A/N: Hey, um, I know what you're thinking... Ugh, another story but this certain story idea kept popping out of nowhere and I had to write it out before it consumes me! So, it's a crossover of the Prince of Tennis and Naruto. Let's just pretend Seigaku DOES have a tennis club for girls but no Female Regulars. And since I don't know what Ryoma's classroom number is, I made it up.

Enjoy!

Haruno Sakura; the Princess of Tennis arrives!

A girl with cherry blossom pink hair and bright emerald green cat-like eyes was wondering around the ground of Seishun Gakuen; Seigaku for short.

The girl was very cute. Her pink haired stopped at her shoulders, she has a heart shaped face, cute bangs framing the sides of her face, snow white skin, a cute button nose and plump, pink lips. She was small, about 4'9". She also has a petite and curved body. Her cheeks were tinted pink and she has some baby fat that made her look even cuter.

She was wearing Seigaku Boys' Uniform, which was consisted with a black jacket with a white short sleeved dress shirt under it. She was also wearing black slacks and white sneakers.

The girl; Haruno Sakura was holding a map in one hand, a school bag in the other and a tennis bag that was securing three rackets in it, was slung over her left shoulder.

Her head turned to each direction every 10 seconds. She was a new student in Seigaku, having to move from America to Japan weeks ago. She had come early to school to check out the tennis club, tennis courts and the famous Seigaku Regulars.

She was truly awed by their skills when she heard about them. They had won many matches against so many skilled schools. With the map of Seigaku in her hand, she set out again to find the tennis courts once more.

After awhile, she got lost again. When she thought all hopes were lost, she saw three freshmen students talking to each other. One was short with black bowl cut hair and black eyes. He was the smallest among them. The second one was the tallest, he had half shaved head and black eyes. Between them was an obnoxious looking boy with brown hair. He was the only one wearing brown shorts and a green shirt. The other two was wearing the normal school sports uniform.

Sakura decided to ask them for directions. They noticed her and openly stared at her in disbelief. She was used to it; either they were curious about her hair color or they were curious with why she was wearing a boys' uniform. One of them; the brown haired boy opened his mouth to say something. Sakura, already know what kind of questions he was going to ask so she cut him off.

"Um… Yeah, I have pink hair- I didn't dye it though. My hair color is natural. I'm wearing a boys' uniform because, even though I'm a girl, I can't wear a skirt," Sakura said sheepishly.

The boys blinked and the brown haired boy pumped out his chest proudly. "Whatever. Who are you and what do you want? We're pretty busy right now," he said smugly.

Sakura twitched at his words but calmed herself from attacking to soon-to-be punched boy if he doesn't stop acting all high and mighty. "Ano, do you know where the tennis courts are? I really want to check out the tennis club, especially the Seigaku Regulars," Sakura said with excitement.

"What a coincidence! We're heading there too. I'm Kachirou and this is Katsuo, we're first years," the boy with the bowl cut hair said as he pointed to himself and his tall friend. "I'm Horio Satoshi, I have a 2 year experience in tennis and I'm an expert of it," the brown haired boy said proudly, sticking his nose up in the air.

Sakura and the other two freshmen sweat dropped at this. "I'm Haruno Sakura. I'm new here and I'm a first year too. Please to meet you," Sakura bowed.

She and the freshmen trio walked towards the tennis court, Sakura following them. "Ano, Sakura-chan, do you play tennis?" Kachirou asked as he noticed the tennis bag.

"Ah, I do actually. I moved here from America a couple of weeks ago and I heard about the Seigaku Tennis Team. I was awed when I heard about them and I got excited since the school of my choice was Seishun. But I don't know about the members. I heard the Regulars are simply amazing!" Sakura said as she clutched the strap of her tennis bag in excitement.

"Is that why you came early?" Katsuo asked as he smiled at the pink haired girl. Sakura only nodded cutely, a blush staining her cheeks. Not too soon, they reached the tennis courts where the juniors were having practice matches and the freshmen were swinging rackets.

