Tennis no Ojou-sama: A Prince of Tennis Fan Fiction

CHAPTER 93: Onion

As the clanging of metal against glass and cutlery against stainless steel subsided, every piece of meat and even every head of broccoli began to disappear from the giant serving plates on the tables, leaving only crumbs and traces of sauce and grease. Everyone acted merry in their own ways and enjoyed the meal immensely. With the Fujioka twins throwing in a joke or two every once in a while, the 'eating segment' of the party, as the freshmen called it, became a smashing success.

As the plates were cleared away by the Seigaku freshmen and a few Yamabuki seniors who were unfortunate enough to lose out in a group game of rock, paper and scissors, the tables became peaceful and the players appreciated their full and satisfied tummies. Sengoku, who cannot believe that his luck had failed him had been shaking his head the whole time he was carrying dirty glasses and dishes to the main building's kitchen area.

Nitobe, who shared the same fate as him, patted his shoulder as they returned to the grounds and fetch more dirty utensils. "Don't take it to heart. A person cannot always be lucky."

"But you know that I was never unlucky in such games." Sengoku said, hanging his head in a troubled way. "Maybe I did something wrong regarding today's horoscope. I'm positive that I missed something." He added, sounding very thoughtful.

Horio, Kachiro and Mizuno were walking alongside them and overheard the conversation. "So the secret to Sengoku-san's luck is following horoscopes." Kachiro mumbled to the other two in a hushed tone.

"Kind of lame, don't you think?" Horio commented.

"Sorta." Mizuno couldn't help agreeing.

The twins had patiently waited for the other campers to finish their task of clearing the tables before proceeding to the second part of the quiz game who turned out to be more of a guessing game. Nevertheless, the lack of knowledge is making the game even more fun so it doesn't really matter.

"Okay guys!" Tetsuya said, shaking the remaining pieces of paper in the lottery tissue box and sitting on top of the main table with his long legs hanging on one side. "Let's get this over with so we can light the bonfire."

The freshmen cheered. "Oh, I'm dying to see the bonfire already... And the fireworks." Mami said, cringing in delight.

Hearing what she said, the twins looked at each other and shrugged. "As we both can see how excited you are about the bonfire, let's finish the game immediately. We have a lot of questions remaining but we'll stop when the clock ticks nine o'clock, then we'll light the bonfire." Tatsuya said. Many people gave noises of approval. He nodded in satisfaction, took a paper from the tissue box and handed it to his twin.

"This question is about Higa." Tetsuya said after scanning the paper with his golden-emerald eyes. "According to his answer in his latest class scrapbook entry, what is Kai Yujiro-san's number one hobby?"

"You answer scrapbook entries?" Chinen said, looking at Kai with a mocking sneer.

"I only did it as a favor for one of my classmates. She arranges a scrapbook every year and makes everyone in the class input something in it. I was just unfortunate enough to be in the same class as her for three consecutive years." Kai said, defending himself.

"Yea, yea." Tanishi said, grinning. "Whatever you say." He added.

"Why you..." Kai hissed.

Mami suddenly raised her hand. "No one's interested in answering that question."

An also raised her right hand. "Seconded."

"Higa is not a very popular team after they made a pretty nasty first impression on Rokkaku and Seigaku." Ryouko commented, shrugging.