Chapter Two: The Training Begins

Everybody was preparing before they start. They are all participating as they do the warm-ups especially the girls who don't want to be a burden to the others. After they finish, they listen to Inui's instruction before they start their jogging outside the courts.

"You have to finish each lap before one minute. Anyone who fails should drink this." Inui smirked and showed to them his new and improved Inui Juice. "_"

"What is that?" Noyie asked.

"You'll be a lot happier if you don't find out." Oishi told her.

Megumi suddenly called her teammates for a little discussion. They form a small circle and she discussed something to them. She showed them a whistle. Then they retreated and go to their designated places in their line.

After a while, they were all ready. They were lined-up then they had started jogging around outside the tennis court. Everybody was fast especially the boys who know the 'effect' they might get from the evil witches apple.

They were on to their 5th lap. All the girls were one meter apart and 2 meters back from the boys. "I can't believe they are that slow." Momoshiro whispered to Ryoma who didn't react about it. When Inui shouted that it's the 6th lap, they heard a loud whistle. Then suddenly the girl, who was at the back which was Noyie, ran as fast as she can to go to the first place who was Kunimitsu. 15 seconds past, another loud whistle was heard. This time, Yui was the one who ran to reach the first place. The same thing goes on. Next were Kunizuki, Chiya, Mikuru, Nia and Kim who was the fastest.

The boys, who were amazed by the thing that just happened, also ran as fast as they could to catch up with the others, for they don't want to be overcome by someone else especially by girls. Who knew they were these fast?

"8th lap!"

Megumi was the last girl in the line. Oishi who was the man in front of her looked at her from the back. He noticed a whistle hanging on her neck. Megumi then went to her right side ran very fast, faster then the way Kim ran. She was just like a wind caressing the hair of the persons she passes.

"Last lap!"

Megumi suddenly slowed down and looked at Kunimitsu, she smiled to him. Then she continues to run again the usual to reach the first place. A smile also appeared on his face but someone saw it, guess who? Inui fixed his eyeglasses. That is weird. I better write that information. He scribbled unto his notebook as he thought.

At the end of the jogging, everybody was panting. It was obvious on their faces that they're all tired.

"What is their time?" their coach asked to Inui.

"The first five laps were almost the same; 58.6 seconds; 58.8 seconds; 58.7 seconds; 59.3 seconds and 58.7 seconds," he paused "When the girls started to do sprinting, every whistle of their captain, there were a lot of changes in the time: 50.3 second; 50.1 seconds; 49.7 seconds; 47.8 seconds and 44.7 seconds."

"They were that fast?" Momoshiro this time almost looked like a person who saw a ghost in amusement.

"Like you were saying a while ago that 'they were these slow?' " Ryoma murmured.

Somewhere at the corner, Eiji talked to his best friend about Megumi.

"Fujiko, why did Megumi-Chan look at Tezuka-buchou? Is there something between the of them?"

"Actually, Megumi…. Megumi…. Megumi…. uhhhh…."

"Megumi? Megumi? Megumi? What? Tell me!"

"If you promise me not to tell the others."

"Yes! Of course! I promise!"

"It's not an issue anymore I guess, but when we are still little, Megumi once shared to me that she had a crush on Tezuka. Though it's been so many years, I believe that she still got those feelings for him. I know Megumi very well for we are always together back then."

"That's a new information." Inui appeared to them.

"Inui! Please don't tell the others. Eiji too." Fuji begged them.

Both of them nodded in confirmation. Fuji who has always trusted them, believed in them.

- 5:00 pm -

"I hope to see more of all of you. That's all. Dismissed." Their coach said to them and she left with Sakuno. All the boys proceed to their clubroom to change their clothes.

"Captain! Megumi!" all the girls hugged her.

Megumi, who was surprised hugged them back, she smiled.

"It's so nice to see you all again."

"So, did you won?" Yui asked her.

Megumi searched for something on her bag, and then she brought out a gold shinny medal with a red ribbon on it.

"Yeah. She did won….again." Yui said and there was laughter in the atmosphere.