In a high-end yakiniku restaurant in Tokyo, the Fudomine Junior High tennis team, having just won the regional tournament, was celebrating. Kamio and Ishida looked at the expensive meat on the menu and swallowed, asking Kippei Tachibana, who was sitting across from them, "Captain, can we really order such expensive stuff?"
"Yeah, are you sure you brought enough money? We don't want to end up washing dishes."
But before Kippei could answer, a young woman with long, black hair, a graceful figure, a straw hat, a mask, and sunglasses pushed the sliding door open. "Please, eat your fill, everyone. I've reserved the entire restaurant for you tonight. Since you're all minors, I can't buy you alcohol, but I'll pay for everything else!"
Even though she was wearing a hat, sunglasses, and a mask, Kamio and Shinji could tell from her voice and figure that she was a beauty. As the Fudomine team wondered who she was and why she was treating them, An walked up to her happily, grabbed her arm, and asked affectionately, "Yaka-chan, what are you doing here? Someone might recognize you, and that would cause a commotion. And didn't you say you had a lot of work today?"
"It's fine, An. I'm disguised. Besides, you won the regional tournament, right? I heard my cute little brother did a great job, too. How could I miss such an important occasion? I'll just cancel all my work and appearances. We're not short on money anyway."
An covered her face in embarrassment at the brazen and irresponsible comments. When she saw the Fudomine team looking at them curiously, she looked at Yaka-chan and asked, "Yaka-chan, is it okay?"
Yaka didn't answer and took off her hat, sunglasses, and mask. To everyone's shock, she introduced herself. "Nice to meet you all, students from Fudomine Junior High. My name is Yaka Wenren. You've probably already guessed it from my last name. My brother, Seiya, is a troublemaker. Thank you all for looking after him. I'm very grateful."
Yaka Wenren, who came from a wealthy family, was neither a spoiled princess nor a pretentious celebrity. She greeted everyone gracefully and with an open heart. The Fudomine students were stunned for a moment before they finally reacted and shouted in surprise.
"Yaka Wenren! The superstar!"
"No way, Yaka Wenren is Seiya's older sister? I always thought their last names were just a coincidence."
The Fudomine tennis team knew Seiya came from a well-off family, but they never in their wildest dreams thought that the national idol, Yaka Wenren, was his older sister.
Seiya, seeing his teammates going wild, tried to sneak away to avoid the mortifying scene. But as soon as he stood up, he was enveloped in the scent of gardenias. The next second, the national idol with long, black hair hugged him and patted his head like a child. "My Seiya is so amazing. All the tennis coaches we hired were useless. Hmph, they said my Seiya had no talent for tennis. Mom was right to fire them all. I'll find some great foreign coaches for you soon."
As a transmigrator, Seiya's mental age was way beyond his middle schooler body. Being treated like a child by a 20-something woman was embarrassing enough at home. But now, with everyone watching, he was completely mortified! He was the ace of Fudomine, and he had just shown everyone how cool he was. How could he show up at practice tomorrow after this?
But Yaka didn't see anything wrong with what she was doing. It was a big sister's duty to spoil her little brother. It was also normal for her to praise him after he had achieved something. She thought his red face was just him being shy.
Kippei had originally planned a ramen dinner, but Yaka called An and had her bring everyone to this high-end yakiniku restaurant. As a wealthy superstar, she didn't hesitate to reserve the entire restaurant to celebrate her brother and his team's victory.
Everyone had a great time, eating to their heart's content. It wasn't every day you could get all-you-can-eat high-end yakiniku. Besides the food, many of them got Yaka Wenren's autograph. Kamio was so impressed by her elegance and beauty that he felt he was falling in love all over again.
While the Fudomine team had a great time, Seiya was suffering. He was a teenager who was being coddled by his famous sister in front of all his teammates. He couldn't resist her, and he kept getting embarrassed over and over again. After dinner, he was mentally and physically exhausted. But Yaka was still watching a recording of his match with great interest and asked An for a copy.
"Captain, I'd like to ask for three days off... no, a week! I think you understand why."
After the party, Seiya asked Kippei for a week off. He figured a week would be enough time for everyone to forget what had happened. He couldn't go back to practice and face his teammates' strange looks after being so embarrassed.
"No. I sympathize with you, but as the captain, I can't grant your request. The metropolitan tournament is coming up soon. You should know that we only won the regional tournament because we were lucky."
Both Seiya and Kippei knew that Fudomine wasn't as strong as Seigaku. If they hadn't used their unconventional lineup and if Seigaku's Doubles 2 hadn't been Momoshiro and Kaido, they would have lost.