28Chapter 6 – Rika's Intense Training
Disclaimer : I do not own Prince of Tennis. If I did I would make Ryoma paired with Seiichi or Atobe (who is not all ore-sama-ish)
Author's note : Hey guys! This is the latest chapter! Hope you enjoy it!
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There is no way I'm going to include Mizuki in this. I mean, he's so infuriating! Plus I'm going to make him lose to Yuuta? XD
Anyways, I hope you like this chapter. I'm currently trying to make my chapters longer, but somehow it always seems that each chapter is only about 1600 + words. Sorry! I also notice that I may have made Rika seem too unbeatable, but in my story she has and can beat her professional-tennis-player-level dad. :D
Everyone lay in their bed, thoroughly exhausted due to a certain hellish –opps- *ahem* intense training Rika had put them through that day.
They were dreading the next morning… no, wait! Make it ALL the mornings… goodness knows how long before they would finish their warm up exercise to Rika's satisfaction before they had to do the main training…
Flashback
"We are going to… run."
"Eh? That's it? We're going to run? Then why do Riku and Atobe still look so scared?" asked Choutaro with a confused expression on his face.
Sadistic laughter was heard.
"Iie… Who said that all you were going to do was run? Did I say how much you were going to run?"
"EH? Then… how much are we going to run?" asked Eiji, who at that moment, had a feeling that something dreadful was going to happen to them.
"50…"
"50 rounds around the cottage? That's not so bad…" said Momo, looking relived that it was not as bad as they thought.
"Iie. 50km… Which means about 10 laps of the whole beach!" said Rika cheerfully, looking like Christmas had come early.
A loud scream of 'EH?!' could have been heard all the way on the other side of Japan, had anyone been there, of course.
Riku looked like they finally resigned themselves to their fate, groaned and told the rest, "Count yourselves lucky, guys, last time we had to do 70km… Plus, this is only the warm-up…" (hehe. I couldn't make Atobe say this… "the Great Atobe-sama does not groan!" shrieked a voice next to me. "Ahahahaha… No… No… of course you don't…")
Some of the guys looked ready to faint hearing this, while others looked like they had been told they couldn't play tennis for the rest of their lives.
Then, Rika appeared holding a box. She put the box down and told them to line up. Fearing what she might do if they didn't, they lined up quickly in an orderly manner.
She put both her hands into the box and pulled out what looked like a sweatband with one hand. Then, with the other, she pulled out a piece of metal which was a dark grey color and about the width of the sweatband.
Seeing this, all of the members in Rikkaidai and Hyotei broke out in cold sweat, praying that it was not what they thought it was. However, their hopes were crushed when Rika started to tell them, "Since Rikkaidai already has weights on them, I just need to ask, how heavy are your weights?"
Seeing that no one was going to reply her anytime soon, Sanada spoke up, "5kg for each member except for Yukimura and myself, who have 7kg."
Rika looked happy at this, and said, "OK, then. I'm going to increase each of your weights. Each of you take 8 bars from the box and put them on."
The Rikkaidai members all walked forward and took up 8 bars and slid them into place for each sweatband, which meant 2 more in each. After putting them on, they could tell the immediate difference, making it 2 times or more heavier than before. They were all wondering how in the world they were going to finish running 50km wearing at least 10kg weights.
"The rest of you grab 12 bars as well and get 4 sweatbands. After you have put them on, we are going to start running!"
Hearing that they were starting so soon, many of them groaned and the others sighed in defeat, accepting their fate (of impending doom?).
10 minutes later…
"Alright, guys! Time to get started~! When I blow the whistle, you start running! By the way, the last one to finish is going to have to test out Inui's new juice!" yelled Rika, from roughly 1km behind them.
Everyone besides Inui shuddered, thinking about the juices that Inui made, so far none of which had even come CLOSE to tasting decent, much less good.
Thinking it was unfair that she didn't have to run 50km while they did, Momo shouted back, "Rika-chan! Why do we have to run while you don't?!"
The (yelled) response to that was, "Who said I'm not running? I'll be running 70km! Hence, the distance between us now! Besides, I bet I'll still beat all of you!"
