Ryoga was gaping like a fish at Momo's words. How was that possible. He acknowledges the existence of Ryoma; he knows the need for him to be around. It's not like he wants to get rid of the alter Ryoma, unlike Fuji who tried to get rid of Ryoko because he believed her to be the alter instead. Ryoga was not like that at all, was Momo not completely understanding the situation?

"I think you may be mistaken Momo, why would I be anything like that bastard over there?" Ryoga asked while pointing over towards Fuji, who was staring wide-eyed at Momo.

Momo raised an eyebrow. "I didn't mean it like you two were the same but that you had similar approaches."

Ryoga motioned Momo to continue.

"Now, again I'm no expert but, looking back." Momo paused to rearrange his thoughts. "The first person you see when you look at Echizen is Ryoko regardless if its Ryoma currently out. Like at the practice today, you immediately focused on your brother and ignored the rest of us until you needed to. The way you were explaining things to me earlier, it was only about Ryoko never once did you mention Ryoma unless you were talking about an alter."

Ryoga blinked and opened his mouth to say something but closed it right away.

Fuji chuckled nervously. "Momo, I didn't know you could be so smart."

Momo frowned. "I can have my moments."

"Of course but Dissociative Identity Disorder? Who knew you would be so knowledgeable about it." Fuji commented

Momo sighed. "I don't know everything about the science behind it; I just know how to interact with someone with it."

"I see."

It got awkwardly silent again after that, so Momo decided to continue his point from earlier.

"I am not saying that you both were completely wrong but both of you were ignoring one part of who they are as a whole and I don't think that's the right way."

"One part of a whole?" Fuji questioned. "I don't understand what you're talking about?"

Ryoga remained quiet with his head down, and his hands were clutching the front of the bench. Momo took a glance at the other teen worried but answered Fuji's question. "I mean that Dissociative Identity Disorder is a person with multiple personalities right? So Echizen, one person, has two personalities; Ryoma, and Ryoko. Even though they are separate personalities they are still one person. Ryoma needs Ryoko as much as Ryoko needs Ryoma. Treat them each as a person but don't separate the two. You cannot have one without the other, something you both are missing."

"That's not fair to them though treating them as if they were the same," Fuji commented. "It would be like saying twins are the same person."

Momo shook his head. "That's not what I meant though. I only meant that they share the same body, you both needed to understand that point. Instead, you each are assuming only one person controls that body instead of two. Fuji you only see Ryoma and assume that Ryoko shouldn't be there, whereas Ryoga assumes that Ryoma shouldn't be there. Sure Ryoko may have been the original, but that doesn't matter anymore, Ryoma exists and has for a very long time. He is now his own person living in the same body as Ryoko. Treat them individually, but don't assume that the other person doesn't have as much right as the other."

The room got deathly silent after Momo finished explaining his thoughts. Neither Fuji nor Ryoga made a move to speak or leave the room. Momo was sweating and worried he might have overstepped his bounds. Fuji was leaning by the door head down in thought, and Ryoga hadn't moved at all since earlier. Momo wanted to say something, anything to break this awkward tension but he knew they needed time to think for themselves. It will not take a day to get them both to understand what he means, and it defiantly will not take a day for them to change their methods approaching Echizen.

Suddenly Ryoga stood up and left the club room without so much as a sound. Fuji looked up and watched the older teen go, then looked towards Momo and gave a sad smile before leaving himself. Momo was now alone in the clubroom and super worried about the two boys who disappeared. He moved to the bench Ryoga was just at and grabbed his head in frustration.

He didn't mean to give the two a lecture; he only intended to figure out what was wrong with his best friend. Fuji had been acting strange lately and then that incident in the bathroom. Momo is not one to watch and ignore a problem going on around him. Especially if it concerned the people he cared about. That's why when he noticed Ryoga hold fuji back he immediately decided to confront them. Both Fuji and Ryoga were acting strangely concerning Echizen, and he had to know why. He only wanted to help.

He didn't want to be a mediator though.

