Title: The Brother

Chapter 2

Previously: Its been seven years since they found Ryoma. Ryoga was the one that found him. Its been five years since that accident. It's been a whole seven years since Ryoga and Ryoma become brothers. It's been three years since the changes of Ryoga begin to surface. And Nanjirou was beginning to worries. Nanjirou notices. He notices that Ryoga's eyes always followed Ryoma. However, in another yes, they just think that he's overprotective. And he hope that it stay that way.

He have a premonition that things are going to change. And soon. Although, whether its good or bad, that they will have to wait to find out.

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Ryoma woke up with a startle. There was a warmness beside him that make him wanting to go back to sleep but that particular warmness wasn't what his familiar to. It wasn't his cat Karupin. Opening his eyes to skin the surrounding, he noticed that he wasn't in his room. Looking around, he noticed that he wasn't sleeping in a bed but a futon.

What?

The first thing that he noticed was the sleeping boy next to him. He seem to be around eight to ten years old with light brown hair.

Brown hair? Ryoga's hair's not brown.

Huh? What? Why am I so small? Ryoma think as he stare at his hand. They are smaller. And his toes too. Huh?

Then he flinched as the boy next to him moved. And then slowly opened his eyes. Golden?! Huh?!

"Ryo-chan, are you up?" asked a sleepy voice. The voice was strong and yet soft with affection as the golden eyes boy slowly smile. The smile wasn't much but Ryoma found his chest tightened.

"Ryo-chan?" asked the voice again, now worried. "What's wrong?" asked the boy as he slowly rubbed his eyes and set up on the futon. Just then, Ryoma noticed that there was only a futon and he's sleeping with a boy on it. Ryoma tilt his head in confusing. Huh? Why am I sleeping with someone I don't know? And on the same futon. Ryoma think to himself.

"Ryo-chan? What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare? Otouto, what's wrong?" asked the voice still or getting more worried. But Ryoma was still frozen by the situation.

Otouto? That's not Ryoga-nii! Who's him?! Ryoma stare at the boy. Or more like glare at him in frozen fear. The golden eyes boy smile softly and pull Ryoma into his chest as he hold him tightly.

What?! Ryoma stiffen.

But Ryoma wasn't scared of the boy, he was more scared of how he react to the boy because he instantly relaxed in his arm as the boy softly pet his head in affection.

A sound was heard at the back of Ryoma's mind. A buzzing sound. It doesn't sound pleasant at all!

Ryoma! a voice called out but Ryoma was still conscious of the buzzing sound in the back of his head to hear the voice.

Ryoma! it was louder this time.

"CHIBISUKE!" yelled a voice as Ryoma jerk up right away and the next thing he know, he was on the floor with a crashing sound.

Ryoma opened his eye and see a worried looking Ryoga whose face was upside down. Or maybe that's because he's upside down.

A dream? It feel to good and real to be a dream. Ryoma silently though as he send his dead glared to his brother.

"Wow wow wow, calm down chibisuke, I tried to wake you up for ten minutes now but you didn't move at all so I have to be yelled. Don't be mad at me" said Ryoga as he had his hands up in defense. "And beside, we're going to be late if you don't hurry" he added.

Ryoma got up and glance at the clock only to see that they have only twenty-minute left. Ryoma rushed to the bathroom for his morning routine as Ryoga smile and went down to the kitchen, after grabbing Ryoma's tennis bag of course, and eat his breakfast. Minutes later, Ryoma come down ready and eyed the breakfast, only to noticed that is in American style.

Ryoma eyebrow twitch in in annoying before grabbing his bento and left without a word to his father or brother. Leaving Ryoga rushing and running after Ryoma.

"Hey! Chibisuke! Chotto matte! Watashi no matsu, Chibisuke!" Ryoga called as he catched up to Ryoma, who wasn't listening at all. He was thinking about his dream.

Who was that boy? The boy's eyes were almost golden, if not brownished. But then again, why bothered with the eye color?

