Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace


Disclaimer: No I do not own Prince of tennis but I do own my Ocs!


[Fuji Residence; Kalamazoo, Michigan; Saturday]

"Y-you can't be serious?"

"I'm sorry, Maikera, I really am but we just can't stay here any longer."

Maikera's light blue eyes burned with tears, "But mom! What happened to all the counseling? What happened-"

"Enough, you are coming with me while Kanna is going with your father." Her mother told her, aggravation showed clearly in her voice, "Now, go pack your things, we're leaving this evening."

Maikera's voice cracked, "Where are we going?"

"Back to Japan, we'll live with your Uncle Daichi, Aunt Yumi, and your cousins Yumiko, Syuuske and Yuuta. Aunt Yumi told me that she adopted a girl your age, I don't recall her name but I'm sure you'll get along with her, she said she's a nice girl." Her mother replied, putting a shirt in her suitcase.

Maikera nodded numbly, "Mom, am I ever going to be able to see dad again?"

"Of course, sweetie, I wouldn't keep you from your father unless you didn't want to see him; your father and I will work out a schedule, okay?"

"Alright."

Maikera's mother kissed her daughters forehead, "Go pack."

"Okay."

Maikera walked out of her parents room and down the hall to hers. She angrily threw clothes in a brown box.

I knew this was coming, but I feel like I'm just finding out about it. She thought to herself.

Maikera mentally slapped herself, Forget it! What's done is done!

Though the nagging feeling in her heart didn't leave.

When Maikera finished packing she ending up with 3 huge boxes of clothes and 3 boxes of other trinkets that she owned.

Maikera walked back down to her parents room and found that her mother had just finished packing.

"Ready?" her mother asked her.

"Ready as I'll ever be," Maikera replied.

The mother mussed with her daughters light purple hair, "Everything will be alright, I promise."

"If you say so…"

Maikera's mother sighed, "Well, we're leaving tonight to be there by afternoon tomorrow."

"Can I go say good-bye to my friends?" Maikera asked.

"Sure, just be back by," The 34 year old looked at her wrist watch, "7:00 because we have to be at the airport by 8:45."

"Alright," Maikera replied.

She walked down the stairs and to the front door.

Great, this gives me a few hours to hang out with my friends

Maikera threw on a pair of Nikes and walked out of the house; making sure her call phone was in the back pocket of her jeans.

Good, its there.

Maikera walked briskly down the driveway.

I'll go to Cathy's first.

Maikera walked about 3 blocks and then found herself at her friend, Cathy's house.

She rang the doorbell and waited a few seconds.

Cathy's mother answered, "Oh, hello Maikera, Cathy's out of town with her father at the moment."

Great…

Maikera put up a fake smile, "Oh, okay, sorry to bother you Mrs. Han."

The Chinese woman smiled, "No problem, say hi to your mother, Kanako, for me, alright?"

Maikera nodded, "Okay."

She then walked off of the porch and back onto the sidewalk where she started walking aimlessly.

Cathy's the only one to say good-bye to, everyone else is out of town.

Maikera bit her lip, refusing to let a tear shed as she walked down empty street of her suburban neighborhood.

She let her feet take her where ever they wished to lead her.

Look on the bright side Maikera, you'll be able to see Syuu-kun, and Yuu-kun. You haven't seen them in years. Maikera told herself.

Maikera found herself walking through a park she knew very well. She came here a lot with her friends.

Huh?

A familiar noise reached the teenagers ears.

Maikera took a left turn down a path that lead down hill. She found two girls that she recognized from her school playing tennis. They were currently in a rally, the score tied at 4-4.

Not bad, if Kayley tilts her grip just a little it would make her shots a little bit faster.

20 minutes later the score was 6-4 and the winner was Kayley's opponent, Missy.

"You'll never make the team if you play like that, Kayley." Missy snorted, walking off the court.

Maikera rolled her eyes, Gosh, people need lives.

Maikera was never a fan of Missy Andress.

"I almost beat you!" Kayley retorted.

