From ME: Sorry about the confusion from one of the earlier chapters, from one of the reviews I received, I know there's supposed to have only seven members but I like to have them substitutes. And I need to have the same number of people if I want this story to work. Thank you for letting me know though and to luckycharmzy, let me ask you this, "are you a mind reader?" You knew I was going to put pretty much that. You have the mind of a genius. I praise your brilliance… LOL… anyways, here's the story.
Recap:
"HYA! I have an idea" all heads turned to her. "Why don't we play. Like a little match between two schools". Ryuuzaki-sensei seems to like the idea. She wants to see how much her old team has improved. The school bell suddenly rang indicating the end of lunch period. Miwa continued to talk. "How about after school?" she suggested.
"Ano, Mi-chan, th-the boys' t-team have p-practice" Sakuno said.
"Iie, its alright Sakuno-chan. This will be interesting, and I think this will be a good practice for both the girls and the boys' teams." She then turned towards the teams. "Go to class. We don't want to be late. We'll see you all later." With that, the students made their way to class, excluding the visitors of course.
Chapter 5:
Sakuno asked to stay behind with the rest of the girls. She missed them and wants to spend as much time as she can with them till the end of their visit.
While the rest are in class, the girls went straight to their bus and got changed. They plan to take the time they had and use it to warm up and chat. They talked about things that involved everyone they met.
"Lets go for laps team!" ordered their kind captain, Kitame.
"Hai!" the team responded as they followed their captain for one hour of non stop running around the courts. While they ran, they talked about the other team.
"Ne, Miwa-chan-sempai…" Kyuichi started as she ran beside her sempai. She had a sly smile on her face.
"Hmm… Nani, Kyu-chin?" she asked suspiciously, eyeing her kouhai, while they ran.
"Well, I want to know… if…" she paused, thinking of the right words.
"If…?" Miwa urged still suspicious.
"if… you…" she stalled.
"Just say it Kyu-chin!" Miwa urged annoyed.
"Okay, okay, I was wondering if you found a 'potential boyfriend' yet" Kyuichi said smiling. Miwa halted making Kyuichi jog in her spot. Kitame found them not running.
"Extra thirty minutes of running if you stop!" Kitame commanded. This caused the rest of the girls to groan and shot a glare at the two girls who stopped. They smiled apologetically before continuing their run.
"So…" Kyuichi continued as if nothing happened. Miwa sighed at the girl's persistence. She nodded a little, her face turning pink. "Is that a 'YES' sempai?" Kyuichi asked.
"No, that's a maybe, Kyu-chin." Miwa replied with a smile and ran ahead in front of the girl. Kyuichi halted but immediately hurried before their captain caught her. But to her disappointment, she was caught.
"Thirty minutes extended!" she proclaimed. Kitame's eyes where sharp that she can see pretty much every ones movements in a split second. Every one groaned and shot dangerous glares at the young lass that caused them to run longer. Kyuichi caught up with Miwa and chatted.
"So…who would this 'potential boyfriend' be, Miwa-sempai?" she continued. Miwa just smiled at her and continued their run, this time without stopping.
"Now now, Kyu-chin, don't be so hasty… Besides, I want to ask you the same question." Miwa turned it around. Kyuichi blushed but decided to answer her sempai.
"I think I may have the hots for the spiky haired one" she didn't hesitate to say. Miwa smiled. "I think his name was Momoshiro-kun" she smiled.
"Hey guys! What cha talkin' 'bout?" asked a curious Hiro.
"They're talking about their new found love" said a friendly Hitomi appeared out of nowhere.
"HYA!!" Miwa yelped.
"Hitomi-sempai! You scared the begeebus out of me" gasped Kyuichi. Hitomi just smiled.
"Ah… you like Momoshiro-kun, Kyuichi-chan?" said Hiro, looking innocently at her junior. Kyuichi stared at her but nodded.
"How did you know?" she asked. Hiro just shrugged. She looked over her shoulder to find Iwao and Sakuno running behind them, she smiled at them, and they smiled back. She looked back at Kyuichi.
