Priorities of The Mind

Disclaimer: Prince Of Tennis is not mine as its rightful owner is Takeshi Konomi. The only thing I own in this fan fiction is this idea and my OCs.
Summary: Everyone has priorities in their lives. Most would be love, school, family or friendship. Either way, our priorities are things we should always consider first before anything else. But our priorities are often the source of confusion and indecisiveness as there are of two main priorities. One of the mind and one of the heart. Which will prevail?
Chapter Summary: Through the eyes of Yamada Hiroki and Kawada Eri, is the life of Satou 'Nana' Nanako.
Author's Interference: Due to a very bad virus, I've lost all of my notes for 'The Untypical Duo of Hyoutei' as well as everything else. So there fore, this is the 'new' version of 'The Untypical Duo of Hyoutei'. I'm sorry for/to those who read my other story and for my rather long absence. =_=

Prologue: Study Group – Satou Nanako

It is tough being a third-year student at Hyoutei Academy. Especially when majority of the third-year students there are all of high status, whose parents hired professional private tutors of every subject known man and whatever else they learn that is considered 'high-class'. Yes indeed, being a third-year Hyoutei student is tough.

It is especially tough for third-year honour students, whom are often from the middle-class part of Tokyo, to compete with the high-class students in sport and academics, cope with their on-going harassment and those who abuse their high status to do horrible things as well as managed their time properly to handle the piles of homework that they get from school and cram-school. Not only is the competitiveness an all-going high but there is truck-loads of preparation exams for going into a good junior high school of your choice.

This was clearly the case for the older of the Satou sisters, Satou Nanako, whom was currently in her room with her childhood friend Yamada Hiroki, her best friends Kawada Eri and Watanabe Kobe, trying to finish what was left of her homework with the help from her overly intelligent friends.

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After much explaining, yelling as well as pointing, Nana finally understood what the French words meant and how to properly string them into a proper sentence. Her face brightened somewhat, when I also taught her how to pronounce them properly which was an added bonus to her it seems. I might be tough on Nana but it helps her get through her classes. And so long as it helps her pass, I'm a happy man.

Soon she was once again buried in the massive loads of homework that was due either tomorrow or the next day after. Nana had already finished with her maths, English and home economics homework. However her French and Greek homework were a bit of a challenge for her to finish. After helping her out, it was Eri-kun's turn to help and she was already on her way in assisting Nana with her Greek homework.

Since Ko-kun and I had finished helping Nana, we just chilled out in her room. Ko-kun was taking a small nap, his messy mop of white spikes leaning on the edge of the soft covered bed, trying to get rid of school related items out of his system. I, on the other hand, decided to look around Nana's newly decorated room.

The plaster walls were painted a shade of brown, the colour of chocolate milk. The soft carpet floor was another shade of light brown, mocha brown. I smiled at the different shades of brown that I see almost everywhere in Nana room, and smiled widely when I finally noticed her ecru-coloured pyjamas patterned with small burnt umber spirals.

I distantly remember in my first year art class that the colour brown meant down-to-earth, honesty and warmth. Nana was indeed those things since she was raised in a very traditional household but nonetheless didn't loose her warm demeanour that she has with other people. Her sincerity was also genuine and was, I have to admit, rather refreshing.

But if there is one fatal flaw with her honesty and upbringing it was the fact that she was so honest that it often got her into loads of trouble and the fact that she was rather... an uptight prude for the lack of a better description. In my opinion, Nana really needs to loosen up and live her life a little more! She needs to socialise outside her family, neighbourhood and our little circle of friends. Only thing is, Nana's pretty damn adamant about her priorities. "I want to get through middle school and into junior high. And my grandparents need Rin and me to look after the house." There are really times where I want to say that she doesn't need to and that she needs to live out what's left of her childhood, but once Nana sets her mind to something she goes all the way. It's really impossible to stop her when that happens.

Pochi, her little chestnut brown puppy, was happily enjoying the fact that there were so many people in the house today. He wanted, practically needed, the attention so he did a few tricks to grab ours, especially Nana's. I smirked, when I saw Nana trying her best to ignore her playful companion and focus on her almost-completed Greek homework. But Pochi, persistent in grabbing her attention and did what Nana can't possibly ignore or resist. He rolled onto his back, soft underside showing and whined cutely.

