A girl with long, dark blue hair stood infront of Seishun Gakuen's gate. Her sharp, grey eyes stared at her going to-be school. "Seishun Gakuen.", she read it out loud. To be honest, she's reluctant to go inside. 'School always brings trouble together with them. Other people, too, and everything, I guess, but well... school is different' she thought. And it's her first day. She just transferred from Indonesia; her parents had to go back to Japan. With the same reason as why they went to Indonesia, work. She heard loud noise from behind her, so she turned around. "Oi, Mamushi! You..." she heard the spike haired boy yelled, but then the said boy stopped. "Oh, hey, you new?" the boy asked. "Yes. I'm a transfer student. Ryuzaki Tsukasa." Tsukasa said coolly. "Tsukasa Ryuzaki? Are you—um, are your grandmother Ryuzaki Sumire? I'm Momoshiro Takeshi, by the way." Momoshiro asked, clearly surprised. "Yes. And, may I know where Ryuzaki-san is?" Tsukasa said, with her usual plain tone. "Oh, yeah. She's prolly on the tennis courts now. C'mon, I'll tell you where." Momoshiro said. "Uh, for your information, your friend left moments ago." Tsukasa said. "Jeez, that Mamushi. Okay, let's go then, Ryuzaki-san." Momoshiro said. "Oh, and call me Momo-chan/-senpai." Momoshiro added. Tsukasa nodded in approval, though she doesnt mind it as much.

They arrived at the tennis court, and they saw a woman's figure, wearing pink jacket. "Bingo. There ya go, Ryuzaki-chan." Momoshiro said. He waved and then he joined the practice, only to get yelled at (is that count as a yell) by his Buchou. He started to run laps.

"Ryuzaki-san." Tsukasa called. Ryuzaki turned to see her pretty granddaughter. You could say that Tsukasa looks like a doll. She's pretty, especially in dresses. However, though, her lack of interest in making friends and coolness (to the point of people thinking that she's a real doll, back in grade school), made her spent her grade school days alone. She's not exactly what you'd call 'mean', but she isn't the typical goddess too. "Ah, it's you, Tsukasa-chan!" Ryuzaki said, patting Tsukasa's head, much to her dismay. "I see you're here. Sakuno's still practicing, so you should go to the faculty office first. See you." Ryuzaki said, as Tsukasa's figure casually retreating from the scene. Tsukasa muttered a "Thanks." softly. "Jeez. Still the same girl." Ryuzaki sighed. However, this could be an interesting turn of events.

Tsukasa strolled around the halls and classes, almost all are empty, since it's really early in the morning. Noticing a room with a 'Faculty Office' sign, she smiled to herself and then knocked the door. "Come in." Said a soft voice from inside. "Ah, you must be Ryuzaki-sensei's granddaughter. Tsukasa... is it?" the woman said, gesturing her to sit. "Yes." She answered shortly, sitting. "Now, here's your stuff. I.D, schedule..." Tsukasa stopped listening. 'What a hassle.' She thought. "Okay, that's all. See you!" the woman said as she waved. She bowed and said, "Thank you very much, it is nice to meet you." Before she walked away.

Finally the bell rings, it's time for class. Tsukasa didnt bump to Sakuno, so she doesnt have anyone as a guide. Sakuno is one heck of a guide, though, Tsukasa might end up in Italy. She calmly knocked at the class door. A soft "Come in." Can be heard from outside. Tsukasa opened the door, walking steadily inside.

"I'm Ryuzaki Tsukasa. I'm a japanese, but due to work I spent two years of grade school at Indonesia." Tsukasa said, bowing a little. "Now... any question for Ryuzaki-san?" the teacher asked, and few students shot their hands up.

