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I am still a mada mada me...! I know and I always make mistakes, I can't guarantee you that you can not see a perfect or should I say ALMOST perfect chapter in each of my story... but... I am just wondering why are you the only one who sees my mistakes... maybe you sure have sharp eyes... and you love seeing them.. ;P
anyway... you are slight similar about your thoughts... I will write a new fic where Sakuno doesn't have a backbone at first but she will stand up for herself... because of her love... and there's a twist and kind of dark? Well... it is the same as my Crystal Teardrops... Sakuno will fight back there but in a different way... you know what I mean in the future chapters...
one more thing... in your A.C review... umm... really I can't believe that you are suggesting the same things that I am telling to my students every night... I feel like a student again... ugh! but I don't think I can watch any movies or series these days if you know my work I think you'll understand me... but thank you for the suggestions though... and I am always speaking in English but I don't think that's the problem. (I watched them before so I have some ideas about it.) and about the 'bare' thing that's just a typo... and thank you for pointing that out to me... I keep checking that word every time I don't know if you notice my previous chapters about it... I'll go change it now... thanks...
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Chapter 25: Masquerade Ball
Chapter Summary: It was her birthday… he was not there, it was her night… he was not there, it was an unexpected event… he was still not there, and it was her final, last dance with Chris, would he be there?
January 14, at a grand ballroom hall 15 kilometers from the mansion;
Everyone was there, people from the land of rising sun, people from London, from America and from Venice. The hall was filled with lots of people gathering for the party. They were wearing their own gown and costume as for the theme was asking them to wear. The regulars were also there including their coach. They were wearing their own costume as well mostly like princes and dukes in courtesy of Fuji's sister's company. Sumire was wearing a gown that suitable for her age, she was almost looked like a fairy godmother if she had wings on her back. Everyone looked elegant in their eyes; they looked around hoping to spot something interesting.
Eiji having a sharp eye did notice something and pointed a girl not far from them;
"Since when did you become interested in girls Eiji," Oishi narrowed his eyes to his doubles partner.
Eiji grinned at him and said, "Since we met Ahiru-chan, that girl is really cute." He said pointing a pink-haired girl running down the stairs.
"Mataku, senpai," Momo said as he shook his hand. He looked at his direction and became eyed-wide. His senpai was right. The girl was cute indeed. They spotted a girl with pink hair wearing a hair band with flowers on two sides, "I guess, you're right."
Everyone looked at the girl running to and fro and sweat dropped. She was somewhat clumsy and she almost tripped with the waiters who were serving the guests. While busy staring at the girl, Oishi noticed something. Sumire found the vice-captain looking elsewhere.
"What's the matter Oishi?"
"I don't see Fuji and Inui around," he said and then looked at his coach, "I wonder where they are."
Sumire just shrugged, "they just around, now let's have a seat. I know they'll find us later."
Oishi just nodded at her command. They looked at a suitable table and sat there. They were all supposed to be there but a certain tennis prodigy, the youngest one to be précised had somewhere else to go.
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Milfeulle who was wearing a blue gown arrive a couple of minutes ago. She was holding a mask on her hand and placed it between her eyes. She was looking for someone but she couldn't find the person. She was curious about the group of boys who was looking at her wherever she went. She sweat dropped easily because of that, causing her to trip a couple of times. I can't see Christopher-san, I wonder where he is. She thought as sad reaction painted on her cute face. When she was tired looking for the guy, she sat on a chair and rested for a while. I guess I'll wait until the program starts.
Outside the mansion, a few distance away:
He was waiting for him at an isolated area. He was worried about this night. He trusted the girl on what he had given to her. He trusted what was written on the small paper. Something bad was about to happen tonight. He needed to take extra precaution and he needed someone's help and his help was rather risky but he was the one that he could count on.
"Sorry to keep you wait."
He was cut on his reverie when someone talked behind him, "Fuji-san," he bowed in front of the tensai, "sorry for the trouble… I don't want to put you into this as possible as I could."
The tensai smiled at him, "don't be, I'm worried about her too. If the news was true then we should make our plans," he said and then he became serious, "Fakir-san, do you know when will they move?"
The bodyguard nodded, "I asked the other bodyguards to stay on their posts."
"Good, now all we need to do is to make the plan," Fuji said and then looked behind him, "We need someone's help."
Fakir looked behind Fuji, and saw another tall man behind the tensai. He pushed his glasses to his nose and said his signature catchphrase, "Ii data."
