Jul 28, 2008 18:02
My First Fic! XD
I was actually ahead of schedule (I plan to start mid-August), but the fluffiness of the movies I just watched made me think of a nice prompt! well..here goes nothing..
Title : Destined to be one, (1/4)
Pairing : TezuFuji
Rating : G for now
Genre : Romance
Disclaimer : Prince of Tennis is Konomi-sensei's
A/N : This is a multi-chaptered fic. I wonder what came to my mind and wrote a long story all of a sudden. It is unbeta-ed, and this is my first time so please comment^___^
Enjoy!
It is 12:00 midnight in England. Fuji Syuusuke, the renowned Tennis Genius, just came home from a celebration party. The Championships, Wimbledon, had just been held and he is the proclaimed champion. His manager and acquaintances prepared an enormous party for him. After all, Wimbledon is one of the most prestigious tennis tournaments.
Although this has been his goal since he started his professional tennis career, he appears to be missing something. Yes, he is happy and glad, and was downright celebrating till midnight. But now that he is alone, his thoughts lay on things outside his tennis career..
"how is your arm? is it getting better?..."
Fuji sat down on his couch. He is tired and exhausted, he needs to sleep. Suddenly, the phone rang.
"Syuusuke, are you still awake?", Yumiko spoke from the other side of the line.
"I had just arrived, neesan", Fuji answered wearily.
"Oh is that so? We have heard the news! Congratulations for winning Syuusuke", Fuji could have sworn he felt his ears breaking because of his sister's voice of high pitch and volume. Fuji wondered what was she talking about. Wimbledon, of course..he is a tensai alright. How could he forget? Perhaps, he was too lost at his thoughts earlier.
"Thank you..", Fuji answered with a slight chuckle, laughing at himself. However, Yumiko's voice seems to be getting more and more excited, as if she wants to burst something.
"The match was awesome, you are really great Syuusuke! Well, to make things even happier, I have good news!" Yumiko said enthusiastically.
"Really, what is it?"
"I'm getting married! Our family is so delighted to be celebrating two important events at once! I called to congratulate you and to make you come home as soon as possible. "
"That's great neesan! What is the date of the wedding?"
"The wedding is two weeks from now, and we could have a double celebration."
Fuji remembered how long it has been since he visited Japan. After high school, he immediately got an offer from a university in england to continue his studies. The university offered to concentrate more on honing his tennis skills, thus leading him to the professional tennis world. It has been 8 years.
"Ok, I will schedule my flight the day after tomorrow." Fuji answered happily.
"That would be great..Oh it is midnight there right? You need to sleep. Congratulations again Syuusuke! See you soon!"
"Congratulations to you too neesan, please say Hi to our parents and Yuuta for me, Bye", Fuji put the phone down, but he doesn't seem to be tired anymore. He is happy and smiling.
There are many things to be delighted about. He just won one of the major tournaments, he is finally coming home, their family would be complete again, his sister is getting married...
Yeah, his sister is getting married..when will his moment be? Fuji sighed and finally went to sleep.
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Fuji arrived at Tokyo at exactly 11:30 in the morning. His family is waiting for him : his parents, Yumiko and Yuta, welcomed him happily after he's been away for 8 long years.
They ate lunch as a complete family. The last one they had it like this was a long time ago. Yumiko is busy with her job, Yuuta is staying in a dormitory near the university he is studying, and Syuusuke is abroad pursuing his professional tennis career. Yuuta and Yumiko occassionally visit their home, Syuusuke always calls, but it is still different physically having them there.
Yoshiko, with tears in her eyes, told her three how happy she was at this moment. Together, the children hugged their mom and promised her that they would do the best they can to make this kind of meetings more frequent.
After the lunch, the siblings went to the garden to have a talk about Yumiko's husband.
"So who is the lucky guy neesan?, Fuji asked with a teasing smile.
"We were close friends in college, but after we graduated, we slowly lost communication. Six months ago, we saw each other applying for a job at the same company. We were both hired.." Yumiko answered with a wide smile in her face.
"So it was like destiny brought you again together, ne?" Yuuta said.
"I was really glad to see him. We both realized that this time we would not let the chance slip away, again." Yumiko happily stated.
"I see you had a wonderful story, what's his name?" Fuji asked curiously.
"Tezuka Kuni-"
Fuji's eyes widened at the sound of the name.
"-zumi. Tezuka Kunizumi", Yumiko continued. Fuji froze for a second. "Is there something wrong Syuusuke?"
"No, I am fine neesan. I just remembered our buchou" Fuji half-heartedly answered. They have not met since middle school graduation. Does his arm still bother him? Memories of Seigaku flowed through his mind rapidly.
