Reminder: Those words in ( ) are my thoughts.
Setting: Friday, 2 days before the 2nd lining of the Seigaku regular members...
Disclaimer: I don't own Prince of Tennis... and yet again it's so sad..
Chapter 3: The Visitors...
It has been two days since both Sakuno and Momo-Sempai followed ( more liked stalked ) Ryoma and the mysterious girl. In Sakuno's mind lingers the face of the girl, her beautiful features, her innocent yet not so innocent smile, her sharp gentle eyes, her curvy body that seem so elegant and not to forget her beautiful smooth and wavy black hair that seems to be a starless night sky.
But as it seems Sakuno wasn't the only one who can't forget the girl's mysterious identity.
sigh
It was Momo-Sempai during their English class, he couldn't stop thinking of the girl, she was cute and beautiful, a little bit of both, and her smile, her oh so innocent smile, no, he could never forget it.
"I wish I had known her name or atleast had gotten to see her up close... sigh" he whispered to himself, unaware of his surroundings.
"Mr. Momoshiro Takeshi!" Iwadowa-sensei shouted for the nth time, this time, to the Sempai's right ear.
"AH!" screamed by the startled Momo-Sempai.
He had finally snapped from his daydream, looking confused more and more because of the sudden loud sound still ringing in his ear.
"What was that!" he asked himself curiously.
"Mr. Momoshiro, daydreaming in the middle of a class. Again! (especially in HIS class.) That is DISRESPECTFUL not only to me but also to your classmates. Is that the type of example you show to them." Iwadowa-sensei yelled in front of Momo-Sempai's face.
"Now go to the corridor and stay there until the end of the class!" he added.
sigh
"Yes sir..." Momo-Sempai answered.
Iwadowa-sensei is a stern man in his early twenties, he was the 'new guy' a year ago when he accepted the teaching offer in Seigaku after he had just graduated. He had a promising future as an artist but he had chosen to teach instead.
When he joined the teachers in Seigaku, he was pretty popular even up today, well what's not to like? He had light brown hair that seems to be uncontrollable and untamable, which suits him just fine, his eyes are sharp, and his body was well-built, but not too big yet not to scrawny. His looks make him more and more rugged, and making him quite popular with women and to students as well.
"What am I going to do with you Mr. Momoshiro? sigh" Iwadowa-sensei repeated in his mind as he went back into the front of the room to the blackboard as he continued his class.
Outside the classroom...
"Good job Momo, you just landed on the bad side of Iwadowa-sensei, again! If you don't watch out you're gonna get into more trouble." Momo-Sempai whispered to himself as if giving himself a lesson.
Lunch time...
"Adja! (a slang word from my country, meaning YES or GREAT.) I'm gonna go to the tennis court and play! hehehehe.." he said to himself, but it was so loud he seemed to be yelling to another person at the end of the corridor.
He skipped happily down the corridor attracting almost everyone's attention. As he went to the tennis court he was so excited that he didn't notice anything around him.
When he...
CRASH!
Momo-Sempai had crashed with someone carrying a lot of papers. As their 'little crash' happened, there were papers floating down and all around him, and also around the person he crashed with. As the people heard the loud crashing, they immediately stopped what they were doing to watch what was happening.
"Wow Momo that's twice in one week." (when he crashed with Sakuno, remember?) he whispered to himself.
"Mr. Momoshiro!" the man said with a tone that seemed to be a loud yell.
"Iwadowa-sensei!" Momo-Sempai said quite nervously.
Momo-Sempai couldn't believe his luck, NOT! First, daydreaming in his class, second, this! Iwadowa-sensei must be really tick off by now.
"Sososorry sir, I ah, I mean..." Momo-Sempai said staggering to find the right words to make his punishment a little lighter.
But before he could finish...
"GO!" Iwadowa-sensei yelled.
As Iwadowa-sensei yelled, Momo-Sempai scuddled to ran as fast as he could, leaving only Iwadowa-sensei alone with the scattered papers on the floor. The people who were watching them suddenly started to work again, not making the slightest sound to anger an already angered teacher.
In the tennis court...
Kikumaru-Sempai was adjusting the string of his tennis racket while waiting for his opponent to come, and his opponent did come, looking pale, tired and quite out of breath.
