Disclaimer: The same as chapter 9.
This is REALLY the last chapter!
Summary: Sakuno and Ryoma both chased after their dreams, and three years have passed. What would happen when they meet each other again?
Chapter ten: Epilogue
Sakuno sighed. Ryoma had once again left her in Canada to go to some tennis match all the way across the world. She looked at the album in her lap. Everyday, it seems like a dream. I never knew I could be this happy, but the memories that I treasure the most are the days in Japan. Flipping through the photo album again, she smiled. Every photo was special. There were photos of her and Tomoka. A few of Miki. Sakuno wondered what happened to them. She hadn't seem her friends in so long. Her childhood photos were mostly with Andrew. I heard that he's a model, so he's probably busy. Andrew took up singing too. Maybe he will be a good singer? Finally, there were photos of Ryoma. The day that he brought her the present was two years ago, but she still remembers everything as if it only happened yesterday. Ryoma had said that the trophy was very important to him, and he wanted her to have it. Happy with the fact that she made so many good memories, she leaned back on the sofa, and fell asleep.
Knock knock.
"Excuse me. Is anyone home?"
A guy wearing a white sweater with navy blue jeans was standing outside Sakunos door. Thinking that maybe the person inside didn't hear him, he continued to knock.
Knock knock knock.
Sakuno woke up, gasping. "Who is it?"
She walked over, and looked out the peephole. The strange Mailman that was always looking at her when she was out shopping was there. She opened the door a little, and asked, "What is it?"
"Are you Miss Sakuno Ryuzaki?"
"Yes."
"Here." He handed something to Sakuno.
"Thank you, but couldn't you just put it in the mailbox?"
"It's broken." Then he walked away.
Sakuno opened the door wider, and indeed, the mailbox was somehow broken. Mm.. I'll phone someone to fix it tomorrow.
As soon as she sat down, and placed the letter on the table, the phone rang.
She went to pick up the phone. "Hello?" No one replied. There was only static sounds. Prank calls?
Sakuno yawned. She had stayed up late last night doing paperwork for her fathers company. She had always thought that it was hard, but now she realized that paperwork isn't really that hard after all. Maybe it's because she's getting use to it. Then she glanced at the table. I wonder what the letter is about. The envelope looks really fancy.
She stared at it for five minutes. She got up, picked it up, and sat down again. Carefully tearing the side, she took out something that resembles a card. Glitter fell on her lap, and she sighed.
"What's with all this glitter? Now I have to wash my jeans."
Opening the 'card', she read what was inside it, and she was suddenly delighted. The glitter forgotten, she stood up and danced around the room.
To: Sakuno and Ryoma
This day our hearts
are joined as one
Share with us this new beginning
the first day of our life together
on Saturday, the ninth of February
two thousand and eight
at one o'clock in the afternoon
All Saints Catholic Church
805 Junnes Drive (This is totally made up. I don't think there's Junnes Drive in Chiba.)
Chiba, Japan
Andrew (a/n: Sorry. I hate making up names. Insert your own last name for Andrew and Kate please)
and
Kate
We hope you can attend.
Sakuno giggled. Andrew is getting married! Smiling, she thought about Ryoma. I wonder if he knows about the wedding? I'll text him.
To: Ryoma
Subject: Guess what?!
Ryoma! My childhood friend Andrew is getting married! There's an invitation.
02.09.08 Can u go?
She glanced at the calendar. It's only a week away! She ran towards her bedroom and started to wonder about what she should pack.
( Laziness attack. I'm gonna skip to the wedding part. Yes, Ryoma is coming to the wedding with Sakuno. )
"Wah! Japan's fragrance! It's been years almost three years since I've come to Japan!"
Sakuno looked up at the clear blue sky (a/n: Is the sky blue? Kuz in some places, it's not. In a part of china, it was greyish.)
"Are you that excited about it? You could've visited some of your friends here whenever you liked."
"Demo! I lost contact with all of them. They all changed their phone numbers!"
"Okay, okay." Ryoma stared at her. "Okay! I'm sorry. I'm not in the greatest mood right now, so stop pouting!"
"Hmmpft." Sakuno turned her head and looked the other way.
Soon, they arrived at the hotel, and because of the jet-lag, Sakuno fell asleep right away, while Ryoma took a shower before joining her.
The next day..
Ryoma sat on the bed. He already finished changing, but Sakuno was taking forever. His patience was running out, but Sakuno seem to know beforehand, and brought a few cans of Ponta (a/n: or Fanta? There's also Fanta somewhere. I think it's in the live movie or something.) to keep him happy. Ryoma decided that if she still haven't finished changing by the time he finished all the Ponta, then he'll ignore her for the rest of the day (if he can.).
Sakuno finally stepped out of the changing room.
