I forgot to put this in the last chapter, but Ushi is cow in Japanese. Teehee, sowwy.
Since I haven't done one yet:
Disclaimer: Prince of Tennis and all it's characters do not belong to me. I do own Sayuri, Mimi, and Maki though.
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"EHHH?! SAYU-CHI? IS THAT YOU?!" A loud shout came through Sayuri's phone.
"ARE YOU SAYU-CHI? REALLY?!" Sayuri tried to get a word in.
"SAYU-CHI, YOU HAVEN'T TALKED TO ME IN FOREVER!" The person wailed.
"I know, Eiji," Sayuri said sadly. "But I called you for a reason."
"Eh? What's wrong, Sayu-chi?" Eiji asked.
"I need to know everything about tennis. More specifically, Rikkaidai's tennis."
"That's complicated, nya" Eiji said.
Sayuri giggled, "Still say that 'nya' huh?"
"Of course, nya!"
"So, tell me everything you know," Sayuri said.
"Hold on a sec, OISHI!" Eiji shouted.
"Uh, Eiji. Is Oishi-kun there with you?" Sayuri asked.
"Daijobu Eiji? Hm, Sayuri-chan?"
"Hai! Oishi-kun," Sayuri said.
"We haven't talked to you in forever, nya!" Eiji said, taking control over the phone.
"I know, I know. Now, tell me about tennis."
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"Wait, so you're telling me that Niou Masaharu copies people?! And that Marui chews gum while playing? And his partner, Jackal shaves his head before games? That's kinda scary, Eiji."
"Mou~ Sayu-chi, that's not even the weirdest people," Eiji said.
Sayuri hummed thoughtfully, "These guys are more like freaks of nature than tennis players if you ask me."
"Well, Eiji does acrobatics while playing," Oishi pointed out.
"Eiji's an Eiji." Sayuri said sagely.
"What does that mean?!" Eiji exclaimed.
"Iie, nothing," Sayuri said. "I'm gonna go now, Eiji."
"NOO! SAYU-CHI, DON'T GO!" Eiji shouted.
Sayuri giggled, "I'll call you back."
She hung up, then threw herself onto her bed. "Ahh... At least it was nice to talk to Eiji again." Sayuri rolled onto her stomach, "Why did I ever really stop?"
A nine-year old Sayuri jumped higher and higher on the trampoline. Eiji was across from her, doing flips in midair.
"Eiji! That's so cool! Teach me that!" Sayuri said excitedly.
"Hoi hoi! It's very dangerous, Sayu-chi." Eiji hesitated.
"You're doing it!" Sayuri pouted.
"Fine, just jump and push your head forward," Eiji explained.
Sayuri jumped higher and higher, then did a flip. "Yay! Yay! I did it, Eiji!"
"No, you forgot to say 'Hoi hoi!' at the end!" Eiji said.
Sayuri did another flip then said, "Hoi hoi!"
"Perfect, Sayu-chi!"
Sayuri kept on jumping and doing flips, giggling all the while. She kept bouncing closer and closer to the edge. Eiji noticed.
"Sayu-chi! Watch out!" Eiji cried.
Sayuri looked at him a bit in surprise, she landed on the rim of the trampoline and fell off. She landed awkwardly on her right leg.
Before she blacked out, she remembered Eiji stretching his hand out to her as she fell.
"Gomen ne, Sayu-chi."
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Sayuri awoke a couple hours later, in the hospital with a heavy cast on her leg. She looked around, seeing her mother watching her from the corner, relieved.
"You okay, honey?" Her mother asked anxiously.
"Yeah, Okaa-san. I'm fine," Sayuri said.
"I'm glad," Her mother said. "But you could've broken your neck!"
"Hai, Okaa-san," Sayuri said timidly.
"I forbid you from playing with the neighbors from here on out," her mother said harshly.
Sayuri was in shock, "But, Okaa-san! It wasn't Eiji's fault!"
Her mother sniffed, "Is that his name? Oh well, whether it was his fault or not, you could've been injured."
"But, Okaa-san-"
"That's final," Sayuri's mother said and walked out of the room.
For the next three years, Sayuri took fun in sneaking out to see Eiji and occasionally Oishi. Then her mother dropped on her a shocking announcement.
"Sayuri, we're moving," her mother said briskly.
"Where to?"
"The Kanagawa Prefecture."
Sayuri's jaw dropped in shock, "But that's so far away!"
"Too bad," her mother stated, "You can make lots of new friends."
Sayuri ran to her bed to cry. As soon as her mother went out, Sayuri ran to Eiji's house.
