Hi! I am back with a new chapter! I don't know but I was excited about writing this chapter. Please tell me your thoughts after reading this… domo…

DISCLAIMER: I do not the Prince of Tennis and never ever will.


sweetangel – hehe… nakakabitin nga siguro… anyway tama ka…they found a way for her to stay…

hindi ka ba active dun? Niyaya kea ako ni 'Ryoma Echizen' na makipagkita sa kanya sa Otakuzine this April, papicture daw kami… di pa nga ako sure e… ehehehe… bigay mu naman ung site na ginugulo mo… eheheh… makikigulo rin ako dun… anu ba name nun?

Tee hee hee… I am glad that you read Special Events… and yeah, Ryoma's jealous alright… and the senpais as there to make him more piss than ever…

Tama ka… tee hee hee…

Malapit na ngang matapos to… sa tingin ko two or three chapters na lang… salamat… ito na nga pala ang next chapter… ^_^

ryosaku4evs – aww thank you very much for reading this fic… I really love RyoSaku alright… and they are indeed adorable… thank you for the words… I really appreciate it… I am happy to receive such reaction from you… This is the new chapter by the way… Thank you once again… ^_^

Anonymous13- chapter 24: yeah, when everything was good, something like that happened. He came back alright and what will happen now… you'll read next… ^_^

Chapter 25: And Meyer's the name alright. Ryoma and Chris' tandem to the rescue with the regulars trailing behind.

Tee hee hee… I guess Ryoma was just really sneaky and genius when it came to that thing. Cats are sneaky and they could hide themselves elsewhere, Same as Ryoma… ;p Maybe he could be a spy and you are right, Fuji fits the role of being a spy… ^_^

Chapter 27: You do have nice thoughts about it… but I think you already figured everything out from this chapter… and yeah, Meyers was gone for good.

Tee hee hee… you'll find that out in the next chapter… And Chris accepted their love even though it was painful for him.

Chapter 28: You had ideas where she could be… tee hee hee… and they were possibilities too… well, you'll find that out in this chapter… I hope you like this… Tee hee hee…

Thank you for catching up with the chapters… ^_^

johanna – hahahaa… hindi pa mataas un… ang kapatid ko naka 194 na sa CP ko an laki pa ng ib-break ko hahaha… kaya mo yan wag mo lang lakasan ang pag-tap mo sa screen ng cp mo… light tap lang at light din ang pag-flap ng ibon… ^_^ Well, tama ka hot scene nga ung dalawa tee hee hee… they are both 17 years old, mas matanda lang sila ng ilang buwan kina Ryoma at Sakuno.


Chapter 29: You're My Tennis

Chapter Summary: She remembered everything he said especially when he said that she was his tennis but she would never hear it from him… or so she thought.


The wind was calmly and gently dancing around her. Her now braided plaits were gently swinging along with it. Her hair was back to normal exactly like a year ago, before Chris cut it due to irritation.

But it was back to normal now and she was donning it just like before. She was wearing her usual hair. Her clothes were simple but her wealth was still there. She was wearing a pink collared dress with a collapsible belt attached to it. Her sandals were pink and she was wearing a beanie to keep her hair intact despite that it was braided.

Sighing, she decided to look down where she was standing. She was facing her most important people in the world. She was smiling at them.

"It's been a while since I've visited you," She whispered fondly as she bent down and dropped the flowers that she brought, "Tou-san, Kaa-san."

Chris who was with her was just staring at her features and expressions. She asked him to go this place before everything else. In a few hours from now, she would be leaving Japan for good. But she wouldn't miss the chance of visiting her real parents' grave for the last time. Chris respected that and went to a distance which they could talk privately which she did.

"Gomen ne, Tou-san, Kaa-san. I don't think I would be able to visit you for the meantime," She said touching her father's tombstone, "I am not sure if I could go back here either. They are… taking me away."

"…"

"From Obaa-chan, from senpai-tachi, from Tomoka-chan," She stopped apologizing for her best friend for not saying goodbye to her, "And from him."

"…"

"I am gonna miss him too but I can't stay here," She said trying not to cry in front of their grave, "I want to save everyone and this is for the best."

