The Tennis Prodigy That Caught the Tensei's eye

Sorry for the late update, I was banned from the computer. T_T Well, here is the next chapter and thanks to all the people that had reviewed this story. I appreciate it very much. Hope you like this. Enjoy…

Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis


Chapter three: Club Argument and the Ranking Matches Begin

Ryoma's POV

It was a beautiful morning, the sun was shining and the birds were chirp-BANG!

"Oi! Chibisuke, wake up! You're gonna be late for tennis practice!" Aniki practically dragged me off my warm bed. Oh! I haven't told you who my brother is, he is Ryoga, Echizen Ryoga. He was adopted into the family when I was younger and people say that we look alike even if we weren't blood related. Well, let's get back to my current situtiation. I am now on the ground glaring at Aniki.

"What did you do that for? Practice doesn't start until 7-Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!" I screamed when Aniki shoved the alarm clock right in my face, "I'm gonna be late!"

I grabbed my clothes and rushed to the bathroom. I did all my daily routines as fast as I can and change out of my pajamas then, run down to the kitchen to find a piece of toast ready for me to take away.

"Arigatou, oka-san, Nanako-san. Ja ne!" I thanked before running out the door to Seishun/Rikkai High.


Five minutes later…

"pant… I… pant… made it… pant… in time… pant." I said between gasps for breath. It was a good thing that practice starts at 7:30. I made my way to the tennis courts and I spotted Yukimura buchou waving at me. I ran to him and when I got closer I saw a group of people behind him.

"Ah, Echizen-kun, let me introduce you to Rikkai's regulars." Yukimura buchou pointed to each of them, "This is Marui Bunta, Kuwahara Jackal, Niou Masaharu, Yagyuu Hiroshi, Yanagi Renji, Kirihara Akaya and Sanada Genichiro. Sanada is the fukubuchou of the team."

"Yoroshiku." I greeted them with a bow.

"Yoroshiku." they all greeted back

"Sanada, can you start the practice? I am going to tell him the daily routines we do and also introduce him to the Seigaku regulars." Yukimura buchou asked the stoic fukubuchou.

"Ok. Let's start practice now!" Sanada fukubuchou demanded.

"This is the training grounds for the Rikkai regulars, the freshmen train here in this court with the second and third year non-regulars and Seigaku regulars train over there. Sometimes the regulars will coach the freshmen instead of the upper classmen. " Yukiumura buchou explained as we walked.

"Hey, isn't that Yukimura buchou. He's with a new member of the club!" Horio shouted which caught the Seigaku regulars attention.

"You know the new freshmen?" Momoshiro questioned him.

"Yeah, he is in my English class. What was his name again.?" Horio trailed off in his thoughts for the boys name.

"Tezuka!" Yukimura buchou shouted, "This is our new member Ryoma, Echizen Ryoma."

"Yoroshiku." I greeted with a smirk, but no one saw.

"These are the regulars of the Seigaku team, Kikumaru Eiji, Fuji Syuusuke, Fuji Yuuta, Inui Sadaharu, Momoshiro Takeshi, Kaidoh Kaoru, Kawamura Takashi and Oishi Shuichiro, the fukubuchou."

"Yoroshiku." Everyone greeted.

"Yukimura, may I speak to Echizen with Ryuzaki sensei?" Tezuka buchou politely asked the other buchou.

"Oh, it's ok, I have to head back to my team anyway. Why don't you have one of your teamates finish the tour for Echizen-kun for me? Ja!" Yukimura buchou reasoned politely and exited the court.

I walked with Tezuka to meet Ryuzaki sensei at the teacher's office. We knocked the door and an approval to enter was spoken.

"Ah, Tezuka, I see you brought Ryoma with you." Ryuzaki stated, "I assume that you know each other and her gender, right, Tezuka?"

"Yes, but is she allowed to play when her identity is discovered?" he asked hesitantly.

"Yes, there is a rule that had been made a long time ago that said girls are allowed to play alongside the boys in tennis. The principal also knows of Ryoma's gender and he agreed to let her join the boys tennis club." Ryuzaki sensei confirmed.