There were no regular members in sight. Horio crossed his arms against his chest. "The regulars must be having a meeting again," he said as he looked at the courts.

"Oi, freshmen!" a deep voice was heard. They turned and saw junior, Arai Masashi walking towards them. "A-Arai- senpai!" the three freshmen yelled out in shock.

"Oh? What do we have here?" Arai asked when he spotted Sakura. Sakura stared back at him through her large emerald eyes.

"A-Ano, this is Haruno Sakura-chan. She's a new student. She said she wanted to check out the tennis courts and see the regulars so we brought her here," Katsuo and Kachirou explained.

"Eh? A girl? In a boys' uniform?" Ikeda Masaya, Arai's friend came up to them. "She told us she can't wear a girls' uniform so she had to wear a boys' instead," Horio said.

"Ano, nice to meet you senpai," Sakura said as she bowed.

"You want to meet the regulars, huh? Just to let you know, the regulars are amazing people. You can't beat them easily. You can't hold a candle to them. Heck, I don't think you can even beat the great Arai-sama!" Arai said proudly.

"Hmm? Is that so? Do you really think I can't beat you? Do you want to prove that? Because I think, you can't beat me instead," Sakura mused as she dropped her tennis bag.

"Cocky, aren't you? Fine, but be prepared to lose and taste defeat!" Arai said as he grabbed his racket.

Sakura smirked as she rummaged her tennis bag. Horio, Katsuo and Kachirou saw three rackets in her bag. One was light blue, the other was red and the last one was black. Sakura pulled out the blue racket with a small smile. "This should do," she muttered to herself.

She got up from her kneeling position and walked into the court behind her, where Arai was already waiting for her arrival. Sakura stood at the other side of the court, opposite from Arai. She held her racket upside down and spun it. "Which?"She asked Arai.

"Smooth," Arai said and when the racket fell down and declared 'smooth', Arai grinned. Sakura stood at the baseline of her side and Arai did the same at his. 'I'll go easy on her,' Arai thought. He served the ball with a loud "Take this!"

Sakura returned the ball easily and it hit Arai's court. 'So, he's going easy on me, huh? That was a big mistake,' she thought. "Fifteen- Love!" Katsuo yelled out the score.

Arai served, still planning on going easy on her, but Sakura hit the ball with the flick of her wrist, earning 30 points now. The game continued and Sakura won the first game because Arai still went easy on her. Sakura was playing without effort and that made her slightly disappointed. She wanted to play seriously; she wanted to have fun!

"Arai-senpai, can you play seriously now? I know you're going easy on me!" Sakura said as she bounced the yellow tennis ball with her left hand.

"I'll go easy on you when you can beat me!" Arai said smugly.

Sakura stared at Arai sharply. "Che. Whatever," Sakura muttered under her breath. She threw the ball up in the air and did a small jump. She hit the ball and landed back onto her feet.

The ball landed on Arai's court and spun rapidly. After some seconds, it bounced towards Arai's face. The junior managed to dodge the oncoming ball by falling onto his bottom as he grunted in shock and slight pain.

"W-Wasn't that the Twist Serve?" Horio asked in shock. He couldn't believe the girl in the court just hit a Twist Serve.

Ikeda nodded, "Since she's a girl, that Twist Serve might be slower or even the same speed and power as Echizen's Twist Serve."

"No, that's not true," a soft spoken voice said from behind. They turned to see the 8 members of the regulars. Ryoma, who was the 9th member, was missing. "Eh, why do you say that, Fuji-senpai? Why did you say Sakura-chan's Twist Serve isn't the same or weaker than Ryoma-kun's?" Kachirou asked the Prodigy, Fuji Syuusuke.

