Tennis Tournament 4
Misty entered the arena slowly. She gulped hard but soon decided that she had nothing to fear when she laid eyes on her opponent. He was very… short. This small fry wasn't even very threatening. But it soon hit her that Rex happened to be ranked 48th. Again, Klahador had chosen another unfair match-up. It's as if Klahador wanted her to lose. Or maybe he wanted to boost up her rank so she could make it to the tournament. Either way, this was her match and she couldn't turn down a chance to make her family proud.
Klahador did his usual routine of introducing the players and the game was on. Rex grinned wickedly at Misty as if he wanted to stab her with a knife. He clenched the ball in his hand and stated, "You may have beaten Sanji, but I have also beaten him! I am all-powerful! Bow down to my dinosaur strength!" Misty's look of fear soon turned to a look of disgust. This guy wasn't serious at all. He was just plain reckless and stupid. Rex threw the ball into the air and asked, "Ready to lose?" He then smacked the ball with his racket and sent it hurtling over to Misty's side. Misty managed to hit it back, but Rex hit the ball back at incredible force. Rex had scored 15 points already. 'I guess he wasn't kidding about his dinosaur strength.' Thought Misty nervously. Rex sent the ball straight back and scored another point. He already had 30 points! Rex served the ball again and scored a huge 40 in his score box. One more point would spell failure for Misty. "I told ya' you'd lose! You've been served!" boasted Rex. Misty then realized that this guy was an idiot. If Misty pulled any fast ones, it would surprise him. Even a simple hit from her would surprise him. All she had to do was hit the ball and Rex would easily let it in. Rex sent the ball back as Misty sent it flying over to his side. The ball landed straight on the ground in front of Rex. Rex could have easily hit the ball if the simple hit hadn't spellbounded him. Rex just assumed that this was a lucky shot and sent it back at her side. Misty hit the ball again thus giving her thirty points. If Rex hadn't let the ball in, he probably would have scored. Rex sent the ball hurling back at Misty who just sent it back thus scoring the most annoying point in the game of Tennis. This point was known as a deuce. A deuce could probably last two serves before someone ends up victorious. In some cases, it would last more than twenty serves. Either way, a deuce only meant one thing most of the time, and that is prolonged game. Rex served the ball back to Misty who hit it and scored an advantage. Rex growled and sent it back. This time, he retaliated to Misty's hit and sent it hurling onto the grass. Before it could bounce again, Misty shot her racket out. She thought to herself, 'C'mon, special move! Help me in my time of need!' But for some reason, nothing happened. The ball landed and gave Rex another deuce. Now the audience was starting to get a little annoyed. Misty hit the ball after Rex had served and managed to get it too far for Rex to hit it. Rex served the ball once more and Misty hit it back. Rex managed to hit it far from Misty's reach, but this time, Misty's special move popped up and saved her. Bubbles emanated from her racket and sent the ball hurling back. Rex was left dumbstruck by this as the ball gradually made its way onto his side. Misty gasped as she just realized what she had done. She had won the match. Ash jumped out of the bleachers and hugged her just like he had done after her first match. Klahador looked at this moment and grimaced. He managed to hide his anger. He really WAS trying to get Misty to lose, but Rex just wasn't the one. 'Hm, if 60th place and 50th place couldn't trounce her, maybe 40th place can.' He thought. He then decided to heartlessly break up another celebration by announcing, "All people must clear out of the arena and make way for our next two contestants, Nami and Tea!" Nami was ranked 43rd while Tea was ranked 35th. This was sure to be an interesting match. Misty and Ash sat together as they enjoyed the match.
After the match (Nami won and stole Tea's title as 35th contestant) Misty and her new friends sat around and enjoyed a congratulatory Pizza dinner. Misty smiled and stated, "You didn't need to do all this for me!" Inuyasha grimaced and remarked, "I didn't want to! Mister big-shot Ash Ketchum forced me to!" Brock quickly conked Inuyasha in the skull with a large stone he had conjured up as Nami smiled and stated, "It's the least we can do after you finally taught those two showoffs a lesson." Luffy grinned and stated, "Since you beat them, they have finally stopped insulting other opponents and bragging about their skills! Heck, Sanji uses a racket now, although he uses it with his feet. I always wondered how anyone can play like that."
As soon as Misty had finished her pizza, Klahador approached her and announced, "Miss Waterflower, you have now been promoted to 75th place. Follow me to your new dormitory." Misty nodded and followed Klahador to her new dorm. After a long trip up the elevator, she arrived at her dorm. Klahador looked at her and explained, "Your new roommates are ranked 74th, 73rd, 72nd and 71st. They will be Usopp, Mokuba, Spike (Cowboy Bebop) and Sasuke. Enjoy your new dorm.
Misty entered to see an interesting outcome. Usopp walked up to Misty and shook her hand. "Hello, I am Captain Usopp! I am the greatest player in this room!" Spike snickered and retorted, "If you're so good, then how come slackers like me are better than you?" Usopp pulled out his slingshot but stopped as Sasuke stated, "You know that's against the rules. Do you want to be disqualified?" Usopp lowered his weapon and frowned. Once again, he had been out-ruled by Sasuke. Mokuba walked up to Misty and stated, "Don't mind them. They're always like this. Hi, I'm Mokuba. I think you're cool, the way you beat up the 50th contestant. Heck, you should have been promoted to 65th for beating Rex Raptor. I mean, he's 50th and you were just 84th when you faced him. You rock!" Meanwhile, Misty couldn't help but ignore the only sane one as Spike, Sasuke and Usopp had gotten themselves into a chicken fight. Misty couldn't help but stifle a laugh. These guys were just so funny. Too bad Misty couldn't be in this room forever.
Later that day, Misty watched a match between Sango: rank 15 and Kagome: rank 14. (Pretty ironic outcome, don't ya' think?) Sango had managed to hit the ball over to Kagome's side and score a point. This was a strange match, for Sango was actually using a giant boomerang known as Hirikotsu to hit the ball. Misty just couldn't believe that this was legal. Sanji using his feet was one thing, but Sango using a boomerang as a racket just make no sense. Ash knelt over to Misty's ear and whispered, "If you think this is weird, Inuyasha uses the flat part of his gigantic sword as a racket." Misty was confused. It seemed that everything was legal in this game. She watched closely as Kagome had managed to score the winning point thus ending the game.
After the game, Misty decided to have a chat with some of her new friends. They talked about their own personal issues and why they joined the club in the first place. Luffy had joined so he could win the money and buy a lifetime supply of meat. Yami had joined to make sure that Yugi came out on top, but soon became a little angry when Yugi had managed to go 3 ranks higher than him. Kagome had joined in order to have fun. She really hadn't expected to come out with such a high rank. Soon, the intercom came on and Klahador announced, "May Misty Waterflower and Zoro please report to the arena immediately?" Misty gulped hard and walked off to the arena. It was time for another match.