What! No Way!
"Are they out of their minds." Some of the sophmores said and Sumire got out of her seat.
"Would you like to tell me why you finally desided to come back?" She said and the students that were watching were shocked.
"I missed being home Obasan." The girl with her eyes closed said, "Plus your girls have to be trained and brought to the nationals as well." She said and Sumire smiled.
"Girls grab your racquets and go to the ajoining court. Ryuzaki, Kamio, Ibu, and Kamia go and get changed. I want to see what the coachs of the Fudomine Girls team can do." She said and the four left to get changed. "Guys as from what I saw the ranking is still the same. But this time around I'm going to let there be ten members on the Regulars team." She said and then smiled. "Your tenth member will not be called upon unless we have no choice." She said, then the four girls came back out. "Taki I would have thought that you and Sakuno would have the same build." She said looking the girl over.
"Nee-san is smaller then even Ryoma." Sakuno said and the girl looked at her.
"We'll have to cut your hair so that you can pass for being a guy in the next ternament." Sumire said and the guys looked stunned at her. "Taki can't play for the girls team she's to good. She'll help coach it but will be on the guys team." She said and the three other girls handed sweatbands to Taki. "The reast of you get back to practice the ranking is done with." She said and the guys went back to practicing. Suddenly the Fudomine regulars came storming into the tennis court. Akira looked more pissed off then ever.
"Give back my sister and girlfriend." Akira demanded.
"Give me back my sister and my girlfriend." Shinji muttered.
"Give me back my girlfriend." Uchimura said.
"Give me back my team capain and coaches." Ann said standing in front of her brother who wasn't really there to do anything.
"Isn't Ann your girlfriend." Momo and Kaidoh said looking at Kamio.
"Are you nuts if he even thinks of touching my sister he is a dead man." Tachibana Kippei said and then pointed at Taki who was putting the sweatbands on. "That's Kamio's girlfriend." He said and then they noticed the Seigaku Regular's uniform on the girl.
"NO!" Kamio shouted when he saw the uniform. "Taki get back into the changing room and change." He demanded and she came up to him.
"Sumimasen Akira. This is the only way I'll be able to play." She said and kissed his cheek. "So you better get better I want to have a match against you guys someday." She said and hugged him.
"Alright Taki. Just take care of yourself." Akira said, Momo and Kaidoh looked surpried at him.
"You're just going to let her go?" Momo said.
"You never do anything calm." Kaidoh said and Akira looked at them.
"She calms me sorry to say." He said and then Taki took a ball out form behind her and smiled.
"Kikumaru-senpai." She said and then the ball went sailing towards him. He walked towards the court the girls were to work in. "I have to go." she said and ran after Eiji, who was going to help them with the girls since he was taking a break from working with the guys since he had just faced Ryoma.
"Sumimasen Koi, Oniisan we're going to transfer and stay with her as well." The other girls said and went after their friend and the rest of the girls in at tennis club did as well.
"No this can't be happening." Ann said as she was fuming. "We don't have a coach or team captain."
"Calm down Imoto." Kippei said placing a hand on his sister's shoulder. "You have to take that role on now." He said and she pouted.
"Oba-san why couldn't nee-san play at Fudomine?" Sakuno said and the guys looked at the guys from Fudomine.
"Because it would be like putting her in nercery all over again." Sumire said and the guys nodded. "Sakuno your nee-san may be a 1st year like you but she plays just like Ryoma. Also since she's so small she was never treated like other players. She was babied untill her apponents got a taste of her playing." She said then heard the girls all shout and they went running.
"Sumimasen, Sumimasen…Itai… Sumimasen...Itai…" They all heard Eiji shout and they all went to see what the hell had happened.
"Kikumaru-senpia no baka." Taki said flat on her back with Eiji on his back on her.
"Itai…Itai." Eiji whined and Oishi came up to them. "Sumimasen…Itai…" he said and tears came down he face. "Itai…Itai…"
"Eiji?" The others all said and then noticed that his arm was bent in a weird way even for him.
"Itai… Itai…" Taki said sitting up and rubbed her head were Eiji's racquet hit her when they fell.
"Well isn't this a predicament it looks like the Golden Pair will have to sit the next ternament out." Sumire said and everyone looked at her shocked.
"Oishi?" Eiji said and looked at him in consern.
"It's stupid Eiji." Oishi said and then Eiji noticed the bandage on his partner's right wrist.
"Oishi!" Eiji shouted and then whinced at the pain in his arm. "Itai."
"Baka." Taki said and got up. That's when she noticed that her racquet had shattered into the ref's seat. "Kuso." She said and noticed that she had a cut on her forhead. "Kuso." She said and then whiped the blood off with her wrist band and then went to get her spare racquet.