"Aside from the three of us, some accomplices knew about this." Fuji said.
"…Accomplices?" Fakir wondered, "Who are they?"
"They will be at the ball, you will recognize them later." Fuji said.
Fakir nodded and then became serious, "we need to be careful on this. I want to make that no one notices while we execute the plan."
Fuji nodded as well. They knew that it was not an easy job. Especially for the regulars who were oblivious about the upcoming 'event.' He was beginning to worry about the situation and hoped that everything would be alright.
Back at the mansion at the dressing room:
Sakuno was sitting on the dresser. She was still not wearing her gown for that night. Her parents had visited her already and were very proud of her. She was sixteen already, she was not young anymore. She looked at her reflection on the mirror. Her hair was done. Lala made some magic on her hair. It was loosened at her back and some part of it was tied up and held by a sakura hair clip. Her hair length over shoulder was looking all elegant and shiny. Lala put some make up on her emphasizing her cute, angelic face. She was still wearing a robe and waited for the time to wear her gown.
"You look pretty Sakuno-san." Lala told her.
Sakuno blushed, "A-arigatou, Lala-san."
Soon someone knock on the door before entering the room. Chris appeared from the other side of the room, smiling a little. The blonde was wearing an all white outfit with chains on his chest side. He looked like a prince in a mature way.
"You look great, my fair lady." He said walking towards her, giving a peck on her cheek. He noticed her tense when he did that. He understood her. He felt guilty somehow as he remembered on what he did last time. Lala excused herself and exited the room. Chris talked to the stylist, "I won't be long, come back soon."
"Hai." Lala bowed before exiting the room.
They were alone once again. Chris gestured her to sit on the seat and he kneeled to her side.
"I hope that we could put the past behind us and start anew," he said looking at her. She was blushing when he said that to her. She was speechless so Chris continued, "I don't want you think that this gift would give you a different meaning but…" he showed a big blue box in front of her and opened it in front of her. Her eyes were shocked to see his gift.
It was a pink choker with lots of diamonds in it estimating 12 karats value each of it. Beside the choker was a pair of dangling earrings with the same karat value of diamond. She looked at him;
"C-chris-kun… t-this is too much. I-" she didn't finish her words when the noble grabbed the choker from the box and went behind her. He put the choker to her neck.
"This goes to your birthday tonight. Just wear this and you can keep it afterwards." He said staring at the mirror and met her eyes there, "Happy 16th birthday, Sakuno."
She blushed and looked down. She nodded, "t-thank you, Chris-kun."
"Well, I need to go," He said giving the box to her. "Go dress up, everyone is waiting for you to come out." With that, he slowly walked backwards and left her there.
She looked back at the mirror and stared at the choker. She touched the jewelry to her neck. She knew it was priceless; it was even more priceless than the necklace that he bought for her when they were in Venice. She put the earrings and stared at her once again. Another thought came to her forgetting the priceless jewelries that she was wearing.
Everyone? You can not tell that everyone is waiting for me, Chris-kun, not that HE is not here. She looked down to hold back a tear that warned to fall her face. It would ruin her make up if she did. She slapped her face lightly as she postured herself once again. Everything will be alright, like he always says.
Soon Lala entered the room once again to have her final touch.
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"Yahoo! How are you?"
Milfeulle looked at the person in front of her. It was a dope prince as she named him. The guy was wearing a one-piece bloomer that looked like to a prince and a blue cape at his back. His mask was clasped to his ear so that he didn't need to hold them.
"I-is there something wrong in my face?" he bent to his right.
She blushed a little, "I-iie, I am fine, thank you." she said keeping her mask to her eyes.
"You are not lonely, are you? I can accompany you if you are." The guy with red hair said.
"I-I umm" she stuttered she didn't know what to say.
"Ah, silly me, I haven't introduced myself," He said as he extended his hand to her, "Name's Eiji, Kikumaru Eiji."
She looked at him and smiled, accepting his hand, "Milfeulle, Sakuraba Milfeulle." She felt an electric shock once their hands collided.
"Milfeulle-chan, what a nice name," Eiji said, "Nice to meet you."
"N-nice to meet you, E-eiji-kun," she said pulling her hand from him, "Y-you can call me Milfie for short."
"I like that better, Nya."
She felt her heart racing when the teen smiled at her merrily. W-why am I acting like this? I never stuttered in front of the guy except to Christopher-san. She thought. Her reverie was cut when someone glomped on Eiji.