Tsukasa randomly chosed a boy. "Horio Satoshi. Are you by any chance Ryuzaki Sumire-sensei's relative?" Horio asked. Tsukasa sighed, and replied slowly. "Yes." Ryoma turned his head. 'Another Ryuzaki.' he thought. "Do you play tennis, then?" A girl asked. "Kind of. Only twice." Tsukasa replied. "Twice? I thought Ryuzaki-sensei's a tennis coach!" whole class murmured. "Then... are you playing any other sport?" the girl asked again. "No." Tsukasa replied, then, a boy, a very arrogant boy rudely yelled, "DO YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND?" he said. Silence struck, Tsukasa sighed. "Not. Yet." Tsukasa replied, bored. "Okay-that's all for now. All of you can go ask questions at your own free time." The teacher said, right after the rude boy yelled. There's nothing special about the classes.

Finally, school ends. Tsukasa went to the tennis court, wanting to talk to her grandmother. "Grandma," she called, then Ryuzaki gestured her to come closer. "...Yes?" Tsukasa asked. "You see those kids?" Ryuzaki said, pointing at the regulars—they're running like no other, trying not to get behind, and there's bodies scattered. "...Were there massacre in there?" Tsukasa muttered. "Haha. Those are our regulars, the group that's still running. The dead bodies are non-regulars." Ryuzaki said. "What are you getting at?" Tsukasa asked, as she doesnt want to stay any longer. She wants to go home. "Do you want to play?" Ryuzaki asked. "No." Tsukasa replied quickly. "Why not? You're talented." Ryuzaki said, disappointed. "I'm not. Only played like twice and I never touched racquet again ever since." Tsukasa stated. "Well... then why dont you play for the third time?" Ryuzaki said. "I only played doubles. Long time ago, at that." Tsukasa said, still trying to evade the invitation. "But you can be paired with anyone. Even the suckiest doubles player—you can play with them easily." Ryuzaki said. "Well-" Tsukasa tried to reason, only to get interrupted. "No 'well's or 'but's. Regulars, gather." Ryuzaki said. Everyone seems to be so happy getting called, they can escape the Penal-Tea.

"This is my granddaughter, Ryuzaki Tsukasa." Ryuzaki introduced them. "Oh, that's Ryuzaki-chan!" Momoshiro exclaimed. Tsukasa nodded it off. "I see Momoshiro already know her, and Echizen too. Echizen, she's in your class. You should know." Ryuzaki said. "Who's Echizen?" Tsukasa asked, clearly confused. "That." Ryuzaki pointed. "Ah. The boy who's almost always asleep." Tsukasa said, followed by chuckles and laughs. "That is Tezuka Kunimitsu, the buchou. Oishi Shuichiro, the fukubuchou. Fuji Shuusuke, Eiji Kikumaru, and Inui Sadaharu, the third years. Those two are Kaidoh Kaoru and Takeshi Momoshiro, the second years. Meanwhile, that Echizen Ryoma are the only first year regular." Ryuzaki said, followed by the nods. "Then, she shall try to play doubles with Echizen." Ryuzaki said. "HUH? Doubles? Furthermore, with ochibi?" Eiji and Momoshiro exclaimed. "Yes. With Echizen." Ryuzaki said. "...What? I have no racquet." Tsukasa reasoned. "There's one over there. Get it." Ryuzaki said. "Geez. Fine." She changed and took the racquet. "Who's my-uh, our opponent?" Tsukasa said, after taking the racquet. "You should play with non-regulars first. Even though there's Echizen, I don't think you can quite make it yet. You've only played twice, right?" Ryuzaki said. "Yeah." Tsukasa nodded. "Only twice? Hey, are you serious?" Momoshiro asked. "Arai, Hayashi. Come on the court. You'll be playing doubles with my granddaughter and Echizen." Ryuzaki said. "Oi, Ryuzaki-sensei! Arai is good! Don't you think it's too much for a girl who only played twice?" Momoshiro said, Echizen mumbled complaints, but he knew that Ryuzaki never takes back her words. "Eh? Okay, Ryuzaki-sensei!" Hayashi replied. Arai muttered a few words, and then they played.

"Echizen, can you speak english?" Tsukasa asked. "Yeah. I doubt those two can, though. And don't get in my way." Ryoma replied, in like-i-care tone. "Then, this shall be easy. You can play singles. Kami knows I don't care." Tsukasa said, completely ignoring the last sentence. Everyone gives a confused look, except Fuji and Tezuka, of course. To them, english is a piece of cake. "Saa... let's see how this turns out." Fuji said, with his smile on. Tezuka replied with a classic "Hn."

