A/N: I do not own any of these characters, and I do not own the prince of tennis.

Now that that's done hope you guys enjoy, my very first Fan fiction….EVER

It's not what's believed

Chapter 1: When something's missing…

There are certain things you just get used to having around. Like the subtle teasing of the fellow regulars, as they cheered you on, the yammering of Horio, claiming to be a Tennis stud, the continually shocked face of an opponent as he pulls off a move no one ever thought a 'freshmen' could pull off, or the gentle cheering of a certain Sakuno Ryuzaki. None of those things seemed to matter much, and he was certain that he wouldn't mind much if they were missing.

Yet, the tender cheering of a ginger haired beauty did not reach Ryoma Echizen's ears this day. His feline golden eyes darted over to the side of the court where he heard Horio's constant boasting, but his eyes did not find the girl he was looking for, instead just a lonely Tomoka Osakada. His eyes widened for a moment, unsure of why the girl was missing, but was quickly distracted by the referee, who scolded him for taking too much time.

Echizen glared up at the referee who sat at his stand and then got ready to serve "FOURTY-LOVE, MATCH POINT ECHIZEN." The referee called again, hoping this time Echizen would serve the ball. Echizen smirked at his disappointment for an opponent and then threw the ball high in the air, giving him time to switch from his right to his left, before wacking the ball with his racquet.

The ball seemed to disappear for a moment as it traveled to fast for any normal eye to see, and only reappeared again as it curved around his opponent landing directly behind him, and then bouncing outside the court. Cheering erupted from outside the fence from the normal crowd at a Seigaku match, but Echizen simply walked to the net and shook the opponents hand while muttering his famous catch phrase, "Mada mada dane"

Echizen heard cheers from the Seigaku regulars, though him walked past them ignoring their normal taunting, until a heavy arm rested on his head. Ryoma sighed already predicting who it was, and his prediction was confirmed by the voice of Takeshi Momoshiro, "Missed her that much that you almost forgot to end the match?" Echizen blinked, his facial expression blocked by his hat. Momoshiro's hand gripped teh top of Rymoa's head nad moved his head so his eyes landed on a panting ginger pigtail braided her girl next to Tomoka, who seemed frantically trying to catch up on the events of the match.

"But the water tap wouldn't work.." Sakuno muttered between heavy breaths, "A Senpai told me to inform the registration booth about the problem, so they could fix it for the players. And the booth was so far away and I…" Tomoka raised her hand and smiled to her best friend.

"It was amazing, Ryoma-sama had six unanswered games, and not a single point against him. I know this is just a practice tournament Tezuka entered them in to keep them on their toes, but still that guy was huge and in the earlier matches, he was considered a strong opponent for the Seigaku Regulars" Tomoka's voice was filled with excitement and she practically bounced with excitement.

"Tomo-chan, the match" Sakuno muttered quietly, not to sure if she should break the constant rambling of her friend.

"Oh, Oh yeah, well Ryoma-Sama used his right hand the entire match, he didn't even reach into his bag of tricks, his strength and power was enough the confuse the poor boy silly. He didn't do anything flashy until the last serve! Everyone thought he had gone mental for a moment, because he just like zooned out in the middle of the match, but then out of nowhere he switched to his left hand and the ball literally disappeared and only reappeared until it was behind the Senpai…" Tomoka continued with her recap of the day's event, swishing and bouncing her pom-poms around.

Tomoka who was so swept up in her story, that she did not see Sakuna turn away from the girl and face the court. Her eyes scanned over the Regulars, hoping everyone was okay. Finally her eyes rested upon Ryoma and Momoshiro, who just happened to be looking her way. Her pale cheeks flooded with blood in embarrassment, she unhooked her fingers from the loops in the fence and took a step back, her head bowed and her brown eyes scanning the ground.

"Echizen…" Momoshiro started as he looked at the girl who just embarrassingly sulked away from the fence, "If you don't hurry up and make a move on her… I will" and with that Momoshiro sauntered back to the group of Regulars.

"Mada mada dane"

A/n: Hm well this is the first chapter rather short but I like where I ended it, hope you enjoyed it as much as I did writing it!. This is my first attempt at a fan fiction, so criticism and comments are greatly appreciated!