A/N: Konnichiwa, minna-san! Long time no see! Hadn't been updating my story for almost a year from now. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, so sorry. I know I've been disappointing may readers who supported me, but, Mi-chan really couldn't think of a good way to continue.
I hope that this chapter would not disappoint you all. I've alwz knew that all of you have a tolerant heart, knowing Mi-chan is still a disastrous person. And moreover, I would like to dedicate this fics to all Sakuno's fans.
Warning: Sakuno-centric fics, readers has been warned.
Plot: Tenipuri x Jubei-chan crossover (some sorts)
Pairing: RyoSaku, FujiSaku (maybe more pairings to come)
Standard Disclaimer: Everyday I'm praying to kami-sama, hope that one day I would be like Konomi-sensei and Akitaro-sensei.
Recap of Chapter 7:
"Sakuno, the lovely eye-patch...give me...or else, I'll have to take it by force..." Tomoka exclaimed and slowly step by step approaching Sakuno.
"No...the eye-patch, is not here...it's not with me...Tomoka, get hold of yourself..." Sakuno took a few steps backward.
"Sa...Sakuno...the eyes...patch..." with Tomoka's last sentence, she fastens her pace and jumps over to attack Sakuno.
"Jubei-sama" a boy bellowed.
"A...yunosuke..." Sakuno was traumatized when she saw a tiny figure that was standing on the rooftop of Tomoka's house. The eye-patch in his hand was glowing radiantly.
Sakuno-chan no Monogatari
Chapter 8 – Struggling Love, the tainted soul
Ayunosuke jumped down from the rooftop to land beside Sakuno "Jubei-sama…"
"Raburi Gantai…" Tomoka grinned devilishly "give it to me, now!"
"Tomo-chan…" Sakuno stared at her best friend helplessly "Why? Why does it have to be you? Tomo-chan"
"Talk no more, heheheh" dark and cloudy sphere appeared in Tomoka's hand. The sphere soon turns into a katana "Either you fight me or obediently you'll give me the eye-patch" she held the sword and pointed it at Sakuno.
"The love-patch…" Sakuno said frantically "Yes, take the eye-patch and don't hurt Tomoka" Sakuno immediately diverted her gaze toward Ayunosuke "Ayunosuke…give me the eye-patch"
Realizing Sakuno's intention Ayunosuke quickly backed away from her "No…I…can't" he stammered "this…eye-patch…belongs…to…Jubei-sa-ma. I…can't…pass…to…her"
"Ayunosuke, please" Sakuno begged "give it to her…only then Tomo-chan will be saved"
Ayunosuke shook his head "I…can't…"
"Stop being so stubborn" Sakuno continued to convince Ayunosuke to give in, but the devil that possessed Tomoka's body has become impatient.
"I'll get it myself" with that, Tomoka leaped over and attacked Ayunosuke. Tomoka's moved so swiftly that Sakuno could only feel wind blowing towards her. Within seconds, Tomoka was already standing in front of Ayunosuke, raising her sword high into the air; she's ready to attack him anytime.
Vigorously, Tomoka swing her sword downward, aiming to chop the boy into half. Warm blood splashes out from the fresh wound, splashing over Tomoka's body. Tomoka's attack had not been a fatality one when she noticed that Sakuno had suddenly rushed over to protect the boy from being attack.
Her eyes widen when a warm body embraced "I'm sorry…Tomo-chan…" Sakuno apologized weakly before she collapsed "I'm…sorry…Tomo…chan…"
"Ju…be…i-sama!" Spontaneously, Ayunosuke used his body to avoid Sakuno's head to hit on the ground.
Seeing Sakuno's lifeless body, Tomoka shook her head frantically. Two hands clenches the side of her head, she yelled in despair "No…no…what is…this…" Tomoka is slowly recovering from her awareness.
"Sa…Sakuno…" tears rolled down from her cheeks. Tomoka has been struggling with the devil that inhabited and tainted her soul.
"Kill them and get me the eye-patch" the devil said
"St…stop it…leave me alone!" she refused.
Ayunosuke noticed that Tomoka had regained her consciousness and is now struggling from being controlled by the devil. While Tomoka struggles, Ayunosuke take this opportunity to escape. He quickly carried Sakuno with him and made an escape. When the devil saw them escaping, he wanted to launch another attack to stop but was interjected by Tomoka "NO!"
