(Here it is! The long awaited bonus Tezuka chapter)

It had been a week or so since my adventures in the world of Seigaku, and needless to say I was glad to return back to the world of non-Technicolor. Life had returned to normal, more or less, and I was back into the groove of school life and having fun. Having beaten some of the best players on the Kantou tournament circuit, I decided I needed to hone my tennis skills. Near my house there is a brand spanking new tennis court constructed by the school. Since none of my tennis buddies were around I decided to practice alone against a wall. I had started to hit the ball back and forth, practicing my forehand and backhand. It was a very sunny day and the sky had been clear and blue all day. Suddenly, dark, gloomy clouds began to collect above, darkening the sky.

"Strange, it was just perfect weather a second ago," I thought as I looked up towards the sky.

I immediately heard footsteps behind me. There had been no one else on the tennis court, so I thought maybe someone had come with whom I could have a match. Turning around, I was thoroughly surprised by a few prince of tennis characters. There was Kikumaru, who wheeled along in a motorized wheelchair. There was Kajimoto who was wearing a back brace. Immediately behind them were Echizen, Tezuka Kunimitsu, and Sanada Genichirou. I noticed Echizen was wearing long pants as opposed to shorts (probably to hide the burn marks), and that his shoes were brand new.

"I hope his burns are healed by now," I thought to myself slightly snickering.

"I take it you are the 'gaijin' everyone's been talking about?" asked the very deep voiced Tezuka Kunimitsu. Tezuka had his usual cold expression and was wearing the classic blue and white Seigaku tennis uniform.

"How…did…you…how…can…you BE here?" I asked puzzled, but then answered my own question when I remembered how I came to their world.

"When I returned from Germany I found Seigaku in total disarray. Everyone had grown shorter, and their tennis has never been the same. I was told you were the cause of all this. I have come to challenge you, do you accept?" said Tezuka in his stately tone of voice.

It was extremely strange and unnerving at the same time to see a tall, Technicolor man standing in front of me challenging me to a game of tennis, but weirder things have happened.

"Sure, let's play."

"Wait," said the cool and expressionless Sanada. "I must play the gaijin myself to truly test his mettle. Rumor of your skills has reached us at Rikkadai Fuzoku, and as the #1 player in middle school tennis I cannot allow you to remain undefeated," said Sanada, removing his jersey.

I simply shrugged.

"Cold as ice as usual. Fine then Sanada, let's play."

Both of us got into position and prepared to play. I served the ball into Sanada's court, and a furious battle of tennis ensued. I was pleased to see that for the most part, Sanada's moves were in the realm of the possible. I immediately took the first game by sending the ball careening into the opposite court.

"Game, me, Sanny-boy" I said smirking sarcastically.

Apparently perturbed by my non-chalant nature, Sanada got into serving position and took on a very serious face.

"If he wants to play it that way, I'll have to answer him with my own strength," thought Sanada as he served the ball.

"Wonder what he was in store.." I thought as I expertly returned the ball.

Getting into position, Sanada let out a war cry as he swung the tennis racket so fast his arm seemed to be a moving blur.

"Deta, Invisible swing," remarked Echizen who was watching the match with intensity in his eyes.

However, much to Sanada's surprise, within seconds he had no arm where there had previously been one. Screaming out in pain, the tennis titan fell to his knees thoroughly shocked. Tezuka and Echizen were thoroughly surprised and turned to me. I immediately pulled out a gigantic chalkboard (funny how when cartoon characters are around such things are always conveniently at hand) and began to explain.

"For Sanada to swing his racket so fast you cannot see either his arm or the ball, it must be moving faster than the speed of light. However, this isn't possible in the slightest. When Sanada's arm accelerated to that speed, his arm (since it's matter) converted into pure energy, and therefore he no longer has an arm, as you can see," pointing a baton at Sanada who had now passed out from the pain.

"I've seen enough. We will no longer be plagued by your laws of physics. Once I defeat you here we will all return back to normal. Face me," said Tezuka in a rather stately manner, taking position on the court while Sanada was being put on stretcher.

We both go into our positions and got ready to have our match. I was excited in a way, to finally play the captain of the Seigaku team and possibly the strongest tennis player of them all. Besides being the most skilled, Tezuka was also the most ridiculous player of them all with his patented "Tezuka Zone" and "Zero-Shiki Drop Shot". "Thankfully," I thought, "this is the real world where that magical stuff can't happen."

"We'll let Echizen be the ref. How about it?" I yelled out to Tezuka.

"That is fine by me," he replied.

Tezuka procured a ball from his pocket and prepared to serve. The ball zoomed into my court at a very impressive speed, and I quickly got into position to return the ball. A fierce rally ensued. Tezuka definitely lived up to the hype as he was very quick, nimble, and precise in his aim.

"Game, Tezuka," announced Echizen.

"Looks like the first game is yours Tez," I said after losing the first match after being broken at 30. We switched courts and got back into position. I served the ball and a rally began. It was finally 30-40, and I really wanted to tie it so that I could win the game. Tezuka stepped back and hit the ball. However this time something was quite different.

"…This sure is … strange…"

A golden aura began to form around Tezuka, denoting his use of the "Tezuka Zone". Every ball I hit, at no matter what angle returned to Tezuka as if by magic. Not believing what I was seeing, I immediately decided to hit the ball straight up in the air. Much to my astonishment the ball simply curved down at a strange angle right towards Tezuka, who immediately took the point.

"Tezuka Zone," muttered Echizen who was watching the match intently.

Needless to say I was dumbfounded. It was maddening, every ball I hit, at every imaginable angle you could hit it, everything returned neatly in front of Tezuka.

"Well so much for relying on physics in the real world," I thought as I continued to play, thoroughly frustrated.

The rally continued, until Tezuka made a mistake and sent the tennis ball careening out of the court. Not wanting to try and find the ball in the brush near the courts, I simply went to my bag to get one of my own.

"Wait…we can still use one of my balls…" said Tezuka, looking rather frightened.

"What do you mean? Who cares what balls we use?" I asked puzzled. At that moment, it hit me. I immediately dropped my bag and went to the brush in order to look for the lost ball. Tezuka, apparently frightened, dropped his racket and ran over to me. Before he reached me, I found the ball, got a small knife out of my bag, and cut into the ball. Just as I thought.

"Tezuka…you…you…CHEATER!"

Inside the tennis ball was a lightweight piece of magnet.

"Now I know what the 'Tezuka Zone' is. You're such a fake, you used magnets and a metal racket with coated strings. Of course the ball returns to you its all magnetism!"

Tezuka sighed, and hung his head low in shame. All the other Prince of Tennis characters simply gasped in shock. Tezuka and I resumed our game with a normal tennis ball, and as I expected, I owned him like no other. Not even looking at his friends, the Seigaku captain left the court thoroughly defeated, with all the other characters limping behind after him.

The End.

(Stupid Tezuka Zone….)