"Well it looks like Kaidoh and Inui will be our 2nd double, Momo singles three, Takashi singles two, Fuji singles one, and Ryoma you will be our spare." She said and they nodded.
"But shoulden't Takashi and Fuji be the 1st doubles." Some of the guys said but she shook her head. "Why not? It would give Ryoma a spot at the singles as well as captain Tezuka."
"Because Tezuka is going to be one of the doubles." She said as Tezuka went up behind Taki and placed his hand onto her head.
"How many fingers are there Ryuzaki?" He asked and she looked up at him.
"Baka Tezuka-senpai ni (two)." She said and took the towel he had handing over his shoulder. She placed it on her face then leaned onto him. "Kokuhyo suru (damn)." She said and he just looked down at her.
"You know its two but you see four don't you." He said and she nodded her head.
"That will be the pair for the doubles one." Sumire said and all the girls fell over except for the three from the other school.
"But but but Tezuka-senpai can't. He can't play doubles. He's too good to be partnered with anyone. Especially her." Some of the girls said and Taki balled her fist but Tezuka was the one who spoke up.
"Shut the hell up. You haven't seen her play and you don't know her. She is one of the best. You all had douts about Echizen and then you were shocked when he played. So don't judge her just because she's smaller." He said and knelt down so he was looking her face to face. He moved the towle and lifted her chin up a bit.
"Aka won ten consecutive games at the age of eight." Fuji said remembering being there for her then. "And if I have been hearing things correct was recruted to join the ternament in Wimbolden." He said and she lowered her head.
"Nee-san did you go?" Sakuno asked and Taki shook her head.
"What!" Everyone shouted even her friends and old school mates.
"I didn't go." She said and then looked Tezuka in the eyes. "I hadn't played in so long that I said no." She said and noticed that Tezuka was examining her scrape on her head. "As you can see I was so out of sync with Kikumaru-senpai that we both got hurt."
"It wasn't that. He got injured playing Echizen. And you both are acrobatics and haven't played on the same side since you left. Three year make a difference especially when you both have evolved over the years." Tezuka said then sat down in front of her.
"Hoi that's true Taki so don't think anything about it." Eiji said and leaned onto Oishi.
"Baka you should have said something." She said and then shook her head and then felt light headed. With a blink of an eye Kamio had grabbed onto her and ran her over to the sink were he turned on the tap then placed her head under it as she threw up.
"We warned up this morning not to do this since you played with us in practice." Kamio said and she grabbed his head then sprade the water at him. "Oh you little." He said and dropped her. She landed on her feet and flicked her head back.
"I don't see it." Kaidoh and Momo said watching the two. "They act like brother and sister."
"Really since I am his sister." Sora said and they looked at her. "We just leave each other alone most of the time since he is older by a year." She said, and then she went up to them handing her brother a towle she had with her.
"Every one is dismissed." Tezuka said and all the other students' disperes as the regulars got their things together. He looked over at Taki and shook his head. 'How am I going to play with her? It's been so long since I played doubles.' With that thought Taki seemed to pick it up and smiled.
"Tezuka-senpai if you don't mind I'd like to play with you for a while to get me back into the rythem." She said and they all smiled at her use of Kamio's word.
"You've been hanging around Kamio-senpai to long nee-san." Sakuno said as they all laughed except for Taki who didn't look to happy.
"Well it's not like she didn't have a choice since they both are in charge of maintaining the club room." Ann said and then rememberd, "By the way Taki I need the key to the room since I'll have to take care of the girls side from now on." She said and Taki looked at Kamio.
"I don't have one." She said and they all looked at her except for the guys from Fudomine.
"What do you mean you don't have one. How the hell did you open up then when the guys weren't there?" Ann said as Taki rolled her shoulders.
"Akira and Kippei were always there when I got to the room. Or else I pass them in the halls at school or on the streets and tell them where I'm headed. They lend me their keys or come and open it for me." She said and then went up beside Tezuka. She looked him up and down then started jumping up and down like Echizen does when he plays.
"Ryozaki, how hevey are you now?" Tezuka asked and all the guys gave him a look like he was crazy.
"Are you out of your mind?" They said and Taki tilted her head and smiled at him.
"85 lbs." She said and the other girls looked at her as if she was out of her mind.
"No you can't be. With the ammount that you eat." Her friends said and she smiled.
"I am." She said and they all went into the changing room to find a scale. "See." She said and they all were serprised that she was actually only 80 lbs. "Gomen I ment 80 lbs."
"But how?" all the students from Fudomine said and she pointed at Kamio.
"Me what do you mean me?" He said and she shook her head.
"Get out my binder." She said and he did. "My training schedule." She said and they all took a look at it.
"It's the exact same as all the guys here except put all together." Inui said and looked amazed at her. "When did you find the time for all that?"
