Hello again! Thanks for reading this far! I'm quite happy right now! I've got like over 400 pictures of The Prince of Tennis! WEEEEEE! Anyway... Just ignore the crazy person here... Keiko, my editor, as you all already know, decided for me to put Chapter 2 into sections! Give it up for Keiko people! If I had not done that, then you'd be reading over 30 pages on Word Document. So, yeah. And when I told her who was going to end up with Tezuka, (She likes Tezuka and someone else. The someone else more though!) she gasped and said (in these words EXACTLY) "-gasp- That... SKANK!" Then I laughed my head off and yadda yadda... I'll just leave you to reading my story here... -slowly backs away- Yeah...
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The Time of Our Lives
Chapter 2- First Day- Part III
After School
"Hey, Fuji!" Maileiko called as she caught up with him after class got out. Fuji smiled at her, and she returned the gesture.
"Hey, Maileiko. So, are you and Shia going to try out for tennis today?" They walked alongside each other to their lockers. Maileiko just gave him a confused look.
"You think we'd be good enough?" She blushed lightly as she grabbed her things out of her locker. He turned to her with a smile, like usual.
"We all saw you and Shia play yesterday. You'd be more than qualified." He reached into his locker to grab his things, "the two of you might even be able to play as starters." They began to walk away from the lockers and out into the courts.
With Shia and Tezuka
"Yo, Tezuka!" Shia called as she ran up to the captain of the Tennis Club.
"Hn." He replied, which usually meant 'yes'. Shia walked alongside him to their lockers in silence. When Shia finally broke the ice that had made them gone mute.
"So, uhh... You have tennis practice after this?" Shia mentally slapped herself. 'Of course he does!'
"Hn." He replied once again. Their was a moment of silence, "why don't you come too?" They arrived to their lockers and began to get their stuff. Shia stared in shock.
Tezuka went up to her as she was still getting her things. "Like try out? Or watch? Or what?" Shia felt lost and confused.
"I'd suggest trying out. I'll recommend you and Maileiko both to Ryuzaki-sempei." They both walked out of the school doors towards the courts.
With Keiko and Momo
Keiko was just getting out of class when she saw Momo leaving before her. "Hey, Momo!" Momo suddenly halted and turned on his heel to face her. He hadn't realized it until now, but Keiko was just barely up to his chest. 'Did I just now notice her height? Or was I just paying attention to her?'
"Oh, hey, Keiko. I have to be going to Tennis practice." He thought about it for a moment, "you wanna' come and watch?" He smiled brightly. Keiko stood there and thought about what he'd just asked her.
"Yeah, sure. But I have to call my mom first." They began walking out of the classroom when she reached into her pocket to get her cell phone. A flip to be exact! Someone then accidentally bumped into her, making her loose her balance along with dropping all her things.
Momo quickly caught her before she hit the floor, "you all right?" He asked with a concerned voice. "Hey! Watch where you're goin' next time!" He yelled at the kid who ran into Keiko and made her loose balance. A bright pink blush spread across Keiko's cheeks.
Keiko bent down to pick up her binder that had fallen out of her hands. She regained her composure and continued walking with Momo as she dialed her home phone number.
"Ma?" Keiko questioned, even though she knew it was her mom on the other line.
"Kei? What is it? You and Jarrett need a ride home?" Her mother asked on the other end.
"No. I was just wondering if I could stay after and watch the Tennis Team." She looked up at Momo who walked beside her, with a discreet smile.
"Oh, all right. But call if you need a ride, all right?" Her mom said.
"I might just walk. I mean our house isn't that far, right? So I'll just walk with everyone." Keiko told her mother reassuringly.
"All right. Have fun, Kei." And with that, their conversation was over.
"I'm guessing she said it was all right?" Momo questioned as they came to their lockers and pulled their things out and left. Keiko nodded a reply.
"Good!" Momo said cheerfully, then together they headed off to go to the courts.
With Que and Kaoru
Que rushed out of the girls' locker room and saw Kaoru walking towards the lockers. "Hey, Kaoru!" She called out with a huge grin. Kaoru turned to see Que running towards him, her brown red locks bouncing off of her shoulders. She soon caught up to the monotonous boy. "So..." Que started walking along with him.
