A/N Chapter 2 is up! Anyways, I noticed I forgot to put a disclaimer in my previous chap, so I will now.

Disclaimer: I do not own prince of tennis, no matter how awesome it is.

Chapter 2: Pack of Rikkaidai

The next afternoon, the girls could feel a tension in the courts. A kind of tension that just screamed… Well, something like I'll-beat-you-and-impress-my- (insert name of regular)-sama! Tsukiko broke the tension by calling a meeting.

"All right. This is what you all have been waiting for. The ranking tournaments are finally here."

At this, Chieko coughed something like ' A chance to win your favorite boy regulars heart', which made Kaede giggle a little. Kaida silenced them with a glare.

Tsukiko smiled a thank you to Kaida. "I just want to say good luck and have fun."

Though somehow, she didn't the non-regulars were going to have fun at all. The non-regulars kept glaring at each other, especially at the regulars. Tsukiko drew in a breath.

"Let the matches begin!"

So far, the present regulars of the girls team were doing great. They were all winning their games with scores of six games to love. Sometimes, they'll win six games to one or two, but that rarely happened. Now, the last few matches were being played.

The sound of a ball bouncing on a court was heard.

"Game and set, Shimizu! Six games to love!"

Tsukiko walked off the court, barely sweating. Her opponent swore and walked off as well, storming past her. Tsukiko walked over to Akina, whom was keeping track of the scores for now.

"Ah, Akina-chan. Court C, six games to love."

"Hai, buchou." Replied Akina in her timid voice.

"By the way, its time for your match." Said Tsukiko kindly to her.

"A-Ah, really? I'll go now then. Ja!"

Akina ran off to court B while Tsukiko took a seat in the chair. She sighed. Now I won't get to see her play… Thought Tsukiko.

In court B, Akina and her opponent, a first year, went to the net to shake hands.

"Lets have a good match." Said Akina.

"Please don't go easy on me, sempai." Replied the girl.

Akina sighed. She would be playing a fangirl again.

"Routh or smooth?" Asked Akina.

"Smooth." Said the girl.

The racket landed on smooth. The girl gave a smug smile at Akina before walking to her side of the court and the game started. The girl served a fast one at Akina, whom swiftly returned it. Then, they began rallying. After a while, the girl hit it and scored a point.

"15-love!"

The girl served again, to the far right, where Akina couldn't reach it. However, Akina caught up with the ball and returned it.

"15-15!"

A fluke. Thought the girl as she served again. Some time passed.

"Game, Kobayoshi! 1 game to love!"

Akina just blinked and got ready to serve.

Meanwhile, a small crowd had gathered to watch the match.

"Eh, Akina-sempai lost a game to Kobayshi? If she can do it, maybe I can too!"

Kaida happened to pass by and stopped. She started toward Court B to watch the match.

"Sempai!" Kaida turned around to find Kyoko running to her.

"What is it, Kyoko?" Asked Kaida.

"The regulars from the boy's team are here and they want to…"" Kyoko cut off her sentence as she took a breath. She was panting hard mostly because she had ran as fast as she could and partly because she had just played a match against her sister and was still tired from it.

"Game, Kobayashi! 2 games to love!"

Akina was panting hard on the courts. She wished she could take a drink, and that her endurance was a little better. I guess it's time to use that now. Thought Akina as she closed her eyes, concentrating on what 2 years of track and field taught her.

Kobayashi smirked as she saw Akina. This is easy. She thought as she served again. It was toward the far right, Akina's weak spot. She was standing there waiting for the referee to call out the score, but instead, a ball whooshed past her ear. What? It couldn't be! Kobayashi turned around to find the ball right behind her.

Kobayashi served again, but was greeted with another ball whooshing past her ears almost immediately. How is this possible? She was..?

Again and again she served, but all the balls just passed by her at top speed. Now, she took a look at her opponent. Akina was barely panting and sweating, in fact, she looked perfectly fine. In fact, she had a confident look in her eyes that Kobayashi had ever seen before.