"Thanks for waiting." She smiled and asked, "Are you sure it doesn't look weird?"
"Hn." Ryoma was glad that his cap hide most of his face. He was blushing, and he didn't like it. That was dangerous. Too damn cute.
Sakuno fidgeted a bit, and took a deep breath. "What should I do! My heart is pounding! This is the first time I've been to a friend's wedding. What to do, what to do! Now I'm so nervous!!"
Ryoma laughed. He stood up and gently hugged Sakuno, careful not to ruin her carefully arranged hair and makeup. He leaned down slightly (because of their height difference) and whispered in her ear. "Silly. Calm down. Don't worry about it. Just act natural. Think of this as a party. Haven't you been to lots of parties before? And the dress fits you perfectly. Just take a deep breath and calm down."
Ryoma released her and saw that she was blushing. "We better hurry, or else we'll be late."
"Ahh! Okay." Then five seconds later, Sakuno stopped, pulling on Ryomas hand. "Matte."
"What is it?"
Sakuno reached up and took his hat away. "You don't need the hat. Now lets go!"
".."
At the wedding..
As soon as they walked in, they saw some of their old friends.
"Fuji-sempai?!" Both Ryoma and Sakuno were shocked.
"Ahh. Echizen. Sakuno-chan." He nodded towards them, and excused himself from the woman he was talking to.
"Fuji-sempai, do you know Andrew?" Sakuno couldn't help asking.
"Andrew? Ah. The groom? No I do not know him. I know Kate though. She invited me."
"Souka."
Ryoma was starting to feel excluded, and Fuji was too close to Sakuno for his comfort. His arm snaked around her waist, and started to join in to the conversation.
"It's been a long time hasn't it Fuji-sempai?"
"It has. I heard you won the (fill in the blank) award last week."
"Mmm. It's true that I won the award, but it wasn't challenging. Come to think of it, we still need to finish our match."
Sakuno tried not to laugh. Both Ryoma and Fuji-sempai were acting weird. After a while, she couldn't hold it anymore, and excused herself to go to the washroom. She knew that Fuji was probably enjoying making Ryoma mad, and she also knew that he loves making Ryoma jealous. She stared at them from afar, and couldn't help but laugh again.
"Sakuno! There you are. I've been looking for you."
"Huh?" She turned and stared at the man before her. His voice seemed familiar, but she was sure that she didn't know this person. If she had met him, then she would've remembered because he was very good-looking.
"Ahh! I'm hurt. You don't remember me? After I went through the trouble of inviting you too!"
"Andrew?! Wahh! You changed so much that I couldn't recognize you!"
He laughed. "I'll take it as a complement."
"Congratulations Andrew!"
"Ehehe. Arigatou. Where's your boyfriend?"
"Oh. He's over there, talking to a sempai."
"Souka."
They continued talking for a few minuets, catching up with each other.
"By the way, is it okay for the groom to be wasting time over here?"
"Oh! Gomen, gomen! I'm only suppose to be here to tell you that the ceremony is going to be a biiiit later because of my bride's sickness. Heh heh."
"Ehh?! Is she going to be okay!?"
"Haha. Yeah. She's find. It's just morning sickness. She said so herself."
Sakuno stared at him. About a minuet later, she blinked, and processed what he said.
"EEH?!"
"Oh. Did I not tell you? My bride's pregnant."
"What! You should've told me! Why didn't you just say so! Seriously! congratulations for the second time!"
"Haha. Thanks. Anyway, want to know a secret?"
"Eh?"
"Well, remember that day we were walking?"
"Hah?"
"It was a few years ago. You went to buy something, and I met you by chance."
"Oh. At the supermarket? There was a big sale that day right?"
"Yeah. Well Ryoma saw me walking you home."
"Ryoma saw us?"
"Yup."
"And that's the secret?"
"No. He followed us, and when I was about to walk home, he pulled me away."
"Ehh? And?"
Andrew grinned. "And then he said something shocking."
"And that shocking thing is?"
Andrew leaned in and whispered something. Sakuno gasped, and squealed in delight.
"REALLY?!"
"Yeah. Well I have to tell the others now, so see you later."
"Mmm. See you later!"
She remembered that she left Ryoma with Fuji-sempai. She looked around, and after some time, finally spotted him being surrounded by a group of women. Ryoma looked her way, and they made eye contact. His eyes were pleading with her to save him. Sakuno smiled, and walked over.
"Excuse me." She politely told to women to make way. At first, they didn't want to, and was about to ignore her, but when they saw Sakuno and remember that if they anger her, Sakunos' father would not corporate with them anymore (a/n: Her father has lots of companies.) , they slowly moved.
"Ryoma, lets go."
Ryoma sighed. "Thanks. I would've been stuck there for the entire wedding if you weren't there."
Sakuno didn't reply, and she just smiled at him.
