Secrets Kept
He's the next chapter... i'm not exactly sure if it makes sense any more... in other words i think it's getting random... lol... thanks for everyone who's read this story!! YAY!!
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Ryoma looked at the two pots above the fire place and smiled, "Okaa-san… Otou-san… take care of the house while we're gone…ne?"
She walked out of the house and looked at it one last time, Ray called out to her, "Ryoma, it's time to go…"
"Hai…!" Ryoma made her way to the black car and looked back at the house. As they drove to the airport, Ryoma idly looked out the window and watched the house pass her by.
They arrived at the airport and started to make their way to the gate, however Ryoma did not expect the three rival team regulars all there to wave her off. She looked at Ray who merely smiled and walked ahead of her.
"Echi… Takeuchi!" greeted Mukahi," you make a better girl than a guy…"
"Why thank you…" smiled Ryoma with a smile, the Hyoutei regulars turned red as they saw the smile.
"We came to see you off Brat," said Atobe.
"I can see that Monkey King, no need to state the obvious," laughed Ryoma.
"We brought you some things," smiled Fuji, "There's some CDs, magazines, food and well other things…"
Ryoma looked into the bag, "thanks…"
"Keep safe Ryoma," said Oishi.
"Make sure you keep in contact brat," said Momo.
"I'll try to remember," said Ryoma.
"I'll like a match with you again when you get back," smiled Yukimura.
Ryoma smiled back, "That's if I'm up to it…"
"Flight 445 is now boarding," said the announcement.
"That's my flight," smiled Ryoma, then she did the most unexpected thing, she gave them all each a hug, "Don't worry… I'll be back…"
Lastly was Eiji who lagged back, Ray called out to her, "Ryoma… please hurry…"
"Yes… I'm coming," called out Ryoma, she pulled Eiji into a hug and kissed him on the cheek. She then ran to catch up with Ray, suitcase in hand, but not before turning around and waved at them. "Have fun at High school!"
Eiji held his cheek where Ryoma had kissed.
"I'm returning the favour Eiji-sempai…"
His heat skipped a beat, the others were teasing him but he didn't mind.
'Ochibi called me Eiji-sempai…' thought Eiji.
"I'll see you all in high school!" waved Ryoma as she walked away.
It took everyone a minute or so to register what she said, "Oi… isn't that more than two years away for her?"
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Years passed and all the regulars were in high school. The once second years of junior high were now freshmen in high school. Coincidently the three rival school regulars were all stuck in the same high school in Kanagawa. There were several times where they would get together and talk but most of the time was spent on the tennis courts. Even though they now go to same school still didn't mean there was no rivalry, after all it was rivalry between dorms now. There were few times where they would hang out and for some reason they thought of one particular girl, whether they were watching a cartoon, listening to music or doing something else.
"You call yourself the Golden pair?" mocked Marui as he returned Oishi's Moon Volley.
"Grr… I'm going to beat you!" said Eiji angrily as he returned Marui's shot.
Oishi sighed with Jackal, "Why bother playing doubles with these two when they could play singles with each other…"
"Come on…! The bell rang," called out Kawamura, even though he retired from being in the tennis club he still supported them. "We'll be late for class…!"
"We'll finish this later," said Marui.
"Ochibi is coming back next year," said Eiji with a smile. Oishi smiled as well and they walked off to get changed and prepare for class.
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"We're here ma'me," said the driver at the front.
The girl's lips curled into a smile and got out of the car, "I guess its back to old school life… Thank you…"
"Shall I come pick you up?"
"Iie… I know you have a lot to do… I can get back on my own," said the girl. She watched as the black car drove away and turned to look at the school, "well… it's better late than ever…"
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"I expect that you all studied for today's test," said the teacher in English. "Please clear your desks and you are only allowed to have a dictionary and something to write with."
"Gin-sensei," greeted the principle as he popped his head through the door, "Could I talk to you for a bit…"
Gin-sensei placed down his test papers back onto his desk and went over to the principal, the now second years watched as Gin-sensei nodded as the principal talked then looked surprise while he looked at something outside the door.
"Class it seems you'll have the test postponed for a few minutes," said Gin-sensei, "We have a new student in our lovely English class… Please make her feel welcome…" said Gin-sensei, as the student walked in.
"OMG she is freaking hot!" whistled a boy.
"Takeuchi Ryoma," bowed Ryoma with a smile.
