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Chapter 6 – Alicia's New Regulars
Campus Ranking Matches or now was called Inter-ranking tournaments, because of the Mixed Gender Tennis Era.
Every 2nd and 3rd years would once a month, be divided into four blocks to compete against each other.
Supposedly, in each block the 4 top players would become regulars. A total of 12, will be eligible to participate and represent Alicia in different tournaments. Although for this time only, the 2 players will be chosen from each block to make 8, so it'll be added to the 4 girl regulars, who were by default, became MGT Era Alicia Regulars. (Gakuen Alice - the name of their school, Alicia- the name of their Tennis team)
But this time, a strange atmosphere has begun to lurk around the courts,
Due to two first year participants.
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"I heard that the ranking matches for the MGT Era starts today," a girl who was wearing revealing cloths, or we can say Alice's cheerleading uniform.
"Really? We better go see Ruka-sama play, ne Sumire?" a girl who were wearing the same cloths asked the green-permed hair girl, who looked like the leader.
"Right! It's our job as Alicia's cheerleading squad and my job as the president Ruka-sama's fanclub" Sumire, the green-haired girl said.
"I also heard that there's two first year players that's making an appearance too,"
"It can't be!"
"It's true! And FYI, the male first year is hot!"
"Really?"
"Yeah, I heard his name was Natsume Hyuuga," then the squeals of pig was heard, oh wait I mean the sluts, no I think it's the cheerleading bitches... ah yeah... it's somewhere between those.
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"Wow! It went in!"
"Game set, Hyuuga wins 6-0!"
Natsume exited the courts after winning another warm-up match.
"Incredible! That's three wins in a row!"
"That sucks..." the previous opponent of Natsume said.
"I know..." the opponent, Natsume just beaten said, "That bastard won without even shedding a single sweat,"
"Good job, Hyuuga!" Horio said as he went up to Natsume, together with Katsuo and Kachirou.
"After lunch your remaining match is with a 2nd year regular," Katsuo said.
"Nat-chan!" a piercing shout can be heard as Mikan runned up to Natsume with an idiotic grin on her face.
"Guess what, Nat-chan!" Mikan exclaimed as she jumped up and down in front of Natsume.
"What is it, Polka?" Natsume and Mikan broke the agreement after Mikan slipped and said Natsume's name yesterday.
Mikan grinned, "I got 3 consecutive wins! All of them 6-0!" Mikan exclaimed but suddenly die down, "but..now that you think about it... they were all just warm up...Sempai-tachi are not all that...I was expecting more than this..."
Everyone around her sweat dropped.
"Now that you think about it, how do you Hyuuga and Mikan know each other?" Horio asked but before Mikan could answer and Natsume to cover her mouth,
"Mikan-chan!" They all turned to the source, waving their hands, Hotaru, Anna, Nonoko and Misaki walked up to Mikan and Natsume.
"Congratulations on securing your regular spot Mikan! You too Natsume-kun," Anna said.
"Thanks," Mikan cheerfully and Natsume monotonously said.
"So your next matches are after lunch?" Nonoko asked.
"Yeah, and finally! I'm going to fight a regular!" Mikan exclaimed excitedly.
"Aren't you at least bit nervous Mikan?" Misaki asked.
"No. Why will I be?" came a straight forward answer from Mikan.
Mikan and Natsume went up to the committee board, to report the scoring as Hotaru, Anna, Nonoko and Misaki followed.
"D block's Natsume Hyuuga, 6-0" Natsume said at the committee which happened to be Yuu.
"B Block's Mikan Sakura! 6-0!" Mikan cheerfully said.
"Yuu-sempai!" Mikan said.
"A-Ah, Yes?" Yuu who was startled asked.
"Would it be okay to have lunch and come back?" Mikan asked as her stomached growled, Mikan smiled sheepishly but before Yuu can answer.
"Of course it's fine," Ruka smiled as the others looked at him, for he suddenly popped out of nowhere.
"Ruka-pyon!"
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"Dunk smash!"
"Don!"
"Game set, Andou Wins 6-0"
"That's amazing! Did you see that ball?"
Tsubasa walked out of the court but not before bumping to Mikan who was unexpectedly quite serious.
