Days before the Junior Invitational Selection Camp.
A beautiful, slender girl who stands at around 154cm came to visit Tachibana Kippei at the hospital. An Tachibana is guessing who this girl is. Is she the girlfriend of his brother that she does not know? How cruel of his brother to hide this and why would he do that. She is perfect(at least in An's mind). Her long straight black hair makes her body even more sexy and her black eyes complements her white skin tone.
She was about to ask the girl when the girl kneeled and said "Sorry, Tachibana-san"
Both Kippei and An looked at each other. "I'm sorry but who are you", Kippei asked the girl
"Oh, sorry I forgot to introduce myself. I'm Akemi, Kirihara Akemi. I'm the older sister of Kirihara Akaya.", the girl answered.
What? This girl! This beautiful girl is Kirihara Akaya's sister. An tried to compare their images in her mind but it's just not right. She forced herself not to laugh but suddenly bad memories flashed back in her mind. Now, She does not know what to do or say to her.
It has been silent from quite some time till Akemi stood and told the Tachibana siblings about her going to all the players that Akaya hurt during the matches that he played from the moment he entered Rikkai upto now. She asked Yukimura to give a list of players who was hurt by Akaya this season and asked Yanagi to give me their addresses. She apologizes to them in behalf of her brother. She told them that she will try to change Akaya.
Both Kippei and An saw Akemi's sincerity and accepted her apology. They talked for a while and found out that Akemi is the vice captain of Rikkaidai women's Tennis Club.
An and Akemi started to get along and they promised to play with each other some other time. "I better get going I still need to practice. We still have Nationals ahead of us. So thank you for your time. So hope to see you..." An cut her.
"Have you been to Seishun Gakuen?"
"Seishun Gakuen? There is no one on the list from that school." Akemi showed the list to them. "Tachibana-San is the last on the list"
"I think you should go and see Fuji-kun" An explained what happened to the match between Fuji and Akaya. She also told her how friendly the Seigaku players are and how close she is to some of them. Akemi wondered why would both Yukimura and Yanagi did not include Fuji on the list. Are they both still bitter on their lost to Seigaku? An volunteered to take her in Seishun Gakuen
On the way to Seigaku
"Ahm, Akemi-san, can I ask you a favor?"
"What is it?"
"Could you go on a double date with me?"
"Double date? Huh? I, ahm,"
"I really like Momoshiro-kun. He is a junior in Seigaku and is also a regular of the their tennis club. I just don't know if he also feels the same way. I am afraid that he would not come alone or not come at all if I will ask him out. If you could just come along with Fuji-San, there wouldn't be a problem."
"Wait! I could not date a guy that I do not know and besides we will still be in your way."
"You don't have to go on a date with him. You just have take Fuji-San away quickly before Momoshiro-kun gets in our meeting place and tell him about this plan and your apology. I'm quite sure that he will understand. He knows what I feel about Momoshiro-kun. Momoshiro-kun is always late so there wouldn't be a problem. Just let me do the talking when we get there."
"But", before Akemi could refuse, they are already in front of Seishun Gakuen. Akemi also saw how An-chan really likes this Momoshiro-kun. So it would not be bad if she will play with it.
At Seishun Gakuen tennis court
An introduced Akemi to the tennis club of Seigaku but she did not mentioned her last name. She said that Akemi wants to ask Fuji out. (This made Akemi blush and feel so uncomfortable. But she just said to herself that this would be the last time she will see this people so does not have to worry.) The Seigaku Tennis Club were stunned that a beautiful girl asks Fuji out. An also mentioned that it would be a double date and she is asking Momoshiro too. Momoshiro's expression is more calmer than An had expected. It was strange. It felt like he was expecting it. In the end, both men agreed to it.
As they went out, they heard the cheering or teasing of the whole club to both Momoshiro nd Fuji. They heard Momoshiro saying that it would just be another street tennis game or something related to tennis and there is nothing serious about it. An felt sad about that. Seeing this, Akemi told An that tomorrow she should open her heart to Momoshiro.