A/N I'm going to make a crossover with Tennis no Ohjisama but only using Ryoma Echizen and well Tennis... Yea...And later on maybe I'll use Eiji Kikumaru. For those who don't know what Tennis no Ohjisama is... Don't worry it's just about a boy who is really REALLY good at tennis...
"Master Hao is it all right if I go out for a while?" Sui asked. Hao looked up from his studies.
"Oh yea, go ahead." Hao replied busily. Sui bowed and walked away.
"Now where am I?" Sui asked. She had been jogging around for a while asking for directions but forgot them right after the direction giver left. Then suddenly she jolted up. "Who would be here at night?" Sui asked herself. She walked into the tennis court in the school. "Am I allowed to be here?" Sui questioned expecting an answer. She saw a boy with blue hair. The boy's light brown eyes shone with determanation. Sui sat down crossed legged watching the boy practice. The tennis practicing boy didn't notice her and continued serving onto the other court. Sui shot her head up to see a tennis ball flying in her direction. Not expecting it would hit her she ignored it.
'Smack' The tennis ball hit her on the forehead and she fell back unconsciece. Her last words before falling down was, "That didn't hurt." The boy finally noticed her and jogged up to her.
"What the hell was she doing here?" He asked silently. He grabbed Sui's arm and pulled her up. He waved his hand in front of her face. "She fell unconsciece with her eyes open." He mumbled with a sweatdrop.
"She got hit with the tennis ball! What was I suppose to do!?" The boy shouted at the man before him.
"You should have just left her there! Who would bother her!?" The man bellowed.
"I can't just leave a unconsciece girl on school property!" He replied angrily.
"You're so stupid, Ryoma! You just leave the girl there!" The man growled. The boy identified as Ryoma stomped off angrily.
"Stupid girl had to be watching and get hit with the tennis ball." Ryoma muttered. Sui was lying on his bed. Her head was bandaged up because it was bleeding.
"You can't call me stupid unless your my master or my master's friend." Sui murmured. Ryoma stood up startled causing the chair he was sitting on to fall backwards.
"You were already up?" Ryoma asked.
"No, I just woke up after you said stupid." Sui replied sitting up. "Ano.... Do you know where Patch Village is?"
"No, I've never heard of it." Ryoma answered shaking his head.
"I'm officially lost..... what were you doing before with the racket?" Sui questioned.
"Tennis." Ryoma sighed. Sui put her finger on her chin.
"Would you mind teaching me it?" Sui requested. Ryoma shrugged.
"I'm not sure you're worth my time." Ryoma muttered. Sui stared at him silently. After a few minutes of silence.
"Onegai! I'll call you master. I'll do anything you want. Just teach me this tennis thing." Sui pleaded. Ryoma shrugged again.
"I'm still not sure but if you can actually hit the ball onto the other side of the court I'll think about it." Ryoma mumbled.
"Hold it like this?" Sui asked. Ryoma nodded. Sui tossed the ball into the air and slammed the racket down on hit. The ball soared through the air and disappeared behind the building. There was a loud sound of glass shattering and shouts of anger.
"Good but a little too hard." Ryoma commented as he tossed her another ball. "Just hold the racket loosely. You're gripping the handle too hard." Sui loosed her grip and tried again. The ball was a lot lower and burned a hole through the gate.
"Was that good or bad." Sui questioned.
"It depends if your trying to burn a hole through your opponent." Ryoma replied.
Ren sighed and stared at the ceiling. He had been listening to Xian sob about how hard her life was and how Sui ruined her life.
"Then she comes in and I lost all the attention to that little brat. Can you believe that!? I am Xian, daughter of Zhe She, the highest Official in China losing attention to a lonely, poor, stupid girl." Xian sobbed.
~*Flashback to the day Sui came in (They are 8 years old)*~
"This is our new servant? She is just a lonely little brat." A younger Xian sneered. The younger Sui stared up at her then back down smiling silently. "She's nothing more then a empty smiling shell of something that was once alive, just like Bailong." Xian continued.
"Xian! Do not say rude things about Bailong!" Jun shouted. Sui was staring at Jun with a wide smile on her face.
"You're acting very strange towards uncle's new servant, Xian, is it your jealous?" Ren asked with a smirk.
"No! How can you say that Ren!?" Xian shrieked.
"It's so obivious that your jealous. Even more your jealous of a girl that's been abandoned by her family, then taken in by the Mings, sent to the Shaolin temple, now she's here to serve us." Ren taunted. Jun giggled as Sui stared at them confused.
"The only reason she's here is because of her skills in martial arts. She won't be more then a servant anyways. She is need for Uncle En's assassinations." Jun said.
"Her!? Be an assassin!? She probably can't even defend herself." Xian screamed. Ren shrugged.
"Ren why don't you fight her?" Jun suggested. Ren shrugged again.
"Girl! Get up and fight him!" Xian commanded. Sui stood up staggering.
"Yes, Lady Xian." Sui obeyed silently as she got into a fighting pose. Ren smirked and also got in a pose. Sui started off by running then disappearing before she reached Ren.
"What the!?" Xian shouted. Suddenly a high kick was aimed at Ren's head. Ren quickly lifted his arm and blocked the kick. Sui's leg went down. Ren punched her but Sui ducked and drop kicked his shoulder. Ren growled frustrated and kicked her arm.
"Stop! Sui get over here!!" En ordered. Sui staggered towards him.
"Xian! You know better then ordering Lord En's servant around." Zhe She scolded.
"It was her deicision to obey!" Xian retorted.
"Sui is a servant. She has to obey." Zhe She replied. Sui bowed her head down low and muttered an apology. The officials left.
"You stupid brat! You got me in trouble!" Xian screamed.
"Xian you're being the brat here." Jun grumbled.
"Sui! Stand outside!" Xian ordered angrily.
"It's raining outside. You can't make her stand out there! Uncle En will be furious." Ren replied. Sui was already outside standing outside in the rain, the same empty smile across her features.
"And you know the only person who will get in trouble are us." Jun agreed.
"Do as you wish." Xian grumbled and walked away. Jun looked at Ren. Ren sighed and grabbed an umbrella and jogged outside towards Sui.
"What is wrong with you? The only people you are allowed to obey is the Dao family." Ren muttered and handed her the umbrella. Sui stared at him with blank eyes and pushed his hand back.
"Lord En will be even more furious if you get sick and can't train." Sui replied happily. Ren stared at her confused.
"Uncle En will be angry both ways. So lets get you inside." Ren said and pulled her back inside.
~*End of Flashback*~
What Xian said was partly true but Sui just recived a little bit of attention.
"Sui didn't want to have attention, she just recieved it because she did. She didn't want any attention at all. She wanted to belong and be normal like everyone else." Ren replied.
