"First match of Seigaku vs. Katsu! Miyuki Nakamura, Kisami Kisaki, Serena Lavain, and Nina Smith, please make your way to the courts. First set, Seigaku serves!" The judge called at his high white top chair with a red and yellow striped umbrella hanging from the left side.
It was a sunny, yet anxious day for the Seigaku girl regulars and the Katsu girl regulars. The last encounter earlier was quite stressful enough not alone the matches. Anyways, crowds of people and school members surrounded the small court, their eyes glued to the first match. The girls, Miyuki and Kisami, were turning around and around, noticing the people watching intently at them.
"Man, watching them watch us is so tiring. I'm so taking a power nap after this." Miyuki's eyes started to close.
"Don't sleep now. Everywhere I go, I see you sleeping. You should be charged up by now. And in the bathroom really?" Kisami blankly stared at Miyuki.
The dark tips of Miyuki's hair began to glisten within the sun. Serena and Nina smith were together, snickering together as they sneered at the two Seigake girls. Miyuki stood in the left back as Kisami the right front up the net, their hands gripping their rackets. As the Katsu girls resumed to their places (Serena in the left front and Nina in the far right back), the game finally started.
"Their good at doubles right? The first time I saw them they were okay." Shikotsu folded her arms at the far left bench.
Akane sighed. "Miyuki does things at her own pace. At some moments, Kisami can keep up with her pace, but that's really rare. Sakuno-chan calls it the, the Stiving Unison Zone. That only activates if Kisami can keep up with Miyuki's fast or slow pace."
"So that practically gives us a fifty percent chance we'll win."
"Yup." Akane agreed.
The first serve is just a regular serve from Miyuki, and then just another regular rally. Tension builds up between the crowd, and every two that leaves five more people join!
"Seigaku! Seigaku!"
"Katsu! Katsu!"
"Some of these people are not even part of our school! What the hell is that anyways!" Yuki was squished against the fence.
"Yuki-senpai, you're causing a riot." Sayuri chuckled softly.
"Causing tempers in public is so not going to get you that far in the future." A familiar voice came up. The girl was tall, creamy skinned. She was wearing a pink loose tank top and her brown chocolate hair was tied up and put to the side of her shoulder. Her white shorts brung out her white cute little striped sandals.
"Wh-Who are you?" Yuki asked.
The girl smirked as if she knew them already."Call me Akari-senpai."
"A-Akari-senpai? T-That name sounds familiar Yuki-senpai." Sayuri looked at Yuki.
"You're right Sayuri-chan... You must be... My long lost cousin!" Yuki pointed at the Akari.
"C-Cousin? You didn't tell me you had a cousin Yuki-senpai." Sayuri tried to remember back,
"Because I never had one." Yuki blankly said.
"Then how is she you're cousin?" Sayuri asked innocently.
"I don't know, it's worth a shot."
"Excuse me, but I'm not your cousin. I used to belong to the Seigaku girl's tennis team too. Now I became solo. Tell me, how's it going?" Akari softly asked.
"It's doing great! We've got newcomers and strong ones too!" Yuki proudly answered.
Akari chuckled. "That's wonderful. How about Akane-chan and Sakuno-chan... And Shikotsu-san?"
"Ah, Sakuno-senpai is the best I've ever seen! I heard she beat that Ryoma Echizen in a match before." Sayuri smiled brightly.
"And Akane is more agressive, but you didn't hear that from me! God, if she ever heard that then I would've got my face pounded... twice." Yuki looked pale of the thought.
"They both very well, but Shikotsu-senpai has never played the regulars before... I think." Sayuri tried to remember again.
"Thanks, that's all the info I need. Sayonara." Akari disappeared within the crowd.
"Who was that?" Yuki asked.
"I don't know, but she seemed pretty interesting." Sayuri nodded.
"Point! Katsu scores! Love to fifteen!" The judge called again.
"Uwa! They scored! How did that happen?" Yuki gripped the fence.
Apparently, Serena creeped up the net and vollied it to the slightest right. "Alright, got a point!"
"Sorry I couldn't reach it." Kisami apologized.
"No problem, watch out for her right." Miyuki warned.
Kisami's ear perked up. "Watch out for her right?"
Miyuki was tossed another tennis ball, and as she grabbed it she bounced it twice. Bangs down, eyes not shown, she finally tossed up the ball. As soon as she jumped with both of her legs, her hair swished as the ball zoomed to the far baseline.
"Point! Seigaku scores! Fifteen to all." The judge called.
"Alright! Seigaku got one!" Akane proudly stood up.
"Look at Miyuki's eyes." Shikotsu pointed.
It appears Miyuki's eyes seemed to be closed. She wasn't leaning or slumping down, so signs of her sleeping is zero.
"She's not asleep... So she's doing this match with her eyes closed?" Akane asked.
Shikotsu nodded. "According to Inui's research, Miyuki does better this way."
With another Spirit Serve, the rally starts up again. All of a sudden, Serena smashed it straight to Kisami's right side.
Kisami's eyes turned and she tried to return the ball, but she missed... Or did she? The ball vollied it's way over the net and landed almost right next to it. The crowd was silent and shock, whispering and trying to figure out what move was that.
"That was brilliant! She tricked them into thinking she missed or was going to hit it far, but actually just vollied. Way cool." Yuki clenched her fists in excitement.
The sun was starting to get to them now, sweat pouring down their necks. Heavy breathing entered, and anxiety came through again.
"Point! Seigaku scores again! Thirty to fifteen." The umpire called with a wave of his hand.
Huge parts of the crowd cheers in delight, as Miyuki high fiving Kisami.
Back at the soda machine...
"No way." Sakuno automatically refused, folding her arms, vein popped as she looked at her right.
"Why not?"
"Don't ask why not! God, you are so dense! If I'm going to make you like me genuinely this time, I'm going to do it my way." Sakuno protested.
"Whatever. You were the one who asked." Ryoma teased.
"You know what? I'll figure it out myself." Sakuno stormed off.
"Ryuzaki, wait. What if... If you win, I'll take you to my family trip to Florida."
Okay so, there is another last part to this. And it's going to be more than 3,000 words. I have to explain this match and the other following matches, and the introduction to the trip.
Two cliff hangers in one part... Must be tiring. Sorry for updating slow. School comes, writing slows. Thanks for the reviews though, I really appreciate it.
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Bai! :)