Ryoma dominated the court, not letting Tsukasa touch the ball. Until Ryoma stopped moving, on purpose. "Yay, our first point!" Hayashi exclaimed. Then, suddenly the ball's on Arai and Hayashi's side of the field. "...eh?" Arai asked, confused. No one can see what just happened, except Eiji. "Fujiko! Fujiko! That's so fast!" Eiji said. Ryoma looked at Tsukasa. "What? I said you -can- play singles, right? I didnt say anything close to 'this isnt doubles'." Tsukasa said. Ryoma smirked. "..." "She's good, nya!" Eiji said. "Hai, she's good. I think she closed her eyes when she returned it. Kami knows why though." Kawamura commented. "I think it's not because she wanted to show-off, but because she's clearly sleepy, fshhuuu." Kaidoh said. "...Hn." Tezuka replied. "Game, Echizen-Ryuzaki 4-0." The referee said. "Are you sure she only played twice?" Momoshiro said. "Yeah. She can pretty much be paired with anyone, and she only play doubles. And yes, twice. She doesnt like to stand out, so she's more of a shadow than the light itself." Ryuzaki said. "How can she-" Oishi muttered. "She's talented. But she doesnt like tennis. I have other plans for her, though." Ryuzaki said.

"Ne, Ryuzaki." Ryoma called. "What?" Tsukasa asked, not bothering to look at him. "You can play freely now. It's not like I'm that bad at doubles." Ryoma said, smirking. "...Fine. But I heard you're really that bad at doubles." Tsukasa replied. "...Geh." She went to her agressive mode. "Let's see if you can return this, woman!" Arai yelled. He's starting to use 100% of his power. "Your shots are very easy to predict. Unlike the Dataman, I don't even need to take your data to read you. Basically, you're like a picture book." Tsukasa said, yawning. No one knows what she's talking about, except a few people. Before the ball even went across the net, Tsukasa's already at the place the ball will drop. She returned it beautifully... "Game and match, Echizen-Ryuzaki, 6-0." The referee said. "Just so you know, Echizen, I almost slept in the middle of the game. –yawn-, Make it faster." Tsukasa said. "Heh." Ryoma smirked. "Mada mada dane," He said to Arai-Hayashi pair.

Tsukasa ran from Ryuzaki, quickly changing her clothes. "Geez." Tsukasa muttered, she went to the court once again, before she got scolded. "Oi, Tsukasa." Ryuzaki called. "What? I played, isnt that enough?" Tsukasa said, not wanting to join. "That's good," Ryuzaki said. "Here we go, the 'but'. 3...2...1...0-" Tsukasa muttered in english. "But," Ryuzaki added. "Dead-on." Tsukasa muttered again, making Fuji chuckle. "I want you to join the club." Ryuzaki said- "No thanks. Oh, look at the time. I must go and meet up with Saku-chan. Thanks for the time and goodbye." Tsukasa said, quickly running from the scene. "...Must say she's pretty good at running." Momoshiro said. "Fshuuu." Kaidoh hissed. "Yeah, nya! But she's really good, nya! She looks like she got trained for years! But she only played twice!" Eiji commented. Inui furiously scribbled in his notebook.

