Disclaimer: I don't own prince of tennis, no matter how much i want to T.T

A/N: Hello, me again, so here's the second chapter, just so you know i intend to upload a chapter every week on this day.

Chapter 2

"Noooooooo!!"

"What the heck happened!?"

"I lost it!"

"Clearly."

Rin made a fist and waved it at her sister. "Shut up, Mai. I don't have time for you, I lost one of my music sheets!" she lifted her head, addressing God; "you couldn't just take one of the other sheets? You had to take my favorite one. Why, oh why?"

"You're such a klutz, you probably dropped it at school." Mai then walked out of the room.

Rin grabbed her hair and squealed. "Oh no! It must have fallen in the tennis courts when I passed out!" Raising her eyes to God again she said in a whiny voice, "why couldn't you just amputate my leg? Anything! Just don't let me go back there." She sighed at the expected lack of response. She looked at her watch; it was almost 9. "Well they're probably done with practice now, so I guess it's safe to go back."

Turning on her heel she headed downstairs where her family was sitting. "Could someone give me a ride to school? I need to go see if my music sheet is still there."

Of course when she headed there, after searching every inch of the courts and even a wide radius around the courts she couldn't find it and went back home in defeat. In the ride home she sat with her head against the passenger seat window remembering the day she'd had.

It might have been the same sheet of music that had landed on that boy's face. She smiled as she remembered said face. He wasn't so bad looking. In fact she would go so far as to say he was pretty handsome. Raising her eyes to God she thought, did you put me through all this torture just so I could meet him? She frowned at the ridiculous thought. Nah!

Early next morning Rin dressed hurriedly and rushed down the stairs. "Good morning."

"Good morning," mumbled everyone at the kitchen table. Rin had two younger brothers and two older sisters. Her mother was standing over the stove making an omlete. "You're up late today."

Hand on the back of her head, she chuckled. "I had a hard time sleeping yesterday since I was worrying about my music sheet; I hope I can find it today." She took a seat on the table and ate hastily. With her mouth stuffed with toast she rose and dashed for the door, "bye, I better go, I might be home late. I'm going to practice late at school since I missed my morning practice."

Finally when she reached school it was just in time, the bell rang and she raced to get to her class, finally there she sat at her seat and side. So far so good.

"Look who decided to join us." And so the bad luck begins.

"Morning to you too Yuri." She called back sarcastically as she glared at the tall and slender blond.

"You missed morning practice. Guess this what you get from a pauper that can't even buy her own piano." Flipping her hair over her shoulder she said smugly, "I just got a Bosendorfer model 200. It's absolutely fabulous."

Rin shook her head and sighed, "Yuri, Yuri, Yuri, when will you learn that no matter how many times you change the piano you'll never be as good as I am. It's not the piano's fault you sound so horrible." She smiled sweetly.

Yuri's face flushed in anger, "you're just jealous that my daddy can afford the best."

"Oh yeah, I'm so jealous that he can buy you another piano for you to suck on." She placed her hand over her heart and sighed, "My jealousy knows no bounds."

Yuri glared at her then stormed out of the room. Soon after, the teacher arrived and classes begun. Rin was pretty average in school, she would never be an honor roll student but she gave it her best . . . almost. She slept in math, adored all the English and science subjects, as well as history.

The day dragged on until finally it was time for the club activities. Grabbing her file she remembered her missing music sheet and felt a little irritated that she couldn't find it. Once she reached the club building she found everyone taking their seats preparing for an orchestra performance.

As usual she took the lead piano's seat while Yuri took the bench; she was a standby in case anything happened to the lead pianist. Yuri never forgave her for taking her seat. Yuri was considered the best pianist the school ever had up until 

Rin transferred here where she stole the spotlight with her first performance of Beethoven's 'Fur Elise'.

"Alright everyone, take out your music sheets for Schumann's viola and piano." Mr. Matsudo announced as he raised his hands signaling his students to prepare themselves. Rin's hands were poised above the ivory keys, the viola students were poised gracefully waiting for the conductor to wave his baton.

It began; they were in perfect harmony as a result of months of practice. The music seemed to flow in the room. The tempo came in waves; it ebbed and flowed, taking the performers with it. Rin loved it, she loved everything about the music, and she never tired of it.

