Rainbow-chan: Konnichiwa, minna-san!
Fuji: Oh, konnichiwa!
Sora: Konnichiwa!
Rainbow-chan: Maybe you ask yourselves what am I going to do you with you two, right? Of course, you'll end up together...
Sora: blushing furiously Hey, Rainbow-chan!
Rainbow-chan: Ok, ok...I take it back...Oh, I almost forgot! Syusuke-kun, your turn!
Fuji: Hai! She doesn't own neither PoT or its characters...oh, maybe just Sora-chan here and her family...
Rainbow-chan: Arigatou, Syusuke-kun...You're such a sweet!
Chapter 1
Friend or foe: Anata...dare?
"I can't believe that we need to find another regular for the team!" Sora said, extremely annoyed.
The green-eyed brunette girl was a 3rd year student in Fudomine High School. Although she had high marks at every single one of her classes, she was very good at playing tennis too! No one knew how did she have time to write, learn AND practice? Now that's a big mistery...Her name was Sora Yamada, 3A class's Iinchou AND boys' tennis club's manager! How could she manage to do everything!? Another big mistery...( many of them, don't you think so?)
Besides this, she was extremely talented at playing tennis! Why did she become a manager, when she could be a very good player? And most important, why the boys' club? Well...in her 1st year, she signed and entered the girls' tennis club. She was very good at it, and this made the other girls hate her. Also, for her kawaii face, she had a HUGE fan-club among boys, who were always freacking her out! These were only a few reasons for why, in the 2nd semester, she was bullied by some girls in the club, and because of that she resigned. In her 2nd year, Tachibana, the boys tennis club's captain, recognized her and asked her to be their manager. Of course, she accepted his offer very happily! Since then, the team became better in terms of technique, so she became known in the whole school.
Even if the club was full of members, most of them only joined because of Sora's beauty, not being interested in playing at all. Others were interested in playing, but didn't have even a bit of talent. Because of that, it was really hard to choose the regulars...Even so, they didn't have enough of them!
"Itai...My head hurts from all this thinking!" she complained to Kippei, the tennis club's buchou.
He smiled amused.
"Well, right now we can't do anything about it...we'll find a solution later. It's wrong to hurry up these things, isn't it? Apart from this, I have to meet Fuji Syusuke from Seigaku, and I CANNOT be late!" Tachibana was very serious about it.
Sora widened her eyes in shock.
"WHAT!? Why do you meet that Seigaku player? You're from different teams, Tachibana-san!"
"We play friendly matches with each other since Middle School...Besides, we are very good friends, almost like brothers! So there is nothing to be afraid of, Sora-chan!"
Her jaw dropped.
"You're saying that you've been playing matches with Syusuke Fuji all this time? But...that means Seigaku knows every single weak point we have! That can't be happening...Our players will lose confidence in themselves! They won't play with their whole power...And..." She was very nervous, worrying herself WAY too much.
Kippei sweatdropped. 'You really are this club's mother, Sora-chan...' he thought.
"Tachibana-san, I can't let it continue like this! That's why I want to come with you this time! I won't do anything bad, dakara...onegai!" Sora bowed deeply, with a very serious expression on her face. Now this is a rare thing at her: to be THIS serious...
For a couple of seconds, the buchou studied her silently, and then sighed.
"Do I even have any other choice?"
Sora started to jump in joy, forcing Tachibana to laugh.
"Yay! I'm going to the tennis match!" she bounced.
"Ibu and Akira are coming with us too! That way, you won't feel too lonely..."
"Moo...Why did they have to come along? When I have the chance to be with you at last...' she suddenly showed an angry face, crossing her arms.
Tachibana started to laugh louder.
"We'll have enough chances to be alone, nee, Sora-chan? But now, I have a tennis match, and I can't stay with you, you know..." he said, calming down a little. Sora was already smiling.
"Well...I have enough good time making you laugh...That's already enough for me, Ki-chan!" she smirked, watching how the smile on Tachibana's face was fading.
"I thought I have already told you to STOP calling me that way! Or else, I have to call you Ya-chan again!" he smirked at her, and the girl backed off.