"I have the feeling… and Miwa-chan likes—" she was cut off when Miwa covered her mouth. Don't forget they were still running, so it was a little difficult to keep her hands on her friend's mouth.
"Anyways…Hitomi-chan, how about you?" asked Miwa, who still has her hand on Hiro's mouth, who was pulling the girls hand off her face.
"Hmm… well… I wonder…" she smiled and ran ahead of the group towards their captain who doesn't seem to care much of their discussion, as long as they're running. She turned towards Ayako who was running beside her still holding onto her notebook.
Expectedly, Ayako nodded and looked down on her book. "From what I hear from the other teams, these boys are the best in the city. They won the kantou regionals and are heading for the nationals." She stated as a matter-of-factly. "They haven't lost a single game and train daily but still manage enough time to have some fun time as a team, like camping or amusement parks and a small get together." She continued. "They're in their best shape." She looked at her captain, friend and classmate. Kitame nodded and continued their run.
"One hour left! Pick up the pace girls!" she ordered over her shoulder.
"Hai!" was the reply she got. She likes to stay in command and in control of the team. She likes to challenge herself when things go somewhat out of control especially when two of her teammates tend to have an argument every given second.
"A! Sa-ku-no-chan…" Miwa and Kyuichi slowed down their pace so they're the same pace as their baby 'sister'. Sakuno looked at her sempai's innocently.
"H-hai?" she asked. They're on either side of her now. Miwa and Kyuichi exchanged looks and smiled slyly, looking down on their chibii-chan. Sakuno grew nervous. She could guess what they were thinking.
"how's your boyfriend?" asked Kyuichi. "What was his name again, Miwa-sempai?" she asked innocently.
"I think it was… Echizen Ryoma-san" Miwa answered giggling along with Kyuichi.
"A-ano… he-he's not my –b-b-boy-f-friend, sempais" Sakuno replied quietly. Kyuichi raised and eyebrow.
"Hmm… are you sure, Sa-chan?" Miwa asked mischievously.
"H-Hai!" her eyes dropped to the ground, trying to avoid the stares of her sempais. She heard the two chuckling. She raised her head in confusion.
"Its alright Sa-chan, you don't have to hide it from us" Miwa winked at her.
"D-de-demo.." she was cut off by the chuckling of the two who ran ahead. Mou sempais. She thought.
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The school bell rang indicating the end of the days' classes.
"Nya! I can't wait to play. I'm so excited!" Kikumaru jump up and hugged Oishi from the back.
"Calm down Eiji" Oishi said making Kikumaru let go of his chokehold on him. "I think you're just want to see Miwa-san" he said slyly, with a smile on his face. Eiji jumped from the statement and blushed.
"Demo, Oishi, she's super kawaii!" Kikumaru said still blushing.
"Who's cute?" Fuji jumped out of nowhere which startled the two who grasped their chest to calm their racing heart down.
"Geez Fujiko, Stop being so sneaky, Nya!" Kikumaru said. Then brightened, he smiled at Fuji.
"Sorry. So who's cute, Eiji?" he asked once again, causing the hyper red head to blush once again. This made the tensai smile.
"He's talking about Miwa-san" Oishi said when the red head didn't reply immediately. Fuji smiled wider.
"Ah. She is cute. She suits you well Eiji" he said, glancing at the boy falling behind. Kikumaru caught up to them and decided to turn things around.
"But don't you think that Mijun-chan looks good with Oishi, Fujiko." It wasn't a question, it was more like a statement. It was Oishi's thurn to blush. Kikumaru snickered at the sight of the red tint on partner's face. Fuji nodded still smiling. Then they were joined by Inui, who was with Taka, and behind them were Kaido and Momoshiro.
"Hey guys!" greeted Momoshiro from behind them.
"Urusai baka!" said the boy next to him. Momoshiro turned to kaido and snarled. "you're too loud."
"You wanna go Mamushi?" growled Momoshiro.
"There is a 97 chance that Kaido is distracted by one of our visitors…" Inui stated busy writing down things on his notebook.
"I wonder who that would be" said a sadistic Fuji.
