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Amai Masquerade Love
Chapter 7: The Tournaments
Normal POV
"Game, Kabaji, four games in all!"
The game on court A was progressing smoothly. As soon as Ryoma got a game, Kabaji would get one right after. From the looks of it, they seemed evenly matched.
"Emi-neesan, why is Ryoma not using any of his special moves?" asked Eri as they stood on the bleachers, waiting for their game to start.
"Well, to put it simply, Kabaji can copy any special move. Ryoma knows this, and he's saving everything until the very end," Emi replied.
"Emi-chan, Eri-chan, can I watch here with you two?"
The two girls turned around to see Jirou.
"Wait, Jirou? Weren't you in a match with Gen-chan?" Eri asked.
"Yeah, I was, but he went easy on me, and let me win. I was sad at first, but he complimented my magic volley, so I'm happy."
"Oh, well Gen-chan is going to be in trouble later, but Jirou, you face either Ryoma or Kaba-chan," Eri said.
"Game and match, Yanagi, 6 games to 3."
The three turned around to face a rather exhausted Hiyoshi, and a mumbling Renji.
"So, Renji, did you get any new data?"
"Yes, I am very pleased. Hiyoshi-kun has surpassed nearly all of my calculations."
""Ne, Waka-chan, if you're tired, go with Jirou to take a nap." Emi ordered.
"Hai, Emi-chan." He muttered gekokujou once, and walked off to find a shaded spot with Jirou.
On court D, a long rally had been taking place. Atobe was trying to use his insight, while Akaya's eyes were bloodshota bloody red, showing that he was in his devil-mode.
"Kehehe! I'll dye you red as well!" Akaya said as he hit the ball and pointed his racket towards Atobe. He laughed as the whirling ball hit Atobe's knee.
"Ore-sama will not lose here!" Atobe grimaced, as he hit the ball back and made it hit Akaya's wrist.
"Oh no…" Emi said, as everyone looked at her. "Renji, you have to stop the match now! The idiot Monkey King is breaking Akaya's wrist, while Akaya is breaking the Monkey King's knee!"
"Onee-san's perception ability and insight is never wrong! If this continues, they might have to stop playing tennis!" They looked at Renji with anxious, hesitant looks.
"Very well, I shall make Akaya forfeit this match. He will not be pleased."
"Oh, don't worry. If he starts to complain, I will deal with it myself," Emi said icily. "Besides, I will make Atobe forfeit his next match with you anyway. I have to make sure that he is okay." She took Renji by the hand and ran up to the ref. She didn't notice his attempt to free his hand, nor did she see him glance apologetically at a silently fuming Atobe. Of course, Atobe didn't notice the apologetic look either.
Why is she holding Yanagi's hand? Atobe glowered. Yanagi wais supposed to be helping him, not lessening his chances!
On the bleachers outside of the courts, Eri was silently taking in everything that was going on. So, Kei-chan likes Emi-neesan? She is so lucky! Someone likes her already! Her head was fuming with envy.
Of course, she was completely oblivious to a certain redhead that was staring at her. His eyes clearly displayed his infatuation.
"Hey, Marui-san! Please stay focused on the game!" Gakuto said while stifling his laughter.
"Uh… Yeah, sorry!" Marui intensely blushed.
SighEri sighed. Emi is so lucky! Eri kept watching Atobe and Emi bicker. She hadn't even cast a glance at the poor blushing Marui.
"Hey Eri, I'm done with my match now. You owe me some Ponta now." She turned around to face her cousin and genuinely smiled.
"Okay Ryoma, but first, go to court A and wait, okay?"
"Sure Eri, I'll see you when I win!" Ryoma walked away as Emi came with a trembling Akaya, a pale Atobe, and an amused Renji.
"Eri-chan!" Akaya ran to Eri and started crying into her shirt. "Emi-chan is scary!"
"There, there Akaya. Emi-neesan is a very forceful person when she wants to be. I hope you don't mind me asking, but why does Kei-chan look so pale?"
"Well, Atobe-san didn't know that Emi had this side to her." Yanagi said while writing in a notebook.
"I won't even ask what you did to them, Emi-neesan, but we have to find Jirou first."
