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Chapter 13

After their break everyone returned to the courts, but Atobe announced, "Ore-sama thinks we should continue tomorrow!" So everyone went back to their homes or their lodges.

The next day Haruka and Sakura arrived at the tennis courts at 8am, and quickly met up with the rest of the Rikkai regulars.

"We are playing Toukaide High School after the match on B court finishes. It just started, so you guys should start warming up now, Yukimura-buchou said," Haruka told the team.

"Hai, Manager-san!" Marui said brightly, to which she scowled at.

Sakura lifted up a crate full of drink bottles and was wobbling dangerously so Jackal grabbed it out of her hands. She thanked him for that.

"Please drink plenty of water, it's quite hot and sunny today."

Everyone nodded at this, since the sun beating down on them was already making them perspire a little.

Some time later, B court's game finished, and it was Rikkai versus Toukaide.

"Would doubles 2 please go onto the court," the ref said. Niou and Yagyuu got onto the court. On the side, a rather short chubby guy and a really tall skinny person got on.

"Why didn't you make them Doubles 1?" Kirihara asked.

"Either way we will win," Sanada cut off quickly.

"Right..."

Yanagi frowned upon looking at the opponents.

"Strange combination…" he muttered. Yukimura was also looking curiously at the doubles pair.

"There must be a reason for combining them together, so we can't underestimate them,"

Everyone on the team nodded.

On the court, Niou and Yagyuu got into their positions, but their opposition wasn't ready to begin playing yet.

The tall one tapped his shoulder with his racquet and laughed loudly, rather oblivious to the 'WTF' stares he was getting. The ref's eyes twitched as the laughter lasted for more than 10 seconds, and was about to yell at the tennis player to get into position when the boy stopped himself. He pointed his racquet at the two Rikkai regulars.

"You two don't have a chance in hell beating us! Me and Obi are gonna beat you in less than 30 minutes, so you better be prepared to-"

"Toukaide! Get into position!" Clearly the ref had had enough.

The tall boy, Kouga, glared at the ref for interrupting his speech, the ref just glared back, daring the boy to do anything. Kouga huffed and they got into position.

Niou smirked at this.

Toukaide was serving first.

"Kouga-Obi to serve!"

Obi, the chubby boy, held the ball. Without bothering to bounce the ball on the ground to test the bounce of it, he threw it up into the air and smashed it. With a loud boom, the ball smashed into the ground and bounced out.

"Cannon serve," Obi said, knocking his fist onto the face of the racquet.

"15-love."

Obi grinned and served another ball, exactly like he did before.

"30-love."

Bang!

"40-love."

Bang!

"Match to Kouga-Obi. One game to love."

Kouga snickered.

"This is easier than I thought!"

"You are playing around too much," Yagyuu scolded.

"Yeah, you are too," Niou snickered.

Next Rikkai served and they won making it 1-all.

The Rikkai pair just stood there looking bored.

"I don't know what tricks you're playing, but it will be useless against me!" Kouga shouted before serving himself.

"Falcon serve!"

The ball was quite fast, and when Niou went to hit it, the ball's spin made the ball curve upwards a little, so it bounced further than it should have. His racquet missed the ball by 1 cm.

"15-love."

Fuelled by this, Kouga began laughing again.

"Ha! You'll two will never be able to return my special serve!"

Yagyuu said nothing, but his glasses glinted.

Kouga served the Falcon serve again, but this time, much to the surprise of Kouga, Yagyuu returned it easily.

"15-all."

Kouga blinked, before shouting, "That was just a fluke! Falcon serve!"

"15-30."

Kouga began getting desperate, and served again, but it hit the net. He served again, and it landed on the wrong box.

"15-40."

"Stay focused," Obi said to Kouga. Kouga was the type of person who played badly when he was stressed.

Despite the Toukaide pair's efforts, the score was 4-1 to Rikkai, without them even breaking a sweat.

"What was that laugh before?" Haruka asked.

"Who knows, probably over confidence," Jackal replied.

"Yes, like ALL tennis regulars," Haruka said pretty much to herself.

"Is it just me, or did she say something really annoying?" Shishido said.

Sakura realized that many people were coming to watch.

The people on the court were rallying for Rikkai's match point. Niou was running to get the ball aimed at a corner, when a dark figure on the court, sprayed something at him. The substance was making his vision go blurry. He couldn't see the ball so he missed it but luckily Yagyuu was behind him and shot a laser at the Toukaide pair.

"Game set and match! 6-2 to Yagyuu-Niou pair!" the ref announced Niou just stood there unable to see.

"Niou-kun are you ok?" Yagyuu asked his doubles pair.

