Rival: Welcome! Please enjoy this chapter as well and don't worry about Eiji because he is perfectly fine .
Eiji: But you don't even feed me!
Rival: Don't listen to him he's crazy. Now, it's time to start so sit back and relax!
Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis but I do own my OC, Ember Tanaka
Chapter Two: A Little Trip
Ember was staring at her reflection in her mirror as she combed her medium length blue-gray hair when her mother stepped in. She had seen the door open from the corner of her eye and glared at her mother with piercing magenta orbs for a split-second before returning to her hair.
"Ember your father and I are going out of town tomorrow and we can't take you with us. So, I asked Rinko to take care of you until we get back. I packed clothes for you and we'll drop you off in an hour so be ready." Ember's mother, Renee, paused for a second. "By the way Rinko has a son about your age. Please behave and be respectful while you stay with them." With that Renee left her daughters' room.
"Boring…" Was all Ember said when she was dropped off with a duffle bag and her tennis racket in front of a medium-sized house. Rinko of course greeted Ember warmly and she played along. The woman did not know her and did not need to. No one did. "Thanks for having me!" She smiled brightly, though inside she was cursing herself. She had only brought the racket because her mother said Rinko's son liked tennis.
Rinko was not sure of Ember's intentions when she let the child inside but had been suspicious of her from the beginning. She was not sure but the child reminded her of someone. Someone who maybe made fun of her routinely when she was young? 'Shiroyuki! That's right, she reminds me of her father, always pretending to be someone enjoyable instead of who the really are. It must be hard.' Rinko thought while showed the girl to the guest room and promised to introduce her to Ryoma when he wakes.
To Ember's surprise Rinko's son was the boy she supposedly saved earlier that week. She smirked inwardly when she saw the irritation on the small boys face and how he stuck his tongue out at her when Rinko introduced the two. Ember of course kept her cheery smile on her face in order to hide what she really thought of the two people before her. It was not that she cared about what they thought of her; rather that she did not need anyone against her. Not now. No one needed to know what she thought nor did she care if she mattered, they are all just toys to her so she has no reason to really let anyone in.
"Why don't you two go outside and play for a while." Rinko ordered. Ember was they first to move, "Come on Ryoma!" she grabbed her racket and waited for Ryoma to lead the way out. He did so but not before sticking his tongue out again and glaring ominously as well as refusing to actually play. Too bad a five-year-old boy could never expect to scare the self-proclaimed genius Ember Tanaka.
Rival: How is it so far?
Eiji: I hate it!
Yukimura: Now, now be nice. It's actually not bad.
Eiji: That's only because— *more soap is shoved into his mouth*
Rival and Yukimura: See you next time on Words of Influence!