"Don't trouble yourself, Eri-chan. I've got him." They turned around to see Hiyoshi carrying Jirou on his back.
"Ah, Waka-chan! Thank you for bringing Jirou! I'm in a really good mood, so I'll wake him up." Emi skipped her way over to Jirou and whispered something in his ear.
Jirou immediately jolted up from Hiyoshi's back when Emi finished whispering to him. Then, he ran over to court A where Ryoma was waiting.
"Oh? Emi, what did you say to him?" Renji asked as Emi started humming a song.
"Hey, sorry to interrupt ya, darlings, but your match is up next," said Niou as he joined the group.
"Who are we facing, Ma-chan?"
"Unfortunately, we had lost in the vary end," Yagyuu said as he made his way over.
"Oh, so you to lost to Chou-chan and Ryou-chan?"
"Well, then, Monkey King, you are going to be in charge of everything, when we play our matches."
"Wait, hime, Ore-sama did not lose. Ore-sama is playing in the next match against Yanagi."
"First, stop calling me "Hime-sama". Second, you are not playing against Renji. Your knee wouldn't be able to stand the pressure and stress if you played him," Emi states as she took Eri by the hand and walked over to court E. "When today's matches are done, I'm taking you and Akaya-chan to the hospital."
Atobe could not get a chance to reply as the twins walked away.
"Yanagi.". The datea specialist looked up from his notebook. "Ore-sama did not lose to you. Ore-sama just wants to obey what his precious hime-sama is telling ore-sama, understood?"
"Yes," Yanagi answered before scribbling some things down. "I am going to go watch Emi's and Eri's match now. Would anyone like to accompany me?"
"We'll all go, right everyone?" Yagyuu asked.
Everyone's heads nodded in unison as they walked over to Court E to see the match that was starting.
"Echizen Emi to serve!" The ref called out.
"Ne, Ryou-chan, Chou-chan! Should we go easy on you?" Emi asked slyly.
"No! That would be major gekidasa! Just go full throttle from the start!" Shishido yelled.
"Well, because they insist, let's start with that, one-san." Eri said.
"Okay, here you go." Her cheerful face suddenly turned serious as she began bouncing the ball. She shot the ball into the air, and hit it. "Storm Serve!"
"Shishido started to get nervous. They were starting with a special move! He ran up to the ball and hit it back. He blinked; there was nothing special about that serve!
Ootori watched as Eri hit the ball with an expression that read, "Oops, I hit the ball too hard". The ball was going out, and both Shishido and Ootori looked at each other in confusion.
"Guys, you shouldn't take your eyes off the ball," Eri said. The boys looked at one another before finding the ball at their feet.
"15 love!"
"What? Hey, Emi! What happened?" Shishido asked.
Emi and Eri snickered. "Fine, we'll show you again one more time."
Emi went back to the baseline and served again. "Storm Serve!" It was Ootori's turn to hit the ball as it came toward him. When he hit it he realized it was a regular serve, and sent it back over the net with ease.
When the ball whirled toward Eri, she hit back an obvious out ball. Instead of letting the ball sail by them, theShishido and Ootoriy watched the ball carefully. They continued to watch the ball as it flew past the baseline. Then, as the ball neared the fence, it curved. It curved back around their side of the court and went in neartowards the net. As the ball bounced in after doing a 180 degree turn, it swirled around and bounced many a few times.
"Amazing… that was brilliant!" Ootori said while trying to find the right words to compliment them.
"Watashitachi saikou desho?" (Translation: Aren't we amazing?) They said in sync as they high-fived.
When Shishido finally snapped back, he smiled as his opponents. "Choutarou looks like we might have a hard time here. We can't afford to be lazy and not use our moves!"
"Hai, Shishido-san!"
Outside the courts, everyone stared at the games.
"This is the power of Emi-chan and Eri-chan when they are combined!" Akaya said happily.
"Ore-sama doesn't understand why hime-sama didn't use that move when she faced ore-sama before," Atobe said with an annoyed tone. "Emi went easy on ore-sama that day…"
"Well, Atobe-san, Emi couldn't use that move against you." The group turned to face Yanagi, "basically, for that move to be effective, you would need a great amount of power and a great amount of control. Emi fulfills the power requirement, but not the control. Eri fulfills control, but not power. They need each other!"
