Yo, minna! I'm here again! Hehe! Hmm… I'm just sumkinda disappointed because the channel which airs Prince of Tennis anime replayed it while having the match between Ryoma and Sanada! Because of that I'm sumkinda loosing my hope of watching the whole series, or else if I didn't…seems like it's the end of my RyoSaku fandom writing! I don't want that thing to happen! But, I'll do my best just to buy the copy of that anime (even if I don't have any cent inside my pocket ")! And here's another anime. It is Gakuen Alice. Talk about students having their powerful abilities. What's nice about it is there's a love pairing! And guess what… RyoSakuKin pairing of POT seems like the love triangle of Natume, Mikan and Roku! squeals The anime is really nice from the beginning, and I hope the series will end in that channel.
Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis. I might have ruined their life if I do. Just kidding!
"Sugoi! Nice one, ochibi! You've got some nice voice inside your sleeve huh? Hoi! Sugoi!" Kikumaru clapped his hands after hearing Ryoma's voice. He turned off the equalizer and got out from the room. He walked towards Ryoma and Sakuno.
"There is compatibility between your voices. I think it would be really great and nice if we have a concert about you two! Ochibi's fans are wandering here in Tokyo; his album was also sold here after its release last month, while Ryuzaki-san is one of the most popular icons here in Japan. It would be a very big event! And…" Kikumaru cut off.
Ryoma and Sakuno blinked several times. "And?"
"I'll ask a composer to make a song for you two! Ahaha! That would be very great!" Kikumaru smiled a cheshire grin while pointing his index finger over them.
"For the two of us?" Ryoma and Sakuno chorused.
"Yeah! I think I'll ask him of making two songs!" Kikumaru said loudly. He looked at his wristwatch and beamed. "Hoi? 5:45 P.M? I think I shouldn't have cancelled the interview for you. Hey Ryuzaki-san, is it okay if we continue the interview? I'll call Ryuzaki-sensei if it is."
Sakuno was currently yawning when Kikumaru said it to her. "Anou… it's okay with me…" she smiled. Ryoma and Kikumaru looked at her.
Kikumaru frowned and shook his head. "I might be stressing you so much, Ryuzaki-san. You need to recharge! We'll continue the interview tomorrow after lunch. Agree?" he smiled.
Sakuno clapped her hands beside her chin and smiled. "Hai!"
"And ochibi…" Kikumaru called. Ryoma looked at his sempai and wondered. "What do you need?"
"I want you to come at Ryuzaki-san's interview. Nyaha!" Kikumaru smiled naughtily. Ryoma was sweat dropped.
Is he planning something? He thought of. Ryoma sighed. "Okay."
It was already 6:30 P.M. when Sakuno got inside her house. She smiled when she saw a cute white fur ball in front of her. It was cuddling at her foot gently when she stood at her door entrance.
"Good evening, Riku-chan!" she picked up her Himalayan cat and cuddled her face on it. She touched Riku's black nose and smiled. "Thanks to Kikumaru-chan or else I won't have a cat like you. He said you looked like so much of his friend's Himalayan cat. But I bet you're cuter than that! Ahee!"
Sakuno dropped Riku and wore off her shoes. She walked through her house's hallways with socks on her feet, plodded upstairs and went inside her room. She laid her tired back above her pink bed which smells like strawberries, and her eyes decided to rest for a minute.
A minute with eyes closed seems like sleeping in eternity, and that feeling really lasts and warms whenever you are tired after seeing a familiar person with your friends around you. When she closed her eyes, she remembered how close Ryoma with her sempai-tachi is. Why? Did they met before? He can socialize that so easy and fast even though it is her first time to see him talking with them. Kami-sama, do I know him? Did I meet him before? Most important thing is, did I hear his voice before? It seems like his face makes her remember an important soul, a very significant soul. A soul which made her ambience become whole and complete, but it was ruined when an accident occurred. Kami-sama, can you tell me who is it and why?
Plink. Plunk. Plink. Plunk.
Drabbles of questions entered her forgotten mind. Her background was completely wet by rain, and what she could only remember is a pink envelope clutched in her hand. She must have the memory about that soul until now if she didn't chase after that envelope. But, how could she? Other voices told her to chase the pink envelope or else she won't pass the letter over him. Wait. Over him? Who is he?
Plink. Plunk. Plink. Plunk.
