Chapter 3
The air of the park was filled with determination, hope, success, failure and tension. The final is here. The other matches were won without much worry. Hyotei didn't even know what hit them when Asuna stepped onto the court. Poor Oshitari was a mess by the time she was through with him. But now was the time for the final.
Fuji glanced at the opponents' side of the court. She was right there. Talking and laughing with Sanada and Renji. He knew. He could tell the data master wasn't just observing the girl. He didn't like the thought of Asuna being too close to Renji. His eyes fell on Niou standing near Asuna. As soon as the trickster noticed him eyeing them, he stood behind her to block his view. How much did the Rikkai tennis team know about their relationship?
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Asuna wasn't nervous. Or was she? She wasn't exactly sure herself. She was sure she'd done her part well. She'd beaten Ryoma Echizen by 6-4. It wasn't easy. But she had done it. Seeing Syusuke Fuji on court, watching him play brought back memories. Painful ones. She wasn't sure what she felt for the tensai after all that had happened. She hadn't given herself the chance to think about it nor was she ready to figure it out. It's been almost a year. She shook her head and concentrated on the singles 2 match in front of her.
Fuji and Sanada stood on opposite sides on the court. The tensai and the emperor both equally determined to win. This was the match that could make Rikkai Dai Fuzoku the winner. They were currently leading the game by 3-2. Winning the singles 2 match would declare them as the champions. There was nothing she wanted more at the moment.
Fuji served. He was now leading the game by 4-3. Although Sanada had won the first two sets, he had managed to gain the lead. He was not going to let Rikkai win that easily. His eyes fell on the tensed Asuna. He wanted her back. He needed her to know that it was Seigaku where she belonged.
But just then the game became 4 all. Suddenly it felt like time froze. The next 2 games could make them or Rikkai the champions.
Sanada served with all his strength. He was never the one to depend on tricks, but today he somehow felt that mastering a few wouldn't have been so bad. Fuji's triple counters were really getting under his skin. But suddenly he saw an opening. And off he went.
He swung his racquet in an extremely fast motion, like drawing a sword, making the ball seem invisible. The ball landed on Fuji's side of the court, slipping just past his reach, inside the baseline.
The Rikkai tennis team as well as the supporters roared. The entire team tackled Sanada as he stepped out of the court. But even in the celebration of their success, Asuna couldn't miss the disappointment on Syusuke Fuji's face.
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Asuna lay on her couch in a cocoon of her blanket, reading a book. The outcome of today's final was most satisfying. The look on Syusuke Fuji's face was priceless. Its felt good, didn't it? A frown came on her face. She didn't want to delve too far into that and went back to her book. Soon there was a knock on the door. She wondered if her teammates were here to disrupt her solitude. The crazy gang just didn't know the meaning of privacy. She considered not answering the door for a moment. But Yukimura punishing her later on didn't seem too appealing. So with the blanket still wrapped around her, she trudged over to the door and opened it.
The person on the other side wasn't Yukimura. Or any of her other teammates for that matter. No.
It was Syusuke Fuji.
A/N: Sorry for the extremely short chapter. Please let me know what you think will happen next. It's an earnest request.
