"Gosh, that episode was so hilarious! Especially when Inui gave the Freshmen Trio the Penal Tea. Right, Sal?" I asked my brother, Sal, who is four years older than me.

Sal was on his computer talking to someone, probably his girlfriend, Lucille. "Yeah," he mumbled to me without looking up from the computer screen. He turned around in confusion. "Haven't you seen that episode a few time?"

I pouted. "Sal! It's Prince of Tennis!! It deserves to be watched over and over again!"

My seventeen-year-old brother rolled his eyes and turned back to his computer. "You're no fun!" I cried. I pouted again and backhanded Sal in the back of his head and stomped off to my room. His 'family-trademarked' black-blue hair was disheveled, but he kept his eyes on his computer.

"I love you!" my brother called as I went into my room. My expression immediately changed and I yawned.

I fell down on my mattress—wanting to fall asleep. The day had already been busy enough, only if it was school. My eyes didn't want to sleep, so I sat up and grabbed my tennis racket. I play tennis, but I'm not that good. It's funny, cause the only reason I got into playing was by watching Prince of Tennis.

I wonder if I could actually do all of those weird shots that defy gravity.. Wait, if they defy gravity, then probably not. Stupid, stupid, Ava, stupid..

There was a loud, high pitch whistling sound that made me drop my tennis racket onto my lap and cover my ears with my hands. What the hell is that?

I suspected that Sal would come through the door to see if I was ok, but he didn't come. I probably wouldn't hear the door open anyways. The sound got louder and my ears felt as if they were being cut apart. Because of the pain, I moaned quite unlady-like. I felt blood dripping from my ears. My eyes went black and I thought for a second that I had fainted. Turns out, I sort of did. The sound had stopped and all was still. I fell to my side and went face down.

"Inui-sempai, what did you just do?" exclaimed a voice that sounded oddly familiar.

"It seems I have made a person," another voice answered.

"You can't just make a person without the proper tools!" someone else complained.

"Eiji! Please, not now," said an exasperated voice.

All these voices sound familiar, I just can't remember though.

I opened my eyes and sat up. Everything was blurred and bright at the same time. I put my hands to my eyes to block the brightness.

"Hey, she's awake."

"What's your name?" someone asked.

"Ava Johnson," I muttered. I massaged my temples, because of a migraine I was getting. "Who are you guys?" I looked up and saw five familiar people.

Fuji Shusuke. Kikumaru Eiji. Oishi Shuichiro. Inui Sadaharu. Momoshiro Takeshi. Five regulars on the Seishun Gakuen Boys Tennis Team, from the Prince of Tennis.

The others stated their names and I said, "It's nice to meet you all." Holy crap, am I speaking Japanese? Ava, stay cool, you study Japanese in school, it's normal. Right…

Fuji chuckled slightly, "She's polite even though she just got here."

Momo turned to Inui and asked, "How exactly did you make her, Sempai?"

"Make? What is that about?" I asked him as well.

He looked to me in confusion. "Who exactly are you?"

"Like I said before, my name is Ava Johnson," I repeated. "I'm an American, and I have absolutely no idea how I got here or how I'm speaking Japanese."

"I have an answer for getting here, but not for the Japanese part," answered Inui. He showed me a 1 by 1 foot TV with an antenna on it. "I was constructing this to find out why a person is pained in a certain area in their body. I tried it out and… well you just appeared."

I glared at him. "What am I supposed to do now? Just wait for you to make something to get me back??"

"If you have another solution, I'd like to hear it," Inui replied darkly.

I looked to the side. Hey, my shoulder isn't bloody. That's weird; my ears were bleeding like crazy…

"Sorry," I muttered and stood up. I looked around. "Whose house is this, anyways?"

"Mine," answered Fuji. "My brother, Yuuta, is here would you like to meet him?"

"Why?"

"Even though Inui is the best at what he does, he'll need to have a few days. My parent's are out of town and my older sister is watching over Yuuta and I. Your best place to stay would be here," explained Fuji with a smile.

I sighed, "Fine, but shouldn't you explain to your brother first about how I got here?"

"Ah, good idea," mentioned Fuji. "I'll go tell him now." He left the room and I was almost dumbstruck.

I tried not to look overly stupid in front of the people who are very close to being my idols, so I asked them, "What do you guys do here for fun?" Especially, because I don't think I'm supposed to know anything about them.

"Oh," said Momo, who was in a daze, "We're on a tennis team."

