For all RyoSaku fans.
Yay! Thanks a million if you are still reading this lame story of mine. I do not have much knowledge on volleyball and basketball. Therefore, I had to cut the story short in this chapter. Haha! Nothing much in this chapter, just a few idiotic acts from Ryoma and Sakuno. Don't hate me for that... please!
Warning: Out of character
Note: I don't own Prince of Tennis, but I wish I did...
Sakuno went out to the garden. She walked towards the hanger that has her name on it. She was hoping to get a letter from her angel since Tomoka, Yagami and Sakagi have received theirs.
She noticed a folded blue paper hung on her hanger. Sakuno quickly took the paper off and opened to read it.
"Hello. I hope you have a nice day today. I am looking forward for tomorrow, so I can see you again." Sakuno read softly. She blushed.
Wow. Is my angel a boy or a girl? The handwriting looks like a girl's but the words sounds like a boy. Sakuno thought to herself.
Sakuno looked up from the paper and saw Ryoma. He was looking directly at her.
"Ano... Ryoma kun. Is there something on my face?" Sakuno asked.
Ryoma blinked. He just realized that Sakuno was talking to him. Ryoma hoped she didn't notice him staring at her just now.
"Huh? What is it?" Ryoma asked her. He did not heard what she said earlier.
Sakuno blushed and pointed at her face.
"Is there something on my face? You seem to be staring at me just now." Sakuno said.
Now it was Ryoma's turn to blush. He cursed himself for not having his cap on. Else, he could hide his blushing face with it. Ryoma decided to play cool and frowned.
"Oh, I wasn't staring at you. I was trying to see if there is anything on my hanger. You blocked my view just now." Ryoma said.
"Ah... sorry." Sakuno said and stepped aside.
Ryoma looked at the paper Sakuno was holding. He smirked.
"Ne, Ryuzaki san. You got a letter from your angel huh? What did he say?" Ryoma asked.
"It's a he?" Sakuno asked Ryoma.
"How do I know? He's your angel, not mine." Ryoma said.
Sakuno bit her lower lips. Strangely, she had a feeling that Ryoma knew who her angel is.
Maybe it is one of the senpais. The boys did share their secrets with each other so it is not surprising if they share their mortals' name as well. Sakuno thought.
"What did he wrote?" Ryoma asked.
Sakuno looked up at Ryoma and blushed.
Ryoma grinned his famous Cheshire cat grin. He likes the way Sakuno blushed because it makes her look cute and adorable.
"Ano... he didn't write anything special..." Sakuno said nervously. She didn't want Ryoma to know what her angel wrote for her.
Ryoma's stopped grinning and frowned.
"Nothing special?" Ryoma asked.
I spent one hour thinking what to write and you said nothing special! Ryoma felt like screaming at Sakuno.
Sakuno smiled weakly at Ryoma. She wondered why Ryoma suddenly became angry with her. She didn't do anything wrong.
"Hmph. How ungrateful." Ryoma mumbled a little too loud.
"Ryoma kun..." Sakuno said.
Ryoma turned and leave. Sakuno followed him.
"Ryoma kun... why are you always angry at me?" Sakuno asked Ryoma from behind.
Ryoma stopped walking and Sakuno accidentally banged onto Ryoma's back.
"Oi, Ryuzaki san. Watch where you going." Ryoma said and turned to look at her.
Sakuno rubbed her forehead. She looked down, embarrassed.
"Stop following me. You are a mada mada dane!" Ryoma scolded her.
Sakuno was too shocked to say a word. Ryoma was always cold towards her but he never scolded her before. She knew Ryoma always called others "Mada mada dane" but he never called her that. Not even once. But today he did. He said it to her face. Sakuno felt insulted.
"Ryoma kun..." Sakuno said, her eyes filled with tears.
Ryoma noticed her tears. He felt like kicking himself for scolding her. Ryoma did not mean to scold her, but he was angry that she was being insensitive with the letter he wrote for her. The words came out without him knowing it.
"You are evil!" Sakuno pushed Ryoma aside and ran away, into the dark night.
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On Tuesday morning, the students gathered at the garden for their morning jog.
