This story has nothing to do with Love Songs. I've been wanting to write this and try it to. Fujicest comes easiest to me since it's my fav pairing. So here, once again, is another long Fujicest fic. I seem to like one-sided loves. Ha. Please note, this is one of the few times I've written a story with non-yaoi parts to it. Even a non-yaoi pairing, two non-yaoi pairings. I amaze myself sometimes. Enjoy and R&R
Summary: AU. In the modern day, even princes and princess exist. A hasty marriage causes a conflict within the palace walls. And what's more, the new princess is falling inlove with the second in line for the crown instead of the one she has married. FujixSakuno, Fujicest, one-sided Sakuno and Yuuta, one-sided Ann and Fuji, and MomoxAnn.
Disclaimer: I do not own prince of tennis. I do not own the song at the beginning, it is Bo nael soo uhb neun sarang (A Love I can't let go) by Just. It's from the Korean Drama Nae Ireumeun Kim Sam-soon (My Name is Kim Sam-soon). It is, of course, translated from Korean to English. The only things I own are Sakuno's friends Akari and Kaori.
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Don't be sad. As time passes we'll become
I can't live without you
I hate you because I love you this much
Without saying anything, just hold my hand
So you don't recognize me, don't keep any memories of me
The building was rather large, something expected from an arts academy. It was newer compared to the schools around it. The academy was home to almost a thousand students, all who were there for one subject outside their normal math, science, japanese, english, and history courses. The school was above public level, but below the Crown School that many more rich students would've gone to had they not wanted in at the art academy. One such student was Syuusuke Fuji, the crown prince of the region called Tokyo. Many always questioned about this, but all knew it to be true. He was a prince in the 21st century. All girls admired him, many wanting to date him, but there was no chance for an average girl to even come close to his level. All eyes would watch the only person who seemed right for the crown prince, a dancer named Ann Tachibana.
A couple girls were up on a second floor balcony, a theatre class working on their current short play. Tomoka was leaning against the rail, complaining to her friend, Sakuno, when she caught sight of the group everyone always looked for.
"Hey, hey, it's the pretty boys." All the girls rushed over. Sakuno tried to keep reading, but found herself drawn into a conversation with a friend, Kaori.
"Who cares about them?" Their friend Akari was now attempting to tug Kaori over to see.
"But even the prince is with them. Prince, Kao, prince." The other first year whined. Sakuno and Kaori felt obligated to atleast take a look to please Akari.
"I think Echizen Ryoma is the best of them all. He's a first year, like us. The son of the owner of a huge business firm that deals with all the top nations of the world." Tomoka giggled.
"Nah, Kikumaru Eiji wins. He's only a third year, but will inherit his father's law firm. I wonder why he's here when he could be learning at Crown's school. He's already worth thousands and it keeps going up." A girl next to Sakuno spoke.
"No way are those two better than Momoshiro Takeshi, his family are high ups in the government. He's likely to go there, too. And he's only a second year." Kaori made a disgusted face at another classmate's words.
"No, no, the prince wins the prize. Fuji Syuusuke, crown prince, and a third year student here. He wins. He's going to be king one day. That beats anything." Akari tried to cool herself down. "I'd love to be his wife." Sakuno gazed at the boys.
"Why would they be all upperclassmen and have Echizen-san, a first year, with them?" All eyes turned to Sakuno.
"Because he doesn't fit in with commoners like us, duh." Tomoka tapped her friend on the head. Sudden noise errupted as most of the class started to try and get the boys' attention. Kaori and Sakuno left back for their scripts.
Down on the ground, the group of boys were talking amongst themselves. Ryoma playing video games on his game system.
"Hey, what's all that noise for?" Ryoma spoke up, pausing his game. Eiji nodded to the platform above them.
"Fangirls, nya. All for the prince." Fuji smiled.
"They're so annoying." Ryoma went back to his video game.
"They can behave anyway they want, but they're not getting his attention." Indeed, Fuji was more caught up in playing with his phone. He was sliding it up and down every second.
"You waiting for a call from Ann-chan?" Momo chuckled, looking over the first year's shoulder to watch his game.
"Not really." The crown prince put his phone away, he was secretly wanting to hear any word from his aunt to hear about his baby brother.
"Oh? Sure, your majesty." Momo caused the other two to laugh.
