Tennis Tournament 6

Misty entered the arena ready to go. She gulped hard at the thought of facing the club's 30th ranked member. This Zatch sure sounded like a tough opponent.

After Klahador announced the players, Misty looked at Zatch. She noticed that this guy wasn't very threatening. Heck, he was just a kid. Misty couldn't believe that THIS guy was in 30th place. Zatch looked at Misty and said, "Hi, you must be Misty! My name is Zatch Bell! Now don't go easy on me!" Misty couldn't believe this kid. Were they serious about this guy being ranked 30th? It made absolutely no sense. But Misty had learned in her childhood not to judge someone by his size. If Zatch was in 30th place, he must have been quite skilled. Zatch picked up the ball and served it over to Misty's side, but to everyone's surprise, the ball didn't even make it over the net. Klahador grimaced and announced, "FAULT!" Zatch picked up the ball again, and this time… he sent it directly into the net. As the ball fell to the floor Klahador shouted "DOUBLE FAULT!" Misty wasn't the least bit relieved about scoring that 15. She hadn't earned it. The only reason she got that point was because her opponent was weak and, well, short. Zatch bonked himself on the head and stated, "Wait a minute. I have to get myself recharged… Ah, there it is." Suddenly, a huge lightning bolt formed in Zatch's mouth. It shot straight out of his large maw and sent the ball hurling past Misty. Misty stared, dumbstruck at what he had done. "So, you have special powers as well?" questioned Misty. Zatch grinned and answered, "Yeah, but Ash always forgets that I have special powers, which might be why he never told you." Misty saw how this kid was able to play, but if it weren't for that lightning bolt, the shot would have failed. And since special moves could only be used once per game, Misty was ready. Zatch hurled the ball into the air, and to Misty's surprise, he used his special attack again. Misty had no choice but to hit it. It seemed that this guy could use his special move multiple times. Unfortunately, Misty had missed the ball, but the bubbles emanating from her racket didn't miss. The ball was sent hurling back onto Zatch's side. Misty had scored 30 points. But she had used up her special move. She couldn't use it again. Or could she? She still had one more move left, but it just had to work. Zatch served the ball using yet another lightning bolt as Misty's racket slammed into it. To Misty's surprise, her racket had just activated its power when she needed it to. The huge burst of water sent the ball hurling back onto Zatch's side. Unfortunately, that was Misty's last resource. She knew that she couldn't possibly hit all of his super shots without her special powers. But let alone that fact, she was confident. Zatch served the ball back and scored another point. "Yeah! I'm back in the game!" announced Zatch happily. Misty ignored this and watched his next serve. She studied where the ball had gone and smacked it back. Zatch had no time to react. The ball had landed and Misty had won. Ash ran from the bleachers and hugged her again. He was just so happy to know that Misty had won.

Later that day, after receiving her new dorm, Misty watched some of the other matches. The first match after hers was Kagome vs. May. (Advanced Generation) She watched in amazement at all these great matches. She watched in marvel as Kagome used her spiritual powers to win the match.

After that, she watched a match between Yugi and Joey. Yugi was ranked 3rd while Joey was ranked 7th. It was down to the final move. Yugi had the advantage, but Joey was determined to win. Joey let out a loud battle cry and announced, "BEWARE THE POWER OF MY BLAZE… FLARE… BLAST!" He hit the ball so hard, one would imagine that a dragon was blasting it over to Yugi's side. Before a deuce could be made, Yugi created a shadow barrier and reflected the ball back onto Joey's side thus winning the game.

Later, Misty watched a match between Luffy and Yami. While Yami was ranked 10th, Luffy was ranked 4th. She was amazed when Yami was about to win and Luffy just stretched his arm in front of it and shot it back like a slingshot.

After that match, Misty watched as Inuyasha went head to head with Sesshomaru, his older brother who just happened to be a rank lower than him. Inuyasha saw that he was about to lose to his brother, so he did what he would always do during a scary situation like this one. "Wind Scar!" he announced as he shot a huge blast of flaming energy from his blade. (It may not be real fire, but I DID give him firepowers, so that might as well be one of them.) Misty was even more amazed when Inuyasha stopped his brother from setting up another deuce by shooting five blades of fire at it. (Think of a flaming version of the blades of blood.)

After that was over, Misty watched one last match between 16th place Nico Robin and 25th place Yoh Asakura. It seemed like Robin was about to lose but she soon used some strange force to levitate the ball. Not even Yoh's ghost could be strong enough to get the ball past that. Misty was amazed by this outcome. This club was full of amazing Tennis players.

The next day, Misty was sitting down for breakfast when the announcements came on. Klahador's voice came out and announced, "May Misty and Duke please report to the arena immediately?" It was time. Just as expected, Misty was going up against the 20th ranked member of the club. This would be a hard one.