"No! Sui was selfish and wanted everyone's attention on her!" Xian growled frustrated.
"Get out of my room." Ren ordered. Xian got up and groled at him angrily. Ren closed his eyes and fell asleep quickly.
*Dream in Ren's POV*
I was frozen as I watched something of a performance before me. I saw many familiar figures but couldn't tell who they were because their faces were all shadowed.
"Stop it!" The girl shouted at a boy holding a crossbow in his hand. The boy lowered the crossbow.
"You, my own servant will go against me? I cannot believe this. These people have made us do their biddings for years. How can you defend them!?" The boy sneered lifting the crossbow again.
"You can't kill your own sister." Another boy taunted. The boy aimed the crossbow at taunting boy. The girl stood before the other boy her arms lifted.
"I won't let you kill Master Ren!" The girl shouted. I was confused if the boy behind the girl is me then the girl must be Sui! But who is the other boy. The unknown boy fired the arrow and it hit Sui over the heart. Sui caught the arrow but it slid through her fingers and pierced her heart.
*End of Dream and Ren's POV*
Ren woke up in cold sweat. He placed a hand over his eyes. He sat up. He stared at the jade lotus necklace. It had a small crack in it. Ren pulled it apart.
"More words." Ren muttered. He read the words silently to himself. 'Promise me when I die, you won't cry' were the words inside.
"She was born from sorrow." Ren murmured. "What is that voice that keeps speaking to me?" Ren closed his eyes and flopped back down.
"Good, I think you got this right now." Ryoma commented as Sui hit the ball and it hit the other side of the court so fast that it left a burn mark on the court.
"I learned something new today. Thank you Master Ryoma." Sui said smiling.
"I said you didn't need to call me Master." Ryoma said with his eyes half open.
"Then I'll call you Lord Ryoma." Sui replied grinning at Ryoma's frustration. Ryoma glared at her them sighed.
"Where exactly do you live?" Ryoma questioned.
"I live in Patch Village but I'm from China. My home country." Sui answered. Ryoma shrugged.
"I have no idea where this Patch Village is. I'm never even heard of it." Ryoma replied.
"Master Hao will come eventually." Sui muttered.
"Master Hao will come eventually." Sui muttered again. Ryoma looked at her.
"It's been 3 weeks. I don't think he's coming." Ryoma growled.
"Master Hao will come." Sui argued.
"It's been 3 weeks, he would have noticed you weren't home and looked for you. BUT HE'S NOT!!!" Ryoma shouted.
"He is coming. I know he will." Sui replied.
"I'll make a bet with you. If this Hao person doesn't come in the next week, you have to pay a rent for staying at my house." Ryoma muttered.
"And if he does come then what?" Sui questioned.
"Then you pay for the days you stayed in my house." Ryoma replied.
"That's not fair! I'll lose money both ways. That's not a bet." Sui whined.
"You've stayed in my house for 3 weeks and I had to sleep on the couch because of you."
"You insisted that I sleep on your bed!"
"No, my stupid dad did."
"You're still related. Plus you made me wait outside on the tree outside your school everyday for 8 hours. I was hungry."
"No I didn't. You follow me to school everyday."
"So, but you tell me to 'stay in the tree and don't move'. That's exactly what you said."
"SHUDDAP!" Sui pushed him to the ground. She kneeled down next to him.
"You are wrong. I am right." Sui said and poked his forehead. Ryoma glared at her. Sui sat down on the ground looking at Ryoma. Ryoma pulled Sui into a headlock. "Ne! Lemme go!!" Sui shouted.
"No unless you say I'm right. You're wrong." Ryoma replied. Sui closed her eyes in deep thought.
"I'm right. You're wrong." Sui said. The grip on her neck got tighter. "That's what you told me to say!" Sui whined.
"The other way around." Ryoma commanded.
"I won't say it!!" Sui shouted. Ryoma sighed and let go. Sui pouted. "That does hurt you know." Sui said with her eyes in a friendly glare.
"It was suppose to." Ryoma replied.
"You didn't have to hold that hard! It starts to hurt after a while." Sui muttered. Ryoma grinned. Sui half closed her eyes and sat down indian style on the ground.
"It was your fault in the first place. You had to push me on the ground." Ryoma grumbled. Sui glared at him again. She placed her arm over his neck.
"This is what you did." Sui growled and started choking Ryoma. Ryoma turned chibi in her grasp.
"Ah! Lemme go!!" Ryoma cried. Sui sighed and released the grip.
"I really think I should be going now. I've over stayed my non-exstint visit." Sui sighed.
"So you're going to leave?" Ryoma asked.
"Yep. I just have to travel around until I remember the directions." Sui muttered.
"Well then see you around." Ryoma said. Sui nodded and got up. She lend Ryoma a hand. Sui hugged him briefly and kissed his cheek.
"Sayonara." Sui said and turned the other way. "I would have stayed longer but it's almost New Years. Which is almost Master Ren's birthday. I have to get back to Patch Village."
"Child....Do not abuse your power." A old woman muttered to her. Sui stared at her.
"I'm sorry but I think you have me confused with someone else." Sui apologized.
"You have to power destined for helping one special person." The woman argued. She laid an old wrinkled hand on Sui's shoulder. A jolt of shock and confusion coursed through her body. Sui shrugged her hand off and stepped back looking at the old woman.
"Mrs. Miko. You have the wrong person. I have no power." Sui replied. The old miko shook her head.
"You have no past life. You are a tensai with the gifts of the heavens." The miko exclaimed. Gunshots were heard nearby them. Fired exactly at Sui. Out of the sleeve of her jacket she pulled out a kodachi. She used the hilt to block the bullets. Sui saw two bullets in line next to each other handing for the old miko. She pushed the miko down and the two bullets sliced cleanly through her arm.
"Damn I missed." A masculine voice hissed. The wound on Sui's arm was more like a cut from a sword. Thin but deep. There was no blood.
"Reiko!!!" The miko cried but when she looked back Sui had already disappeared.
"The wound cut through your musules. If chance the musules don't rejoin, you will never use her right arm again." The doctor informed. Sui stared down at her injured arm. "But do not worry the chance that your musules rejoin are high. Seeing that your friend got you here just as the wound appeared."
"Who was it anyway?" Sui questioned.
"I'm not sure, he's outside. He had long brown hair. Red earrings with blue stars and dark brown eyes." The doctor answered and left the room.
"Some tensai. I got shot." Sui muttered disappoving of her own act.
"Tensai. I never knew you were one." Sui blinked and looked at the window. Hao stood in front of it.
"Master Hao." Sui murmured.
"You better rest or you'll never do martial arts again." Hao warned.
