SHOUT OUTS:
Thanks Cloe (Sakura-chan88) and Jen (SeaDragon102215) for supporting my idea of making a story out of my Marui Bunta one-shot, and commenting on the one-shot as well. For you girls~!
Name: Atobe Keiko [跡部 敬子]
Meaning: Respectful Child (First Name)
Nickname: Kei-chan
Age: 13
Hair Color: Purple
Eyes: Light Blue
Height: 150 cm
Weight: 45 kg
Blood Type: A
Birthday: December 31 (Capricorn)
School: Rikkai Daigaku Fuzoku
Year/Class: 2-7
Favorite Subjects: English, Gym, Home Economics, Music
Relatives: Atobe Keigo (older brother, 14)
Hobbies: Tennis, Piano, Guitar
Favorite Color: Green
Dominant Hand/Play Style: Left, All-Rounder
Favorite Shoes: Nike
Favorite Racket: Yonex
Special Moves:
Insight
Not necessarily a move, but useful in matches. With her strong and powerful eyesight, Keiko can see where her opponent is going to hit the ball before they can even come in contact with the ball. She can also accurately pinpoint her opponent's weakness by scanning them for habits.
Hametsu e no Rondo
An original move that Keiko created with her older brother, Keigo. It's a two-part smash that requires good control with the ball. The first smash hits the wrist and knocks the racket out of the opponent's hand. As the ball bounces up from the force of impact, the user smashes it once again at the court to score the point.
Copycat
With Keiko's amazing sight and memorization skills, she can copy various opponent's moves, and collect much data on the player. It's very handy if she wants to destroy her opponent inside out by copying their moves, and turning them against them. She can also use this move just watching from the sidelines.
Twist Serve
A serve Keiko performs with her right hand, though it needs to be hit with the opponent's dominant hand. The twist serve is one of Keiko's most notable serves. It is meant to shoot towards the opponent's face, making it difficult to return, but the Hyotei and Rikkaidai regulars are able to return it, because they've faced it many times. She can also perform it with her left hand, but mostly serves with her right.
One-Footed Split Step
Though Keiko can use the normal split step, she prefers to use one foot, because of her flexibility. It also makes it easier for her to move around the court faster and cover better.
Buggy-Whip Shot
A forehand or backhand shot that has an offset topspin that causes it to curve to the corners of the court, making the opponent run around and lose stamina. Keiko only uses this move to make her opponent lose stamina.
Jump Serve
An original serve Keiko came up with Keigo. Though Keigo knows the move, he doesn't use it. It starts off when Keiko throughs the ball extremely high, and then she jumps after it, and hits it. Though it looks like a normal serve, it's actually a very strong and fast serve. Only the Hyotei and Rikkaidai Regulars know about this move.
Copied Moves:
Knuckle Serve (Kirihara Akaya)
Tsuna Watari (Marui Bunta)
Tecchu Ate (Marui Bunta)
Rising Shot (Marui Bunta)
Golf Swing (Yagyuu Hiroshi)
Kamaitachi (Yanagi Renji)
Invisible Swing (Sanada Genichirou)
Higuma Otoshi (Oshitari Yuushi)
Scud Serve (Ootori Choutarou) [but with much better control]
Moonsalut (Mukahi Gakuto)
More will be revealed later on~!
YOSH! To the story~!
"Are you sure about this, Keiko?" questioned my father. "Hai." I nodded. "But what if you are picked on? At least in Hyotei, Keigo can protect you." said my mother. "Kaa-san, I'm a black belt. I can defend myself as well as Keigo can for himself. Beside, Sei-kun'll be there." I responded. "Just let Kei-chan go, oto-san, kaa-san." sighed Keigo. "Very well then. Tomorrow, I will go and fill in the forms for transfer." sighed my father. "Arigatou, oto-san, kaa-san." I smiled softly.
With that settled, Keigo and stood up and went upstairs. "Arigatou, Keigo." I thanked my older brother. "Betsuni. I just wanted this over with." responded Keigo. There was a soothing silence throughout the hallway, with the exception of Keigo and my footsteps. We reached the end of the hallway, and I went over to the door on the right side while Keigo went over to the one beside me on the left. Our parents' room was on the other side of the mansion.
"Oyasumi, Keigo." I stated. "Oyasumi." replied Keigo shortly, and he entered his room. I soon entered in my own room, and at the same time, both of our doors closed. I looked around my green bedroom. No. It wasn't just plain green. It had different SHADES of green. XD
"Here is your schedule, Keiko-ojou-sama. I know you are interested in afterschool clubs. So around what time should I pick you up?" asked my driver, Takao. "Nah. I'll walk home." I replied before entering the gates of Rikkaidai.
