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♫56♫ Battle of the British City Part 2

"Why is Ore-sama eating with these unrefined ruffians, arn?" Atobe was quick to complain about the fact that they were to share the same hotel with Seigaku, Shitenhouji, and Rikkai. "Just because we are to enter the same tournament, it doesn't mean we have to be at the same place. Na, Kabaji?" He asked with closed eyes.

"Usu."

After playing a match with one another, everyone got together at their accommodation's cafeteria to eat lunch. Atobe doesn't seem to like eating with his rivals.

"Other than that..." Atobe opened his eyes, jealousy lying deep within his onyx black eyes, "Why is Ranfa sitting with that Zaizen kid?"

Zaizen asked Ranfa to sit with him and eat lunch, catching up since last time. Their conversation didn't get anywhere personal, just talking about this and that. The Shitenhouji members were so interested in their conversations but they promised Zaizen that they wouldn't do anything despite the curiosity.

"Because he beat me to it!" Gakuto complained, "Crap! Crap! Crap! That kid just swoops in from nowhere and did a gekokujou on us!" Gakuto was beaten by Zaizen to ask Ranfa to have lunch with. He was angry but there wasn't much to do but complain to his team members.

"Mukahi-san, don't speak with your mouthful." Hiyoshi asked in his usual deadpanned voice.

"Why are you so calm?"

"Because Sakura is our manager, not Shitenhouji's. I am merely letting him hang out with Sakura out of pity."

"That is a very mean way to put it but I think we are all on the same boat here, we have a common enemy." Oshitari looked at Ranfa and Zaizen, also curious about their conversation.

"You really are something, beating Momoshiro in a match." Zaizen wanted to have a match with her before but she was already in the middle of having a match with Kaidoh by the time he was finished with his own match. He wasn't disappointed or anything because he got to saw her go all out.

"Thank you. It was one-sided but he got something good out of it."

"Getting his ass kicked?"

"Getting useful advice from me."

"Isn't that betraying your team?"

"It's not fun unless your opponent is strong."

"Last time I remember, you were bored of playing tennis. How about now?"

"I admit I was bored in the past. Always winning isn't fun but I found myself enjoying it again, don't worry about me."

"Who made it fun for you again?"

"Have a guess." When Ranfa's eyes met Atobe's from another table, she smiled at him. She chuckled when he looked away in a hurry, "That guy is a weirdo."

"Such person exist?"

"Yes."

"Atobe, are you going with your usual long-term battle- Are you blushing?" Oshitari could have sworn her saw a tinge of pink across Atobe's face. Was it an illusion?

'If I don't have the coffee cup up, Ore-sama's cover could have been destroyed. That girl... How dare she give me such an unexpected attack.' Atobe tried to focus on the taste of the coffee, trying his best to get rid of her smiling image from his head.

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When night time came, a lot of the players from each schools already went to sleep and turn in for the day. The day after tomorrow will be the boys' Junior High tournament so a lot of them wanted to be early birds and make use of the court when the sun rises.