CRUCIAL: FOR NEW READERS, PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU PROCEED!

As this fic was first created about two to three years ago, my writing style has considerably improved since then. So I would like to warn you that the writing style in the first few chapters of this story may be (and frankly speaking,) rather ugly. However, the rest of the chapters are relatively more enjoyable to read, so please don't abandon it after the first 2 or 3 chappies. :) YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. I apologize for the horrible grammar and such. It gets better.

On an extra note, the reason why I haven't rewritten this story is (partly) due to my busy schedule (but also due to my laziness. "XD). Hohoho... anywho, I wish you happy reading! :)

NOW YOU MAY PROCEED ON YOUR OWN ACCORD.

~Dream's Eternity~
16. June. 2010

XD Okay. I hope you would enjoy dis story and like it. Okay okay...Let's start the story!

Disclaimer: So okay, who would believe that I own Prince of Tennis? Although I wish I did...but I do own Mizutama and Sakutama...and the Hut of Fortune!

Chapter 1: Yume no Tama - The Hut of Fortune

Rrrriiiiinng!

Sakuno rubbed open her sleepy eyes and moaned gently as she reached for the phone that was ringing constantly. She felt blindly on her bedside table and nearly knocked down the lamp as she finally managed to grab the reciever of the phone and she yanked it to her ear.

"Hello? Sakuno?" Tomoka's voice sounded from the other side of the phone.

"Oh, Tomo-chan!" Sakuno said, dragging her stiffy body up into a sitting position on her bed. "What is it? Making you calling in the morning?"

"Hehe...gomen gomen." Tomoka said on the other side of the phone. "Ann-chan from Fudoumine just asked us out for a girls' day. Coming?"

"Ann-chan?" Sakuno blinked. "Okay. Where are you now?"

"Emm...uhh...just by your house?" Tomoka stuttered.

"What?" Sakuno crawled across her bed and looked out of her window. Below, she saw Tomoka standing there holding a cellphone with Ann beside her, waving up at Sakuno.

Sakuno gasped and quickly jumped out of bed. She threw on a white long sleeve shirt bordered with black and slipped on a pink mini skirt. She braided her hair as fast as she could and jabbed a clip in it as a final touch. She managed to get another glance at the mirror before she hurried downstairs and yanked the door open for Tomoka and Ann to come in.

"Hi, Sakuno-chan!" Ann smiled.

'H-hi." Sakuno dipped her head. "Sorry to let you wait."

"That's okay." Ann said. "Yeah, we didn't wait for a long time anyway." Tomoka chimed in. Ann nodded. "Are you ready?"

"Yes!" Sakuno straightened up.

They skipped past the front gate and towards the station, chatting along cheerily. Ann was very nice and humorous. Sakuno enjoyed her company. They were talking and laughing all the way to their final station. As they got out of the station, the street wasn't very crowded and Ann spotted a neat little hut by the shops, she pointed it out to them. There was a piece of wood hanged above the entrance, on it was written "Ume no Tama - Hut of Fortune".

"Hey, let's get our fortune read!" Ann suggested. And with a mischievious smile, she added. "And see who's our real prince!"

"Eh?" Sakuno blushed. She'd never thought of that.

"Okay okay!" Tomoka was jumping with expectation. "Let's go!" Tomoka grabbed Sakuno's wrist and, followed by Ann, dragged her to the hut.

Sakuno didn't resist, she let herself be dragged by Tomoka to the Hut of Fortune. Though in her mind, thousands of thoughts were flashing by. She felt her face getting hotter by the minute as she approached the Hut of Fortune, she didn't understand why. Was is because she was afraid to know her future? Or...was it Ryoma-kun? Sakuno's face was wheezing with embarrasement when she thought of Ryoma.

Before she knew it, Sakuno was standing inside the Hut of Fortune. In front of her, behind a neat little wooden table, sat two pretty girls a few years bigger than them. One was wearing a light pink kimono decorated with darker pink and white sakura flowers and with a red sash around her waist. The other one was wearing a navy blue kimono decorated with light blue and white snowflakes and around her waist was a black sash. Both of their hair were neatly tied to a bun at the back of their heads with a few strands dangling down.