"Ok ! Understood, buchou!" she smiled a little frightened. "I can't even joke when you're around...Moo..."
"Well...that's what you're doing all the time...joking, nee?" Tachibana started to laugh again, and Sora smiled.
"Ma ne.."
They were always joking around like this, making the other boys in the team very envious. Not all of them, all right, but a good part of them were...They all loved their manager so much for her silly and funny style of doing things, even walking or talking! She was really "in love" with the tennis club, so she was called by everyone, in or off it, "the mother of the tennis club"! And she was proud of it...!? Oh well, a very strange girl, with her very own original style of thinking...What can we comment about that?
Putting that aside, the practice that day went smoothly. It was free practice, where the members could challenge the regulars, so Sora wasn't bothered at all! She just sat on the bench during practice, watching every single match.
"Oh well...I guess there is no other player in the team who is at the same level with our regulars..." she said a little concerned, while heading with Akira, Ibu and Tachibana towards the tennis courts in the center of the town.
"I think I told you, Sora-chan, didn't I? We'll eventually find a way out of this, but let's not over-think it! Your head will start to hurt..." Tachibana smirked.
"Why do I even bother with this? You don't even listen to me..." Sora crossed her arms (again?), looking very angry.
"Well...It's not I don't listen to you...I just don't get why do you worry so much!" Kippei replied, looking ahead.
Sora wanted to say something to him, but a calm voice said behind her: "Good evening! Ready to lose?"
Surprised, the girl turned around, seeing three high school boys: one with black spikey hair, one with greenish hair, and another one with feminine looks and brown hair. Tachibana smiled to them, with a devil look.
"I didn't even start to play, and you are already sure I'll lose the match? That's not a very pleasant thing to do, Echizen-kun..." he said to the greenish-black haired boy.
The feminine-looking one was almost staring at Sora, making her blush. Although, she didn't even know if he was STARING or just plainly LOOKING at her, 'cause geez...he had his eyes closed! The boy appeared to notice her faster than the other two.
"I see that you have a guest this time, nee, Tachibana-san?" he said, smiling inocently.
"Oh, yes! This is Sora Yamada, our club's manager! She insisted to come today with us, and I just didn't have any other choice...She is very stubborn when she really wants, you know!" Kippei told them, looking a bit frightened at the girl and making the others smile.
"Sora Yamada desu! Yoroshiku!" the girl bowed deeply. She really wanted to know if Seigaku was as strong as it was said, or they were pure losers...'Cause by only looking at them, they weren't so strong!
"I'm Fuji Syusuke, and these are Echizen Ryoma and Takashi Momoshiro! Yoroshiku, Sora-chan!" Fuji said, smiling. 'Geez...does this guy never stop smiling?' she thought, a little annoyed, but smiled at them.
"Well, it's better if we get going!" Tachibana said, grabbing Sora's hand and walking by her side. "Listen, Sora-chan...I want you to watch this game with Fuji very carefully, ok? Can you do this for me?" The girl looked deep in his eyes, and winked. "OK!"
Soon, they all arrived at the tennis courts. Sora had been looking at Syusuke persuasively all the way till there, making Tachibana sigh many times...To be more specific, 10 times! The girl wasn't very aware that Kippei, Akira and Ibu were staring at her, being given the fact that her whole attention was on Fuji only, a thing that made the three of them very interested.
"Well...We should start the game, right?" Syusuke said, bringing his racket out of the bag, and looking with his eyes closed at Tachibana. An almost creepy smile appeared on his face, while Fudomine's captain brought his own racket out. Tachibana smirked, while looking at the other boy.
"Anytime you want!"
Sora sat on the coach's bank (do they even have this? o.O), watching the two tennis players.
'I already know the score! So why do I have to see the whole match?' she thought, while yawning. She was so bored! Why did she have to come in the first place? Oh well...
"I hope you didn't lose you're power, Fuji...I don't want to make fool of myself in front of my club's manager because for beating you too easily you know..."
"You won't know until you try, right, Tachibana-san?"
"Well, you've got a point!" said Kippei, serving. They started rallying...and kept rallying for five minutes...Sora was now astonished!