"Um… Ryuzaki sensei, thanks for letting me join the boys team. Tezuka nii-san, thanks for helping me keep my secret." I said blushing with embarassment.

"Don't worry. You'll be fine." Tezuka assured me kindly.

Suddenly Yukimura opened the door and all eyes turned to face him.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to eavesdrop and I already knew you were a girl because it slipped from Sakuno's mouth. I didn't tell anyone and I will help keep it a secret,too. So don't worry." Yukimura buchou apologized sincerely.

"Domo." I thanked him.

Ding! Dong!

"Time for class. See you guys after school." Ryuzaki sensei wave them off.

The three headed to their respective classrooms for the morning. Every morning is the same for me-boring. It past by quickly and it was already lunch time.

"Ryo-chan let's eat lunch together at the roof top." Sakuno offered.

"Sure, let's go."I accepted her invitation and we left to the rooftop.

"I couldn't believe you told Yukimura senpai my secret, Sakuno." I pouted.

"Gomen, Ryo-chan. It slipped out my mouth."

"It's ok, don't worry, he said he will keep it a secret."

"That's great. He is a trustworthy person."

"Hn…"

The bell signaling the end of lunch rang and the two girls headed back into the building to their respective classrooms.


Next few days. . .

Ding! Dong!


Yuuta's POV

It was time for practice and I was looking around if I could find Ryoma. I was wondering what our buchou want with her. Maybe I should ask her if she wants to go to the street tennis courts with me to talk about it over tennis. Yes, that sounds good. Now I need to find her. I walked around the courts and I finally spotted her. She was talking to one of the girls in the girls tennis team, so I decided to walk up to them.

"Hey, Ryoma and hi…" I greeted to them, but I didn't know what the other girl's name was.

"Hi Yuuta, this is Sakuno, Ryuzaki Sakuno. She is my best friend and she knows about my gender. Sakuno this is Yuuta, Fuji Yuuta. He is one of the regulars of Seigaku." Ryoma introduced us.

"Yoroshiku, Yuuta senpai." Sakuno bowed politely.

"Yoroshiku, Ryuzaki-san." I also bowed.

"Please just call me Sakuno, that will be fine."

"Sure, you can just call me Yuuta, too."

"Bye, Ryoma. Practice for us is starting. Bye, Yuuta, it was nice meeting you.

We watched as she figure disappeared to the girl's tennis courts.

"Ryoma, do you want to go to the street tennis courts after practice. I have something to ask you." I offered her.

"Sure, I'll meet you there at 4. Let's go, practice is gonna start soon or we will have to run laps."

"Yeah."

We both ran off to the boy's courts for our afternoon practice.


Ryoma's POV

When Yuuta and I reached the courts we were assigned ten laps around the courts for our warm up. After all the running, Tezuka and Yukimura announced the players for the ranking matches to become regulars. Everyone was surprised when they heard that I was playing in the matches and I didn't even choose what team I would join in yet. What surprised everyone most was that both captains had me on their list. That was the start of the club argument. The Rikkai and Seigaku regulars had saw me play a match against both their top non-regulars and beat them all 6-0.

"I'm wondering, Tezuka, if you would let Echizen-kun play in our ranking matches." Yukimura said with a eerie smile gracing his angelic face.

"I am not the one to decide, but Echizen's choice." Tezuka replied nonchalantly.

The whole team was silent until someone shot an insult to one of the non-regulars on the other team. Everyone started yelling at each other and the noise that they had conjured hurt my ears.

"I will play in both ranking matches, but the time that I play will be my choice. Is that ok if I play both, Ryuzaki sensei?" I confirmed to stop the loud ruckus.

"That will be fine, but you will have to choose one permanent team." the coach explained to me.

"Ok, then I choose Seigaku. I'm very sorry Yukimura buchou, maybe next time." I apologized to the smiling buchou.

"Don't worry, I am really glad that you actually chose to participate in both ranking matches." he encouraged me.

"Ok, let's start the matches." Tezuka and Yukimura announced to everyone.

Everyone went to the courts to prepare for their matches.


30 minutes later. . .

