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Chapter 12 – Prince versus Empress

Dragging Inui off the courts, Kaidoh let out a sighed, annoyed that they lost. "Sorry about that."

"It's alright," Oishi pat him on the back cheerfully, "we didn't expect that they could play like that either."

Fuji looked at Hitomi and Isane drag themselves to their captain. "Well, I wonder what the Hyotei captain has to say about all this."

At the other side, Hitomi lowered her head. "I'm sorry; this was the first time someone used my Sonic Volley against me. I thought that they wouldn't be able to…"

Shizuru shook her head. "It's alright; this only means that you still have to improve the consistency of your data. You did pretty well for a makeshift pair and the reason why we needed to win is because the Singles matches are going to get complicated. Judging them from this game only, I'd say the only thing we'd win is the Doubles and I have to pull out all the stops in Singles One."

Momo glanced at Seigaku. "Don't assume that just because they have lost Doubles Two doesn't mean they won't be able to drive us to the edge in the others."

"Yes," Shizuru glanced at Echizen, Fuji and Tezuka, "the three matchless stars of Seigaku will be playing in the Singles Division and knowing the captain's prerogative, he'd rather have Echizen in Singles Three to start it off with a clean sweep. Singles Two has always been the spot for the tensai and Singles One belongs to the captains. There might be a chance that I might not be able to win."

Rin gaped at her. "Are you serious? You mean – Atobe wasn't lying about how…?"

"Tezuka's skill and strength as a player is beyond a normal middle schooler's. He's what they call a 'National-calibre Player' and despite his injury," Shizuru remembered him gripping his shoulder in their earlier match, "Tezuka can still give me a run for my money."

Mai gulped at the news. "Man, that's scary. Thank kami-sama that I'm not playing against him."

Isane however was still occupied by the Doubles Match. "The first time my move used against me was in the Kantou Tournament Semi-finals, Ferero-senpai played Singles until I recovered from shock. This time, Hitomi-chan was the one who snapped first. Most players would be cruel but this is a little overboard."

Rin clucked her tongue. "Geez, guys are so testosterone driven but Gakuto's an exception."

"Duh," Haruka shook her head. "But why are you exempting Gakuto?"

Rin broke into a laughing fit. "That's because he's more girl than guy, kuwee!"

The mood lightened and the girls found themselves laughing about the guys.

"Mou I want to know something," Kiyone looked at the vice captain and the acrobat, "Are those blue and white people really that good? If coconut-senpai growled properly, Yane-chan -they must be really strong! I wanna fight them!"

"We'll get out chance don't worry," Ayane pat the girl lightly on the head, "Besides, even I'm itching for a good match with them."

Crossing her legs, Shizuru looked at Echizen get a briefing from Tezuka. "Momo-senpai, be careful about Echizen. I heard that he might be able to match Sanada-san."

Momo's blood boiled at the word 'Sanada-san'. "I don't want excuses. His abilities are just exaggerated because of these rumours."

Hitomi quickly opened her notebook. "The data collected here proved to be more efficient than realized; their prowess as tennis players is quite astounding."

Rin jumped on Mai, causing the tensai to nearly stumble. "Why didn't you put us in Doubles Two like always?"

"I wanted to see something," Shizuru motioned Momo to head for the court, "whether or not Hitomi still has her skills and Isane can still play Doubles. So, in case there's one out, we still have another pair for a fall back plan. In other words, I'm just covering all our bases."

Haruka handed Isane a towel. "Hold up, do you still remember the doubles pairing Naomi-buchou gave us before she left?"

"Yes," Shizuru got her wallet while unfolding a piece of paper, "I wrote them all down but there's a slight flaw."

Haruka bit her lip. "Most of the partners were our senpai. Great, I remember who my partner was before Rin-chan; it was Osakada Yuri-senpai and Rin-chan only came in the autumn break of the season. Most of the time, Yuri-senpai was the one taking control of the game because of the Osakada Stadium technique. Whatever happens on the court, it will be countered or taken into account; as if Yuri-senpai had Insight like Atobe. If she were still here, most of our opponents would be messed up." (A/N: She is not Tomoka's cousin.)

Shizuru couldn't help but smile; all those days before were a "six games to love" classic every time. Each match had resulted into either forfeit of the other side or basically – Hyotei trashed them so bad. The only one who put much of a challenge was Seigaku which was composed of Souma Fuuka and the senpai-tachi before and that time was when Naomi lost badly to Seigaku's current captain. Shizuru remembered the intense training imposed on her by the team in order to create the 'perfect counterattack' against Souma Fuuka's jitters.

The acrobat gulped while recalling the training they had before."I guess you remembered how hard Ferero-senpai and Kotetsu-senpai pushed you, huh, buchou~?"

Shizuru glanced at Rin with a small smile. "Yeah, Naomi-buchou trained with me intensely to the point we both couldn't walk."

"By the way," Ayane nudged Shizuru, "who were the players before us?"

Opening her wallet, the brunette handed her vice captain a picture. "All those people in that photo were the former Regulars of Hyotei."

Haruka laughed. "You still have that picture when we were at the beach?"

Shizuru shrugged. "It was memorable since Ferero-senpai shoved a crab down Yamaguchi-senpai's bathing suit."

Hitomi's glasses glinted evilly. "So much for having a kind senpai, I will rue that day."

Rin pointed to the girl locking a younger Haruka under the arm. "Hey, who's that?"

"That's," Haruka suddenly became silent after looking at it. "That's… Midoriyama-senpai, she was…."

Shizuru turned away. "That…was… Momo-senpai's partner…"

Ayane noticed a shift in her buchou's aura. "Buchou, where is she now?"

"She died," Momo walked towards the court, devoid of all emotion.

They snapped their head towards the violet haired Sanada. "She died of what?"

Momo lowered her body position to receive the serve. "None of your business," she glowered at Echizen who prepared his Twist Serve.

"Singles Three start, Seishun Gakuen's Echizen Ryoma versus Hyotei Gakuen's Sanada Momo! Game start, Echizen to serve!" The arbiter gave the signal.

Kiyone shivered at the intense glare. "Buchou, why did Momo-senpai suddenly become so…so…?"

"She's been like that ever since Midoriyama-senpai left," Haruka glanced at Momo for a moment. "They were really close and I don't know what else happened…"

Hitomi flipped open her notebook. "Midoriyama Nanako, formerly class 3-7 and a very well-respected Student Body Council member, she was one of the best Singles players in club asides from Naomi-buchou and Kurenai-buchou. Nagisaki-san at that time was a Doubles player or a Singles player but Midoriyama-senpai is whom we called the 'doubles genius'."

