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THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LAST CHAPTER FOR POT MY NEXT CHAPTER IS GOING TO BE KATEKYOUSHI HITMAN REBORN!
Enjoy
Niwasae Shiina
"5-0, Shinobi leads!" the umpire stated as another point was given to Lee and Shikamaru.
Ibu Shinji and Kamio Akira were not happy. Lee was faster than Kamio and didn't even break a sweat yet. He also kept sprouting something about 'THE PASSION OF YOUTH!'
On the other hand, the Nara just stood there, only hitting the balls that Lee didn't hit, which was rarely. So basically, they were playing against one player.
"Oi Lee, Naruto is starting to look sleepy." Shikamaru stated as he glanced over at their fuku-buchou.
"Ehh, nande?" Lee asked taking a quick peak at Naruto.
"Ahou, you know how he gets when he doesn't move around for a long period of time."
"But it's only been about 15 minutes." Lee protested as he smashed the oncoming ball.
"…how long have you known Naruto to sit still and do nothing for a long period of time?" Shikamaru asked as he rolled his eyes upwards.
"Unless he's sleeping, 5 minutes and 40 seconds." Lee said with a confident nod.
"And how would you know?" Shikamaru asked as he hit the ball straight down the middle to the other side of the court.
"40-0, match point, Shinobi leads!" the umpire shouted.
"I challenged Naruto-kun to see who would sit still the longest. I lost by 2 minutes so I did 300 pushups. Naruto-kun's flame of YOUTH burns brightly within him!" Lee shouted.
"Game and set, Shinobi wins 6-0!" the umpire declared.
The court was silent as the players shook hands. They were in shock as to how fast Fudomine was defeated. Especially in a 2 VS 1 game, kind of…Shikamaru doesn't count.
"Sorry Tachibana-san, we couldn't even score one point against them." Kamio said regretfully.
"It's alright. You two played well, I'm proud of you guys." Tachibana stated as the two smiled.
"Oi, Kamio, how did your game go?" someone asked from behind Fudomine.
They turned as one and spotted the Seigaku members standing there with a solemn look on their faces.
"Look at the score board Momo." Kamio ground out.
Momo looked and his violet eyes widened.
"Oi, oi…you're kidding right?" he asked shocked.
"It was a complete one sided game."
"I know, that guy with the freaky eyebrows was getting on my nerves sprouting something about youth. That other guy was annoying too. Just standing there and doing nothing. Then again, he did look like he was daydreaming. If I were him I'd probably daydream too. It must be nice not to worry about the world—"
"SHINJI!" everyone yelled.
"Ah, gomen." Shinji mumbled, not sounding sorry at all.
"Wait, what does he mean by that?" Kikumaru demanded.
"You see the guy with the bowl cut hair? His name is Rock Lee. He was the one we were playing against. His partner just stood at the baseline and hit only one or two balls." Kamio stated.
"But from what I've seen, Nara Shikamaru is not just an ordinary player as well. He scored all the shots that he hit, even if it was only a few." Tachibana added.
They all turned to stare at the duo that was standing in front of an effeminate blond.
"Maa, you two did well. Baa-chan is on her way right—"
"Just who are you calling 'Baa-chan' gaki?!" a loud voice demanded.
Everyone turned to the blond lady with a huge rack. Her hair was in pigtails and she wore a knee length emerald green jacket with a forest green hem. On the back of the jacket was a black kanji in a red circle that said kake (gambling). Inside the jacket was the top half of a light grey sleeveless yukata with a navy blue obi. She wore a knee length navy blue shorts and navy blue high heeled sandals. She had a peachy skin color with a small blue diamond on her forehead. Her chocolate eyes were narrowed and her red lips were in a straight line.
The whole Shinobi team stood and bowed respectfully. There were shouts of 'Godaime', 'Tsunade-sama', and the one 'Baa-chan'.
"I'm going to kill you gaki. Why don't you take a walk and do something besides irritating me?" Tsunade said in an affectionate way. She dismissed Shikamaru and Lee and made her way to the bench, ruffling Naruto's hair before shooing him off.
"Uchiha, go with him. I don't want him getting lost." Tsunade told Itachi, who nodded and left.
As she settled down, a shadow fell over her that made her look up.
"I am Tachibana Kippei. Buchou and coach for the Fudomine tennis team." Tachibana stated holding his hand out.
Tsunade accepted and did an once-over of the buchou.
"Tachibana, your reputation precedes you." Tsunade stated.
"Thank you," Tachibana stated with a bow. "Yours does as well. It is an honor to meet one of the legendary Sannin."
"If, Doubles 1: Shinobi's Uchiha Sasuke and Momochi Haku VS Fudomine's Mori Tatsunori and Uchimura Kyousuke, will please enter the court we will begin now." The umpire stated as the same message was sent throughout the large speakers alerting the other players in the Kantou.
Tachibana went back to his team as Sasuke and Haku made their way to Tsunade.
"How are the both of you feeling?" she asked.
"We're doing fine Tsunade-sama." Haku said, tying his hair up into a mid-high ponytail.
"Good, then get out there and have fun." They nodded and were about to get onto the court when Tsunade spoke.
"Uchiha I need a quick word with you. Haku, get into position." Tsunade said.
Haku looked confused but did as she asked. Sasuke stared at Tsunade with his onyx eyes boring into her. She snorted and waved it off before turning serious.
"I want you to watch out for Haku. He came to me last night with a sprained wrist. It wasn't major so stop glaring at me Uchiha. Haku is ambidextrous so he will do fine. I'm just telling you just in case something goes wrong."
Sasuke sent a thankful nod at her and went to his aibou.
"Che, kids these days." Tsunade mumbled as the match started.
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"Ah, that hit the spot." Naruto sighed as he chugged down a can of Ponta. The hand on his shoulder made him look up and into garnet eyes.
"'Tachi-kun…" Naruto smiled.
"Ano, excuse me, but can you move? You're standing in front of the vending machine." A low, but familiar voice stated.
Naruto and Itachi turned and saw a set of familiar golden eyes and emerald tinged hair under the Fila cap.
"Ryo-chan?" Naruto asked.
Golden eyes widened at the nickname before narrowing.
"Naru-chan?"
"Ah, so you didn't forget me! Ryoga owes me 100 in US currencies!" Naruto stated with a fist in the air.
The two silent teen's sweatdropped before smiling a bit.
"So, how have you been Ryo-chan? It's been almost 3 years since we saw each other, right Itachi?" Naruto asked.
"Hn."
"Baka-oyaji moved us from the States and to Japan because he wanted me to join Seigaku." Ryoma said as the trio began their trip back to the court.
"Your otou-san doesn't change does he? Is he still reading Ero-Sannin's books?" Naruto asked.
"Aa." Ryoma frowned. Naruto placed his hand on Ryoma's head with a smile.
"Maa, I'll talk to Baa-chan about it. I'm pretty sure she'll fix it." Naruto nodded sagely.
The other two sweatdropped again.
