Warnings: Can contain cursing and later on some more mature subjects. Updating will probably take a long time. Also, english isn't my first language so there can be some mistakes in it. Just point them out so I can correct them.
Disclaims: I don't own any of the characters from Prince of Tennis and I also don't own Fujiwara Ayumi. That character belongs to a friend of mine. Zikuro Yumi and the whole thing I wrote however, that I do own. Some things I wrote is thanks to TSheena who gave me most of the inspiration~
Some author ranting: Oh yeah, before I forget, Ryoma is still in middle school. He will appear in the story but not that much. Sorry! I love him too but that's how life is. A bitch *smiles with a sweatdrop* And TSheena, you don't have to worry for this chapter! Sheena isn't included in it *sweatdrops* Ayumi is like you probably already read however is...
Summary: Zikuro Yumi is a 2nd year student that goes to Seigaku high school. She isn't your normal every day girl. You want to know what for this she goes though? Come and read for yourself!
I may some use Japanese words and also the name style will be Japanese like. That means it will be last name- first name.
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It was early on the day when Zikuro Yumi woke up. She groaned and slammed on the alarm clock. Why did she had to go to school? She kicked the blanket away and tried to get up. Her body however refused to listen to her silent command.
"Come on! If I am late at school again it's going be like hell. I don't want to be scolded again." Yumi whined.
The girl tried to get up again and this time her small body listened to her. She scratched her bed hair sleepily. Yumi had the feeling this was going to be a very strange day. Well, at least stranger than it usually was.
She forced herself to stand up and went to do her morning routines silently. The whole house was still asleep and she wanted to keep it that way. Waking up her father was definitely not a good idea. He came home late that evening and he could be very cranky when he didn't get enough sleep. Not like he wasn't always cranky around Yumi. She still felt the bruises on her stomach. The girl winced slightly at the memory of two days ago. Yes, it was better to avoid that.
Yumi closed the door behind her and walked outside. There she was greeted by a bark. A smile found its way on her face. "Hello Yuri." The wolfish dog wagged his tail happily.
"Sorry boy. I have to go to school now. I'm sure Yuki-nii(1) will take you on a walk once he gets up."
Yumi waved to her loyal pet and went on her way to school. Until now nothing very weird happened. Sure she talked to her dog but that was a normal thing to do for her.
Ten minutes later she arrived at school. There she was squeezed into a firm hug by her hyper classmate.
"Yumi-chan(2)!"
The said girl struggled to break free. She didn't had a dead wish and knowing her friend… Yeah, he would choke her to dead. Yumi almost began seeing a very pretty light when she heard another voice.
"Eiji! Let go of Yumi-san(3). Her whole face is turning blue!"
The arm around Yumi's small frame disappeared and her lungs got filled with precious oxygen again. A now rather panicked Eiji jumped around the small girl.
"Yumi-chan! I'm so sorry!" The cat-like boy yelled. "Forgive me, nya(4)~!"
"It's alright Eiji-kun. I'm still alive, aren't I?"
Yumi beamed while rubbing her sore tummy. The bruises still did hurt a lot. She didn't show that though. It would only make them worry and they would ask questions. Yumi didn't plan on telling anybody soon that she was being abused by her father.
"Are you sure you're alright, Yumi-san?"
The small girl looked up to the other half of the Golden Pair and nodded.
"Don't worry that much Oishi! I'm a tough girl!" She grinned.
The one who was dubbed Seigaku's mother sighed in relief. He didn't want the manager of the tennisteam injured. Without her around the tenniscourts, the focus of everyone went down. Without that concentration you could make a mistake and then you could injury yourself or someone else. Now, that wasn't a good thing at all.
"But Yumi-chan~…"
"What is it Eiji-kun(5)?"
"How come you're so early? This must be your new personal record, nya~!"
Yumi was quiet for a while before she spoke again. "Early as in, how many minutes?"
"Nya~, ten minutes!"
Now that was strange. Normally she would've arrived just in time in class or too late. Sure there were times when she arrived five minutes before the bell rung but this… This were ten freaking minutes we were talking about! The world was coming to an end! No wonder why Oishi Shuichiro asked her if she were alright…
"So, and how did tennispractice go?" The tennismanager asked.
She never came early enough to be at the morningpractice. Most fangirls wondered how it was that of all people Zikuro Yumi got the job as the tennismanager. If you had to ask them, that girl was: Lazy, stupid and not to mention she was way too close with all of the tennisregulars. Many girls of Seigaku would kill someone to have Yumi's position.
But how Yumi got her position as tennismanager you ask? Well, in her 3rd year of middle school Yumi became friends with a freshman named Fujiwara Ayumi. She thought the blond haired girl was a cute, little and innocent freshman even though Yumi was smaller. Boy, how wrong she was. Ayumi turned out to be a die-hard fangirl of Echizen Ryoma. Not only that but it turned out she could also be considerable evil. Ayumi tried getting the spot as their manager but was rejected… Let's just say she blackmailed her senpai into trying to get the spot. Yes, that evil she was. Don't think too bad about her though. Ayumi was just a little too obsessed about her 'Ryo-chan'. She was nice but very dumb when Ryoma wasn't the subject of the conversation. Not like the blonde wasn't always dumb…
Somehow Yumi got the job as tennismanager. Some people say it was because of stupid luck and others believe it was because she wasn't a fangirl. However, the real reason why the coach choose her was because she is smarter than she acts and is loyal to what she thinks is right. The fact that she isn't a fangirl played also a part in it of course. I mean, come on! The tennisregulars wouldn't be safe if a fangirl was their manager. That would be the dead of them!
