Disclaimer: I don't own Prince of tennis, this and its characters are owned by Konomi Takeshi.
I speak spanish so, this is new for me, enjoy it! (And please Correct me, it'll be very helpful)
DEUCE! Two Points for Love
Chapter 1: Meeting.
Spring, a young girl with crimson eyes and brown hair was sitting before the mirror preparing herself for the first day of class of the year. While she was doing her braids, a lot of thoughts roamed her mind robbing her peace. "It's been two years" she thought. "I wonder how he looks like now... probably handsome like always" She smiled sadly. A clock rang on the first floor reminding the girl that it was time to leave. "Damn it! I have to go now or I'll be late" She took her bag and went downstairs as fast as she could, she opened the door and stepped out of the house.
"Sakuno!" her mom called her with an angry voice "Will you leave without taking your breakfast?"
"Sorry mom, don't have enough time" then the young lady started to run.
"Oh god, why you made my girl like this?" Her mother sighed with frustration.
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Meanwhile in the international airport of New York, a guy with dark green hair and amber eyes was buying his favorite soda while he waited for his flight, then a guy that looked like an older version of him appeared in front of him.
"So, Chibisuke, do you really want to go back to japan?" The older guy questioned him. The boy looked him with disdain.
"... Yeah" He merely responded.
"What is it, Chibisuke? You don't have a good reason for that... Or maybe... do you have a girlfriend in japan?" He questioned excited.
"... Not really" an incomprehensible expression crossed his face.
"Oh..." He was about to question something else when a message announcing the flight cut him off.
"I have to go, see you later, Ryoga" the boy waved his hand and walked to the boarding area.
"Yeah..." Ryoga grinned "Chibisuke, you really have grown a lot, huh?" He thought with a kind of pride.
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"Hey! Sakuno!" A brown haired girl with pigtails called the crimson eyed girl. Sakuno turned to her with a shocked look.
"Tomo-chan, you gave me a fright" The girl said.
"Sorry. Say Sakuno, did you hear the big news?" She looked very excited.
"No, what?" the crimson eyed girl responded.
"The prince Ryoma returns to japan!" She shouted with excitement.
"Eh?" Sakuno looked her with a big shocked expression.
"Uhm? Is something wrong? You don't look… happy" Tomo-chan stared at her waiting for an answer.
"It's not like that... It's just, I..." Suddenly Sakuno's grandmother appeared to cut her off.
"Sakuno" the old woman waved her hand as a greet to Tomo-chan and her "Do you have a moment?"
"Sure" The crimson eyed girl answered.
"I think you already know that Ryoma will return to Japan, don't you?" Sakuno nodded "Right. Then, can I ask you a favor?" She nodded again hesitantly "I promised his mom that I will go to pick him up, but now, I'm too busy for that. I tried to call her and Nanjirou but none of them replied me. Probably, she is with her niece right now, and Nanjirou, that lazy man doesn't care a thing about his son! So, please Sakuno, can you go to pick him up?" The old woman smiled ashamed.
"W-What?" Sakuno cried out "N-No way, grandma, Why me?" She complained.
"Because you are a close friend of him" She answered.
"But-!" The bell for class change sounded.
"Oh my, I have to go" The old woman left leaving the girl in mid-sentence.
"Sakuno, what did your grandma tell you?" The girl with the pigtails questioned.
"N-Nothing important" She answered nervously. Sakuno preferred to keep that as a secret for her friend; knowing how the girl could react, it was a wise decision.
"Nothing, uh?" Tomo-chan looked her with suspicion.
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A few minutes before the school day ended, the crimson eyed girl received a message of her grandmother with the place and time of the flight arrival. Sakuno saw the message and sigh in frustration "Why? Why me?" She lamented in her thoughts "It's not like I hate Ryoma-kun or something, I like him and he… he already knows that… Damn! How did I do such a thing?" She punished herself while she remembered that moment.
Flash Back
She was a 14 years old girl, for some reason her grandmother has sent her to the U-17 as a viewer and her rep. She was walking around the city totally lost when she saw a familiar guy approaching to her, Echizen Ryoma, or 'Ryoma-kun' for her. He looked at her with a confused expression for a long time and then he finally spoke "What are you doing here, Ryuzaki?" Ryoma was wearing an American's rep uniform.
"So, It's true" She whispered ignoring his question but the amber eyed guy listened her.
