Hey! This is my first Prince of Tennis fic so I hope you guys like it! Please RRR!
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Ponta Tennis
Chapter 1: A New Arrival
"Ryoma wake up!" cried my mom from downstairs. I groaned and held the pillow to my face. "Ryomaaaaaa!" my mom called again. I sighed knowing that I have to wake up now, unfortunately.
"Coming Mom!" I yelled downstairs. "What time is it anyways?" I thought as I realized I'm probably late. Ryoma looked at the clock and frowned. "What? It's only 5!" I thought angrily. I went into the bathroom to take a shower and brush my teeth.
After everything is done and I brought out my tennis gear and clothes. I went downstairs in my school uniform. "Mom. Why'd you wake me up so early. It's only 5! Tennis practice doesn't start until 6:30!" I said sleepily.
"Ryoma. Did you forget? Jenny-chan is coming today." Rinko, my mom, said smiling brightly. I immediately stopped rubbing my eyes to stay awake. My shock was enough to keep me awake. Suddenly, my face lit up and I was smiling a huge smile.
"Seriously? Jenny is coming today? When?" I asked excitedly. Rinko sighed and smiled a small smile.
"She's supposed to arrive around this time." Rinko said happily. "Here, eat some breakfast." Rinko handed me some eggs and bacon and I immediately started to chow down. After I finished breakfast, I dug around the fridge to get some milk.
"Ryoma. You never drink milk in the morning. What's up?" Nanako, my cousin, asked. I sighed and said sadly,"Inui senpai, is making me drink 4 cups of milk a day..."
"Bad news, Jenny isn't going to arrive until 8 o'clock." Nanjiro, my dad, said frowning. I sighed and mumbled that I was going to school. After I went to school, Nanjiro grinned and giggled. Rinko and Nanako thought he lost it.
"Nanjiro, dear, are you ok? Should I call the doctor?" Rinko asked worriedly. Nanjiro shook his head and said he was fine. He smirked and mumbled something incoherent.
-X-
"Ryoma!" Momoshiro called to me. "What are you doing here so early? And why'd you ditch me? I went to your house and your mom said you were here." Momo said, frowning slightly.
"Sorry Momo senpai. I guess I'm pretty pissed right now." I said nonchalantly.
"Alright so what's bothering you?" Momo asked, worriedly. I sighed.
"Momo senpai, I don't want to-" but I was interrupted.
"!" Eiji screamed while latching himself on me. He hugged me so hard that I turned blue.
"Can't breaaaaaaaath..." I moaned out.
"Eiji! Get off of him. Echizen is turning blue!" the mother hen of Seigaku scolded Eiji. Eiji reluctantly let me go. I breathed in as much air as I could and slowly exhaled.
"Sorry ochibi..." Eiji mumbled sadly. I looked at his sad face and sighed.
"Its fine Eiji senpai." I told him. He smiled and hugged me again but this time, I was able to breathe.
"Everyone!" Tezuka, the captain, called to get everyone's attention. "Inui will be giving us the practice routine for today. So listen up! Anyone that doesn't listen and follow the directions will run 50 laps!" Everyone groaned at this. Inui coughed and got everyone's attention.
"For today's agenda, the 7th graders besides Echizen will be picking up balls. 8th graders will find a partner and play against them. Record the scores to me later. Regulars come with me."Inui explained. Everyone sighed either of relief or feeling sad. Sad because the 7th graders have to pick up balls again. Only the 7th graders were sad for this reason. Relief because they didn't have to run 40 laps. "Before all this though, everyone runs 40 laps." Everyone groaned but some were still feeling relief. Mainly because they wouldn't have to drink the 'Inui Juice' that was said if anyone drinks it will lose the will to live. Anyone who doesn't and is actually able to live and like it like Shusuke Fugi is considered a miracle. "Whoever takes more than a minute to run will have to drink 'Vegetable Extract'!" Everyone groaned and shuddered. "Now go!" Inui exclaimed as he took out a stopwatch.
Everyone immediately started to run. No one and I mean no one wants to drink that. Hgggh. I shivered at the thought of that. Through the first five laps, nobody got out but gradually numbers fell and the strongest stayed. In the end, only the starters remained and one other person.
"Tsk tsk. The starters are the only ones left? How disappointing!" the coach, Ryuzaki, exclaimed.
"Actually Coach. There's one more guy there." a random 7th grader pointed out.
"Hmm. Who's that?" Ryuzaki asked. No one knew so they shrugged. "Interesting development." We ran until the last lap where all of us were huffing and puffing for the finish line. Apparently, the last person to pass has to drink a beaker full of that crap. All of us made a photo finish though. Thank the lords!
