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Chapter 2 - Amazing defeat

"Fuji? I think I read or heard it somewhere before. I can't remember exactly what it is, but there's something weird about that name.." Kikumaru Eiji, the famous acrobatic player of Seigaku commented as he heard Coach Ryuzaki's announcements on the speakers.

"Oh yeah, and much to that, I won my match against Kaidoh by 6-2 sets." He continued as he showed a teasing face to Kaidoh who was standing and glaring behind him.

"Fshuuu..~" was all Kaidoh replied, and he started jogging to their locker rooms to take a drink.

"Well Eiji, just watch and see what Fuji can do.." Replied Coach Ryuzaki after moments of writing.

"Yo Eiji! How's the fight?? I'm starting to go buuurninggg. Im next!!" Tattled Kawamura as he whips his racket back and forth while his aura is burning with power and excitement.

"Good luck then. By the way, have you seen that guy yet?" Eiji asked and pointed at the half court opposite Tezuka.

"Huh? Oh, the new recruited student from somewhere i dunno. I think his name is Fuji Syusuke. I believe he's with the same section as mine." Remembered Kawamura as he waved back to Eiji and started jogging to his game.

"Oh, well, this is a game I need to watch. Nyaaa~" Purred Eiji as he helped himself with water, wiped his whole face without even drops of sweat and continued to the court C where Tezuka will be playing.

"The battle in court C between Tezuka-Fuji will now begin.." Announced the umpire and everyone hurried towards the C court to watch Tezuka's game and see how pitiful his enemy looks after the game. It was rumored once that in one regular eliminations game, Tezuka finished his game in 5 minutes with a score of 6-0, with even perfect ace serves and returns.
"Please go easy on me.." The smiling lad, whose name is Fuji called out to Tezuka and flashed his calm smile again and wished him good luck. All Tezuka did was nod and hide his eyes behind the sun's reflections in his glasses.

Tezuka stood at the other side and breathed as he threw the ball slowly upwards and hit it perfectly with his racket directing it towards the left of Fuji. It was so fast that nobody saw it clearly and obviously Fuji missed it. Audience wowed and were amazed at Tezuka's serve and others glued their eyes and just stared at what velocity the ball would have gone to be that fast enough not to be seen by the naked eye.

"Whew, expected from Tezuka. A lightning fast serve within a blink of an eye that only people with eyes like me can only observe in a distance. More than that it was executed effortlessly..tsk tsk.." Eiji shook his head and chuckled as he saw the terrified look on Fuji's face for a bit of second. But it bothered him that he smiled yet again like there's something he would do the next time Tezuka serves, then he sighed and began to felt a racket patting his shoulder.

Echizen yawned as he eyed Eiji sharply, "Done in almost 10 minutes. What's special here?" He inquired as he glanced at Tezuka and Fuji on opposite sides. "I think this will be too easy.." He added

"Not quite echizen, as you can see from the stance of Tezuka's opponent, he is tilted to the left already by 15 degrees, thus having the probability that he could hit Tezuka's serve to 93%. And add up to the fact that his grip in his racket is much of a better player compared to a grip of a beginner or an amateur rather summing it to a probability of a good return by 98.7892%. I think this will be a good record for my data." Inui explained as he flipped his notebook and took down notes again. He smiled evilly as he looked at both terrified Echizen and Eiji who were startled upon his sudden comment.

"Well that ain't bad for a Tezuka Kunimitsu.." Fuji smiled after he looked back at the fast ball that passed by him not so long ago. His eyes still closed, he returned to his form and this time he moved up and down and he tilted a bit to the left.

Tezuka just ignored Fuji's statement and started to execute his swift serve again. He threw the ball up, sharpened his golden auburn eyes and hit it better than the first but this time, Fuji opened his bright jade eyes and revealed his fierce look, he bent down and gracefully returned Tezuka's serve with almost a hundred percent accuracy. Tezuka was caught off guard by the sudden movements of his opponent that he flicnhed and miraculously missed the return, making the score 15-15. Fuji's eyes closed again and returned to the vulnerable, innocent and friendly faced nymph and smiled back at the astonished Tezuka. Everyone silenced down and surprisedly stared at Fuji and his magnificent return.

Eiji and Echizen's mouth both dropped simultaneously as they saw the return ace without Tezuka even moving an inch, while Inui was smiling as he took the happening down and nodded to himself.

On the other hand, Tezuka beamed and stood straight, adjusted his glasses right and composed himself. "Nice return eh, I would gladly not let my guard down.." Tezuka challenged as he shifted to a better stance and started to hold the racket tightly, filling with excitement and amazement. It is like the first time he experienced in regulars eliminations that someone caughts him off guard and finds a hole to pierce him through.

