Chapter 2: The Surprise

"Ryoma, wake up!" he heard his mom yell.

Ryoma awoke with Karupin at his side. What the- It's only Saturday, he thought.

"There's a call for you!" she yelled again.

"Hai!" he yelled getting out of his room. He went downstairs and picked up the phone.

"Mushi-mushi?" he answered.

"Ah, Echizen, we're going to go on a trip to Tohoku to the Ryuzaki Hotel," Ryoma's ears perked up as he heard of Sakuno's name. "Coach Ryuzaki wanted us to enjoy a weekend at her relatives' residence because we have been doing such a-"

"Yadda, I have plans," he quickly hung up. Suddenly, the doorbell rang. "Ryoma-kun, can you get that?" his cousin, Nanako, yelled from the back yard.

"Hai!" he yelled back.

He opened the door to find Oishi holding his phone up to his ear and the rest of his senpai-tachi standing in front of his house. He tried to quickly close the door, when suddenly, Inui's foot stopped it.

"If you don't come, you'll have to drink this!" he held up a pitcher of greenish- bluish liquid. "I call it Aozu with a Surprise."

Ryoma looked at it carefully, it was the same one that made Fuji faint, and he stared at it and gulped. "I-I'll come."

Sakuno…

"Sakuno-nee-chan!" a little girl called out to Sakuno. She was running towards her in front of a hotel. "Let's go swimming!"

"Midori-chan!" Sakuno said turning her head. "Don't run because you'll trip."

She caught her in her arms. "But Sakuno-nee-chan, Mommy said I got that from you…"

She sweat dropped and looked around. "Where are your mommy and daddy?"

"Behind you…" Midori answered. "They're walking this way."

"Ohayo, Sakuno-chan!" the woman hugged her from behind. "Wow, even though you visited us last weekend, you're still as cute as ever."

"Aunt Megumi…" Sakuno tried to say while she was being squeezed so hard.

"Daddy, why is mommy hugging her so hard?" Midori asked her father.

"Because mommy loves Sakuno-chan," he replied.

"Hai, I love you, too," Megumi said hugging Midori now.

"Uncle Shiro, you've really done a good job in your work," she said. Shiro was an American business man. He is a CEO in a huge company and he has been a really hard worker since he was just sixteen years old because his father was a CEO, too.

"You know, I helped, too," Megumi said. And that was true. Megumi helped Shiro so much on his work, they fell in love. She was an intern and she was always helping Shiro. And because of that, they have become really successful people.

"Yes, of course, honey," Shiro said in a sarcastic tone. Megumi glared at her husband and then laughed.

"Did I help too, mommy?" Midori asked her mom.

"Yes, of course," she smiled.

Megumi looked at Sakuno. "Looks like I picked a fitting bikini for you!" she was proud.

Sakuno blushed and thanked her. Megumi would always treat Sakuno as a daughter. After her loving cousin died leaving Sakuno behind when she was only 4, she took her in. Megumi and Shiro lived with her for eight years. When, her grandmother wanted Sakuno to live with her because of her grandpa dying, she was alone. Midori was six when Sakuno left but she cried every time she would visit and leave again. Sakuno visits them on the holidays, breaks, and times they needed her. Actually, she was just there a week ago celebrating the fact that Megumi is going to have a baby.

"Also, why don't you wear your hair down, anymore? Before, you would always put your hair down but after you went to Seigaku, you always put it up."

Sakuno looked down, "It's because my hair's too long…"

Megumi and Shiro just exchanged looks at each other.

"It's not fair Sakuno!" Megumi whined. "You get to wear a bikini while I have to stay home and rest all day, because I'm pregnant."

Sakuno took a glance at Midori and turned towards Megumi, "Hey, speaking of which I need to talk to you about that later."

"Why?"

"I need to tell you something."

"Alright, after I greet your friends, I will!" she exclaimed.

"Ha-", she then paused. "What friends?"

"Eh? Aunt Sumire didn't tell you?" she asked confused. Sakuno just shook her head.

