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"Speech"- Japanese
"Speech" English+ location references
'thoughts'
"Well, if this Child of God couldn't even convince a lovely princess to join a tennis team, then he would be undeserving of that title, no?" Yukimura chuckled and smiled mysteriously.
The rest of the regulars couldn't help but feel sorry for this Echizen Ryomi.
Afternoon, on the way home
"~Sokaa~, Seaweed-sempai got in trouble with the teacher again..." Ryomi smirked " What a trouble-maker, you really should set a better example for your kouhai, neh? Seaweed-Sempai~.
A tick mark appeared on Akaya's head. 'This brat is really annoying.I swear this kid is trying to annoy me... Why oh, why does god hate me? '
"Because I fell asleep in class! It was just so boring!" Akaya grumbled. "And don't call me that!"
"Call you what? Seaweed-sempai?" And this set off another argument once again.
Ryomi and Akaya had settled into a comfortable routine of walking home together after study sessions.
After all - it wasn't like Akaya actually enjoyed the rude brat's presence or anything. Nor did he feel lonely somehow when she wasn't there to bicker with. Not at all. And it certainly wasn't because Ryomi was just a little bit happy that she had found a new plaything or something. Really.
"And here I thought, Seaweed-sempai could actually be a good student..." Ryomi sighed and turned her head aside.
"Hey! I just have trouble with English! The rest of my grades aren't bad!" Akaya objected.
"Hai, hai..."
The two continued bickering until they arrived in front Ryomi's house.
"See, Kevin? looks like I didn't have to worry after all. Chibisuke has been doing just fine."
Ryomi looked up startled. 'That voice...It couldn't be...'
"Onii-san?"
Two very different boys stood before Akaya and Ryomi.
The older boy looked to be 3-4 years older than Ryomi. He had the same green tinted raven hair and golden eyes. He smirked with an orange in one hand and a tennis racket in his other hand.
The shorter boy had blond hair and blue eyes. Sunglasses were perched in his hair.
Ryomi was pleasantly surprised - Of course, they couldn't know that.
"Stupid Ryoga. You were still supposed to be in America in the tournament." Ryomi huffed. "If you were coming, you should have notified me or baka oyaji. Mom's going to be really mad you know..."
The older boy grinned. "I came home earlier to spend more time with my little imouto of course!" He pounced on the short girl and began noogieing the girl.
"Get offf!" Ryomi flailed around in an attempt to shake off the older boy.
Akaya sweat dropped tared at the strange spectacle.
"I'm sorry, for their foolishness." The blond boy sheepishly apologized and bowed to Akaya while scratching his head sheepishly.
"My name is Kevin Smith. I'm Ryomi's teammate from America." He held his hand out politely.
"The name's Kirihara Akaya... I'm Echizen's sempai." Akaya and Kevin shook hands.
Kevin's face lifted. " I see! Well, thank you for taking care of our little girl while we were gone."
Mean while, the sibling catfight had been but on hold.
Ryoga glared at Akaya for what seemed to be eternity...
" Thanks again for taking care of chibisuke over here! Ahahahahahaha-" Royga laughed jollily and Akaya sweat dropped again. What a happened to his personality...?
"- though you better not try anything funny." Flames of brotherly over-protectiveness and silent promises of death appeared behind Ryoga who was chuckling evilly and cracking his knuckles. ' See, there we go.'
"Yes, sir" he amended in chibi form. ' Note to self never piss off Echizen's older brother...'
"Anyways, see you around Echizen-chan!" Akaya waved. He sweat dropped again at Ryomi who was now in a wrestling match with Ryoga. She seemed oblivious to Akaya. The two siblings were in their own little world.
"Wow, They really are brother and sister." Akaya smiled. That kid...
" Everyone gather round!" At the captain's command, all the Rikkadai tennis club members gathered around their beloved blue-haired captain.
"We have an announcement to make." The members stirred.
"Any idea what buchou and fuku-buchou are planning?" Marui whispered to Jackal, Popping his bubblegum.
"No, I don't." Jackal whispered. " Shush. Sanada-kun will catch us if you keep talking."
