Okay Part 2 here (:
Even though Rio now seems like a bubbly girl, you know what they say. Those that smile the most are usually the ones that are hurt the most inside. That kind of thing.
Rio: You really going to tell them?
Ryoma: You have to face it anyway Rio
I think Ryoma-kun is right.
Rio: Haix
Okayyy before it gets any gloomier here lets continue with the story.
Title: A tiny trip to Seigaku Part 2
*I do not owe anything except the plot and Rio
Previously:
"Everything will be fine. Genichi don't show such an expression okay?" she flashed him another of her irrisistable smiles. Sanada turned to leave. Only when his back was out of sight did Rio walk back to Ryoma and the Regulars and naturally being the Seigaku regulars they are, they already had a long list of questions lined up.
Normal POV~~~
"Okay.. guys?" Rio questioned as she looked at the regulars of her own tennis club. "What's wrong?" The seigaku regulars were literally rooted to the ground. It was kind of a shock to them to see the scene unfold before their eyes. Their mouths gasped wide open as their brains tried to process what had just happened. "Er-hem!" Tezuka suddenly stepped in and coughed snapping the other regulars awake from their daze. He had been standing near them and listening in on their conversation and had decided not to step in after all. Momoshiro was the first to speak up, "Ne, Rio-chan whats your relationship with him?" He paused for a while but without waiting for an answer, "You know the vice-captain of Rikkaidai?! How? Why?" Momoshiro's pace sped up bombing question after question until, "Shut up already. Pshhh shhh. You dumb hot headed fellow." "What?!" Momoshiro flared up and stared. "Wanna fight you snake?!" Fuji smile and led Rio away, "Now lets ignore the two idiots that are going to start to fight soon. But Momoshiro is right though, we do want to know what happened." Rio smilied nervously and whimpered in a soft voice. "Its nothing really. Nothing. Just something of the past. Thats all." From her tone she didn't seem like she wanted to be questioned any further, Fuji didn't plan on pushing her for answers. Everyone does have a thing or two that they didn't want to talk about in their lives after all. He certainly wasn't going to pressure her into telling him. Fuji decided to smile at Rio telling her it was alright and patting her on the head like an older brother would. "If you need someone to talk to, you can find me."
During class Rio couldn't help but think that Ryoma had over-reacted during morning practice. Did she have to tell the rest of them about THAT incident? They deserved to know but she couldn't make up her mind. It was making her thoughts spin as she stared out the window and soon was begining to day-dream. Fujiwara-sensei who had been observing her since the start of maths lesson was starting to get a bit fustrated. 'Echizen Rio.' he thought. 'You again, how dare you not listen to my lesson as always. Heh, lets see how you handle this.' He continue to go through one of the more difficult questions that was not of the normal level of the class. Many of the students groaned when Fujiwara started to explain. They just didn't get it. When he finished explaining, Rio was still in her own little world. Wondering how she was going to break the news to the rest of the team members. "Echizen Rio. Whats the answer for question 3?" boomed Fujiwara from the front of the class. "He's totally picking on her." whispered a classmate. "This is too diffcult." whispered another. "That bastard!" Ryoma mentally cursed and clicked his tongue. Rio stood up and sighed, "Sensei, do you love picking on me that much? I know I'm cute and all but doing this won't get me to turn my head you know?" The class giggled and some snickered. Fujiwara literally had smoke coming out of his ears as his face turned red. "Now, now we all know what you are going to say. The answer is X=2, while Y=5. Do you need the solution too?" Rio teased. Fujiwara just coughed and sternly replied, "That is correct." most of the class was impressed. She answered it that quickily despite day-dreaming on his lesson. Soon that lesson became the joke of the day. Rio sighed once again as she sat down and continued to look out the window seeing the clouds float pass. So the lesson passed and the next one started. Lesson after lesson, soon it was time for lunch break. Rio got up from her seat and was about to meet up with Ryoma for lunch when she noticed a familiar figure standing at her classroom door. It was Tezuka. 'Weird? What's Tezuka-buchou doing here?' she thought to herself and walked towards the door. "Looking for my brother buchou?" she asked politely. She was after all his junior. Tezuka shook his head, "Actually I'm looking for you. I need to talk to you." Tezuka turned to walk off after urging Rio to follow him.
Ryoma looked from inside of the classroom wondering why would Rio leave with the captain. But he respected the captain and decided not to follow after. He thought that Tezuka-buchou won't come looking for Rio for no reason.
Tezuka had led Rio all the way to a corner behind the school were less students actually go all the way there for lunch break. It seemed that Tezuka wanted to get them to a place where there were less people. Rio prepared herself, she had a vague idea why Tezuka would come looking for here. But she figured if he had listened to her story maybe he would understand it more then anyone else. He seemed more mature for his age after all. Tezuka was the one that started the conversation, "What is the incident?" he blantly asked. Tezuka had thought of many ways of how to break the ice and talk about it. But in the end he thought that it was best if he just went straight to the question instead of beating around the bushes. Typical of him. Rio smiled and averted her gaze to the ground. "That was straightforward of you." Tezuka simply replied a soft "Hn.." "Well if you need to know we kind of have to go back a couple of years."
-Start of Flashback, 2 years ago, Echizen Rio, America, At a certain Major Tennis Tourment-
"Rio you can do it!" a younger Ryoma cheered his little sister on. Rio smilied back cheekily at her elder brother. Remembering the bet that they had before the compeitition. "When you win, I'll bring you to a all-you-can-eat cake shop!" Rio mouthed out the words, "I got this." to Ryoma standing on the stand. In the opposite court was another pettie-sized figure. Hair tied back into a bun. Looking at Rio fiercely. Rio regained her posture and the match began. It was the finals in the Tourment and with this win, Rio would have been crowned Champion for the 4th time in a row. Alot of players have tried to take her spot but have been brutely crushed down before they even stood a chance. This time was no exception. Within an hour, the opponent was already out of breath, while Rio was still extremely hyper and energetic. (To be honest she was on sugar rush from the sweets Ryoma bought for her at the local sweet stores) In the end, the opponent lost 6-3. And a friendly handshake was done to end the game. But this time was different from the last 3 years, Rio was happy that the opponent was able to get points from her. Rio knew that this time her opponent was quite formidable and during the handshake Rio spoke up to her, "Thanks for this wonderful match! You played well!" in her usual cheerful voice. Unfortunatly, this time the opponent took it as an insult, and sneered back at her, "What do you know? You have it all. The personality, skills, looks. Thats just an insult" Rio was kind of shocked at the response she got.
But little did she know, that was the begining of her nightmare.
Sorry this part took so long guys! It really wasn't on purpose! To all those that reviewed and told mi to update this as soon as possible. I'm really sorry! And I appreciate all your support as well. To those that have favourite this story or even have alerts for it, do continue to support mi as I continue with this story.
I really do appreciate the support i'm getting, as this story is my first and it has came a long way from chapter one. I hope you have enjoyed this story and to make it up to you all! The release date for the next chapter would be 2/2/2014, which is in a weeks time and also my birthdayy! YAY!
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