A/N: I had to get this out of my head, or else I will forget it == ... Yea, UNFORTUNATELY, I'm a forgetful person, and I will start to forget stuff after 10 seconds...
I know this came out of the blue, yes, yes. This is a Prince of Tennis Story, but instead of those awesome schools like, Seigaku, Hyoutei, Rikkaidai etc, i decided to do Shitenhouji. I think that most of the characters are hilarious, especially that Koharu and Yuiji (thought they're weird), have you seen the OVA episode 1 or something? That was hilarious, go watch it! :D
Prince of Tennis rightfully belongs to Takeshi Konomi. I don't own it, I only own my OCs, Sakamoto Kaiya (the main OC), Sakamoto Kai, Sakamoto Yoko, Sakamoto Ryo. And that's pretty much it...
I haven't watched the Nationals OVAs, so i only watched like 2 or 3 episodes featuring Shitenhouji, Another Stories OVAs. So i haven't grasped what their personalites are like. I had read that manga...3 years ago. *cough*
There's stories around that a girl crossdresses as a guy because she wants to join the tennis team and so on. So I became kinda inspired by those stories. So yea... JUST TELL ME TO SHUT UP AND STOP RAMBLING! ==
Full Summary: Sakamoto Kaiya crossdresses as her late twin brother, in order make her mother happy. When she comes to Shitenhouji and meets the rather infamous tennis regulars, she realises there's more to life than it seems. Zaizen Hikari x OC. OC
~Synchronised~
|Chapter 1|
-The Beginning-
11 years old Sakamoto Kai beamed proudly at his twin, sister, Sakamoto Kaiya. Their dark hair gleamed under the full sunlight as the swung into the air, clutching the chains supporting the swings. Their brown eyes brimmed with happiness as they swung into the air again, feeling the cool rush of the wind as they swung back and forth.
"We did it, sis!" Kai yelled, as he swung into the air again, kicking his legs. "We won the Under 15 years old Mixed Doubles Tennis Competition!" The golden trophy on the ground, gleamed, along with the gold medals that dangled by a ribbon, around the twins' neck.
"Yea! Nii-san! We did it! Are we going for more?" Kaiya laughed as she swung back, "That one was in Tokyo! Next one will be in the Kansai region, right here, right?" Her eyes brightened at the thought of another competition with her brother, "I can't wait! And Uncle, and other…relatives will be there to see us! I can hardly wait! Okaa-san and Otou-san will see us there!"
Kai frowned, at the mention of 'Okaa-san and Otou-san', he slowed down, till he was just sitting there on the swing. His eyes were focused on the ground, his hands tightly clenched together. "They had been fighting. Again."
Kaiya was silent as she slowed down as well, and slid slowly to her twin's side. Her eyes mirrored his agony and sadness, "I know, Kai. I know… I had seen Otou-san…he's…drinking, lately." She strained a weak smile, "But even if they fight, we still have each other, ne? Even if Okaa-san or Otou-san divorces, I will come with you! We're twins! We'll stay together! Always!"
Kai stared at his sister. He could see the tears that she was holding back behind her eyes. It was always him to look on the bright side, no matter what's the situation. Kaiya was always the one to cry, but now… "Yes, Kaiya," he smiled, "Together." She smiled in response, and her hand slowly tightened on his.
"Together." They chorused. "No matter what."
"OI! KAI, KAIYA! HURRY UP!" A man, with shaggy black hair and dull gray eyes yelled, rather sluggishly, from the entrance of the park.
Kai and Kaiya nervously exchanged glances. They released their grip and stood up. They grabbed the trophy, and their luggage, and they slowly approached their Otou-san.
"His drunk!" Kaiya whispered, as she caught the faint whiff of alcohol emitting from their Otou-san. Kai wrinkled his nose in disgust.
"Otou-san!" Kai grinned brightly as his father, and held up the trophy, "We won the Mixed Doubles Competition in Tokyo! That's 2 times in a row!"
Their father, Sakamoto Ryo snorted and waved his hand carelessly. "Get in the car, we don't have all day," he slurred slightly.
Kaiya frowned. "Otou-san! You should drive! You're drunk! You'll be in big trouble! Okaa-san will get mad!"
He snorted. "Who do you think you are?" he snarled angrily, "I'm not drunk! And stop acting like your stupid mother! That witch…" Kaiya looked nervously at Kai, who had already placed the luggage in the car.
"We'll be fine," He said softly to her, as she climbed in the back passenger seat. She strained a smile, but he could tell that she was nervous. And scared. He sat on the left seat, a bit nervously, banishing away all the unpleasant thoughts.
Kaiya nervously gazed at her brother, slowly her left hand reached for Kai's right hand. She grabbed it, and squeezed it. Kai gave her a look of surprise, and smiled. Their hands remained entwined in the middle seat. The car shuddered and lurched forward. The twins gasped in surprise as they lurched forward, only to be refrained by the seatbelt.