"What are you doing here, senpai," the newcomer looked at her and smiled, "care to introduce your new girl friend."
"Momo-chii, meet Milfie-chan, Milfie-chan, this is Momo-chii." Eiji introduced her.
"It's Momoshiro Takeshi to you," Momo said as he stretched to shake her hand, "You can call me Momo-chan."
She sweat dropped as she nodded. Soon after she was crowded with lots of boys who seemed to be a member of a tennis club and she discovered that they were regulars from the said sport.
"Well, what are you doing here alone Milfie-san?" Oishi asked her.
"Well, I am looking for my half-brother, but I think he was not still here yet," Milfeulle announced to them.
Everyone nodded. Then Eiji broke the temporary pause, "Who's your half-brother anyway?"
Before she could reply, the emcee voiced out from the microphone and caught everyone's attention.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I know that you are all waiting for our debutant. With no further ado, let's welcome the birthday celebrant," the emcee cut his words in suspense as she gestured her hands at the stairs above, "The Kitazawa's pride, Kitazawa Sakuno."
Everyone's eyes stared at the grand staircase. From there they saw a lovely lady with an elegant pink satin lolita dress. The gown was double-layered skirt with a designed form to its left side. Her waist was covered with a dark pink sash and tied a big ribbon at its back. From her left shoulder there was an elegant ribbon emphasizing the whole gown. Her shoulder was a bit exposed because of her adjusted sleeves. The way she appeared at the top of the staircase made her gown swayed and moved like air passed her feet.
"Ryuzaki-chan looks stunning." Momo said staring at the girl from the top.
"Yeah, she is." Fuji announced who appeared nowhere.
"Where did you go to, Fuji?" Oishi asked the tensai.
"Nowhere." Fuji replied adding it with a shrug.
Not long before the regulars and the other guests stared at the person next to her. The guy held her hand and led her downstairs. They walked down gracefully. Eiji and Momo didn't like the guy beside her and they knew that the others were as well.
"C-christopher-san"
Eiji looked at the person who spoke last, "Milfie-chan?"
Milfeulle pointed the blonde boy who was beside Sakuno and recognized him, "That's him, Christopher-san, my half-brother."
Everyone eyed her with a shock on their faces. Eiji felt a pail of water being poured into his head at that moment. The acrobatic player faced the girl with curiosity;
"He is… your half-brother?"
The pink-haired girl looked at him and replied, "Yeah, he is."
They looked at her for a while trying to absorb what she had said to them.
"…Small world isn't it?" Fuji said breaking the silence between them.
Milfeulle looked at the newcomer and blinked at him, "why? What is it?" she asked him but the tensai just shrugged choosing to remain silent, not noticing Eiji glanced to a different direction.
…To Sakuno's direction.
Chris led Sakuno near the emcee and the latter gave the microphone to her. The girl looked around her and saw everyone… including her grandmother who was waving at her and her Seigaku friends. Even Tomoka was there sitting with her boyfriend and his two minions. Her parents and Chris' parents were there too. She felt a little delighted when she saw Milfeulle with her Seigaku friends. It looked like the girl made friends with them. There were people out there that she didn't know yet probably her parents invited them. Yeah, everyone was there.
…except for one.
She felt a little down at it but she shook it away before someone noticed her. She brought the microphone to her lips and greeted everyone;
"Thank you very much for coming to my special day. I hope that you will enjoy this night with me," She announced shortly and bowed in front of them, "Have a wonderful evening to all of you."
With that the music background played and could be heard through the hall. Chris separated with her so that she could entertain her guests. With some help of her parents, she met those people that she didn't know. She met the rich Sanze'nin girl and Takumi Houseld. The latter was going to dance her later but it was their first time meeting each other. Takumi was busy working with his business that he didn't have the time to practice with the dance. She also met the nice and elegant Shidouji couple. Hikaru was also her dance and was married to a very beautiful blonde lady named Maiden Heidelberg. Hikaru married Maiden at such a young age so their ages were not that far. She learned from the lady that she came from a British family while she met Hikaru here in Japan. Then the lady realized something;
"S-sorry, Sa-chan," I guess I talked a lot today." The blonde lady blushed in front of her.
She looks cute when she blushes. She smiled sheepishly at her, "i-ie it's okay. I'm glad to know a lot about you."
