Tenisu Kisaki
Summary:
Oishi brings his lovable cousin to practice with the Seigaku team, the same one who taught him how to play tennis! She tears apart the court and demolishes the Seigaku team, even the young Echizen. Her transfer to the school begins a heated battle between prodigies, Shusuke Fuji and Kagome Higurashi. Fuji/Kag
Disclaimer: I do not, nor will I ever, own any part of InuYasha or Prince of Tennis; no matter how much I wish otherwise.
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Yumiko grinned evilly as she put the bags in the truck and everyone piled into the van her mother owned. Her mind already thinking up many devious things revolving around her brother and the new girl; Kagome, of course they would probably catch on, but not until she had her fun!
Of course, Yumiko knew that the whole group hated shopping even the girl. They were too sporty to like to spend time buying clothes! Truth is, Yumiko didn't even like to shop; she was just tired of seeing of seeing her brothers friends in mainly the same looking clothes. It was boring!
"Let's go kiddos!" She yelled as she hopped into the driver's seat and starting the car. The rear view mirror was filled with the faces of the smashed together teens. She just laughed at their irritated faces along with Kagome, who was in the passenger seat beside her.
"Can you drop us off at the street courts Sis?" Fuji called from the third row, wrenched between Taka, Eiji and Ryoma. Yumiko nodded, her amused expression never leaving her face. Kagome stared out the window, watching the scenery flash by.
Yumiko smiled, thinking this might be easier then she thought.
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The whole gang piled out once they reached their destination. It's a miracle that all of them, plus the shopping bags, and the tennis rackets for those who brought them. (Kagome, Fuji, Eiji, Momo, Ryoma, and Oishi)
"So these are the courts you were telling me about? Very nice." Kagome commented once they reached the top of the stairs. Inui had headed home straight from the mall so he didn't have some smarty pants remark, or data filled answer. The rest of the team just found seats in the front and watched the match going on.
"Momo!" A girl came running up to them and smiling widely. "Hi Echizen, Taka, Kaidoh, Oishi, Eiji, Fuji, and….you are?"
"I'm Oishi's cousin! Kagome" Kagome smiled sweetly and shook hands with her.
"Really! Cool, I'm Ann. Want to play? I bet I could find someone who would want to play you." Ann smiled, already noticing how Kagome had her tennis racket and looked eager. Kagome nodded and Ann turned around and looked around at the players there.
Kagome too looked around and noticed a few of the guys who she had met the day she got lost; Kentarou and Sengoku. There were many others, they all looked like they came from other schools. All seemed to look in their direction as they walked closer, Ann sure was oblivious, but Kagome glared at everyone who eyed her weirdly.
"Hey, bro! Where is Kamio?" Ann called to one of the boys off to the side. He and Ann held some similarities, like their hair. It was naturally a lighter color, but anyone could tell that it was dyed. His natural blonde was beginning to grow at the roots.
"He went home for the day. Who is your friend Ann?"
"Oh, this is Kagome! She is a new Seigaku Regular AND Oishi's cousin!" Kagome opened her mouth to explain that she WASN'T a Regular, but she was easily interrupted by Ann's brother. The other people had heard Ann and were looking at her even more. Seigaku just laughed to themselves.
"Traitors" She mumbled, sending a glare in their direction. She turned back to the one talking.
"I'm Kippei Tachibana, nice to meet you. If you're looking for someone to play just step on the court now, I'm sure someone will come up." He said, watching her carefully as she nodded and stepped up to the court.
"Thanks Kip!" Kagome called over her shoulder, enjoying the way he twitched and Ann laughed. True to Kippei's work, someone walked up to the court not two seconds after she reached it. She smiled and held out her hand, the other holding her racket on her shoulder.
"I'm Kagome Higurashi, and you are?"
"Kajimoto Takahisa" (The really flexible guy from Jyosei Shonan; the school with the female coach that calls her team 'Masterpieces'. He is the one that bends all the back to serve.)
"Well Kaji, let's have a good match. Go easy on me, okay?" Kagome smirked evilly to herself when she turned around and headed to her side of the court. The actual Regulars of Seigaku were laughing their asses off, too which Kagome snickered when Momo and Kaidoh accidentally hit each other's head with their own.
"Kagome to serve" called Oishi, who was playing temporary referee. Kagome bounced the ball in her hand a couple times before throwing it up and hitting it with the top of her racket, setting the trademark irregular spin of the Cat's Eye on it. The ball weaved through the air, confusing Kajimoto and making him miss it when he tried to hit it. He glared over at her and she just shrugged.