Kiyone looked over Hitomi's shoulder. "Wow, Green-Mountain-chan must've been really good!"

Mai remembered when she used to play Singles Three. "If you thought I was a genius then wait til you hear this: Midoriyama-senpai used to play with closed eyes and sometimes, she would even listen to her iPod while playing. People would call Midoriyama-senpai arrogant but many say that there was a reason. Do you remember the Kurosakuraso, the technique I used on Kabaji-kun?"

Ayane nodded stiffly. "Y-yeah, he managed to copy it."

"But by seeing it," Mai's fists curled up, "Midoriyama-senpai didn't even hear or see the technique but she returned the shot and even used it against me. I felt so jealous that quitting the team was one of my options. But then before the semi-finals, something went wrong."

Rin's eyes watered. "Midoriyama-senpai froze half-way during the game and Momo-chin was her partner that time. We didn't know why but, the doubles pair they were facing was made up of two powerhouses. The ball sped by so fast and it hit her squarely on the head. Of course, Momo got angry and plastered those guys in a Doubles to Singles match of 7-6 but that wasn't it."

Kiyone cocked her head to the side. "Then, what happened to her?"

"When Midoriyama-senpai woke up, she became an entirely new person. She refused to hold a racquet," Isane remembered the time she nearly got throttled. "Midoriyama-senpai tried to throttle me before because I was holding a tennis racquet. But, if you guys thought that was bad, wait til you hear the rest of the story."

Shizuru closed her eyes. "When Momo-senpai tried to talk to her, Midoriyama-senpai didn't know who she was but, her personality... became a little awkward. Momo couldn't understand but every time Midoriyama-senpai looked at her, there was something implied."

Ayane covered her mouth. "S-she…?"

"To Momo-senpai, the Midoriyama-senpai she once knew is dead and abandoned every connection between them." Shizuru watched Momo play coldly against Echizen, "her style now is not the real one. Her real style is not defensive play but I think Echizen-san can bring it out."

Ayane then saw Momo drive a smash past Echizen. "Wait, so you put her in Singles Three on purpose…?"

Shizuru nodded with a rueful smile. "This was the only opportunity I could see because no opponent in any other team can drag out her style. Hiyoshi-kun couldn't even bring out her fullest power. Sure, he made her bring out the OtoAobaSuiNadare but did you know that there were actually six?"

"So, what's the fifth and sixth?" Ayane peeked over Hitomi's shoulder.

Hitomi shook her head while closing her notebook sadly. "Unfortunately, only Midoriyama-senpai knew those last two techniques. No one here has ever seen it, not even Kurenai-buchou."

"Wait," Mai nudged Shizuru, "do you remember which team we were playing against that day?"

Shizuru began thinking back until her eyes widened with shock. "It was Rikkai Daigaku that day."

Ayane gulped. "Please tell me that the senpai who knocked out Midoriyama-senpai and made her cuckoo are no longer there."

Hitomi madly turned the pages in her notebook while trying to remain calm. "Good news and bad: only one of them is still here."

"Is it the same person who made her cuckoo?" Shizuru was praying it wasn't.

Hitomi remained silent.

"I was afraid of that," the brunette bit into her thumbnail. "If Momo-senpai figures out that she's still here, that girl's good as dead."

Momo unfortunately heard Hitomi say that the same person was here. "That girl," the female Sanada gripped her racquet tightly, "I HATE HER!"

With overwhelming strength, Momo made her smash knock Echizen's racquet off and sent the boy spiralling towards the floor. "Echizen," Oishi panicked.

Fuji gripped the fence tightly while Momoshiro and Kaidoh were ready to pummel Momo first thing they do when on the court. "Sanada Momo, huh…. I'll remember her face…"

"Maa~, is that all you got?" Echizen straightened up with a cocky smirk. "I didn't know that you sucked that bad."

Momo maintained her cool despite the insult. "You don't know what you're talking about."

"Really now," Echizen tipped his cap again, "are you the sister of Sanada from Rikkai Dai?"

Momo curled her fists until they were visibly white. "Must everyone believe that I'm his sister when its obvious that we are not siblings?"

"Oh right," Echizen was going to keep doing this, "so, I guess you're his cousin?"

That infuriated Momo even more. The Hyotei team knew about their argument and often times, Momo was the one blamed for everything. It was gender discrimination after all; whatever Sanada did wrong they ignored and whatever she did wrong, was taken into account every time. Seeing another serve coming from Echizen, Momo was ready to blast him even farther than last time.

Shizuru stood up. "Momo-senpai, please refrain from using violence on the court."

Momo's fury mellowed. "Oh, I'm sorry…"

Kiyone stared at her captain. "How was she able to calm down Momo-senpai like that without even getting intimidated?"

"It's a matter of respect," Shizuru rebuked the younger girl. "In Hyotei, you gain respect through skill and that's why it works that way."

Ayane fearfully watched Momo return Echizen's serve again effortlessly. "Momo-senpai, I hope she doesn't kill anyone."

"She won't," Haruka nodded with an assuring smile, "despite the fact she hates the traditions, the code still sticks. Momo-chan will not kill anybody."

Echizen backhanded the ball to her. "You're pretty unstable."

Momo gave him a top spin forehand. "Why don't you keep your head in the game instead, boy?"

Sliding on the ground, Echizen had a cocky smirk. "You should too."

Kikumaru jumped onto Oishi. "Hoi nyah~, that's the Drive B!"

Kachiro, Horio and Katsuo punched the air with a chorus. "He's got her!"

Momo, narrowing her eyes, dashed towards the net. "With your ability, I highly doubt it would make me even sweat."

Echizen all of a sudden found Momo smirking in front of him. "Is this the power of your fang?"

Momo, reflecting the power of the Drive B, made the ball smack the top of the net and fall in front of Echizen, "Love – forty!"

Fuji couldn't believe what he was seeing. "This girl is making Echizen run for it. Not many people have that kind of gift."

Echizen lowered his cap and walked towards the baseline. "Che, I'll win anyway."

"Do not think so highly of yourself Echizen," Momo glared icily. "Never underestimate a girl let alone someone who could keep at par with Nationals-calibre player."

Echizen began his service again with Momo closing her eyes. "Burst like the sound…"

"Here it comes," Hitomi tilted her glasses, "the Oto."

