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Chapter 2 Dunk Smash Crash

"I can't believe it." Kachiro said as the outcome of the match was called.

"Set and match, Higarashi, 6-0!" the ref called out over the court.

"Wow, that kid crush Arai." Momo remarked from behind the first years.

On the court before them the boy, Higarashi shook hands with Arai after winning the match six games to zero. Arai hadn't even stood a chance as the kid broke down his style of tennis to its most basic level, copied it, improved on it, and then used it to crush him in turn. The kid was almost worse then Inui since Inui, at least, didn't use others' own styles against them. Higarashi didn't hesitate to do so.

Despite this, Higarashi was respectful and polite. The kid gave Arai a bow after shaking his hand and turned and exited the court. He pulled his cap down farther over his face as he passed the people who had been watching the match, as if embarrassed with the large crowd he had drawn during his match.

"And he's a first year?" Katsuo asked as Higarashi passed them, watching the other boy with awe, just as he did with Ryoma.

"He's as good as Echizen." Horio said, his thoughts along the line as the other two first years.

Momo watched the boy walk away from them, hands jammed into his pockets. He would be Momo's next opponent. And a tough one by the looks of it. It just meant that Momo wouldn't be able to let his guard down around the white haired, first year.

Oishi looked up at Higarashi walked up to the table to report the score of his last game. "Six-love." was the only thing said from the white haired first year.

"Alight." Oishi said, writing down the result of Higarashi's match.

He was a little surprised that he had beat Arai without the second year winning a single game off of him. Arai hadn't made it as a regular but he was easily the strongest of the non-regular members of the boys' tennis team. Oishi watched the kid walk away, something else registering in his mind.

"Hmm…he has a really feminine voice." Oishi said to himself.

"You say something, Oishi?"

Oishi turned to see Eiji as the red head joined him. Apparently the red haired third year hadn't heard what Oishi said and the boy was a little too embarrassed to repeat it.

"Oh, its nothing." Oishi said rubbing his neck, embarrassed at being caught talking to himself.

Higarashi continued on to another court, deciding to watch the match ahead of his. Momo found him there watching the match from behind his sunglasses.

"Hey, kid!" Momo called in greeting to his kouhai. He came to stop next to the shorter boy and beamed down at him in his usual friendly way.

Higarashi looked up as Momo neared and simply bowed his head in greeting, still not uttering a word to the older boy. With that Higarashi turned back to continue watching the match.

"Are you ready for our match?" Momo asked when the kid made no move to speak at all.

There was a slight rise and fall of one shoulder as his answer but that was about all the acknowledgement Momo got from Higarashi. It was enough to bring a sweat drop to Momo's forehead.

The kid doesn't talk much, Momo thought to himself as he turned to watch the end of the match ahead of them. Hell, even Echizen talks more then him and that's saying something.

The match ended shortly leaving the court ready for Momo and Higarashi. The boy took his racket into his right hand as he faced Momo over the net, turning it over and over in an almost idle manner.

"Next match Momoshiro vs. Higarashi. Momoshiro to serve."

Momo shook hands with the boy finding the boy's grip was lax but firm. And very soft.

"Good luck!" Momo told him.

The boy gave a curt nod before taking his spot opposite of Momo. Momo looked across the net at the boy. The boy hadn't moved to take a stance or anything, but just stood there watching Momo from behind those sunglasses of his.

It really did a number on one's nerves when they couldn't see their opponent's eyes. That was probably why Higarashi wore them in the first place. An intimidation trick. Well Momo wasn't going to fall for it. Whether he could see Higarashi's eyes or not wasn't going to bother him. Momo tossed the ball and served…the ball flying right past the boy, whose head snapped instantly to the side to look back at the baseline. Other wise Higarashi didn't move a single muscle. Momo was shocked, to say the least. Higarashi hadn't moved at all to attempt to return the serve.

"He didn't move to return the ball at all!" came the astonished gasp from the other members watching the match.

It wasn't the fact that the boy hadn't moved that shocked Momo though. No it was the fact that the boy had looked at the spot where the ball landed, before the ball even crossed the net. As if he guessed where the ball would land on the court just a short breath after Momo hit the ball.

The kid's got some good eyes then, Momo thought as he readied himself for another serve.

Momo tossed the ball, noticing out of the side of his eye as Higarashi suddenly dropped his weight, shifting lower and closer to the ground as he rocked forward onto the tips of his toes. Momo hit the ball and the boy shot forward like a rocket out of a launch pad. Momo moved just as the boy returned the shot. Higarashi was certainly fast, Momo would credit him that.