Bus…

The bus stopped to pick up four other people. Ryoma looked around, but everyone was already there. Who else are we picking up? He paused then sweat dropped. Please don't tell me-

"Ryoma-sama, we're coming with you!" Tomoka cheered.

Ryoma just looked at them and realized that Sakuno wasn't with them. Boring…

Sakuno…

"Eh?" Sakuno's eyes widened. "I was never told of that!"

"Why are you getting so worked up about this?" Megumi wondered.

"Well, because I-I umm… it's 'cause umm… I…" Sakuno didn't know what to say.

"What's wrong, Sakuno?"

"Ha-ha… umm… I have to go!" she shouted as she ran to the beach.

Bus…

Ryoma was annoyed, ever since Horio, Tomoka, and the others entered. Still, he dealt with their noisy personalities before, but why was he annoyed this time? He shrugged it off and looked at the window looking at the view.

Momoshiro stared at him and grinned evilly.

"Osakada-san, what does Sakuno-chan look like in a bikini?" he asked. This got everyone's attention, including Ryoma.

"Eh! How sly, Momoshiro!" Eiji said.

Tomoka looked at them and thought about it. "Sakuno-chan," she started. "She looks really beautiful!"

"Eh…" they wondered.

Tomoka nodded, "Actually, the best part of her wearing a bikini is that she lets her hair down!"

This surprised Ryoma. Although, it didn't seem like it, he was pretty interested.

Oishi looked at the window. "Ah, we're here, everyone!"

Ryoma stood up, inside, he was very excited.

"Ohayo minna! I'm Megumi, the co-owner of this hotel. This is my husband, Shiro and this is Midori, my daughter. And you are?"

"Kunimitsu Tezuka, the captain."

"Shuichiro Oishi, the vice-captain. Nice to meet you."

"Shusuke Fuji."

"Eiji Kikumaru~nyaa."

"Takashi Kawamura."

"Takeshi Momoshiro, but you can call me, Momo."

"Kaoru Kaidoh… shh," He hissed as they sweat dropped.

"We are the trio Horio, Kachiro, and Katsuo."

"There's a 97.7% chance that you know Osakada Tomoka."

"And that's Inui senpai," Tomoka sweat dropped. "Megumi-san, Shiro-san, Midori-chan, it's good to see you again! Oh my gosh! Megumi-san! I heard from Sakuno that you're pregnant!"

"Good to see you, too," she hugged her. "And you heard right. I'm about 2 months pregnant. I'm due on January 5th."

"That's good."

Midori grabbed Tomoka's shirt and pulled on it. "Tomo-chan!"

"Midori!" she hugged and picked her up. "Ano Megumi-san, where's Sakuno?"

"Umm she's gone somewhere," she looked at the group and shrugged.

"Tomo-chan, she ran because she was surprised to see you and them, too."

"Huh?" they all said in unison.

"There's an 81.4% chance that it was because of Echizen. There's a 18.6% chance that she was too sick or tired to see you guys."

"Echizen?"

"Oh," Oishi spoke. "Echizen hasn't introduced himself, yet."

"My name's Ryoma Echizen," he said bluntly. Shiro and Megumi sweat dropped and greeted him.

"Tomo-chan," they all looked at the child who signaled Tomoka to put her down. She walked over to Ryoma and pulled on his shirt and signaled him to crouch and level his height with hers. He obeyed and stared at her, blankly.

She patted his head and smiled softly, "Sakuno-nee-chan loves kitties. She might love you, too."

"Huh?" they all resisted the urge to laugh while Ryoma, Shiro, and Megumi just looked at them confused.

"Well, everyone, how about I check you in?"

Sakuno…

"That was close!" Sakuno huffed. She was tired from running, "Why didn't Grandma tell me?"

I have a feeling that Fuji-senpai and Inui-senpai have something to do with it, she thought. She shivered and knew right away that they forced Ryoma to come using Inui's juice. I wonder what they did…

The Hotel…

After Shiro, Inui and Fuji stopped their conversation; Shiro stepped behind the desk and gave them the keys to their rooms. He told them what their room numbers and who the roommates were.

