DISCLAIMER: I ddooooonnntttt own prince of tennnniiiissss~ or Ikimono Gakari…. Or 'Sakura'~…But it's ok if you don't believe me…
Sick for the last few days… Oh, yeah! BOO to homework, and school! Ah, yes! To all you Atobe lovers out there this is YOUR chapter! Woo-hoo!
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Ryoma is a singer in this fic, so, it's time we brought in an actual song! It's 'Sakura' by Ikimono Gakari! I really recommend listening so here's the URL or you can look it up: watch?v=oj9LGPPoBWs
Author's Note: Possible OOC, Please read & review, constructive criticism welcome.
Warning: Fem! Ryoma and some dirty mouths.
This is Japanese
This is English
These are lyrics
~Under the cherry blossoms, I can see…~
Sakura… However, her thoughts were interrupted, with a,
" Ryoma-Chhhhaaaaaannnn!"
She looked back to see a slightly out-of-breath Sakuno and a bouncing Tomoka. She turned and gave them a cool "Chisu"
"Ah, Ryoma-chan, what classes do you have?" A smiling Sakuno asked.
Fishing the schedule out of her bag, she handed it over to them. They looked it over then their eyes got noticeably wider.
"What?" She questioned.
"Ryoma-chan, over half your classes are with the third and second years!" They replied.
She took the schedule back and noted that it was true.
" Ah…I think the ones I have higher classes for, are the ones I had a perfect score on for my scholarship test."
Then Sakuno said, "Really? You came here on scholarship? You really must be smart, then."
"Yeah, why pay a fortune when you can win your way in?"
"AH! Ryoma-chan! Demo, if you have most of your classes with the third/second-years, then we won't get to see you besides P.E and Home Ec.!"
"Ah! Sou dayo…" It was true that she was sad about not having her only two friends not in her classes, but she was more curious about being in the higher class. Having classes with them wouldn't be too bad, right?
RiNg! rInG! RiNg!
"Ah! We better hurry!"
"Okay, so…. Where my classroom is…" Ryoma was in a bad mood. One thing bad about having a higher class was that she couldn't just follow her friends, no, she had to weave through the whole damn school to find her class. It also wasn't helping her mood that everyone a foot taller than her!
"Huff! At least I'm here now…" She said as she stopped in front of class 3-B. Maybe I didn't take into account that I'd DEFINETLY be the shortest in this class…
All of a sudden the teacher poked her head out of the door. Ryoma spoke up and said,
"Excuse me, but I'm anew student for this class and-"
"Oh? What's your name? I'm Yukio-sensei, by the way."
" Em… My name's Ryoma Echizen…I'm a scholarship student…"
The teacher looked down her attendance sheet and soon her eyes found the name. Echizen, Ryoma-First year (scholarship winner) Her smile brightened.
"Please wait out here until I call you in."
"Nn."
"Okay, class! Welcome to another new year! I know most of you are familiar faces, but this year we have a new student. She's this year's scholarship winner and, although she's just a first year, she had top grades to get promoted to this class! Class, this is, Echizen Ryoma, please come in."
When she came in Ryoma heard a loud,
"OH MY GOD, It's the Ochibi-chan!"
Then someone was glomping herwith enough force to knock out a bear. Her face was rapidly turning blue as both her nose and mouth were closed off, but even if they weren't she wouldn't be able to work her lungs anyway. No, they were busy being crushed by some high, loony, red head. Now she started waving her arms rapidly, as a gesture that meant I-WILL-die-if-I-don't-get-a-breath-this-instant.
Taking notice of this the teacher said, "Kikumaru, will you kindly let go and go back to your seat before she suffocates?"
Kikumaru let out a 'Hai, sensei!' before letting go and hurrying back to his seat.
Finally able to see, she looked around the room she did know a lot of these faces, actually but then her surveillance stopped at the second to last row, fourth seat from the right, eyes wide.
She saw his eyes widen as well.
Because there sat a very. Very. VERY, familiar face.
That was the face of Keigo Atobe.
Atobe Keigo, she knew he was in Japan and this was one of the best schools, even outside the country. Of course, the monkey king can't settle for any less than the best. Apparently, he recognized her as well, as his eyes widened slightly before he re-composed himself. Forgetting where she was, she almost yelled out loud before she saw him give her a small shake, meaning not to say anything. People noticed her slip-up though.
The teacher asked," What's wrong Echiz-"
All of a sudden, Atobe stood and declared,
"Humph! Well peasant, although you are a mere first-year, you were blessed enough to be in the same class as ore-sama! That in itself is the best wish you could desire. So, plebian how will y-"
"Oh, shut up, monkey king." Ryoma replied, thoroughly annoyed. She however, was quite pleased at the nice shock on his face. He quickly shook himself out of it and replied with a small smile,
"Hmph! Brat!"
