Hello! So, I haven't written a story for a very long time, but I suddenly grew a need to write, so here I am! I don't really know what to expect, but I hope all of you guys enjoy this story!

*Disclaimer: I do NOT own Prince of Tennis.

I stepped in to the monitor room. It was my second favorite time of year; it was training camp season. My awkwardly tall uncle, Itaru, has brought me here since sixth grade and he tried to teach me tennis along with the high schoolers. I always turned it down though; I had a larger passion for something else, but more on that later. I rolled a seat over to a monitor to the entrance gate.

"Hey, Reina, you're not allowed to be in here, remember?" a guy in a black warm-up said.

"Said who?" I responded, not bothering to take a glance at him.

"Kurobe-san, remember? Now get out before I have to go tell him." He ordered.

"I dare you." I scoffed and continued to watch the monitor. Suddenly, a red head jumped towards a camera, making his face zoom in. He was making a bunch of hand gestures and peace signs. It startled me for a second, but I looked at him a little more. I took a clip board by her, and flipped through the pictures to find his identity.

'Kikumaru Eiji… Quite a jump from the ground.' I thought to myself.

"Reina." I heard a growly voice. This guy scared me when he was angry. I set the clip board down and ran for the door. Before I could make my full escape, a hand was set on my forehead.

"N-nice to see you again, Tsuge-san." I tried chuckling.

"You shouldn't be in here." He said.

"But come on!" I complained, "It's my third year here, I should be allowed here."

"Nope." He grabbed my collar and dragged me out of the room.

"W-wait! I just want to help, Tsuge-san! Can't I have some fun?!" I yelled.

"Thank you, Tsuge." Kurobe said as he passed by.

"Kurobe-san! Can I be in the monitor room!?" I asked. He turned his head and gave me his usual emotionless face.

"No." he said. I groaned and walked away.

"Thanks for helping me with the work out menu, though, Reina." Tsuge said.

"I'd make it harder if you let me in the room." I mumbled to myself. I folded my arms behind my head and went to the roof with binoculars. I sat down and looked at everyone. My uncle proposed the idea of inviting middle schoolers this year, and it took a lot to persuade everybody. The thing they didn't know was that these kids were beasts. I looked through my binoculars and saw kids with different colored uniforms, informing me that they were the youngsters. I saw my favorite school, Rikkai Dai. Even walking in, they carried a presence.

"This again, Reina-chan?" I heard a very familiar voice.

"Hey, Irie. I've missed you." I said and continued to observe.

"It doesn't seem like you did. You didn't even bother to look at me." He sat next to me.

"Maybe your presence isn't as important as these people. It doesn't mean I didn't miss you."

"Ouch. If you walk in to high school with that mouth, I don't know what's going to happen to you." He chuckled.

"I'm stronger than you think, Irie."

"I'd like you to call me Kanata, now." He randomly proposed.

"And your reasoning is?"

"Because you're going to go in to your first year of high school and I'd like to give you the privilege."

"You know, this mouth of mine could be coming from you." I finally looked at him.

"Good." He smiled and pat my head. Irie was strange. I didn't know if this nice side of him was an act or not, so I hardly told him anything. But I still liked him. Whenever I would visit, he would buy me food.

"I'm going to go now. I have to make sure the kids don't cause too much of a ruckus." Irie stood up.

"Have fun." I said. I looked over at the open courts. Two high schoolers were playing an old trick with a middle school team. I noticed the red head again.

"Seigaku… national champions." I said to myself. After I saw the high schoolers get humiliated, I went back inside to bother her uncle. Sadly, he was nowhere to be found. I shrugged and went to go see what Kurobe was up to. When I found him, he was giving a speech to the whole camp. I didn't listen intently, but suddenly, it was raining tennis balls.

"I swear, your uncle has the weirdest methods." Tsuge said behind me. I rolled my eyes, but agreed with him. I walked out of the building and decided to actually see what they act like.

