Hey, sorry it took so long for the update! I've been swamped with school work and other things. This is the newest addition to the story. I'm hoping to get the next one up sooner! Seeing as how I only have about 7 weeks of classes left, I should have one or two before I get more regular with the updates.

Fallen Angel

Kira was shadowing Ryuzaki-sensei today and she noticed that something was off, but she couldn't tell what. Just when she thought things wouldn't get worse, Ryuzaki became ill and had to be taken to the hospital and would have to miss the rest of the camp and maybe longer than that.

"What's gonna happen now?" Kira asked Hanamura and Sakaki-sensei.

"We will need to call in another coach to work with you. We have just the person too," Hanamura said with a smile that Kira did not like.

"Who were you thinking of?"

"You'll see when they get here. Ryuzaki had them on speed dial if you can believe it or not."

Kira felt her stomach fall deeper into her body. She had a good suspicion as to who the coach was and she didn't wanna see that person right now. She knew that she still had to focus on finding the team, but she hoped that she didn't have to get her racket out to play. As the day drew to an end, she noticed that Sengoku was a strong choice for the team and she was going to keep her eye on him.

The next morning Kira slept in again because she was up late practicing for some reason and didn't even realize her alarm went off for over an hour or so. She knew that her group was falling apart and thinking that they were going to be held back because she really didn't have coaching skills, just managerial skills. She sighed as she pulled back her hair again and got ready for another boring day. She was getting ready to head to the courts to get some handle on the situation when she saw him.

"Welcome back," Kira said.

"Ah," he replied.

"Same old Kunimitsu. So I guess, you are replacing Ryuzaki then?"

He nodded his head.

"Well, we should get over to her team. If I know Akaya, he's not that willing to work with anyone other than someone he knows that's in authority."

They walked over to see that squad bickering over what to do as a practice. Kira rolled her eyes at what she saw.

Are they really that stupid that they won't work together and warm up then play matches? Kira thought.

After Tezuka revealed himself to the team they all met in the cafeteria to here the news.

"Ryuzaki has faith in Tezuka and you all should too. Kira will be the assistant to that team and help get them on track," Hanamura said.

Kira sighed when she learned that she wouldn't be with those two wierdos anymore.

"So now that you are back, do you feel any better?" Kira asked.

"I still have a little way to go for my rehab, but I'm still not allowed to play yet," Tezuka said.

"Hopefully you will be okay for Nationals."

"Have you started playing tennis yet?" Tezuka asked.

"Kinda, not really. It's hard to tell. I've started training again, but I haven't really played a match. I'm sick of they guys giving me a look that I don't belong here. I'm just trying to help them and they look like they want to kick me out... Well except for Rikkai."

"Prove them wrong. You are tough and good. They just don't know it."

"This time here is not my place to play."

"But it is. You weren't invited here because you are Rikkai's manager. Ryuzaki knows your potential. She watched you play in a junior match the year you quit playing tennis. She told me that when she first met you. Her ability to see a good player is one thing, but she remembered you for a reason."

Kira stood there in awe. There was no way that she could remember her. She only played a few matches that year. Her eyes wandered to a court and she knew that she was ready to play again, but she didn't want to let anyone else know.

As they day went on, her urge to play a match grew larger and larger. Something about some of the people at the camp also drew her anger out. They all seemed to not want to take her seriously. The biggest offender was Kajimoto. He never seemed to listen to her and he gave her dirty looks as if he was better than her. She couldn't take it anymore. She got up and walked over to him.

"You have a problem with me?" Kira said.

He just looked at her blankly, "No, but I do question why you are here. You clearly have no passion to play tennis. So why do you help out with them and make them become better. You being here is probably hurting us more than helping us. Just look at what you did with Rikkai. They should have won Regionals and they lost last minute because if you weren't there, they may have won."

Kira took offense to his comment, "How dare you say I caused them to lose and how dare you say I have no passion. You have no clue what happened to me that made me have to quit tennis. You think you are so high and mighty because you were selected to come here and possibly be selected for the team. I have news for you, your attitude will get you nowhere."

He shrugged his shoulders and spoke as he walked away, "You are all talk and no action."