"Otou-san!" Kai yelled, "You're going too fast!"
"Otou-san!" Kaiya screamed, "Please, stop! Just park back! We can walk home! You'll get fined heavily if you get caught! Please, Otou-san! Please!" Her grip tightened on her brother's. He smiled reassuringly at her, before is gaze averted to his drunken father.
"No! Don't order me around, like your mother did!" He yelled, his words slightly slurred. Kaiya whimpered.
Kai gasped, "Otou-san!" he roared, "You're driving too fast! And you're going too much to the left! There's a truck!"
Ryo ignored him and continued driving. The truck honked loudly. Ryo gritted his teeth and swore under his breath. He had a 90 degree turn to the right. "NOO!" Kaiya screamed, as she saw the truck getting closer to the car – to Kai's side. The driver of the truck gasped, his eyes widening, he uselessly slammed on the brake. Kai gasped, frozen, and he pulled back his right hand from Kaiya's grip, stared outside the window, where the truck was approaching closer to him. He closed his eyes. "I love you, Kaiya," he murmured.
The truck slammed into the car. The last thing Kaiya heard was her Otou-san's maniacal laughter, and her high pitched scream.
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Kaiya gasped loudly, her vision a mixture of colours dancing. Black spots danced in her eyes, as she struggled to sit up. She blinked rapidly, her vision clearing.
"She awake!" Someone cried, - a woman who was bending over, "Don't worry, dear. The ambulance will be hear soon." Kaiya nodded dumbly, and clutched the trophy that was strangely beside her, glanced at her gold medal around her neck. The medal and the trophy were a sign that she and Kai won the competition together. She froze. Kai.
She quickly stood to her knees, ignoring the woman's cries of protest. She ignored the sharp pain that shot up from her left elbow. She hobbled forward, turning her head right and left, and ignored the sharp pains that came from her left ankle. "K-Kai?" she whispered hoarsely, and licked her lips. Her gaze fell on her father. He was lying down, injured, but otherwise, alive and breathing.
"The poor boy…"
"He was sitting on the left…what a foolish Father, driving while drunk and endangering his children."
"The truck driver's alright. Just a few bruises and a broken wrist. But he's alive."
"That poor boy…he's…h-he's…"
"Kai?" She whispered again, and ignored the people's whispers. She frowned and pushed her way through a small crowd, that was surrounding something…or someone. She made it to the front of the line. Kai.
"KAI!" Kaiya screamed, dropping the trophy, and hurrying to his side, once again ignoring her pain. "Kai…no, no…" She knelt beside him and patted his cheeks, "You're joking right? You're just playing around? Kai…answer me! This isn't funny! KAI!" She ignored the blood that seeped through his clothes and slowly touched his pulse. Nothing. Dead. He's gone. And he won't come back. Kaiya stared desperately at her dead twin, tears escaping her eyes as she stared at her brother.
The world flashed black and white. A dead numbness spread through Kaiya's body. The sound of the people around her grew silent. She didn't hear the sirens of the ambulance approaching closer. Tears streamed down her cheeks, but Kaiya didn't feel them. Instead she felt sadness and dread eating away at her. A Hole in her heart, gone. Kai had taken it with him. Kaiya sobbed endlessly as she clutched her brother's corpse. She didn't care if her clothes were bloody, she didn't care about the trophy that was beside her, she didn't care about the her pain that kept burning and didn't seen to stop. Her brother…her twin…was gone. They were always together. They did everything together, ranging from tennis to homework… They were always together. Together.
But now… Kaiya howled and bent over Kai's corpse. Tears leaked from her eyes and fell on his body, mixing with the blood. She sobbed and screamed into the air. She stared hopelessly at his face, his eyes closed, as if he was sleeping, and the blood was fake and he wasn't breathing just to scare her. But that wasn't true. He's dead.
Sakamoto Kaiya was alone. Her brother that was always by her side, was gone. And he would never come back.
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"WHY?" Sakamoto Yoko threw herself onto Kaiya, and grabbed her daughter by the shoulders and shook her, tears leaking out of her eyes, "Why? Why is Kai dead! Please tell me it's a joke! Please… my precious…Kai… dead? NO!" Yoko stared desperately in Kaiya's eyes, "Why couldn't you – Kaiya died instead! My son…was the world to me…"
"Okaa-san… I'm sorry," Kaiya whispered hoarsely, her eyes brimmed with tears, and they too fell down, "If only… Otou-san wasn't drunk…then maybe…"
Sakamoto Ryo had been heavily fined. He had spat rotten curses at his wife and daughter, and had divorced with Yoko immediately. He left for Tokyo, shortly after he had paid his fines, and left the hospital. He didn't even stay for Kai's funeral, which was today, 3 days after his death. Apparently, he had been seeing another woman, and he had moved to Tokyo to be with her.