"EIJI! EIJI!" Sayuri panicked, running through the house. Eiji's older sister watched her amusedly.
"Ah! It's Sayu-chi!" Eiji said, glomping her.
"EIJI!" Sayuri wailed, "I'm moving to Kanagawa!"
Eiji's smile faded, "Aww, it's okay, I'll find time to see you."
"But, but, Eiji!"
"Shh, it's okay, Sayu-chi. Here's my phone number, when you get a phone, call me." Eiji said, reassuring the young girl.
Sayuri sniffled, "Are you sure, Eiji?"
Eiji grinned, "Of course! Put your head up Sayu-chi!"
Sayuri smiled broadly, for Eiji, but more for herself. She was gonna miss Eiji and Oishi.
She never did get around to calling him.
Sayuri opened her eyes, the sun streaming through the window.
"Oi! Sayuri! Get up!"
"I know, Okaa-san," Sayuri called, getting up.
Well then, Ushi-san. Let's see how you play tennis.
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Sayuri made her way to the tennis gardens. She wore a cream sweater and a maroon skirt. Her brown hair was tied in her signature messy ponytail.
"Mimi-chan! Maki-chan!" Sayuri called.
Maki looked pissed. "There you are, Sayuri!"
"Sayuri-chan!" Mimi waved, glomping her.
"Oof, hey, Mimi-chan."
The trio checked the schedule for the day, then made their way to where Rikkaidai would be playing. Sayuri saw Sanada's tall figure and ran up to him.
"Ahoy Sanada-san!" She called energetically. Maki sighed and followed her along with Mimi. The two stood on either side of Sayuri.
Sanada acknowledged her with a glance. Marui, Yanagi, Yagyuu and Niou came to inspect the newcomers. Jackal sighed, he sensed danger and followed.
"Oh hey, you're that girl that stole Sanada's food! REVENGE!" Marui shouted, flying towards Sayuri.
Jackal caught him. This is what I was afraid of.
"You're not dead?" Niou asked.
Yagyuu swatted Niou's head, "Masaharu, be nice."
"Yeah, yeah, Hiroshi," Niou said in a disregarding tone.
Yanagi began asking random questions. "How tall are you? What's your shoe size? Weight?"
As Sayuri attempted to answer the onslaught of questions, Niou caught sight of Maki.
"Well well well, hello Maki," Niou rolled the name off his tongue.
"Mas- Niou," Maki replied, adding as much venom into her voice as she could.
"Niou?" Niou gave a short laugh. "What happened to Masaharu, like old times?"
"Old times means when you still dated me. Times have changed, Niou."
"Why don't we go back to old times? I wouldn't mind," Niou's eyes made their way to Maki's chest.
Maki leaned in til her forehead touched his. "In your wettest, kinkiest dreams, you fucking asshole." With that, Maki slapped his face and went back to Sayuri's side.
"Ne, Maki, you're giving us details later," Mimi whispered. Maki groaned, of course Mimi overheard.
"Masaharu, what did you do to her?" Yagyuu asked.
"Later, Hiroshi," Niou said. "It's quite an entertaining story."
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"The match between Rikkaidai Fuzoku and Koshibana Gakuen will take place shortly."
"That's our signal to leave," Sayuri said. She walked over to Sanada. "Don't you dare lose."
"Hmph, I probably won't even play," Sanada said.
"What do you mean?" Sayuri asked.
"I'm playing Singles 1. If we win Doubles 1 and 2 and Singles 3, then we win the match."
Sayuri felt extremely stupid. "Oh, well then. Uh... Ganbatte?"
Sanada snorted and turned back to his team. Sayuri and her girls followed Mimi to their seats.
"Sanada, she just wanted to wish you good luck," Yukimura said amusedly.
Sanada on the other hand, was not amused.
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"Captains shake hands," the referee said. Yukimura shook hands with an extremely nervous looking person.
"Let the Doubles 2 match begin! Players make their way to the court."
Sayuri sat up eagerly. This was gonna be one exciting Saturday morning.
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IMPORTANT NOTE(S)
Hey guys! So, I opened up a poll on my profile. It's about who you want Mimi to end up with in this fic. If you want me to add a choice, just PM me or put it in your review. So please vote for that!
On a totally unrelated note, when I was writing, I kept using the name of my OC from my other story The Black Butterfly of Street Tennis. [which if you haven't already read it, check it out!] So if I use the name Yuki instead of Sayuri, or make any random references to being Tezuka's cousin, please note that is not supposed to be in this story. If you see that, please PM me.
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