"Sayomi-chan, can I talk to you for a sec?"
Momo pulled her to the side.
"Your friends don't like me much, do they?"
"What would make you say that, Momo-senpai?"
"Because they weren't that excited when they saw me yesterday. And by the way, don't call us senpai this week."
"Of course they like you, Momo-chan!"
They joined the group again.
"Leah, Tiffany, Momo-chan is being silly and thinks you don't like him."
"What?!"
Leah ran up to Momo and tackled him to the ground.
"Leah!"
Sayomi and Tiffany pulled Leah off of Momo, the other regulars checking if he was okay.
"I'm fine, I'm fine."
"See Momo-chan? I told you they like you. Especially Leah apparently..."
"Well that makes me feel a lot better!"
"Anyway, do you guys want to go play tennis now?"
"Mother hell yes!"
"Let's go then!"
The group happily headed over to Shihobu Courts, people staring in awe.
"I like this, Sayomi-chan! Lots of people are paying attention to us!"
"You just love attention, don't you, Eiji-kun?"
"Yes, I do."
The regulars caught a glimpse of Shihobu Courts and dropped their bags.
"Woah."
"That
place is huge!"
"Sayomi-chan, you never told us it was this big!"
"Let's just go inside."
"Anybody want to play a mimi-tournament between us?"
"I know I do!"
They went inside.
"Hey, Sandra!"
"Leah,
Tiffany, Sayomi...other people."
"These are the
regulars."
"Hi! Oh, and if you want an open court, the
third one outside is free."
"Thanks, Sandra!"
Sayomi repeated where they were going to the regulars, who followed Leah and Tiffany outside.
"Let's have a
contest!"
"What kind?"
"Your fastest overhand serve, no holding back!"
"Whoever doesn't want
to participate, speak now."
"Leah,
Tiffany."
"What?"
"Want to be in our serve
competition?"
"Sure."
"But against the
regulars, you don't stand a chance."
"Ryoma!"
"So Sayomi, are they in or what?"
"They're going to try
too."
"Let's go inside and see if they have a radar gun
or something to see how fast our serves are!"
Eiji ran inside, dragging Sayomi behind him to translate.
"Do you guys have a
radar gun?!"
"Excuse me?"
"Sayomi, translate."
"He wants to know if you have a radar gun we could borrow. We need to see how fast our serves are."
"Oh, yeah. Lots of people ask, so we've got plently lyring around. Here."
Sandra pulled a radar gun from behind the desk and handed it to Sayomi.
"Thank you!"
Eiji ran back outside, Sayomi walking behind him.
"Who's using it?"
Tezuka took it from her hands and stood at the side of the court.
"I want to go first!"
Eiji took a ball and hit his best overhand serve.
"How fast was that, Tezuka?"
"152 kilometers."
"Beautiful! Who's next? Sayomi?"
"No, I'll go last. Leah, Tiffany, do one of you want to go?"
"I will!"
"Go
for it, Tiffany!"
She nervously took the ball and served it to the best of her abilty.
"139."
"Is
that good?"
"Not good enough."
"Ryoma!"
"I'll go next. And
I'll beat you, Tiffany!"
"No way, Leah!"
She excitedly served as best she could.
"Tell me it's faster than 139, tell me it's faster!"
"138."
"Damnit!"
"Why don't you go next, Oishi?"
"Alright."
He took a ball and served it as quickly as he could.
"157."
"Awesome! Who's next?"
"Let me try."
Inui took the ball and did some math in his notebook.
"I've calculated the angle, trajectory, and velocity of the perfect serve."
"Jeez, Inui, math? Way to suck the fun out of our vacation!"
Inui served the ball using his calculations.
"194."
"Okay, so maybe your fun sucking was worth it."
"Let me try!"
"Go for it, Momo-chan!"
He shot the ball past Tezuka.
"151."
"Great! Let's see you beat that, Kaido!"
"Damn right I will."
He calmly served, the ball flying past the other regulars.
"151."
"Damn..."
"Let me have a go. Hand me my racket."
Momo picked it up, his hand shaking.
"You do it, Ryoma, I'm scared."
"Wimp."
He took the racket from Momo's hands and gave it to Kawamura.
"BURNING!"
"Ha ha, that's kinda like how Sayomi changes when she's on the court!"
The ball shot past the regulars.
"176."
"Well done, Taka-san!"
"I'll go next."
Fuji served the ball, a smile on his face.
"Does he
like...always smile?"
"Pretty much."
"Does he ever stop
smiling?"
"I haven't seen him not smiling."
"How fast was that, Tezuka?"
"180."
"Ah,
very good."
"Ryoma, you and Sayomi are the only ones
left now. And Sayomi wants to go last. So go."
"...Nah."
"Okay, Sayomi. It's
your turn."
"Alright..."
"And remember,
don't hold back!"
"I don't think you want me to do
that..."
"Don't hold back, Sayomi. Let's see if the buzz around here is worth it."
"Alright..."
She served the ball, letting out a loud grunt. Tezuka looked at the radar gun and nearly dropped it.
"What?"
Eiji also took a look at the radar gun.
"Holy crap!"
"What?"
"That
was..."
"Awesome!"
"But how fast was
it?"
"Well it beat Inui's 'perfect' serve, I can tell
you that..."
"But how fast was it?"
"201!"
"Oops..."
"What
do you mean 'oops'?"
"Wait a second...You were holding
back, weren't you?!"
"Yeah..."
"If you hit 200 holding back...I'm afraid to see what you could do not holding back!"
"Wait a
minute...aren't you left-handed?"
"What?!"
"You
hit 200 holding back with your non-dominant hand?!"
Leah and Tiffany stepped in to see what all the yelling was about.
"Okay, just what is everyone screaming about?!"
"How fast my serve
was."
"Well how fast was it?"
"201."
"Well, it beats our crappy serves."
"Everyone's
did."
"Ryoma! Just once could
you hold back on the snarky remarks?"
"Well it's clear to
see that you won, Sayomi."
"But what's the prize?"
"Yeah, you always play for a prize."
She turned to Eiji, who had suggested the contest in the first place.
"What's the prize,
Eiji-senpai?"
"We're your friends this week, not your
senpai!"
"Eiji-kun, is there a prize?"
"Uh...your prize can be...I'll treat you to dinner!"
"But you don't know your way around this town. You don't know where any places are."
"In that case, your friends will treat you to dinner. Leah and Tiffany, was it?"
He pointed to them, who had confused looks on their faces.
"Well I don't know who this 'Reah' is, but Leah would be happy to do whatever you're asking."
"Give them a break. They kinda can't say l's and r's properly. They tend to switch them around."
"Oh. Okay. So what
about us?"
"You're treating me to dinner."
She laughed.
"Well why don't I just treat everyone?"
"That'd be nice."
"So it's settled
then!"
"Where are we going for dinner?"
"Well since these
guys are Japanese..."
"Karaoke bar!"
"Karaoke?"
"I
love karaoke!"
"Momo-chan, you love everything."
"That's not true. I hate english."
"What do you have
against english?"
"It's too hard."
"It's not
hard!"
"Maybe for you."
"I'm telling you,
english isn't hard!"
"Then you teach me!"
Sayomi blinked, not knowing how to respond.
"You're teaching
me!"
"And while you're at it, why don't you teach the
rest of us who didn't take english?"
"Uh...okay..."