"Huh?" He kept walking on, not turning to look at her, but taking slight glances. His usual hard expression played on his face.
Que was quiet for a moment before she responded, "are you going to Tennis Practice afterwards?" She walked on with a nervous smile. 'Idiot! Of course he is! He is on e of the starters after all!' She mentally slapped herself. (Shia: Woah, didn't I just do the same thing?)
"Yeah." He spoke coldly, yet with a hint of warmth. (Wow! That's like a FIRST! HA HA HA!) They arrived to their separate lockers, across from each other.
"Heh, of course you are!" She quickly responded, defending her words. They took their things, and headed out of the school.
"Are you following me, or something!" Kaoru looked back at her as she walked behind him. Que stared at him, her eyes wide in shock.
"I was going to watch the Tennis Club practice! Jeez! Don't over glorify yourself!" Que stated walking away towards the courts.
With Tomo, Miya, Inui, and Oishi
Miya came running out of her last period class with Tomo tailing behind her with a wide smile. Miya, on the other hand, looked as if she were going to die. She saw Oishi walking with Inui down the hallway.
"Miya?" Oishi questioned as he saw the hazelnut haired girl run towards them, "what's wrong!" He asked exasperated.
Miya pointed at Tomo, who held a glass of something... "She's trying to poison me!" She screamed in horror as she hid behind Oishi.
"Poison?" Oishi questioned as he looked up to see Tomo holding a glass. The aroma irradiating from the glass smelled like... Well... He wasn't quite sure what it smelt like, and the author of this story would really rather not like to know herself... Inui stared at the conflict, writing notes down in his green notebook with a broad smile.
"Just try my new drink, Miya!" Tomo walked up to the frightened girl hiding behind Oishi. An innocent smile rested on Tomo's lips. Oishi sweatdropped at the problem, for this was much like what him and the rest to the Seishun Regulars had to put up with. Although, even if Tomo seemed much less deviant than Inui, the glass containing the liquid of whatever said different. Tomo sighed in defeat and looked to Inui who made constant notes. Her right eyebrow slightly furled as she walked on.
Oishi and Miya gave each other glances of confusion. Miya noticed she had been holding on to his uniform during the whole chaotic event. A slight blush grew across her face, 'No! Bad, Miya! You can't feel this way about a boy! Stupid! Stupid!' She released her hold on his uniform and followed behind Tomo. Oishi stood there in bafflement for a second, and continued on his way with Inui. They caught up with the girls and walked along with them to the lockers.
"Miya, Tomo, why don't you come to watch us practice?" Oishi offered kindly. Miya slightly grimaced at the offer.
"Yes, you could cheer the team on." Inui put in with an evil smile. He made his way to his locker on the opposite side of Oishi's and straight across from Miya's.
Miya grabbed her things from her locker, as Tomo took her stuff from her locker. "Sounds fun." Tomo smiled and dragged Miya along reluctantly. Miya sighed with defeat as them and the boys hurried out to the courts seeing everyone else out there.
With Mai, Sakura, Eiji and Taka
Eiji and Taka just got out of class when they saw two small figures in the distance charging towards them. "Nyah! Takashi! Someone's coming for us!" Eiji called out as he stared wide eyed at the figures, looking like girls, coming straight for them. One girl had bright and vibrant blonde wavy hair that reached her mid back area, where as the other girl, was shorter and had chocolate brown hair with blonde streaks that reached just below her shoulders.
"Hi, Eiji! Hi, Taka!" Called out the blonde as the brown haired one ran alongside her. Eiji and Taka soon recognized the two girls as no other than Mia and Sakura.
"Mia-chan! Sakura-chan!" Eiji cried in joy. Takashi stood behind the bouncy and bubbly Eiji. Mai quickly ran up to Eiji and bounced along with him. Sakura stood behind the bouncing pair.
"Hello, you two!" Sakura smiled at the two boys and waved. Taka went up to the short girl as the two bubbly couple stopped hopping up and down and walked along with Sakura and Taka. They began their way back to their lockers.