"Konichiwa," the girl in the pink kimono bowed her head. "I'm Sakutama. Welcome to Ume no Tama, the Hut of Fortune."

"Konichiwa," the girl in blue kimono bowed her head too. "I'm Mizutama. We are sisters, what would you like us to read for you today?"

"Hi, I'm Tomoka." Tomoka said.

"I'm Ann." Ann introduced. "I would like to know my future prince."

Mizutama smiled sweetly. "I see. Come with me." she stood up and motioned for Ann to follow. "Are you asking for that too?" she added with a glance at Tomoka. Tomoka nodded and followed Mizutama past a curtain of pearls to another room. Sakuno stared undecided. She wanted to call out to Tomoka but some thing told her not to.

"What would you like?" Sakutama's silvery voice broke Sakuno's thoughts. Sakuno turned her head and found Sakutama standing up, smiling patiently at her.

"Oh, um..." Sakuno was suddenly lost for words and she racked her brain for an answer.

"You want your fortune told too, don't you?" Sakutama replied.

"Uh." Sakuno stared at Sakutama, realizing that it, indeed, was what she wanted. "Yes." she managed to say.

"Okay." Sakutama grinned, turning around. "Want a special way to know your fortune?"

"Huh?" Sakuno was puzzled. "What special way?"

Sakutama smiled reassuringly. "I mean...not just be TOLD your fortune...like...EXPERIENCE it?"

"E-experience?" Sakuno started to panick. "You're not going to arrange dates?"

Sakutama giggled. "No, silly. This is a fortune teller's hut! Not a match-maker's hut!" she walked towards another curtain of pearls, motioning for Sakuno to follow. "I'll explain it clearly. Come on."

Sakuno followed, partly relieved, partly afraid. What would happen if she has to EXPERIENCE it? Behind the curtain was a round table with a red table cloth bordered with white laces. The room gave Sakuno a warm feeling. Two chairs were on each side of the table. In the middle of the table was a crystal ball. The room was small yet tidy. against a wall was small chest-of-drawers, on top of it was a vase with neatly arranged flowers. After telling Sakuno to take a seat, Sakutama walked to the chest-of-drawers and pulled out a small dark red bag, about the size of her palm, laced with black from one of the drawers.

"Okay." Sakutama said, after taking the seat across the table from Sakuno. "To experience it, means that you take every possible boy you know as your husband."

Sakuno felt her cheeks burning with embarrasement. "Hu-husband?" Sakuno gulped. "B-but..."

"Don't worry." Sakutama cut in. "You'll be in your right age and there's a reason behind your every husband why they took you as a wife. You'll be their wife for twenty-four hours and after that, you'll have to get ready for your next husband. There's no actual number of the husbands you might take, it could be three or four, or it might be thirty or fourty."

Sakuno just nodded, speechless. She never thought of what would happen if she took the boys she knew as her husband. Her cheek became even redder as she thought of Ryoma. She could practically hear her own heartbeat and she placed her righthand over her heart. She wasn't ready for the sudden event and she was nervous, no, more than nervous, she was panicking.

Sakutama obviously knew that she was anxious. "Relax." she smiled, I'll be there to help you. And anyways, it's just twenty-four hours and you'll probably end up sleeping for ten of the hours. After the time's up, it's over."

Sakuno let Sakutama's words soothe her and took a deep breath. "Okay."

"Are you ready?"

"Yes."

Sakutama unlaced the small red bag and took out a heart-shaped sweet. "Eat it." she said, handing it over to Sakuno.

Sakuno gulped and popped the sweet into her mouth. It tasted strange. Sometimes sweet, sometimes sour or even bitter. Is that what marrige tasted like? Then suddenly, everything was black and Sakutama's voice echoed in her mind. "Get ready for your first husband."

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