Summary:

Echizen Ryoma was born a prodigy in tennis, much more one than anyone could believe. However, he's completely lost interest competing in the sport due to boredom of not finding a worthy opponent. Now he just creates new skills occasionally, extending his own limits without competing. What can the Seigaku regulars do to entice him back to the sport?

AN: Shouldn't really start a new story, but I'm temporarily out of commission for my other stories, and quite busy (final year in college), so this is just on a whim.

Disclaimer: Don't own PoT.

Prologue:

The first time the game ended seven games to six, Echizen Nanjiro was caught between pride that his son, his protégé, had beaten him, and feeling disbelief, that his not-even-ten-year-old son had done so. He was almost convinced that it was a fluke or a lucky break, if the next game had not ended six games to five. When their third game ended six games to four, in Ryoma's favor, he was fully convinced that Ryoma had far exceeded his expectations and his determination grew to find his ten-year-old son a worthy opponent.

For that reason, the family of three, Echizen Nanjiro, Echizen Rinko, and their prodigious son, Echizen Ryoma, left their idyllic countryside home with orange orchard attached and went to New York City. There, Ryoma was entered into various competitions, and initially, because he had never really played anyone besides Nanjiro, Ryoma was excited to find what could possibly be a new opponent; he thought his dad was just weak. However, as he won championship trophies, one after another, his excitement for competing in tennis dulled, until eventually Ryoma simply played in competitions because his parents asked him to. The only interest he had in tennis left lay in brainstorming new skills, and extending his own boundaries.

Nanjiro and Rinko, more Nanjiro really, grew increasingly concerned about the lack of interest that could be seen in Ryoma's competitive tennis, until Nanjiro came up with a wonderful idea. He will send Ryoma to Japan, so the one person who taught Nanjiro about the fun in playing tennis competitively, Ryuzaki Sumire, could hopefully bring Ryoma back into the competitive tennis scene.

Please review. I will be continuing this story based on the reviews I get, so if you want this story to continue, please add comments.

I also welcome any suggestions of the skills that Ryoma will be creating.

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