Hey everybody! I'm back and I am updating this story. I will be going through each chapter and rewriting parts to make it flow and sound better. This does mean that when I am done with this project that the sequel will be back on track. I will be keeping the original story up until the whole update is completed and then I will take that story down! I will also add in character backgrounds and info starting at the end of this chapter (I will do about 2 per chapter). I do own Aribella, Konstantine, Noella, Trisha, Hotaru, Gina, Serena, and Ryelle. This is how the Seigaku's lives were changed by this team and their determination. Not each one will have a pair, at first. You have to keep reading to find out. Thank you to everyone who has read this story to make it as popular as it is!

Keeping Up Is Hard

The hot day was wearing on them all. Aribella, the captain, had a tough time getting over how her team accomplished what they did. She saw her team take the top slot with all wins. They were all from different backgrounds. She was English and the others were Japanese, Italian, or American. One would think that language would be a problem amongst the girls, yet, language was not the problem. It was where to place them in the matches themselves.

"That's enough for today. I'll see you tomorrow, bright and early for our run. Don't be late. We are going to train harder for our next match!" Aribella said looking at her team out of breath from the harsh practice.

"Ari, what are we going to run tomorrow. We have gone, practically, everywhere that we could around here," Konstantine said with her heavy Italian accent.

"I'm going to figure that out tonight. See you tomorrow!" Aribella ran towards the exit of the school. Where are we to run? This is impossible to figure out. I have done everything for them and they still come back 110 than what I expected. This is just what I needed to see from them. Just a little bit more and they are done with my training.She thought.

She wasn't paying attention to where she was running and found that she was at a local school. She looked at it and decided to go onto the school grounds. She was the first one of her family to go to school in Japan, so her parents sent her to a school that was better for people transitioning to Japanese. Firsca was that school. It was mainly girls, although there were some guys there, just not as many. There, she met her team her first year there. Tennis was one thing that they all had in common, and it made them a family.

She was walking on the grounds and came upon the tennis courts. She smirked and decided to watch a match going on. She was impressed by the strength of the guys. Aribella wasn't paying attention to where she was going and ran into someone.

"Just watch where you are going. You aren't a student here, you should leave the grounds. I know the National Tournament just ended for us, but that doesn't mean people are trying to get the upper hand on us now," the person said sternly

Aribella stood there and realized who it was. Tezuka Kunimitsu, the captain of Seigaku. She had read about them in her tennis magazine. She somewhat heard what he said to her, "I'm sorry, can you repeat that. I didn't hear everything over my music"

Those around went quiet. She spoke to him in a tone that many would never dare to speak around him. Her eyes scanned the scene and knew she made a mistake.

"Leave," he said.

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I could have guessed that already. Well, see ya later!" Aribella said leaving. So this is the famous Tezuka and Seigaku. Well, this will be interesting. At least I have my route for tomorrow for the girls.

THE NEXT DAY

"Keep up with me!" Aribella said running ahead of her team.

"Right on your tail girl!" Said Konstantine, the next best compared to her. Her serve and returns are not to be messed with.

"Come on, I'm not even at my fastest pace and this is tiring you out!"

She didn't realize it, but she ran into the Seigakus running again around the town.

"Shit! Girls, split up and go around them, we need to keep pace. Konstantine, take half. Other half follows me," Aribella yelled.

The girls split into two groups. Each group was on one side of the Seigakus, and creeping up on them. They took the boys by surprise by them running right next to them.

"Ahh, they are on both sides of us!" Eiji said.

"Just ignore them they won't be of any problem because they are a lower rank team," Ryoma said.

"What did that little dwarf say about us? Ari! Tell them off," one of the girls said with her blond hair beating her back.

"Ryelle! You need to focus on what's ahead. When we get back to campus, you will be having a match against me to keep you singles spot on the team."Aribella said.

The girls and Seigaku stopped when they ran into the girls team. Ryelle had a shocked look on her face along with some of the other members of the team. Momo and Eiji also had shocked looks on their face at their captain's comments.

Aribella walked up to Tezuka and formally introduced herself, "I'm Aribella, Captain of the Firsca Girls Tennis Team."

-Character Bios-

Aribella- The captain of the Firsca Girls Tennis Team. She came from England when she was little and has lived in Japan since then. Her leadership style can be compared to Tezuka or Sanada, but deep down she does care for her girls and only wants the best for them. She is known as the best in her school, as well as one of the best in the nation. Her goal is to become a professional player by the age of 16.

- 3rd year
-Nationality: English
- Right-handed
- Brown Hair
- Green eyes
- Height- 5'1''

Konstantine- Sitting as the Vice-Captain of the Tennis Team, she is undoubtedly the second best player on the team after Aribella. While she differs in her leadership style from Aribella, she respects her captain and helps push the team to be winners. Her family is from Italy and at times when she gets angry, she will start going off on rants in Italian, prompting people to look at her strangely.

-3rd year
- Nationality: Italian
- Right-handed
- Dark Brown Hair
- Hazel eyes
- 5'4"