Summary: For four years, the Shikon Academy Tennis Team has been waiting for the perfect rivals, with whom they all can reveal their true potential. When they found their rival schools, they decided to let them become as strong as possible before playing them. Now all of them have become so strong, that the Captain of the Shikon Academy Tennis Team accepted the offer to join the Kantou regionals. What will happen now? Will The Shikon team win or will it be one of the other teams?? please Read and Review...
Pairings:
Kagome Higurashi and Bunta Marui
Maybe some Yaoi pairings
Disclaimer: Me no own characters, Anime/Manga used in this fic... Me only own the plot and any OCs added to this fic...
Warning: OOCness, Fuji's and Kagome's actions, set in PoT universe... AUish.... They are all in High School... Kantou tournament is going on... No descriptions for characters from Prince of Tennis, All Inuyasha characters are humans...
Inuyasha characters as regulars in Shikon Academy Tennis Team:
Kagome Higurashi: 3rd year, All rounder, Captain of the team, Hip-length slightly wavy blue-hued raven black hair, bangs framing her soft angelic face, sapphire blue eyes, soft pink lips, small nose, lovely figure, kind, skilled, calm, gentle, sweet yet stern, generous, wise, intellegent, trusting yet mature, hard-working, very affectonate and knows first aid, can make anyone feel better with her soft, sweet smile and gentle yet encouraging words, encouraging yet ready to take on a new challenge at any time
Sesshoumaru Taisho: 3rd year, All rounder, Vice captain of the team, Kagome's best friend, knee-length silver hair usually tied into a high/low ponytail, cold amber eyes, aristrocratic features, lithe body, hard-working, protective over Kagome- treats her like a sister, mature, skilled, calm and usually very cold to others apart from those he considers his friends, strict
Inuyasha Taisho: 3rd year, Agressive baseliner, Sesshoumaru's younger half-brother, waist length silver hair usually kept down, dull golden eyes, usually acts on instinct, brash most of the time, sometimes mature, over-protective over Kagome
Kikyo Heijin: 3rd year, Kagome's cousin, Inuyasha's girlfriend, usually plays doubles with Inuyasha, defence specialist, calm, kind, loving mostly, mature, Hip-length straight black hair, brown eyes, knows when to say what, cares about Kagome like she were her real sister
Miroku Houshi: 3rd year, Inuyasha's best friend, baseliner, slightly perverted, good friend, wise, mature when he wants to be, black hair tied in a short rat's tail at the base of his skull, violet eyes
Sango Hanamushi: 3rd year, Kagome's best girl friend, trusts Kagome above all else, Miroku's girlfriend, kind, fierce fighter, mostly gentle, knows how to fight with a sword and hand-to-hand, plays doubles with Miroku, net-specialist, waist-length brown hair, chocolate brown eyes, protective over Kagome, easy to anger if any of her friends are hurt
Shippou Higurashi: 2nd year, Kagome's adopted brother, loves Kagome more than anything else, specialises in acrobatics play, fun-loving, trickster of the team, only listens to Kagome and Sesshoumaru, active, kind and sometimes mature, very affectionate, orangish red hair tied in a high ponytail, leaf green eyes, protective over his friends especially over Kagome and his girlfriend Rin
Rin Taisho: 2nd year, Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha's adopted sister, Shippou's girlfriend, kind, sweet, adorable, always active, fun-loving, loves Shippou a lot and holds her brothers and Kagome, her sister figure, over all else, Shippou's doubles partner, specialises in trick play, mid-back length black hair, brown eyes
Chapter 1: Shikon Academy Tennis Team
The last match of Round 3 of the Kantou Tournament was going on. With 2 wins and 1 loss, the Singles two match was going on between Genichirou Sanada of Rikkaidai and Kentarou Aoi of Rokkaku. As they played against each other, the Seigaku, Hyoutei, Yamabuki, St. Rudolf and Fudoumine teams were watching the game, knowing that Rikkaidai would win, yet they wished to see how much all the players from Rikkaidai had improved.
However, none of the teams seemed to notice the team of eight people, four boys and four girls, standing a bit away, watching the games as well. The girl with long blue-hued raven black hair and sapphire blue eyes, looked around at all the players, smiling when she saw them all winning. 'It seems they all are ready for us. They are at their strongest now.' she thought to herself
"Shippou, Rin, go tell the directors of this tournament that we'll be playing aginst these six teams in the quarter finals this year. Wait near the Rikkaidai regulars when you're done" she called out to the youngest players of their team. The two smiled wide and nodded their heads before running off towards the directors of the tournament, who were standing beside the courts, watching the matches. The others who had heard what their captain had said, smiled, 'Finally, we get to play. It seems they are at their strongest now, if buchou is ready to participate in the tournament'
Smirking, Kagome said, "Let's go guys, I think it's time we head towards Seiichi-kun and the others. After all, the announcement will be sure to make them all smile" With that, she lead the way towards where the Rikkaidai regulars were standing.
Stopping next to the boys from the Rikkaidai team, Kagome smiled, "Hey guys" The Rikkaidai regulars, sans Sanada, turned to look at the source of the sound only to have their eyes widened in surprise. Before she knew what had happened, Kagome was glomped by three boys, one with curly black hair, one with silver hair tied into a short ponytail and the third with short red hair.