"Take a closer look at her Twist Serve," Inui Sadaharu, the Data Specialist said and the boys obliged. They watched carefully as Sakura hit another Twist Serve. It traveled towards the opposite side of the court in a blink of an eye and bounced quickly after spinning on Arai's side in mere seconds.

"F-Fast!" Horio said loudly, amazed by the girl's ability.

"Em. Her Twist Serve is faster, stronger and sharper and probably has more spin in it. You can't return that easily. You need both luck and skills to return that," Oishi Shuichiro, Vice-captain of the tennis team and so-called Mother Hen of the tennis team itself, said. He and the other regulars did not take their eyes from the pink haired girl that was going against Arai without effort.

Sakura won each match easily; she wasn't even breaking a sweat!

BRRIIIIINNNG! The school bell rang, effectively making Sakura stop. A ball came directly towards her face. When the ball was at arm's length from her, she hit it downwards with her racket. The ball spun on the ground and bounced back up the next second. Sakura effortlessly hit the ball straight to Arai's face, while she was in a daze.

The ball hit Arai in the face, making the boy fall on his back while twitching. Sakura, who snapped out of her thoughts when she heard Arai grunted, realized that she just hit a senpai's face. "Ah, I'm so sorry, Arai-senpai! I didn't mean to, I didn't notice! Are you okay, senpai?" Sakura asked.

Arai weakly gave her a thumbs up and his arm limply fell down again. Sakura hit her forehead inwardly and thought, 'I'm doomed.' She helped Arai stand, not noticing the red blush staining the older boy's cheek.

Sakura picked up her racket and store it in her tennis bag; not noticing the Seigaku regulars were there. "Sakura-chan, we were wondering, why do you have three different colored rackets?" Katsuo asked.

"Ah, about that. Well, each color represents my strength and my opponent. My blue racket is called my Light Racket or Warm up Racket. I use my Light racket when I warm up or when I'm fighting an opponent whom I acknowledge as a Warm up partner. They're the ones that I can beat easily. My red racket is my Practice Racket. I use it to practice tennis or to go against an opponent whom I acknowledge as a Practice partner. I can't beat them easily and I might have some difficulties when I fight them but they're still easy to beat. My black racket is my Match or Battle Racket. I only use it against strong opponents; opponents whom are nationally ranked, for example. I rarely use my black racket," Sakura explained.

The boys were astounded to say the least, even the regular members. "So, does that mean Arai is only a warm up to you?" Ikeda asked.

"No. To me, he can't even reach that level if he goes against me," Sakura said bluntly, making most of them fell onto the ground anime style. "Well, I better get going. Class is going to start soon! Bye!" Sakura said as she jogged towards the school building.

"She's interesting, ne?" Fuji asked. "Em! She's so cute, nya!" Kikumaru Eiji, the acrobat tennis player agreed. "Fshuu… She might be better than Mr. Porcupine over there," Kaidoh Kaoru, the Viper, hissed. "You want to rumble, Mamushi?" Momoshiro Takeshi yelled, angered by his teammate's words.

"C-Calm down, you guys," Kawamura Takashi said, trying to separate the two Regular juniors away from each other. "Here, Taka-san," Fuji said as he handed Kawamura his racket. Kawamura took it and turned into 'Burning' Taka-san. "ORAA! BURNING! CALM DOWN!" Kawamura yelled.

"Stop! Everyone, clean up and go to class. Where's Echizen?" Tezuka Kunimitsu, Captain of the Seigaku Tennis Team, asked. "Echizen was asked to help sensei with something so he can't come to practice," Horio answered.

Tezuka nodded in approval of the reason. "Okay, then. Thank you for your hard work everyone. We'll see each other during club activities this evening," Oishi said. "Yes!" They all chorused loudly.

Not too soon, Echizen Ryoma arrived to give his captain his late slip. "Ne, O-Chibi! There was a girl here that beat Arai in a match. She's a freshmen and she's so cute! She wasn't even sweating when she was playing! She has pink hair, nya!" Eiji said excitingly.

