Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Prince of Tennis. But I sure wish I did.
I do own several of the OCs that will appear in the story and co-own some others.
I've had this story on my mind for several years and after much begging from my sister and self loathing, I finally got this thing up. I don't have a beta so sorry if there's some mistakes. This is my first multi chapter story so please leave me a comment. I'm still getting use to the whole thing XXD
Enjoy though 3
Chapter 1 New Country New Life
*Bing Bong*
~Passengers, we have now arrived in Tokyo, Japan. Please gather your items for disembarkment. British Airways bids you all a good day. ~
As people began to get up from their seats and head to the exit, a girl with light brown hair that reached a little pass her shoulders and curled at the ends stretched in her seat. As she finished stretching, her sky blue eyes landed on the figure next to her. The figure had dark brown wavy hair that reached her mid-back. Near the tips of her hair, a color like fire ran upwards till it blended into the rest of her hair. The blue eyed girl looked at the sleeping girl next to her before deciding to wake her up.
"Sarai-chan, wake up. The plane landed already and we have to get off," she shook the girl as she spoke.
"Nugh… why's it so bright?" the girl named Sarai questioned. She yawned and stretched a little before opening her warm chocolate brown eyes.
"I f you look outside you'll get your answer, but we don't have the time before that cause we have to get off the plane."
"But Shoko-chan~"
"Nope, come on before the attendants get mad at us." The girl now known as Shoko had gotten up with hr stuff and started to make her way to the exit. Seeing that the conversation had ended and that her friend was walking away, Sarai quickly make way to follow. As the two left the plane, they quickly make their way to customs and then to the luggage claim.
"Okay we got our stuff, now what?" questioned Sarai. Sighing, Shoko began to walk off before answering.
"We have to go to the pet carriage area. That is, unless you don't want Festic anymore." Shoko only smiled at Sarai's wide-eyed expression.
"No I want Festic. I don't want him to become homeless because of me." Flustered, Sarai hurried to catch up to Shoko Once the two had grabbed the big black-and-white cat; they made their way to look for the people that were to pick them up.
"Hey, Sarai? Do you know what he looks like?" After blinking a couple of times Sarai remembered something and began to dig into her bag. After rummaging through it for a couple of seconds more, she finally pulled something square-shaped out. Taking a glance at the item Sarai smiled and handed it to Shoko before looking around again. When Shoko looked at the thing given to her she found it to be a photo of a man around his thirties. He had jet black hair and stormy-gray eyes.
"Well, that helps. You look for him while I look for my sister. It'll make things faster." Nodding her head in agreement, Sarai set out to look for said man in the picture.
~ 15 minutes later ~
"Found him/her!" With the two shouts, the girls looked at each other and laughed. As they did, two figures approached them from opposite sides.
"Sarai, is that you? Oh it's good to really see you in person. Look at how beautiful you are. You look so much like your mother," said the man from the photo. "Uh, thanks dad. It's nice to see you too." Sarai gave her dad a small smile. Then again, what's someone to say when they talk to a parent they've never seen before besides in photos? Can you say awkward? Anyway, let's turn to our other figure and see what's going on.
"Welcome back Shoko. How was your trip?" a woman with slightly wavy light-brown hair that reached about an inch past her shoulders walked up to Shoko and have her a hug.
"It's great to be back thanks Yumiko-neechan. The trip wasn't too bad just a bit boring." Shoko smiled brightly as she returned the hug and turned to her friend. " Nee-chan, I want you to meet my friend from England." She pointed to the girl near her. " Her name is Fuyumi Sarai. The person standing next to her is her dad. I'll properly introduce you to them when they finish talking." Yumiko looked at her little sister curiously while arching an eyebrow. "I'll explain later, It'll be easier to understand." Finally getting her sister to agree, the two of them approached Sarai and her recently met father. "Sarai-chan! I wnat you to meet my sister." Shoko smiled happily as she poked her side. Spazzing out due to being ticklish everywhere, Sarai glared at Shoko who continued to smile.
"Of course. Let me introduce you to my father as well." Turing to look at her dad,Sarai gave him a small smile. "This is my father Sumino Satoshi. Father, this is my friend Fuji Shoko. Shoko my father." Sarai quickly pointed out turning left and right, respectedly.
"Okay, my turn," Shoko raised her hand enthusiastically, "Sarai-chan, Sumino-san, this is my sister Fuji Yumiko." Seeing that the two said adults continued to talk, the girls engaged in their own conversation.
"Hey Shoko, what school are you going to go to? My gather said that he enrolled me into Seigaku because it's closer. He said something along the lines of ' You're new to Japan and don't know your way, I don't want you to get lost since Tokyo is so big.' or something like that. It hasn't been an hour yet and he's already treating like a child." Sarai seemed frustrated after her rant and crossed her arms. Shoko looked at her for a second to process the things she said. Once understood what had been said, Shoko just shook her head.
"Really, in my opinion, I have to agree with him. Your sense of direction isn't exactly the best, you know. Plus he's right; Tokyo is a pretty big city and it's really easy to get lost if you're new to the area." Sarai gave Shoko heated glare which she only ignored and continued with what she was saying. " Hey on the bright side of it we're going to the same school, isn't that great?" Shoko gave Sarai an innocent smile that seemed just a *bit* too innocent. noticing said "innocence", Sarai started to grin as well.
