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-- Seigaku Tennis --
-- 01 --
"Ah ..." You slowly looked at your wristwatch, afraid of even scared of just looking away from the girls - fearing they'd jump you or something. "Wouldn't it be a good idea to get to class?" You asked them.
All three girls gasped. What did I do now? "We're making you get late for class!" They said.
"Well, yeah ..."
"Please forgive us!" Minako said and bowed. "We'll bring you there right away!" One in your left hand, one in another, and the third grabbed your legs. Then they ran out of the room, up the stairs, down the hall. "Eh?"
And before you knew it, you were sitting in your chair in class - Reiku sat a few rows behind you and waved as you slightly worried looked back at her. The two others had left. Your eye twitched. You turned your attention to the front of class and saw; the teacher hadn't even arrived yet. You let out a sigh. That was close ...
You pulled up your bag and fumbled with the zipper. Shortly after, with a rzz! it opened and you searched through it for your math book and the task you had to do. But of course you weren't able to find them ...
Aww ... You whined mentally. This is just perfect ...
And at that moment, the door slid open. You sunk as far as possible down in the chair, wanting the teacher to not spot you. But it wasn't the teacher ... Once again you sighed. It was someone even worse. Minako smiled happily at you, as she handed over a bunch of papers and a book. "I took the liberty to look through your math for you!" She said and put them onto the table. You raised an eyebrow.
"Err, thanks ... But-" You said, thinking about the day before. "I thought you weren't that good at math?"
She blushed. "Well, I'm not. And I didn't do it alone!" She pointed to Reiku, who once again waved furiously. "Reiku helped me!"
"Ah ..."
The door slid open again and this time it was the teacher. You looked at Minako. "You should get going; else you'd be in trouble." She nodded, not really listening ... only thinking about 'Ah, he's concerned about me!' Something like that ... "And, um, thanks." You said. You waved in front of her eyes and she blinked quickly.
"No problem!" Then she was gone, leaving a cloud of dust behind.
"Find out your homework!" The teacher called out. Slowly you reached for your papers, ignoring the hearts and 'Me Jai'-signs. You looked at the answers. Oh ...
It turned out to be correct, all of them. I got to remember thanking them!
The bell rang and your classmates stumbled out of their chairs, packed their stuff and made their way out of the door. You sat back - leaning against the back of the chair. Your eyes were closed as you enjoyed the silence after two hours of none-stop talking from the teacher and the rest of the students.
You didn't really like history ...
You stretched and looked up at the light over your head. You missed with the eyes and thought of your two first days at the school. At least I can say it has been entertaining ... You thought.
"J-Jai-k-kun?" A low voice asked you. Slowly, you turned your head downwards and looked at a girl. She seemed to be only around the ten-eleven or so, but - from the uniform, she was wearing - you guessed she was just a small freshman or so.
"Yeah?" You asked, sitting up straight. Then you noticed her badge ... Fan? You decided to smile, trying to give her some confidence. Hey! You could still be nice!
She nervously smiled back. "I'm Akita Inu." She introduced herself. "From 3-1."
You almost fell down from the chair. She's a SENIOR?! You stared in disbelieve. That couldn't be true! Impossible!
"Ahh ..." You said slowly, totally in a loss of words. "Hi?"
She smiled, now happily. "I'm the newest member of your fan club!"
"I ... Um, thought so." You said, pointing to her badge.
She touched it, absentminded. "I've come to guide you to lunch."
"Ah." You got up, stuffed your bag pack and followed the senior ... You stared at her back, as you followed her to the cantina. But then, as you were about to turn right, she turned left. You stopped. "I thought we were ..."
"No." She said, turned and smiled. "We've got a special place."
A little scared, you followed her again ...
She opened the door to the roof and you walked outside into the sunshine. First you were blinded, but as your vision returned, you noticed there were even more girls than expected. All stood up and bowed as you had walked out. "Welcome, Jai-kun!" They greeted.
"Err, thanks." You said, slightly frightened ... or, a lot rather. Minako walked over and guided you to the middle of the evil circle of girls. "We've already got seven more members."
"That was fast ..." You said, slowly.
"Most have heard about you from siblings from class, while the rest is of course the siblings."
"Ah ..." You didn't really listen. You had already gotten tired of that fan club talk ...
After Minako's talk about something, the members got introduced. You really tried to remember them, but as the first had been said and then the second, you forgot the first. So ... you weren't quite sure who everyone was.
Then someone shyly handed over lunch to you, which she, herself, had made. After that, they all just beamed at you, eating.
You were running in the shadows, trying to avoid the now enormous fan-club of yours. You couldn't walk outside your classroom door, without being attacked by screaming girls - you couldn't even be inside the room.
But you had somehow managed to get out of class safely, and you were now making your way for your first tennis-practice at Seigaku. You stopped abruptly, as Minako came from a doorway. She met with the two twin-sisters. "Have you seen him?" She asked.
Both shook their heads. "We haven't found him yet, no."
She sighed. "Keep up the search; he might have gotten into trouble!"
"Hai!"
They ran off in each direction, but luckily, they didn't spot you. Phew ... You let out a sigh of relief. Then you ran for it again. You jumped down the stairs, taking four steps at a time, a shortcut through a window and over a fence. Now you were facing the training tennis-players of Seigaku. You smirked. This was where the fun began. You pulled your bag higher up on your shoulder and walked for the coach, whom you spotted in the far most corner.
You walked slowly, taking in every detail you could about the people playing. Most of them weren't even able to hit the ball! And that was juniors! And to your utmost shock, the freshmen weren't even playing ... they were picking up balls?!
No way, that was sure, you weren't going to waste your time picking up balls. Nu-uh! Never! Not in a life-time! No, no, no! You shook your head as you tapped the coach's shoulder. The elderly woman looked down onto you. "Ah, Jai-kun." She said and smiled. "I see you've decided to show up."
"What do you mean by that?" You asked her puzzled.
"Well, practice did start fifty minutes ago. And I imagined you'd try to hide from your fans ..."
"Nah, they can't keep me away from tennis." You smirked. "Now, what to do?"
"You could always join the rest of the freshmen."
You raised an eyebrow while chuckling. "Picking up balls?"
"Yes."
You sighed ... Yay ...!
