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Chapter 11: First Tournament

Today was finally the day. My first tennis tournament in the tennis team of Rikkai Daigaku Fuzoku tennis team. And, even though I knew I was going to be a substitute-just because I'm still not good enough to beat Niou in straight sets-I was proud to wear the uniform that I was given. It meant I was accepted-even though I already knew I was. But, it still meant a lot to me.

So, with that being said, here we all stood-the Rikkai male tennis team and myself that is-waiting for Yukimura and Sanada to return from handing in our order sheet. We were at the finals for the National tournament, facing a school known as Murigaoka (1). I've never heard of the school. But then again I'm the new kid here so I guess it would only be natural to not know the school. Even if Kirihara had spent his whole entire free time-including lunch break-talking about the school and the people in it and how they like to analyze a situation just like Yanagi. And let me tell you, he's a sweet and adorable person but when he keeps talking about the same school, it does get annoying. No matter how adorable that person was.

And, in my mind, I thought that was the drive that sent them all striving to win. Of course, that went along with the pride they all had.

And when Yukimura and Sanada walked back over with the order form in Yukimura's hand, the team seemed to be more enthusiastic. Especially when Yukimura started calling out the order-a tradition around tennis teams that they would learn the orders before a match.

"The order of the match will be as follows," Yukimura stated, reading off the names. "Marui and Niou will be in doubles 2. Yagyuu and Kirihara, doubles 1. Jackal will be in singles 3, Renji will be in singles 2, Genichirou will be in singles 1, Tony will be the reserve player and I will be the bench coach. Any questions?" (2)

No body answered him. We were all ready to go and win the first match of ours in the National Tournament. I knew we would win though. That's what Rikkai was all about. Winning and being the envy of everyone else. But, I also found out-later on-that Rikkai was the hardest school next to Hyotei. So, it was almost natural that the tennis team be rough and be the envy of every tennis team out there.

And, me being me, I was kind of ordinary. I wasn't the best tennis player. And I certainly wasn't smart enough to keep up with the curriculum of Rikkai, unlike the tennis regulars. Even if I was one of them. Compared to them, I was ordinary. But, I liked being ordinary now. It's great being normal for a person like me. It was different. Better even.

"-ony. Tony? Are you coming?" Marui asked me, intruding my thoughts. I scowled at him slightly, embarrassed that I had been caught thinking.

"Yeah. Why wouldn't I?" I asked, picking up my dropped tennis bag and walking with them to the tennis courts we would be playing on.

"No reason," Niou piped in, hanging on my shoulder in a friendly way. I'm shocked that he hadn't figured out I was a girl yet. He practically hung on me all the time. He must be an idiot not to figure it out by now. "Maybe just because you were spacing out back there," Niou added in before speaking to the team. "We should have left him there. Make him learn his lesson." He smirked at me, causing me to shove him off of my shoulder with a glare in his direction.

"I don't think that would teach him anything, Niou. He wouldn't be able to find his way around. He'll be lost." Marui said, deciding that he would enjoy teasing me as well.

I glared at him as well, hoping we would get to the tennis courts soon so I could finally be rid of these idiots. "Do you guys have nothing better to do but annoy me to no end?"

The two looked at each other before looking back at me and saying in unison, "Yep."

I glared at them one more time, deciding not to deal with them. So, I walked over to Kirihara and Yanagi, deciding it would be best to talk to them since I got along with Kirihara just as good as I got along with Niou or Marui.

"Hey, Kirihara, what did you think of that game I let you play on the way home from training?" I asked, keeping good pace with the two tall males.

Kirihara looked at me; smiling as if glad he could talk about something he enjoyed a lot. "It was fun. I really want to play it again."

I smiled back at him. "That's good. You know, you can always come over my house and play some other video games. You might actually enjoy playing them."

Kirihara's face lit up as he smiled at me. "Really senpai?"

I laughed, "Of course Kirihara. You can come over whenever. It wouldn't bother me. I'm lonely most of the time anyways so I wouldn't mind."

"Thank you senpai!" Kirihara exclaimed happily and I knew just then that I had made the kohai's day. And that made me happy to see I can make my kohai happy.

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A while later, I sat outside of the fence, separating the whole Rikkai team from Yukimura, Marui, and Niou as the two-Marui and Niou-played a game against Murigaoka's pair, Sakakibara and Suzuki. And, of course, Niou and Marui were kicking their asses as the game progressed. And they didn't even need to take their weights off through the whole thing. Granted, they did get sweaty, but they did well. And at the end, the score was 6-0 with Rikkai taking the first victory.

