Yay! My first PoT fic XD. This is actually a challenge for me since I'll put Kin-chan here. I think he's cute and cool that's why I'm afraid I might write him OOC. But I'll try my best not to :)
Everything will start the moment Echizen meets Kin-chan before facing Shitenhouji. I really don't remember the exact happening so I edited it slightly. Well here goes…
Disclaimer: I don't own Prince of Tennis :(
Chapter 1: Onigiri
"U-Um Ryoma-kun…" Sakuno called.
"Hm? What is it Ryuuzaki?"
"I-I made some Onigiri f-for you… w-would you try i-it?" She presented Echizen some rice ball. He tasted it. "H-How is it?"
"Wasn't it hard to make it taste bad?" He frankly said making Sakuno look sad. Unknown to the both of them, some senpai were eavesdropping.
"Idiot ochibi!" Kikumaru nearly shouted. "Geez, he's not nice."
"Probability to start a love relationship, 0%." Inui stated.
"U-Um…" Sakuno continued. "I-I made another one. It's a tennis riceball."
"Hm…" was the word Ryoma could say.
"I smell something tasty." Someone said and fell from a tree startling Sakuno. A boy caught the onigiri before it could fall from the ground. "Oops. My leg slipped! I was close dropping this tasty thing." He smiled widely.
"T-Thanks. You caught it." Sakuno smiled and released a sigh of relief.
The boy smiled and looked around; he saw Ryoma. "Ah! Koshimae!"
Ryoma haven't even responded yet when someone yelled. "Ah! A thief!"
A thief with wearing skaters passed through them making the boy drop the onigiri.
Ryoma, meanwhile, prepared his racket and served a ball. He added a spin so the ball could curve and avoid the bush to hit the thief's head. Everyone was surprised to see another ball pass through the bush and hit the thief's back. Echizen looked to see the boy who held the onigiri a moment ago.
"Hey mister. You dropped the onigiri!" He looked at the onigiri that's on the ground then to Sakuno. "Can I eat it?"
"Eh?" That surprised Sakuno "B-But it's on the ground."
The boy didn't respond and ate the onigiri. He smiled widely "It's good!"
Sakuno smiled and Ryoma saw it.
"But Koshimae was really strong. Let's have a match!" The boy didn't ask, he declared.
"No." Was the only reply of Ryoma.
The boy insisted as he continues to eat the onigiri. "U-Um…" He turned to Sakuno who spoke. "I-If you want some tea…" He smiled to Sakuno.
"You're nice I like you!" He shouted making Sakuno blush. The senpai were sure they saw Ryoma stiffen after hearing the boy's words. "I'm Kintaro Tooyama! But you can call me Kin-chan!"
"Kin-chan where have you been? We've been looking for you!" A guy with the same uniform came. "Oh, Seigaku's rookie's here. You aren't bothering him for a match aren't you? Don't bother them let's go."
"EH? B-but Shiraishi!" the boy named Kintaro complained.
"Ah? You want to see what's on my arm badly?" The Shiraishi guy said as he begins to undo the bandage in his arm.
"Awww… Koshimae! Let's have a match sometime! Bye! Bye onigiri-chan! The onigiri was awesome!" Then he left with Shiraishi.
"Tooyama-kun huh?" Ryoma heard Sakuno.
"Ryuuzaki… let's go." Ryoma said and left.
"Aww~ Is ochibi jealous?" Kikumaru said to Inui and Momoshiro.
"Probability 50%." Inui stated.
"Is this the start of something interesting? Don." Momo said excitedly.
After the Nationals…
After the many battles and trials, Seishun Gakuen finally caught their dreams; to win the National Tournament. They all decided to make a celebration at Kawamura's Sushi Shop.
"Cheers for our victory. Let's still not get careless." Tezuka calmly stated raising a glass of juice.
"CHEERS!" Everyone shouted in happiness.
While the tennis club members were having fun, Sakuno was just staring at her glass of juice and her friend Tomoka noticed it.
"Sakuno? What's the matter?" She asked.
"U-Um… Nothing actually, I was just thinking of what bentou to do." She answered still lost to her thoughts.
"Oh? For Ryoma-sama again huh?" Tomoka smiled cheekily and Sakuno blushed by that opinion. On the other hand, Ryoma, hearing his name paid attention to what the girls were talking about.
Sakuno shook her head which made Tomo become confused. "A-Actually it's for T-Tooyama-kun."
Clash!
"Ah! Ochibi watch out!" Kikumaru shouted at Ryoma. Ryoma actually dropped his juice. "What's the matter ochibi? It's not you to be this careless."
Ryoma snapped back to reality and managed to reply. "Nothing at all. Sorry."
Tomoka, being curious, returned her attention to Sakuno. "You mean the one who challenged Ryoma-sama to a one point match? Why him?"
