Hey, I just wanted to let you know that I am back with a new story! I have been trying to figure out something for the second part of Who Will Take it All, but nothing is coming to my mind at the moment. This story is a little darker than the ones I have written before, but they still revolve around the notion of Friendship, Love, Betrayal, and a few other things.

Hopefully I can update this every week or so, but it all depends on my schedule and my coursework. I have a feeling that there is going to be a lot of writing this semester.

I don't own Prince of Tennis, just my own little characters!


Seeing an Old Friend

It had been years since she had seen him. Since moving to a different town, her family hasn't had time to go and visit Tokyo. Now, she was told that she was moving back because her family couldn't take living out of the city for so long. Upon arriving in the city she looked around and it was just as she remembered it. She took her bags and boxes to her room and started unpacking.

She started to settle in and then she looked at one certain bag that was sitting in the corner of her room. It was taller than the rest of her bags, but it served as a reminder of a past that she wanted to forget. She had a new passion in life and she was not going to go back to that friend and that personality that she now has learned to hate. She picked up her smaller bag and told her parents she was going out to catch some fresh air.

Her mind started taking her around the city and going to places that she remembered. She stopped at a park and decided to sit on a bench and just admire the beauty. Her eyes looked around and saw something that she didn't want to see, but she was compelled to go over there and see them. She watched as they played on the court and just throw their lives away for something that will never happen. She decided to go back to her house and just sleep it off for the day. Tomorrow she started at her new school.

"Time to get up and go to school, you don't want to be late on your first day!" Her mother yelled up the stairs.

"I'm awake! I'm awake! I'll be down in a minute!" Kira said looking in the mirror at her green uniform in disgust.

She came down the stairs and got something small to eat, "I'll be home later."

"Sure thing honey, remember to have fun!" Her mother said.

"Yeah, yeah."

Kira walked to the bus stop and decided to get on the bus on her way to school. She sat down and looked mindlessly out the window for the whole ride to her stop. She got off the bus and walked straight into the principal's office.

"Ah, welcome Niroshina-chan, please sit down. Here is your schedule and a list of clubs that you may want to join. If you wait just one moment, your guide will be here to show you around," The principal said.

A few moments later, a boy walked in. He was tall and strong from what Kira could tell. She knew he played a sport.

"This is your guide Sanada Genichiro," the principal finally said.

"Thanks," Kira said getting up and grabbing her bag.

She followed behind him and tried to memorize all of the school so she didn't have to ask where the some place is. She noticed a cabinet dedicated to their sports and front and center is the sport she hates most, tennis.

"I see that your school is good with tennis," Kira said.

"Yes, we are going for our third national championship, and why would someone travel this far to go to this school when there is Seigaku close by," Sanada said.

"I liked the program better here and my parents were willing to spend the money. How do you know that I traveled far?"

"A close friend."

Kira rolled her eyes and waited to go into the class room. Great, I went to this school to be away from him and now I am forced to be at a school where this is celebrated. I should have done my research better.

Kira entered the room and did her introduction and took her seat. She noticed that she was getting looks from people sitting in the room. She just paid attention to her lessons and just wanted the day to end.

At the end of the last class, Kira took her things decided to walk to the music room. She looked around and found the piano. She sat in front of the keys and looked down at them and started playing whatever came to her mind at that moment. Before she realized it she was playing Mozart and then flowing into Pachabell and then going into Beethoven. She finished the song and stood up to look out of the window. She saw the tennis team out there and noticed the person who showed her around the school today.

Well, I guess I can go home now. I can't believe that I am going to a tennis crazy school. I just hope I can find something here that I want to do.

Kira walked out of the gates and caught her bus back home, but instead she realized she was on the wrong one and ended up at a different school to notice their tennis practice letting out.

What did I do wrong today to get to see all of these tennis teams? What the… it can't be… now I am screwed.

"Hey you look lost! Do you need some help?" A boy with red hair said.

"No, I'm fine. I just got on the wrong bus and realized it too late. I know how to get home," Kira said trying not to get noticed.

"Okay, hey you go to Rikkaidai!" He said.

"Yeah, I just started there today. Which school is this by the way?"

"This is Seigaku! And the name is Kikumaru Eiji!"

"Niroshina Kira, but just call me Kira. I hate being called Niroshina."

One of the members turned their head at the sound of her name.

"Oh, this is the team! This is Oishi, Fuji, Tezuka, Inui, Momo, Kaidoh, Taka, and Ochibi!" Eiji said pointing to each member.

"Nice to meet all of you, but I have to get going now. See you later!" Kira said running towards her house.

She spent the next few hours doing homework and trying to forget the surprised look on his face when he heard her name. She got up from her desk in frustration, changed her clothes, grabbed the bag in the corner and went to the only place to help get her mind off of things and settle what is going on in her head. She ran to the house and knocked on the door. To her surprise he answered it.

"Kira? What are you doing here?" He said.

"I want a match to make me forget you, to make me forget how much I loathe you for making me hate tennis, to make me forget that I love this sport and that I need to move on with my life," she said.

"No."

"Why not?"

"You want a match only because you are angry at the world for something that I didn't cause."

"You were never there, you became cold to me, it was as if you thought I was worthless!"

"We were in elementary school. There was nothing else to it."

"I thought you were my friend. I thought you would have helped me through the death of my father, but you stopped wanting to talk to me all of a sudden when we moved away!" Kira yelled in frustration.

"I had no clue where you went! My mother didn't even know and she was your mother's best friend! Now I suggest you go back to your place," he said trying to defuse the anger.

"I will never forgive you," Kira said walking away.

She arrived at her house and decided that is was in her best interest to go to bed and sleep the whole thing off, but her mind kept racing to figure out what to do about her situation of trying to balance everything. She turned onto her side and decided it was finally time to go to sleep.


Now who is the person that she hates? Honestly, I am still trying to figure that out myself. I have a few people in mind, but you know that it is someone from Seigaku. I'll be working on the next chapter when I have a little more time on my hands considering that I move back to school tomorrow and my classes start Monday.

R&R!