Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of tennis or any anime/Manga that appears in this story

Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of tennis or any anime/Manga that appears in this story. I will include my own characters and write information on them in the chapter they appear in.

A/N: hi minna, gomen nesai. I really should have updated long ago but have been reeeeaaallly busy. I am also planning my 21st Birthday party but hopefully things will be back into the normal swing of things when October swings round. Anyway on with the story. Mika-chan xxxxx

Chapter 9: Friendly matches?

Shuichiro Oishi P.O.V.

As I stood waiting on Kunimitsu telling us why we were here to begin with I noticed that Eiji and Ryoma were talking quietly while they stretched. I also notice the difference in Eiji, his facial expressions had been different for a while and I was beginning to worry about him. I saw that Syuusuke was watching them closely as well.

#why would Syuusuke be watching Ryoma and Eiji? #

"GOMEN" we heard Takes call as he ran up the stairs. As he came to the top Ryoma and Eiji stood beside Kevin, Kevin and Ryoma were smirking.

"Sleep in late senpai?" Ryoma asked.

"H-Hai… you aren't asleep? Why?"

"Why would I be asleep?" Ryoma asked confused.

"Because that's what you did all the time you were here before hand."

"Really? I thought I beat you at tennis and went to school as well."

"A……"

"He has you there Momo-chi." Eiji said smiling.

"Okay, minna. Now that we are all here there are changes to the rules this year. We are allowed ten players. Three reserves for each match. All games must be played. I'm telling you all this because you are most likely to be the ones on the team." Kunimitsu said before adding. "For today we'll just have a few friendly matches."

# I… Is this Kunimitsu? The Kunimitsu I have been friends with for all these years? # I thought as my eyes blinked really fast. There was silence till I heard Ryoma whine.

"…That means I can't go all out!" Ryoma whined.

"That's the whole point in being part of the mysterious pair Ryo-chan." Kevin said smiling.

"Fine, but that means I can't play against you at all because you and I always go all out." Ryoma said folding his arms across his chest.

"How true." Kevin said slightly down.

"NYA! I want to play against Ochibi-chan (Ryoma) and…… FUJIKO-Chan. With Oishi as my partner!" Eiji cried excitedly.

"I… I don't mind." Ryoma said pulling the rim of his cap down further. I was positive that I could see a blush appearing on his cheeks.

"Saa that will be fun." Syuusuke said smiling fully.

"NE Oishi! Want to play?"

"A…Aa…… hang on, Ryoma what percentage where you using while going against Fuji and Tezuka? I asked curiously.

Ryoma stared at me blankly.

"Yesterday when you played them how much strength, power, speed, was you using?"

"Oh…Erm… 60, 40, 40."

"60 percent strength, 40 percent power and 40 percent speed?"

"Aa, my top record for running is 22 mph."

"30, 20, 50 Ryo." Kevin said handing him his racket.

"Wakatta." Ryoma said taking the racquet from Kevin and walking onto the court with Syuusuke not far behind him. Eiji dragged me on to the court across from where Ryoma and Syuusuke were waiting. Syuusuke placed his racquet on the ground and twisted it.

"Which?"

"Smooth." Eiji replied. The racquet landed on rough. Syuusuke picked his racquet up and Ryoma moved to his starting position. Syuusuke moved to the base line and served.

(A/N: Couldn't be bothered writing the match out however they only play one set.)

"S… Six four to Fuji-senpai and Ryoma-kun." Takeshi said stunned.

"NYA! Ochibi-chan, if that's only 30 percent strength, I'd hate to see one hundred percent." Eiji said shaking hands with him. Ryoma smiled and was about to pull his cap down when Syuusuke stole it.

"FUJI-SENPAI!"

"Do you hear something?"

"Fine! Syuusuke-senpai, may I have my cap back."

"Iie. I'll return it to you before we say good bye this afternoon." Syuusuke replied smiling as he placed the cap on his own head. Ryoma pouted slightly but still managed a small smile.

"RYOMA-CHAN! You didn't go over 25 percent strength or 40 percent speed." Kevin said smirking from where he was leaning against the barrier.

"Wakatta… does he still play tennis?" Ryoma asked confusing the rest of us.

"Who are you talking about Ryoma-kun?" Syuusuke asked.

"The speed demon."

"Who?" I asked confused.

"Momo-senpai knows who I mean. You stole his bike."

"AH! That guy… I don't know I haven't seen them in a while. An-san may know."

"I may know what?" a female voice asked. We all looked up to the top of the benches and saw a red haired blue eyed teenage girl heading towards us.

"An-san." Takeshi said.

"heya… ECHIZEN-KUN!"

"Tachibana's imouto-san." He said nodding to her.

"AN!" she said stomping her foot.

"Iie." Ryoma said looking away.

"You're still as stubborn as ever." She said gaining a grin from him. "So what do you want to ask me Momo-san?"

"That guy I borrowed the bike off of who played tennis with your brother, does he still play tennis?"

"Aa, Kamio-kun is still playing tennis. They all are on their way here." She said just as someone called her name.

"AN-CHAN!"

"Nii-san!" she said seeing who it was.

"Have you been waiting long?" Kippei Tachibana asked as he approached his sister.

"Iie, I've just arrived." An-chan said. I saw the rest of the tennis team that we knew for three years from before hand.

"Tezuka-san." Kippei said offering Kunimitsu his hand.

"Tachibana-kun. Nice to see you again." Kunimitsu said shaking his hand.

"Echizen-kun, that match you played in England was really something. It stirred up chaos all over the region. I'm so jealous. All everyone wanted to talk about was you. I was wanting a match against you but I need to increase my play…" a long black haired teenaged boy started saying before muttering to himself.

"Shinji." Kippei said firmly, giving him a warning. Hearing Kippei's voice Shinji stopped muttering. "It's good to see you again, Echizen-kun." Kippei added.

"Aa."

"Who?" Kevin started to say before Ryoma turned to him

"Tachibana-san, Fudomine tennis captain… never seen him play except on a video." Ryoma said as he started to walk back to the barrier. Just as he was coming to the end of the court the red haired teenaged boy bumped into him. One minute he was standing and the next he was on his back while Ryoma fled to Kevin's arms. Eiji ran up to him and started to talk quietly to him.

A/N: sorry, another cliff hanger. Anyway hope it's okay. Hope you leave reviews Mika-chan.