My seriously edited and changed Prolog.
The beginning is like it was before... But well... the story flow...changed.
Kirihara Akaya is still a girl in this story. It's AU or something like that. I think.
Disclaimer: Prince of tennis belongs to Takeshi Konomi
"german"
Prolog
Kirihara Akaya, five years old and a tomboy. She isn't afraid of anything.
One time she was even alone at home for a day!
No family at home to help her.
Her sister being at school, her parents at work and the babysitter skiving off her work, to attend a date with a hot guy.
But right now she seems to feel... terrified. Afterall she is going to meet children her own age, which is a first. She always was at home, with a babysitter. But now it was time for her to leave the nest, so to speak.
And worse, she is going to meet children, who don't speak her native language.
Her family is currently living in germany, because of her parent's work. They are employees' for the same company there.
Currently, she is standing behind the person in charge of her new preschool play group.
The preschool teacher steps aside, to let the other children see the new girl.
"Listen up! We have a new member in our group. She comes from Japan, which is why she can't speak german very well yet. Her name is Akaya Kirihara. Please be nice to her."
The teacher introduced with a loud voice.
Akaya is feeling more anxious, than she ever feeled before. Everyone is looking at her!
"Hello." Akaya greeted with an easy greeting.
She didn't like it at all. It sounded timid. She doesn't do timid.
It's true, that she just moved to germany, but her sister helped her learn german even before they moved.
Why?
Her sister probably knew, we would someday end up here.
How? Akaya certainly doesn't know.
And really, she doesn't want to know.
Akira, Akaya's sister, can be scary sometimes. And her source of information is good, but Akaya is sometimes afraid, that it... shouldn't be there.
Because she is sure, paying someone with more money, than she has ever seen in her short five year long live, while chuckling sadistically isn't something good.
Yep.
Akira, her eleven year old sister, can be terrifying...
What Akira is doing isn't very legal either.
Oh well.
The Kirihara family is filled with dark secrets. A bribing eleven year old is harmless in that family.
"H.. Hey."
A blond, blue eyed girl is speaking to her. She is blushing lightly and she is playing with her hair, while she looks away nervously.
"Hello!" Akaya said this with as much excitement as she can. She won't show her own nervousity! Though she still looks a little jittery.
'Don't ever show your weaknesses.' Her sister said this to her every time they play tennis together.
Akaya is going to apply this in real live. Because every advice, that concerns tennis is a life lesson.
"Do you want to... I mean, would you mind if you could play with me?"
Akaya's eyes opened wide in surprise.
"Eh? Really?... I mean sure! Let's play tennis."
She didn't think someone would want to play with her.
She is the new girl, who speaks slow and strange. Not to forget, that she stutters sometimes.
And the other girls already formed groups under themselves. So shouldn't this girl go to her circle of friends and ask them to play with her?
But she isn't going to let this chance pass.
'If you see a chance, then use it.' Her sister's voice echoes in her head.
Yeah, she is going to use this chance to make her first friend.
She can do it!
The blond looked very happy, after Akaya agreed to play with her.
"My name is Diana Glass. Nice to meet you Akaya! So you like tennis too?"
"Of course! It's the sport of the knights after all!"
Akira told Akaya, that a tennis player is like a knight. Because tennis is a knights game.
So she has to find her princess and act like a true knight. Maybe Diana can be her princess?
Diana can't be Akaya's princess after all.
Because Diana is a knight herself.
She is talented. An equal to Akaya.
They played the time away.
It was a lot of fun for them. They only ever played against their sisters.
They like to talk to each other too.
This is the start of a beautiful friendship.
When people started to fetch their children to go home, Akaya and Diana were the last to be taken.
They spent the time with talking.
They talked about tennis players and tennis games. Then they talked about themself.
Diana's father is a tennis trainer, her mother is a housewife. Her sister is a promising tennis player. She moved to germany from London, just a week ago.
