This is my first Prince of Tennis fic. Sorry for any OOC or grammar mistakes. Constructive criticism is welcome, bashing is not. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN PRINCE OF TENNIS. I ONLY OWN RIE AND ANY OTHER OC THAT SHOWS UP.

Rie impatiently tapped her foot, adjusting her light blue beanie. She sighed and looked down at her watch. "It's already 3:00pm! Where the hell is he?" she muttered under her breath.

"Rie!" The girl immediately whipped her head; a man wearing black robes was coming towards her.

She sighed. "Took you long enough! I've been waiting here forever."

"Sorry, but you should've told us you booked an earlier flight. We thought you were coming back a week later." he explained.

She shrugged. "America just wasn't working for me, I prefer Japan."

"Well, whatever the reason it's nice to have you back. But you know I don't think your mom is going to like the new hair."

Rie held out a strand of her auburn hair. "Really I thought it looked pretty good. I mean I did decide to permanently dye it."

Nanjiro's eyes widened. "You're not serious are you?"

"Who knows… Anyways we should hurry up or mom might start getting worried."

"Yeah." he responded as the two walked out of the airport. 'This girl, still doing whatever she wants.'

The car ride was quiet with an awkward tension in the air. Thankfully, it soon came to a stop in front of the Echizen residence. Rie walked out of the car, taking in the view. The house was simple, yet elegant in a kind of cozy way. Nanjiro tossed her the key as he removed the luggage from the trunk. She walked to the front door, searching for the correct key.

Clink!

She turned the knob, revealing Ryoma being scolded by Rinko. Rinko turned her head towards Rie.

"Rie!" she ran over to the girl pulling her into a tight embrace. "How have you been?"

"Okay, I guess. I'm just glad to be back in Japan."

"It's nice to finally have you back." she smiled.

Rie pulled herself out of the hug, looking over at Ryoma. "Hey." she greeted.

He grumbled back in reply. Just as Rie was making her way up the stairs the sight of his bandaged eye came to view. "What the hell, happened to your eye?"

"Tennis match." he murmured.

"Seriously?" she mentally face-palmed. 'I swear nothing goes though his head other than tennis.'

Rinko sighed. "Just make sure your eye doesn't get infected and try to be more careful. "Also Rie!"

Rie slightly jumped. "Um…yes?"

"I know you just came home, but what did you do to your hair?"

'Damn just when I thought she wouldn't say anything.' "Nothing I just dyed it, everyone does it."

"Even if everyone does it, doesn't mean you have to. And do you know how bad it is dying your hair at such a young age?"

Rie rolled her eyes. "Yeah, fine I get it. Can I just go upstairs and unpack now?"

Rinko sighed. "Fine, go ahead."

She ran up the stairs to her room, examining every detail. 'Everything looks about right.' Rie wiped her finger against the dresser and checked under the bed. 'It's spotless; I guess mom made sure everything was clean while I was away.'

She flopped onto her bed, embracing the softness. "Ah, I missed my bed!" She pulled the suitcase onto the bed and emptied everything out of it. An hour or so later Rie headed downstairs for dinner. While eating she talked about her time in America.

"America isn't as fun as it sounds. I missed speaking Japanese, especially since everyone I met didn't understand what I was saying."

Nanjiro laughed. "You sound like you don't know how to speak English."

"Japanese just comes to me more easily. Sometimes I would start off a sentence in English and then change into Japanese mid-sentence without realizing."

They all laughed. Everyone exchanged comments eventually jumping over to the topic on school.

"You'll be attending Seishun Gakuen with Ryoma." Rinko announced.

"Really? Do I start tomorrow?"

"Yeah, we called the school. They don't have a problem with you starting a week earlier."

Rie grimaced. "Why?"

Nanjiro smiled. "You know it helps being an alumnus from the school."

"So you basically bribed my way in?" she asked skeptically.

He feigned shock. "Of course not, what do you take me for?"

Rie ignored the comment turning towards Ryoma. "How is the school?"