"Almost doesn't mean anything. Yes, you almost won, but you didn't win." Missy told the girl with a sharp look.

Maikera's right eye twitched a little, She just freakin' stole my freakin' line! I might have to go all ninja on this chick!

Kayley was taken aback, "S-shut up! Don't lecture me!"

Kayley shoved her racquet into its case and stomped off the courts.

Sore loser, and a sore winner. Keh, this is why I hate people.

Maikera made her way back up the hill, getting bored of the bickering.

"Hey! Maikera, wait up!" Kayley shouted, running to catch up to Maikera.

"Yo?"

"Hey, Maikera, what's up?"

Though Maikera and Kayley weren't really friends, but they still talked to each other if they were in the same area.

"Nothing much," Okay, so she lied, nothing much was a huge understatement. "I saw your match. If you had tilted your grip your shots would have been just a little faster."

"Would I have won?" Kayley asked.

Maikera shrugged, "Don't know."

Kayley looked at her purpled hair companion, "Maikera, you seem…different today. Something wrong?"

Maikera kept her head straight ahead but let her icy blue eyes glance at the brown haired girl beside her, "Fine, I'm fine."

She was more or less convincing herself that she was fine.

"Alright, if you say so." Kayley muttered.

The two girls soon parted ways and Maikera, once again, was left alone to walk aimlessly.

Left to walk around my hometown one last time, Maikera chuckled to herself, I make it sound like I'm dying!

Maikera took her phone out and looked at the time.

Wow its already 4, so its been 3 hours since I left the house.

For the rest of the day Maikera walked around aimlessly. She walked into the mall and bought some shirts from American Eagle and JC Penny's.

Maikera sighed, "Well, better get back home."

It took Maikera about two hours to walk home because she was all the way on the other side of town.

"I'm back!" She called as she walked into the house.

"You're home early," Kanako commented, placing a box by the door.

"Yeah, Cathy's out of town with her dad and her mom says hi," Maikera replied, sitting on the couch.

"What about Steven, Kristy, and Chelsea?" her mother asked.

Maikera shook her head, "Out of town, gosh, why is it when I actually need my friends, they're gone?"

Kanako chuckled, "I ask myself that sometimes."

"By the way, where's dad and Kanna?" The teenager asked.

"They decided to go visit some relatives up in Lansing." Kanako replied.

Maikera's heart dropped, "You mean he won't come and say good-bye?"

Her mother shook her head sadly, "No, he didn't want to. He said he couldn't bear to watch you leave him."

Maikera stayed silent.

"Maikera, I'm sorry."

"Its not you're fault, I just want to leave as soon as possible," Maikera replied.

Kanako nodded, "I have all the boxes down here, so now we can load the car."

It took the two only 20 minutes to load their van with 12 boxes. Maikera climbed into the passenger seat while her mother locked up the house and then climbed into the drivers seat.

Good-bye Kalamazoo, Michigan…

It only took two hours to make it to the Detroit Airport to make a direct flight to Japan. After leaving their luggage to the airport workers and going through airport security Kanako and Maikera got on their plane where Maikera instantly fell asleep.


[Fuji Residents; Tokyo, Japan; Sunday]

Mikayla watched silently as she watched her two brothers and father put together a bunk bed.

"The last thing we need is two other PMSing females in the house," she heard one of her brothers muttered.

"Shut up Yuuta!" Mikayla shouted, chucking something random at his head which just so happened to be…A LOG, pft, nah, just kidding, it was Volume 2 of Chibi Vampire

"Ow! Mikayla, what the heck?" Yuuta said, glaring at his adopted sister.

Mikayla smiled innocently, "Hi, Yuu-kun!"

"Don't call me that!"

"Ta-kun?"

"No."

"Baka-kun?"

Yuuta glared at his sister again, "You can sleep on the floor for all I care."

Mikayla pouted, "Aw! You don't mean that!"

Yuuta sighed and went back to working on the bunk bed.

"Mikayla! Will you come down for a few minutes?!"