'Pink hair?' Ryoma thought. Somehow, it was familiar to him.

-Class 1-1-

It was the first period and the teacher was oddly late. Ryuuzaki Sakuno and Osakada Tomoka were talking to one another. The freshmen trio was talking about their new friend, Sakura. Ryoma, as usual was sleeping soundly.

The teacher came in with Sakura in tow. "Class, listen up. This is your new classmate, Haruno Sakura-san. Haruno-san, introduce yourself," the teacher said.

"Hello, I'm Haruno Sakura. I play tennis and I love helping other people. I really hate it when others try to hurt my friends. Please to meet you," Sakura said as she bowed a little.

"Thank you, Haruno-san. You can sit next to Echizen. He's the only boy sleeping in this class," the teacher pointed out. Sakura immediately spotted Ryoma who was sleeping by leaning his head on the palm of his hand.

Sakura giggled inwardly, 'My, my, he still looks cute when he's sleeping,' Sakura thought as she sat next to the sleeping boy. Sakura stared at Ryoma and smiled sweetly, 'He's going to be surprised and happy when he sees me.'

Classes went by smoothly as Ryoma kept sleeping through them. He only wakes up when the teachers want him to answer the questions they had written on the blackboard. But soon after he accomplished his tasks, he went back to his seat, only to fall asleep again.

Sakura laughed inwardly, knowing that the sleeping boy beside her still hasn't noticed her yet. The bell rang, signaling it was already Lunch. Ryoma, who was irritated by the bell's sounds, woke up, only to find the freshmen trio in front of him, grinning like maniacs. Ryoma reeled back in shock and sighed.

"What do you want?" the tennis prodigy asked lazily. "Ne, Ryoma-kun. We made a new friend and she's the new student in this class. Look to your right," Kachirou said. Ryoma obliged and then he felt his heart crying tears of joy.

There, sitting right beside him was a girl with pink hair, wearing a boys' uniform and waving at him with a smile. "S-Sakura?" Ryoma almost yelled out as he stood up in shock.

"Yo," Sakura said as she stuck her tongue out. "W-What are you doing here? When did you arrive here?" Ryoma asked; inwardly happy that his childhood friend was in front of him.

The whole class was quiet, watching Ryoma and Sakura exchanging words. "Ano… I moved here from America about a couple of weeks ago. I'm sorry for not telling you, but a month ago, I did send you a letter stating that I might move to Japan. Didn't you get it?" Sakura asked.

"No, I didn't," Ryoma answered truthfully as the image of his father appeared in his mind. 'That old man…' Ryoma thought, irritated by the fact that his father had gotten Sakura's letter for him and hid it.

"Well, it doesn't matter now. All that matters is that I'm right here, in front of you. I missed you so much," Sakura grinned. Ryoma gave her a small smile. 'I really missed you too, Sakura,' Ryoma thought. He grabbed Sakura by her elbow and dragged the girl out from the class room. "Let's go and eat lunch. The bell's going to ring soon," Ryoma stated.

Sakura only smiled and walked towards the canteen with her best friend by her side, talking about tennis and developing new moves.

The freshmen trio was shocked to say the least. It seems that Ryoma had known Sakura, and that fact confused them. When had Ryoma and Sakura met?

"Eh? Who was that girl with my Ryoma-sama?" Tomoka approached the freshmen trio, angrily yelling at them. "That was Sakura-chan. She and Echizen seem to know each other pretty well. They might be close," Horio answered, half stuttering because of the ugly scowl Tomoka had imprinted on her face.

"Close to Ryoma-sama? No, I won't allow it! Let's go, Sakuno. We'll teach this girl a lesson!" Tomoka said angrily as she walked out from the class room with Sakuno in tow. Tomoka ignored Sakuno's plead not to hurt a new student as it was against the rules for a fight between students to occur.

