Seigaku's POV:

Eiji looked around at all the other teams lined up. "Awesome... So many truly amazing players all together" He whispered as he tried to inch around to get a better look. "Oi, Eiji, don't gawk to much!" Oishi, said.

Eiji started listing all the players. "Kajimoto, Wakato, and Shinjou from Jyousei..... Ah, Fudomine! Ibu and Kamio!" Kawamaru decided to join in. "Amane, Saeki, and Kisarazu from Rokkaku!"

"Just as I thought, Sengoku-san came from Yamabuki." Momo stated as he looked at the smug orange head.

"From St. Rudolph: Mizuki, Kisarazu Atsushi, and Fuji's younger brother are here." Inui stated.

"Hyotei has five people here, including their captain." Kaido stated, not really knowing why.

"And, Rikkadai Fuzoku." Oishi observed. "All the members here are outstanding, aren't they..." Momo said with slight awe. Then they noticed their little rookie trying to get a good look as well. "Oh! Do you want to see too, Kiddo? Shall I give you a piggy back ride?" Echizen looked away, slightly annoyed that his height was mocked again, "No. I'm fine." 'I wonder where Aira is.... she is the same height as me too.' Ryoma thought, trying to get another good look at the corner of his eye.

No one's POV:

Hanamura checked her watch. "Is something wrong?" Ryuzaki-sensei asked, "We're missing 2 people..." She answered. Then a taxi parked. "Ah! Speak of the devil...." Sakaki-sensei stepped out with his stoic look.

"I apologies for being late. I had some things to deal with." Sakaki-sensei apologized. "Ino, ino. Ara? I thought Aira-chan was coming with you?" Ryuzaki-sensei raised an eyebrow, Sakaki did the same. "I thought she already came here." Ryuzaki-sensei sighed.

"That girl sure loves going through things at her own pace...." Hanamura chuckled. She only met the girl once, but she is already quite interested in the blond beauty.

"Okay... I'm the General Manager fro this camp. My name is Ryuzaki. Nice to meet you all." Ryuzaki announced. "Hai, Ma'm!" They all answered.

"I imagine you have all heard this already, but it was suddenly decided that, starting this year, the Japanese-American Goodwill Junior Invitational Tournament will be held early. Your opponent is the American West Coast Junior High School Invitational Team. Well....Normally, the team members are chosen from the participants of the All-Japan Tournament after it's over, but at the request of the Americans, the time for the tournament was moved up. Therefore, gentlemen; at this camp we will make an overall assessment of the strongest members from each Kantou area school. And decided on the members for the Invitational Team. Hanamaru-sensei will now explain the details regarding the camp."

Hanamura-sensei stepped up and placed a hand on her hip, "Well then...I will explain our specific plans for this camp. First, we will divide the 29 people participating in this camp into three groups; and we will conduct the camp in those groups."

"Eh? Does that mean each school will be spit up?" asked Oishi, kind of stating the obvious.

"The coaches fro the three groups will be, Seishun Gakuen's Ryuzaki-sensei, Hyotei Gakuen's Sakaki-sensei, and myself, Jyousei Shounan Gakuen's Hanamaru."

"Mainly, we will be having many practice matches... But each group's practice menu will be determined by their head coach. You should consider everyone else your rival. Please get yourselves mentally-ready to participate."

"Hai, Ma'm!" They all replied. Hanamura gave a satisfied smile.

"Well then.... the groups have been posted on the bulletin boards in the dormitory, so everyone please check them soon."

"Well then, in conclusion, I'll introduce the rest of the staff." Ryuzaki announced. "During this camp, this staff of specialists will be looking after everybody's meals, health care, etc." Besides them was the cook, nurse, referee, and trainer.

"And these are the volunteers who will be helping out." On the other side of Ryuzaki were the usual freshmen from different schools. Ann, the ichiban trio, Sakuno bowed. "Nice to meet you." Only Tomoka stood their smiling. Hyotei's female tennis club captain, Alikaya Mira was also their. Standing their smugly. A few of the Hyotei tennis club members slightly grimaced at the sight of her.

Tomoka jumped up excited. "Kya!! Ryoma-sama! Ryoma-sama!" Her best friend Sakuno tried to settle her down. "Ah...Tomo-chan, not now..."

Echizen blinked totally confused, then sighed while face-palming as the other teams either laughed or looked really amused.

"Okay. Dismissed." Ryuzaki-sensei said. Before the students could leave, Hanamura stopped them.

"Just a moment. The American managers had made a special announcement just recently. And you could say that we set up a bet."

Some blinked at her, "A bet?" Hanamura continued. "We will chose a special representative and they will have a match with their representative. The bet is 2 million yen."

Momo blinked, "Eh?! 2 million yen?! Isn't that kind of risky?!" Hanamura sighed, "Well the Americans pressured us to take the bet...." 'Blackmail?' that thought ran through some of the middle school's head.