"Fushhhhhhuuu…" Kaidoh hissed and turned his head sideways so no one will see his pink face. Momoshiro laughed but stopped immediately when he heard his sempai say something about him.
"I wonder who that would be" said a sadistic Fuji.
"... and 100 that Kaidoh is not the only one. It seems that Kyuichi-san may have the eyes for Momosh--" he was cut off by Momoshiro by turning the subject to another.
"Ne Fuji-sempai, I think Hitomi-san likes you" Momoshiro stated trying to embarrass the tensai. He was wrong though when the boy just smiled at him.
"Saa… she is pretty… I wonder…" Fuji said. "Although… Ryuuzaki-chan can be –" he was cut off when they heard a voice behind them.
"Hn" they turned their heads, except Fuji, to the voice of their freshman who joined them not too long ago. They finally made it outside the school and headed towards the changing room to get changed for their "practice".
"Ne, Echizen, you seem excited today." Said Momoshiro said while lifting his shirt over his head. He grabbed his tennis shirt and pulled it on. "Are you excited to see your girlfriend play in a short skirt?" he teased his kouhai, who in turn pulled his cap down to cover his eyes, and murmured something along the lines of "mada mada dane, Momo-sempai" proceeded out the door. Momoshiro snickered at the boy.
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Once he was outside, he found a group of girls finishing a run. He was soon followed by the rest of his team. They gapped at the warm up of the girls team. They were surprised.
"Whoa, she makes our practices look like a piece of cake. Ne Tezuka?" said a surprised Fuji glancing over their stoic captain. He found him staring at the group. His eyes was focused on the other's captain.
"Ah" was his usual reply, still looking at the girl. Fuji looked back towards the group. Everyone nodded their head, jaws dropped. Surprised that this is the kind of training they have. The stretches they were doing were way too difficult even for professional players of whatever sport. They eyed each girl with interest, each of them sweating and breathing hard. They swallowed hard. WOW. That was their only thought. They were too busy watching the girls that they didn't see that their Ochibii has his eyes focused on one girl only, fortunately for him, they didn't see the blush creeping up on his face.
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Their two hours of run was finally done, it was longer cause someone kept stopping, blushing and stuttering every time someone mentions the word 'boyfriend' and 'Ryoma' in the same senetence. Every one of them was sweating waterfalls. When they thought that they could take a rest, their captain made another command.
"Partner up, we're doing stretches." She ordered. Every one of them is not fans of the stretches they were asked to do, even Miwa, who is also a gymnast, find their stretches difficult. But they didn't argue with the captain's wishes, they might get punished with a run thru the forest until practice is over, or go for a run against the current of the strongest river in their town, which is very strong, it can drag a tank from one end to the sea. Either that or taste one of Ayako-san's ridiculous and horrible tasting chemical creations, and nobody wants to die at such young ages.
Their stretches included fifty push ups, sixty sit-ups, two minute bridges, ten minutes of wall sits with arms stretched on the wall, and a ten minute one foot plank (A/N: its when you carry yourself from the ground with your elbows and toes so the rest of your body doesn't touch the ground) so their other leg is in the air. (A/N: we do the same thing in school, it's very hard except not as long… only for 30 seconds ) Once the stretches are done, they were allowed to rest for about fifteen minutes.
Sakuno and the rest headed towards the courts to get ready for practice. Practice would be interesting.
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"If that was their warm up… I don't want to know what they have go thru during practice" gulped a scared Momoshiro. They nodded their heads once again in agreement. He backed up only to bump into Kaidoh, who hissed. He stepped on his foot.
"Itaii baka!" Kaidoh hissed. Momoshiro turned to glare at the boy.
"What'd you call me, Viper?" he questioned.
"Did you not hear me?" Kaidoh snarled.
"Why you –" he was cut off when their captain halted them.
"Let's go." Tezuka said heading towards the courts where the girls had already situated themselves. The team followed behind him cautiously. They gulped as they headed to the courts.
They didn't know that they were slowly makin they're way to hell.
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From ME: That is the end of this chapter. Please review! I'll have the next chapter shortly.