Done~! I was pretty lazy and busy since we got tests at school yesterday and the day before that XD
I do not own Prince of Tennis, except for Kumiko!
The Young Observer's Life -12-
Prince of Tennis/TeniPuri story
"We're going to face Seigaku!" Kumiko said as she flails her arms excitedly.
"Miko-yan, please watch where you're swinging your arms." Yagyuu said as he held Kumiko's arm down.
"Sorry."
"Kumiko's getting more unorganized without Tezuka-san around." Kirihara said as he started pulling her cheeks.
"Akaya, stop that already." Jackal said.
"I'm not getting unorganized!" Kumiko protested as she rubbed her red cheeks.
"No, you're not. Akaya is just teasing you." Marui said as he patted her head. Kumiko looked up to the sky and saw some dark clouds floating.
"I hope it's not going to rain… it's getting dark…"
"Don't jinx us… ouch!" Kirihara yelped when Kumiko stepped on his toes.
"Now, now, Akaya, it's not nice to treat a lady that way." Niou teased when Kumiko stuck her tongue out at him.
"Hurry up." Sanada said from the front.
"Yes!"
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"Did you bring an umbrella, Miko-yan? If you don't, I can lend you mine." Yagyuu said when they sat under the gazebo when it started raining. Apparently, Akaya, Sanada and Yanagi had went somewhere leaving Kumiko with Yagyuu, Niou, Marui and Jackal.
"Thanks, Yagyuu-senpai. But I brought my own, I always brought a small umbrella since onii-chan… or Sei bucchou would remind me to bring one just in case." Kumiko said as she yawned.
"I see, that's good, you wouldn't want to catch a cold in this weather."
"I'm bored…" Kumiko groaned.
"Most likely Yanagi, Sanada and Akaya are going somewhere and bumped into Seigaku."
"I never thought Kirihara-kun could be so heartless…"
"Akaya's not an easy person to read when he's playing, Kumiko."
"I feel so bad… Ann-chan will probably hate me for this…" Kumiko said as she opened her phone.
"Are you calling her again?" Jackal asked when Kumiko started dialling.
"I couldn't help but feel bad… apologizing once doesn't seem enough… I should've told Kirihara-kun to held back…"
"It's not your fault, Kumiko. You shouldn't feel so bad." Marui said as he popped his gum.
"But Ann-chan is my friend… and Tachibana-san as well as everyone at Fudoumine…" Kumiko said sadly.
"You're way too nice, Kumiko." Niou said.
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"Kirihara Akaya…" Ooishi said.
"Fuji Syuusuke, I hope you'll have more endurance at our match." Akaya said.
"You…" growled Kamio. Suddenly, Ann's phone rang as she quickly answered it.
"Hello? Ann's here." She said. Then Ann's face saddened and she turned around from everyone.
"Kumiko-chan… it's not your fault… really, I don't hate you at all…" Kamio heard Ann talked and shook his head.
"Stop it, Kumiko-chan. I don't blame you… nor does nii-chan… it's not your fault. You're welcome anytime if you wanted to visit him, of course." Then Kamio glared at Akaya.
"Whoa, scary." Akaya said.
"You do know that you made your manager sad, didn't you?"
"Really? I thought Kumiko wouldn't feel that bad. She knew how I played better than all of you, after all." Kamio gritted his teeth and glared harder.
"Glaring at me wouldn't do anything, you know."
"Yeah, I'm at the court, I was thinking about recording the match, but with this rain, I don't think it'll go, don't you?" Ann kept trying to coax Kumiko from the way she talked to the phone, as Kamio couldn't help as his fist started to shake violently.
"N-No, you're wrong, Kirihara's not here. Maybe you just heard the rain. Really. Yeah, bye…" Ann-chan closed her phone and then she glared at Rikkai's Ace.
"You're lucky I didn't tell Kumiko-chan that you're here… or else."
"Intimidating, I see. But Kumiko already know me better than you, she just needs to toughen up a little, right? Something like that shouldn't be showed in Rikkai after all, she already knew that." Akaya said. Then he heard Sanada called him and turned his back against them.
"… Without Tezuka, you have no chance of beating us. Even if Tezuka's here, it'll be the same." Sanada said as he disappeared with Akaya. Then Momo started swinging his racket rapidly.