"Well, my wife is really talkative since I married her." Hikaru interrupted smiling at his blushing wife.
"A-and where did that come from?" Maiden tugged her husband. Hikaru just laughed at her action.
Sakuno just smiled at them. They are so lucky to have each other. She excused herself a few minutes later. She met a lot of people that night. She also entertained her grandmother and her Seigaku friends. Tons of teases were being received by them that made her blush a lot. Milfeulle was there as well. She was asked by Momo to stay with them that the former willingly obliged.
"I'm glad that you found friends here, Milfie-san." Sakuno said to the girl.
"Yeah, they are so kind." She said.
"Ryuzaki-chan, you never told us that you met a beautiful girl in Venice," Momo said grinning back at her and then to a certain acrobatic player, "Right, Kikumaru-senpai."
Eiji flinched a little when he heard his name, "Eh? Yeah… you're right."
Momo blinked, "Doushita, senpai? You looked bothered."
"Nothing? Momo-chi…" Eiji said and then went back to his old self, "Well you are right, Milfie-chan is so cute." With that he hugged the girl tight making the latter blush.
"E-e-eiji-kun!"
Sakuno and the others laughed on his action.
"Ne, senpai. Stop harassing her," Tomoka butted in and went to Sakuno and hugged her, "happy birthday, Sa-chan."
"A-arigatou, Tomo-chan." She hugged her best friend back, "I'm glad you are all here," by saying that, she felt tensed around that area. She knew why so she corrected her own words, "I-I mean, Ryoma-kun wishes me a happy birthday too… even though he's not here."
"You're right, Sa-chan," Fuji hurriedly replied to her to ease the tense, "We will support him all the way too."
"Hai." She gave her greatest smile to them. She looked cute and pretty when she did that and everyone was stunned, even the three girls including her grandmother were too. The regulars having together for the past years were probably thinking of the same thing.
They knew that if their youngest regular member saw her smile like that, he would probably remained speechless but with a slight shock or maybe, just maybe a slight blush on his face.
She entertained her guests for the rest of the night and finally the emcee announced about the dance. It was about to start. Chris went to their table and pulled her out there. He gestured her to a chair in front of the dance floor and waited for the first name of the gentleman to be called.
Meanwhile:
Somewhere near the mansion, though thought that it was quiet came a group of shadows lurking around the hall hiding themselves from everyone. The shadow whispered to the person;
"Is everything, ready?"
"Yeah, we are waiting for the right signal to make the plan."
The other nodded, "Alright, let's do it after the last dance. Make sure you keep your eyes on her."
The others nodded and saluted on the previous' order. Whatever it was, the night would not be easy for the people inside the hall. It would be the start of someone's doomsday. They looked at the people inside the hall and smirked when they found their target.
"Enjoy your remaining hours… while you can."
And then the night was quiet once again.
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Her first dance was her father. Reinja was leading her on the floor as danced gracefully. The music played on the background was 'All my Life' by Kc and Jojo. Everyone eyed the dancing couple on the floor.
"You looked great, Sakuno." Reinja announced smiling down at her.
"T-thank you dad." She blushed. Reinja was such a gentleman. He was strict when it came to business but he became a funny man when they talked between meals or a parent-child get together. She was at ease with her adopted dad now.
Soon, the Emcee called the next name, "Mr. Hotori Tadase."
A beautiful blonde boy in a yellow suit with a mask went on the floor and replaced her father there. The blonde boy gave her a flower. She met Tadase twice when he attended the practice with the same number. The boy looked like a prince in his outfit and he talked with kindness. In fact, he's too beautiful to describe. She blushed as she stared at him.
"Mr. Momoshiro Takeshi."
Also wearing a mask, Momo walked to the dance floor and replaced Tadase. Momo also gave his flower to the girl.
"Yo, Princess, everyone is really staring at you now." Momo said talking to her to ease the tense.
"M-momo-senpai, y-you are embarrassing me." She blushed while looking down. Momo looked good with his blue colored duke fit.
Momo just smirked. They talked there for a while before the emcee announced the next name.
"Mr. Inui Sadaharu."
Inui replaced Momo and gave her the flower. They talked nonsense about calculations and percentage making the girl sweat drop. She couldn't retaliate his words so she ended up smiling.
"Mr. Usui Takumi."
Another Blondie approached them and replaced Inui. As soon as Takumi replaced him, Inui went back to his location. He secretly looked at Fuji and nodded. While they were busy staring at the couple who were dancing, the data analyzer carefully left the place without noticing and went somewhere else.