Gritting his teeth, the devil watched furiously as Ayunosuke leaped from one roof to another.
"You fool! Just a little bit more…" he hissed "the eye-patch will be in my hand" with that, the devil perform hypnosis on Tomoka "Kuso, just because of you, I've wasted much energy to get you into unconscious state…"
Meanwhile…
"Ju…bei…sama" Ayunosuke has become aware of Sakuno's current state. She's been losing quite an amount of blood and the wound is still bleeding. She'll need immediate treatment before it's too late. Ayunosuke took a quick backward glance to check if the devil has been pursuing them and as soon as Ayunosuke noted that there's no sign of being pursued, he began to search for a suitable place to treat Sakuno's wound. He had chosen to go back to the forest that was nearby Seigaku.
When they reached the forest, Ayunosuke began ventured into the deep forest to find some herb to stop Sakuno's wound from bleeding. Within a short time, Ayunosuke was able to find some useful herbs. He munches the herb in his mouth before applying onto Sakuno's wound.
While apply the herbs on Sakuno's body, he felt that its temperature is lowering down "Ju…bei…sama" Ayunosuke recalled of how Sakuno managed to save him from the deadly attack, tears ran down his cheeks "Please…don't…die, Jubei…sama"
"Ne Yuuta? Are you coming back this weekend?" Fuji, who had been diligently making contacts with his brother, asked nonchalantly "I'm sure they wanted to see you as soon as they come back from their trip. I'll ask nee-chan to prepare your favorite dish…" he chuckled
"Stop teasing me…" Yuuta bellowed over the phone "I…" just as when Yuuta was about to continue further, Mizuki interjected them.
"Yuuta? Is that you brother, Fuji Syuusuke?" he laughed wickedly "Hm…hm…hm, Yuuta, give me the phone" instead of waiting, Mizuki snatched the receiver from Yuuta and began "Fuji Syuusuke, I know what you're up to. Trying to get some data of our team from your brother…but…" Mizuki paused when the line from Fuji was cut off.
"Hm…hm…hm…" Mizuki stared dangerously at Yuuta "Yuuta-kun? What time is it now? Aren't you worried about your health? Go to bed now!"
"What! Mizuki-san but it's just ten past nine?"
"What did you say? In order to help you all to keep the fittest condition, you'll have to do what I say"
As soon as Fuji heard Mizuki's voice, he quickly places the receiver down. "It is going be a lonely night…" he sighed. Just as when he was about to walk back to his room, someone knocked the door.
Fuji raised his brow and regarded the door for a while. "Who could it be, at this time?"
He walked over and opened up the door. To his surprise, he found the unconscious Sakuno collapsed right in front of him.
"S…SAKUNO!" his eyes widen when he saw her blood tainted blouse. He carefully held her into his arms. He noticed the treated wound was done in urgent situation and there's no proper dressing; Fuji could still see blood trickles from part of the wound "Sakuno? What's going on?" He took a quick glance around his neighborhoods to see if there's any trace of the one who had brought Sakuno to him.
As soon as Fuji closes the door behind him, Ayunosuke came out from his hideout "Please, take good care of Jubei-sama" he whispered. His hand gritted the eye-patch tightly. Ayunosuke took one last glance at Fuji's doorsteps before heading back to the forest.
Fuji's wobbly hands paused in the midair once again. He's been repeating this for quite sometimes. Fuji had never come across any thing that would make him indecisive. Yet, this time, this typical issue has been giving Fuji a hard time. Take off or not? Fuji quickly shook his head to wipe off those unpleasant thoughts in his mind. He makes himself sounds more like a pervert.
Fuji settles Sakuno to sit on a chair, with her head resting on his writing table, in this way; it would be easier for him to strap up her wound.
"I know this is going to be offensive…" Fuji blushes frivolously "but I have to get these dirty clothes off you and more importantly, I'll have to properly dress your cut" deciding that he has to get it done, one shaky hand began to remove her upper garment. With Sakuno's bare back facing him, Fuji began to dress her wound. While tending Sakuno, Fuji noted mentally 'why do I have to explain the details to her. She can't hear me anyway, pathetic'
"Done…" a satisfying smirk plastered on his face. He quickly dressed Sakuno with the shirt which she had wore during her first staying over.