"I couldn't stand those guys! If only Kumiko would just get into Seigaku!"
"… You should let it get to you, if you did, you'll only fall into their game." Ooishi said.
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"You're late, Akaya." Yanagi said.
"I was just checking out my prey."
"… Fuji Syuusuke, is he good enough to play you?" Yanagi said as Kirihara snorted.
"I can only hope so." Then Sanada started rummaging through his bag and picked out his racket.
"Where are you going, Genichirou?"
"I'm going to practice until the official announcement is out. Make sure you woke her up in time." Sanada said when he saw Kumiko sleeping soundly with Yagyuu's jersey draped over her.
"Yes."
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"Mu…?" Kumiko said as she blinked her eyes open. Then she yawned and saw Yagyuu hovering over her.
"Yagyuu-senpai…?"
"Miko-yan, the match is postponed until next week."
"Really?" Kumiko said as she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes.
"Genichirou's not here, I should look for him." Yanagi said.
"No… I will, I need to walk… my feet are freezing." Kumiko said as she stood up and opened her umbrella.
"Be careful. We'll be waiting here."
"Yes…" Kumiko said with a yawn.
"You're going to slip if you kept yawning, Kumiko." Akaya said as Kumiko looked at him from the corner of her eyes.
"Stop it, Kirihara-kun." Kirihara blinked surprisingly at Kumiko's rather calm tone. She would usually whine or groaned at him for his comment. When Kumiko disappeared in the rain Niou had bonked him on the head.
"Hey, what did you do that for, Niou-senpai?!"
"Kumiko was worried, and you should be glad that she didn't know that you had give a piece of your mind to Seigaku."
"Why should she be worried?"
"She's starting to get scared of you, brat." Kirihara looked dubiously as Niou shook his head.
"You do know that when you played she was sent out to go somewhere either by Yukimura, Sanada or Yanagi, right? But she didn't go anywhere in the semi-finals, where she saw everything, including your match against Tachibana. Kumiko had always held fear for people like that, so you should know that."
"Oh…"
"Kumiko said she wanted to be stronger, but with that fear, she won't go anywhere." Yanagi said.
"You do know that she has been limiting her practice because of the fear she would hurt her wrist again, don't you?" Yagyuu said as Kirihara nodded.
"Then you should know that."
"Yes…"
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"Yanagi-senpai said that fukubucchou will be training… but I couldn't find him anywhere at the nearest court…" Then she heard the sound of ball hitting something and approached it. When she saw the familiar black cap and white cap she was about to call but suddenly someone grabbed her arm. When she turned around, she came face to face with Yamabuki's ex-player.
"A-Akutsu-san!"
"Don't talk."
"Y-Yes!" Kumiko and Akutsu stayed back to see Echizen played Sanada.
"If this keeps up, Echizen-kun couldn't do anything…" Kumiko said.
"He's not your average player… is he?" Akutsu said gesturing to Sanada.
"Fukubucchou is a strong and disciplined person, the only one I knew who could beat him is our captain…" Kumiko said.
"I see."
"Echizen-kun… is he going to be alright…?" Kumiko said when she saw Echizen unable to return Sanada's shots.
"For fukubucchou to win without doing one of his techniques is…" Kumiko turned around only to face the air.
"A-Akutsu-san?" Kumiko looked left and right to look for the grey-haired senior but couldn't found anyone around her.
"Kumiko."
"G-Geni fukubucchou…"
"We're going back. I already know."
"Y-Yes!"
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"Kumiko? Did something happen?"
"Well… not really, the match is postponed."
"Yes, Fuji told me."
"And…"
"And what?"
"Nevermind…"
"… You sure nothing's wrong?"
"Yes, I just got something on my mind…"
"Are you sure you should be talking to the opponent's captain then?"
"Mou, onii-chan!"
"Well, you shouldn't worry, you trust your teammates, don't you?"
"Of course I do!"
"Then just trust them."
"Okay."
"Good night, Kumiko."
"Night, onii-chan."
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Poll:
Akaya= 15
Eiji= 6 (+2 for FrenzForever)
Atobe= 4
Echizen= 4
Yukimura= 2
Kintaro= 2
Dan= 1
Aoi= 0
Next: Special Training! Hey, why does my phone got so many phone calls from the Hyoutei members...?
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