Was that man an extraordinary guy? He seems like very important to her. Exchanging memories for a pink envelope for that man; it is not fair! She could make other letters if she didn't lose her innocent memories. Talk about the pink envelope, where is it? Maybe she could remember who that guy is if she has it. She remembered that she was clutching the pink envelope before she lost her alertness and slept so long. She's tired. Tired of sleeping that long above a white bed while her soul travels in a very bright place she didn't know where. She could remember her soul walking and running, tired and sleepy. But even she is tired and sleepy, a voice of a man told her not to sleep, or else she'll lose her memories about him. No choice, she must sleep and rest for a minute. She can't be running in a place which repeats itself whenever she wants to run and escape. She slept. And after a while she opened her eyes and remembered anything except for two important things.
She forgot her memories. No. Not just her memories. As well as her feelings.
Plink. Plunk. Plink. Plunk.
There are so many material things in this world which can vanish, but why did fate choose to make her feelings and memories vanish? She could have wished of dying instead of suffering by searching.
Don't sleep.
"Huh?" Sakuno sat up over her pink bed, her sweat running through her forehead. She held her forehead with such fast beat inside her heart. Don't sleep. She could hear his voice again.
"He sounds like someone near me." She whispered to herself, as she tries to remember who it was. Her head was aching. No. it seems like suffering in search of her memories.
Mada mada dane.
Sakuno beamed. "Could it be him? No. Impossible. He isn't related with me. But he knows me. Why?"
-RING!
She was alarmed. She straitened her back when she heard her orange cell phone ringing. She slid her hands inside her pocket and got her cell phone.
"Hello? Who's this?" she asked while rubbing the temples of her forehead. Her voice was trembling for the sudden dream.
"Hey Sakuno-chan, are you okay?" a worrying voice came over the phone line.
Sakuno blinked several times. "K-Kin-chan?"
"Sakuno-chan seems like not okay. Her voice is trembling and she didn't even recognize my voice." Kintarou said in anxiousness.
Sakuno smiled. Kintarou is really a dear friend to her, but when Kintarou asked Sakuno for a deeper relationship, it seems like her heart stopped. It seems like it's waiting for other someone. "Anou… Kin-chan, I'm okay. Don't worry! Sakuno-chan is always okay! Right, Riku-chan?" she energetically said while picking Riku from the foot of her bed. Riku mew loudly.
Kintarou sighed. "Well Sakuno-chan, are you ready for your interview tomorrow?" he asked.
"Hai! Sakuno-chan is always ready!" she smiled.
"Good!"
"Anou… Kin-chan…" Sakuno started. She remembered the time when Ryoma and Kintarou met in Cat's Studio.
"Hmm?" Kintarou hummed.
"Do you… anou… do you know him?" Sakuno asked. Her cheeks were flushing red thinking of herself talking about Ryoma Echizen.
Kintarou wondered. "Him? Who's him?"
Sakuno smiled and answered. "Doesn't matter, Kin-chan! Forget it!"
"I know him. He's some kind of a good friend." Kintarou said, his face resembling a disappointed mark. Sakuno-chan, why do you? It hurts when you talk about him after rejecting me.
Sakuno's face blushed more, waving her hands in a no-sign when she heard Kintarou's low voice. "Ah! Anou... Kin-chan, I said it doesn't matter!"
"Hey Sakuno-chan, do you like Koshimae?" Kintarou asked, his mouth gaped. Oh heck, how could he ask it to her?
Sakuno beamed. Adrenalin rushed through her entire body. Her face blushing, her heart pumping mad. "Hey Kin-chan! I didn't know so much about him! Why would I like him?"
Kintarou frowned. If she only knows who he is, maybe she'll kick her head by saying that. "Hey Sakuno-chan, tell me the truth."
Sakuno blushed even harder. She clutched the hem of her skirt and her heart pumped so fast. "Anou… that's the truth… But I wonder if he's the one who was lost in my memories…"
Kintarou inhaled. He exhaled deeply when he remembered that Kikumaru said that it must be Echizen who will make her remember. "I don't really know…"
Sakuno smiled, her eyebrows narrowing. "It means it wasn't him if you don't know. You said you're good friends with him, right?"
Kintarou frowned. "Yes. But what will you do if you develop your feelings with Koshimae?"
Sakuno blushed again. "I don't have any feelings with him."
"It is not impossible. You two are partners now, isn't it?" he asked, scratching his head.
Sakuno nodded. "I'll try not to."
Kintarou felt his stomach jumping. If she does, I'll have another chance! "You can do it, Sakuno-chan!"
Sakuno narrowed her eyebrows. What's this? I feel like kicking my stupid head. I'll try not to until the time I remember anything. I'll wait for the soul which was lost in my memories. I will wait.