"Is he in any way related to Kunimitsu?"
"Oh I forgot to tell you, Kunizumi and Kunimitsu--they are cousins. Isn't that great?" Yumiko answered. "When I told him that I have a pro tennis player as a brother, he told me that he has a cousin who used to be the captain of Seigaku's Tennis club. I wondered who it was and it turns out it was Kunimitsu."
"Really? Do you know how Kunimitsu has been?" Fuji said in astonishment.
"Kunizumi had not told me anything about about him though, but I'm sure he would be at the wedding." Yumiko answered, wondering how all of a sudden his brother's enthusiasm increased.
"Seems you are more interested in our brother-in-law's cousin, Aniki" Yuuta teasingly said to his brother.
"Well, not really. We are old friends after all" Fuji answered. And because of this, he had one more reason to be excited about the upcoming marriage.
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The day of the wedding finally came. Yumiko is wearing an elegant pink kimono that brought out the best of her looks, Fuji is wearing a white tuxedo, while Yuuta wears black. Tezuka Kunizumi is also wearing a black tuxedo, but looks more formal than Yuuta's.
The marriage ceremony went by solemnly and peacefully. The celebration is in a hotel at Tokyo. The guests were more than expected, since it is Syuusuke's tennis championship celebration together with Yumiko's wedding.
Fuji felt that he had not eaten, or enjoyed anything. Fans and relatives praising him and asking him all sorts of questions took all of his time. He did not expect to be this famous here in his hometown.
Finally celebration is finally over. Fuji sighed in relief.
Yumiko, Kunizumi, Yuuta and Syuusuke were the only ones left to bring the cake that has not been consumed. Fuji, upon seeing Kunizumi, remembered the sole reason of his excitement about this wedding.
"Kunizumi, I thought Kunimitsu would be coming." Fuji asked, his eyes open and his expression blank.
"He did come, I wonder where he is now.." Kunizumi answered.
"Kunizumi, honey please come here..you too Syuusuke." Yumiko interrupted the two.
"What is it neesan?" Yumiko showed them the laces on the side of the cake. The laces are like the rays of the cake, if viewed from the top. The laces are freely hanging, it is because the other half of it is tucked between the two bottomest layers.
"Pick one and pull it out of the cake." Yumiko said. There are sixteen laces so they have a lot of choices.
"What will we do after that neesan?" Yuuta curiously asked.
"These are like fortune cookies, only you have laces instead of cookies. Come on, don't you want to know what your future will be?" Yumiko said, teasing his younger brother.
"Oh is that so? Then I will go ahead and pick one.." Fuji immediately pulled one of the laces and opened it.
"Well, what does it say Syuusuke?" Yumiko asked.
"There are actually two of them here. The first one says..'Pay attention to small details. Something is waiting to be uncovered'.."Fuji patiently read the paper, with a curious face.
"Looks like you have more things to do, aniki. I thought winning the tennis tournament would finally end your days of struggle. How about the other one?" Yuuta said.
"You will be experiencing a significant change in the near future." Fuji stated, now with a serious tone.
"That looks scary, but interesting at the same time, don't you think Syuusuke?" Kunizumi commented.
"Hai. But these are only predictions, ne?" Fuji said.
"We cannot be sure, but you can follow them if you like. After all, it is not wrong to look at small details and be prepared for a big change. Just be calm and don't entirely depend on it." Yumiko advised.
"Thanks neesan.." Fuji said with relief. His phone rang. He excused himself from the three and went outside.
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"Hello, who is this?"
"Fuji.."
Fuji's eyes widened and he could not believe his eyes nor his ears.
"Ku..Kunimitsu..". Tezuka is right ahead of him, about 10 feet away, with the phone in his ears. He wanted to run to him but he could not move in shock, knowing that it was Tezuka on the other side of the road.
Silence.
"Congratulations, I hope you like your gift. I have to hurry, see you again." Tezuka said, putting the phone away as he entered his car.
"Gift? Wait!" Fuji screamed, but all he could hear was the beep from the other line. He is still standing at that spot where he answered the phone, hoping that Tezuka would call again and explain what that 'gift' was all about.
He is confused. He wondered if he just imagined it.
When he came back to his senses, he saw a small box right in front of him. He ran and immediately opened it. He found a small key and a paper along with it. The paper appears to be an address.
"Ne, Tezuka, playing with me again aren't you.." Fuji whispered to himself.
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kyaa~! I'm finally done!
I hope you liked it..
I will be updating real soon.
:)