"Mr. Kawamura Takashi."
Kawamura then replaced Takumi. Takumi nodded and gave her hand to the former powerhouse player of Seigaku. He shyly gave the flower to her and started dancing. Kawamura was different when he was not holding his racket. Thinking about his other self made her sweat drop. They smiled at each other as they continued dancing.
"Mr. Rokujou Miharu."
The music changed when Miharu replaced Kawamura. Miharu simply wore a black suit with a mask on.
"Happy Birthday my lady," He greeted her with a smile; "Sorry about not attending the practice but I hope I can do well."
Sakuno shook her head, "its okay. I-I am not good at this either."
He smiled, "we are on the same boat then."
Sakuno blushed on his words and nodded, "T-thank you for the greetings though."
"Mr. Kaidoh Kaoru"
They danced silently as Kaidoh replaced Miharu. He remained silent all through the dance thing, not even the 'fsssh' thing.
"Mr. Kikumaru Eiji."
"You looked great nya," Eiji said as he gave the rose to her.
"T-thank you." she said. She thought that her blush would never leave her for a while. They danced merrily there until the emcee called another name.
"Mr. Hikaru Shidouji."
Hikaru joined them and Eiji gave the floor to the green-haired guy. He was wearing a mask and a blue suit that looked like a young prince. Sadly, but he reminded her of someone she definitely knew. They danced elegantly for a while there.
"Mr. Oishi Shuichiro."
The vice captain shyly approached them on the dance floor and gave the rose to her as he replaced Hikaru. Both of them were blushing now. He turned Sakuno for a smooth movement.
"Y-you're great at leading now, Oishi-senpai." Sakuno complimented him.
Oishi blushed back at her, "and you are good at this kind of thing, Ryuzaki-chan. Happy birthday by the way."
"T-thank you."
"Mr. Kujo Kazuya."
"I say you are really stunning today." Kujo said to her.
"I-I'll take that as a c-compliment." She looked down.
"And you stutter a lot too." He smiled.
She looked at him this time, "W-well I've been trying to work on it."
"I guess you are not trying enough."
"M-mou." She pouted making the raven laugh merrily. She smiled at his warm approach.
"Mr. Fuji Syuusuke."
The tensai gracefully walked on the floor with his prince outfit. He was wearing a blue suit paired with a feathered mask. He replaced Kujo on the floor and gave the rose to her.
"Everyone admires you now, Ryuzaki-chan." Fuji said.
"I-I don't to want to be admired this way." She looked down. She was blushing all the same.
"I wonder if Echizen was able to see you like this, he would probably have a change of heart."
She looked at the tensai still blushing, "I-I know Ryoma-kun will stay the same. I-I am too embarrassed with my own gown as they forced me to wear."
He leaned to her ear as he turned her around, "I know that he would love to see you like this."
Her eyes widened when Fuji said that.
"Be careful, I'll protect you in his place."
"E-eh?"
Before she could ask his meaning, the emcee called the next name;
"Mr. Tezuka Kunimitsu."
"Happy Birthday, Ryuzaki-chan." The tensai said before he gave her to Tezuka and left the dance floor.
Tezuka was most gorgeous prince she ever seen. He was wearing all white attire with a red rose on his chest pocket and a silver mask on his eyes. He gave her the rose on his hand and started to dance. She felt a little awkward when she danced with him. Aside from the youngest tennis prodigy, the tennis captain was also stoic and non-emotional person she ever met.
"Happy Birthday." He gave her a tiny smile.
"T-thank you, T-tezuka-buchou." At least he could smile a bit. She thought while blushing. After she received his infamous 'un' from him, they never spoke through the dance again.
While they were dancing, Eiji noticed something;
"Come to think of it, we never knew who replaced Echizen."
Everyone looked at the acrobatic player thinking the same thing.
"You are right. I wonder who the lucky guy is." Momo said wondering on his thought as he looked around.
"Quiet guys, Tezuka's turn is about to end we will know who's Echizen's replacement." Oishi announced to them.
The emcee looked at the list and read the name on the line. He hesitated calling the name first but he decided to call it anyway.
"Ms. Ryuzaki Sumire."
Everyone reacted when they heard a name, a girl's name to be exact. The reporters spotted the name that called walk to the dance floor. They updated every moved from her and that was unusual for her. Not only the regulars' eyes became wide but their jaws were also dropped. They also sweat dropped as they couldn't react on the event that was currently happening.
