Author's Note: The sequel to OOF is here! I know it took slightly longer than anticipated, but here we go loves.

Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis. Takeshi Konomi gets that darling privilege. I only own the multitudes of OCs coming into play.

Warning: Kimmy Castille, in my opinion, is a bit of a Mary Sue. This story was written ages ago and found a little over a year ago. Due to other stories taking priority over this one and OOF, I have not gone through and redone the story. Perhaps one day both will be edited and reworked. Until then, enjoy as is, darlings!

Chapter One:
The Councils

"Queen Kimmy! Great serve!"

"We love you!"

I smacked the ball one last time, an irritated sigh leaving me while I turned my green eyes to my team.

"Let's end practice early today, alright?"

"I don't know-"

"Sir Aidan! Sir Patrik!"

"-yeah, let's."

"Sorry everyone, we're ending early today," Serenity gave a calm smile towards the group of guys and girls sitting around the Harrix School for Girls and Boys' tennis courts, watching the legendary Viper Regulars practice.

"Aww!"

The crowd parted for us, letting sweat-drops and anger veins throb on our heads as we passed through, nine making their way to the end of the masses.

We moved to our respectable male or female tennis dressing rooms. We had a set of dressing rooms for tennis, baseball, volleyball, golf, basketball, swim team, and rugby accommodations, thus these were the only sports we really participated in. I changed out of my uniform, throwing my sweaty clothes into the washroom and slamming my Regulars Captain: Kimmy Castille locker closed.

I dodged the group of people waiting for me and my girls to come out, sneaking around back with them and meeting with everyone to let them in their respectable classrooms with my master key.

I walked into the gorgeous castle-like, gray six-story school. We had floors added and the building was much more extravagant with the thousands of new students. Yes, thousands.

Blue or black boy uniforms and red or black school girl uniforms were in abundance down the halls. By now the classrooms were locked to everyone, but we had to grab our bags from our classes where we had left them before practice.

"Hey Queen Kimmy!"

"Lady Serenity!"

"Oh look, it's Sir's Patrik and Aidan! Wow!"

"Beautiful Lady Paige!"

"Lady Tiffany, over here!"

"Sir Marcus! Dreamy!'

"Lady Savannah! You're a beautiful girl!"

"Princess Aylin!"

Yeah, we had gotten some new ideas going on in this school over the past year.

It was less than a month into the school year, September 19th to be exact. Guess how long it has been since we have been in Japan? A year and a handful of months.

Yeah, I was a sixteen-year-old high school Junior and still proud captain of the Harrix Vipers Regulars, a world-renowned tennis team. We had won Nationals two years running now, but did not participate in last years' world championships.

Let us just say we did not have the heart to do it.

Additions had been made to the team; we hardly ever saw Harmony, Trinity, and Natalie except during the summer. Meaning we had had to add more on our team as our school turned from an all-girls to a unisex school. It was a drastic change; our school grew and we added everything from floors, to an Olympic-sized pool, and even more tennis courts.

"I'll see you guys later," I waved to the guys as I headed outside and to the girls dorms on the opposite side of campus as the guys dorms. They were huge, and that was saying it lightly.

You see, we had a total of 6,989 students in our private school. We had only roughly two-thousand girls and around four-thousand boys in our school. When I first came here, we only had nine-hundred females, so you can imagine how much we had grown over time.

I slumped against my bed from another exhausting day. My roommate, Serenity Skylar, the granddaughter of the Dean, was working diligently on her laptop at her desk. She, as everyone by now should know, was one of my closest friends.

"I swear we need to nuke those fan clubs," she scoffed, eye twitching.

Yeah, when I said new ideas, this was the craziest of them. We had two huge and popular fan clubs in this school now. One was called The Queens Council Fan Club and the other was The Kings Council Fan Club.

Want to know the funny part?

The elite of this school were its world-ranked Tennis Regulars and its nationally-ranked Theater Production Class. The best of the best, and supposedly some of the more popular of the students at this school, as humiliating and egotistical as it sounded.

The Queen's Council was made up of eight of the most well-known girls in this school. They had not created this little council, instead the students had dubbed them as such. It was a way of singling them out. When someone talked about The Queen's Council then everyone knew exactly who they were talking about.