"Hai, Kaa-san!" Mikayla replied, standing up from the chair she was sitting on.

Mikayla walked down the stairs and went into the kitchen where she found her mother making lunch.

"You called, Kaa-san?"

Fuji, Yumi smiled at her youngest daughter, "Yes, I need you to come with me to pick up your Aunt Yuki and cousin Maikera from the airport."

Mikayla nodded, "Alright, do you need help with lunch?"

Yumi shook her head, "No, actually I just finished."

She then placed three sandwiches on paper plates and placed them on a tray and handed it to Mikayla.

"Please, take this up to your father and brothers."

"Okay," Mikayla replied.

Mikayla carefully climbed the steps and went into her room that she would soon be sharing with another girl.

"I brought lunch," she announced as she walked in.

"Arigatou, Mikayla," Fuji, Daichi said, taking a sandwich off the tray.

"You're welcome!"

Mikayla placed the tray on her desk.

"Well me and Kaa-san are going to the airport," Mikayla said.

"Alright, tell her to bring home so sushi for dinner," Daichi told his daughter.

Mikayla nodded, "Okay."


[Airplane; Sunday]

Maikera stared blankly out of the window.

"Mom, how much longer?" she asked.

"About-"

"PLEASE PUT YOUR SEAT BELTS ON AND PREPARE FOR LANDING," a lady said over the intercom.

"Well, that answers my question."

Maikera strapped herself in and felt the aircraft descend.

They soon were let off the plane and went outside to wait for their ride.

"Mom, where's our stuff?" Maikera asked in English.

"Maikera, talk in Japanese from now on." Kanako said in Japanese, "And our stuff will be sent to us and should be there by this evening."

"I see," Maikera muttered.

A red colored mini van suddenly rolled in front of them.

"Kanako, its good to see you again!" a woman said, rolling down the passenger window.

"Nice to see you too, Yumi!" Kanako replied with a cheerful smile.

Kanako got into the passenger seat while Maikera sat in back with another girl she didn't recognize. She was African-American with mid-back brown hair and chocolate brown eyes. She sported a pair of jeans and a black cami-top and a pair of DC's.

"Hi! I'm Mikayla," The girl said, holding at a hand for Maikera to shake.

Maikera shook her hand, "Nice to meet you, names Maikera. You must be the new adopted girl my mom told me about."

Mikayla nodded, "Yep, that's me."

The two teenagers were silent while their mothers talked.

"So," Mikayla started after a few minutes. "How old are you?"

"14, you?" Maikera answered.

"14 as well," Mikayla replied.

Another wave of silence went by.

"So hows Syuu-kun and Yuu-kun? Oh and Yumiko-chan too," Maikera asked.

"Good, Syuuske is a regular on the tennis team at Seigaku while Yuuta is a regular at and-"

Maikera cut Mikayla off in mid-sentence, "Wait, they go to different schools? Why?"

Mikayla shrugged, "I don't really know why myself, I've only been here for about a month and a half. From what Yumiko told me, Yuuta just got tired of living in his brother's shadow."

"Oh," was Maikera's quiet response.

What happened? From what I remember, Yuuta and Syuuske were always so close. Maikera thought to herself.

After an hour and a half car ride, the four women made it home.

"Mikayla, show Maikera to the room please," Yumi told her adopted daughter.

Mikayla nodded, "Okay, Kaa-san."

Mikayla led Maikera up the stairs and to the room at the end of the hall. When they walked in, the wood bunk bed was all set up and sheets were set on the bed.

"Hey, they even made the beds for us, I can't believe it." Mikayla muttered, then turned to Maikera, "Top or bottom?"

"I prefer the bottom," Maikera answered.

"Cool, I wanted the top anyway," Mikayla said.

Maikera rolled her eyes, I wonder what would've happened if I had said top.

"Alright, I just wanted you to know a few things, one, please don't borrow any of my things without telling me first," Mikayla told the purple-haired teen.

Maikera shrugged, "That's agreeable, go on."

"Two, I usually sleep with the ceiling fan on, so I just want to you know you're cool with that."

