Author's note: It has been a while since I have written any fanfiction and I am happy (and excited) to finally come up with some ideas for this fanfic. I have already decided on the main pairing and it will be announced either in the next chapter or in the future. The prologue is, indeed, very short but I will surely write more on the first chapter. Please feel free to give out suggestions and I'll see what I can do. Oh yeah, this is my first attempt in writing a Prince of Tennis fanfic so please be gentle with it. ;

Disclaimer: I do not own TENIPURI. Konomi-sama claimed it first way earlier before I could……XD!

Insomnia

( Prologue )

"Oi! This is our territory, you twerp!"

"If tennis never existed in this world, what do you think you'd be good at?"

"Kiddo, it's going to take you a million years to catch up with me. "

"Wanna play?"

"Come on, Ryoma, let's go home."

"Onii-san, I can't come up with anything…"

"If it was for tennis, his existence would probably mean nothing…"

"Nothing…………"

Nothing.

Ryoma flicked open his eyes and gasped. He bolted up from bed and grimaced. His body was drenched with sweat and his breathing was rapid. He gradually forced himself into a more relaxed state and glanced over at the clock. 2:37am. He groaned and tugged his blanket, frustrated. Why did he keep waking up in the middle of the night? This was, if he wasn't mistaken, the fourth time he was interrupted from his sleep. To make matters worse, he could not remember what he dreamt. Not even a fragment or idea.

He did, however, remember the emotions he'd felt. At every dream scene change, it would always trigger some a different reaction from him. He'd feel anxious at first, then heartbroken the next. Whatever the dream was, he knew it wasn't a happy thought. It disturbed him. The emotions felt so familiar.

As if everything in his dream had happened before.

He wanted to get out from bed and fetch a towel from the bathroom, but his body too unwilling to move. Instead, he wiped the sweat off his forehead with his blanket, making a mental note to put it in the laundry tomorrow. He looked over at where Karupin was, huddled in a corner and sleeping peacefully. His cat, already annoyed by Ryoma's rude awakening, decided to leave the bed and move to another spot where his sleep wouldn't be interrupted. Ryoma began to envy Karupin. If only he could sleep peacefully as well.

He wouldn't have been so frustrated about the situation if he didn't have to go on the camping trip later this morning. Ryuzaki-sensei decided that all the Regulars in the tennis team should have another training session located in a different and private area. Kikumaru-sempai was the first to happily agree, probably wanting to have an excuse to skip school classes. They were told that the training session would be very similar to the other camping trips they've been on. Oishi-sempai was mainly in charge in organizing the whole excursion with the help of Tezuka-buchou. Inui-sempai was also in charge in creating a training schedule, which would take place when the Regulars arrived. Ryoma hoped that the training schedule wasn't too chaotic. He shuddered. Inui's special juice already caused so much horror and grief. He couldn't think about the terrifying possibilities the sempai would make them do tomorrow and the days to come.

Hopefully, to Inui's disappointment (and maybe Fuji's too), Tezuka would do something about it since he does have to read over the schedule first and agree to it before any action takes place.

Ryoma sighed and decided that it was time to try and sleep again. He lay back down and pulled the blanket close to him. He closed his eyes and shivered, feeling cold for some obscured reason. He silently prayed for at least a few hours of peaceful sleep. He really needed the energy later and the situation would get ugly if his teammates found out there is something wrong with him. The last thing he wanted was to worry others. He slowly drifted into slumber….

…….only to be welcomed by his nightmares once again.

Onii-san – brother

Sempai – when addressing to a senior or teacher.

Buchou – captain, referring to Tezuka in this story.

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