Swinging it quickly at accurately, Momo fired it right next to Echizen's ear causing an incessant ringing.

"Ugh," Echizen tried his best to keep his body stable.

"Ochibi," Kikumaru jumped from his place.

Shizuru stood up and went towards Momo. "Momo-senpai," the brunette's auburn eyes met the Sanada's jet black ones. "That's enough; tennis is not a tool to destroy people."

"I have no interest to what is right or what is wrong," Momo turned away from her captain. "All that matters is that I win this match as a Hyotei regular."

Shizuru, slightly twitching, restrained her anger. "If you continue this kind of violence, I will make you forfeit the match."

Momo, gripping her racquet tightly, returned the baseline. "You have your opinion and I have mine."

Echizen on the other hand was tapping his foot. "Maa~, what's taking you so long?"

"I'm sorry," Momo began bouncing the ball. "I didn't know big bugs were that desperate to die."

Hitomi shook her head. "Momo's completely unstable; we shouldn't have brought out the picture."

Haruka saw Momo's shots becoming heavier and more direct. "That Echizen kid better stay behind the baseline if he doesn't want to lose his arm or wrist."

Echizen fired another shot but Momo jumped into the air. "Uncontained like water…"

A heavy smash cracked off her racquet and blasted Echizen towards the wall due to the impact. "Game, Sanada: one game to love!"

Echizen snorted while handing the ball to Momo. "Alright, I'll wait for your service then."

"I'll end this game," Momo muttered, "in ten minutes."

Echizen shrugged. "Good luck then."

Tossing the ball into the air, Momo had a hard service aiming at the middle. "Come at me, Echizen!"

Without wasting any time, Echizen dashed down and pulled out another technique.

The trio hugged each other, screaming in unison. "Waah, Drive A!"

Momo rushed forward again. "Since you have shown most of your abilities, I should show you mine as well… Smash like an avalanche…"

The moment the ball left her racquet, multiples struck the other side creating a black dot right in between Echizen's legs, "Fifteen – love!"

Echizen scored another Drive B on Momo's left side, "Fifteen – all!"

Momo did a backhand smash, "Thirty – fifteen!"

Echizen backhanded the ball right on Momo's right side, "Thirty all!"

Momo, smirking at the first year, dashed towards the net. "Be proud, as someone who, after going against me – can still stand."

"You think too highly of yourself," Echizen winced; a little irritated. "Besides, we're in a tie."

Momo shrugged it off while firing the Sui right at Echizen. "So? I can easily remedy that."

Realizing it was too strong, Echizen backed down immediately causing a loud explosion on the court, "Forty – thirty!"

Kikumaru bit his nails. "Ochibi's really having the time of his life down there, nyah!"

Echizen fired another forehand only to face the Oto again. "Game, Sanada: two games to love!"

Shaking his head, Echizen tried his best to regain his senses. "Ouch, you're pretty violent. Mada Mada Dane, Sanada," he smirked at her again.

Momo gripped her racquet tightly to the point her hand bled. "Shall I show you your place? You of all people should know where you stand."

Bouncing the ball, Echizen had a smirk; this time he wasn't going to hold back, "Mada Mada Dane, Sa-na-da."

Grimacing at the junior, Momo fired a heavier forehand towards him. "You better know what you're saying unless you want to die."

Echizen smirked at her. "Too bad, I do know what I'm saying…"

The ball zipped past Momo and landed exactly on the baseline, "Fifteen – love!"

Fuji smiled innocently. "Here comes Echizen's comeback."

Momo, instead of getting shocked, started laughing softly which soon became maniacal. "You're a fraud, boy! You're a hundred years too early to beat me!"

Ayane clung on to Kiyone and vice versa. "What's happening to Momo-senpai?"

Her jet black eyes became bloodshot red. "I'll tear your confidence off piece by piece!"

Hitomi began scribbling on the paper. "Under a heavy degree of emotion, Sanada and Sunamyou have the same ability: Bloodshot mode."

Shizuru stood up. "Senpai, this has to stop. Echizen-san is not a dart board and neither is tennis supposed to be a weapon."

"You don't get it don't you?" Momo turned to her brunette captain. "This little brat needs to be taught his place here. I think the stronger ones should know how to put them in their place!"

Haruka shook her head. "This isn't Momo talking anymore; it's as if… something else just decided to inhabit her body…"

Rin clung on to her doubles partner. "This is too much… do you think we should stop her…?"

"Maybe we shouldn't," Hitomi motioned to Shizuru not to move. "She needs to work it out of her system. Besides, these are one of the very few chances Momo may have."

Echizen fired another Twist Serve which Momo tried her best to return, "Thirty – love!"

Echizen raised an eyebrow at the Bloodshot Momo. "Maa~, so what's all this big talk?"

Momo devilishly grinned at the junior. "I don't need your cockiness right now, boy. Just serve already so I can pummel your face in!"

Echizen stood up to the challenge. "Bring it on, Sanada."

Returning the Twist Serve, Momo rushed towards the net and began using the Sui consecutively. "Try and block these!"

Echizen returned to the baseline to weaken the smashes. "Sure, like I'm very amused."

That infuriated the girl even more. "If you think that's everything, you're wrong!"

Momo fired something new: with complete accuracy, multiple tennis balls appeared and whizzed past Echizen's ear, causing the boy to keel over in shock. "Ugh…"

"Echizen," Fuji was gripping the fence tighter than before.

Momoshiro rolled up his sleeves. "That's it! That Sanada girl is going to get it!"

Kaidoh gave his usual hiss while Oishi broke into a wild panic. "Oh no, don't you think we should stop this, Tezuka?"

The bespectacled captain was already one step ahead. "Echizen…"

"Yadda," Echizen stood up while dusting himself. "I'm not going to get off this court."

Tezuka resisted the urge to roll his eyes at Echizen. "Ten minutes, Echizen…"

"I know," Echizen had his usual cocky smirk. "I'm going to finish this in half the time."

Momo sneered at the younger boy. "Really, I'd like to see that, boy."

The rally ensued with Echizen's serve and Momo fired back the Oto but this time, the freshman was fast enough to move away from the shot and return it, "Forty – fifteen!"

Momo fired a backhand smash towards him, "Forty – thirty!"

Echizen smirked while doing a cord smash, "Mada mada Dane, Sanada."

"Game, Echizen: two games all!"

