-I do not own Prince of Tennis. Takeshi Konomi-sensei owns it-

This is not the first time I have written a story. I wrote a lot actually. However, this would be my first time to post a story on any website so, please bear with meeeeee and my errors :D :D (English is not my first language btw)

aaand. They're in high school here :)

English

'Thought'

Flashback/dream

Normal

All he could do is watch the two kids-a boy and a girl play in the tennis court. He wanted to approach them. But he couldn't move. It's as if he was rooted on the spot. But he knew it was a flash back since he could tell that one of them is himself.

"Echizen-kun. Echizen-kun! ECHIZEN-KUN!"

Ryoma lifted his head off his desk and found his English teacher glaring at him. He decided to return to his sleep in an attempt to get back to that dream but he couldn't. Not when his teacher is screaming at his ears for sleeping.

"What do you want." He knows it's rude of him but he was pissed that the dream was ruined.

The older male teacher was taken aback. He didn't know that the boy is fluent in English.

"P-please explain what Romeo and Juliet was all about." He stammered with a heavy Japanese accent but quickly smirked when he thought he had an excuse to embarrass him.

Ryoma sighed.

"It's like middle school all over again" he muttered as he stood.

"Romeo and Juliet does not make a specific moral statement about the relationships between love and society, religion, and family; rather, it portrays the chaos and passion of being in love, combining images of love, violence, death, religion, and family in an impressionistic rush leading to the play's tragic conclusion."

All mouth hung open as they watch the staring contest between Ryoma and the English teacher.

"Y-you can sit down now. And don't sleep in my class" the teacher said eventually and turned to continue his lesson although he is red from either anger or embarrassment. Probably both. Hopefully that teacher learned his lesson.

"Tch. Whatever" Ryoma grumbled as he sat down. He looked at the time. It's 5 minutes before lunch time so he decided to stare outside instead.

He tried to remember what the dream was all about but he can't remember anything. He messed his hair in frustration, completely oblivious to the sighs of females watching his every move, giggling once in a while.

xxxxx

"Oi Echizen! I heard you embarrassed another teacher! What happened?" Horio Satoshi shouted as he sat down holding his lunch tray in front of Ryoma.

"Horio-kun. Can you please stop shouting?" Kato Kachiro sighed exasperatedly. He sat down beside Horio and Katsuo Mizuno sat down on the other side.

Ryoma sighed. "I see your friendship is as tight as ever. Can't you leave me alone for once?"

That may be rude to some other people but not the trio. They've been around Ryoma ever since middle school that they're already used to his personality.

"Oh come on Ryoma-kun. Just tell us what happened." Katsuo said.

Ryoma shrugged his shoulders as he took a bite of his onigiri.

"Same old. I was caught sleeping in class and had to explain Romeo and Juliet in the class in English"

Horio laughed loudly, attracting looks from the other students and making Katsuo and Kato glare at him.

"Echizen!"

They turned and found Momoshiro Takeshi and Kaido Kaoru walking towards their table.

"Ahh! Momo-chan-sempai! Kaido-sempai! Cheers!" the freshmen trio greeted.

"Yo! Ryoma! Aren't you gonna greet your sempais?" Momoshiro asked tapping Ryoma at his head.

Ryoma swatted his hand before greeting "cheers".

Kaido hissed and Momoshiro chuckled.

"So? What's the commotion all about?" Momoshiro asked.

"Well, we heard that Ryoma-kun embarrassed an English teacher" Katsuo answered politely.

Momoshiro burst out laughing.

"Oi Echizen! It's not cool. Not cool at all." Momoshiro clutched his stomach and wiped away a tear.

"You're laughing too hard Momo-sempai" Ryoma said.

Momoshiro chuckled as he calmed down.

"You should stop embarassing people" Kaido butt in.

Ryoma looked at his sempais before smirking.

"Mada mada dane." He shrugged before going back to his food.

Kaido hissed at his rude kouhai and called Momoshiro.

"See you at practice, Echizen! Bye guys!" Momo waved and they were off.

The freshman trio stared at their retreating sempais. It was a good decision to attend at the high school division afterall. All of them, even the former regulars decided to attend Seishun Gakuen High School Division to continue playing tennis together.

xxxxx

Since the captain and vice-captain were nowhere to be found, they assumed that they were having a meeting with their coach, Ryuzaki Sumire. So they decided to have a practice match with each other.

Ryoma and Fuji Syuusuke, a third year regular, were on their their third game when Oishi Shuichiro, the vice-captain arrived and stopped their game.

"Echizen. Ryuzaki-sensei is calling for you. You have a visitor" he said.

Ryoma looked at Fuji and the other regulars. They all looked surprised and confused at the same time. Well he was confused himself. He followed Oishi outside the tennis courts and into Ryuzaki-sensei's office.

Oishi knocked before entering.

"Sensei, Echizen is here." he announced as he entered the office and stood beside Tezuka Kunimitsu, the captain.

Ryoma noticed a man with blond hair and green eyes sitting in one of the couches positioned in front of Ryuzaki-sensei's desk. He couldn't recognize him though. He looked at his coach sitting behind her desk questioningly.

"Ryoma sit down."

So he did sat in the couch opposite of the stranger. He openly stared at the man in front of him who stared back.

They were having a staring competition for a minute or so until the man cleared his throat and smiled.

"You do look like Nanjirou, although I like your personality more than your Dad's" the man stated with a soft smile.

Ryoma frowned. This man knows his father's personality yet he didn't know him.

"Who are you?" he asked monotonously.

The man's smile widened and his eyes sparkled with wisdom.

"I'm Adam William. Nice to meet you."