"…"

"I am going to miss his words," She whispered as she told them everything about him, about her feelings and about her decision of distancing herself from him, "I hope he forgives me for this."

She also remembered that today was his birthday. She bitterly smiled to the thought that she wasn't going to greet him. What happened to them on his last birthday was memorable for her. It was that time when he gave him her first kiss. She couldn't help but blush at the memory. She shook her head to calm herself down and greeted him silently.

She stood up after that, "I am sorry too, Dad, Mom. I'll be going far away from this country," She said as she saw Chris walking closely to her. She had the instinct that Chris knew that she was done talking to her parents, "Please… give me your blessings as I get there."

"Are you ready?" Chris asked her as he approached her.

"Hai…" She smiled as she nodded. They already visited the old couple who she often visited with her grandmother annually before they went straight to their grave. Now, her task was done and she was ready to go. Chris looked at her for a while. He was rather serious as he stared making her blink twice, "W-what's wrong?"

"Are you… okay for this?" Chris asked her after a few series of silence, "I mean you can still back out you know."

Sakuno shook her head surprising Chris in the process, "I can't go back now. I've already said goodbye to everyone, remember?"

"But you can still change your mind." Chris was trying to convince her.

"Thank you Chris-kun," She smiled at him, "but I've already made up my mind."

Chris looked at her probably was shocked at her words. Chris changed all through the years that they had been together. If you knew him better, you could realize the real him and that was what she discovered from him. If she didn't have feelings for a certain tennis prodigy and her first encounter with Chris was different, she would have fallen in love with him instead.

He was not that hard to love if she would give him a chance. Since the situation was different now, maybe she could try to love him when they set foot to England.

She couldn't hope for the impossible relationship to come true so why not look for the awaiting one. That was what she was going to do. She gave Chris a warm smile after that.

Chris returned the smile but not for long as his expression suddenly changed. She noticed his sudden changed of expression and frowned, "What's wrong?"

He didn't reply but he was looking far behind her. Then, she heard some footsteps walking to their location. She didn't know why but she couldn't look behind her. She thought that… she was scared of doing that. The footsteps stopped a few meters away from them and she could even hear heavy breaths behind them.

"Mitsuketa…"

Her eyes widened when she heard that voice. The voice that she didn't expect she could hear ever again. She was looking at Chris but he was also surprised too. She slowly turned around and carefully looked at the person in front of her.

Her heart had confirmed it. It was him.

He was wearing his own jersey outfit minus his tennis gear which was rarely for him not to carry. He was breathing hard and he probably ran all the way there to her location. He was staring straight at her not tearing his gaze at all. She couldn't believe it and she didn't know what to say at that very moment but she was able to say one word.

"R-Ryoma… kun."

Upon hearing that, Ryoma composed himself and walked straight to her. She didn't have the chance to react especially when he grabbed both of her shoulder and crossed the distance between them. Her eyes widened and she knew that Chris was too. She didn't move from her location but she just let him kiss her there… behind her parents' grave.

It took for a few seconds before he let go of her lips. The wind blew before, during and after he did that. She knew that her face was really blushing. After of what he did, he gave her a smirk before he leaned over to Chris, giving an envelope to him.

"The lord wants me to give this to you. Everything explains in that paper." He said as he grabbed her hand still looking at him, "I'll take her now."

Chris at the same time opened the envelope and read the first page. His eyes widened at whatever he had read there. She couldn't understand what was happening especially when Chris nodded.

"Go, I'll never win against you anyway," Chris said returning the paper to the envelope and closed his eyes for a few seconds and then opened them again, glaring at him, "Just don't hurt her or I'll hunt you."

Ryoma smirked at him before he pulled her away from that area leaving Chris alone there. She couldn't understand anything at that very moment. All she knew that Ryoma was in front of her, pulling her into a run outside the cemetery. Then realized something, she was not supposed to be with him. Everything was wrong. When they were outside the cemetery, she instinctively pulled her hand away from him. Ryoma was shocked at her action and turned around to look at her.

