A/N: Yay update, go me! Anyways, I also wrote a plot line for another story, which I've just posted the first chapter to. It's called Snowy Enigma, and will also be around 20 chapters. Yup self-promotion for the win. Check it out if you want to, but it's cool if you don't :) I've also decided to start replying to a few of the reviews because I feel like it's so rude if I ignore everyone who took their own time to comment on my story. Skip if you aren't interested in reading any replies.

Bookworm54321: Haha you'll see who Riko was yelling at in this chapter, but more of the backstory will be clarified next chapter. This chapter mainly sets the stage and overviews reputations. Thanks for the review and encouragement :)

Ageha Yume: I know you commented last last chapter, and I already cleared it up, but I would just like to clarify once again to acknowledge your question, that Riko is definitely for sure a first year, not a second year. When I said she and Akaya would be in the same year, I meant that they would both be first years. Thanks for the question, hopefully it's all clear now :)

Previously, on Devils and Demons:

"I would love for you two to have a match, but I'm afraid the bento you have been so aggressively fighting over was purchased by another student 3 mintues ago."

Silence.

And then…

"EHHHHHH? USO!"

Immediately both Riko and Akaya began emitting strange, dark auras. "Hey Wakame, what do you say, we find this kid and beat them up?"

"Yeah, who do they think they are, taking MY bento like that!"

"IT'S MY BENTO! WE HAVE TO GET MY BENTO BACK!"

"WAIT NO IT'S MINE!"

Riko was walking down the hall after her third class, looking for the office where she was supposed to pick up a few textbooks. It didn't take long for her to get lost in the twisting corridors, but luckily through her wanderings she ran into Yagyuu, who had his break period and offered to escort her.

As the two walked, Yagyuu was introducing different elements of the school that would eventually, he claimed, help her navigation. Although Riko mostly just thought that all the walls looked identical, as did the paintings.

"So as you can see here, this is the music hallway, which you'll obviously recognize because there's a long row of paintings depicting musicians. See, you have Mozart, Bach, Beethoven, and Chopin on the wall space directly across and between the next to the first four classrooms-"

"Senpai, these paintings look the same as the ones in the other hallway we were just walking through."

"Echizen-kun, we were just in the history hallway. And the portraits depicted Alexander the Great, the first Japanese Shogun, and Queen Elizabeth, which were obviously nothing like these paintings here."

"Really? I don't see any difference, Yagyuu-senpai."

"Ok now offense but I really question how you got into this academy. Did you know it's for the elite? I mean, your academic performance just goes to show that obviously your family pulled a few strings. Where are you from, anyways?" They stopped walking and Riko whipped around at the voice. It was a girl with pale brown hair and blonde highlights. She seemed snobby and very much like a drama queen.

Riko couldn't help but scoff. "Che the "elite"? That doesn't explain how someone like you got in. Average height, average looks, average skills in sports, the only thing that's not average is your intelligence level, it's low beyond comprehension. Oh, and your- Hey, I'm not done yet, what are you doing? Why are you pulling me away, senpai?! Hey!" She kicked and yelled as Yagyuu dragged her further down the hallway with a surprisingly strong grip.

"Echizen-kun, might I remind you that it is very rude to speak like that to someone, especially a stranger? And I also must congratulate you for remembering to call me your senpai today, you normally forget." Yagyuu's glasses glinted.

"Yagyuu-chan, might I remind you that I really don't care? I was just teaching that person a lesson," Riko mocked.

"Well I don't advise you to go around teaching people lessons, especially when you might encounter them again at the tennis club try outs this afternoon. Good day, I must take my leave, but consider yourself warned." And with that, Yagyuu turned around and left.

"Huh? Encounter them again at tryouts? Whaat? Senpai, I'm confused. Senpai? Wait hey don't just leave me here!" Riko wailed, before realizing that she was already out of the music corridor and in front of the administration office.

After picking up her textbooks, Riko slid into the last available seat in her science class. She barely managed to stay awake through her last class, yawning and rubbing her eyes drowsily. The teacher didn't seem to mind too much, probably waving it off as jetlag. Finally, the agonizing wait was over, and she was free to head towards club activities. She immediately changed into more comfortable clothes that she could move around in. She also wore a cap. Heading towards the tennis registration club, she slowed once she saw how long the line was.

This would require some strategy. Thinking deeply for a moment, Riko brightened as she thought of an idea.

"OI OI OI, OUT OF THE WAY! LOOK, RIKKAIDAI FUKUBUCHOU SANADA-SENPAI IS COMING THROUGH!" She yelled at the top of her lungs.

The effect was immediate. The crowd parted cleanly, creating a perfect aisle for Riko to walk down. She waltzed up to the front desk and turned in her registration form, writing down her house and picking up her rikkai uniform as well. She signed her name and tugged her cap lower, flashing a victory sign as she left. It took awhile, but suddenly the entire line was in an uproar over what had just happened. She could feel their glares on her, and feel their whispers.

