The Prince of Tennis Fanfictions
Together with
Studio Cabrera
presents...
Princess Idol
(formerly Kaoru and Kaoru's Circumstances)
THE ENGLISH VERSION
by: BEAFSTAKES
Disclaimer: Prince of Tennis, High School Musical, KareKano, Wedding Peach, Macross, and Hanna Montana are all copyrights of their respective owners. This means it doesn't include me.
BTW: This is the EDITED ENGLISH version of my POT romantic comedy fanfic. Whatever I've written here is the loose translation of the Tagalog version. And I say EDITED because I made a few changes in the story, you might notice it as you read. Yeah, this is also Kaoru and Kaoru's Circumstances, I just rewrote it and and made this version for the benefit of millions of readers around the world. My earliest version of this was a major flop, no one ever commented on it probably because it's in my native tongue, so I decided to rewrite the entire story and make a translation of it. Happy now? Oh, crap, forgive my angst, I'm just a bit disappointed on my first POT fanfiction, I'm just straighting things out. Please bear with me. And PLEASE...read, review, and for further questions, you can email me or visit my Multiply site or Livejournal account. Salamat!
Prelude:
THE PROMISE IN A NECKLACE
Why are you crying?
The little boy can't help but to feel worried on his friend's movements. At just tender age of four, it was astounding that he already understand the concept of anxiety. Though he feared to know, he still wanted to know about the girls problem because it's just normal for kids at his age to be curious about almost everything.
...We're leaving...
Where?
Daddy says it's in Shinjuku...
Shinjuku...is it far from here?
Dunno...but it seems that...we won't come back...
The little boy suddenly paused. What does she mean 'they won't come back'?
...But why?
It's Daddy's work...so that he'll always watch over me...
You mean...you won't come back...ever?
No...I don't want to go... You're my only friend here...
He slowly understands everything. And feels it. A sharp pain slowly throbbing his innocent heart. Surely he doesn't want those things to happen as to what his playmate was saying.
...And for that, his big, dark jade eyes can't hold the tears anymore.
Please don't go... I don't wanna be left alone... I don't want us to be separated...because...because you might forget about me when me meet someday... And I might forget you, too... You don't want that, right?
No! No! I don't want that! It's scary!
Tell your Daddy...tell him to just stay here...
But I can't... That's bad...I can't say no to him...
Please don't go...!
The little boy's heart just can't bear the pain anymore, so he cried like someone scolded him or harmed him. This time, the pain of being left by his only friend gave him too much hardship at an early age.
And to only ease the burden he was carrying so early, the little girl took off her gold necklace and she wore it around the little boy's neck.
But...this is your necklace, right?
That doesn't matter. This will help you remember me always.. Just always wear that. So that I could still recognize you when we meet again sometime...
...And even though we're apart, we're still friends, right?
Yap! Friends forever!
Later the little boy ask the girl to wait for a while and went hurriedly back to his house. When he came back, he has something big, round, shiny, and it's also gold. He gave the shiny object to the little girl.
What's this?
Open it!
The little girl opened the said shiny thing. Her big dark blue eyes opened wide and smiled as the soft music from the round thing welcomed her little ears.
Kirei...! [1]
That's from my oji-san. [2] Take care of it, okay?
Your...oji-san?
...Promise me you'll always have that. If you're feeling sad, just open it. And when the time comes, just show that.
Hm! I promise! We must promise to my necklace, too!
The little boy raised his hand to state his promise.
As long as I wear this necklace always, I won't forget you! I promise you that!
...You do?
I do!
Then a man called the little girl. It was time to leave. Her tears started to fall again, but this time she didn't wail, but rather she felt relieved. Because of the little boy's gift to her, along with it is a promise that she will bring in her heart until years have passed. As the car gradually ran, she popped out of the window and endlessly waved to her only friend with her parting oath which, forever, engraved in the little boy's heart...
We'll see each other again...that's a promise!
-*00_00*-
NOTA BENE:
[1] kirei – beautiful
[2] oji-san -- grandfather
(BEAFSTAKES: I would like to ask if some can beta-read this for me. Well I want to improve my writing in English, so for those who are interested you can PM me here or email me at bipura_.ph. Hope to hear from you! And BTW... sorry if I only showed up after several months. I'm still looking for a goddamn job and my computer just gave up so I have no choice but to get used with computer rentals... :'( Once again, gomen nasai... And please read and review and try to read my original Tagalog version of this, too! Happy reading! ^_^ )