8AUTHOR'S NOTE: Sanada might be a bit OOC, but I can explain that. In this story, he's related to the Shibuya family through his mother. If you've seen Kyo Kara Maoh, you know how...weird...that family can be. Sanada's actually pretty normal in comparison to the rest of the family.
Sanada's Point of View
Why did I agree to this?
Miko-baa-san, who insists that we call her Jennifer, keeps talking about how her little Yuu-chan is some sort of king. It's making no sense to me, and I'm waiting for someone to slap some sense into her. Shoma-jii-san just seems to be sitting there with a proud smile on his face. The guy's a banker, so I guess he's got money - and I suppose that is something to be proud of, but he's giving that smile to his wife who might just be insane.
"...and you absolutely MUST meet Wolfram, he's almost as cute as Yuu-chan."
I asked her, "Obaa-san, who's Wolfram?"
She squealed in response, "Yuu-chan's fiancé!"
I blanched at that, "Isn't Wolfram a boy's name? I thought gay marriage was illegal in Japan."
She giggled, "It's not illegal in Yuu-chan's country."
I frowned and muttered under my breath, "Too bad his country isn't real...then I could be with Seiichi."
Despite my efforts to remain unheard, it seems as if obaa-san heard my statement anyway. Fortunately, I was saved from having to explain myself when someone screamed...from upstairs.
"MAMA-SAN, TADAIMA!"
Another voice said, "Tadaima, okaa-san."
Obaa-san pouted and replied to the voices, "Okaeri, Ken-chan! And Yuu-chan, how many times do I have to tell you to call me mama?"
Oh, I guess Yuuri's back...with a friend.
Yuuri's voice interrupted my thoughts, "Yadda."
Miko-baa-san replied, "Mou, you need a lesson in manners from Gen-chan."
He responded, "Genichirou lives in Kanagawa."
His friend, who shall now be known as Ken, said, "Actually he's sitting right in front of Mama-san."
Yuuri replied, "Really? I knew we were having family over but I thought he would be too busy practicing tennis - especially since he keeps saying that his teammates from Rikkai are a bunch of slackers."
I growled at him, "I've never called Seiichi a slacker! And I'm only hard on Akaya because he's going to be in charge of the team next year. Rikkaidai has never had a coach before and we're not about to start now because only one of our kouhais will know what to expect."
He rolled his eyes at me, "Whatever. Murata and I have baseball practice, anyway."
With that final statement, Yuuri and his friend walked out of the house.
Oh wait, I forgot to ask them why they were saying that they were home when they were just upstairs the whole time. Hmm, maybe it's time to follow Seigaku's lead and SPY on my cousin.
Yuuri's Point of View
I turned to Murata and asked, "What's the quickest way back to the castle?"
He answered me, "Your bathtub."
I sighed, "Besides that. With Genichirou and his family visiting, that method is impossible."
He replied, "Well, we could always use the school pool."
I nodded, "Alright, let's go with that."
Sanada's Point of View
I take back what I said about Yuuri being normal. He just talked to his friend about going back to "the castle" - so clearly he's like his okaa-san and might just be insane. Maybe I should turn around and go back to his house to enjoy a nice evening with family.
Wait, no! That would be even worse than following these two around!
Oh, they just mentioned using the school pool - maybe they're just talking about a game. Yeah, that's it; it's all a game - a game that involved Yuuri being the king of some made-up country.
I followed them for about ten minutes before the three of us ended up in front of the high school division of Seishun Gakuen. Maybe I should see if the middle school boys' tennis team is practicing instead. It might be more exciting than this...but they'd probably lower their level of play if I showed up - even if I am in casual clothes. Dammit, I guess I'll have to stick to following my cousin and his weird friend.
Now we're in front of a pool and the two of them seem to be jumping into it. That's weird. They're still wearing clothes - who jumps into a pool with clothes on? Seconds later, a small whirlpool appears in the middle of the pool seeming to drag my cousin and his friend to the bottom.
I'm coming to save you, Yuuri!
Who cares if he's annoying and slightly insane? He's still my cousin.
I tried to grab onto one of their hands, only to slip and fall into the whirlpool along with them. The last thing I saw was my cousin's friend staring at me before I blanked out.
Yuuri's Point of View
"Home, sweet home."
I turned around to tell Murata something only to see someone lying on top of him.
Murata yelled at me, "Get your cousin off of me!"
I grabbed the guy on top of him and laid him back down, face-up and took a look at who we ended up bringing to Shin Makoku. My eyes widened as I screamed, "Genichirou!"
He woke up and said, "Where am I?"
I opened my mouth to answer him, but, before I could, the shrine maidens started hitting him with brooms. I tried to stop them, but my attempts were in vain since they did not seem to believe me when I said he was family.
Five minutes later, Murata was the one who managed to stop them when he talked to the head priestess, Ulrike, and told her that we had accidentally brought my cousin with us.
The two of us helped my cousin get back on his feet. Once he was stable, the shrine maidens bowed and said to him, "We're sorry, Genichirou-sama."
Genichirou turned to me and asked, "Why did they refer to me as 'sama'? I'm no lord."
Murata laughed, "This is Shin Makoku - they called you 'sama' because you're the cousin of their king!"
I facepalmed and Genichirou asked, dumbfounded, "Are you saying Miko-baa-san was telling the truth?"
Murata and I said, "Hai."
Sanada's Point of View
Remind me never to follow Seigaku's lead again...it only leads to trouble.
I growled, "How the hell am I supposed to get home, then?"
Ken laughed, "Don't worry - no matter how long we stay here, hardly any time will pass back on Earth. We might wake up right outside our school pool, though. You'll need Shibuya to take you back home anyway."
I turned to my cousin and told him, "When Tezuka starts school next year, you better not tell him my tennis weaknesses."
He raised his eyebrow, "The almighty emperor has actual weaknesses besides his humongous crush on his buchou?"
I blushed, "It's not a crush, anymore! For your information, the two of us are dating now."
Yuuri chuckled, "Let me guess, he confessed." I stayed silent, which apparently, to him, means that he was right. He turned to look at the gate that was in front of the temple we were currently behind us and said, "It looks like our ride's here." He whispered, probably to himself, "Conrad can't get mad at me for being here if my cousin's here too, can he?"