"Cool, play tennis too. Do you think that after Fuji is done, I could play one of you?" I asked, basically because I wanted to see one of their tennis moves.

"Lemme play you, lemme play you!" exclaimed Kikumaru jumping up and down.

I smiled. "Don't you need a racket, Johnson?" Inui asked me. Wow, it's feels so weird to be called by my last name, but I guess I'll just have to get used to it.

"Couldn't I just use one of yours?" I asked—trying not to go into my fangirl mode.

"Eiji's house is near here, so he could get his, but our houses are across town. I'm sure Fuji will lend you his," Oishi explained.

"I'll go ask him then," I said going to the door Fuji went out of. "I'm bored, don't worry, I'll probably get lost." I said to everyone's confused faces. I left the room and started walking in a hallway. I came to a door, and I knocked on it.

"What is it?" asked a male voice. I figured since the only guys here are from Seigaku and Yuuta and I just exited the room with the Seigaku members in it, the person was Yuuta.

"Are you decent?" I asked uncertainly.

"Y-Yeah," he answered back. I opened the door to see that Yuuta was sitting on a beanbag in front a tv holding a game console controller in his hand—it was a gamecube controller. He was looking at me suspiciously.

"By any chance, has Fuji spoken to you yet?" I asked unsurely.

"Your Johnson Ava, right?" he asked me. I nodded. I caught a glimpse of the game he was playing.

"Cool, Resident Evil 4!" I exclaimed like the little nerd I am. I ran over to him. "Where are you at? I beat this game a few times, maybe I could help you," I suggested.

Yuuta sighed. "I'm at the knife fight with Krauser."

"Cool, can I see you play? I haven't played a video game in so long!" I said, even though I played them yesterday.

"Sure," said the confused Yuuta. He un-paused the game and I watched the tv in amazement. Krauser tried to slash Leon with his knife, but Yuuta expertly pressed the action buttons.

All in all, Yuuta eventually died. I bet he would have thrown a temper if I weren't there. Then I just remembered why I had wondered around Fuji's house in the first place.

"Yuuta, could I borrow your tennis racket?" I asked. I probably wouldn't be able to find Fuji anyways.

"How did you know I play tennis?" he asked. Crud, I forgot, I'm not supposed to know about that.

I smiled, "Lucky guess I suppose."

Yuuta shrugged it off, thankfully, and said, "Sure." He got up and went to his closets. He opened up the top drawer and pulled out his tennis racket. "Wait, why exactly do you need this?"

"I wanted to play tennis with someone and Kikumaru offered. I don't have a tennis racket here," I explained.

"Oh right, seeing as you transported here out of nothing," Yuuta mumbled, handed me his racket and sat down on his beanbag again. Poor kid, he probably thinks he has gone crazy or something.

"Thanks, I'll give it back later," I said and exited the room. I went back to the room with the Seigaku members.

"Where were you for so long?" Kikumaru asked me as soon as I went inside.

"Bathroom," I unconvincingly lied. "I got a racket, can we play now?"

"5 that you were in the bathroom, 95 that you were in Fuji Yuuta's bedroom," stated Inui while looking at his evil green notebook.

I glared at him, but I could feel my cheeks redden.

Momo and Kikumaru started laughing at me.

"Let's go to a tennis court," suggested Oishi and lead me, as well as everyone one else, out of the house.

Everyone was walking faster than me, so I was walking in the back. Fuji started to walk next to me. "Would you like me to tell Yuuta that fancy him?" he asked me with his usual smile.

I coughed out of surprise. I closed my eyes and said stubbornly, "Fine, whatever."

Fuji chuckled and I noticed we were at tennis courts.

We entered them and Kikumaru got on the court. Remembering that I was supposed to be playing him, I got out on to the courts as well.

I started stretching and Kikumaru was already done warming up. "You ready, Jo-chan?" he asked.

"Yes, I suppose so," and with that, I served the ball and the game began.

Eventually, I lost. It was 3 games to six. "Good try, Jo-chan." Kikumaru said afterwards.

"Thanks, you too. I've never seen someone who moves like you playing tennis."

It was getting late. "Jo-chan, we should get back to my house. We have school tomorrow," said Fuji.

Everyone one left and Fuji and I went back to his house. Fuji opened the front door and his older sister met us.

"Who's she, Shuysuke?" she asked.

"I friend of mine, she is having a few troubles at home, so she's staying here," answered Fuji.

"The names Johnson Ava."