Happy
chapter 20
Previously
"You have 10" Tezuka ordered "Win in that or you forfeit" Ryoma nodded tersely and grabbed an extra racquet from her bag , as she was about to walk back onto the court, Fuji grabbed her wrist with open eyes "You don't have to do this" Ryoma glared up at him
"I know" Fuji nodded reluctantly and then his smile returned in place
"Good luck then" Ryoma rolled her eyes
"Don't need it, I've figured out his technique" She smirked
"I'm not gonna go easy on you just cuz you have issues" Shinji warned and to the side Tachibanna face palmed
"Che, whatever mumbles" Ryoma scoffed and Momo, Eiji and Kamio erupted into snicker while Shinji wondered under his breath what she was talking about.
Ryoma held her racquet out in front of her "You sure like your top-spins and slices, ne?"
Shinjis' eyes widened "I don't like them so much" Ryoma smirked and got ready to serve
You're going down she thought and ignored the memories that tried to resurface and sent a twist serve his way and began another rally.
Currently
Ryoma hit the ball back to Shinji with the force and speed of harsh winds and smirked
"Ne, Mumbles, your technique has two weak points"
The audience gasped as Ryoma switched hands and scored a point.
"Yes, that's it!" Inui said "Using the one footed split step, she can react to where the ball is going in time to switch hands!"
"I'll just numb both your arms" Shinji said but soon realised he couldn't hit the spot.
"I told you I don't like topspins"
"Have you ever played a player with Nitoryuu?" Ryoma smirked and scored the last point and smirked "Ne, buchou did I make it?" She asked and Tezuka couldn't help but smile ever so slightly as he nodded, Ryoma sighed in relief. Oishi fussed and rushed her off to the hospital complaining that the bandage hadn't even lasted 10 minutes never mind 15.
"So, we won" Taka grinned along with everyone else and if it looked a bit creepy no one cared.
"So… to Kawamura sushi?" Taka asked nervously, not sure if they'd want to come, but by the loud cheer he supposed they did.
"WOW Echizen that was awesome! Except that part where ya kinda freaked out, d'ya think Inoue san will write about in ProTennis weekly?" Horio said (shouted) in the very annoyed looking face of Echizen Ryoma spitting some of his sushi on her.
Smiling, Ryoma shoved some wasabi in Horio's large mouth and watched with no little satisfaction as he freaked out before fainting.
Everyone shuddered as Ryoma and Fuji high fived each other
They're both sadists! They all thought and Tezuka sighed.
"Hey Ryo-chan, why'd you swing your body earlier?" Fuji asked
"Trial and error" Ryoma stated simply before sticking some sushi in her mouth, they all waited with bated breath as they realised she had eaten wasabi sushi.
"Hmmm… this really isn't that bad" She shrugged. They all gasped (sans Tezuka, Inui and Fuji) and secretly vowed to try and separate Ryoma from Fuji for a while.
"Wow, chibisuke, you sure have weird taste" Ryoga laughed
"Ya, you must be insane!" Momo shouted and Eiji nodded
"Maybe you're the insane ones" Fuji said and Ryoma made an agreeing sound
"A sane person, to an insane society, must appear insane" Ryoma quoted which set Fuji off into excited chatter, and soon the two had completely forgotten the rest of them were there.
"Fuji and Echizen sitting in a tree…." Eji and Momo started singing and suddenly they were staring into dangerous gold and lightening blue
"Care to finish that… sempai-tachi?" Ryoma glared and Momo and Eiji gulped
"It would seem not, Ryo-chan" Fuji smiled.
"Ryoma let's get a picture together!" Shiba said energetically "It's great that a girl can kick guys asses in tennis" She laughed and Inoue sent her a warning glare while Ryoma said
"Aa" unenergetically.
Just as the camera was about to click, Momo (who was in an epic sushi fight with Eiji) was knocked backwards and pushed Horio onto Ryomas' shoulder, effectively shoving Shiba out of the frame.
Fuji silently vowed to get a picture with his Ryo-chan too… right after he kills Horio.
Fuji chuckled at the sight before him and gently nudged the others and put a delicate finger to his mouth in a shush motion and pointed to where Ryoma lay curled up like a cat asleep on one of the mats, they all awed at the sight and Fuji took a few pictures before Eiji and Momo shared an evil look and took out their sharpies…
"Taidaima" Ryoma called and took off her shoes and tennis bag as she closed the door behind her.
"Did you have fun at the match today?" Nanjiro asked.
"Aa" Ryoma answered passively "I won but I got injured but it should heal soon enough" She continued, carefully leaving out her flashback
She turned to face Nanjiro who then laughed boisterously Touching gingerly at her eye patch she felt the cool, wet felt of marker and saw it smeared on her fingers.
Sighing she rolled her eyes " Commemoration of winning" She said simply and went up to her room to have a shower, try to wash the sweat and bad memories off herself.
At least I can get rid of the sweat Ryoma thought solemnly.
Authors note
Sorry for the wait ^w^
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