"Forget it. I wanna try and find something to help me think about my project." Fuji held his camera in his hands. He was taking photography.
"Then let's go. Break is only for a couple more minutes." The group walked a couple feet before Fuji turned around. He tugged his camera up and snapped a picture of the group of girls.
"Come on, Fuji-senpai."
"Yah." Fuji went and caught up with the others.
"Oh my god, I think he took a picture of us." Tomoka was freaking out.
"Calm down, Tomo-chan." Sakuno was more interested in her script. She was forced into being the main female role, and she needed all the practice she could get. Break soon ended and the group moved back into the school.
The school day was at it's end before anyone noticed. And kids were leaving the high school. The seventeen year old male bumped into the fifteen year old female, causing her to smack his camera into the nearby wall. Blue orbs opened to stare at his now broken camera before looking at the first year.
"Oh my god. I'm so sorry." Sakuno freaked out. Fuji dropped the camera into her hands.
"Just throw it out." He then walked away, Momo, Ryoma, and Eiji waiting for him at the end of the hallway.
"You're not gunna make her pay for the broken camera?" Momo poked at his friend.
"She couldn't afford it, so there's no reason. Besides, I can just get a new one. There's a newer model that I want." Ryoma was back to playing his video game.
"Ah, so you wait till one is broken to get a new one? That's a waste." Ryoma muttered.
"Possibly."
Sakuno was left with the camera in her hands, her friends rushing over. Kaori was adjusting her glasses.
"Did the prince just give you his camera?" Akari poked at it.
"I accidently broke it." Sakuno looked down at it.
"You could always try and fix it." There was silence between the four, before they all answered in unison.
"As if."
"The only thing that Sakuno is more horrible at than directions is fixing electronics." Tomoka said.
"Yah, she might make it worse." Akari joked.
"Thanks for the vote in confidence guys." Sakuno sighed and the group left.
Fuji sighed as the car pulled through the gate and into palace grounds. The guards always saluted his car, and it was getting old. As soon as the car stopped outside the main building, the door was opened before he could open it. He grabbed his bag and exited it.
"Young Prince, the Queen is requesting your presence." Fuji's main attendent was at his side. The elder male always took care of anything he needed and kept schedule for him.
"Thank you. Also, I need a new camera. Find the latest camera that's been released that's good for the sole purpose of photography." The elder male nodded before they entered the large building. Everything was decorated beautifully and full of expensive things. Fuji was lead by his attendent who brought him to the main family meeting room.
"Your majesty, the prince has arrived." He knocked on the door.
"Please come in." The attendent opened the door and Fuji entered the room. His mother was seated on the main chair. Syuusuke bowed as he entered.
"Please, take a seat." She motioned towards a chair, where Fuji would then take a seat.
"Young prince, your brother-in-law's health is becoming less, thus we must hasten you to marry. But I'm afraid it's not that easy. My father, the former King, had settled with a friend that his grandson, the crown prince, would marry their granddaughter." Fuji couldn't help but blink.
"So I'm to marry?" His mother nodded.
"Yes. We're searching for her right now." Fuji got to his feet and bowed.
"If that's it, I'll be going to my room."
"Young prince..." Fuji wandered out of the room, his attendent at side.
"Young prince." Syuusuke looked over.
"Just find me the camera I asked about. I need it for school." The attendent just nodded as the teen entered his room and shut the door. His room was rather plan when compared to the rest of the place. His walls were a simple blue, everything plain. His bed, his desk and computer. He walked over and sat at his desk, his back resting on it. He took up his homework before going on the computer. His mail wasn't much. He sat flipping through pictures he had put onto it from when he was little. It didn't help that the faint memory of the other boy in all the pictures was constantly on his mind.
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The prince was sitting on the desk, his new camera in hand. It was superior to his last camera. Blue hues were concentrated on the female before him.
"Marry me." The other just blinked.
"What?"
"I'm serious. Marry me, Ann-chan." The other just blinked.
"I don't know. We're still in school, and I have my dreams. I want to follow that dream. If I married you, I wouldn't be able to." Fuji sighed softly.
"Saa... I suppose so. I guess I'm forced to marry her." This drew in Ann's attention.
"Her?" Syuusuke nodded, getting up and pulling the straps over his head so it rested against his neck.
