Tennis no Ojou-sama: A Prince of Tennis Fan Fiction

CHAPTER 6: Seishun Gakuen Girls Tennis Club

Ryouko didn't get her wish to go to the boys tennis team, but she thought that this ain't so bad.

The girls tennis club started their practice the same time as the boys did. From the basic swings to the warm up exercises, Ryouko did them all without complaining.

She did not like repeated practices and she was fed up with the warm up exercises but as she looked all around her, she cannot help but smile.

People have weaknesses.

People has no right to say that they lose because of those weaknesses.

People can always do something to be strong.

Being weak is not a crime, but not doing anything to reverse that weakness is one's own fault.

Those sentences had always been Ryouko's foundation during her entire twelve years of life.

But the girls surrounding her right now, they're trying their best.

"Doryoku wa warukuwanai. (Hard work is not bad.)" She thought. "Hard work is the most beautiful thing a human can possess."

A voice broke through Ryouko's daydreaming. "Fujioka! Come over here!" Minami-buchou (Captain) suddenly said.

Ryouko obeyed and went towards her.

"Can you teach Ryuzaki the right way to swing a racket? I don't know but she seems really awkward with it." Minami told her.

"Will you swing the racket about five times?" Ryouko asked Sakuno.

Sakuno obeyed.

"It's because you're restricting your movements far too much." Ryouko told her. "You bend your knees too much, don't flip your wrist like that."

Sakuno's eyes widened.

"You opened your shoulders too wide. And your hair's too long. You should cut it." Ryouko continued.

Sakuno felt a bit annoyed at the fact that Fujioka-san used the same words that Ryoma-kun told her several months ago.

"Fujioka-san's hair is also long." She complained.

"It's because I can handle playing well with long hair. If you really want to improve your tennis, certain sacrifices should be made." Ryouko answered.

"Try swinging the racket again. Ten times." Ryouko instructed.

Sakuno obeyed.

"Is something glueing your knees together?" Ryouko asked her.

"Huh?" Sakuno said.

"Don't keep your knees close like that. That's why you're overbending." Ryouko said. "Keep your knees far away from each other." She told Sakuno, demonstrating it. Then, she squatted with her legs apart. "Squat exercises like this can help you."

"Eh? I can't do that, Fujioka-san... I'm wearing a skirt." Sakuno complained, her face getting red.

Ryouko sighed. She happened to be also wearing a skirt, but she felt nothing to be embarrassed about in doing the squat exercise.

"Don't tell me you've got nothing inside there." Ryouko said.

Sakuno turned redder. "I'm wearing my panties." She said timidly.

Ryouko sighed in exasperation. Panties were a common sense. "What I was trying to say is that don't you have anything under there aside from your underwear." Ryouko told her.