Chapter 4: Schools can pick on people too, not just bullies.

Me: SCHOOLS OUT! YAYAYAYAYAY! Well I would be hyperactive but recently I've been real tired. Happens every two years I think.

Momo: I know how you feel. But it's because of tennis that I wake up every morning with a smile on my face.

Me: *stares*

Momo: What?

Me: Where's Ryoma?

Momo: Said he had to take a pregnant woman to the hospital. Something about her being in labour…

Me: Damn him! Momo do you know his number?

Momo: Yeah…

Me: Type it in… *gives phone to Momo, which he types in Ryoma's number in* Good now I'll give him a piece of my mind!

*a few hours later…*

Me: DAMN HIM! HES NOT PICKING UP HIS ******* PHONE! WHERE'S MOMO!

Momo: Here.

Me: DO THE DISCLAIMER *calms down* please?

Momo: *sweatdrops* Oh okay then. Peru doesn't own Prince of Tennis manga/anime. And she doesn't own any of the characters in the book, only her OC's. *turns to Peru* Is that right.

Me: Hnn? Ah! Ya it is. One more thing before you guys start reading this chapter, I made it into a different format, so please review on how you like this format. Thanks for your attention.

At the school entrance

A group of boys headed towards Seigaku, their jerseys claimed them to be the tennis club. And they were chatting about a certain first year…

"Echizen Ryoma?"

"Didn't you hear?"

"No…"

"From what Momoshiro told me. He's not a normal first year. Since it's coming from him, it must be true right?"

"Why it's something we should be happy for."

"Well that's true."

They kept on talking, unbeknownst to them that they would have an unexpected meeting with another first year…

Meanwhile Rin is running for her life…

'I think this school hates me.' That single thought passed my head for the umpteenth time. I was running for my life again, my history teacher was chasing me once again; her aura was spurts of energy that gave her power to close the distance between me and her (she was apparently yelling at me but who the hell is going to listen to her rants?). And while I was running, I was crying comical tears. 'I guess life hates me too.'

"RINE! GET BACK HERE!" She screeched, I ran faster. "YOU NEED TO BE IN DETENTION! RINE!"

That's when I got an idea. I quickly scanned the area ahead of me and found what I was searching for. A tall, a verytall tree. I picked up my pace so I could reach it faster, forgetting about everything else. Bad idea.

BA THUMP

"Ow!" I crashed into someone and fell on top of them. Thankfully my chest wasn't on top of the person, otherwise I would have been busted. But I didn't have much time to ponder on who I had crashed into, for the demon was closing in. Getting up, I started running towards the tree again. "Sorry man, but I gotta go!"

I reached the tree in ten seconds flat; and climbed it like a cat. 'I guess all that time watching Karupin climb wasn't for nothing.'I sat on the highest branch it had. I began to relax, and had time to survey the scenery from my perch. I found a group of boys at the spot I tripped. I thanked my good hearing, when I picked up the conversation.

"What's going on, nyah?" A redhead came and stood beside the boy who was looking at my tree, with an amazed expression. Other boys came to stand beside him as well but my concentration broke as a painful screech reached my ears. 'Damn, I bet people in America are able to hear her as well.'

"COME BACK HERE YOU COCKY BRAT! YOU HAVE DETENTION TO ATTEND TO! GET BACK HERE THIS MINUTE, ECHIZEN RINE!" 'This goddamn bitch is annoying.' I did my best in covering my ears but nothing was working. It resulted in me missing the next statement that was said by one of the boys.

"100% sure that the boy in the tree is Echizen Rine."

"Umm, Kikamaru who were we talking about?" The boy who was looking at my tree, asked the redhead next to him. 'His names Kikamaru? Wow he really looks like a cat!'

"Echizen Ryoma." Kikamaru replied. 'They were talking about my brother?' It was quiet for a few minutes, but I hardly noticed because the damn teacher was distracting me. 'Damn Bitch!'I gritted my teeth in annoyance, then a familiar voice broke my irritating distraction.

"What are you doing up there, Rine?" Momoshiro called.