After Yumi received the title as their tennismanager, Ayumi stayed at her side as her 'mental support' or so the freshman claimed. Not like she wasn't always near Yumi but now she was also allowed on the tenniscourts. Luckily that changed after many complains of the members of the tennisclub. She now was only allowed to stay behind the fence.
Once Yumi finished Seigaku middle school and started Seigaku high school, Yumi decided she wanted to continue being the tennismanager of Seigaku. She liked being around the tennisregulars and helping them out in her own way. Now, a year later, the rather small girl still enjoyed it.
"Saa, it's about time we went to our class."
Yumi blinked her eyes and stared at her always smiling classmate. She didn't notice him coming at all.
"Syuu-kun! When did you get here?" The tennismanager asked surprised.
"Right after you asked how tennispractice went. Saa(6), did you space out again Yumi-chan?" Fuji Syuusuke asked.
"I guess I did…"
"So Yumi-chan didn't listen to me at all? Nyaa~, I feel so ignored…"
Eiji pouted adorably. It made the girl want to hug him, which she also did.
"Forgive me Eiji-kun!" She yelled with teary eyes. "Please, it wasn't my fault! It were the evil teddybears! I swear!"
"Oi, oi! Teddybears aren't evil, nya~!"
"But they really are! They have these very big bazooka's and are out to kill everyone. Don't misjudge them just because of their cute looks!"
This discussion went on for some time till the teacher told them to be quiet… Maybe he didn't say it exactly that way but it had the same result. The time went by and soon it was lunchbreak. Together with Eiji and Syuusuke, Yumi searched for a nice spot to eat their own lunch.
"Yumi-chan, Eiji-senpai(7), Fuji-senpai! Come sit down here!" A grinning boy waved to his senpai's.
"Ah, Momo!" Eiji called back.
The three classmates soon sat on the places that their kohai(8) kept free for them. Yumi saw Momoshiro Takeshi eyeing her food and opening his mouth to say something but she had beaten him to it.
"Don't bother asking for my food Takeshi." She said while opening her lunchbox.
"Awh, but Yumi-chan!" The younger but much taller boy whined. "Why not?"
"Because Yumi-chan still has to grow some because she's so tiny." A certain brown-haired, sadistic boy chuckled.
Yumi felt herself twitch en glare at Syuusuke. He was one of the few people who dared to imply that she was little. Even the teachers didn't say dare to say that. Most learned after saying it once to her that they didn't like an angry Yumi. It was a very terrifying sight.
"I'm not small! And I'm just hungry so let me eat my lunch in peace!"
Momoshiro Takeshi and Kikumaru Eiji both flinched at the tone she used. The other person on the table however only smiled.
"Saa, I didn't mean it like that Yumi-chan. What I meant is that you're just so thin." He said.
Now, most people wouldn't believed him yet, Yumi wasn't like most people. She had the tendency to be incredible dense.
"Ah, then sorry about that Syuu-kun!" The obvious girl beamed.
Eiji sighed in relief. Sitting next besides an annoyed Zikuro Yumi in class wasn't a good thing. That would only cause trouble. Momo also sighed but for another reason. He already had finished his food and was still hungry. His eyes now eyed his cat-like senpai.
"Nyaa~, forget it Momo! Not this time!" Eiji said and held his own bento close by him. "Buy your own food in the canteen if you're still hungry!"
The black-haired boy stood up and jogged to the cafeteria while sulking. Not only had two of his senpai's denied their food to him, but now he also had to wait in a huge line before he could buy his precious food. Momoshiro sighed once again.
"Life isn't fair." He muttered softly.
Not far away someone got a soccerball straight against his head...
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Authors after note: Well, you can say this is a sort cliffhanger. It isn't a real one however. And the whole thing with the soccerball against someone's head who is unknown for everyone... That is an inner joke my friend and I share together. One time we said 'Life isn't fair' and at that same moment another friend got a soccerball against his head. That happened twice. Since then we always look around in faked fear when we say that. Hope people like the story up till now and if not... too bad for you people~ I like writing and it's not like the world will end or anything~
1 Yuki-nii - Yuki is the name of Yumi's older brother. The 'nii' is a shortening of nii-chan what means 'older brother'. In other words it's a sort nickname.
2 -chan - is typically used after girls' names, but is also used for small children of either sex. Among adults, it may be used between close friends. It is commonly regarded as a "girly" suffix (used when speaking to, or among girls), but it is sometimes used to address boyfriends or other boys or adult men, so perhaps a more correct translation would be "cute" or "little". Pets are frequently referred to using this diminutive as well. -chan often indicates a certain fondness.
3 -san - is the most universal and commonly used suffix. May be used in every situation, even when just meeting or greeting someone.
4 nya - is japanese cat sound. It's the same as the english 'meow'
5-kun - is typically used after a boy's name, but may occasionally be used after a girl's. It is also sometimes used when referring to males of equal or lower status than oneself (for example, when a boss speaks to a subordinate, or a professor speaks to a student). -kun is also used among friends of similar social standing, and by parents and relatives to address older male children often indicates a certain fondness.
6 saa - it doesn't really have a real meaning. It's just a sound you can make before speaking.
7 -senpai - used to address senior (usually elder) students or coworkers, that have the same status as the speaker.
8 kohai - is a class lower than the senpai and are usually younger than the senpai.