The teacher quickly told Atobe to sit down, before anything else could happen.
She turned with a smile to her newest student.
"Echizen-chan, you can take a seat by Yukimura-kun. In the meantime class, I have a morning meeting to attend, so it's study hall. I trust you'll be nice to our new student." As she promptly left the classroom.
Ryoma walked to her seat, next to the one named Yukimura. The person was wearing a boy's uniform, but if not for that she'd be sure he was a she. He had fluffy blue hair and the front bangs on each side of his face were chin-length. He had long eyelashes and purple-lavender eyes? Anyways, although he was pretty tall she still wasn't completely convinced.
"Echizen-chan, nice to meet you, I'm Yukimura Seiichi. Captain of the Rikkaidai tennis team." The blue-haired boy said.
As she sat down she turned to him and said,
"Yoroshiku." Hum, his voice is borderline not deep enough to be a boy. But, passable I suppose.
Still with a smile, he merely said,
"Hu, quite curt aren't we."
She surveyed her surroundings. Just the people around her, Yukimura was on her right, and there was a sleeping Jiroh on her left. Oh, Jiroh-san-oh no, that's right, Jiroh-senpai is my classmate. Let's see… behind him was Atobe. I'll have to talk to Keigo later… In front of her was a familiar head of brown hair. Wait, where have I seen- The boy turned his head with open eyes she could swear she saw mesmerizing blue, before the boy's eyes closed in a smile. Fuji Syuusuke… Even she was a bit surprised, she barely remembered peoples names…Of course, not too surprised. After all, he did leave an impression.
"…Nice to see you again, Echizen."
"Oh, you know Echizen-chan, Fuji?" Yukimura inquired.
"The whole Seigaku team met her before school started."
"That's right, Kikumaru-kun obviously knows her as well."
Ryoma was currently drowning out their conversation in favor of fishing the marker out of her bag. This will probably wake him up, and if it doesn't…oh well! She uncapped the pen and lowered it slowly to her senpai's sleeping face. His eyes snapped open and stopped the pen almost touching his face.
"Damn" she said re-capping the pen.
"Mo…Hime-chan stop waking me up like that…." Jiroh said sleepily.
"Hooo…brat, you know Jiroh?" Atobe asked from behind.
"Atobe-buchou! Me, and Oshitari, and Mukahi, and Shishido, and Ootori, and Hiyoshi, and Kabaji too!"
Ryoma thought, Oh, I get it… 'Buchou is captain, right? No wonder Hyotei sounds familiar…
"Eh? Hyotei too? How many people do you know Echizen-chan?"
She looked around to see that Yukimura and Fuji had stopped talking and were facing her.
" Um… Just Fuji-senpai and Monkey King's team…"
"Monkey King?"
Atobe sighed,
"Brat, I thought I've told you to stop calling me that! It's not very mature!"
Ryoma turned and stuck her tongue out. Then replied,
"Yeah, well guess what? Frankly, I don't give a damn, Mon~key~kiiiinnnnnggggg~"
"You…"
Everyone else burst out laughing, after all it's not everyday someone sees someone else talk like that to ATOBE.
"You two sure have a funny relationship."
Atobe and Ryoma blanched.
Turning to stare they both replied,
"Exactly what part is funny, Fuji/Fuji-senpai?!"
But Fuji didn't answer as he started chuckling again.
Ryoma and Atobe face palmed.
"Wow… The break times are pretty long here…" Ryoma said out loud as she wandered her way along. The school year had started and that means all facilities are OPEN!
When she reached the gardens she happily it was open. She went on a tour smelled all the flowers… It was quite pretty or anything. She wasn't a girly-girl or anything, and if anything she was the farthest thing from it. But gardens are different. It's things like such a large spread of breathtaking colors that make her happy. She doesn't know why, nor does she feel the need to. But the beauty sweeps her in, comforts her mind and makes her feel at peace. Then, she realized that she was already at the end of the garden tour and she was standing in front of the finale.
The Sakura Dome.
Yay! I've been wanting to visit this place, forever! She thought happily before entering.