"Yeah that's fine, that doesn't bother me, you'll be closest to the fan anyway," Maikera replied.

"Cool, okay three, please do not open that chest," Mikayla

pointed over to a 1 foot tall wood chest on the ground.

Maikera nodded, "Also understandable."

Mikayla grinned, "That's all, really. Anything else I could just tell you when we get there. Anything I should know about you?"

Maikera thought for a second, "Not really, I guess rule number one applies to me too."

"Alright, that's agreeable, anything else?"

"My mom says I snore, but I'm not very sure."

"Snoring doesn't bother me, don't worry about it." Mikayla said.

There was a wave of awkward silence as the two girls looked at each other.

"So…what do you wanna do?"

Maikera shrugged, "Can I barrow your laptop to check my e-mail and Facebook?"

"Sure, go ahead," Mikayla replied, taking a spiral notebook, pen, and manga to her bunk.

Now to attempt to start a new novel based on this.

Mikayla glanced at the manga that laid beside her, I can't use the main characters, that's copy right infringement. Hmm, Rose? No, Carley, gosh no, hmm.

"Hey, Maikera, can you give me a random name for my new novel that I wanna start?" Mikayla asked her new roommate.

Maikera looked up from the Dell laptop, "Uh, Salina?"

"That's good, thanks," Mikayla replied, scribbling some words in the notebook.

The two teens fell silent; both engrossed in what each was doing. So engrossed then didn't notice the door open and Syuuske and Yuuta walking in.

Syuuske put his hands over Maikera's eyes, "Guess who!"

"A ninja?" Maikera asked stupidly.

"No, Maikera, it's a bowl of punch with tights." Mikayla said sarcastically.

"I don't like when a bowl of punch wheres tites, it's a horrible combination when a bown of punch wheres tights." Maikera said.

"Dane cook fan?"

"Yep."

"You didn't guess yet!" Syuuske interrupted. Yuuta just stood there with an annoyed look on his face.

"Syuu-kun!" Maikera said with a smile on her face.

Syuuske took his hands away from Maikera's face and smiled at her (A/N: Pft, like he ever stops smiling).

"It's nice to see you again, Kera-chan." He said to his little cousin.

"Its nice to see you too." Miakera answered, she then turned to Yuuta, "Aw! Yuu-kun you've gotten bigger!"

"What are you talking about? I've always been taller then you!" Yuuta snapped.

"No you haven't! The last time I saw you I was way taller then you!"

"You were not!"

"I was too!"

"Was not!"

"Was too!"

"Wa-"

Mikayla sighed as she watched the two bicker back and forth.

I'm so tempted to kick them out the window…She thought to herself.

Mikayla decided to ignore her brother and cousin and started writing in her notebook again.

"Starting another novel, Mikayla?" Syuuske asked, look up at his sister on the top bunk.

"Yep, I'm tying to base it off FullMetal Alchemist but I'm going to end up with some Naruto in it as well." Mikayla replied.

"How is that?"

"I have no clue, it just happens." Mikayla shrugged.

"I see you guys are having a good time."

The teens all looked and saw Yumi, Kanako, and Daichi in the door way.

"Hey, Uncle Daichi." Maikera greeted.

Daichi laughed, "Maikera the last time I saw you, you were taller then Yuuta! Maybe you shrunk a little over the years."

Maikera stuck her tongue out at Yuuta while he glared at the floor.

"Told you I was taller then you." Maikera mocked her cousin.

"You won this round." Yuuta muttered.

[End of first chapter]


How was it? You may of noticed this goes along with my other PoT fic, I Promise Not To Hurt You. There will be more tennis action next chapter.

Review please!!

By the way I have no clue how long it takes to get to Japan and if there is actually a direct flight so....yeah.....don't ask...Flames are welcome but they will either be laughed at or put out with water.

Oh and the whole bowl of punch wearing tights was a Dane Cook joke, LOOK IT UP OR YOU MIGHT BE CONFUSED SOONER OR LATER.