Akaya's parents are working in a company, they are rarely home and she is often cared for, by babysitters or her sister. Akira is going to join a tennis club too.
Akaya and Diana learned how to play tennis, since they could hold a racket. Their sister taught them.
And they found out, that their sisters are the same age and attend the same secondary school.
In germany, the school system is decided by their state. They are in a state, where primary school only take up 4 years.
Akira finally came. After all the children, but them were gone.
"Akaya-chan! It's time to go home!" Akira said this in japanese with a scary smirk on her face.
That smile practically says if Akaya doesn't come immediately, then she will make her suffer. There is a purple, nearly black aura around her.
"Onee-chan. You look vexed. Did something happen?" Akaya, who is used to her sisters scary attitude, still feels dread when her sister is upset and giving off such a... dark aura.
Compared to Akaya, Diana is frightened of the scary aura, surrounding her new friends older sister.
She ignored that she couldn't understant, what they are saying. She was much more focused with being afraid, of Akira.
"Oh no! Don't worry about it too much. I am just annoyed, that your babysitter couldn't pick you up. I wanted to talk with my new friend more. I will have to talk with Vanessa."
Akira doesn't have many friends. She only has aquaintances.
So, she was elated, when she made one today. And a female at that.
What a surprise.
All the females are usually so annoying. Always talking about boys and other stupid things.
"Onee-chan, please don't go too hard on Vanessa-neesan. She is one of the more likeable babysitters... Anyway I want to introduce you to my new friend, her name is Diana."
Akaya sounded proud, while saying this.
Well can you blame her?
She made a friend on her first try.
Ignoring the fact, that it was actually Diana, who approached her. So she is the one, who should get all the credit.
Diana still couldn't understand them. But she guessed, that she was being introduced to the scary girl.
Then a blond and blue eyed eleven year old came.
"Diana, it's time to go home." Minerva, Diana's older sister said. She came to pick up her little sister, obviously.
"Minerva? You have a sister? Who is going to this institute as well? And is the new friend of my sister, too? What a coincidence." Akira said.
She was surprised, that her friend and classmate is the sister of the new friend of her sister.
Maybe, fate is trying to tell her something?
"Akira? So you have a sister... Well, will you look at that? You made a friend after all, Diana. I thought, you were too afraid to talk with the other children?"
Minerva teased her sister with a gentle smile.
"I... managed my fear." Diana said, while looking away. Anywhere, but to the other girls.
Did Minerva have to tell the whole world, that she was a coward?
She didn't really approach the other children. She approached the new girl, who had no friends yet.
But she really likes Akaya. It's fun to play with her.
"Anyway, we have to go home." Minerva said.
After saying good bye, the girls all went home with a promise to meet at the local street tennis courts on the next day, to play tennis.
When the Kirihara siblings came home, Akaya wanted to continue her german lessons with her sister.
She wants to talk with Diana fluently and without any trouble.
Then she was forced to go through japanese childrens book. Akira is teaching her the japanese writing and new words. She is only five after all.
Can't have her forget her native tongue.
And they will have to move back to Japan someday. Akira is preparing her sister for this.
After several weeks Akaya could understand and talk fluently.
She talked with other children and became friends with some.
But...
Akaya and Diana are inseparable. When there is Akaya, then there is Diana. And when there is Diana, then there is Akaya. They became best friends.
Funny how Akira and Minerva are behaving like this as well.
Minerva doesn't have many female friends. She didn't expect a female best friend either, but she got one. Which makes her incredibly happy.
The friendship between the kindergarten and the school girls' will change their lifes.
Diana will have a huge influence on Akaya's future tennis style. Just like Akaya will have a huge influence on Diana's future tennis style.
Together they will create a new era of tennis.
A/N: Ages:
Minerva Glass 11 (from Detective Conan: made by Gosho Aoyama)
Diana Glass 5 (OC)
Kirihara Akaya 5
Kirihara Akira (OC) 11
There will be Characters of other anime and mangas
Review please.