WAHHHHHHHHHH!!!! I am truly deeply sorry for not updating for so freaking long. There had been a lot of things going on and I don't want to bore you with it. T.T I'm very sorry and I hope that I'll get things done so I can write more stories. My mind is trying to catch up with the story and where I left of to so excuse me if I left some details behind. I feel so depressed that I left you guys hanging there.

The Rukia team leads to a victory much to the Fudomine Gakuen team's dismay. All the other teams were surprised to see how easy the Rukia team beat their opponents as if it was a mere practice. They were curious to see how they would hold against the Seigaku team especially Sakuno.

"Okay, this is the finally and I want everyone to give their best," Aniko said when they were all huddled together. "Rukia team, let's do this!"

They roared in excitement and scattered. Kiruma was up against Momo and the two shook hands together. As the game started, they whacked the ball at each other not willing to give up. Momo was leading but Kiruma made a comeback and with his last shot he managed to beat Momoshiro. They both gasped for breath as Sakuno's team congratulated him.

"Heh, good game," Momoshiro said, grinning at Kiruma. He grinned back and made his way back to the bench as others slapped his back to congratulate him. Aniko smiled in approval. It was her and Seigaku's team captain next. Everyone was heated for this moment eager to see the two captains clash against each other.

"Even if you're a girl, I won't go easy on you," Tezuka said, shaking hands with her.

Aniko smirked. "I know."

Everyone was distracted as they started playing. The ball whizzed like a bullet and they could barely keep up with it. They wondered how the two can see where the ball would hit. It was a tie now. Aniko had to admit, she was impressed by Tezuka's play. The match finally ended with Aniko using her special move, Tornado Bullet (bad name, I know), and smiled.

"First person I used that move on," Aniko mumbled and nodded at Tezuka. She then made her way back to the bench as her team congratulated her. The others couldn't believe that the Seigaku team was losing already. The matches passed by as people tried to keep up.

Keiji and Kaidoh.

"Game won the match, Seigaku. 6-4."

Benjiro and Eiji.

"Game won the match, Rukia. 5-7."

Eijisu and Kawamura.

"Game won the match, Seigaku. 6-4."

Akiyo and Oishi.

"Game won the match, Seigaku. 7-6."

"Hmph, he just got lucky 'cause I tipped," Akiyo muttered causing Sakuno to giggle. She immediately turned her attention when Fuji was up against Juro. Her face turned completely red when Fuji winked at her and felt like she was going to faint. She instantly became mesmerized by the way he played and blinked when the match came to an end. It was Fuji who won. Somehow, Sakuno couldn't help but feel happy for him.

"Sakuno, you have to win this. Don't lose to that shorty over there," Benjiro said, slapping her back. She became nervous as she and Ryoma shook hands. The warm feeling no longer came and it surprised her a little.

"Mada mada dane," Ryoma remarked and walked to his place. Sakuno did the same and she served. It was simple so he hit it back with ease. She then added some speed to the ball and shot it past Ryoma who blinked in surprise. Then he smirked.

This ought to be interesting….

"5-5 Game tie!"

Calm down, I have to win this, Sakuno thought to herself and waited for Ryoma to serve. She knew that he was going to use Twist Serve to end this match. The only way to hit back was to wait for the perfect timing and she needed all her strength for this.

I thought her victories were merely a fluke, Ryoma thought, bouncing the ball. He will end this match no matter what. He raised the ball and hit.

It landed in front of Sakuno and spun like the tornado. She knew that time was precious and took a step back with her racquet raised. Ryoma thought it was useless to hit back but to everyone's surprise the ball went straight up to her racquet and with all the strength she could muster, she returned the ball and it shot past him in a split second. He was too shocked to react. Of course, Ryoma knew Sakuno had a hidden strength inside her but not this kind of strength.

"Sakuno! That was awesome!" Akiyo whistle and jumped on her. The rest of the team joined in and she felt herself being squeezed almost to death.

"Get off Sakuno. Her face is turning red," Aniko growled. Everyone immediately backed off and Sakuno managed to breath easily. She smiled at Aniko who smiled back.

"That was very impressive, Sakuno-chan," a voice said behind her. She spun around and blushed when she saw Fuji smiling at her.

"A-Arigatou, Fuji-sempai," she stuttered.

Akiyo did something unexpected. He took Sakuno and Fuji's hand then linked them together and jumped back, laughing. "A romantic display of Sakuno and her beloved boyfriend."

Sakuno's face has never been redder in her entire life. She was so embarrassed that she forgot her hand was still linked to his until Fuji squeezed her hand.

"A kiss would be more romantic, hmm?"

She started sputtering and took her hand back in an instant, jumping back 10 feet away if possible. How could she let her guard down in front of Akiyo? Now he embarrassed her in front of her sempais. She wished that she could disappear right on the spot.

"Akiyo, 100 laps after."

"Crap…"

Fuji chuckled and smiled at Sakuno. "I'll be going now, dear."

Sakuno turned as red as a tomato. She felt like her heart was about to rip out of her chest as she watched him walk away. She focused on her teammates, who by the way were snickering, and heard an announcement.

"Another match will be held since the Rukia and Seigaku team are a tie. Please wait for the names to be called out."

Names? For the next match? Sakuno thought, sitting down and draining her water bottle. She wondered which one in her team was going to be picked.

"Alright, wonder which one is going next," Akiyo chirped, thinking that maybe it was him. They waited for a short moment until the names came. What Sakuno heard came to a shock to her.

"Rukia's Ryuuzaki Sakuno and Seigaku's Fuji Shusuke."

Well, it's finally done. I'm very sorry that it's short but I have to practice tennis since I am getting rather rusty at it. I hope this wasn't so much of a drag to you. . I'll be writing on weekends. I'm still very very sorry that you had to wait and I know this one has many flaws. I don't know all the rules of tennis so please bear with me. Thank you everyone that has supported me.

I'm sorry that this story was rushed.