The rally lasted seven balls until the boy lobbed the ball back to Momo, perfectly setting up Momo's next shot.

"Here it comes! Momoshiro's Dunk Smash!" came some of the awed exclamations from the watchers as Momo jumped into the air.

Momo drew back his arm a smile on his face, but when he looked down he found the boy moving into his line of fire, just as Momo hit the ball. The purple eyed second year couldn't change the direction of his smash now. Just then the boy lowered his center of gravity sweeping his racket low, dragging it on the ground in a scooping motion before snapping his racket out. Momo stared as the ball landed just to the other side of the net and rolled away. A drop volley.

"Fifteen love."

"Wow! He returned Momoshiro's Dunk Smash!" Kachiro exclaimed.

"Hmm…he is very good indeed."

The three first years turned to look at Inui who was watching the match closely, a notebook open in his hands.

"He returned the Dunk Smash using a drop volley." Inui said writing in his famous notebook.

"A drop volley? Really?" Katsuo asked.

"He placed himself in the line of fire and, using a scooping motion, angled his racket and used the smash's own power to turn it into a drop volley." Inui told them.

On the court Momo and the boy continued on, the boy returning his Dunk Smash easily every time Momo tried to use it. Momo stepped backward, returning the boy's serve in the form of a lob. Momo watched as the boy shot backwards under the lob. When he had almost reached the half way point between the front court and back court, Higarashi's legs bunched, dropping his weight down, before he sprang upward as if his legs were springs that shot him into the air. The over head smash the boy hit was fast, strong, and aimed perfectly for Momo's right corner, where the older boy couldn't reach it.

"Game and set, Higarashi. Game count, six games to one."

Momo smiled and laughed as he shook hands with the boy, who was basically shaken from head to toe by the sheer strength of the boy's hand shake.

"Haha! Looks like you beat me!" Momo said cheerfully.

"That was some smash you have there." he added. Higarashi bowed to him respectfully, as a kouhai should to their sempai.

"Thank you." was the only reply before the boy turned and left. Momo scratched his head as he left the court, his mind focused on one thing at the moment.

"What is it Momoshiro?" Inui asked.

"Huh? The boy's got a girl's voice." Momo remarked but shook it off as nothing.

"Oh well. Got to win my next match or I'm done for!" he said psyching himself up.

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"Tezuka."

Tezuka looked up as Fuji headed his way with Oishi on his heels.

"Have you heard yet?" Fuji asked. Tezuka simply raised one eyebrow at the other boy.

"The boy from Russia, Higarashi, he beat Momo and currently playing against one of the second years." Fuji told him.

Tezuka looked back up from the paper in his hands. So Momo had gone down to the kid. That made two wins in Higarashi's favor. Two more and he was a regular for sure. Tezuka had a feeling that if this kid took down Momo then any of the other second years, aside from Kaido, would be easy work for him. Meaning Higarashi would more then likely win his current match.

"Not only that. Higarashi took on Momo's Dunk Smash, head on and managed to return it with a drop volley." Oishi added.

Tezuka nodded. It was no special feat for Tezuka himself, or for one of the regulars who had been around Momo long enough, to figure out how to return the Dunk Smash, but Tezuka hadn't ever thought of using a drop volley. To do such a thing would mean putting one's self right in the line of fire and with the power Momo drove into the shot, that was a dangerous place to be. It could easily backfire on a player, but Higarashi had done it and apparently with confidence too.

"Two more wins then." Tezuka said as he thought.

Fuji nodded until they heard hisses from a nearby court and heard the call from the ref go up. "Game and match to Higarashi! 6-0!"

All three of the third year regulars looked up, their eyes going to the court where the call came from. Other members had been gathered around to watch the third match of the new boy. Some of the boys had hissed with the final shot, more then likely because they had been beating on the second year playing against Higarashi and had been disappointed when the first year had won the match.

As they watched, Higarashi stepped off the court and headed past those watching as he hooked his black racket back onto the back of his belt.

"Alright...make that one more win." Fuji remarked.

Depending on who his final match was against, it seemed they might be having a second first year in the regualrs.

END

Kyandi: And there's chapter two!

Hikari: Which she re-typed twice after noticing that the first two times she typed "Tezzy" instead of "Tezuka".

Kyandi: It was an accident!

Hikari: Uh-huh, sure. He's not you, so quit calling him by your weird nickname.

Kyandi: J-just let it go! I got it right in the end!

Hikari: After four hours.

Kyandi: Whatever! Everyone please enjoy and review.

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