The moment I stepped out, voices were roaring.

"They're middle schoolers, damn it!"

"Who said they could take more than one ball?"

"I'm going to kill them."

I was wondering what they were all talking about. I shrugged and walked across a bridge slowly. I wasn't paying attention, but I knew some guys were going crazy and playing some games. Of course, when these guys are crazy, they lose control and tennis balls fly everywhere. I could sense one coming towards me.

"Hey, watch out!" someone bothered to waste their breath. I smirked and stuck my lacrosse stick out to stop the ball. It was a pretty tough one, but I've had worse. I took my other arm to throw it back at the court, sweeping past peoples' faces, making it within the line. I could hear the whispers being passed the boys, and the stares forming.

"Who was the one who lost so much control that they almost hit me?" I asked, leaning towards the wall of the bridge. A guy slowly raised his hand.

"That guy couldn't return Ootori's Neo Scud Serve!" the jumpy red head said.

"Well, that's a bit embarrassing, isn't it?" I said and walked away from everyone.

'This is going to get interesting.' I said to myself and jogged away.


In the tennis courts…

All the middle school boys were wondering who she was.

"Hey, who was that?" Momoshiro asked Sengoku.

"I have no idea. But I am VERY willing to get to know her." Sengoku answered.

"She returned your scud serve at ease." Shishido said to Ootori.

"Yes. What was that thing she returned it with?" Ootori asked.

"Lacrosse." Inui and Yanagi said at the same time.

"Ah, Reina-chan can get pretty scary." Irie said with a smile.

"Who is that?" Eiji jumped up to him.

"Oh, her?" Irie laughed, "That's Saitou Reina, a third year in middle school."

"But why is she here?" Kirihara asked.

"You'll find out soon." Irie said and turned his back to them.

"Now, let's go practice." He chuckled. The boys exchanged glances at each other.

"Maybe she's a stalker." Mukahi guessed.

"No, I doubt that." Oshitari said.

"A younger sister of someone?" Yukimura wondered out loud.

"She came to see me, of course." Atobe boasted.

"That's the last reason why she's here." Ryoma rolled his eyes.


"So, Oni-nii-san broke a kid?" I asked my uncle.

"His wrists, not the kid." He said.

"Why did you put them against each other?" I asked.

"Because he needed it to grow." Uncle Itaru put simply. I drank my water and sighed. His wrists are probably ruined for life after taking that jack knife with no warning. I stood up to go leave somewhere, but my uncle stood up in front of me.

"Not so fast."

"What did I do?" I asked, seriously wondering. I don't remember doing anything wrong.

"You have to introduce yourself properly." Itaru smiled. I groaned.

"Come on, an eighth of the reason we invited middle schoolers was so you could make a few friends."

"Liar." I accused him. He scratched his head, admitting that I read through him.

"Just go say hi." He set his arm on my shoulder and pulled me to the door.

"You're going to-." I started, but he already ran in to the door.

"Hit your forehead…" I said.

"Ouch… I need a faster warning, Reina." He complained and rubbed his forehead.

"Good morning, young ones!" he shouted, gathering everybody's attention, "I'm your mental coach Saitou!"

"2 meters, 16 centimeters." I heard two boys say.

"Pretty observative." I said.

"That's not a word." Itaru said to me.

"It is." I argued.

"And this is my niece, Reina! She's a third year of middle school so treat her well!"

I heard everyone understand who I was. They were a strange bunch.

"Say something." Itari commanded me. I sighed.

"Ey, I'm Reina! I can't play tennis, but you saw me with my lacrosse yesterday, right? Ha, be prepared to see a lot of me!" I shouted and ran out. I ignored my uncle's calls for me; I already knew where to go. I jogged towards the giant cliff. I got excited; this is one of the best parts. I don't understand how some of them do it though; it's a tough thing to climb. And I have to remember a promise made for myself. This thing called puberty has been hitting me pretty hard lately, and it might be a tough thing to do. I've lived around boys all my life, but…

"I can't fall in love."