Momo felt the warm blood ooze out of her hand while glaring at Echizen. "You have some nerve, brat."

"You've been calling me 'brat' but you lost the last two games," Echizen pointed out cockily.

Momo, biting into her lip hard, stood up and grabbed the tennis ball from the junior. "You better watch what you're saying, brat! I'm going to make you whine so bad, that it will imprint on your memory!"

Watching the ball crack off her racquet, Momo knew what was going on. Tears appeared in her eyes while playing against Echizen.

Why am I feeling this way? Why? Midoriyama-senpai, why? Why did you leave me in Hyotei all alone? Where did you go? Was I that unimportant… to you?

Shizuru noticed the anger in Momo's eyes. Anger was something that the senpai was not very good dealing with; she knew that Momo saw herself in Echizen but didn't understand how. "Senpai, I know you're very close to Midoriyama-senpai but please do not release all your anger on Echizen."

Ayane gripped her skirt tightly. "Buchou, will she kill the guy? I think we should get her off the court before…"

"Nagisaki," Shizuru cut off the vice captain while standing up, "watch over the team for awhile."

When Shizuru used her last name, Mai knew that she was dead end serious and up to something. "I don't know what you're going to do but hopefully, you'll come back in one piece."

Momo ignored everything else while pushing Echizen to his limit. This kid was really something and somehow every time a shot cracked off his racquet, she saw something that had been buried long ago.

Why am I… facing…myself?

Instead of seeing Echizen, she saw a teary eyed first year version of herself. "Midoriyama-senpai, where are you?"

Momo drew back in horror. "W-what in the world is going on?"

The first year Sanada Momo continued to sob. ""I was extremely disappointed in you! I hated you! I cursed you...!"

Momo winced at the sight. "Oh my God, what is this!"

The girl screamed louder with her jet black eyes revealing bloodshot ones instead. "I swore to bury my past and you with my own hands! Then to make sure I defeat you, I struggled... gained strength... I will never forgive you, Nanako-senpai! For betraying my respect and trust I will never forgive you! Why... Why... Why didn't you take me with you Nanako-senpai?"

Momo knew this was going too far; this had stop. "I've been clinging on to my senpai for so long. Yes, she was amazing, she was terrifyingly strong and beautiful. I admired her greatly to the point of worship but that is the past and all I have done is bring it on like a burden. I cannot expect my teammates to forgive me this easily after all the trouble I've put them through. This is where it begins – live and struggle...!"

Her eyes changed back to their normal colour while her shots became more precise, landing right next to Echizen. "Smash like an avalanche, Nadare!"

"Thirty – love!" Everyone stared in awe in Momo's sudden revert back to normal.

Hitomi scribbled frantically. "Momo has overcome her most annoying barrier: staying close to Midoriyama-senpai."

"Momo-chan," Haruka tried to approach her.

Smirking, Momo pointed her racquet at Echizen. "Shall we continue our dance, Echizen?"

Echizen stared at her agape. "Weren't you crazy a few minutes ago?"

Momo let out a small chuckle. "It seems I made a big spectacle a few moments ago. By the way, where did Shizuru go?"

"She went off to deal with something," Mai folded her arms, smiling. "Don't worry, just keep playing."

Shizuru ran towards the other courts. "If there's one person I know who has it, it's Atobe-senpai."

Few minutes later, she found Atobe managing matches between the regulars and issuing laps. "Atobe-senpai," she slammed the wired door open.

Oshitari shot up right away. "Shizuru, what's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost."

"You better give ore-sama good reason why you just barged in," Atobe ran his fingers through his hair.

Shizuru sighed while ignoring his pronoun. "We're having practice matches," she pulled out a picture, "Atobe-senpai, do you still have the numbers of all our former senpai?"

Atobe grabbed the picture from her. "You're wondering about Kotetsu and the others?"

"It's something I need to know about Midoriyama-senpai," Shizuru wanted to get straight to the point, "Atobe-senpai, please. I need info about her and all the other senpai."

Atobe turned away. "Go ask Yamaguchi."

"She can't find them either, we've both tried!" Shizuru rubbed her temples. "Please, things are getting more complicated as is…"

Atobe rolled his eyes. "It's about Sanada again, isn't it?"

Shizuru didn't know how to explain it. "She suddenly started getting emotional attacks and now, all her anger is going off at the wrong person."

Atobe shrugged. "Good luck to that person."

"That person happens to be your rival," Shizuru knew this would make Atobe cooperate. "Someone named Echizen Ryoma, if I remember right."

As expected, Atobe's eyes widened. "You squared off Echizen with Sanada? Are you out of your mind?"

"He's playing Singles Three like she is," Shizuru remained calm despite everything, "but, there's something about Midoriyama-senpai that's bothering her. Do you have any of her Middle School data left with you?"

Oshitari thought back. "Midoriyama-senpai was the 'Doubles Genius' right?"

"Right," Shizuru nodded vigorously, "Momo-senpai started getting all pissed off and then, she went Bloodshot Mode."

Gakuto fired another forehand at Hiyoshi. "She went dyke…"

"Huh?"

Shishido cracked his knuckles. "Yeah, Midoriyama-senpai went dyke after the semi-finals. That's what made Sanada panic in the first place; she was the thing Midoriyama-senpai got so interested in."

Ohtori tapped his doubles partner's shoulder. "Shishido-san, what's a dyke?"

"Something you shouldn't know," Shishido fired a flat shot at Jirou, "Midoriyama-senpai became strange after she got clobbered in the head. Some say it's that and others say it was the meds that drove her nuts. Thing is – Midoriyama-s-I mean – Midoriyama went haywire so bad that it affected Hyotei's chances of winning. You were there, weren't you?"

Shizuru shook her head. "I was but Naomi-buchou never told me anything…"

"She probably didn't want to scare you," Oshitari noted while adjusting his glasses, "Midoriyama took Sanada as her protégé and they grew into one of the best doubles pairs in the district. However, during that game in Rikkai Dai, Midoriyama got clobbered in the head and so; she was out for a few months. The shot wasn't the one that altered her personality; it was an overdose of meds."

Gakuto stared at his doubles partner. "How do you know that?"

"Every time she came to school," Oshitari recalled the diluted look, "Momo always noted that her eyes were somewhat diluted more than before. Not only that, Momo had a boyfriend back then who broke up with her because of another girl."

