For all RyoSaku fans.
Haha, I am back with another RyoSaku fic. Actually I want to write a Fruits Basket story but I had no idea why it turned out to be a RyoSaku fic. LOL! Thanks a million if you are reading this story.
Note: I don't own Prince of Tennis
Karupin jumped out of Nanako's arms and quickly ran out of the bathroom.
"Karupin! Come back!" Nanako shouted. She chased after the cat.
Karupin ran passed Nanjiroh and out the door. Nanjiroh looked at Nanako.
"Don't tell me Karupin is running away again?" Nanjiroh asked.
"Don't just sit there. Help me chase after Karupin!" Nanako said.
"Karupin will come back when it is hungry." Nanjiroh said and continued to read the magazine he was reading.
Nanako crossed her arms and glared at her uncle.
"Ryoma san will be so angry if he found out Karupin is missing again." She said.
Nanjiroh closed his magazine and stood up.
"Ok, ok. I will go and find that cat." He said as he walked out the door.
"Hurry up. Karupin can't be very far now. Come back before Ryoma san return from school." Nanako said.
Nanjiroh pointed at the sky. It was a dark and gloomy day.
"True. I better hurry. Looks like it is going to rain soon." He waved and walked slowly towards the direction Karupin ran.
Nanjiroh walked around the street, calling out for Karupin. He knew Ryoma love the cat dearly and he will freak out if he found out his precious cat is missing.
"Of course Ryoma love Karupin, after all, I bought the cat for him." Nanjiroh said to himself. He remembered his son's happy face when he received the cat for his birthday.
Suddenly, it started raining heavily. Nanjiroh quickly make his way back home. He saw Ryoma taking off his shoes.
He is home already. I wonder how he will react if I tell him Karupin is missing. Nanjiroh thought.
"Oi Ryoma! I got something to tell you." Nanjiroh said and entered the house with Ryoma.
Ryoma ignored his father and put his bag down. He took out the new cat toy he just bought for Karupin.
"Karupin!" Ryoma shouted for his cat. He waited for his cat to come running towards him. No response.
"Ryoma san..." Nanako said.
"Where's Karupin?" Ryoma looked accusingly at her.
"Karupin ran away when I want to give it a bath. I am sorry Ryoma san." Nanako said guiltily.
Ryoma panicked. He looked outside the window. It was raining heavily and there might be a storm soon.
"I got to go and find Karupin." Ryoma said. He grabbed his raincoat from behind the door and put it on.
"Ryoma! Who gave you the permission to go out in this weather?" Nanjiroh shouted from behind.
Ryoma ignored his father and walked out in the rain to search for his missing cat.
Karupin, please be safe. Ryoma prayed silently.
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Sakuno walked quickly towards her house. She was still drenched even though she was carrying an umbrella.
"What is that white thing?" Sakuno said. She noticed a white furry animal sitting down in front of her doorsteps.
Sakuno reached her doorstep and closed her umbrella. She looked down at the wet cat.
Is this a raccoon or a cat? She wondered.
Meow...
Sakuno bent down and picked the cat up.
"You are all wet, kitty. I'll take you in and dry you up." She carried the cat into her house.
"Obasan! I'm home!" She shouted.
Silence. Sakuno shrugged and walked up to her room.
Sakuno placed the cat on the floor and took out a fresh piece of towel from her cupboard. She dried the cat with the towel.
"All nice and dry. Now is my turn to dry myself. A hot bath sounds good." Sakuno placed the cat on her bed.
"Stay here while I take a bath." She ordered.
Karupin followed her to the bathroom. Sakuno looked at the cat.
"Hey, no peeking." She said and closed the door. Karupin sat outside the toilet and waited for her.
15 minutes passed and Sakuno stepped out of the toilet. Karupin followed Sakuno to her room.
Karupin climbed onto the bed and curled up next to Sakuno. She stroked the cat's fur gently while reading a magazine.
Meow...
Sakuno looked at the cat.
"Hmm, what should I call you? I guess you will be staying here for a while. I can't go door to door looking for your owner, especially in this storm." Sakuno said.
Meow...
Sakuno thought for a moment.
"I don't know what your owner named you. Can I call you Yume while you are staying here?" Sakuno asked.
The cat looked up at Sakuno as though it was listening to her. She smiled and placed the cat on her lap.
Meow... Meow... Meow...
"What is it?" Sakuno asked. She looked at the direction the cat was looking at.
Sakuno blushed. The cat was looking at the picture on her cupboard. It was the picture of Ryoma and her that Shiba took after the Fudomine match.
She took the picture and showed it to the cat. Sakuno pointed a finger at Ryoma.
"His name is Echizen Ryoma. Isn't he handsome?" Sakuno asked.
Meow...
The cat placed a paw on Ryoma's picture.
"Yume, I think you will like Ryoma if you meet him. People say he is arrogant and bratty, but I find him nice and caring. He is shy too." Sakuno said.
Meow...
Sakuno noticed that the cat seems to have interest with Ryoma. She continued to talk about Ryoma to the cat.
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"Karupin... where are you?" Ryoma said softly.
Ryoma had been walking in the rain for an hour. He had knocked at his friends door, asking if they seen his cat. No one saw his cat.
A van passed by and stopped next to him.
"Ryoma, get in here. I don't want you getting sick." Nanjiroh shouted from inside the car.
"Oyaji..." Ryoma said.
"Hurry up! The storm is getting worse." Nanjiroh ordered.
Ryoma went in the van. Nanjiroh drived him home in silence.
"Ryoma san. Did you find Karupin?" Nanako asked when they returned. She passed towels to Ryoma and Nanjiroh.
Ryoma shook his head sadly as he took a towel from her.
"Don't worry so much, Ryoma san. Karupin is a smart cat. It will find itself a place to shelter." Nanako said.
"What if someone kidnapped Karupin?" Ryoma asked.
Karupin is a pet that Ryoma brought with him back from United States. Being a Himalayan cat, Karupin is rare and expensive. Ryoma became more worried.
"Someone might take Karupin into their house and look after it. We will go search for Karupin once the storm stopped. I am taking a bath now." Nanjiroh said.
"Oyaji... what if the storm doesn't stop tonight?" Ryoma asked.
"Then I'll go find Karupin tomorrow morning. Don't you even think of skipping school to find your cat." Nanjiroh said and went off to take his bath.
That night, Ryoma tossed and turned in his bed. He was too worried to sleep. He sat up and looked out the window. The storm had stopped but it was still raining.
"I might as well go and find Karupin." Ryoma got up.
He pushed opened his door gently, not wanting to wake his family up.
"Oi Ryoma. Trying to sneak out in the middle of the night huh?" Nanjiroh asked.
"What are you doing here?" Ryoma asked.
"Can't you see I am guarding your door? I know you are going to sneak out tonight. Not in this weather, I don't want you to be sick later." Najiroh sat up and stretched his arms.
Nanjiroh pointed to Ryoma's bed.
"Go back to sleep. You already look so weak and sick." His father ordered.
Damn... Ryoma thought. He knew his health is important, but so is Karupin.
Ryoma closed his door and went back to his bed. He knew he was getting sick because he kept on sneezing ever since he came back from school.
Ryoma lied down on his bed and closed his eyes. Soon, he fell into a deep sleep.
(Note: Actually this story's plot is short and simple. You can predict the story right? I planned it to be a one shot story but it turned out long... it's not even halfway yet! Therefore, I had to cut it into short chapters.)