"Nyaa Momo-kun! What took you so long! You were supposed to be here 8 minutes ago!" Sempai-Kikumaru commented as looking into his watch.
"And why do you look out of breath? What happened?" he added curiously.
"This isn't a good time to explain, Kikumaru-Sempai" Momo-Sempai answered.
"Come oooonnnnn, pls.pls.plllssss...Tell meeee... " Kikumaru-Sempai pleaded.
"Besides we have all the time we need" (well atleast, until lunch is finished) he pleaded once again to the tired Momo-Sempai.
Being a little blabbermouth,(a little!) Momo-Sempai couldn't resist the urge to tell about what he had done a few days ago, of course he couldn't just tell Kikumaru-Sempai what happened this morning, well since he'll ask who, when, where and how he had seen the girl, so he decided to tell the whole story, except the fact about who his little accomplice is. (can you guess?) He decided to let that fact slide away.
Momo-Sempai told Kikumaru-Sempai almost everything that had happened, the following(stalking you mean), the wind, and the girl. At first Kikumaru-Sempai couldn't believe what Momo-Sempai had just revealed to him and the fact that Momo-Sempai lowered to actually stalking Ochibi-kun (what Kikumaru-Sempai calls Ryoma, I think?)...
"Hey! I wasn't stalking Echizen! I just wanted to make sure the girl doesn't die of boredom, well, since Echizen has not one romantic bone in his short, little (all right, we know Ryoma isn't exactly cough tall, but no need to push it) body." Momo-Sempai commented in his defense giving a little tint of red in his face which of course is not much noticeable because of the embarrassment he had gone through. (mostly from Kikumaru-Sempai's laughing.)
"Ok, ok, I believe you. It was for the girl, not for your own personal reasons, hehehe" Kikumaru-Sempai said in a sarcastic tone, making the statement more of a joke than a serious comment.
"It's no laughing matter." Momo-Sempai said, sounding serious but a bit annoyed.
As Momo-Sempai finally reached the point of events that had happened this morning...
tsk-tsk
"I'm pretty sure Iwadowa-sensei is probably ticked off from what happened"Kikumaru-Sempai said in a you're-dead-meat tone.
sigh
"I hope not, I'm already, almost flunking his class (it's like failing yet not yet failing, in the middle of both, besides I don't actually want Momo-Sempai failing, do I, I always seem to be losing this constant battle in class, ever since I saw that girl. What's happening to me? sigh" (a constant battle from falling asleep or daydreaming, hehehehehe.) Momo-Sempai said in a very less energetic tone that he usually has.
"Maybe your smitten by the mysterious girl or something?" Kikumaru-Sempai said jokingly rather than an actual serious answer.
And then, by those word which came from Kikumaru-Sempai's mouth felt like a ball which had hit Momo-Sempai's head really hard, making him realize something, something he hadn't realized before. It was...
"Sorry! Could you please throw our ball back." yelled one of the freshmen boys playing soccer in an open area near them.
Momo-Sempai realized that, that... A soccer ball just hit him in the head. (Sorry couldn't resist. hehehehe...)
As the terrible incident (shouldn't that be an accident? maybe...) was finally over, Kikumaru-Sempai stood up, took the ball and threw it to the freshman.
"Thanks! And sorry again, Sempais." the boy apologized again while giving a quick respectful bow to the two Sempais.
"No prob.!" Kikumaru-Sempai replied.
As Kikumaru-Sempai waved a final goodbye to the boy, Momo-Sempai couldn't help but feel a large lump forming in his head.
"That kid must have given the ball one hell of a kick." Momo-Sempai whispered to his already damaged head.
The bell rang furiously signaling that it was the end of lunch... (finally...)
As the day unfolds, the end of class came nearer and nearer, until finally... It was time for the training of the Seigaku Tennis Club...
Seigaku Tennis Club: Locker Rooms
sigh (you know, I'm beginning to think sighing has become a habit lately...)
As Momo-Sempai begins to change with the rest of the regulars for the start of their training, he wanted to approach Ryoma to ask him about the girl and finally relieving him of the burden of his amazing curiosity. He approached Ryoma, while the little tennis genius was putting his shirt on.
"Oi! Echizen!" Momo-Sempai said in a crooked tone of voice.