"R-ryuzaki-sensei?" Momo couldn't believe his own eyes.
"S-sensei, will dance with her granddaughter?" Oishi was shocked too but smiled a little in the end, "I guess that's not bad after all."
Everyone smiled after that short shock. Sumire replaced Tezuka on the dance floor.
"Thank you Tezuka." Sumire said facing Tezuka.
"Betsuni." He said bowing to his coach. He nodded to Sakuno before leaving the dance floor to her grandmother.
"I can't believe that you requested for me, Sakuno." Sumire said dancing with her.
"I-isn't that bad?" she asked her. Actually, only her parents and her grandmother knew about her request. She was delighted about granting her wish. They granted it because it was her birthday anyway. She was definitely happy for that night.
"This is such a weird night," Sumire chuckled, "Two girls dancing at the middle of the dance floor."
She smiled on her grandmother's comment, "I like it though," she blushed while staring at her grandmother, "I love you Obaa-chan."
"Me too, Sakuno, me too," she said and kissed her forehead, "happy birthday dear."
While the two girls were dancing, Fuji secretly walked away from the crowd without them noticing. He successfully exited the hallway and went to the balcony to exit the entire hall. He stopped when a shadow blocked his way and surprised a little. His surprised look was changed with a smile on his face as he recognized the person in front of him;
"Ah, you're here," he said walking towards the person and tapped the shoulder, "I have two favors to you, could you pass a massage to Ryuzaki-chan for me and the other thing…"
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Ahiru looked around just outside the venue looking for something that would catch her eyes. She strictly told Capella to stay in his room albeit the latter's request of seeing Sakuno that night. She was really nervous of two things, especially of Capella's safety. She would do everything to keep the kid safe… even if she risk her life for him.
"Arima."
She flinched when she heard someone called her. She saw the bodyguard walking consciously to her. She averted her eyes for an unknown reason. She had been avoiding the knight for several nights.
"I want you to say thank you."
"E-eh?" she said facing him this time.
"I believe what you had told me. I promise that everything will be fine."
"F-fakir-san," she said and then looked away, "what if… I'm just lying about it?"
She didn't see him flinch and the silence evaded them for a while.
"If you are lying about it then you wouldn't be looking all tense right now."
She looked at him with a surprise reaction. She didn't say anything so he continued;
"Besides, you wouldn't joke about this; this is not your nature."
"I-I," she started, "I can't say anything, I am sorry."
"It's okay, you put yourself in danger already," he said reaching for her hand and put something there, "be careful, and tell me when something happens."
He walked away from her. Ahiru looked at her hand and saw the transmitter she returned to him before. He wanted to know more and he was willing to help her. He was true to his words… that he would protect them. She gripped the transmitter to her hand and called out to him;
"Fakir-san!" she said making the knight to look at her, "W-why are you doing this? Y-you shouldn't trust me like this."
Fakir closed his eyes and said, "Too late for I already trust you."
Her eyes widened as he gave her an answer but the knight was not finished talking yet;
"Have trust in me as well." with that he continued walking away from her and went somewhere else.
Ahiru was shocked on his words. He wanted her to trust him. She always did. She trusted him with all her heart. But her cowardice was holding her back. She was afraid of putting him in danger that's why she put hers first. But knowing Fakir, he would do something before she did her plans and stopped her.
"Fakir-san," She gripped the transmitter tighter as she whispered his name and then remembered something, "M-mou, he didn't answer my initial question."
She shook her head as she walked away to assist with the party. Besides, she had a lot of gifts to fix from.
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They didn't notice the disappearance of two regulars as they were busy watching the dancing couple.
"And last but not the least," The emcee announced the next name, "Ms. Kitazawa Sakuno's last dance…"
Everyone waited for the final name to call. The regulars knew who her last dance was but they couldn't feel tenser about it.
"Mr. Finsbury Christopher Von Loyd."
Two girls looked at his direction. Sumire saw her granddaughter blush when the emcee called his name. She didn't know what the blush meant to her but she hoped that it was something better for the both of them. Chris approached them and replaced Sumire as he gave the rose to her. Her left hand was full of sixteen red roses already but she was able to hold of them in place.
"Take care of my granddaughter, will you." she said giving her hand to him completely.
"Of course, I will," the blonde boy said.
