Well here's the second chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis.

"Talk"- Speech

Talk – Stress on

"You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life." – Albert Camus

Memories

Chapter 2: First Day Part II

Ayane's POV

I stared at my reflection in the mirror. I was studying my new school uniform. It was kinda cute. I sighed as I brushed my wavy red hair which hung till my waist. Since I wasn't in the mood to tie it into my "lucky" style, I simply tied it into a ponytail. I brushed my fringe (1) once more and looked at myself one more time before I picked up my bag and went downstairs to get breakfast.

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Oh great! I was doomed. First day of school and I'm gonna be late. Why, you ask? Because I was lost! I did live in Japan till I was seven but back then I never really paid attention to the road. Later on I used to come to this neighbourhood occasionally to visit my obaa-chan ,so I figured that I'd be able to find my way to school myself. Apparently I was wrong…..Ok, fine, so I don't have a good sense of direction. Jeez. What now?

As I stood there wondering what I should do, I saw a guy straight ahead, he was in his school uniform and he had a tennis bag slung over his shoulders which read "FUJI.S SEIGAKU" Seigaku….Seishun Gakuen, that's it! Yes….Arigatou Kami-sama! I ran up to him and patted him on the shoulder. He turned around to look at me, scratch that, could he even see me? His eyes were closed. Weird.

"Can I help you?" he asked.

Oh! Stupid me. I was gaping at him, kinda. But to my defence, this guy was really cute, although he did look kinda like a girl. I was flushed a little as I replied to him, "Ano… could you tell me how to get to Seishun Gakuen? I got lost….. It's my first day so…." I must have sounded like an idiot. Oh man. He smiled at me and said, "Sure, I'm on my way there." Yes! My first problem of the day was solved. Phew. I bowed and said thank you before he walked on and I followed him.

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My shoulders were slumped in dejection as I walked through the halls trying to find my class. I looked at the paper in my hand, which the office clerk had given me, "Class 3-B".

Why-o-Why did I have to be so lousy at directions?! I climbed another flight of stairs and I walked down the hallway. "3-D, 3-C…." I mumbled to myself. 3-B. Yosh! I found it.

I took a deep breathe and then knocked on the door. Murmuring erupted inside and I heard a stern male voice telling them to keep quiet. The door opened to reveal a man in his late thirties. He smiled as he asked, "Shizuno-san?" "Hai."

He stood before the class and said, "Ok, everyone! We have a new student this year in our class." He turned around to look at me and said, "Please introduce yourself Shizuno-san." I walked up front and said, "Konnichiwa! My name is Shizuno Ayane. I was living in the U.S..." I looked around the class and I spotted a familiar face. It was that guy from earlier, um…um….Oh Shoot! I never asked his name. Suddenly my eyes landed on the guy sitting next to him. My throat dried up and I couldn't find my voice. I couldn't breathe and my hands were cold. Time ticked on...

"Shizuno-san?"

My sensei's voice echoed in my head and I snapped back to reality. Oh God! Everyone, well..almost everyone, was giving me the "great-another-weird-new-student" look. "G-gomen", I stuttered out. I continued my introduction. "I used to visit Japan occasionally..umm…..Please take care of me!" and I bowed. Hiroshi sensei told me to take a seat by the window in front of "Fuji-kun". So that was his name. I sighed as I took my seat. Hiroshi sensei went on about rules and blah...blah...blah. I sighed. I was wrong, first days were horrible and disastrous!

(1)- also referred to as bangs.

Japanese Terms

Arigatou – Thank You

Obaa-chan – Grandmother

Sensei – Teacher

Konnichiwa – Hello

Gomen – Sorry

Kami-sama – Japanese reference to God

Gakuen – School

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