Chapter 1: Echizen, a small bubbly boy.
On a hot saturday afternoon, in a tennis court…..
"Oto-san~~..hug hug.."
Looking at his big and shiny eyes, what can the busy father do?
"Ryoma-kun kara…omai wa sugoku mendosai-na!" (Aish..Ryoma…you are really very troublesome!)
The almost crying baby look up at his tanned papa ,with his big, pleading,watery, puppy eyes. His rosy cheeks blushed tremendously from the heat, and his dark green hair glistened under the bright hot sun.
"Ryoma-kun, you just started revising through the english alphabets ,aren't you? Focus on what you are doing and not let the environment affect practicing without being distracted will allow a man to succeed, do you get it?"
"A..B.. -d-dd..D, E" The young baby started to say aloud the alphabets with almost no problem. This had taken the successful tennis player by surprise. "x-xe-xx-X, Y..Ze-z-z-z-zd-zf..Z"
"Ryoma…WHAT IS THIS! Mada-Mada Dane… practised until you can say the alphabet fluently! Do not be too happy over yourself!" The "pretending-to-be-unamazed" father shouted.
This scared the timid and fragile child…soon the tears are forming, and they are…dropping.
"Yabei-ze…oka-san wa zettaini ore wa koroshitaru yo…MOU! Ryoma teme….-_- omai no kajitawa! (Shit, my wife will definitely kill me…SERIOUSLY Ryoma you bastard…YOu won!)
The beaming young boy looked up at his surprised father with a victorious smile.
"Shikatanai-na~…" (I have no choice)
Nanjiroh had to put down his racket and carry his smart?brilliant?or naughty child to his head level. Staring into his brilliant child's eyes, he was struck by realization. He could not help but feel that the little mischievous devil will one day turn into a far greater man than him, if given the right environment.
"Ore wa yaru yo…Ryoma-kun,omai no tame ni. Datte omai wa ore no musuko da." (I will do it Ryoma, for your sake, after all you are my son.)
With the aim to present the world a legendary man, someone whom even Nanjiroh cannot even be compared with,Nanjiroh is willing to put down his life. Walking away from the tennis court, leaving his tennis equipment and everything, carrying only his dear precious child, Nanjiroh had walked away from his tennis career. A far more important mission is entrusted to him,Ryoma Echizen, and he had to do it well.