"I wondered who could have done this to you. You're such a sweet girl" seeing Sakuno's current state, Fuji couldn't help but stare pitiably at her.
'Fuji-senpai, I'll be strong and I'll protect...protect something that's important to me' her words came into his mind once again. Unable to conceal his feelings for her, he embraced Sakuno into his arm. "Baka, you should be the one who needs protection, baka…" tears escaped from the corner of his eyes. "Tell me, what can I do to stop you from hurting yourself, Jubei-chan"
Two years ago…
"Yumiko-neechan? You're leaving for Kyoto again?" seeing that his sister is about to leave the house, Fuji asked worriedly.
"Syuusuke, nee-chan has to resolve a problem" without turning to face him "this time, nee-chan would be away for quite sometimes or maybe…"
"Nee-chan?" Although Yumiko didn't wish to continue further, yet, Syuusuke was able to comprehend the situation. Unmistakable, this would be their last conversation.
"Iiyada, nee-chan, don't go…" Just when Syuusuke was about to stop his sister from leaving, Yumiko pushed him away and quickly closed the door behind her. Syuusuke rushed towards the door and tried to open it but Yumiko was there securing it, forbidding Syuusuke to come out from their house.
"Syuusuke, please look after everyone while I wasn't here" Yumiko voice cracked "Onegai…"
"NO…nee-chan! Don't go! Don't leave us…kaasan will be very sad if she don't see you around" Fuji continuously pounded hardly against the door as he beg.
"Gomen…" There was a moment of silence right after Yumiko muttered her last words. Fuji realized that her sister is no longer standing outside when he opened the door.
"NEECHAN!"
It was his second year in Seigaku. He put all his concentrations into his tennis practices and his skills were well recognized by others. The smiling face that the tennis prodigy shows the world is the disguise of the pain of losing his beloved sister a year ago. He couldn't remember the last time he had shed tears.
It was during one tired evening. As usual, Fuji had drained all his strength for trainings. As soon as he reached home, he noticed a familiar figure standing in front of their doorsteps, greeting him with a warm smile.
"Syuusuke…okaeri nasai" Fuji dropped his bag, his eyes widen when he saw Yumiko standing in front of him.
"Nee…chan? YUMIKO-NEECHAN?" Fuji couldn't believe with his own eyes. Voluntarily, he raised a hand and pinched hardly on one side of his cheeks. "I…itte…"
"Not a dream?"
Yumiko blinked amusingly at his brother before reassuring him with another warm smile "Yume ja nai yo…Syuusuke" she walk over and embraced Fuji tightly.
"Thanks to Jubei-sama, the curse in me has been set free" she said softly.
"Ju…bei-sama! You mean the legendary swordsman, Yagyu Jubei? Nee-chan? You'll sin for lying. He was dead long ago?"
"I'm not lying. Jubei-sama, although she's only a year or two younger than you, she's so brave" Yumiko remarked "Come on, go and take a bath first while I'm preparing dinner. I'll tell you more about Jubei-sama later"
"Nee-chan? You're increasing my curiosity...how can Jubei-sama be younger than me?" Fuji murmured as he followed his sister from behind "You must be thinking that I'm still a kid to believe in all these absurd imagination of yours"
'Huso…huso, ne, nee-chan? Are you trying to hide something from me? How could a little girl transform into a young woman like you and she fight! YOU FIGHT TOO! Aren't you a psychic? Mo, won't you just tell me, where were you for the past years…runaway with the love of your life?"
"But I was telling you the truth" Yumiko furrowed as she settles herself on the side of Fuji's bed.