"Oh that's great, at least I'll have someone I'll know in the school. I hope we'll be in the same class, too." Sarai pouted. Shoko giggled at the sight and smiled.
"Oh yeah! I almost forgot to mention that my Onii-chan goes to the same school. He's a year older than us and is a regular on the tennis team." Shoko seemd to have gotten excited as she told Sarai the news, since she starte dto jump up and down. Sarai only laughed and sighed. "That's pretty cool. I guess that means that I'll be meeting more of your family soon."
"Yeah...oh,I know! I'll show you him! Nee-san said that Onii-chan's team have district matches today. I can ask my sister to take us there."
"Really? Oh, but I don't want to trouble your sister and I have a lot of stuff to unpack. My dad said I'm starting school tomorrow." Sarai was conflicted on what to do. Shoko, on the other hand, seemed t be in her own little world, thinking about something. "Shoko? Shoko, are you there? Hello~" Not getting a response, Sarai decides to poke Shoko in the side. Surprisingly enough, it worked and snapped the the brunette out of her state.
"Ouch! That hurts. you know." Shoko scowled and glared at Sarai, while she rubbed the sore spot. "Anyway, I got an idea. How about my sister takes us to the matches and I'll show you who my brother is. After that, we go to your house and I'll help you unpack so you'll get more done. Not only that, but i"ll stay over and we can walk to school together, so you won't get lost. Plus, I want to surprise Onii-chan since he doesn't know I'm back yet."
"Ha! I knew it there was a motive behind this!" Sarai smiled and gave herself a pat on the back. "But that's a great idea; who knows what kind of creepy creepers are lurking out there." Sarai shivered and began to look terrified. Shoko looked at her and tried to forget about what the girl had said. "Let's go, we need to ask your dad if I can stay over and if so, I need to get my sister to get my uniform for tomorrow." With that established, the two of them made their way to their family members.
"Ah, it seems that they're done. Sarai, you must be tired, should we get going home? You still have to unpack and school is tomorrow." Sumino asked.
"Ummm, about that, dad," Sarai looked down and fidgeted a bit, "umm, Shoko and I were talking about that and uhhh..."
"What Sarai-chan was trying to say, is that we wanted to ask you whether it would be okay if she came with us a bit to see something ad after that , if possible of course, i could stay over the night and help her unpack and we could go to school together." Shoko interrupted, trying to save her dear friend from the awkwardness. She looked over to her sister with pleading eyes, hoping that the plan would be approved. Sarai nervously looked at her father, waiting for his approval, as well.
"Well, I don't really see a problem with it and I think it'd be easier on my mind to know she'd be with someone when she went to school. It'd also be nice to get to know one of Sarai's friend's better. Yumiko-san what do you think?" Sumino seemed pleased with the idea. "I don't seem to see a problem with it and it would be a good way for Fuyumei-chan to familiarize herself with the area," Yumiko reassured Sumino with a smile. "Alright then, since that's agreed upon, I'll take Sarai's bags with me. Shoko is there anything that you'll need for tonight? I can take it back with me " Sumino looked at Shoko.
"No. It's okay, really, there's stuff I need to get back at home, so I'll just bring what I need myself. I don't want to trouble you more than I have." Shoko replied, after going through a mental list of things she'll need later. "Okay then, here. This is my address; it's the house with white roses in the front garden, you can't miss it. Sarai, have fun now." Giving Sarai a hug, he took her bags and left.
"Well, he seems really nice. I guess things won't be that bad here." Sarai commented when her father was gone from sight. Shoko smacked her in the head and sighed. " Ow! Hey, I didn't do anything wrong this time!" Sarai pouted. "Thanks, I think I lost a few more brain cells."
"First of all, yes you did. I'm here with you so it's not going to be bad what so ever. And plus, what brain cells?" Shoko smirked. Sarai rubbed her head for awhile, then stopped all of a sudden.
"Hey!" Shoko only chuckled before turning to her sister and ignoring Sarai's intense glare. Yumiko gave Shoko a knowing look before speaking. "Knowing you, you have some kind of plot forming in that head of your." Yumiko smiled. "I have a feeling this has something to do with Syuusuke. So, am I right?" her smile grew wider as she spoke.
"I have no idea what you're talking about Onee-san. All I want to do is to surprise my dear Onii-san. Plus, I don't think his friends know about me, except for Eiji-kun." Shoko replied innocently. Sarai was still fuming in the background, planning her revenge.
"Ahh. I see, so I'm guessing you want to see the matches he's playing today right?" Yumiko already understood that she'd be excited to see Syuusuke's reaction. It was very hard to surprise the tensai, but Shoko was one of the very few people who could.
"Of course! Than's the very first stop I want to make. I want to show Sarai-chan what Onii-chan looks line in person and not in a photo. Plus, it's been a few years since the photo was taken." Shoko reasoned. "Anyway, we'll only be there for a few minutes. I don't want him to spot us. It's hard enough trying to outsmart as it is" she pouted. Yuiko laughted before deciding that it was time to go.
Grabbing their stuff, the three females made their way to the parking lot. Finally finding the car, they packed the stuff in and stated the car. Both Shoko and Sarai sat in the back, leaving the front passenger seat open. As the car reached the exit of the parking lot, Sarai punched Shoko in the arm.
"Eh.. that hurt. What is it this time, or are you trying to abuse me again?" Shoko whined. Sarai only smiled and looked forward,"Sweet revenge." Shoko facepalmed for her friend's oddness.