The vice-captain of the Shikon tennis team, Sesshoumaru gently straightened the girl he thought of as a sister before letting the girl go. He made sure to keep his hands slightly on her back in order to catch her incase she fell. "Hello to you too, Akaya-kun, Haru-kun, Bunta-kun" she said, gently pushing the three over-excited boys away.
The boys pulled away but still looked at Kagome, smiling. "Kagome-chan" Kagome heard Yukimura call her. Kagome looked at the 'Child of God' and smiled at him as well as the others who were standing behind him. Walking over to the 'Child of God' she held her closed fist up to waist height to which he smiled before gently hitting his own fist against hers.
Kagome smirked before gently wrapping her arms around the blue-haired Rikkaidai team captain, giving him a gentle hug, which he was only to happy to return by wrapping his arms around her slim waist and burrying his face in her hair. He could still remember the first time he played against the raven-haired girl in his arms. It was in their second year of Junior High in an unofficial practice match between Shikon Academy and Rikkaidai. Kagome had brought her team over to Rikkaidai for a practice match and had asked that they play all the matches, including subs, no matter how many wins and losses the teams go through. He had played against Kagome in the Substitution match and had been very surprised. That game was the only game he's lost in his whole life till the second year. The Rikkaidai club members and regulars had been shocked when his Yips tennis had no effect on Kagome. She had played him with half her strength and won the match in fifteen minutes flat.
They had been disappointed when they hadn't even been able to win one match. As the Shikon Tennis Team were packing their bags to leave, Kagome had turned to him and said, "You all aren't at your strongest right now. The next time we play against one another will be in an official match. And i'm sure you all will have become stronger than ever then. We will be watching all your games." she smirked before continuing, "We will only play against you all once i'm positive you all are at your strongest, no matter if it be after a few months, one year, or even five years." With that, she had signalled to her team leading them out of Rikkaidai, with a final wave and 'Ja' to their club.
Surprisingly, none of them held any grudge towards their team. Instead they all started working harder and harder, in order to win all their games, so that they would be able to one day win against all of the Shikon Tennis team. They had been surprised when the Shikon tennis team had not participated in any tournament, not one tournament, for the last five years. They knew apart from themselves, there were atleast three other teams who were getting steadily stronger- Seishun Gakuen, Hyoutei Gakuen and Yamabuki, not to mention, Fudoumine and . They had seen them watching all the games and tournaments, including the Nationals, assessing the teams, looking for the strongest teams, watching them improve. However, they had never taken part in the tournament, making all their opponents frown until about four years ago when the Hyoutei tennis team had approached the team, demanding a game.
All Kagome had done was smirk before saying, they weren't strong enough yet, that they would play against the six teams they consider their opponents when they are at their strongest. When they had demanded at least one match, Kagome had denied them once again, only to say that they will not play against them, but they could observe their team's play-style. The Hyoutei team had accepted and when Kagome had stepped onto the courts with her team and introduced them all, they all had been quite shocked to hear the net specialist of their team, Bunta Marui, cheer her on.
They had watched as they played games against each other, Sango-Miroku pair against Shippou-Rin pair, Kikyo against Inuyasha and finally Kagome against Sesshoumaru. Kagome had ordered them to give it their 100 percent and when they did, all of them, including all the teams that had gathered around the courts at the sound of balls being hit, had been shocked still due to the agility, skill and perfect timing of the players. All their games had been so difficult that it had taken almost five hours for the games to finish as the Shikon Tennis Team had played against each other, the longest match being Kagome against Sesshoumaru. Finally, it had been Miroku-Sango pair, Inuyasha and Kagome who had won.
When the match had been declared with Kagome's win, they had turned and looked around at all the teams, both Kagome and Sesshoumaru panting hard. "That's how strong the Shikon Academy team is. If you see, we pass even the National level players. Even though my team-mates gave it their 100 percent, that was only my 75 percent." Her words had shocked them all since even with 75 percent, she had not even stopped once. That proved to them all how strong their whole team was. When Kagome had raised her shirt sleeve to show her arm, they had been even more shocked to see a bloodied bandage wrapped on her upper arm, proving that she had a very bad injury to her upper arm.
"When we play you all next, i will be giving my 100 pecent as well, if not i will inform you so that you can make me play you to my 100 percent." Before they could say anything else, she said, "Once i'm sure that you all are at your strongest, we will play you all, all you want." With that, she had said "We'll be watching you closely, Hyoutei" she looked at all the Hyoutei regulars "Seigaku" She turned to the Seigaku regulars "St. Rudolf, Yamabuki, Fudoumine" she looked at the three teams who were standing next to each other "and Rikkaidai" she smirked looking at them all. Her eyes connected to Yukimura's indigo orbs, she said, "Let's go guys. Ja" With that, she and her team had picked up their bags and headed out of the courts.