He shrugged his shoulders. "Pretty good."

Rie stared at him blandly. "You know Ryoma that was a really helpful answer." she said, her tone filled with sarcasm.

"They have a pretty good tennis team." Nanjiro interrupted. "You guys won your match today didn't you?" he asked Ryoma.

He nodded in reply. Rie sighed. "That's nice and all, but I don't play tennis."

Everyone whipped their head towards her, giving her a strange look. "Um…do you mind?" she replied uncomfortably. "Look it doesn't matter; I never took the game seriously anyway."

"So what have you been doing for the past 4 months?" Ryoma asked.

"Okay, I may not have been playing tennis, but I did meet new people and learn new things."

Nanjiro suddenly spoke up. "Rie, the reason we agreed to let you go to America was for tennis practice."

Rie threw him an annoyed look. "Actually I never said I was going for tennis, didn't you make that assumption on your own? Besides I didn't even want to live here, but because you were all coming back from America I was forced to!"

Everyone looked up at her surprised. She rolled her eyes, rising up from her seat. "Excuse me. If you need me I'll be in my room." Rie marched up the stairs, slamming the bedroom door shut.

Nanjiro looked over at Rinko. "You know, we really shouldn't have let her go to America."

"I though she would've gotten used to the idea of living as a family by now." replied Rinko. "She must really miss living with mom. She ended up quitting tennis too."

"Although I think it was stupid of her to quit tennis if she's happy with what she's doing let her be." Nanjiro responded.

"Yeah, but I wonder why she stopped playing. She never tells us anything…"

Meanwhile upstairs Rie had flopped onto the bed and was throwing a fit. 'This is so stupid! Why'd I even come back? Better yet why'd I want to come back? Ugh, I must be some sort of an idiot.'

She glanced over at the blinking red numbers on the clock, it was already getting late. She sighed and got up, 'I should just go to sleep, probably make me feel better.'

The next morning she woke up to the irritating buzzing sound of her alarm. Rie managed to drag herself to the bathroom and get changed for school, throwing on a hoodie and skinny jeans. She headed downstairs and took a seat at the table.

"Morning." she mumbled.

"Morning." Nanjiro replied.

"Hey mom, when do I get my uniform?" she asked curiously.

Rinko turned to the table, putting down a bowl of rice in front of Rie. "You'll probably get it today during school."

"Okay. You guys already filled out all the paperwork right?"

"Yeah."

"Morning." Ryoma mumbled sleepily as he walked downstairs.

They all sat down and ate. Ryoma and Rie got up, washed their plates and departed for school. The two walked in silence until Momoshiro came up from behind on his bike.

"Yo Echizen!" he called out.

They both turned their heads, surprising him.

"Hey, who's this?" Momo questioned, staring at Rie.

"My sister." he replied.

"Wait, you have a sister Echizen?" he asked shocked.

Rie scoffed. "Thanks for telling them nothing about me." She switched her gaze to Momo, "Echizen Rie, nice to meet you."

"I'm Momoshiro, but you can just call me Momo."

"Likewise, just call me Rie."

The conversation continued until they went their separate ways. Upon entering the school Rie wandered the halls in search of the office. She continued walking until a door flew open causing her to fall flat on the ground. A girl with long brown braids walked out, noticing her.

"Oh! I'm sorry, are you okay?" she asked.

Rie rubbed her lower back before attempting to get up. The girl offered a hand, giving her instructions to the office. "Go straight and you'll see it."

"Thanks." she said. After further wandering she got irritated. 'Where the hell is the office? Didn't that girl say it was straight ahead, unless she gave me the wrong directions. That little…'

Suddenly she heard a beautiful, light melody being played. Rie followed the sound, stopping in front of a closed door. She stealthily slid the door open, peering through the small crack. A slightly older girl sat on the bench immersed in the piece. Rie watched from the sidelines right to the end, walking into the room afterwards.

"Eh?" the older girl looked up from the piano. "Were you there the whole time?"

