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Sorry it took so long, but after some long and hard thinking and hours of typing. I finally finished this chapter 3. I did made this chapter (a little bit) longer than chapter 2

So anyways, just read it already.

Tennis in an Alice World

Chapter3

"You know, if it wasn't for his injured ankle, you couldn't have won, Echizen," said Horio.

It was after school, and time for the club activities to begin. In the tennis courts, some members were seen playing a match, while others and most of the freshmen were picking up tennis balls or talking with each other.

"After all, there's no way a freshman can win against a regular," Horio continued. "Echizen, are you listening?" He turned back to see Ryoma talking to the girl from yesterday.

Kachiro and Katsuo who were nearby approached Horio after noticing Ryoma talking to the girl. "I wonder who that girl is?" Kachiro asked.

"I don't know, but it seems they're close," Katsuo answered. "After all they do call each others first name without honorifics." They remembered the event the previous day.

"You're Ryoma Echizen, right? Remember me?" Mikan asked

Ryoma raised his eyebrows slightly and with a surprised tone, said, "Mikan Yukihira."

All of the freshmen's eyes were now upon them. Horio, Kachiro and Katsuo behind Ryoma and Tomoka and Sakuno behind Mikan.

"I never thought I'd be seeing you here in Japan."

"I didn't think I would see you here either, Mikan," said Ryoma, whose expression returned back from being surprised"

"When was the last time we had seen each other?" Mikan wondered putting a finger on her chin.

"Probably six or seven years ago. Well, I'm going home first."

"Oh okay." Mikan said and Ryoma then turned to take his leave. "Let's go too, Sakuno-chan, Tomo-chan."

The girls left too leaving Horio, Kachiro and Katsuo behind.

"Hey, who's the girl Ryoma's talking to? Don't tell me she's his girlfriend," came a voice from behind the three.

On instinct the trio turned their heads to see the speaker. "Momoshiro-senpai!" They all shouted at once.

"Yo!" Replied the sophomore in his regular uniform, "Just call me Momo-chan. So, who is she anyways?"

"Actually, we don't know either" came the answer from Katsuo..

"Well, then let's go and ask him," he said shortly before approaching Ryoma. "Hey Echizen!"

"Ah, the guy from yesterday," spoke Ryoma as he faced him, "What was your name again?"

Momoshiro fell down while his freshmen friends' sweat dropped and a giggle came from the girl besides Ryoma

"You seriously don't remember?" Momoshiro asked, sitting on the ground.

Horio slapped Ryoma on the back. "You idiot, it's Momoshiro-senpai, one of the regulars here in Seigaku."

"Still forgetful as always huh, Ryoma," the girl, Mikan, said, making the other guys focus their attention to her.

Momoshiro took a clear look of her face and remembered the event a few days ago. "Aren't you the girl from the other day? The one who knocked Eiji-senpai down? That girl whose name has something to do with oranges, I think."

"Yup that's me." She answered "And it's not oranges, senpai. Its Mikan, which means tangerines." She smiled brightly. "Mikan Yukihira from class 1- 1 at your service. Just call me Mikan! By the way, besides Momoshiro-senpai's and Ryoma's, I don't know your names." Mikan turned to the freshman trio.

"I'm Horio Satoshi with two years of tennis experience!" Horio announced proudly, but, other than MIkan, no one paid much attention to him.

"Well, I'm Kachiro Kato,"

"And I'm Katsuo Mizuno" Katsuo continued. "We're from class 1-2 along with Echizen and Horio."

"Oh ok, nice to meet you Kachiro, Katsuo and Horio."

"Oh yeah, I just remembered," announced Momo "I've got an assignment to hand in. I'll see you guys later." Momoshiro ran off of the courts.

XOXOXO

On the other side of the courts, unknown to Mikan and the others, three sophomores were watching them all.

"Arai, That freshman, the one with the cap, found out about our trick and made fools out of us," Hayate, Arai's friend said

"He had also beaten Momoshiro," Ikeda, another friend, added.

Arai was definitely not happy, how could he be happy. A freshman had defeated his fellow sophomore and made a fool of his friends. That was just like trampling on his pride. Freshmen should know their place. After all, they're just some snot nosed brats. He is definitely not going to let this go by. He will definitely tell them this in anyway by means.

XOXOXO

"Um, Echizen-kun, Yukihira-san," Katsuo said.

"Mikan," she reminded.

