"A Daughter?"
By:
Miyo-chan02
Summary:
Upon hearing their sempais' hysteric act, Ryoma and Sakuno both blurted out, "A daughter?"
Disclaimer:
Nope TeniPuri isn't mine
Chapter II: Their Daughter
As they walked… "Mommy! Daddy! I wanna go there! Please!" she pointed at a photo booth.
Ryoma recognized the booth. It was the one where Fuji and Kuromi once stopped by. It was the photo booth where you'll have to wear a costume. "I wanna be a princess!" Karu exclaimed happily. He felt terrible.
After a few flashes and a few embarrassing costumes, they went out and once again took a bench as a resting place.
Ryoma noticed Sakuno's sudden change of actions. A while ago, she seemed to be calm and collected. But now, she looked uneasy and very sensitive. Her face was all flushed as well, and that kept the lad wondering.
Was it because of the kiss? Why would a kiss make someone like that? It was just a contact of skin to skin. Just like shaking someone's hand. Only this time, the lips are the one with contact. It seemed pretty casual, not that he did it all the time or he wanted to do it. But he didn't see anything important about it. It's something that shouldn't be give off a deep thought… at least that's what going on his mind.
The prodigy was right, Ryuzaki Sakuno was blushing because of that simple contact of lips, or the one we call kiss. Unlike dense guys like Ryoma, a kiss is very important to Sakuno. She wanted it to be for someone she liked a lot. Not that she didn't like Ryoma, from the very start, after saving her and with his tennis skills; Sakuno admitted to herself that she did like Ryoma. But how can he act as if nothing happened? It's just that Ryoma is Ryoma.
She looked down, the more she continued to think about it, and the more she felt uneasy. She shut her eyes as tight as possible just to stop thinking about it.
"C-cold." She snapped her eyes open feeling something chilly on her burning cheek. It was a white can. She got it and looked up seeing Ryoma. "A-arigatou." She said receiving a simple 'hn' from him.
Karu looked at them as she stepped back. "N-no…" she breathed.
Ryoma and Sakuno saw the terror on her face as if she witnessed something horrible. "I-is something wrong?" Sakuno asked the terrified girl.
"Y-you're not mommy and daddy!" she suddenly exclaimed and ran off.
"W-wait!"
The two looked for her.
~O~
"We're sorry." Oishi, Eiji and Momoshiro apologized for reacting too much.
"W-we just got carried away."Kikumaru admitted.
Just because, their reactions got over themselves, they didn't realize the fact that the two were just twelve year olds and the child is a five year old, which states that the idea of them having that child is certainly impossible.
"Anyway, what do you think happened to them?" Momoshiro asked.
"Sensei had asked them to look for the child's real parents." Tezuka replied.
"I see… so if its not Echizen and Ryuzaki, who do you think are the real parents? Karu-chan does look like them." Oishi pointed out.
A couple just walking near the courts, heard their daughter's name. One was a tall man and well-built figure, with green hair. He wore a white Fila cap that was messily placed on his head. The other was a woman shorter than the man with auburn hair in braids. "Excuse me… but did you say Karu?"
~O~
"Karu-chan! Where are you? Please show yourself."
Ryoma and Sakuno were still looking for the child. It was already sunset and they left from school early in the morning. They occupied a whole day and manage to produce more problems.
Karu finally showed up with her head facing down. "Gomen… Y-you're not my parents." She said sobbing a bit.
Sakuno was speechless for a while. Even for a short time, Karu became attached to her. Maybe because, they shared the same feeling to not be with your parents. She came closer and hugged the little girl. "Karu-chan… we'll help you look for your parents. So don't cry anymore okay?" She said with a bright smile.
"Um!" Karu nodded and wiped her tears. "Karu won't cry anymore." She said.
And so, the three went back to their search. They asked the police station, went to the places where her parents wandered off. Soon, the orange and indigo that filled the skies before, faded and turned dark as the moon took the sun's place.
Karu looked down as Sakuno bent down. "Gomenasai Karu-chan. We didn't see your parents."
"It's okay." She sobbed a bit.
Ryoma on the other hand just thought of something disturbing. "Ne." he called.
The two girls looked at him.
"How does your father look like again?"
~O~
"Tadaima." An Echizen announced as he entered their home.
"It's been a long time son." Rinko welcomed her son and gave him a hug. Beside him, a girl in braids stood. "So who's our visitor? Have you finally found the one you love?"
"You could say that."
"Konnichiwa." The girl greeted.
"You can call me your mom. Since you are my son's lover." Rinko smiled at the girl.
Nanjiroh, rubbing his tummy, went out to see what's happening in his house. "Oi. What's happening here?"
"Nice to see you again Oyaji." Aknowleged his son.
Nanjiroh looked drowsy, but smirked upon seeing the girl beside him. "Heh. You are indeed better than your little brother on this kind of things. So…" the old man wrapped his arm on his tall son's shoulder. "… how many babies huh? Why don't you tell your father?"
