A/N: Hi! Sorry for not updating for... I don't know... a month? Please forgive me but today was our opening cerempny for foundation day (see more info below) and three weeks before that, we practiced ourselves to perform our silent drill... it's a c.a.t dance or something... Anyway, this chapter is kind of related, only a bit, to my other fic, "Fireworks display", and "A day at Rikkaidai" took place after that fic. I thought that I should at least give some clues on what Sakuno and Tezuka's secret is and I decided to write it in this chapter. So, if you find something here like a flashback of the summer festival, then you'll know the whole story in "Fireworks display." Thank you!
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Teacher: Why were you absent?
Ren: I was playing tennis with Konomi-san
Teacher: Why?
Ren: Because that's the only way I can feel even with him in terms of owning this anime. But whatever I do, whatever I say, POT isn't mine. The Legend of Zelda isn't mine, too.
Teacher: Good
Chapter 7: Gathered Role players
"Sanada?" The voice surprised him and quickly hid his notebook. He looked at the person who called him and examined the person carefully. He was relieved when he saw it was his captain, but got back into his work.
"I'm not Sanada." With that, he walked away taking a quick glance at Yukimura.
"Sanada, wait!" Sanada stopped in his tracks as Yukimura called his name. "See? You've stopped. That means you are Sanada, Sanada."
"I just responded to the name you've called me, it's a natural reaction amongst humans."
"Sanada… is it true? Do you like Sakuno-san? Please tell me the truth."
"No. And I'm not Sanada." He walked away again and took out his small notebook.
'Sanada… why?' Yukimura thought as he walked to another direction sadly.
--00--
Tezuka walked around, still straight and stiff. He glanced at every room he passed by and stared dangerously at the people around him. He knew what was happening from the very beginning; he just ignored it. But, the situation is getting worse, he assumed. As minutes pass by, more and more opponents are coming. He doesn't know how to handle all 55 of them… and counting. He can't let his guard down, but how can he do that if he can't even see the person he was supposed to protect? His father is so going to kill him if he found out.
"Protect her all the times, especially now, Kunimitsu!" the voice echoed in Tezuka's head.
"Otou-san… how can I? Especially… in this situation?" he murmured.
Yukimura saw Tezuka in a deep thought and grabbed his shoulder. Tezuka turned his head and acknowledged Yuki's presence.
"What are you thinking?" Yukimura asked.
"What do you mean?" Tezuka asked in a calm tone.
"You're in a deep thought, you see."
"It's nothing."
--00--
Ryoma took another sip of his ponta drink, in a dress. He stared at Atobe and the manager, in a dress. He looked at the backstage and all the props in it, in a dress. He turned his head down and felt awkward… in a dress. And lastly, Ryoma is… in a dress.
"Stop staring at me!" he shouted, just as the same time Momoshiro, Ann, Kintarou, Ootori and Shishido went in. He looked at the people who came in. They all stared at each other for a while.
Then suddenly…
Boisterous laugh filled the theater room. The people who came in laughed in a chibi form with tears flowing out from their eyes due to so much happiness.
"E-E-Echizen! Why-hahaha- the hell are- hahaha-you wearing a-hahaha…." Momo laughed out loud.
"Stop-haha- being so rude… Momoshiro-kun-haha! Though it's-hahaha- hard to-haha- stop laughing!" Ann laughed as she wipes her tears off.
"I'm so sorry for laughing, Echizen-kun, but," Ohtori cannot restrain any longer, "I just can't stop! Hahaha!"
"Hehe- I never knew that Seigaku has- pfft-hahahaha!" Shishido covered his own mouth.
Ryoma stared at all of them. He was ready to stand up to kill them all when he felt a strong presence behind Ann-chan. He peeked behind Ann-chan and saw a worried-looking Sakuno. (A/N: I accidentally wrote Sunako back there… I think I'm watching too much YamaNade this past few weeks! Nakahara Sunako-chan!)
This time, he was looking embarrassed. He turned around to hide his embarrassed face.
