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I get the feeling no one cares for anymore…..don't tell me that's true!

….. Anyway hopefully this will be different! this one is SanadaXYanagi

Friendship K+

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"Ne Yanagi-senpai have you ever fought against Sanada-fukubuchou?" young second year ace Akaya asked wide eyed and curious to his ever close eyed senpai, who in turn looked just as curiously at him.

"We have"

"Who won?"

"Why do you ask Akaya?"

"Just curious"

"…curiosity killed the cat you know" with that the Master left as Akaya began to whimper murmuring 'no! don't kill the kitty cat! He didn't do anything!'- or something.

Walking across the courts Yanagi stood beside one of his good friends, the ever-capped Sanada.

"Genichiroh when was the last time we had a match together?" earning a raised brow in wonder, the teen answered the out of the blue question

"The last day of junior year, I think"

"I thought so…."

"Why do you ask Renji?" turning his light brown eyes towards the Master, the former smiled

"Do you want to play now?" putting down his clipboard and grabbing his racket without so much as an okay from Sanada, Yanagi found an empty court.

"What brought this?"

"…just curious Genichiroh, aren't you?" a smile from his opponent was his answer.

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"Today class we have a new student" the history teacher announced to her class of first years at the top junior high school in Japan, Rikkai. "Please come in" sliding open the white door a boy came in, with dark brown hair, a kind smile on and closed eyes; he introduced himself politely

"Hello everyone, my name is Yanagi Renji I'm pleased to be here today" bowing the class acknowledged him with a hello and a hi here and there then went back to their business. Making his way towards his new assigned seat, here was where Yanagi Renji met Sanada Genichiroh for the first time.

"Hello" young Yanagi smiled holding out his hand

"Hi" taking his hand Sanada nodded, and watched as the new boy sat in the chair beside him.

Since then the two barely shared a more than ten words with each other, however one day Sanada decided to get some extra practice in if he was going to lead Rikkai's boy's tennis team one day he needed to always be on top of things. With everyone already gone home he was left on the empty courts all alone, he was just gone for a moment to get some extra tennis balls how was he to expect to see a student on the courts clinging to the fence, almost yearningly.

"Yanagi-kun?"

"Hmm?! Oh Sanada-kun hello"

"What are you doing here?" meaning why was he still at school this late

"I had some work left to do, but since I finished early I thought I'd wander around the school for a bit"

Looking at the other boy with incredulous and scrutinizing eyes, Sanada let it pass just as he walked beyond the fence door and onto the courts, placing the balls on the bench

"You play tennis?"

"Yeah"

"I hear the buchou is really good"

"Our captain isn't just good, he's the best and with him he'll lead Rikkai into Nationals"

"I see…" finished with fixing the strings of his racket, the young stoic faced first year packed his shorts with tennis balls and walked towards the edge of the court, pulling a ball out he aimed at the other side and hit the ball with perfect aim. Hearing the neon ball bounce on the courts, Yanagi couldn't hold back any longer and finally asked

"Sanada-kun you wouldn't by any chance have another racket, would you?"

"Yeah I do"

"Could I borrow it?"

"Why?"

"Would you like to play?" automatically Sanada's dark eyebrows raised in surprise

"What?" walking over to the other boy's tennis bag Yanagi took out the extra racket and rolled up his sleeves as he calmly placed himself on the other side of the courts.

Without another word the young light brown haired first year smiled, and that was the beginning of their fight tennis match.

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The next day Sanada confronted Yanagi.

"How can you play tennis so well?"

"Hello to you too Sanada-kun"

"How can you play tennis that good! Yanagi-kun"

"…."

"Are you going to tell me!?" before Yanagi came and played him he had never lost a match with anyone other than to his good friend Yukimura, but now…. now this kid just comes and plays him into a game at 7-5! No!

"I played tennis once, before I transferred here" opening his light brown eyes for a moment to stare at the other boy.

"…why did you stop?"

"I used to play doubles" gaining an odd look from the older boy, Yanagi was asked

"Do you still want to play doubles?"

"Hmm? What do you mean?"

"..I mean I want you on the team"

"What?! I couldn't-"

"Why not? Because you're not with your doubles partner?"

"…." it wasn't that. Yanagi wanted to say, he had stopped playing tennis because…. Because it was too painful without his best friend….maybe that was why….

"My invitation isn't open all year, figure out what your going to do and then talk to me" turning around Sanada left the younger boy to think over his choices carefully. It wasn't everyday he openly let another person into the tennis team, not that it was his place to do so; much less to someone who beat him. But the kid was good, no that was an understatement Yanagi Renji was brilliant, he had easily found his weak points and exploited them even before the second half of the game started.

The team needed a guy like him, that much was certain.

Days pasted and Sanada hadn't heard from Yanagi since that day he invited him, time was dwindling and his invitation was closing fast.

"Where is the boy you were talking about Sanada?" a young Yukimura asked, as Sanada kept his usual frown on

"I don't think he's-"

"Familiar with the school yet so I got lost a few times, I hope you'll forgive me" Yanagi finished the boy's sentence not the quite the way he wanted though.

"Hello! I'm Yukimura Seiichi, are you the boy who Sanada has told me about? The boy who beat him?" much to the embarrassment of one Sanada Genichiroh

"I am, my name is Yanagi Renji pleased to meet you" and so this was how the three boys met and were later known as the Three Demons who would lead Rikkai into Kingship, three years in a row.

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"Looks like I win this time" Sanada smirked against his sweat, the neon ball stood on Yanagi's side of the court bathed in the afternoon sun.

"To think at 7-5 too" smiling back at his friend Yanagi walked over towards the net, just as Sanada was doing the same

"Don't almost all our games end at 7-5?"

"They do, odd isn't it?" opening his eyes, the two stood on the other side of the net.

"You've gotten better Renji"

"As have you Genichiroh" reaching over with his right hand just as Sanada was doing the same "but don't think that next time you'll win so easily"

"Don't think I won't put up a fight either" the two smiled at each other, just as they had each time they fought, the two shook hands; strong and proud and full of memory.

This was how the two had always shown their friendship. Without words, they were strong in tennis.

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Me- okay I know the ending sucked but I tried!!! I really did….. *sigh*

Also another disclaimer I don't know how Yanagi and Sanada really met and all so don't quote me on this chapter.

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