"Hey, let me introduce myself. My name is Kitara Miria and I'm half Japanese and half English. I have black hair that has a blue edge to it where the light reaches and my eyes are a sort of emerald green. My dad, Kitara Kintaro, once told me how he had met mom and how he came to love the girl named Monica Stealth. Truth be told, I really don't envy her. She's the one wanting me to play tennis and be a pro at it, while my dad only played me for the fun. His words still cling on to me; 'You may win some games and you might lose some, but remember that it's most important to learn from it'. We're on the plain to Tokyo, where I'll join Seigaku. My mom wasn't pleased with it one bit, but dad told mom to listen to me and let me do as I want to. I do hate to miss out on the fun I've had with Alicia and Serah, my best friends ever. I still remember meeting them, like it was only yesterday."

Flash back

Alicia Heart, a girl with blond hair and green eyes that remind most people of the green leaves in summer and spring. I watch her as her mom leaves her at the Kindergarten and decide that I might as well try to make a friend today. I've been going to this place for about a year and I still don't have any friends. Before I decide to walk over to her, she is already standing in front of me.

"Hey, you're the Kitara girl right?" She asks me.

"Um, yeah. That's me." I reply unsurely.

"Alicia Heart's the name." She smiles at me.

"I'm Miria Kitara." I introduce myself in the western style, still insecure.

"Why aren't you playing with the others?" Alicia asks me.

"Well, I. I don't know how to make friends." I mutter the last part.

"What did you say?" She asks me, so I reply it a bit louder.

"Come again?" She says as she still doesn't hear me with all the noise of playing children around us. I take a deep breath and nearly shout that I don't know how to make friends. Alicia looks at me in confusion, while the other kids stopped playing and start laughing at me.

"Don't mind them, Miri." She tells me.

"Why do you call me Miri?" I ask her in wonder and I feel a bit stronger, steadier.

"Because I AM your friend." She states without any hesitation.

End of flash back

"Believe it or not, but she made me less insecure and I finally became who I am today. Alicia and I later entered Elementary together and met Serah there, Alicia and I were already the best of friends by then.

Flash back

When we finally have the first break of the year Alicia pulls me towards Serah Moon. Serah is a brunette with gentle brown eyes that one could call chocolate brown. The both of us just sat down, but Serah did not speak. The both of us keep on doing this for about a week, until some boys start to pick on her. I walk over with a confidence I had not had if not for Alicia.

"Bug off, you ass." I tell the biggest of the boys.

"Why would I?" He shrugs.

"Because you're too weak to pull a prank in front of a teacher." I mock him.

"Thanks." Serah speaks up to me once the boy has left to play a prank on the teacher.

"No problem." I smile at her."

"Uhm, h-h-how c-c-can I th-thank y-you?" She asks, stuttering.

"No need to. Serah, right?" I ask her for her name.

"Y-yes, a-and y-you a-are?" She stutters.

"No one to be afraid of, the name's Miria Kitara and this is Alicia Heart." I tell Serah calmly.

End of flash back

"After that the three of us were inseparable, if one of us went about then the others would follow. Serah has really developed a lot, she's no longer the shy girl she used to be. Serah once asked me if I was always so sure of myself, so I answered her truthfully. Serah could not believe her ears and stared at me with a wide open mouth, before she finally laughed about it after she realized that the same applied to her."

P&P

"Come on Miria, the plane has landed." My mom shakes me out of my thoughts.

"'Kay mom." I reply shortly.

And with that I step out of the plain and into the heat of Japan. I take off my vest and my jogging pants and now stand in jeans that cover half of my upper leg and a white tank top. I pull my hair in a sideway tail and begin to walk to the luggage area to pick up my suitcase.

"This is where I was born." Dad tells me as he takes in a deep breath.

"Looks a lot better than London." I agree to him.

"Want to play here, it's a little better than Wimbledon." Dad tells me.

"I don't know, maybe." I tell him as I know that I have to go train if I want to become a pro after my third year at Seigaku.

"Why not enter the music club at Seigaku?" Dad whispers in my ear, so mom won't hear it.

"You think?" I whisper back my reply.

"Why not?" Dad whispers again.

"Sure, I think I will." I sigh before I grin at him.

"What are you two going on about, darling?" Mom asks dad.

"Nothing hun." He replies.

After we arrive dad takes me down to the street courts, where dad sits down on a bench.

"Let's play a game." My dad says and so we start rallying.

"Seigaku will give you the opportunity to rise, so make sure that you enjoy yourself." My dad says as he swings his racket.

"No worries there, dad." I say as I reach forward, but miss either way.

"Why did you marry mom?" I ask him.

"Because I was hoping that she would change, if only a little. I loved her, while she only saw one thing. I don't want you to make the same mistake, Miria. I want you to be yourself and love someone who loves you in return." My dad answers me.

"I don't know if I can promise you that, but I will give it a shot." I smile at him.

"That's more than enough, Mi-chi." My dad says as he teases me with the nickname he gave to me when I was little.

"Maybe I'll just use my spare time to relax after school." I say and my dad nods.

"Sounds like a great plan." My dad says before he packs his racket and the tennis balls.

"Would you mind if I called the girls?" I ask my dad before we walk home.

"Of course I won't mind, you just call them whenever you feel like it." My dad smiles as we walk home.

The first day at school:

"Hey, I'm Momoshiro Takashi. But I prefer to be called Momo." A guy with spiked up black hair says.

"My name is Kitara Miria, nice to meet you." I state indifferently.

"Would you mind checking out the courts?" Momo asks me.

"Just this once then." I reply before we head towards the courts.

"Yo, Arai! Show them THAT move." One of Arai's friends boasts.

"Sure thing." Arai says and knocks the can over before he puts some rocks inside.

"Why don't you try?" Arai asks some of the freshmen.

"Sure." One of them says.

"He'll fail." I comment and Momo looks at me as if I'm crazy, but the boy fails as I have suspected.

"May I try?" I ask Arai.

"Sure." Arai smirks, but he falters as soon as I knock the can over.

"You're an ass Arai." I say as I hit the can once more.

"You bitch!" Arai and his friends yell at me.

"Knock it off." Tezuka says with a glare.

"Looks like you're lucky." Arai growls at me.

"He's such a jerk." I state my thoughts.

"Interesting." Fuji says, which makes everyone look at him.

"You are?" I ask him.

"The name's Fuji Syuusuke. What might yours be?" Fuji asks me.

"Kitara Miria." I answer him.

"Would you care to keep an eye on our progress?" Fuji asks me.

"Maybe, maybe not." I answer him before I walk away from them.

"Saa, she's an interesting one." Fuji says as the boys watch my back fading away in the distance.