"It will not matter if I never pratice again." Sui replied. "I have no use of praticing martial arts."
"Is that so?" Hao questioned with a smirk. "Then do you mind if I cut off your arm and sell it?" Sui frowned and ignored the remark.
"Why did that miko think I was a tensai?" Sui questioned.
"Don't know. You are very confusing. You mind is usually blank." Hao replied.
"I do not mind if my mind is blank."
"What do you mind?" Sui's eyes widened.
"I...I'm not sure." Sui replied.
"Sui. I think it would be best if this arranged marriage was canceled. You appear nervous and uncertin when I question you. I can't help but wonder... if you actually had more then friendship on your mind when you were engaged to Ren."
"Wh...there wasn't. I'm sure of it."
"Doesn't matter. I didn't even want to have an arranged marriage anyways. You lose your freedom of who you love that way."
"Wise words coming from Master Hao?"
"Ha Ha. Very funny," Hao replied with his eyes closed. "How do you feel about Ren?" Sui stared at him.
"Why are you so interested?"
"I want to become a doctor!" Hao exclaimed. Sui rolled her eyes.
"Sure, well I'm not sure what I feel. When he's not around my heart feels alone and sorrow. I constantly think of him. He's most important in my life. It's almost like without him. I can't find happiness or joy. And it makes my heart ache with pain so much but I just can't cry no matter how hard I try to." Sui explained.
"Then don't try. If you want to cry you will. You can't force yourself to cry. But I find it odd. Most people don't want to cry but you just want to cry because of all the pain and sorrow your feeling." Sui stared at him again, she gripped the blanket until her knuckled turned white. She closed her eyes.
"The woman. She said I didn't have a past life. But everyone has a past life....don't they?" Sui questioned.
"Of coarse every creature has a past life. I'll even check yours for you." Hao replied.
"You will?" Sui asked.
"Yes, but not now. You've recieved a phone call from your Kaasan." Hao answered.
"Kaasan is..........................................Master Hao. What's Kaasan?" Sui asked.
"Kaasan is Mu Ching." Hao replied using the Chinese he knew. A smile appeared on Sui's face.
"She did call." Sui exclaimed. Sui grabbed the phone off the desk and dialed numbers.
"Hello? Who is this?" Ming (Sui's mother) asked.
"Mu Ching, it's me Shuei." Sui answered using Chinese. Hao crept silently out of the room.
"Shuei! Your brother....Fang...He.." Ming voice reduced to sobs.
"What about Fang!?" Sui shouted into the phone.
"Mu Ching. I'll tell her." Sui heard Fei Ling's voice.
"Shuei, Fang has been hit by a car and he'll never walk again." Fei Ling explained.
"He won't walk anymore?" Sui repeated.
"Yes, what's more is. The one who was driving was instructed by Xian to hit him." Fei Ling added.
"Lady Xian!?" Sui shouted.
"When we found Fang. There was a message written in his blood. It said, 'Shuei Ming must be ready to fight Xian's fighters by next week'. She's expecting you to be there and fight." Fei Ling said.
"Arigatou. Sayonara." Sui replied and hung up. Sui looked at her arm. It was in a sling since the doctors wouldn't provide a cast for her. Sui brought her legs up to her chest. She lowered her head and closed her eyes.
"He'll never walk again, like I'll never use my arm again. It's all my fault. Why couldn't it had been som-. I can't make it someone else. This was my fault to begin with. Cruption of the heart." Sui muttered to herself.
"Because of Xian, he'll never walk again." Sui repeated. She shook her head.
"It's because of me." Sui said. She stared at the open window. She got up from the bed and staggered to the window. Sui stared down. The hospital room was 4 stories off the ground. Sui jumped. As she fell by the 2 stories window. She grabbed the railing. She let go and grabbed a tree branch. The tree brance lowered itself to the ground. "Why am I always the cause of everyone's problems?" She didn't know where she was going. Just trying to run from all the problems she had.
Sui fell to her knees in exhastion. People were staring at the girl who had no umbrella in the hard weather.
"Where can I go?" Sui asked herself as she stood up. "There's Mr. Yoh and Miss Anna but I caused them problems already. I just left Lord Ryoma's house and I can't expect to stay there again. I have nowhere to go. Nowhere to hide. Nowhere to weep."
"Nya, are you lost?" A childish masculine voice asked. Sui turned around to see a redhead boy with a bandage on his cheek.
"I don't know where I am." Sui admitted.
"Then you're lost." The boy replied. The boy smiled. "But you can stay at my house at least until the rain stops." Sui lowered her head.
"You would invite a stranger to stay at your house?" Sui questioned.
"Are you Sui?" The boy questioned.
"Yes."
"Nya! You are!! Ochibi told me about you." The boy exclaimed.
"Ochibi?" Sui said.
"Ochibi is Ryoma Echizen. He told me about you." The boy replied happily.
"I stayed at his house before." Sui said.
"I'm Eiji Kikumaru!!!" The energetic boy introduced.
"I'm Sui Ming." Sui muttered.
"Ochibi said you're a really good tennis beginner." Eiji claimed.
"I'm not." Sui denied.
"Ochibi said so, so I'm not sure." Eiji replied.
"I shouldn't stay at another person's house, but I thank you for you gratitude." Sui murmured and walked away. Eiji stared at her with wide eyes.
"She looks familiar." Eiji ended.
"International Fight to China is now boarding." The speaker boomed. Sui handed the woman the ticket and passport and boarded the plane.
"Thank you and enjoy your flight!" The woman called. Sui ignored her.
Sui ran to the hospital. "Which room is Ming Fang in?" Sui questioned. The woman pointed to the back room to the left. Sui bowed quickly and ran to the room. Sui put her hand on the knob. She turned it slowly and pushed open the door. 4 people were crowded inside the room.
"Shuei!" Ming exclaimed and rushed to hug the martial artist.
"What happened to your arm!?" Chi-Lee questioned. Sui stared at her arm.
"I got shot. I might not be able to move my arm anymore." Sui replied dully.
"You have to fight next week!" Lie xia shouted.
"I know. I'll still fight. I won't let this go without a fight." Sui raged.
"Shuei calm down." Fei Ling ordered. Sui looked at Fang.
"Can you leave, I want to speak with Fang." Sui mumbled. The others left.
"Sister, it's good to see you again." Fang said and tried to put up a smile but failed. Sui sat on the bed. Fang's hair got in his eyes. Sui brushed his hair from his eyes. Fang was confused by her actions.
"Let me see your eyes. Let me see your beautiful eyes." Sui muttered. Fang stared at her.
"Sister, did brother tell you about how I won't be able to walk anymore?" Fang questioned. Sui looked at him.
