Author's Note: Ok, so it's my second fanfic to post online. HAHA I'm at a record! Alright, some of you may know the Anime Prince of Tennis If you don't... look it up on youtube, you'll be able to see what the characters look like )
Anyway, this one is about Seigaku of course, but Ryoma isn't there, I replaced Ryoma with another character. An original character ) I do hope you all enjoy this fanfic I worked really hard on it. Leave reviews and criticism to help me improve! Ja ne!
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"We have a lot of new members this year..."
Tezuka Kunimitsu looked over the sign up list for the tennis club for this year. This year he was captain and he was serious about bringing his team to the top. The regulars were all there, hoping to hold their place.
"I heard we had a new transfer, 8th grader, something is off about him though..." Inui Sadaharu said leaning against the wall.
All the regulars were sporting their Seigaku uniforms.
"Off?" Fuji Shusuke asked.
Inui nodded, "Mm...he's in my class. He wore these dark sunglasses in class and when the teacher asked him to take them off his eyes were closed for the entire class."
Tezuka looked over his shoulder to Inui, "What's his name?"
Inui flipped open his data book and scanned around for the person's name, "Ryuu Yamamoto."
Tezuka looked down on the list of names signed up to become regulars and noticed his name, except it was't on a line, it was more off to the side.
"Dragon?" Eiji Kikumaru asked,
"He's signed up...are we going to give him a chance?" Oishi Shuichiro asked.
Tezuka said nothing, he stood up and left the classroom to head down to the courts. He recognized everyone except one person
"Ryuu Yamamoto!"
Ryuu Yamamoto's head tilted to the side as he turned his head in the direction his name was being called from. Approaching the one who called his name, he stooed a foot away from Tezuka, "Hm?"
"Take off the glasses...you'll be able to see better."
The rest of Seigaku's team came down to the courts and stopped short behind Tezuka. Ryuu could hear footsteps and bowed to the rest of the team.
"I'm sorry Tesuka-sempai...but...you see with or without the glasses it won't make much of a difference..."
"Won't make a difference?" Eiji replied, "You can see the court better!"
"Sempai's...there is something you should know about me..." Ryuu started.
Ryuzaki Sumire appeared from the other side of the court, "He's blind."
Everyone took a step back with the exception of Tezuka.
"BLIND?! How do you see where your ball's going to bounce, or where it's going to land?!" Momoshiro Takeshi stated aloud.
"He's the son of an old friend of mine, he played in the states for a while, his family just came back to Japan for the start of the new school year."
Tezuka had his arms crossed accross his chest, "Show me how you play...Inui!"
Inui looked up to Tezuka, "Hm?"
"Play a game against him..."
Ryuu took off his glasses and tossed them to the rest of his stuff and made his way to the tennis court. His fingers on his right hand grazed the top of the net to make sure he was at least on the court. Inui followed on the opposite side. Both players took their respective sides, Inui was to serve. He noticed something about Ryuu, instead of facing Inui, his body was tilted slightly to the left.
"One game, Sadaharu to serve!" Tezuka was reffing the game.
Inui served it over the net, a fast low soaring ball to the left side of Ryuu's court.
"There's no way he can do this if he's blind..." Eiji mumbled.
Fuji watched the game intentivly, "Hm..."
Ryuu stood still, the sounds of the flying ball picking up in his hearing, "Hm." Moving to the left he moved his racket into his right hand, backhanding the ball back to Inui's side of the court with a specialty. THe ball Ryuu sent curved around Inui himself, landing on his right side instead of his left.
Everyone but Tezuka gasped and gaped at Ryuu's return. "What was that...?" Momoshiro asked silently.
"15-0."
Inui looked at his opponent, pushing his glasses up a little. That return...had such a great amount of spin and force on it...but what I'm trying to figure out is how he returned it, if he can't see!
The rest of the game went by fast, "Game to Yamamoto, 40-0" Tezuka finally said.
"He beat Inui straight..." Oishi said.
Fuji nodded, "We underestimated him..."
Both players approached the net, Ryuu held out his hand, Inui taking it and grasping it slightly.
"How is it that you were able to tell where my serves were going?"
Ryuu smirked and let go of Inui's hand. Without answering he walked towards the gate of the court, "Tezuka-sempai, I'll understand if you don't want me at practice anymore...having a blind person on your team might actually bring your reputation down..." Putting his tennis racket in his bag he put his stuff away and slung the bag over his shoulder. "Ja..."
Tezuka watched him leave, was it really true that he was blind? he wondered.
"What do you think Tezuka-san...?" Fuji asked, approaching him.
"Hm..."