"Yo Ryoma. Who's that?" Momoshiro asked after regaining his breath. I didn't even bother to look and replied.
"How the hell should I know?" I retorted. He glared and sat next to me trying to regain his breath. I heard a woman's voice above me and looked up.
"Ryoma!" the figure exclaimed. Now I was debating if it was a girl. It had the voice of a girl but it kept up with us, the starters, running throughout.
"Who are you?" I asked. The figure sighed and replied in English.
"You've still got a ways to go Ryoma!" she replied to me cheerfully. I look into her eyes and saw a deep pool of black. I vaguely recognized her and wondered aloud.
"Jenny?" I asked slightly excited. Momo shifted around and began to stare at us, wondering if he should take some classes for English. The figure grinned and took off her hat. Long strands of black hair began to fall around her and she smiled.
"Took ya long enough!" she exclaimed. I smiled. It's been way too long.
"What are you doing here?" I asked her. I slowly stood up and pulled my hat lower to my face. She smirked and grabbed onto my hat and pulled it off. She put it on while holding her own.
"Didn't your dad tell you? I got an earlier flight so I was coming to your school to check it out!" she replied simply. I made a mental note to myself that I'm going to kill that old man.
"Well want me to show you around?" She giggled and smiled.
"Nah. Besides you have tennis practice. By the way, mind introducing me to your friends?" She made a gesture with her hand at the starters surrounding us. Shusuke naturally came up and smiled.
"My name is Shusuke Fugi. You are…?" he left the question hanging in the air. I was going to reply for Jenny but stopped when she spoke.
"My name is Jenny Chinatsu. I am from America. I am half Chinese and half American." She told us in perfect Japanese.
"Since when did you learn Japanese?" I asked her annoyed. After all these years… She tells me this now?
"I learned after I found out I was finally allowed to study in Japan." At this my ears perked up.
"You're staying?" She nodded happily.
"Yup!" I smiled and was about to tug my cap down when I realized she still has it.
"Jennnnnnyyyyyy!" I hissed at her.
"Do you guys here something?" She asked everyone. Everyone shook their heads. "Hmm must be the wind…" I grabbed her collar and grabbed my hat before she could react.
"Gee Ryoma. Glad to know you know how to treat a girl." She muttered sarcastically. She looked down at her watch and sighed. "Well. I got to go. I'll see you guys later." She waved at us while I stood dumbfounded. Say what?
-X-
"… so you are transferring here from America?" the principal asked me once again.
"Yes." I smiled at him. If he asks me that one more time… Suddenly a short chubby lady appeared into the room.
"Principal. I got to speak to the girl." He nodded and smiled pleasantly at her.
"Of course Ms. Ryuzaki. We were just about finished." The principal motioned for me out and I nodded. Thank you!
"You needed me?" I asked her once I was out the door.
"You interested in tennis?" she asked. I blinked. Well that was blunt.
"Yes." She smiled and nodded.
"Good good. Have Ryoma show you to the courts after class." She walked away after that.
"What the hell?"
-X-
"Dammit! Where the hell is that classroom?" I mentally berated myself for not asking Ms. Ryuzaki to show me the room. Suddenly I felt heavy, very heavy. "What the?" I looked up and saw a flash of red hair.
"Jenny-chan right?" the red haired guy asked.
"Yes. Now then if you don't get off of me I will do so myself." I hissed at him. He got off immediately and scratched his head sheepishly.
"My name is Eiji Kikumaru. You are Jenny Chinatsu right?" I nodded.
"Yes I am, now then if you'll excuse me…" I began to move away from the creepy red head when he held onto my hand.
"You don't know the way right? I'll take you."
"I don't need help from you." I told him promptly. He shrugged and tugged me towards the west.
"C'mon. We're going to be late for class." He dragged me unwillingly to class. He stopped in front of a classroom suddenly and I bumped into him.
"Ummph." I mumbled out. He turned and smiled widely.
"Here we are!" I mumbled a quick thanks as he pushed me into the classroom. I felt 20 pair of eyes on me and I shifted nervously. I swiftly walked to an empty desk and sat down. I felt the eyes continue to stare at me as I took out a book.
"Ignore them and they'll go away." I told myself. Or not.
"Hey you!" a weird hairdo guy came up to me. "You were that girl that kept up with the starters! Not bad!" I stared at him and decided to ignore him. "You know I could've kept up but I didn't want my friends to feel bad. I'm…" I ignored him completely after that. Completely engrossed in my book. I only looked up when some jerk took my book. I glared up to find Ryoma staring at me.
