Mask
watched from the sidelines as the Seigaku regulars played, or more so, her boyfriend Fuji Syusuke played against Kirihara Akaya of Rikkai Dai.
As Fuji kept getting brutally hit, closed her eyes hugging Fuji Yuuta’s arms, Syusuke’s younger brother and trying not to see the end result of the game.
“ -chan…” Yuuta began pulling away.
“I can’t watch, Yuuta!” she said, closing her eyes, “I just can’t.”
The battle was long and grueling. couldn’t stand the sight before her. Injuries were being inflicted not only on her boyfriend but also on his opponent.
looked at Fuji’s face. His mask was removed.
She was always used to his smiling face. It was warm. The first time she met him was when he was smiling. It made her feel at ease and felt like nothing wrong was happening.
However, now, staring at his serious figure, this was a side of him she had never seen or thought she would ever see.
Was this the real Fuji?
’s eyes flickered as she saw Fuji fall down and not get up, “Syusuke…” she whispered, covering her mouth. Just as she was about to shout his name…
“Stand up, Fuji!” a voice echoed through the stadium.
The whole stadium went quiet, as they all looked to see Tachibana Kippei by the fence.
“Stand up, Fuji!” Tachibana repeated. “Show him your real strength!”
“If you lose, Rikkai Dai will win.”
“Are you okay with that, Fuji?”
“Stand and fight, Fuji!”
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Fuji’s anger reached a point of unbalance-ness as Kirihara made an attempt to attack Tachibana Kippei who was one of his friends while he encouraged Fuji to get up when he fell down. Fuji couldn’t believe that Tachibana had actually made the trip to do that from the hospital on one sprained leg.
The gesture shook him up.
He stood up, his blue eyes opened, glaring at the devil in front of him.
Kirihara stood standing, slightly chuckling and licking his lips, feeling proud of the action that he had just made. He looked around the courts, eyeing the expressions of those in the court. He then laid eyes on her.
had her face dug into Yuuta’s arm, afraid to look any further at the sight before her.
Akaya saw this and the smirk on his face widened.
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Fuji was angry now. He played the game hard, not holding much back.
The image of ’s scared expression.
Her shriek in fear.
Those ultimately triggered his true emotions.
His mask was finally fully removed and replaced with a new one.
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“Game and Match, Seigaku 6 games to 5,” the referee announced.
As the two players walked towards each other. “Tennis is not a tool to breed your hatred.” Fuji told Akaya, leaving him standing there.
Glaring at the prodigy, Akaya sighed though. Slumping his shoulders, he walked back to the bench in defeat.
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Yuuta placed a small wet cloth on ’s face as she sat quietly on the bench outside away from the courts. “Sorry, Yuuta,” she said softly. “I know you wanted to see Syusuke’s game.”
“Don’t be stupid.” Yuuta said in his stern voice with that aggressive look on his face, “Big brother would never forgive me if I left you there after Kirihara-san attacked you.”
looked sad.
“ .”
and Yuuta looked up as they heard Fuji’s voice. looked at her broken boyfriend and looked sad as he sported bruises everywhere, but…
He was smiling.
“Syusuke,” she said softly, standing up to hug him.
Fuji winced a bit at the impact, but held her in his arms. “Are you alright?” he asked more concerned for her safety than his own.
Yuuta sighed, a light blush running across his cheeks watching the two. He sneaked away quietly not wanting to intrude anymore.
“You know, you need to stop worrying about me so much.” told him, “I…” she began, “I don’t think I’ve ever seen the Syusuke on court before,” she whispered, shuddering. “He scares me.”
Fuji’s eyes narrowed a bit, “Don’t worry.” he assured, looking at her. “He’s not planning to come out for a while now," he said as he kissed her forehead lightly. “The score is settled.”
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Written by DeVeliCious & Annie
March 26, 2006
Edited by Anonymous
November 01, 2007