'How can he possibly keep his own pace when playing Tachibana-san? Sugoi...' Then, Tachibana lost the ball and a game in Fuji's favour. Sora started to tremble.
"Ki-chan! If you're gona lose this, I'm going to double the number of laps done every practice from 100 to 200!"
"EHH!!??" Ibu, Akira and Tachibana, and even Ryoma and Momo stared at her.
An evil grin appeared on her face, while looking at Kippei, who sweatdropped.
"Oy, oy...Can't you be a little more considerent about OUR feelings? I mean...that's a little too harsh..." he tried to explain her, but in vain...She wasn't even listening...
"I don't want to hear excuses! You made me decide this, so don't complain!"
"Scarry..." Momo whispered to Ryoma, looking at Sora almost trembling. He didn't intend to be heard by her, but it wasn't his lucky day...Her senses were too "evolved"...
"Something wrong about it?" she sent him a fearful glare. Momoshiro imediatly changed his opinion.
"Not even a bit!"
"Buchou, don't you dare losing! Our lives is in your hand!" shouted Kamio, almost desperate
"Ok, ok...I got it!" said Tachibana, looking at Sora's face for a second. His lips curved in an almost invisible, but still existent smile, and prepared himself for the match. Syusuke started to look at the girl obviously interested, a thing she didn't notice...Let's face it: she was to busy being proud of her genius plan!
In the end, Fuji won 6-4 against Kippei, a score which left especially Akira with a very bad taste. But to his surprise, Sora was...smiling!?
"Arigatou for the game, Syusuke-kun! It looks like Seigaku isn't so easy to beat after all...And Tachibana-san, it looks like you played fairly well, but...it looks like my training menu isn't good enough for you...I need to change it a little..." she said, at first happy, and then absorbed in her own thoughts. Akira, Momo and Ryoma were unable to move a feet. You could almost see the question marks on their faces...
"What about the 200 laps done every practice? What will happen with them?"
"I told you that so I could motivate Ki-chan to play with all of his power, but it looks like my masterpiece of a plan failed...Ki-chan has seen through it since the beginning. It's so difficult to fool him that it almost gets me on my nerves sometimes! Or maybe it's that I'm not so good at lying after all? Who knows..." she said, giggling. The three boys sweatdropped. "O...K..."
10 minutes later, Sora and Tachibana were walking home. They left Akira at his house, and now they were heading to Sora's appartment. Suddenly, while they were passing a candy shop, Tachibana asked her:
"What do you think about the game?"
Sora was caught off guard by his sudden question, but didn't show it. She became serious.
"Seigaku's tensai, Syusuke Fuji...He really caught my attention! He's so powerful and graceful at the same time...He isn't so easy to beat, and if the whole Seigaku team is as powerful as he is, then we are in a BIG pinch! But you know, Tachibana Kippei, I won't forget that you, as our team captain, lost to him, even if he's so powerful..."
She sent him an angry glare, making him back off.
"But it's good I found out my training program specially designed for you is waaaaaay to easy for you...I'll change it, so you'll never EVER lose to him again! Understood?"
"I understand...But there's another big problem we have right now, and it can't wait any longer: We still need another regular! We can't enter the competition with only 7 regulars! This way, we can't even play against Seigaku at all!" Kippei said, trying to make Sora forget the whole thing...By looking at the now sure-on-myself look on her face, he understood that he really did it...
"Well...about that...just O-MA-KA-SE! Besides, who said it should be a regular chosen from the boys in the team?" she answered, with a devil smile on her face. Tachibana was shocked.
"Don't tell me..."
Sora nodded in agreement. "What a smart buchou we have here! Yup! That's what I'm going to do!"
Rainbow-chan: I finished the first chapter! Hooray! Well, Sora-chan, what do you plan to do?
Sora: HI-MI-TSU! I won't tell you just now... .
Tachibana: Well, I have an idea, but I won't reaveal it either. You'll just have to read further to know her 'evil' plan!
Rainbow-chan: Ki-chan! When did you become so evil? backs off at Tachibana's glare X.x Oh, I have to go, minna-san! I'll wait your reviews, ne?