It was a bright sunny day, perfect for the invited newcomers to join Sector U17. There was a knock on my dorm door.
"Yes?!" I called out.
"Kotaro, the newcomers are here." the voice answered.
"I'll be right there." I groaned.
Several, minutes later, I was up and tired, with messy hair, wearing and unzipped jacket, dark shorts, and tennis shoes walking through the hallways.
"Well, well, didn't want to see the new tennis players, did you?" Tokugawa commented
"Shush, it'll be like all the other new players we've ever had." I said.
"Well, you won't know for sure. This batch might even be... modest." he replied.
"Tch. Yea right." I replied. We met up with Oni and Irie.
"You're too negative. Can't you at least TRY to be feminine?" Oni said. I punched him in the shoulder.
"No way. I was born like this. Suck it up. You're a man." I said.
"That's why we call you 'kun'" replied Irie.
"Hmph" I snorted.
The door was in sight. We walked out to the balcony. It was crowded, as always. I peered around the courts. No one interesting caught my eye. Until, I looked at the stands. The new tennis players are here. Their jackets read, Hyotei, Seigaku, Shitenhoji, Fudomine, , Rikkai, Yamabuki, and other middle schools. Hmm... They look professional. But that's only on the outside. Let's see what they can really do. I glanced to my friends and staff. They nodded. Then, the coach announced, "Welcome to Sector U-17. We have 300 tennis players here today. However, our manager says there are too many players. Drop 250 balls and kick the rest who don't have one, out." Then, a plane flew over the courts and dropped the tennis balls. Everyone struggled to get the balls. The tennis ball merely dropped into Irie, Oni, Tokugawa, and my hands. Heh, this is easy. But then, Tokugawa grabbed my ball and threw it into the courts. I snapped to him and glared.
"I'll kill you later." I said with a scary voice and then jumped off the fence to acquire a damn ball. People got most of the balls already. Then, I noticed some people have more than one ball on their racquet. I smirked. I snuck behind this little boy with a cheetah print tank top. I snatched a ball and ran.
"HEY! MY BALL!" I heard behind me.
"TOO BAD KID!" I shouted and turned back. He was chasing me! CRUD and he's fast! Doesn't he already have 12 balls on that racquet?
"GIVE IT BAAACK!" he whined.
"BLEEHH *sticks out tongue* It's your fault for not watching them!" I yelled. I started running to Tokugawa. I had to run in zigzags and *THUD* someone blocked my way and I ran into him. It was Fuji Shusuke! I saw him play in the nationals. His counters were amazing. "Sorry. I was in a rush." I said hearing the little boy calling in the distance.
"It's all right." He said helping me up.
As I was running towards the stands, I saw Tezuka Kunimitsu, Kawamura Takashi, Kaoru Kaidoh, and other amazing players I knew. My legs finally brought me to the stands. I approached Tokugawa and pushed him off the bars he was leaning on.
"Payback~." I sweetly said. He fell in the crowd yelling "You bastard!" SO...because of that Oni and Irie went down to help Tokugawa and ended up introducing themselves to the middle schoolers. I giggled from the railings as Tokugawa ignored the little boy, Echizen Ryoma. Then, Fuji Shusuke came up to me.
"How about you? Why don't you introduce yourself?" he asked.
"Why do you need to know?" I questioned.
"To see how skilled you are." Fuji responded.
"Well, then. You better shuffle to Court 1 as fast as you can then. The name's Kotaro Fuma. But you can call me Kotaro." I answered and walked away gesturing the others.
~~~~~~~~3RD POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Shusuke watched as Kotaro and the others walk into the building.
"This will be fun." Shusuke thought.
"OoooOo Picking up your game, Shusuke! Good luck." Eiji teased.
"I just met Kotaro- dono. There's no way I would feel anything for her." He replied.
"It's time for a little tour of the place." the coaches said guiding them throughout the building.
First was the diner room. Irei , Oni, Tokugawa, Kotaro, and other regulars were already eating there.
"Kotaro, you should eat more slowly and less food. You'll mess up your digestive system." Tokugawa warned.
"Like hell I will ditch my food!" argued Kotaro, taking a mouth-full of meat. The new tennis players sweat dropped.