"Ah, it's been a long time since I last run laps." Oishi said to Kikumaru.
"That's true, nyah! Too bad Tezuka can't join us. I bet he will enjoy running laps with us today." Kikumaru joked.
"I don't think he will run. I think he will make us run for him instead." Fuji said.
"Ok everyone. Gather up. On the count of three, all of you please jog 5 laps around this campus." Ryuzaki sensei instructed.
A few students groaned.
"It's good to train your stamina. Now get ready, everyone." Ryuzaki sensei shouted.
"1! 2! 3! Go!"
Everyone started jogging.
"Inui senpai. You didn't prepare anything fishy for this right?" Momoshiro asked as he jogged next to Inui.
"Are you hoping for something, Momo?" Inui asked.
Momoshiro face turned pale. He forced a smile.
"I'll pass if there is any." Momoshiro said. He jogged faster and leaves Inui behind.
"Ah... Ochibi! How pressurizing! Don't run so fast. There's no Inui's juice waiting for you." Kikumaru said to Ryoma.
Ryoma ignored Kikumaru. He was still upset about last night. Ryoma still insisted that it isn't his fault that Sakuno cried.
"Oi Echizen. We are supposed to jog. Not run laps." Momoshiro said as he caught up with them.
Kaidoh hissed and ran passed them.
"Mamushi! Mada mada! I won't lose to you." Momoshiro shouted and ran after Kaidoh.
"BURNING! MAKE WAY!!! I AM ON FIRE!" Kawamura shouted and ran in between of Kikumaru and Ryoma.
"Taka san! Where did you get that racket?" Kikumaru asked.
"DON'T ASK SO MUCH, EIJI! RUN FASTER OR YOU HAVE TO DRINK INUI'S JUICE. HAHA!" Kawamura shouted and ran faster. Soon, he was out of sight.
"Taka san is in high spirits today." Fuji said.
"You guys are fast." Oishi said from behind.
"Hurry up and run. I have already prepared the ingredients for my new juice." Inui suddenly appeared next to them.
"Haha. Don't joke around Inui. I am sure Ryuzaki sensei banned you from bringing weird drinks." Kikumaru said.
Inui looked at them.
"I am not joking. The last tennis player to reach the end point gets the drink." Inui said and ran faster.
"It's called Aozu Junior!" Inui shouted.
"Aozu Junior?" Oishi said. He quickly ran ahead of the others.
"Oishi! Why are you running away? You are supposed to drink that!" Kikumaru shouted and sped up.
"Mmm... delicious! Don't you guys want to try it?" Fuji said and caught up with Oishi and Kikumaru.
"Fuji! You fainted when you drank Aozu last time." Kikumaru reminded Fuji.
"This time it's the junior. It can't be that bad right?" Fuji said.
Soon, the boys were out of sight. Ryoma slowed down his pace and stopped. He did not heard what his senpais were talking about.
"They sure are excited about this morning jog. How fast." Ryoma said to himself.
"Ah... Ryoma sama!" Tomoka came running towards Ryoma.
"Ryoma kun! Why did you stopped?" Katsuo asked. Horio and Kachirou were behind him.
Ryoma shrugged and continued to jog with them. Sakuno jogged passed Ryoma, He stole a glance at her. She had a frown on her face. Sakuno turned and looked at Ryoma.
"Mada mada dane." She said to Ryoma and ran faster.
"Oi! What did you say?" Ryoma said angrily and ran next to her.
"I said mada mada dane!" Sakuno said without looking at Ryoma.
"How rude! Take your words back!" Ryoma demanded.
"Mada mada dane! Mada mada dane! Mada mada no mada dane!" Sakuno sang loudly and ran ahead of Ryoma.
Ryoma was annoyed with Sakuno. He hates when people use that phrase on him. Ryoma ran faster to catch up with her so he could argue back.
"Whoa, those two are having a battle or something?" Tomoka asked.
Horio, Katsuo and Kachirou shrugged. They watched Ryoma ran after Sakuno.
"Looks like a boy chasing after his lover. Did Sakuno dump him or something? Haha!" Horio laughed at his own joke.
