Buchou for a match, and I was put in charge of you. However...Hime...even Tezuka-Buchou won't be able to keep Fujiko from his naturally curious nature. He will figure out a way around our Captain, and he will find you when we aren't anywhere around. That's who he is..."

Kagome felt shivers run up then down her spine at the very idea of being alone with the Prodigy. "I guess I should start getting over this phobia then."

"...have you tried looking at his picture and talking to that?"

Kagome laughed, "yes, actually. I tried that, and I still can't manage. It's strange, but this fear grips my heart when he closes his eyes. It scares me to no end...I don't know why though."

Eiji frowned, "neither do I, nya~"

"I'm sorry for all of this trouble, you can go back to practice, Neko-Senpai."

Eiji turned his wide blue eyes to Kagome, "are you sure?"

"Yeah, I'll be fine. Besides, what kind of Manager would I be if I let you skip out on your practice?"

Grinning as he stood, Eiji laughed, "a really cool one, nya~?"

Kagome rolled her eyes, "thank you for watching out for me, I'll be fine. In fact, I'll be out there soon to watch the guys practice."

Giving her one more final glance over, Eiji sighed before nodding and taking off out the door and returning back to the tennis courts to get in some practice of his own before it was time to call it quits for the evening.

Kagome looked to her fingers she'd been gripping tightly and frowned, they were still shaking. 'I have to fight through this...I have to...'

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Me: Here is chapter two of 'With Both Eyes Open' nya~!