Shizuru saw how it all fit. "Midoriyama-senpai got jealous and…"

"She started destroying every relationship Sanada got into in order to keep her for herself," Oshitari bit his lip. "The guys were telling me about it and when I tried to hit on her, that's when I saw Midoriyama growling at me as if I touched something that belonged to her."

Atobe hissed in disgust. "Ore-sama remembered that look in her eyes every time she sought after Sanada. However, Sanada wasn't the only affected; Shimohi was also but Hikifumi guarded her well. The plum developed such a close relationship with Midoriyama to the point it made her blindly loyal to her. Everywhere that dyke went; she followed after her like a stray puppy."

"The day Midoriyama left," Gakuto remembered that time Momo cracked, "was the first time Sanada ever cracked. She went wild on the tennis courts and nearly killed several subs."

Shizuru opened her cellphone. "Atobe-senpai, do you still have Naomi-buchou's number?"

"Of course," Atobe opened his cellphone, "what do you need it for?"

Shizuru sighed sadly. "I think she's the only one who can tell me the full story of what had happened."

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"Game, Echizen: three games to two!" Echizen was smirking while Momo was breathing heavily. "You still have lots more to work on…"

Momo wiped the blood pouring from her bitten lip. ""A lot more work you say? When you stand before me, those words hold no meaning. You do not know the true meaning of the word "work"."

After several fierce exchanges, Echizen took the lead with his Drive A and B. It was only then did Seigaku realize that these girls weren't ordinary where they would jump upon a point; the Hyotei girls set up a stage and created a trap for them. Sadly, all of them got snagged which resulted to Inui and Kaidoh losing to the Yamaguchi-Uchiha pair.

Fuji chuckled lightly. "This is quite a practice match, isn't it, Tezuka?"

Tezuka noticed the smiling face on Fuji. "Ah."

"Though," Fuji's electric blue eyes revealed itself, "this girl Echizen is playing now. May I have the pleasure of breaking her?"

Tezuka knew that Fuji wasn't going to let injuries slip easily. If it's one thing he knew about the tensai, Fuji never let things slide. "Fuji, concentrate on the game."

As much as Fuji wanted to believe that, he noticed that Tezuka was a little miffed off. "Well, think of it this way: she's not that violent unlike some people we know."

Actually, the girl wasn't being intentionally violent; Seigaku just caught her at a bad time. Momo's eyes darkened when she saw the black marks on the court. "It seems my emotion took a turn for the worse. Echizen, I'm sorry."

Echizen waved it off. "If that's your real style then, keep using it."

Momo shook her head with a small smile. "That was anything but my real style. Are you that stupid to have no fear of what I can do to you?"

Echizen, twirling his racquet, took his place at the baseline. "No, I just like playing tennis."

Smiling bitterly, Momo handed the ball to him. "It's your service and by the way," -Echizen glanced at her. "If you want to see my real style, you're going to see it now."

Echizen began his service with his cocky smirk. "Bring it on."

Momo looked at her shocked teammates. "This match is not going to end badly. I assure you – this won't be as ugly as you think it is."

Returning his Twist Serve, Momo then gave him a cross court forehand which he backhanded the ball towards her again. The rallies intensified; Momo backhanded another ball again while Echizen gave her a top spin to deal with. Momo however softened the spin and drove in a flat shot towards him.

"You're pretty good for a brat," Momo chuckled darkly.

"That's what everyone tells me," Echizen cockily fired another backhand.

Momo shrugged. "Well, I'm just saying but good luck when you deal with Nadare…"

Echizen stared at her quizzically."Nadare, what are you talking about?"

"Love – fifteen," as her warning sounded off, multiple balls flew past his face.

Momo put her racquet on her shoulder. "It's my turn to break your service game. Good luck, Echizen."

Another Nadare whizzed past Echizen, "Love – thirty!"

Echizen, annoyed by that shot, lowered his cap a little and looked at the floor. "There can only be one ball."

Momo pulled out the Oto again. "Unfortunately, I know when my opponents discover the secret behind the Nadare."

It whizzed past his ear again but Echizen didn't keel over. By then, he was used to the ball zipping past his ear because of Nanjirou's playing style. "Oyaji does the same thing. Don't bother…"

Momoshiro bit his lip. "Geez, this girl's really pushing it. I haven't seen any of the Seigaku girls play this well except Souma-senpai."

Kaidoh shoved his hands into his pocket while looking at the Hyotei girls. The smaller girl was swinging her legs while Momo played her game and boy, did she look bored. "Yane-Yane, what time is it? I want a cookie."

Ayane looked at her watch with a sigh. "It's almost lunch time. But anyhow, we had a heavy breakfast so; I don't think we should eat again. It'll just make us heavier."

Mai looked at her watch. "I wonder what Shizuru's up to. She would be back by now if she just wanted to get something."

"I'm sorry for being late," a polite voice came from behind, "I guess there was nothing needed after all."

Mai spun around immediately. "Shizuru, where did you come from?"

"I just needed to dig up the past," Shizuru took her seat again in the coach's chair. "But, Momo-senpai seems to have grown during the game."

Haruka shrugged. "I'm glad that she got over it. I thought she would smash him into the court"

Rin punched the air. "Go, go, Momo-chan!"

Another forehand flew past the freshman and marked the right corner. "Game, Sanada: three games all!"

Echizen clucked his tongue while Momo had a smirk. "Now, who's the one smirking?"

Sauntering towards the ball, Echizen picked it up and handed it to Momo. "I think it's your turn to serve."

"Yeah," Momo had a small smile. "Don't assume that just because I'm no longer wild, I won't be able to defeat you."

With another speedy service, Momo fired a forehand towards the corners, "Fifteen – love!"

Echizen brought out the Drive A move, causing Momo to keel back a little, "Fifteen – all!"

Momo smashed another ball on Echizen's left side, "Thirty – fifteen!"

Watching the ball carefully, Momo backhanded the ball cross court. "You know – you remind me a lot of myself."

"I do?" Echizen raised an eyebrow while making a drop shot.

"Yeah," Momo volleyed past him. "You remind me the time I admired my senpai too much actually."

Momoshiro gaped at her. "That kid's the exact opposite! He has no respect at all!"

"Thank you for pointing it out, Captain Obvious," Kaidoh rolled his eyes.

Momoshiro grabbed Kaidoh's jacket. "Urusei, you wanna fight now, Mamushi?"

Kaidoh glared at the black haired Dunk Smasher. "Go ahead; make my day, baka peach!"