The freshmen trio snapped out from their daze and chased after the angry brunette. "We've got to stop Osakada-san from hurting Sakura-chan!" Katsuo said as they tried to catch up with their demonic brunette class mate.

-The Canteen-

Ryoma and Sakura settled their trays filled with food onto the table and sat down, facing opposite of each other. "Itadakimasu," they both said and began to eat. They didn't notice the brunette from their class glaring at Sakura in jealousy, an auburn haired girl trying to stop her best friend and the freshmen trio that was trying to pull the brunette away from their table.

Tomoka approached the table while emitting a dark aura. Ryoma noticed this and narrowed his gold cat like eyes. He went behind Sakura's chair and glared at the brunette. Tomoka stopped in her tracks when she saw Ryoma's 4'9" figure protect the pink haired girl.

'W-Why is Ryoma-sama protecting that girl? He's supposed to protect me when I'm in trouble,' Tomoka whined inwardly. Sakura and the freshmen trio noticed Ryoma too and sighed in relief. No way would Tomoka go and try to kill their new class mate if Ryoma was protecting her.

Ryoma glared at Tomoka while Sakura stared at him in confusion. Sakura peeked through Ryoma's shoulder and saw 5 kids from her class. One was a brunette that was torn between whining and screaming at someone. The other was an auburn haired girl that was trying to calm down her friend. And the other three were Katsuo, Kachirou and Horio trying to stop the brunette from rampaging.

Sakura sweat dropped at the scene and sighed. She tugged Ryoma's shirt and silently plead the boy to sit down and eat with her. Ryoma glanced at Sakura and obliged. He sat down back and continued to eat.

They ate in silence, with the freshmen trio, Sakuno and Tomoka (reluctantly) joined them. Then, Kachirou, who was curious about Ryoma's relationship with Sakura, stroked up a question. "Ne, Sakura-chan, Ryoma-kun, have you two met each other before? You both seem pretty close with each other," Kachirou asked after taking a bite of his tempura.

Sakura nodded while Ryoma kept eating. "We're childhood friends. Our fathers were best friends before we were born and we've been friends since we were in diapers," Sakura answered with a slight laugh. "No wonder you two are so close," Katsuo said with a smile.

The bell rang for the next classes to continue. Sakura and Ryoma continued their journey towards their class, happily talking to one another. Ryoma ignored the glare Tomoka sent to Sakura while the pink haired girl was oblivious to it.

Sakuno and the freshmen trio immediately took a liking towards Sakura, not caring if Tomoka was against it. As long as Sakura was nice to them; which she will continue doing, they would be nice to her in return. Classes went by smoothly and Ryoma had volunteered to show Sakura around the school.

As the freshmen trio got ready for their club activities in the club room, the regulars came up to them. "Ne, did you see Echizen?" Momo asked the trio. "Ah, Echizen's busy showing the new student in our class around the school. He volunteered to show her around," Horio answered as he tightened the knot of his tennis shoes.

"O-Chibi volunteered to show a new girl around? Is she cute, nya?" Eiji asked, excitingly. "Ah, the new girl is actually Sakura-chan, the one that beat Arai-senpai," Katsuo said with a sheepish grin.

Arain flinched and his shoulders slumped. The words 'Beaten by a Girl' was plastered on his forehead. Momo and Eiji stifled their laughter while Oishi and Kawamura gave sheepish grins at the sulking junior.

"Saa… I wonder if both of them could get along with each other," Fuji said. "Actually, we just found out they are childhood friends," Kachirou answered as he carried a basket filled with tennis balls towards the courts.

This little fact had perked everyone's attention. "You're kidding? O-chibi and that girl are childhood friends?" Eiji said, surprised.

"Best friends, in fact," Horio said. "Uwa, now I really want to get to know her! To be that close to Echizen, I wonder what she's like," Momo said as he crossed his arms behind his head. All the other regulars nodded except for Tezuka, Inui and Kaidoh.