"Serious!" he threw a quizzical look at his sister once again "You know you'll drop all your teeth for lying"
"Cross my heart and hook to die?" She smiled warmly
"Anyway, if there's really a Jubei-sama…" thought Fuji hadn't be convinced by Yumiko's story, he remarked "I would do anything to repay her for saving you"
"Ah? Really? I'm sure you're going to like her when you see her"
"Back then, I assumed that my sister was hiding the truth from me. I never believed of what she said about you is true, but not until what I saw with my own eyes. You're exactly like what my sis had described. Kind, lovely and strong, but another thing that she doesn't know about you is that, you're wobbly but cute and amiable" brushing away a few strains of hair from her forehead "then when you showed your real identities in front of us, I knew that, I'll have to keep my promise to do anything to repay you"
"Repaying you for bringing back my sister back to me, an important members of our family" Fuji continued to trail his fingers along Sakuno's cheekbones "and my first impression of you? When I first met you, I thought an angel has come down from heaven" his thumb massaging her cold pale cheeks "You're cold…perhaps this will keep you warm" Fuji laid himself beside Sakuno, pulling Sakuno into a gentle embrace; a hand that tug around her tiny waist, his chin rested on top of her head, he uses his body heat to warm her cold body "Good night, Sakuno-chan"
'Tomo-chan' she murmured in her sleep "Gomen ne…Tomo-chan" Tears formed at the corner of her eyes. Fuji felt Sakuno's grip onto his pajamas tightly before snuggling into his warmth.
"Tomo-chan?" At this very moment, Fuji began to realize the predicament that Sakuno has to face.
The sunlight beamed bright through the windows. With a murmur of complaint, Sakuno turned from it, pressed her face into the pillow. Then again, something seems to be wrong when she smelled a familiar scent next to her, feel the not-quite-steady thud of somebody's heartbeat.
Moreover, no snoring sound? 'Definitely not obaa-chan!' she noted mentally. As soon as Sakuno open up her sleepy eyes to see who's sleeping beside her, a pair of sky blue orbs staring lovingly at hers.
"Ohaiyou, Sakuno-chan" Fuji greeted her with a sing song tone.
"Ho…ho…HOE!" With burning red face, Sakuno shouted out loud and involuntarily, she pushed Fuji out of his bed. Covering her flushed face with two hands she turns away from Fuji and muttered continuously "Fuji-senpai, baka, baka, baka"
"I…tte…" Fuji groaned softly in pain when he rubbed his aching back due to the fall.
"What…what had we done?" Sakuno sobbed "We shouldn't be doing this…a taboo"
"Doing what? Ta…taboo?" Fuji's expression turns hilarious at first and soon changed into a more perplexing one as he crawled back to the side of his bed, trying to clear the confusion "Wait a minute, Sakuno-chan…You've mistaken! It's not like what you think. We've not done anything of that sort"
"Nothing happened" she raised her teary face to stare at him, searching for his reassurance.
"Hai, nothing happened" he said softly at last with one hand gently stroking Sakuno's head.
"We could have done it if you were not wounded badly" Fuji continued with a plain joke.
"Sen…pai" Sakuno felt blood instantly rushing up to her head. Hot steam could be seen from her burning red face.
"Joking" he chuckled when he saw Sakuno's indecipherable expression.
"Hidoi yo…Senpai" while composing herself, Sakuno complaint "but…but" she paused and took another good look of herself "my uniform? This shirt was the one I wore before? And…" After quite sometimes she finally recalled what happened last night.
Directly, Sakuno sprang up from the bed, rushing over and stood in front of a mirror to look at her injured shoulder. The wound has been properly dressed.
"Doshita no, Sakuno-chan? Kitsu wa itai no kai?"
(What's wrong, Sakuno-chan? Does the cut hurt?"
"Not at not, I feel nothing…it's not painful" Sakuno used her fingers and touched the wounded part and pressed it as hard as she could "I feel nothing"
"It's not painful?" Sakuno make another few poking on her injured shoulder "Fushigi Muristeri"
(Fushigi Muriteri : Unexplainable Mystery)
"Right! You know you really scared me to death when I saw you collapsed in front of my doorway, half dead. Now you tell me that you're totally recovered? Fushigi da ne. De, what happened? Who did this to you?" Fuji asked sternly. He sounds like a policeman digging up statement from a criminal.
"I…" Until now, Sakuno could still feel the fear of facing the truth about Tomoka "I…I don't know" she turned and stare away from Fuji "It just happened so suddenly"
"Something to do with Osakada-san, am I right?" Fuji asked again.
"Fuji-senpai!" Sakuno had a shock in her life of what she had heard. She could felt her heart nearly pounds out of her rib cage when Fuji mentioned Tomoka's name.
"It…not…that" she denied "There's nothing to do with Tomo-chan"
"Then why? Why were you mentioning her name last night? Why were you shading tears and apologizing to her?"
