"There's a First in Everything"
By: Miyo-chan02
Disclaimer: If I owned P.O.T. I should have said so
Summary:
Sakuno's an ordinary girl whose dream is to reach USA. She never made room for romance. With her first kiss stolen by Ryoma, she enters the world of rivalry, threat and possibly romance
Chapter II: First Admiration
This girl has pretty much captured the prodigy's interest. Other girls would have begged him for a kiss. But this girl… "Wh-what do you mean l-lots more to work on?!" she said. "Wh-who are you anyway?" she said her face still having that visible blush.
Ryoma raised his eyebrow. Does this girl know what she's talking about? Thousands… no, millions of his faces continued to spread around the world. Posters, flyers, newspapers and television. Almost everywhere. It's pretty hard for you to not know him. "That's not important." He said taking his leave.
Sakuno wanted to follow him and confront him more. But she only has seven days to look for her parents. It is impossible to roam around United States in that period of time. She knows it. But this is the only chance she could grab. She can't waste her time on confronting this guy.
"Temper…" she reminded herself. She rubbed her lips with the back of her palm. "Nothing happened. Nothing happened." She repeated and repeated. After taking a few heavy breathings, she finally calmed down. "Yosh!"
First she has to leave her things on the hotel.
o o o
Dolphin Hotel, Sakuno reached it without messing up or getting into trouble.
The lady eyed Sakuno. Maybe because of her young age. "I-I'm here for the reservation. I'm th-the one who won the ticket." She said trying her best to deal with English.
"Please wait for a second ma'am…" the lady said as she scanned the screen on her desk. "Is it Ms. Sakuno Ryuzaki?" asked the lady.
"Y-yes."
"Let our staff lead you to your room ma'am."
A guy with the same uniform grabbed her things and led her to her room.
o o o
After a few more arrangements, she grabbed the only hope she has. It's a photo of her parents. No matter how small the chance that she'd have any information, she decided to do this.
She went to stations, centers, hospitals, trying to ask people if they ever encountered the two people on the photo.
Soon, the skies have turned dark leaving the artificial lights to be the source of guide.
Sakuno sat on a bench near the post. She spent half of the day and she got nothing. Although she didn't expect to get anything from it anyway. It was her first day. And she only managed to occupy a small part of America. What's the chance that her parents are in this city? But then this didn't discourage her.
Not from afar, two guys watched her every movement. The way she sighed. The ways she occupied the bench. They've been watching her for quite a while now. It's just that Sakuno's a young girl who's roaming around the streets of a big urban city asking people.
Slowly, they made their way to her. "Hey there young lady. We've seen that you've been going around all day." Approached by the one wearing a white shirt.
Sakuno gasped a bit. She felt fear rush to her. It's not that she judges people by looks but these people just looked scary.
"Why don't you come with us?" continued the other guy.
"Uhmm… I-I don't know." She still tried to be respectful.
"Come on, we'll take you to where those two people are." The guy said referring to the photo she held.
Her fear came to a loss. That caught fully her attention. "Y-you mean, you know the two people here?" she said pointing at the picture as delight started to show in her features.
"Bingo!" thought the two guys.
"Of course we know. We are their clients." Stated the guy.
Sakuno was too preoccupied by the good news. "Where are they? Please tell me."
"We'll be happy to show you the way." The two grinned mischievously.
As Sakuno stood up and started to follow them, a tennis ball made its way almost hitting the two men. "Hey who the hell did that!?" asked the guy.
A silhouette of a kid was seen through the dark alley. The kid was eating bubblegum and blowing it. "Hey I'm talking to you!" said the guy losing his temper.
"Heh. The girl goes with me." He said.
"Hey kid! You don't have any business here. Why don't you just go back to your mommy?" he said as both of them laughed.
Sakuno thought of it as rude. She was about to speak. But she stopped. If ever she makes these two guys mad, she might not see her parents. She looked down and bit her lip.
"I said, the girl's mine." The kid subtly repeated.
"Why you!" the guy was about to run to him to beat him up. But the kid served a tennis ball abruptly as it hit the ground. "Nice one kid. Playing toys huh? If I—" the guy was knocked out by the tennis ball hitting him on the face.
Finally, the kid showed himself letting the light overcome him. Green hair. Golden eyes.
"Why don't you go to your mommy… boy.." Ryoma said further pissing the guy off.
"Tch. Remember this kid." The guy exclaimed as both of them ran away.
"B-but wait!" Sakuno tried to follow them but Ryoma didn't let her. "L-let go of me!" and so Ryoma did.
"Just what did you do!? I forgave you for stealing my first kiss! Now what… you just… stole my chance to… look for my parents!" Sakuno said getting teary-eyed.
Ryoma didn't expect that coming. The longer they stayed the more tears she shed. Ryoma faced her with his back. "Baka." He said.
Sakuno looked at him. "Do you think I would have done that to torture you or something? Those guys are thugs. By the looks of you, you just arrived here. You barely know this place. You should thank me." He stated.
She looked down. "I-I'm sorry." She said. "I-it's just that… I… I really need to find my parents. So… I'm sorry."
Ryoma looked at her knowing how much sincerity she's emitting.
"It's fine. Here." He said.
Sakuno looked up. The kid had given her a white can. "Ponta…" she read the label. Her lips curved up. "Arigatou…" she blushed a bit.
"Un." With that the kid started to leave.
"W-wait!" he halted. "Wh-what can I call you?"
He faced her for a second. "Ryoma." He finally took off.
Ryoma… it's a name that Ryuzaki Sakuno would never forget.
Author's notes: yay~! finally updated~! hope you'll like this one~! ^^ please review~!
Arigatou to my first chap reviewers:
Echizen Ryoma-sama, SaKuRa-cHaN41, AquaJet, natsu-chan022, faeriespark, midnight blue08, TheMaskedGirl, nicklaus mak wei xuan, (anonymous), oxXxoNIKKIoxXx, anonymousgirl, and mikan03anime.
arigatou for the the readers who have read this~! ^^
