Green Seas and Ice Storms

Chapter Three: Training

Halfway through lunch all of the boys packed up.

"Where are you going?" I asked.

"Tennis courts," Echizen stated.

"Why? Does your team practice during lunch? The girls team doesn't," I inquired.

"We choose to. You can come too, nya! Oishi! Can I play a match against Tess-chan?" Eiji begged.

"Uhh…you'd have to ask her that," said Oishi.

"Tess-chan will play against me, right?" Eiji said.

"I will play if you teach me how to play," I said as everyone but Oishi's jaws dropped. "Sorry, I'm not much of a tennis person

"You aren't a tennis player yet you are sitting with the boys' tennis teams' regulars?" Momoshiro exclaimed loudly.

"Tennis regulars?" I echoed.

"A-huh! Nya! You didn't know? Oishi is our temporary captain. And we're the team!" said Eiji.

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That is how Tessa got stuck with all of the boys trying to teach her their styles of tennis. By the end of the week she was playing like a pro. Not really…By the end of the week she could rally about thirty balls in a row against a wall with fairly good strokes. Oishi stayed with her after the boys' practice for about two hours. He was able to hit shots remarkably close to her so that she could hit them more accurately.

"Oishi-kun? Will you play a match against me tonight?" Tessa asked out of the blue.

"Are you sure you want to play a match? Will your leg be alright?" He asked worriedly in response.

"I'll be fine, Oishi-kun. Please try not to worry about me," she requested sweetly.

"Okay then, Tess-chan. Just tell me if you need to stop," said Oishi.

"I will, Oishi-kun. Thank you," she said, a smile gracing her lips. Tessa strode to the opposite side of the net from Oishi. Tessa served and Oishi easily returned it to her side, in the corner too! Soon the score was 5-0, Oishi's lead. It was ad-in for Tessa.

'One more point, Tessa. Come on, you can do it!' Tessa thought to herself. She tossed the ball into the air and served it with as much slice (backspin) as she could muster. Her serve brought Oishi out to the side causing him to lob it.

'Tess-chan doesn't have the same aura around her. I wonder why…Her eyes look different, too.' Oishi thought.

'Oh my gosh! I can see! My blindness disappeared!' Tessa thought as she smashed the ball near the baseline scoring her first game.

"Oishi! I can see! My vision came back!" Tessa yelled.

In her happiness, Tessa ran up to Oishi and kissed him on the cheek. Oishi looked like he was pleasantly surprised then Tessa realized what she was doing and she stepped back blushing and apologizing. Tessa's eyes turned back to a joyful green from a serious and icy blue. Her blindness returned with the color. Tessa was still very excited though.

"Oishi-kun, my sight came back! It's gone now but it was there! It seems that playing with you triggered the change. Maybe its competitiveness…Thank you so much, Oishi-kun. Can we do this again next week?

"Tezuka-san probably needs you. I'm sorry, I should have thought of that," Tessa said. Oishi laughed.

"Tess-chan, I'll probably have more time to spend. Tezuka is normally an extremely independent person.

"Good job on winning that game! You're really improving. Most third year non-regulars can't win a game and they have played for over two years," said Oishi.

"Only because I have the best instructors: all of the regulars including you. You spend two hours a day with me. I really appreciate that," Tessa said.

"I think you'll be able to make the girls team and maybe become a regular on the team," said Oishi.

"You think so? Hmmm…" Tessa said. Oishi smiled.

"We should probably leave if we want to get out before the gates close," said Oishi wisely picking up both of their bags and handing Tessa's to her.

Author's note: Sorry! I am a bad author! I haven't updated in forever! But don't lose all hope, I've written up to chapter 6…Even though I am a bad author I would still like to see 5 reviews before my next update and from different people.

I would like to thank my reviewers from the last chapters: squishy the jellyfish (I didn't really think about that thanks!), BloodNinja555 (tennis is actually less strenuous than soccer, I play both and Tezuka will appear in the 5th chapter not counting the prologue), Potfan1(thanks for the flame, I really hope your name is referring to the manga/anime), SS-lover06 (Me too! That part was fun to write.), ZaizenHikaru's (I agree, Eiji is so cute!), lawliet001 (thanks so much! I'm trying to fix that), and tiMMys.BRokEN.ARtiST. (Thanks!).