Forgive me, I keep forgetting about this every single week, and I finally remembered. (If there are people who actually want to know when this updates)
This is technically where the real story begins, so characters may actually develop sometime around here...
And thus, the final four had been decided:
1. Rikkaidai Fuzoku vs. Seishiren Gakuen
Seishun Gakuen vs. 2. Shitenhouji ...(?)
Numbers indicate last year ranking
"Let's see...," Renji said to himself. "That victory was quite crushing."
"Yukimura needs to play," said Niou.
"We're going to have Akaya develop," Sanada said.
"Yukimura needs to play," Niou said again.
"Niou, aren't you in this a little too much?" asked Yagyuu.
"Does that matter?" replied Niou.
"We're going to win. Yukimura will rest for Seigaku." Sanada said.
"They don't know what they're in for..." Niou thought to himself.
"The lineup is set," Renji said. This statement, finished the meeting. Their match against Seishiren was sealed.
"Captain... Why are we practicing today?" asked Saito.
"It'll be light play," responded Riki.
They were on some courts located pretty high up in the air. It was a very good area, but there were only three courts. However, the place was beautiful, and the courts were even better than the ones they had in Yokohama.
Practice was going well. Indeed it was. After all, Zenke and Corian showed up only 3 minutes late, which sets a record. No one was bored, and Nyder even went up to the net once for no apparent reason. They were only a quarter of the time through, but the flashing of white jerseys had caught the attention of the Whim brothers. Riki knew it was Inui, and nodded his head at the brothers. They hit the ball straight at the fence area that Inui was spying upon. He jerked upright, while Eiji taunted him for having been caught.
"Seigaku," said a surprised Nyder.
"Damn it..." murmured Kaidoh. "Our practice courts are taken."
Riki, whose eyes lit up immediately at having the chance with mingling with players from Seigaku quickly went up to them.
"Weren't expecting us, were you Inui?" Riki asked.
Inui calmly looked at him and pushed his glasses up. "Do you mean these courts, or making it to the semi-finals?"
"Sly answer. Both."
"Yes, very surprised."
Riki went up to him, and went very close to his face and whispered, "Dump all your data on Rikkaidai. You won't need a single line from them."
"Confident words right there, three year captain of the Seishiren tennis team, Riki Koharu," Inui said.
"It's unfortunate, that's about as much as you know," replied Riki. Inui arched an eyebrow at this.
"Are you challenging me?" he asked. By now, the other Seigaku members approached Riki.
"A match Inui," requested Riki.
"I refuse," he answered.
"HEY, what the hell are you doing?" Momoshiro yelled.
"I was just offering a chance for you to take all three courts," replied a calm Riki. The other members of Seishiren ignored this completely as one of his weird quirks in provoking the opponent to do stupid things. "Here's your chance, three games, each game you win, each court we'll allow you to use. However, send one person only."
Then reacting to the challenge, the short rookie approached Riki, and told him,"Mada mada dane."
"Perfect," Riki smiled.
