AN: Sorry for not updating for so long.
"Normal speaking"
'Thoughts'
Singing
'Flashbacks'
Disclaimer: I do not own PoT or ANY songs in this fic
Previously
Saya and Miyabi played a match with the silver pair and lost, Saya gets frustrated at the fact that she lost while Miyabi reveals the truth about her injury. Saya decides to train harder and Atobe just happens to see her when he drove past. Then he sees a group of high scholars approach her.
Chapter 11
Saya was breathing heavily; her shirt clung to her skin due to the amount of sweat she was perspiring. She was obviously very tired because she had played a match with the Silver Pair earlier on and now she's training furiously.
A group of five high scholars surrounded her with amusement. Saya stopped panting and turned away from the wall and faced the five students who were obviously taller than her. "What do you want?" asked Saya, irritated.
"Hey, you look kinda cute, do you want to hang out with us?" asked the boy in the middle who obviously seemed like the leader of the group.
"Are you trying to pick a fight with me? Unfortunately, I'm very annoyed right now," She asked in a threatening manner.
"There's no way a tiny girl like you could ever beat me!" they all laughed loudly.
The laughing stopped when a tennis ball whizzed past their heads. She held out her racquet, "We'll see about that! I'm gonna crush all of you one by one."
"Ha, your provocations don't work on us," said the guy who had a racquet.
Saya gave a quick smirk before heading to the net, she placed the racquet head facing down and held the tip of the grip with two fingers. "Which?"
The others looked at each other and bursted out in laughter. The guy who was on the court then shouted out to her, "It's fine, we'll give you a handicap."
"How many times do I have to tell you to stop underestimating me," she mumbled under her breath angrily before she hit the ball.
The serve was a simple and fast shot; it instantly flew between the opponent's legs and hit the middle of the court.
The other high scholars were now silent, their mouths gaping in surprise. She served once again with the same serve.
Kururu and Miyabi left the school grounds, now searching for Saya in nearby tennis courts. It didn't take them too long to find them though she was not in a good situation. Miyabi hit herself lightly on the head, "Why does she always do this?" she asked no one in particular.
The two of them stood a short distance away from the other high scholars who were watching. Kururu held back her laughter when they saw their jaw dropped faces.
"What are you doing?" Miyabi shouted across the court.
"They're the ones who approached me first, I'm gonna make them regret it," said Saya, irritably.
Both of them were sweating furiously. They boy served a 'Bullet Serve' which Saya returned with some effort. It was already match point for Saya, but the boy never gave up until the very end. Eventually he lost 6-4 to Saya.
His friend laughed at him when he lost which made Saya even angrier. She lifted her hand out to the boy kneeling on the court. "It was a great game," she said, "Normally, when I play a match with people that try to approach me, I would attack them 'til they cower out or they would try to cheat. But you didn't do any of those, you fought until the very end. Thank You"
He looked up at Saya, "I'm sorry for trying to hit on you."
Saya just nodded and faced the other high scholars, she handed her racquet to Kururu. Miyabi just sighed, "So you still remember?"
Saya just nodded briefly and walked towards the other boys.
"Why did she give me her racquet?" she asked.
"Did you know?" asked Miyabi, "Saya used to be a violent tennis player. When people try to hit on girls, whether it's her or any girl she sees, she gets angry and starts hitting the guy with tennis balls."
Saya walked towards the guy who was laughing with a clenched fist.
"But she has a cousin who hates using tennis as a tool to hurt someone so he managed to stop her from beating them up with tennis balls and racquets."
"I see," said Kururu and then sweat dropped and pointed in Saya's direction.
Miyabi followed Kururu's finger and saw Saya busy striking him.
"So violent," said the boy before running away.
"Saya, I thought you promised Ryoma to stop being violent!" yelled Miyabi.
"Who cares?" she answered "Besides, I'm not using tennis."
The two girls collapsed, "You're still using violence!"
"Ryoma does it too," she said, "That brat provokes people and then he always uses his twist serve to hit them in the face," she said stubbornly.
Atobe , who was sitting in is family owned limousine, just happened to see the incident. He left the scene deep in thought 'Sometimes when I think she does not have what it takes to be a tennis player, something always happens to make me change my mind. She certainly has potential in doubles, but she has too many blind spots to be a singles player.'
The next morning…
Saya woke up early so that she could speak to the Hyotei tennis coach. She entered the large school gates and headed straight for the tennis courts. Sakaki saw her coming and acknowledged her presence.
"Good morning, Sakaki-sensei," she greeted.
The tennis coach simply nodded.
"About your offer of joining the tennis club…" she started, "I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to refuse… thank you for your offer."
Sakaki stared sceptically at Saya for a while, but soon spoke up, "I see… even though you seemed to enjoy playing so much yesterday?"
Saya looked at Sakaki with determination in her eyes. "That's why. Until now, I never choose what to do for myself,"she explained, "Up until now, my life was never real. After my parents died, Miyabi got injured and Onee-chan lost her voice. All I've been doing is living in their place, I acted as Onee-chan in her place in the entertainment industry, but I could never sing as well as her. I hesitated to play tennis because Miyabi couldn't play tennis anymore, but when I played that match yesterday, I was losing so badly and it was frustrating. Although we lost in the end, we managed to fight back because of Miyabi's strength, not mine. That's when I realised that I was always relying on Miyabi, that I can't even do anything by myself."
Sakaki just stood there silently and listened to what the girl had to say.
"That's why I've decided to start over again and live a life as a normal girl, not as a wannabe idol or as former doubles champion, but as Hoshino Saya," she said firmly, "I'll start over from scratch, this time I will become an awesome tennis player with my own strength."
Sakaki wanted to smirk when he heard the conviction in her voice, but managed to hide it.
"Very well," he said. "I look forward to it."
AN: I'm REALLY SORRY for not updating for so long, but I've been really busy. I had tons of family problems and I am pretty much depressed and I do not know what to do. I kinda remembered about this fic after I re-watched PoT the other day so yeah. I know I'm asking for a lot, but Please Review!
