So, this is how it's like (Mayumiko)

Part 6: Tournament

Mayu was usually confident when it came to the judo tournaments. This time, when he spotted Nakamura-sensei, he thought for a second he was gonna faint.

"Captain, you're surprisingly jumpy today" one of his teammates said.

Mayu just glared at him. He didn't need to be reminded how nervous he was feeling.

"Okay, listen up. You know the plan. Every one knows that our team goes mostly for grappling, if anything goes wrong, we still have Nozaki" their sensei, who seemed aloof and somewhat clumsy, instructed.

Mayu did not feel any better hearing this.

"Don't worry, you're only up against that fella over there" the sensei pointed to a huge guy that seemed about 300 pounds.

"WHAT?!" everyone shouted in fear.

"Is he even in Maa-kun's weight class?" Kobayashi asked.

"Oh, yeah. He seems big but he only weighs a few kilograms more than him. He'll be fine"

Mayu sighed. He could do this. He had to think of the goal. Nakamura-sensei was in the audience... but Mikoshiba wasn't.

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The alarm clock went off four times that morning. Mikoshiba only heard it the fifth time. And he might have had a little help from his cat, Noa, jumping in his face.

"THE COMPETITION!" he jolted awake, sending his cat flying. He was all night talking to Mayumayu. She had a competition today as well, and even though she wasn't that nervous, she couldn't help but being excited.

Her and Mayu were so alike. Sadly, Mayu's was a male's tournament. Mayumayu couldn't possibly be there out of chance.

He checked his clock.

"9:45?!?" The matches began at 10. He was dead late.

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Mayu had no time to think about him right now. Whether he came or not, he was gonna make sure to win this.

Some of his teammates really had it hard. Grappling didn't work most of the time. He knew he should've drawn more provocative poses.

"Nozaki, so far it's a tie. Kobayashi might win this one if he scores another half-point" his sensei told him.

'Nakamura seems quite amused' Mayu thought. Kobayashi had good defensive techniques, but so did his opponent. The opponent tended to break his balance, which immediately changed Kobayashi's strategy.

Kobayashi was in pain, Mayu noticed. His opponent was only a bit taller than him, but he liked body-striking. Luckily, Kobayashi memorized his attack patterns and blocked the other guy, taking full advantage and grabbed him, throwing him to the floor. 

"Maa-kun, did you see what I did there?" Kobayashi ran to Mayu happily.

Mayu grinned and nodded. Kobayashi understood that by this he meant 'Good job'.

"It's your turn now. You got this" he reassured.

"You can do this, cap" his team cheered.

Mayu heaved as he saw his giant opponent. 'Was this really a middle schooler?'

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