Sighing in resignation, Nana smiled as she stroked her little puppy's underside, enjoying herself immensely with her puppy. Nana continued petting and stroking as Pochi let himself get spoiled by his master's attention, and enjoying her affection. I know because he has that stupid, satisfied look on his face. Happy panting and tongue sticking out, the works.

Damn, I feel sorry for Nana's future boyfriend when he finds out that she spoils her puppy with her warm attention and affection. And possibly be second best in her most cherished list with Pochi, her family and us, her friends, coming first.

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I couldn't help but laugh, when I saw Nana-chan caved in to Pochi's cuteness as well when I saw Hiro-chan's try-hard smirk. I helped gather her homework and placed them in the right notebooks. As much as I was good at Greek and it being my favourite subject, I'm not perfect like the pompous jerk Atobe was, so I couldn't help Nana-chan answer all her questions. Freaking hell, I ALWAYS come second to that...that... fruity snob when it comes to Greek, MY favourite subject.

"Eri-kun, you're going to ruin Nana's neat notebook." Crap. I forgot that there was another fruity snob in the room. Seriously, how the heck did Nana-chan EVER become friends with that fruity snob?

"Shut up, Hiro-chan. At least, I don't sound like a try-hard Oshitari wannabe." I smiled, triumphant, when I saw the noticeable irritated twitch in Hiro-chan's eye.

"Well, Eri-kun. At least, I hit puberty unlike you, who still hasn't got her period yet or has yet to loose her baby fat." I growled angrily at the now smirking bastard. It's not my fault I'm a late bloomer! I mean Nana-chan is has a flat chest too! Even flatter than mine!

"And don't you dare compare Nana with you. At least she got her period." ...How the heck does he know something personal like that? I mean, even my DAD doesn't even know.

"Because my grandmother told him when it first happened and to buy me chocolate every time it happened, Eri-chan." Nana-chan currently had a sleeping Pochi on her lap and I could feel my jaw dropping. I can't believe Nana-chan can say that with a straight face especially when it came to...that time of the month.

It must have stayed dropped for awhile as I felt this painful sore in my jaw, a small wetness near the corner of my mouth and heard the fruity laughing.

"......You should......stop thinking......out loud..........And you're......drooling!" The bastard managed to say between his snickers before he let out a loud chuckle as he fell on his back with a soft thud, literally rolling on the floor laughing.

Embarrassed, I wiped the bit of drool from my mouth and grabbed the nearest thing, which happened to be a cushion, and began thrashing him with it. Soon his chuckles were muffled and I was happy and triumphant by the fact that I silenced the bastard that is until he the cushion beneath him and retaliated back.

Soon our cushion fight began as we pelted each other with our respective pillows, completely forgetting that we where we were.

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Amidst the fighting, Satou Nanako had placed Pochi in his basket to sleep better and sat next to her best guy friend, Watanabe Kobe, whom had woken up from the noise. He was watching the humorous scene in front of him unfold before his very eyes with an amused smile. Nanako leaned on his shoulder a little tired from all her studying.

"Thank you for helping with my homework and arranging the study date, Ko-kun." Nanako thanked, genuinely grateful by Kobe's kindness. Nanako looked up to Kobe as a big brother since her real older brother was married and living in Osaka with his wife, Honda Kyoko.

"Hey what are friends for? And besides, someone needs to be the sane one of this crazy group." Kobe replied, rubbing her shoulder in a brotherly way as he chuckled whenever Yamada Hiroko got a face full of cushion by an angry Kawada Eri.

Nanako smiled as she nodded at Kobe's statement and watched as her childhood friend and her best friend duke it out on each other in an all out cushion fight with her albino best friend who laughed all the way.

Author's Comments: It feels weird having to write the Japanese romaji for a lot of things when some criticise about the abusive use of Japanese romaji.

Author's Notes: As a little side note here, Nanako's friends are all from wealthy families. These OCs will be given more detail in later chapters.

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