We all kept our composure-well, the team at least-as Yagyuu and Kirihara entered, along with Murigaoka's Ushida-Miyase pair. Murigaoka's pair antagonized Kirihara and Yagyuu throughout the whole match. And Yagyuu, being Yagyuu, chose to ignore it and simple be the gentlemen he was. But Kirihara on the other hand was a different story. He chose to listen and, in turn, got agitated. So agitated in fact I was surprised that he didn't explode and go devil mood. Maybe it was the fact that Yukimura was there, watching and analyzing the matches silently, hoping that he could have played. But, he wasn't really needed for this part of the tournament. And it would be best not to strain his body after what he had been through. (I found out through Kirihara on the way back home from camp.)

In the end, they won 6-0 just like Marui and Niou had done before. Now, it was Jackal's turn for singles 3. The Brazilian walked onto the court, his head shinning in the sun. He and his opponent shook hands, his opponent being someone by the name of Owaki. After that, the match began with Jackal serving his signature serve, which Owaki tried to return, each one being a failed attempt. And when it was Owaki's turn at serving, he came up with nothing interesting and nothing that Jackal-or anyone on the team-couldn't return. It was a fairly simple match and Jackal ended up winning 6-0 just like our doubles pairs.

But that wasn't the end of it since it was our first game in the National Tournament. We had to complete singles 2 and 1, which I didn't understand at all. It made no sense. We won the first three matches, which meant we ended up winning the whole game and yet they made us continue to play. It was really strange for me.

Anyways, for singles 2, Yanagi ended up facing some asshole who insulted us-much to Kirihara's anger. But Yanagi was patient and calm throughout the whole match and won 6-0.

Singles 1, Sanada, was the final match for all of us. It was a quick match since Sanada had silently been provoked throughout the whole game and we won in straight sets. I wasn't even needed throughout the whole thing. And neither was Yukimura. Rikkai could surely stand on its own without guidance. And I'm sure Yukimura knew that. But his face said it all. He wanted to be needed by them. He wanted to give advice to them during a match. But they just didn't need it. I guess that's what happens when you raise a team to constantly win and strive for victory. It was still sad to see that happen though.

And now, we were all sitting in a café near the tennis part, relaxing from the tennis match this afternoon and talking about having a party to celebrate their first victory in the National Tournament and to warmly welcome me onto the team.

Except, that "warmly welcoming me" thing wasn't what I wanted. Mostly since Niou was the one who said it. And who could trust him?

"Why don't we have the party at my house?" I asked, sipping at my coffee. The whole team looked at me. "What? It's not like I don't have a house…" I mumbled, looking away from everyone.

"Are you sure about that?" Niou asked in what seemed like concern. Maybe he wanted to be the only one to be allowed into my house. Selfish brat.

"No. I just said that so I could invite you all over and then slam the door in your faces when you show up," I replied sarcastically, rolling my eyes. Niou glared at me and I glared right back, sticking my tongue out at him.

Turning away from him, I turned to Yukimura, addressing him since it was his team and he would have to decide. "What do you think? My mom and dad won't bother anybody. In fact they barely speak Japanese. So, it'll be fine."

Yukimura thought about for a moment before deciding. "Sure. We'll have it tomorrow. Is that okay?"

I smiled, "Perfect."

Information:
(1): I found this on a website. I don't know if it's true, but I couldn't find anything else. Also, the people in it are the same as well. I found all the information for Murigaoka from fet (dot) fudomine (dot) org.
(2): The order is also from this website above.
Thoughts from the author:
~This chapter caused me a great deal of trouble. I spent about 3 hours doing research on the teams they versed during the National Tournament. So, once I found something, I went with it. I do not know if it's true, but it works correct?
~The next update will take a while (even though I want to write the next chapter ASAP because it will be my…almost favorite.) There will be about a week or so until I can update again. Or not. School is starting soon for me.
~I finished a chapter of the sequel. I have a title, but I don't know if I like it much. What do you think the sequel should be called? (I was planning on calling it "A Missing Something" but I don't know…it's not really what I wanted for the title. Please help!) The sequel will be a 15 chapter story with no epilogue. And it'll be…dramatic.
~I've realized that this whole story I have planned in my mind (AMA and the sequel) is a dramatic one. But I hope it's good~ (:
~please review!

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