"Tomoka-san, you'll be Saku-san's roommate," he said as she accepted. "You'll be staying in the one that you shared last time."

"Eh?" she said. "That big suite on the 4th floor? Wasn't it Room 134?"

He nodded and continued on, "Tezuka-san, Kawamura, and Oishi-san will share a room. Your room will be 112 on the 2nd floor. Momoshiro-san, Kaidoh-san, and Eiji-san will stay in room 119 on the 2nd floor."

"Eh?" the three roared. "We can't stay in the same room together!"

"Quit this whining or 90 laps on Monday and Tuesday," he yelled, sternly.

"Hai…"

"Okay, umm… Horio-san, Kachiro-san, and Katsuo-san will in room 143 on the 5th floor. And lastly Inui-san, Fuji-san, and Echizen-san will be in room 135 on the 4th floor."

"What?" they all said, not including Tezuka, Oishi, Kawamura, Inui and Fuji.

"That's the room next to Sakuno-chan," Momo and Eiji whined.

"Sorry, but they handed me the list," Shiro then pointed to Fuji and Inui. "I'm sure your sempai-tachi knows what they're doing."

Fuji and Inui grinned while they just stood there, frightened. "How about we go to the beach?"

Sakuno…

Okay, I need a plan so that Ryoma won't have to see me. Let's see…, she pondered. Maybe I should ask grandma if she could pick me up- Wait, knowing her, she was the one who suggested this place so that's out of the question. Or maybe I'll call Tomoka- Wait; she would've come along, too. Mou, why is this so hard?

"Oh my gosh! Who are those guys over there?" Sakuno heard a girl say. Oh please no!

She looked over and saw the Seigaku members and Tomoka.

Kaidoh, Momoshiro, and Eiji…

"So are you guys, college students or something?" a brunette asked them.

"No, we're in high school, actually," Momo answered.

"Eh?" they said. "Do you have girlfriends? Are you single?"

The girls kept on asking questions, but some were frightened by Kaidoh.

Tezuka, Oishi, and Kawamura…

"Those guys look so cool, I wonder if they have girlfriends," they heard a girl say as they (not including Tezuka) blushed harder.

Horio, Katsuo, and Kachiro…

"Ano…" Kachiro started to say.

"Why do they get all the attention?" Horio said as they sat, watching from afar.

Fuji, Inui, and Ryoma…

"Excuse me," Fuji squeezed his way through the crowd of girls. "We have to get through."

"Oh my gosh! Who are you?" one blonde said while the others squealed. "Are you college students?"

Ryoma, also getting attention, was looking for something but no one, of course, knew what. The girls had thought he was just the cutest thing (well, you know what I mean). Tomoka, always, got angry at the girls and started yelling to leave "Ryoma-sama" alone. The girls, however, were throwing her out of the way and out of the crowd.

Sakuno giggled in the background, laughing at the scene. Her mistake, Tomoka looked at her with wide eyes and gazed at her.

"Sakuno?" Tomoka shouted so loudly that everyone on the beach heard her. "We've been looking all over for you! Where have you been?"

Everyone looked at them except Ryoma as Sakuno blushed harder. "H-Hello…"

The girls whispered to their friends and said, "Wow, no wonder they're all looking at her, she's beautiful!"

Sakuno wore a black bikini. It was simple but it showed many of her curves and showed a lot of skin. She wore her hair down as Tomoka predicted.

The guys all looked at her with a surprised look. Ryoma's eyes widen as he turned to see what everyone was staring at. He couldn't believe that the beautiful girl right in front of him was Sakuno Ryuzaki.

"Umm… I have to d-do some e-errands," she stuttered, again. "I'll see you all a-at the hotel."

She ran towards the hotel but because of her clumsiness, she tripped on a rock. Everyone sweat dropped and asked if she was okay. She nodded and headed towards the hotel, again.

Yeah, that's definitely her with her clumsy personality and what is up with her stuttering? Ryoma pulled his hat down and walked away.