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Hello again! Back with another chapter...^^..it's about when Yuki joins the team..o.0..here it is!

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"Obaa-san..can Haragiri-san join Seigaku's tennis club?"asked the cute lil' red head. His innocent, big, brown eyes were on the coach. She heaved a sigh, and just nodded her head.

"Kikumaru, just get her to come tomorrow, okay? Why can't she join the girls' team anyway?"asked Ryuzaki sensei. She already knew Momo hurt his ankle, and needed a replacement. She thought that Inui would be a good replacement, but Kikumaru suggested adding Haragiri. She didn't even know whether she was good or not.

"Onegai, obaa-san. Something bad happened to her the girls' team."

"Alright, alright. Get her to come punctual tomorrow."

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The Thursday wind was blowing and shaking the beautiful sakura trees, causing its petals to fall to the ground. Behind the tree she saw a couple looking very intimate, close to kissing. The guy had soft brown hair, and the girl's hair was quite dark brownish too.

"Ah...where's Eiji? He's late.."said Yuki, looking at her watch. It read 1800.

"Darn, he was supposed to meet me here half an hour ago.."

"NANJAROH HOI HOI!"shouted Kikumaru from behind, startling her.

"AHH! Ohh...it's just you...konnichiwa!"she greeted shyly.

"Hey, you know that obaa-san has approved of you to play in the boys' team?"

"Ah..um...but she hasn't checked how well I am yet."

"Therefore, she wants you to go for practice tomorrow and play against her! That's how she determines how good you are!"

"Ah..arigato, Eiji-kun."

"Eh....who's that girl there, Eiji?"asked the dark brownish haired girl. Apparently, she and the guy have been behind them all the while.

"Oh, Miyuki-chan, meet Haragiri Yuki. She's from Hokkaido."

"Hmm...some sort of long-distance romance? This doesn't seem like the impatient Eiji that I know..."continued Miyuki, grinning evilly.

"Ah...shut up.."said Kikumaru, blushing like a tomato. The brown haired boy was looking, and observing Yuki.

"She seems like Eiji's type of girl ; sweet, cute and beautiful,"whispered the boy to Miyuki. Miyuki just giggled.

"Eh...Fuji.....since when did you start teasing people?"said Kikumaru, turning even redder than before.

"Ano, sumimasen, Eiji, demo...who are these people?"asked Yuki, looking puzzled.

"Oh yea! This guy here is Fuji Syusuke, one of the regulars in Seigaku's boys' tennis team. And this annoying girl is Tezuka Miyuki, sister of the cold and serious buchou of Seigaku's boys' tennis team, Tezuka Kunimitsu."

"Oh, Tezuka Kunimitsu? I heard from some girls at the locker room that Tezuka's cute, though,"said Yuki innocently. Miyuki started to chuckle.

"Nii-chan's very emotionless, though. He's just like our grandpa, Kunikazu."

"Oh, and Haragiri-san, it's best to stick to Eiji, because he is full of emotions. If you keep on praising nii-chan...he's gonna be sooooo jealous,"continued Miyuki, laughing. Kikumaru thwacked her with a branch from a tree, and she evaded. Poor Fuji had to take the damage.

"Saa..Miyuki, I think we'd better leave. We have to meet okaa-san, nee-san and Yuuta soon. You need to get dressed up, anyway,"suggested Fuji.

"Hmm...is Miyuki-chan getting married so fast? Not bad, Fuji. Congrats,"teased Kikumaru. This time, Miyuki punched him lightly on his arm, blushing a little.

"Ah...don't talk rubbish, Eiji. Anyway, we better go now. Catcha soon!"said Miyuki, holding Fuji's arm. Kikumaru smirked at the sight of that.

"Eiji-kun....are you really sure that you want to give up on Miyuki- san?"asked Yuki quitely.

"Saa...we better go now too. I wanna see how you play tennis too. I know a place which has good tennis courts."

Kikumaru led Yuki to a brightly lit place with people shouting "GO!" and "COME ON!"

"Umm...Eiji-kun...where are we?"asked Yuki, feeling a bit uneasy. There were some couples kissing outside their destination, which brought up Yuki's uneasiness. She thought it was a place where couples go for dates. She only thought of Eiji as a good friend, and nothing more.

"Come on, let's go furthur. The street tennis courts are furthur inside."

Yuki saw many people crowding outside a court where some people were playing doubles. She recognized one of the pairs uniforms'. It was Hyotei Gakuen, a school her grandma thought of sending her to.

"Eiji-kun, that's Hyotei, right?"asked Yuki, her eyes wide. She had never seen Hyotei, the top seeded school play before. It wasn't that Hokkaido had no school who emphasized on tennis, but the school wasn't good enough for Yuki.

