"Nice shot," Serena sarcastically praised, "Too bad we won't let you score again."
"Tsk, tsk Serena. Coach always said to not tease you're opponents." Nina chuckled evilly and weirdly.
Miyuki's serve was fast, headed straight to Serena and the ball was zoomed one inch over the net. Serena returned it, and then another yet boring rally came upon. The crowd once again aroused with anxiety, the sweat pouring down their necks and the heat from the sun worsen the feeling. Watching intently, Akane and Shikotsu's eyes were glued to the match.
"Serena," Shikotsu forged out her name, "Is playing a dirty trick."
"You finally caught it?" Akane sighed, "She's activating a play... A play that will paralyze the both of them."
Serena kept returning the tennis ball in different patterns in different ways. It was either left then right, or right then left. Then, it was up and down, or down and up. It varied, and soon Miyuki and Kazumi's arm started to ache.
Nina, along with the plan, started to twist the ball so when it bounces on the ground, it will turn the other way, resulting one of the girls to slip down to catch it in time. Because of this, their legs started to burn.
Unfortunately, the scorching heat didn't help either. Heavy breathing, the girls felt... tired. All of a sudden, out of nowhere, the girls felt shaky and closed their eyes for a second. That's when Serena took the point by slamming it to the far baseline.
"Point Katsu scores thirty, all." The judge called.
"Wha?" Miyuki suddenly realized what position she was.
"I... don't understand. It was only a second." Kazumi's throat began to go dry.
The Katsu Girls laughed. "Pathetic. And I thought that Seigaku was actually good."
Out of nowhere, Miyuki fell to her knees. "Time out "
Kisami helped Miyuki up and dragged her out to the bench. "Yo, Miyuki. You awake?" Akane's voice didn't awaken Miyuki that much.
"Goodnight." Miyuki fell asleep.
"Did she just fall asleep? ?" Akane slightly slapped Miyuki's cheeks.
Shikotsu focused on Kazumi. "Kazumi-chan, are you okay?"
Kazumi held her weight against the bench, her eyes turning red. "I'm alright. A little match against snobby rich kids isn't going to bring me down."
"What are we going to do Shikotsu-senpai?" Akane hopelessly looked at Shikotsu, with Miyuki sleeping in Akane's arms.
"Put them back into the court," Shikotsu firmly looked at those girls who were snickering.
"But Shikotsu, I-..."
"Trust me."
Akane slapped really hard on Miyuki which caused her to wake up. "Where am I?"
"Go back to the court sleepy head," Kazumi threw Miyuki back to the court, where she stood straight, barely having her eyes wide open.
Kazumi followed, jogging up to the net. "Oh look, the sleepy heads are back. You good now?"
Kazumi nodded. "Yeah, you good with losing?"
Kazumi turned back to check up on Miyuki. She was sleeping again. "Wake up Miyuki Would be a good time to wake up "
Miyuki served, but this time did her signature move, the Spirit Serve. This time, the ball aimed for Serena's feet, causing her to jump.
"Can I have extra wasabi?" Miyuki snored.
"What the hell?"
"Akane..." Miyuki growled, "Stop taking my sushi!" Miyuki did another Spirit Serve.
"Not this time sleepy head!" Serena returned with a between the leg shot!
Kazumi jumped and volleyed, trying to keep up with Miyuki's amazing pace. Finally, something happened.
"Kazumi...! She closed her eyes!" Yuki noticed, frightened a little.
"Hyuu." Kazumi snored "The Striving Unison Zone!" Sayuri called.
"This is it. The Striving Unison Zone. The Zone where Kazumi keeps up with Miyuki's variety of a pace by sleeping! Really clever, that girl. Kazumi always finds the way." Akane folded her arms and smiled.
The girls didn't even move from their spots. They just stood there, closed eyes and snoring, swing their rackets wildly. Serena and Nina, on the other hand, were going back and forth.
"My energy... is draining." Serena suddenly got tired.
"Can't... play anymore..." Nina fell.
"Seigaku wins first match!" The judge announced, as the crowd has gone wild.
"The new Seigaku girls rock!"
Miyuki and Kazumi woke up. "WH-Where are we?"
"First place. Now let's go sleepy heads."
"Second match! Sayuri and Yuki vs. Christine and Pristine!"
"Is every single match I am going to play going to be twins?! Like seriously!" Yuki sighed.
"Yuki-senpai, you're causing a ruckus again."
"Menaces like you should be drained!"
"Peasants like you should be lame!"
"Great. They rhyme." Yuki sulked.
Yuki was serving as Sayuri was in and up front of the net. Clouds took over the sky now, but it was still hot. There were not so much of a crowd, but people screamed their heads off still to cheer for their school.
"SEIGAKU!"
"KATSU!"
See?
"Hurry and serve!"
"We'll pound your curve."
"Man what did you do all summer read Dr. Seuss?" Yuki served regularly.
"Hiya!" Pristine smashed it towards Sayuri's face.
In instinct, Sayuri quickly put the tennis racket in front of her face, and when the ball came, it bounced off and landed straight near the net on the other side.
"Wha?" Sayuri confusingly asked herself what she just done.
"A block that turns into a move. I've got a partner." Yuki chuckled.
"Score! Seigaku's point, 15-0."
Yuki served regularly once again, and a super fast rally came in. Every blink of an eye was either Yuki's smashing return or Sayuri's fast jumping vollies. Back and forth, the ball began to looked like it was about to flatten.
"Any information on Yuki?" Shikotsu asked Akane.
