ℍ𝕚𝕕𝕕𝕖𝕟 𝕚𝕟 ℍ𝕚𝕤 𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕕𝕠𝕨

Chapter 17

Everyone's attention turned to look at the person who'd spoken to see Atobe Keigo. Yoshika was upset with him, but boy was she happy to see him. Sure she hated him for how he ruined Kunimitsu's shoulder and arm, no doubt about it, but right ow she was desperate to get out of Sanda's grasp. He was slightly suffocating her and it wasn't comfortable to be in that position at all.

Atobe walked over to the group and pulled Yoshika away from Sanda and placed her in Fuji's arms. He stepped back and looked at Yoshika and Fuji and shook his head.

"This doesn't look right. Where is my tennis enemy?" Atobe asked with a sick smile.

"He's in Germany right now. Thank you for your help, but we'll be leaving now..." Yoshika huffed. She turned around and began walking away with the Seigaku regulars not far behind. She abruptly stopped before turning her head to look back at Sanda...

"I was always in my brother's shadow. I am not going back to be in that shadow again..." was all she said before continuing to walk away.

When they got far enough for Yoshika to feel comfortable, she let out a deep breath. She turned to look at the others who had concerned looks across their faces.

"I'm fine. Just...surprised is all," she reassured them. They looked at one another before looking back at the young girl. They knew that she had some history with Rikkaidai students, but for them to do that... it was intolerable to them.

"Fine. We won't hurt them but that doesn't mean we won't beat them in our matches!" Momoshiro huffed, childishly puffing out his cheeks as he crossed his arms with a pout.

*RINGGGGGG RINGGGGG~~ RINGGGGG RING~~*

Yoshika pulled her phone out from her pocket to see that someone was calling her. She gasped loudly before running off, answering the phone as she did.

"Hello?"

"Kunimitsu~kun!" Yoshika cried. Tezuka could hear the relief in her voice. Although, he was uncertain if he could hear a faint shiver and fear laced in.

"I miss you and the guys..." Tezuka bluntly said.

"Aww. We miss you too!" Yoshika replied happily.

"How have the boys held up without me?" Tezuka asked.

"Well... they aren't doing bad. They are going against Rikkaidai in the finals right now," Yoshika sighed.

"Really?!?!" Tezuka exclaimed. Yoshika nodded with a slight hum; imagining as if he could see her through the phone.

"Yoshika...I wanted to ask you something, but I want to as you in person...." Tezuka reluctantly blurted.

"Sure. I had actually made a small bet er-deal with the boys." Yoshika admitted sheepishly.

"What was it?" Tezuka asked. He seemed actually intrigued about it.

"Well, the deal was that if they won I'd book all of us a ticket to Germany to see you, but if we lost...." Yoshika trailed off.

"If you lost..." Tezuka repeated confused.

"Well, if we lost.... we'd leave Seigkau's regular team. I'd leave the girl's team...." Yoshika finished with a sad sigh.

"Then don't lose," Tezuka bluntly stated.

"T-Thanks," Yoshika stuttered, her face slightly dusted with a pink blush.

Yoshika then said her goodbyes before she hung up the phone. She smiled, finding his words comforting to her. She took a deep breath before placing her phone back in her pocket, walking back to the courts to join the others.

When she sat down, the boys looked at her with a questioning look. A pure smile was laid across Yoshika's face as she looked at them. They looked back to the courts, refocusing their thoughts on winning their matches.

Fuji stood up and walked over to Yoshika, his curiosity getting the best of him. "Yoshika?" He called out calmly. Yoshika turned her head to face the tensai with a slight hum.

"What are you so happy about?" He asked. Yoshika motioned for him to bend down a bit and he obliged, the young girl moving to whisper something into his ear.

After telling him what was going on, his spirits seemed to have been lifted a bit as well. He nodded and went back to his seat, prepping his racquet and other equipment for his match.

"2nd Doubles players, please step onto the courts for your match," the umpire announced. Kaido and Momoshiro stood up, walking with their racquets on their shoulders as they headed over towards the net to meet up with Marui Bunta and Jackal Kuwahara.

"Is this the supposed Golden Pair that everyone talks about?" Marui mocked, looking the pair up and down as if they were wearing something ridiculous.

Momoshiro didn't want to get their information mixed up, but this also seemed like a good time to fire back at the Rikkaidai players...

"Sorry, but they don't play until the 1st Doubles you baka. Now, let's play..." Momoshro pointed out with a smirk.

"Tch. Let's do this..." Jackal scoffed. The two teams turned around, heading to their respective positions...