"I…told you…" Sakuno was persistent about concealing the truth from Fuji but was once again cut off by him when he pulled her into a tight embrace. Sakuno didn't know how to react upon it.
"It's enough" Fuji shushes "I know that you've been suffering too, right? You're hurt to see your best friend going against you. Seeing your best friend hurting you like that and yet you couldn't do anything to help her. Blaming yourself for dragging her into your past"
"Let…let go" she struggled to set free from Fuji "What did you know about my past! You know nothing! You don't know me at all"
"I do!" Fuji said angrily "Back then in Kyoto, you were running away from what you possessed, right? You were running away from your friends too just because you think this way you could protect them, and you even run away your father, Nanohana Sai"
A/N: Minna-san, sorry for the interruption. Mi-chan has some explanations to make. First, in the real Jubei-chan's story, her real name is Nanohana Jiyuu. And Jiyuu's father, a ghost writer, is Nanohana Sai. In my plot, Sakuno is using her mother's family names instead of his father's. Thus she has the same family name as Sumirei. (Moreover, in the real Tenipuri anime, they never mention a thing about Sakuno's parents) Thus, in the later part of my story, Sakuno's father would be introduced as Nanohana Sai (the actual name of Jubei-chan's father). I would also explain further on why Sai did not complain about Sakuno changing her family name in later part of my story. Oh, one more important factor – The storyline also said that Jubei-chan has lost her mother when she was very young. This would also be part of this story. Mi-chan apologized if the explanation doesn't seem to make any sense.
"Why?" Sakuno eyes widen with tears flowing freely from it. Her voice cracked "How did you know my father?"
"Sakuno, there's something that I've wanted to show you" He released Sakuno from his cuddle "Please come with me" he said and took Sakuno hand in his. Obediently Sakuno followed Fuji from his room to another room.
When they entered the room, he gestured Sakuno to take a sit at the corner of the room, where a single couch is placed nearby the balcony.
"This is my sister room" Sakuno blinked at Fuji for a moment in suspense. She will have to admit that the well known Seigaku prodigy is not only good at tennis but also very good in comprehending people's thought.
"Ano…Fuji-senpai? Why are we here?"
"Coz, I want to show you this" Fuji replied as he walks towards Sakuno again.
"Shashin?" Sakuno took the picture frame from Fuji and stare at it for quite sometimes "She's your sister right? We met last time during your match with Akaya-san?"
"You really don't remember her, don't you?"
"She…" Sakuno furrowed her brow as she focuses on the picture again "eto…can't remember, but this beautiful lady resembles my deceased mother"
"Yumiko, her name is Fuji Yumiko" Fuji said "Two years ago, she was in Kyoto. She was given a task by her former master to eliminate the Niidaime no Yagyu Jubei. Back then, her name was Mikage"
"Mi…Mikage…" Sakuno eyes widen "You…ano, Mikage-san? Both of you" she turn her head to Fuji then to the picture and back to Fuji again "related?"
"She was the one who told me about you" Fuji confessed
"So, you've already known much about my past, but why were you acting like as if…as if…"
"Sorry, I didn't mean to hide it from you. Actually, I've been waiting for a right timing to tell you" he kneeled in front of Sakuno, raising his hands and cupped Sakuno's cheek.
"A right timing?" Sakuno blushes when he realized that Fuji's face is moving closer towards hers.
"Yes, a right timing, just like this" he whispered softly. Sakuno could felt warm breathe caressing her cheek. Just as when Sakuno thought that she would be expecting Fuji's lips on hers, a loud thud interrupted them.
Both of them turn towards where to thudding sound was from. Eyes wide open when they Ryoma standing in front of the doorway, eyes were glaring dangerously at them.
"Echizen/Ryoma-kun?" Fuji quickly stood up from where he was "What are you doing here?"
"Sorry for the interruption" his voice said coldly "I left my stuff here" his glare never lightened especially on Fuji.
"Ryoma-kun" Sakuno stammered "It's not…"
"Why would you explain anything to me? It's none of my business" his cold tone was unusual "Like I said, I'm only here to collect my stuff back, that's all" Ryoma interjected before turning away from them "I'm leaving"
"Ryoma-kun?" Sakuno's felt lambasted by Ryoma's last words 'what do you mean by none of your business?' She quickly stood up and chase after Ryoma.
