Two Tezukas?!

Disclaimer: Same as in the prologue

Rating: T

Pairings: TezuRyo, OishiKiku, Fujicest, OCxOC, and more to come.

AN Note: Sorry if I haven't updated in a while.

"Talk"

'Thought'

"English"

"Different foreign language"

Chapter 3: Of New Faces and New Home Part II

Last Chapter

Helping Tokiko haul their luggage to a larger stroller, he asks the youngest of the group. "When are you going to see the family?"

Yukie shrugs. "I plan to see Ryoma after I meet this Tezuka. I want to know what kind of man had made my Ryoma-kun accept him as part of our family."

Rubbing his chin, Echizen grinned at his companions. "Such a manly thing to say! The girls must really be crazy about you."

Yukie just twitches his left fingers.

Putting his arms around his adopted children, he led them to the exit. "If you guys are going to have some fun, I'm going with you guys. There's this new bar that just opened last week—"

"Oji-san, Yukie-kun is still a minor. We couldn't go in there." countered Tokiko.

"Ha! You got me. Let's go sight seeing!"

"Hai."

"Aa."

(This is temporarily the line that divides the time skip-ness of my fic. Banzai.)

"Mou, Tezuka is a big meanie! he let us wait outside in the cold rain while he and ochibi are warm and cozy inside the house," Kikunaru whined as he eats the slightly soggy sushi that Kawamura had somehow salvaged. Oishi, ever the mother hen, towel dries his double's hair(no pun here) and urging him to close his mouth while eating.

"Maa, I'm sure that the two of them were just surprised at our sudden visits, ne?" asks the mother hen of the group all the while throwing nervous smiles at Tezuka.

Inui, ever the data freak that he is interrupted, "Chance of that occurring is 12 percent. There is a 40 percent more chance that they just don't want to be disturbed."

"I can't think of what is wrong with my presence here in your humble abode, Tezuka-san. You should be happy that I'm here in the first place," says the man whose ego is only second to Atobe (I'll give ya a cookie if you know who this guy is.)

"Saa, I could think of many reasons why a person shouldn't let you in their home," a certain tensai said as he sits on one of the loveseats with his brother, eating his own wasabi sushi.

"Aniki!"

Honestly, Tezuka just wants to drink his large thermos of warm green tea and get on with the remaining time of the day. After much shouting and whining from the large group outside his doorstep, he had willingly opened the door for the sake of his own health.

Flashback

The new brothers were blatantly ignoring the calls of the "visitors" outside the house and Tezuka has decided to help the younger boy in the kitchen preparing their brunch.

"Kunibo, there's another large tick forming on you left cheek," Tezuka's former kohai pointed out. As if on cue, the whining and pounding of door tripled in sound that the lock of the door starts to creak in protest.

Tezuka, ever the stoic man that he is, just sighed and said a soft "Betsuni," and started to go to the direction of the front door before his former team breaks it down.

Seeing what the older boy would do, Ryoma called Tezuka's attention. "I'll make you some tea… a gallon of it."

End Flashback

Tezuka's reminiscing is interrupted by the booming voice of Momoshiro exclaiming "Delicious!" that could easily be heard to the living room from the kitchen, and with his voice came a large hissing sound that is undoubtedly from his rival's.

"Is that yakiniku(1) cooking?" Oishi's eyes started to dilate and it's up to Eiji to stop his lover from turning on his "yakiniku mode". It wasn't Oishi's fault though, since everyone in the living room could smell the wafting scent of cooking meat coming from the kitchen.

"Momo-senpai, there're others wanting to eat other than you. Take the grill to the living area."

"Aw… but it's really delicious!"

"Now." at this, they heard a stern voice that between the other regulars (except Tezuka) swore was the "Tezuka Voice of Twenty Laps around The Court ™ command". In a millisecond, Momo darts to the other guests carrying an electric griller and some seasoned meat.

"Nyaa… Ochibi is turning into Tezuka the Second," mumbles Eiji behind his partner.

"Tezuka, Echizen has just been with you for less than a day and he has become quite a formidable character," Fuji started, all the while putting on his usual smiling mask. Finally noticing the small pink hand print (the place where Ryoma slapped him awake) on Tezuka's left cheek, his eyes opened fully and exclaims dramatically. "You were hit by your own brother? I didn't know that you're into S&M, Tezuka. You better give me some pointers on how to successfully seduce your brother."