"R-Ryoma-kun… don't tell me you're…" Sakuno cannot completely hold it any longer. She tried to stop her tears and turned around to run away only to find herself stopped when Atobe grabbed her wrist.
Kin-chan stopped laughing and stared at Atobe, mad.
"Hime-sama… I'm glad you're here. It's now time to show the world our eternal love for each other, by simply sharing a love-filled kiss!" Ore-sama smirked.
Sakuno blushed and tried to escape Atobe's plan but she's too weak to escape him. She tried to run but she still stays in place. She tried again and turned into a chibi form.
"Stop it, hime-sama. You don't have to be shy!" Atobe carried the chibi Sakuno and faced the manager.
"This is ore-sama's hime-sama. If you mind… she's Juliet now." Atobe hugged Sakuno tighter with his right arm like a stuffed toy, considering she does look like one now.
"She's not a toy you know." Kin-chan interrupted. "Just to let you know… she's already taken. Pond, Temple, Fireflies, Tulips… does it ring a bell, Sakuno-chan?" he asked Sakuno but looked at Ryoma.
Ryoma choked from his drink. He remembered the summer festival three months ago. He hid his blush through Juliet's wig.
Sakuno blushed and glanced at Ryoma who was looking nonchalantly. "I-I do remember something like being with everyone in that particular day… but I don't remember any tulips…"
"If you don't remember then… then I will also forget!" Kin-chan grinned and took Sakuno from Atobe's hands.
"H-Hey! Give her back!" Atobe snatched Sakuno away but Kin-chan took a step backward. Everyone sweat dropped. They did the same thing for about ten seconds and in the last attempt of Atobe, he accidentally slapped a person.
A vein popped out of that person's head and his glasses beamed. Atobe recognized the person he slapped. It was his eternal rival in terms of everything.
"Tezuka." Atobe said his rival's name calmly.
"Atobe. Just what are you doing to my kouhai?" Tezuka asked in a deadly tone.
"I was just stealing back the person who was stolen from me," he laughed in a rude manner.
Kin-chan turned chibi and hugged Sakuno like a stuffed toy. Tezuka looked at the chibi Kin-chan and sighed.
"Tooyama… when will you ever quit?" Tezuka asked.
"I did quit! But Sakuno-chan forgot about it, so I also forgot about it!" Kin-chan grinned wider.
"What the heck happened anyway? What is he talking about?" Shishido suddenly spoke.
"It's something that happened during the summer festival. No need to care about it." Ryoma suddenly said.
"Summer festival? I was there too, wasn't I? What happened?" Momo asked.
"Nothing." Ryoma replied.
--00--
Sherlock Holmes eavesdropped during the whole conversation. He wrote something in his notebook seriously. He checked Sakuno's profile and it was written there that Sakuno lived with her new family just a month ago. He added this information to the one he got from their conversation. It didn't make any sense, unless…
"Summer festival… New family… Tezuka… Sakuno… Tulip… No, a flower doesn't have anything to do with it. What if… During the summer festival… Sakuno stayed with her new family? No! Summer festival was held three months ago. She just lived there a month ago! Okay, Sherlock! Calm down! Then what if… Sakuno's new family is Tezuka…?" Sherlock stared at his notebook for a while, "Impossible! I'll just gather more data then… Boy! I'm sounding like Renji and Inui!"
--00--
"Konnichiwa. Sorry for interrupting," Yukimura knocked on the door and when he opened it, he saw catastrophe. The tennis team members from other schools are arguing with each other. He walked slowly towards the manager, "Sano-san, what's happening here?"
"I'm sorry, Yukimura-kun! They won't listen to me!" the manager, Sano said.
"You're a great guy, I'm sure you can handle it."
"I'm sorry…" Sano turned to face the V.I.P gamers. "Excuse me, everyone. I-I am S-Sano Saoinji and I'm the manager of this booth. V.I.P gamers, please gather around me so that I could assign you your challenges."
