School ended uneventfully. The only thing mildly interesting was the constant glaring between me and Tezuka-kun, and the mob of guys tailing me since 2nd period. I even think they made a fan club. I sighed as I walked to the tennis courts in the back. As I look at the empty court I feel a sense of excitement wash over me. Tennis, in a sense, was my life and there is nothing that can change that. Except, of course, my lovable little brother.
As I stand there in my reverie there is a tap on my shoulder. I turn around to find a guy, possible a junior, with brown hair held out of his face with a green headband. He smirked. "Hey babe, the girl's courts are further down." he says. I put on a fake smile. "Gomen, but I'm waiting for my brother." I explain. The freshmen walking by were holding baskets full of balls when the junior starts yelling at them. "Hurry up. We want to be ready before the Regulars get here!" "Hai, senpai." they stutter scurrying to the courts setting up.
'Well isn't he a cocky one.' I thought angrily.
"What's your name?" I ask with fake politeness. He smirks again. "Arai Masashi." he says. Inside I was almost at breaking point but on the outside I was sweet looking. "Well, Arai-kun, I may not know much but will you play a match with me?" I ask sweetly, be blushed nodding furiously. "Arigatou." I bow walking onto the court.
I didn't bother to change because it was obvious that I wasn't going to play that hard. Just manipulate him to my will. I took out my practice racket twirling it a few times and standing at the net for the traditional hand shake. Arai-kun manages to get one of his friends to reff. I give him one of my best fake smiles making him blush a deep red.
"Go easy on me, Arai-kun." I say sweetly going to the baseline of my side of the court. Instead of doing my dominant left hand, I use my right. That's right I'm Nitouryu, Ryoma ain't special.
Freshmen POV
"Arai-senpai is actually going to play a girl!" yells Horio. The other 2 stay quiet until Ryoma comes out of nowhere. "What's going on?" he asks watching the players. "Arai-senpai accepted a game with that girl." explains Kachiro. Ryoma nods watching the match with a smirk.
'Nee-san is going to kill you.' Thinks Ryoma.
Back2Me!
It's already 3 games into the match, Arai-kun winning, or so he thinks. We have drawn quite a crowd and the Regulars have shown up as well. "Change courts." the reff calls as Arai wins game 4. Just as we pass each other I smirk. "You know Arai-kun you never learned my name. By the end of the match you'll be surprised I didn't win quickly." "We'll see about that. Also if you lose you go on a date with me." he laughs. My smirk grows wider. "Fine, but you won't win." I tell him moving along.
It was my serve and I was going to turn this match around. "Get ready Arai-kun!" I say just before I serve. I throw the ball in the air jumping up to hit it. 'The ball goes right at the angle like the twist serve, but they can't find the difference, at least not until it hits the ground.' I smirk.
Regulars and Freshmen POV
"Ah, Twist Serve!" yell the freshmen. Ryoma smirks, correcting them. "No. It's the Twister Serve, a much stronger version of the twist serve." explains Ryoma. Everyone looks at him. "Twister Serve?" asks Momo. Inui takes out his notebook. "I've heard of such an amazing serve but never seen it." explains Inui, pushing up his glasses.
B2Me!
"Game and Match: Girl 6 games to 4." yells the reff. I smirk as Arai-kun falls on his knees panting and sweating hard. "As promised Arai-kun I will tell you my name. You all might want to commit it to memory." I say loud pointing my racket in the Regulars direction. It gets quiet." The name's Echizen Kizuka and I love a challenge." Everyone turns to look at Ryoma.
"Ochibi, why didn't you tell us you had a sister?!" yells Kikumaru. "You never asked." he replies. "But this morning you said you didn't know her." claims Momoshiro. Ryoma shrugs not caring because it was my idea in the first place. I come up behind him wrapping my arms around his neck and putting my chin on his head. "Don't give Chibi-chan a hard time; he was surprised when I got here too." I explain with a smile, making everyone blush except Tezuka. 'THE PRICK!'
"Ah, I see you guys have finally met Kizuka-san." says a voice I am all too familiar with. "Obaa-san." I say dully. She walks and stops beside me and Ryoma, I give her a side glare, like my dad, she wasn't my favorite person in the world.
"Alright everyone lets get to practice. Kizuka let Ryoma go." I do as told, grab my bag, and go sit on a nearby bench. "Kizuka, why don't you join us for practice?" asks Ryuzaki. I shake my head. "I'm not exactly on good terms with the buchou." I say glaring at the back of his head.
Ryuzaki laughs and walks away. I sit there watching the practice matches between the Regulars. They were all equally interesting. Momoshiro and Kawamura were power players, Fuji and Kaidoh were counters, Inui a data player, Kikumaru with acrobatics, Oishi with accuracy and precision, and Ryoma an all-arounder. Tezuka, trying to be cool, didn't play, but I assumed he was an all-arounder. He just stood there with his arms crossed and stared at the other players. 'It makes me mad how special he thinks he is.'
At the end of practice Ryuzaki called everyone together, even me. "I have a special announcement to make. I am making Kizuka-san manager of the team and assistant coach." she says. "WHAT!? WHY!?" I shout. "Because you looked a bit lonely sitting on the bench and this way you'll be closer to you buddy." "Buddy?" I asked confused. She discreetly points to Tezuka. My dark blue eyes do wide as I practically pull my hair out on the verge of tears. "You are so evil." I mutter darkly under my breath, glaring maliciously at the old hag. She dismisses the people and the freshmen clean up.
I wait at the front gate for Ryoma who was accompanied by, quite a few people. To be more specific, Fuji, Momo, Kikumaru, and Inui. "Oi, Kizu-Chan!" exclaims Kikumaru running ahead to meet me first. I smile and wave. Kikumaru reminded me of a little kid, it was cute. Fuji had his usual smile with closed eyes, Inui with his suspiciousness. 'Probably trying to get data on me.' I think. Then there was Momo who was talking with Ryoma.
When everyone reached me Kikumaru was the first to speak. "Kizu-chan we decided to take you out to eat as a welcome to the team celebration." he says excitedly." Yes and then you can tell us about yourself." Inui says bringing out his notebook everyone sweat drops.