By this point Kira had had it. She walked up behind him and challenged him to a little match. He agreed knowing that he was going to easily beat her. The word of her match with Kajimoto spread quickly. Everyone started assembling around the court, even Hanamura and Sakaki. They knew that they shouldn't condone this match, but they wanted to see what Ryuzaki saw in this girl.

Kira grabbed her racket and walked to her respective side of the tennis court. She knew that she didn't want to open up with everything she had just then, and she knew everything about his playing style from watching him play for the past few days. He let her serve first on the basis of she probably wouldn't be able to have a strong and steady serve. She eyed right where she wanted the ball to go and then she hit, with all her might, the ball right to his feet and it rolled slowly on the ground.

He looked up and stared at her for a quick moment. He didn't realize that she could do that.

"I'm not a weak little girl like you think I am. I have played for years and won many titles in my time," Kira said.

"That was just a fluke. It won't happen again," Kajimoto said.

The game started to pick up and she let him get a few points to make him fell not as bad about losing to a girl. She was noticing how flexible he was and that he was using that to his advantage. She wanted to bring out a certain move against him and use that flexibility to her advantage. She decided to stop moving and let the ball come to her. No matter where he hit that ball, it would always come to her.

"Wait, Tezuka, isn't that Tezuka Zone?" Momo asked.

"Ah, but she was the first one to use it on me. I learned it from playing her and then put my own twist on it. She has evolved it too, I see," Tezuka said.

Kira kept using her shot and it proved her right, "You see, when I say I won many titles, I meant it."

Kajimoto stood there on his end of the court dumbfounded that a girl like her could have so much power to her. Most of the girls that he has met and played with were nothing compared to what she did. He grabbed the ball one more time and did his L-Serve right at her. Kira shifted her weight to hit the ball but when she did she felt something pop in her knee. She knew that wasn't a good sign.

Crap I over did it this time. Probably shouldn't have gone all out on him the way that I have. Now I'll need to see a doctor about my knee again. Man, I thought that healed years ago. I guess not playing made it flare up when I started back up again. Kira thought as she returned the ball and felt her weight be even more displaced. She knew she still had her move to save her from moving around too much, but she hated relying on that to win her matches.

After a few minutes of a rally, Kira finally got her last point to beat Kajimoto. She walked up trying not to limp to shake his hand, but she knew that one of them noticed her as she walked.

"I guess I was wrong about you," Kajimoto said.

"You should stop underestimating people. That goes for everyone here! You thinking that you are always better than your opponent because you are bigger and look stronger is STUPID! That's how you get so arrogant like Atobe over there, but he's even learning that he can be beaten and that he is not always the best," Kira announced to the tennis players.

She walked off the court and sat down and looked at her inflamed knee and sighed. She looked up when she noticed some shadows surrounding her.

"You're injured?" Kirihara asked.

"Yeah, along with one of my reasons for quitting, I got injured my last year of playing. I went for a ball and I landed on my knee hard. After that, I kept doing the same thing, then I realized that they were purposely making me do that, but when I found out, it was too late," Kira said.

"You should get that looked at," Sanada said.

"All I need to do is ice it and bandage it up, but playing that match makes me want to play even more now. I just feel that there are still some things that I need to do before I fully come back," Kira said getting up and walking away from the boys.

She got back to her room and she iced her knee and then fell asleep.

Thank God this camp is almost over, but right about now, I am ready to become the tennis player that I want to become. I just need to challenge one person in particular, Kira thought to herself as she fell asleep.

Sanada was sitting talking with Tezuka and realized something about her.

"Her nickname was Fallen Angel?" Sanada said.

"Yeah, she was one of the ones that was considered to be one of the best. If she hadn't stopped playing when she did, then she may have the potential to be a professional player in a matter of a year or two," Tezuka said. "Her movements were said to be that of an angel and there was no way she was human. I have even witnessed that myself a time or two. I will admit that she has beaten me without even breaking a sweat."

"So there is more to her than we first thought."

Tezuka nodded his head and went to thinking about his friend from long ago playing tennis again.

Yay! I finally made her play. The next chapter is kinda gonna be a filler of between what happens at the end of the camp and what happens before the matches starts. This will also have some Yukimura in that chapter as well!

You know what to do! R&R