"What do you mean by that?" Tomoka asked.
"I think Ryoma kun was insulted when Ryuzaki san said mada mada dane to him." Kachirou said.
"Maybe..." Tomoka said without much concerned.
Tomoka knew what happened between them because Sakuno told her last night. She did like Ryoma as a fan but she knew Sakuno likes him more than she did. Tomoka knew Ryoma might have feelings for her friend but she wondered why Ryoma was always cold towards her.
Maybe that is how Ryoma sama show that he cares for her. Knowing Ryoma sama, he is shy and is not very good with words. Tomoka thought to herself.
"Oi! We are talking about your Ryoma sama here and all you can say is maybe?" Horio asked.
"Let Ryoma sama know how it feels to be called mada mada dane by someone he likes." Tomoka said and ran ahead of the three boys.
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After breakfast, the students from group 7 gathered at the volleyball court three.
"Do we really have to play volleyball?" Momoshiro whispered to Fuji.
"Don't worry. We can win this." Fuji said.
"How can we win? Echizen is good at volleyball and they got that Yagami girl who is from the girl's volleyball club." Momoshiro said worriedly.
"Hey Momoshiro. Can you stop worrying for nothing? The game hasn't even started." Sakagi said.
"Eiji's team has two chibis. See?" Fuji said to Momoshiro.
Momoshiro turned to look at Kikumaru's team.
"Yeah you are right. Echizen and Osakada are short. We only have Ryuzaki who is short in our team." Momoshiro said.
"Ochibi! Let's thrash Momo's team." Kikumaru said loudly.
"Kikumaru senpai! Mada Mada!" Momoshiro shouted.
Ryoma looked at Sakuno who was standing at the opposite side. Their eyes met for a moment but Sakuno quickly turned to look at the ground.
"Don't worry Kikumaru senpai. I will send their team crying after this match." Ryoma said.
"That's my Ochibi!" Kikumaru said and went to hug Ryoma.
"Kikumaru senpai..." Ryoma said. He tried pushing Kikumaru off him.
"You both are gay, you know that! Stop hugging already!" Yagami said from behind. The sight of Kikumaru hugging Ryoma irritates her.
"OK, stand in your position please. Group A, please serve the ball." The sensei in charge said and threw the ball at Tomoka.
Tomoka caught the ball with both hands. She looked hopelessly at her teammates.
"I serve first?" Tomoka asked nervously. She had never played volleyball before.
Tomoka prayed silently. She tossed the ball in the air and hit it with her right hand.
"Ouch..." She said and shook her hand vigorously.
Momoshiro jumped and returned the ball.
"Ochibi! Go get the ball!" Kikumaru shouted to Ryoma.
Ryoma ran and hit the ball with both hands. Fuji jumped and smacks the ball over.
An hour passed. Group A won the match with a score of 3 of 5 games.
Momoshiro sat down on the ground, fanning himself with his hand.
"We lost to Kikumaru senpai!" He said to Fuji.
"Can't help it I guess. They have two good volleyball players in their team." Fuji said.
"That Yagami girl kept on throwing hard balls at us." Momoshiro said and drank from his water bottle.
"Ano... I am sorry I can't help much with the game." Sakuno said.
"Don't worry. We can't handle it either. No one from our team knows how to play volleyball anyway." Fuji said and smiled at her.
"Yagami is so cruel! She never even gave us any chance to hit the ball." Sakagi said.
"I thought you are her best friend?" Momoshiro asked.
Sakagi ignored Momoshiro and turned to look at Fuji.
"Please say you know how to play basketball." She said.
"I don't think I can even dribble a ball." Fuji smiled.
"Nooo..." Sakagi put her hands on the ground. She sighed.
"How can we win like this?" She added quietly.
"Sorry, but I can only play tennis." Fuji said.
"It's not just you! I can't dribble a ball too!" Sakagi said and looked up at Momoshiro.
"Hey don't look at me. I have lost all my confidence after we lost this match." Momoshiro said.
"Don't worry. We can win the basketball match." Sakuno said.
The three of them looked at her.
"Seriously... you think we can win?" Momoshiro asked.
Sakuno nodded.