He smirked and chuckled. "One. A girl."
"One? It's fine. You're still young; you can make more, Ryoga."
"Thanks oyaji. And by the way, this is Ogasaki Michika. Or should I say, Echizen Michika."
"So, where's our granddaughter?" Rinko asked.
"Well… no need to worry about it. I'm sure chibisuke knows what he's doing." Ryoga smirked and remembered his little brother Ryoma.
~O~
Ryoma, feeling very disturbed thought of his older brother. He may be a step brother, but seeing him the last time, he won't deny the fact that they did have a strong resemblance. From the eye colors up to the style and hair color. And he remembered that Ryoga stole one of his white Fila caps.
To add more to his dismay, he had no choice but to tell this to his parents. This was the best thing to do. So he had to bring Karu to their house.
"I see. Will you be alright Ryoma-kun?" Sakuno asked.
"Un."
Sakuno was about to leave. "Wait!" Karu stopped her. "Please. Don't leave. Please come with us."
"But—"
"It's fine." Ryoma ended any further hesitations and Sakuno nodded.
~O~
Ryoma opened the door without saying anything and quickly led the two to the living room. "Oyaji." He started only to be welcomed by his older brother. "Nice to see yah chibisuke."
He heaved out a sigh as Sakuno and Karu showed up next to him. "You forgot something." He said plainly.
"D-daddy?"
"Karu?" Ryoga exclaimed as Karu came for a hug.
Sakuno eyed Ryoma's brother. He did look like Ryoma. Except that he was tall and he looked older.
Soon, steps came rushing to the living room. It was her mother, Michika.
Ryoma and Sakuno looked at her very well. Michika did look like Sakuno. Only she's older by years. No wonder Karu might suspect them as her parents. Her real ones just look like them.
"You forgot this." Michika said and place Karu's eyeglasses.
"Arigatou mommy." She said smiling brightly, finally able to see her parents clearly. Aside from Ryoma and Sakuno looking a lot like her parents, she also had high eye problems, and it did nothing but more confusion.
Sakuno smiled at the sight. Knowing that she had nothing else to do… "I'm glad for you Karu-chan. I'll go now okay? Ja ne." she smiled at all of them.
"Wait!" Karu once again stopped her using the same word.
"Anou… can I… can I still call you mommy?" she asked looking straight at her eyes.
Sakuno once again flashed a smile. "Of course Karu-chan." She hugged the little one.
Karu now faced Ryoma with the same pleading eyes and the request to address him as her father. Ryoma looked away and nodded. "Hn."
Just in the right timing, Nanjiroh enters the room. "Hahahaha! What's this I see? My idiotic son turning like me?" he said just like chanting a spell.
"Shut up!" Ryoma glared at his father, but he just continued to laugh.
"Ryuzaki-san, please have dinner here." Sakuno was about to reject the offer. "I insist" With Rinko's persistence, she was just able to nod and to have dinner with all of them.
~O~
"Walk you girlfriend home chibisuke/seishounen!" his idiotic father plus idiotic brother duo cheered as both of them laughed hysterically talking about how lucky he is to have such a girlfriend.
All he could do was to glare at them. If he had his racket and tennis ball right now, he might have used his twist serve on them.
The walk was typical. Silent and short. They rarely had long conversations anyway. Finally, reaching her destination, she bowed as gratitude.
"Karu-chan… she's a good girl."
"Un."
"Arigatou Ryoma-kun. Oh yeah. Here." Sakuno placed a sticker on Ryoma's cheek. It was the photo sticker that was taken a while ago. Ryoma was wearing a cat costume, a bunny for Sakuno and Karu was in a dress. "It's a remembrance." She said and once again flashed him a sweet smile.
"Heh." He just smirked.
~Fin~
Meanwhile~~
"What do we do now?" Oishi asked the other regulars.
"I really can't believe it! That Ryoga, the one we met before in the cruise, and ochibi's brother, he said that Karu-chan is ochibi's daughter! Is that even possible? I thought it was impossible for a seven year old to have a daughter! My head hurts" Kikumaru whined and looked at Inui who kept on mumbling with his head down on the table. Seems he's been thinking too much that his data brain drained out.
"That's not the only problem." Momoshiro started.
"It's the coach." Tezuka said.
"Buchou's right. How will coach wake up now?" Momoshiro continued.
Author's notes: Finally finished! haha. Here you go. My first attempt of a two-shot. Arigatou. The first chapter had many reviews and it made me so glad!! ^^
And those people who said that Karu came from the future, you have such creative ideas, demo, that's not it. She is really Ryoga's daughter. Haha. :D Maybe some are disappointed that she really isn't their daughter. For now, I still can't imagine them having a son or a daughter. They're too young. They're even younger than me XD
Arigatou to the reviewers of the first part: (I hope all those posted here will also review the second part)
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