Hiya! I'm Kirei Haruka and I hope you all enjoy this story! Sakuno is really OOC in this story, so if you don't like it, sorry.

Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis.

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" Class, please do quiet down. There is a new student-" whispers can be heard from the students, making their homeroom teacher's blood pressure go a tad too high.

" SHUT UP BEFORE I MAKE ALL OF YOU RUN 100 LAPS AROUND THE SCHOOL!" the teacher shouted angrily and the results were silent students, some of them even got so scared that they fainted right there and then.

" ... as I was saying, there is a new student that will be joining us." Right on cue, a girl in braids went in and stood near the teacher.

" Please... just introduce yourself." The homeroom teacher, Kai- sensei, sighed. Having to take care forty students is enough... add another one you get forty-one... which means another voice shrieking and shouting and laughing... I don't even know why I applied for this job...

"... Hajimemashite ( How do you do). My name is Ryuzaki Sakuno. " Sakuno sweat dropped. When she was outside the class, she heard the teacher shouting angrily at the students. And when she came in, the teacher sighed and saw him thought inwardly, though she could read them openly.

" Fine. You may sit where ever you please." said Kai- sensei, pinching the bridge of his nose tiredly.

Sakuno looked around the class and saw some of the girls... praying? Sakuno stared at them curiously. Why are they praying? Sakuno shrugged it off and sat on a seat next to a girl with pigtails. Not wasting even a second, the girl started introducing herself.

" Hi! My name is Osakada Tomoka! You can call me Tomoka! Nice to meet you! I'm actually glad you didn't sit next to Ryoma-sama, so let's be best of friends, you can join the 'Ryoma-sama Fan Club'. Don't worry you don't need permission from the president of the fan club, cause I am the president..." Sakuno stared in horror at Tomoka. She just couldn't believe a person could talk this fast and clear... And that is what making her head ached with pain.

" Ano... Tomoka-chan, can you speak slowly and calmly? Your hurting my head with all you are saying..." Sakuno sweat dropped the second time that day, and an hour haven't even passed since the first.

" Ah, sorry! But you heard what I just said, right?" Tomoka smiled widely.

" Yeah... but who is this... Ryoma-sama?" Sakuno asked curiously, but felt happy because she already made a friend.

" YOU DON'T KNOW RYOMA-SAMA?!" Tomoka shouted loudly that the teacher almost fell out of his seat. Kai-sensei sure is unlucky.

Sakuno twitched uncomfortably. When Tomoka stated those words loudly, all the students in her class started staring at her, including a certain bishounen.

Finally! Lunchtime had came, and Sakuno could escape from all those who were staring at her.

" Sakuno-chan! WAIT FOR ME!" Sakuno turned around and saw her new friend running towards her. When Tomoka finally caught up with Sakuno, she stood there panting heavily. A few seconds later she was already breathing normally, so she started a conversation with Sakuno.

" Sakuno-chan! You sure walk fast! Or were you running?! Oh yeah, you haven't answer my question yet!"

"... Uhm... firstly, I walk fast because people in that class were just staring at me! Do you know that staring is really impolite and uncomfortable to the person who's recieving it? To answer your second question... you already know the answer, thirdly, what question?

"... oh... I see! Oh yeah, Do you want to join the ' Ryoma-sama Fan Club'?"

"..." Sakuno blinked a few times and started laughing. " Haha! You're joking, right Tomoka-chan?" when she saw Tomoka staring at her weirdly, she doubt Tomoka was kidding.

" I'm serious, Sakuno-chan!" Sakuno sweat dropped yet again. She even began to think that it will be a habit for life.

" I don't even know this 'Ryoma-sama' " said Sakuno, hoping her friend would understand. But Tomoka wouldn't hear of it, and started to tell her about the 'oh-so-special-Ryoma-sama'. After Tomoka's long speech about that person, Sakuno began to twitch. Hopefully, she'll get amnesia and forget everything Tomoka said. Sakuno have a good term of memory and it's being a disadvantage for her now. Because of it, she memorised everything about this person, even his blood type. And that folks, is called invading someone's personal privacy.

" So, do you want to join the fan club now?"

"... I don't think so... err... this guy likes tennis right? I'm not much of a fan in tennis- playing.. so err... "

Riiinggg!! Phew... That bell is a real life-saver...

" Ah!! The bell rang, bye now, Tomoka!" Sakuno ran to her next class, leaving Tomoka standing there dumbfounded.

School ended really quickly, and Sakuno was really glad that it did. She decided to find her obaa-chan, who was, you must have guessed it, the coach of the Seigaku tennis team.

" Obaa-chan!" Sakuno spotted her grandmother and waved at her.

" Ah, Sakuno-chan, I see you didn't get lost this time." Ryuzaki Sumire said, trying not to laugh at Sakuno, who was embarrassed at what her grandmother just said.

" Obaa-chan! I'm not naive as I was before!... never mind, I'm here to tell you that I'll go first, piano lesson is today." Sakuno couldn't help but feel excited. Piano lessons are really fun to her. It feels as if she's floating when she plays the piano.

" Ah! Before that, I want to introduce the regulars." Before Sakuno could decline that offer, her oba-chan had already started introducing them. Sakuno was gaping like a fish. The regulars. They were there all along. Which means... They know she plays the piano... And that was supposed to be a secret.

" Sakuno?"

"H-huh?" Sumire and the regulars sweat dropped.

" Sakuno... you didn't hear anything I said, did you?"

"U-uh... oh, look at the time, I must be going. Bye!" Sakuno sped off, leaving her oba-chan and the regulars behind.

" Saa... you have a very interesting granddaughter, Ryuzaki-sensei."

" Fuji, don't go all sadist on me."

"Hai, Ryuzaki-sensei." The regulars except for Tezuka and Fuji started snickering.