This wasn't the first dream that he has of the boy, but that doesn't mean that he dream about him all the time. It was only the third time that he dream about the boy with the light brown hair and golden eyes. Yet, he feel weird. Is like a siren was coming on and off in his brain. Ryoma doesn't like to be mutilate like this! Whether is from those dream or not, he still doesn't like it one bit! Ryoma frowned deepened. And so, he totally ignored the boy next to him, even if he know the consequences later on. But now, he can't afford to think about the boy next to him but the boy in his dream.

Ryoga wasn't happy that his chibisuke ignored him but he noticed Ryoma's expression and stay quiet as they walk to the school.

When they reach the gate, they went their separate way as Ryoga headed to the high school building while Ryoma stalk toward the middle school building. However, Ryoga can't shake off the feeling that something were wrong with his little Ryoma. True, Ryoma was always quiet if he can help it, except on the court. But not this quiet. The Ryoma now was like the calm before the storm or a hurricane for that matter.

Ryoga can't barely wait for lunch break to go see his little chibisuke. But then when lunch break come, his little chibisuke was no where to be found. As he asked around, it turn out that no one know who Echizen Ryoma was. No surprise there. After all, it wasn't like his little chibisuke like to interact with people. The day that he interact normally with people might be the day that hurricane might stroke Japan.

And so, lunch break come to an end. Ryoga wasn't happy at all. He was still worrying about his little chibisuke and, since he went around during lunch to look for Ryoma, he hadn't his lunch yet. A combination of not eating and worries plus Ryoga wasn't a good combination. So, when lunch break end and everyone returned to their classes, his classmates find out that Ryoga was very scary. Not the scary type that snapped at you when you pass by or the punk type. But the type that is quietly scary.

Each second passed by and his mood wasn't getting any better. At the end, all the teachers teaches with their hands shaking and chills on their back. All the students were lips seal shut all day long with their back straightened and chills on their backs for the rest of the afternoon. That was until three classes after lunch when one of his classmate can't no longer take the pressure emitted from Ryoga that he ran out of the room and straight to the middle school building.

"Excuse me!" he announced loudly as he opened the door to Ryoma's classroom. All student's eyes were on him as the teacher turned to asked him what he needs.

"May I borrow Echizen Ryoma for a couple of minutes please?" he pled sincerely and desperately. The teacher raised his eyebrow for a bit before saying yes and pointing to a sleeping figure at the chair near the window.

"Echizen-kun, please come with me" he asked when he stand beside Ryoma's desk. No response. He asked again and got no response. The high schooler eyebrow twitch in annoying before grabbing Ryoma's shoulder, attempting to shake him awake.

Bad choice. Very bad.

The next thing he knew, he was pushed ten feet away from Ryoma when Ryoma woke up with a jerk of his hand. None of the student in Ryoma's class was surprised at the sudden movement. Let's say that they know it first hand when trying to wake up Ryoma during the first two days in classes.

Blinking his eyes, he glared at the teacher only to see him nodding his head toward the high schooler. Ryoma frowned deeply. How dare that moron woke him up from his dream! And he was getting to know more about the boy in his dream!

"Sempai, What do you need?" Ryoma asked chillingly scary.

"Ouch, Echizen-kun... that hurts" the high schooler said.

"What do you need?" Ryoma repeated the question, this time with irritation emitted from his whole body. Those that know him, his classmate, were already scooting away from him.

"Please come with me to-" he didn't even finished with his sentence when he got cut off.

"Who are you?" he asked annoyingly.

"Ah! I forgot my manners. I'm Sato Masahiro from the same class as your brother" he introduced himself as several head shot out in surprised that Ryoma have a brother in the same school.

Ryoma sighed out loud before frowning.

"What did nii-san do this time?" Ryoma asked exasperatedly.

"Well... he didn't do anything but his mood is scaring everyone, including the teachers, causing all of us to be unable to concentrate on the topic at hand at all. Can you do something please?" Sato asked completely desperates with his hand together like praying. Ryoma could have sworn that the senpai's eyes have stars in them, but he totally ignored it.

