Crescendo
A.N: This is my first story that I have ever written! And I'm actually still working on it. I don't know how long this story will be but I am planning to follow the episodes. I do apologize if I update kind of slow but I like doing research on each episode. I hope Yuki doesn't sound like a Mary-sue and if she does please tell me! The only other thing I can say is that I hope you enjoy it!
Warning: Sakuno will be acting OOC. She still likes Ryoma and all, but she isn't as shy, please bear with me.
Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis, I do own Yuki though.
Summary: Yuki has finally moved back to Japan with her father after her parents got a divorce. She is really excited to see her childhood friend, Sakuno. They haven't seen each other since she was seven years old. How will Yuki's appearance change the way Prince of Tennis goes? What is the secret that she's hiding?
A young girl with long dark pink hair and emerald green eyes steps off a train and walks over to the vending machine. She shoves her hand into her pocket and pulls out a few coins and inserts it into the vending machine. What should I get...Ponta? Maybe I should get the apple one... She thinks to herself before looking through the variety of drinks. After a few minutes of debating to herself she pushed the button for the apple ponta and watches as the machine vends. She bends down and picks up her ponta only to frown in disappointment. The vending machine messed up and gave her a grape ponta instead. Ugh, I don't want this. Maybe I can give it to Sakuno, whenever she gets here... She thinks before walking over to a bench and sitting down. She slowly closes her eyes and rests her head on the back of the bench before sighing, thinking about her past. Suddenly, someone let out a loud squeal and jumped onto her. She quickly opens her eyes and smiles, seeing her best friend.
"Sakuno-chan, it's nice to see you again!" The young girl says smiling at her friend. Sakuno is a very beautiful girl with long dark brown hair and soft brown eyes. Her hair is in two low braids, and her bangs framed her face perfectly.
"Oh, Yuki-chan I've missed you so much!" Sakuno says hugging her friend with tears in her eyes. Yuki left her five years ago because her parents wanted to move to France. They lived happily together in France for about three years before they found out a terrible secret and her parents got a divorce.
"No need to show tears for me, Sakuno-chan." Yuki says gently and wipes away Sakuno's tears. Sakuno nods slightly before getting off of Yuki and smiling sheepishly. "That reminds me, I tried to get an apple ponta but the vending machine messed up and gave me a grape one instead, do you want it?" Yuki asks raises her eyebrow and holding out the can of ponta. Sakuno nods and takes the ponta from Yuki's hand, "I'll be right back, and I'm going to the bathroom. Meet me over there..?" Yuki asks nodding over towards the area. Sakuno nods and walks towards the spot while Yuki walks into the bathroom.
Sakuno opens up her can and takes a small sip while looking around. She was planning to take Yuki out to the park, but her grandmother wanted her to go watch the tennis matches. She begged her grandma to let Yuki go which didn't take long since Yuki and her grandma always got along pretty well. Sakuno let's out small grin before looking in front of her and tilting her head to the side. The young boy from the train was standing in front of her and giving her a strange look. Was he talking to me? She thinks to herself before sending him a soft smile.
"C~Can you say that again? I was kind of zoned out…" Sakuno asks with her head tilting to the side.
"Do you know where the tournament is?" He asks again. Sakuno nods quickly.
"Yeah, go out the South exit and keep going straight." He nods his thanks before walking off towards the South exit. He was kind of cute… Sakuno thinks before shrugging and taking another drink of her ponta.
Thirty minutes later Sakuno's grandmother still didn't come, making her frown. She turns to Yuki, planning to apologize when her grandmother ran towards them while waving. Sakuno pouts and looks at her grandmother accusingly.
"You're late!" She accuses making her grandmother laugh and her pout.
"I'm sorry, Sakuno-chan. An emergency happened." Her grandmother turns to Yuki and smiles, "It's nice to see you again, Yuki-chan."
"It's nice to see you too, Ryuzaki-san." Yuki says bowing to show her respect. Sakuno's grandmother is very cute in her own way with her long red hair that's put in a high pony tail, and her brown eyes. She is known to be scary and mean to the tennis team, but Yuki knows how nice she is, even if she can be a little bit hard with tennis. Yuki giggles quietly to herself before following Sakuno and her grandmother out ignoring Sakuno's little outburst.
Once they arrived to the tennis garden Yuki noticed Sakuno looking around worried. What did she possibly do? Give someone the wrong directions? Maybe she saw someone that she liked? Or maybe she's just overwhelmed? Yuki thinks before watching Sakuno run off.
"You should probably go follow her, Yuki-chan." Ryuzaki says nodding towards the direction Sakuno ran off. Yuki nods in agreement before walking after Sakuno and looks around. The tennis matches that are going on look tough. That looks really fun! She thinks to herself walking right into Sakuno.
