Since my classes are starting off a little slow right now, I have time to actually write some chapters before my life spins into chaos. Well, I figure in this chapter I may reveal who she is mad at and who her possible love interest is going to be. This chapter pretty much jumps to the Kanto tournament with some flashbacks since she obviously doesn't know Yukimura and that whole situation. I feel that this is going to be the best way to get the story going.

Time and Time Again

Kira had a lot to think about. She needed to find a club to participate in, the person that she hates was right near her and she didn't feel comfortable with that, and she was worried about making friends. Her commute to school was stopped when she noticed a little girl standing on the corner looking lost. Kira knew that she had to do something about it.

"Hey, are you okay?" Kira asked.

"Yeah, but I can't find my way to my brother's school to give his friends something that he wanted them to have," The little girl said getting upset.

"What school does he go to?" Kira asked the girl who had a deep purple almost black hair and grey eyes.

"Rikkaidai."

"I go there. Do you want me to take it for you so you are not late for school?"

The girls face lit up and she handed her a folder, "Thank you so much!"

"No problem, but who am I supposed to give this to?"

"Uh, Gen-kun!"

Kira had a confused look on her face for a moment and realized that the girl was talking about Sanada, "Sure, I'll give this to him. Now you should get going before you get in trouble."

The girl nodded and ran off. Kira realized that she should get going herself if she wanted to get the package to him on time. She made it to the grounds and ran to the tennis courts. Her chestnut eyes scanned the courts looking for Sanada and once she found him, she made her way down further to give him the folder. She managed to get onto the tennis courts and made her way over to Sanada.

"Um, I was told to give this to you. I found a little girl who looked lost and long story short, she said that her brother needed to get this to you," Kira said handing him the folder.

Sanada looked at her with a menacing look, "And you though that this was the appropriate place to hand this to me?"

"What other time was I going to see you? It was better for me to do this because there is the case that I could have forgotten to hand that to you. So just take it!" Kira said walking away in anger. As she was just about to leave the courts a few members of the club came up to her.

"You don't talk to Fukobucho like that!" One of them said.

"He's not my Fukoubucho, so it doesnt matter to me! Just let me get to class," Kira growled.

"I don't think so, you need to pay."

Her eyes narrowed and she knew what was going to happen, "How so?"

"You are going to play a match against him after school since we know you play tennis."

She stood there for a minute before she gave her answer, "And what would be the benefit behind all of this?"

Just as he was going to say that Niou stepped in the way, "Now I don't think her playing a match would be fair. I mean she is a girl for that matter. I think she should become our manager."

She rolled her eyes at the entire statement that he said, "So you are saying that I am weak, and you want me to be your manager? You have another thing coming."

"It's the only way to make up for angering him."

Kira stood there for a moment and turned to see Sanada standing there glaring at her, "Fine, I'll do it. Only on the condition that I do not have to pick up a racket at all."

Sanada nodded to her condition, "Be here after school for practice. You are required to attend all events involving the team. Everyone is dismissed!"

The team scattered to their respective room and Kira was now regretting her decision, "You know Niou-kun? I really hate you right now."

"Awww, why is that?" Niou asked sarcastically.

She shot a glare at him saying You know why Idiot.

The rest of her day went pretty much the same that it always has, but she was not looking forward to her life now that she had to manage the tennis team. From what she could gather, there was a faculty advisor, but after they won their first nationals, the teacher decided they could run things on their own. She still doesn't understand why she is needed, but she saw it as she was involved with a club and she didn't have to worry about that any more.

She walked down to the tennis courts and met the regulars on the team. Her eyes saw Sanada coming down with a folder that she had this morning.

"This is Niroshina Kira, she will be our new manager for the year. Please treat her with respect," Sanada said.

Coming from the biggest hipocrite of the all, Kira thought.

She was led by a younger student to an office right next to the club house. She noticed papers everywhere and nothing looked organized for a team that won two national championships.

"Sanada wants you to organize this and have it done by the end of practice, this is where you will spend most of your time," the student said quickly before leaving.

Kira sighed and started to get to work. There were files from last year that needed to be put in their right places. She noticed that there was a different file for each member of the regular team. She got all of those files in order and noticed that she only had about 15 minutes to get the rest of the place organized. She got up and realized that mostly everything was filed, but there were things that needed to be updated. She finished with only thirty seconds to spare and she ran back down to the courts to find everyone waiting for her.

"Sorry, I was finishing something," Kira said.

"Not a good excuse," Sanada said. "Dismissed. Kira you need to enter this data for the team. We also have a match this weekend and you need to come up with the line up for us."