"Are you sure you're a girl, 'cause you look like a hot guy," said a girl.
"Hell no… look at the pretty face, that is definitely a chick," said the boy. Fuji, Eiji, Marui and Yukimura who was in the class shared a look of surprise as they looked at the girl who was supposedly now a second year high schooler. There stood Ryoma who surprisingly looked like she did when they first met her, still young. She wore the black plaited skirt, the white shirt with a neatly done tie, the v-neck jumper and the cream coloured blazer. The only difference that they could see was her hair; it was much longer now and looked lustrous.
"She's come back from Korea," said Gin-sensei, "Why don't you introduce yourself?"
"My name is Ryoma… Takeuchi Ryoma or in America it would be Ryoma Takeuchi…" said Ryoma with a shrug. "I've travelled the world…"
"Aren't you supposed to still be in elementary school?" asked a girl.
"I'm fourteen," smiled Ryoma and they could see that not only she was fluent in English but also in Japanese, "Not eight…"
"You've picked quite a time to start class," laughed Gin-sensei, he knew somehow that even though his English was well polished some could still hear it a bit like broken English, "We're about to have a mini test…"
"I don't mind," said Ryoma, "I'm only here temporarily…"
"My… my… quite confident," said Gin-sensei, "We'll see… please sit at the back…"
Ryoma walked over to her desk and gracefully sat down; smile still present on her face, her eyes looked out the window and into the sky. She had a dreamily look as her smile was soft and warm.
"Takeuchi… what are you doing? Start your test…" said Gin-sensei.
"I was watching mother and father dance," said Ryoma and said nothing else as she looked at her paper and began scribbling. The four regulars in the room looked out the window and to the sky to only see the clear sky and a few cloud. They began their test before they ran out of time… ten minutes passed…
"Is there something wrong Takeuchi, do you not understand the topic?" asked Gin-sensei, as Ryoma walked over to the teacher's desk and held out the paper.
"I have to go to my next class," said Ryoma, as she held out the paper.
"Next class…?"
"It's an elective I picked up," said Ryoma.
"Do you need more time for this test? There is still twenty more minutes," said Gin-sensei.
"No… I've finished it already," said Ryoma, as everyone gasped. At least they understood what was said…
"'Gattaca' is really a strange book," shrugged Ryoma, "and you shouldn't watch the movie if you want to be accurate… I'll be going now…"
"Shit… not only is she hot, she's smart," drooled a guy. The teacher was left gaping after her as well as some others.
"I don't know if that really happened or if that was just a dream," said Marui as he pinched himself.
"It seems our little princess is back in Japan," giggled Fuji.
Eiji didn't know what he was feeling, he felt happy that she had come back yet it hurt that she didn't seem to acknowledge any of them. Was it because she couldn't see them? Or maybe she wanted to be studious? Whatever the reason was Eiji felt sad.
"Sa… you will never know what happened during English," smiled Fuji, as they all sat down under the shade of a tree near the tennis courts.
"Ryoma…" said Oishi suddenly.
"Sa… how did you know? Is it Mother's intuition?" asked Fuji in surprise.
"No… Ryoma…" said Oishi as he pointed. On the other side of the tennis court; under the shade of a tree sat Ryoma surrounded by books and papers.
"I'm surprised nothing flew away yet," said Niou. When he said that the wind picked up, they watched as some papers started to float up from the pile, however and hand appeared to stop it. Ryoma had somehow sensed that the papers were about to fly away around her there was random males and females. They all looked eagerly at her and when ever the paper looked ready to fly they looked ready to chase it down. The regulars sweat dropped…
"Do you think she's pushing herself too hard?" asked Kawamura. "I mean… she looks overloaded."
They continued to watch as Ryoma quickly went through all the books and papers, like it was second nature to her, she seemed to have finished as she stretched and put away her pens away. She began to gather her books and papers together in a pile; she then hoisted up into her arms, at the same time the guys around her inched forward to offer their assistance. However they did not expect the school's biggest player to offer his aid.
"Nyah…! We have to save Ochibi!" said Eiji as he stood up.
"Eiji wait and see how it pans out," said Fuji as he pulled at his friend's sleeve. They watched as they could tell the player trying to charm Ryoma, and could see that Ryoma was politely refusing his offer. However they could see that he was insistent and they did not expect the next thing that happened. It seemed that Ryoma had given up and allowed him to carry her things. However, the regulars watched in amusement as she practically dumped her things onto the unexpected arms. They couldn't see it but they could tell that she was enjoying torturing him. He barely made a few steps as the pile wobbled. It seemed Ryoma had had her fun and took the pile away from him and briskly walked off; nothing fell.