"Nii-san!" Yuuta cries out to his brother. Really, most of the time, the elder Fuji is so blatant about his deeper affections for his brother that he might as well put a signboard on his brother's forehead that says: "Fuji Syuusuke's Property. Handle at your own risk".

"Ehem," the dunk smash player interrupted. "Could someone clear out the table? I got my hands full."

Taka then sets the two sushi containes on the bare floor while Yuuta helps his fellow junior set the griller. By then, Kaido has already put down a plateful of fried radish cakes and a few pairs of chopsticks on the vacant part of the table. "You're taking too long Moomoo-chan."

"What did you say, Mamushi?!" but surprisingly, the two of them went back to the kitchen unscathed.

"I guess our help wasn't needed anymore." Fuji says as he eyes the medium sized boxes near the front door.

"We planned on helping you to pack, but Eiji and Momo were late on meeting us," at this Eiji scratched the tip of his nose, "The rain didn't help matters though."

Inui who was looking at the prepared foods couldn't help but comment. "It seems that this radish cakes are already a few days old by now. Considering the state it was in, one must fry it fifteen seconds more than the usual radish cake to bring out the flavors (like hell I know how to cook!). It was then…"

"Inui-senpai, if you don't like it, shut up and don't eat it," the firm voice of Tezuka the Sec— I mean— Echizen Ryoma called from the kitchen. After a few second of scattered sounds from the kitchen, the man-child placed a container full of fish fillets and a large bowl of stir-fried pork. With that done, he placed himself on the couch beside his surrogate brother.

Looking at his former captain, he answered the unvoiced question. "I don't want to carry a smelly fish into the backseat. Anyway, it's sad to let good food go to waste." With a light nod, Tezuka starts to serve himself with food. "Itadakimasu."

Aside from the debacle with Oishi and the electric griller, their brunch was spent in a comfortably vivacious manner.

"This is good!" Yuuta compliments for the nth time as he takes another fish strip.

"Hn, this isn't the best food I ever tasted, but it's not the worst either." At that comment, the St. Rudolph's manager sneaked a glace at his kohai's brother. It was quite well known that the tennis tensai of Seigaku has notorious taste bud. Add up a tensai and his sadistic tendencies plus an annoying certain someone from St. Rudolph equals… well, all I can say is that it won't be pretty.

"On a serious note, what would you do now Tezuka?" the mother hen of Seigaku couldn't help but worry for his best friend's status at the moment. Though he knows that the Echizens are good being and that Tezuka could easily take care of himself(as long as someone reminds him to eat something), he wants to hear it from Tezuka himself.

Crossing his legs with the other, he explains. " Echizen's father has informed me that I will remain in their home until I am of legal age. By then, he would honor my wish if I wish to leave."

"I guess that's reasonable," Kawamura comments. I mean, it would be a bit irresponsible of Echizen-san to leave his son alone."

"I doubt it." Tezuka and Ryoma says at the same time.

"What about your house, bucho?" voiced Kaido.

"There's already a buyer who's going to move in in a month. The things that I don't want to keep would be donated."

They left it to end like that.

(This is temporarily the line that divides the time skip-ness of my fic. Banzai.)

"Kunibo, are you sure you didn't forget anything else?" Ryoma asks.

"I'll check again to make sure," the spectacled man answers. After much urging, their visitors had left almost an hour ago, and the Ryoma's father has yet to arrive. Believing that the man may have forgotten to return, The two now brothers are ready to leave, with Ryoma driving again.

"Okay, I'll warm up the engine while you're at it," answers the younger boy.

As Tezuka opens the door to his room, he sees a stuffed cat that reminds him of Ryoma's Himalayan as their color is uncannily the same. Gently drawing the stuff toy closer, examining the uneven stitching and amateurish design. It holds no value whatsoever, but he carried it down to the car anyway.

Eying the worn toy, Ryoma didn't say anything, and starts to drive away from the large house. "Kunibo," looking up, Tezuka couldn't help but be a little thankful that the tennis prodigy didn't call him THAT in front of his-- no-- their friends. Seeing that he got his elder's attention, he continues. "You know, the tennis court by the train station is a bit farther from our house.

"Ah." A monotoned reply that is also encouraging him to continue.

Fidgeting slightly with the leather steering wheel, he carries on the conversation. "Anyway, there's this temple where the old man is supposed to be taking care of, and he made a tennis court there so he could pass some time."Blushing slightly from all his babbling, Ryoma starts to make his point. " Would you like to go with me there tomorrow and play some tennis?"

Smiling at his former kouhai, he answers, "that would be fine."

