This is my first fanfiction. Pairing is YukimuraXRyuka (Ryoma).The first part all the way to the middle of the second chapter is a total copy of the manga with some changes in the middle(when on the phone with Kevin). So please read on.
Disclaimer: I do not own prince of tennis.
Chapter 1 Part 1: first day in Japan.
"Found it!" Ryuka's childish father shouted as he looked at his new house. "This is where we'll be living at in Japan. Ryuka held her beloved Himalayan cat in her arms and stared at her new house. It was a normal two story house with a tennis court at the side. Ryuka stared at the tennis court and sighed.
She then walked in into the house to her room. It was pretty plain, with a bed, table, table light, and her precious tennis rackets leaning on the side of the wall. Looking at the racquets made her remember about the accident.
Karupin jumped down from her arms to sleep on her pillow. "Ryuka, why don't you go around and get familiarized with this place?" Nanako, Ryuka's cousin asked." I heard that there is a tennis tournament at Gakinogizaka tennis garden."
"Ok" Ryuka replied
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She was on the train to the Gakinogizaka when a noisy 16 year-old boy shouted, "Hahahaha you idiots still don't know the rules for gripping. To hit a top spin, it's the western grip ya know that?"
"Can you guys keep it down?" Ryuka asked them. The noisy guy, Sasabe, accidentally dropped the racket. He bent down to pick it up.
"Bingo," Ryuka said. "Holding the upper part of the racket and clamping it, that's the correct western grip. "And the thing you said about shaking hands? That's the eastern grip."
"SEIHARUDAI. SEIHARUDAI" the speaker on the train announced.
"Eh? Isn't this my stop? Why is that guy going out too? He's participating in the tournament? Hahaha he's so gonna lose." Ryuka thought.
Ryuka watched the whole tournament and amazingly, Sasabe won. "Huh? Japan's tennis sucks so much? I would have beaten every single one there in mere 1 minute."
Sasabe saw her watching and smirked. "So? Saw how good I am? Why don't you try and beat me?"
Ryuka stared at him in disbelief. Play against this idiot? No way! And then, maybe she could teach him some manners. "Ok but you'll have to lend me a racket since I didn't bring mine.
One of Sasabe's friend threw her a racket as hard as he could. She caught it with ease. "Which?" she asked after entering the court. "Smooth." It landed on rough. She smirked and stepped back to the service line.
Ryuka ended the game in 1.5 minutes, leaving Sasabe bleating like a sheep. Ryuka threw the racket onto the ground and walked away, leaving all the audiences gasping in shock.
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That night on the phone with Kevin (her childhood friend)…
"Kev, I played this damn sucky guy today. And I beat him in 1.5 mins."
"Maybe seigaku's tennis will be better."
"I hope. Since it's the school my father came from anyway."
"You remember Niou Masaharu?"
"Of course I remember my childhood friends!"
"Well, he's in rikkaidai which appears to have won the Nationals last year."
"Okay. And anyway, I heard from Oyaji that girls are allowed to join the boys tennis team. So should I join the girl's or the boy's?"
"Boys. Not many girls take tennis seriously so the girl's team probably sucks."
"Okay. I'm so tired. Goodnight."
"Goodnight."
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Part two: Seigaku
Ryoga tiptoed to Ryuka's room to find her still sleeping. He grinned, took a deep breath and…
"WAKE UP CHIBISUKE!!!!!" Ryoga shouted. "YOU DON'T WANT TO BE LATE FOR SCHOOL!!!!"
"WHAT IF I WANT TO??" Ryuka countered.
"Well whatever. Just wake up, breakfast is ready." Ryoga walked out of the room.
Ryuka got changed into her school uniform and went down for breakfast. After breakfast, she went to school. She tied her green-black her which stretched down her back into a ponytail, her bag slung over one arm, her tennis bag slung over the other and walked to school. She was damn pretty for her age and she hated it when all the guys woon over her.
She went to the class 1-5 and sat in an empty seat. After the school bell rang, everyone rushed out of the room to go home. ((I don't know what class scenes there should be so I just skipped the whole thing.))
