Here is the new chap! Its been a while since I updated sorry about that!

FIERY CRIMSON DOES NOT OWN PRINCE OF TENNIS

And there goes the disclaimer!


Meeting the Shuichi family

Normal P.O.V

After a journey for 5- 6 hrs which seemed to be extremely long for the Seigaku members, the bus suddenly came to a halt in front of what looked like a magical wonderland.

"Woahhhh! Amazing!" Both Eiji and Momo exclaimed as they came out of the bus. Yes, indeed it was amazing, an amazing sight which thrilled all our heroes equally. Right in front of them was what that seemed to be a never ending sea which glittered under the twilight. The huge and mighty building which stretched before them also looked very beautiful. The calm, peaceful surroundings filled with joy attracted them immensely.

It was already late evening by the time they reached the Daffodils Resort. Ryoga , Eiji, Momo and a few others were a bit unhappy as they couldn't go in to the lovely sea for a short dip. Inui was about to direct them all into the main hall when suddenly a no: of explosions shook the whole place. Tomoko grabbed Sakuno's arm tightly. Before they could recover from the shock, lights of different colors filled the sky.

"Fireworks!" cried Ryoga. The regulars were filled with amazement as lights began to go up one by one inside the resort and a whole army of people came outside looking really pleased.

"How was that Inui? Did you like your welcome?" asked one man coming out of the crowd playfully slapping Inui on his back. He looked a bit old and was wearing professional clothes. Behind him came a woman who was almost of the age and a boy about Ryoma's age.

"Oh Sakurano! You haven't changed a bit!" exclaimed Inui obviously feeling happy at the courtesy showed by his friend.

'Then that must be Akira!' Momo noted mentally. True, he looked quite good but the bored expression on his irritated him immensely.

After exchanging a few pleasantries with Inui Sakurano turned to welcome the other members.

"Welcome to the Daffodils Resort," he said with a smile and continued, "I hope all of you would be comfortable here. If there is any problem with any of the facilities provided please feel free to tell it to me. And one more thing, Rikkai's members will arrive tomorrow."

He introduced his family and the regulars felt that all of them were nice well except...maybe someone who rudely walked away saying that he wasn't into intros.

"I am sorry about Akira. He has been like that ever since Ai disappeared," he said turning to Inui and continued, "Most of them think that he is being arrogant but after her disappearance he doesn't talk that much to anyone and acts very rudely," he said sadly.

"Ai?" asked Ryoma.

"My sister's daughter who disappeared when she was 6 yrs old."

"How did it happen?" asked Momo quite shocked.

"Her parents died during an accident and she was living with us for quite some time. Akira liked her a lot. Then one day she just…"

Seeing that Mrs. Shuichi's eyes were filled with tears Fuji tried to change the subject.

"Your resort looks wonderful! Why don't we all go in?"

"Ahhhh I am sorry everyone! Come inside, I would help you to your rooms."

The resort was really huge and it didn't seem to have an end at all. Over 25 Restaurants, countless swimming pools, tennis grounds, gardens, parks…the list was never ending! Sakurano later showed them to their rooms and told that for today their dinner would be served in their rooms. Two of them were supposed share a room. Ryoma and Ryoga, Eiji and Inui, Momo and Kaido were supposed to share their rooms. Sakuno and Tomoko were partners too. Yuki ended up being partners with Oishi. He wanted to share a room with Ryoma to make things easier but decided to go along with the current arrangement. Coach was given a separate room.

The rooms were quite splendid. They were quite well designed, and gave off a very pleasant feeling. Each room had 2 beds, a small sofa and other electronic facilities.

Everyone was feeling really tired. They decided that they would do the exploring tomorrow and parted.


"Ochibi, go and take a bath. I will arrange things here," said Ryoga in a brotherly way.

"Hn," he replied as he felt for something in his pocket. Ryoga looked at him curiously as he took out that stone from his pocket.

"I knew it! You still didn't throw it away did you? Why do you keep that with you anyways?"

"I really don't know. I guess I would like to give it back to her….If I ever see her again," he replied.

Ryoga was silent for a while. Then he exploded into fits of laughter.

Ryoma looked at him angrily.

"What?"

"Ry-Ryoma I can't believe you fell for that mask!"

"WHAT!"

"Awwww…Ryoma is in love!" he started running around the room singing at the top of his voice. So much for being brotherly.

"Shut up!" shouted Ryoma afraid at the thoughts of what might happen if the regulars come to hear this. "I am not!"

"Then how do you explain this? At first you were soooo reluctant to throw away that stone even thought it was burning hot! You kept looking at it all the way throughout our journey thinking about her and now you are telling me you want to see her again!" Ryoga almost screamed.

"I didn't mean anything like that. It's just that this thing must be valuable to her so I didn't want to throw it away and didn't you see what happened when you tried to throw it away! Also I am NOT interested in seeing her. That means I am not in…in….-"

"Love with mask" asked Ryoga smirking.

"YEAH!"

"Aww...it fine bro. But you do know that you wont stand a chance right? You may never see her again so I think it's better if you forget about her although I have no idea what in the world made you fall for that mask. C'mon you JUST met her," said Ryoga.

Ryoma sighed.

"I am going to take a bath," he said going to the bathroom.

Ryoma's POV

What was that guy talking about? I don't like her! Besides I just met her today! I have no interest in seeing her again either! Ryoga is out of his mind!

So many thoughts ran through my mind as icy cold water streamed through my body.

'Alright, maybe…maybe I would like to see her…just maybe. But it isn't because I like her…is it?' I thought to myself.

"Maybe….maybe I- What am I thinking?" I interrupted myself.

Ryoga is right. There is no chance of me meeting her again. So there's absolutely no point in me thinking about her…even if I like her…just a bit.

I place a hand on my forehead. My head was hurting me a lot and thinking about all this just made it worse. I tried to clear my mind since there wasn't any point in thinking about her.

After all I won't see her again….

If only he knew how wrong he was….

Ryoga's POV

'Poor Ryoma…Ahh young love,' I thought as I unpacked our luggage. Suddenly I heard the room door open. It was Yuki.


Next chap will be out soon and hopefully without too much delay!