Oishi had to break them up again. "Guys, stop this. You two have been at it ever since this morning!"

Kikumaru pointed while jumping up and down. "Hoi, take a look! Ochibi's in the air!"

Echizen smirked while bringing his racquet down. "Cyclone…Smash…"

A heavy smash marked the court causing Momo to nearly stumble back. "It will take more than that to take me down…!"

Retreating to the far end, Momo saw the smash weaken at a certain point. "This is exactly what I need…! Nullify like metal, Tetsu!"

While the smash descended, Momo had to take appropriate timing. Instead of making it a lob, Momo smashed it also the moment it sped towards her.

Haruka stared agape. "She didn't even let it bounce!"

Hitomi scribbled down on her notebook. "So, it's nowOtoAobaSuiNadareTetsu. There's even a sixth one if I remember right; she revealed the fifth form of the Elemental Slayer, Tetsu."

"Each one was created to counter Sanada-san's FuuRinKaZan," Shizuru watched the ball curve awkwardly around Echizen. "This one is used to make sure that the ball cannot be returned…"

"Game, Sanada: four games to three!"

Echizen could not believe he was getting his butt handed to him by a girl. Her attacks were fierce and there was no room for mistakes or whatsoever. Each shot required intense concentration and it made every point decisive.

Echizen started to breathe heavily. "Not bad, not bad at all…"

Momo fired the second Tetsu at Echizen. "Shall I tell you the difference between you and me? It's level. It's like the story of Bellephron trying to become a god. No matter what he does, his horse gets stung by a gadfly and he is sent back spiralling down to earth. Then, he is left to spend the rest of his days as a beggar."

Echizen fired a Drive A down the line, "Love – fifteen!"

Momo barely managed to return his Drive B, "Fifteen – all!"

Despite everything going on, Momo was keeping up with the pace while Echizen had to make a margin but found it difficult to do so. Every time he fired one shot, she managed to return the other after scoring, "Thirty – fifteen!"

Twisting three hundred sixty degrees, Momo did a backhand smash causing Echizen to somewhat trip towards the net, "Thirty – all!"

Echizen did another Cyclone Smash only to have it countered by the Tetsu. "Are you sure you can recover in time?"

Momo didn't understand what he meant until she saw another Cyclone Smash coming down, "Forty – thirty!"

Inui began scribbling. "Echizen now has the ability to do two Cyclone Smashes in one turn, ii data…"

"Seems like Echizen's getting ahead of her now," Momoshiro rubbed his hands together.

Oishi glanced at Seigaku's captain. "Do you think Echizen will be able to cut it short?"

"That would be hard on Echizen's pride," Fuji noted while watching Momo deuce Echizen. "He would never be able to live it down if someone cut his game short."

Tezuka looked at the timer and saw three minutes had elapsed already. Unless Echizen was going to keep doing aces, he was not going to finish the game in five minutes. Truthfully speaking, he thought Echizen would be able to cut it down to three minutes but then again – this is the cousin of Sanada they were dealing with.

"You're always so deep in thought, Tezuka. Waiting for your match against Kurenai-chan?"

Fuji knew who Shizuru was? "Ah," Tezuka continued to keep his eyes on the game.

"I met her in a bookstore," Fuji remarked offhandedly. "If you ask me, I wouldn't be surprised if you found her pretty."

How did Fuji know that, he didn't know nor did he want to know. "Fuji, that's enough."

The smiling tensai scratched his chin like Confucius. "Hmm, perhaps, would you like me to lose the match so you would get to play?"

"No," Tezuka's answer was simple and fast. "Just play like you usually do, Fuji."

"Game, Echizen: five games to four!" Echizen and Momo were already out of breath.

Momo, wiping her sweat, used her racquet to prop herself up. "Not bad. You managed to survive despite the Tetsu and Nadare. Most people would run after that."

Echizen smirked at her. "Well, sorry, I'm not one of those people."

Mai exhaled in relief. "Well, at least, Momo-senpai managed to snap herself out of her psycho attitude. I mean – what was that all about?"

"It had something to do with our senpai. Mai, it caused an entire disruption in the tennis matches which led to us being cornered by Seigaku last year." Shizuru noted while remembering the games.

Kiyone tugged Shizuru's jacket. "Shizuru-buchou, can you tell us one day… what happened?"

Shizuru pat the smaller girl on the head. "I think it's a better idea if Momo-senpai does it. I might not have all my facts right."

"I'd like to ask something though," Ayane looked at Momo's style of play, "why did she never use her real style again?"

Rin remembered poking Momo about it. "She never said 'why'; all Momo-chan said was that it was meant only for emergencies. Doesn't this qualify as one?"

Haruka watched her get faster. "In her terms, I don't think so. But, I think Momo's pride would think so."

"Getting beaten by a brat," Hitomi shook her head distastefully, "is something that is better left undone and unsaid."

Isane bit her lip. "I still remembered what happened that day," murmuring softly, Isane hoped that none of her group mates would hear. "Momo-chan didn't want to speak to anyone after that. I mean – even Atobe-san got annoyed with her and so did Oshitari-san. Midoriyama-senpai suddenly just got up and left without a word. She left us at the most important match in Hyotei's history and then, that's when we got so badly cornered. Luckily, we had Naomi-buchou as our reserve player back then. I guess she knew which is why Mai-chan and Shizuru-chan played Singles Two and Singles One. Hitomi-chan played Doubles and I played Singles Three."

"You still remember everything?" Shizuru happened to overhear Isane's soft murmurs.

Isane looked down sadly. "Y-yeah…"

"There's no reason to be ashamed about it," Shizuru smiled faintly, "just keep it down for awhile."

Nodding, Isane watched Momo jump high into the air and gain another game. "Game, Sanada: five games all!"

Hitomi began taking down more notes. "Sanada Momo requires more laps after this, ii data…"

"Arn~, you didn't tell ore-sama that you were having a practice match with Seigaku," Ayane twitched at the sound of the voice.

Turning around, Ayane glowered at the icy eyed captain. "Please, as if we need any permission from you!"

Kiyone clapped her hands. "Yay, Yane-chan's gonna fight the mole diva!"

Ayane rolled up her sleeves, grinning. "Hell yeah, I sure am!"

Kiyone then shot up and jumped on her shoulders. "Wait, Yane-chan – I wanna squish his head like a lemon too!"

Mai stared at them, deadpanned. "Geez, what's it with these two and Atobe-senpai?"

