Hey everyone! Sorry for not updating for such a long time. First I just got lazy, but then when I actually decided to do the next chapter, my computer got a virus. I'm using my sister's computer now. I'm going to get a new computer soon, but then I'll be off on a trip for a couple of days. Unfortunately, right after that school will start again. I'll try to keep updating, but I might be slow at times, so please don't stop reading. I will make sure to finish this story. Anyways, that's all so on with the story!

Chapter 10 The Edge

"S-shut up! Who would l-like you?!" Sakura blushed even more, than she stopped for a second. "Does that mean you know that Sakuno likes Ryoma-kun?"

"Yeah, actually I knew it the first time I saw them together. Sakuno's really obvious about these kinds of things." Ace sighed. "I just didn't want Sakuno to worry about hurting me, so I pretended like I didn't know."

"You can always talk to me if you want." Sakura offered. Ace gave her a confused look, but then he smiled.

"Thanks, you're actually a pretty nice person." Ace said

"What is that supposed to mean? What's with that actually?" Sakura asked angrily.

"Thanks…Sakura." Ace said and smiled, making them both blush.

After they had all finished their meal, they went back to the resort. Fuji called a secret meeting with his allies, a.k.a. Eiji and Momo.

"So, what's the next plan?" Momo asked.

"Well, it seems that Echizen is realizing his feelings for Sakuno-chan. We just need to do something to push him over the edge." Fuji explained.

"The edge?" Momo asked nervously.

"Yeah, you know the edge, which he will be pushed off, and underneath is the sea of realization. In that sea will be the boat of destiny, where O'chibi will land in and then Sakuno-chan will appear in the boat, and-."

"Ok, Eiji-senpai, I get it." Momo sighed.

"So, this is the plan…" Fuji smiled

Later that day, everyone met up for a picnic lunch in the park. They were getting ready to set off to the park, and were getting the picnic baskets and other supplies.

"Sakuno, could you get that last basket?" Tomoka asked her friend as she headed out the door, holding a smaller basket and a small orange purse with silver buckles.

"O-okay." Sakuno responded. She picked up the large tan container, and then almost fell over from the weight impact of the basket.

"God, how much food is in here?!" Sakuno thought, as she lugged the huge bin out of the resort kitchen. As she was dragging the basket down the hallway, she felt a hand touch her shoulder. Sakuno gasped and turned around quickly.

"Oh, sorry. Did I scare you?" Taka asked, with a concerned look.

"N-no! S-sorry K-Kawamura-senpai, I-I just w-wasn't paying a-attention." Sakuno explained.

"Oh, I-I'm sorry for catching you off guard." Taka responded.

"N-no, it's my f-fault." Sakuno said. Taka was about to apologize back again, but then Fuji suddenly appeared, and handed Taka his tennis racket.

"BURNING! I WILL CARRY THAT BASKET! COME ON RYUZAKI!" Taka shouted, and picked up the basket, along with Sakuno, much to Sakuno's shock. Taka ran all the way to the parking lot, where the bus that they were going to use to drive to the park was. Everyone else was already there putting picnic supplies in the storage trunk of the bus, and checking if everyone and everything was present and to be accounted for.

"I thought I heard something…or someone just now." Oishi commented.

"BURNING!!" Everyone turned around, and saw Taka with flames in his eyes moving at impossible speeds towards them. In Taka's arms were a large picnic basket, a tennis racket, and a confused and alarmed Sakuno. When Taka approached the bus, Fuji appeared suddenly and took the racket out of Taka's hand.

"Huh?" Taka looked around confused. "How did I get here?"

"A-ano…Kawamura-senpai…" Sakuno started with slight blush on her face.

"Huh?" Taka looked down, and realized he was still holding Sakuno and the basket.

"Can you put the basket down so we can put it in the bus?" Ryoma said with a fairly annoyed tone to his voice.

"O-oh, right sorry." Taka said, and put down Sakuno and handed the basket to Ryoma, who grabbed it rather violently.

"What the heck?! Why am I getting so angry at senpai? Its not like he did anything wrong…god why doesn't Ryuzaki even do anything? She just lets people do stuff to her?! Why should I even care?! Man, I have problems." Ryoma thought to himself. As they finished loading everything in the bus, Sakuno went inside and took a seat.

"I want to sit next to Sakuno-chan!" Eiji announced, making Ryoma flinch.

"Hey, that's not fair! I want to sit next to Sakuno!" Ace responded.

"Too bad anger-management guy. Why don't you go sit with Sakura-chan?" Eiji suggested. Ace just blushed, but he didn't say anything.

"You're too late Eiji." Fuji stated, as he took the seat next to Sakuno, making Ryoma flinch again.

"Nya! No fair, Fuji! Well that's fine; I'll sit on the other side of Sakuno-chan." Eiji explained. (Just to let you know, the seats are bench-like. The bus's set-up is like that of a school bus, with rows of benches, with usually two to three people on each side.)

"Wouldn't it be too crowded then?" Fuji asked.

"Oh really? Then how about you sit on my lap, Sakuno-chan?" Eiji asked, making Sakuno blush madly.

"S-senpai."

"Its ok, you look pretty light." Eiji answered, clearly not understanding Sakuno's discomfort. Without waiting for a response, Eiji picked up Sakuno and put her on his lap. Ryoma glared intently at Eiji, but the red-head pretended not to see it, while Sakuno who was actually oblivious to Ryoma staring, just blushed more, if it was even possible.

"Ah, this is better. Now I can spread my legs out." Fuji smiled, and glanced in Ryoma's direction.