"What's with that guy? He's such a jerk…"

"You have to say, that guy's pretty smart though…"

She smirked to herself. Her cap disguise had worked. Casually, she entered the girl's restroom, making sure no one was watching. After changing into the uniform, she quickly jogged to the first court, where all the other new members seemed to be waiting. Yukimura, Tezuka, and Atobe were no where to be seen, probably in some sort of buchou meeting, but the rest of the regulars were there.

"Hello, welcome to the Seisen Tennis Club. Please do a self-introduction to the other members while we wait!" Marui greeted cheerfully.

Riko sweatdropped. She moved slightly closer, dropped her racket on "accident", and when she bent to pick it up, she whispered in his ear, "can't tell that it's me?"

Immediately she felt Marui's entire body stiffen, and then to cover up, he said, "Oh er don't be too nervous, or nervous enough to drop your racket. Tennis is fun. Why don't you start with what year you're in?"

Everyone else around them snickered, obviously sneering at Riko in contempt. She would show them later. "Call me Echizen. I'm a first year. Yoroshiku." She strategically left out her first name.

More people began to arrive, and suddenly, Riko saw someone who was vaguely familiar but she couldn't put a finger on it. The girl with brown hair and blonde highlights must not have been that important. Perhaps she had seen her around?

"Echizen-kun. Do you recognize anyone?" Yagyuu muttered as everyone else mulled around, socializing as they waited for the captains.

"Huh? No, I don't think so."

"Don't you remember her?" Yagyuu gestured subtly towards the girl .

"…Who's that?"

Immediately Yagyuu sweatdropped in exasperation, wondering how the girl could have forgotten someone she had fought with earlier in the same day.

"..Nevermind. Looks like Yukimura is here, why don't you begin warm ups with everyone else."

As she did her warm-ups, Riko tried to remember if she had seen the girl before, but she kept drawing up a blank. Despite not particularly knowing the girl, Riko could already tell that she wasn't going to like her. She was the type of girl who fluttered, yes, fluttered, around in flouncy expensive skirts and flirted with just about anything with a Y chromosome.

"Who's that?" She asked, tapping the boy next to her.

He turned around. "Huh? Oh that? That's Hiroko Kimura. She's the captain of the girl's tennis team."

"What? There's a girl's tennis team? I mean, not that I would ever join of course," she couldn't help but add when she saw the other boy's suspicious glance.

"…Well it's just a fan club. Really, she's just president of the gir;'s tennis club because there's already a fanclub for the tennis team, so it already has a president, vice president, and senator, and there really isn't much need for her. But I guess she does have to be useful in the club somehow if she want's an excuse to hang around the regulars. So she formulated the "girls' tennis club". She also has a sort of reputation, so I would stay at a distance if I were you. She's dated a lot of guys."

"Are you guys talking about Kimura-kun?" Another first year sat down next to them.

"I know everything about Kimura-kun, I have two years experience not only in tennis, but also with Kimura-kun! I can give you advice if you're planning to date her or anything?" The third boy, with a thick almost unibrow and odd brownish hair, sat down next to them as well and pointed proudly at his self. "I'm Horio, by the way. Is your tennis good? I was taught by an expert for two years! If you ever need help, I can mentor you!"

Riko rolled her eyes.

"Alright. Seisen tennis team, please gather. We are now done with warm-ups, so we will continue by playing matches with other players. Obviously these matches will be used to show case your potential, and will also be used to measure the difference in skill level between you and another opponent. Is that clear?" Tezuka looked stony faced as usual, and his voice was steady and strict.

"Hai!" Everyone chorused.

"Hello Echizen-chan. Yukimura-kun assigned me as your opponent."

Riko turned around to see a smirking Inui with his glasses on and his ever present notebook tucked safely under his arm.

Well then.

She raised her racket. "Mada mada dane."

A/N: Sorry short chapter, mainly because I was working out a few kinks in the plotline, as well as trying to finish the first chapter for Snowy Enigma (and a general plot outline for it), which is my new story (Shiraishi x OC).

Please comment if you have any comments or concerns. Yes, I know I just used comment twice. So anyways if you do comment any advice, suggestions, questions, ideas, etc. I will definitely try to respond on my next chapter, or at least PM you.

Thanks to everyone who read/currently reads my story/stories, because y'all are so great and I really appreciate it :)

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"Mada mada dane, Inui-senpai."

"Excellent as expected, wouldn't you say so too, Sanada?"

"Hm. She lost a few games where she could have taken them easily, but other than that it was an interesting match."

"Strict as usual, I agree with Yukimura that the match was certainly interesting. Why don't we try her in doubles? I can check some of her statistics and cross reference them with my carefully calculated predictions."

"Excellent idea. Echizen, come here."

"EHHH? BUCHOU? DOUBLES? What? I don't play doubles!"

"But Riko, don't you know that real tennis players play…. Doubles and not singles? Don't you want to be a real player?"

"EHH? Really? How do you know, senpai?"

"Trust me and go along with it."

"…Ok."

=Teaser Over=

In the next chapter, we will see Riko vs. Inui, Riko in doubles, and also an interesting confrontation between Riko and Hiroko!

See you guys next time :)