Well, here's our first posted story! As you can see it's a Prince of Tennis RP featuring:
Alaric as Aidan Kikumaru and Koren as Natalia Echizen (yes, Koren usually ends up as the female character in the stories, for good reasons too ^-^) Anyway, here's the first chapter. Please R&R and, if we get good reviews, then we'll keep posting.
Word of warning: It is a tad odd and if you get a bit lost, that's okay.
We hope you enjoy the first part. PLEASE Review for us!
Chapter 1: First Meeting
Sighing softly, she turned back to her book, the continuous waves of nausea that came with travelling on public transport distracting her. She glanced upwards, blinking when she spotted a boy with the same coloured blonde hair and blue eyes as her standing not too far away. He was bouncing slightly on the balls of his feet, hand continuously clenching and unclenching. The train lurched and she couldn't stop her gag reflex, her hand flying to her mouth so she looked like she had just thrown up and was making sure she didn't vomit on the floor.
She frowned when she saw a paper bag thrust into view. Looking up she saw the boy that looked identical to her holding the bag with a small smile that held a hint of agitation and boredom in it. He seemed to be straining not to talk or move around too much. Clearing her throat, she looked up at him so her blue eyes met his matching ones.
"I've never thrown up on public transport before and I'm not going to do it now. I may hate and get nauseous on public transport but I hate throwing up even more." She frowned mentally as she heard the strained croak in her voice, head bowing briefly before looking up again as the bag vanished and a bottle of water came into view.
"We are now arriving at Venice Tennis Garden. Please stand away from the doors until the train has stopped completely."
She scowled at the speakers before meekly taking the water bottle still held being held out in front of her, sipping at it slowly. The train slowed and ceased movement, the doors opening. She stood, deciding not to do her usual routine of "I'm Alive!" Instead she strapped on her rollerblades and rolled toward the nearest female change room, the boy slipping from her mind. When she exited the change room, she glanced at the map briefly before skating out of the station and toward the multiple tennis courts, the water bottle still in her hand.
When she was halfway to court where her first match was taking place, she heard her name over the loud speakers.
"Natalia Echizen, please make your way to court 12 immediately if you do not show within the next five minutes, you will be defaulted." Natalia sighed loudly, speeding up and muttering under her breath
"I'm coming, I'm coming." She barely made it, just managing to arrive in time to stop the judge calling out her disqualification. The referee nodded to her and called
"One set match between Natalia Echizen and Soma Pierre. Pierre to serve." Natalia removed her rollerblades and jacket before grabbing her racket and taking her place on the court.
Pierre was grinning at her, leering as he bounced the ball.
"What's a midget like you doing in the World Tour Junior Championships? You got no hope girly so quit now." Natalia stayed silent, blue eyes calm and cold. Pierre shrugged before serving with a fast shot. He laughed yelling
"Try returning that girl! My Rally Serve!" Natalia's eyes tracked the ball before she suddenly moved, returning it easily muttering
"Too slow. This will be over in four more rallies." Pierre scowled, brushing her words off. Four rallies later the referee called
"15 love. Echizen lead." Pierre glared at Natalia who smirked while thinking I guessed right, what luck!
Seven minutes later the referee called
"Game, set and match to Echizen. Six games to love! Echizen moves to the semi finals."
Natalia smirked, packing her stuff away. She looked up when Pierre tapped her shoulder saying
"Good game Echizen." She blinked blankly at him before reaching up and pulling two wireless headphones form her ears and an IPod from her pocket. Pressing the pause button she asked
"What'd you say? I couldn't hear you sorry." Pierre stared at her before repeating his words a bit slower this time. She smirked and shook his hand before turning back to her bag. Stuffing her skates into her bag, she set off to grab a drink and head to the next court to await her semi-finals competitor.
Natalia yawned, stretched out on the grassy hill with her head on her bag. She smirked, closing her eyes before wincing as something shifted in her bag and became an uncomfortable lump under her head. Grumbling mentally, she reached into her bag and pulled out the offending item before blinking at the water bottle in her hand.
"I took his water bottle…oops." She chuckled lightly, putting it next to her and lying back down, awaiting her name to be called for the next match.
"First match of the semi-finals: Natalia Echizen versus Ryutaro Oshima. Both players to the court."
