"Shi! What did you do on your weekend?" Honoka asked when it came Monday, greeting her friend with a wide grin.

"The usual: dance, do homework, jog, train." Of course, there were leisure times in between but she never was one who liked to fall behind and she wanted to keep up her winnings of being a judo champion.

"How boring," Honoka pouted. "Oh! I did come across this really handsome guy when I was jogging yesterday." Stars coming to her friend's eyes, "tell me! Tell me!" Knowing she was the type to want to know everything when it hot guys.

"Uh well, all I know is that he's tall and looks rich." He did certainly have that mighty aura about him, but she was only guessing his status. "Oh~ I bet you'll see him again, on another jog." She winked cheekily, "maybe...but Tezuka's team is participating in the Kanto Tournament this weekend, so I doubt it."

"Ah, cheering for the neighbour are we?" Even Honoka knew how handsome he was, "let's go cheer them on then." The raven grinned, "I intend to do that!" Shinoa smiled, needing to focus on school.

First opponents to Seigaku were Hyotei. "Isn't that a rich people's school?" Honoka asked, looking at their uniform, the cheering by them was rather loud, compared to the minimal members that Seigaku had.

Now watching the other regulars have their go, Shinoa, having not noticed a familiar face as she was focusing on the members playing. Finally was Tezuka's turn.

"I know you can win this, Kuni!" Shinoa cheered with a wide grin, Tezuka looked away as he pretended he didn't hear that nickname - it was embarrassing. Seeing him take his blazer off and approach the court, the other school regulars from: Rikkaidai, Rokakku and Yamabuki had come to watch this match, Shinoa even getting a bad vibe from this. The voices of Hyotei cheering, "Hyotei will win! Seigaku will lose!" Repeated over.

Her eyes widened, "H-Hono! That's the guy!" Shocked to see her neighbours opponent was the hot guy she came across. "Eh~!?" Honoka, feeling envy run throughout her and wishing she could have met someone like him too. The cheering had then changed to: "the winner is Atobe! The loser is Tezuka!"

"The winner is..." Then a click on his fingers made them silent, "me." Atobe smirked as he took his blazer off and put it to the side, obviously having a lot of confidence in himself if he knew he was going to win.

"You know he must be good if he's Hyotei's Captain." Honoka commented, "yeah, I just want to know how he could fair against Kuni." Cheering for Hyotei to win and even for Atobe, perhaps she will get to see how good he is and how he faired as much to her curiosity.

"We will now begin Singles 1! Hyotei to serve! One set match!" The referee announced, all eyes upon Atobe as he served. The match going back and forth between the two, it wasn't until a while later he self-absorbedly announced to be awed in his beautiful skills; Shinoa's eyes rolling over at how full of himself he was. "I bet this is why he doesn't have a girlfriend." She commented to Honoka, laughing at her words.

"15-0." Well, this was going to be quite the long match. Following the screams of girls, "you're so beautiful Atobe-sama!" How shallow were these girls to be like this to someone they probably didn't know, that was how fangirls usually were.

"Beat his ass." The brunette mumbled as the match continued on, eyes following back and forth and amazed how Atobe could keep up with Tezuka, "damn he's really good." Honoka commented, her cheeks tinting pink as she stared at Atobe more. A grin on her face as the tennis ball was coming his way and spinning in his direction which she knew how serious he was going in this match.

"Yes! Tezuka zone!"
"15-15!"

Suddenly Atobe spoke about his arm, seemed like he could tell with that pose, unknowing it was his Insight that made it possible. "No!" Shinoa exclaimed, she really thought that would have healed! Unless Tezuka didn't tell her, even the first time it was hit by Takesue out of anger he didn't tell her and she eventually found out days later.

"I see, so it was the elbow." Which was where that bastard struck with his tennis racket, her fist tightening as she remembered when she alerted by it two years ago.

"Kunimitsu, why didn't you tell me? I heard what Takesue did..." expressing concern and hurt on her face when he was hiding something like that. "Did he apologise to you?" She asked, taking a step forward to brush some of his hair to the side and just wanted him to answer her honestly instead.

"I'm sorry senpai," his eyes stared down as she figured he didn't want her to worry about him. "You don't need to do that for me," he replied after which she hated. "No, I will! He did something unforgivable!" Once she was determined, she was set on doing it until she got what she needed to do, quickly departing to tell the guy to apologise.