There were five Ladies, two Princesses, and one Queen. Lady Serenity Skylar, Lady Paige Aikens, and Lady Savannah Black were in the Viper Regulars and Lady Rachel Williams was the captain and manager of the Non-Regulars. Princess Aylin Castille was of the Viper Regulars and Princess Augusta Christians was the lead actress in Theater Production. Then there was the Queen. Or as they called it: Queen Kimmy.

Yeah, I had been dubbed a queen amongst my peers. Frankly, at the way they stalked me and my friends, this little The Queen's Council Fan Club, I would rather just be another face in the crowd. It had over half of the boys in the entire school in it.

Then there was The King's Council. They only had six guys in there. Their peers had also given them their title, seeing as some of them did not want it.

There were three Sirs, two Lords, and one King. Sir Aidan Francis, Sir Patrik Francis, and Sir Marcus Stark were in the Viper Regulars. Lord Ryo Takahashi and Lord Vance Evans were both in Theater Production, and then there was King Ty Rivers, the lead actor of the entire production. Their little fan club, The King's Council Fan Club, was a group of girls that stalked them like our fan club did us. It had over half of the school girls in it.

"If we nuke them then make sure you scrape them off your ass before the bomb hits," I sighed with a laugh.

She snickered with me, "Yeah, really." She had been more like a human being as she grew up. No more of those scary little gazes unless she was in deep thought. She hardly ever used her monotone and emotion-void voice unless either angry or hiding something.

Serenity had grown all right. She was five-foot eight-inches tall, her long hair shining blue-black, her breasts bigger, and her mind sharper than ever.

I could not say I had stayed the same either. I had gotten taller and now stood at five-foot six-inches with rounder breasts, and I actually had a butt now! My hair stayed long; I could not bring myself to change it.

Aylin had only grown two inches as she turned fifteen. Did I mention that me, Serenity, and Paige were all either seventeen or turning seventeen? Yeah, it was weird being so close to a legal adult. One more year of school after this one and we would be finished. Tiffany had just turned sixteen, though.

Paige, now she had grown! Remember how she was only five-foot when we went to Japan? Now she was tall, slender five-foot five-inches and actually had boobs! She could not call herself short anymore! Also, she had kept her hair shoulder-length. She had been trying to get me to cut mine, seeing as how she felt freer, but I refused.

Tiffany had just gotten taller; she was now five-foot seven-inches and her muscles were as beautiful as ever. She was still the most developed out of everyone, but she did not like showing that off. She had a big following of guys, even after she beat multiple ones up for talking to her. She had sliced her hair short also, too.

Our team had really improved as well. Since last year we had to add four new players, thus created a bond with them. We had decided on a Doubles Team and two Singles players when last year began.

And you know what's funny? We had twins on our team!

It was weird, having another set of twins on our team besides Harmony and Trinity, but we had gotten used to them after a while.

Patrik and Aidan were not like they were though. They were identical in every physical aspect and it was impossible to tell them apart besides the fact they parted their bangs on different sides of their head.

Patrik Eugene Francis was the Fiend of The Perfect Pair. He was a rough player and aggressive person in general. He was extremely competitive and tricky, but he was extremely funny and happy off the court. He stood at the same height as his twin, Aidan, at five-eight. They were both in the Theater Production group as well as the Viper Regulars, furthering their fame at this school.

Aidan Josh Francis was the Striker of The Perfect Pair, their Doubles name. He has precise shots unlike Patrik's wild ones, and made sure he did everything perfect on court. Off court he usually goofed off with his brother and made people laugh. He was the easier one to talk to, seeing as he was the kinder one of the two. They were both sixteen-years-old, turning seventeen in February, and Juniors.

Marcus Nicholas Stark was my Singles Five player and Vicious, his nickname and play-style the same. He reminded me of an angered Kirihara on the court, but he did not purposely hurt his opponents; it just seemed to happen. He was a Senior and turning eighteen in May, his attitude calm, collected, serene, and intelligent. He was the tallest boy I associated with, standing at six-four and towering over most of us.

