Five rackets and a hood (A Prince of Tennis FanFic)

Chapter 1: Newbies?!

Picture of Suzuki to the right ------------->

Ryoma's POV

Today had been like any other hot, summer day. Not like I cared but continuing on. Waking up, changing, breakfast, practice. The normal stuff. I had been watching Kawamura-sempai and Kabaji-san practicing along with Momo, Oishi, Sanada, and Niou. Sniffling, I stood up, taking my red racket, ready to join them till that annoying, adult voice came onto the loudspeakers.

"Excuse me? Hello, this thing on?" He tested then cleared his throat "Attention, middle-schoolers and high-schoolers! We will be having five middle schoolers and one........Um....uh...transfer! Yes, a transfer, joining the camp today. Please be kind to them" He finished his talk and we were about to continue to practice when his voice came on once more.

"And be sure to play tennis with them." His tone of voice seemed to be sarcastic.

I narrowed my eyes. Whoever these people were, they shouldn't be taken lightly.

Third Person POV

Most of the middle-schoolers had paid no attention to the announcement but the high-schoolers were interested. Some waited at the entrance for them. Just as they got to the gate, it opened. They were a bit surprised that there was only the four middle-schoolers.

"Hey kiddies. Shouldn't the kindergarten be that way?" one of the high-schoolers remarked.

The tallest of the middle-schoolers, a boy with short brown hair that seemingly flashed amber, turned his brown eyed gaze at the high-schooler. It was an intense gaze that looked like a calm ocean, water's rippling like glass but then a shark would jump forth, dyeing the water red from a kill. He gave a smile.

"I suggest you shut that mouth of yours" he said in a low voice then before the high-schooler could respond, the tall boy came up in front of him. Holding a bright,metallic purple racket under his chin. "Go on. Speak." He said, with a smile.

The high-schooler didn't do anything but stare. The tall boy smiled "Suzuki Mayzaka. Remember it."

Suzuki put the racket away in his tennis bag on his back then, him as the lead, the other four followed.

Suzuki 's POV

I had been quite shocked when those letters arrived for us. The students from Yokai Academy weren't exactly known for there sports teams. After being banned from any tournaments or matches, we had kinda just......disappeared.

"Suzuki-chan! Suzuki-chan! That was so kawaii!" said a high pitched voice, making me blink back to present moment.

I looked behind me, seeing the shorter brunette boy. Misaki Mayzaka was my non-blood related, little brother, with a height only half of mine and brown hair that seemed crimson, he reminded me of a cat. He looked up at me with bright, brown eyes.

"Thanks, Misa" I said to him.

He seemed cute and friendly but when it came to tennis, his whole demeanour changed. I knew that he was my adopted brother and about his past. It was awful on how how cruel the world really was. I walked on, Marco following close behind. Marco Mayzaka, our third brother. He was almost as tall as me with dark blue hair that was blown back like a fan had blasted full speed on his face. His even darker blue eyes held thoughts. He was always thinking or yawning.

Finally the twins, Junpei and Jun Zou, followed on the end. I was always forgetting where Junpei was. His lack of presence surprised me. His passive twin was quite hidden in the mix of us. I kind of had us surround him while walking. Jun was........special. I looked around at the high schoolers staring. Was it our uniforms?

Our tennis uniforms were black sweatpants with one red stripe down the side, a hooded jacket with 'Yokai Academy' on the back, and finally a short sleeved black shirt with YA on the front, the Y slightly looped around the A. I shrugged going on. It felt like we shouldn't be here. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw one court with middle schoolers wearing black jackets.

Strange. Only that one court of middle-schoolers wore black jackets. Everyone else wore white ones. I turned around and looked at the four of us.

"Okay guys. How about we split up to play tennis? I call the black jackets court." I said, a grin on my face.

"I'll keep an eye on Misaki" Marco said tiredly, yawning afterwards.

Misaki was already looking towards a court with an acrobatic player going through the air. His eyes glittered with excitement.

"There." Junpei said suddenly, giving me a heart attack.

I didn't say anything to him, scared he might give me his deathly stare.

"Okay, so only two rules: Keep your weights on and...." I hesitated on the next rule "No you-know-what. Got it?"

They nodded before we split up. This was going to be fun.

Marco's POV

..........Sleepy.......... 

(Hint: Marco only gets three POV's.)

Misaki's POV

I was so excited. 'He' was here! I would finally get to face off with Eiji Kikumaru! The only tennis player I resented. Quickly, I did round-off after round off to the court where Kikumaru-san was. I kinda surprised them all when I came and landed on the railing, sitting with crossed legs. I gave my best smile and looked at them, asking.

"Is there a Kikumaru Eiji here?"

Third-person POV

The court looked at the little boy. Surprisingly, he asked.

"Is there a Kikumaru Eiji here?"

Eiji turned his head from the match with Gakuto.

"Nya?" He said, a confused look on his face.

The little boy grinned then stood up and leaped backwards off the railing. His body was lighter then Gakuto's. He nimbly landed on the net like a trapeze then crouching down and looked at Eiji, eyes like a predator but a face of a child.

"Will you play a match with me?" He asked.

Eiji just looked at him. When you looked closely at him he was short with a slightly bulky build but for some reason the bulk looked unreal. The boy hopped off the net on to Gakuto's side of the net.

"Unless you know you're going to lose" He said, narrowing his eyes and smirking.

Eiji frowned "Fine, I will but tell me your name."

"Misaki. Misaki Mayzaka." He said then waiting for Gakuto to leave the court and time for Misaki and Eiji to prepare, the match started.

"Mayzaka to serve"

Misaki threw the ball up into the air then served it, running up towards the net afterwards. Eiji quickly returned it, also heading towards the net but Misaki returned the ball low and deep causing Eiji to stay in the back. Misaki got to the net, he returned it again. After all that challenging, he seemed like a pretty normal player.

Eiji returned it with a lob, expecting the shorter brunette to lose but what he did next shocked them.

Misaki's POV

I was already having so much fun so I decided to wow them a bit. Once Kikumaru-san lobbed it, I jumped up, front flipping as I went. I quickly reached the ball but I kept going, turning my back to Kikumaru-san and back flipping, so I hit the ball just on the line. I landed back on the ground, perfectly.

"F-fifteen love" Ref shouted.

I grinned, "Wanna lob again?"

(I know, short chapter but gotta rush it. Will make next chapter longer!)