Tennis no Ohjisama
By Dj
standard disclaimers
Chapter 2Momo's POV
Momoshiro Takeshi never thought the day would come when he would pity a brick wall but now he did. Who would have thought that the mamushi had such a hard head?
Actually I shouldn't be so surprised. He has a thick skull after all. All the nutrition that should have gone to his brain had been intercepted by its guardian.
He was just about to go over and save the wall before it disintegrated into a pile of pinkish-gray cement when the assault stopped. Thank god. He did not think the wall could take much more abuse. Trust the mamushi to antagonize and everything he laid his eyes on, even a wall.
It was not that Momo had not been exposed to Kaidoh's self-abuse before. In fact it was a common occurrence whenever he felt down, like the time he had hit himself repeatedly on the knees during his game with Ryoma. However, there was something different this time. It was not really the increased intensity that was disconcerting. Kaidoh was always intense. No, that was not it. Yet, something seemed wrong as Momo watched Kaidoh slump onto the ground in a defeated heap.
That's it! Momo thought, that's it. Usually he'd recover from the self-abuse refreshed and burning with fighting spirit. This is something new. The mamushi I know does not sink in defeat. He tries to overcome his challenges. Each and every one of them. That defeat must have really gotten to him. Poor guy...
Momo abruptly halted his train of thought. He was supposed to be pitying the wall, not its abuser.
What's wrong with me?
But Momo was unable to figure that out. Neither was he able to figure out why he felt the strong need to go over and offer some support. After some pondering, he came to the answer that there was no challenge fighting a moulted piece of skin that used to be a snake. The sooner Kaidoh returned to being the python he was, the sooner things could go back to normal.
Armed with this conclusion, Momo stepped out from where he was watching and called, 'Oi, Mamushi.'
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