Ice Princess

Troubled Typist

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A/N: Just so you know, this has nothing to do with the Disney Ice Princess movie or anything like that…I never even saw it… :P So there. Also, the first chapter is short but its how I was actually taught to write…so I might as well do it, right?

Disclaimer: I don't own Prince of Tennis I just write fan fiction on it, no money from this, no nothing.

Couple: Guess. Hehe Tezuka/Sakuno.

Summary: Sakuno decides to join the Ice Skating club. What? You wanted more of a summary? To bad.

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Prologue: Joining the Team

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Sakuno was nervous. Not her everyday nervous either – she was nervous on a whole new level. It was like she was joining tennis club all over again…but not. This time she was in High School…and possibly joining the Ice Skating club. All she had to do was sign that small piece of paper on the bulletin board…

When Sakuno joined the tennis club in Junior High, she already knew a few things about tennis – her grandmother was a coach after all and both of her parents played it. The talent for the sport just didn't seem to trickle down the line to her though. There was enough that she was a starter, but no real noticeable talent to make her stand apart from the rest.

Skating though was different to Sakuno. She could skate, and she knew that she was good at it…but she never skated for a team before, and she was worried that her confidence would crumble when she got on the ice and saw that all the other skaters were so much better than she was-

"Saku-chan! You stop thinking those thoughts right now!" Said Sakuno's long time best friend, Tomoka. When they went to Junior High together, Tomoka always had her hair in pigtails, but now she put all of her hair into a side pigtail. Sakuno still sported her usual braids. "You're a good skater and in Junior High, you never had the chance to be on a team like this! Now is your time – you should so be on this team!" Tomoka waved her arms around, trying to influence her point, but mostly just ended up frightening the other freshmen that passed by her. For some reason they all thought that she was possessed.

"I don't know…" Sakuno said, looking over the names. She didn't see anyone that she recognized. "Will you join Tomoka?" Sakuno asked. Tomoka shook her head.

"I can't – I joined the anime club, art club, and am planning on trying out for softball (1) so I really don't have any time to join anymore clubs… and have I told you how great it is having my brothers be old enough that I don't have to watch them constantly?" The girl got stars in her eyes. "Heaven…" Sakuno smiled at her friend but frowned again when she looked at the paper.

"I don't know, Tomoka, do you really think that I have what it takes to be on the ice skating team? It's one of the teams that this school is known for, so everyone on the team is already really good!" Tomoka just shook her hand at Sakuno's fears.

"You'll be great, no problem girly! I have faith in you! Now…" Tomoka grabbed Sakuno's hand and put a pen in it. "…join the ice skating club and make this the best team ever! Oh yeah!" Tomoka punched her fist into the air, again, scaring some of the passing people as Sakuno picked up the pen and carefully added her name to the paper.

I hope I made the right decision… She thought to herself.

fin chapter

(1) – I have no idea how ice skating competitions work or what time of the year they take place so…I'm just going to make them take place all year…  My world, not yours nya! Hehe.