"Yes. Yes they did." Sui answered. Sui hugged him. "You shouldn't have to suffer because of me. My family shouldn't have to suffer."
"Don't worry sister. It's all right." Fang soothed.
"I'll make sure that you will be able to walk again." Sui vowed.
"I'll never walk again. That's what the doctors said. I heard them talking to Mu Ching."
"You will walk again. I know that will happen. I will get revenge for you and I'll defeat Lady Xian's fighters."
"But you can't move your arm."
"I will still defeat them no matter what it takes. Even if I die I will."
"Xian, she knew of your injury. I'm not sure how but she planned for your arm to be unusable. Find someone else to fight for you. Xian said that you can have more then yourself to fight."
"No. I caused too may problems already. I'm fighting alone, like I always have." Sui said with an icy cold voice.
"You would prefer corpution of the heart then to have people help you?" Fang questioned.
"Corpution of the heart. Something that happens to all humans."
"But you are not human! You're a tenshi, Master Ren said so!" Fang exclaimed.
"No. I'm nothing more then a human." Sui denied. "I have to go now. Just believe in me and I will defeat her."
"Ryoma Echizen? Yes. Plane tickets to China was given to you by a messager. It concerns your friend Sui Ming."....."You will come. Invite anyone you want. Thank you. Good day."
Day before fight: "Please Master Ren! Stop the fight!" Chi-Lee pleaded.
"Sui's arm is unable to move now." Lie xia sobbed.
"Good. You can stop acting now." Fei Ling ordered.
"Was that good?" Chi-Lee asked.
"It was all right but Lie xia you need to look like your crying." Fei Ling replied. Lie xia nodded.
"Can we go tell him now?" Lie xia asked.
"Lets go right now."
"Master Ren. It's about the fight." Fei Ling started.
"I can't stop the fight. It would be against Sui's wishes." Ren calmly replied.
"But her arm!" Chi-Lee cried.
"I know about her arm."
"If she doesn't rest for another month.... She'll never use her arm again!" Lie xia shouted.
"I don't care. It's what Sui wants." Ren replied. Fei Ling closed his eyes.
"And I thought you really did care about Sui. But like every Master to their servant. They treat them like nothing more then animals." Fei Ling muttered. Chi-Lee and Lie xia nodded.
"And sister really likes you too." Lie xia added with a pout. Ren stood up half annoyed and half of sorrow.
"You three, leave now." Ren ordered. The three brothers got up to leave. As they neared the door Ren opened his mouth. "It's not because Sui's a servant. It's because Sui came here and made a request not to listen to anyone about stopping the fight." Ren murmured.
"You really mean that!?" Lie xia asked.
"I would stop the fight but I can't." Ren replied. The three bowed quickly and left.
"Sui!!! What do you mean!!!!!???????" Chi-Lee shouted. Sui remained unmoved in the corner of the dark room.
"Stay out. I will continue this fight to the death." Sui replied. Fei Ling stood in the door way.
"Sui come here." Fei Ling ordered. Sui had her knees pulled up to her chest and head lowered. Sui got up and walked to the doorway. "You really want to fight?"
"Yes. And I will defeat them." Sui vowed. "I promised Fang that I would make sure he can walk again and defeat Xian." Sui said looking up.
"You made sure Master Ren would not end the battle." Lie xia said finally understanding.
"Yea. I mean everything that I said." Sui muttered. Lie xia put his hands on Sui's face.
"Sis, you really want to risk your life to win a battle for Fang?" Lie xia asked. Sui placed her hands over Lie xia's.
"Lie Lie. Understand. This is more then just a battle for Fang. It's for your family. Xian has made sure this family suffered. I know because Lady Jun told me all of it." Sui murmured.
"Sui, you'll lose your life." Fei Ling confirmed. Sui nodded and brushed Lie xia's hands away.
"I am well aware of that already." Sui replied. Chi-Lee bit his lower lip. Tears appeared on his and Lie xia's eyes. Sui kneeled down. Chi-Lee and Lie-xia hugged her. Tears stained her red uniform. Sui hugged them back. "You can't expect everything to happen." Sui mumbled.
"But...But...Master Ren said you were a tenshi." Chi-Lee cried.
"I'm nothing more then a....." Sui said unable to continue.
"More then a what?" Fei Ling asked.
"A Martial Artist. Practicing martial arts is my life. Losing in martial arts would already be like losing my life. It won't matter." Sui muttered.
"May God help you." Fei Ling prayed.
Next day: Sui sat down on the bench inside her private locker room. There was a knock on the door. Sui got up and pulled it open. Ryoma stood behind it along with a few other people in the same tennis uniform as him.
"Lord Ryoma. What are you doing here?" Sui asked partly glad, shocked, and angered.
"You don't sound too happy." Eiji said. Sui stared at him.
"Eiji, it's good to see you. And Ryoma and the rest of the people I have no clue who they are...." Sui trailed off.
"Sui, this is Tezuka-senpai." Ryoma pointed to the teenage boy with short brown hair and brown eyes with glasses.
"This is Fuji-chan." Eiji introduced. The teenage boy with brown hair a little above his shoulders and cerealean blue eyes.
"Inui-senpai." Ryoma pointed again to a boy with glasses and black hair.
"Momo-chan." A boy with dark brown hair.
"Oishi-senpai." Really short brown hair.
"The others couldn't come because these were the only tickets we got." Eiji added.
"I'll ask again. What are you doing here?" Sui repeated.
"Ochibi recieved plane tickets by some man named Xian. So he invited us here." Eiji explained.
"Xian is a woman's name." Sui corrected. Eiji's grinned.
"Really!? Fuji-chan said it was a boy's name!" Eiji exclaimed.
"Gomen." Fuji apologized still with the smile on his face.
"I have to go now. The battles about to start." Sui said. She bowed before them and left.
"Ochibi!! Lord Ryoma?!?" Eiji questioned with glee.
"It's-"
"Does Ryoma have a girlfriend?" Momo questioned.
"No I-"
"Here. You can use the juice I made as a gift."
"I wo-" Eiji grabbed the juice and threw it out the window. But there wasn't a window, so it shattered.
"Ryoma you should get her a gift." Fuji pointed out.
"SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Ryoma screamed. Everyone stared at Ryoma's sudden outburst. He pointed at Eiji. "She calls me Lord Ryoma because she's psyco." He pointed to Momo. "She is not my girlfriend." He pointed to Inui. "That juice is complete poison. No one but Fuji would drink that." He pointed to Fuji. "I have no reason to get her a gift." He pointed to Tezuka.
"10 laps." Tezuka automatically said.
"For what!?"
"Make that 20 laps."
"For what!?"
"30 laps."
"FOR WHAT!?"
