Deafening Silence ( prince of tennis) (#wattys2016)

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Seishun Gakuen Tennis Courts

"Inui"

Inui turned to the sound of the voice, unsurprised to find Fuji standing there with his usual smile in place.

"Yes?" he asked quizzically, although he could guess the reason for Fuji's appearance.

"What data have you managed to gather on Echizen Roko?" he asked quickly, but Inui could sense the eagerness behind it. Fuji was being even more blunt than usual, which was only a testament to his excitement. He sighed loudly, and Fuji frowned at his response.

"Not much" he admitted, "there are some very interesting details, but not much else. I quickly discovered that being completely silent yields little or no data at all. In fact our Echizen could probably tell you more than I can". Fuji clearly did not like that, his face forming into a frown.

"In that case, what do you know?" he pressed, and Inui smiled at his need to know.

"Well, first thing's first, the other Echizen goes to Rikkaidai Fuzoku" he stated bluntly, and Fuji looked appropriately shocked, and then he frowned in contemplation, still keeping his eyes closed.

"Nya!" came a voice, and suddenly Kikumaru materialized next to Fuji, who did not seem at all surprised by his sudden presence.

"Does Echizen really go to Rikkaidai?" he asked quickly.

"Eh? Why're you guys talking about Rikkaidai?" came another voice, and the three noticed Momoshiro standing a few feet away from them looking very confused.

"Momo!" Kikumaru cried, "Did you know that Ochibi's brother goes to Rikkaidai?" Momoshiro gaped in shock.

"Eh? Really? I thought I recognized his uniform" he said to himself, and Inui noticed how Fuji's expression changed, which was probably him just remembering why the other Echizen's uniform was so familiar.

"What are you guys talking about?" came another voice, and everyone turned to notice their Echizen standing behind them with an inquisitive eyebrow raised.

Is there anyone else conveniently standing nearby? Inui thought irritably.

Kikumaru moved in a blur, suddenly in front of Echizen.

"Ochibi! How come you never told us that your brother goes to Rikkaidai?" he wailed, and Echizen's expression didn't change.

"Because you never asked" he said smoothly, and Momoshiro appeared next to Kikumaru.

"But I asked you why he didn't go to Seigaku!" he protested, and Echizen nodded his head once.

"Because he found a school with better education, just like he said" he replied, and Momoshiro was lost for a decent rebuttal after that. In his amused watch of the scene unfold; Inui hadn't noticed Fuji had moved a few millimetres closer to him.

"So, Inui, what else can you tell us?" he asked eagerly, and everyone's heads turned to them.

"Yeah! Inui, tell us more about Echizen!" Kikumaru pleaded.

"You have data on my brother?" Echizen demanded, but no one listened to him. Inui scrolled through his notebook.

"When I discovered that Echizen Roko was part of Rikkaidai Fuzoku, I called my friend Yanagi Renji, the data master of Rikkaidai. He fed me basic information about the other Echizen, nothing important, but he did mention that he is in fact a regular for their tennis team" he stated, and the three of them displayed appropriate shock, whilst Echizen's expression didn't change.