8 Racquets part 2

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~back to party~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
       Atobe Keigo gazed at the other tennis players that gathered in mansion. The two representative from Higa had been the last to join them, in his lavished white and golden living area. (That if you liked to know had, six pure white couches, four loveseat in a gold color, and in the far corner sat four butlers with nine cooks with a large array of assorted foods.)
       Atobe’s own team, Hyotei, spread themselves out. Otori Chotaro was with his doubles partner Shishido Ryo, they shared a love seat, awkwardly smashed together so they wouldn’t fall off as they watched the rest of the tennis players. Mukahi Gakuto was with Niou Masaharu and Marui Bunta from Rikkai Dai, waving his hands widely at the large five layered, professionally made tennis themed cake. Atobe himself helped design it so everyone knew it was to fabulous. Jiro Akutagawa had gone upstairs to his own personalized room, which Atobe had gifted to each of his teammates, and had promptly fallen asleep. Oshitari Yushi had started a conversation with Mizuki Hajime from St. Rudolph, Shiraishi Kuranosuke from Shitenhoji, Kajimoto Takahisa from Josei Shonan, and Yanagi Renji from Rikkai Dai, the five boys stood near the window overlooking the top of the line gleaming tennis courts. Hiyoshi Wakashi, the youngest member of Hyotei regulars, Fuji Yuuta from St. Rudolph, Kirihaa Akaya from Rikkai Dai, and Kamio Akira and Ibu Shinji from Fudomine sat on one couch, shiny Xbox controllers firmly in hand and eyes locked on the flashing flat big screen TV that sat over a large marble fireplace. Kabaji Munehiro stood quietly besides Atobe.
       After counting out his teammates, Atobe glanced at his other guest. Akazawa Yoshiro from St. Rudolph and Tachibana Kippei from Fudomine had sat down beside their teammates to watch the game play out, waiting patiently for their turns. Shinya Yanagisawa from St. Rudolph, Amane Hikaru, Itsuki Marehiko, and Aio Kentaro from Rokkaku, had disappeared a half hour ago to explore the rest of the mansion. Atobe was just thankful he had the foresight to have someone follow them or they would have likely never be seen again or had broken something in the great Atobe’s home.
      The Kisarazu, Atsushi from St. Rudolph and Ryo from Rokkaku, twins, along with the Tanaka, Kohei and Yohei from Josei Shonan, twins, sat on one of the sofa’s silently discussing the pros and cons of being twins and going to different school. Ishida Testu had joined his older brother Ishida Gin at the buffet table and were discussing their mother’s home made ramen and comparing Atobe’s cooks ramen to it, discussing if it was better than their mothers or not. Saeki Kojiro from Rokkaku and Yukimura Seiichi from Rikkai Dai stood smiling and discussing their mutual friend (Fuji Shyuusuke), Sanada Genichiro stayed close by those two, watching his teammates and his most beloved captain. After a half hour passed Kurobane Harukaze and Shudo Satoshi from Rokkaku decided their teammates had gotten lost in the vast mansion and went out the door to find them, Atobe rolled his eyes at that for he knew they’d just end up lost. And like Atobe predicted the avid junior high tennis players couldn’t not play tennis when five glorious courts stared back at them. Sengoku Kiyosumi from Yamabuki had started a game against Wakato Hiroshi from Josei Shonan and was certainly leading 3 games to 2 in Sengoku’s favor. Eishiro Kite and Yujiro Kai from Higa had been roped into a doubles match against Jackal Kuwahara and Yagyu Hiroshi from Rikkai Dai. Shinjo Reiji from Josei Shonan had unwillingly been dragged to an indoor court by Toyama Kintaro from Shitenhoji to play a match, as they both played against the amazing Koshimae so obviously their match will be amazing. Hitose Senri from Shitenhoji followed them, knowing when it came Toyama Kintaro that it could get out of hand fast. Akutsu Jin leaned against the wall an uninterested expression firmly on his face, close by Dan Taiichi had gathered a plate of food and trying to get Akutsu to eat and failing.
     An hour passed.
        “WHERE ARE THEY?! Ore-sama put a lot of work into this amazing, fabulous party for them! And they are not HERE?! Where are they?”
         His guest looked at him, while his team continued what they were doing without pause. He glared.
        “Ore-sama thinks their rude.” He huffed.
     “Maybe their train is late- Desu?” Dan Taiichi questioned.
         “There is a 46.93% chance of their train being late, 47.35% chance of the train being delayed, from what Sadaharu has told me another 5.72% for the possibility Echizen or Momoshiro or both being late making them all miss their train.” Yanagi Renji announced looking away from Mizuki.
      The room went silent, the Xbox game was paused, and conversations were stopped. Then something broke through the silence like a serves ace.
      “Nani, Nani, why is this house so big?”
        Shinya Yanagisawa, Amane Hikaru, Itsuki Marehiko, and Aio Kentaro along with Kurobane Harukaze and Shudo Satoshi barged back into the main room, a tall butler following close behind. Atobe couldn’t help but answer.
      “Ore-sama’s house is big because ore-sama is amazing and had graced you with the amazing opportunity to see it.”
       Shishido Ryo couldn’t help but snort. Oshitari Yushi sighed heavily and turned away.
     “You should all be awed by Ore-sama’s generosity and he has let-“
        A phone rang shrilly.
     “Ah, Sorry.” Tachibana Kippei said, fishing out his phone from his pocket.
        “Hello? Ann?” Tachibana paused, his eyes widen and he reached blindly for the TV remote. He fumbled with the remote “Hai, hai. Call me when you know more.” He snapped his phone shut and in a second switching off the intense battle between Hiyoshi Wakashi, Fuji Yuuta, Kirihaa Akaya, Kamio Akira and Ibu Shinji.
      “Hey!”
         “Captain?!”
       Without saying a word he switched it to the news.