Ryuzaki Sakuno stepped in front of the crowd, her steps slow and timid. Tomoka gave her a gentle push. "Come on..." She said encouragingly.
She held the microphone tight to keep her hand from shaking and her knuckles were slowly turning white with the effort. "Te—team 3 re—representative, Ryuzaki Sakuno-desu." She started, her voice cracking.
"We can't hear you." Yujiro Kai from the Higa table shouted. He liked making fun of people, and he couldn't believe he'll belong to a team whose representative couldn't even speak up. That and the fact that he was the only Higa member in this team irked him.
Sakuno froze up. "Don't listen to him, Sakuno. Just read the list and be done over with it." Tomoka told her from behind, sending a glare towards the Higa table.
"Cabin 1, Red Cabin." Sakuno said, with a much firmer voice. "Seigaku, Kikumaru Eiji-senpai, Yamamura Kazuki-kun. Fudoumine, Ishida Tetsu-san. Josei Shonan, Tanaka Kouhei-kun. Shitenhouji, Zaizen Hikaru-san."
Kikumaru Eiji looked close to crying. "I'm going to be so, so, so alone in that group..."
"This isn't like you, Eiji. You're always so optimistic." Oishi commented.
"But I don't want to be separated from everyone. This is our last camp. Our last." Eiji pouted.
"Now, now... We'll be joining the activities together even with different teams." Fuji comforted him.
"And the freshmen needs someone to lead them. There are a lot of freshmen in your group." Inui added.
"Cabin 2, Blue Cabin: Seigaku, Kusakabe Makoto-kun, Kitamura Tohru-kun, Takada Motoki-kun. Rokkaku, Amane Hikaru-san, Kurobane Harukaze-san." Sakuno read, her voice more steady.
The three Seigaku freshmen faced the Rokkaku table three paces behind from theirs and bowed. "Yoroshiku-onegaishimasu." They chorused.
"Oh, look how well-mannered they are." Kurobane, known more popularly as Bane to the kids in their neighborhood, commented with a smile.
Amane 'Davide' Hikaru nodded. He couldn't come up with a pun for that one so he just kept silent.
Sakuno continued with her announcement. "Cabin 3, Yellow Cabin: Seigaku..." She breathed in, her heart thudding inside her chest. "Echizen Ryoma-kun."
Sakuno glanced at where Ryoma was sitting. He was staring at the immensely enormous pine tree in the far corner of the lawn, looking bored. He yawned once, sleepy tears forming at the corner of his bronze-gold eyes.
"Hmmm..." Ryouko said thoughtfully. "So that's where he is placed..." She added.
An stole a side glance at Ryouko. She had been so curious about what's going on between the Seigaku's pillar of support and its brand new manager ever since she heard Ryoma call Ryouko by her first name so naturally. She smelled something fishy, or more like honey-like.
Her stare shifted to Sakuno, whose eyebrows were downcast from Ryoma's lack of interest. "This girl had always liked Echizen-kun..." An thought. There might be a little love story brewing in this camp.
Sakuno was disappointed that Ryoma didn't look interested. "Hyotei, Mukahi Gakuto-san. Josei Shonan, Shinjo Reiji-san. Rikkaidai, Yagyu Hiroshi-san. Higa, Yujiro Kai-san." She said, quickly finishing up so she could comfort herself backstage. "The captain and vice-captain positions would be decided between Yamabuki's Higashikata Masami-san and St.Rudolph's Akazawa Yoshiro-san."
The announcements carried on until all six teams were completed. Team number 4, Kurihara Miyako's team included Seigaku senior Kawamura Takashi, Seigaku freshman Yamada Daisuke, Fudoumine junior Sakurai Masaya, Hyotei senior Kabaji Munehiro and Rikkaidai senior Marui Bunta in Cabin 1.
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Tennis no Ojou-sama: A Prince of Tennis Fan Fiction
FanfictionTotally alike to the point that they hate each other, Echizen Ryoma and Fujioka Ryouko became rivals at a very early age. Reunited after being separated from each other at age nine, will rivalry at the most precious sport of their lives still get i...