On the bus of the losers

"Aren't you guys pissed off at all?!" Shishido yelled.

"Yeah! We were invited and now we're kicked off?" Mukahi agreed.

"We didn't get to show ourselves at all!" Jackal shouted.

"Idiots." Sanada said, silencing the bus.

"He's right. We all fought fair and square." Kawamura tried to calm the others down.

"And it's not just us who feels bitter." Oishi sighed. The bus stopped as if it were on command. The driver told them to get out. They were all confused and walked around. Soon, they found Saitou standing with Ryoma and Kin-chan.

"Hello. I'm here to start my job now." He said.

"What the hell is going on, coach!?" Tanishi yelled.

"Yes, but for those of you who wish to close the gap between the winners… why don't you show me if you can climb this cliff up here?" Saitou looked over at it.

"Wait, is that…?" Shishido asked. Saitou laughed.

"You better hurry up. My niece is going to beat you to the top." They all looked and saw a sweating Reina, gripping each stone with intensity. Everybody gulped, but walked toward the cliff, not knowing what was awaiting them.

I loved climbing this cliff. At first, Uncle Itaru wouldn't let me because it was apparently dangerous, but he eventually let me try. This time was strange though. It was the first time these guys were climbing the cliff and most of them were already reaching me. I saw the broken kid get transferred over after a guy snapped his fingers. Two screams were heard, and all our attention turned to them. The strong guy from Rikkai and Seigaku caught two of the boys from Shitenhouji.

"We're not losing one person on this journey!" the Rikkai guy yelled. Everybody cheered along.

"Hey, I caught up to ya!" a kid in a Shitenhouji jumped to me. He was the crazy first year.

"Good for you, but are you sure you want to be up there?" I asked. That place was literal hell. But hell teaches you. It shows you reality. It makes you force yourself to win. So in positive words, it was sports heaven.

"Hey, Nee-chan, I'm Kin-chan! What's that on your back?" he asked.

"It's my lacrosse stick."

"What's that? Is it like tennis!?" he asked.

"No, it's a team sport and it's intense and uses a lot of focus."

"So it is like tennis!"

"No." I said as I continued to climb.

"Hey, sorry if Kin-chan's bothering you! I can push him off if you want." another guy with a kansai dialect said to me.

"Hey, Kenya, that's not nice!"

"So what's happening up there?" A Hyoutei boy asked. He was wearing a blue cap and had tape on his brow.

"Tennis. Are you excited?" I messed with him.

"N-no. Why are you going there?" he asked.

"I like this side more. It's good training for me too. What's your name? I don't recognize you."

"Shishido." He said and climbed higher. Jeez, I put an effort in trying to make a friend. Oh well, I'll figure them out more as this week progresses.

"Hey, Saitou's niece! Wanna tell us what's really up there?" the broken guy reached me.

"The best thing that happened in your tennis career." I was getting tired of the same question.

"Hey, if you guys want to know so badly what's up there, go climb and find out! Don't be asking for answers!" the Rikkai guy yelled. His voice was roaring, and he was right next to me.

"Wow, you've got some power in your voice? Your name's Sanada, right?" I asked, climbing at the same pace as him.

"Yes." He answered. Damn, this guy's emotion was as hard as a rock too. I shook my head and climbed past everybody, reaching the top before them. I saw Mifune sitting on his stump by the net of the tennis court. A ball came towards me again, but I stopped it with my lacrosse stick.

"You're here early." Mifune said with his bad breath. I threw the ball back in to the court, and stood by him.

"Is it a problem if I'm here?" I asked.

"Get out." He said.

"You're gonna have to push me off the cliff if you want me to leave." I dared him.

"I will." He growled. I laughed, knowing he wouldn't. We both watched the courts, and a guy fell over. Mifune got to his feet and walked up to him.

"Y'all pick up the balls on the ground!" he ordered. They all rushed, but didn't clean up in time. Mifune kicked the basket of balls over the cliff.