"Inui senpai, 6-0" I informed the data collector which was in charge of the recording table.

"Good job, Echizen." Inui senpai praised me.

I left the table and went to Rikkai's part to play my next match which I won again with the score of 6-0.

"Ah, Echizen-kun, I see that you are winning all your matches with straight wins." Yukimura buchou mused.

"Yeah, they are too easy to play." I said as my cockiness kicked in.

"Your next opponent is Genichirou and then me. I wonder how you will do in those two matches."

"You never know."


30 minutes later. . .

"Ok, everyone clean up the courts and then, you may go." Ryuzaki sensei dismissed the team.

Everyone picked up balls and lowered the nets; they put away the equipment in the change rooms. After everything was set in place everyone left to go home.

"See you later at the street tennis courts, Ryoma." Yuuta reminded me.

"Yuuta, is it ok if Sakuno joins us? She said that she will prepare some snacks for us." I asked for permission, after all, he was the one inviting me.

"Sure, that will be fun. Tell her to bring her tennis gear, I want to play a game with her."

"Ok, see you there. Bye!"

We left to our direction of our house to prepare for our meeting.


Sakuno's POV

I had just received a call from Ryo-chan that Yuuta had agreed to let me join them at the street tennis court. She also told me to bring my tennis gear with me, but how am I suppose to carry all that stuff by myself.

Ding Dong!

My doorbell rang, I wonder who it is. I opened the door and saw Seiichi standing in front of me with a bouquet of roses.

"Hello, my dear Sakuno-chan, this is for you." Seiichi said handing me the beautiful flowers.

"Thank you, they are lovely." I hugged him.

"You're welcome, but they are not as lovely as you."

"Hehehe!"

"Sakuno are you going somewhere?"

After hearing that question it reminded me that I was suppose to meet Ryo-chan and Yuuta at the street tennis courts. "Yeah, I need to go to the street tennis courts to meet Ryo-chan, but I can't carry all my stuff that I had prepared."

"Can I come with you? I'll help carry some of your stuff and maybe I'll play some tennis, too."

"Thank you, Seiichi, you're the best!" I pecked him on the cheek.

Seiichi came into my house and I told him to carry some of the food that I had prepared for the meeting. After we had everything set and ready to go, we headed out to the street tennis courts behind the park.


Yuuta's POV

I was in my room packing some extra tennis balls into my bag and suddenly, my brother came into the room.

"Where are you going, Yuuta? A date with your new girlfriend?" Fuji emphasized on the word 'girlfriend'.

"No, Aniki. I need to go now, bye!" I avoided his questionnaire and ran out of the house to my destination.


Ryoma's POV

I was changing into my tennis clothes until my mom busted into my room.

"Ryo-chan, take that off! That is for school, so you are going to wear your other one with the skirt!"

"Oka-san, do I have to?"

"Yes you are, young lady! You are a girl for goodness sake; wear something that girls wear not boys!"

"Fine…"

I took off my current clothes and changed into the girl's tennis uniform that my mom had picked out for me. I tied my hair in a high pony tail and I didn't put on my hat because my mom took it away from me. It was almost time so I headed down stairs and I saw oyaji playing with our Himalayan cat-Karupin.

"Where are you going, Ryoma?" Oyaji asked me.

I found that getting oyaji scared and worried was really funny so I answered, "I'm going on a date. Ja ne!" I walked out the house.

"Have fun on your date." Oyaji called out to me before it hit him.

'Date!'

'Date!'

'Date!'

"DATE!!" he screamed shaking the whole house, "Wait, come back~

After I heard him scream I quickly ran off snickering to myself, but I wasn't looking where I was going so I crashed into someone. I was falling, but that person caught me before I hit the ground.
"Wow, Ryoma, you never change do you? Not looking where you are going and crashing into people." the person that I crashed into said. Somehow, this voice sounds familiar, I looked up and saw my best friend from America.

"K-K. . ."


That's the end of this chapter with a cliffhanger. Can you guess who the her best friend is? I hope you enjoyed it. I will update as soon as possible when I have time and when i have more reviews.

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