Everyone looked at him. Sano got nervous and sweat continuously. "I guess… I-I should change the play we're having. What about…" Sano was interrupted when someone spoke.
"I have a suggestion!" Kin-chan raised his hand.
"Oh! May I know what it is?" Sano politely asked.
"The legend of Zelda!" Kin-chan jumped around.
"T-The legend of Zelda? W-Why choose that?"
"BECAUSE! If Sakuno-chan is Zelda, and I'm Link, then Sakuno-chan will be the damsel in distress and I'll protect her from evil and blah blah blah! What do you think?"
Just then, everyone looked at him slowly with blank eyes. Kintarou sweat dropped and looked nervously at the manager.
"O-Okay… then… you all should adlib. We're having a performance later with role-players as V.I.P gamers. It'll be held in less than 30 minutes… so please be ready." Sano said.
"WHAT!?" the V.I.P gamers yelled.
"Didn't you see the billboard? I put my flyer there. See?" Sano showed them his copy of the flyer he was saying. Momo grabbed the flyer rudely and read loudly.
"'To V.I.P gamers. From the theater club staff: Please be informed that every 10 V.I.P players that will enter the theater club room will have to perform, as a group, their play of choice. They will only be given a few minutes to prepare for their play so please plan and group yourselves as early as possible. Thank you…' You expect us to perform a play!?" Momo yelled.
"That's what you get when you don't notice the things that surrounds you…" suddenly, a new member came. "Ecstasy!" Shiraishi said when he was revealed.
"Shiraishi! I'm glad you're here! Use your poisonous hand to protect Sa-chan!" Kintarou said.
"No."
"I want to play too!" Yukimura suddenly butted in. "I think it doesn't matter if a non-V.I.P gamer join too, right?"
"I guess not…" Sano scratched the back of his head.
"The legend of Zelda? At least it's better than wearing Juliet's costume." Ryoma said.
"Since I'm here, then I'll join as well." Shiraishi said.
"Count as all!" The others said. "Let's do our best!"
"All right then, we'll imitate the story of the legend of Zelda: Minish cap to perform in the next 20 minutes!" Sano said.
Then, everyone coughed.
--00--
Tezuka sat at the bench next to the vending machine. He thought about what Yukimura said before.
"Tezuka, I know you have a problem and I wouldn't mind helping you with it. Does it concern with your family?" Yukimura asked.
"My father, Kuniharu and grandfather, Kunikazu wanted me to do something for them. But it does not concern anyone outside the family." Tezuka explained.
"Really? Well then… I shall not force this upon you. But if you want some help, I'm glad to listen. Bye then." With that, Yukimura left.
Tezuka stared at the skies before he noticed from the window some panicking people inside the room. He saw that almost everyone he knows is there like Sakuno, Ryoma, Shiraishi and Momoshiro. Just then, he heard two people passing by talking about the theater club's special performance about "The legend of Zelda: Minish cap" and it's characters played as the V.I.P gamers.
He looked at the flyer the two people dropped and read it. He suddenly stood up as soon as he finished reading it. "I better watch this one." he said to himself.
"Theater club, special performance: "The Legend of Zelda: Minish cap" to be performed at 2:00 p.m. Please watch it as our new members play as the characters! Starring: Yukimura as Link, Ryuzaki Sakuno as Zelda and Atobe Keigo as Vaati! See you soon!"
T.B.C.
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Next time: The role-playing game continues as they make their own lines and scenes! What will happen to them? Will the audience be happy? And will Sherlock Holmes finally discover Sakuno and Tezuka's secret? Did he even remember that he was following her for the sake of his teammates? Oh well! Let's all find out in the next chapter of "A day at Rikkaidai" only on FFN!
A/N: What a hanger! I did it because I think that I have not updated for a month and I should make the chapter already. Anyway, did you know that today is our school's foundation anniversary? Yeah... I know that you guys already know because i mentioned it in the first part. It'll end on Saturday. I was thinking of making a scene or two about my own experience in our foundation week in this story. What do you think?
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