Matches, Super Ballet Tennis, and SCOOPLE!
Chapter 3
Taka-san and the girls arrived at the tennis courts and it was totally empty.
"Hey Mal what time is it?" asked Steph.
"Well it's 6:04 right now. That means the others should be here any time," replied Mal.
"Maybe they got scared and ran away. I wouldn't blame them since they have no chance of winning anyways," Britt said with total confidence.
"Well sorry to bust your bubble, little girl, but I think you're going to have a harder time than you think," said Momo walking towards the girls and Taka-san. Eiji, Ryoma, and Oishi followed behind Momo.
"Sorry we are late," said Oishi with a little bow.
"Hoi hoi, Ryoma here was trying to get away," said Eiji with putting his arm around Ryoma's shoulder.
"Hey, who do you think you are calling me a little girl?" Britt shouted at Momo, "For one thing, I'm older than you and we are soooo going to beat you at tennis."
"Ochibi-chan, you need to calm down or you might hurt yourself," Steph said. All the boys then looked at Ryoma, because his nickname was Ochibi.
"Why should I calm down, Mom? This guy called me a little girl and I think that's really rude," Britt shouted.
"Britt, Calm Down or you won't play any tennis," Mallory said with some authority.
"Yes buchou," Britt said while tilting her head down to the ground. Now all the boys were completely confused. Steph looked at them and saw their confusion.
"You see, we give nicknames among ourselves. My nickname is Mom, Mal is buchou," Steph explained to the boys, "and Britt's nickname is Ochibi-chan." Mallory just smiled and Britt sticks out her tongue and does a peace sign with her hands.
"Hoi hoi. Yep my friends call me Ochibi-chan; hey aren't you Eiji right? We are in the same grade along with Mal here," Britt said with enthusiasm.
"Nyah, O yea you guys are the new transfer students right?" asked Eiji.
"Yep," replied Mal.
"Transfer students?" questioned Ryoma.
"Yes three new transfer students from Wisconsin: first Mallory a senior and a great all around singles player, next Brittany, aka Britt, also a senior and good at singles, but also an excellent doubles player with her partner, Stephanie aka Steph a junior who is also good at singles. All three girls have been together for a long time and have won many tennis tournaments," Inui piped in out of nowhere, looking at his notebook that no one else ever sees. Kaidoh and Fuji also mysteriously appeared next to Inui. While everyone was listening to Inui, Ryoma slowly and quietly tried to sneak away.
"Hey, looks like everyone is here besides Tezuka," said Taka.
Tezuka sneezes somewhere
"What are you guys doing here anyways?" asked Momo.
"Fsssh… I'm here to see you lose to some girls," replied Kaidoh.
"Why you stupid Viper," said Momo, while grabbing Kaidoh's collar. It looked like Momo was about to punch Kaidoh but was interrupted.
"You two are in my class. The boy who likes to sleep and the boy who likes to go Fsssh," replied Steph with a smile. Everyone turned, looked at Steph, and started to laugh.
"What? Why is everyone laughing?" asked Steph with a confused look on her face.
"It's okay Steph, don't worry about it. But enough talk; let's get to playing some tennis," replied Britt.
"I thought we would do one doubles match and one singles," Mallory said to Oishi.
"Hoi hoi, sounds great to me. I get to play with Ochibi," Eiji said with a smile, "Isn't that right Ochibi? Ochibi where are you?" Eiji looked around and stopped Ryoma who was frozen by the gate.
"So close," whispered Ryoma. Eiji then grabbed Ryoma and pulled him back to the tennis courts.
"Nyah, too bad ochibi, you're going to play with me!" Eiji shouted.
"Do I really have to?" Ryoma said.
"Well I don't care who we play. I just want to play right now or I'm going to leave!" said Britt.
"Ochibi-chan, that's no way to talk to them," Steph said.
"Fine, let's just play and get it over with. I need to go home and feed Karupin," Ryoma said as he took out the racket from his tennis bag. Mal and Momo-chan walked over to a court to get ready to play, and Steph, Britt, Eiji and Ryoma went to the court next to them. Fuji was the ref for the singles match and Oishi for the doubles match. The doubles teams approached the net to spin for the first service.
"Hey, why does your shirt have a Q on it?" Eiji asked.
"They didn't have any with an S! Everyone just leave me alone!" Steph said.
"Don't worry about it Steph. After our victory match, I'll make you a shirt with an S," Britt reassured. Eiji spun his racket and won the spin, as Mal did with hers. And so, the exciting matches began!1one (an:Just kidding) Ryoma started the game with his signature Twist Serve, hoping to score an easy ace. Unfortunately for him, Steph was able to return it easily up the line. Eiji used his phat acrobatic tennis skills to execute a behind the back volley crosscourt to Britt. Britt reached the ball and lobbed it over Eiji's head toward the back of the court.
"Ochibi! Back me up!" Eiji yelled.
"Yep Eiji-sempai," Ryoma replied and hit it back, but Britt moved across the net and angled a short volley.
"0-15," Oishi said from the sideline.
"Wow. Those girls are really fast! And they play really well together!" Eiji said, shooting a glare at Ryoma. Ryoma just pulled down the rim of his cap and set up for the next serve.
"Awesome shot, Ochibi-chan!" Steph said.
"Yay! You guys got disused!" Britt yelled at the boys. And the game continued with awesome, fast-paced tennis.
TO MAL AND MOMO!
"SUPER BALLET TENNIS!11" shouted Mal. Momo was a little weirded out by Mal's "ballet tennis" war cry and completely missed the normal shot she hit back.
"40-15," Fuji said.
