Author's Note: This is a story revolving around an OC and the captain of Rikkai Dai Fuzoku's Boys' Tennis Club, Yukimura Seiichi. Gods, I love him so much. /insert cries of helplessness/
And I just WISH upon every star out there that they make a new season of the anime!
Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis or any of the characters! Though the heavens only know what I would give to own Seiichi.
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A fifteen-year-old girl sighed as she looked out the window of her taxi. The Tokyo sun bore down on her platinum blue locks as her wide, silver blue eyes scanned the buildings and stalls of the city. She looked down on her cellphone.
37 missed calls and 45 new texts.
Gods, her mother was going crazy over the fact that she refused to take the limousine to Hyoutei Gakuen, where her brother studied. She winced as she remembered her mother's shrill voice at their latest phone call, before she got on the plane to Tokyo.
"Geez, Mom, I'm not gonna get myself killed. Two years in London all by myself has proved me responsible, yeah?"
"Oh, Kana, who knows what kidnappers are out there on the streets! What would just happen if they got hold of my precious daughter, second in line to the Atobe conglomerate? Oh, the horror!" her mother shrieked into the phone, oblivious to the fact that her voice nearly made her daughter deaf.
"Mom, I think the chances of me getting kidnapped will be raised higher once those people see me get in a Porsche. And NO, I do not want the Lamborghini either. Or the Aston Martin. Or the Ferrari. Or the Bugatti. Or ANY OTHER CAR, PLEASE." Kana furrowed her eyebrows in exasperation.
"But dear, you will have lots of bodyguards! No one will harm you. Just please get on the limousine when you land."
"Mom, I'm going to Hyoutei Gakuen, where my brother has spread his annoying influence all over. Me arriving in a limo will create a scene, I tell you."
"Alright, alright. Just be safe, dear. I love you!"
"I love you too, Mom! And don't forget, Onii-chan is not supposed to know I am here."
She heard her mother chuckle. "Oh, you and your brother. Yes, I won't tell him."
And here I thought my mother was fine with me taking public transportation, Kana sighed. But she soon forgot her worries as the taxi stopped at the prestigious academy.
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Akutagawa Jirou ran to the tennis courts, frustrated at himself. Sleeping was the next word to his name, but Atobe-buchou made it clear that he wanted everyone at today's meeting. Even though it's still the start of the school year , Jirou thought to himself.
But Jirou knew that Atobe had one thing on his mind this year: lead Hyoutei Gakuen to the Nationals, and no form of tardiness was going to be tolerated, even if you were a regular.
He ran faster, hoping Atobe wasn't already irritated. He entered the gates of the academy but he stopped when he saw a familiar figure walking peacefully towards the same direction he was going.
"Neh, you! Who are you?" Jirou yelled, as he ran to the figure.
The person turned around, and smiled.
"Well, if it isn't the Sleeping Beauty of Hyoutei Gakuen."
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Oshitari Yuushi sighed. Atobe was clearly irritated, so early in the morning. Nearly everyone had gathered for the meeting. Nearly. Jirou was nowhere in sight, and he could tell Atobe was pissed, even after he stated he wanted everyone on time for the meeting. Nobody disobeyed the King, after all. Especially now that it was Atobe's last year in middle school, before the seniors graduated and headed off to the high school department, and he wanted his last year to be the year Hyoutei Gakuen defeated Rikkai Dai and became Japan's No. 1 tennis team in middle school.
The fact that numerous girls were crowded around the tennis courts didn't dissolve the tension. Yuushi didn't miss the usual "Oh my god! Atobe-sama looks more splendid today than usual!" and "Atobe-sama! Look at me!". He could just feel his headache worsening.
"Mou, what is Jirou thinking?" Mukahi Gakuto said.
"I don't know. Although he probably is still sleeping." Shishido Ryou said.
Suddenly, a flash of bright orange hair came into view.
"Gomen ne, Atobe-buchou! I overslept and you know how much I love sleeping and my older brother made me play this new video game and—"
"Shut up, Jirou." Atobe Keigo interrupted Hyoutei's No. 2 player. "Ore-sama is irritated, now that you have disobeyed his orders. 50 laps around—"
"ONII-CHAAAAAAAAANNNNNN!"
And suddenly, a person crashed into the almighty Atobe Keigo, making the King fall down.
Immediately, Atobe's numerous fangirls went into obsessed mode.
"Oh no! Atobe-sama!"
"Who is that girl!? How dare you crash into our King!"
"Someone get her off!"
But as Yuushi looked at the amusing sight before him, and that is Atobe Keigo on the floor, with a girl who looks just like him, smiling on top of the bewildered captain, newfound interest surged through his mind. Looks like somebody came back.
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"Mou, Nii-chan. Your reflexes are getting slower." Atobe Kana teased her older brother.