Sumire nodded as she left the two giving the dance floor to the both of them.
Chris looked at her blushing face. Her last dance was Chris. It was not him. Not even one of the sixteen gentlemen. He was not even there to put it exactly. He was nowhere to be found. She put the thought aside as the boy put his right hand to her waist and his left hand to her right hand. Holding the flowers from her left hand, they started to dance as the new music played all over the dancing hall.
Done! Done! Done! Two things I know! First was the mystery, something might happen about it… by next week if my ideas will put through. Second was the absence of Ryoma. I know that all of you wanted him to be here, especially on Sakuno's birthday. Just let me have the ideas first. Chris was making his point here… You can kill me now and you don't see Ryoma in the future… ugh! (JOKE! He will appear in the future… I promise. This is RyoSaku for all I know… maybe you have forgotten about it. Tee hee hee)
How was this chapter? This was the longest chapter I have ever made, over 6,000 words. I don't know if you like it though… still I want to know your thoughts. I promise Ryoma will appear soon… So please wait for Sakuno's hero… ;P
I guess you didn't expect Ryoma's replacement. Tee hee hee… as far as I know I haven't seen two girls dancing on the floor when it's one's debut at least for my experience… I don't know the others… Well, I made a little change.
Another thing… I'll change Milfie's relationship with Chris from stepbrother into half-brother. I remembered Chris saying harsh-words to her in Venice.
Vocab:
Sanze'nin – known as Nagi Sanze'nin. The blonde, two long pony-tailed rich girl that Hayate Kanzaki serves in Hayate no Gotoku or Hayate the combat butler. She is a manga freak and a game lover. She is also somewhat spoiled and actually in love with her butler Hayate.
Hikaru and Maiden – Characters from A.X Defenders of the Universe in our local funny komiks. Hikaru is actually a Prince from Adenni and the main protagonist in the first saga. He meets Maiden when she suddenly shows herself to him and to his younger sister Colleen and instantly finds her pretty. As the story progresses, they develop mutual understandings with each other but couldn't express it due to shyness. But after the final battle with the Deity's twin sister they are able to express it and end up being together. In the second saga, Colleen takes care of a new mission with kids including Hikaru and Maiden's child, Aluze. (Haha, I told the story. They are my favorite couple there.)
Hotori Tadase – the protagonist, Amu's love interest in Shugo Chara! And also holds a king's chair in the student council. He becomes Amu's boyfriend in the later series but their relationship is put to test when another hot guy, Ikuto tries to interfere. Ikuto seems to develop feelings to Amu as well. (Actually, I've trying to think whether to put Ikuto or Hotori here. In the end, I chose Bishounen. Hotori looked like a beautiful girl though but anyway…)
Usui Takumi – the so called gorgeous guy in Maid-sama. He is excellent in all academic subjects and ranks number one. He teases their school student council president Misaki if he has the opportunity to do so. He develops interest towards the girl and soon they become a couple. Misaki is the main protagonist in the story and is hiding a secret to everyone and only few people know about it, even her friends don't know about her secret. Usui accidentally discovers her secret one day leading them to have a whirlpool relationship towards each other.
Rokojou Miharu – The protagonist of Nabari No Ou. Carefree at first but that changes when he meets Yoite and changes everything. He discovers from his teacher that he is what they called the ruler of Nabari and he doesn't know what that means. He also makes a deal with Yoite, since the latter decides to end his own life with the use of the former's power or else Yoite will kill his friends. But Miharu changes attitude towards him and prefers to take care of his life. (Yoite is Mitsuki Saiga's voice.)
Kujo Kazuya - one of the main protagonists in GoSick. He helps Victorique (pronounced as Victorika in the anime.) in her detective mission as the girl has talent for it. He becomes overprotective about her and promises to protect her. As the story progresses, they seem to have mutual understandings and promises not to leave each other side (More on Kujo makes the promise.)
Okay, that's it for the introduction. I worked up writing their role in this one. I think there will be two or three more minor characters and it will complete my C.T characters and I would go on with the story.
Oh and one more thing… I do not own Hayate no Gotoku or Hayate the Combat Buter, A.X From funny komiks, Shugo Chara!, Maid-Sama!, Nabari No Ou and GoSick. I will never own them… Zero-related just acknowledgement is all I have for them.
Reviews please… even a word will make me happy. Onegaishimasu…
Next Chapter: Into the Dance Floor