"She's kind of cool. Good too, however I don't think she can control her anger."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Yuki has this 'barrier' in she keeps all of her anger in for a long hell of a time. Sayuri is like a... pomegranate. Hard on the outside, really sweet in the inside."
"You've been eating too much foods."
Finally, Yuki turned in another shot. "Woohoo! Count that judge!"
"Um, 30-0."`
"This will not last for long."
"For we will sing our final song."
"What?" Sayuri confusingly asked.
"Don't mind them. It's like they're on Seuss drugs." Yuki shook her head.
Once Yuki served again, the twins started to... sing?
Deep in the meadow,
You find your worst nightmare.
Crawled up the window,
You find yourself stare.
Coming to darkness,
As light began to fade.
These are the things,
You should never delay.
"Keep your head straight!"
"Stop telling me what to do!"
"What the hell is wrong with those too?" Shikotsu stood up.
"That song... is the twins' secret weapon."
"Point! 30-15."
"Way to go Sayuri."
"Just hurry and do your lame serve."
"My serve isn't lame!" Yuki argued while serving furiously.
The fight between the girls caused them to lose 5 games. However, they started fighting and won 5 more games. Tied, the match was tied 30 to 30.
"My ears are bleeding."
"How long are those two going to fight?"
The crowd began to disappear, slowly fading as the shouts became louder and lousy. The rally was heated up though, but not as much as the clouds began to disappear and the sun burning through their skin.
"Lose already!"
"Fall already!"
"Shut..."
"Up!" Sayuri smashed it to the side where Christine couldn't reach. She tried, but she looked like a ballerina.
((a/n :) I know Yuki's and Sayuri's match was short, but don't worry; I have something planned for them)
"Good job on your game Chieri-san, you've done well." Sakuno praised.
"Arigatou Sakuno-senpai. You're match is up correct?" Chieri asked.
"Hai, hai. I'll get to it right now."
"Oi Ryuzaki."
"Ryoma, not now."
"I know but-..."
"I've got to go!"
Sakuno ran into a boy, a much familiar and taller one too. It was Hikaru.
"Sakuno-senpai! Nice to see you again." Hikaru smiled.
Ryoma gritted his teeth. "I wish I could say the same."
Hikaru ignored Ryoma's comment and asked, "Say do you still want to redo that date?"
"Not right now Hikaru-kun, I have to..."
"Go to Florida with me." Ryoma blurted.
"Go to America! With him?!" Hikaru angrily asked.
Sakuno frowned at Ryoma. "Mou... I haven't decided yet. I have to win this match. Now, I have to go."
Sakuno ran past through the two boys and inside her match. Hikaru just turned angrily at Ryoma.
"Ryoma-senpai, I hate you."
"I hate you too. Oh! And didn't I tell you that you're a huge fat phony that is never going to take any chances with Ryuzaki." Ryoma said in English.
"What?" Hikaru confusingly didn't understand.
"I said I don't care." Ryoma switched back to Japanese.
"Sakuno-senpai doesn't deserve you. When I asked her out, Sakuno immediately said yes. And during our session at the restaurant, I kissed her long and better than you." Hikaru smirked as he walked away.
Ryoma tried not to be angry, he really did. He was sort of angry at the fact that he just stood there and not kick the guy's ass. Sakuno would never do that to Ryoma, I mean... Doesn't she love him?
Ryoma took a seat near a tree. He thought about the moments he had with Ryuzaki. Most of them were fighting, no good moments. He scratched his dark emerald hair and rubbed his eyes, yawning. Right there, he fell asleep.
"Ryoma-kun," Sakuno's voice bumped through his head, "Ryoma-kun."
"Nrghh." Ryoma grunted.
Everything was dark. Ryoma found himself in a black room, standing nowhere. He looked around, and when he turned around he saw a fainted Sakuno hugging Hikaru. She was crying, into his stomach, his red shirt getting a little wet. Ryoma just stood there, watching furiously.
"Ryuzaki..." Ryoma tried to call out but couldn't. His voice was stuck.
"I don't... I don't love you anymore Ryoma."
"Hold on!" Ryoma sat straight up from the tree, eyes widened and swollen, "What the hell?"
He found himself drooling a little, and wiping the off, he saw Sakuno struggling. He breathed, felt his heart beating, a beat a millisecond. Weird, he would've got a heart attack. He got angry at himself, for dreaming such a silly dream. There was no way Sakuno would run to Hikaru's side. Would she? To be honest, Ryoma wasn't really romantic on the outside, but Hikaru would show her affection everywhere. Was Hikaru... better than him?
"No way," Ryoma stood up and sighed, "Too much Ponta."
He went to go check up on Ryuzaki, and she was not doing so well. She was panting, sweating, limping... What the hell was wrong?
"What happened Shikotsu-senpai?" Ryoma asked, gripping the fence behind.
"Sakura has is very violent." Shikotsu glared.
"What do you mean by that?"
"Every ball she returns are twisted to turn to Sakuno's body parts. Long ago, her right leg and left arm had to say goodbye." Akane informed.
Sakuno served but every ball was twisted towards her head. All Sakuno could do was block and volley.
"Come on Ryuzaki," Ryoma muttered.
What's going on? Sakuno angrily thought, Three Sakuras.
Sakuno began to fade.
i feel a little sick lately... it's just a cold though so don't have to worry. Okay so I'm terribly sorry.
For such a lousy chapter... and for making it late.
And that Ryoma was a little TOO ooc.
oh and sorry for not explaining games.
Sorry. x100000000000000000000