I laid back on the bench, listening to 4minute's Volume Up and watched the game. Ryoma was losing; Akutsu's offensive way of okaying was overpowering. For now. Fuji turned to me with a worried expression, I grinned.

"Calm down. I've played Ryoma to his limit before. He's gonna get through this like a boss." I said, and he smiled. Tezuka came over and sat by me, I took one ear bud out as a form of politeness.

"Echizen's limit. Where is it?" He asked, and Seigaku's tennis team was silent as they waited for my answer, I grinned.

"Far from where it is now. Ryoma can only reach his limit in the heat of battle. He can't start with his best, but he can end with it, in any match." I said, smiling lightly as I watched the ball to from one side of the court to another. Neither of them were relenting.

"So... Echizen isn't at his best right now?" Oishi asked. I laughed.

"Nope." Thee was absolute silence as the ball landed in Akutsu's court. Ryoma's Drive A helped a bunch. Halftime was called, and Ryoma came over to me, flopping down on the bench, and leaned his head on my shoulder. I stayed silent; there wasn't anything much to talk about anyway. I motioned for Momo-senpai to bring over my bag. He lifted it -giving me an odd look as he set it down on the floor next to me- and I hunted through it until I found the bottle I was looking for.

"Ryo, close your eyes and hold out your hands." I said, and he did without any hesitation. I out the bottle into it, and told him it was okay to look now. His eyes widened and he grinned as he saw what it was.

"Gatorade! Where'd you find this? Did you bring it back?" He dashed, and I nodded, smiling at his happy face.

"I bought a bunch of them and had them shipped over." I said, and he smiled, downing half the bottle in one go. With good reason; he was sweating like a dog. I handed him his towel and he wiped his forehead, and shook his head violently, showering me. (A/N: my brother does this, and it really pisses me off... -_-)

"Ryo!" I pouted, and he laughed. It was soon time for him to go back to the court again, and I gave him a small pep talk.

"Have fun." I said, and he nodded, fixing his cap.

"Watch me be a boss." He said, making me nod, laughing.

"If you lose, I'll tell uncle." I warned, and he gave me a disbelieving look.

"I'm actually more hurt that you think I would lose than I am about you telling that old perv." He muttered, and I grinned.

They battled. There's no other way to put it; it wasn't a match, nor was it a fight. It was just... An all out battle between them. Ryoma's bravery vs. Akutsu's willpower.

--TIMESKIP--

"Yeah. He got crushed badly." I heard Akutsu's team's coach say. I grinned over at him, not noticing Seigaku's own coach Ryuzaki sitting next to him.

"'Crushed badly'? I would hardly say that's right. Uhm... 'Demolished'? How about 'massacred'? 'Destroyed'?" I blinked, tilting my head to the side slightly as I listed off the words that came to my head when I thought of their match.

"How come you're so mean to him, Koyuki?" Ryuzaki-sensei's voice made me look up to her, I smiled.

"I warned Akutsu about hurting Ryo. It's his own fault for not listening. I apologize, Banji-sensei. Your team's member has me in a rather foul mood." I said, bowing formally to the other coach. I had heard his name from Ryuzaki-sensei once or twice during the match.

"Yuki!" Ryoma's voice made me look up, and I grinned at him.

"Ryo!" I went over to him, and he gave me a bear hug.

"Oh dear god, I think you broke something." I squeaked, and he laughed, putting me down gently. I grinned at him.

"I did it. See, I can be awesome if I want to." He said, making me smile.

"Ah, so you didn't want to be awesome when you were getting your butt kicked for the first bit of the game?" I asked, staring at my nails casually, laughing at the way he turned away with a 'hmph'. The other members of our team (Momo-senpai) then glomped him, and they tumbled to the ground.

"Momo-senpai, get off!" Ryoma desperately tried to get out of the other's grip, but... Nope. We all loved him too much to let go.

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