Okay so this is my halloween fic of the year. I just had to do one considering that Halloween is my absolute favourite holiday of the year. Ever seen that girl from the Possesion or what ever its called? Yeah I'm going as her when she looks possesed.

Anyway this is based off When the Seagulls Cry, but you don't need to have watched it to read this fic. So yeah enjoy the first chapter. The first chapter is basically just setting the story up.

Warning: Character death, gore, blood, some swearing. No Yaoi.

Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis.

Chapter 1

The Island

"Wow Atobe, I knew you were rich, but your own private island? That's a bit extreme, but not surprising considering it is you," Shishido commented from where he stood at the front of a large yacht currently heading towards the Atobe private island.

"What do you mean 'not surprising considering its Ore-sama? '" Atobe exclaimed, rising from his chair on the deck of the ship.

"He means only you would buy yourself your own private island," Yuuta muttered, looking up from the book he was reading. He had been invited after Fuji had… well let's not go into detail about what Fuji had done. Let's just say it involved some very persuasive letters that were sent to Atobe.

"He does have a point. You do tend to act like a stuck up diva half the time," Oshitari added, leaving Atobe spluttering indignantly.

"I think Atobe-Sama was very generous to invite us all to stay at his private mansion for a week," Sakuno murmured shyly. The only reason she had been allowed to come was because coach Ryuzaki was going on a well-deserved vacation for a couple weeks and Sakuno had had no place to stay.

"At least someone appreciates Ore-sama's generosity," Atobe muttered, glaring mutinously at everyone on board the ship. They hadn't even reached the island yet and he was already regretting his decision to invite the Hyotei and Seigaku tennis teams to spend a week on his private island.

"Hey I heard the island is haunted!" Jirou randomly spoke up; awake for once in his life.

"Hau…haunted?" Kaidoh stuttered out, freezing midstride.

"Don't tell me the big bad viper is scared of ghosts?" Momo exclaimed, chuckling softly into his hand.

"Don't be silly, there's no such thing as ghosts," Oishi stated reasonably, looking down at the passing water beside the ship.

"Exactly! Besides, Ore-sama would know if Ore-sama was living with ghosts," Atobe declared.

"Umm Monkey King, if there was a ghost living in the mansion you still wouldn't be able to tell, considering ghosts are kind of invisible," Ryoma muttered. He didn't believe in any ghosts, he just wanted a chance to Atobe wrong.

"Ore-sama would still know," Atobe stated firmly, refusing to believe that he had or would ever live with any ghosts.

Whatever Ryoma was about to say was cut short by Eiji's excited shout. Ryoma spun around to see the large outline of an island up ahead. Everyone besides Atobe, Tezuka, Oshitari, Ryuzaki and Ryoma ran to the front of the boat to get a better look.

Ryoma let out a sigh of relief as the boat docked. Ever since they had gotten on the yacht he had been experiencing nothing but bad memories. Let's just say the last time the Seigaku team had decided to take a trip on a large cruising boat things hadn't gone to smoothly.

"Oi brat! Are you just going to stand there all day?" Atobe yelled from where he stood on the ground. Ryoma snapped out of his train of thoughts and looked around; he was currently the only one still on the boat.

"Che," Ryoma muttered as he climbed off the boat. Ryoma froze as he set foot on the ground. He couldn't supress the shiver of overwhelming misgivings the island was giving off. For a second he stood frozen in spot as he resisted the urge to throw up the contents of his stomach. Something about this island just wasn't right. It was like the island itself was saying 'Stay away!'

"…Echizen!" Ryoma jumped as he felt a strong hand on his should and spun around to see Momo and the rest of his Sempai looking at him with worry in their eyes.

"What?" He asked confused.

"We've been calling your name for the past couple minutes, but you weren't responding," Momo explained.

"Echizen are you feeling okay? You look pale," Oishi fretted, gently placing a hand on his forehead. "You're warm too. You might be getting a fever."

"I'm fine," Ryoma muttered as he started down the long path towards the mansion that was located about 1 km away from the docks. By the looks of it nobody else had felt the strange misgivings and chances were if he told anyone about what he had experienced they would think he was crazy.

Fuji looked up at Tezuka who nodded in understanding. Fuji could tell by the looks on everyone's faces that they were worried about the freshman. Deciding it wouldn't be good idea to let Ryoma walk ahead, Fuji quickly started down the path, easily catching up with Ryoma's slow pace. He didn't need to look back to tell everyone was following his lead.

"Ano (1), som…something felt wro...wrong when we were at...at the docks," Sakuno stuttered out. Ryoma froze from his place at the front of the group. Did she feel what he had? "Whenever I went to the ocean with Oba-san (2) there were always seagulls, but there are none here."

Ryoma let out a breath he hadn't even realized he was holding and once again started down the road. He suddenly felt stupid for thinking Sakuno had experienced the feeling he had. If she had she would be freaking out right now. There was no way she would have stayed that calm.

"99.9% chance that is caused by the storm heading this way. Seagulls are known for their excellent prediction of what the weather will be like. This helps them to stay clear of any storms or hurricanes that may be heading in their directions." Inui stated matter of fact.

"Nya, is it just me of does Inui know everything?" Eiji asked loudly, causing the people around him to cover their ears.

"Eiji it's not possible for Inui to know everything; he just knows a lot," Oishi explained calmly.

"Oh My God!" Shouted Eiji, completely forgetting what he was going to say. "Is that your mansion?"

Everyone stopped to stare at the large white mansion. It had 3 stories and many balconies that lined the walls. The path leading to the house was line with large, white, elegant flower beds containing ruby red roses. Another building about half the size of the mansion, but still quite large stood partly hidden behind the mansion.

"Wow…" Yuuta whispered. Everyone in Seigaku was staring at the mansion with wide, shocked eyes. Never in all their lives had they seen such a large and elegant house owned by a single family.

"So beautiful..." Sakuno breathed out. She was slowly walking along the rows of roses, gently caressing each petal in her hand. She stopped to stare at a wilted rose, smaller compared to the others around it. She lightly touched the dyeing petals when a hand descended by hers, carefully tying a ribbon onto the flower in the form of a bow. She looked up and her eyes met light chocolate brown ones.

"This way you can take care of it over the week without forgetting where it is," The boy she remembered as Ohtori explained to her. She nodded smiling.

Ryoma wasn't listening; he stood frozen in place, staring at the front steps of the mansion where a tall figure stood. His eyes widened and he even pinched himself a couple times to make sure he wasn't dreaming. He could only stare as the figure turned around and caught sight of the group, his eyes landing on Ryoma at the front of the group.

He didn't have the time to blink or even move as the figure launched himself across the garden, running straight at Ryoma. Ryoma let out a small gasp as the figure brought him in for a large hug. "Chibisuke!" The figure shouted loudly, smiling all the while.

"Ryoga?" Ryoma gasped out as his brother let go.

A/N

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