Chapter 2

Ty's body began to shake lightly as he stared into Kaido's ominous eyes. The feeling he got when looking into them made fear run through his body. He swallowed hard and felt like turning around to run away, but Kaido made the first move.

"Get out of my way twerp." Kaido hissed as he made his way towards the door. He made a motion as if he were going to shove Ty out of his way.

Ty wasquicker then Kaido. He moved to one sideand closed his eyes expectinga differentsort of violence instead of being pushed. When none came he was certain that Kaido would leave and felt relievedwhen he heard the door open.He only felt safe to open his eyes when he heard the door slam hard. His eyes opened and he glanced around to make sure that no one else was in there. Once sure he was now alone, Ty quickly changed and stepped out of the room.

"Did you see that guy that came out of here?" Ty asked Ryoma quickly. "His eyes scared the hell outta me. I didn't know what to do."

Ryoma let out a slightly chuckle. "That was Kaido Kaoru. Like I said before. Stay as far away from him as you can. Now come on. Practice is about to start."

Ty nodded slightly and made his way to the courts with Ryoma. His eyes widened a little as they fell on the tennis courts.

"Whoa! They have great courts here, Ryoma." Ty exclaimed as they stepped inside them. They were greeted by three of Ryoma's friends, Horio, Kachiro, and Katsuo.

"Yo! Echizen. Ready for some practice today?" Horio called to Ryoma with a grin on his face.

"Hey. Who's your friend?" Kachiro asked looking over at Ty.

"I'm Ty. I'm from America. It's nice to meet you." Ty replied happily.

"Cool. I'm Horio. This Kachiro and Katsuo. Welcome to Seigaku, Ty." Horio bowed a little then looked at Ryoma. "Come on. Let's practice."

The four boys stepped into an empty court and Ryoma and Ty took position on opposite sides of the court. Ty took out a tennis ball and tossed over to Ryoma.

"You serve first. I wanna see if I can return that Twist Serve of yours." Ty gripped his racket firmly in his right hand and watched his friend's movements carefully.

They're game started off as a volley. The ball went back and forth, back and forth until finally the captain interfered with them.

"That's enough Echizen. I want all the Regulars up front now." Tezuka shouted and the Regulars rushed to comply.

"Damn... Those uniforms look so cool." Ty exclaimed when all the Regulars took their place in front of their captain. Once assembled, Captain Tezuka Kunimitsu began to instructed the team on the day's practices.

"Regulars, Today I will turn our practice over to Inui. You will listen to him and do as he comands. As for the rest of you. You will be picking up balls and at the end of practice the courts are to be cleaned out." Tezuka instructed and ordered the Regulars to follow him. Ty groaned a little and followed Horio and the others.

"This blows... I don't want to just pick up balls all the time. When do we get a chance to try out for a Starter's position?" Ty asked Horio.

"Not until we're Juniors." Horio responded.

Ty sighed a little and glanced around at the Starters. His eyes locked on the viper and he cringed when Kaido gave him a nasty look. He quickly looked away and shivered.

"Why does that guy always have to look at you like that? I never did anything to him." Ty grumbled and watched as Inui gave the Regulars their instructions and practice began.

Horio laughed and looked at who Ty was talking about. "Oh. Kaido doesn't like anyone. He's always like that. Don't mind him though. He won't bother you if you don't bother him."

Ty nodded and watched them practice. As the day progressed, Ty began to see why everyone feared Inui so much. Every time one of the Regulars made a mistake, they were forced to drink some sort of green liquid. This ,he later found out, was called Inui Juice and was made from asparagus put into a blender. The thought of it made him sick to his stomach.

"You never want to taste that stuff. I hear it's nasty as hell. Plus the only ones that can stand it are Inui himself and Fuji. We've never seen the captain try it so we're not sure if he can stand or not." Horio explained to him when Ty questioned.

"Alright. That will be enough for today. Get home and get some rest. Tomorrow we will know who we are to go against in the District Preliminaries." Tekuka shout to his team. "You are now dismissed." With that said, Tezuka stepped off the court and disappeared around a corner.

"That was great, Ryoma." Ty ran over to his friend and smirked. "I wish I could be a Regular. You just wait and I'll get myself on this team."

Ryoma shrugged and walked into the changing room to get changed. "Let's go. You can stay the night at my house if you want. I'm sure my parents will be happy to see you."

Ty nodded and followed him into the changing room. Changing quickly, Ty and Ryoma then made their way back to Ryoma's house where Ty called his parents and told them where he was. After hanging up, they both decided to hang out in Ryoma's room and then get to bed. They knew that they had a lot to talk about, but they didn't really want to talk with parents hanging over them and asking question every five seconds. So they thought the safest place would be in Ryoma's room.

My second day of school at Seishun Academy. Ty thought to himself as he slowly drifted off to sleep.