"40 laps. First, for pointing at me. Two, talking back. Three, talking back. Four, because.....Fuji?"
"Because it would torture you." Fuji replied with a smile. Ryoma glared at him.
"Master Hao is it all right if I go out for a while?" Sui asked. Hao looked up from his studies.
"Oh yea, go ahead." Hao replied busily. Sui bowed and walked away.
"Now where am I?" Sui asked. She had been jogging around for a while asking for directions but forgot them right after the direction giver left. Then suddenly she jolted up. "Who would be here at night?" Sui asked herself. She walked into the tennis court in the school. "Am I allowed to be here?" Sui questioned expecting an answer. She saw a boy with blue hair. The boy's light brown eyes shone with determanation. Sui sat down crossed legged watching the boy practice. The tennis practicing boy didn't notice her and continued serving onto the other court. Sui shot her head up to see a tennis ball flying in her direction. Not expecting it would hit her she ignored it.
'Smack' The tennis ball hit her on the forehead and she fell back unconsciece. Her last words before falling down was, "That didn't hurt." The boy finally noticed her and jogged up to her.
"What the hell was she doing here?" He asked silently. He grabbed Sui's arm and pulled her up. He waved his hand in front of her face. "She fell unconsciece with her eyes open." He mumbled with a sweatdrop.
"She got hit with the tennis ball! What was I suppose to do!?" The boy shouted at the man before him.
"You should have just left her there! Who would bother her!?" The man bellowed.
"I can't just leave a unconsciece girl on school property!" He replied angrily.
"You're so stupid, Ryoma! You just leave the girl there!" The man growled. The boy identified as Ryoma stomped off angrily.
"Stupid girl had to be watching and get hit with the tennis ball." Ryoma muttered. Sui was lying on his bed. Her head was bandaged up because it was bleeding.
"You can't call me stupid unless your my master or my master's friend." Sui murmured. Ryoma stood up startled causing the chair he was sitting on to fall backwards.
"You were already up?" Ryoma asked.
"No, I just woke up after you said stupid." Sui replied sitting up. "Ano.... Do you know where Patch Village is?"
"No, I've never heard of it." Ryoma answered shaking his head.
"I'm officially lost..... what were you doing before with the racket?" Sui questioned.
"Tennis." Ryoma sighed. Sui put her finger on her chin.
"Would you mind teaching me it?" Sui requested. Ryoma shrugged.
"I'm not sure you're worth my time." Ryoma muttered. Sui stared at him silently. After a few minutes of silence.
"Onegai! I'll call you master. I'll do anything you want. Just teach me this tennis thing." Sui pleaded. Ryoma shrugged again.
"I'm still not sure but if you can actually hit the ball onto the other side of the court I'll think about it." Ryoma mumbled.
"Hold it like this?" Sui asked. Ryoma nodded. Sui tossed the ball into the air and slammed the racket down on hit. The ball soared through the air and disappeared behind the building. There was a loud sound of glass shattering and shouts of anger.
"Good but a little too hard." Ryoma commented as he tossed her another ball. "Just hold the racket loosely. You're gripping the handle too hard." Sui loosed her grip and tried again. The ball was a lot lower and burned a hole through the gate.
"Was that good or bad." Sui questioned.
"It depends if your trying to burn a hole through your opponent." Ryoma replied.
Ren sighed and stared at the ceiling. He had been listening to Xian sob about how hard her life was and how Sui ruined her life.
"Then she comes in and I lost all the attention to that little brat. Can you believe that!? I am Xian, daughter of Zhe She, the highest Official in China losing attention to a lonely, poor, stupid girl." Xian sobbed.
~*Flashback to the day Sui came in (They are 8 years old)*~
"This is our new servant? She is just a lonely little brat." A younger Xian sneered. The younger Sui stared up at her then back down smiling silently. "She's nothing more then a empty smiling shell of something that was once alive, just like Bailong." Xian continued.
"Xian! Do not say rude things about Bailong!" Jun shouted. Sui was staring at Jun with a wide smile on her face.
"You're acting very strange towards uncle's new servant, Xian, is it your jealous?" Ren asked with a smirk.
"No! How can you say that Ren!?" Xian shrieked.
"It's so obivious that your jealous. Even more your jealous of a girl that's been abandoned by her family, then taken in by the Mings, sent to the Shaolin temple, now she's here to serve us." Ren taunted. Jun giggled as Sui stared at them confused.
"The only reason she's here is because of her skills in martial arts. She won't be more then a servant anyways. She is need for Uncle En's assassinations." Jun said.
"Her!? Be an assassin!? She probably can't even defend herself." Xian screamed. Ren shrugged.
"Ren why don't you fight her?" Jun suggested. Ren shrugged again.
"Girl! Get up and fight him!" Xian commanded. Sui stood up staggering.
"Yes, Lady Xian." Sui obeyed silently as she got into a fighting pose. Ren smirked and also got in a pose. Sui started off by running then disappearing before she reached Ren.
"What the!?" Xian shouted. Suddenly a high kick was aimed at Ren's head. Ren quickly lifted his arm and blocked the kick. Sui's leg went down. Ren punched her but Sui ducked and drop kicked his shoulder. Ren growled frustrated and kicked her arm.
"Stop! Sui get over here!!" En ordered. Sui staggered towards him.
"Xian! You know better then ordering Lord En's servant around." Zhe She scolded.
"It was her deicision to obey!" Xian retorted.
"Sui is a servant. She has to obey." Zhe She replied. Sui bowed her head down low and muttered an apology. The officials left.
"You stupid brat! You got me in trouble!" Xian screamed.
"Xian you're being the brat here." Jun grumbled.
"Sui! Stand outside!" Xian ordered angrily.
"It's raining outside. You can't make her stand out there! Uncle En will be furious." Ren replied. Sui was already outside standing outside in the rain, the same empty smile across her features.
"And you know the only person who will get in trouble are us." Jun agreed.
"Do as you wish." Xian grumbled and walked away. Jun looked at Ren. Ren sighed and grabbed an umbrella and jogged outside towards Sui.
"What is wrong with you? The only people you are allowed to obey is the Dao family." Ren muttered and handed her the umbrella. Sui stared at him with blank eyes and pushed his hand back.
"Lord En will be even more furious if you get sick and can't train." Sui replied happily. Ren stared at her confused.
"Uncle En will be angry both ways. So lets get you inside." Ren said and pulled her back inside.
~*End of Flashback*~
What Xian said was partly true but Sui just recived a little bit of attention.
"Sui didn't want to have attention, she just recieved it because she did. She didn't want any attention at all. She wanted to belong and be normal like everyone else." Ren replied.
"No! Sui was selfish and wanted everyone's attention on her!" Xian growled frustrated.