Fast forward to the ceremony..
The bride, Kate, had on a huge smile, and walked towards Andrew. They said their vows, and exchanged the rings (a/n: too lazy to type the "I do" part. XD). Everyone clapped hard, and Sakuno found herself thinking that the bride was very beautiful.
"Kya!"
The girls started to poke each other, and Sakuno blinked, wondering was was going on (a/n: Since she wasn't paying attention.) Then she way the bride ready to throw the bouquet.
Five minuets later..
"Ahh. I missed catching the bride's bouquet." Sakuno sighed.
"What, did you want it?" Ryoma looked around for Fuji-sempai. He had promised to play a match with him after the wedding.
"Well, yeah. I want it."
Ryoma turned to face Sakuno, his face suddenly serious.
"I was going to ask when your next birthday comes up."
"Hmm?" Sakuno was very confused. Why is Ryoma looking so serious?
"In the future, for the rest of my life, won't you stay with me?"
Sakuno smiled. She thought back to her conversation with Andrew about half an hour ago.
--FLASHBACK--
"Haha. Thanks. Anyway, want to know a secret?"
"Eh?"
"Well, remember that day we were walking?"
"Hah?"
"It was a few years ago. You went to buy something, and I met you by chance."
"Oh. At the supermarket? There was a big sale that day right?"
"Yeah. Well Ryoma saw me walking you home."
"Ryoma saw us?"
"Yup."
"And that's the secret?"
"No. He followed us, and when I was about to walk home, he pulled me away."
"Ehh? And?"
Andrew grinned. "And then he said something shocking."
"And that shocking thing is?"
"Well you see, he thought that I was your boyfriend, and well lets just say he was jealous. He asked me if I loved you, and I said no because I already have a girlfriend. He thought I was cheating on you and almost beat the (a/n: colour language) crap out of me. Of course, I explained everything, and saw him being embarrassed. he was in love with you. It was so obvious, and I asked him how long he has been in love with you. He kept trying to ignore me and run away, but I forced it out of him (a/n: I would like to see Andrew force Ryoma for the answer. :Grins:) He has been in love with you ever since elementary (junior high?).
She gasped, and squealed in delight.
--FLASHBACK END--
"I will...!"
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A/N: Muhahahaha. Finally finished it! Thank you reviewers. (Gives milk and cookies to all the reviewers)
Dragon Reverb: This is the last chapter though. :D
TrAinXIII13: Lol, here is Andrew. RyoSakuOC is rare though isn't it? xD And yes. OOCness is my speciality. Keke.
red-jello04: Thank you! And yeah. I think waiting longer might be better.
Miyuki Meiru: A sequel? Hm.. Nah. I'm gonna start on another story. Continue reading (or scroll down or something) and you will see what the new story is about. I actually have two stories in mind, but I'll finished one first.
Otakugal: Here is your epilogue. And ermm the trophy because it's important? Iuno. I was running out of ideas. xD
Ashley: Does it? Sorry. I tried to use less in here. Thanks for telling me though. In my next story, maybe I won't put those in so much.
JuniperScaymoore: Lol. Here. It's in Japan. XD I wasn't really planning on writing this chapter. I thought everyone would just say "Thanks for the story" or something, since it was a happy ending and stuff. I am currently afraid of your evul monkiee finger. xDD
saya-plus: Haha. Thanks. Personally, i think this chapter is too long, and chapter 9 is too short XD
Dera Sin: Yay! Wizard of Oz! XD But the wizard is a fake Dx Anyways, I'm gonna go read your stories now Dera :D
kataragirl11: I'm willing xD Thanks for the reviews
Thank you to those who reviewed, and added this story as their favourite, and so on.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! help me choose a story. I have two in mind, and so please choose one that you like best.
STORY NUMBER ONE!
Title: Invisible.
What is it about: It's about Sakuno having a sister (twin maybe) and her sister is totally different from her. She's popular in school because of her beauty, and Sakuno feels plain compared to her. There were also guys who ask Sakuno out just to be closer with her sister, and therefore, Sakuno doesn't trust guys anymore. Sakuno will be totally OOC because of her sister. She won't be a shy girl.
Pairing: RyoSaku (Of course)
STORY NUMBER TWO!
Title: It's magic.
What is it about: Sakuno is a girl with a childish face, and often mistaken for a elementary student. (Sakuno is in middle/high school. Is there middle school in Japan?) Then a boy transforms her with makeup and clothing that she normally wouldn't even think of wearing. After a encounter with Ryoma, she is mistaken for a model. She slowly gets more modelling jobs, and confidence.
Pairing: RyoSakuOC (I wasn't about to use an OC. I was about to use Fuji, but because a reviewer liked this pairing, I'll make a story with it :D)
Please chose one! Thanks. I'm SOO happy that it's finished!