Hi-hi! Kyuni here! My very first story on this website, but not my very first story overall. I have another account here, but the name shall remain a secret~! ouo

And hey, it's a genderbent meet original story! I don't even care how un-original these genderbends are, I've had this story on my computer for about 3 years now and I've gotten too attached to these characters. So if you're like, wow these girls are basically carbon copies of the boys, then I'm sorry, but I didn't even try too hard to make them original. I'm a sucker for these scenarios.

Also, this story was intended to be serious, but somewhere along the way it became more crack-like. Especially in the later chapters.

Anyways, I have tons of chapters already written for this, though I don't remember how many exactly. Probably around 10?

Another note, please excuse any mistakes/errors/typos ya know? I barely went over this.

Either way, please enjoy!

Tennis Days

Start?

Y/N

Day 1

Etsuko 'Rai' Ryoko sighed irritably as she spoke to the school's tennis coach. She cursed her mother repeatedly in her head, not daring to say so out loud in case people would mistake her for being crazy.

Apparently, her mother thought it would be great to move from Canada to Japan (also her mother's home country) and enroll her daughter in a Japanese school. At first, Rai disagreed, thinking that even though she did know Japanese, she wouldn't fit in much. Her mother simply retorted with saying that there's a school in Japan that has one of the best tennis teams in the area.

What she didn't mention, though, was that said tennis team was a boy's tennis team.

Yes, damn her mother to hell.

"Sorry hun, but if you'd like, you could go check out the girl's tennis team. The regulars are pretty good there too." The coach, Ryuzaki she learned her name was, told her, smiling slightly in a sympathetic way. Rai didn't bother to return the smile, merely nodding as she turned, adjusted her tennis bag strap, and walked away.

She glanced through the fence, spotting many older boys practicing. There was a certain group of boys who wore special looking jackets practicing on their own two courts while everyone else practiced on the other courts. She immediately knew those were the regulars.

She noticed that one boy in particular was also wearing the jacket, and that he looked a bit young to be a regular. But then she realized that she was only 12 years old herself and that she was quite good at tennis. Her mother told her to never judge a book by its cover, so she mentally face-palmed at her hypocritical thought.

She made her way around the school, wondering exactly where the hell the girl's tennis court was, when she suddenly bumped into another girl. She would have fallen to the ground if it weren't for her remarkable balance.

The other girl, however, wasn't so lucky.

The girl, who was taking a moment to register what just happened, had the longest hair Rai had ever seen, and it was tied in two dark red pigtails. She quickly stood up with a small yelp, and then bowed back down in front of Rai.

"I'm so sorry; I should have been looking where I was going. I tend to think too much when walking and I guess I sort of blanked out for a moment. Please, forgive me…" She continued to rant and apologize, just barely getting on Rai's nerves, when Rai noticed the uniform the girl was wearing and the tennis bag she held.

"You're on the girl's tennis team?" She asked abruptly and bluntly, cutting the girl off. It wasn't until now did she notice four other kids standing nearby, also her age, and watching curiously.

"Hm? Oh, yes, I am."

"Can you point me there?" The girl seemed curious as she stood there and studied Rai. It felt as if she was being scanned.

It was a bit unnerving.

"Can you point me there?" She repeated even more flatly that the first time, making the girl jolt.

"Oh, it's over there, just turn the corner and you'll see it." Rai nodded once again to show her thanks and turned to follow the girl's finger, not bothering to acknowledge the four other kids.

After a moment of staring after the mysterious new girl, Horio turned to the others.

"Didn't that girl seem a bit familiar to you guys?" He asked, jabbing his thumb in her direction after she disappeared behind the corner.

"Now that you mention it, yeah. I swear I've seen those eyes somewhere before." Kachiro said. Tomoka waved her hand dismissively.

"Oh who cares? Ryoma-sama is practicing now, let's go watch!"

*.~.~.~.~.~.*

Rai finally arrived at the tennis court, adjusting the dark red headband that lay on her head so it wasn't near her bangs. She glanced to her right and saw many girls older than her practicing on the courts. None of them seemed special in her opinion, and were all amateurs. In the span time of about two minutes, Rai could spot many things that could be fixed in at least half of the team's stances and grips.

