Yo, minna-san! Rookie-chan desu! I want to apologize (again) because of this very late update! Nya, we recently had our examinations that fast and made me rush all of my projects. –grumbles-. Anyways, thanks for making my reviews 143, minna! I want to glomp on all of you! Hehe. I am already done with OVAs 1-15 and what the heck? There are no any subtitles for OVA 14! Onegai, whoever have a subbed version of OVA 14, will you let rookie-chan watch it for the sake of her RyoSaku madness? –puppy eyes- Demo, I still watched it even though I only understand a few parts like when Kin-chan appeared. Haha I love sempai-tachi's reaction especially Kikumaru's! "Baka ochibi!" Lol! Hahaha. And, I'm really sorry I forgot to put Yume in the previous chapter. I was having a difficult time (and I'm really sleepy) in typing and rushing that chapter within one day.
Eto, I am currently watching Ouran Highschool Host Club. And, lol! For the humor! I love Tamaki especially when he blushes because of Haruhi! Nya! I really love them! Hehe. TamakixHaruhi and RyoSaku in full mad blast of speed! And yeah! Haruhi's oto-san got a point. And he struck a chord there. "But I want that desire less girl be next to that person." And that person was Tamaki! Nya! Hehehe.
Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis. And, thanks to Kami-sama / God or Lord (of us Catholics ) for giving me another year of life. Yeah. It was my birthday last October 19. I'm already 14! Yay! Yay! Hehe.
"Ready… Set…" Tezuka started the countdown and…
"Go!" he declared.
-ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!
"Waa, so fast!" the ichinen trio beamed out when they saw how fast Ryoma and Kintarou were running. Tomoka looked at Sakuno with an amazed expression on her face. "Aah! They are really into it. Ne, Sakuno?"
Sakuno nodded with a big sweat drop on her head. "Ah… yeah…" she said with a sheepish smile.
"Koshimae! I am not going to lose!" Kintarou yelled while running hastily together along with Ryoma. Ryoma, in return, smirked at him cockily and said, "I'll never will!" he said in a loud voice.
Kikumaru started running together with Inui, Fuji and Momoshiro. "I think Inui's juice won't affect them, either…" Momoshiro and Eiji spoke with a sheepish smile playing on their lips.
"Ii… data…" Inui said as his eyeglasses gleamed.
"The battle continues…" Fuji said and started speeding up his heels, catching up with Echizen and Kintarou. Momoshiro and Eiji wondered, their eyes widening. "WHOA! Is Fuji also trying to capture Sakuno-chan's heart?" Kikumaru beamed and awed.
Inui's eyeglasses gleamed once more.
"Fuji's sadistic attitude is coming once more…" the data man murmured.
"I'm not going to lose, KOSHIMAE!" Kintarou yelled while trying to get ahead of Ryoma.
"As well to my part, KINTAROU!" Ryoma answered back, his hidden cocky smile showing off from his lips.
Sakuno's eyebrows narrowed. "I wonder what's happening on both of them…" she said while tilting her head. "Eto, they always compete against each other whenever an event occurs…"
Yume looked at Sakuno with a wondering look. "Ne, Sakuno nee-chan doesn't notice it yet?" she blurted tactlessly. Sakuno faced Yume with an innocent look. "Notice what?"
The little girl waved her hands like a professor and confronted Sakuno. "You still don't notice the rising rivalry-"
Before Yume blurts everything, Tomoka hurriedly got into the picture and covered the frantic little girl beside Sakuno. "Eto Sakuno! Hehe! Please don't mind her!!!"
Sakuno's brow furrowed. "What rivalry?" she insisted. Finally, Tomoka already thought of releasing Yume's mouth and both of them laughed off the matter. "Hahaha Sakuno! That was nothing, don't mind it at all! Yeah that's… that's absolutely nothing, Sakuno! Hahahahaha!" Yume and Tomoka chorused together.
"Eh?! Why Fuji-sempai-" Sakuno recently reacted when she saw something about Fuji.