"N-Nothing much. I-I just heard that he helped Ryoma-kun to catch up to his match and somehow became sick. I also saw him after the ending ceremony. H-He looked so pale. I thought I-I could give him a thank you gift." Sakuno said to Tomo.
"That's it? No other things?" Tomo stopped for a moment but she continued. "You don't like him?"
Hearing Tomo's second opinion, Sakuno blushed again. "T-Tomo-chan! I-I-It's not like that."
"Oh~ okay. If you say sooo~" Tomo left Sakuno and celebrated with her Ryoma-sama.
"Hmm…" Sakuno sighed while sitting on a bench inside a park. She was disappointed. The truth is, she wasn't able to give the bentou she prepared to Kintaro. For some reason, she can't find them in the airport. She was sure that she didn't get Shitenhouji's flight wrong though.
"Maybe I should just eat this at school." She sighed again. She then decided to go to school.
"Ah… Maybe I'll give it to Ryoma-kun. If he wants it…"
"KOSHIMAE! LET'S HAVE A MATCH! A MATCH!" Kintaro who was supposed to be at the airport was actually at Seigaku's campus with his teammates.
"I appreciate your consideration. Then we'll be staying at a nearby hotel." Osamu, who was Shitenhouji's coach, said in behalf his team. "Then we'll be staying here in Seishun Gakuen for a camp training."
Osamu shook Ryuzaki's hands as a sign of agreement. As the coaches shook their hands, their members were excited, especially Shitenhouji's rookie. "KOSHIMAE C'MON LET"S HAVE A MATCH!"
Kintaro started to pull Ryoma to a free tennis court. "I'll serve okay?" He smiled excitedly.
"Whatever." Said Ryoma as he started to ready his position. "I'll end this quickly."
"Woooh… They're too excited!" Kikumaru said as he watched their rookies fight. "This is a must watch hoi~"
"This will be a great data." Inui said as he took out his data notebook. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to gather data from their rival school although next year they won't be joining the tournament since all of the seniors will graduate.
"Hey, hey aren't you gonna stop them? The training's just got started!" Oishi said to his fellow Seigaku members. To his dismay, no one seemed to agree to his suggestion.
"I'm sorry to intrude your conversation but it's Kin-chan we're talking about nothing can stop him from fighting your rookie." Shiraishi said next to Oishi.
"Let's start!" Kintaro said as he begins to throw the ball upwards. After throwing the ball, he leaped in the air "Super Megaton Deluxe Volcano Serve!"
"I'm back… But what should I do with this bentou?" Sakuno said to herself as she walks towards Seigaku's premises. "M-Maybe I should go check Ryoma-kun and the others… or not… They're practicing so I-I can't disturb r-right? T-then what should I do?"
"Sakuno! Sakuno!" Sakuno heard someone called her name so she looked around. From not so far away, Sakuno saw Tomo running towards her. "T-Tomo-chan… What's the matter?"
Tomo stopped in front of Sakuno breathing heavily mainly because of running. "Shiten… Shiten…" She couldn't even manage complete a word.
"S-Shiten?"
"Shitenhouji will stay here for some time! And guess what, RYOMA-SAMA'S HAVING A MATCH WITH TOOYAMA!" Not giving time for Sakuno to react, Tomo pulled Sakuno to the tennis courts.
"A-Amazing… These two…" Oishi could only watch. The match between East and West's rookies is actually intense. It's been a while since they started but none of them managed to get a point yet. "How long will they rally like this?"
"Who knows?" Fuji replied.
After a few returns, everyone gasped at the sight of Ryoma hitting a lob. Kintaro smiled as he started to spin rapidly.
"H-Here it comes!" Koharu shouted alarming the Seigaku members.
"Sakuno hurry! Hurry! Kyaaaa! Ryoma-sama!"
"Super Ultra Great-" "M-Mo Tomo-chan y-you're too fast!"
Kintaro stopped moving and everyone was shocked, very shocked that they might have a heart attack.
"Kin-chan stopped? This must be a joke… R-Right?" Kenya managed to speak hoping that it was really a joke but to his disappointment… it's not.
It was rather silent as all eyes were locked to Kintaro. Everyone somewhat twitched as they see Kintaro move his head and looked around. He was looking for something.
"Oi… What's wrong?" Ryoma said but Kintaro didn't respond. He continued to look around.
Kintaro continued to look around until his eyes landed to Sakuno. Sakuno met his gaze and they stared at each other for about a minute.
"T-Tooyama-kun…"
Hearing Sakuno's words, Kintaro smiled and suddenly shouted "Onigiri-chan!"
Okay… I'm having my grammar problems I'm sorry … I'm not that good in English but I do hope you understood the story so far. ;3 I'll do my best to improve my English…
Free hugs for reviewers XD