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Chapter Three
Pong. Pong. Pong. A tennis ball was bounced up and down. One of the new members was bored, so he kept bouncing the ball over and over again. The raffle was being held to see which new member would play which regular. The first match would be Tezuka VS…
"Horio! First-year!" Oishi called out. There was some murmuring before the boastful, unibrow first-year walked out.
"Good luck, Horio!" two other first-years called.
"Not that I'll need it," Horio bragged. "With my two years of tennis experience, I'll score a lot of games! Just you two watch, Kachiro and Kato, my experience will help me."
"Saa… how interesting," Fuji smiled. "Why don't you go easy on him, Tezuka?"
"Aa," came the short reply.
"There is an 100% possibility that Buchou will win this game completely," stated Inui, "while going easy on the kid."
"Rough or smooth?" Tezuka asked. Horio grinned.
"Smooth."
Five minutes later, Tezuka won, 6-0. A panting Horio was left on the ground. All the new members, minus one, were in awe.
"How cool… Our buchou is so good!" they murmured. A certain new member, while bouncing the tennis ball, regarded the thoroughly beaten and currently ignored Horio. He smirked. Who was it again that said he wouldn't need the luck and would score a lot of games?
Finally, all the matches, except for one, had been played between regular and new member. Now, the last slip of paper was drawn. Most of the new members fervently hoped that their name would not be called.
"Echizen! Please come up!" Oishi called. All of the new members, minus one, breathed a sigh of relief. They were terrified after seeing all the amazing skills the regulars had. The one thought in most of their heads was 'So this is the skill of the regulars of the Seigaku tennis club!'
So who was the last player? As soon as the name was called, the bouncing of the tennis ball had stopped. The said person stepped out, and the regulars' eyes were fixated on him. It was that audacious first-year, but why did he seem so familiar?
"Saa… So his name is Echizen, eh, Tezuka?" Fuji's eyes were open.
"Aa," was the only reply, but Fuji could discern curiosity in the voice. It wasn't every day that you'd find a familiar person with the name of Echizen, right? Maybe he really was Ry.
"You'll be going against me?" Momo's loud voice clearly questioned the kid's height. Fuji saw no flash of recognition, only annoyance, in the kid's eyes, so maybe he wasn't Ry.
"Che," came a reply. "Hurry up and serve." Momo raised an eyebrow.
"Now that's no way to talk to your senpai!" Momo frowned.
"Che, mada mada dane." By now, most of the new members were shocked at the boldness of this kid. How did he dare to challenge a regular like that?
Now, Momo served. 'The kid probably won't get it…' Just as the thought formed in his head, BAM!, the kid got a return ace, swinging his right hand.
"Ha?" Momo exclaimed. This kid…
"He let his guard down, ne Tezuka?" Fuji smiled.
"Aa."
"Ne, referee, you gonna call the score?" Echizen's lazy voice sounded.
"Eh-er-um, 15-0!" the referee called the score.
"What the?" Momo was still gaping.
"Ne, you ready yet?" Echizen called. "I'm serving." Momo narrowed his eyes slightly. This kid… No, he couldn't lose! The juice-!
Tossing the ball up, Echizen served. Momo, desperate to not drink the juice, managed to reach the ball. Echizen lobbed the ball back. Grinning like a Cheshire cat, Momo jumped up.
"Dunk Smash!" called Momo.
"Oh, there it is, his special move!" Eiji said, excited.
"But, Echizen!" Oishi cried, worried. "Think of all the power behind that smash!"
Just as Oishi said that, Echizen reached the ball, and with a simple flick of his wrist, hit the ball into the far corner as Momo was landing. All of the regulars were shocked. It wasn't very often that someone could return Momo's Dunk Smash.
"30-0!" the refree called.
From there, Echizen proceeded to win point after point until the game was finished and Momo had lost. By now, all the members and regulars were shocked.
Who was this kid? How could he have beaten Momo so easily?
Punishment Time
"All of those who lost, line up here!" Inui said. As the members lined up, Momo's face was noticeably pale.
"Wow, senpai sure are nice to let us drink juice when we lost!"
"Yeah, this is awesome!"
Horio grinned, "Of course! With someone like me, of course they'd give us juice!"
Inui handed each person a drink. Since the new members were so busy talking, they didn't notice the strange color of the juice he gave them. Only Momo looked green and horrified.
"Fufufufu… Now, drink!" Inui cackled. The unsuspecting new members raised the drink and… 3… 2… 1….
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Enjoyed the Punishment Time? That was more of a side story for readers. XD
WELL, criticize away?
~Koyu