"Why don't you ask this devil of a teacher why I'm stuck up here!" I glared at the screaming teacher.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY YOU COCKY BRAT! GET DOWN HERE THIS SECOND! OTHERWISE YOU'LL GET DETENTION FOR THE REST OF YOUR SCHOOL YEAR!" She screeched, I had to cover my ears but yet that didn't block off the terrible noise. This time I snapped; believe me it was the lowest snap on the meter.

"NEVER!" A vein popped out of my neck for yelling.

"Say isn't that the new teacher who's working here?" I looked at the person who spoke, he seemed to be the shy and gentle type of guy. Once again my attention was dragged towards "The Screecher" (that's the teacher's new nickname by the way). We started bickering until I heard a familiar hissing sound.

"What!" He hissed. I snapped my head back to the group of boys, grinning.

"AH! ITS SNAKE BOY! IF YOU COME SAVE ME I'LL PLAY A MATCH AGAINST YOU!" I exclaimed overjoyed. Of course, in mind I really thought he was coming to save me. But it turned out I was wrong.

"You know him Kaidoh?" A good looking guy asked snake boy.

"Ksssh, we met on the day we left for the tour." Snake boy hissed and just continued glaring at me (but really all that glare had no reason because I can't even feel it anymore, all because of a "certain" incident…).

Momoshiro had been silent all this while, listening to our conversation. But he broke his silence by calling the guys over. "Hey you guys! Help me out and get that guy off the tree! He's Echizen Ryoma's brother! Remember?"

"Eh? You told us about Rine?" Kikamaru looked shocked at the news, and I looked hurt (or at least I tried but then I started bickering with The Screecher. All the while I was still listening to the conversation).

"Oh! It all makes sense now! Come on you guys let's go help him out." Tree dude (I know I know, but I couldn't leave him without a name) told the band of boys. They all gathered around the tree, then the gentle giant approached The Screecher (whom I was still bickering to).

"Uh… ma'am, we'll take care of this. You can leave now." He said it politely, but all the while convincingly. Screecher here, turned and huffed irritably.

"Fine I'll leave Rine to you." She glared at me angrily, before storming off.

"It's alright now, you can come down." Tree dude told me gently, his aura was questioning something, but who the hell cares on what he is questioning? I stood up on the tree limb.

"Move out of the way!" I jumped off the branch and in short seconds later I made contact with the ground. 'Ugh it hurts dammit! Oh well it will eventually leave my legs.'I turned around and gave a small smile. "Thanks you guys, I owe you one. But I gotta go get my tennis rackets in the locker room, see you later!"

And I ran like crazy. Making sharp turns and sliding at goal point, I made it to the locker room. After searching the place frantically, I finally find my tennis bag. Grabbing it I run off to the courts. Less than three minutes, I find myself nearing the courts. There were three auras there, the commanding aura must be the guy they call Tezuka, the other two were an upperclassman and Ryoma. 'Huh, it's not like Ryoma to get in trouble so soon… unless he already made enemies while I wasn't here. Damn him. It's not fair~!' Then I realized something, and paled by doing so. I started yelling frantically. "MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GET HIT THEN MOVE!"

Thankfully nobody was in the way, and I sighed. But I sighed too early, for I was still running and I hit a tennis pole. The pole that kept the tennis net up. I hit it and was sent flying (how is that even possible?) "AAAH! WAIT! THIS IS FUN!"

Then I hit the fence surrounding the courts, and fell straight down. Back first.

THUD

"I'm okay!" I stuck out my thumb to show that I was alright. I then noticed my tennis bag falling in front of me, and fast. It landed on my stomach, almost making me cough out blood. "Oof! - I'm still okay!"

I did the peace sign before I dropped my hand and blacked out.

As Rin is passed out on the floor of the courts…

I nearly laughed again, but I managed to keep it in. 'Its better not to laugh in a crowded place like this.' Instead I smirked and went to her side and checked her pulse. 'It seems okay, nothing out of the ordinary.' I moved on to check her temperature. 'Her temperature is normal as well, nothing has gone out of the ordinary here either.' I then picked her and took her to the boys changing room. 'Ugh, she's gained weight! I just hope I reach the changing rooms before I collapse…'

Inside the changing room, I laid her on the cubby seats, and searched for a water bottle. I found one lying around, I soaked my free hand and began spraying Rin's face.