Kobayashi just shook her head to clear her thoughts. She served again.

"What are you all doing here?" Asked Kaida.

" We wanted to see the ranking matches. But it looks like-" Started Sanada but was cut off by Kaida.

" Hurry up, Akina's match is nearly ending."

Kaida ran off. The boy regulars looked at Sanada with quizzical expressions, but followed Kaida. Sanada went, as well as Yukimura.

"Game, Fuihara! 5 games to 2!"

Kobayashi panted hard. She was getting tired fast. It seemed she couldn't beat Akina at all. Kuso! She thought.

Akina saw that Kobayashi was getting tired. Maybe she should end this quickly. Akina watched her opponent and noticed she was balancing mainly on her left leg. Was her right leg hurt? Anyways, Akina served towards her opponent's right side. Kobayashi couldn't run to the ball fast enough, thus Akina scored a point.

"15-love"!

The next few points were about the same. But Akina felt she should give Kobayashi a chance. She served the ball normally. Kobayashi hit it back with a lot of power. Akina smiled. She had been waiting for this. She hit it back, and the ball bounced on the court. Kobayashi tried hit it back, but the ball was just too heavy. She managed to with some strength. But what should have gone over the court hit the net, spinning so fast the air began to smell like burnt rubber.

Meanwhile, the boy regulars were watching gaping.

" What was that?" Asked Marui.

"That was Akina's 'trick ball'. She uses it against power players. She hits the ball back with slightly more power, so that the opponent is so focused on returning it they don't notice it is a ball that would hit a net until it actually happens." Replied Kaida.

"And I helped her work on it. Awesome, right?" Said Chieko.

"Game and set, Fujihara! Six games to love!"

Akina went to the net and held out her hand for Kobayashi to shake.

"It was a good match." She said.

Kobayashi just glared at her and walked off court. Akina did so as well. Wen she came out, she had a puzzled look on her face.

"Did I do anything wrong to her?" She said to her teammates.

"No, apart from beating her." Said Chieko.

Akina smiled. Then she saw the boys, 'eeped' and hid behind the nearest object, which was Tsukiko. Not saying that Tsukiko is an object.

"Eh? What's wrong?" Asked Marui.

"Akina is just… shy." Said Nami.

Kyoko grunted. "She's as timid as a rabbit."

"Come on, Akina-sempai! It was a great match! As expected of the 'Swift Rabbit'!" Said Tori happily.

"Huh? The 'Swift Rabbit'?" Asked Akaya.

"Yes. We are each represented by an animal for some reason we have no idea of." Said Tsukiko. "I am the 'Mystery Wolf'."

" 'Mystic Dragon' is what they call me." Said Kaida.

" I am called 'Cunning Mouse'." Said Chieko.

" The 'Gentle Ox"." Kaede said.

" You know Akina as 'Swift Rabbit'. I'm the 'Aggressive Tigress' " Said Kyoko.

" 'The 'Sly Fox'. " Said Amaya.

" 'Playful Dolphin' is what they call me." Said Nami.

" I am the ' Agile Monkey'!" Said Yoko.

" The' Vicious Snake' is what I'm called." Haya smiled… rather too sweetly.

" I'm ' The Flexible Otter'" Said Kohana, casting a glare at Chieko, whom spiked her drink with that disgusting liquid she called 'Inui Juice'.

"And, I'm the ' Golden Eagle', though sometimes people call me an angel for some reason." Said Tori, still puzzling over her title as 'Angel'. "Hey wait a second, why am I always last to speak?!"

" Interesting titles." Said Niou.

"It sounds cool, but do they have to give us those names?" Said Kohana.

" And now they're giving our team a nickname." Said Tori.

"I don't think it's called a nickname, Tori-chan." Said Kaede. "Or is it?"

Yukimura smiled. "I've heard your team's 'nickname', as Tori-san puts it, from the other teams." He said.

"Hontou? What're they called, Buchou?" Said Akaya.

"The pack of Rikkaidai."

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*sigh*I should really give more characters speaking lines...

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