She entered through the gate, walking slowly and searching for someone who seemed to be in charge. She suddenly stopped when a tennis ball zoomed by her head, grazing the tips of her bangs softly and hitting the fence next to her harshly.

Well that was a bit slow. She thought briefly as she glanced at the ball.

"Oops, sorry. It's dangerous for little kids to be wandering around here." Rai turned towards the taunting voice and saw a tall girl standing on a court, one hand on her hip with the other holding her pink racket. Her short curly blonde hair was held in a ponytail with a dark pink ribbon, and her eyes were narrowed and blue in a teasing manner. Rai was nearly blinded by the bright shade of pink that came from her tennis outfit.

Really? Was all she could think at the moment, doing her best not to roll her eyes and stare at the girl exasperatedly.

"Sorry, I was looking for the coach." Rai decided to stay away from fights, thinking it would be a waste of a time. She purposely widened her eyes and spoke with a higher pitched voice, seeming to come off as innocent.

"Hm? Really, and what would a little girl like you be doing here? Are you gonna ask if you can join?" Here, the girl laughed and turned her head away. "What a joke, everyone knows that only 8th and 9th graders can actually play tennis. By the looks of your height, you look like a 7th grader or something."

"Actually, yes, I was wondering if I could join." Rai lowered her head and forced herself to think of something to make her blush (yaoi seemed to always do the trick, so she went with that) as she brought a fist up to her chin, pulling off the, 'I'm just an innocent, adorable, little girl. Don't hurt me' look. "I've always liked playing tennis, and I thought I could play here. So, can I?"

The blonde girl merely smirked as she narrowed her eyes even more.

"Oh, you can join," Rai could immediately tell by the tone of her voice that she was thinking of a plan to either A.) Trick her or B.) Embarrass her. Most likely both. "All you have to do is beat me in a match. Do that, and you're in." The girl moved her racket over her shoulder, tilting her head tauntingly. "Think you can handle it?"

"Um… I'll try." Rai looked around nervously, noticing many other girls staring at her with the same look as the blonde.

Minutes later and Rai was standing on one side of the court with Takeshi Mizumi on the other. Rai purposely made her stance look flimsy, and held her racket weakly, setting her eyes with a determined gaze that made onlookers laugh.

Mizumi, however, didn't laugh; instead, she smirked before throwing the ball up and hitting a simple fast serve.

Crap, how slow can one get? Rai thought, but kept her face the same as she stumbled to get the ball; she tripped a little, not enough to fall on her feet, but enough to miss the ball and let it bounce past her.

"15-love." Mizumi called, being that there was no umpire. She grabbed another ball and positioned herself again, not wiping the smirk off her face.

Rai breathed in deeply and slowly let it out, putting on a show of trying to calm her nerves. She held up her racket in front of her and spread her feet apart, bending her knees slightly and taking the same stance as before.

"You might as well give up now, freshman; Mizumi is one of the best players around here." Someone called from the sidelines.

"You know, except for the regulars." Another girl added, but was quickly elbowed by the first one as Mizumi sent a glare in their direction.

Regulars, huh? Rai briefly wondered if she was talking about the regulars that she saw earlier, but then she remembered the coach saying something about female regulars.

The blonde bounced the ball a few times before throwing it back up in the air. She hit it harshly again, and it did seem a bit faster than the other, and higher too, but Rai still thought it seemed a bit dull. She made a big show of reaching her racket out and trying to hit it, which she did, but it only ended up hitting the net and slowly bouncing to the ground.

"30-love." Mizumi snorted, "Do you really think you could get on the team with those kind of skills?" She picked at her nails, looking bored.

"Hey, I'm trying the best I can!" Rai squeaked, even making herself flinch a bit on the inside as she realized how pathetic she must have seemed. I'll just let her have one more, and then…

"Look twerp, you're just a kid. There's no way you'll ever be able to beat me in a game of tennis." Rai resisted the urge to roll her eyes again and instead glanced at the side lines.