"You didn't have to do that, Kana. You know how much I hate falling down on the floor." Atobe Keigo remarked, unnecessarily fixing his perfect hair.
The audience whispered to each other. Could it be? Atobe Keigo's using pronouns? What happened to his "Ore-sama"?
"Yes! Which is why I did that, Kei-chan." Kana laughed.
"How many times have I told you not to call me that name? Onii-chan's good enough."
"What, just because you're older by three minutes means you get to order me now? Not good, Kei-chan." Kana taunted the King further, poking his cheeks.
Atobe Keigo furrowed his eyebrows. It was clear that his twin sister's teasing annoyed him, but one could see the way his eyes shone differently. Keigo was glad his sister was back in Japan, annoying or not.
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"So, Kana-chan, you entering Hyoutei Gakuen?" Gakuto asked, in between munches of French fries and burgers. The regulars of the Hyoutei Gakuen Boys' Tennis Club were seated in a lounge in the Atobe Mansion, eating American food, due to Kana's insistence despite her two-year stay in London.
"Yeah. The Tennis Club can really use your skills, Kana-senpai." Choutarou Ootori said.
Kana looked at the second year.
"Gomen ne, Ootori-chan, but I'm not enrolling in Hyoutei Gakuen." Kana smiled, as she took a bite of her favorite Bacon Angus Cheeseburger.
Everyone stared at her in confusion.
"What?" Keigo broke the silence. Why wouldn't her sister join him in his school?
"Well, no offense, onii-chan, but I want to start this year in a school where the name 'Atobe' won't bring so much as a commotion." Kana said, as she drank her milkshake nonchalantly, oblivious to the fact that everyone wanted her to enrol in their school.
"Makes sense, though. Keigo's influence can be quite exasperating." Yuushi remarked, pushing his glasses up his nose bridge.
"What? You dare mock my influence, Yuushi?" Keigo stared at the blue-haired player.
"Oh, not at all. I was only emphasizing how great your kingdom is." Yuushi replied, sarcasm dripping from his words. Kana smiled. It was obvious that the regulars had a great relationship and Kana was glad her brother made such great friends. She also noticed how Keigo dropped his "Ore-sama" around his teammates when they were alone. He made great friends.
The scene almost made her tear up. It was very different from their stay in Paris.
"I can sense sarcasm, Yuushi. I am not stupid. But I will let this remark go, as we are in celebration of my sister's homecoming, despite the poor food choices." Keigo said.
"Hey! I love American food!" Kana yelled, food in her mouth. Kana, it seemed, loved burgers, fries, milkshakes, onion rings, popcorn and whatever the common American ate.
"Kana, don't talk while your mouth is full!" Shishido exclaimed, throwing her a set of napkins, which hit her in the head.
"That hurt, Ryou!" Kana yelled, as she stood to get revenge on Shishido.
"Haha! Shishido's gonna get beaten by a girl!" Gakuto laughed.
Kana ran after Shishido, who'd taken off into the hallway, when she tripped over the sleeping figure of Jirou. She fell, and hit her head on the expensive carpeted floor.
"Mou, Jirou! Do you have to sleep everywhere?" Kana shouted at the still-sleeping Jirou.
"Kana-senpai, are you alright?" Ootori rushed to her side.
Atobe Keigo sighed. This scene was familiar; Shishido and Kana teasing each other, Ootori worrying about the two, Gakuto eating, Yuushi making smart remarks, Hiyoshi staring into the abyss, Jirou sleeping somewhere and Kabaji seating beside him. Ever since he introduced his sister to the team two years ago, they've all become great friends. Kana often visited from London and he surely missed her presence whenever she left, but right now, he was glad. This scene made him happy. And it was going to be occurring nearly every day from now on.
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The regulars and Kana were all seated in a home theatre, again due to Kana's insistence. But this was becoming tradition. Whenever Kana visited home, she made Keigo and his teammates watch movies, most often, The Incredibles. Kana loved that Pixar movie.
"But Kana, if you're not going to Hyoutei Gakuen, where are you going?" Keigo asked her sister, who was engrossed in the movie.
"That's right, Kana-chan. What school are you enrolling in?" Gakuto asked, poking her to get her attention.
And then, with Kana's eyes still on the screen, she gave them an answer that would leave them speechless for minutes.
"Rikkai Dai."
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Author's Note: Gomen! I know this is a Yukimura Seiichi-centered fic, but he isn't mentioned even once in this chapter. But I have to build Kana's background and just how close she is to the Hyoutei regulars, before I insert her life into the Rikkai Dai scene.
I'll introduce Yukimura in the next chapters, I promise!
And yes, Atobe Kana is Atobe Keigo's twin sister, younger by only three minutes. They have the same hair color and the same eyes (platinum blue, according to the anime). But Kana's skills in tennis will soon be revealed! She didn't spend 2 years in London just for nothing.