Yes, I'm back. With a killer headache and aching legs thanks to Cross Country. After that finishes, I get to go straight into swimming. Woopee.
Oh well, I'm just complaining.
Special thanks to anyone who has reviewed over the chapters. And since I have gotten a few requests for it, Ryoma is making his appearance.
Here ya go.
R and R
Thanks.
Thoughts: Raararara
Flashback: Raararara
Chapter 8: Secrets revealed
Sayuri and Reira laughed as their little brother glared (pouted) at them again.
"How come you keep winning?! I try and I try, but still, you win!"
Sayuri smiled and said
"Don't worry about it, Ryoma. If you keep trying, then you'll win, one day. Until then, keep trying."
Ryoma Echizen glared again and then stormed off toward the courts in the distance.
Sayuri and Reira grinned and called out
"See ya Tomorrow, Ryo-chan!"
Ryoma cast one final glare at them and walked out of sight.
Recap
Synna, Svara, and Ryoga grinned before Ryoga said
"It's time for you guys to come back."
Sayuri glared at them and said firmly
"No way."
Ryoga visibly wilted
"Why? Are we not fun to play against? Don't you miss your family?"
Sayuri sighed and said
"I have oyaji here. Why would I want to go back to America and have to deal with the press 24/7?"
Svara coughed nervously and said
"There is someone else here besides us…and he's anxious for a rematch…again."
Reira glanced at Svara and asked
"Heh…do you mean-?"
Sayuri jerked once and then stared at Svara in shock.
She opened her mouth and said
"Nanako-san's going to annoy him to death by enrolling him here."
Ryoga grinned and said
"You read her mind. He's in the Main Office as we speak."
Sayuri sighed. Her left hand wandering unconsciously up to massage her aching neck muscles. She looked up at the building and said
"What class?"
Synna smiled (a smile akin to Fuji) and said
"She put him as a second year with a few third year classes."
Sayuri snorted and said
"He'll love that. He'll probably be snoozing in class and then doing our homework whenever he gets too bored."
Reira glanced at the regulars and said
"Hey Sayuri, I think you might want to bring the rest of the regulars up to speed…"
Sayuri glanced back and winced as she saw all the questioning glances thrown her way. She sighed and said
"Reira and me are a pro doubles pair and also pro singles players that disappeared from the circuits a few years ago with no explanation. Our doubles name is the 'Tensai Pair' because both Reira and I have been given the title 'Tensai' although that probably isn't important. Anyway, after our house burned down, along with our mother, and I became injured, we lived in Germany for a bit, trying to figure out if I would get better or not. After the doctors there said that I would live, albeit with some other details of which I will not go into, we came here to live with our cousin. Then we came to this school. You know the rest."
Sayuri turned away from the speechless, shocked, regulars and looked at the building again. She stared for a moment and the said
"Looks like we have a visitor, Reira. Complete with tennis apparel and everything."
Reira, and everyone else (regulars still slightly shocked), turned to see a…boy, judging by clothes alone, striding towards them. His hair was black-emerald and reached to around his shoulders, some of it reaching down to beneath his shoulder blades. His eyes were a piercing gold with some very light brown coloring mixed in, kinda like a cat's eyes. On his head was a white ball cap and one of his ears were pierced and was sporting a small gold loop earring. Attached to the earring was a small gold chain that then looped around his neck twice before linking back into the chain near where it stretched up to his earring. He was wearing a silver t-shirt and red shorts. On his shoulder hung a Yonex tennis bag and in his right hand was a pair of dark sunglasses. He glanced at the group as he came to a halt and then he said
"I want a rematch, Sayuri."
Sayuri raised an eyebrow before nodding silently. The boy turned on his heel and walked to the opposite court, where he pulled out his tennis gear.
Sayuri sighed again and said
"Please clear the court. It looks like Ryoma wants me to have a rematch."
Reira walked up to the regulars with a hose in her hand, turned on
(Where the heck did she get that?!)
She smiled and said
"Time to wake up~."
The spray nozzle was on full blast and, within seconds, soaked the regulars, uniforms and all. Momo, Kaido, Eiji, Taka, Inui, Fuji, and Tezuka jerked and then quickly got out of the way of the spray and off the court in the process.
Sayuri turned and examined her little brother. At 12 years he was kinda small. But his tennis ability was staggering, even if it was only a prototype of their father's. Sayuri picked up her racquet and walked to the service line. Reira quietly walked up to her and asked
"Are you able to play?"
Sayuri waved aside the question and assumed the ready position.
Reira frowned and walked over to where Fuji was standing. Fuji looked at her and noticed her worried expression. He leaned closer and asked
"What's the matter?"
Reira sighed and looked up at him, her closed eyes hiding her emotion and said
"If Sayuri's not prepared to walk the razor's edge of her 'Hunting Techniques' then she will lose this match. If she loses…"
Another voice broke in.
"If she loses, then she was never meant to fully master her tennis ability or master her inability to find friendship in others."
Fuji and Reira turned to look over and saw Ryoga, Svara, and Synna standing there, watching the two siblings on the court thoughtfully. Reira looked back at the court and said
"Here we go."
Fuji looked back to see Sayuri getting ready to serve.
Pok. Pok. Pok
Sayuri halted the ball, glanced at Ryoma, and tossed it into the air.
The ball whistled up into the air and then followed the flow of gravity and started downward. Sayuri leaped up to meet it, allowing her racquet to hit the ball solidly.
And the match began.
Yeah….that's a cutoff. Many of you are probably cursing me at the moment, but don't worry. I'm working on the next chapter now.
It might actually be longer than the rest, seeing as I'll probably go into detail about their game. Plus you'll probably even get to see some of Sayuri's 'Hunting Techniques'. Won't that be great?
Anyway, please read and review, otherwise I might 'forget' to post the next chapter anytime soon…
(Character Chat)
Sayuri- Why'd Ryoma have to come?
Ryoga- He insisted. Plus, if you manage to use your playing style, then you'll finally be the Sayuri I remember.
Sayuri- What do you mean?
Reira- Right now…
Synna- You are in…
Reira- a downcast mood.
Synna- So, to lighten you back out of this dismal mood…
Reira and Synna- Ryoma has to play you.
Sayuri- Mutter, mutter. B******
SF-BYE!(Locking Reira, Synna, Ryoga, and Sayuri in small closet to muffle the sound of fighting.) Be back…uh…(looks back at closet, where things have grown ominously silent) sometime…maybe.
Next chapter: Sayuri and her Hunting Techniques vs. Ryoma
Coming…eventually