A group of girls seemed to have appeared, and they were all watching the match. Some had looks of pity in their eyes as they looked at her, and others glared at Mizumi. One or two just looked indifferent or bored. Only one seemed highly amused.

What stood out were their uniforms, which were just a dark blue and white turtle-neck jacket and a short white skirt. It certainly looked different than everyone else's short sleeved shirts and different colored skirts. It looked similar to the jackets she saw on the boy's team, and she figured that these were the regulars.

Rai decided to ignore them for now and instead pay attention to her current match.

Mizumi bounced the ball two times before throwing it again. This one was low, and curved a bit, but Rai knew how to return it perfectly. Unfortunately, she promised to give the girl one more point, so she hit the ball hard and swung the racket too much, making the ball go out.

"Out. 40-love." Mizumi sighed. "This is getting boring, try actually returning the ball correctly, will you?"

"Oh, you want me to try?" Rai perked up, putting a finger to her chin and tilting to her head as she stared innocently at Mizumi.

"…Huh?" Mizumi seemed put off by her words.

"Do you want me to actually try now?"

"You mean… ugh, don't get cocky kid!" Mizumi quickly served the ball again, hitting it her hardest. Rai smirked suddenly, her eyes turning sharp and just a shade darker as she spotted the oncoming ball.

Way too easy. She returned the ball with much more force than Mizumi did, making it seem like a yellow-green streak was following it as it hit the ground and bounced away, inches away from Mizumi's foot.

"There, happy now?" She let her voice return to normal, which was just a bit deeper than the fake one she used and smirked at Mizumi. Said blonde only stood there, frozen as she held her racket.

"40-15." A girl stuttered from the sidelines since Mizumi said nothing. Rai glanced at the girls in jackets, and noticed most of them smiling.

"Y-you… did you just hustle me?" Mizumi screamed, pointing a (pink nail-polished) finger at Rai.

"No, I don't recall making a bet on this. But then again, you did promise me a spot on the team… so in a way, yes. You were quite stupid to fall for it too. Did you like my acting?"

"You little brat! I'll show you to trick me like that!" Mizumi once again served, and Rai returned it with ease, this time making the ball bounce between Mizumi's legs.

"40-30. Why don't you actually start trying, huh? Don't wanna lose to a little girl." Rai teased, fixing her position and tilting left and right in anticipation.

"That… bitch." Mizumi muttered. She served one more time, and Rai returned it without hesitation. This time, Mizumi succeeded in hitting the ball. She tried to aim it on the left side of the court, the opposite side where Rai was currently standing.

She thinks I can't reach that? Rai quickly ran to the other side, making it just in time to hit the ball over the net. Mizumi had trouble returning this one, almost missing it, but managed to hit it. It was a bit slow, and barely went over the net. It could have been a drop volley. Rai ran up to the net and lobbed it, making it go far over the net and landing just on the baseline, much too far for Mizumi to reach.

"Deuce." One of Mizumi's lackeys called. The blonde twitched and turned her head.

"I can tell idiots, you don't need to announce it!"

"Oh no, announce it as much as you like. I wouldn't mind being reminded every once in awhile that I'm going to win." Rai yet again let out another smart comment, and she took great glee as she saw Mizumi's seething face.

"Two more points to win, and it's mine. Got it?" Mizumi growled.

"Actually, even if you do manage to win this, we still have another set to do. So don't act like this is the final point."

"Shut up!" Mizumi served, throwing the ball higher than usual and jumping a bit. She put as much force as she could behind her right arm as she hit the ball.

The ball went low, almost to Rai's knees, but she bent her upper body down a bit and managed to hit the ball back right after it bounced, watching as it zoomed over the net with incredible speed.

She's trying to do the Twist Serve. Rai thought as she observed Mizumi's stance. She snorted as Mizumi hit the ball back.

"You're doing it wrong." The ball Rai hit bounced and went past Mizumi, almost hitting her side.

"Wha-"

"You can't do the Twist Serve; it's too hard for you. Especially with your stance. So," Rai twirled the racket in her hand, gazing at Mizumi with a nonchalant face, "you still have a ways to go."

"Like you can do better!"

"You're right," Rai smirked. "I can."