"Ryoma-kun, wait!" Sakuno managed to get hold of him before he left the house "Is it really fine with you?"
"What do you mean?" without turning around, Ryoma asked coldly
"Is it alright for you to see what Fuji-senpai is doing to me?" Sakuno take out her courage to pout it all out "Why don't you say something? Ryoma-kun?"
"I didn't know that I was given the right to say something" Ryoma muttered sourly.
"Ryoma-kun?" Sakuno whimpered "Why? Didn't you at least feel something in your heart?"
"Yes" Ryoma finally had the courage to turn to face Sakuno "Right now, I've realized that I've made a fool out of myself" he continued sternly "Back then, you could have told me that you didn't like it when I kissed you. Back then…you could have told me everything about you and Fuji-senpai!"
"I…" Sakuno shook her head "It's not true"
"Sakuno" this would be the first time Ryoma calling her by her given name "You're troublesome" with that Ryoma walk out of the door leaving Sakuno behind him.
"Sakuno…" Fuji saw the whole heartbreaking incident. Just when he was about to get hold of Sakuno's hand, Sakuno moved away.
"I'm sorry…but…" unable to compose herself any longer, Sakuno ran out of Fuji's house and headed back to her house.
When Sakuno entered her house, Sumirei was already standing at the front door waiting for her.
"Sakuno! Where have you been…" Sumirei asked angrily at first but paused upon seeing Sakuno's teary face. Moreover, she also noticed that Sakuno had worn only a shirt.
"What happened!" Sumirei quickly lowered her voice and asked anxiously.
"O…Obaa-chan" Sakuno rushed over to give her granny a tight embrace "I'm going home…please, let me go back to Kyoto, please" she begged
"Sakuno?" Sumirei didn't understand what neither she felt the urge to reprimand her, forcing her to reveal everything to her. Right now all she wanted was to give the poor girl some peace in mind. She would have admitted that it would be best for her to leave Seishun City and go back to Kyoto for some times.
"Alright, now don't cry anymore" Sumirei hushed "I'll get you back to Kyoto in no time"
While Sakuno started to pack up some of her belongings, Sumirei called Sakuno's father in Kyoto.
"Moshi moshi, Nanohana Sai desu" a man with a baritone answered
"Sai…"
"Ah…ah…okaasama? It's been quite sometimes since I've hear from you"
"Hai hai, let me do the talking first. Listen! Today I'm sending Sakuno back to you"
"What! Why so sudden!"
"Hm? Are you complaining to me?"
"No…no, of course not, I would be more than happy to have her here with me"
"What about school?"
"Don't worry! School break will start soon; otherwise I won't be letting her going off just like this"
"Great! She could spend sometime with me at last. I'll be at the Sub-station to pick her up"
"Make sure you do, sore dake"
(Sore dake – that's all)
It was almost evening time when Sakuno reached Kyoto sub-station. She waited patiently for her father to pick her up. While waiting, Sakuno's eyes wandered around to see if there are any changes while she was away. It really feels nice to be back here again, she noted mentally.
"Okaeri-nasai, Jubei-chan..." a man stood behind the bench and pick up Sakuno's luggage. (Okaeri-nasai - Welcome home)
"Otousan...Tadai...ma..." Sakuno quickly ran toward his father and gave him a warm embrace.
Sakuno raised her head to take a good look of her father. He looks the same as before. Medium built, quite good looking middle aged man with specs, which reminds Sakuno of Inui-senpai. His hair is still the same, ruffle and untidy dark grayish hair.
(Tadaima - I'm home)
"Yagyu Jubei and the eye-patch, you must have it with you...in order to eliminate the grudge..." the devilish voice remarked.
"Torajishiro, I trust that you won't fail me"
"Hai...Toukushiden-sama..." Tomoka amenably replied her master "with the help of this mortal, Jubei would definitely die in our hands. The love shaped eyes patch would be our possession in no time"
"Ne…ne…ne…Did anyone here heard rumor about that?" One of the girl from the girl tennis club muttered while doing their trainings "I've heard that the first year, Ryuzaki Sakuno won't be coming to school till the end of the school break"
"Really? Huso, where did you get the info from?" another girl asked with interest.