In the distance, there were some mysterious figures watching the group as they left. "And that's the last two..." Announced one of the figures, which sounded like a girl. "They've just arrived to this school, and already look what they're trying to do!" A girl stepped out from the shadows. "That wench is trying to steal my Eiji-kun!" The girl turned to the other figures that had stepped out from the shadows. The other figures were as well girls.
"Well that wench," one of the other girls began, "is tryin' to take my Takashi away!" The girl said in an Osakan accent.
"You others have nothing on me..." Began a girl from the very back of the group. Her eyes were squinted in a glare, "that one girl is getting too close to Shusuke..." A smirk made its way to her lips, "we'll just have to do something about that, now won't we?"
The other girls stared in shock, their eyes slowly starting to twitch. "That's a little bit creepy, Miho..." Said a small girl from behind her. "And there's this one meanie trying to take away Momo. I even saw them hugging after class." The small girl began said sadly as tears began to form in her eyes. "I've known Momo since the middle of last year. So I have a reason to cry." Miho, the one who was complaining about Fuji, wrapped her arms around the small girl. The other girls just stared off to where the group had just been.
The Tennis Courts
Everyone seemed to be arriving to the courts one after the other with someone else. The boys rushed into the changing rooms as the girls stood there and looked around with awe. They saw in the other courts, other people playing against teammates. Shia and Maileiko began to tap their feet, waiting for the boys to come back out with Coach Ryuzaki. Miya and Keiko began to squabble about some ridiculous thing. Que stood next to Shia in anticipation. (YAY! I'm back! I can write again!)
Mai was running around, apparently trying to fly, we suppose. "WEEEEE!" She grinned and ran around the other girls, her arms out, looking like she was about to take off flying.
Keiko shook her head at her hyper friend. "Mai, did you have root beer at all today?" The rest of the group turned to the two. Keiko looked annoyed as Mai stood in front of her with a confused look.
"Me?" Mai pointed to herself, still in wonder.
"No! I was talking about Maileiko's wiener dogs," Keiko said sarcastically while she stared at her friend with a blank look. Maileiko stood in the background in a daze. "Of course I was talking about you!" Keiko screamed at the sight of Mai still in wonder.
"Who's yelling out here!" Came a familiar voice. It sounded like a woman's voice, probably around her mid forties. The girls turned around with smiles toward the woman. "Wha-!" The woman stared in shock at the group in front of her. It was the old group. All that was missing was the youngest out of them all: Sakuno.
"Sumire-san!" Miya, Shia, Keiko, Sakura, Que, Tomo and Mia squealed in delight.
"Ryuzaki-sempei!" Maileiko smiled sweetly, her usual smile. The group ran up to the Tennis Coach.
"What are you all doing here! I thought you all left for America five years ago!" Ryuzaki sounded happy yet perturbed as well.
"Well, we're back!" Que smiled wondrously. 'I so badly want to start singing right now... And so I'm back... From outer space... Just walked in to find you here with that saddened look upon your face!' Que held her desire to sing back with an odd face.
"It's been so long!" Ryuzaki smiled in delight. "Sakuno will be so pleased to see you all again! So," She became serious again, "what are you doing here anyway?" The girls fell over in shock.
"Well," Tomo began softly, "Some things just happened..." She looked down to the ground, finding a sudden interest in the cold pavement. The other girls nodded their heads tediously. Ryuzaki looked on as if she understood.
"Well, on to more happy measures!" Mai grinned brightly as she used Miya's shoulders to push her up into the air as a springboard.
"Yes," Ryuzaki said sternly. A small smile began to grow on her lips as she stared down at the girls. Her gaze shifted over to Shia and Maileiko, "So, you two... Are you two going to try out, or not?" The two girls' looks of happiness changed to shock.
"Wh-what?" They stuttered out, their eyes wide in horror. "Heh heh..." They rubbed the back of their heads as a sweatdrop appeared on their forehead. The middle-aged woman began to laugh hotly.
"Just try, Shia! Maileiko!" Came an encouraging voice from behind. They turned back with scary faces looking to the one who said that. It turned out to be Sakura standing there uneasy from the glares she was receiving from the two. "Uhh... Don't hurt me!" She cried as she ran behind the nearest person.
