Diclaimer: I do not own The Prince of Tennis.
Thanks to my Beta Reader.


"I hope Ryoma will enjoy these Rice Balls I made for him." Sakuno thought holding a small box carrying two Rice Balls.

She was heading to the Seigaku tennis courts to watch Ryoma practice. Sakuno was about one block away from Seigaku when she noticed a guy crying under a tree. He had red hair and was wearing a yellow and black uniform.

"I think he's one of the Rikkai Dai regulars. Why is he here near Seigaku?" she wondered. "Oh my, is he crying?"

Sakuno walked up to the red head guy crying under the tree. "Excuse me. Are you alright?"

Marui heard a soft voice. He knew it was a girl talking to him. "I'm fine." Marui quickly wiped his tears away. "I got something in my eye. That's all."

"Are you sure? It doesn't look like it." said Sakuno in a concern voice. Marui couldn't hold back his tears.

"I miss my sweetheart!" he cried. Marui buried his head between his knees.

"I'm sorry. Maybe I could help you out?" Sakuno sat on her knees across from Marui.

"Really?" It was kind of hard for Sakuno to hear him with his head buried.

"Tell me what happen. How did you guys split up?" she asked.

"I don't remember. I think we got separated on the train. I realized-" Marui wiped his tears with his hand. "-wasn't with me. I started to panicked. I couldn't believe I lost-"

XD-Marui-DX

In the background Sakuno heard a honking noise and people yelling at each other.

'-HONK-' "HEY! Get OUT of the WAY!" '-HONK-'

XD-Marui-DX

"-was the one I love the most. Yukimura and Jackal bought me another one by it wasn't the SAME! I didn't like that kind-"

XD-Marui-DX

"GET OUT of the WAY!"

"Oh, go get a life!" '-HONK-'

XD-Marui-DX

"-I wanted my kind. I want my sweetheart." Marui looked at Sakuno.

Sakuno nodded like she heard everything he said to her. Sakuno didn't know anything because she wasn't paying attention. The people yelling at each other distracted her. "Do you know where she is?" she asked, but Marui only shook his head

"No. That's why I came here to Seigaku. Kirihara told me that Momoshiro knew where they were. But…But…instead of helping me out…they got carried away with playing matches against each other." Marui got more upset and started to cry in his arms.

"Maybe I know her. What does she look like?" Sakuno was trying her best to calm him down. She didn't like people being upset.

"You know. Small. Square. Green." Marui made a square shape with his hands and showing Sakuno.

"Huh?" Sakuno didn't know what to say.

"Words written all over the front of the face, saying 'Green Apple Flavor'. 'Long Lasting'." Marui said.

Sakuno's mind went blank. "What? Now I'm totally lost."

"Uh…come again?" Sakuno now wanting to get this straight. Marui did notice the blank face on her.

"I lost my favorite gum. My sweetheart." he clarified.

"OH! I'm sorry. I thought you were talking about a girl this whole time." Sakuno felt dumb. A small blush appeared over her cheeks.

Marui thought for a moment. After thinking about how he was describing his favorite gum as a girl, he started to laugh. "HaHaHa. I'm sorry." Marui couldn't stop laughing. "HaHaHa." He thought it was too funny.

Sakuno waited until he stopped laughing. "I think I might know where there is some Green Apple gum." she said after his laughter quieted down a bit.

"REALLY?! Where?!" Marui was getting his hopes up.

Sakuno reach into her pocket and pull out a brand new packet of Green Apple flavor gum. "I now remember that I had one packet left. I guess you can have it." She holds the packet of gum out to Marui. It put a smile on Marui's face.

Marui reach his hand to take the gum, but somebody else beat him to it. It was Ryoma.

"Sakuno, what are you doing?" sticking the packet of gum into his pocket.

"Ryoma? Oh, I came to give you these." Remembering she had a small box with her. Finding the box next to her, she handed it to Ryoma.

"Hey!" Marui yelled. "You can't just come and take what was given to me!"

Ryoma gave a 'whatever' look to Marui, "Your team lost the match." he shrugged. "So you don't deserve the gum."

"But, I didn't agree to that!" Marui was ready to cry again.

"It doesn't matter. Your part of their team, and they lost. So, we won fair and square." said Ryoma looking inside the small box that was given to him by Sakuno. "Let's go, Sakuno." taking her hand.

"That's not fair!" cried out Marui. It was already too late. Ryoma was walking down the street taking Sakuno by the hand.

XD-Marui-DX

Then the Rikkai regulars walked out of the Seigaku school grounds. Their regular jackets' were ruin. Well, only Kirihara, and Niou's were dirty. The others manage to keep theirs clean and stain free. Sanada and Yukimura didn't get the chance to play because they already lost the first three games.

"Man, I HATE SEIGAKU!" yelled Kirihara. He was mad that he lost to Fuji again.

"Well, it was your fault for losing the last point." Niou said in a bad mood.

"YOU JERKS!" Marui yelled in tears. "WHY DID YOU GUYS LOSE?!"

Before anyone could respond Marui sprinted down the street, crying.


Again about the OOC, just how I see them in this story.
Everybody uses 'Ryoma' & 'Sakuno', so I used the first names in this one.