Natalia cracked open an eye, stretching before standing. She walked sleepily toward the court, trying to keep her eyes open. She stumbled onto the court, racket held loosely in her hand. Her opponent was opposite her; wide awake and dead serious looking. She rubbed her eyes mumbling
"Have you never smiled in your life? Geez, you got permanent frown lines on your forehead at your age. I hate to see how deep your wrinkles are when you're eighty." Ryutaro scowled deeper as the referee entered the court, taking his seat and calling
"One set match between Echizen and Oshima. Echizen serve." Natalia smirked at him before flinging the ball into the air and sending it flying across the court for the ref to call
"Fifteen love." She bounced the ball, serving again with the same fast serve. This time Oshima returned it.
Five games down and fourteen rallies into the final game, Natalia grumbled as she muttered
"This'll go on forever if I don't end it. Alrighty, it's time to mess with his head." She smiled wider, face growing scary as she hit the ball differently than before. Oshima smirked at the easy shot before his eyes flew wide. Suddenly he cried out, ducking as the ball passed right over his head. He blinked, staring at the ball before back at her as the referee called out
"Thirty fifteen. Echizen lead." Oshima picked up the ball, staring at her. Natalia smirked, waiting for the ball. Oshima served and kept his eyes locked on the ball as she returned it. Once again his eyes flew wide but he didn't duck. In his eyes, a bat was flying toward him at high speed, fangs bared and screeching loudly. The closer the ball got, the more frozen he got. And when the ball was within returning range, he couldn't move. He froze up and only snapped out of it as the referee called
Forty-fifteen. Match point."
Oshima took a deep breath as he served the ball, his body already tensing in the expectation of a bat coming back at him. As soon as Natalia hit the ball back to him, all he could hear was the evil cackle of a witch. His eyes widened at the sight of the witches head flying toward his head. Much to Natalia's amusement, Oshima screamed and ran from the court, forgetting his bag. The only thing left on the court, was his racket. The referee watched him go before saying slowly
"Oshima forfeits the match. Echizen wins by default." Natalia chuckled, packing up her stuff before heading back to her hill to await the final competitor.
"One more match and I win the Junior World Tour Championships. I've won already."
She barely closed her eyes before she heard her name on the speakers, calling for the finals to begin. She sighed, getting up as she said to herself
"That was quick match between the other two semi-finalists. Well, let's get this over with." She entered the court, took out her racket, put her headphones in and then took her position. When nothing happened she looked over the other side of the net and blinked, finding the court empty. She cocked her head before looking at the referee asking
"Where's my opponent?" He looked around in confusion before calling again.
"Aidan Kikumaru to Court 3 for the Finals match." Natalia relaxed, trying to remember why the last name sounded familiar. Natalia glanced around the empty courts, only the cheerers remained and were looking around for this Aidan person.
"Wait! I'm here! Sorry I'm late!"
Natalia turned as a boy raced into the court, cap hiding his face from view. The ref talked to him for a bit before the boy nodded, racing to the bench to put his things down. Natalia watched as he took off his jacket and cap before pulling out a navy racket form his back. Slowly she blinked as he turned and mumbled
"No way…it's him…my look-a-like" The boy smiled as he took his spot at the base line opposite her, his eyes bright and smile wide. He looked at her before his smile widened, if that was possible. Suddenly he waved madly at her yelling
"Hey, you're the girl from the train! I'm Aidan, nice to meet you Nat!" She just waved back as she thought damn that's a lot of energy. The referee cleared his throat before calling
"One set match between Echizen and Kikumaru. Echizen to serve." Aidan looked a bit confused at the name and looked at the ref, opening his mouth to ask a question only to have the ref say
"Fifteen love."
Aidan turned back yelling
"You sneaky brat." Natalia just smirked, bouncing the next ball. Instead of getting flustered like most opponents get after having a point taken from them, he just smiled, bouncing on the balls of his feet. Natalia served and Aidan returned before racing to the net as she returned it. She watched as he somersaulted backwards and jumped high to send a smash back her way.
"Fifteen all." She looked at Aidan and smirked. He grinned back, walking back to the base line with a large bounce in his step. As their match continued, neither noticed the sky darkening rapidly above, the court lights coming on. Thunder rumbled in the distance as the ref yelled
"Game Echizen; Five games all." Aidan was panting heavily by now while Natalia was breathing deeper than normal. He doesn't have much in stamina obviously. Four more points til victory. Illusion Stamp time. She breathed out and tossed the ball before sending it flying across the court. Aidan's eyes went wide as the witches face flew right at him, cackling evilly. He managed to get out
"What the hell was that?" as the ref called
"Fifteen love." Natalia smirked, serving again. Aidan stared at the bat that flew toward him. He blinked before he laughed saying
"I hate bats!" He leaped across the court and slammed his racket into the bat's face, the illusion dropping as the ball flew back across the court and landed right on the base line.