"My younger sister is the same class as Sakuno-chan. Their class teacher announced it before class started"
Just when the girls were talking about Sakuno, Eiji passed by the girls' tennis court and heard everything. He quickly rushed over to meet up with the rest of them.
"Oishi, Fuji…O…ochibi!" Eiji bellowed and first thing he did was hopped over to Ryoma's side and give him a Kikumaru deadlock attack.
"Kikumaru-senpai…let go…I can't breathe"
"Mo…Ochibi" Kikumaru huffed "You'll even run out of breathe when you hear this!"
"What is it, Eiji?" Fuji asked anxiously. When Ryoma and Fuji's eyes met, they glared at each other in a sinister way. The rest could feel the terribly inauspicious aura surrounding them.
"I've heard that Sakuno-chan wasn't in town anymore"
"Are you sure?" Oishi asked
"Not sure…but that was what the girls said"
"Maybe we should go over and ask Ryuzaki-sensei" Inui interjected.
"It's true" Tezuka replied from behind. His expression looks awfully tired.
"Tezuka/Bucho" the regulars turned around to meet their captain.
"Just now, Ryuzaki-sensei called me and asked me something about her granddaughter"
"Why?" Eiji blinked with more curiosity "Hee…hee…Tezuka, don't tell me something's going on between two of you…" he remarked mischievously and poked the captain with his elbow a few times.
Tezuka ignored Eiji's taunting as he continue sternly "I did not make any comments about her, but, I'm sure sensei will approach the rest of you soon"
The rest of them shrugged upon hearing what "Sumirei-chan could really get onto your nerves when it comes to reprimanding. I'm sure she will do anything to get any information she wants" Fuji commented
"Nyah, but we've already promised Sakuno-chan, not to tell anyone about her secret" Eiji frowned "That's troublesome…you know I'm not good in telling lies"
"Are you sure?" the rest quickly stares at Eiji with suspicion.
"Anyway, just do you best to pretend that as if you don't know anything" Tezuka suggested
"There's also a way" Inui adjusted his spec, a confident smirk plastered on his face "If she continues, just try your best to change topics. We can use an excuse to ask her more about of school break training programs"
"That's a good idea, Inui" Oishi commented "We've got to inform the rest of them about this"
"I'll go and tell Momo and Kaidoh" Eiji volunteered "Nyah…I'm so excited"
"I'll pass the information to Taka-san" Fuji said
TBC
A/N: Finally done, phew, mi-chan had been wreaking her brain to get this out, though it might not seems to be as promising as ever.
The unexpected incident: I didn't know what had made me come out with the concept of adding Fuji's sister into my fics, but, I think she will play a good roll in playing as Mikage. Mikage used to be an assassin sent forth to eliminate Jubei-chan, but she failed and eventually her soul was purified by Jubei's mysterious power. Thus this would also be a reason why Fuji had treated Sakuno so kind.
My dedications:
Tsubame-chan: I'm so sorry for keeping you waiting and thank you for your reviews. I understand the importance of being responsible, thus, please bear with short comings. I'll make sure; I'll complete this story soon. I'm also a RyoSaku, FujiSaku fans. Anyone that pairs with Sakuno-chan makes my blood creeps. Eto…I've done another story on RyoSaku. It's the Phantom of X'mas. Don't worry, the story had been completed.
Whitelilies: Thank you! Thank you! I'm so happy to read your reviews
Doggythumper: Hahaha! You are very adorable. I like to read your review too. Thanks for your bunches of encouragement.
LadyLight: Thank you!
Ginaorgasoline: Thank you so much! Makes me blushes when being commented by people.Heh, not at all, more praising,more…hahaha eh, that's not me okay…it's the inner mi-chan's who's doing the typing.
StarFreak/Magy/Koori no tenshi: I'm so sorry, fuhhuuu mi-chan covering her face with shame I know, it's seems like Mi-chan has take forever to finish this chappie. Mi-chan apologizes for the short comings. I also hope that your support would still be with me.
Other dedications: hannah-chan,zazabeans-chan, anime-obsession260, zhu-zhu, glitterfairy, Sourapplegreen, Kiralacus, the Eiji Cat, abc and Sakuya-chan
Minna-san, hontoni arigatou