Tsukasa yawned. "Oi, Saku-chan!" She called. Sakuno's doing normal drills. "Eh? Is that you, Tsukasa-chan?" Sakuno yelled. "...Keep it down, you silly girl." Tsukasa said. "Oh, euh... sorry." Sakuno said, blushing. "Tsukasa-chan, you're enrolling at Seigaku?" Sakuno asked. "Yeah. Duh, my uniform." Tsukasa said. Sakuno blushed in embarassment. "Tsukasa-chan," Sakuno said. "Have you met the boys' tennis team regulars?" Sakuno continued. "Yeah. Played with them. Doubles with this Echizen kid. Againts second years. Called Arai and Hayako or whatever." Tsukasa said. Sakuno feel jealous. Yeah, Tsukasa has just moved and she gets to play with Echizen. She one-sidedly made Tsukasa her rival, in every way. Love-rival, and tennis rival. "Oi, Sakuno-!" Tomoka yelled. "Tomo-chan?" Sakuno said. "Huh? Who's that?" Tomoka asked. "Tsukasa-chan, my cousin." "Oh, hey. I'm Tomoka Osakada." Tomoka said. Tsukasa didnt bother to reply, since she already knew her name. "Hey!" Tomoka shouted. "Oh, yea. Tomo-chan, did you see Tsukasa-chan and Ryoma-kun paired and matched againts Arai-senpai and Hayashi-senpai?" Sakuno asked, trying to stop Tomoka's useless shouts. She know better than to shout at Tsukasa. Apparently, her question only worsen the situation. "HUH! Paired with Ryoma-sama? How dare you, you must've asked me first!" Tomoka exploded. "Baka. I don't even know who you are and I literally got dragged playing, and got stared at. And now, you're yelling at me telling me 'how dare you'? Get a life, that arrogant boy isnt going to look your way. Now, get lost." Tsukasa said. She said ¾ in english, causing Tomoka to have question marks allover. She catched the 'baka' and 'get lost', though. "Why you-" Tomoka said. "Arrogant?" Ryoma suddenly appeared. "Kyaa, Ryoma-sama!" Tomoka shouted. Tsukasa sighed. Ryoma pays no heed. "Yes. You. 'that arrogant boy isnt going to look your way.'." Tsukasa repeated. "You got a point. Ryuzaki-sensei asked you to go to the boys' court. Right now or she'll-" Ryoma said, with a mocking smile. Tsukasa smiled bitterly. "Fine. Let's go, then." Tsukasa quickly said. Ryoma and Tsukasa walked away, leaving the speechless Sakuno and jealous Tomoka. Tomoka quickly followed them, while Sakuno's still dazed.

"What is it, grandmother? I told you I w.o.n.t join the team!" Tsukasa said. "Now, now, I'm not telling you to join. Atleast be the manager." Ryuzaki said. "No. No thank you. I'm already planning to join the music club thanks." Tsukasa said. "Oh, no. Manager, and that's that." Ryuzaki said. "Grandmother, until when are you going to torture me? 'Till you're pleased? Then, I'll get tortured until I die." Tsukasa said. Ryuzaki sighed. "You know, grandmother, Sakuno and that girl Osakada glared at me when I talk about Echizen here. You know why?" Tsukasa said. Everyone snickered, Ryoma covered his face with his cap. "Oh, I see." Tsukasa added. Ryuzaki stared at her. "Oh, geez, fine. Manager!" Tsukasa yelled frustratedly. "Yay!" Eiji shouted. "Saa, Ryuzaki-chan, welcome." Fuji said. "Tsukasa. Or else you'll mix me with grandmother and Sakuno." Tsukasa said coolly. "KYA, RYOMA-SAMA, why only her? She just transferred!" Tomoka said. "Well-" Ryuzaki started. "Obviously because I'm better than you. Or... let me rephrase that. Useful." Tsukasa muttered. Ryoma snickered. "You're kinda mean." He said. "Whatever." Tsukasa replied, using the like-i-care tone. Tomoka obviously doesnt know the meaning, so she- "No fair, no fair!" Tomoka exploded. Sakuno ran to her friend, trying to calm her down, but deep inside, she's actually jealous too. She's blushing red. "Tomo-chan, drop it..." Sakuno said slowly. "Osakada... you..." Ryuzaki said. "Yeah?" Tomoka yelled hopefully. "Nah, nothing." Ryuzaki said. "EEH?" Tomoka exclaimed. Ryuzaki snickered. "Grandmother, you're not-" Tsukasa said, interrupted by Momoshiro. "Yay, now that Tsukasa-chan's our manager, we can see her everyday! Ne, Echizen~" Momoshiro said, with a sing-song-y voice. "Uh." Echizen replied. "Noo, Ryoma-sama!" Tomoka yelled.

As Tsukasa walked home, she replayed the whole day on her head. 'Whatever, could be fun.'