The Untypical Duo Of Hyotei
Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis as that is work of the respected Konomi Takeshi.
Summary: Middle School isn't all about love. It's about getting good marks to get into the high school you want to go to. This is the goal of the traditional and down-to-earth girls, Junko and Riko Sato plan to do with their life.
Chapter Summary: How Junko and Riko meet Atobe Keigo
Chapter 1 – An Arrow, An Accident And An Angry Atobe
"Riko! Hurry up or I'm going to go ahead first!" Junko shouted from the outside of the Sato Household, waiting for Riko by the fence.
"I'll be there in a minute! I'm just getting my lunchboxes ready!" Riko shouted in reply, from the inside of the Sato Household. Their dog, Pochi was currently sleeping in his little basket bed. Riko hurriedly poured some dry dog food in his bowl as well as some water in a separate bowl, spilling some in the process.
'Need to clean that after work.' Riko said to herself as she rushed, placing a few of her dango, fried octopus balls, rice balls, slices of taro cake and a bottle of green tea in her lunch box.
Tapping her foot and fingers, Junko waited patiently as she half-listened to the song on her portable walkman. Rushing out of the door as well as locking it, Riko mounted herself on her sister's bicycle, smiling nervously hoping not to get reprimanded too much. Fortunately, her sister decided to let it slide as Junko mounted herself on her bicycle and began pedalling her and her little sister off to Hyotei Academy.
By the time they got there and Junko locking her bicycle in the bike rack, it was still early since the students of Hyotei weren't in class yet and were busy flocking towards a certain area as well as cheering. Riko, curious as to know what the commotion was about, dragged the reluctant Junko towards the crowd.
The soft cheering soon became louder and louder as they ventured closer and closer to see what was going on. The cheering was mainly coming from the girls, all from first to third years, whilst most of the males were unusually quiet. Riko, while dragging the still reluctant but now migraine-induced Junko, squeezed her sister and herself into the front to see what is happening that gotten a lot of people so pumped up.
Looking at the scene, Riko felt disappointed. She thought it was someone having a dance-off of some sort. It wasn't even a race, a fight nor an eating contest! It was a bunch of boys hitting a yellow-green ball back to each other. Feeling Riko's grip loosening, Junko took that as her chance to grab her wrist and drag Riko out of the crowd and towards the school building.
Seeing herself getting further and further away from the crowd, Riko took this as a chance to ask Junko some questions.
"Hey Junko, why were those people cheering? It's just a bunch of boys playing tennis." Riko question as well gave her opinion.
"It's because their a bunch of boys that they're cheering." Junko replied as she dragged her sister to the school building.
"Who was the guy playing against Senior Oshitari? He looks kinda cute." Riko commented as Junko and Riko entered the school building and walked towards the shoe rack.
"Just some rich, egotistic person who thinks he's on top of the world. I think his name was Atobe Keigo…" Junko responded nonchalantly, not really caring about the person.
"Oh, isn't he the sole heir to the Atobe family fortune? Wow, he is lucky… I wish our lives were like his…To not care about having his home taken away, to have a mummy…" Riko remarked sadly, her eyelids drooping slightly as she took off her sport shoes, swapped them with the school shoes and wore them.
Placing a comforting hand on Riko's shoulder, Junko quietly said, "Don't worry, I'm sure we'll find Mummy soon. All we can do now is do good in school and help Daddy, Izumi and Kichirou with the debts and loans."
Smiling but only a small smile, Riko felt a little better but still felt upset. Swapping her sport shoes with the school shoes, Junko told Riko that after work they'll have a girl's day out and take Pochi out for a walk in the park. Riko, who enjoyed some of their day outs was well as outings with Pochi, accepted with a her cheery smile. Junko smiled in returned, happy that her little sister was smiling again.
The bell rang, signalling for classes to begin.
Riko's Morning Classes
Having maths first thing in the morning was a bit annoying for Riko as she did not like having to think so hard early during the day. Riko knew she was good at it, but only because she was fully awake during the day. In the morning, physically she was awake but mentally it'll take her awhile before the 'Shrouds of Sleepiness' could disappear.
So it wasn't surprising for her to look and feel unfocused during her maths class or when her teacher was teaching and lecturing them. Lucky for her, the teacher issued the textbooks already so all she needed to do was ask Junko questions on the things she didn't understand and do the homework during lunchtime.
Satisfied with that thought, Riko decided to spend her time day dreaming till the bell rang for P.E..
Junko's Morning Classes
Junko enjoyed Woodwork. So having it first thing in the morning was pure bliss for her. Junko enjoyed it simply because it was more practical than majority of her school subjects as well as the excitement she gets out of it when she created something from a pile of wooden boards.
The teacher had already told the students how to make the a chair, and was helping out by operating the circular saw cutting out the students' parts. Junko had received hers already and was using a lathe to help shape her chair's legs. Using the lathe copy tool, she moved it back and forth slowly, going for the round look.
After several minutes, Junko had finished her first leg and was now using the lathe's fast spin to sand the lumps of her chair leg and smooth it. Disappointed to hear the bell ring for P.E., she helps her teacher and fellow classmates clean the workshop.