"Fine." Ryoma simply answered before following Sato to his class. It only take two minutes to goes from the middle school building to the high school building because Sato and Ryoma were nearing running there.

Reaching the classroom that Sato pointed out as his brother's class, he know it instantly that the situation was good. The air outside the door itself was emitted something dangerously. Not that it effect Ryoma as he opened the classroom's door so hard that it echo for seconds gathering stares for all the while. The only person who wasn't looking at him was staring intensity at the board.

If looks could kill, the board might have turned into dust already.

Ryoma walk directly to Ryoga and hit his head hard, causing gasps from all around him.

"What the hel-" Ryoga didn't even finished his sentence when another hit connect to his forehead.

"ECHIZEN RYOGA, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" asked a equally pissed off Ryoma. Ryoga froze from the tone that Ryoma used.

"Chibi-" another hit, "Ouch! Chibisuke! why are you hitting me?" asked a whining Ryoga as he rubbed his forehead with a childish frown on his face.

"Why haven't you ate your lunch yet?" asked Ryoma confidently. Obviously he knew why and how Ryoga got to his current mood.

"Huh? How do you know that I didn't eat my lunch chibisuke?" asked Ryoga as he held out his hands, planning to grab his little chibisuke into a huge, only to get a fist connected to his forehead.

"Eat your lunch and stop sending out killing aura!" Ryoma scowl loudly with a vein pop up in the back of his head.

"Okay okay... Geez... Chibisuke is so meant to his brother" Ryoga whined. Earning a glared from Ryoma.

"Next time this happened again, you can be sure that all of your picture books that oyaji gave you will vanished from the face of earth" Ryoma simply threatened.

"Ehh?! Don't throw away my neko-chan! I'll be careful!" Ryoga plead. Earning another glared and a suspicious look from Ryoma before he sighed out loud.

"I have tennis club today so you have to go home by yourself" Ryoma stated as he walk to the door, attempting to go back to his class. However, before he can reach the door, an arm was around his waist holding him tightly.

"Chibisuke...what's wrong?" Ryoga asked holding him tightly in his arm. Ryoma's eyebrow twitch in annoying before he pinch Ryoga's arm, earning a yelp, causing him to let go. He know that Ryoga noticed his sleepy features but that doesn't mean that he like it when someone get into his personal space!

"What's wrong? the wrong is you. If another situation like this happened again, you can be sure that you won't be seeing me for a couple of month" was all Ryoma said before opening the door and left a completely stunt Ryoga and his classmate in their room.

When Ryoma reached his room, the teacher smile a little to him before returning the class's attention to the board as Ryoma went back to sleep on his desk. None of the student nor teacher even bother to woke him up. Actually, they preferred the sleeping Ryoma more than the awake Ryoma. To save their own faces, of course, they would rather not have a waking Ryoma in class when they are teaching.

As the bell ring, announcing the end of class, Ryoma was the first out of the room, same as always, the other three trio of idiot, according to Ryoma, was right behind him chatting like there's no tomorrow. Ohh how he wished they shut up for once and make it last for a couple minutes at most would be a dream come true, too bad he's too lazy to tried to shut them up. So, no matter how annoying they are, he have to pertain that they aren't there.

Poof! Ryoma smack right into someone as he was thinking, and because he was thinking, he didn't see who it was that he bumped into.

"Gomen-" Ryoma was going to said sorry but then when he lookup to see who he accidentally bumped into, it was a senior who was wearing the blue jersey of the tennis club.

But what stop him wasn't because he was wearing the regular jersey, it was because Ryoma though he caught a golden eye looking at him. But then it vanished just as he caught a sight of it.

"Daijoubu?" asked a stoic-like voice with a hint of authority, completely snapping Ryoma out off his trace.

A teacher?

Ryoma nodded as their eyes connected. The teen(?) that Ryoma bump into was the same heights as Ryoga but his postures was way more mature. Ryoma instantly think that he was a teacher. The teacher(?) have his hair parting to the right side of head and a stoic expression on his face, the glasses wasn't helping either.