" There is a 40 percent chance that Ryuzaki-sensei would have Fuji run 50 laps around the school." said Inui.

" Oh? So what about the other 60 percent?" asked Momoshiro.

" ...60 percent chance that Ryuzaki-sensei would have Fuji run 10 laps around Japan... with her chasing him to make sure he does it." The regulars started laughing out loud, even Tezuka was smiling. (It's the sign of the apocalypse!... Just joking.)

" Saa... You guys are just being mean." Fuji smiled a sadistic smile, making most of them shudder.

" I'm not joking, Fuji." said Inui. Everyone frozed, that it's not even funny anymore.

Sakuno's Piano Lesson...

" You played extremely well today, Sakuno-chan, as always. Especially Canon in D." said Sakuno's piano teacher, Mizuki-sensei.

" Thanks, sensei! I love Canon in D! Johann Pachelbel was a great composer if I say so myself! " Sakuno smiled happily.

" Ah yes! I agree with you. I'm looking forward to you next lesson, Sakuno-chan. Bye now."

" Bye Mizuki-sensei!" Sakuno waved goodbye and went straight home.

Next day...

Sakuno was walking to her classroom when she almost got ran over by a huge mob of fan girls.

" Aiya... crazy girls..." Sakuno muttered and started walking to class again. If I'm not mistaken... I saw Tomoka in that mob just now... Sakuno froze. She turned around and fell down anime style when she saw Tomoka shrieking like a fan girl.

" T-tomoka-chan?!" She had completely forgotten that she 's a fan of the famous Echizen Ryoma, and she was supposedly to have good term of memory too. Sakuno walked towards the mob, decided to pull Tomoka out of the crowd, she didn't care if Tomoka wants her to or not.

" KYAAA! RYOMA-" Tomoka was cut off went someone pulled her arm.

" AHHH, RYOMA-SAMA SAVE ME!!"

" Argh! Tomoka-chan calm down, it's me, Sakuno." said Sakuno irritatedly, having to sacrifice herself just to pull Tomoka out of the crowd. " Stop. hitting. me. Tomoka-chan."

" DON'T CALL ME TOMOKA-CHAN! YOU'RE NOT SAKUNO- eh? Sakuno-chan?" All along, Tomoka was hitting Sakuno on the head. Hard.

" Oh, now you see me. Did you want to hit me on purpose or something?!" Sakuno asked sarcastically. Sheesh, self- sacrifice is a big no-no. Well, to Sakuno it is. You get all wounded just to help your friend and in the end they would say something like ' oh it's you I thought you were my enemy or something!'

" Hehe... sorry Sakuno-chan! But why did you pull me out?"

" Stop being such a fan girl! Come on there are better things to do...eh? Tomoka-chan?" Sakuno having a lack of person to talk to , turned back to find her friend running back to the crowd and started to shout 'Ryoma-sama' again. Sakuno sighed. It couldn't be help then. She had to walk to class alone.

After school, tennis grounds.

Sakuno was walking on the tennis grounds, finding her grandmother isn't hard, she's usually where the regulars are. Sakuno found her with ease and walked towards her.

" Hi, obaa-chan!"

" Ah, Sakuno-chan. What's the matter?"

" I'll follow you back home when I don't have piano lessons, is that ok?"

" It's fine." Sakuno watched the match her grandmother was watching before she came. Surprisingly, she got really interested in it. Usually she'll just fall asleep half way watching a match.

" Who's playing, obaa-chan?" Sumire frowned.

" They're both regulars. Didn't you pay attention yesterday when I introduced them to you?"

" Uhm... about that..." Ryuzaki-sensei sighed. Her granddaughter will never change.

" I'll just point at them and state their names, got it? So pay attention. That is the buchou, Tezuka Kunimitsu. Fukubuchou, Oishi Shuichiro. Fuji Syuusuke, this person I must warn you, he is much of a sadist. Eiji Kikumaru, Kawamura Takashi, Inui Sadaharu, Momoshiro Takeshi, Kaido Kaoru, and lastly Echizen Ryoma (Sakuno twitched when she heard his name as she thought of him as a best friend- stealer)." Ryuzaki-sensei let out a sigh. Hopefully Sakuno got their names this time.. She's getting tired of introductions...

" So... the ones who are playing in Court C is... Momoshiro Takeshi and Echizen Ryoma?"

" Yes. Who do you think would win, Sakuno?" said Sumire slyly as Sakuno raised an eyebrow.

" Don't know. "

Minutes had passed in silence, finally the game was won by Echizen Ryoma, 7-5.

" Mada mada dane, Momo-senpai."

" Shut up, ochibi." Ryoma smirked at him, but then frowned when he heard that nickname.

" Senpai, I'm not short anymore. Stop calling me ochibi." He's reply had no comeback, since Momoshiro was cut off by what Eiji was going to say.

" Hoi hoi! It's Sakuno-chan, nya!"

All the regulars looked at Sakuno. Sakuno shifted uncomfortably.

" Saa... Nice to meet you, Ryuzaki-san." said the sadist, smiling warmly as he always was.

" A-ah... Nice to meet you too,... Fuji-senpai." Sakuno said shyly, remembering what her grandmother had said before about him being a sadist.

She greeted all the regulars, except for one. Sakuno walked over to him but hesitantly.

" Er... nice to meet you Echizen-san.." Formalities is somewhat getting boring and boring as it is.

" Hn." Sakuno twitched. Arrogant, one-word brat. What is 'hn' suppose to mean?

" Ok..."

"Hn"

"... you know this is a waste of my time. Bye." Ryoma was shocked. That was the first time a girl never go all fan girl mode on him. He started to smirk. This is going to be an interesting year...

As for what Ryoma said, it is practically the truth.

TO BE CONTINUED...