Annnnnnnddddd third chapter. Read and review people, let me know how I'm doing. I can't get better if you don't review.
3: Flawless Victory
"So you talk of this pride of Hyotei, does it by any chance include losing." Sefan said, still spinning the racket. "Because that's what you're about to do…" The words echoed in Gajko's head as he took his place at the baseline to wait for Sefan's next serve. "The kid got lucky" he thought to him self as he bounced up and down once or twice to work out his legs some.
Meanwhile, the match it's self had drawn a bit of attention. A group of older students had gathered outside of the court to watch the match. This group of students included the blue haired player from before, Oshitari. "It was rather surprising that he was able to get to that Dropshot huh Oshitari?" A player with long brown hair and dark eyes to his right asked. "The fact that he got to it is not very surprising Shishido. What is surprising is how he got to it. The kid used a Split Step at exactly the right moment to give him the half second he needed to not only get to the ball, but to burry it into the back court." Oshitari adjusted his glasses and folded his arms, very focused on the match, as Shishido took in everything he had just said. Shishido looked as if he was about to reply, but instead turned his attention back to the match too as Sefan had just thrown up the ball for his serve.
Sefan tossed the ball up into the air and brought it down again starting the second point of the match. Again Gajko hammered the relatively simple served back onto Sefan's side of the court with ease leaving Sefan to sprint to the corner once again to get to the ball. Gajko had plenty of time to set up at the center of the baseline in order to return whatever Sefan shot at him to the other corner but to his surprise Sefan managed to somehow slice the shot, giving it a tremendous amount of sidespin nailing a DROPSHOT of his own. Gajko managed to see the slice as Sefan hit it and sprinted to the net ready to return the shot. The ball just barely cleared the net, hit the ground, and then shot up and to Gajko's left, causing him to miss his stroke completely out of surprise. "30-LOVE!"
"Slice Drop…" Oshitari said with a small smile on his face. "This kid was able to not only hit a drop shot on the run, but he was also able to hit it with enough side slice to get it to jump to the left when it hit the court. Amazing, some of the regulars last year would have had problems with that hit." Again Shishido was silent, opting instead to watch the match closer.
"40-LOVE!"…… "GAME, KATO LEADS 1-LOVE!" A few minutes and two more amazing points later Sefan had won his service game and the two players were switching courts. Gajko grabbed a couple of balls off of the ground and stashed one in his pocket before thinking to him self "I'll crush him with my Super Serve" Gajko tossed up the ball and came down on it hard sending a Bullet serve Sefan's way. "He'll never return that!" Gajko thought as he watched his serve fly over the net, land in the court and then fly up right into SEFAN'S RACKET. Sefan lead the shot just enough to send the ball flying to Gajko's left corner scoring a RETURN ACE. "You've got to be kidding me…" Gajko stuttered as he dropped his racket and stared at the amazing player across from him.
"A completely flawless victory, can you believe that Atobe?" Shishido asked as Atobe, Oshitari and himself walked out of the school gates at the end of practice. "Gajko didn't score a single point the whole match; it truly was clinic that kid put on." Oshitari added. Atobe walked in silence as the two went over highlights of the match, how 'that kid' had forced smashes left and right, how he had caught every Dropshot/lob/passing shot that Gajko had dished out at him, and how at the end of it all the kid had just packed up his stuff and left with out saying a word to anyone leaving Gajko broken in the middle of the court. "It truly was amazing Atobe, he could be a real contender this year." Atobe nodded and asked "What was his name?" Shishido looked at Oshitari who gave him the answer "Sefan Kato." They walked in silence for a couple of seconds before Atobe muttered "Sefan Kato huh…."