"Wait a second! If you ask Echizen 'bout the girl, then he'll know that you followed him, and that'll get you in big trouble and not to mention your loss of dignity" Momo-Sempai's brain quickly explained to him, even before he could get the words "Who was the girl with you, Echizen?" out.
"Nani?"(you probably know what it means, but just in case, it means 'what) Ryoma answered quite harshly as he had finally got his shirt on.
"Oh! Nothing! Nothing at all!" Momo-Sempai said for a quick save.
"Come on guys! It's already time for your training!" Oishi-Sempai yelled at the slow moving Seigaku Regulars.
"Hai... Hai...Fukubuchou! (I'm not sure, but this means 'vice captain')" they all replied.
Seigaku Tennis Club: Tennis Courts
"Hehehehe.. The Seigaku Regulars will now run twice around the court, in one min. and twenty-five seconds. Those whom did not make the time limit or does make it, but is in the last place will have to drink my new and improve 'Inui's new and improved (hehehehehe...) Hyper Remix drink'." Inui-Sempai commented to the remaining Seigaku Regulars. (excluding Inui-Sempai himself and Tezuka-Sempai as well.)
gulp, teardrop
"No one in the right mind would even try to drink that" Momo, Kaidoh, Kikumaru, Oishi and Kawamura -Sempais and Ryoma thought while hammering it to each of their heads.
"Hmmmm... That sounds nice. I want to taste that as well. It looks good" Fuji-Sempai thought while he was thinking of how good that juice would taste. (Is there something wrong with him? Or is he just stupid? Joke only! Fuji-Sempai is my 2nd fave.)
"Alright, alright before you kill each other for the taste of my amazing juice, we'll start. Ready, get set, GO!" Inui-Sempai said shouting at he last word of his statement.
With those last horrible and tragic words, the Seigaku Regulars ran, running as if their lives depended on it. They ran with equivalent speed, until they finished the first task, miraclously without anyone at last place. They had finished at the same time with five seconds to spare.
"Well, well... No one got the last place to bad." Inui-Sempai said in I'm-so-disappointed-in-you tone.
"Never mind, now another trial, same rules except this time thrice round the court in two mins. Alright, ready, set, GO!" Inui-Sempai said and shouting at the last word of his statement again.
And once again, just like in the thought of almost every remaining Seigaku Regulars, except Fuji-Sempai, despises the weird drink, came with outstanding results. No one got last place, again.
"Fuji-Sempai, why do you compete. Why just lose, you wanted to drink the juice, right?" Momo-Sempai commented pleadingly.
"Well, smirk it's more fun seeing someone else drink it, rather than me. (SCARY )" Fuji-Sempai said after smiling a devilish smile.
"Well looks like no one wants to lose, all right, some of you must be losing stamina by now, same rules, four times round in two mins. and twenty-five seconds. Ready, set, Go!" Inui-Sempai shouted the last statement once again.
One by one, the Seigaku Regulars started to slowdown, then some of them just collapsed from the lack of stamina. (who wouldn't, running so much and all that time limit. It's a wonder these guys are still alive.)
First, it was Kikumaru-Sempai.(sorry to all Kikumaru fans, Ineeded someone to drop out)Kikumaru-Sempai has amazing eyesight and his flexibility, but is rather weak when it comes to stamina. Then Kawamura-Sempai.(again, I'm sorry to Kawamura fans)Kawamura-Sempai is amazing if he holds his racket,he gets a boost in power and speed, but this time no one handed him his racket. Next was Oishi-fukubuchou.(again, I'm so sorry to Oishifans)He had just ran out of steam to power his engine.
And then there were three left. Momo-Sempai, Kaidoh-Sempai and Ryoma were the only ones left, as they came nearer and nearer to the finish line. All three of them...
All. three of them collapsed just a few inches before nefore the finish line. So all the Seigaku Regulars all failed and got the taste of what they all deserved, a nice drink from his own special concoction.
As Ryoma and the rest of the gang were busy resting, they hadn't notice the strange visitor from the OTHER School.
Momo-saw this and immediately recognized the mysterious face.
SHE (SHE is the mysterious girl Ryoma was 'dating') was with another student from the Emi Academy for Girls ( first chapter ) and as they passed by, they attracted so much attention. The other girl was carrying a camera while SHE was being pulled ( more like dragged ) by her.