"Yup! Come on, we're up next!"said Kikumaru enthusiastically. He unzipped his duffle bag and took out a racket. He tossed her a racket to use to play against their opponent.

"Umm...okay.."said Yuki, wondering what was Kikumaru's style of playing tennis. She could clearly see that he was an acrobatics player, looking at his personality.

"Atobe-Kabaji, 6-0!"annouced the commentator, looking rather worried at how good Hyotei was. Both Atobe and Kabaji had already wiped out their best players.

"Next is Kikumaru-Haragiri, mister,"said Kikumaru to the commentator. He just nodded his head.

Their opponents were Atobe and Kabaji. They had never lost one match yet, and all the Hyotei students there were cheering for their school.

"I just hate show-offs,"said Yuki, putting on a cap. It covered the straight part of her hair, leaving the curls blown by the wind. She gripped Kikumaru's racket tightly, gearing herself up to teach these show-offs a lesson.

"Hm? Hey, you're a cutie too. Wanna go for a date later?"asked Atobe, looking at the arrogant girl. She turned away, focusing on Kikumaru.

"Hoi, Eiji, you better win this match. I just hate people who are so confident of themselves,"she said, with a glimmer in her eyes. He gave her a thumbs up, and his usual grin. She smiled back at him, and continued to focus on her opponent.

"Slightly tall, arrogant and boastful. That matches the personality of Atobe Keigo, Hyotei's captain. His partner, built well but fast, that should be Kabaji Munehiro,"thought Yuki as she watched her partner go to the front to display his acrobatic skills.

"Hmm...and Kikumaru Eiji...I have yet to see his acrobatic skills. It should be at least as good, or even better than mine,"she continued thinking, purposely missing a ball to try build up Hyotei's confidence.

"YUKI!! Why did you let that ball go? It was just a normal shot!!"shouted Kikumaru, pouting.

"Aw..Eiji, stop pouting..I was just thinking about some things,"Yuki said, trying to bring up Kikumaru's mood. He continued to put a funny and cute pout, trying to get Yuki to pity him.

The game continued, and Hyotei were leading 0-3. Hyotei felt very confident of winning and the people watching Kikumaru and Yuki ran out of hope that they'd trash the arrogant Hyotei.

"Okay, we better gear up, Eiji. Please stand at the back, because I've seen enough of your acrobatic skills. He was taken aback, but went to the back and served. After a few returns, Yuki showed her true colours, hitting back the ball at hard to hit spots using acrobatics. She had a flexible figure. Even Kikumaru thought she was boneless the way she was bending herself.

"6-3,"annouced the commentator. He was stunned because Yuki was losing all the way, but she managed to show her true colours after Hyotei won 3 sets.

"I told you I hate show-offs,"said Yuki loudly, throwing an arrogant look.

"Come on, Eiji, let's go somewhere else. I'm bored,"she said lazily. It was not that she was proud of herself, but she was just rather tired. She lacked stamina, but never improved it because once she tried improving her stamina, she hurt her muscle and could not walk for a couple of weeks. She took a seat on the bench, panting.

"Yuki-chan, I'll get you a drink from the vending machine, okay? Wait for me here,"Kikumaru said, putting his duffel bag on the seat next to Yuki's. She nodded her head in reply and sat down obediently. After a while, a figure appeared in front of her.

"EE-YAH!"a girl screamed, alerting Kikumaru. The girl sounded like Yuki.

"No, no, it can't be Yuki,"thought Kikumaru in his mind, rushing with two can isotonic drinks on his hands. He was wrong ; it was Yuki. Beside her was Atobe, grabbing onto her arm.

"Yada! Let me go!"shouted Yuki, defenceless. She kicked Atobe in the shin, but he didn't move because he was strong enough to minimize the pain of the kick. He gave Yuki a kiss and turned to Kikumaru.

"You've got quite a taste here, Kikumaru. She's so beautiful, heavenly and sexy,"said Atobe, making Kikumaru furious.

"Don't....molest...her!"said Kikumaru, punching Atobe and freeing Yuki. She sat at the bench and started crying. Atobe just smirked at Kikumaru.

"Aw, Kikumaru. Don't be selfish and not share this girl here....anyway, Kabaji, let's go,"said Atobe, turning to his well-built friend. Both of them left, leaving the red-haired boy and the crying girl alone. She sobbed and sobbed non-stop. It was probably her second molest in Tokyo, and she felt like going back to her home in Hokkaido. Even though she would be alone there, she felt the safest there.

"Eiji...I wanna...go home,"she said, in tears.

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Ahh! I've been typing and typing....phew! How's it? Don't forget to R&R! I've added Hyotei again...naze?[Why?]...just that i'm mad...i suppose XD...so please review ^^