"I asked you to go easy on me, not that I would go easy on you." She smiled nonchalantly, bouncing the ball to hit yet another serve. She hit another Cat's Eye that Kaji again missed; she could hear Eiji and Momo cheering her on along with the whispers of the other people present.
"Is that your only serve? Or are you going to keep hitting the same one?" Kaji said from the other side, and Kagome's eyes darkened.
"You want a better serve? Here you…" Kagome threw it up really high and hit it with what looked like an easy swing. "GO!"
The ball whizzed towards Kaji, hitting the ground once before bouncing up at incredible speed. When Kaji tried to return it, his racket was blown away by the force. Oishi barely called the score; he was astonished. He only remembered seeing that move once, about a year ago. The Wind Scar Serve…
"That good enough for you?" Kagome yelled from where she was testing the strings on her racket.
"What was that one called?" Momo whispered to Eiji as they watched the game progress. Eiji shook his head and whispered back;
"Kaggie has three main serves that I know; Cat's Eye, Archer's Circle, which doubles as a regular return and volley, and the Wind Scar. I think that one was Wind Scar. I remember one of her best returns was Wind Tunnel and Hiraikotsu. She may have more, I don't know."
"Game to Kagome!" Oishi called while Momo cheered on how Kagome kept her service game and all that. She smirked and readied herself for whatever Kaji threw at her. She stood with arm behind her and one slightly in front of her. Seeing her pose Eiji hopped up and down, pointing and laughing.
"I know that one! She used it on me before! It's the Hiraikotsu, watch, this will be really fast and you don't want to miss it!"
Kaji took in her strange pose with a critical eye, analyzing the aspects of such a pose. He threw the ball up and bent backwards, his head almost touching the ground, he snapped forward and hit the ball at full strength. Kagome's arm snapped out just as fast and swung around at lightning speed. The ball bounced back right in the middle of the court, before curving back around and returning to her; much like a boomerang. She caught it in her left hand and dropped it hissing.
"Damnit! That stings! I need to tone it down a bit." Kagome hissed in pain, blowing on the bleeding hand. She had hit with too much force, and put too much spin on it that by the time it got back to her it was spinning so fast that it dug into her hand. She made sure to keep it hidden from Oishi and the rest of the team though.
Clenching her fist tightly to put pressure on it, she resumed the game. But it didn't last long, by the time it was three games to two with Kagome leading, her friends finally noticed. Even with her clenched hand, it was still bleeding, and now the pressure wasn't even helping. It was getting through her fingers and dripping onto the court.
"She's bleeding." Fuji was the first to notice the red liquid dripping from her hand. Instantly all eyes were on her hand. Eiji started yelling at her to get off the court, along with Momo who agreed with him.
"Kagome, stop! Your hand is bleeding." Eiji yelled, tempted to jump on the court.
"Kaji, can I have a time out real quick?" Kagome called, scowling. When he nodded yes and went to get a drink she stalked over to them. She grabbed a bottle of water off the seat, turned out it was Kaidoh's, and slowly poured water on the opening hand. Blood washed off with the water and left some impressive cuts on her hand. She produced a pocket knife from her sock and cut a slit into her shirt, using the uninjured hand she tore it all the way around.
"Uncle Akitaka is not going to be happy." She whispered to herself, totally ignoring the boys behind her trying to get her attention. The poor shirt now only reached the same height as her training shirt, which was still under her clothes. She used the strips to tie around her hand tightly, hissing as she did so.
"Kaggie?" Eiji called, reaching out to grab her shoulder when she whirled around. She waved the bandaged hand in their faces.
"There! It isn't bleeding anymore so you guys can stop worrying over me. I'm not some porcelain doll that's going to break." She growled as she grabbed her racket and walked back onto the court. The bandaged hand twitching slightly under the pressure of the bandages.
"Let's finish this Kaji!" She smiled taking her spot at the opposite side of the court, this time facing Seigaku and the rest of the spectators. Kajimoto nodded and served the ball quickly, to which Kagome returned fairly easily. They hit it back and forth for a good two minutes before Kagome hit another Wind Scar in his direction. Kaji tried once again to return the high powered ball but fail, this time the hit broke the strings on his racket.