"H-how did you find me? W-why are you here? A-and why are you pulling me away from Chris-kun?" She asked consistently, "T-this is wrong. Y-you shouldn't have been here. W-why are making things more complicated? You always do that. You always surprise me. You—"

"You talk too much." He cut her.

"Eh?"

"Everything's fine now. The document I gave him just set you free."

"W-what?" She was rather confused when he said that, "W-what are you saying?"

Ryoma walked closer to her making her hold her breath, "You're back… to us."

Her eyes widened when he said that. His words were not really clear but she had the idea of what he was talking about. Not taking his stare anymore, she looked away;

"H-how'd you fine me here?"

"You'll go this place at all cost, no matter what." He just shortly said that.

She was rather surprised when he said that. He remembered what she told him before. She said that to him last year and she bet that he didn't have an idea what she was talking about back then, but he had proven her wrong.

Ryoma remembered her words.

"You should take responsibility."

"Eh?"

Ryoma was intensely staring at her making her blush even more. She felt a little tense when he held her hand slowly;

"You should take responsibility," He repeated his words not tearing his eyes away from her. He was also serious when he continued speaking;

"…For getting my attention like this."

Her eyes widened, surprised by his words. Why would Ryoma say those things to her? She didn't even know what to say to him. The next thing she knew was he was pulling her to another run, not missing a word he said;

"I want you to do it now."

She was confused once again. Somehow, his words were making her nervous. A while ago, she also realized Chris' expressions after he read the paper. He didn't even stop him after he said that he was going to take her. He just accepted his concede… just like that and then he let them go.

She was filled with thoughts that she didn't realized where he was taking her. She just remembered him talking to a girl in a front desk but she didn't know what he was saying to her. And then they entered an elevator and pulled her to a room.

She only realized where they were when Ryoma pushed her on the closed door that they had just entered.

They were in a hotel somewhere in Tokyo.

She didn't have the time to talk when Ryoma placed both of his hands to her side making her to stare at him.

"Do you still love me?"

"Eh?" She was surprised when he asked her that. She didn't expect him to ask that question, not at this kind of situation. He was rather serious when he asked that.

"Do you still love me?" He repeated when she didn't answer.

Blush was present to her face when she confusingly nodded, "O-of course." Her eyes widened when he suddenly leaned in and kissed her fully on the lips when she confessed that. She placed her hands to his chest and gripped the cloth there.

"I want you to say it," Ryoma whispered as he gasped for air. His lips were just inches away from her own and she bet that he could hear how her heart beat faster than the usual, "Say it loud and clear, Sakuno."

His words were hypnotizing her for some reason. She was awfully red and her eyes were half-closed. She bit her lower lip when he told her to say it once again, "I… I love you," She confessed looking down, gripping his cloth even more, "I love you very much."

Their lips collided once again. Ryoma was being aggressive this time. He placed his hand to her nape while he wrapped his other hand to her waist thus, drawing her closer to his body. If he didn't do that, she would probably lose energy and collapse on the ground. Good thing that he did. She felt that she was being lifted while their lips were still locked. She was shyly responding to his kiss now and she couldn't believe that it was really happening. She felt her back was lying on the bed and he on top of her. She only opened her eyes when she felt his hand was gently brushing to her thigh. She mentally panicked and pushed him;

"R-Ryoma-kun… w-what are you doing?"

He looked at her and raised an eyebrow, "What do you think we are doing?"

"B-but—" She couldn't look at him. He was just an inch away from her and her whole system was panicking at that moment, "D-doing this."

"I told you to take responsibility," He said seriously looking at her despite that she was not looking at him, "So be mine already." With that, he started kissing her neck making her gasp in the process. He surprised her at his actions.

From the moment he saw her at the cemetery until at that very room. She didn't even know how they managed to enter the hotel knowing that they were still minors and doing something like this was almost impossible… for now. Building the thoughts inside her, she used all of her strength to push him once again and sat at the upper part of the bed. She was blushing really hard and she could feel her own heart drumming inside her.

"Ryoma-kun… c-can I do something for you instead?" She said not looking at him. He wasn't saying anything but she knew that he was staring at her.