"We'll be seeing her for dinner every day?" they thought.
"Next, we have the spas." The coaches said gesturing the way, "This is where many tennis players relax and bathe."
Many "ooh" s and "Ahh"s were heard.
"Then, we have the dorms."they said while passing the rooms, "You should have received your room numbers in the invitations. The rooms usually consist of 2-4 persons bunk beds."
"I wonder who I'll be sharing my room with..." Shuichiro thought.
"And finally, we have the gyms." The coaches informed, "This is where tennis players exercise on their free time. It is recommended you use it everyday, since it is state of the art equipment. And this concludes our little tour. You may explore the rest of the place in your free time later. Or now if you must. Right now, you may do whatever you wish and then report to your room at curfew."
"O! I wanna check out the gym! Let's go Shuichiro!" Eiji cheered tugging Oishi's sleeve.
"OKay! Okay! Hold up." Shuichiro sputtered.
"I think I'll go to my room." Shusuke said.
"I'll come with you." Kunimitsu agreed.
"I'll come settle in with you guys too!" Takashi added.
"Me too!" Momo yelled from a distance and looked around him. Where's Ryoma?
The four tennis players walked to the dorms in search of their rooms.
"Hmm...Room 201." Shusuke thought to himself scanning through the numbers on the wall.
"I FOUND MY ROOM!" Momo cheered, jumping up and down in front of his room.
"Lucky Momo. He already found his room." Takashi commented.
"Let him finish his victory dance and focus on finding your room if you want a place to sleep tonight." Kunimitsu replied.
"Right..." Takashi responded.
"What's your room number Taka? Maybe I can help you find it." He suggested.
"It's room 224." Takashi answered reading off his invitation.
"It's right here, Taka." Shusuke noticed.
"Thanks Shusuke." He said going into the room.
"You're welcome and Good Night." Shusuke said.
"So it's just you and me that didn't find our rooms yet..." Kunimitsu noticed.
"Actually,heheh, just you. My room's right here." Shusuke chuckled pointing to his door.
Kunimitsu stood there frozen as Shusuke walked into his room. Forever Alone...
~~~~~1st POV~~~~~~
I was on the left top bunk in my room listening to my music until I heard voices right outside my door. It must be Shusuke, Seiichi, or Kuranosuke. I sighed. Maan...I have to share a room with boys, now.
The knob turned and opened the door.
"Hello? Anyone in here?" the person asked peeking in the room. It was Fuji Shusuke.
"Congratulations. You are the first middle school player to enter this room." I joked.
"Thank you...Hey weren't you the girl I talked to earlier?" Fuji said going in the room.
"Well, I'm the only girl here so yea." I chucked, "Pick your bunk."
"I'll take the bunk under you." he answered.
"Mkaay." I sighed continuing to listen to the music.
Soon, all the other roommates came in.
"Let's do self-introductions."A guy with bandages suggested.
"Good idea, but don't we all know each other already?" the dude with wavy blue hair said.
"*ahem* Do you guys know me?" I scoffed.
"Sorry. heheh. Please do tell us your name." Yukimura chuckled.
"My name is Fuma Kotaro. Just call me Kotaro. Nice to meet you all." I greeted.
"Likewise, my name is Yukimura Seiichi." the blue haired one replied.
"My name is Fuji Shusuke."
"The name's Kuranosuke Shiraishi."
"I've seen you all on Tennis Live. You guys are amazing." I complimented. They looked surprised.
"Really?" They all wondered.
"Mhhm! Your tennis is really smooth. No wasted movements at all. Yukimura, your ability to make your opponents lose their 5 senses are so unique. How do you even do that? And Fuji, your counters are amazing, reading the wind to develop your counters is genius, just like your nickname." I explained.
"Thanks. You are very observant." Fuji commented.
"A gift. I guess.*yawn* I'm tired. You guys can stay up for as long as you like. I'm hitting the hay. Good night." I informed and drifted into a deep sleep.
Thank you for reading.
Reviews are much appreciated (even if some of them are sort of strict TT_TT)
Some of you might think, "It should be Syusuke, not Shusuke." but you know...I got used to reading the manga, I might as well use "Shusuke".
I will ignore haters, just saying. :3