BP: Whew! I only have half an hour left, so I'll make this chapter quick! Well, I don't know where I got this inspiration of a story, but I suspect it's from a vague memory I had about my primary school days. Oh well.
1.4.08
Dear Carumati,
Sorry for not writing. The ranking tournament for Seigaku tennis team is tomorrow. (Yup, I joined the tennis team). Guess what? Today, there was this second year guy called Aryan (or whatever his name was) placed a can and asked us to hit the ball to knock down the can. Later, it was revealed that the can is full of rocks, so that we wouldn't be able to knock it down anyway. I provoked him and he lifted me up with his collar, about to hit me, but then, the captain stopped him, and assigned both of us laps. Aryan protested and he increased the laps. That idiot. Well I don't care about that anyway.
I also played against a boy called Momoshiro today. (He insisted on us calling him Momo-chan though) He had a bad ankle, so I just played with my right hand. I really don't want to hurt him, he's a nice person. He's quite open with everyone.
After running, I drank my water and didn't even realize I sat on his jersey until a freshman kid told me. Well, who cares? But you know what that idiot did? That Aryan idiot took all three of my racquets and hid it, and challenged me. I ended up having to play with the old racquet in the locker room. That really pissed me off because one of the red racquets had a letter "C" on the base of it. Yeah, that's your racquet. Hopefully you don't get mad at me having one of your racquets, but you did say I can borrow them anytime I want.
In the end, I won of course. Aryan is so Mada Mada Dane. I bet you are laughing as you read this letter because guess what? The captain assigned the whole club laps after that. What an ending to the sweet victory. Darn captain. Yeah, yeah, laugh all you like, but that's what happened.
I got to go now; Mom's calling me for dinner. Reply soon!
Ryoma
2.4.08
Dear Carumati,
I have some good news to share with you! I am now a regular for the Seigaku tennis team! I played against two regulars and three non-regulars. The two regulars are rather interesting. The first was a guy names Kaoru Kaidoh. He's the one everyone nicknames Mamushi, also known as viper. His signature move is the snake, and his usual strategy is to make his opponents tired by making them run around. I managed to counter that by aiming the balls at his feet so that he had to crouch down to return it, making him lose three times as much stamina as usual. Since I happened to be reading a tennis magazine beforehand, his Snake shot is actually known as Buggy Whip shot, and I even returned his shot with the same shot.
I also played against a guy called Inui Sadaharu. He always takes data on tennis players and uses it to his advantage. He's really creepy, and anyway, I managed to rise above his data and even won 7-5. Also the surprising thing later was Kaidoh-senpai beat Inui-senpai and thus, Inui lost his regular spot, but he is the manager of the tennis team, and he is helping us out with our practices.
He made us wear weights on our wrists and ankles, and he set three different colored cones. He told us to his the balls to the corresponding cones. I realized as we get tired, our judgment will also get impaired. I missed a ball and had to drink Inui Juice, some weird drink Inui has created. Let me tell you, you wouldn't want to drink it. I watched the other regulars drink it, and they immediately ran for the nearest water faucet. I am NOT joking! If you laugh, I'll send you some of the Inui Juice, and I'll love to see your reaction when you drink it. Haha, just kidding!
But really, you wouldn't want to drink it, I'm serious. The only person who can drink it without flinching is Fuji-senpai, a third year who always has a closed eye smile on his face. The smile really creep me out. If you were here, you will see what I mean.
Well, I got to go. I still have tons of homework to do. Hope to hear from you soon!
Ryoma
BP: I think I am getting rusty. Please review, though!