"Get out of my room." Ren ordered. Xian got up and groled at him angrily. Ren closed his eyes and fell asleep quickly.
*Dream in Ren's POV*
I was frozen as I watched something of a performance before me. I saw many familiar figures but couldn't tell who they were because their faces were all shadowed.
"Stop it!" The girl shouted at a boy holding a crossbow in his hand. The boy lowered the crossbow.
"You, my own servant will go against me? I cannot believe this. These people have made us do their biddings for years. How can you defend them!?" The boy sneered lifting the crossbow again.
"You can't kill your own sister." Another boy taunted. The boy aimed the crossbow at taunting boy. The girl stood before the other boy her arms lifted.
"I won't let you kill Master Ren!" The girl shouted. I was confused if the boy behind the girl is me then the girl must be Sui! But who is the other boy. The unknown boy fired the arrow and it hit Sui over the heart. Sui caught the arrow but it slid through her fingers and pierced her heart.
*End of Dream and Ren's POV*
Ren woke up in cold sweat. He placed a hand over his eyes. He sat up. He stared at the jade lotus necklace. It had a small crack in it. Ren pulled it apart.
"More words." Ren muttered. He read the words silently to himself. 'Promise me when I die, you won't cry' were the words inside.
"She was born from sorrow." Ren murmured. "What is that voice that keeps speaking to me?" Ren closed his eyes and flopped back down.
"Good, I think you got this right now." Ryoma commented as Sui hit the ball and it hit the other side of the court so fast that it left a burn mark on the court.
"I learned something new today. Thank you Master Ryoma." Sui said smiling.
"I said you didn't need to call me Master." Ryoma said with his eyes half open.
"Then I'll call you Lord Ryoma." Sui replied grinning at Ryoma's frustration. Ryoma glared at her them sighed.
"Where exactly do you live?" Ryoma questioned.
"I live in Patch Village but I'm from China. My home country." Sui answered. Ryoma shrugged.
"I have no idea where this Patch Village is. I'm never even heard of it." Ryoma replied.
"Master Hao will come eventually." Sui muttered.
"Master Hao will come eventually." Sui muttered again. Ryoma looked at her.
"It's been 3 weeks. I don't think he's coming." Ryoma growled.
"Master Hao will come." Sui argued.
"It's been 3 weeks, he would have noticed you weren't home and looked for you. BUT HE'S NOT!!!" Ryoma shouted.
"He is coming. I know he will." Sui replied.
"I'll make a bet with you. If this Hao person doesn't come in the next week, you have to pay a rent for staying at my house." Ryoma muttered.
"And if he does come then what?" Sui questioned.
"Then you pay for the days you stayed in my house." Ryoma replied.
"That's not fair! I'll lose money both ways. That's not a bet." Sui whined.
"You've stayed in my house for 3 weeks and I had to sleep on the couch because of you."
"You insisted that I sleep on your bed!"
"No, my stupid dad did."
"You're still related. Plus you made me wait outside on the tree outside your school everyday for 8 hours. I was hungry."
"No I didn't. You follow me to school everyday."
"So, but you tell me to 'stay in the tree and don't move'. That's exactly what you said."
"SHUDDAP!" Sui pushed him to the ground. She kneeled down next to him.
"You are wrong. I am right." Sui said and poked his forehead. Ryoma glared at her. Sui sat down on the ground looking at Ryoma. Ryoma pulled Sui into a headlock. "Ne! Lemme go!!" Sui shouted.
"No unless you say I'm right. You're wrong." Ryoma replied. Sui closed her eyes in deep thought.
"I'm right. You're wrong." Sui said. The grip on her neck got tighter. "That's what you told me to say!" Sui whined.
"The other way around." Ryoma commanded.
"I won't say it!!" Sui shouted. Ryoma sighed and let go. Sui pouted. "That does hurt you know." Sui said with her eyes in a friendly glare.
"It was suppose to." Ryoma replied.
"You didn't have to hold that hard! It starts to hurt after a while." Sui muttered. Ryoma grinned. Sui half closed her eyes and sat down indian style on the ground.
"It was your fault in the first place. You had to push me on the ground." Ryoma grumbled. Sui glared at him again. She placed her arm over his neck.
"This is what you did." Sui growled and started choking Ryoma. Ryoma turned chibi in her grasp.
"Ah! Lemme go!!" Ryoma cried. Sui sighed and released the grip.
"I really think I should be going now. I've over stayed my non-exstint visit." Sui sighed.
"So you're going to leave?" Ryoma asked.
"Yep. I just have to travel around until I remember the directions." Sui muttered.
"Well then see you around." Ryoma said. Sui nodded and got up. She lend Ryoma a hand. Sui hugged him briefly and kissed his cheek.
"Sayonara." Sui said and turned the other way. "I would have stayed longer but it's almost New Years. Which is almost Master Ren's birthday. I have to get back to Patch Village."
"Child....Do not abuse your power." A old woman muttered to her. Sui stared at her.
"I'm sorry but I think you have me confused with someone else." Sui apologized.
"You have to power destined for helping one special person." The woman argued. She laid an old wrinkled hand on Sui's shoulder. A jolt of shock and confusion coursed through her body. Sui shrugged her hand off and stepped back looking at the old woman.
"Mrs. Miko. You have the wrong person. I have no power." Sui replied. The old miko shook her head.
"You have no past life. You are a tensai with the gifts of the heavens." The miko exclaimed. Gunshots were heard nearby them. Fired exactly at Sui. Out of the sleeve of her jacket she pulled out a kodachi. She used the hilt to block the bullets. Sui saw two bullets in line next to each other handing for the old miko. She pushed the miko down and the two bullets sliced cleanly through her arm.
"Damn I missed." A masculine voice hissed. The wound on Sui's arm was more like a cut from a sword. Thin but deep. There was no blood.
"Reiko!!!" The miko cried but when she looked back Sui had already disappeared.
"The wound cut through your musules. If chance the musules don't rejoin, you will never use her right arm again." The doctor informed. Sui stared down at her injured arm. "But do not worry the chance that your musules rejoin are high. Seeing that your friend got you here just as the wound appeared."
"Who was it anyway?" Sui questioned.
"I'm not sure, he's outside. He had long brown hair. Red earrings with blue stars and dark brown eyes." The doctor answered and left the room.
"Some tensai. I got shot." Sui muttered disappoving of her own act.
"Tensai. I never knew you were one." Sui blinked and looked at the window. Hao stood in front of it.
"Master Hao." Sui murmured.
"You better rest or you'll never do martial arts again." Hao warned.
"It will not matter if I never pratice again." Sui replied. "I have no use of praticing martial arts."
"Is that so?" Hao questioned with a smirk. "Then do you mind if I cut off your arm and sell it?" Sui frowned and ignored the remark.