Most people think he's stupid and only has tennis on the brain. Of course those people are right, but that didn't mean he didn't know anything else besides tennis. Momo was a people person; he knew how and liked interacting with others. He had once met this boy at the street courts when he was younger who developed an alter that would only appear if threatened. Sort of like Akaya from Rikkidai but a more severe case. It developed because the boy was always getting bullied and there was no one to protect him.

Never would he have expected Echizen to have something like Dissociate Identity Disorder though. It was strange; Momo had never seen the signs before. He should have figured it out. He did have experience with a similar case in the past, so it should have been more evident to him. Momo was telling the truth when he said he wasn't an expert but that didn't mean he didn't understand. Something had to have happened for Ryoko to create Ryoma; the question was when and why.

When was Ryoma created and Why was he needed?

"Would you like to know?"

The sudden voice made Momo jump in his seat. He wasn't expecting someone to be in the clubroom at this time and he defiantly was expecting an answer to his silent questions. He looked towards the door at the newcomer. It would appear to be Ryoma at first glance, but the way in which they held themselves, the look in their eye, and the expression of pain and sadness on their face, it was apparent it wasn't him. Momo had never seen Ryoko behave before, he literally just found out about her, but he could tell that this must be her.

Momo smiled. "Ryoko right?"

Ryoko looked surprised at first but gave the boy in front of her a sad smile and nodded. "You look familiar, I've seen you before haven't I?"

Momo tilted his head in confusion; he hadn't met Ryoko.

"Ah, wait you're in the tennis club with Fuji and Ryoma, so you were at that stadium that one time right?"

Stadium? Does she mean the Nationals?

"I remember now; You were the player with the incredible dunk smash. It was so cool that I had to ask you to do it again so I could see if I was able to return it." Ryoko said with a glint in her eye and a broad smile on her face.

Momo blinked and then remembered precisely what she was talking about. "Ryoma didn't lose his memories at that time; it was you who was out."

Ryoko kept smiling and nodded. "Honestly though it wasn't my intention to be out. Something happened to Ryoma; he was suppressed for the time being. I was merely looking out for him by letting him rest for awhile. Don't ask me what happened because I don't know, I just had a bad feeling and took over."

Momo nodded. "So you play Tennis as well then?" he asked.

"Only as a hobby, I don't have any flashy moves like most, but I do excel at the basics. It's more muscle memory than anything else since I always played when I was young." Ryoko's smile then fell, and Momo started getting worried all over again. "I heard you know."

"Huh?"

"What my brother, Fuji, and you were talking about in here." Ryoko elaborated. "I had another bad feeling and decided to check it out. When I got close to the club room, I heard loud noises like arguing. I figured it would be between my brother and Fuji. However, I wasn't expecting another person to be involved."

Momo sighed. "I wasn't supposed to be, but I couldn't ignore a problem when I see one."

Ryoko smiled. "I appreciate it. All of it, what you said to my brother and Fuji-san. I believe they will come to understand your point after they think it over a while. Both people are smart in their own way; there is no need to worry about them."

Momo looked at Ryoko. The girl was very much different from Ryoma. She had more expressions and wore her feelings on her sleeves. He could tell that she cared more about others than she did herself, almost to the point of it being a fault. Momo could read her like an open book from just this initial meeting. It was a significant contrast to Ryoma, and it got him wondering once again why he was created in the first place.

"You're not worried about yourself?" he asked instead of the question he was currently thinking.

Again Ryoko gave another sad smile. "It doesn't matter in the end." Momo wanted to argue that, but she interrupted him. "I did ask you a question, were you going to answer me?"

"A question?" Momo asked with his face scrunched up in confusion.

Ryoko giggled. "Yeah, when I first got here."

Momo blinked then realized what she meant.

Ryoko smiled when she saw Momo understood. "Would you like to know? About me, my past, and about Ryoma?"

A/N: This is once again short because I didn't want to separate the next part. Sorry about that.
Soon we will get to the roots of the problem, and it shall be WONDERFUL!
Just kidding, it will probably be kinda sad. I'm not sure how well I will do with tear jerkers.

Anyhoo see you next update!