Savannah Rita Black was my Singles Four player, and the oddest person on our team. When we had first met her, she dressed in a boys uniform and had short hair, like a boy. We found out later that she was a girl when she came in our locker room to change with us instead of the boys after practice, which scared all of us senseless, mind you. She was a Senior and turning eighteen in April, with a happy and crazy attitude. She did indeed wear the boys uniform and occasionally the girls maybe once a month when her younger brother King Ty, made her wear it. Yeah, her brother was the 'King' and lead actor. She was kind of short at five-four, but it did not matter to us when my sister was littler.

I could not forget Rachel Sandra Williams. She was not in the Regulars, but she was the captain and manager of the Non-Regulars, the Junior Varsity in a way. She was called Fangs on the court, thanks to her sharp tongue. She was Aylin's best friend and looked exactly like her. That's why they were so close in the beginning. Rachel's twin sister died with her parents in a car accident and Aylin resembles her so completely that she had about adopted her. She is a tennis genius, which is why she is the captain of the Non-Regulars at only fourteen, a Freshman turning fifteen this November. She was taller than Aylin at five-three.

"By the way, Grandpa needs to talk to you tomorrow," she pointed to the screen, "In his office at three. He told me through Yahoo."

"Got it. Anyone else on?"

"Yeah, Maddie, Augusta-"

Another tale all its own; she was the lead actress in Theater Production and only a Freshman turning fifteen in April. She was another Princess and the only girl that was not in tennis on The Queen's Council. She was short and petite at five-foot, but she was gorgeous. She was good enough to get into the school on an acting scholarship and very helpful to anyone, unlike Aylin and her Princess title. She was sweet and caring about anyone's problems.

"...and Anthony and Hanna but I'm invisible to them. I don't even know why I have them on my list!" She rolled her eyes.

Hanna and Anthony: Public avoidances numbers one and two.

Hanna Bethany Teers was known as President Hanna to all the girls in her little fan club, The King's Council Fan Club. Yes, she was the head honcho and turning seventeen, making her a Junior. She was average height and obsessed with all the boys I named before. Especially King Ty, when she knows he has a girlfriend. She was a spoiled brat that was nice only if she got her way. She hated The Queen's Council and the fan club.

Anthony Eric Lightwater was a Senior that was turning eighteen come November. He was known by the boys in his fan club as President Anthony and was leader of The Queen's Council Fan Club. He, unlike Hanna, was a valiant and protective boy. Though he was creepy and a stalker-type, he did try and protect or help The Queen's Council whenever he possibly could. He was one of those boys you could politely ask to pass you a soda and he would go out and buy you a whole pack.

"I have the project finished," she pressed the print button. I had written out a project we had to work on for Literature from the information Serenity got, and then she typed it up. "I wonder if Ty and Ryo have theirs finished."

"Knowing them, Ryo has his part finished and Ty is busy sulking because he can't figure it out," we laughed together. The sad part was- it was true.

Blaine Ryo Takahashi, Lord Ryo, was a boy that was a fourth Japanese and also known to the girls of the school as The Lover because of his passion and kindness. He was a Junior turning seventeen on October 2nd, not long before me and pretty tall at five-ten, not to mention lean. He was an avid actor and manager of the Theater Production and one of those guys that bring mystery, darkness, and intelligence to picture in a description when you look at him. He had a girlfriend, as much as the girls of the school hated it, and was extremely intelligent. He was sweet and kind, thus the reason for his name.

Ty Neo Rivers, King Ty, was the most gorgeous boy in this school to most people. He was the boy everyone talked about for his good looks and great personality. He was also the lead actor in Theater Production, and was willing to do any part, whether it be Romeo... or Juliet. He was already seventeen, born August 11th, and a Junior also. He was the most popular boy in the entire school, if you could not tell, and had a girlfriend also. His personality was my favorite thing about him though, seeing as he was one of my best friends. He was a lot like Kikumaru, but much more dramatic on and off stage. He had multiple ways of making someone laugh and would not stop until they were rolling on the ground crying. He also had a tendency of running down the hall in the next plays costume he would be wearing and pouncing on either me, Serenity, or Paige.

