Disclaimer: Prince of Tennis isn't mine. It belongs to Konomi Takeshi
Narita Airport, Japan 4:47 pm
No one saw it coming; they all found it hard to believe that the prince of tennis himself would ever come back to Japan.
He, was also surprised with the sudden turn of events. After 15 years abroad he never thought that he'd ever go back.
It started out one fine day at a friendly match with Kevin Smith.
Kevin wanted to introduce him to his new girl friend, he didn't feel like meeting his friend's new squeeze so he couldn't stop himself from voicing out his frustrations, which soon led to a long and annoying discussion that had; "Have you even gone through puberty?!" and "No No No! That was your excuse when we were seventeen! Don't tell me you don't have time, you have all the time in the world!" but ended with "Oh Echizen will you ever get a girlfriend?"
From that day on he started to recall his days in Japan;
His thoughts drifted from Seishun Gakuen and the Seigaku tennis team to a certain auburn haired girl with pigtails.
Ryuzaki Sakuno, the coach's granddaughter, the only girl he seemed to tolerate when he was in the first year of middle school, the name resonated in his mind as he recalled the forgotten memories.
He remembered the bentos she would make for him, the way she stutters when she talks, her wobbly hips and knees too bent, then, he realized Kevin was right, now that he was an accomplished tennis player and he's already proved to the world that he is the best, he can have time for other things.
Even his father, the great Samurai Nanjiroh, who took the whole tennis world by storm, suddenly retired besides the fact that he was the greatest during his time fell in love with his mother and had him; he figured that he too should be able to find love and settle down.
After much deliberation and to his coach's dismay, he decided to go back and see what he's been missing. He wondered what she would look like and how would she react when she saw him again after all these years? What if she was in a relationship or worse-married?
As he stepped out of the airport, the signature Fila cap sitting atop his head covering his eyes from the bright rays of the sun, with a single thought in mind he strode into the busy streets of Tokyo.
"Ryuzaki Sakuno, you'll be mine very soon."
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