"Ah! Where am I?" She started and looked around.

"In the boys changing room." I stated, and smirked at her next statement.

"ACK! Got to get out and apologize to the captain!" Rin got up but tripped over her own feet. I laughed, she scowled at me.

"You got to slow down, Rin." I chided her after my laughing ceased. Amusement still flickering in my eyes.

"How many times do I have to tell you to call me Rine when we are on school grounds!" Rin yelled, a vein appearing on her head.

"Okay, okay," I held my hands up defensively, still smiling. "No need to be so hard on your brother."

Just then the door opened and the captain with some other regular came in.

"Hey Ryoma, who are these people?" Rin elbowed me in the ribs. I grumbled about the pain.

"I thought you knew who the captain was." I shot back, still grumbling about the pain in my side.

"I only saw the aura of his, that's how I know he's captain. The other guy… I swear I've seen him before…" Rin trailed off. I glanced at her. 'Gone into thinking mode, huh. Whatever, it's not my problem.'I noticed the captain glaring at her and the guy beside him smiled, amused by her reaction (although he seemed to be hurt a bit). He was also carrying Rin's tennis and school bag.

"Here you almost forgot these out on the courts." He smiled as he handed it to her.

"Ah thanks…" Rin said still in her thinking mode. She placed her bags at the spot she woke up.

"Oishi can you explain?" The captain asked the boy beside him.

"Rine do you remember me? I was the one the people who helped you out of the tree." Oishi explained to her.

"Ah! You're right! Your the one who said to come down! I remember now!" Rin hit her fist into her open palm.

"And this is Tezuka, the captain. I'm the vice captain." Oishi continued.

Rin seemed to realize what the captain's name meant, because she bowed to him like any first year. 'She really is bowing? Now that's a first.'"Thank you for saving me from the snake boy! That helped a lot!"

'Snake boy? Who the hell is snake boy?'I thought, slightly confused. I realized that I was still holding the water bottle, so I drank some of it.

"Now I want you to tell me why you came into the tennis courts." Tezuka stated his objective bluntly.

"Geez, you make it sound like I'm an intruder or something." Rin replied grimly. "Well to play tennis of course!"

Tezuka scoffed. "You want to play tennis?"

I looked over at Rin, who was about to explode when Oishi interfered. 'Thank god she didn't explode, otherwise it would have been trouble.'I sighed, much relieved that it didn't happen. Oishi continued his statement. "What he means is how can you play tennis with your eyes closed?"

'Well put.'I thought as I remembered her temper when she was called blind. Rin almost killed ten people because of it.

"Oh why didn't you say so?" Rin asked cheerily, visibly calming down. "It's easy to play with eyes closed, it's as simple as that."

"Rine, I don't think that they are going to buy that." I told her. She sighed.

"Well are you going to buy my statement?" She asked Tezuka.

"I won't let you play tennis until I know the reason." He replied bluntly. Rin sighed again, looking frustrated.

"Fine. I'll tell you." She started explaining. "My eyes, when opened, give extreme pressure. That depends on how much I open them. If worse comes to worst, my opponent will go insane or the people around me."

"But that doesn't answer our question on how you can play tennis without opening your eyes." Tezuka said.

"You're saying that it's impossible to play with it closed?" She gaped at him. "Well what about Nanjirou? Huh, what about him? He played with his eyes closed!"

"He didn't always play with his eyes closed. And besides he is an exception, since he was a star player that dropped out nearing the nationals." Tezuka was visibly controlling his temper.

"Well like it or not that's the only explanation I'm giving you!" Rin pouted and crossed her arms against her chest. "And who knows I might tell you some more later on, ONLY IF YOU LET ME PLAY TENNIS!"

I smirked. 'Persuasion. Something that you can let Rin do for you. Heh, she might even become a good lawyer.' Both the captain and vice captain were both quiet. 'Yup, something to keep others quiet as well.'I took another sip of water.

Tezuka suppressed a sigh, and continued. "Then to prove that you are truly capable of playing tennis, stay after club hours and I'll choose who you're opponent will be. For know you will run 150 laps and Ryoma do your laps as well."

