Tennis Tournament 3
Misty slowly creaked open the door belonging to her new roommates. Seeing as this would happen after every victory, she would soon have to get used to this. "Um… hello. My name is Misty." The roommates looked up at her. For some reason, Maylu, one of Misty's roommates, had this sudden urge to just run up to Misty and embrace her. Misty blushed and asked, "What's this all about?" Sakura yanked Maylu off of Misty and explained, "Heh, ever since you beat Sanji at Tennis, girls now consider you a hero! See, Sanji is kind of a womanizer and never deserved 60th place! Now that a girl has finally beaten him, well, everyone is happy! You're like an inspiration to all female Tennis players!" A small reindeer approached Misty. He stared up at her. Judging by his expression, he was nervous. Turns out that nervousness was just a dramatic pause as the reindeer turned all hyper-like and started hugging Misty. "Hi, my name's Tony-Tony Chopper! I must say, YOU have inspired me! Thanks to you, I now have confidence that I will finally be placed as 50th! You see, that's my dream rank!" Misty was very confused but more disturbed that this little mutated Christmas animal was looking up to her. Misty couldn't believe that one win could make a person so popular. Just then, Naruto approached her and stated, "You're a good player. This only proves that I'll need some practice. I heard that you're going to face ME today!" Misty was now delighted. Now she had been insured a chance at facing an opponent at her level. Naruto was ranked 85th so he was only one rank higher than Misty. But since he was so weak, Misty was bound to go up only one measly rank. "Well, I look forward to facing you, Naruto." She concurred. Sakura smiled and remarked, "Oh, don't keep your hopes up. Naruto says that to every new addition to the dormitory. He wants you to feel confident so you play your hardest." Misty laughed but soon realized that her next opponent might NOT be so easy-going.
Later than day, everyone had lunch. Misty had a surprisingly high number of boys swarming around her and begging to sit with her. Okay, it was only three boys, but still, it was a lot more boys than she usually received. The player ranked 25th, Miroku, held out his hand and asked, "Misty, would you consider… baring my children?" Misty was surprised. "Um… are you sure you'd choose me over the other pretty girls here?" asked Misty. Brock pushed him aside and pounded his lights out. "Look, Miroku, stop asking every girl you meet to bare your child! It's very annoying!" Miroku stepped down. No opponent ever struck as much fear into him as Brock did. Brock had the power to wield stone and conjure up heavy boulders. It's what made him good enough for 2nd place. "Don't mind Miroku, Misty. He's a total flirt. He asks every girl he meets to bare his children. What he's really into is Sango. She's ranked 15th and Miroku has had a crush on her ever since he joined the Tennis club. He dreams of that day when he will win her heart. Unfortunately, every time he has a chance with her, he messes it up." Misty cocked her eyebrow and asked, "How does he mess things up?" Brock chuckled and stated, "You're better off not asking that kind of question." Soon, the announcements turned on as Klahador announced, "Brock and Miroku, please report to the arena immediately!"
The two players entered the arena as Klahador announced, "Our first contestant started off as a simple, everyday flirter and soon worked his way up to the top. With the powers of the earth itself, Brock!" Brock entered the arena to row of cheers. The women cheered for him, too, but wore T-shirts saying "Call me and die!" Klahador continued, "Our next contestant has a knack for scaring off women and another knack for winning Tennis matches! One of our proudest players, Miroku!" Brock entered the arena with confidence as Miroku trembled in fear. He was always afraid of Brock. He was never afraid of Yugi, Inuyasha, Luffy or even Ash, but for some reason, Brock struck fear into him. Actually, it's not an unknown reason. Their first encounter was actually quite well known throughout the club. Miroku hit on May, the girl Brock had a crush on, and Brock pounded him with a boulder. At least Ash never did that when Miroku hit on his X-girlfriend, Serenity (Yu-Gi-Oh). Miroku threw the ball into the air and hit it onto Brock's side. Brock shrugged and sent it flying over to Miroku's side. Miroku grimaced as a large 15 appeared in his score box. 'Well, that was a pretty bad start. Better get him on the rebound.' Thought Miroku. Miroku served the ball again and this time, he had managed to score on Brock. Sadly, Brock had summoned a boulder to ricochet the ball back toward Miroku's side just as it was about to hit the surface. Unfortunately, Miroku couldn't get to the ball on time and Brock managed to score 30 points. 'Damn! This happens every time I face him! He always manages to avoid failure!' Brock laughed and stated, "Well, Miroku, looks like I might win again!" Miroku groaned and served the ball over to Brock once again. Brock sent it out of Miroku's reach. Miroku could stand this abuse no longer. "That's it! I won't this one hit the ground twice! Wind Tunnel!" Miroku opened up the wind tunnel in his right hand. It drew in the ball as he slammed it with his racket over to Brock's side scoring a point. For the first time ever, Miroku had scored on Brock. Unfortunately, he could only use the wind tunnel once per match so he had used up his ultimate technique. This didn't stop him for a second, though. He served the ball over to Brock's side as Brock managed to hit it back onto Miroku's side. Miroku growled as a large 40 showed up in Brock's score box. It was time for Miroku to pull out the big guns. He pulled out a talisman and placed it upon the ball. Then he cast an exorcism on the ball giving it ghostly powers. He hit it over to Brock's side as Brock hit it back. For the first time, Miroku had managed to volley it back. The point of the ghost-ball was to make it so that Miroku could always hit it no matter what. Though it didn't ruin Brock's chances at victory, it did, in fact, make Miroku invincible to all regular everyday shots. Brock's shots were powerful, but as implied, they were regular common shots. Miroku hit the ball back to Brock eight times before Brock turned his racket into stone and sent it hurling off into Miroku's face. Miroku fell flat on his back as Klahador announced, "Game set and match, Brock!" It was over. Once again, Miroku had lost.
For the time after the match, everyone had settled down to take a rest. Misty looked at Brock and stated, "So, that's your special power, huh." Brock nodded and stated, "I guess Ash told you about my special powers." Misty nodded and asked, "What powers do Yugi, Luffy and Inuyasha have?" Brock smiled and stated, "I have been waiting a long time to explain this to someone. You see; Yugi uses the powers of lightning. See, the lightning bolts in his hair emit lightning and form a forcefield around the arena thus sending the ball back where it came from. Luffy, on the other hand, uses the powers of Rubber. It may not be an element like you and I both have, but it's amazing. He has a series of special rubber moves that he can use to stop almost any incoming ball. In fact, he has so many that only three of his moves are allowed in his matches. Inuyasha has the power of fire. Sure it's not as strong as Ash's fire abilities, but all the same, it's quite powerful. See, I've now listed the only people in this club with special abilities besides us. You may want to steer clear of these people until you've become a pro. Anyway, you're going to be called in for a match in five, four, three, two, one." "May Misty Waterflower and Rex Raptor please report to the arena?" called out Klahador. Misty took a deep breath and headed toward the arena. She was ready for this.