I'll Always Come Back To You Ch.3
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Prince of Tennis, its characters, etc... They are the property of the genius Takeshi Konomi... What I own are my own characters and the plot of this story...
A/N: After this chapter, I'll be going on hiatus mode since I'm off to the hospital for my 3rd heart operation, yep I'm not joking... I'll be back maybe in three weeks or so... Anyways, flashbacks will be in italic and english spoken words are in bold texts... To the story then...
Title: I'll Always Come Back To You
Chapter: 3
Author:
akumitsu
Rating: T
Characters/Pairings: FujiXOCXAtobe
Summary: He was an ordinary tennis player who had ordinary dreams. She was the one and only daughter of a very influential politician. What would happen if their worlds collide together in a very unexpected way?
Chapter 3
“Ah, Keigo! How are you and your father?” Asked Thomas. Atobe Kirisaki and Thomas Acklin have been very good friends ever since they met on Switzerland two years ago.
“We're fine, uncle. It's nice to see you again, ahn. What happened to Lavinia-chan anyway?” He answered and turned to Kiel when he asked about his sister.
“Ran away again! This time she's dead! She just humiliated our family to the Japanese people!” Kiel said, apparently still on the verge of exploding because of anger.
“Hn. Ore-sama knew that Avi-chan will do that. Isn't that right, Kabaji?” On Atobe's back suddenly appeared a guy who was taller than him. He had spiky hair and very tall. He was wearing a Hyotei Academy uniform. “Usu,” came his usual answer.
“You still have Munehiro with you? Gosh, Keigo, I didn't think you still needed a babysitter.” Kiel said with a hint of sarcasm in his voice. He loved to tease Atobe since he gets mad at something pretty quickly. Atobe twitched at what Kiel said, but answered calmly, “Kiel-san, of course ore-sama doesn't need a babysitter. In fact, ore-sama called Kabaji in here so that he would help you get used to Tokyo, ahn.” With a smirk on his face, Atobe said that.
Kiel glared at him for a moment before turning to his father and asked, “Dad, are you sure this spoiled brat will help find our own spoiled brat?” He then looked at Atobe when he said 'spoiled brat' clearly indicating that he thought of him as one. Before Thomas could even answer, a knock came on the door.
“Come in.” Said Atobe.
The double door then opened and came in the Atobe's butler, Johnson. “Master Keigo-sama, your friends from Seigaku is outside, wanting to speak to you.”
'Ore-sama wonders what the heck the Seigaku players want from me.' He thought to himself. He then turned to the Acklin family. “Excuse Ore-sama, some friends of him are outside waiting.” Kiel nodded and Atobe went out. He went down the elegant staircase and went straight to the receiving room where the Seigaku members were staying.
Two maids outside the receiving room opened the double door for Atobe. He went inside and flicked his hair with his hand as he introduced himself. “What are the Seigaku team members doing here, ahn? Ore-sama demands to know the reason.”
“Monkey guy!”
“Monkey king!”
Atobe looked at the mysterious player and Echizen who spoke at the same time while calling him in a shameful manner.
Echizen and Avi looked at each other and both smirked when they turned their heads to Atobe who looked like he was about to blow because of irritation.
The other Seigaku members tried their hardest to stifle their laughter although it failed. Momoshiro was almost rolling on the floor and tears were streaming down his eyes. Kaidoh was blushing mildly because of wanting to laugh but not wanting to at the same time. Oishi was smiling and covering his mouth to stop himself from bursting out loud. Inui was scribbling madly at his notebook while he said 'Interesting data'. Fuji was grinning wildly, obviously amused at Atobe's reaction and Eiji said to Oishi while laughing at the same time,
“Nyaa, Oishi, they're in synchro mode.” Oishi wanted to cover his partner's mouth because he saw Atobe twitched when he saw the reactions of the Seigaku members and he really was about to blow because of irritation. Tezuka kept his stoic face intact.
“That's enough! Ore-sama demands to know who are you to call ore-sama that inappropriate nickname!” He snapped at them. That was enough to silence the whole room. Avi then stepped forward and pulled Echizen's cap from her head and gave it back to him.
Her strawberry blonde hair flowed nicely and smoothly on her back. Atobe stood there, surprised at what he just saw.