All the teams had been in shock until Marui had cheered, "Kagome-chan is so awesome." His cheer had snapped them all out of their thoughts and they all couldn't help the excitement bubbling in their chests. Fuji's eyes had snapped open in excitement and Jirou was awake for all the games bouncing around in excitement They couldn't wait to play the team, especially the captain of the team, Kagome Higurashi. Surprisingly, yet not so surprisingly, they had all become great fans of the Shikon Academy Tennis Team, escpecially their Captain, Kagome Higurashi. They had seen the Shikon Tennis Team observe them all play in all their matches and many times than not, the Rikkaidai tennis team had seen Marui try to impress Kagome by playing with more energy.
Now, after five years of the Shikon and Rikkaidai teams playing against each other, and four years of the Shikon Academy Tennis Team revealing their true potential to them all, including the other teams, as the Shikon Tennis Team stood in front of them, the words Kagome had told them before came back to Yukimura's mind.
Pulling away, Kagome smirked before saying, "We have a surprise for you all." At their confused looks, Kagome smiled then replied, "You'll come to know soon enough":
The end of the game was announced with Sanada's win as Sanada walked over towards his team, only to stop in his tracks at seeing the Shikon Tennis Team standing next to their team. Seeing the directors walking onto the courts, Kagoem smirked and winked slightly before saying, "Come on team. We have something to take care of."
With that, Kagome walked over to the middle of the courts, her team following her without a word. Kagome stood next to the director before asking him, "May i annouce this, sir?" The director nodded, and Kagome smiled before taking the mic.
"Would the Seishun Gakuen, Hyoutei Gakuen, Yamabuki, St Rudolf, Fudoumine and Rikkaidai tennis teams please step onto the courts?" she asked, looking at each team as she said the names of the schools.
The teams looked at each other before stepping onto the courts and standing next to each other, looking at the team they had all wanted to play so badly. They wondered why the captain of the team had called them all onto the courts.
Kagome looked at all the regulars of the teams, before smirking, "Firstly, I congratulate you on your progress to the quarter-finals of the Kantou Regional Tournament." At their nods and smiles, she said, "Now i would like to introduce you to your new opponents- us, The Shikon Academy Tennis Team." All the teams' eyes widened before Kagome finished, "I declare you all strong enough now. The next round of this tournament will include our team. We hope you will show us your true potential. After all, we will be playing all of you to our 100 percent." she said, looking among all the regulars of the tennis teams gathered there.
She smiled when a cheer rang through all the teams, at finally getting to play against the team they wanted to play the most against. As she said this, the Shikon Tennis Team regulars smiled at the enthusiasm shown by the teams. "We wish to have good games with you all." Kagome finished, looking at all the teams with a smile on her face.
She took a step back in surprise when another loud cheer went through the teams. She looked at all the teams and couldn't help but giggle at the ecstatic looks on the regulars' faces. Even the stoic ones of the teams, like the captain of the Seigaku team, Kunimitsu Tezuka, and the vice-captain of the Rikkaidai team, Genichirou Sanada, couldn't keep the smiles off their faces. Jirou Akutagawa, Hyoutei's Sleeping Beauty, was awake and happily bouncing around as was Eiji Kikumaru, Seigaku's acrobatic and his rival Gakuto Mukahi. Syuusuke Fuji had his eyes snapped open in excitement; he couldn't wait to play any of the regulars of the Shikon Academy Tennis Team, however the one he wanted to play the most was the beautiful captain of the team.
She watched in amusement as they all started to excitedly talk to each other about how much fun it would be. Smiling softly, she said, "Now i wish you all luck." With a small bow to them, she gave the mic back to the director, then signalled to her team to follow as she started to make her way towards the exit of the courts.
However, before she could get close to the said exit, she was glomped from behind, "Nyanko-chan, nya!!!" she heard an excited childish voice say. She turned her head only to see Eiji Kikumaru gently hugging her. She smiled, "Its nice to meet you too, Kikumaru-kun. But why did you call me Nyanko-chan?"
She giggled when Eiji blinked cutely, tilting his head slightly to the side, then said, "nya!!" and glomped her again, making everyone around them chuckle/giggle. "Nyanko-chan is so cute, just like a kitten, nya!! So i'll call you Nyanko-chan, nya!" he said, nuzzling her neck happily.
Kagome giggled and shook her head; she found his childishness very cute. The way he kept saying 'nya' after every sentence made him seem like a cute litttle cat. Smirking she said, "Then i guess i should call you, neko-kun, ne?" she asked, looking at all the people surrounding her and winking, making them all chuckle.
As answer to her, all Eiji said was, "Nya!!!" before glomping her again. Kagome sighed before gently patting the redhead acrobat's head as though he were a cat. Her affection made him say 'nya!' again. When he finally pulled away, Kagome smiled at all the boys standing there. She didn't need introductions and she was sure they all knew who she was.
She smiled one last time at them all before saying, "Come on guys, let's go." With a final 'Best of luck' and 'Ja' to the six teams they considered their opponents, Kagome led her team out of the courts, leaving all six teams eager to play the Shikon Academy tennis team.
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This is the end of the first chappy of this new fic of mine.... hope you liked it....
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Oh... and i'll be updating 'Ryoma's Best Friend or More?' soon... maybe tomorrow....
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