"S~Sorry!" Yuki apologizes quickly bowing, not noticing the boy sitting in the grass. Sakuno smiles and shakes her head at Yuki before turning back to the young boy.
"How about I buy you a drink? It's my apology gift for making you default." Sakuno says clapping her hands together and looking at the boy hopefully. Yuki raises her eyebrow before looking into the grass and noticing a boy. He has messy black hair with a greenish tint, and golden cat-like eyes.
"Fine." The boy says standing up and walking over to the two girls. The three of them walk over to vending machine in silence.
Once they got to the vending machine Sakuno notices she has no change for the drinks. Yuki shakes her head and walks over to the vending machine and takes out her change. I only have enough for two people… She thinks to herself before turning to them with a smile.
"I can buy; it's still for her apology gift though." Yuki says turning to the young boy, "What would you like?" She asks already knowing what Sakuno wants. He shakes his head slightly and puts his own money into the vending machine and buys three grape pontas'. He hands one to Yuki and the other one to Sakuno.
"I'm sorry." Sakuno whispers bowing in embarrassment.
"Thanks." Yuki says smiling softly at him. He nods. They all start walking over to the bench and sit down with Yuki in the middle.
"W~What's your name?" Sakuno asks suddenly with a blush on her face.
"Echizen Ryoma." He answers drinking his ponta.
"I'm Ryuzaki Sakuno, nice to meet you." Sakuno says taking her own sip of her drink. Yuki on the other hand stares down at her drink with a pout. This is the second time today she got cheated out of her apple ponta, even though she didn't buy this one. She looks up and notices Ryoma looking at her.
"What…?" She asks before realizing he wants her name. "Oh, I'm Nakamaru Y-" Suddenly, a can flies past her face, scratching her cheek. She closes her eyes and winces before placing her hand over her cheek and frowning, feeling blood.
"A~Are you okay, Yuki-chan?" Sakuno asks moving Yuki's hand away from her cheek. Yuki smiles lightly and nods before turning to the three high schoolers and glaring.
"Thanks for the scratch; I hope you guys have a good reason for doing that." She says to them with her arms crossed over her chest. Ryoma just looks at them with a small glare.
"Sorry for being too loud for you and your little girlfriend." The one with orange hair says laughing loudly and turning to Yuki, "Shut up and mind your own business, girl." Yuki glares even more. The male smirks at her before turning his attention back to Ryoma and stares into his eyes. "I don't like the way you are staring at me, boy." Ryoma doesn't move at all, "Stop!" He hells before swinging his racket at Ryoma and missing his face by a few inches. Sakuno screamed and Yuki closes her eyes tightly, not scared for herself but for him. The groups of high schoolers start walking away when Ryoma stands up and picks up the can. His eyes narrow when he sees blood on the side of it before picking it up and throwing it into the trash can.
"Do you remember the grip yet?" He asks smirking. He doesn't know why but he feels sorry for the girl who got hit. She wasn't even on the train—that he knows of, "If not, I'll be more than happy to teach it to you." The other group stops and turns around.
"Fine." The leader of the group says.
Yuki leans against the fence and watches the match with interest. Ryoma is doing pretty good against the high schooler. He's actually a lot better than the high schooler. She thinks turning her attention back to Sakuno who is holding Ryoma's jacket. Yuki giggles quietly remembering how she got a hold of it. Ryoma just threw it at her and asked her to hold it. Yuki turns around when she heard the gate open to see Ryuzaki.
"Oh, so this is where you two ran off too." She says watching Ryoma and his match. Yuki looks over at her in confusion after she refused to stop the match. During the match Yuki starts to understand. Ryoma is amazing at tennis, even though she feels like he's holding back. She slowly loses her concentration and thinks about her family.
Suddenly, she turned her attention back to the game when she heard Sakuno scream. Ryoma's eyelid is bleeding and the high schooler leans over the net grabbing a hold of his tennis racket. She frowns lightly and watches Sakuno run onto the court and holds out her handkerchief. He pushes her hand away and tells her to get off the court while they are playing.
After that the match ended quickly with Ryoma showing his twist serve. Yuki can only smile, watching his eyes shine in excitement. She can see why Ryoma was in this tournament. She now understands why Ryuzaki didn't stop it either. After all, he is the Prince of Tennis. She thinks to herself before waving at Sakuno and leaving.
Well, that's the end of it! I hope you liked chapter one and please tell me if I can improve it in any way! I don't mind it if you guys leave a comment about why you don't like it, but please put it down softly? This is my first story and I hope you can understand that I do want to improve—I just don't want to be told I'm horrible. I hope to see you reading my story as I write more!
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