"What's so wrong with at least just trying out?" Came a voice from out of nowhere. The whole group turned to see the Seishun regulars coming out of the locker rooms in their tennis uniforms. The voice just so happened to be that of Momo, who stared at the group with a calm demeanor. "We all saw the two of you practicing yesterday. Yes we did." He repeated, getting his point out.
"Fine, fine." Shia responded for the two of them, without even consenting Maileiko first. Maileiko stared at her friend in wonder. She had not expected Shia, of all people, to give in so easily. Shia turned to look at Maileiko with a knowing smirk. Her gaze shifted back to the guys, "If you insist..." She chuckled lightly.
"Whatever." Maileiko smiled as they walked to the locker room to change. Maileiko and Shia poked their heads back out of the doorway, "Uhhh... What are we supposed to wear?" Everyone fell over, with the exception of Tezuka, Fuji, and Kaoru.
After Shia and Maileiko got clothes to change into, they walked out of the locker room with an agitated look crossed over their faces. They were upset at the fact that the uniform they had to wear was also a miniskirt. Maileiko had her green brimmed, red rimmed and black handled racquet in her hand as Shia held her red brimmed, blue rimmed and black handled racquet in her right hand. Maileiko's hair was tied into two separate braids flowing down to her waist. Shia had her dirty blonde hair into a single braid bobbing up and down as she walked.
"We're cheering for you two!" Called Keiko, Que and Mai from the other side of the fence. The two girls looked over at their friends in a cold stare as they stepped onto the green tennis court.
"Tachibana verses Nosake! Court A!" Shouted Tezuka from the judge's seat in court A.
"What! Not again! I don't wanna play her again!" Shia yelled in frustration as her eyes squinted in a scowl.
"What? Afraid I'll beat you?" Maileiko smiled broadly as she walked over to her side of the court. Shia turned to glare at her friend. Her feet then ran onto her side as she got in a ready stance.
"That's it! You're goin' down!" Shia yelled as she faked a smile. "Rough!" Shia called out her choice of the racquet. Maileiko smiled with her eyes slightly squinted.
Tezuka spun the racket as it landed on the ground and continued to spin. It finally landed upside down. "Nosake to serve!" Tezuka called, not really paying any attention to the squabble between the girls. Shia went back to her post to serve. She bounced the ball a few times before throwing it up in the air. The sun shown down around the ball, causing Shia to squint ever so slightly. Maileiko began bobbing off of her left foot onto her right, only her heel lifting from the ground. Her smile faded as she looked seriously towards Shia, smacking the ball.
Maileiko returned it graciously. Shia ran up to net with extraordinary speed and lobbed the speeding ball. The golden haired girl jolted up underneath the ball and slightly jumped into the air. She smashed the ball down right at Shia's feet. The group of girls began cheering in the background as the ball bounced away.
"15-love!" Tezuka called out over the court.
The game continued on, "15 all!" As the girls kept hitting the balls back at each other, "30-15!" Maileiko kept hitting the balls to Shia's weak spots, as Shia did the same to Maileiko. "Game Tachibana! Change courts!" Tezuka yelled as the two girls switched sides. "Tachibana to serve!"
Maileiko bounced the ball and smacked the ball towards Shia with amazing speed. Shia hit it back with slight differentiated moves and difficulty. At this, Maileiko charged the ball head on and smashed it. All of a sudden, the ball became invisible to the naked eye, or in this case, to any eye. 'No! You weren't supposed to use that move!' Maileiko screamed to herself.
"Where's the ball go!" Some of the girls wondered in shock. The boys just stared with widened eyes. The bright yellow ball came into view as it landed on Shia's side of the court. The dirty blonde haired girl looked to the ball, her eyes as wide as saucers.
Maileiko quickly thought of a solution to cover what everyone just witnessed. "Uh, I guess I don't know my own strength? Heh heh..." Maileiko hoped as she rubbed the back of her head.
"Game and set. Won by Tachibana six games to four." Tezuka said cautiously still with his cold glare visible. Maileiko smiled sheepishly as her feet moved around below her.
"That was great Maileiko!" Oishi smiled as he stood next to Tezuka in the judge's seat. Maileiko slowly turned her head with a deathly glare.
