I do not own CLAMP, or Prince of Tennis

(Use of any other objects that may sound familiar to you is either not my doing or else are coincidental. -I'll note it anyway if it is.-)

I hope you enjoy (~'',)~

Story legend:

thoughts will be in italic
"dialogue"
[character comment...]
(author's extra notes, thoughts, or commentary)

I'm going to use 'he/him/his' when our main character is in 'Yukito' mode desu! :)

Editted 11/12/10: because I said Yuki's cap fell, when it shouldn't have. T_T

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Ikimasyou! (02)

At the Tokyo Prefecture Tournament Venue

It was the first match and Yuki had hopes that Sakaki would let her play for this time.

"You will be put on reserve." Sakaki-kantoku pointed his delicately manicured hands at Yuki, "Please do understand, Imonoyama-kun..." ~It will be like this until a regular would challenge you to prove your worth; was what the coach would have mentioned.~ Yuki thought,

Shishido snorted, making Yuki glare at him for a second.

Yukito sighed, "No hard feelings Sakaki-sensei, it's fine by me..." he said in a deep tone.

"We will play at around 1. You're all free to go, for now." his coach dismissed.

He took off his jacket jersey, put it inside his bag and turned to leave.

"Yuki-kun, where are you going?" Atobe asked, as he was getting his thinner jacket,

"Outside, or to get some sleep maybe, call me if you need me." he waved at him and while wearing his jacket.

"Fine then." Atobe replied. 'Be careful...' was what Atobe wanted to say, but he knew better than that. Still, as he watched his cousin's retreating back, he couldn't help but wonder, *I seem to be forgetting something...* he shrugged and continued with his team towards the registration.

On HER way...

She noticed some people stopped what they were doing and was staring across the distance. "Oh?" she halted and saw for herself what got the crowd to stop. It was the Seigaku Tennis Club who had arrived. She was beginning to wonder if it had been like this when they arrived. She recognized people from reading the Monthly Tennis Pro magazine.

Kikumaru Eiji; is famous for his acrobatic plays.

Oishi Shuichiro; the one who could hit the Moon Volley, together with Kikumaru, they are the Seigaku's Golden Pair.

Fuji Syuusuke; a tensai player and had many hidden techniques, or so it had been mentioned.

Yuki almost gaped, He's so much of a tensai, he can walk with his eyes closed!

Kawamura Takashi; a very aggressive baseline player and is famous for his heavy returns – which don't fit his current aura…

Momoshiro Takeshi; famous for his heavy smashes – and 'luck'.

Kaido Kaoru; famous for his buggy whip shot, which no normal junior-high student should be able to hit.

Echizen Ryoma; son of Samurai Nanjirou, also the first year and possible secret weapon of Seigaku, and lastly,

Tezuka Kunimitsu; Seigaku's National-level Captain. He looks cold - and not the temperature kind.

There was a slow motion connection when the regulars and 'Yukito' walked pass each other.

No wonder Atobe wanted me to play here instead of in Clamp Campus. There are many interesting faces. She sighed.

She stopped and looked back to where the Seigaku regulars passed. I could've sworn that someone had a cold vibe with me... but I sense strong aura coming from them too. Atobe told me to watch out for them.

"Tezuka-sama!" a girl from beside her screeched.

There were more of those girls however, and they were cheering for different regulars. The girls seemed to be their fanclub. She rolled her eyes, she really should be used to this by now, she has her own fanclub... one made out of girls. Just thinking about it made her shiver in disgust. She wondered why the heck she even has them, they didn't even saw her play yet.

She then raised her eyebrow peculiarly at the man who followed the team. The man was wearing glasses and was reading his notes while walking.

Ech. I hope he hits somebody. She thought and was about to snicker at the thought, but stopped when she caught him looking straight at her, then looked down at his notebook. Now that she noticed what was written on the front page, 'Hyotei Minority Group Chronicles, Volume I'.

EHHHHHH? (o_o)

what caught her more in surprise when he started to talk informatively about her *cough* him.

"Imonoyama Yukito, 14, new regular at Hyotei Gakuen, skills unknown, most likely to be always a reserve for being untested and also Atobe Keigo's cousin. Further to be investigated as to the reason why he became a regular in the first place." he mentioned, looking up and staring her in the eye.

She coughed, gaining the note-man's attention who just smirked smugly, with eyeglasses glinting, "Who are you exactly?"

"Aa... Ore wa-" he started, but was abruptly cut-off by a certain mother-like fukubuchou.

"Inui!" Oishi, Yuki recognized, came back after realizing their missing trainer.

Inui... I have to watch out for you. Yuki assessed, as she watched Sei-Gakuen leave. She finally started on her way towards her former target.

Outside the tournament grounds...

She walked to where her feet led her, but was wary of her destination.

Atsui... (hot) she inhaled and exhaled slowly while fanning herself with her hand. She then decided to take off her jacket. She tied it around her waist.

She looked around for some shady trees, and then stumbled upon an alley. She suddenly felt curious because of the eerie feeling she was having about the street. So, being the curious person that she is, she walked towards the dark alley. (Well, it wasn't really dark... but it's just for effect.)

As they say, 'There's always a light at the end of the alley'... or tunnel, but the former works better for the situation, because Yukiko did see the light. A sudden strong wind blew, her hat and wig was almost blown by it too. She took hold of the knives that were hidden near her precious area, they might be blown and hurt her otherwise.

As an Imonoyama, she was supposed to have bodyguards everywhere she went because she IS the second heiress to the fortune after all, but she insisted that since nobody knew her in the main city of Japan, she'll be free to live a private life, playing tennis, an added fact was that she wore a disguise. Still, she wasn't exactly defenseless.

Ikimasyou! (Let's go) the adventurous Yuki -chibi mode- thought.

She shivered from the dark feeling, knowing that the unfamiliar route was what gave her that. She took her hands off her thighs. Shrugging, she walked faster towards the light and what she saw made her gasp in awe.

Yukiko felt refreshed and relaxed at the new setting before her eyes. It was nature park. She felt as if she could really... breathe. People were at a distance from which she almost could not see them.

She sighed at the beautiful sight and laid down on the grass. She checked her watch to see that it was only 11am, Hyotei's match was scheduled around 1 in the afternoon. Using her varsity bag as a pillow, she placed her cap in front of her face as she prepared to drift off before having a small lunch.

A few seconds later, her bad feeling increased, and she was almost gutted on the spot from a sword. She flipped away from her attacker and got into a ready stance but found it useless, and became semi-lax when her attacker was nowhere to be seen.

Hn... someone's watching me... she shrugged and looked around cautiously before getting her stuff, and walking to where it was safer and more populous.

She knew she was at a disadvantage since her 'stalker' had a steel sword. She concluded that it was sort of a warning, because if he wanted Yuki dead, he would've used a gun.

She found an empty bench behind two lovers, and decided to continue her nap.