"Oh, I get it!" Akaya beamed.
"Was this seriously the kid who ore-sama faced moments ago?" Atobe thought silently, while watching Akaya.
"Game to Echizen Pair. 3 games to love!"
They all tuned back into the match in a matter of moments. Emi and Eri had taken three games.
"Looks like we can't afford to take our eyes off this match," said Niou.
Back on the court, Ootori was getting ready to serve. He threw the ball into the air and hit it with all of his power. "Scud Serve!" When the ball touched Ootori's racket, Emi yelled back to Eri.
"Your eyes can't handle this! Use your ears!" In an instant, Eri had instantly closed her eyes.
"Choutarou's scud serve isn't something to return," Shishido yelled called with a smileconfidently. Then hHe narrowed his eyes. Where was is the ball? thought Shishido wondered.
"Love 15!"
Shishido's eyes droppedwidened. Choutarou's Sscud Sserve had been returned!
Atobe was just as shocked.
"Ore-sama couldn't even return it the first time! Eri can return it even with her eyes closed!" He stared at her with wide eyes.
"Ryou-chan! When Eri returns the ball, you have to hit it back," Emi said reminded him sarcastically. "Well, you guys have been doing better than I originally thought, so we'll show you a zodiac!"
Niou whistled. "Atobe-san, your players have no chance of gaining even one point now."
"Ore-sama believes that Shishido and Ootori still have a chance. Ore-sama has trained them well."
"Well, let's watch your second-year serve." Niou mischievously remarked.
On the courts, Ootori started to get nervous. "What if they lost? Would they be lucked out of lose their regular positions? What if Atobe-buchou suddenly stopped talking to them? What if they…" He thought was a panicked expression.
"Oi, Choutarou! Snap out of it! We can still win this! If we lose, it would be gekidasa!" yelled Shishido yelled when he noticed Ootori's uneasiness.
Ootori blinked a couple of times when Shishido said this. He suddenly smiled to himself. "I will not let Shishido-san down!" thought Ootori.
"Scud serve!" This time it was Emi returning, and both Ootori and Shishido expected her to close her eyes and return the shot, but she kept her eyes wide open. She was following the ball with her eyes. She breathed in and yelled.
"First zodiac: Cerulean Aquarius!"
When she hit the ball, it ended up flying towards the sky. Everyone looked up to find the ball, but failed because it had been swallowed up by the sun.
Then, there was a loud sound from behind Shishido and Ootori. They turned around to see the ball in side their side of the court.
"DarlingOi! Who said you could copy my meteor drive? Babe, I'm touched and all, but you owe me a kiss later!" Niou yelledshouted at Emi.
"Mmm… Kay!" she replied teasingly, casting a quick glance at the rapidly darkening gaze of Hyotei's captain.
"WHAT?" Atobe shouted out. Instantly, Emi turned her full attention on him's eyes stared toward him.
"Hmm? Is the Monkey King jealous of my little affair with Ma-chan?" Emi said mockedeagerly.
"Ore-sama is not jealous!" Atobe's face was turning a slight pink.
"Awww… Look Ma-chan, the Monkey King is jealous of our love affair," Emi sang.
"Onee-san, we have to finish the match now. You can taunt your lover later," Eri said.
"Okay! You heard that Monkey King?" Emi winked at Atobe, making him flustered.
"Onee-san, you should stop making Kei-chan so flustered. He might start to develop feelings for you."
Emi turned to face Eri. "But Eri, that's exactly what I was aiming for."
- The "Otaku Corner"-
FlippinWonka: And the rabbit went hop, hop, hop all the way home. Next story! -–claps hands in a childish fashion-
TheSpunky(Short)Alchemist: She is too insane to read on her own, so the doctor is making me read her stories…. She dies tomorrow. -shakes head-
2ManyShoez: It's touching to see TheSpunky(Short)Alchemist actually act like a mother for once. It doesn't happen very often.
GreenMamushi: I went out and got more ice cream! I'll give cyber-ice cream to anyone who favorites or reviews our stories! It's any flavor you want for free but only if you review, our faithful readers!