"Fifteen all."
Aidan was laughing under his panting, his smile never once leaving his face. Natalia glanced at where the ball had landed as she pulled another from her pocket saying
"You really don't like bats do you?" Aidan shook his head, bouncing on the spot. Natalia immediately recognised the split step manoeuvre. She smirked and leaped upwards, sending a fast kick serve in his direction.
Aidan blinked and then grinned, jumping up and backwards so he could return the serve. Natalia smirked as she hit the ball back thinking Illusion Multiplication. Aidan stared as the bat flew at him before multiplying. He blinked and chuckled saying
"I really hate bats. I really, really do. Stupid bats!" This time it was Natalia who blinked as Aidan seemed to double, both of him racing around the court hitting every single bat image until the ball was sent flying back onto her side.
"Thirty fifteen, Kikumaru lead." Natalia looked at the court and rubbed her eyes, noting there was only one Aidan who was laughing his head off despite having laboured breath and a sweat drenched shirt. His stamina limits had been breached. Natalia grinned as she bounced the ball as she asked
"So, you loathe bats but what do you think about cats?" Aidan looked absolutely lost until Natalia served, the ball flying toward him appearing as a kitten.
He cried out and dodged the ball, the ref calling
"Thirty all." Aidan actually pouted at Natalia saying
"That's cruel. How can anyone hit a cat in the face?" She shrugged, bouncing the ball. She threw the ball up just as a bolt of lightning flashed through the sky and it started to pelt down. The referee raced for cover and yelled
"Match cancelled! It's a tie! You both win!" And then he was gone, leaving both players in the downpour in surprise. They looked at each other, Natalia at the base line and Aidan at the net before both burst out laughing. Aidan turned his head to the sky and yelled out in delight before racing to grab his stuff form the seats. Natalia grabbed her own stuff and both players ran from the courts into the sheltered eating area.
Aidan shook his head and then his body, reminding Natalia of a cat who had just got caught in the rain. She smirked and retrieved some towels from the storage cupboard, chucking one at Aidan's head. It landed right over his face since he turned. She heard his laugh before he thanked her in a muffled voice. She grabbed his water bottle and also threw that at his head. This time though, he reached up and caught it before pulling the towel from his head. He grinned at her and, as he opened his eyes, she noticed the haze that clouded his eyes but couldn't mask the natural brightness of them. She frowned lightly before asking as he dried his hair
"Are you blind Aidan?" Aidan stopped his movements and peered out at her, smile still in place as he replied with a question
"Are you partially deaf Nat?" Natalia smirked back as both nodded in unison. Aidan chuckled and said
"I've got progressive blindness so it comes and goes." Natalia glanced at him, hiding a smirk as she replied
"I thought progressive blindness was only found with dogs and cats." She cracked up laughing as he blushed deeply yelling
"Oh shut it!" Then he too burst out laughing.
When the storm eased up, the two walked to the train station and caught the next train into town. Aidan was bouncing on his feet again as he looked out the window while Natalia looked ill on the seat beside him.
"Hey Nat, where are you heading now the World Tour is over?" Natalia looked at him, hand to mouth. He smiled at her, handing her the water bottle again. She sipped at it before replying
"Home. School starts in three days." Aidan blinked and muttered
"It does too. I should head home soon as well but I got things to do first." The two exited the train when it pulled up in town before walking the rest of the way to the centre square. Natalia pointed to the right and said
"My hotels down there and then I'll head off." Aidan nodded; all smiles as he held his hand out.
"It was so much fun to play against you Nat. Good luck with the future." Natalia smirked and shook his hand saying
"You too. See you round." Aidan nodded before racing off to the left, waving the entire way. Natalia sighed and headed to her hotel. There she grabbed her pre-packed bag and headed to the airport to take the first flight back to Japan.
Natalia sighed as she walked through the airport; no one had come to collect her since she hadn't informed them she was coming home today. Last she had heard, her brother was off in America and his tennis team at Seishun Gakuen had made their way to the Nationals. She waved down a taxi and hoped in, giving them her home address before zoning out, gazing absent-mindly out the window.