"What- Did- You- Say...?" Her voice sounding that of a demons' or something. Oishi slowly backed away with a sweatdrop and a nervous smile.
"Don't be so hard on him, Maileiko!" Tomo called out. "How is he supposed to know you hate compliments and much rather prefer insults?" A gasp escaped the lips of many, which had overheard.
"So? I'm not real big on compliments myself. What of it?" Mai stated defending the fact of both the girls. Even more gasps were heard throughout the courts surrounding them. It was silent for a moment, when Ryuzaki finally spoke.
"Everyone get back to practice!" The old woman bellowed to everyone as they continued to practice. She rushed over to Maileiko and Shia with a worried expression. "You two," she spoke to the two blonde girls in front of her, "Come with me." The old woman led the two out of the courts and away from hearing range. She frantically looked around for any sign of other life forms, and looked down at the two girls with a wide smile, "So, are you two going to join?" She folded her arms over her chest with a knowing smile.
Maileiko spoke up before Shia had the chance to decide for the both of them, "I'm not sure." Her voice was somewhat uneasy. Ryuzaki's eyes went wide at the young girl's response.
"Why not?" Shia looked to her friend in utter confusion. Maileiko just shook her head as Ryuzaki stared at the two short girls.
The wind blew past them, the girls' legs becoming cold. Flower pedals blew along in the wind, Maileiko and Shia's braids waving behind them. "Simple... The girls' team is awful!" Maileiko stated bluntly and seriously. The other two fell over with sweatdrops. Ryuzaki slowly stood with a smile as Shia remained on the ground.
"Then there's only one solution." Her smile grew wider as the girls trembled slightly under her gaze and evil smile. "You'll become two Regulars."
"ARE YOU NUTS, LADY!" Shia screamed from her spot on the ground as she raised her left fist to show her definition of crazy, I suppose you could say. "That'd mean we'd be kicking off two other Regular members!" Shia's voice raised in frustration.
Ryuzaki just chuckled with her hand up to her mouth, "Don't worry girls. No one will be kicked off. I assure you." She reassured both of them with a grin. "We must be getting back now. Who knows what kind of trouble those boys could've gotten into?" The three headed back to the courts.
"Go Ryoma! YAY!" Cheered a happy girl with red brown pigtails. The girl wore a light green Seishun school uniform. The girl next to her had her hair in two braids, like Maileiko, only her hair was red. She was wearing the same uniform as the bouncy girl next to her. The two of them were cheering Ryoma on during his practice drills hitting the cones with the coordinated color of ball. Blue ball to blue cone, red ball to red cone, and yellow ball to yellow cone. Anyone who messed up had to drink Inui's special vegetable juice, or whatever they called it.
"Sakuno!" Ryuzaki called as she walked up to the two cheering girls. There were three boys next to them, also cheering Ryoma on. Shia and Maileiko carefully followed behind the Seishun Coach.
Sakuno turned to see her grandmother in front of her with two girls about her age standing behind her. She couldn't get a real good look at the small girls' faces, but she saw the one on the left had golden blonde hair, while as the one on the right had dirty blonde. The girls stuck their heads out from behind the old woman to show their blue eyes. Realization struck Sakuno as she shouted with glee and wrapped her arms around the two girls.
"So glad to see you remember us, Sakuno-chan!" Maileiko smiled broadly as she put her left hand around the small girl's back.
"Yeah! Thank God you didn't forget us." Shia wrapped her right arm around the small girl.
"Sakuno, you know these two girls?" The girl with pigtails questioned as her right eyebrow raised in suspicion. Sakuno nodded furiously as her arms were still wrapped around Shia and Maileiko.
"These are two of my best friends. I haven't seen them for so long. When did you two come back?" Her gaze went from the pigtailed girl to the other two. "Oh! I'm sorry! Tomo, this is Maileiko Tachibana, second year." She said as she pointed to the crystal blue eyed one. "And this is Shia Nosake, second year also." She pointed to the teal-eyed girl.
"Heh, nice to meet you, Tomo. Wow, this might get confusing sometimes... You're name is Tomo, and our other friend's name is Tomo." Shia noted as her and Maileiko escaped from Sakuno's hold.