"I... I can't see..."

"What? Well let's just get off the courts shall we?" Yagyuu said as he helped his friend off the courts.

"Ni-Masa-san, are you alright?" Sakura ran up, noticing that something was wrong.

"What is the matter?" Yukimura asked.

"Buchou, I can't see..."

"How did this happen? You looked like you were playing fine," Sanada asked.

"Well I was running to get the ball, when someone, I couldn't see who, sprayed something at my face. It was momentary that I don't think anyone near realized, but then my vision began going blurry..." Niou explained.

"We will go and tell the ref as well as ask the people just in case they saw someone," Yanagi said as he walked off with Kirihara behind him.

"Masa-san, your eyes, they are very dilated..." Sakura said.

"Do you know the reasons?" Yukimura asked.

"You know the eye drops they use at eye clinics, so that your pupils become dilated so they can see at the pupil clearly? Well I think this is a very strong version of that..." Sakura explained.

"Is there anything you can do?" Marui asked.

"We will need to get a wet towel and just put it over his eyes. I think it should recover over time, but just in case we will need to take him to a hospital for a check up," Sakura said.

"Here," Haruka said, throwing a wet towel at Yagyuu. Then Atobe called an ambulance and Niou was taken to hospital.

"I went and asked anyone on the sidelines if they saw anything but nobody did..." Yanagi said as he returned.

"Sempai, I thought that captain of Toukaide that we asked was a bit weird..." Kirihara said.

"Well I guess we just have to get ready for singles 3," Yukimura replied.

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

Singles 3 was Yanagi. He stepped up to the net to meet his opponent.

His opponent was a nervous looking little guy, he was actually shaking.

"What is Toukaide thinking?" Yanagi asked himself, "There must be something..."

"He... Hello... my... name is... Kawaru Kaku..." the nervous boy greeted.

"Nice to meet you..." Yanagi greeted back.

So the game began.

Within the next 20 minutes, it seemed clear that Yanagi would win. Kawaru would constantly trip when going for the ball, and he hesitated on which direction to hit to.

"Game to Yanagi Renji. 5 games to 0."

Kawaru fiddled with his racquet nervously and served.

"Kawaru!"

His head snapped towards his teammates as Yanagi hit the ball back.

"He will be extremely disappointed in you!"

Suddenly Kawaru's eyes changed colour and Yukimura noticed this.

"Yanagi! Watch out!" Yukimura shouted.

The next moment a high speed ball skimmed past Yanagi.

"Yanagi-san,I am amazed you managed to dodge that..." Kawaru with a low voice and dark aura said.

"Hahaha, Kawaru is the third child in a wealthy family. He's usually a nervous guy, but when it comes to wanting his father's recognition..." Kageaku (Red mohawk guy) said. "He'll do anything! Even change his aura and himself!"

Kawaru did a complete turn-around. All his balls were at least doubled in speed compared to before, and he was able to run quickly across the court.

Yanagi frowned. "This defies logic… for someone to be able to increase in skill and power so suddenly."

He tightened his grip on his racquet.

"Very well then, I will also get serious."

It was 5 to 2.

"Kamaitachi!" Yanagi said as he hit the ball. The ball was incredibly fast, and in a blink of an eye the ball hit the ground then out. In a matter of moments, Yanagi easily won the game.

Yanagi went forward to shake hands with Kawaru with tears in his eyes.

"I am very surprised with your techniques, I am sure your father is very proud of you," Yanagi stated.

"No he won't be!" Kawaru yelled.

"Look, in my data I calculate that your father is trying to ignore you so you will become strong to support his business,"

"Really?"

"Yes, so do your best at everything I suggest,"

"Yes, thank you very much!" Kawaru said as he ran off the courts very happy.

"Good job, Yanagi-san!" Sakura smiled happily and handed him a water bottle. He thanked her.

"What was up with the last bit though? He like switched personalities or something," Haruka asked.

"Multiple personality disorder?" Kirihara said with wide eyes.

"...And who is surprised there?" Haruka said sarcastically.

Yukimura shook his head in thought. "I don't think so. I think it's just when he hears about his father, and the desperate need to be recognised made him change his playing style."

"Yes, but I think everything will be alright," Yanagi stated as he was about to drink his water, when he noticed that the water had bits of undissolved powder in it.

"Sakura-san, is this a new drink?" Yanagi asked.

"Umm... yes it is... Is there something wrong?"

"No please don't worry,"

Before they could talk about it further, the next match was announced.

It was Doubles 1, Marui and Jackal versus Niteru Akiru and Akira.