As the cab pulled up ay her house, she was grateful that her family had sent her a set of keys. Letting herself in, she noticed the fine layer of dust on almost everything. She smiled softly, putting her stuff in her room and picking up the duster. Before getting to work, she grabbed her Akeboshi CD and put it on, the volume way up.
The sunlight burnt the air around my window pane,
In broken dreams I feel the fear of night again,
I'm lost without a place without a home or womb,
Its empty objects now that hold me in this room.
She said she read my eyes and danced me to the floor,
But in her shadow stood the devil at the door,
The smile that hid her life was thin and straining fast,
Her carefree movements masked the truths within her past
Just close your eyes and see what you can see
Just close your eyes and see what you can see
The sunlight burnt the air around my window pane,
In broken dreams I feel the fear of night again,
And God he clicks his tongue in a moment of silence
This tearless story unfolds while her tears roll down
Just close your eyes and see what you can see
Just close your eyes and see what you can see
Just close your eyes and see what you can see
Just close your eyes and see what you can be
Natalia dusted as she sung to the words under her breath, not noticing the door open and her mother and cousin walk in, watching her with smiles. She stopped when she spotted them, smiling back as her mother, Rinko, gave her a hug saying
"Welcome home Natalia."
All three sat on the lounges and Natalia told them about her trip around the world, not leaving a detail out. Their smiles never dropped, her mother's face lighting up when she mentioned the fact she made it to the finals and then both laughed when she explained how the finals had ended with two winners rather than one. Natalia smirked; relaxing into the couch as her mind drifted back to the ever-smiling boy she had played in Venice. She chuckled to herself and thought I wonder how he's doing anyway…
-In Venice-
Aidan grinned widely at the view, blue eyes rapidly flying back and forth as he took in the sights from the tallest building in Venice. He was currently at the top of the St Mark's Campanile, a bell tower standing at 323 feet. He leaned forward, hand shielding his eyes from the sun as he peered down at the Bridge of Sighs he had passed under earlier. Suddenly his phone rang out, shocking him enough he almost fell from the railing.
Regaining his balance he grabbed his phone from his back pocket and flipped it open.
"Aidan here!" He pulled his phone from his ear as he listened to his eldest sister at the other end, questioning and getting generally cranky because he hadn't contacted them since he had left months ago. He grinned sheepishly to himself and said
"Calm down onee-chan! I'm fine really. I'm sight-seeing…Yeah I know school starts soon…day after tomorrow! Serious?" He winced as his sister yelled at him again for being forgetful. He sighed and then said
"Alright. I'll catch the first flight home tonight. Promise….yes I'll let you know what time I'll be in…yes…yes…alright, I shall see you later! Bye Onee-chan!" He hung up quickly before she could berate him again.
"Day after tomorrow huh? Damn that was fast…" He glanced at his watch and then smiled.
"It's only two…I got plenty of time. More sight-seeing!" He raced from the bell tower and headed deeper into Venice, following the canals until he arrived at Ca' d'Oro, the Golden House. He toured that, eyes lit up in delight at the spectacular displays.
Soon enough he yawned widely, glancing blearily at his watch again before his eyes flew wide when he noticed his watch now showed 5:12pm. Heads turned as he screamed
"Oh shit! The next plane is at 5.45! I'll be in so much trouble if I miss that flight!" He sped off; thankful for all the training he had in tennis. He dropped by his hotel and grabbed his stuff, throwing everything in recklessly before running to the station, hoping form one foot to the other as the train drew up slowly. He kept bouncing as he rang the airport and managed to get the last seat available for the flight after some negotiating just as the train drew up at the airport station.
He raced up to the terminal, paying for his ticket and dropping his bags off before running to the flight gate as they did a final call for passengers. Breathless now, he showed them his ticket and took his seat on the plane. He collapsed there, sending a quick text to his family before letting out a relieved sigh. His eyelids dropped as the plane started to take off. The last thing he heard before he slipped into unconsciousness was,
"This is the Qatar Airways flight QR802 bound for Japan, Tokyo. Please fasten your seatbelts as we prepare for takeoff. Estimated time of arrival is 1:25pm tomorrow."
There you have it; first chapter of first story up. Yes Aidan acts like an idiot a lot fo the time…since he's kinda based off Alaric, it's no wonder he's a moron. Alaric: Koren! That's not very nice! I'm not an idiot…just happy-go-lucky! Koren: You're an idiot. Everyone knows it so stop arguing. Alaric: But…! Koren: Discussion over. *Alaric: grumble, curls up in corner and pouts)
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