[Prince of Tennis] Fic: Endgame

[flonnebonne]

Whooboy, where have I been? Er, happy new year? Happy Friday the 13th?

Title: Endgame
Fandom: Prince of Tennis
Characters: Tezuka, Ryoma
Genre: AU. Shortfic.
Spoilers: Very vague ones. Fuhgeddaboutit.
Summary: If Echizen's tennis had been perfect to begin with, where would Tezuka be?

Comments

[flonnebonne]

Hurraz! Thanks so much for commenting...it means a lot to me because I'm a sekkrit fan of yours. I'm a total lurker nowadays who doesn't comment on people's fics even when I love them (excuse: school keeps me busy), but I'ma gonna take this opportunity right now to say I love Contact Lens. :)

[flonnebonne]

Thanks! I'm really glad to meet you too!

Yep, if you've seen my name around it's because of fic--I don't really make posts/comments for much else.

[shinra_lackey]

I probably should have give you a comment about your fic months ago, but I got sidetracked and you know how it is... ^^;

Anyways, I really enjoyed this ficlet. I'm not sure who I feel more sorry for though, Tezuka or Echizen. While on the one hand, you have the angst of Echizen never learning the burning love that is Japanese competitve tennis, but on the other you have Tezuka who's been so easily surpassed and left behind. Tezuka kind of reminds me of what it would have been like for waya and the other insei if Hikaru let Sai play and just went on by crushing people left and right.

I'm also intrigued by the why Echizen would be coming to Seigaku in High schoool instead of middle school. Did Ryuuzaki-sensei transfer to the high school, so Nanjiroh didn't feel the need to send Ochibi back to Japan? Did Echizen beat his father and decide to play in the states?

[flonnebonne]

I often neglect to comment at all out of sheer laziness, so you're like an LJ saint compared to me. :p

I feel more sorry for Tezuka, because he's so very conscious of his shortcomings and of the fact that Echizen's tennis is not what it should be. Echizen doesn't have to deal with knowing, at least not yet.

I didn't really think of a reason for why Echizen came to Seigaku in high school instead of middle school. I think Ryuuzaki transfering would make the most sense, so I'm going to steal that from ya as the "official" explanation.