A/N: Again, MERRY CHRISTMAS, guys! This is the second update from me! It's very short but a post is a post, ne? And anyway, the first chapter of this is done. . . .I just have to type it! . -giggles-
DISCLAIMER: Look! Look! Someone gave me the copyright to Prince of Tennis for Christmas! Tch. Yeah right, in my dreams! -evil laugh- That has yet to happen so for now all I own is my OCs and the plot.
I stared at my reflection in the mirror for what seemed like the umpteenth time that day. It made me chuckle to see myself now. I could barely recall how I looked like 10 (ten) years ago when I had first laid my eyes on him. Though, I was pretty sure I didn't have these light yellow locks back then nor do I possess those naive blue-green eyes anymore. Indeed it intrigues me to find how much I've changed in time.
Over the years, I have matured greatly - not only physically but also mentally (not to mention emotionally) - which surprises even me. I had learned to distinguish between what was right and what was wrong through experience. And I had survived the ups and downs of life that was due to the strength I acquired in learning.
I've gone through a lot of changes since he entered my pathetic existence. I never did imagine that I would meet someone like him. We had very few things in common such as our passionate love for tennis, but we were different in many more ways than both of us realized.
One would have considered him inactive if not for his amazing tennis skills while I was a whole new situation for I was very energetic. One would also rarely see him smiling but I remained otherwise. He would rather be alone whereas I would absolutely love the company of those around me. He had played tennis so that he could surpass his father's abilities though I played for the shear joy of it just as my older brother had done. And the list could go on and on without the certainty of a conclusion.
But still, here I am, wearing a beautiful white gown worth thousands, preparing to marry the man I had only ever dreamed of sharing the rest of my life with. Today, I say 'I do' to the man who completed me - pain, love and all. On this special day, I - Izumi Takayama - would walk the aisle to celebrate the holy matrimony. And, waiting for me at the altar, my husband-to-be - Ryoma Echizen. I felt that nothing could ever go wrong...
However, things weren't always this way; my life wasn't perfect. To get to this point, I had undergone many hardships. To have gone this far, I shed many tears and sacrificed joys I would never again regain. Oh no, my life was full of flaws. Only when I came across him did life seem to take a turn for the better...