Hello to all of you people who read this story! XD All of you (or some of you) know about the other story I'm working on Black Rose… yeah well, Kiri and Kagamin are also in this story but this time they are Sakuno's adoptive sisters… why? Well read to find out hehehe ;D

Disclaimer: Sadly… I do not own "Prince of Tennis"…

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Sakuno watched two girls skate across the ice. Sakuno was now fourteen and was in her last year in middle school. She was coaching girls in Ice skating and not tennis. Sakuno thought that tennis was fun to play but she knew that she would never have the skills to be a Regular, so she decided to ice skate instead.

Sakuno started to learning how to ice skate when she was little and she loved how it felt when she glided across the ice, a feeling she never felt when she played tennis.

Whenever she played she felt awkward and silly, but it was different when she skated across the ice she felt all her worries go away. She only started playing tennis to try to get the attention of a certain prodigy, but after failing to get his attention after a few years she gave up.

She was tired of being ignored and wanted to show everyone what she was made of. She still remembered when she went back to ice skating.

~FLASHBACK~

Sakuno was practicing on returning the tennis against a wall, she knew that her form wasn't the best, but she had tried really hard to improve it.

Sakuno was just about to return the ball when she heard someone approach her from behind she turned around and missed the ball completely.

"Ryoma-kun! What are you doing here?" she asked not bothering to retrieve the ball.

"Mada mada dane Ryuzaki." Ryoma bent down to pick up the ball. "You're still too stiff, your knees need to be bent more and your hair is too long."

Sakuno had heard that so many times that this time she snapped. She just couldn't take it anymore!

"You always say that! You don't even know how hard I try to improve or how long I stay up just to practice! All you ever do is tell me the exact same thing then just walk off! You never do help me!" Sakuno yelled out causing people to look their way.

Ryoma stared at her surprised. He never imagined the day that the sweet, innocent and shy Sakuno Ryuzaki would ever yell at him.

"If you think that your just a big failure, then why did you start playing tennis?" Ryoma was just curious and wanted to know why.

"I didn't quit because I wanted to impress you! I wanted to show everyone that I'm not just a big klutz and that I could do something other than trip over my own feet! But since you think I'm such a big failure then fine! I will be doing everyone a favor and quit playing!" Sakuno threw her racquet on the ground and ran away.

"Ryuzaki!" Was the last thing Sakuno heard as she turned the corner. She let the tears she was holding in flow freely down her face.

She ran and ran and kept running until she came to a building that she always came to visit when she was little. The ice skating ring.

Sakuno entered and gasped as the cold air made contacted with her skin. She looked around and saw some people skating and enjoying them selves.

"Sakuno, you finely decided to back to us." A man in his early thirties said as Sakuno turned her head to look at him. Sakuno finely recognized him. He was her old coach.

"Yes and this time for good." Sakuno responded as she turned her head to look at the ring once more.

"Welcome back."

End of flashback~

"Sakuno-san! Are you going to come skate with us?" one of the girls that had been skating earlier asked as she approached Sakuno.

Sakuno snapped out of her trance and looked at the girl that had spoken to her. Sakuno gave the girl an apologetic smile and answered "Gomen Hbiki-san, but I have to go visit the twins today and if I don't show up they will be very angry with me."

"Oh, okay see you later." The girl turned around and started chasing her friend on the ice.

The 'twins' were to little girls Sakuno had met about two years ago, they had recently lost their mother in a terrible car accident and where now living in a orphanage.

The two girls reminded Her of Tomoka and herself. Kiri the oldest, was just like Tomoka, she was outgoing and lover to anything that involved moving around. She had reddish-brown hair that reached her shoulder and beautiful emerald eyes. She always protects her younger sister when she is being bullied.

Kagamin, the youngest, was very shy but loved to do sports. She was quiet most of the time but in her head she had a lot of ideas to do a bunch of things. She also had reddish-brown hair just like her sister, but only that her hair was a little bit longer, it reached her mid back, she had sparkling sapphire eyes that looked so innocent that you wouldn't believe that she was related to her twin.

Ever since they lost their mother, Sakuno has visited them and the other orphans. She would always bring homemade treats for the twins and the other orphans.

Sakuno quickly got out of the building and headed towards Tomoka's house. She was suppose to met up with Tomoka because she too was going to visit the orphans and they both were going to make the kids rice cakes and they had to make them quickly before 3'oclock.

"Hey Sakuno, over here! Did you bring the supplies?" Tomoka said when she opened the door for her long time friend. Sakuno nodded and stepped inside.

"Sorry I'm late Tomo-chan, I had practice today and forgot about the time… but I did bring the supplies!" Sakuno smiled and held up a bag of ingredients they would need for the rice cakes… which really isn't a lot…

They stepped into the kitchen and put their aprons on and began making the delicious treat.

"Remember Sakuno, that we used to make snacks for the whole tennis team and that everyone would always complemented your work." Tomo said as she glanced at Sakuno who was feeling a pang of nostalgia and guiltiness in her heart.

"Yeah…" Sakuno looked down finding her shoes very interesting at the moment. She couldn't help but fell guilty that she wasn't present at their matches. She just didn't feel right when she was near Ryoma. He had been ignoring her (or so she thought) since the day of her outburst.

Tomoka noticed her best friend's strange behavior and imminently remembered a year and a half ago and ,mentally kicked herself.

"Oh, sorry Sakuno I forgot about what happened between you and Ryoma-sama. I just miss the old days that's all. I didn't mean to bring back bad memories." Tomoka yelled as she flailed her arms about as if her head was about to blow up.

Sakuno forced a smile and went back to cooking. "Its okay Tomo-chan. that's all in the past now and its time for me to move on with my life." Sakuno said with a hint of bitterness in her voice.

And with that they hurried to finish their cooking before the clock strikes three.

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Time check: 3:07 PM

"Ahhh! Sakuno, we're late! Very, very late!" Tomoka screamed while pushing a few people out of her way.

Yes. They were late. But I'll have you know that its not very easy making rice cakes for 64 people, including all the elder women who looked after all the children.

Sakuno sweat dropped. But she knew that Tomoka was right they spent too much time in making all the rice cakes and counting them all over and over again to make sure that they had the correct amount of rice cakes for everyone.

By the time they reached the orphanage they were thirteen minutes late and were both panting rather hard. They headed towards the door and knocked on it lightly. They waited for a response, but got nothing.

Sakuno was just about to knock again when to door suddenly opened and reveled a elderly women about 60 or so, looking at them with a worried face.

"Ryuzaki-san, Osakada-san!" Sakuno frowned. She knew that she women standing in front of them would call them formally only when some thing bad happened when it included the twins.

"Hadaroshi-san, what's wrong what did the twins do now?" Tomoka asked as she stared at the said women. Sakuno's heart began to race.

"T-the twins! They got worried about you two and went out to look for you without telling anyone and its been thirty minutes and they still hadn't come back! What if something bad happened to them!

And at that very moment the world seemed to stop when they heard two very familiar screams and the screeching of car tires.

To be continued…

So what do you think of the first chapter? Kind of a shocker isn't it well if you like it feel free to leave a review!

~Razz-chan