"Tezuka? What wrong?" asked a sweet like voice that send chills down Ryoma's spine. he turned to where the voice come from to see a smiling and closed eye sempai who look way too feminine for his own good.

Who are they? Ryoma asked himself.

"Is nothing, Fuji." replied the boy/teen/teacher named Tezuka. The other smiling male tilt his head and look at Ryoma. He froze as his eyes slowly opened wider and wider. Tezuka was surprised that Fuji opened his eyes outside of the courts as he look at Fuji only to noticed the tense shoulders and wide eyes getting wider.

"Nani?! Fujiko opened his eyes, nyah?!" asked a voice that sound too much cheerful and shock. And very cat like, too. It was then that Ryoma noticed that there were other people beside them.

As eyes draw on Fuji, Ryoma noticed that the boy's eyes was a color of sky blue. he murmured it out without thinking.

"Sky Eyes.." Ryoma whispered softly. No one else heard it but the tensei and the captain of the tennis team heard it alright. Both froze as their ears catches the phrase.

"What do you said Ryoma?" asked a loudmouth Horio. Upon saying his named, Tezuka froze even more tensely. Ryoma ignored them as he watched the two senpai froze and tense. Ryoma was about to asked what was wrong when a voice, louder than Horio and more annoying, shouted,

"Chibisuke!" Ryoma eyebrow twitched in annoying as the three trio back away from them, looking a little pale.

'It seems like Ryoga-san never learned' was what was on the three trio's mind.

Two arms caught Ryoma into a strong huge as the temperature around them drop five degrees colder. The three trio shivered.

The regular watched as a boy, an older version of the one in front of them, come and huge the breathe out of the younger and shorter boy. 'Chibisuke?' was on their mind.

"ECHIZEN RYOGA YOU HAVE ONE SECOND TO REMOVED YOUR HAND AWAY FROM ME BEFORE YOUR LOVELY TOYS AT HOME CATCHED FIRES" said the voice lowly with a glared. That sentence wasn't even finished before the hand shot up defensively.

"Chibisuke..." whined the boy named Ryoga as what look like tears, anime style, flowed from his eyes. It look too much like waterfall.

Someone murmured "iie data" in the background but no one was paying attention to him.

Ryoma send his death glared to his brother.

"Wow wow calm down little devil, I'm just saying bye for today since you're not going to be home for a while" Explained a grinning Ryoga as he take out an orange out of nowhere. Ryoma glared at him again.

"Okay okay... I'm going!" said Ryoga as he put his hand out in defensed before snatching Ryoma's hat away. Earning him a chills glared.

"Hahahaha when you get home safely, I'll give it back to you, chibisuke!" yelled a running Ryoga before he vanished, leaving an irritated Ryoma behind with three idiots who were paled and a team of tennis player.

You are so death Ryo-nii! Ryoma mentally though to himself before turning to the team of tennis players.

Confused was clearly on his face as he caught himself being the subjects of stares from two particular players.

"Sumimasen" Ryoma finished his apologizes for bumping into Tezuka. That seems to snapped Tezuka out of his staring as he nodded and walk away following by everyone else. Ryoma watched them go and turn toward the tennis club with the plan of signing up following by the three idiots.

What Ryoma didn't know was that the team stopped as their captain stopped and stared back at him.

"Tezuka..." whispered a not smiling Fuji.

"Let's go" Tezuka simply said before heading toward the front gate, where a bus was waiting for them. They have game to play. Other things can wait. Even if the pain in his chest wasn't getting any better, Tezuka would wait. Seeing Tezuka expression, Fuji slowly smile back and got on the bus. Even if his hand were clenched into a fist so white that if Yuuta saw it, he surely get a glared sending his way. Fuji quietly chuckle to himself at his thought.

And so, Tezuka and Fuji parted ways with Ryoma. Not knowing what was in store for those three. No, make that four. Even if Ryoma didn't want to included him.

Ryoma, Ryoga, Fuji and Tezuka. That makes it four. Things were going to change and soon to. It seems like Nanjirou was going to be right again.

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Thank you for reading this. RxR are greatly appreciate.

~Windying