Ryoma was walking at the sidewalk by 10:00 A.M. when he saw a little girl about the age of 5 with brown hair, fixed into pigtails. He remembered something.
She looks like Sakuno when we were in Junior High. He thought of, his lips forming a sly smirk. He sipped on his can of Ponta.
"Ice Cream!" a voice from the other side walk shouted. The little girl heard it and smiled enthusiastically.
"Wow! Ice Cream!" the little girl stepped out of the side walk to follow the ice cream vendor at the other sidewalk. She walked two steps away. Suddenly she felt a strong gush of wind which passed on her little body. She felt herself being blown by the wind. Her eyes instantly closed when she saw a van coming forth to her.
-BEEP!
"OI!" Ryoma ran quickly towards the little girl and hurriedly pulled her on the sidewalk. He looked over the little girl who was snuggling and crying on his chest.
Ryoma sighed deeply and looked again as he carried the girl towards the nearby Vendo Machine. "Hey little girl, don't just walk over the street without anyone!" he said in a high voice.
Yume looked over Ryoma. Her eyes wandered in tears. She quickly hugged Ryoma and cried again. "HWAA! I'M LOST!"
Ryoma blinked several times as he looked over the little girl. "Oi, don't cry here." He said when he noticed that there are a few people who were looking over them. "Where are your parents?"
"They are shopping with me but when we passed through a place with many people I was carried away and then I just realized that I am here!" Yume explained while trying to stop her sobs.
Ryoma sighed again. Seems like it is his responsibility now. "Okay. I'll bring you with me in the studio and ask my friend to help you go home. She's a tracker. Do you know where you live?" he asked.
Yume shook his head. "No. It's my first time to go out with my parents in a place like this. I don't remember our address either. I was lost now, I don't know what to do…" her eyes were teary again.
And again, another sigh. "Just go with me in the studio and we will call on your parents."
Yume's eyes were filled with happiness. She spread her arms wide and hugged Ryoma. "Arigato gozaimasu desu, Onii-chan!"
Ryoma was sweat dropped. O-Onii-chan?!
"So, this little girl was lost?" Shiba asked while pinching Yume's cute cheeks.
Ryoma sighed as he gave out a nod. "Yeah. I think you can help her."
Shiba smiled. "Of course I can. Hey little girl, what's your name?"
"My name is Yume." Yume said, her hands clutching the hem of her skirt.
"Ah. Yume-chan. Nice to meet you. So, Yume-chan, what's your surname? We'll ask it on the radio." Shiba smiled gently.
"My surname is Harada. Yume Harada." She said, smiling enthusiastically.
"Ah. Okay." Shiba was to press the on line button when she saw someone through the transparent window open the door of Cat's Studio.
"Ohayou, minna-san!" Sakuno greeted with grocery bags on her hands. Yume smiled widely when she saw Sakuno.
"Ah! SAKUNO NEE-CHAN!" Yume ran towards Sakuno. Sakuno dropped her grocery bags when she saw Yume. "Y-Yume-chan? What are you doing here?" she asked. Yume quickly jumped and clung at her neck.
"S-Sakuno nee-chan?!" Ryoma and Shiba widened their eyes when Yume hugged Sakuno.
"Yippee!!! Sakuno nee-chan is here!" Yume said enthusiastically while clinging on Sakuno's neck. Sakuno felt being strangled so she quickly held Yume's shoulders and let her stand on the ground. She sat in front of her and wondered.
"Yume-chan, what are you doing here?" Sakuno asked while pinching Yume's left cheek.
"I-Itei…" she protested with a smile on her face. "Onii-chan brought me here because I was lost…" she said.
Sakuno smiled but her eyebrows were narrowing. "Your brother is here?" she asked. Yume nodded. Sakuno looked at the little girl amusingly. "Where is he?" she asked once more. Yume pointed Ryoma with a sly smirk on her face. "It is him."
Sakuno blinked several times. "What? Echizen-kun is your onii-chan?"
Ryoma looked over the two girls at the front door and blushed. It seems like I'm their topic. He thought of as he walked towards the group.
Yume shook her head. "No. I don't have siblings. Onii-chan just saved me." She said. Sakuno raised her head and saw Ryoma.
"Echizen-kun saved you?" she said and looked at Yume again. She stood up. "Anou… Echizen-kun, thanks for saving Yume-chan from trouble!" she said with a sweet smile on her pink lips.
Little Yume stood up and tugged Sakuno's sleeve. "Anou… Sakuno nee-chan, is onii-chan your boyfriend?" she asked frankly.