She nodded and went back up to the office. She noticed a file that was untouched. Yukimura Seiichi. She sat down and entered the information that she needed to enter and she went on her way back home and started her homework. She knew that after today, her life was going to be a living hell.

A MONTH LATER

Kira had been the manager for about a month now. She had gotten to know the team pretty well and she was on the bus with them going to the Kanto Tournament. She was nervous because she knew she needed to impress Yukimura and help Sanada lead them to nationals.

Flashback

Kira was looking at the file for Yukimura Seiichi, he was not at the school for some reason and also he was not at the practices. Her curiosity got the best of her and she decided to ask Sanada about what to even do with the file.

"Hey I have this file for a member and I don't know what to do with it," Kira said.

"Keep it with the regulars," Sanada said.

"But he's not even here! It doesn't make sense!"

"You'll find our after practice."

She stood there and then went back to her office. Her mind was racing as to what was the thing that she was going to find out. She finished her work and saw that the entire team was there waiting for her.

"You ready?" Renji said.

Kira simply nodded and followed the team. She noticed that they were going into a hospital. She immediately got uncomfortable. The last time she was in one was when her father passed away. They reached a room and opened the door to find a frail looking teenager sitting up in a hospital bed.

"Kira, this is Yukimura Seiichi, the captain of the Rikkaidai tennis team," Sanada said.

She just stood there dumbfounded, she should have realized when the vice captain was running the practices, "Nice to meet you, I'm Kira the new manager."

He nodded his head, "So how are things going?"

"Well, we are well on our way to getting our third national championship," Renji said.

"Good," the boy replied looking down. "If you don't mind, I would like a word with you Kira."

All Kira could do is nod as the rest of the team left the room.

"You have a tough job looking over them, but please try and keep your calm around Sanada," he said.

"I do keep my cool," Kira replied.

"I hear everything from them and I know that you two don't get along."

"Well, he needs to stop being so bullheaded and listen to when I say something. I know what I am talking about when it comes to strategy. I did well on the first two matches and I get nothing, not even a nod of approval from him."

"He's not the person to show that. You need to prove to him more of your talent and matching skills. Do you play?"

"I did."

"I suggest you start picking it up again, it will help."

"Easier said than done."

Just then a small girl bursted into the room, "Seiiiiiichiiiiii! Meanie Gen-kun wouldn't let me in!"

"I was talking to someone," Yukimura said.

"Ohhhhhhhhh, sorry. Hey you are the girl from before!" She said.

Kira looked at the girl and realized that it was the girl who handed her the folder, "Yeah, its me. I'm Kira, nice to meet you."

"I'm Yukimura Ai!"

Kira laughed and decided to get up and leave, "I'll leave you to be with your sister."

End Flashback

She visited him a few times after that and promised him that she would look after the team and try to keep everyone under control. So far things were going well and they were easily going to win their first match against Ginka. From there, things could get harder, she went to the event where they drew the lots for the tournament just to get a look as to who was on each branch. She noticed that this was going to be a harder fight than she thought. Hyotei was on the opposite branch, along with Seigaku. She had read about how they have a strong freshman and that their team rose from nowhere to win their prefectural tournament.

"Kira, come on," Sanada said.

Kira realized that she was daydreaming and she got up off the bus and walked into the complex where the matches are going to be held. She took her position on the bench next to Sanada and started observing every little detail. After their match was won handily, they decided to go over and watch the Hyoutei and Seigaku match. From what Kira observed, she saw that they were basically in a dead heat against one another.

"This shall be an interesting match," Renji said.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Kira asked looking as to who was on the court.

"Atobe and Tezuka. Everyone knows that when Atobe beat Seigaku's captain last year, Tezuka went right back at them."

Kira stood there, "So this is to see who truly is the better one."

She noticed Sanada and Renji nod. As the match grew on, she noticed that they were evenly matched. It seemed that not matter what, there was always going to be a way for one of them to comeback. She noticed something about how Atobe was playing.

"Does Tezuka have an injury?" Kira asked.

The team turned to look at her. She didn't even know that about him.

"Yes, his elbow," Sanada replied.

Her eyes realized what was going on and that this match was more than what most people thought it was going to be.

Flashback

"And who might you be?" A tall man asked wearing a grey tennis regular jacket.

"Niroshina Kira. Manager for Rikkaidai. You are?" Kira asked right back.

"Atobe Kiego. I find it funny that a girl is the manager for a boys tennis team."

"I was asked by Sanada to do so. Now, I need to go somewhere."

Kira got up and went to the hall and saw someone familiar walking towards her. She gave him an icy glare till Atobe, yet again came out to talk to her.