He then left, with Oishi following behind him. I looked over at Rin, who surprisingly was pouting. "Why are you pouting?"

"Why? I'll tell you why! I've already run so much today! I think my legs are gonna fall off within my TEEN YEARS!" She wailed, throwing her hands up in utter frustration.

"It's all right, you can run with me in your first twenty laps. Then finish the rest in your speediness." I patted her on the head making her smile.

"Then let me get changed into my sport clothes." Rin ushered me out of the changing room.

"Did you bring the heavy ones?" I asked her, she nodded and shut the door.

Meanwhile Rin is changing…

"Ahhh, where is it, where is it?" I searched for my change of clothes. When I found them in my tennis bag. "Ah, here it is!"

I pulled out a black hoodie, the ones that don't need zipping, and placed down beside my bag. Taking out a grey shirt to wear underneath it. Once I finished putting on the hoodie I looked for my sweatpants, putting them on once I found them. There is only one thing that's different, in my clothes to others is that mine has small (but heavy) weights embedded inside it. In my hoodie I have weights lined up at certain places, like the top of my shoulders, around the neck area, at the waist line, the ends of the sleeves, and at the rim of my hood. It the same thing for my sweatpants, the weight are just at the waistline, and at ends of my pants as well. I put on some wristbands on both of my wrists, finally I out my cap on backwards. "Ugh, I feel so heavy."

All of these weights weighed more than 1000 kg, put together. Even two of my rackets were designed to be heavy, and the strings were modified as well. But just in case I kept some normal rackets as well. I heaved a sigh as I got up and went to the door. I cheerily said to the Ryoma who was waiting outside. "Well let's start running~!"

Twenty laps later…

"Well I'll be off. Good luck with the rest of your run. See ya!" Ryoma said as he veered off the running track.

"Hmmm… Ya, see yaum…" I for one was too tired to hug him off. Instead I just went ahead on the 21st lap. 'Man, I have a long way to go~ to tired to even sing it off.'

130 laps later…

"Finally!" I came to a stop, panting slightly. 'Its much harder than it seems. I thought I would never finish it!'I looked at the person who just seemed to come out of nowhere. Turned out to be the captain. "Hi, what brings you here?"

"It seems that you are finished running." He said, ignoring my last comment. I looked around and noticed something.

"Where's Ryoma?" I asked him.

"He left when club activities were finished." I looked to see who it was that just joined in our conversation. It was that good looking guy from earlier.

"Pardon me for asking, but who are you again?" I questioned him.

"Ah, sorry. My name is Fuji Shuusuke, nice to meet you." He smiled, a smile of a genius. I irked, don't get me wrong, me and geniuses never had anything in common. I didn't hate them or something like that, it just happens naturally, got nothing against them as well.

"Well I'm Rine Echizen. Nice to meet you. Now," I turn to Tezuka. "Who is my opponent?"

"You are going to be going against Fuji." He said.

Me: Finished! It took quite a long time to edit this one.

Momo: Well you did start this two months ago…

Me: *covers Momo's mouth* What are you saying Momo! I didn't start this two months ago! It was A MONTH AGO… or at least I think it was.

Fuji: Wow, the next chapter is going to be a tennis match?

Me: Of course it is, well not a full tennis match, I'm probably going to fast forward most of it… or maybe not… ? Ugh! I can't decide! Oh well, I'll figure it out soon.

Rin: Somehow I can't agree with this…

Fuji: Say, Rine, why is your name "Rin"?

Rin: Your just imagining things Fuji! Nothing is out of the ordinary!

Fuji: … Well if you say so…

Rin: By the way, where is Ryoma?

Me: He FRIGGIN' ditched me!

Rin: Ah well guess we need to close this then.

Me: WAIT! I'd like to say a few words to the readers! Firstly, review on how you like this format; whether it's easier to read along with it or if it's just makes it easier for you, and secondly, come and drop by at the Anti Critics Union; the purpose of the group is to go against the Critics United. More information is in the group itself. Thanks for your time. :)

Rin: Well that was a long speech…

Momo: Well then I guess that ends it, see y'all later.