Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis. The name of Atobe's cat was made up by my friend.
"Kayla-chan! Oi! Kayla-chan!" The voice of the narcissist rang throughout the mansion as he called out the name of his beloved friend. Sighing, he supposed that the black cat had wandered outside of the mansion and was roaming around. Shaking his head in disapproval at her disappearance, Atobe Keigo decided to go for a walk in search of her. It wasn't usual for him to go on those kinds of walks, but it was to look for Kayla-chan, so he didn't mind. The only reason he knew that his friend wasn't in the mansion was because if she was inside when he called, she would always come to him. Flipping his hair in an elegant manner and winking to himself as he walked past a mirror that was hanging on the wall in the large hallway, he grabbed his Hyotei uniform jacket and tennis bag at the front door and left. Not wanting to go back home after finding Kayla-chan, he decided that he would see if there was anything at that shabby tennis courts where he had seen the Seigaku tennis players once, along with the tennis players of Fudoumine. He was bored, and crushing people in tennis was always something that could occupy him.
Striding out the door, he headed straight towards the park, the place the black female cat would most likely be. Thinking about it, Kayla-chan was probably as bored as he was stuck in the mansion with nothing interesting to do and with little to no entertainment. Both Atobe and Kayla-chan were spoiled and only given the best quality of objects and service, where everything else wasn't good enough or not worth having. The silver-haired male received Kayla-chan as a Christmas present around three years back when he first started entering Hyotei Gakuen. His parents who were close to never being around because they worked overseas, had decided to give their son a companion so he wouldn't be lonely within the house. Of course, the cat was only a purebred and very housetrained, else they wouldn't have bought him a pet in the first place. Keigo and his parents weren't close at all, and mostly, the only reason why they had done that was to be able to brag about their son that was to take over the country when they were no longer able to themselves. But what they didn't know was that Keigo and Kayla-chan had gotten along quickly and that they were now the best of friends that a human and animal could be.
And so it wasn't a surprise that Atobe Keigo let his superior demeanor disappear to be replaced with a genuine smile as he saw the black cat exit the gate to the park. "Ah, Kayla-chan," he called, walking towards his friend. Kayla-chan spotted her companion and mewled in delight as she calmly strolled over to the silver-haired male. Shrugging his tennis bag off his shoulder and placing it on the ground as he squatted, the Hyotei captain reached his hand out and patted Kayla-chan on the head as she drew close enough. "I'm heading to the tennis courts. You haven't seen me play, have you," he stated instead of making it a question. The black cat seemed to meow in response. "I thought so." Patting his right shoulder, Kayla-chan received the messaged and hopped on, sitting there comfortably and with absolutely balance. Picking up his tennis bag and slipping it on his other shoulder once more, he stood and continued walking toward the street tennis courts, knowing little of the trouble that was happening and of the trouble that he would have to face upon his arrival.
"40-Love." Standing at the base line, bouncing the ball once, twice, three times, the bespectacled figure prepared to serve. The score was 6-0, 5-0. Set point. The mediocre tennis player at the other side of the court stood, awaiting his impending loss against the captain of Seishun Gakuen. Hands clenched tightly around the handle of his tennis racket and sweat dripping down the sides of his forehead, he made a faint growling sound from his throat as Tezuka Kunimitsu tossed the tennis ball up in the air. The guy had no chance to return the serve. "That's game." The tall black-haired male that was Tezuka's opponent gritted his teeth together as he stood there, watching the brunette walk towards the net for the sportsmanship handshake that occurred after a match. He glared intensely, a great rage passing through him. He hated the demeanor of the guy. The way he held himself. The whole impression he received from Tezuka was that the guy was some arrogant tennis player that took too much pride in his abilities. He didn't know Tezuka except for the fact that he was left handed and really good at tennis. And really, he didn't care.
As the loser approached the net, Seigaku's captain placed the tennis racket that was in his right hand under his left arm, and held out his now free hand over the net for the handshake. The black-haired male saw this and was even more angered by the fact that the bastard hadn't used his dominant hand for the play. And he lost with such a pathetic score as well. Even though the bespectacled one was quiet, he wrongly assumed that the other must've been laughing and gloating inside at how easy the match was and how stupid he was for probably thinking he was right-handed. As Tezuka's opponent reached the net, the captain opened his mouth to begin saying 'Good game', but he was unable to for his hand was slapped away. Following the trail of his hand as it was hit away, he dropped it to his side, knowing that a handshake was probably no use at that point and looked up to see the black-haired male with racket brought back menacingly, preparing to strike.
Tezuka didn't have the chance to block or dodge as the edge of the racket slammed against the side of his head, the force making him face to the side, his glasses falling away from him, and causing him to fall into a deep state of unconsciousness. The sore loser had run as soon as brunette's body hit the floor. Thin trails of blood from where the racket made contact with his skull ran down Tezuka's face. And he couldn't hear the call of his name as one of his rivals started running toward him with concern that had never shown in his expressions except when his dear black cat went missing for the first time.
"TEZUKA!!"
