The Tennis Prodigy That Caught the Tensei's eye
Sorry for the late update, I was very busy preparing for school. 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…
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English language speaking
Chapter 4: Meeting New Friends
Ryoma's POV
"K-Kevin! What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be in school in America?" I asked, very shocked to seeing him here.
"Hey, Ryoma, nice to see you. What am I doing here? I came to visit you, of course, we're best friends, right? About school don't worry; I am transferring to school in Japan along with my friends." giving Ryoma a goofy smile, "Where are you going, you seem to be in a rush?"
"Oh, I am going to the street tennis courts to meet with my friends for ten-" I was cut off by a loud shout from behind us.
"Hey, Ryoma! Long time no see!" the voice called out again. I turned around and saw my old American tennis team all smiling and waving at me.
"Hey, nice to see you guys again. Are you the friends that Kevin told me about that are transferring schools with him?" I was curious to what they are all doing here.
"Yes we are! Now we can play tennis together again. It was no fun without our ace player around." Billy cheerfully put his arm around my shoulder.
"He's right, we really did miss our favourite rookie ace on the team. Especially a certain someone, who moped around all day and staring off into space," Terry agreed and teased Kevin even more causing him to turn a thousand shades of red.
"Who said I was moping around and staring off into space?" Kevin huffed angrily and pointed a finger at Terry – who was ignoring him and talking to his older brother, Tom.
"Oh yeah, where are you going to live and what school are you transferring to?" I asked out of curiosity.
"You didn't hear from your dad yet? We are all living in your house since it is quite big with many rooms for us to sleep in. He suggested it himself after I phoned your house to let you know of this. Isn't that great?" Kevin explained to me with happiness evident in his voice.
"About the school we are transferring to, we are going to attend Seishun/Rikkai High. What school are you studying at – you are freshmen in Jr. High right?" Tom answered the second question without hesitation.
"Really, you guys are attending that school, too. I am currently studying there." I said shocked to hear that they are all attending the same school.
"Hey, Ryoma, didn't you say that you have to go somewhere? You're going to be late." Kevin interrupted and reminded me that I was suppose to meet Yuuta and Sakuno at the street tennis courts at 4.
"Noooo! I'm gonna be late! Catch you guys later." I was about to run off, but Billy caught my arm before I could run anywhere.
"Whoa there, you're not gonna ditch us here and go somewhere yourself are you. We dropped off our luggage right after you left and brought our tennis gear with us, can we join you to wherever you're going?" Billy asked playfully.
"Fine, but I have friends that I am meeting at the street tennis courts. I'll introduce you guys to them when we get there. Now let's hurry or I'm gonna be late." I rushed through my words and ran as fast as I my legs could carry me to the street tennis courts behind the park with my friends trailing behind me.
Sakuno's POV
Seiichi and I arrived at the park first, so we sat down on a bench across the entrance and waited for them to arrive.
"What a pleasant day today is at the park. Don't you think so, Seiichi?" I stated and turned to look at my boyfriend.
"Yup, a perfect day for a game of tennis, and a delicious picnic under a tree." Seiichi agreed with me with a genuine smile on his perfect face.
"They are taking quite some time to get here. I wonder what's happened." I was so worried about them that I started to shake a bit.
"Don't worry they will be fine. They might just be running late." He assured me with a light kiss on my forehead, "Ah. . . here comes Yuuta."
I looked up and saw Yuuta-kun running up to us panting heavily.
Yuuta's POV
I was running as fast as I can to the park because I was gonna be late for our friendly meeting at the street tennis courts. When I was at the entrance of the park, I saw that Sakuno was already there, but to my surprise Yukimura-senpai was there as well hugging her. I ran up to them to greet them and apologize for running late.
"I'm very sorry for running late, my brother was questioning me about where I was going." I explained and looked around, "Um... Sakuno, Yukimura-senpai did Ryoma arrive yet?"
"No, she didn't. I'm afraid that something had happened to Ryo-chan. She's never this late before." Sakuno said worriedly.
"Don't worry, she'll be fine. Oh yes, um… why are you here, Yukimura-senpai?" I was curious to why he was here with Sakuno.
"Oh, I was just helping my girlfriend move the food she prepared for all of us and since I had my tennis bag with me I decided to join you guys on your meeting. If you want I can leave." Yukimura-senpai explained to me in a gentlemanly manner.
"N-no, it's alright, you can stay. It would be nice to play against you and also learn from you. It's my pleasure to have you here, Yukimura-senpai." I offered respecting my senpai.
"Thank you, for letting me join your meeting." He thanked me and sat back down on the bench and continued waiting for Ryoma to join us.
Ryoma's POV
Oh, no! I'm running late and it's all thanks to them. The entrance of the park finally came into view and I saw my friends there sitting on a bench waiting for me. I sprinted to the entrance and waved at them, to my surprise, I saw Yukimura-senpai there with them.
"Hey… sorry I was late… I kinda… bumped into some old friends… along the way." I said between breaths.
"Are those your friends that you bumped into, Ryoma?" Yuuta pointed to the group that was panting not so far away from me.
"Yeah, they said that they wanted to join us, so I let them or I would never get here. Oh, and what is Yukimura-senpai doing here?" I asked out of curiosity.
"He was helping me bring the food that I made for our picnic and he also wanted to join us." Sakuno explained the whole situation to me.
"Hey, Ryoma, you said that we could play. Who are they? Can you introduce us?" Kevin interrupted because he felt kind of left out.
"Oh, that's right, I was suppose to introduce you guys. I am very sorry about that Kevin. These are my friends and classmates from school. This is Fuji Yuuta, Ryuzaki Sakuno and my senpai, Yukimura Seiichi." I pointed to each of them. Both sides nodded in approval and I continued on, "This here is Kevin Smith, Billy Cassidy, Tom and Terry Griffy, Bobby Max, Arnold Ignoshov (I don't remember his last name. if any body knows please tell me and I will correct it. Thnx), and Michael Lee."
"Cool, nice to meet you guys." Billy smiled and wrapped an arm around Yuuta's neck.
"Hey, let's get going to the tennis courts or there will be no more room." Kevin shouted over the now large group.
"Yeah, that's a good idea or there won't be any room left." Yukimura-senpai agreed.
We all ran off to the direction of the tennis courts, racing and laughing together. I was still thinking why my father told them to stay at our place, but for now let's just put that aside and enjoy the nice morning with a few tennis games with old friends.
That is the end for this chapter. I hoped you all liked it and would give me some feedback. I am also very sorry about the late update.
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