Sakuno and Ryoma backed off, their cheeks flushed into a deep blush. "Yume-chan!" Sakuno protested. Ryoma tugged his Fila cap to hide his blush.
Yume grinned. "Hey! Onii-chan is blushing! Haha!" she teased. Ryoma looked over the kid and raised an eyebrow. "What are you talking about?" he asked. Yume chuckled. "Aah! Guilty!"
Ryoma twitched his eyebrows. I thought she's as gentle as Ryuzaki. But the truth is, she's as naughty as sempai-tachi! He thought of. "You…" he formed a fist. Yume's chuckles faded when she saw Ryoma. Yume hid behind Sakuno and tugged her blouse. "Sakuno nee-chan, onii-chan is going to-"
"Come here!" Ryoma ran behind Sakuno and tried to chase after Yume. Yume ran at Sakuno's front before Ryoma could chase her. Yume stuck out her tongue and touched her brown eye. "Catch me if you can, onii-chan! Haha!" Yume stated. Ryoma started gritting his teeth.
"You stubborn kid…" he closed his eyes as he took a deep sigh. "Come here!" he continued to chase Yume. They are just running around Sakuno because of Yume.
Shiba smiled in amusement upon seeing the group. "They looked so much of a family."
Sakuno twitched her eyebrows whenever Ryoma and Yume go around her. "My head is… spinning…" Sakuno spoke, her eyes forming spirals. "I'm gonna….fall…" she said and stumbled over Ryoma. Ryoma exactly caught Sakuno on his arms when Kintarou came and opened the door.
Sakuno still have the spirals on her eyes, while Ryoma had a deep blush on his face. Kintarou went numb when he saw the scene when little Yume came and bumped over Kintarou's chest and both of them fell at the entrance of Cat's Studio.
"Oi Ryuzaki…" Ryoma let Sakuno stand up. Kintarou stood up and aided Yume. "Hey kid, are you okay?" he asked. Yume blinked several times. "Ah…hai…" both of them entered the studio.
Ryoma can't make Sakuno stand up so he decided to carry her on his arms. He brought her at the couch beside Shiba. Kintarou was standing at the front door with Yume when he saw Ryoma carry Sakuno.
"Sakuno nee-chan!" Yume ran quickly towards Sakuno. "Onii-chan, is Sakuno nee-chan okay?" she asked.
Ryoma looked at Yume. "You have eyes so you can see. She went dizzy and fainted."
Yume frowned. "W-Was it because of me?" she asked and touched Sakuno's forehead.
"Bingo." Ryoma said. Yume looked at Ryoma in irritation and stuck out her tongue. "Onii-chan, rude!" she said loudly. Ryoma looked over Yume and felt like kicking his head when he saw her, teary-eyed. He knelt before Yume and cleared his throat.
I think I should swallow my pride by now. He thought. "Hey Yume, don't cry. Nothing will happen if you do." He said while pulling his handkerchief from his pocket and gave it to Yume. Yume looked at the handkerchief, wondering and reached it. She wiped out her tears and smiled.
"Onii-chan, arigato gozaimasu desu! You really are my savior!" she smiled and came to hug Ryoma again. Ryoma looked at her as a sigh escaped from his lips.
"Itei…" Sakuno opened her eyes and saw two blurred images in front of her.
No. I don't have siblings. Onii-chan just saved me.
Sakuno beamed.
Onii-chan, arigato gozaimasu desu! You really are my savior!
She shook her head. No. It can't be him. She said to herself while glancing at Ryoma. She remembered someone who saved her at a train 8 years ago, when she saw Ryoma's side view. She shook her head again and rubbed her eyes.
Kintarou noticed Sakuno's look at Ryoma. I thought she's going to try not to develop her feelings for him. But what if she knew that it was really him?
"Hey Yume-chan, I already called your parents. They said that they will pick you up at lunch." Shiba said, holding her cell phone.
Yume nodded. "Hai!" and then she turned to Ryoma. "You are my onii-chan, now, ne? Ryoma nii-chan?" Yume smiled. Ryoma sighed. "Whatever you want."
Yume smiled enthusiastically. "Yay! I already have an oneechan and an onii-chan!"
But it would be better if I call them oka-san and oyaji. She smiled.
"Hi Sakuno! Welcome here in my segment!" a girl with two high Pony tails came to greet her.
"Same to you, Tomo-chan!" Sakuno smiled sweetly. She was now in the interview, with Ryoma and Kikumaru at the camera men, watching.