Of course, Kagome noticed angrily, it was his only racket with him. Kaji was forced to forfeit from the match, giving Kagome the win.
"Damnit, why do people only carry one racket around?" She mumbled to herself as she settled in the bleachers between Eiji and Oishi who had come to watch instead of call the scores. How is it everyone she has played against so far seems to get their racket broken before the match is ever over? It was highly irritating.
"Because they don't expect it to get broken" Ryoma said from his spot behind her. Kagome tilted her head back and mock-glared at him. Eiji laughed and got up, along with Oishi and headed to the courts. Rackets pulled out of their respective bags beforehand.
"Time for Seigaku's Golden Pair" Taka exclaimed in his timid voice. Fuji picked up a spare racket and handed it to the timid sushi maker.
"BURNING! KICK THEIR ASS BABY!" He yelled from the sidelines, fire seemingly erupting from thin air around him. Kagome couldn't help but giggle and slap him on the back. The action causing her to hiss in pain as she cradled the abused hand, the makeshift bandage hand already turned a slight pink, signaling that it was beginning to bleed through.
This was going to be a long night…
Might as well correct one slight mistake…
"Hey Ann, just thought I'd tell you that I'm not a Seigaku Regular…Yet"
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"Ow...Ow…OWWIE!!! Uncle Aki, that burns!" Kagome whimpered in her Uncle's doctor chair. They had her arm tied down so she wouldn't move while her Uncle cleaned the wound on her hand. It had stopped bleeding, but her shirt was ruined and her hand could get infected.
"You should have stopped playing once this happened, otherwise it wouldn't hurt nearly this bad! All the clenching of your fist did was aggravate it and add more cuts. Oishi, why didn't you stop her??" Akitaka said calmly from his seat beside her, not even noticing the Seigaku regulars who were holding back their laughter from the puppy-got-a-thorn-in-its-paw whimpers Kagome was letting loose while her Uncle applied antiseptic and actual bandages to her hand. She hissed as he poured more of the liquid torture over the last cut and bandaged it tightly.
"Thank god" She cried happily once he released her arm and she could move again. Oishi and Eiji walked up to her, each adorning an innocent smile that immediately put Kagome on guard. She eyed them skeptically when they stopped two feet from her, still saying nothing.
"OH Kaggie!!" Eiji started in his bubbly, happy voice. "It's time for your vaccinations!" Eiji's voice got really dark as he said the last sentence in unison with Oishi while holding a needle in front of their faces. All the color drained from Kagome's face and she bolted out the door.
"OH HELL NO!"
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Kagome snuggled in her comforter on her bed, smiling at the warmth that was already surrounding her. She lay slightly curved, a habit she hadn't broken from back when Shippo would sleep with her. One hand curled under her pillow, cushioning her head, while her mind reeled. Tomorrow she would watch her cousin and the rest of the regulars while she sat back and watched; it was going to be torture not being able to play!
She looked around her new room and shuddered when her eyes landed on the offending shopping bags. How Yumiko got them into her room from the van, she will never know. But, taped to the bag was a lovely note from the Eldest Fuji sibling herself.
Kagome,
Hey Kagome, here are all the clothes you got at the mall today! I really hope you like the other choices I put in it. Oh, and I'd like to warn you that if you don't wear at least the outfit you tried on tomorrow; I will personally come over and make you. Wish you luck at the tournament tomorrow!
Yumiko Fuji
Other choices?! When the hell did she get more!
"Shit…" Kagome muttered, already deciding to wear one tomorrow for her own good, she is going to be at a disadvantage if she does decide to play anyone tomorrow.
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Shusuke Fuji was currently staring hard at his sister, as was his younger brother Yuuta. Yuuta on the other hand was snickering at his brother's misfortune.
"No." Was Fuji's answer to his sister's demand. Yumiko glared and held the shopping bag a little higher.
"Oh, you will wear one of these outfits even if I have to dress you like the five year old you are behaving like. You aren't the only I'm forcing to do this, so buck up and just do it!" She yelled at her brother, thank god their parents weren't home at the moment, leaving Yumiko in charge. "I left notes on each of the members shopping bag telling them to do it or else!" Well I don't really care what the others do, but I will make sure Kagome does it!
Fuji sighed and Yumiko smiled triumphantly, he could beat anyone at tennis, but he never could beat his sister in an argument. She was just like that. He grabbed the bag and headed to his room, where he threw the bag on his dresser and sat in his desk chair. He grabbed the cord attached to his computer and attached one end to his phone. Not two minutes later the video he took earlier popped up on the screen.