*.~.~.~.~.~.*

"Anyone know who that girl is?" A girl with short, wild, red hair and green clips holding back her bangs asked, her green cat-like watching each and every ball go by the court.

"No, can't say I've seen her before." Another girl with longer light brown hair that reached her shoulders said with a smile. Her eyes seemed closed, but somehow, she saw everything that was going on.

"Ryoko Etsuko. A 7th grader who just moved here from Canada. She seems rather exceptionally good at tennis." One of the tallest of the group said, long black hair tied in loose pig-tails with glasses covering her eyes.

"Ji, really?" The red head asked, tilting her head.

"Game to… uh… young kid."

"Oh, looks like she won the first game." Another girl added, watching with her dark purple eyes in half amusement and half curiosity. She too had black hair, though not as long as the tallest member, and instead had her hair in a low pony-tail.

"Now it's her turn to serve." A girl with short black hair tied in a high pony-tail with parted bangs said.

"When she said that she could actually do better than Mizumi just now, does that mean that she can do the Twist Serve?" Yet another girl spoke up, her dark brown hair short and wavy with a light blue headband holding back her bangs.

"Hn, I doubt it." A girl with an orange band tied to her head snorted, her black bangs peeking out of said cloth as she crossed her arms.

"You never know, just because she's a kid doesn't mean she can't play tennis." The purple-eyed raven shrugged, smiling lightly at the match.

Meanwhile, Rai took her position to serve. She figured she could start with a Twist Serve, mainly because she was already using her right hand, the only hand she can perform the serve with.

"So, you wanna see a real Twist Serve?" Rai announced to Mizumi, keeping her eyes on the tennis ball as she bounced it a few times.

Mizumi snorted, but out of the corner of her eye, Rai could see her feet shift nervously. "A kid like you can't do a Twist Serve. Don't flatter yourself."

"I'll take that as a yes." Before Mizumi could question or register what she said, Rai served the ball.

It went over the net and scooped low towards Mizumi's feet. Once it hit the ground, it spun a bit, and then quickly launched up towards Mizumi's head. She moved just in time to avoid a tennis ball sized imprint on her forehead.

There was silence as Mizumi, her friends/lackeys/followers/whateverfuckyou and the group of girls in blue jackets stared.

Rai grabbed another ball, barely containing the shit eating grin she wanted to show.

"Would you like to see it again?" Mizumi seemed to break out of her trance as Rai spoke.

"T-that was just a lucky shot! Don't think someone like you, a freshman, can master a Twist Serve!"

"What, does this school hate freshman or something?" Rai muttered, rubbing the back of her head. "And here I thought the tennis players in Japan would actually be good." She spoke the last part louder, making sure that Mizumi heard.

"…Should we be offended?" The purple eyed raven questioned her friends bluntly.

"I don't think so. She's probably just mainly trying to aggravate Mizumi." The girl with glasses spoke, adjusting said glasses with her fore and middle finger.

Rai served another Twist Serve, this time making the ball graze the side of Mizumi's cheek. The game continued like this, Rai serving and Mizumi trying, but failing, to return the balls.

It wasn't until it was match point did Mizumi finally lose it.

"That's it! There's no way a freshman is able to beat me! You little-" She interrupted herself as she threw her tennis racquet right at Rai. Rai panicked a bit, but quickly ducked and narrowly dodged a black eye.

"Hey, you can't do that!" The purple eyed girl shouted out, losing her temper. The girl with the high pony-tail put a hand on her shoulder, giving a small, yet worried, smile.

"Hey, calm down. In tennis, it's the players that decide what happens." The violet eyed girl pouted and continued to glare at Mizumi.

"I don't like that chick."

"Hey, be patient now." Rai told Mizumi, getting over her shock rather quickly for someone who almost got hit with a racquet. "The game isn't over yet, you still need your racquet, ne?" Rai picked up the pink sparkly racquet, only a little disturbed by the design, and tossed it over the net.

"It's over when I say it's over." Mizumi caught the racquet and then promptly threw it back on the ground. "For the sake of not making you cry all over the court, I'll end the game here. Otherwise, I would have won by now."