"I only want you."

"B-but we are too young to do this," She looked at him this time, "We are!"

"I am seventeen," He casually said, "We are not minors to do this anymore."

"I… I am only sixteen." She looked away.

"Almost seventeen too next year," He countered, "We're almost eighteen so we are old enough to do this."

"But Ryoma-kun—" She stopped from protesting when he was intensely looking at her.

"Besides," He started making sure that she would get the message, "You are going to marry me when I turn eighteen."

Her eyes widened when he said that. Ryoma was planning to marry her? Let alone it would be a year from now. She was tense and trembling all over. She couldn't take everything to get together.

"T-then, c-can we do this a-after that?"

"No."

"B-but still—"

"No!"

"Ryoma-kun…" She leaned a little closer.

"Yadda!"

She was surprised when he stubbornly ignored her plead. She just stared at him and saw how serious he was at that moment.

"You…" He started titling his head to his side where the door was before he continued speaking, "…are not going to leave that door until you give yourself to me."

She held her breath when he said that. He was serious. She couldn't reply back to him and she knew that she was awfully red all over.

"I found you so you're mine," He said moving closer to her once again, "I wouldn't have gone through this if I didn't love you," He placed a hand to her cheek and said his next words with one full meaning;

"You're my tennis… Sakuno."

She couldn't contain all of her emotions at that very moment. She bit her lower lip as she looked down and said a word that first came to her mind;

"B-bathroom."

"What?"

"C-can I use the bathroom first?" She was blushing to the fullest and still couldn't contain them all. She began fidgeting with her fingers, "T-to… to make myself… presentable… at least." She was embarrassed when she was saying that. She even closed her eyes because she didn't want to see his reaction. She was panicking inside.

"Fifteen minutes."

"Eh?" She looked at him when he said that.

"You only have fifteen minutes to use the bathroom," He casually said and smirked afterwards, "Or I'll raid you inside if you go beyond that."

"W-what?" She couldn't believe what he was saying. Fifteen minutes was too short for a girl and he was only giving her that short time. Ryoma was somewhat… impatient and she wanted to retort at that.

"Go."

"H-hai…" But she wasn't able to when he suddenly told her to go and leaned away from him. She used that chance to stand up and went to the bathroom. She closed the door behind her and leaned her back there. Her heart was pounding really fast. Just what was she got herself into? Was it alright? Ryoma wanted her and he was not going to give up.

He was stubborn from the start anyway and knowing him, he had something unexplainable actions once again. The document was the sole evidence at his recent actions. Whatever it was, she secretly thanked those papers that he brought to Chris. But her situation for the meantime was too good to be true. The number one tennis prodigy was going to get her in a few minutes.

I… I am really… The situation was still a shock to her that she couldn't finish her own thoughts. She would be his after this and she couldn't believe that.

"Ne, time is running so move faster."

She flinched when she heard him speak behind the door. She started to move away from the door, "H-hai…" She began removing her clothes and pouted a little. I-impatient brat. She knew that he wouldn't want to hear that so she kept it to herself.


After fifteen minutes:

Her body was only clad in a towel. She took all the time just to make a quick shower. She knew Ryoma well, if he meant fifteen minutes, he meant only fifteen minutes. Her system was panicking. Was he really serious about it? She just couldn't calm herself down.

"Are you done yet?"

She jumped from her position. His voice was behind the door once again and she was just leaning against it. She didn't know how to react. She didn't know how to answer him.

"Time's up, Sakuno." He had a warning tone in his voice, "If you don't come out, I'll come in."

That startled her to no end. She was about to grab to doorknob, "I-I'll come—" But it was twisted from the outside. Her eyes widened. She locked it but Ryoma was twisting it from the outside.

Ryoma had a spare key.

As long as he opened the door, she leaned on the wall next to the door. She looked down as she clasped her hands to her chest. She only had the towel to cover her naked body and for goodness sake, Ryoma had just entered the bathroom.

She bit her lower lip when she felt him standing in front of her. Her heart was beating really fast. Her face was really red. She was really shy at that very moment. She only closed her eyes when she felt him moving closer to her, placing his hands to her sides.