"Hey, you're Echizen from our class right?" a boy asked Ryuka. "Who are you?" she asked back. "……I'M THE GUY SITTING RIGHT NEXT TO YOU IN CLASS!!!"
She stuck her fingers into her ear. "You don't have to be so loud you know?"
"Anyway, I'm Horio with two years of tennis experience." Horio said proudly. "Too bad you're a girl or you can join the boy's tennis team since our school BOY'S tennis team is really good and the GIRL'S totally sucks."
"Whatever." Ryuka muttered, feeling irritated. "Ouch. Sorry." She said, accidentally bumping into a person. She said before walking away.
"Hey girl, I don't like your attitude." The sophomore said. "I've said sorry." Ryuka answered before walking off. The sophomore frowned and let her go. She followed Horio to the tennis courts.
"The second and third years are on a playing tour so registering starts tomorrow." Another freshman who was in the tennis courts said. "And by the way, I'm Katsuo and this is Kachiro."
"If signing up starts tomorrow then why are you here?" Horio asked. "We're here to hit some balls." Kachiro answered.
"Hey you freshmen! You're going to join the tennis club right?" A second year said. "We are Arai and Hayashi. Why don't we play a game?'
"What game?" Freshman-3 asked.
"The rule is simple. You serve from there and try to hit the can. You have 10 tries to hit the can. Try out fee is 200 yen. If you manage to hit the can down you get 10,000 yen."
"10,000 yen! You're on!" F-3 shouted. "I've got a bad feeling about this." Ryuka thought.
Then Kachiro and Katsuo tried but none could even go near the ball. "Hahaha you guys suck!" Horio laughed. "Now it's my turn. Horio, with two years of tennis experience will be able to do something as easy as to hit down a can!"
1st try: miss
2nd try: miss
3rd try: miss
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10th try: "It's going to hit!" Kachiro shouted! The ball grazed the can but it didn't fall. Miss.
"I…I guess it was too hard." they said, holding out 200 yen. "Oh, I think you heard wrongly. The first try is 200 yen. The next nine tries is 500 yen each." "WHAT!!!" F-3 screamed. "We don't have that much money!"
"Hey that girl over there! Don't try to save yourself!" Arai said. "I'm not trying to save myself." Ryuka said. "I am able to hit it down. Just that you can't hit the can directly can you?" Ryuka took her racket from her tennis bag and went up to the net. "Since there are rocks inside."
Ryuka hit the ball and it hit the lid of the can. The can fell and stones came out. "Ah! Sempai cheated!" Horio said. "Damn that freshman." Arai muttered. Ryuka hit the can again. And again. And again. "If I hit it 100 times, will I get 1,000,000 yen?" Ryuka asked.
"Su… Sugoi." F-3 said. Then suddenly, a ball came flying past and it hit the can, making a dent.
"Lucky!" the sophomore Ryuka bumped into said. "I hit it!" "Momoshiro you…" Ikeda stammered.
"Hey Ikeda, even if none of the third years are here, it doesn't mean you can bully freshmen.
"Ni...Nice to meet you!"F-3 said. "That second year has some power, denting a can of rocks."Ryuka thought and left. "Hey girl, who said you could leave?" Momoshiro asked.
"I have to ask for permission to leave?" Ryuka blinked.
"Hey Echizen! Don't be so rude to a second year!" Horio said.
"Oh… you're that Echizen Ryuka… I thought you'd be taller, or at least a boy. I'm Momoshiro Takeshi, a regular in Seigaku! Play me!"
"No." Ryuka replied.
"Hey Ryuka!" a voice from somewhere came. Everyone turned to see the tennis coach shouting. "If you can beat Momoshiro I'll allow you to play on the boy's team!"
"Hmmmm…fine." Ryuka said, walking to the courts. "Which?"
"Rough." It landed on smooth. "Yeah! Since it's your serve, can you use the twist serve?"
"No."
Ryuka took the ball and did the usual bouncing the ball up and down before serving. The ball was fast and she got an ace.