"I guess we don't need to worry about her," said Yagyuu.
"It's her first day of school and look at all that work!" exclaimed Jackal. "I'm glad that I didn't come two weeks into the school year… I don't have to catch up…"
"That really doesn't look like its catch up work though," said Yukimura with a frown, "I wonder why there's so much work."
"She did skip two grades," said Renji. "It may have been all the work for the two years she skipped… if my calculations are correct… all that paper work may have been all the work for her to catch up…
"This year is going to be interesting," said Atobe, "After all, that brat is back and is already stirring trouble."
"She pretty smart though," said Yukimura, "in English she did the test on the text we're doing… it seems she already read the book…"
"She did come from America," said Inui, "so there is a high percentage she already read most of the books that is used in English…"
"But the text 'Gattaca' doesn't seem to be a casual book to read," said Marui. "Even if it was in Japanese I doubt I would even read the book for my own leisure…"
"Don't forget she did tell us in her letter that she'll be busy," pointed out Oishi.
Next time you'll see me, I'll be in high school too! I'll be pretty busy for the first few weeks that you'll see me around… don't worry, I'm not ignoring you… it only means that I have a hectic schedule and won't be able to talk to you all…
"But she should at least let us help if it's about school," said Momo.
"Letting you help is like purposely making her fail," muttered Kaidoh.
"What did you say?!" shouted Momo.
"You heard me!" hissed Kaidoh.
Everyone sighed as they went at each others throats, Atobe however agreed with Momo, "That brat could have graciously asked for our help if it is piling up like that…"
"Nyah…! But Ochibi is independent…" frowned Eiji.
"Eiji's right," said Fuji, "Ryoma is the type of person to do things by herself… and besides… it looked like she breezed through the whole thing…"
"I wonder what dorm she's in..." murmured Yagyuu.
"Definitely, Dorm 1," said Momo, "after all she's from Seigaku…"
"But not all students in Seigaku are in Dorm 1," said Kirihara. "That Arai dude is in Dorm 2 with us…"
A few days later
"Alright… fess up… who had Takeuchi in their Dorm?" asked Mukahi. They all shook their heads, "How can she not be Dorm 1, 2 or 3? Is there a new Dorm that we don't know about…?"
"It's strange… Ryoma hasn't been attending any of the classes with us," said Yukimura, "Do you think she got pushed down?"
"Not in any of our classes," said Momo as he shook his head.
"Ochibi can't leave us without a good bye!" exclaimed Eiji.
"Err… excuse me, Eiji-san…" they turned around to see a third year girl looking unsure, they recognised her the Co-Head of Dorm 1, "Could you tell me where I could find Takeuchi–san?"
"Eh…? No… I haven't seen her anywhere today…" said Eiji.
"Is she in trouble?" asked Oishi in worry mode.
"Iie, Oishi-san," said the girl, "I have to pass on her badge to her…"
"Badge…?" questioned everyone.
"Third years' badge," said the girl as she indicated her own badge, "Takeuchi-san got promoted to third year few days ago…"
"Third year…?!" exclaimed everyone.
"I thought she didn't want to be left behind in Junior high by herself and now she's breezing passed us," said Momo.
"Takeuchi-san has good reason to finish quickly though," said the upper class girl.
"How do you know?" asked Renji.
"During English the teacher asked her why she was skipping so many grades…" explained the girl, "Takeuchi-san replied that the sooner she was done with schooling, the sooner she would be able to find stability…"
"Stability…? She wants to find a job?" asked Oishi.
"Iie… it's to do with her father's company, TR Inc…." said the girl.
"Ah… Ore-sama sees," said Atobe, everyone looked to him for an explanation, "After that brat's father's death the company was passed to Ray until the brat was fine to take over… however the workers are reluctant to listen to Ray…"
"So Ryoma is rushing through school to take over the company," said Inui as he scribbled away.
"That would be correct…" said the girl, "Now if you'll excuse me I have to find her…"
With that the girl left…
next chapter... it's really random... a visit to an orphanage... a short fairytale... the last chapter before the prologue... yay!! Thanks for reading!!