"You really think you could still win when I was only one point away from winning myself?" Rai smirked, tilting her head. Mizumi growled and stomped off the court without another word, her lackeys following. All the other girls went back to practicing. Rai sighed, disappointed that she never got to finish her game.

"Hey, kid!" The purple eyed girl entered the court, grinning as she approached Rai quickly. "That was a pretty good game just then, though I don't think it was fair that Mizumi tried to throw a tennis racquet at you."

Rai shrugged, looking to the side and avoiding eye contact. "I'm used to it; most tennis players I go against tend to try and hurt me."

The girl with the high pony-tail approached also, looking quite worried by Rai's statement, "Why would they do that?"

Rai smiled a little, "They were all just sore losers."

The purple eyed girl laughed as the rest of the girls in the blue and white jackets came on the court also. Yup, definitely the regulars…

"You're pretty funny, you know? It's nice to meet you, I'm Yashiko Momoka, but you can call me Ka-senpai." The violet eyed girl smiled, holding up a peace sign.

"Ji, and I'm Jushiro Rin." The red head cheered, suddenly appearing behind Ka.

"My name's Fujiko Seiji, and this is Yamada Tamiko, but we just call her Tami-chan for short." The brunette with the never ending smile said, and then mentioned towards the girl next to her with the blue headband who waved shyly. "The mean looking one over there is Reinji Nami." Nami, the girl with the orange band, gave a 'tch' and crossed her arms before turning away. "And the girl who's writing everything down we say like a stalker is Yashiko Miharu, Ka's older sister." The pig-tailed girl nodded, not taking her eyes off of her notebook.

"And I'm Mikatashi Hana, the vice-captain of the girl's tennis team." The raven with the high pony-tail smiled gently.

"You're the vice-captain?" Rai asked suddenly, pointing to Hana. Said girl blinked, but then nodded. Rai bowed, showing a lot more respect than she did earlier. "My name is Etsuko Ryoko, but I go by Rai. Please, let me join the tennis team."

All of the girls blinked in shock and stared at Rai and her sudden change in attitude.

"Really?" Hana was the first to ask. Rai nodded as she came up from her bow.

"I heard from my mother that this school has one of the best tennis teams, but then I later learned that it was the boy's tennis team that got all the fame. So I figured I could join the girl's team while I'm here."

Rai noticed immediately how all 6 girls seemed to change moods once she mentioned the boy's tennis team. Some seemed angry, other seemed sad, and the rest also seemed angry, but tried to hide it (though they were doing a poor job).

"Ah… yeah, the boy's team is known for its… fame." Hana mumbled.

Ka growled, "I doubt that anyone, even the boy's team, actually knows that we have a girl's tennis team. You know, except for those who are in it. But even so, the rest of the team sometimes forgets to come to practice 'cuz they were too busy drooling over the boy's team. And then buchou gives them extra laps the few times they do show up. I swear, the next time I see a boy from the tennis team, I'll-"

"Ne, Ka, you're rambling again." Seiji commented, seeming amused by her friend's behavior.

"Ah, sorry."

"Well, if you really want to join, we can't stop you. But take note that you can't actually play until you become a 2nd year. You'll have to stay with the other freshman and pick up tennis balls." Hana stated as nicely as she could.

Rai hesitated, it's not like she had a problem with picking up tennis balls, but she didn't really want to wait a whole year to play tennis.

As she was about to voice her thoughts, Rin jumped up again and latched onto Hana's arm.

"But Ha-chan, you saw chibi play out there. She's really good, and can even do the Twist Serve, which I'm pretty sure only buchou and Seiji could ever have a chance at doing. Let her play tennis, please!"

Hana paused as her doubles partner begged her, "Well… Rin, you know that this is Yuki-san's decision."

"Yuki-san?"

"Our captain! She's the best player out of all of us, though she's a bit strict when it comes to practice and such." Rin answered Rai's questioning gaze. "I'm sure she'd let you play tennis!"

"I'll let who play tennis now?" The court suddenly became quiet as a new voice spoke out, and all heads turned towards the fence where a woman with short brown hair styled in a bob, blue eyes and glasses stood. Her arms were crossed, and she stared at everyone with a serious look. She too wore the blue and white jacket.