Soon it was P.E. for classes for classes 1-B, 2-C and 3-A, where all classes had two weeks to practice their skills for an upcoming assessment. Riko's class, 1-C, had to do karate, which she was looking forward to as she was hoping to practice some Axe Aerial Kicks. Junko's class, 2-C, were to do archery, Junko looking forward to it as she preferred archery more than most sports. Class 3-A, which was Atobe Keigo's class, were to do tennis. The classes were soon split up by the teachers going to the assigned courts and various sites of the school.
Junko wanting to get good marks, was practicing, by herself, her stance and was shooting arrows at the centre of the target to get use to the stance she used for that Bull's Eye. She also kept in mind of the wind direction, and used the directional force of the wind to help her arrows hit the Bull's Eyes she wants.
'I must practice harder, the Junior Archery Competition is on today! I must win! I must win!' Junko chanted as she continued to fire arrows at the centre.
Riko practiced by herself on a dummy, switching from various kicks to punches to warm up. Then taking a few steps back decided to focus on her weak points which were her Axe Aerial Kicks. Swinging her right leg up, she took a small hop swinging her leg down to jump and tried to get her left leg kick the dummy. However, instead of hitting the dummy, she didn't hit anything and fell down landing on her rear.
'Ow...I must master the Axe Aerial Kick! I don't I can't beat that girl from the Junior Karate Competition! I must! I MUST!' Riko told herself, as she stood up and continued practicing on the dummy.
With Atobe, he was currently awing his classmates with his prowess. Winning all games with 6-0 as the score. Flipping his hair extravagantly, Atobe smirked causing majority of the girls to swoon and sigh in bliss.
Pointing upwards, his classmates began cheering 'The winner will be Atobe' repeatedly.
Suddenly, a shadow appeared in the middle of the tennis court and for some odd reason growing bigger by the second. Atobe raised his elegant brow and looked up only to see a dummy falling! And it was about to land right where Atobe was standing!
Before he could move away, a headless arrow was shot out of nowhere, nearly marring Atobe's beautiful hair and hit the dummy, sending it away from Atobe. Atobe stood where he was perplexed by the situation, wondering where the heck did the dummy and arrow came from.
Soon enough running footsteps were heard as well as cries of, "Sorry! It was my fault!"
Junko was running down the steps from the western side of the school. Stopping at the tennis courts, out of breath, to where her arrow struck. Riko was running from eastern side, skidding to a stop when she found her dummy on the courts with an arrow stuck in it.
"My arrow/dummy!" cried both the Sato sisters as they ran to the scene retrieved their equipment from the courts.
"Sorry about your dummy Riko. I was too focused on my Bull's Eyes that I made a big, gaping hole in the centre from all the arrows I shot this time." Junko apologized, totally forgetting that she was in front of the great Atobe.
"That's okay. But you made a great shot though! You hit the dummy while it was in the air! And guess what! I mastered my Axe Aerial Kick! Which was why the dummy was sent flying." Riko replied, nervously laughing quietly. Atobe was getting a little annoyed at being ignored by the two oblivious juniors.
"That arrow was a fluke. And you were too focused." Junko stated, with a small laugh.
"Yeah." Riko simply replied, laughing a bit louder.
Atobe had enough. "Ahem, Ore-sama does not mean to interrupt but don't you two have something to say to Ore-sama, ahn?"
Junko and Riko turned to face Atobe for the first time in the conversation. Both looked confused by the Atobe's statement.
"What do you mean, Senior Atobe?" Junko demanded politely.
"Ore-sama needs an apology from you two. After all, you almost marred Ore-sama's beauty." Atobe responded with a flick of his hair.
'What a show-off.' Riko thought.
'He's even worst than a girly girl. Is he gay?' Junko assumed.
"We did nothing wrong. After all, it is an accident, Senior Atobe. We didn't mean any one harm." Riko countered.
"That still does not excuse you from almost damaging Ore-sama's beau-"
"Please Senior Atobe, save it for someone who really cares. You're wasting our time to practice for the upcoming assessment and we really need to get the mark." Junko interrupted Atobe, dismissing Atobe with a wave of her hand as she jogged to the western side of the school to get back to her class with her retrieved arrow.
Riko followed her sister's example. Without apologizing, she began running quickly to the eastern side of the school with her dummy to get back to her class and continue practicing.
His classmate stood there in shock as the great King of Hyotei, Atobe was interrupted by not one, but two disrespectful juniors.
'Ore-sama shall not forget this blasphemy.' Was Atobe's last thought as he continued to play tennis against a classmate.
Thank you, Kuroi and Shiroi for pointing out that Oshitari was OOC.
Author's Note #1: Hopefully, Atobe was in character. If he wasn't in character, then I'll apoligise in advance. It's just how I see him when he was portrayed in the anime.
Author's Note #2: In regards to Chapter 1, I'm really sorry for Oshitari being totally OOC. It's just that when noone (in the anime) knew that he was a romance lover, I thought he was hiding it. So therefore, writing him how I saw him in the anime. I'm sorry if I made him OOC! "
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