"So if we lose we will pay them 2 million yen, if they lose, they will pay 2 million yen....in US dollars." "I see, so if they lose, then we get the upper hand of the bet. It makes sense since they are the ones who suggested this bet." Saeki said.

"And who will this 'special' representative be?" Sanada asked, obviously more interested in that. Hanamura smirked, "That's the interesting part, the representative not only has to play this match against the other, but they also have to perform." "Perform?!" Momo shouted.

"Yes, perform a song. I believe a source of mine said that the US representative is an idol." "Why are we going to perform a song at a tennis tournament?" Kirihara mumbled, annoyed. Ryuzaki smirked. "Ma, don't worry. We already have a representative chosen."

"Eh?!" Most of the middle schooler's exclaimed. "Chotto Matte! Isn't that unfair!" Shishido shouted. Ryuzaki-sensei gave a blank look, "Then do you think you can preform in front of thousands of people?" Shishido eyes twitched. Suddenly a snap sound was echoed.

"Ore-sama would show Ore-sama's generosity by singing Ore-sama's great voice to you pheasants!" Atobe declared with a smug look. Sakaki then spoke up for the first time with his stoic look. "Then Atobe, can you mimic a female?"

Atobe blinked, confused. Hanamura smiled, "The representative has to be a female."

"Ehhhhhh?!?!?!"

"Ja, then whose the representative?!" Momo asked. Then laughter was heard. Everyone turned to look at Ryoma who was surprisingly laughing.

'Wait, WHAT?! Echizen Ryoma. THE Echizen Ryoma, the cocky kid who usually never shows his emotions except for arrogant remarks. Was laughing!? The World is going to end!'

That thought is what went through pretty much everybody's head.

Echizen then calmed down and told us with that usual cocky smirk that seemed wider then usual, "Pfft! Isn't it obvious, Momo-senpai? The only strong female tennis player around here would be....."

Pause for dramatic effect.

"......My cousin of course, Tskiyomi Aira!"

"Ehhh??!!"

"Bing-pong! That is correct, my dear older cousin." A light fluttery voice said. Echizen turned with a smirk to see Aira behind him. Those who have never met her before stared at her.

"Eh?! Aira-san?!" A loud voice interrupted their thoughts, Kirihara ran up to her and took her hand. "Its great to see you again, Aira-san! But aren't you suppose to be taking care of Buchou?!" He said energetically.

Aira gave a light smile, "Of course, that's why he came with me." She motioned her hands to the Rikkadai Buchou who was in casual clothes in a wheel chair. "Buchou!!!" Kirihara exclaimed in pleasant surprise. "Yukimura!" Sanada shouted as he jogged up to them as well. Aira walked away to let them have their moment.

"Oi, Aira. You never told me you were taking care of the Buchou from Rikkadai." Ryoma said with a small hint of jealousy. Aira smiled a innocent smile. "Really?" Ryoma always warmed up around Aira, "Kono... Stop playing innocent!" He then jumped and nearly tackled Aira to the ground.

The other tennis members were staring shocked at the famous Seigaku rookie, who was known for being cold and cocky. Laughing and teasing with a green eyed beauty. 'Is this really the end of the world...?'

"Oi, Hime-chan, how dare you not tell Ore-sama that you were coming." Said a slightly irritated voice. Aira bowed elegantly, "Well, where's the fun in that? Atobe." Atobe smirked as he flipped his hair.

"Oi! Do you remember me, Aira-chan?" Momo interrupted. Aira raised a delicate eyebrow, "Tashika, I remember you as someone named Momoshiro Takeshi." Momo looked happy to be remembered by such a elegant and beautiful girl. "Yep, that's me Aira-chan." Momo totally ignored the glare sent by Ryoma who was mumbling under her breath. "Who gave you the permission to call my cousin by her first name...."

Fuji smile widened. "I don't know if you remember me, but my name is Fuji Syusuke. Yoroshiku." Aira smiled politely, "Yes, I remember you quite well actually, after all, you do remind me quite a lot of my patient." She gestured her head slightly to point at Yukimura. Fuji, for some reason, was happy to be remembered but slightly disappointed it was because of Yukimura.

"Ahem!" Someone coughed loudly. Everyone turned to see Hyotei's female tennis club captain looking quite annoyed. "We should get started, Ryuzaki-sensei." Ryuzaki nodded, "Ok, Dismissed!"

"Hai!"

Mira turned and gave a really nasty glare at Aira. Too bad a lot of guys noticed it. Aira looked up and blinked, then smiled like a princess and politely waved. "Konnichiwa, Alikaya-san."

Mira gave another glare before turning around and flipping her hair as she decided that she would not grace them with her presence anymore.

Yukimura rolled the wheel chair to Aira, "Aira-chan, who was that?" Ryoma mumbled again something about how dare they use his precious cousins first name.

Aira stared at where Mira was just standing, then turned and smiled and Yukimura.

"Just someone who is giving me some fun entertainment~"