Normal POV

The rest of the day was pretty normal, but when the bell rang, all hell broke loose.

Sakuno's POV

"I challenge you to a tennis match! New girl, do you accept?" I saw Tomo-chan challenge Mi-chan. Sigh. She used to be so nice and kind, but when she found out that me and Ryoma-kun were childhood friends, she started acting all mean to me, and anyone who was close to the popular kids. My thoughts were cut off when I heard Mi-chan reply.

"Of course! You would be a good warm-up for when I play later. Do you want any handicaps?" Mikan replied cheerfully, accepting the challenge. Oh Tomo-chan, I hope you know what you're getting into…

Hotaru's POV

Heh. Tomoko challenged Mikan. She has no clue how skilled Mikan is. This should be good blackmail…

Ruka's POV

Tomoko-san challenged Mikan? I feel so sorry for her…

Natsume's POV

Hn. Tomoko against Polka Dots, eh? She's so screwed…

Ryoma's POV

I haven't seen her play in a while, but it's obvious that she will win. *shudders*

Rest of Class's POV

Oh no! The new girl – Mikan? – is going to lose! Tomoko-san is good…

Normal POV

Mikan, oblivious to the thoughts of her best friends and the rest of the class, cheerfully skipped to the tennis courts, holding her tennis racket bag (a/n let's pretend that all of the GA gang are addicted to tennis like Ryoma, k?). As she neared to courts, she ran towards the locker room, quickly changing into tennis clothing, and then running back out. Close behind her, Tomoko, Hotaru, Ruka, Natsume, and Ryoma ran into their respective locker rooms.

Mikan was wearing a sleeveless tank top, shorts, and a cap when she came out. Hotaru followed her, wearing a similar outfit in a different color. Tomoko came out last, wearing tennis dress, with short sleeves and a miniskirt.

Natsume, Ruka, and Ryoma all wore similar outfits, but in different colors. They all dressed in a T-shirt and shorts that reached right above their knees.

Mikan walked to a secluded court, and began to warm up. Tomoko, seeing this, spoke up.

"Are you so scared that you'll lose that you want to play on a isolated court, so no one will see you lose?" Tomoko said, taunting Mikan.

"No, actually I'm trying to save your pride, when you lose to me." Mikan replied cooly.

"I'm ref, okay?" Ryoma said, climbing up the referee chair.

In preparation for the start of the match, Mikan stretched, Hotaru took out her camera, Ruka stopped playing with Usagi, Sakuno stood to the side with a clipboard, and Natsume leaned against the ref chair. And Tomoko? Tomoko ended up making googly eyes at the guys.

"Match start!"

Tomoko's POV

"Match start!" I saw the new girl look at something, and I followed her gaze to look at Sakuno. I can't believe she was ever my friend. She was so snobby after telling me that she and Ryoma were childhood friends. Shaking my head to rid myself of this train of thought, I saw Sakuno push her hands together. I looked back at the new girl, who nodded, smirking. What is Sakuno telling Mikan to do?

Mikan's POV

I looked at Sa-chan questioningly. She hand signaled me, telling me to end it quickly. I smirked and nodded. This is gonna be fun.

Normal POV

"Match start! Osakada to serve." Ryoma announced, clearly enjoying towering over everyone else.

Tomoko hit a slice serve, which Mikan easily returned, taunting, "That was so slow, that can't be all you got can it?" Enraged, Tomoko accidently hit the ball into the net.

Tomoko serve again, this time faster. Yet again Mikan returned it easily, smirking. Tomoko tried lobbing the ball over Mikan's head, but Mikan jumped and smashed the ball, the ball rebounding towards Tomoko's face. Reacting, Tomoko dodged, losing the point. She served yet again, attempting the same thing, to no avail. She lost her serve.

"0-1. Sakura to serve." Ryoma said, already bored with the game.

Mikan lowered her cap, and threw the ball up with her right hand, and hit a very familiar serve. The ball bounced in front of Tomoko, heading towards her face.

Tomoko's POV

Twist serve? That girl can hit a twist serve? What the hell?!

Mikan's POV

Ha. And she thought she was good. After my ace, I hit one twist serve after another. The result was the same. Quickly finishing the match, I looked at Ryo-chan, to call. Nat-chan hit him, waking him up.

"H-huh? Oh, 6-0 to Sakura." Ryoma said, nodding towards me. Ha. He knew I was gonna win from the very beginning. I walked to the net, sticking my hand out for a handshake. She looked at my hand like it was a bug, but still grasped my hand and shook it. At least she still has some of her pride. I looked around, and it seemed like a crowd had gathered. I saw many familiar people, but there was one extremely shocked face that I ran towards.

"Onii-chan!" I hugged Syu-nii-chan.

"M-Mikan? Why are you here? They finally let you go?" I looked up at his face, smiling.

"Yup! I got back yesterday night. Don't tell Rei-nii, Tsubasa-nii, and Yo-chan yet okay (a/n Persona is replacing Sanada, Tsubasa is Mikan's cousin and replacing Atobe, and Youichi is replacing Shinji, and there's a bunch of others as well that you'll find out about later)?

"But kaa-san would've – wait. She was in on this, wasn't she? When I get home…" Syu-nii was muttering about what he would do to our mom. I finally looked around at the rest of the people. They looked shocked, excluding Hotaru, Sakuno, Natsume, Ryoma, and Ruka.

"EH?!"

Oops. WHAT DO I DO NOW?! Hyperventilating in my mind. My cover was blown!

Hotaru's POV

That baka! She had to go hug him! Whatever. I give up on her. I saw Kunimitsu, and I walked up to him.

"If each of us defeat a regular, can we participate in the ranking matches?" I saw him about to refuse, when recognition flickered in his eyes.

"Of course, that is, if you win." Hearing this, I dragged Ryoma, Natsume, Mikan, and Ruka to him.

"I will face Inui, Mikan will face Syusuke, Ruka will face Momoshiro, Natsume and Ryoma will face each other. Is that okay?" I looked at him. He gave a very small smile and said, "Only if I can play winner between Mikan and Syusuke." We shook hands. I looked at Sakuno, signaling for her to take notes on performance. Then I looked at the rest of the gang, stating, "We are gonna win. Go all out."

Tomoko's POV

I broke out of my reverie. What the hell?! I stalked up to her, fury radiating off of me in waves.

"Who the hell do you think you are?" I demanded, addressing Mikan. "You may have beaten me, but there's no way you can defeat Fuji-sama! Who do you think you are?!" I yelled at her, acid in my words. She looked at me and smirked. I stood there, shaking with anger, my hands clenched into fists. She's just like Sakuno!

Normal POV

Quickly, Hotaru and Inui moved to the farthest court, Ruka and Momo moved the second farthest court, Natsume and Ryoma moved to the second closest court, and Mikan and Fuji stayed at the nearest court.

"Match start!"