The non-regulars were excited. Even the regulars didn't know what was going on! Yukimura patiently waited for the crowd to quiet down. Sanada- kun sighed.
Sanada had a feeling that something big was going to happen soon.. he had better go out and buy some more migraine bills before he went home... he would need a steady stock...
He hadn't really thought that Yukimura would actually accept the principal's proposal... He himself wasn't too sure how it was all going to work out but he trusted yukimura's instincts. Yukimura was never wrong after all.
Yukimura cleared his throat.
" I would like to introduce our new trainer, Echizen Ryoga." Whispers erupted immediately. A trainer? The tennis club had always been a rather independent club. The captain reported to the principal himself. They had never had a coach or a trainer. They were even excused from having an adult supervisor. The principal dropped in every so and so. There was really no problem, since the tennis club always provided results.
There had been a few attempts to find managers, but they always turned out to be some air headed girl in a futile attempt to get close to the tennis regulars.
And they liked it that way. They had a reputation. They were champions.
"Ano... Echizen-san?" Yukimura looked around. "Wasn't he here a minute ago...?"
A loud commotion had all the members look up. The fence to the courts crashed open with a bang. Dust and small pebbles was kicked up. The tennis members were stunned fro a moment by the writhing mass of limbs and flesh. It took them a second later to realize that it was two people wrestling.
"Arrrggggghhh GEEERRROOOOFF MEEEEE!" The shorter participant managed to worm their way out of the taller's hold. They stood up and huffily brushed themselves off. They grabbed the white fila cap that the taller was holding.
It was Echizen Ryomi! The said girl looked VERY ticked as she brushed herself off muttering profanities under her breath like " Stupid brother" and "Kill him..." The crowd sweat dropped.
"Tch." She jammed the hat on her head and turned to leave when-
"Oi! Chibisuke! Where are you going? We're at the tennis courts!" The taller participant happily glomped Ryomi.
"St-top! C-Can't- Brea-"
" Ano, Echzien-san?" Yukimura asked politely. Meanwhile the wrestling match was pretty interesting, he couldn't keep the club waiting.
"Yeah?"
"Yeah?"
Both siblings looked up.
"Ah, gomen, I meant Ryoga-san." The said Echizen perked up.
"Yes? Oh! Right! I was supposed to introduce my self!" The taller boy hastily stood up and released Ryomi from her choke hold - A good thing too. Ryomi was starting to turn blue.
Ryoga turned and faced the very bewildered crowd.
"Ah! You were from the other day!" Akaya suddenly shouted. Ryoga's face brightened.
"Oh yeah! You were the person with Ryomi. Yeah! I remember know! That seaweed kid." A tick mark appeared on Akaya.
"Now that I think about it, I forgot to introduce myself then too, didn't I?" He scratched his head thinking.
"I would appreciate it if you didn't call my regulars strange nicknames, as soon as you arrived, Echizen-san." Yuimura chided.
'What an interesting brother... Everything is going according to plan...'
"Oops. Oh, sorry." Ryoga turned to the tennis members.
"My name is Echizen Ryoga. I am going to be the new trainer of this team. Please take care of me!" he grinned and waved.
"Oh no you don't!" Ryoga suddenly grabbed Ryomi who had been sneakily escaping the courts. " And where do you think you're going?"
Ryomi slumped in chibi form as a glowering monster that used to be Ryoga stood.
Ryomi glared at Ryoga. "Going home you idiot!" The crowd Sweat-dropped again. Why was their new trainer arguing with the five-foot terror?
"Ara?" Ryoga suddenly seemed to notice the crowd.
"Oh right! How foolish of me! This is Echizen Ryomi!" He grabbed Ryomi by the head and forced her to bow and face the crowd. " I'm her big brother!"
"Tch" Ryomi looked away. "You don't need to tell everyone."
Ryoga glomped Ryomi again. "Why not? They might as well get to know me. And besides, you need all the help you can get. You being so anti-social and all."
"Shut up."
"You need to get along with your club members after all!" Ryoga continued grinning.
"What are you talking about? I'm not in the club."
"Chibisuke...?"