Chapter 01:

Disclaimer: I don't own POT, if I own it I would make Akaya the prince of tennis, Rikkaidai will be the champion and Hyotei will be the first-runner up, and Shitenhouji will make a sooner appearance than Fudomine. Oh, and Yukimura Seiichi will be the super awesome Child of God he is, and nobody will win against him, at all cost. Plus, I'll give Rikkai a background story. Oh, I'm rambling-Haha~

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Asuma Cherrim woke up early, thanks to one of her servants, who managed to wake her gently at the assigned time. It was just 6:00 a.m. but she was already hyper. It helped that she had her favorite milk bath prepared with her favorite rose scattered in the bath. She was served with her favorite Chateaubriand, with very minimal pasta and lots of rosehip tea. The piece of meat was a lovely treat, but eating one with a lot of pasta will make her plump. And, plumpness was not the thing of Snow Princesses. Besides, plump or not, her favorite tea will always be the rosehip.

"Young Lady, the car is ready to go. Shall I get your things?" Her personal butler asked as Cherrim finished her breakfast.

"While that would be lovely, I would like to bring it myself." Cherrim politely declined. She walked to the car with her cashmere bag that probably cost more than enough to pay for her semester tuition.

The butler immediately opened the door to the private car, Cherrim decided against Atobe's limousine ideas, and wishes the Young Lady luck.

"Hmm…?" Cherrim browsed her textbooks as she waits patiently in the car. She was quite a smart student, just like that.

"Hmm…" Cherrim shut her book close after a feeble 10 minutes. She read the entire book and completely memorized all the stuffs. She wanted to do some revisions, though.

RIKKAI~RIKKAI~

Cherrim managed to peacefully arrive in school. Unlike in Hyotei, her entrance was fairly discreet, with only some stares of adoration, as opposed to the former, where almost everyone shouted her name so loud, she thought her ears will get deaf.

She scanned the bulletin board, it seems that she is in 1-A and that all freshmen are to attend some announcement by the principal. She inwardly sighed, in Hyotei, she was given the privilege not to attend these kind of stuffs.

"KIRIHARA-KUN!" Some loud freshmen girls managed to grab her attention with their loud fan girling.

They were crowding some guys, and by the looks of it, they were most likely tennis regulars, but it seemed that they were in her batch. Perhaps they were the junior high regulars.

"Why are these girls so weird…?" Another freshman girl, who is currently beside Cherrim, muttered as she gave a small sigh. Cherrim can only agree.

"I quite agree myself." Cherrim replied politely, as she looks at the freshman girl. The girl looks like the library type. The girl have glinting glasses, but she was pretty beautiful, if Cherrim says so herself. The girl has a long black braid, with straight bangs.

Cherrim gave her a polite smile, with her most charming look. The girl was taken aback, but managed to adjust her glasses.

"I'm glad we have the same opinion." The girl bowed in recognition.

"Or, you might have, perhaps been pounced off alive?" Cherrim tried to hold back a smirk, so instead she gave a little polite grin.

The girl laughed a little and introduced herself "I am Nanako Mitsu, a freshman."

"I'm a freshman too, my name is Asuma Cherrim." Cherrim gave Nanako a little smile and added "from Hyotei Gakuen."

"I" Nanako stopped, contemplated and then continued "am from Seigaku, if that is alright with you." Nanako kind of hated introducing her school, not only have they got a glorious loss last year in the Tennis Nationals, it wasn't such a high grade school like Rikkaidai, much less than the Hyotei Academy.

"It's fine." Cherrim gave a sincere, gentle smile. She wasn't like most Hyotei students who tend to look down on Seigaku and other low grade school. She happens to decide that it was the person, and not the upbringing that makes a person.

"So it is. I suppose you know about this Kirihara Akaya they so stupidly worship?" Nanako's voice is a bit sharp, if not cold.

"Yes, we haven't met officially, but I do remember about the Red Devil that led Rikkaidai into their Kanto and National Championship last year." Cherrim casually replied. She was a bit upset that Rikkai managed to win the championship last year. While Ootori and Kabaji were both minimally upset, Hiyoshi was a complete wreck.

"Oh, I remember now." Nanako said with faint recognition.

The two girls chat on as they made their way to the gym where the principal's announcement was briefly given. The two girls managed to learn that they were both in the same class, and much to Cherrim's very little disappointment, Kirihara was in the same class as them.

GYM~GYM~

"-And so, I would like to announce that after 2 subject periods, you are all free to go and tour around for the club of your choice." This last announcement by the principal made all freshmen alert. The introductions, as well as, the body of the announcement were very boring and to Cherrim's thought quoting Shishido's favorite adjective: very lame.

It took all of Cherrim's willpower not to sleep through the announcement. While Nanako, her new friend, told her that she can sleep through it, Cherrim decided not to. As a responsible student, she can't sleep through announcements now, can she? No matter how boring or lame it was.

The last statement managed to alert everyone, including her. She can feel the mix reactions in the entire gym, with very slight disappointment and mostly happiness. Cherrim had a little smile in her lips, and she can also see Nanako smile a bit. To her little annoyance though, she managed to hear Kirihara proudly boasting, just a few seats from her. She would have twitched, but she didn't.