Just a reminder for the readers, I'll be mixing English and some Japanese words I know. If I'm wrong, sorry! It was suppose to be in Japanese. Italics will be translating what I want to say.

I will have Prince of Tennis' characters and scenes, which are created by Takeshi Konomi, and some of the other characters' and scenes' I made up. If I made the tennis terms or the tennis rules wrong, forgive me.

I know that this chapter is a tad short, but this chapter have a bit more detail of Kyoko's history, not all though!

Please comment and give some advices to make the story sound better. Thanks for the reviews.

Chapter 6: Childhood Friend

A tall 18-year-old boy came to the gates of Seishun Academy with a Hyotei Gakuen uniform. As he walks through the Seishun Academy's campus, every girl looks at him, blushing. He went to the Seigaku's boy tennis courts. He saw a boy with an egg shape head playing with a girl with glasses. The girl serves, the boy returned, the girl jump to get the ball but was unable to return the ball.

The boy looks at the girl and smirked, "She has a nice figure to draw."

He took out his sketchbook and began to draw. He draws the girl when she was in the air trying to return the ball. The sun shone on her face and the sweats are flying through the air. Then he turns the page and began drawing her figure again but with a slight change, and did this constantly through his sketchbook. After he finished, he flips the sketchbook and you can see the figure moving.

The boy thought, "There's seems to be missing something, but I can't figure it out."

Then he shouted to the girl, "Kyoko-chan, turn your head toward me a bit, would you?"

Kyoko was distracted and fall to the ground, lying face down.

Oishi ran up to Kyoko, "Are you all right, Kyoko-chan?"

Kyoko replied while standing up, "Hai (Yes), I'm all right."

The boy stares at Kyoko and started to laugh hysterically.

The boy wipes the tears from his eyes and said out loud, "Hahaha, Kyoko-chan you never change a bit. You always make me laugh for every single detail about you."

When he stopped laughing and look at his sketchbook, "Now I know what I'm missing, Kyoko-chan's clumsiness."

Kaidoh's back was leaning against the gate and his arms were folded the whole entire time while he watched Oishi train with Kyoko. Hearing the boy laugh, he got irritated.

Kaidoh hissed (Fshuu), "Who are you, and why are you making fun of Kyoko-chan?"

Inui said looking at his notebook, "Judging from his sketches and uniform, he must be Sato Kyo, from Hyotei Gakuen. He must have taken advantage of Hyotei's study abroad program to go to Europe for four years to learn more about art."

Momoshiro whispered to Eiji, "I always thought Inui-senpai's research is only about tennis related, but it seems he also research in other stuff too."

Eiji nodded, "Hai (Yes). I wonder what other things he research about."

Kyoko ran out the tennis gate and jumped on Kyo. Kyo took this advantage and swung Kyoko around.

Kyo stopped swinging Kyoko and hold her up in the air, "Kyoko-chan, you are lighter than I remember."

Kyoko whine, "Put me down Kyo-kun, you make me feel like I'm a stuff animal."

Kyo put down Kyoko.

Kyoko said happily, "Kyo-kun, it's been a long time since I saw you."

Kyo replied, "Hai (Yes), it's been 4 years, isn't it?"

Everyone was in a shock phase, "Ehhhh?"

Oishi stammered, "Kyoko-chan…you know him."

Kyoko answered, "Hai (Yes), Kyo-kun is my childhood friend. We know each other ever since we were little."

Inui said, "Childhood friend? There is a chance for rivaling for Kyoko-chan's heart, then."

Fuji asked, "Inui, what do you mean by rivaling for Kyoko-chan's heart?"

Inui answered, "According to my research, it seems some members of the tennis club have fallen in love with Kyoko-chan."

Almost everyone turn toward Momoshiro. Kaidoh, relieved that no one looks at him, hissed. Momoshiro blushed.

Momoshiro flushed, "Why is everyone staring at me?"

Kyo grinned, "It seems I have an opponent for Kyoko-chan's love!"

Momoshiro flushed even more and said, "It's not like that at all. I only think Kyoko-chan as a friend."

Kaidoh suddenly remembered something and asked Kyoko, "Is this the person you say you love dearly?"

Kyoko nodded happily, "Hai (Yes), I love Kyo-kun with all my heart!"

Kaidoh and Momoshiro were in their sad, lonely, shocking state. Eiji was running and jumping around them, but they didn't react.

Eiji said, "Oishi! Kaidoh-kun and Momo-chan is not responding."

Inui said, "Maybe letting them taste my new Inui drink will make them respond.

Kaidoh and Momoshiro suddenly woke up from their state and said, "No, Inui-senpai!"

But it was too late. Inui had already put the drink into their mouth. They screamed and collapsed.

Kyo asked, "What just happen?"

Inui asked while handing a glass of Inui drink, "Would you like to find out yourself?"

Kyoko pushed Inui away and told Kyo, "Kyo-kun, if you never want a feeling of nauseous, then you must never drink one of Inui's inventions ever."

Kyo said uncertainly, "If you say so Kyoko-chan."

Kyo pick up his sketchbook, which he had drop when swinging Kyoko around and try to put it away into his backpack, but Kyoko took it away from him.

Kyoko said, "I want to see it."

Kyoko flipped the sketchbook and saw her movements while she was playing tennis.

Kyoko said, "Whaaa! Kyo-kun's art is improved a lot."
Eiji was looking at the sketchbook behind Kyoko. Eiji grabbed it and flipped it at his own pace.

Eiji said, "It's like a cartoon! I want one too! Can you draw me too?"

Oishi exclaimed, "Eiji!"

Kyo laughed, "Maybe I draw Eiji-senpai later."

Then Kyo look and pat Kyoko's head.

Kyo said, "Seeing you here again in Japan means that you're already done with University in the U.S., huh?"

Kyoko answered, "Hai (Yes)."

Everyone except for Kaidoh and Momoshiro since they're unconscious said, "University!"

Kyo asked, "Didn't Kyoko-chan ever said she went to University in the U.S. before?"

Kyoko said, "I remember telling them I went to University, but I'm not sure if they believe me or not."

Kyo asked, "Knowing Kyoko-chan, you must have a job as a doctor now. So is this your second job?"

Kyoko look down, "I fail the doctor exam."

Kyo asked, "Ehhh! Why? You should have passed it easily."

Kyoko said softly, "I was so nervous about the exam, that my memory got fuzzy, and I didn't answer the questions at all. After I failed, I decided to go to school, where I can be with students my own age or at least a year older than me."

The regulars were already lost on what they were talking about, so they just listen.

Inui tries to grasp the situation, "So you're saying you attended to University in the U.S. all the way to a Doctorate degree, but you fail the doctor exam."

Kyoko nodded. Inui wanted to ask more questions, but Ryuzaki-sensei and Tezuka came.

Ryuzaki-sensei shouted, "What are you guys doing out here? You all are supposed to be in the courts practicing!"

Ryuzaki-sensei look at Kyoko, "When I agree for you to be a trainer, you should be training the regulars, not telling them to skip practice."

Kyoko stammered, "Ha...Hai (Yes), I understand my position."

Tezuka said, "Since every regulars have skip practice, everyone have to run 10 laps around the courts."

Everyone said, "Hai (Yes)!"

Kyoko and the regulars started to run around the courts.

Ryuzaki-sensei sigh, "They're suppose to be training for the Nationals and yet, they're acting like this."

Kyo took his stuff and walk away before Ryuzaki-sensei can say anything to him.

Ryuzaki-sensei looks at Kyo and thought, "Who was that?"

Then she returns to the courts to supervise the regulars and Kyoko running around the courts.