"I didn't have to go to class unless it was a test so." She said and then looked at the time. "Tezuka-senpai you have someone waiting for you." She said when she noticed a girl looking at him from the door.
"Kuso." He whispered. "Sei I'm sorry I can't take you home today. I've got to practice for the ternamet we have in two days." He said to the girl and she looked like she was going to cry.
"What the hell is she crying about." Taki said and they all looked at her even Sei. "She was sucking face with another guy in the school when we came trough the gates this afternoon." She said and Sei gasped and glared at her. "You're not that good of an actor like Kikumaru-senpai is." She said then the girl came storming up to her and slapped her.
"You bitch mind your own busness." Sei said Taki cracked her neck.
"Looks like you've got a bit of a temper." She said and then cracked her jaw. "And just to tell you, not many girls are going to like the fact that you were two timing Tezuka-senpai." She said and then walked passed all of them. Then she looked at the time again and her cell phone rang. "Kuso." She said running back over to Kamio. "Gomen I foregot about it. Come to Seigaku Highschool and to the tennis courts in the back. Gomen I know that but I can't leave just yet. But otosan… Hai… hai…hai…" She said then closed her eyes. "No…Hai…no…hai." She said and then hung up and sat down on the floor while the others looked at her.
"What happened?" They all said and she hung her head.
"He found out about the test I failed." She said and the guys from her school fell over.
"You failed a test?" Tezuka said and she got her bag and handed him the test they were allowed to take home. "I'm thinking your teacher will reconsider when she gets back." He said and they all looked at him. "You did have a sub that day didn't you." He said and she nodded. "You're teacher will see that your answers would have been all right excecept that you had unfortunately had them one number off." He said and she rolled her shoulders.
"It doesn't matter he's on his way here. If I fail any more tests I loose all my privlages and all my Tennis equipment and clothing will be taken away." She said and her sisters looked at her as if she was oout of her mind.
"Otosan wouldn't really do that would he nee-san?" Sakuno said and her twin nodded.
"You've been living with Oba-san that you haven't had to face his wrath lately." Taki said and then a car pulled up to the school and a man came stomping their way.
"Otosan." Sakuno said and jumped onto her dad.
"Sakuno." He said hugging her then placed a kiss on her head then put her down. "Taki I've got though the test your teacher faxed me." He said and she looked up at him as she sat there. "You should have known better but if you make another mistake like that again that's it." He said and she nodded. " Oka-san." He said looking at Sumire and then hugged her as well. "It's been a long time. I hope that Sakuno has been a good girl." He said and she nodded. "I'll have Taki's papers all brought here with in the week. So please take care of her as well. Fuji, Tezuka, Kikumaru, Oishi please make sure she keeps up with her studies. I know you boys will keep an eye on her. And please inform me of any of the problems with her schooling like Tachibana, Ibu, Kamio, Ishida, and Uchimura did at Fudomine."
"Hai." They said and he then looked back at his daughter.
"Here. I don't want you to forget it next time. You're not going to get better if you don't." He said handing her a medicine container. "And these as well." He said handing her joint braces.
"Hai." Taki said and but on a knee brace, elbow brace, ankle brace and wrist brace. He then patted her on the head then left. "Kuso." She said and they all looked at her as if they couldn't believe what they were seeing.
"What the hell happened that you need all those." Sumire said and Taki got up.
"I got into some fights." She said and smiled like Fuji usually did. "It wasn't that bad. You should have seen the other people. I was in the hospital for a week they were there for a month." She said and then got her racquet. "Tezuka-senpai lets get this practice going." Eiji and Oishi stayed for a while to get the two back into the rythem as the others left.
The golden pair left the two to practice on their own after 2 hours. It was around ten when the two desided that it was time to stop. Tezuka sat on the bench as she did some cooling down since she worked harder then he had for the last hour.
"So what happened that you got into those fights." He said since he couldn't get it out of his head.
"Lets just say some girls from other schools don't like me hanging around star players that much." She said and then sat down beside him. "That's another reason I wanted to come back." She whispered and placed her head onto her knees. "Fudomine has become a death trap for me. As well as the others schools. The guys are well liked and can't really stop the girls from hurting me when they have the chance." She said and he noticed a bruse at the back of her neck. "But here at least I have Oba-san but I dout that she can do much for me. But I know that you guys won't let anything happen to me." She whispered as tears came down her face. "It was hard to just come back here." She said and he pulled her onto his lap like a little child.
"If anyone in this school tries to lay a finger on you they will have to go through all the regulars even Ryoma since Sakuno is his girlfriend, and no one does anything to make her upset unless it was him." He said and rapped his arms around her. 'I missed this.' He said in his mind.
"It's late Senpai would your parents mind if I stayed at your place since it's closer and I'll be coming here tomorrow as it is." She said and he took out his cellphone at was in his bag beside him. He dialed a number and just held her where she was.