"Vance would have been a better partner for Ryo," I idly tried and balance a pencil tip on my finger. "They're both smart."

"But Ryo and Ty and Vance are all best friends so I'm sure they'd sooner all work together," she aligned the papers and puts them in a portfolio. "There! All done!"

"Great!" I beamed. "Speaking of Vance, I wonder if he wears that wig to sleep in?"

She tapped her chin, "I wouldn't doubt it!"

Vance Louis Evans, Lord Vance, was another gorgeous blonde-haired boy at this school. He was a Junior turning seventeen. He was five-eleven and the funny thing about him- he would sometimes wear a dark wig so people would take him more seriously instead of just calling him 'Blondie'. It honestly made no sense to any of us... He really caused a laugh riot when he did though. He was romantic, hyper, random, known to pop out of nowhere, and very dramatic. Not quite as bad as Ty, but close. If you could not guess it, he was also an actor. And he had a girlfriend as well.

Japan... I had mentioned it countless time so far, had I not? Well, we never talked about it really. We tried to forget about Japan because, guess what?

It hurt to think about it, even to this day.

We hardly talked to anyone from there. Yeah, occasionally on messenger or through email to send pictures, but everyone had busy schedules and getting lucky enough to talk to someone that way was a surprise.

The first few months were good for phone calls, but as things started getting harder and harder after summer, then the phone became an enemy and made people sound grumpier than they really were, so it was agreed about no more calls unless it was not often.

I still missed Syusuke on levels that were not even created yet. He had been my first love and I would love him until the end of my days. But I had moved on to try and forget him. I had not seen him since Japan and I was a teenager, in other words I needed to be loved by another human being in something other than a family sense. It was the teenage disposition, no? I had had this boy ever since the end of my Sophomore year and throughout summer, and I still had him now.

He was the kind of guy that would walk up to me in the middle of the crowded school hallway, kiss me so hard I fell against the lockers without even taking a breath, then walk away after a big smile and not a word shared. It was invigorating, this boys passion!

I did not know if I loved him as I did Syusuke, but I did adore this boy like there was no tomorrow. And he acted the same towards me.

Serenity, the usually stronger one, held out longer than I did. She found a boy that liked her and she liked him back at the beginning of July. She had been dating him ever since and he reminded me a lot of Kikumaru. I had a feeling she saw that too, in fact I knew she did. It might be why she was with him so much. He treated her like a goddess, so I could not say he was bad for her!

Paige, yes even my dear Paige got her someone. He knew how to make her happy and laugh, and was nothing like Tezuka. I could still see her gazing off into space whenever no one was around and sometimes I even saw her laughing by herself about something I knew she was thinking about that happened between them. Her new boyfriend had been hers since right before I got mine and he kept her constantly entertained, much like Serenity's boyfriend.

Even Tiffany had a boyfriend! But he reminded me a good amount of Masaharu, though no one ever would say it out loud. She had just recently gotten this boy at the start of this school year, but they were so adorable together. Not as great as she was with Masaharu though... They would pick on each other constantly and have silly little arguments that would end in one of them tackling the other and pinching their cheeks. They both had tempers, but made us laugh constantly.

The best part of all- They all went to our school!

"I wonder what Grandpa wants to talk to me about." I changed into my pajamas, deciding to get up bright and early and take a shower in our bathroom in the morning.

Each bedroom had a bathroom, a little kitchenette, desk, coffee table, couch, and a bunk bed set. I was on the top bunk, thankfully. It was just another perk of going to a school designed for rich kids... And a perk for a student that attended solely on a full-ride scholarship that went to both her and her sister.

"Probably to talk to you about the upcoming selections," she yawned, doing the same as I did to get up with me in the morning. She clicked all the lights out but the lamp beside her bottom bunk. "They're coming up this next semester."

"You mean the selections where they single out the best junior players in the world and put together a team to go against some pro players?" I grinned.

"Yup!"

"Oh man! I can't wait!"

I fell asleep like that, hands behind my head and a grin on my face.

So I've decided to disband the 'Next in' segments. Terribly sorry loves!