"Hey, let me introduce myself. My name is Kitara Miria and I'm half Japanese and half English. I have black hair that has a blue edge to it where the light reaches and my eyes are a sort of emerald green. My dad, Kitara Kintaro, once told me how he had met mom and how he came to love the girl named Monica Stealth. Truth be told, I really don't envy her. She's the one wanting me to play tennis and be a pro at it, while my dad only played me for the fun. His words still cling on to me; 'You may win some games and you might lose some, but remember that it's most important to learn from it'. We're on the plain to Tokyo, where I'll join Seigaku. My mom wasn't pleased with it one bit, but dad told mom to listen to me and let me do as I want to. I do hate to miss out on the fun I've had with Alicia and Serah, my best friends ever. I still remember meeting them, like it was only yesterday."
Flash back
Alicia Heart, a girl with blond hair and green eyes that remind most people of the green leaves in summer and spring. I watch her as her mom leaves her at the Kindergarten and decide that I might as well try to make a friend today. I've been going to this place for about a year and I still don't have any friends. Before I decide to walk over to her, she is already standing in front of me.
"Hey, you're the Kitara girl right?" She asks me.
"Um, yeah. That's me." I reply unsurely.
"Alicia Heart's the name." She smiles at me.
"I'm Miria Kitara." I introduce myself in the western style, still insecure.
"Why aren't you playing with the others?" Alicia asks me.
"Well, I. I don't know how to make friends." I mutter the last part.
"What did you say?" She asks me, so I reply it a bit louder.
"Come again?" She says as she still doesn't hear me with all the noise of playing children around us. I take a deep breath and nearly shout that I don't know how to make friends. Alicia looks at me in confusion, while the other kids stopped playing and start laughing at me.
"Don't mind them, Miri." She tells me.
"Why do you call me Miri?" I ask her in wonder and I feel a bit stronger, steadier.
"Because I AM your friend." She states without any hesitation.
End of flash back
"Believe it or not, but she made me less insecure and I finally became who I am today. Alicia and I later entered Elementary together and met Serah there, Alicia and I were already the best of friends by then.
Flash back
When we finally have the first break of the year Alicia pulls me towards Serah Moon. Serah is a brunette with gentle brown eyes that one could call chocolate brown. The both of us just sat down, but Serah did not speak. The both of us keep on doing this for about a week, until some boys start to pick on her. I walk over with a confidence I had not had if not for Alicia.
"Bug of, you ass." I tell the biggest of the boys.
"Why would I?" He shrugs.
"Because you're too weak to pull a prank in front of a teacher." I mock him.
"Thanks." Serah speaks up to me once the boy has left to play a prank on the teacher.
"No problem." I smile at her."
"Uhm, h-h-how c-c-can I th-thank y-you?" She asks, stuttering.
"No need to. Serah, right?" I ask her for her name.
"Y-yes, a-and y-you a-are?" She stutters.
"No one to be afraid of, the name's Miria Kitara and this is Alicia Heart." I tell Serah calmly.
End of flash back
"After that the three of us were inseparable, if one of us went about then the others would follow. Serah has really developed a lot, she's no longer the shy girl she used to be. Serah once asked me if I was always so sure of myself, so I answered her truthfully. Serah could not believe her ears and stared at me with a wide open mouth, before she finally laughed about it after she realized that the same applied to her."
P&P
"Come on Miria, the plane has landed." My mom shakes me out of my thoughts.
"'Kay mom." I reply shortly.
And with that I step out of the plain and into the heat of Japan. I take off my vest and my jogging pants and now stand in jeans that cover half of her upper leg and a white tank top. I pull my hair in a sideway tail and begin to walk to the luggage area to pick up my suitcase.
"This is where I was born." Dad tells me as he takes in a deep breath.
"Looks a lot better than London." I agree to him.
"Want to play here, it's a little better than Wimbledon." Dad tells me.
"I don't know, maybe." I tell him as I know that I have to go train if I want to become a pro after my third year at Seigaku.
"Why not enter the music club at Seigaku?" Dad whispers in my ear, so mom won't hear it.
"You think?" I whisper back my reply.
"Why not?" Dad whispers again.
"Sure, I think I will." I sigh before I grin at him.
"What are you two going on about, darling?" Mom asks dad.
"Nothing hun." He replies.
After we arrive dad takes me down to the street courts, where dad sits down on a bench.
"What is it?" I ask him.
"Your mom." Dad starts, but I stop him.
"Married you for your position in the top list." I finish his sentence.
"She did, how did you know?" He asks me.
"Just a feeling, plus mom always looks at one thing inside those magazines." I reply as I look at him.
"What I don't get is why I have to live like I'm some sort of prodigy." I sigh.
"She's never really gotten over the fact that one of those players had chosen someone else." Dad continues as if I had not spoken.
"Can't we just stop talking about this?" I ask him.
"I wish we could. Your mother is capable of nearly anything. I just want you to be safe until that time comes." Dad smiles sadly at me.
"Don't say that." I whisper to him.
"She never loved me and I knew she never would. I thought that if I married her I could keep her from doing anything drastic. Please promise me you'll keep strong, if only until you meet up with Alicia and Serah again." Dad begs of me with tears welling up in his eyes.
"I promise you that I will keep strong dad. Don't worry about me." I smile at him with a lump stuck in my throat.
So, that's it for the first chap. Hope y'all enjoyed!