"Ey, coach, they're coming back for you." I said. Before Mifune could react, all the tennis balls that were knocked over had been returned. The cocky freshman from Seigaku appeared.

"We returned all of them, right?" he said. I sighed, knowing they were going to be challenged. This part didn't interest me too much, so I ran away in to the forest. I went to the waterfall to get a quick swim before anyone could find me. I stripped in to my bathing suit and jumped in. The water was cold and relaxing. As I was swimming, I had to think of a few things. Finding someone attractive doesn't mean I love them, right? Because, dang these boys were crazy good looking. It's as if they were drawn for perfection.


It was the first night of the camp and the boys were inside the cave.

"Are there ghosts here!?" Kin-chan shouted.

"No, go to sleep." Kenya said. Kaido trembled at the word "ghost". But soon enough, the boys fell asleep. Or so they thought. Sanada Genichirou was woken up by a sound outside. It was the sound of a tennis ball being hit on a wall. Usually, he would never oppose practice, but knowing he would have a tough morning, he knew it was best to rest his body. He got up to go find out who was practicing to ask them to practice somewhere else.

"Excuse me." He said, but he couldn't find the person. He searched around and got closer to the noise. He finally reached a stone wall, but the person practicing wasn't practicing tennis. And the person was a girl with deep, maroon hair in a ponytail and gloved hands. She was holding a long stick and catching the balls in the net that were coming towards her. It was the niece. Sanada wanted to ask her to move, but didn't know quite how to approach her. He continued to watch, and saw her smack a ball at the wall. When the ball bounced back, it was too high, and she couldn't reach it. She sighed and watched the ball roll over the cliff. She could've reached it, but Sanada saw her shoulders swelling and could tell she was at her limit. He watched Reina go to the edge and carefully climb down. Sanada thought she would be finished by now and began walking back to the cave.

"Ah! Damn!" he heard Reina yell. He turned his head, wondering what was happening. If she was at her full strength, she would be back up by now. He remembered her swollen arms, and thought that she wouldn't be able to pull herself back up with weakened muscles. He jogged to the edge of the cliff and saw Reina helplessly hanging to the edge.

"Hey, are you alright!?" Sanada yelled. She was just hanging there, and her feet weren't supported by anything.

"I'm fine." She gritted between her teeth. Sanada was surprised. He was almost sure she would ask for help.

"Then why aren't you back up yet?" Sanada said, crouching down.

"My arms are just tired, I can still get up." Reina opposed him. Sanada was a bit hesitant, but he extended his arm.

"You missed your spot and crushed your supporting rock, right?" he asked. He saw Reina exhale some anger. Now Sanada was getting irritated.

"Throw away your damn pride before you fall off this damned cliff! You've come here for a reason too, right?!" He yelled. Reina shot her head up at him. His eyes were locked solid to her. Reina clenched her jaw.

"Can I trust you on this?" she asked, scared she actually might fall. Sanada ignored her and grabbed her forearm.

"Make sure you grip my arm." He said. Reina nodded and held his arm. He pulled her up at ease and she was on her knees. She let a deep breath out. Sanada watched her relieve her stress. He didn't know why he yelled at her like that a second ago, but it eased his mind that she wasn't hurt and he didn't have to take responsibility of it.


What the hell just happened? I pretty much almost died, but Sanada came and he… saved me? I don't like phrasing it like that, but that's what he did. I wanted to thank him, but Mifune woke everybody up to have night practice, so Sanada jogged away. Something bothered me though. How did he know that I actually had a purpose of being here? He read through me as if he could see through my brain. And I hated admitting it, but I guess my pride does often get in the way. I watched everybody swing their rackets with fire in their eyes, not wanting to lose anymore. This motivated me to train them hard. I walked back to my cabin with a tired body, and began making balloons.

What did you guys think of that? I hope you enjoyed! And trust me, there will be many more adventures to come~ Please read and review!