"You smell nice," He whispered to her ear, "Really nice."

She shut her eyes really tight but opened them again when he licked her cheek, "R-Ryoma-kun."

Ryoma smirked at her, enjoying her reaction, "I'll take a shower too; wear the dress on the bed I prepared for you," With that he walked away from her and went to the tub.

Sakuno breathed a fresh air when he said that. She quickly made her way out and went to the bed. She found the dress that Ryoma was telling her. Her eyes widened when she lifted the dress in front of her.

It was black but it was transparent.

"And don't wear anything underneath that." He shouted loud enough for her to hear from the bathroom.

Her face was crimson red at that very moment. Ryoma demanded her not to wear anything underneath the transparent dress… it was negligee actually. Did Ryoma plan all of this? He trapped her… completely.

Still trying to recover from the turn of events, she wore the thin cloth and examined herself in front of the mirror. She immediately covered her body with her bare hands and blushed really hard, "M-mou, I… I can't show myself like this in front of him. R-Ryoma-kun no baka." She whispered as she looked for anything to wear underneath. At least she could cover her lower extremity but not at the upper part. Good thing that she found a robe and she immediately covered her transparent and seductive body on it. Her loosened hair was still wet so she rinsed it as hard as she could. She went out to the balcony and tried to calm herself down.

Honestly, she didn't mind giving herself to him. She wasn't expecting that she would give herself to him that soon. And that soon would be a few minutes from now. She loved Ryoma with all her heart. She didn't expect anything from him, let alone for him to love her.

Everything was like a dream to her. And if it was a dream, she would never want to wake up.

Walking a little closer to the railing, she placed her hands to the bar and closed her eyes. She felt at ease and went along with the wind that welcomed her freshly showered body. She breathed for a fresh air as she finally calmed herself down. She held her breath when a pair of arms wrapped around her waist from behind. Her eyes widened when she felt his nice fragrance to her neck.

"What are you doing here?" He asked later on.

"G-getting some fresh air?" She answered. Ryoma was faster than her. Boys were really fast at everything or was he fast because…

"I told you not to wear anything aside from the dress," He said whispering to her ear as he reached out for the ribbon that was tied to her waist in front, "Why are you wearing this stupid robe?"

She started to panic once again and blushed really hard, "R-Ryoma-kun… wait." She turned around so that she could look at him.

…Which was her wrong move.

He was smirking. He was not wearing anything aside from the towel that was covering him to his waist. She looked away as she blushed really hard. She felt awkward but not in a negative way. She was just nervous. Her heart was panicking when he continued untying the ribbon to her robe. She was holding his hands but she wasn't stopping him.

She didn't have the guts to do it.

Later on, the robe was on the floor. She gathered enough courage to look at his eyes. He was looking at her and not to her body. He was showing fondness and only fondness at her. Her eyes softened as well. She couldn't see anything from his eyes but pure intentions he got for her. His hands went to hers as he pulled her inside;

"It's cold, let's get inside." With that he pulled her inside the room.

She was red but she was fighting her shyness towards him. Ryoma's eyes never left hers. He slowly put her to bed without saying anything. She blushed really hard when he placed himself on top of her.

Was he really going to do it?

Her heart was beating soundly inside her. She thought that she would become deaf because of the loud sound of it.

"You're perfect." He suddenly said placing a hand to her cheek.

"A-are you sure… about this?" She asked him.

"Never been sure Sakuno," He said placing his other hand to her waist making her gasp in the process, "I'll be gentle, don't worry." He then slowly leaned down and kissed her on the neck.

She bit her lower lip when she felt his lips to her neck. He was really serious about it. He would really have her at all cost.

"Are you nervous?" He whispered to her ear making her open her eyes.

"O-Of course I am," She immediately answered him. She was awfully red at that moment but she managed to look at him, "You are… going to…" She couldn't continue her words at that moment.

Ryoma was just watching her. He leaned down to kiss her fully on the lips. She was shocked at first but she gave in afterwards. She let him control despite the nervousness that she was feeling.

"Trust me…" He shortly said after the kiss they shared.