"Ah, captain!" Most girls that were there bowed quickly to the woman, who Rai now figured was the captain, before she walked towards Rai and the others.

"Who's this?" The girl asked, not taking her gaze off of Rai.

"New student from Canada, Ryoko Etsuko. She's here because she wants to join the tennis team." Miharu stated.

"I told you to call me Rai." Rai's comment went unnoticed as the captain glanced around the courts.

"And that gives you all a reason to stop practicing?" She stared at the other non-regulars, who stiffened. "30 laps for everyone."

"Everyone?" Hana repeated. "Even the regulars?"

"Everyone." The members of the tennis club quickly went to the tracks in fright and started running as the captain stared at them all with a harsh gaze. The only ones left were Rai and the captain herself. "Didn't you hear me?"

"Hm?" Rai jumped a little as the captain suddenly spoke to her. She was too busy watching the other girls run around the track, the Regulars being the only ones to stay in front.

"I said 30 laps for everyone."

"Ah, I thought that was for the team only…"

"You said you wanted to join, right? Go on and run before Miharu punishes you." Rai blinked, for two reasons. She was surprised to be able to get on the team that quick; she thought she would have to beat some members of the team or something first. The second reason was because she wondered why Miharu would be the one to punish when she wasn't even captain or vice-captain.

"Right then… thank you." Rai quickly bowed before she too got on the tracks and started running. The others were a bit ahead, but Rai soon caught up to them and managed to run alongside Ka.

"So, that was the captain?" Rai said as both she and Ka breathed evenly to last longer.

"Yeah," Ka gasped out. "Her name is Kajiura Yuki, and she's known to be almost at pro level with her tennis skills. Though I, along with the rest of the team, rarely get to see her play. But I'm pretty sure Nee-chan has some kind of information on her playing style."

"Any idea why she doesn't play much?"

"I heard it's because she injured herself, but then again, that's just a rumor." Both Ka and Rai jumped, but somehow continued running, as Seiji appeared behind them suddenly.

"Eh! Seiji-senpai, don't do that! You're just like Nee-chan, appearing randomly and scaring the crap out of me!"

"Heh, sorry Momo-chan," Seiji ignored her cry of, 'Don't call me that!', "But I'm pretty sure Yuki has her reasons for not playing regularly. For all we know, she could be training privately."

"But what's the point in training privately? Why won't she do it with the rest of us?"

"Not everyone feels the need to show off like you do, baKa." Nami appeared on the other side of Ka, face blank and eyes looking ahead as she kept up with her pace.

"Nani? Who says I show off? If anyone's a show off, it's you, emogaru*!" Ka cried out, glaring at Nami. Rai never realized, because she never saw the back of her head, but she just noticed that Nami's hair was tied in a messy bun, some strands just barely touching her shoulders.

"I'm not a show off, and stop calling me that! Are you trying to pick a fight?"

"Oh you wanna go!?"

"Ka, Nami, 10 extra laps." Both girls immediately stopped bickering as their captain's voice rang through the courts, surprised at how she was able to hear them.

"Don't worry, they do that a lot." Seiji told Rai suddenly as she stared at the two juniors.

"Ah…" Rai could only nod.

*Emogaru is basically Ka trying to say Emo girl in English. Nami tends to wear dark clothing (outside of the school uniform), and basically has a dark personality (to Ka, at least). She's actually just super shy and socially inept.

Ahaha, yeah, it's kind of terribly written, but again, it was made three years ago. I didn't really change it much since then. The plot gets dumber later on, but the writing gets better, I guess!

Also, I decided to make a little reference list at the end of each chapter to help you memorize which girl is who's genderbend, ya know? Like, Rai is female Ryoma and onwards. So here!

Rai - Ryoma

Ka - Momoshiro

Nami - Kaidoh

Rin - Eiji

Hana - Oishi

Tami - Kawamura

Mahiru - Inui

Seiji- Fuji

Yuki - Tezuka

And yes, I realize that Seiji is a male name. I don't wanna change it.

-Kyuni