"Why did that miko think I was a tensai?" Sui questioned.
"Don't know. You are very confusing. You mind is usually blank." Hao replied.
"I do not mind if my mind is blank."
"What do you mind?" Sui's eyes widened.
"I...I'm not sure." Sui replied.
"Sui. I think it would be best if this arranged marriage was canceled. You appear nervous and uncertin when I question you. I can't help but wonder... if you actually had more then friendship on your mind when you were engaged to Ren."
"Wh...there wasn't. I'm sure of it."
"Doesn't matter. I didn't even want to have an arranged marriage anyways. You lose your freedom of who you love that way."
"Wise words coming from Master Hao?"
"Ha Ha. Very funny," Hao replied with his eyes closed. "How do you feel about Ren?" Sui stared at him.
"Why are you so interested?"
"I want to become a doctor!" Hao exclaimed. Sui rolled her eyes.
"Sure, well I'm not sure what I feel. When he's not around my heart feels alone and sorrow. I constantly think of him. He's most important in my life. It's almost like without him. I can't find happiness or joy. And it makes my heart ache with pain so much but I just can't cry no matter how hard I try to." Sui explained.
"Then don't try. If you want to cry you will. You can't force yourself to cry. But I find it odd. Most people don't want to cry but you just want to cry because of all the pain and sorrow your feeling." Sui stared at him again, she gripped the blanket until her knuckled turned white. She closed her eyes.
"The woman. She said I didn't have a past life. But everyone has a past life....don't they?" Sui questioned.
"Of coarse every creature has a past life. I'll even check yours for you." Hao replied.
"You will?" Sui asked.
"Yes, but not now. You've recieved a phone call from your Kaasan." Hao answered.
"Kaasan is..........................................Master Hao. What's Kaasan?" Sui asked.
"Kaasan is Mu Ching." Hao replied using the Chinese he knew. A smile appeared on Sui's face.
"She did call." Sui exclaimed. Sui grabbed the phone off the desk and dialed numbers.
"Hello? Who is this?" Ming (Sui's mother) asked.
"Mu Ching, it's me Shuei." Sui answered using Chinese. Hao crept silently out of the room.
"Shuei! Your brother....Fang...He.." Ming voice reduced to sobs.
"What about Fang!?" Sui shouted into the phone.
"Mu Ching. I'll tell her." Sui heard Fei Ling's voice.
"Shuei, Fang has been hit by a car and he'll never walk again." Fei Ling explained.
"He won't walk anymore?" Sui repeated.
"Yes, what's more is. The one who was driving was instructed by Xian to hit him." Fei Ling added.
"Lady Xian!?" Sui shouted.
"When we found Fang. There was a message written in his blood. It said, 'Shuei Ming must be ready to fight Xian's fighters by next week'. She's expecting you to be there and fight." Fei Ling said.
"Arigatou. Sayonara." Sui replied and hung up. Sui looked at her arm. It was in a sling since the doctors wouldn't provide a cast for her. Sui brought her legs up to her chest. She lowered her head and closed her eyes.
"He'll never walk again, like I'll never use my arm again. It's all my fault. Why couldn't it had been som-. I can't make it someone else. This was my fault to begin with. Cruption of the heart." Sui muttered to herself.
"Because of Xian, he'll never walk again." Sui repeated. She shook her head.
"It's because of me." Sui said. She stared at the open window. She got up from the bed and staggered to the window. Sui stared down. The hospital room was 4 stories off the ground. Sui jumped. As she fell by the 2 stories window. She grabbed the railing. She let go and grabbed a tree branch. The tree brance lowered itself to the ground. "Why am I always the cause of everyone's problems?" She didn't know where she was going. Just trying to run from all the problems she had.
Sui fell to her knees in exhastion. People were staring at the girl who had no umbrella in the hard weather.
"Where can I go?" Sui asked herself as she stood up. "There's Mr. Yoh and Miss Anna but I caused them problems already. I just left Lord Ryoma's house and I can't expect to stay there again. I have nowhere to go. Nowhere to hide. Nowhere to weep."
"Nya, are you lost?" A childish masculine voice asked. Sui turned around to see a redhead boy with a bandage on his cheek.
"I don't know where I am." Sui admitted.
"Then you're lost." The boy replied. The boy smiled. "But you can stay at my house at least until the rain stops." Sui lowered her head.
"You would invite a stranger to stay at your house?" Sui questioned.
"Are you Sui?" The boy questioned.
"Yes."
"Nya! You are!! Ochibi told me about you." The boy exclaimed.
"Ochibi?" Sui said.
"Ochibi is Ryoma Echizen. He told me about you." The boy replied happily.
"I stayed at his house before." Sui said.
"I'm Eiji Kikumaru!!!" The energetic boy introduced.
"I'm Sui Ming." Sui muttered.
"Ochibi said you're a really good tennis beginner." Eiji claimed.
"I'm not." Sui denied.
"Ochibi said so, so I'm not sure." Eiji replied.
"I shouldn't stay at another person's house, but I thank you for you gratitude." Sui murmured and walked away. Eiji stared at her with wide eyes.
"She looks familiar." Eiji ended.
"International Fight to China is now boarding." The speaker boomed. Sui handed the woman the ticket and passport and boarded the plane.
"Thank you and enjoy your flight!" The woman called. Sui ignored her.
Sui ran to the hospital. "Which room is Ming Fang in?" Sui questioned. The woman pointed to the back room to the left. Sui bowed quickly and ran to the room. Sui put her hand on the knob. She turned it slowly and pushed open the door. 4 people were crowded inside the room.
"Shuei!" Ming exclaimed and rushed to hug the martial artist.
"What happened to your arm!?" Chi-Lee questioned. Sui stared at her arm.
"I got shot. I might not be able to move my arm anymore." Sui replied dully.
"You have to fight next week!" Lie xia shouted.
"I know. I'll still fight. I won't let this go without a fight." Sui raged.
"Shuei calm down." Fei Ling ordered. Sui looked at Fang.
"Can you leave, I want to speak with Fang." Sui mumbled. The others left.
"Sister, it's good to see you again." Fang said and tried to put up a smile but failed. Sui sat on the bed. Fang's hair got in his eyes. Sui brushed his hair from his eyes. Fang was confused by her actions.
"Let me see your eyes. Let me see your beautiful eyes." Sui muttered. Fang stared at her.
"Sister, did brother tell you about how I won't be able to walk anymore?" Fang questioned. Sui looked at him.
"Yes. Yes they did." Sui answered. Sui hugged him. "You shouldn't have to suffer because of me. My family shouldn't have to suffer."
"Don't worry sister. It's all right." Fang soothed.