She looked at him with fondness in her eyes. And how could she not? She would trust him with all her heart. She loved him a lot. She gave him all the message right through his eyes which he understood. He leaned down once again and kissed her for the second time and this time she responded with full emotions and feelings that she had for him.

There was no one who could stop them now.

"I'll make sure that I'll plant my seed in you."

She panicked for the second time. She immediately pushed him after he whispered that to her ear, "W-what are you saying?"

Ryoma frowned as he answered, "You know what I am saying."

She blushed really hard, "Y-you can't do that."

"I can, that's why we are going to do it." He said in a casual way.

"B-but you can't do it… n-not now," Sakuno said trying to sit up but Ryoma was blocking her, "R-Ryoma-kun we are too young for that."

"What are you saying?" He said pushing her back down on the bed, "I am stable enough to take care of you and our future."

"B-but still…"

They started to argue with that kind of conversation and it took for a long time until they made an agreement. In the end, Sakuno gave in to him but not the thing that he wanted.


Later on:

She opened her eyes and stared at the ceiling. She tried to remember what happened. Her eyes widened when she finally remembered everything. She didn't know how long she slept after they did it. She couldn't help but blush really hard at the memory.

She gave herself to Ryoma and she felt like a… woman when she was in his arms. She couldn't believe that they did it and she couldn't believe that it really happened. What she realized that, Tomoka's words came true in some way.

Did they just elope... or something?

She screamed at the thought in her mind. She was thinking something stupid. She knew that they would be going back to Seigaku for Ryoma told her that before they went to sleep. The boy would be thinking something sneaky if she told him about it, so she'd better not to.

She tried sitting but she couldn't. She looked to her side only to hold her breath. Ryoma was beside her… and was fully awake.

"What took you so long to wake up?"

Her eyes were really wide. She couldn't find her words. He was really close to her. Ryoma smirked before he leaned in to kiss her on the lips.

"Stop daydreaming wobbly hips," He said teasing her a little, "What happened between us is real."

She blushed to the fullest, "M-mou… Ryoma-kun," She covered her face due to embarrassment, "S-stop teasing me anymore. I… I just couldn't believe that… we really did it."

"Heh," He grunted as he pulled her closer to his body, "You are mine now," He kissed her forehead, "Thank you for trusting me, Sakuno."

Sakuno was shocked when he said that. He was warm and she liked that feeling. She wanted to feel him like that. Then she remembered something as she brought a smile to her lips;

"Anou… Ryoma-kun…"

"Hmm." He replied, his face was on top of her head.

"Otanjoubi… omedetou…" She blushed when she said that. She then felt his head leave her top and faced her, "Soshite Merrii Kurisumasu."

He placed his hand to her cheek and smiled at her, "Aa… Merry Christmas too." With that he gave her another kiss on the lips.

They stayed like for a while and expressed their feelings to each other. After a few hours, they would be going back to Seigaku and would arrange things for the both of them.

Sakuno had yet to fix her name and Sumire's wrath was about to come once they learned about the situation that they were in.

She still yet to know and they both knew that it wasn't going to be easy.


Done! How was this chapter? I guess I went overboard. It was indeed BIG. Tell me your thoughts, please… Sakuno is just 16 and Ryoma has just turned 17, I know they are too young for that, that's why they fought about 'that'. hahaha… Guys, if you don't like it just tell me and I'll change it… I'll give you until the weekend so that I could change it. I am adjusting with the time so that I could write with the other fics… So please… just this one… help me and tell me your thoughts… Domo… ^^

Actually, I am not satisfied with the ending of this chapter. So what do you think about it? Sigh...

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Vocab:

Mitsuketa - I found you.

Responsibility dialogue by Ryoma - Inspired from a shounen ai anime called Junjou Romantica. It was a conversation between You Miyagi and Shinobu Takatsuki where You told Shinobu to take responsibility of him for he has fallen in love with him. Sorry, I just love Shounen Ai... tee hee hee...

I don't own anything from the anime... Zero... capiche... ;p

There will be two chapters and an omake left before these fic ends... Keep up with me until then... Thank you... ^_^

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