The First To Lose (Prince Of Tennis)

10

Chapter 10 --

"Tezu! Tezu! Tezzzzzuuu!!" Ryoka drawled, poking Tezuka's shoulder.

"Please do not use that nickname," Tezuka said with his usual emotionless face. "And, yes?"

Ryoka shoved the ranking tournament papers in his face with a grin. "I finished! You should be grateful I even helped you, Tezu."

Tezuka narrowed his eyes at the sound of the nickname again and he took the papers, glancing at them.

"Good."

Ryoka pouted.

"I'm not hearing a thank you~!"

"Thank you, Ryoka."

Ryoka's grin widened. "No problem, Tezu."

~

Ryoka hummed as she walked to the courts with a milkshake in her hand.

"And that's the secret of Seigaku's strength, right Ryuuzaki-sensei?"

Ryoka's eyes widened and she quickly flattened herself against the wall. That voice was familiar.

It's that guy from Monthly Pro Tennis! Ryoka thought, sticking her head out to look at the guy. She recognized his face and she quickly turned back. It's the guy that stalked me!

Somehow, the Japanese reporters had caught rumors about her coming back to Japan. So, after her flight with Ryoma, they were ambushed at the airport. Fortunately, Ryoka had escaped while she left Ryoma to die. Ha.

I better get out of here.

~

"Inui, I heard you've been collecting data," chirped Ryoka peeking at his notebook.

He slammed it shut at the sound of her voice. "Yes, I am."

She smirked and pointed at herself. "Got any data on me?"

"None, so far," he answered with a frown. "You've been careful."

"You shouldn't spy too much, Inui," Ryoka said, her expression turning dark. "Curiosity kills the cat."

~

Momo, so this is where you've been, Ryoka thought, her arms crossed over her chest as she saw him play a match with Tachibana Ann. Once she found him, she had quickly texted Ryoma, knowing that he would have wanted to take to Momoshiro.

"Looks like you're having a lot of fun, Momoshiro."

Ryoka face palmed. Why is Kei here? You better not cause trouble.

"Hi."

Midget you'd better hurry up, Ryoka thought, walking over to the benches.

She sat down, making sure she wasn't in the view of the tennis players.

Ryoma finally appeared and she rolled her eyes at his dramatic entrance.

"Are you the 1st year Seigaku regular that everyone's been talking about?" Atobe asked, studying the boy carefully. He does resemble Ryoka mou... but is he as good as her in tennis?

Ryoka found herself raising an eyebrow at Atobe's reaction. He seemed interested in Ryoma. Well, I did talk about him a lot last time.

~

"Ryoka, where are you going? And, why are you dressed like that?"

She looked down at her clothes. "This?" She asked, pointing to Ryoma's clothes that she was dressed in. "Just a little fun," she said with a giggle as she tucked her hair, that was in a messy bun, into Ryoma's cap.