"Now why is someone to pretty not only their manager, but going to Rikkaidai. You must accept my offer to come to Hyoutei," Atobe said.

"You are one creepy person. I will never leave my school to go to yours! You must be nuts to think that!" Kira exclaimed getting the attention of everyone in the surrounding area.

"Now, now. You will see. I will make a bet with you. If Hyoutei beats Seigaku in their match, you must transfer to my school."

"Why would I take you up on that bet. I don't even go to Seigaku!"

"You seem like a person who would take petty much any bet as long as it didn't involve your team."

Just as she was ready to blow on him, someone came to her aid.

"Deal, but if Seigaku wins, you will have to leave her alone," a voice said.

Kira turned around to see the one person that she didn't want to see. As everyone left she turned around to thank the person that she hated most in this world.

"Thank you but I'm still pissed that you accepted the deal for me. You better freaking win," Kira said.

"Ah," he replied.

"I still despise you, but I think we should talk things over."

All he did was nod. She looked at him and realized that he was still the same as when she first met him all those years ago.

"Kira, I had no clue what happened with your father. The only thing my mother told me was that he was very ill and that you may have to move away. I don't know if your mother kept in contact with mine or not. After not hearing from you, I decided that you just forgot about me and everything," he said.

"I will start to forgive you, but it is going to take a long time for that wound to heal Kunimitsu," she said. "But I have to get going now. I'll see you around."

End Flashback

Kira watched as Tezuka was pushed to his limit and saw that the game was going on for hours. She prayed that Seigaku would win so she wouldn't have to live up to the bet that Atobe made.

"Something wrong?" Mauri said.

"Nope, nothing at all, just watching the match, and so should you," Kira said with a little bit of nervousness in her voice.

"You are not good at lying, we have found that out time and time again with you," Renji said.

"Fine, when I went to the lottery drawing for the slots, Atobe made a bet that if they win, I need to transfer to Hyoutei. Needless to say Tezuka accepted the deal for me being the ass that he is," Kira said.

They gave her a strange look and stared at her for a moment.

"Why would he do such a thing?" Kirihara asked.

"From what I have learned, Atobe is the biggest egomaniac around and Tezuka was trying to help. The only reason why Atobe didn't involve you guys was that he was probably afraid that he would lose this bet. He feels comfortable with this one," Kira said.

"Why would Tezuka make that decision for you. That's not like him to do that," Renji said.

"Tezuka felt confident. He always has. He knows that he can win this. He doesn't accept offers like that if he knows he will fail. For as long as I have known him, that has always been the case," Kira said with her eyes still on the game intently.

"He's the one that made you hate tennis?" Renji said putting pieces together.

"Yeah, its a long story that I'll tell you later. To make things short, we were best friends growing up. I was probably the only female that he would play against because I didn't like being treated lightly. That was the way that my father raised me to play sports. My father was the most important thing in my life. He passed way when I was in my second year of elementary school. I moved shortly after that. Somehow we lost connection with one another. I thought that he would be the one to help me get over his death. In my fifth year, I stopped playing all together because the pain was just too much for me. Everytime I looked at a racket, I thought of my father and him. I buried that part of me till I came back here," Kira said now looking down at her feet feeling lonely again. "My mother has been there and all, but we lost part of our relationship when my father died. He kept my family together. For years I have felt alone, even in my old school I never fit in right. It didn't matter what I did, I was always the outsider in things."

The turned and looked at her realizing just how painful life was on her. By this moment the match had gone to Atobe.

"Please, win Seigaku. I really don't want to go to school with that monkey ass," Kira muttered earning a laugh from Kirihara.

"You know always thinking that you are alone, is why you get frustrated with tennis so much. Just lighten up a little more, we know you have a little bit with us. I think you should play again. Maybe a small match against Mauri or someone?" Yagyuu suggested.

"I'm still not ready to do that yet. Believe me, when I want to play a match, I will. For now, I am content with where I am... YES SWEET MOTHER! I DON'T HAVE TO TRANSFER!" Kira yelled when Ryoma won the match against Hyoutei getting a laugh from the rest of the team pretty much.

Kira went down the bleachers to see Tezuka, "How's your elbow?"

"Not good," was his reply.

"You need to rest to make that feel better, and thank god you won. I like where I am at right now, but Seigaku better be prepared for Rikkaidai," Kira said with a wink and left to return to her team.

She met up with her team and decided to leave with them feeling good about her life for the first time in a while.

I believe that this is one of my longer chapters. I couldn't really find a good stopping point to there. So it has been revealed that Tezuka was the one that made her upset all those years ago, but who could she possibly like. I'll tell you now, it's not Tezuka.

R&R!