Now, Yoko and her child, were at home, with Yoko breaking into hysterics. Kaiya stared hopelessly at her Mother who was sobbing, as she clutched a photo of Kai. "Why couldn't Kaiya die instead of you, Kai?" Yoko sobbed, more tears leaking out of her eyes, and she sniffed, "You were much more precious that her…"
Kaiya felt her heart shatter again. She knew that sons were treasured more than daughters. She knew that her Okaa-san loved her son more than her daughter.
Kaiya quickly rushed to the bathroom, and stood in front of the mirror. She thanked her lucky stars that her hair was short, reaching just above her shoulders, similar to Kai's. She grabbed a few bobbin pins and pinned her hair to arrange it like Kai's. She glanced at her baggy, hooded sweater, and smoothed out a few wrinkles.
She glanced at the mirror, and almost smiled wryly. "This is for you, Okaa-san," she murmured and touched her reflection…no, Kai, "I will be…your precious son, to make you happy." She smiled as strongly as she could at her reflection. "Hello Kai."
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"Okaa-san!" Kaiya yelled, "It's me, Kai." She slowly approached his mother who was still snivelling. She spun around and gasped as she saw her beloved 'son.'
"K-Kai!" She gasped, as her eyes brimmed once again with new tears, "I…I thought you were dead! …Are you real?"
Kaiya smirked, as Kai had always done. "Of course, Okaa-san," she retorted cheekily, as Kai would have also done, he had always been cheeky and mischievous, but a fine son…and brother, "Who else?"
"KAI!" Yoko shrieked and rushed to embrace her child, "It's you… I'm so glad… Thank you, Thank God that you're alive!"
Kaiya smiled at her mother. "Yea, it's me." She bit her lip, "Kaiya's dead, Okaa-san… I'm sorry."
"It's not your fault," Yoko whispered as she clutched her child, "It's that stupid man's fault. I love Kai…and Kaiya…but I love you more, Kai. You're my precious," she patted her cheek, "I love you."
Kai smiled bitterly as her Okaa-san turned around. "I'm going to make some onigiri!" Yoko sang, "It's your favourite, right?" She skipped to the kitchen, humming a tune, despite her heavy heart.
Kai turned to a mirror, once as her mother stepped away from the lounge. "From this day on…I will be Sakamoto Kai…to make you happy…Okaa-san. Good bye, Kaiya," she whispered, her reflection of Kaiya smiled sadly at her.
"I'm sorry, Kai… Forgive me for taking your place… I'm sorry… I'm doing this to make Okaa-san happy."
Kaiya woke up with a start, blink away tears from her eyes. "It's been… 2 years, since you died, Kai," she whispered as she wrapped her arms around her knees. "I'm sorry for taking your place… I just want Okaa-san to be happy." She blinked at her alarm clock.
7:30am
Kaiya sighed, and dragged herself to the mirror in her room…well…Kai's (old) room. She pulled out a short brownish black wig, and began pinning her shoulder-length hair up. Carefully, she rubbed some Actor's Glue on the wig, and placed it on her hair, and began stylising in a messy, boyish way.
"First day at school, huh," Kaiya muttered, as she grabbed Shitenhouji boys uniform, and put it on. "I'm a second year thanks to Okaa-san and her worries, which made me home schooled last year." She glanced at herself in the mirror.
Kai…
"Be careful, Kai-kun!" Yoko fretted over her Kaiya, as she chewed on her food. "I don't want you to… die…"
Like Kai. Kaiya froze. She swallowed, and rapidly blinked back the tears. "I'll be fine, Okaa-san!" She smiled lazily, and gulped own her milk, "Don't worry!" She wiped her mouth and slung her bag over her shoulders.
"I'll be going, Okaa-san. School starts in around 25 minutes, I don't want to be late on my first day of middle school!" Kaiya chuckled.
"Ok, Kai-kun, But be careful, ok?"
"Yes, Okaa-san," Kaiya rolled her eyes like Kai had always done.
Yoko smiled happily and patted Kaiya on the cheek affectionately. "Will you be joining the tennis club? I heard that the club in a National-ranked team! Isn't that amazing?"
Kaiya turned around and spoke in an emotionless voice, "Tennis… Tennis isn't fun anymore without Kai – Kaiya around. We made the perfect team in doubles. It's like we both know what to do. And our strong points in tennis balanced us out. It doesn't matter if Shitenhouji is a national ranked team."
"Kai-kun…"
"Well, Okaa-san, I'll be going!" Kaiya made sure to add a cheery tone to her voice before leaving the house.
"Have a safe trip, Kai-kun!"
"A temple," Kaiya raised an eyebrow, and shrugged before following the other students into school, "Hardly impressive," she muttered.