After club activities were over Rin stayed behind as usual to practice. Since she had no piano at home she was forced to stay behind and practice in school. She didn't mind actually she preferred to practice on this piano; it allowed her to get accustomed to it, thus making it easier for her to perform during recitals.

"Today, I think I'll play . . . Alla Turca." The song started with a fast tempo, it made her smile every time she played it since it was such a cheerful song.

Meanwhile on the tennis courts, Ryuzaki-sensei was addressing the tennis team.

"All right everyone tomorrow is our match against Hyotei so I want you to have a good rest for it. That's why practice finished early today. Good luck."

After sensei left everyone dispersed. After changing they all headed for home except for Fuji who had to take a small detour to the music room. Fuji paused in front of the door with his hand poised above the handle. The piano playing coming from inside the room was entrancing, not a single note was missed, and it was smooth and beautiful. Finally he entered the room silently, the sight that was before him made his heart skip a beat.

The piano was place sideways so the girl playing couldn't see the intruder. Fuji had a perfect view of her profile; the look on her face was enchanting while she played. He couldn't resist, he took out his camera, positioned it and took a snapshot of the scene.

The sound of the click startled Rin, forcing her out of her piano filled world. "Hey!" she rose from the bench and marched toward the intruder, "what do you think you're doing in here? Was that a click from a camera?"

Fuji continued to smile as he reached into his bag and handed her a piece of paper.

Rin had her finger practically shoved into his nose before she realized he was handing her something. "I believe you dropped this at the tennis courts the other day." The sound of his voice sent shivers down her back she almost didn't hear what he said.

"Dropped . . .?" she backed away slightly and stared down into his hand. Taking it gently out of his hand she was still slightly disoriented, once she realized what she was holding she squealed with joy.

"My missing music sheet!" she was overflowing with such joy, she jumped and hugged him. "Oh thank you so much, you have no idea what this means to me."

Fuji was stunned at the reaction, she was still latching on to him squealing with joy, "Erm, miss, not that I'm complaining but you're holding me too tightly."

Jumping away from him, face flushed and bowing deeply, "I . . . I'm s-s-sorry." Eyes wide she stared at her feet. Gyaaaa he must think I'm a psycho.

Fuji chuckled, "That's okay." Then he turned to a slightly serious tone, "however I was wondering if you could play that piece."

Snapping out of her inner thoughts she looked up at him with an expression similar to a child that had just been given candy, "with pleasure." Heading over to the bench she placed the music sheet on the stand and looked up at Fuji, "this private concert is going to cost you."

"Eh?" Fuji looked stunned.

Rin smiled, "I'll play it if you tell me your name."

Fuji returned her smile "isn't it polite to say your name before asking for others'?"

"Rin Tanami I'm a senior. You're turn."

"Fuji Syusuke I'm a senior too, pleased to meet you." He bowed.

"Well Fuji-kun, have a seat." She indicated the space next to her on the bench.

Fuji hesitated, "wouldn't I get in your way?"

She shook her head and smiled, "Don't worry about it; you won't get in my way." She took the right side as he sat on the left.

"Comfortable?" after she received his nod of confirmation she began.

Her hands slid up and down the piano several times and on the final run she softened her hands so that the volume was being brought down. Suddenly she was putting more power behind her fingers and the sound was more forceful. Then she continued her ride up and down the ivory with decreasing volume and tempo lingering on every other note.

Then her hand focused on the deep keys to the left altering between fast and slow, soft and hard. Fuji couldn't take his eyes off her, she was so focused on the music it was as if she was in world of her own, her movements we sure and precise.

Before Fuji noticed it her playing switched and now she was focusing on the right side of the piano, and she had to lean over him to get to it. But that didn't disrupt her playing at all.

But it sure disrupted Fuji's thoughts. He was no longer hearing the music; his head was filled with the scent of her. Gardenias. Shocked by his own thought he shook his head to clear it. Where did that come from? He shook his head again and forced himself to focus on the song.

The song had taken on a more powerful tempo then just as suddenly turned soft, repeating the routine on several notes until it ended with a fading note.

To Be Continued . . .

I know this chapter may seem short, but it wasn't that way when it was on my microsoft word, then again they may have seemed longer to me cuz i made the font bigger and the spacing larger . Oh well, hope you enjoyed they story, R&R plz!