They look relieved that she would be running 70km, meaning that it was almost certain that they would not have the 'honor' of drinking Inui Juice. Everyone thought that she said that just to rile them up into running faster and therefore run out of stamina. Atobe and Riku, however, were a different story, and knew that whatever promises Rika made, she kept. Also, they knew that her normal training was somewhat worse than this, and that she would most likely be done in the next 2 hours while the rest of them would take maybe 2 times longer. That could not be said for themselves, however, as they had been through some of her training before, and knew how bad it was, hence, their fear of her 'slightly' –as she calls it- training. (note I said normal training. Meaning if she went on intense training it would be considered suicide to most people)
After a moment of silence, no one moved or said anything, making it deathly quiet. Then, the silence was broken by a muttering of a few words, "Well… aren't you going to start…?"
More silence.
Then, "Oh, right! Sorry! I forgot!" at this, everyone sweat dropped.
*Phweet!* went the whistle, breaking the graveyard-like silence.
Everyone started running, slowly at first, as they knew that they would have to keep their stamina if they wanted to even have a chance at finishing the exercise set by Rika.
10 minutes…
Rika had gotten bored and reached where the regulars were running. After amusing herself at the regulars' tired faces, she decided to go on ahead. The look on their faces would be priceless when they finished!
20 minutes…
"Ehh… Minna… You're all really slow, you know! See! I've already run twice as much as you!" called Rika passing by them on the opposite side. Everyone groaned, all wondering how she could have so much stamina.
30 minutes…
Everyone was beginning to get tired, and some were already dropping behind. Eiji was even heard saying, "Aa… Oishi! Go on without me! I'll catch up later somehow!" with that, he collapsed on the warm inviting sand, greedily taking in oxygen. Then, when he caught his breath, he realized that he would have to drink Inui Juice if he didn't get going soon, and jumped up hurriedly and dashed off full speed heading for the rest.
40 minutes…
They saw Rika stop by the cottage in the far distance and get a bottle of water. Practically drooling, everyone dashed to the cottage and fought for entry into the cottage for the cool refreshing water.
1 hour 20 minutes later… (2 hours from when they started)
Rika stood cheering at the side, watching them run, and amused herself to no end seeing their distraught faces and despair. She cheered them on, saying, "Gambatte! Come on, guys! There's only 35km more to go!"
The rest groaned. It had been 2 hours from when they had started and they were not even half done, while Rika had already finished the whole 70km. How inhumane was her stamina?!
Rika sweat dropped at the sight before her. All of the boys were sprawled out on the cool, inviting sand, relieving their aching muscles after their strenuous exercise, giving them some rest.
Rika peeked at the stopwatch and looked disappointed. "Well, you guys took from 10 in the morning until 6.30 at night… making it 8 and a half hours… Well, at least it's better than Riku and Atobe's first time… Awww… guys, we didn't even manage to get to the main training!"
Everyone was still trying to catch their breath and could not answer her, too busy inhaling their precious oxygen.
Then, Rika's mood took a 180 degree change and said, "Well, anyways, tomorrow you guys are going to wake up at 7 in the morning and get ready to eat breakfast, or else you won't have the strength to do my training like today! By the way, we're going to do this everyday until we get back to the real world! Isn't that great?!"
Desperate cries and shouts of "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" were heard by a certain brown haired boy with a cross shape scar on his forehead, named Fuji Yuuta, and a brown haired girl with clips in her hair, named Ann. They looked extremely relieved at hearing voices from somewhere else besides them (although Yuuta had a really bad feeling that something was going to happen to them and he wasn't going to like it) and both looked at each other, before nodding (Yuuta albeit reluctantly, but it still counts) and heading off in the direction where they heard the voices.
Flashback end
They had been ordered to bed by Rika, even though they need not be told that, but that was only after they had a good warm meal in their stomachs, satisfying their extreme hunger.
The next morning…
"Quit your groaning! I'm going to add more weights and make you run 1 more km if you don't!"
A quick "eep!" was heard before a sound of feet shuffling on sand was heard. Eiji had hidden behind Oishi and looked terrified, thinking "Ochibi's a slave-driver!"
Everyone sweat dropped at the sight of a 15 year-old boy clinging to another like their hand was a lifeline. Inui, of course, just pushed up his glasses (which had a scary glint to it in the sun), and scribbled in his notebook, muttering, "Ii data…"
There was a tugging on Rika's sleeve before she was crushed by something more deadly than Eiji's 'glomps' from behind. Even this hug affected Rika, who was resistant to Eiji's glomping.
"Rika-chan!" squealed the voice from behind, gasping for breath, Rika replied going, "A… a…"
Well, this time was fast huh? What was it? Only 2 days? Wow…
Anyways, Ja ne until next time! Nightmare.