BP: Sorry I never updated for a long time, I was so busy with my examinations! Don't worry, I did well, especially for English. I wanted to rewrite Till the last petal falls, and change the plot completely. So, I hope you enjoy the new plot!

"Ryoma-kun!" Sakuno ran towards Ryoma with her untied ribbon. "Are you ok?"

Ryoma stood there, trying to staunch the flow of the blood. He took off his cap, and used his free hand to dust the cap, and put it back on his head. "Ah, the racquet's broken." He murmured. He liked that racquet too. It belonged to her, after all.

"Now's not the time to worry about your racquet!" Sakuno cried.

Ryoma ignored her. 'Sorry, Alluka.' Ryoma thought.

"Hey, players are not allowed on the court!" the referee exclaimed.

"Me?" Sakuno pointed to herself. Then, she grabbed on to Ryoma's wrist. "Come on, Ryoma-kun, we're not allowed here! Let's go to the hospital!"

"Hey, don't…"

"Ryoma-kun is no longer a player, but an injured person."

There was a surge of anger. "And who do you think you are, putting your filthy hands on me?" he hissed. Sakuno widened her eyes. "I don't need people like you to take care of me!" He wrenched his hands from her, and stalked towards the regulars, who stood there open mouthed. "I want to continue playing." He said shortly.

"You can't. That injury is too deep." Oishi stated. "It's probably very painful."

"Is it painful, Ryoma?" Ryuzaki asked.

"No, it isn't." Ryoma replied. The coach sighed, knowing he's lying. She took the medical kit, and somehow managed to stop the bleeding. "It'll last for 15 minutes at the most."

Ryoma nodded. He needs to win for her. That's all he needed. Although Oishi tried to stop him, Tezuka took the racquet, and gave him ten minutes to win the match.

He did.

However, after the match, he refused the offer to go to Kawamura's Sushi for celebration. He needs to go home to her. "I need to go home I have something important I have to do immediately." Ryoma said even though he knew it wasn't entirely the truth. Besides, it's not like they could actually ask anyone because he didn't say what he had to do. His senpais didn't say anything so he's guessing he bought it. "I've got to go. See you tomorrow." Ryoma said. "Don't follow me...or else" he continued in a 'that is final' voice. Without giving any of his senpais a chance to respond, he ran off in the opposite direction towards his house.

"Wonder what's wrong with him." Momoshiro mused. "He must be hiding something if he doesn't want us to follow him."

"Who knows?" Kikumaru replied. "Hey, want to follow him?" The others nodded in agreement, and they set of the same path Ryoma went only a few minutes before, wondering what they will find out.

"Alluka, I'm home!" Ryoma announced, closing the door behind him. He found her playing pirate, with a white patch over her left eye. She smiled when she saw him. She looked exactly like him, with the same short emerald black hair and hazel eyes. She is his twin sister, who stepped away from the tennis world a few years ago due to a certain medical condition. She hasn't been emotionally the same since. She's pretty much mute, she never really said a word unless when absolutely necessary. Alluka managed a smile, and widened her eyes. She trotted over to Ryoma, and touched his patch. Ryoma smiled at this gesture. "I'm fine Alluka."

Alluka nodded. Her eyes lingered on the tennis bag. Something like anger flashed to her eyes, before it was gone. "I won the match." Ryoma said softly. He earned another nod from Alluka. Alluka gave him a pointed looks, as if to ask if there is any celebration.

"There was, but I didn't go because…."

She raised her eyebrows. Because?

"Because I wanted to be with you…"

Alluka's eyes inexplicably filled with tears. He abandoned a celebration for her?

"Ryoma, you…" she started. That was the first words she had spoken in a week.

"I'm not sorry, Alluka. As long as I see you are happy and well, I am contented enough. I do not need any celebration to make me feel proud of my victory. Besides, that girl, who is my coach's granddaughter, is way too shy and annoying, if you ask me. I don't need her congratulations." Alluka's eyes lit up in curiosity, as if to ask him to tell her more about this girl.

Ryoma smiled in understanding. "Alright, I'll tell you." Ryoma sat down next to her, clearing her pirate toys away, and started regaling her with tales.

That's all he needed. For his sister to be happy.

Later….

The other regulars headed down to the path Ryoma took but he was nowhere to be seen. Momoshiro let out an expletive not caring that the others could hear him. He turned to the rest of the pack. "Come on! He couldn't have gotten far!"

"Who left you in charge?" Kaidoh muttered.

"Echizen's my best friend. Back in one of the tennis practices he said that if he's acting weird I will have the right to find out." Kaidoh didn't say anything so he's guessing he bought it. The others were frowning at Momoshiro skeptically. "Now come on, we have something about Echizen to find out."

They were actually talking under a tree a certain person was resting in. 'Hmm? Did they just say Echizen?' Alluka sleepily looked down, and saw a few senior boys wearing a T-shirt similar to her twin brother's with her one eye (She forgot to take off the white toy patch earlier). 'Oh no! I told Ryoma I'd be out to get some fresh air, and now I feel asleep!" She sat up, and rustled some of the leaves near her. Kikumaru saw a ruffle in the trees and immediately took out his racquet, and served a ball towards the direction of the noise. They were all unfortunately surprised to find Echizen dropping out of the tree and hitting the ground running. "Echizen!" Momoshiro cried.

'Oh no, the girl thought, starting to increase her speed. She could feel her heart pound against her ribcage with every step.

They weren't sure what their goal was but they found themselves running after him. They were just barely keeping 'Ryoma' in sight as 'he' did everything 'he' could to try and lose them. Why was Echizen running away from them?

"Gotcha!" Momoshiro cried, grabbing Alluka's wrist. Alluka turned to Momoshiro, and the regulars, who caught up.

"Now, why were you running away from us, Echizen?" said Fuji.

Alluka scanned every single face with bewilderment, and to their horror, she said,

"Who are you?"

BP: Whew! Finally done! I didn't like my last plot, so I decided to change it! I hope you like it! I know it is bad, because I had like 10 minutes to do this!