"15-love." Horio, acting as referee announced. "Man that was fast, but why don't you use the twist serve?" "Don't want to."
Ryuka got into the twist serve stance and hit the ball. The ball hit the ground and bounced up to Momo's face. Momo dodged and it hit the fence behind, making a sound. "15-0!"
"That was good. The ball is sharper than I thought. Let's try to hit it from the net. "He ran to the net and tried to hit the incoming ball.
"Out! 40-love."
"Game! Echizen!"
"Game! Momo-sempai."
Ryuka switched her racket to her left hand. "Eh?? You're left handed?" Momo exclaimed.
Ryuka hit a drop volley."
"Game! Echizen!"
"Wait! Time! Let's stop the game. Ryuzaki-sensei, if the principle allows, I think Ryuka should come into the boys team. She's wasted in the girl's."
Ryuzaki nodded her head. "Okay. Ryuka, from tomorrow onwards you're in the boy's team."
Ryuka blinked and said "O…okay I didn't think it'll be that easy to get in."
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The next day in school…
"Didn't you hear? There's a freshman girl in the boy's tennis club!"
"Huh? How is that possible? I want to join the guys too!"
"You have to beat a regular in order to join. Can you?"
"Beat a regular? How is that possible? Our school's regulars are so pro!"
"Hey! Isn't that her?"
Ryuka walked past the two girls, not noticing everyone pointing at her and whispering.
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"Oishi!" Kikamaru called "You heard about the girl freshman right? So cool you know. Which regular did she beat?"
"She beat Momoshiro." Oishi replied.
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"Echizen Ryuka? Hmm Data..."
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At the tennis courts after school…
"Ne, Echizen… yesterday Momoshiro-sempai had a sprained ankle. There's no way you could have defeated him." Horio said to Ryuka. "Hey! Are you listening?"
"No." Ryuka replied before taking her racket and go warm up.
"Hm! Seigaku's level is to high for a freshman like you to defeat a regular. The regulars aren't even here and the Players are this strong! You know, every month there is this ranking match where 2nd year and onwards can take part to fight for the regular spot. Freshmen aren't allowed to take part."
"Wah Horio, you sure know a lot!
"Of course!"
"Hey you are that girl freshman aren't you? Don't get so cocky cause you defeated an injured Momoshiro!" A 2nd year named Ikeda said to Ryuka.
"Today is when the Regulars a re coming back." Arai said. " if you freshman misbehave, I, Arai will…"
The 7 regulars walked into the courts.
"EH?? Syuusuke?" Ryuka exclaimed.
"Ohiyo, Ryuka." Fuji faced her with his ever smiling face.
"You're in Seigaku? Why didn't you tell me?"
"You didn't tell me either."
"You guys know each other?" Oishi asked.
"Not really. We met in a tennis court in America while dealing with a bully. Followed by a game between us. I won 6-4."
Ryuka stared at Fuji.
"Erm… Juniors, you are free to use the courts until the captain comes. Regulars, we'll do the basket practice."
The regulars then begin hitting smashes, all landing in the basket.
"Su…Sugoi!" All the freshmen gasped.
"Our regulars are great! Do you get that girl? Just because you can hit a twist serve, it doesn't mean that a girl like you should be here."
Fuji saw what was happening and lobbed a high ball to Oishi. "Oops, too high."
Oishi missed the ball and it came in front of Ryuka, She hit the ball and it landed in the basket. Everybody stared at him, including the regulars.
"Heh, doesn't seem that hard." Ryuka grinned.
"You punk!" Arai shouted, grabbing her collar. "This is no place for you to show off!"
The gate opened and Tezuka walked in. "What is the meaning of this in the tennis courts? Both of you! 10 laps!"
"Bu…u...but" Arai stuttered.
"20 laps!"
"Hai!"
Ryuka pulled her hat down and ran.
"Everybody start warming up! Third and second year use the courts, first years pick up the balls!"
"Hai!"
"That idiot… I'll get her for this!" Arai said, glancing at her tennis bag. Hmm, I know. You two! Lend me your ears."