"Name?" asked one of the ladies in the office. "Atobe Keiko." I replied. "Ah! Kei-chan. Welcome back." smiled the lady. "Hm... arigatou." I thanked before taking my schedule. I took a look at it:
Class 1: English
Class 2: Mathematics
Class 3: Science
Class 4: Gym
Lunch
Class 5: Music
Class 6: Home Economics
Class 7: Chemistry
Afterschool Activites
Class 2-7
"2-7? That was Sei-kun's room last year. That reminds me... since there's... half an hour left before school, I'll go check out the tennis team!" I smiled before walking out of the school building, and heading towards the tennis courts. I smiled as I saw Seiichi, Genichirou, Renji, Hiroshi, Masaharu, Bunta, Jackal, and Akaya there. I ran to get a head start, and then pounced on my best friend.
"Sei-kun!" I huggled the senior. The blue-haired teenager looked at me from below me and smiled, "Hello Kei-chan." "Buchou!" the other seven tennis players exclaimed, rushing from the tennis courts to the stands. "Eh? It's Kei-chan." stated Akaya. I got off of Seiichi, dusted the dirt off of my uniform, and helped Seiichi up.
"What are you doing here, Kei-chan? You can't make it to Hyotei in such a short amount of time." said Akaya. "Iie... I don't attend to Hyotei anymore. This is going to be my school now." I smiled at the boys. "Sugoi!" cried Bunta, hugging me.
"Marui... you should stop. Before you suffocate my best friend." chuckled Seiichi, pointing out the fact that my face was turning slightly blue from lack of air. "AH!! Gomen, gomen!" Bunta let go of me abruptedly. "It's alright..." I sighed after I was able to breathe again.
"Ne, Kei-chan, I know it's all so sudden, but, would you like to be our manager, again?" asked Seiichi. "Would I? I'd love to!" I beamed. "Yosh! This calls for celebration after school!" Akaya smirked. "Yes. But first. We should go change. The bell's going to ring in five minutes." said Renji calmly. "EH?!?!" cried Bunta and Akaya before rushing to the boys' locker room.
I smiled to myself, and waited for all of the boys to change. The door opened, to reveal all eight regulars there. "Kei-chan... what class are you in?" asked Hiroshi. "Ano... 2-7." I replied. "2-7? Isn't that Akaya's room?" asked Jackal, looking at Akaya. "Hai." nodded Akaya. "Hm. Then Akaya... I leave Kei-chan to you when it comes to classes. You will help her... right...?" Seiichi glowered at Akaya. I noticed that some of the regulars flinch from the sudden evil aura coming out from Seiichi. "O-o-of c-c-course... b-b-buchou..." Akaya smiled nervously.
Seiichi's face suddenly changed, and he looked like an innocent angel smiling, "Good..." He turned to face me, "Kei-chan, I'll see you at lunch time. Ikuyou." The senior regulars said goodbye to Akaya and me, and then followed Seiichi.
"Ne, doesn't Sei-kun really scare you that much?" I asked Akaya as we walked to class. "Of course he does! He's scary! Didn't you notice the aura around him?! "Of course I did. But it doesn't feel any difference kinda..." I replied. "I forgot... Yukimura-buchou's aura doesn't affect you in any way. Neither does Sanada-fukubuchou's or anybody else's." Akaya sighed.
"Kei-chan. Here are the stats of the Rikkaidai team." said Renji, handing me his notebook. "Arigatou, Renji-senpai." I thanked, taking the notebook. "And here's the schedule." Genichirou handed me a piece of paper.
Morning Practices:
Weekdays: 7:45 - 8:50
Weekends: 8:00 - 12:00
Afternoon Practices:
12:15 - 1:00 on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.
No afternoon practices on Fridays unless there's a tournament.
1:00 until no later than 11:00 PM.
Practices cancelled if it's raining, or a tournament.
Afterschool Practices:
3:00 until no later than 11:00 PM.
Rikkaidai tennis courts open from 7:30 AM - 11:00 PM on weekdays.
Public courts (our location for weekends) open whenever.
"So, which public courts do we go to?" I asked. "Same place as last year." replied Hiroshi. "Sou..." I nodded, understanding everything. "It's October now. The Kantou Tournament begins in March. We have enough time to train." stated Genichirou. "Mhm." we all nodded in agreement.
