Edit Jan.24 '12: Fixed the grammar and edited some minor stuff.
A/N: This is my first time writing a fanfic. I hope you'll like it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis.
Chapter 1: The Arcade
"Hmm…they're late." A brown-haired girl was sitting in the courtyard, waiting for her friends. She looked around and saw a blond boy sleeping between some flowers. She stared at him for a while.
"He really is a sleeping a beauty" she said to herself.
"Ah…Ayase-chan, sorry for being late. Did you wait long?"
Her friends finally arrived.
"No, not really."
"What are you looking at?" One of them asked.
They looked around and saw the sleeping boy.
"Isn't that Akutagawa-senpai?"
"Yes it's him."
"Hmm…so you were looking at senpai the whole time?"
"No, I wasn't…" Ayase blushed. "I just noticed him."
"Hmm…right."
The girls went to sit on an empty space in the courtyard.
"Ehm…Excuse me."
The girls looked around and saw a boy with a cap standing behind them.
"Shishido-senpai!" They said surprised.
"Is there something wrong?"
"Have you seen Akutagawa Jirou?"
"Ehm…he's sleeping there." One of the girls said, while pointing to the blond boy.
"Thank you"
Shishido walked towards Jirou.
Stopping mid-way he looked back to girls. One of them looked really familiar. He thought about it, while staring at that girl.
The girl noticed him staring and blushed.
"Ehm…senpai? Is there something wrong?" She asked.
Shishido realized what he did. "No, I just thought that you looked really familiar."
"Well, we go to the same school after all." She replied.
"No, I have this feeling I met you outside school."
"Really? I don't really remember about it."
"What's your name?"
"Sakurada Ayase."
"Hmm…well I guess I'll see you again, Sakurada-chan."
He continued to walk towards Jirou. Still thinking about the girl. He was sure he met her before.
"Oi Jirou, wake up."
"Uhn…Shishido? What's up?" Jirou said in a very sleepy tone.
"There's a club meeting now. So wake up."
"Okay…" Jirou stood up.
Together they went to the meeting.
The meeting didn't take that long, so after the meeting Shishido and Jirou went back to class together.
"Ah…I haven't eaten lunch yet." Jirou suddenly said.
"That's what happens when you're sleeping all the time."
"I can't help it. I get sleepy when I'm hungry."
"Then you should've eaten instead."
"Let's go somewhere to eat after school." Jirou suggested.
"Sure, I'm free anyway."
After school the two boys went to a fast-food restaurant to eat. Afterwards they decided to go to an arcade.
"Eh? How could this…" Shishido was shocked. He was looking at a screen with high-scores of a certain game.
"What's wrong?" Jirou also looked at the screen. "Wow! You're on second place! That's so cool!"
"That's not cool at all. Gekidasa Daze."
"Do you want to be first that bad?"
"It's not that. I've been number one for months now." Shishido explained.
"Eh? Number one? Sugoi!"
"Yeah, but not anymore."
Shishido didn't understand what happened. How could he suddenly be second? After all these months being number one. This just couldn't be true. Who was this person that beat him at this game? He looked at the screen again.
"A-chan?" He read out loud. "Who is this?"
"You don't know?" A person, who just happened to stand there, said. "She has been coming here a lot lately."
"She? It is a girl?" Shishido was in a bigger shock than before. Of all the people who could beat him it had to be a girl? He didn't know how to react or what to say. "A girl, huh? Gekidasa…"
Then it hit him. He remembered the girl from before. He remembered where he saw her before. It was here at the arcade. It had to be her, he thought. How could he forget?
"Shishido-senpai? Akutagawa-senpai?" A girl stood behind the two boys. "What are you two doing here?"
"We came to play some games." Jirou answered.
"Sakurada-chan…Could it be…?" Shishido started.
"What is it?" The girl looked confused at Shishido.
"Could it be that you're…'A-chan'?"
"Yeah, that's me. Why do you ask?"
Shishido pointed at the screen with high scores. The girl took a look at it.
"Ah, senpai is number two." She said.
"Yeah, I am. And whose fault do you think that is."
"Huh? What do you mean? Don't tell me you mean me."
"That's exactly what I mean."
"How rude. I can't help being better than senpai."
"How dare you…" Shishido started to get irritated. "Let's settle this."
"Just get a higher score than mine and you'll be number one again."
"I've been number one for months. Do you think just getting a higher score is enough?"
"Don't be greedy. Besides, I don't have the time to play around with you today."
"You're here already, so what's the problem?"
"I have other plans too, you know."
"Then let's decide on a date to settle things."
"Alright. This Saturday at 11."
"That's decided then."
"I'll be going then. See you in school, bye."
The girl left the place, leaving the two boys behind.
"So you're having a date this Saturday." Jirou teased Shishido.
"What are you talking about?" Shishido started to blush. "I'm just going to show her that I'm number one."
"You're going to show-off?"
"No, not like that." Shishido started to blush even more. "I just want her to know her place."
"Ah! You're blushing!"
"No, I'm not!"
Jirou enjoyed teasing Shishido, and continued this for a while.