"Well then, Mikan-san. If you don't mind me asking, are you guys close or something? You both seem familiar with each other." Katsuo asked

"Yeah, we've been meaning to ask you two that," Kachiro added.

"You two don't even call each other with honorifics, I mean what's up with that," Horio stated.

Mikan stared at Ryoma as he said, "We're friends."

"Just friends?" The trio asked curiously.

Her gaze went back to the three, "Actually, we're-"

Mikan's line was cut short by some other freshman as they shouted, "Hey look, there's the regulars."

Freshmen and sophomores alike stopped what they were doing, whether it was chatting or playing a match or others, and stared at the regulars as they entered the courts.

"For the while, all freshmen and sophomores are allowed to use the tennis courts to warm up or play a match," said the vice captain of the boy's tennis club

"Wow, they're so cool and intimidating!" Katsuo exclaimed excitedly.

"I wonder if I would wear one of those jerseys some day," Kachiro said dreamily.

"See, I told you that the regulars were cool," Horio boasted. "They are all great at tennis, but their captain, Tezuka-buchou, is especially good. I heard he never lost before. Even pros have a tough time with him." Horio pointed to the egg-shaped vice-captain, "That must be him. I wonder if I can have a match with him someday. It would be awesome if I could win against him."

"Actually that's the vice-captain, Horio-kun." Mikan corrected.

Hearing this, Katsuo and Kachiro were giving looks of disbelief at Horio, but before he could say anything Arai came into the picture.

"Hey freshman, stop boasting around like you know the regulars and start picking up the balls. All of you." Arai said in a strict voice that made the trio afraid.

"H-hai!" They exclaimed with fear evident on their face and scampered way

"And you-" Arai was about to give a lecture to Mikan, but she was already gone.

He then saw her behind the net of another court. Right behind another freshman.

"Hey, the regulars are having their practice. Let's go see." A random freshman shouted to his friends and went to where Mikan and Ryoma were standing. Wanting to know what's going on, Arai and the trio looked to the said court.

Oishi lobbed a ball one at a time to let each of the regulars hit it and directed back to the basket. As they continued to do this, vice-captain Oishi told them the mistakes they did.

"Fuji, you're one step too late!" Oishi said.

"Oh, gomen Oishi. Thank you for telling me," Fuji replied.

All the other members watched in awe as they did this.

"Wow! All the lobs they hit are going back to the basket."

"No matter where he hits it they always smash it back to the basket."

Arai took this chance to lecture the freshmen. "Look at them. This is how strong the regulars are. There's no way you can stand up to them. Boasting so much about beating them. Can you even play on equal against me?" He said.

Just as he said this, Oishi slipped and the ball got lobbed too far. "Ah, too far," he exclaimed. The ball went high up to the sky. Every single person in the court saw it including our green haired boy and brunette girl as the ball went to Ryoma's direction.

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Mikan said to Ryoma.

"Yeah," he said in a low voice that only Mikan heard. He tightened his grip on his racket and took his stance. The ball came closer and he smashed it back into the basket

"It's surprisingly easy." He arrogantly said with his head up high. Resting the racket on his shoulder.

Arai faced turned red as he hurried to Ryoma. How dare he, he thought. He grabbed ryoma's cuffs and lifted him roughly. "You arrogant brat!" He said gritting his teeth in anger. "How dare you disrespect your senpais."

"What is the meaning of this?" A sudden voice was heard across the courts. It took the attention of everyone from Arai and Ryoma.

"C-captain." The members, excluding mikan and ryoma, shouted at the same time.

The captain, Tezuka, faced both Ryoma and Arai. "Both of you," he said strictly, " for causing commotion, run 10 laps around the court."

Ryoma just stared at him as Arai tried to reason with his captain, "B-but captain, this freshman here started-"

Tezuka cut his sentence of as he said, "20 laps!"

Arai stared at his captain in disbelief, but as he didn't want his punishment to worsen, he didn't talk back. He then looked at Ryoma as he started running. Brat, I'll get you for this.

"Everyone!" Tezuka then shouted, "Start warming up. Second years and third years will go to courts after! For first years, get ready to pick up the balls!"

"Hai!" Everyone, other then Ryoma, Arai and Mikan, shouted back.

As the others went to do their own thing, Mikan approached Tezuka.

"Tezuka-buchou, I have something to tell you and the whole team."

~Fin~

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