Title: Grayish Purple Skies
Author: ichise
Series: Prince of Tennis
Characters/Pairings: Sanada and Yukimura
Summary: A series of one shots featuring Sanada and Yukimura of Rikkaidai
Warning: shounen-ai
Status: In progress
Disclaimer: I don't own Prince of Tennis, just my fascination for it
Author's note: First one-shot up :D This story is about Sanada and his changing views about tennis, hope you enjoy reading this one
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'Emic' and 'Etic'
It was only tennis – apart from their own.
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It was only tennis, as how Sanada would always put it.
Swinging rackets in full force, hitting balls into the wide ranging air.
It was only tennis, yet, it only was.
A recreational sport to take him away from his monotonous world.
He would then leave it when it finally tires old, easily walking away from the courts.
It only happened that he was good at it – he decided that kendo would be his only love.
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Then there was Yukimura.
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Swinging rackets with grace, hitting balls passionately into space.
Sanada was intrigued, to say the least, if he was not captivated.
Yukimura's tennis was different from the rest of the world.
Sanada knew then that he couldn't leave the courts anymore.
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But… watching Yukimura was one thing, staying beside him was another.
Tennis, now had a different meaning, at least the one Yukimura plays and the one Sanada fancies.
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It was no longer just tennis –
Now that a prince had shown him how it was done.
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Sanada knew that he had to be worthy to play with him, to stay beside him.
Yukimura, Ouji-sama. [1
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And it stayed like that for years; championships meant nothing until Yukimura decided Rikkaidai deserved it.
The championships then, took a hold of Sanada's soul.
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And even if Sanada had become the emperor, there was only one 'prince' he knew.
And even more so, even after being hailed superior, Sanada decided that still, it was only tennis, and that their tennis will remain different from the rest of the world…
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-Fin-
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About the Title: Emic and Etic are terms coined in Psychology and Anthropology, it is used to denote the concept of 'outsiders' and 'one's own', to make it simple it's like seeing one's own world apart from the rest, considering them as outsiders.
[1 Yukimura, Ouji-sama.
I'm sorry to Echizen fans out there, using the title of the 'prince' for Yukimura… Those who are familiar with the Tennis no Ouji-sama Musicals featuring Rikkaidai might
recognize this reference
Author's note: Cheers! The first installment of my one-shot series I hope you liked reading this one, I'll upload the second one-shot right away :D Thank you for reading, and oh, please review, thank you very much!
And oh, a recent update... thank you for those who added this story to their favorite list
Thank you to Juventina2509, my first add to the favorite list :D
Next: 'Sparing the Rod' - Yukimura lectures Sanada about parenting. Sanada thinks that the frail captain should stop reading 'those' books. Really.