I do not own Prince of Tennis. (Lucky Konomi-sensei...)
This goes out to my friend who supported me so much and if she by any chance sees this, here is my message to you. Thanks and stop being so picky. ;)
"Nii-san," a girl waved Tezuka. "Whoa, that girl's got guts, she actually waved at Tezuka-buchou with no fear of being rejected by his infamous glare." Momoshiro snickered. Tezuka glared at him, "Momoshiro, twenty laps!" Momoshiro groaned and muttered, "So not worth it." Tezuka turned his attention to the girl, who motioned for him to come over. "Kitana," he addressed to the girl, "Why are you here?" He demanded. Kitana scoffed, "At least pretend to be happy to see me, Kunimitsu." Tezuka's faced softened for a second but it disappeared as quickly as it came. "Anyways, my flight landed early and while I was searching through some tennis magazines I saw your face and in the article it mentioned Seishun Gakuen so I asked for directions" she told him. There was a silent moment between each other as they observed each other. Kitana thought, 'Wow, the number fangirls he has is incredible.' Suddenly,Tezuka's booming voice brought her back from her thoughts. "You should go home," said Tezuka. Kitana made a face, " I just got here and you want me to leave?" She asked incrediously, "Well, too bad for you then, I'm staying. If you are thinking about making me run laps you can forget it cause you aren't my captain." She replied, smugged. Tezuka twitched, Kitana continued on, "I'll just walk around anyways. If for some random reason some mental pervert attacks me I'll just knee him in the groin and bonk him on the head with my racket or something." Tezuka twitched again at his little sister's choice of vocabulary and attempted to keep that image away from his mind. He cleared his throat," Fine then." Kitana smirked and she strolled off.
She walked around until she arrived at her first destination, the library. Despite her love for tennis itself, she is also obsessed with anything related to it. As she scanned through the tennis magazines section. She found the magazine she was looking for. She grabbed it excitedly but it didn't budge. She let go of the magazine and saw that the magazine had slid back. She quickly ran to the other side and saw a short and oddly familiar boy wearing a white cap on. "Hey, I got that magazine first. Ryoma looked at her and he asked, "Anata wa?" Kitana twitched at his bluntness, "Atashi wa Tezuka Kitana desu." Ryoma smirked, "Anata wa buchou no imouto." Kitana grimaced, "Dakara, nani?" Ryoma was amused by her attitude, "Ehh, Omoshiroi." 'Nani wa, kono chibi?' Kitana thought. "I'll play you for it." Kitana clenched her teeth, trying to hold back her anger. Ryoma cocked his head sideways. "I mean, I'll play you tennis for this magazine." Kitana explained, irritated. Ryoma smirked, "Sure." Kitana smiled, "Yeah, if you win I get the magazine and if you win you can have it." Ryoma smirked, "Sure, but you're not going to win." Kitana smirked, "Better not underestimate your opponent."
AT THE COURTS
"You're a regular?" Kitana asked, shocked. Ryoma shrugged, "Yeah, wasn't it you who said never underestimate your opponent." "So, Kitana is versus our little rookie huh? Now that is a match up I'd pay to see." Fuji smiled, "Not really, according to the data I have on Kitana, she's got along way to go before she can beat him," Inui said, "So, I conclude that she will return the twist serve but with difficulty and it'll be like fighting a losing battle." Kitana had heard all of it and twitched at every single thing he said, but she was gonna prove him wrong by beating this kid. How hard could it be? She's played many professionals around the world and many critics have complimented her, and comparing her to a seventh grader on a school team this match will be over before you know , she can go on to finding that infamous Echizen kid and beat him instead.
"Ok no refs, Chiisana Chibi-san we'll make the calls." Kitana pointed her racket at Ryoma. Ryoma smirked, "Whatever. Rough or Smooth." Kitana replied confidently, "Rough," and it landed on rough. Inui looked into his notebook, "From my calculations, the percentage of Kitana winning is 30%." Suddenly, a ball shot pass the fence and flew right past Inui's face. Kitana hissed, "Take those words back, Sadaharu. Say one more thing about my match and you're dead meat." Kitana turns back to Ryoma and smiles sadistically, "Let's have a fun match, shall we?" She asked as she got into position and served. Ryoma quickly returned it. Kitana drop-shotted him, "Ball control is my specialty." She told him, confidently. Ryoma ran for the net and lobbed it. She quickly smashed it at his baseline. She made a v-sign to Inui and she grinned.
"Sakuno, that girl is really irking Ryoma-sama huh? She thinks she can just insult him and challenge him like that." Tomoka wrinkled her nose, Sakuno nodded, "But, she does looks like she's having a lot of fun" She said softly with a smile.
As the match went on Kitana became more and more slow because of her lack of stamina. Kitana racked her brain for any technique she had seen while traveling. She remembered the Wimbledon games she had watched in England and the harsh training in New York. Then, she suddenly remembered! She could use the technique she had developed in Germany. She smirked, now matter how good the boy was he can't beat a shot used by a professional. She walk up the baseline and commanded Ryoma to serve, "Chiisana Chibi-san, ikke!" They rallied for a good long five minutes and suddenly, Kitana aimed for a drop shot. Ryoma ran for it and missed it. Kitana smirked, this just might be fun. She served and it went charged towards Ryoma then it suddenly dropped and rolled all the way to the baseline. "Point Blank," Kitana smirked. She served and they broke out into another long rallied.
END OF THE MATCH "Game and Match to me." Ryoma panted, "Good game, we should again some time." Kitana managed out between her breaths, Ryoma pulled down his hat and smiled, "Mada mada dane" Kitana scowled, "You know you barely won, so I wouldn't be talking." Ryoma looked taken back but it was replaced with a smirk, "See you around, buchou no imouto." And with that he walked out the tennis court. Kitana just watched him. She couldn't manage out any words at the moment. The shock was too big. Had she just been beaten by an unknown player? "Chiisana Chibi-san. I never caught your name." She yelled back. Ryoma was suprised at the fact she had even remembered to ask for his name, but then smirked. "The names Horio, and I have two year of tennis experience." Kitana nodded, "I hate to admit it but, you were pretty good for a person with only two years."
ELSEWHERE
"Achoo," Horio sneezed, "Hmm, must be someone talking about my awesome two years of tennis experience."