"Yes. An arranged marriage. I don't know the girl, but they're currently seeking her out." Ann nodded.
"Good luck, Syuusuke-kun." She exited the room, blinking at a first year who seemed to have just appeared, or so she believed. She passed by and walked out of the building. Fuji was the next to exit the room, but noticed the pig-tailed girl, it was the same one who broke his camera. Fuji pretended to not notice her and just walked out.
"Hey, I heard Ann-chan has a dance audition in a month. It can make her career. I so wanna go with her." Momo was stretched out on the grass. Ryoma sat on the bench, still caught up in video games.
"You're like her personal body guard and chaufer."
"He has a point, Momo-chan." Eiji snickered. "What says you, Fujiko-chan?"
"I don't care." But the male blinked as he phone started to go off. He slid it open. "Hello?"
"Young Prince, we found the girl. We need you to bring her with you to the palace."
"And I should know who it is?" He raised an eyebrow to no one in particular.
"She goes to your school. She's a first year named Ryuzaki Sakuno." Fuji sighed.
"I'll find her, your majesty." Fuji then shut his phone.
"What was that about?" All eyes, even Ryoma's, were on Fuji's.
"Say, Echizen, do you know all the first years?"
"Possibly. There are some lesser more unimportant students whom I never felt like knowing."
"Does Ryuzaki Sakuno ring a bell?" Ryoma seemed to think for a minute.
"Oh, her... She's the one who broke your camera, Fuji-senpai." Fuji nodded. He got right to his feet, the group following him. "What do you need her for? She's just a normal commoner."
"She's nolonger a normal commoner. She's the girl I've been promised to marry." Fuji stuffed his hands in his pockets.
"No way. A marriage between the crown prince and a commoner? What are they thinking?" Attention turned to the group, they usually weren't around the school during breaks.
"They weren't, but I won't go against the former King's promise." Fuji could still recall his grandfather, he had outlived his wife. Both were kindhearted, thus this was probably why he could believe his grandfather promising the crown prince to marry his friend's granddaughter.
"This is her classroom." All eyes were on the group as they stood outside a first year classroom. Fuji opened the door, the students in there quite shocked at seeing the prince. Blue orbs scanned the room.
"She's not here." Fuji turned to Ryoma.
"I think she's one of the theatre kids." The ground then moved away to head to the auditorium. All the stuents who had been in the room, now moved to the door to watch the group leave. The auditorium was almost empty.
"She's not here either." Fuji sighed.
"Wait, do you remember yesterday? That group of girls were some theatre kids." Fuji tried to think and remembered seeing the Sakuno girl there for a faint moment. Syuusuke then walked back out, the other three at his heels. As soon as he pushed open the doors to the outdoor room, all conversation ended. Blue orbs searched through the group of girls, finding the one he was looking for.
"Momo-senpai actually was right about something." Ryoma spoke.
"Oh my god, it's the prince and the others." All the girls were freaking out, minus Sakuno and Kaori.
"You. Is your name Ryuzaki Sakuno?" Fuji moved over to Sakuno.
"Uh, yes." The third year found himself sighing.
"I can't believe you're her." Fuji bite his lip, turning around. "Don't leave school without finding me first." With that said, Fuji and his group left the floor. Eiji catching a final glimpse back at all the girls who had surrounded a shocked Sakuno. He found it a little funny.
"What was all that about, Sakuno?" A girl asked her.
"Since when do you know the prince?" Tomoka huffed.
"I have no idea. I've never talked to him before. I don't know what he wants. I didn't mean to break his camera." Sakuno freaked out.
"But the prince had a new camera. So I don't think it has anything to do with yesterday." Kaori leaned back in her seat, readjusting her hair clip.
"Eh? Then what would he want to do with me?" Sakuno blinked.
"Aww... I'm so jealous." Tomoka and Akari said in unison, the rest of the class agreeing.
The day soon let out and Sakuno was forced to meet Fuji. He was only standing outside the front of the school and there was no avoiding him. Ryoma was playing his video game while Eiji talked with Momo. Sakuno sighed and walked to Fuji, all eyes on her.
"I'm going home." Sakuno spoke before walking away, Fuji catching her arm.
"I'm afraid not. I can't allow that. You're to come with me, Ryuzaki Sakuno." He then tugged her off to the car. Guards coming right there to protect and make sure the two got in the care safely. Sakuno was fidgity the whole ride to the palace, unable to understand what was going on.