"And this is the tennis courts; our last stop," Ryoma said as he and Sakura stood in front of the club house. The tennis club members stared at them and instantly recognized the girl beside Ryoma.

Sakura had finally noticed the regulars and stared at them in awe. "Those boys in the blue and white jerseys… are they the regulars?" Sakura asked Ryoma. Before the young prodigy could answer, they were both dragged into the courts where the tennis members were assembling.

"You got that right. We're the regulars. O-chibi's one of us too!" Eiji said as he pointed to the other regulars, himself and Ryoma. Sakura looked at Ryoma in mild surprise. "You're a regular too? Why didn't you tell me?" Sakura asked excitingly.

"I-I wanted to surprise you…" Ryoma muttered under his breath but it was still audible. Sakura smiled sweetly as her friend and hugged him, "Aw, you're so sweet Ryoma-kun!" Sakura said. Ryoma's face was already red and he earned a snicker from Momo, Eiji and Kaidoh.

They in return, got a ball each smacked onto their faces, courtesy of Ryoma. Sakura treated the three fallen senpais while Ryoma acted like nothing had happened. "Ryoma-kun, you'd know better not to hit your senpais in the face with a tennis ball!" Sakura lightly scolded her best friend.

Ryoma waved it off with a smirk. "It's okay. It's already time for introductions. I'm Momoshiro Takeshi, second year student. Call me Momo-chan. I play power tennis and I'm closest to Echizen out of all the regulars," Momo grinned happily at Sakura.

"I'm Kikumaru Eiji, third year, nya! I'm an acrobatic tennis player and I play doubles with the Vice-captain of the team, Oishi, nya!" Eiji said as he hugged Sakura.

"Kaidoh Kaoru, second year. I'm in the same class as that Momo-baka. Please to meet you, fshuu," Kaidoh hissed slightly. He was slightly (totally) relieved that the girl in front of him did not label him as a freak and she wasn't afraid of him. Yet, she smiled at him. He felt content. "Before I forget, Kaidoh here is nicknamed Mamushi (Viper)," Momo grinned and glared at Kaidoh.

"I'm Oishi Shuichiro, third year. I play doubles with Eiji and I'm the Vice- Captain of the tennis club," Oishi said as he smiled at Sakura. "Do I have to call you Oishi fuku-buchou?" Sakura asked. "No, Oishi-senpai is enough," Oishi answered. Sakura nodded cutely, earning a smile from the Vice-Captain in front of her.

"I'm Fuji Syuusuke, third year. Saa… Please to meet you, Sakura-chan," Fuji said as he smiled at Sakura. Sakura smiled back. "By the way, Sakura-chan. Fujiko here is nicknamed 'Prodigy'," Eiji grinned. 'Fujiko?' Sakura thought.

Fuji noticed the curious look on Sakura's face at the nickname Eiji had given him. "Eiji usually makes up nicknames for most of the regulars. He nicknamed me Fujiko, just like he nicknamed Echizen, 'O-Chibi'," Fuji explained. Sakura nodded, as she understood Fuji's words.

"Ano… I'm Kawamura Takashi, third year. I play power tennis like Momo," Kawamura said with a sheepish smile. "Here, Taka-san," Momo said as he handed Kawamura his racket. Kawamura gripped it and it seem like he was burning. "ORAA! BURNING! PLEASE TO MEET YOU, BABY!" Kawamura yelled loudly and turned back to slightly shy and very nice Kawamura when Inui took away the racket.

Sakura only smiled at him, not minding the immediate mood change when he held his racket but did send a curious glance at Oishi and Fuji. "Ano, Taka-san turns into 'Burning' Taka-san when he holds his racket," Oishi explained. Sakura only nodded.

"Inui Sadaharu, third year. I play Data Tennis and I collect Data of the regulars and their opponents," Inui said as he scribbled in some notes. "100% states that you are writing about me. Name: Haruno Sakura, the childhood friend of Echizen Ryoma. Has beaten Arai in a one set match. There is other information about me such as my height and skills right?" Sakura smiled.