Rie shook her head. "Nope, I came in during the middle, but that was amazing. Fur Elise right?"

The older girl nodded her head. "Yeah, do you play?"

"Nah, I just listen to music a lot. Anyways do you know where the office is?"

"The office? It's on the other side of the building."

"Are you freaking kidding me?" Rie screamed. "Can you show me the way?"

The girl nodded and led the way. This time Rie easily found the classroom, marching right in.

The teacher stared at her strangely. "Are you the new student?"

"Yeah, sorry I'm late. I got lost on my way to the office because some girl gave me the wrong directions."

"It's okay. Class! We have a new student with us today. Do your best to make her feel comfortable alright?"

Choruses of affirmative responses were heard. And the teacher continued, "Please introduce yourself."

She nodded. "My name's Echizen Rie, but I prefer Rie."

Small whispers were heard throughout the class. But the teacher quieted them down. "Echizen? Are you related to the other Echizen?"

"Yeah we're twins." she responded.

"Okay, take the seat next to Echizen."

Rie tried her best not to laugh. As she took the seat next to her brother she patted him on the shoulder. "Yo brother! Guess we're together again." she whispered to him in English.

"Aren't we always?" he retorted also in English

"True, but now we get to harass each other in class." she winked.

He smirked back. "You've still got a ways to go."

She rolled her eyes before looking up at the board. Hours passed with Rie bored out of her mind. 'What time is lunch?'

She looked down her watch. There were only a few more seconds until 12. The numbers changed and the teacher finally walked out of the classroom. Rie let out a breath, turning to Ryoma.

"Hey, do you buy lunch at the cafeteria?" she asked.

He simply nodded and left the room. 'Did he seriously not understand, that meant show me the freaking way?' She gave an irritated look and stood up. Right at that second she felt a small tug on her sleeve.

A perky girl with two brown pigtails smiled up at her. Rie threw a venomous look, but remained composed. "Do you need something?"

"Why don't you come eat lunch with us?" she offered.

Rie held back the urge to scoff. "If you didn't notice I don't have any food to eat."

She continued smiling. "We could share some lunch with you."

"Fine."

They walked over to the three desks put together in a triangular shape. The girl with pigtails introduced herself. "I'm Tomoka. And this is Sakuno" she pointed to her friend with braided hair.

Rie stared at Sakuno before saying, "You're the one who gave me the wrong directions."

Sakuno's cheeks blushed a dark shade of red. "I-I'm sorry, I didn't mean to!" she said, stumbling over her words.

"Whatever." Rie coolly replied. "So why exactly did you invite me to eat with you?"

Tomoka spoke up, "We just wanted to get to know you."

"More like you wanted to know more about Ryoma." she murmured.

"Did you say something?" Tomoka asked.

"Nope, nothing at all." Rie smiled with an innocent look.

"Okay, well I was just wondering… How close are you and Ryoma-kun?"

Rie deadpanned. "Are you kidding me? Seriously, I just knew it." she scoffed. "Let me tell you something if you really want to know go talk to Ryoma." she shouted, standing up from her seat.

Rie huffed out of the room to the school's courtyard. She found a nice, shady spot underneath a tree and sat down. "Fan girls, I swear they're going to take over the world some day!"

Once back in the classroom, Tomoka noticed Rie and gave an angry look. It bounced off her as she went back to her seat. The day quickly ended as Ryoma and Rie got up to leave.

"Do you have tennis practice today?" she asked.

"I have practice everyday." he replied.

She nodded. "Okay well I'll see you at home." she waved and walked out the building. Just as she was exiting the gate, a hand grabbed her from behind.

"What the he-"

She was cut off as a hand was slapped over her mouth. The offender led Rie to the back of the schoolyard. She mentally cursed, getting ready to attack. Suddenly she felt their grip loosen on her. Confused she tried to get away, but her hands were now bound with rope.

'Damn it!' she cursed. The offender quickly blindfolded her and taped her mouth, dragging her away.