Rating: K+
Summary: I can't play tennis anymore, So I quit...Why? That's simple, there is nothing left for me. Ryoma stopped playing tennis. why? Some angst and death(no regulars). Will Ryoma get his will to play tennis back?
Pairings: You will see it when you read it.
Listening: Ayumi Hamasaki - Endless sorrow
Notes: I forgot to do this with the other chapter but I will do it now
'When they think.'
"When they speak."
And everybody is a little out of character or that is what I think

oruchuban Ebichu :Thank you for the review. Yes who would have thought that ryoma would stop playing tennis. Oh yes I did
Demonic0011: Thank you for the first review of this story. I don't know yet if it's gonna be a TezXRyo or FujiXRyo, But after your review I certainly got ideas how it's going further. So please continue to review.

When there is nothing left for you - part 2

It was already a few days after the day that Ryoma announced that he would quit playing tennis. But still nobody had heared anything from Ryoma. There was no sign of life anywhere. When they called his house the answer was:

"He is not home right now, maybe tomorrow."
The regulars started to worry, maybe something had happend to Ryoma. There were still to many questions unanswered. And everytime they thought they had found an anwer, they only found more questions to be anwered.
"I think we should quit looking for Echizen." Fuji said with his friendly smile on his face.
"Fuji-sempai, are you saying we should give up on Echizen?" Momoshiro asked angry ready to hit the first one who would say something bad.
"Nya Fujiko, you don't really mean that, right?" Kikumaru looked at him as if he would burst out in tears. Fuji tapped Kikumaru comforting on the back and opened his eyes.
"You all must know if Echizen wanted to be found we already would have found him. It's already three days and there is still no sign of him, it's like he is vanished. And what if we find him, what will we do?" He looked at Momoshiro and continued. "We can't beat the anwers out of him if he doesn't wants to give them and no Eiji, we can't blackmail him. I think we should just wait, I know for sure he will come back."
"Do you really think that he will come back?" Kikumaru asked in tears.
"Yes." 'He has to, or I won't forgive him.' the last part Fuji finished in thoughts and he smiles again.
"Then the smart thing to do is to go home." says Oishi and looks at his shattered doubles partner.
"Oishi?" Kikumaru asks.
"Yes Eiji, what is it?"
"Can I spend the night at your house I don't want to be alone."
"Sure, I'll know for sure my mother would be glad that you would come over." Kikumaru looked some what happier and hugged Oishi. Within a moment Oishi turned red.
"Please...let...go...can't...breathe." Oishi said.
"Oh sorry, Oishi." Kikumaru let him go.
Everybody sweatdropped as Kikumaru turned a little back to his normal self.
"Fuji-Sempai, hsss...why did Tezuka-bouchou not go with us hsss?"
"Yes, that heartless bastard." Momo started to make himeself agry again.
"I think Tezuka is dealing with this in his own way." as Fuji is trying to relax Momoshiro a little.
"There is 99.99 change that Tezuka is feeling just as bad as we do, but to my calculations, Tezuka is not a people person so he deals with it in his own time." Inui looked in his notbook.
"Yes...and ano...he did gave us the afternoon free from practice." Kawamura looked to the ground.
After a while everybody parted and went home except for Fuji. We wanted to clear his mind a little.

For the first time ever in his life Tezuka did not know what to do. His freshman, or better there freshman disapeared. Not letting anyone know what was in his mind. He always thought that Ryoma would be the next captain and he never thought it would work out this way. He actually liked the little brat, not that he would tell that to anybody. Not that he didn't want to tell anybody. But he had still an image to preserve. Sometimes he wished he could just throw the rulebook aside and be himself for once. But there was no way that would ever happen.
'Echizen, you have to come back. There is no way that this team will survive without you. Even when there is nothing left for you, we are still here for you. I just wished you would talk to anyone. It's not to late yet.'

When his mother had told the Regulars that he was not home, she was not lying. For the past three days he had slept in a motel by the beach. Some how it felt comforting, he had called his house letting them know where he was and that they didn't had to worry. He was oke, he needed some rest. He couldn't face anyone at this point. He had spent his days with walking on the beach and looking for shelves. It was a strange thing to do for the young prodigy. But he enjoyed it, that was the one thing that would put his mind at ease. And when your life is taken away from you, tennis was his life at that point, one would need a hobby.
He sat in the sand looking how the sun would go under. 'Dad I truly miss you. Why did you die. You were the most healty person I know. Always energetic, except for when you were reading those pervert magazines. You hentai, Why did you leave.' "You had to die, just to piss me off. Just so that you could say, you can't beat me. Your right now, I can't beat you. I will never touch another racket ever again." He screamed at the sky. He fought off the tears he felt comming and stood up and walked away.

There he was again. Standing before a grave, he felt the tears comming again. Engraved in the gravestone was:

The Best Tenniser in the world
Beloved Husband and Father

Echizen Nanjiroh

May he rest in peace

"I will continue with my life. That life will be one without tennis. Try and stop me." Ryoma told to the gravestone. Ryoma walked away. He knew tomorrow he would go to school again. There will never be a day the same.


Authors Note: I think I need more chapters. So maybe tomorrow if I have time and inspiration I will update again. And I left open with who Ryoma will end up. Ideas are always most welcome. I am actually glad I got it finished today. In the next chapter I will try to make clear with who I'm gonna pair up Ryoma. So please read and review.