"Alright. Regulars, Court A. Second and third years, Courts B, C, and D. Ichinen, pick up balls!" ordered Seiichi at tennis practice. "HAI!" we all chorused, and went to our assigned courts.
"Kei-chan." Seiichi called softly. "Hm?" I asked, looking at my childhood friend. "I want to see how strong you've gotten. Play a match against..." Seiichi paused to look at the regulars, which were pairing off.
"Yagyuu. One set. No tiebreaks." Seiichi finally stated.
"The best of one set match! Atobe, to serve." Genichirou stated after Hiroshi and I were done with our stretches. 'I'll start off lightly first...' I thought as I threw the tennis ball in the air with my left hand. I quickly served it as it fell, and Hiroshi returned it with ease.
After 20 rallies, Hiroshi decided to add some more strength into his swing. "Heh... not bad, Hiroshi-senpai." I commented, as Hiroshi won the point. "Domo." Hiroshi thanked.
"15-love."
"Game. Yagyuu. One game to love." Genichirou announced after 10 minutes.
"Here's when the real game starts." I heard Seiichi say. "Yagyuu-senpai knew Kei-chan would observe him in the first game, because she always does that." I could feel Akaya smirk.
The game continued on for another half an hour. "Game set and match: Atobe Keiko. 7-5!"
"Good game, Kei-chan." Hiroshi breathed heavily. "Thanks. You too. Your Golf Swing got a lot stronger. Also, I now have data on your Laser Beam, so expect me to use that against you." I smiled, not that tired. Yeah... I used Buggy-Whip Shot to make Hiroshi lose his stamina... and copied his Laser Beam. "Heh. I thought you'd copy that." Hiroshi smirked. I smiled, and walked back toward Seiichi.
"Good game." complimented Seiichi, handing me my water bottle. "Arigatou." I thanked, taking the water bottle and plopping down on one of the benches, and watched Akaya play Jackal.
"Game set and match: Tie. 6 games all!" Bunta shouted. "Hah! So close!" Akaya cried.
For the next few hours, we had more practice matches, laps, push-ups, sit-ups, etc. By the time practice ended, we were breathing heavily and sweating.
"Ne... aren't I just the manager?" I panted. "Well... you're good enough to be a regular. So when one of us is absent, you'll take their place." Seiichi smiled. "Ah... sou..." I nodded, before laying down on the ground, along with the other regulars, except Renji, Genichirou, and Seiichi.
Renji and Genichirou were just breathing heavily. "I can't feel... my legs..." Bunta panted. "I can't feel my arms..." Jackal panted. "I can't feel my legs OR arms!" commented Akaya. "Out of all of us. Kei-chan got the most intense training. Being flexible, as well as fast. Also, because she has the ability to mimic others' abilities. And she must work on improving them, so it'd be like we're playing against them, and we can collect more data." Renji stated.
"Yeah! You know how hard it is to control the Scud Serve?" I asked, "Even Choutarou-kun can't control it fully yet!"
"That's why you're gonna learn to control and return it. While all of us learn how to return it." Seiichi smiled. "You're a real devil, Sei-kun..." I 'glared' at my best friend. Seiichi, still smiling, replied, "Domo."
The regulars that were on the ground and I stood up, and brushed the dirt off of our pants. Yes. I don't have to wear a skirt, yay!
"Jackal. You're up first." Seiichi commanded. "Usu." Jackal nodded, walking to the other side of the tennis court. I stood on the other side, waiting for Seiichi's approval. Seiichi nodded, and I served the ball.
"Sanada?" Seiichi asked his fukubuchou. "190 km/h." Sanada replied. "Needs to get faster! Ootori's can go up to 200 km/h!" Seiichi yelled. "Hai!" I replied as I served another ball towards Bunta, who had taken Jackal's place.
"Hayai!" cried Bunta, ducking as the ball hit the fence, and made a dent. "Marui! Don't dodge it!" Genichirou yelled. "Gomen." Bunta smiled sheepishly. "Sanada?" Seiichi asked. "192 km/h." Genichirou replied.
"Oi! Akaya! Switch with me!" Bunta cried. "Iie. Marui-senpai. You still have eight more balls to return." Akaya replied. "Iie!" Bunta cried.
I sighed with a smile on my face, 'Some things never change... Even after being away for half a year.'
Nya~ Thanks once again, Cloe (Sakura-chan88) and Jen (SeaDragon102215)~!
