Greetings to you all ^_^ I hope you all like it, please enjoy! =)

AN: Okay, so everybody's two years older than in the Anime, which leaves everybody except Ryoma in senior high. I love Sakuno, and I like envisioning her to be, well, not so clumsy or shy and meek. The manga shows her being a little more independent and confident, and I realized I like her better that way! ^_^

Disclaimer: I do not own PoT. It's the work of a genius- Takeshi Konomi Sensei.

Of Mind, Body and Soul

Chapter-1

Brace yourself Ryoma!

He snaked his arms around her petite form, kissing her senseless, ravishing her supple, pink lips. It felt beyond amazing, it felt heavenly. He knew she was his at present, and if he found the courage to truly express his feelings for her, she would be his forever, forever to hold and to cherish.

He kissed her with an overwhelming amount of passion, more overwhelming however, were the spasms that encompassed his nervous system as he felt her small palms against his bare skin as they roamed his toned form. She was kissing him back with the same vigour and more so, with the same love.

'Ngg.. god damnit! That blasted alarm clock has got to stop being so jarring to my ears!' Ryoma Echizen was definitely not pleased when he was awoken from that surreal, absolutely mind blowing dream. Yes, that's what it was, a mere dream. Sighing, he got out of bed and into the shower for morning practice awaited him.

The Tennis Prince was not known to display any form of emotion. This notion of course, was absolutely justified, for many thought he didn't HAVE them to start with. When he did find out about this preposterous idea, he was not pleased, definitely not pleased. He hadn't gone up to the terrace that afternoon only to overhear Ryuzaki Sakuno, the nicest person in school, saying that he, Echizen Ryoma, had no emotions and that he was as stark as a white wall and as hard as a rock. Oh no, she hadn't just said that. He was hurt to say the least. See? That, right there, was emotion! Now she'd gone and ruined his plans of having a peaceful afternoon siesta. He simply grumbled incoherently and headed back to class that afternoon. That faithful afternoon that had so easily crushed any hope of confronting Ryuzaki Sakuno, both in the near and the far future.

Sighing once again upon entering the school, he morosely trudged his way to the tennis courts. He was the captain of the Seigaku Tennis Team, and he definitely intended to continue the legacy Tezuka Kunimitsu and Kaido Kaoru had forged as the captains of their time, by snagging the National's Trophy, two years in a row. Instantly cheering up at the prospect of leading his team to victory once again, the fifteen year old lad made his way towards the courts to get some kickass practice done.

English had always been his forte- his stay in the U.S. had ensured that. Therefore, he hardly found the need to concentrate in class. Slowly drifting away, into the world that would morph to his whims and fancies, his eyelids grew heavy as they slowly drooped down, intent on shielding his cat-like golden orbs, when—"OKAY CLASS! I shall assign to each of you, a partner with whom you shall be doing all your projects for the rest of the school year! Make the most of it." This instantly got Ryoma on high alert as he sensed the predatory eyes of his many fan girls on him as they smiled in an absolutely mortifying manner. He clicked his tongue in indignation and lowered his cap over his eyes as the teacher continued to rant out a list of names. As he was once again being drawn to his world—"Echizen Ryoma you will be paired with- *insert many girls yelling out "ME! ME!"*- Ryuzaki Sakuno. I would also highly appreciate it if you catty females stopped with this ruckus as of the duration of class, continue this later!" boomed Igarashi-sensei. Ryoma let out a breath he never knew he was holding as he heard the name of his partner. She wasn't so bad—wait! Hold up! He just said Ryuzaki Sakuno, oh hell no. This was definitely bad! He couldn't just spend every English period with that girl, how would one expect him to sleep during the time, if he couldn't dream of his rendezvous with his girl? This was bad, his schedule was ruined, he couldn't simply doze off, when the girl of his dreams was right next to him!

"Ryoma-kun? Earth to Ryoma-kun!" he quickly snapped his head towards her and groaned inwardly. She was appallingly close to him and was staring at him with those big brown doe-like eyes that had him.. no, NO. He had to snap out of it, now. Clearing his throat, "Uh, yes?" he asked, looking like the epitome of innocence. "Ano… you were spacing out, Ryoma-kun. Something bothering you?" asked she, as she went about arranging her books on the make-shift table that she had made for the two. "What are you talking about Ryuzaki? Let's get on with the subject, shall we?" he coolly changed the topic. Cool, he was, on the outside, that is. On the inside however, his mind and heart found themselves clashing with one another in a melange of emotions, as they only fuelled his hormonal turmoil. "Okay, Ryoma-kun, let's begin" Sakuno slid her book so both teens could refer to it and in the process had Ryoma leaning towards her in order to peep into the contents of the page. As their shoulders brushed, Sakuno's blood flow was quick to change paths and rush to her cheeks as Ryoma forcefully pushed down his back to the deepest recesses of his heart.

Both persons could feel their hearts pounding as they continued to pretend to read as to the sentences in their text books. Ryoma knew that he would simply have to brace himself for what was to come through the year, because if this were to continue, he would lose himself to his emotions.

Yes! =) I totally love this pairing! Again, I hope you all like it :)

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Hana-chan