The regulars stared at her in awe; how in the world did she know Inui was writing about her? "C-Correct," Inui said. Sakura only smiled at him.

"Tezuka Kunimitsu, third year, the Captain of the tennis club," Tezuka said. Sakura smiled and bowed, "Please to meet you, Tezuka-buchou!"

Tezuka smiled inwardly and patted her head fondly, earning a sweet smile from the adorable pink haired girl. "Personally, I think we're going to be best friends, Sakura-chan," Oishi said while the others nodded.

"Oh? Sakura, you're already here," Ryuuzaki Sumire stepped into the court. "Ah, Ryuuzaki-sensei. Please to meet you again," Sakura smiled at the elder woman. "Eh? Ryuuzaki-sensei, you know Sakura-chan too?" Eiji asked. Ryuuzaki nodded and said, "Her father and Ryoma's were the best of friends, so it was natural that I know her through Ryoma's father."

"What brings you here, Ryuuzaki-sensei? I thought the teachers have a meeting in about half an hour," Tezuka said. "Ah, it's about Sakura. Sakura, the principal would let you be the first female regular in Seigaku but you have to defeat one of the male regulars," Ryuuzaki said as she handed Sakura a club slip.

"What do I get if I really do become the first female tennis regular of Seigaku?" Sakura asked as she looked up at the coach. "Ah, yes, a very good question. You won't be with the girls' tennis team. You'd be positioned in the boys' instead. You have to train, practice and enter tournaments with the boys," Ryuuzaki explained, already knowing what Sakura's answer would be.

"So, who's my opponent?" Sakura asked excitingly. Ryuuzaki laughed and scanned the boys. It was sure Ryoma would lose to Sakura; heck, Ryoma always lost to her when they both went against each other. Though Ryoma didn't show it (yeah, right), but he respected the girl and always listens to her advices to improve. Ryoma even told his father once that he was content; he was happy, when he lost to Sakura every time.

"Momo, warm up and get in court A. You're going against Sakura!" Ryuuzaki yelled. Momo was shocked and pointed himself in question. When all the regulars nodded in confirmation, he sighed and went away to warm up.

Sakura changed into her usual tennis clothes in the club house while Ryuuzaki and Ryoma made sure no one entered it. Sakura came out wearing a pair of black shorts, a pair of black and white tennis shoes, a blue and white tennis jersey and she was holding her red racket.

"Using your red racket already? And is it true that you beat Arai-senpai with your blue racket?" Ryoma asked. Sakura nodded slightly, and Ryoma smirked, "Arai-senpai is still Mada Mada Dane." Sakura only laughed.

She jogged to court A where Momo was already waiting for her. Momo was torn between going easy on her and going full out. It was his serve and Sakura was waiting for him.

"Momo-senpai! Don't go easy on me!" Sakura said as she waved to Momo. Momo on the other hand, only smirked. If she wants him to go full out, then he will. Momo threw the ball in the air and hit it with a slight jump. "Ah, Momo-chan-senpai's Bullet Serve!" the freshmen trio yelled together.

Sakura returned it with ease but Momo hit it back and gained a point. "15-Love!" Oishi yelled, being the referee for the game. "Che," Sakura muttered, "I didn't know I had to use my dominant hand to go against you, Momo-senpai." Sakura then switched to her left hand and the others were shocked.

"She's using her left hand?" Horio said, as he gripped the metal fence from outside. "She's a natural lefty. Like Echizen, she uses her right hand before a match and after that, uses her dominant hand- which is her left hand, if the opponent is strong," Ryuuzaki explained.

'Huh, a lefty; like Echizen, eh? This is going to be fun,' Momo grinned inwardly. They continued to play, while others continued to watch. Momo used his Jack Knife and Dunk Smash only once in the first game.