It was wonderful, heart stopping, awe-inspiring, simply thrilling. Ryoma didn't even know how such a thing was even possible, since the dome was probably kept this way all year round. But, hey, the school was leaving her speechless each day so, everlasting cherry blossoms? Sure! It probably had something to do with the fact that, on different spots of the dome there were some techie lookin' thingies (as Ryoma put it) subtly placed here and there. But never mind that, the actual cherry blossoms were the wonderful things. They were all vibrant pink and white and chocolate browns, swirling, fluttering, and twirling. The petals fell softly dancing in the air as a small wind carried them to and fro. The only thing better would be snow, of course that's impossible though. As she wandered towards the last tree she plopped down, her thoughts wandering off. Ah, gardens are so nice, they get me so drowsy and comfortable… Especially the sakura… they're so nice to fall asleep under… Sakura… sakura… why…? My heads all… why… my mouth is… am I sing..ing…-her thoughts of a distant memory cut off as she opened her mouth and…
Sakura hirahira maiorite ochite The cherry blossoms fell, fluttering down
Yureru omoi no take wo dakishimeta Embracing every bit of my fluttering love
Kimi to haru ni negai shi ano yume wa Even now, I'm dreaming the dream I prayed for with you that spring
Ima mo miete iru yo, sakura maichiru The cherry blossoms scatter
Densha kara miete no wa From the train I could see
Itsuka no omokage The traces of one day
Futari de kayotta haru no oohashi The big bridge we crossed together
Sotsugyou no toki ga kite Graduation time came
Kimi wa machi wo deta And you left town
Irozoku kawabe ni ano hi wo sagasu no On the colorful riverbank, I search for that day
Sorezore no michi wo erabi We went our separate ways
Futari de haru wo oeta And brought our spring to an end
Sakihokoru mirai wa My future is in full bloom
Atashi wo aserasete But it fills me with panic
Odakyuusen no mado ni This year, once again, the cherry blossoms are reflected
Kotoshi mo sakura ga utsuru In the window of the Odakyuu train
Kimi no koe ga kono mune ni In my heart
Kikoete kuru yo I hear your voice
Sakura hirahira maiorite ochite The cherry blossoms fell, fluttering down
Yureru omoi no take wo dakishimeta Embracing every bit of my fluttering love
Kimi to haru ni negai shi ano yume wa Even now, I'm dreaming the dream I prayed for with you that spring
Ima mo miete iru yo, sakura maichiru The cherry blossoms scatter
Kaki kaketa tegami ni wa The start of my letter to you
"Genki de iru yo" to Says "I'm doing OK"
Chiisana uso wa misukasareru ne You'll see through that little lie, won't you?
Meguriyuku kono machi mo Even the town going past
Haru wo ukeirete Is taking in the spring
Kotoshi mo ano hana ga tsubomi wo hiraku The flowers are opening their buds again this year
Kimi ga inai hibi wo koete I'll get through these days without you
Atashi mo otona ni natte iku And I, too, will grow up
Kouyatte subete wasurete iku no kana Will I forget everything?
"Hontou ni suki dattan da" "I really loved you"
Sakura ni te wo nobasu I hold out my hands to the cherry blossoms
Kono omoi ga ima haru ni tsutsumarete iku yo Now my love is wrapped in the spring
Sakura hirahira maiorite ochite The cherry blossoms fell, fluttering down
Yureru omoi no take wo dakiyoseta Embracing every bit of my fluttering love
Kimi ga kureshi tsuyoki ano kotoba wa Even now, the strong words you gave me
Ima mo mune ni nokoru, sakura maiyuku Remain in my heart; the cherry blossoms dance
Sakura hirahira maiorite ochite The cherry blossoms fell, fluttering down
Yureru omoi no take wo dakishimeta Embracing every bit of my fluttering love
Tooki haru ni yume mi shi ano hibi wa Those days I dreamed of on that distant Spring day
Sora ni kiete iku yo Disappear into the sky
Sakura hirahira maiorite ochite The cherry blossoms fall, fluttering down
Haru no sono mukou e to aruki dasu And I walk out into the spring
Kimi to haru ni chikai shi kono yume wo tsuyoku I clutch the dream I promised you that Spring
Mune ni daite, sakura maichiru Tightly to my chest; the cherry blossoms dance
Ryoma didn't even know she had been singing. The flowers really were like some kind of sleeping drug. She knew sha had to get up, missing class on the first day would NOT be could. And yet some how her mind was being lulled into a pool of dreams and memories. Her sense were being dulled. So dull, she didn't see the surprised, blue, eyes looking at her from a few feet away.
She was being drowned in pooling memories. Trying to make sense of things in her lulled state, she thought one thing. I see a…boy with…brown hair...?
Yes! I am done! Sorry for the long wait, I'm working on this during my breaks and lunch period. Hopefully this is a kinda longish chapter? Well whatever. Quick question does anyone actually read this little end babble? If you do- THANKS! I NEED MY BABBLE CORNER! Anyways, I did the most epic failure in the history of epic failures this week, On my way to chapel, I tripped on NOTHING and face faulted. Haha. NOTHING, I tell you. No, seriously I'm just that clumsy.
Strange question 2: Out of my reviewers, are you mixed gender or is it all fangirls? Don't be afraid to tell me if you're a boy, cuz that's actually pretttyyy cooolll! Just tell me if you want!
Also I recently got a deviantart account and I will soon post some pics for this fic as well as just random ones! My friends say I'm a pretty good artist, but I would be happy to hear other opinions as well! I have the link on my profile page. I'm not gonna have the picture up right away... maybe in a day or so... if I scan it at this time of night I'll be in deep doodoo...