When they got to the park, they all got out, and started unloading the supplies. Sakuno looked around and noticed that the park they arrived at was no normal park. There was a large gazebo and vibrant flowers of all colors lining a colorful mosaic stone path that snaked off into different directions. There was bright green grass with wooden benches and table sets in different areas around the park.

"Wow, this place is so pretty!" Sakura commented. "Isn't it Misa? …Misa?" Sakura looked around, but couldn't see her little sister anywhere. "Where's Misa?!"

"She's over there with O'chibi." Eiji answered. Sakura looked over to where Ryoma was, and sure enough, little Misa was bending down next to him, trying to pluck a nearby flower from the ground. Ryoma looked down at the youngster attempting to acquire a small pink flower with a bright green middle. Ryoma bent down by her side, and, took Misa's hand away from the flower. Misa looked up at him in confusion.

"Don't force it out if it doesn't want to come out." Misa looked at Ryoma with an even more confused look. "The flower I mean. It's a living thing, you know? Besides wouldn't it be better for the flower to let it stay and grow some more with the rest of the flowers?" Ryoma suggested. Misa just stared at him, then smiled and nodded in understanding. They both stood up, and just as Ryoma was about to start walking, Misa grabbed his hand and then continued walking.

"So…Echizen is that kind of guy…" Momo observed.

"What do mean that kind of guy?" Kachiro asked, with a clueless and innocent expression on his face.

"He's a nature guy of course." Momo answered matter-of-factly.

"Well…that's not really...well never mind." Oishi started.

"Let's just let him be…" Eiji told Oishi, as Momo was trying to act mature, and explain "adult-like" issues to Kachiro.

They finally found a nice picnic spot and sat down to eat. Eiji and Fuji occupied both available seats next to Sakuno, making Ryoma a very angry little boy. Ryoma sat across from Sakuno (so Ryoma shouldn't be so angry, gosh.) As they ate their lunch it was mostly in silence, until Fuji said in a seductive voice, as he put a strawberry to Sakuno's lips. "Open wide Sakuno-chan." Sakuno, of course, blushed madly, but did her open her mouth, because it turns out that strawberries were one of her favorite foods. Is it a mere coincidence, or did Fuji plan this? What do you think? (It's quite obvious by the way.) Ryoma clenched both his fists under the table. He was extremely furious right now, especially since they were right across from him.

"Here, would you like some whipped cream with that?" Fuji asked, and started putting whipped cream on the strawberry that was halfway inside Sakuno's mouth. Then, "by a total accident," Fuji "accidently" got whipped cream on Sakuno's cheek.

"Oh sorry about that, here I'll get it off for you." Fuji said, as he leaned in to lick it off. Just then, Ryoma slammed his fists on the table, and stood up. Everyone stared at him, but the tennis prince didn't care. He turned around and walked off.

"R-Ryoma-kun." Sakuno said.

"You should probably go after him." Fuji suggested, as he handed Sakuno a napkin. Sakuno nodded, and after she had wiped off the whipped cream, went in the direction Ryoma had gone in. She eventually found him sitting in the grass.

"R-Ryoma-kun…u-um is there s-something w-wrong?" Sakuno asked nervously. Ryoma looked at her, but didn't say anything. Sakuno didn't know what to say so she just stared at the ground.

"Why do you always do that?" Ryoma asked, suddenly.

"D-do what?" Sakuno asked, confused.

"Why do you let people boss you around, and take advantage of you? Why do you never lose your patience? Why?!" Ryoma asked, as he stood up and looked her in the face. Sakuno took a step backward from the shock of Ryoma's actions. "Why does it annoy me so much when you let them do whatever they want to you…even though you don't…you don't like them."

"I-I d-do like the senpai." Sakuno responded, shyly.

"…so you mean to tell me that you're in love with all the senpai?" Ryoma gave her a serious look.

"W-What? N-no o-of course n-not."

"So then…who are you in love with?"

A/N

Wow, that was intense wasn't it? I cracked up when I wrote about Fuji doing something seductive….yeah I'm such a kid. This chapter was actually pretty short, but I had to end it there. Anyways, it's time for another installment of Katsuo's adventures in jail! When we last heard from Katsuo he was still getting used to jail life. However, a few months have passed, and Katsuo began to enjoy the life of a prisoner. He got used to the daily routines, and even gained some muscles…but one day…

Cop: (opens Katsuo's jail cell) Ok you're free to go.

Katsuo: What do you mean?

Cop: Someone paid your bail, so you're free to go.

Katsuo: Really?! That's awesome! (Walks out of jail cell, and go to next jail cell over) Sayonara my friends! Spear, Albert, ZX, I'm going to miss you guys! (Waves to prisoners in jail)

Spear: we'll miss you too little buddy!

Albert: Take care of yourself

ZX: (waves in silence)

Katsuo: Goodbye my friends! (Leaves the building, and breathes fresh air from the outside world) Ahh…it's so good to be free.

Random Girl#1: Hey, isn't he that guy from prince of tennis? (Points at Katsuo)

Random Girl#2: OMG! It is! Let's get him! (Starts running towards Katsuo, and eventually a large group of Katsuo fan girls, yes Katsuo fan girls start chasing him.

Meanwhile…

Cop: TiRaMiSuLoVeR, you are under arrest for calling the cops for a pointless reason, and making us arrest some guy who really didn't do anything wrong.

Me: What kind of reason is that to arrest a person?! Plus I didn't force you to keep him in jail; you could have let him out any time you wanted to! This is unjust! I have my rights! I have a fanfic to write! (Gets dragged off by 50 cops…ok 2.)