"By the way, Sakuno... We're not the only ones who are here." Maileiko smiled with an innocent wink. "Yup yup! There's Keiko, Mai, Tomo, Que, Miya and Sakura!" Maileiko pranced around with a smile.
"Wha-! Where are they!" Sakuno shrieked in surprise. Maileiko and Shia pointed across the court to a group of girls watching the Regulars' practice.
"They had better not be watching my Prince Ryoma!" Tomo glared over to the group of girls across the court. The three girls sweatdropped at the comment made by the younger girl (to Maileiko and Shia at least).
A boy with brown hair and an uni-brow stepped backwards, not noticing that Shia was there. "Wah!" He cried as he ran into her. His head slowly turned backwards to look up into a cold and deep blue eyed glare. "Uh... Uh... Sorry!" He quickly moved away as Maileiko began laughing her head off.
Maileiko straightened herself up, grabbed both Shia and Sakuno's hand and began walking to the other side of the court. Ryuzaki had already left to talk the girls' arrival into the Regulars with Tezuka and Oishi (Keiko: OYSTER!).
The three girls came up behind the brown red haired girl known as Que. Shia gently yanked on Que's mid-back length hair to get her attention.
"Hey!" Que screamed as she felt her hair being tugged. She swiftly spun around with a cold glare, wanting to scare off the one who pulled her hair. Her glare faltered as she saw whom it was. "Shia! Maileiko! And... Who are-" Her eyes widened when she saw the small red headed girl behind the two. "SAKUNO-CHAN!" The five foot five height girl wrapped her arms around Sakuno. When the other girls heard Que shout out their old friend's name, they turned with anticipation and shock.
"Que!" The small girl blushed in embarrassment as she slowly put her arms around Que. She felt a few more pairs of arms wrap themselves around her. She turned her head, "Keiko! Tomo! Mai! Miya! Sakura! I can't believe it's really you guys..." Sakuno's blush grew brighter. Shia and Maileiko stood off tot the side with smiles and their arms crossed over their chests.
"Shia! Maileiko! Get your girly butts over here now!" Called Sumire Ryuzaki from the courts with the Regulars, knowing that would make the two girls tick. The two girls turned their heads with a blank stare and slowly began their march over to the group. 'She just had to say girly, didn't she?' Shia thought bitterly. All of the other girls decided to follow and see what was going on. After all, the two didn't tell them anything when they came back with Sakuno.
Shia and Maileiko made their way to the big group on the court sluggishly. "So, what's up?" Shia questioned as she bounced her racquet off her shoulder, bored. The group surrounding them smiled smugly, with the exception of Tezuka and Kaoru.
"We have come to a conclusion..." Ryuzaki said while looking down on them. She had then moved across the court with a tennis racquet and a basket of balls. "The two of you will start... Now!" She hit a ball over the net at the girls and another.
"Hey! That's not cool, Sumire!" Shia shouted as she hit all the balls that came to her.
"You have no right to call me 'Sumire' during practice, Shia!" Ryuzaki shouted as she hit more balls over the net at the two. She noticed the two hitting the balls back with ease.
Maileiko smiled as she made some short leaps to the balls coming to her or in her hitting range. "Come on, Shia! It's not that bad!" Maileiko looked as if she were dancing or doing ballet rather than playing tennis. 'She's gonna fall in... 5...' Shia began to think to herself as she watched Maileiko. '...3...2...1...' And just as she thought, Maileiko fell flat on her face.
"Ha ha ha ha!" Shia laughed along with their friends, the only one not laughing was Sakuno, hoping Maileiko was all right.
Maileiko pulled herself up onto her hands and knees, "Heh heh..." She nervously laughed at herself as a bright red blush came to her cheeks. "I'm good... I'm fine... I'm all right..." She said as she slowly stood up. "Sorry, Coach Ryuzaki. You may continue now." Maileiko sheepishly spoke.
After some more drills with Ryuzaki, the Regulars continued practice drills with Inui.
Practice ended awhile after. Keiko had been complaining how hungry she was getting, while the other girls cheered loudly. Keiko's stomach began acting up again as she held her stomach in agony. "The pain! The PAIN!" She fell to her knees in unmistakable pain.