"Make way! Make way for Naniwa's Speed Star!" a boy with bleached brownish hair yelled as he zipped past them, leaving everyone in the dust. Kaiya gasped, 'What amazing speed!' she thought, 'Kai would have been…impressed…' She pursed her lips, and blinked in confusion when she saw a red haired boy with a ridiculously happy smile plastered on his face.
"Ah, ah, ah! KENYA!" He yelled as he leaped crazily in the air, "Wait up!"
"No speed, no life!"
"Ah, ecstasy~" a boy with light brown-gray hair said as he waved a bandaged hand in the air as he chased the red haired boy. "Kintarou! Would you like me to take my bandages of and –"
"NOOOOO!" The hyperactive red haired boy whose name turned out to be Kintarou, "No need, Shiraishi-buchou!" Kintarou immediately rushed ahead, obviously running from Shiraishi, and bumped head first into Kaiya. Kaiya winced and she felt the air being driven out of her, and staggered backwards, glaring at Kintarou as she did.
"Oops, Sorry senpai!" Kintarou yelled, as he stopped jumping up and down, "If you want to blame someone blame, Shiraishi-buchou!" He lowered his voice and whispered to Kaiya, "He has poison claws under those bandages…Scary…" Kaiya raised an eyebrow.
"Kintarou…" Shiraishi glared down at the boy, waving his arm threateningly.
"EEP!" Kintarou leapt back again, and crashed into Kaiya again. She gasped as she felt herself being hit back, and the wind driven out of her again, she staggered backwards into someone.
"Oi! Watch it!" A voice snapped. Kaiya regained her balance, which she found to be a miracle, especially with Kintarou cling around her waist, with him shivering as he stared at the bandaged arm.
"Sorry!" Kaiya gasped and bowed to the boy with black hair and several ear piercings, "I'm sorry!" He blinked, at her, and turned around. Kaiya's eye twitched, 'What a rude boy,' she thought.
"Oh! Zaizen-senpai!" Kintarou grinned foolishly and pointed to him.
"Listen, Kintarou," Kaiya growled as she unsuccessfully tried to pry off his grip, "I would highly appreciate it, if you let me go, right now."
Kintarou blinked owlishly at Kaiya. "Huh?" he said, looking dumbfounded, "I didn't get a work of word you said And how do you know my name?"
Kaiya groaned, "How stupid are you?"
"Very stupid, apparently," Zaizen answered, and snorted.
"OI! ZAIZEN-SENPAI! THAT'S RUDE!"
"Kintarou, let the poor boy go now, otherwise you shall taste the wrath of my bandaged, poisonous arm…"
"EEP! Sorry, Shiraishi-buchou, and…hey, mister what's your name?" Kaiya sighed in relief once as Kintarou released her. She shot a glare at the red haired boy, causing him to cringe and mutter "Scary mister…"
"Kin-chan! Kura-chan! Kenya-chan! Hikaru-chan! Ohayou!~" An weird looking boy whose almost bald and glasses, and another boy with black hair held by a green headband across his forehead approached them. Kaiya felt her eye twitch again as she stared back at the newly arrived duo, who are now intent on having a staring competition. "Weirdos," she muttered under her breath. Their eyes sparkled and leapt immediately on her arms each, and began rubbing their heads affectionately against her arms.
Kaiya's eyes widened with horror and disgust, "OI!" she screamed at the weird pair who still clutching her arms and rubbing their heads, "THAT'S DISGUSTING! GET OFF ME, THIS INSTANT! I CERTAINLY DO NOT WANT ANY OF YOUR DANDRUFF!" Their only response were more rubbing.
Kaiya groaned, and sighed heavily. "What a school of weirdos," she groaned. Bystanders began to snicker and giggle as they stared at the scene before them.
What a wonderful way to start middle school.
A/N: There you have it! I hoped you enjoyed and thanks for reading! :D
Lemme explain some stuff...
The mum, Sakamoto Yoko is kind of overwhelmed by her son's death, and she doesn't realise that Kaiya crossdressing as Kai. So she's BLINDED BY THE FACT. Long story short.
In Asia (China, a lot) Sons are considered more important and cherishes more by many particular Asian families. Because they carry the family name and stuff... So Sakamoto Yoko loves Kai more than Kaiya, Yoko DOES LOVE Kaiya but not so much as Kai. And since Kaiya wants her mum to be happy, so she cross dresses.
I have no idea what Actor Glue is. I guess it's used for wigs and stuff? If it doesn't exist, then it's just made up by this weirdo here :D Kaiya uses that glue because if she runs like crazy, there's a possible chance that the wig will fall off. I will put a link to her picture on my profile later.
Well...here's chappie 1, i hoped you liked it :D I kinda got lazy on this btw...
THANK YOU FOR READING! QAQ