Seeing his ever stoic buchou give him that serene look, the younger boy couldn't help but give a more radiant smile than what he received.

TBC --- Or not...

Omake- The Missing Shirt

"Nanako-san," Ryoma started, as he keeps pacing around in his room. Nanako, who was in the process of going into her own room, peeked at her cousin's room and sighs at the mess of clothes, but at the lost look the boy is making, she couldn't help but smile at her cousin's cuteness.

Letting herself in the room, she starts to ask, "Nan desu ka, Ryoma-san?"

"Have you seen my red and white tennis shirt? I've put it in the laundry basket the day before, but I didn't find it with my clean clothes." To emphasize his point, he shows his (former) newly pressed clothes occupying a whole side of his room while the less clean ones are on another side.

"Saa, I'm sure that Kunimitsu-san won't mind what you are going to wear. You'll just go to the temple to show him around and have some practice match, ne?" Nanako consoles her cousin, all the while refolding the clean pile of clothes.

"I guess." Pulling on a clean white shirt, the boy starts to refold his clothes again. "Gomen, Nanako-san, I'm letting you clean up the mess I made."

"Ii kara, just go meet Kunimitsu-san downstairs. He already has his tennis gears downstairs, and is waiting for you with oji-san."

"Nani?! You should've said that earlier." Ryoma shouted, puts on a pair of socks and with a quick wave to his cousin, rushed down the stairs.

--- Downstairs of the Echizen household ---

After the first twenty-four hours with his new family, Tezuka is now a firm believer that porn damages one's brain.

"Nanjirou-san, daijobou?" he asks the man for the nth time for the past twenty minutes. Any sane person would also be disturbed by the sight: THE Echizen Nanjirou is READING a newspaper with NO PORN hidden inside, and yet, the ex pro is giggling wildly behind his hands.

"Of course, I am, Kuni-chan," the other man answers. Tezuka's left fingers twitched. It's like his own hand is telling him, 'Please kill this perverted bastard now!' but Tezuka is more patient than that (He hopes). As the tanned man's fits of giggles became louder, a loud stomping of feet coming from upstairs, he comments, "Seisshounen has a lot of spunk this early in the morning."

"Kunibo!" he shouts as he comes to the patio (where Tezuka and Nanjiroh are sitting) and tries to drag away his new brother. "Don't get too close with oyaji. You might become dumb," Ryoma's childish insult amuses Tezuka for a bit, before small hands give him his tennis gears and pulls him outside the house.

"Ittekimasu," the two chorused as they walk away from their home.

"Ou." the father of the two answers and muses. 'Things would get really amusing in this house…' Pulling out his newest edition of porn from behind him, he returns to blushing and making a perverted grin. "Reiko-chan is really sexy…"

--- Yanagi Household ---

"Mnyah! I miss my Ryo-chan's scent. He's still using the tea and vanilla scented shampoo I used to buy for him. I'll never let this shirt go!" a very grown up looking teenager cries as he clutches a dirty and slightly wet tennis shirt. He's sitting on a satiny king size bed, in his PJs, hugging the cloth like a life line.

"Yukie-kun, please stop it. It's really unnerving to see you like this," pleads his cousin. Since yesterday night when the Echizen patriarch delivered Ryoma's "sweat soaked shirt", the younger of the two is acting like he just came from a chocolate factory and is experiencing a sugar high; that was ten hours, sixteen minutes and twenty-two seconds ago. The adult of the two thought that it would all stop by the time sleep comes to his cousin, but it was not the case.

Tokiko was usually the first one to wake up of the two, but since the honey haired man didn't sleep a wink, it was obvious who won as the morning riser of the day.

"Mon petit chaton, I will not let any harm happen to you!"

'I wish cousins are refundable,' Tokiko thought, as he slumps his head down in defeat and submitted himself to a cup of black coffee— with fifty tablespoon of sugar.

---TBC--- THE REAL ONE---

Glossary:

(1)Yakiniku— it's a dish where you're the one who cooks the meat. In chapter 341, Oishi was dubbed as the "Yakiniku Magistrate". lolz Anyway, "tare" is the sweet-spicy sauce and the other sauce (I think) is "shio". I don't know what it tastes like though. Tell me what it taste if you know.

Poll: I have no idea a to who I would pair with who, so it's up to you which pairing you would like

MomoAnn

MomoKai (or vice versa)

InuiKai

InuiReiji

Any others? Please specify who you want to get paired up with whom.

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