Akiru and Akira were exactly the same height, they also had the same hair colour and style and the same clothes on, the only difference being their caps. Akiru had blue while Akira had a white cap on.

Both brothers grinned at the Rikkai pair and snickered.

"I hope you two are fun to play!"

"Cause a boring game is the worst!"

"Entertain us well, ne?"

Marui blinked at the brothers, while Jackal frowned. Akiru and Akira laughed out loud and got into position.

"Wow, they look so alike! Are they twins?" Sakura asked.

"No, Akiru is a senior while Akira is a freshman," Yanagi stated.

They continued to watch the match.

It was pretty even. The brothers were quick on their feet and their ball were fast and unpredictable, but they were light and easy to return. Marui and Jackal soon noticed something.

They always stayed on their own side of the court, but if a ball bounced close to the net, Akira would always get it, and if the ball was quite far back, Akiru would always hit it.

Jackal looked at Marui, who nodded in understanding. Marui sent the ball far back, but into the corner of the side with Akira. Akiru failed to return the ball. Using this strategy, Rikkai was leading 4-2.

But the brothers didn't seem fazed at all. Another rally began, but as Jackal was about to return, the colour caps on the brothers… switched?

Confused, Jackal sent the ball to the corner, where usually Akiru would miss. But somehow, Akiru was already on the side, and quickly hit the ball, earning them a point.

"Eh?" Marui muttered.

"Hahaha, this is epic! Rikkai is being tricked so easily..." Kageaku again laughed.

The Rikkai pair continued to lose points as the two continually swapped caps, confusing them.

"Marui, we have to stop looking at their caps," Jackal said quietly.

Marui nodded in agreement. "But they look exactly the same!"

Jackal narrowed his eyes at the brothers, before his eyes widened.

"Their racquets are different colours!"

One of them had a gold rimmed racquet and the other had a silver rimmed racquet.

"I think we got this..." Marui said as he performed his tight rope walking.

Akiru with the silver racquet dived towards the net, but the ball rolled the other direction and it dropped on the Toukaide side.

"Bingo!"

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

Kageaku spoke to a shadow behind him.

"I thought you would make us win," Kageaku said in an annoyed tone.

"Kukuku, well I was going to make Niou Masaharu go blind a bit earlier but it's all for the fun and, Sakura handed Yanagi Renji the wrong water bottle. She was supposed to give him the spiked one during his match... oh well... I am sure everything will be fine," MM2 replied.

MM2 was walking away, when he said not even bothering to turn around, "And don't address me so casually Kageaku Kuroya."

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

On the courts, they continued playing and the Rikkai pair distinguished between the two from their racquets.

Marui hit his 'Temporary Time Hell' and Akira missed it, but Akiru returned it. The genius smirked.

As they rallied, Marui spotted the gold racquet come forward so he purposely hit the 'TTH' (Shortened version)

Gold racquet swung at the ball and hit it.

The Rikkai pair was shocked as the ball was returned.

"I thought only Akiru could return my 'Temporary Time Hell' and he was the one with the silver racquet, so if we hit it at the gold racquet one..."

Akira smirked, "You are too gullible! And here I thought that Rikkai was one of the most deceiving schools in Kantou..."

"You thought right," Haruka said to herself.

"Our racquets have colour reflectors and refractors on them so depending on the angle you look at it, the colour changes!" Akira and Akiru said in glee.

"I see... either way I am sure it won't make much of a difference..." Haruka said normally.

The Rikkai pair was winning, until Jackal picked up his racquet from the benches and suddenly, a strong electrical current passed through. Jackal dropped his racquet and his hand was numb.

Eventually Rikkai had to forfeit because Jackal couldn't grip his racquet.

"What now?" Sanada barked.

"An electric current... while I had my racquet on the bench somebody must have..."

"Is that possible though? I mean these courts are surrounded by people and somebody must have seen..." Haruka was reasoning when Yukimura interrupted.

"Well I thought it was just some prank, but this is getting serious..."

-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-

Singles 2 was Sanada.

By then Niou had returned from the hospital and was sitting around.

"Hiroshi-san, so what did the doctors say?" Sakura asked.

"They said it was a really diluted so it shouldn't harm the eyes that much." Yagyuu assured Sakura.

"Oh thank you," Sakura smiled.

The next moment, she saw a face, she did not expect to see...

A/U: Evil cliffie! Thank you for reading! Now we are aiming to get over 35 reviews so please help us! Also in the future chapters, we need some OCs and we were wondering, if anybody would help us out by giving us one? Well thank you and please review. Until next time!

BTW, I'm not sure if the electrical thing is possible, but just pretend…

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