"Damn, how can she play so well against me? I underestimated her, and her friends. Damn," Momo mumbled to himself. On the sideline, Kaidoh was silently laughing at Momo receiving an ass-kicking from a girl. Inui was having a field day taking notes on the girls.
TIME PASSED! BACK TO DOUBLES!1
On the doubles court, the game score was 5-3, and the girls were on match point.
Eiji and Ryoma were a bit shaken by what was happening.
"Nyah, it's kind of humiliating to get beat by girls so easily!" Eiji complained to Oishi. Ryoma felt a lot more humiliated than Eiji; getting beat by girls, even in doubles, was devastating. Nevertheless, Ryoma wouldn't go down without a fight; all he needed to do was break the girls' serve and win the next game to shake the girls' confidence. Steph served the ball at an angle to Ryoma and he whopped the ball down the line. Because both back players didn't want to risk hitting the ball to the net player, Ryoma and Steph had a small rally against each other.
Taka-san was shouting insanely from the sidelines, waving his racket in the air, "YEAH BABYYY! GO ECHIZEN AND EIJI! GREAATTOOOO! BURNING!"
To break up the rally, Steph attempted to lob the ball over Eiji's head, but Eiji used his awesome jumping skills to smash the ball at Britt. Britt started to zone during the rally, and didn't notice the ball speeding at her at first. When she did, her immediate reaction was to whack the ball away from her. Ryoma, anxious to finish the point, moved quickly to the net with Eiji, and didn't react right away to the ball flying straight at him. The ball smashed into his face sending him backwards onto the ground.
"AHHHH! Ochibi! Baka, watch where the ball is! We lost! Nyahhhh!" Eiji ranted angrily. Ryoma slowly got up and a red mark appeared on his nose, causing Eiji to lose his anger and laugh hysterically.
"AHHHHH! Ochibi-chan! You hit him! That was so mean!" Steph shouted.
"I didn't do it on purpose! It was a delayed reaction because I wasn't paying attention at first!" Britt said in defense.
"Are you all right?" Steph called over to Ryoma, because Eiji obviously wasn't aiding him at all. Ryoma said nothing and just rubbed his nose. He was crushed for losing the point because a ball hit his face. Eiji regained his composure and walked up to the net.
"You girls are excellent players! Even though it's a bit embarrassing to lose to girls for the first time, it was fun to play!" Eiji said with a smile.
"Yes, you guys too. Thanks for playing with us," Steph said back, "Is your friend gonna be okay?"
"Nyah, Ochibi is strong; He'll be just fine!" replied Eiji. Britt smiled at the comment.
"Hey you guys, how did you do?" Mal said as she walked over to them.
"Ahh, buchou! We won! We beat them!" Britt said jumping up and down excitedly.
"Awesome. I won mine too, and I don't think Momo took it very well," Mal said, watching Momo sulk on the bench as Kaidoh mocked him. Soon enough, the two starting fighting again.
"ii data…excellent…" Inui said to himself.
"Ha ha. Let's go for sushi! And the guys have to treat us since they lost!" Britt shouted.
"What? We never made that agreement!" Eiji said.
"We HAD sushi already, baka," Mal said.
"Fine, then let's get cheese curds!" Britt shouted again, "Culver's restaurant, here we come!" The boys just stared in confusion.
"What is…Culver's?"
"…Cheese curds?"
"Nyah! You don't have cheese curds in Japan! No Culver's! NO SCOOPLE! Ahhhhh! NOOOOO!" Britt cried. Britt grabbed Mal's cell phone and called her friend Jordan, aka "Scoople".
Wisconsin 10:01 AM
Jordan's phone rings, and he pauses his Halo game and picks up the phone.
"SCOOPLE! THERE'S NO CULVER'S IN JAPAN! WHAT DO I DO? I MISS YOU!"
Jordan pulls a sweatdrop. "Brittany, why are you calling me? I thought I blocked your number."
"Yeah well, you didn't block Mal's number….WAIT! Why did you block my number! Don't you love me! Scoople!" Jordan hangs up the phone and grabs a piece of paper. Note to self: block Mal's number.
Back to Japan
"Scoople hung up on me! I'm so crushed! Why does he hate me so much!" Britt wailed.
"Gee…I wonder," Mal said. The whole fiasco with Britt and her friend "Scoople" confused and frightened the boys.
"Umm…let's just go get sushi then, I'll pay," Fuji said finally.
"Yay! You're awesome Fuji-sempai!" Momo-chan said. So they all went back to Taka-san's restaurant for sushi.
End of Chapter
And now for something completely different….
Here are author notes from Mallory! (YAY!)
1.) "!1one"- the is Steph being brainless.
2.) "dis-used" – is from Prince of Tennis, our subtitles said 'disused' which is sort of like you've got served.
3.) 'SUPER BALLET TENNIS!' – I (Mallory) dance ballet, and Britt is in dance (not necessarily ballet though.)
4.) "Well my house is that way so…" Remember the "It's a date" episode?
5.) "Yur ma, yur ma's dog, both yur faces." We say this a lot (when I say a lot it means like every day.)
6.) Wisconsin Cheese – ok? Good
7.) Cheese curds are deep fried cheese, they're very good.
8.) Culver's – is a fast food restaurant that's based in Wisconsin that all three of us work at.
9.) Scoople vs. Scoopie - Scoopie is Culver's mascot; he's a waffle cone with vanilla custard.
So one day, Steph wrote 'Scoopie' out on paper and it looked like Scoople. So we dubbed Jordan Scoople. (He also works at Culver's) His character is very accurate to himself.
Please Reviw for SCOOPLE'S SAKE!