He watched both participant's forms and the way they hit the ball. He mainly watched the female on the screen, analyzing her form and watching the way the ball moved. He was determined to beat Kagome at least once, and then…well who knows.
He watched carefully as Kagome served the Cat's Eye and the Wind Scar, he noticed that after she hit Hiraikotsu, she clenched her fist. That's when they should've noticed she was hurt, it looked painful even then.
Rewinding the video he played it in slow motion to fully analyze her movements. It took him a good two hours before he finally found the glitch that every move has and considered on how to return, not only her Wind Scar, but her Cat's eye too.
One last time he played the whole thing through, watching the parts where the game had stopped so that Kagome to bind her hand. Near the end, right before Kagome served the winning serve, she seemed to turn and wink at the camera.
She had known he was filming her! He wasn't even holding the phone during the whole thing! He just set it down and let it film everything while he watched the game with his own eyes and talked to his friends.
Kagome was an enigma that Fuji hadn't even come close to figuring out yet. But he be damned if he backed down from this challenge!
Sharp blues eyes stared out the window into the moonless night, a slow sincere smile lit up on the prodigy's face. Fuji closed the blinds, shed his clothes down to his boxers and curled up on his bed.
He had a big day tomorrow; he had to please his sister, play in the Kanto Tournament and beat his opponent, and then convince a girl that had astounding abilities to play him in at least one round of tennis.
So much to do, only twenty four hours to do it in.
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I know it's not perfect, but I like it. First bit of Fuji/Kag fluff in next chapter (Yumiko tells her plan to the helpful Momo, Eiji, Taka, and Inui; who agree to help get the two together. One accident including Kaidoh and Momo pushing each other, hitting Fuji who is talking to Kagome…you get the rest of it next chapter!)
Thanks for all the reviews! This story is getting really popular and I love it! I hope that all you review and that I get even more reviews for this chapter!
Review Replies:
Kage Otome: Thank you, Thank you! Yumiko does quite a few drastic things throughout the story, the next being a camping trip and the one after a Christmas party.
Poetic Love:I know, that's why I had Fuji's sister as the matchmaker instead of Kagome's youngest cousin, Karen. A seer (of sorts) is a better matchmaker anyday!
YukimuraShuusuke Girl: Of course there will be a festival! Here is a secret—Seigaku wants to participate in other cultures so they throw a Halloween Festival that anyone can go to!
Bishonen'sFoxyMiko: There will be more rivals of course! It wouldn't be fun without more people after everyone's favorite tennis playing miko!
Zoey Tamagachi: Evil with a capital EVIL! Muah hahahahaha
Alanna-Sama: Thanks, poor Kagome needs a map badly.
Sharingan Warrior Kagome-hime:Thank you!
Demonic Cho: Thanks for reviewing! The weekend is coming soon so I will update much faster.
Kathuhrynne: InuYasha is dead, and she wasn't in the Feudal Era as long as the other stories say, only six months for this story because if she got any older she wouldn't be able to attend Seigaku like I wanted her too.
Yue Hime: Thanks a lot!
xXKillorbeKilledXx: Thank you! I try to keep the chapters somewhat amusing.
ANIMELUVER2008: Thank you!
Akikazu: My record is three in one day…but I'm trying to update as fast as possible considering I do have to go to school.
Music ADD: I know! AND SHE DOESN'T LIKE SHOPPING!!!
Bebepantheon: You bet there is! Yes, Atobe will come in. That's when Fuji has his first bout of jealousy and won't know why.
Kakashixangela: It won't be until she makes permanent regular status. In the next couple of chapters she plays a back up only because she is the first to volunteer.
Lovelywitch: I don't know if I will make Sesshy come in the story at all. If he does, it will only be for a single chapter and then he won't show up again.
Shadow miko: Thank you!
Angel: Okay Gabby, I watched you type this review! I don't need to answer to the sister that deleted my files!
Funabisenu: I GOTS A E-FUJI PLUSHIE!!!! –Squeals- I love the little prodigy!
Cowgirlkitten2000: No, Oishi doesn't know; the Feudal Era will just become part of her untold past while Seigaku and Fuji become part of her future.
That's all of them! Whew, my hands hurt!
Warning: Flames are read…then stared at…then ignored (or laughed at again later!)