Her eyes focused on the match, "Shi! What's that move?" Honoka asked, as the tennis ball landed then rolled forward to the net. "Zero-Shiki Drop Shot!" Knowing how serious he was with this match, just for them to go to the Nationals.

"Game Seigaku, 1-0!" After that, the game was continuing on between the two and the scores never seemed to of been apart for so long. "Game Seigaku, 3-2!" Then a change court, "I bet he'll win this match!" Shinoa smiled, having confidence in Tezuka's skills, despite seeing how talented Atobe was in tennis and even keeping up too.

After their small break, the game resumed and the rally continued, "what the hell is he thinking?" Shinoa growled under her breath, "ah..." Her fist clutched, "this is bad Hono! Atobe intends to prolong the match, he wants to make Kuni's arm give." Which she hated, she couldn't believe someone like him would do that. Her eyes still keen in watching the match continue "game 6-5, Seigaku leads!"

Cheers from both sides, it having been over half an hour since the match started and everyone was curious as to who would win, knowing it could really be anyone's match at this time. "Yes!" Hono cheered, Tezuka only needing one more point and the victory was theirs. It wasn't until Tezuka was about to serve to see him grip his shoulder, "Kuni!" Shinoa gasped, while the other Seigaku tennis members came running to the field, they were worried about him but she knew he wouldn't appreciate it. Only a small break came, her feet moving closer and even hearing the members beg for him to not continue the match, his arm hurt to the point where he probably couldn't play at all.

However, Tezuka had stepped back unto the court to continue playing against Atobe. "Game, 6-6!" Now was a tie-break, "oh man Shi! I'm just kept in suspense." Hono mumbled, interested as to which one would be the winner. "12 point tie-break! Atobe to serve!" The referee announced, eyes glued to the Hyotei Captain who served, seeing Tezuka hit the ball back "1-0, Tezuka leads." The cheering for Seigaku becoming louder, everyone wanting their Captain to win.

"He has this!" Honoka grinned, clutching her fist in hope. "1-1."
"2-1. Atobe leads." The ball, going back and forth each other and starry-eyed Honoka was awe struck "they're both amazing, aren't they?" While Shinoa nodded her head in agreement, thinking she probably couldn't hold a rally like that for herself. The score increasing just by one, and already had increased to 35-34, "damn, Shi have you ever seen a score becoming this long?" Honoka asked, amazed at the two tennis players.

"No, it's been going for so long you can see they're both exceeding their limits. We can't tell who will win at this point now, the brunette clutching her own hands together tightly in watching what would happen to only see the ball returned by Tezuka to hit the net. "Game set, won by Hyotei Academy, Atobe! Game count, 7-6!" Gasping, both girls thought who would win ended up losing, "wow...Atobe's amazing." Shinoa found herself mumbling, but now, as it was a tie and last match came to the reserved players; Seigaku's Echizen vs. Hyotei's Hiyoshi.

During the end of it, she was glad the match was won by Seigaku which lead them to move onwards. "Yes!" The girls cheered, the cheers of Hyotei still continued as the players headed off. "Go with the others Hono, I have to do something quickly." Shinoa waved before walking off with a frown on his face as she approached the Hyotei regulars. Stopping in front of them, standing her ground "Atobe!" She growled, "you should be ashamed of yourself. What you did to prolong the match, then claim your tennis was beautiful; it was utterly disgusting!" She spat, while he stood before her with his hands in his pockets and frowned - the girl he was flirting with was angry at him. "You haven't ever seen beautiful tennis, have you?" He asked, raising his head while looking down at her as the other regulars remained silent and watched, knowing their Captain would deal with this himself.

"I have! I find Tezuka's tennis to be way more beautiful than yours, it is atrocious to look at if you make a player's arm give on him. That isn't a fair match," her feet slowly approaching then stopping to be only two feet away, her head raised to continue glaring at him. "You asked me out on a date, but if that's your tennis, I'd never date a guy like you."

Turning away, she quickly headed towards the Seigaku team, while Atobe was seeing Tezuka extending his right arm on her shoulder while she had gently smiled up at him. "You did great," she smiled up at him while her heart was thumping. "I still lost," but she was more focused on wanting his shoulder to get better. "You gave it your all, I just want your shoulder to heal." A sad smile formed instead, he probably would need to leave for a while but if it meant him coming back to play again, then she didn't mind.