"What do you want with me? My parents might wonder where I am if I don't go right home." Fuji was more interested in everything out the window.
"Your parents are at the palace, so there's no need to worry." The first year was shocked.
"They're at the palace? Why?" Blue hues looked over to the female.
"Most likely making the arrangements for marriage." Sakuno's jaw dropped.
"Marriage?" The car pulled to a stop before the main building to the palace, doors being tugged open. Syuusuke got out without replying back. Sakuno grabbed her bag and followed after him.
"Young prince, the queen has requested the two of you to come meet with her."
"I already figured as much." The attendent than looked back at the young girl who was trying to understand the situation. "Let her be. She'll understand soon enough." Fuji seemed to have read the elder's mind. Sakuno was wide eyed as she looked around her, she didn't want to touch anything. As they entered a room, she was still too busy to notice where she was. Freaking out, she bowed, the queen chuckling at her.
"Please take a seat." She motioned for the two to sit at two chairs. Sakuno then noticed four others there, two being her parents, and then two others. She wanted to go over and be with her parents, but she took the empty seat next to Syuusuke.
"So this is Sakuno. She's quite pretty." The newer female spoke. She didn't seem that much older than them. She also was quite beautiful.
"Do you know why you're here?" The one, who she believed to be the queen, spoke.
"No your majesty."
"My, crown prince, why did you not tell her?"
"She would come to learn of it sooner or later." Fuji seemed a little uninterested.
"Sakuno-chan, your grandfather made a promise with my father that promised you to the crown prince in marriage." Sakuno's mouth dropped.
"What?"
"You're going to marry the crown prince, Sakuno." Her own mother spoke up. She looked to her mother.
"Eh?" Her mother placed a box onto the small coffee table, opening it.
"But it is up to you whether or not you want to marry the crown prince." Sakuno pulled the box to herself, tugging it onto her lap. She couldn't imagine being married, she had just entered the academy not long ago and was already faced with something that would seal her future. Silence came from her.
"We can give you time to think about it. Why don't we move to one of the dining rooms for tea." Fuji looked to his sister who spoke.
"That sounds like a good idea." She would then relay the message to some attendents who then moved off to prepare a room for their tea. As the party moved to that room, the younger female walked alongside the female who had proposed tea.
"Sakuno-chan, what is it that worries you about marriage?" Sakuno looked up.
"I'm so young and I don't know what would happen to my family." The elder female smiled.
"The palace will take good care of your family if you accept, and you are young, thus you would be taken care here to grow up well and become a powerful queen. Like her majesty." Sakuno bowed.
"Um, can I ask who you are?" The elder laughed.
"I am the crown princes' elder sister, Yumiko. I'm a queen, but not like my mother who is also the head of the family." She smiled.
"Ah." The duo were the last to enter the room. The queen sat at the end, Yumiko next to her husband, an empty seat next to them with Sakuno's father at the other end, her mother across from the empty seat, and herself seated between her mother and Fuji. Tea cups were soon brought out and placed before them. Sakuno had not clue what to do, so she watched Yumiko, who happened to notice. Her smile was soft as she did her movements slow enough for Sakuno to catch. Sakuno copied exactly what the elder female did.
"I think... I'll agree." There was slight silence following Sakuno's words, Fuji almost choking on his tea.
"You'll agree to the marriage?" The queen was quite surprised.
"Yes, your majesty." Yumiko smiled at the younger girl, the queen happy as can be.
"That is good to hear. Of course, you can spend time at home, but you will soon be moved here." Sakuno blinked.
"Moved here?" Fuji was the one to speak.
"By marrying into the royal family, you will become royalty yourself, and will move into the palace. It will be your home by rite." Sakuno could only nod.
"Okay."
Fuji felt himself caught up in something he didn't want to be in. He wondered what it'd be like had he not been born into the royal family. Or if his brother-in-law wasn't sick. Possibly then he wouldn't need to get married so quickly. But life didn't like him at the moment.
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End to the first chapter. Odoroku TV just stopped working for me, I don't think it likes me after sitting and watching it for so long. I have also just mastered singing Super Rabbit by An Cafe as fast as Miku sings it. Anyways... R&R.