“Stupid monkey guy! It's me your fiancee!”Avi snapped back at him. Everybody's jaw dropped at Avi's revelation, even Tezuka, but didn't let anybody see it. Inui started scribbling again on his notebook, Echizen just pulled his cap lower and let out an inaudib;e 'ce'. Momoshiro was the first to speak.
“Eh, Avi-chan, are you sure that he's your fiancee?” Momoshiro pointed at Atobe.
“Yes, Momo-chan. Fi-an-cee. Arranged marriage.” She said nonchanlantly, as if that didn't bother her.
“Nyaa, Avi-chan's engaged already?” Eiji then clung to his doubles partner while Oishi patted him on the head.
“Well, monkey guy, is my family upstairs?”
“H-Hai.” Atobe stammered. Even though it was an arranged marriage, he did have a slight crush on the girl ever since they met last year in Switzerland where the Atobe's where having a summer vacation.
“Then are you going to take me there or you'll just stand there with you mouth hanging wide open? Oh yeah, not to mention I just saw a fly. It might enter your mouth.” That snapped Atobe out of his reverie and motioned to Avi to follow him. She nodded and turned to the Seigaku members.
“Thanks you guys for bringing me here, specially you, Syuusuke. I'd loved to see you again.” She said with a genuine smile.
“Saa... It was nice meeting you too, Avi.” Fuji smiled back at her.
“I'll just have your uniform returned to you when it's already washed.”
With that, the Seigaku members waved at her goodbye and went out of the Atobe mansion, preparing to go back to their school.
Avi and Atobe went upstairs where the Acklin family was staying. Avi took a deep breath before announcing herself that she was back.
“Hey guys!” Avi said with a calm voice. Her family turned to where the familiar voice was coming from. All of the anger from Avi's dad seemed to evaporate into nothingness after seeing her daughter safe and sound.
“Lavinia!” Thomas and Margaret exclaimed. They brought Avi into a heartwarming hug. They were just thankful that their little princess was home, Thomas specially, since he knew that Avi was just thinking of a way to get back to Switzerland.
When Avi freed herself from her parents, she turned to her bodyguards and spoke to them.
“Roche, Nic, sorry I slipped away again.” They nodded at her, signalling that she was forgiven. Although Avi was a little brat and gave them headaches, they were still very close to her and won't forgive themselves if something bad happened to her.
Kiel, on the other hand...
“Lavinia Acklin you are grounded for a month!” Kiel was totally yelling at her. Even though he loved her sister very much, he wasn't up for childish pranks like their parents. To him, everything must be in order. He might joke with his sister everytime, but if it calls for it, he will be dead serious about everything.
“Kiel, seriously, calm down! I wasn't going to go back to Switzerland anyway. I just wanted to shop on my own.” Avi told him, still trying to be calm. She loved his brother so she won't do or say anything rash at him.
“By running away from Roche and Nicolas? You know better, Avi! You just made the whole family in trouble.” Kiel was very angry. He didn't care that his parents were there or Atobe.
Atobe, on the other hand, was very shocked. He never knew that the brother and sister could actually fight like that. What he saw back in Switzerland was very different from what he is seeing right now. Ambassador Acklin and his wife knew better than to interfere with Kiel's sermon. When he needs to lash out his anger he has to.
“I'm sorry Kiel. Really, I won't run away again. I promise.” She said while smiling sheepishly. She really was sorry and it hurt that her brother was practically yelling at her.
“Promise, huh? If you break that promise in one week you're dead!” Kiel lowered his voice now. He was just happy to hear that Avi promised something like that. It just meant that she was trying her best to like it here.
“Yep, I promise!” She said with a cute smile. With that, the brother and sister embraced.
After that nice hug, they were again disturbed by Atobe's butler who announced that there were visitors again. Avi and Kiel looked at him questioningly.
“No, Ore-sama is not expecting any other visitors than you.”
“Oh, well, just see who it is and get back here monkey guy.”
“Avi! Stop calling Atobe 'monkey guy'. He's your fiance and you should respect him.” Kiel chided. He really doesn't like it when Avi acts like a little kid although he is amused at Atobe and Avi's fights sometimes.
Avi simply smirked and told Atobe to get the visitors.
When Atobe left, Avi answered Kiel. “Oh come on, Kiel, you know I love it when I piss him off.” She then laughed at the top of her lungs.
When Atobe returned, though, she saw her worst nightmares come to life again. There stood with Atobe the person she never wished to see again.
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