Chapter 1. The long awaited meeting

A young boy walked out the door of the airport. The tennis bag was relaxing on his shoulder while the cap hid his expression. How long had it been since last time? It must have been two or three years and he had already grown. The taxi halted beside him and told the driver to get to the tennis court. "They don't even know I'm home yet." The boy sighed and looked out the window half listening to what the driver told him about tennis.

The car stopped in front of the familiar stairs, opening the door he paid the driver and turned. Hazel eyes looked up the stairs knowing the rest were there, right? The young boy looked towards the court as he walked down the path. Girls and boys were playing together but they still lacked positions of a pro. "Aha, this is kind of boring." The thought entered his mind but then stopped when a ball hit his head. Eyes opened slowly as he picked up the ball, it seemed familiar but how?

"Ano, could I get my ball back?" That voice!? Where had he heard it before? He lifted his head slowly almost afraid of what was looking back at him. Her eyes were a soft shade of chocolate with hair that was a tad lower then her shoulder was kept in a ponytail. She looked back at him with the same surprise, who was this person? His cat eyes with hazel looked at her while the warm breeze rustled in his dark green hair. It couldn't be!?

"Ryoma?" The dainty voice let him out of the daze and he stood up. It was really Sakuno after all; she had grown so much the past years. Ryoma smirked lightly and gave her the ball back, he felt relieved that she was the one he met first. Was she still the klutz with no talent in tennis? Her hair had been shorter and looked kind of cute wait one second! Cute? Where did that thought come from? Never in his life had he thought about some girl being cute but Sakuno wasn't just some girl, she was his best friend since Jr. High. The tennis uniform was new and she had gotten taller with more curves then before.

"Ruyzaki." His voice didn't tremble but he handed her the ball. The young girl gave a faint smile and walked out of the court and halted in front of him.

"I didn't know you were coming back, does the others know?" The soft smile she sent was far too familiar then the shy one, had her personality changed as well? She was still playing tennis but he had not noticed how she played yet. He straightened his cap and looked at her again, his hazel eyes calm with no emotions yet again.

"No, were are they?" He asked just as before but was taller then Sakuno, his body was looking more like a 15 year old then when she last saw him as a 12 year old. How long had she not waited for him to call and say he was coming back? Sakuno shook her mind mentally and spoke softly without stuttering, that surprised Ryoma the most.

"I can show you, they are probably running against each other to not drink Inuis Grand Prix Juice." They both shuddered by the thought of the juice Inui-senpai used to train them harder.

Sakuno walked beside him with calm feathers and didn't notice how Ryoma looked at her, she had changed too much so would he really know her after so many years? As they entered the furthest tennis court the sigh almost amazed him, Sakuno noticed his eyes glint lightly and controlled her giggle. Momoshiro and Fuji were talking calmly while Tezuka watched Eiji and Oishi in a game. Kaidoh and Inui looked like they argued about something but Ryoma wasn't really sure if it was true or not.

Sakuno gave a smile while taking a small breath. Her lips moved as she yelled to the others giving a small kid like jump.

"Hey guyes! Look who is back!" They all looked the way of her delighted voice and stopped they're eyes on Ryoma's "grown up" façade.

"Yo!" The reply set them out of trance and Momoshiro was the first one to come to his old friend. They were almost the same height but he was still taller then Ryoma.

"Wow, you've actually grown Echizen. Hey, why didn't you tell us you were coming back from USA?" His deep voice echoed blaming everything on Ryoma for making them worry too much. The young boy only looked at them until he tapped his cap a little and spoke.

"I didn't think of it, wanted to surprise you."

Momoshiro snorted and shook his head, Ryoma was still the same. They all smiled before laughing because of the small joke. Ryoma glanced over to Sakuno and saw how she and Eiji were so close, heart stung with a sudden jealousy and he hid his emotions under the cap some. Sakuno noticed it and wondered what was wrong; Eiji was the usual joker as he tried to have her attention.

"Oh sorry Eiji-kun, I didn't quite follow." The excuse was innocent and she held her giggle hearing him complain about her not listening to her senpais.

"Hai hai, tell me when you're done then." The others laughed as Eiji pouted and she noticed Ryoma giving a smirk, was he maybe jealous? But for what? She and Eiji were just friends it didn't look like something else did it? Sakuno didn't know what she would think, she still loved Ryoma her heart was aching for him, and it was just hard to tell him those words.

Authors note!:

Disclaimare: I do not own Prince of Tennis! I only own the story.

First time I've made a fanfic, and I really love RyoSaku

Enjoy the first chapter, more will come soon and please give comments and reviews it's appreciated