Shizuru shrugged. "Now do you understand why I made them doubles partners?"

"It's because they agree on everything especially how and when to kill Atobe-senpai?" Mai raised an eyebrow.

Shizuru nodded weakly. "Well, I can't stop them when that happens."

"You know," Mai began thinking, "I wanna test that theory."

Haruka stifled her laughter. "Which theory are you talking about? If you're planning to test the Theory of Oxygen Burning then, don't bother. He's loaded with hot air."

Mai shook her head. "No, I meant the statement of Ayane: "The day she falls in love with Atobe is the day pigs start flying and Shizuru gets a statue for a boyfriend. You know – we might as well just carve a statue out of stone and throw a pig overboard a plane. I wonder what happens."

Shizuru resisted the urge to whack Mai. "You do know that people will think that the sky is falling and I will not kiss a statue."

Mai smiled evilly. "Who said you needed to like one? We'll just make it look like that you do like it."

Shizuru could've sworn that most tensai were born to be sadists. "I don't understand what's between tensai and sadism."

Momo fired the Sui down at Echizen again. "Well, that's how life is. Tensai responsible for the buchou's white hair they grow every time. Also, they're responsible for turning them into Aspirin addicts."

Haruka thought about it. "You know – that's actually logical. I mean – how many times has Nagisaki -chan pissed you off? You even have some small strands of white hair already."

Mai made a small 'eep'. "I'm actually the source of your stress?"

"Not really," Shizuru began massaging her temples, "you're only one eighth. My family takes the rest of it along with studies."

Echizen, high in the air, did another double Cyclone Smash, "Fifteen – love!"

Momo fired the Oto straight at him again, "Fifteen – all!"

Echizen forced her to the net and brought out his other move. "Drive B…"

Reeling back, Momo had to side step in order to receive but it missed, "Thirty – fifteen!"

Echizen knew he had to win the next two games otherwise he'd be forced into a tiebreaker. Pulling out all the stops, Echizen made sure that Momo couldn't return any of his shots; no matter what she did. He had beaten the Tetsu with two consecutive smashes, the Oto was completely annoying, the Nadare was making him see things, the Sui was unbelievably strong and the others – he hadn't had a good glimpse.

Echizen smirked while returning another shot. "You know, I didn't know that there was someone who could be so similar to Sanada."

Momo would have pummelled him into the ground for that. "For the past few years, I know one thing: I have should've surpassed him by now."

Atobe leaned against the fence. "So, Sanada's playing against the brat huh? Impressive game play, nah, Kabaji?"

"Usu," The taller boy shifted Jirou's position.

Momo fired another Oto, seeing that he couldn't return the shot, "Thirty all!"

Echizen caught her off-guard by sending her a cord ball, "Forty – thirty!"

Momo lunged forward but missed another cord ball. "Game, Echizen: six games to five!"

Gakuto shook his head. "Wow, this sucks. Momo's getting her butt plastered by a first year student!"

Hiyoshi smirked. "Now I feel better – she beat me but that's because I was holding back."

Gripping her racquet, Momo restrained herself from hitting Gakuto and Hiyoshi. "Such fools, their fangs barely reached me when they tried."

"You're not bad," a cocky reply came from one side.

Momo turned to see Echizen balancing his racquet on his finger. "You just have a lot more to work on. But, it's not a bad start for a Sanada female."

The violet haired third year gripped her racquet even tighter. "Among us both, Sanada focused more on strength and domination. In the end, he's slowly starting to fall. At first, I felt sad but more than that... I was ashamed of his narrow-mindedness."

Momo's attacks towards Echizen grew more powerful and more precise. While men focused on just blasting their opponent, women preferred making their opponents run for them. As you all know, Echizen's reach is not long; he is very vertically-challenged, "Love – fifteen!"

Echizen fired his Drive B which caused Momo to stumble backwards, "Love – thirty!"

Momo aced him with a very fast service which landed in the middle of the service box, "Fifteen – love!"

Echizen knew this had to end, NOW, "Fifteen – forty!"

Momo closed her eyes. "Is this all going to end here? I've worked so hard…"

Echizen fired another Twist Serve and this time, Momo had an idea. "Smash and burst like a typhoon…"

No one expected Momo to make such a heavy breakthrough in a small amount of time but after that shot, the former Twist Serve returned to Echizen effortlessly in the form of multiple tennis balls aiming for his ear. The slip stream created such a huge vacuum that Echizen stumbled back, "Thirty – forty!"

"Is this the…?" Ayane stared in shock at Hitomi but Momo smirked. "No, it was just a small evolution."

Momo raised her racquet at Echizen. "I guess this means that I'll push you to tie break, boy. You better get ready because I think it's quite obvious that your reach isn't that long. This new shot, I'll call it… the 'Arashi'. It sounds pretty good for a combination of avalanche and sound."

Echizen was forced back to Square One wherein Momo began firing the newly improved 'Arashi', "Deuce!"

Kikumaru slapped his forehead. "Nyah~, ochibi is back on square one!"

Oishi bit into his nails. "I can't believe it; it was as if she never pulled out any of her techniques to begin with."

Inui began scribbling down. "If their Singles Three player is this powerful then, this means that their other players will really have skill. There's a ninety percent chance that the last three matches will take longer than ever."

Kikumaru looked at Rin who was swinging her legs. "Nyah~, are you playing Doubles One, Rin-chan?"

"Nope," Rin shook her head sadly, "I'm reserve for today."

Kikumaru's hope immediately plummeted. "Waah so, which pair is playing Doubles One then, nyah?"

Rin pointed to Ayane and Kiyone. "Those two… but don't be fooled, Kiyone can probably contort like you."

Kikumaru gave her a 'v' sign. "I'm sure it's going to be no problem, nyah!"

Rin shook her head. "My golly, you're on your own."

"Game, Sanada: six games all! Tiebreaker will now begin!" The Seigaku team and Hyotei were shocked; no girl had ever pushed Echizen this far before. Sure, Sakuno plays with him but not this well.

"If you think I'm scary," Momo had a smirk, "wait til you meet the four queens of this team. They're right below the fence you know."

Ayane had a wide smirk, Kiyone was hanging upside down on her chair and Shizuru was leaning against the wall while Mai toyed with her fingers making shadow puppets. "What? Why are you all starting at us? We didn't blow up Tokyo! Besides, it's not as if the world's going to end or are you staring because we're just that pretty?"

Mai shook her head. "Ayane, we're not supposed to be asking stupid questions like that. Of course, we're pretty after all."