"I'll make sure that you will be able to walk again." Sui vowed.
"I'll never walk again. That's what the doctors said. I heard them talking to Mu Ching."
"You will walk again. I know that will happen. I will get revenge for you and I'll defeat Lady Xian's fighters."
"But you can't move your arm."
"I will still defeat them no matter what it takes. Even if I die I will."
"Xian, she knew of your injury. I'm not sure how but she planned for your arm to be unusable. Find someone else to fight for you. Xian said that you can have more then yourself to fight."
"No. I caused too may problems already. I'm fighting alone, like I always have." Sui said with an icy cold voice.
"You would prefer corpution of the heart then to have people help you?" Fang questioned.
"Corpution of the heart. Something that happens to all humans."
"But you are not human! You're a tenshi, Master Ren said so!" Fang exclaimed.
"No. I'm nothing more then a human." Sui denied. "I have to go now. Just believe in me and I will defeat her."
"Ryoma Echizen? Yes. Plane tickets to China was given to you by a messager. It concerns your friend Sui Ming."....."You will come. Invite anyone you want. Thank you. Good day."
Day before fight: "Please Master Ren! Stop the fight!" Chi-Lee pleaded.
"Sui's arm is unable to move now." Lie xia sobbed.
"Good. You can stop acting now." Fei Ling ordered.
"Was that good?" Chi-Lee asked.
"It was all right but Lie xia you need to look like your crying." Fei Ling replied. Lie xia nodded.
"Can we go tell him now?" Lie xia asked.
"Lets go right now."
"Master Ren. It's about the fight." Fei Ling started.
"I can't stop the fight. It would be against Sui's wishes." Ren calmly replied.
"But her arm!" Chi-Lee cried.
"I know about her arm."
"If she doesn't rest for another month.... She'll never use her arm again!" Lie xia shouted.
"I don't care. It's what Sui wants." Ren replied. Fei Ling closed his eyes.
"And I thought you really did care about Sui. But like every Master to their servant. They treat them like nothing more then animals." Fei Ling muttered. Chi-Lee and Lie xia nodded.
"And sister really likes you too." Lie xia added with a pout. Ren stood up half annoyed and half of sorrow.
"You three, leave now." Ren ordered. The three brothers got up to leave. As they neared the door Ren opened his mouth. "It's not because Sui's a servant. It's because Sui came here and made a request not to listen to anyone about stopping the fight." Ren murmured.
"You really mean that!?" Lie xia asked.
"I would stop the fight but I can't." Ren replied. The three bowed quickly and left.
"Sui!!! What do you mean!!!!!???????" Chi-Lee shouted. Sui remained unmoved in the corner of the dark room.
"Stay out. I will continue this fight to the death." Sui replied. Fei Ling stood in the door way.
"Sui come here." Fei Ling ordered. Sui had her knees pulled up to her chest and head lowered. Sui got up and walked to the doorway. "You really want to fight?"
"Yes. And I will defeat them." Sui vowed. "I promised Fang that I would make sure he can walk again and defeat Xian." Sui said looking up.
"You made sure Master Ren would not end the battle." Lie xia said finally understanding.
"Yea. I mean everything that I said." Sui muttered. Lie xia put his hands on Sui's face.
"Sis, you really want to risk your life to win a battle for Fang?" Lie xia asked. Sui placed her hands over Lie xia's.
"Lie Lie. Understand. This is more then just a battle for Fang. It's for your family. Xian has made sure this family suffered. I know because Lady Jun told me all of it." Sui murmured.
"Sui, you'll lose your life." Fei Ling confirmed. Sui nodded and brushed Lie xia's hands away.
"I am well aware of that already." Sui replied. Chi-Lee bit his lower lip. Tears appeared on his and Lie xia's eyes. Sui kneeled down. Chi-Lee and Lie-xia hugged her. Tears stained her red uniform. Sui hugged them back. "You can't expect everything to happen." Sui mumbled.
"But...But...Master Ren said you were a tenshi." Chi-Lee cried.
"I'm nothing more then a....." Sui said unable to continue.
"More then a what?" Fei Ling asked.
"A Martial Artist. Practicing martial arts is my life. Losing in martial arts would already be like losing my life. It won't matter." Sui muttered.
"May God help you." Fei Ling prayed.
Next day: Sui sat down on the bench inside her private locker room. There was a knock on the door. Sui got up and pulled it open. Ryoma stood behind it along with a few other people in the same tennis uniform as him.
"Lord Ryoma. What are you doing here?" Sui asked partly glad, shocked, and angered.
"You don't sound too happy." Eiji said. Sui stared at him.
"Eiji, it's good to see you. And Ryoma and the rest of the people I have no clue who they are...." Sui trailed off.
"Sui, this is Tezuka-senpai." Ryoma pointed to the teenage boy with short brown hair and brown eyes with glasses.
"This is Fuji-chan." Eiji introduced. The teenage boy with brown hair a little above his shoulders and cerealean blue eyes.
"Inui-senpai." Ryoma pointed again to a boy with glasses and black hair.
"Momo-chan." A boy with dark brown hair.
"Oishi-senpai." Really short brown hair.
"The others couldn't come because these were the only tickets we got." Eiji added.
"I'll ask again. What are you doing here?" Sui repeated.
"Ochibi recieved plane tickets by some man named Xian. So he invited us here." Eiji explained.
"Xian is a woman's name." Sui corrected. Eiji's grinned.
"Really!? Fuji-chan said it was a boy's name!" Eiji exclaimed.
"Gomen." Fuji apologized still with the smile on his face.
"I have to go now. The battles about to start." Sui said. She bowed before them and left.
"Ochibi!! Lord Ryoma?!?" Eiji questioned with glee.
"It's-"
"Does Ryoma have a girlfriend?" Momo questioned.
"No I-"
"Here. You can use the juice I made as a gift."
"I wo-" Eiji grabbed the juice and threw it out the window. But there wasn't a window, so it shattered.
"Ryoma you should get her a gift." Fuji pointed out.
"SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Ryoma screamed. Everyone stared at Ryoma's sudden outburst. He pointed at Eiji. "She calls me Lord Ryoma because she's psyco." He pointed to Momo. "She is not my girlfriend." He pointed to Inui. "That juice is complete poison. No one but Fuji would drink that." He pointed to Fuji. "I have no reason to get her a gift." He pointed to Tezuka.
"10 laps." Tezuka automatically said.
"For what!?"
"Make that 20 laps."
"For what!?"
"30 laps."
"FOR WHAT!?"
"40 laps. First, for pointing at me. Two, talking back. Three, talking back. Four, because.....Fuji?"
"Because it would torture you." Fuji replied with a smile. Ryoma glared at him.