"Hey, Mikan-chan,"
"Ah... Tsubasa-sempai," Mikan seriously said as he looked at Tsubasa dead on, which took him aback.
"You're playing Yuu, right?" Tsubasa asked
"Uh... I think so," Mikan said.
"You better watch out for Yuu," Tsubasa said as he continued to walk.
"And you better watch out for Natsume," Mikan said as she walked to the courts. Tsubasa looked at her.
'So, she's like this when serious,' Tsubasa thought as he exited the courts.
"Finally, Mikan and a regular," Misaki said as she was outside the courts ready to watch Mikan play, together with Hotaru, Anna and Nonoko.
"I wonder how'll she do against Vice Captain Yuu?" Nonoko asked.
"Win or lose, this'll serve as a good Data," Hotaru said as the other girl regulars sweat dropped.
"Mou, Hotaru-chan! Is Data the only thing your concerned about?" Anna whined.
"Best of One set match. Sakura service play!"
Mikan served a left-handed slice serve, which Yuu, the opponent returned, and a rally broke out.
"Amazing!"
"This is an incredible rally!"
A cord ball was hit and that took the first point after- the 5 minute rally.
"0-15!"
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"15-0!"
On the other block, the same thing happened.
"Heh, so what Mikan-chan said was true," Tsubasa mumbled
"What did she say?" Natsume asked.
"That I better watch out for you!" Tsubasa said as he hit another served and another rally broke forth.
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The Male and female Regulars were having second thoughts, for 2 interesting battles had commenced at the same time.
"4-2 Tobita lead!" "Game to Andou 3-2!"
"Oh come on! They almost have similar scores if you looked at it!"
"I guess the first years can't really win against a regular,"
"I don't think so, they're gaining up already"
"What should we watch!"
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"Hyuuga to serve!"
With the referee's call, Natsume finally got a warm-up from the first halve of the match and so he change his racket to his left arm.
"Eh? You're a southpaw?" Tsubasa exclaimed pointing an accusing finger at Natsume, "Then for the whole time you were going easy on me!"
"What? Didn't Polka tell you to watch out for me?" Natsume smirked but before that change to his right arm again, a plan formulating itself on his head.
"What are you planning, Brat?" Tsubasa said as he got ready for Natsume's serve, 'I better get more serious from now on'.
Natsume who was revealed to be left-handed did a right hand twist serve, his infamous for.
"Tch, what a cocky brat" Tsubasa said as he evaded the twist serve.
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"Sakura to serve!"
With the referee's call, Mikan like Natsume was just warming up and so Mikan also changed her playing arm, from her left arm to her right arm.
'She's right-handed?' Yuu thought as he looked disbelievingly at Mikan, 'She was just warming on the first half?'
"Aah! You guys already found out... I was planning on using my left hand until the districts, but Vice Captain Yuu is no easy opponent" Mikan whined, yet she was still serious, as she hit a left-hand twist serve which Yuu evaded out of instinct. (Remember, Twist serves goes straight to your face)
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Hotaru, Anna, Nonoko, Misaki, Koko, and Kitsuneme who were still having second thoughts, as they glanced back and forth from block D and block B.
"I can't believe those two!" Kitsuneme said as the other regulars can only nod.
"Mikan's right-handed! And Hyuuga's left-handed!" Nonoko said.
"Now that you mention it, they have many similarities for example; they have the same white cap, and the same move!" Koko exclaimed.
"Yeah! They were both using the twist serve!" Misaki said.
"Because it's their own original shot," Ruka who popped out of nowhere said.
"You better explain, Nogi," Hotaru said as Ruka looked at her nervously.
"I knew she would say something like that," Ruka sighed.
"Come on Ruka, tell us the things you know!" Koko said.
"It's their original shot, because they came up with it together, thus calling shots they made MN shots or MikanNatsume shots," Ruka explained.
"So that means they do know each other!" Anna said, "Now that you mention it, they call each other with 'Nat-chan' and 'Polka dots'"
"Care to explain Ruka?"Misaki asked.