"Momoshiro senpai can do slam dunk right? Don't lose hope yet." Sakuno smiled.
"Can you dribble a ball in the first place?" Sakagi wanted to know.
"Hmmm. Maybe." Sakuno grinned.
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Momoshiro was determined to win the basketball match. He had enough of Kikumaru's criticism during lunch. Group A had a good time laughing at them.
"I'll win you this time." Momoshiro said with confidence.
"Ha, try winning us!" Kikumaru danced around the basketball court.
"How childish. Are you sure he is a third year?" Sakagi asked Sakuno.
"Don't worry. If Sakuno says we can win then maybe we can." Fuji said.
"You know how to play basketball right?" Fuji asked Sakuno.
"A little. I hope I still remember how to play." Sakuno said.
"You mean you have forgotten how to play?" Sakagi screamed.
Sakuno smiled weakly. Her ears hurt. Sakagi is a loud speaker.
"Sakagi and Fuji senpai, since you both can't dribble then just defend ok." Momoshiro said.
They nodded. The sensei in charge came and explained the rules to the eight of them. Momoshiro and Kikumaru stood in the middle. The sensei threw the ball high in the air and both of them jumped to hit the ball.
"I got it!" Momoshiro shouted and hit the ball.
Sakuno caught the ball and dribbled away towards the basket. Ryoma stared at her in disbelief.
"Darn! Ochibi, your girlfriend knows how to play basketball!" Kikumaru shouted and chased after Sakuno.
Ryoma frowned and chased after Sakuno. He had to defend her from scoring. Ryoma stood in front of Sakuno and guarded her.
"Mada mada dane!" Sakuno said and passed the ball to her back.
"What?" Ryoma said aloud as he watched Momoshiro appeared from behind her and jumped towards the basket.
Momoshiro slammed the ball into the basket.
"Alright!" Momoshiro raised his hand and slapped it with Sakuno.
"Ryoma sama. I forgot to mention that Sakuno used to play basketball back then." Tomoka said to Ryoma.
"Whatever." Ryoma said.
A few minutes passed and Group B was in the lead with a score of 27 to 18.
"Ochibi! You continue to defend your girlfriend ok. I think I know her weak point."
"What girlfriend?" Ryoma asked. He was irritated at the thought of losing the match.
"Just defend her ok. She gets distracted when you are close to her." Kikumaru whispered to Ryoma and patted him on the back.
Ryoma saw Momoshiro passed the ball to Sakuno. She came dribbling the ball towards the basket. Ryoma ran to guard her.
"What are you trying to do?" Sakuno asked Ryoma.
Ryoma ignored her and continued to defend her.
"Ryoma kun. Don't stand so close." Sakuno said with a frown.
"Ryuzaki, pass the ball over." Momoshiro shouted from behind of Ryoma.
"Ok..." Sakuno jumped to pass the ball to Momoshiro. She missed a step and fell.
"Watch out!" Ryoma said as she fell... into his arm. Both of them fell onto the ground, with Sakuno on top of Ryoma.
"Sakuno. Are you alright?" Tomoka asked and bent down next to them.
"Ochibi chan!" Kikumaru said.
"Ouch..." Sakuno said. She felt a little dizzy so she decided to let her head rest on Ryoma's chest.
"Oi Ryuzaki san, get off me." Ryoma said to Sakuno. He was embarrassed. Maybe he shouldn't have caught her in the first place, and then he wouldn't fall. She would though.
"I can't." Sakuno said without looking up.
"What do you mean you can't? Did you break a bone?" Ryoma asked her.
"No..." Sakuno said. She looked up at Ryoma and blushed. Her head had stop spinning, but Ryoma was still holding her.
"What?" Ryoma asked. He then realized that he still had his arms around her waist. Ryoma quickly removed his arms and gently pushed her aside.
Tomoka helped Sakuno to get up. Kikumaru squatted next to Ryoma.
"Ochibi. I asked you to defend her, not throw yourself at her." Kikumaru said.
Kikumaru held out his hand to him. Ryoma took his hand and got up.
The game resumed and ended an hour later. The match won by Group B with a score of 56 by 38.