Ryoma raised an eyebrow. Why did Kikumaru-sempai asked me to go here if I'm not needed? He grunted. And, why did he ask me to buy sunflowers in a bouquet?
Kikumaru noticed bored eyes and sighed. "Hey ochibi, if they called you go up in the stage and give the flowers to Ryuzaki-san."
Ryoma blushed. "Yo, I didn't know that."
"Hey Sakuno, there are rumors that you have a new album partner! Is that true?" Tomoka asked while looking at Sakuno. Sakuno looked at Tomoka with her chocolaty eyes and smiled.
She nodded. "Yup. He is my first album partner."
Tomoka wondered. "It is a he?" she asked.
She nodded again. "Though he was from America, he was Japanese like us."
"Oh he was also Japanese? How lucky! I thought he was an American!" Tomoka said.
Kikumaru gave a signal to Tomoka. "He is here."
Tomoka looked at Kikumaru. "He is here? Minna, let us welcome Miss Ryuzaki's new album partner!"
Kikumaru patted Ryoma's shoulder. "Go ahead, ochibi! You can do it!"
Ryoma sighed. No choice.
Sakuno smiled. So this is the purpose of Echizen-kun? She thought of. She saw Ryoma sitting beside her.
"Here." Ryoma gave the bouquet of sunflowers to Sakuno with a blush on his face. Tomoka's eyes widened in shock when she knew that Ryoma is Sakuno's partner.
"Minna, Miss Sakuno Ryuzaki's partner is Ryoma Echizen. He is a tennis genius who recently won the U.S. Open Cup. Now tell us. Why did you enter showbiz, huh? Echizen Ryoma?" Tomoka asked with a sadistic meaning inside her tone. Ryoma backed off.
"I already won the cup. I must also use my other talents." He said. He was so unsure of what to say. Besides it was Sakuno's interview, ne?
"Anou… Tomo-chan, don't screw in the face of public…" Sakuno whispered without getting close to Tomoka.
Tomoka narrowed her eyebrows. "Ahehe. Yeah." She smiled sheepishly. "Well minna, let's go back to the topic!"
"What a long interview." Sakuno sighed with a smile on her cute face. She carried her bouquet of flowers and carried it with her inside the dressing room. It was left half-opened, but still you could see Sakuno in front of the mirror.
Ryoma walked through the studio's hallway and saw the half-opened door. He peeked on it and saw Sakuno. She was holding the bouquet of flowers with a great smile.
"Sunflowers and daffodils are really pretty. But cherry blossoms are the best. Hmm, I think I'll like sunflower more than daffodils does." Sakuno hummed while sniffing the flower which Ryoma gave her. Ryoma blushed as he sees his partner, smiling while smelling fragrant sunflowers.
Cherry blossoms and sunflowers, huh? A sly smirk visited his lips. He headed his way and went in a shop.
Sakuno was to open the wood gate when she saw a bouquet of Sunflowers with daffodils hanging at her white fence. She blinked several times before getting it.
"Who sent these? I didn't ask for flowers in a flower shop…" she wondered. She picked up the bouquet and when she ran her fingers through its red ribbon lace, she noticed a note.
Nothing can say more about your sweet smile. I wish I can see it again. Promise me that.- From: Your Savior
Sakuno blushed. Who is he? And how could she keep a promise if she doesn't know who was Savior? Oh well. The most important thing is that it made her happy. As in really HAPPY.
A very sweet smile peeked out from Sakuno's thin pink lips. She hugged the bouquet with fullness inside her heart.
Unbeknownst in her senses was a man who was staring at her admiringly with his cat like eyes, with a familiar and sly Cheshire smirk playing on his lips.
A/N: Another chapter had ended! Whew! I had hard time just to write it. Seems like there is no effort, ne? I can't think of something which would link with the other chapters. But, I'll do my best! Hey minna, I'm really sorry if the story is sumkinda lame! Hit me! Ah! I was hit! runs! Ahee! Even if that annoying channel replayed POT anime, I will still support it! Much stronger how I supported it before! I will buy a copy! Or, you could let me borrow it! Ahee! As if we are not miles away, ne? I'm getting crazy again! Someone please help me! I'm dying! coughs and chokes
Anou, minna, if you want to hear "Dreaming On The Radio", visit this link: You must register first before hearing the song (you'll search it at the search panel on the left side).
I'll put Ryoma and Sakuno's duet song here. Just wait.
And please, point out if there are any mistakes so I can do it better next time!
Ja'ne!
rookie-chan