"Yeah, well... those were their nicknames for each other..." Ruka said, "To make it short they both grew up in America, they were neighbours and Best friend or was it rivals... as I recall, and they both played Tennis together, so it isn't a question if they have similar shots,"
"Eh...so that's how it is.." Anna said.
"It's no question at all if you mention that; Mikan won 5 consecutive wins in the American junior Competition while Natsume won 4 consecutive wins," Hotaru said as everyone gaped at her.
"Yeah, it's true" Ruka confirmed, "You sure know your thing Imai".
"So that's why they're this good," everyone said, and before Hotaru can add more things, Ruka gave her a warning glare which Hotaru returned with a death glare but at least got the meaning.
"Uh...yeah" Ruka nervously said.
"Hey, you guys," Everyone turned to Hotaru who was staring at back and forth Mikan and Natsume's match courts, "Look at the shots and returns,"
"Huh?" the Regulars did what Hotaru told them.
Mikan hit a corner ball to the left, Yuu returned it with a lob; Natsume hit a corner ball to the left, Tsubasa returned it with a lob.
Mikan returned the lob by a half volley, Yuu hit a straight ball; Natsume returned the lob by a half volley, Tsubasa hit a straight ball.
Mikan hit a drop volley, taking away a point; Natsume hit a drop volley, taking away a point.
"WTF?" the regulars exclaimed as they witnessed an unbelievable sight.
"All the shots have the same angle, speed, and power," Hotaru said as the regular gaped at her, "An unbelievable play".
"Sakura Dragon Dance," Ruka said, as everyone turned to look at him, "It's another MN shot,"
"Please elaborate," Nonoko said.
"It's a game-long shot that, when the user puts a spin on the ball that makes the receiver hit it the way the user wants it to, even though the receiver uses a different shot, it will still go the way the user wants it to go," Ruka said.
"In simple words, they got ultimate control of the game and their opponent," Hotaru said.
"What an awful technique they use to play their opponent," Misaki said.
"Even with Yuu the tennis machine, adjust the speed and power of the ball, and Tsubasa to use his Dunk smash, as long as that technique is in play no one can stop it," Anna said.
"For Mikan and Natsume to use two MN shots at a single match, it only means that they're seriously playing the game" Ruka seriously said.
"New Data," Hotaru said.
The regulars could only watch the high-level match from ending for they all know the out come as Natsume and Mikan weren't showing any signs of mercy.
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"Game set! Sakura Wins! 6-4" "Game set! Hyuuga Wins! 4-6!"
"She beat down the Tennis Machine!" "He beat down Tsubasa!"
"Those 1st years who just joined had actually...Beat a Regular and took their own block's top!"
"Those 1st years are pretty impressive!"
The Day of the Inter-ranking tournaments has ended.
The matches have ended.
Former Male Regulars of A and C Block had successfully managed to rise in rank however...
The 2 first years, Natsume Hyuuga and the only girl participant Mikan Sakura had took the top of their own block, proving their strength and power.
The 8 Regulars that is going to be added to the 4 girl regulars were chosen.
The MGT Era Regulars are as follows:
Rei Serio
Hotaru Imai
Anna Umenomiya
Nonoko Ogasawara
Misaki Harada
Ruka Nogi
Tsubasa Andou
Kokoro Yome
Yuu Tobita
Kitsuneme Kawamura
Natsume Hyuuga, and
Mikan Sakura
And with the Nationals as their goal, they will enter the Tokyo Districts as —Alicia's New Regulars
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SNEAKPEAK for Chapter 7:
"Size S?"
"How come...This is the first time, I see them order such a small size, 2 of it for the matter".
"Pretty please? With your strawberry on top?"
"Nat-chan, what do you want for dinner?"
"You're just going to burn the house again,"
"Besides, it's bad for your health to eat burnt food, you know"
"Nat-chan no baka!"
"Chibi-chan, what do you mean by that?"
"Aah...Serina Sakura, Mikan Sakura,"
"Are you two twins?"
"Being able to distinguish moving object like that, no one can match, Koko,"
"Look at the other courts".
"Ah! I forgot to mention those who miss balls will have to drink this,"
"What the heck is that!"
'WTF!'
"It's delicious! I recommend it!"
"Even if we drink them, it's not like we'll grow any taller in 10 days,"
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