The girl with the camera was very noisy, but attractive none the less. She had blue sharp eyes, short light brown hair, that suites her personality, she also wears glasses, but if you notice her height, she's much taller to the mysterious girl.
"Maybe she's older.." Momo-Sempai thought.
As Momo-Sempai began to wonder yet again of why those two are here, he hadn't notice the noisy girl was going to his direction followed by the mysterious girl.
The Happy Trio (the three freshmen who joined the tennis club), Horio Satoshi, Katou Kachiro and Mizuno Tetzuo notices that andquickly went to where Momo-Sempai was sitting, they really wanted to meet the pretty brunette.
"Excuse me, my name is Kioko (meaning 'happy child') and I'm from Emi Academy, the sister school of Seigaku." the girl with the glasses and camera introduced herself to Momo-Sempai.
"Yeah, I know Emi." Momo-Sempai replied.
"Yes, well I'm the sports columnists of our newspaper. Me and my friend, (points to mysterious girl) is wondering if we could interview some of the tennis Regulars and take a few photos?" Kioko ask quite nicely.
"Oh, have you asked permission to Coach Ryuzaki?" Momo-Sempai inquired.
"Yes, we have. So we were wondering if you could introduce us or something, since your part of the tennis club." Kioko requested.
"Whoa! They only thought of me as a PART of the tennis club and not an actual player! Do I look that weak or something?" Momo-Sempai ask furiously to himself.
"Ahh.. Sure, I guess. sweatdrop hehehe..." he replied to the nosy girl.
"Come on Momo, keep it cool. Unless you don't, you can't meet HER." he motivated himself through his mind.
"Hellloooo?... You awake?" Kioko asked Momo-Sempai while he was in the state of daydreaming. (again!)
"Momo-Sempai, she's talking to you.." one of the happy trio, Horio commented.
"Oh! Yeah.. Sorry 'bout that, just kinda zoned out. hehehehe" Momo-Sempai said as if trying to clear his name.
"Riiiiigggghhhtttt... Anyway, could you please introduce us to the guy named Ryoma. I've heard his pretty good." Kioko said while stars appear in her eyes because of the excitement of finally meeting one of the tennis geniuses in Seigaku.
As the mentioning of the name 'RYOMA', Tomoka (Sakuno's friend and president of the Ryoma Echizen Fan's club, I think...) quickly went to whom ever it was talking about her beloved Ryoma, Sakuno closely behind. As the both of them approached the group of people, Sakuno quickly recognizes the GIRL, beside another girl wearing glasses that seems to be having a conversation with Momo-Sempai.
"Hey! Who was talking about my beloved Ryoma-kun!" demanded by the dying-hard fan of Ryoma, Tomoka.
"Tomoka-chan, I think it's not a good idea to be asking that question. (especially claiming Ryoma for yourself, he doesn't belong to you, he belongs to the world. hehehehe)" Sakuno commented as Tomoka continued to talk and talk.
Until...
"Sakuno-chan!" Ryoma shouted as he ran to the direction of the group of people. Everyone in the group now focused in Ryoma's direction, when they looked almost all of them looked quite shocked, except for the two students from Emi of course! (Kioko, the one with glasses and the mysterious girl) It was because of what they saw what shocked them, the ever-serious Ryoma was waving out, smiling and not with the normal smirk but a real smile, as if happy to see someone, while shouting the name 'Sakuno'. (my, my that certainly is a surprise, right?)
"Why is he calling me!" Sakuno asked herself as Ryoma closes the distance.
"How come he's calling Sakuno!" asked by the Happy trio, Momo-sempai, Tomoka and Kioko. (Surprised? How come Kioko knows Sakuno's name. Well you just have to wait. hehehe )
Author's Notes: (again!) Please, please, please read and review. Once again,
good or bad review is welcome. (It makes me improve, I think? hehehehe). Oh! Yeah! Sorry 'bot the cliff hanger, (hehehe, smiles in a devilish smile) it's just I still don't want to reveal the mysterious girl name, yet. But please try to be patient, it will be in the next chapter, for sure! But chapter 4 is a little short. So again, I apologies.