Kiyone was still hanging upside down. "Oooh, all the blood is rushing into my head!"

Shizuru remained focused on the match. "Momo-senpai, finish this guy off."

"Gladly," Momo began her service which Echizen accidentally lost his footing, "1-0!"Echizen fired another forehand towards her, "one all!"

Momo brought down the Sui next to Echizen again, "Two – one, Sanada leading!"

Echizen pulled off another Drive B, "Two all!"

Momo, jumping high into the air, smashed the ball right past Echizen's ear, "Three – two, Sanada leading!"

Sweat poured down their faces and both were heavily gasping for air. Echizen limply held his racquet with an arrogant smirk. "You look washed."

"You don't seem dry yourself, boy," Momo smirked back at him.

Seigaku and Hyotei were extremely speechless and Momo stood up again. "What's the score now, 35 all?"

Echizen gathered his bearings, smirking. "Yeah, someone has to end this after all."

The two once again went at it; Momo fired a forehand cross court which Echizen returned with a top spin backhand. Rallies intensified after every return by both players until Momo felt her body freeze. "W-what in the world is-?"

The ball whizzed past her, marking the court, "36 – 35, Echizen leading!"

Momo clucked her tongue while trying to steady herself. Why her body froze was something that just happened; nothing seemed to be hurting and fatigue wasn't slowing anything down. At the back of her head, Momo heard a voice. "Don't think you can beat this kid, can't you?"

Momo shook her head. "I no longer have any doubts. Please leave me alone"

"Please, I know how insecure you are." The voice mocked her.

Momo, annoyed that she was hearing voices, sent a forehand cross court towards Echizen. "Your words are nothing but worthless to me..."

Echizen smirked. "Maa~, you shouldn't be talking to yourself during a game."

That event sealed the game instantly; a loud smash echoed at the other end of the court with a frozen Momo staring into a void. "Game and set, Echizen: seven games to six!"

Isane ran towards Momo and began shaking her. "Momo, wake up! Stop staring into oblivion! Come on – Momo!"

Haruka leapt off the fence with Rin. "Momo, wake up!"

"I…I…lost," Momo shuddered while softly laughing. "This… this actually feels good…!"

Haruka and Rin exchanged glances. "I'm glad she's still in one piece! I thought Momo would break."

Echizen walked over to them. "Good game."

Momo stood up while giving the boy a crisp handshake. "Same here, you play well for a freshman."

Walking off the court, Momo hung her head. "I'm sorry buchou, I was out of line."

"You did well but," Shizuru maintained a steely look. "This proves to me that you need more training. Secondly – you're not over that event yet. Isane-senpai, you made a lot of improvements today. Hitomi-senpai, you and Momo-senpai need a lot of work."

Momo bowed down with a smile. "I'll work harder this time, buchou."

Ayane took off from her seat. "Well, looks like it's our turn ne, Kiyone-chibi?"

Kiyone spun up from her reverse position. "Yay, we get to play against the egg and the cat!"

Kikumaru picked up his racquet. "Hoi nyah, she nearly got you, ochibi!"

Echizen lowered his cap. "She still has a lot more to work on but Sanada Momo-san is much better than Momo-senpai. He won't even last a minute."

Momoshiro proceeded to attack the freshman. "Why I oughta maul you right now…!"

Oishi sighed while Kikumaru put a hand on his shoulder. "Nyah, don't worry so much, Oishi! Rin-chan said that Kiyone's the one who's talented! Lucky for you, she's a net player like me! So, don't worry!"

Following after his doubles partner, Oishi noticed Ayane also giving pointers to the smaller girl who simply nodded. He noticed her ruffling Kiyone's hair and in response, the little girl pouted like a child. Stifling his laughter, Oishi couldn't help but smile at Ayane's gestures towards the smaller girl. Not only that – there were other images appearing in his head.

She would look so cute with glasses.

What am I thinking, Oishi shook his head immediately. This is a first year and from Hyotei to boot. But he couldn't help but how cute her smile was towards the smaller girl. Kiyone was rubbing her hands together as if planning something evil which caused him to sweat drop. However, Kiyone got reprimanded by the vice captain again who shook her head in total defeat. Ayane laughed at Kiyone again and Oishi felt his smile become even wider.

"Oishi, are you okay?"

The vice captain found Kikumaru in front of him while waving his hands. "Ah, I'm sorry, Eiji. I was just thinking of something."

Kikumaru looked at Ayane and then at Oishi. "You," an impish smile appeared on the acrobat's face causing the vice captain to blush.

"N-no, it's not what you think," Oishi tried to pacify Kikumaru before the acrobat burst out laughing.

Kikumaru cleared his throat. "It's okay, nyah! She really does look cute, nyah~!"

Oishi began blushing like crazy. "N-no, Eiji, please not too loud!"

Inui however began scribbling down. "Oishi is now feeling a strange attachment to Kobayagi. He is now in the first stage called 'denial'."

Fuji had his usual sadistic smile. "Saa~, that's nice to hear, Oishi."

Shaking his head in disdain, Oishi walked to the court with slumped shoulders. "It's okay; Fujiko does say all these creepy things anyway, nyah," the red haired acrobat poked him.

Kikumaru was always this good friend that Oishi could depend on. "Thanks Eiji, I needed that."

"Let's get this game on the road," a loud voice shocked the two.

Kiyone was bouncing on the other side while Ayane twirled her racquet. "This better be a good match!"

Oishi never met a female doubles pair who could be that determined to beat them in Doubles but having them play against a couple of first years was kind of a joke. "Yeah, I'm sure it will be."

Kikumaru bounced over to Kiyone, "May the best doubles pair win!"

Kiyone however just tilted her head to the side. "Yeah, whatever…"

Her demeanor knocked the wind out of his sails almost immediately. "Nyah, she was happy a minute ago…"

"Kiyone-chibi, be nice," Ayane wagged her finger at the smaller girl.

Kiyone perked up again. "I'm sorry, he's just so hyper!"

Kikumaru pointed at himself. "Am I scary, nyah?"

"No," Oishi didn't want to knock out Kikumaru's happiness streak right now. "So, shall we play?"

Ayane looked at Oishi with a determined look in her emerald orbs. "Alright, we'll show them what a real waltz is!"

Kiyone twirled her racquet with a devilish smile. "Yeah…"

-That's Chapter 12! I'm sorry it's not as long as others! Please review!