"Ryo… if you know what's good for you, you will give me back my book." I hissed at him. He smirked and shrugged.
"Or what?" I smiled.
"You asked for it." I jumped up quickly and snatched his hat again. He glared at me and I smiled.
"Give me back my hat."
"Or what?" I asked him mockingly. We both glared at each other and the tension in the room suddenly grew tense. I smiled and snatched my book out of Ryoma's hand when he looked up to see the teacher coming. I put on his beloved hat while I put my hat and book away.
"We will begin the class now." The female teacher banged her notes on the table. I smirked at Ryoma as he went to sit down. He glared daggers at me while I smiled innocently. "Now then we have a new student today. Her name is Miss Jenny Chinatsu. Please come forward." I shook my head. "Come on Miss Chinatsu. We don't have all day." I nodded glumly. I could've sworn I saw Ryoma laugh. I went up to the front of the room and smiled warmly.
"Why don't you tell us a few things about yourself?"
"Of course." I looked at the class and smiled. "My name is Jenny Chinatsu. I love singing and tennis. And I can beat Ryoma at it." I loud gasp was heard all around the room as they stared at the cocky newbie.
"Nobody talks about Ryoma that way!" a few voices echoed out. I shrugged. The teacher hushed the class and smiled at me. It never reached her eyes.
"Very well done Miss Chinatsu. Please take your seat." I nodded and walked to my seat. Some of the students glared at me. Whatever. Everything after that was a blur as lunch finally arrived.
-X-
"You made some enemies you know." Ryoma muttered to me as he sat down next to me. I smiled.
"I know. But then again, I'm not lying."
"Since when have you beaten me in tennis?"
"I wasn't talking about tennis but I think I can beat you now." I told him cockily.
"You've still got a ways to go." I stuck my tongue out at him and hid a smile. I continued eating my sandwich when the weird hairdo boy appeared in front of me again. Following him were two boys and two girls.
"Hey you! No one speaks to Ryoma that way!" The kid came up to me haughtily. I shrugged.
"I wasn't talking about Ryoma I was talking about Ryo."
"What's the difference?" he asked.
"How should I know?" He fumed and growled at me, thinking I made fun of him.
"That's it! If you think you're so good then play a match against me now." Ryoma stopped him there.
"You'll lose Horio."
"B-but Ryoma. She insulted you."
"No she didn't. She is a better singer than me."
"Huh?" all of them echoed out. I giggled.
"I never said I was better than Ryo at tennis, I said I was better than him at it. I was referring to singing." They all stood blank faced. "But hey, uh Horio or whatever. If you think you can beat me, then you have another thing coming." His face fumed as I got up.
"Ryo you coming?" I asked him as I threw my trash in the dumpster. Ryoma gulped the rest of the ponta left and threw it away.
"Yeah let's go." We left the other 7th graders wide eyed and staring.
"Why is Ryoma-sama so peachy with her?" the girl with pigtails fumed.
"Tomo-chan…" the girl with braids tried to calm her down.
"Sakuno! She totally dissed Ryoma just now!" the 7th grade girls continued arguing until the bells rung.
-X-
The rest of the day was relatively simple until tennis practice came.
"Jenny. You coming or what?" Ryoma asked me. I nodded and followed. We went to the courts soon after and I smiled. Finally, something I was looking forward to. The woman known as Ryuzaki came out of the clubhouse at that moment with a tall boy wearing glasses. She glanced in my direction and smiled.
"You over here." I pointed at me and she nodded. I walked over with Ryoma following. "I want you to play a match against one of our starters here." I blinked. Well that was straight to the point.
"Sure." I answered simply. Her smile widened.
"Go ahead and choose who you want to play against. Over here!" She shouted loudly to the starters.
"Do you want to play against Eiji Kikumaru, Shuichiro Oishi, Shusuke Fugi, Tezuka Kunitmitsu, Takeshi Momoshiro, Takashi Kawamura, Kaoru Kaidoh, or the miracle rookie over there." She motioned to each of them with Ryoma being the last.
"I'd like to play Ryo." I grabbed my racket out of my bag and went immediately to the courts.
"Well that settles that. You have to change first though." She called out to me.
"Ryoma and I already did that." I yelled back as I took off the school jacket and skirt. Everyone covered their eyes while I stared. "I am wearing clothes you know." I stood ready with my white shirt and white shorts.
"Ready Ryo?" He smirked.
"Of course."
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