"Yeah... sorry, your fortune slip didn't work like you wanted" He shifted his gaze "So, what are you doing here?" He repeated the question.
"Oh, my grandma sent me as her representative, and now I'm looking for the place where Japan reps are staying, but I think I'm a little... lost."
"Hmm… Follow me, I take you there". He said. Sakuno's eyes glowed before his words.
"Really?" He nodded slightly. "Thank you, Ryoma-kun" She happily said. That really was an unusual event coming from him. Since a time ago, he was strangely acting more 'warm' with her. "Maybe something is changing in my favor" She thought, then she shocked her head and started to follow the guy who was a few meters ahead.
The two walked in silence until they arrived to the hotel where Japan reps were staying. Ryoma and Sakuno stopped at the door of the hotel and stayed in silence for a few seconds. Then, Sakuno started to talk.
"Thanks for bringing me here, Ryoma-kun" she made a bow in gratitude.
"It's ok" He merely responded.
"Ryoma-kun" she said shyly "I'll be supporting you no matter if you are an American rep" she felt her face was flushed.
"Uh? Why?" Ryoma questioned with a confused expression "you can think of me as your enemy now, then, why?"
"Why? Uhm… well…" She lowered her head "I think it's because… you are a great tennis player, that's it" She lied.
"Hmmm… so it's like that" She raised her head to see him, he was seeing to the street in silence while he opened and drank a Ponta. That made Sakuno smile, that little scene reminded her a lot of things and moments she has lived with him; no, he wasn't just a great tennis player for her, that was a lie from the beginning, because he was the boy she liked too.
"Ryoma-kun" She called him, he looked at her expressionless "You know… there is another reason for me to support you" Sakuno was blushed "Ryoma-kun… I… like you" she whispered and immediately lowered her head again. The amber eyed guy stayed in silence and gave a step closer to her, Sakuno's heart began to beat fast, she was too nervous she couldn't raise her head.
"Ryuzaki…"he said, suddenly a red haired guy appeared between them cutting him off.
"Koshimae! Onigiri-chan!" Ryoma gave him a cold gaze, that guy always appeared at the worst time.
"Uh? You are…" Sakuno said.
"Tooyama Kintarou from Shitenhouji, don't you remember me, Onigiri-chan?" She shook her head "We met in the national tournament" An image of Kintarou falling from a tree and eating her rice balls came to her.
"Oh! So you are that guy" She said "If you are here, that means you are a japan rep, right?" He nodded "Congratulations Tooyama-kun, it had to be hard".
"Thanks, it was" he gave her a big smile "By the way, what are you doing here, Koshimae?" Kintarou questioned "Did you come for a match?"
"No, I didn't" He answered with disdain "I just was bringing her here"
"Uhm, I see" Kintarou said a little disappointed "So, Onigiri-chan" he turned to the girl "Do you know how to make Takoyaki?"
"Well… yeah…" she answered doubtful.
"Can you make one for me? Please?" He made a puppy face. Sakuno smiled sweetly.
"Okay, but you have to win the next match" Sakuno responded.
"Right!" He took her hand "Count with it, Onigiri-chan" He looked really happy. Sakuno blushed slightly because his action.
"Tsk. What a waste of time" Ryoma suddenly said "I go now" he started to walk.
"Ryoma-kun?" the crimson eyed girl saw him leave without saying anything else. Just then she remembered that a few minutes ago she had confessed her love to the Echizen.
End of Flashback.
"He never gave me an answer" She thought back in her present "I mean, I don't see him since that day… I just expect he already forgot that" She sighed.
The bell rang, Sakuno took her bag and left the school as slow as she could, she didn't feel good, she was walking on air but not in a good way; what if he remembered everything? What if he told her he didn't like her? Sakuno felt uneasy but the only way she could get an answer for her questions was meeting their reason for, Ryoma.
The crimson eyed girl walked home while she saw the cherry blossoms trying to not think about the other things. She arrived home, went upstairs to change her clothes and take her wallet with her "According to grandma he arrives in 1 hour, I better hurry up" She left again and walked to the train station to take one to the airport and met Ryoma there… But then, the clumsy girl took the wrong one.
"What? Where am I?" She though when she saw the signboard with the name of the station "Oh no, this can't be… Did I take the wrong train?" She though aloud "God…" she complained.
"Uh? It's really you" A voice behind her said, she turned to the person who talked her with astonishment "Long time no see you" The guy in front her smiled softly.
"Y-You are…" Sakuno stammered.