Momo won the said first game, slightly panting, while Sakura on the other hand, hadn't broken a sweat. They rallied until Sakura did a copy of Momo's move, the Jack Knife. Momo tried to return it, but the ball felt heavy, effectively making Momo's racket flew out from his hand.

"Ah, she copied Momo-chan-senpai's Jack Knife!" Horio yelled. 'And she only saw it once,' the regulars thought. Throughout the game, Sakura had used Momo's move such as the Dunk Smash, Bullet Serve and the Jack Knife, as her own.

In the end, Sakura had won and she had used the Higuma Otoshi to counter most of Momo's Dunks. "Game and Match, Haruno Sakura, Six games to one!" Oishi yelled.

"Thank you, Momo-senpai, for playing against me," Sakura bowed. "Heh, next time I'll make sure I'll win. By the way, where did you learn the Higuma Otoshi?" Momo asked. "Huh? Oh, while I was scouting for a school to attend to, I got lost near St Rudolph. The tennis team there was watching a video on their opponents' skills. I just happen to see one of the videos where Fuji-senpai was doing that technique," Sakura answered.

"St Rudolph? Mizuki-san must be the one who forced the others to watch those videos. He has a grudge against Fuji-senpai because he lost to senpai once," Kaidoh said. Sakura snickered at the fact.

"Well, it doesn't matter if I lost to you. I still got a game from you," Momo grinned playfully. "Actually Momo, Sakura dropped the game on purpose. I'll let Echizen explain why," Ryuuzaki said as she walked off.

Echizen sighed as the tennis members stared at him, expecting the answer they wanted to hear. "Sakura purposely dropped a game to read Momo-senpai's stamina, speed, reflexes, strength and skills. Other than that, she knew Momo-senpai would go all out during the first game so she knew that she can read him that time. Like some people, she can copy her opponent's moves with just one look. But Sakura's way of copying others is different. When she sees the opponent performing their special moves, she can immediately see the weak spots of that move. She then copies that move but she will kill most of the weak spots, leaving one or two behind. Those remaining weak spots are the hardest to find, therefore, making the move hard to counter. In addition, the move becomes stronger about 20% to 50%. There are some moves that increased about 90% after Sakura had copied them. And unlike others who seems to forget the moves they copied before, Sakura would use the moves she copies against other opponents," Ryoma explained, pausing a bit during his explanation.

"A-Amazing. Sakura-chan, you're so amazing, nya!" Eiji said as he clutched Sakura's hands in his. Fuji felt a bit jealous of his friend since he wanted to feel Sakura's small and bony (in a cute way) fingers.

"Welcome to the Seigaku Tennis Club, Sakura," Ryuuzaki smiled. Then, out of nowhere, she was hugged by both Momo and Kikumaru. "Yatta! Congratulations, Saku-chan, nya! You're going to be with us!" Eiji yelled out happily.

"We got another baby in the team," Momo laughed. Sakura laughed along, earning smiles from Kawamura, Oishi and Fuji, thumbs up and a small smile from Kaidoh and Inui, a pat on the head from Tezuka and a playful hair ruffle from Ryoma.

She laughed when she heard Momo saying they were going to celebrate at Kawamura's Sushi. Sakura smiled as she looked at the tennis club she had joined and befriended.

Okaa-san, Otou-san, I already found the tennis team I've been searching for.

I think they are the ones- no, I know they are the ones I'll be happy with.

I hope you're happy for me right now, wherever you are right now, knowing that your daughter has finally found the tennis family she's been looking for.

Wish me luck.

Love, Sakura.

Yeah, this is it, then. Prince of Tennis is my newest obsession and I have fallen in love with the boys! (sighs dreamily) Especially Fuji Syuusuke! He's so cute! And Ryoma too! Well, hope you enjoy this chapter! I might update this story in two weeks or maybe even longer, considering my exams are coming up.