"Are you all right?" Momo asked when he came out of the locker room, changed back into his uniform. A smile grew on his face, filled with happiness, "You wanna get somethin' to eat with Ryoma and me?" He questioned as he held out his hand to help her up. Keiko's eyes began to water in pure bliss.
"R-really!" She timidly took his hand as he helped her up. Momo just smiled his reply.
"Awwwwe... How CUTE!" Came a squeaky voice from behind. The voice was really quite hyper, and sounded like Mai's happy and unmistakable giddy voice. She began to giggle.
"Hey!" Keiko defended with a bright red blush. "If you hadn't noticed, during the practice, my stomach was going crazy with pain!" She turned with a huff. Mai just laughed as others joined her. "Shut up!" Keiko smiled to herself, for reasons the author does not even know. (Well, I actually do, so NYAH!)
"Well, I'm bored..." Shia said as she walked out of the girls' locker room with Maileiko. Maileiko had her arms folded together behind her as she walked with a smile. Shia walked with her arms crossed with a bored expression.
"You two were really good during practice!" Sakuno said sweetly, her bright red eyes glimmering in the shining sun.
"Maileiko, Shia, the two of you will be joining the girls' Regulars team starting tomorrow." Ryuzaki came up to the two smiling girls talking with everyone. Everyone turned to look at the vexing Coach.
The girls shrugged in response. Everyone went their separate ways, awaiting the next morning to come.
"Hey, Miya! Let me see your glasses!" Mai shouted as she jumped on Miya's back with a smile plastered to her face. What a way to end the day together, nay?
Editor's note from Keiko: Wow Maileiko or Mai if you please. I didn't realize that you had such a way with words in your story. Sorry, but since the word document was being retarded, I had to change a few things, what with me being your editor and all. Anyway, very well done. Or should I say..."Wonderful job." Then you say: "YAY! I GOT A COMPLIMENT! YAY!" Like Mine' did as she was bouncing up and down enjoying her praise! HOW DARE YOU SAY YOU'D RATHER TAKE INSULTS THAN PRAISE! YOU FREAK! Mad face: :( Lol had to put all that. Mwehehehehe! Buh-bye!
A friendly note from Shia (Children, run and hide!): Hiya Maileiko or Mai! How are you this fine day! Good! Why are you reading over my shoulder again? It's freaking me out! It's one of those 'They're watchin' you' feeling ya know? Creepy! Anyway, I just wanted to say that I'm not an editor, but I'm sure you'll be happy to know that I have more than enough psychotic ideas for both of us to put in our stories! Yay! Bye!
Author's note: I'm surrounded by complete idiots... ALL TOGETHER, THAT'S 103! THE NUMBNUTS WIN! Anyway, things you may not understand... And if you do actually understand them, then you're crazier than us! Ha ha ha! Yeah right. No one's more nuts than us... You all have no idea... Anyway, here are the misunderstood:
Mai and Root Beer: It's a well-known fact about me. I go crazy when I have Root Beer, whether it has caffeine in it or not.
Keiko calling Oishi 'Oyster' in the editor's note: Keiko had a hard time pronouncing Oishi's name, (along with Tezuka and Inui's) and she said to me that when she was reading over my story, that she wanted to call Oishi 'Oyster' instead. See the resemblance? Oishi, Oyster...
Maileiko and Mai not liking compliments but would rather insults: It's just me... I don't know why I'd rather prefer insults over compliments... But yeah, just me being the weird and disturbed me.
Mai and Miya's glasses: I like to wear Miya's glasses sometimes. They all say that I look like Tezuka when I put them on. And just to annoy Shia, I always say "TWENTY LAPS!" and... yeah... (Shia: I die...)
Extra Author's Note: I want at least FIVE REVIEWS before I post my next chapter! And I'm not asking too much. I know people who ask for like TWENTY reviews! I'm not that demanding... (Note: Not that demanding) Oh yeah! And I'm on like episode 58 of The Prince of Tennis! Oh yeah! I feel proud of myself... So leave me alone... NO! Don't really leave! You're all my grateful readers! At least I think you're grateful... You know what? I'm just gonna shut up now...