"This will be the beginning of the true game." Coach Ryuzaki whispered as she watched their match from the official's table, looking like she's yet planning another very brilliant plan for the seigaku captain, Tezuka Kunimitsu.

Tezuka started to serve again, this time Fuji faced back and hit Tezuka's serve from the right. He returned and directed it to the open space on the lower right of the court but eventually, he saw Tezuka there immediately and he returned it easily. Fuji not trying to give up then sprinted eagerly to the left where Tezuka attempted a high lob and there was no more option but to use his move, the Higuma Otoshi. He bended his knees and he leaned forward, slicing the ball so fast like a samurai cutting a practice stand then looking backwards the court. He thought that his move would finish him over but to his surprise, he saw the ball landing exactly along the court lines at the back he was facing.

He stood up and saw Tezuka positioned only at the center of his other half court from his receiving point and felt that there was something about his stance that made him return his Higuma Otoshi that easily. He still smiled and enjoyed the little battle and quickly returned to his original spot.

"15-30, Tezuka.." The umpire stated as he signaled both of them to start again with Tezuka serving yet another quick serve that has not yet been detailedly seen by any normal audience. They rallied for a while, returning normal hits effortlessly. Fuji started to pant when he tried to observe Tezuka for a mere second, fool enough to just recently realize that Tezuka never left his position since he placed himself at the center of his court. Fuji was so outfocused that Fuji's return passed by him and the umpire shouted 15-45 in favor of Tezuka. Fuji shook his head and was fully amazed of Tezuka's playing habits.

"Uwaah, chibi-chan! look! Buchou has never left his usual spot at the center of his.." Eiji marveled as he shook both Echizen's shoulders but he was cut off mid sentence as Echizen said,"Tezuka zone..so that's what it really looks like.."

Eiji blinked and snapped his fingers.."oh yeah you're right, I heard of that move. I think the last time he did that was his game with Keigo Atobe of Hyotei Gakuen, last year's national tournaments. They said it was so amazing, it's like every ball you return to him will go directly to Tezuka like it was reachable, as if a magnet was pulling the balls closer to Tezuka."

"Game Tezuka 1-0" The umpire called out and signaled Fuji's turn to serve.

"Service game of Fuji. Hm..what could he possibly do this time..very interesting.." Inui nodded yet again and observed keenly every move and shifts of both players.

Fuji, smiling while bouncing his ball, was now preparing to serve. Then he started to feel the wind by him, he smiled yet innocently and threw the ball up. All eyes were on him anticipating what serve he would do to surpass Tezuka.

"Okay, a normal serve could beat tezuka. Right.." Momoshiro complained as he saw Fuji hit his ball to Tezuka..

"Wait! Echizen, did you see that?" Eiji blinked as he was astonished to see how Fuji served.

"I think I saw it too. I thought I was only hallucinating." Echizen replied while rubbing both his eyes as he shoved Momoshiro's arm on his head, "Momo-senpai, get off me.." He shrugged.

"Aw c'mon Echizen, tell me what happened. It's not fair that both you and Kikumaru-senpai have sharp abnormal eyes." Momo said, holding his eyes open and obviously making fun of himself.

"Momoshiro, it may seem as a normal serve for the normal eyes, but if you look closely, he turned his grip by 45 degrees, and he waited for the wind to blow before his serve, therefore that added the 65% increased velocity of the ball when served, making it disappear before the receiver's eye. Very well, he seems like a tennis genius. A disappearing serve it may seem.." Inui nodded and smiled at Fuji's serve.

"Woah...tennis genius?? tennis tensai??! okaaaay..Now i remember! I read in some magazine articles that there is a boy who mysteriously looks innocent but when he plays tennis, he may not seem so innocent. Some called him the tennis genius or the tennis tensai because of his marvelous moves yet hidden and hard to execute that only he himself can only do it. Those were marvelous moves because he uses different types of forces and things to control his hits and serves.." Eiji held his head to control his excitement as he explained the tennis tensai to them.

"And these moves included the Higuma Otoshi where lobs are brought to far ends of the court, Tsubame Gaeshi where drop shots are flown only centimeters above the floor, and the Disappearing Serve which you have seen just now, moves only done by none other than the tennis genius himself, Fuji Syusuke." Coach Ryuzaki continued as she walked towards the four boys who were astonished by the presence of the famous tennis tensai.

"I thought that Tezuka sometimes needs a little competition of his own." She added as she watched both players rallying so fast that people's neck get sore looking sideways very quickly.

"Game and match, 6 games to 1, Tezuka Kunimitsu.." The umpire announced and climbed down his high seat and walked towards the gates.

Fuji was left down, panting and sweating from the swift rally battle.

"I could swear nobody ever returned my moves that easily. He's indeed a really great player." He whispered to himself as he stood up slowly and walked towards his things to rest himself from the game.

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