S.F Chapter 4

DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN THE PRINCE OF TENNIS CHARACTERS

"Have you ever heard the stories of the yokai war?" Ryoma asked them. "Yeah, my older sisters kept telling me those stories to scare me when I was a little kid." Eiji answered.

"Well, there not stories, my family's been fighting them ever since the start of the Edo period." Ryoma crossed her arms. "Huh?" the entire team looked at her.

"My ancestor came across a special power that helped her seal away the Monster lord. However his son vowed revenge and every generation he would try to find the mountain prison his father is in." Ryoma explained not changing her expression. "What does that have to do with us?" Kaidoh hissed. "Every generation, a leader is born to create a team to stop the young lord; there wasn't one the last generation since my grandmother gave him a tough fight." Ryoma's face showed a sad expression, "Cammy went through her database and chose the people to be my team and that's you guys." she said turning around.

"I wasn't sure if you guys could handle it so I let the scale confirm her choices and so far everything's been right on the mark." she explained before they had the chance to question her. "Look, you don't have to answer right away, I'll let you guys think about it, Cammy think you could send them home?" Ryoma asked, holding her arms. "Yes Miss, preparing transport." tubes surrounded the regulars and shot them back to the surface. Ryoma took out the ocarina and played the same lullaby, 'Grandma, please give me the strength to fight. I don't want to force anyone in making this kind of commitment.'

"Whoa!" the trapdoor opened and the regulars flew out of it. "Ow, I wonder if Echizen went through this when she went through the trap door." Momo rubbed his head. "Still do you think we should accept Echizen's offer?" Taka asked them, getting up from the bush. "Come on Taka, you don't really think what Ochibi said is true?" Eiji said in face down position. "I don't think that was a joke, Eiji," Fuji said with his eyes open, his eyes were a cold cerulean blue, "that expression on her face when she talked about her grandmother wasn't forced." "I agree with Fuji, Echizen isn't the type of person to lie about something like that." Tezuka said with a serious face.

It was the last day for the ranking tournament and Ryoma was put up against Inui. Inui used the data that he collected to win a few games against her, but Ryoma used her one legged split step and her kick serve to beat him. "Game and match to Echizen 7-5." the umpire announced. "You know Inui, data can be overcomed." she smirked. "Alright, Ryoma's a regular!" the F3 cheered.

'Don't' expect them to give you a reply right away, give them time.' she told herself. "Ryoma," Fuji stopped her, "what was your grandmother to you?" he asked. Ryoma looked down, "She was my idol; she was strong, brave, kind, and gentle. It didn't matter if she was a girl; she defied all odds and made people look up to her. She was even the captain of the boy's kendo team in her first year of highshool." Ryoma said with admiration in her voice. "Then why did you look so sad when you talked about her?" he asked, looking at her. Ryoma swallowed the lump in her throat, "She died two years ago." Fuji looked sadly at her, "I'm sorry." "Don't be," she said walking past him, "It's my fault that she died."

"Alright everyone," coach Ryuzaki called out, "the regional matches are coming up so we need to start training for it. Every school will have upped their level of play," she sneaked a glance at Ryoma who was looking in the other direction; "so we can't take any chances." "Alright, 8th graders start rallies, 7th graders get ready to pick up balls." Tezuka ordered. "Hold on regulars," coach told them, "I asked this young man to help prepare a special training regimen." she gestured to Inui who carried a box full of ankle weights.

The training was to hit the colored balls with the same colored cones while using the ankle weights and if they missed they had to drink his special Inui juice. Eiji and Ryoma were the first ones to miss and they ended up running to the fountain. Oishi was the next one, then Taka, Momo, and Kaidoh, Fuji did it deliberately to taste it and he said it tasted good. Inui told Ryoma to drink two bottles of milk a day, thinking it would help her grow.

"Hey Cammy, think you can send me that info you wanted me to decode?" Ryoma asked over the phone. 'Right away miss.' Ryoma was in the back of the building. She took out a headset that went around the eyes and ears and put it on; the color turned a dark blue and showed a lot of cryptic writing. "It looks like some sort of inhuman script," she said looking at it, "can you go through the old records and see if there's anything that can help out?" 'Yes Miss, I'll look into it right away,' she replied, 'Miss, do you think those boys will accept your offer?' she asked looking through files. Ryoma sighed, putting her back against the wall, "Only time will tell, I can't force them into this when I know they can get hurt." She started hugging her arms, "I'll be able to handle it until they decide."

Everyone left the courts; Ryoma had to stay with coach Ryuzaki about her new tennis uniform. "I wonder what Ochibi does when she's in that place?" Eiji asked looking up. "Why don't you ask her Eiji? She might tell you." Fuji told him. "You doing okay Fuji? You seem distracted for some reason." Oishi asked him, close to going into mother hen mode. "I was just thinking about what I asked Echizen earlier, and to tell you the truth I wish I didn't." Fuji looked down. "Why is that?" Inui asked him, preparing his notebook. "She looked like she was about to break and she sounded guilty when she answered."

Something suddenly crashed near them, and when they turned around they saw huge monster with eight tentacles and a wolf's head. "Must," he growled, "must destroy newest team." The monster lashed out a tentacle at the team but was blasted off by a high powered bullet. "What are you standing around for? Run!" Ryoma shouted, she was holding a small gun and still wore her headset, it was in clear. The monster threw another tentacle , "I said run!" she shot again. The team ran to her before the bullet hit. "Follow me." The regulars followed her to an empty ally.

"Looks like the young lord doesn't want me to create my team." she said digging in her pocket. "What is that thing?" Momo asked. She didn't answer; she pulled out a pager like devise. She pushed a button and held it to her heart, a bright light flashed and little petals of every color swirled around her, letting down her long hair. The white light surrounded her like cloth and the petals stuck to it. She had the fighting suit, but was wearing a small dress like fabric that had a dragon design wrapping around her, the dress stopped three inches above the knee so she could easily move. Her head set changed to white and a hilt was at her left side, she also had female like boots that were quite sturdy.

Ryoma pulled out the ocarina and played an aggressive tune, a trapdoor opened and everyone fell inside, the door closing suddenly. Ryoma, Fuji, and Tezuka landed on their feet while the others formed a pyramid. "Cammy, send me some info on that thing when you're done looking at its moves." Ryoma ordered, putting the small gun on the conference table. "You guys stay here." she turned to them. "Huh?" they looked at her as if she had gone insane. "There's no way I'm letting you guys go up there when that monster is looking to get rid of you." she walked past him. "But there's no way you can fight on your own." Taka told her. Ryoma opened a secret compartment that had a huge tube like chute, "I already promised that I would fight those monsters no matter what happened to me. Besides I've trained for two years to fight them and I'm not going let go to waste." Ryoma jumped in, "Echizen." the called out, but the door slammed shut.

I'm planning on having a love triangle. Help me choose Fuji's rival.

Tezuka

Yukimura

Atobe

Sanada