"What is it, Sakuno?" Tomoka asked and tapped her best friend's shoulder. "Look…" Yume murmured and pointed her sadist nii-chan.
"Ah! Fuji-sempai is…"
"Leading!" Eiji and Momoshiro blasted out loud. "Fuji is really into it, ne?" Inui mumbled from behind while scrabbling notes inside his mysterious notebook. "And I also think that Fuji is having fun." Kawamura calmly said while scratching his head.
"Sakuno nee-chan," Yume called attention and tugged Sakuno's hand. "Let's run in laps now." She said childishly. Sakuno smiled at her and rubbed her hands together. "Hai!"
Kintarou, Ryoma and Fuji were having an equal fight- they almost run without any difference at all. Ryoma snickered, his mind thinking of reaching his goal. "Fuji-senpai?" he wondered. The red-headed guy named Kintarou looked at his right side and also saw Fuji. "Ah Fuji-san! It's really nice to run, ne?" Kintarou said loudly while running.
"Yeah! Especially when you wanted to beat someone. Ne, Echize-"
"Koshimae?" Kintarou wondered when he didn't feel Ryoma's presence anymore. "Echizen?" Fuji's attention was caught up, causing him to open his blue orb like eyes.
"K-Koshimae?!" Kintarou called once again when he saw Ryoma coming from behind. Ryoma smirked while passing by. "Too slow. I already have my second lap. Mada mada dane!" the brat cockily shouted and continued running.
"Sakuno nee-chan, look! Are the birds trying to make a new nest for their children?" Yume asked while pointing a tree with a bird flying around one of its branches. Sakuno looked at Yume with an amused look. "Yume-chan, birds are really amazing, ne?" she smiled with a very pleasant look on her face.
With that smile, Ryoma Echizen already has the perfect and valid reason to trip before the girl with a very sweet, gentle and cute face.
"E-Echizen-kun?" Sakuno wondered when she saw Ryoma in a helpless prone position in front of her. "Ryoma nii-chan is diving without water." Yume told him sarcastically. Ryoma looked at Yume with a disgraced look. "I'm not."
"You can also be clumsy at some times, ne? That's new!" Sakuno teased and offered a hand to him. Ryoma was bummed out and said, "I'm not clumsy. I just saw something that disturbed me."
When I saw your smile, I was completely distracted. He thought of, while hints of blushes try to invade his face. "Something that disturbed you? Hmm, what is it?" she asked with a smile on her face. He avoided that look of hers and looked at her delicate hand offering him some help.
"You…" he suddenly muttered and was about to drag her hand. Sakuno was taken aback. "Me?" she wondered. Ryoma trembled while registering the word he told her.
A single 'you' worked unexpectedly.
Ryoma looked at Sakuno, then avoided, and then looked again. In short, he was unsure if he'll get the little help that he is going to get from her. If he takes her hand, it will make his heart in the verge of exploding really explode. If he don't, it would be very bad of him since he don't really have the heart to break a girl's feelings.
"Echizen-kun, what's the matter?" Sakuno's baffled expression kept on disturbing his mind.
Choice number one will be-
"Echizen, why don't get up if you can? I and Kin-chan already ended 4 laps while you haven't even reached the 3rd one. Is there something wrong?" Fuji smiled and reached his left hand while Kin-chan on the right, and helped him stand up from his prone position.
Geez. And because of that, he wasn't able to touch, feel and hold her smooth, white and dainty hands.
"Tsch. I am about to do that but both of you interfered." Ryoma exclaimed while dusting his pants. He had a quick glimpse at Sakuno who also looked at him at the same time. He quickly turned off his gaze and started to blush. Sakuno also did, and felt her heart beating like there's no tomorrow. Adrenalin rushed throughout her body and blushed red.
That gaze. Did I already saw it before? Sakuno was baffled and at the same time, sunk into deep blushes. Her spine shrilled, causing her to look at her shoes, clasp her hands together upon her thighs and feel the warmth on her own cheeks while remembering his innocent face while gazing at her.
Ryoma Echizen.
"Ah," Sakuno was stunned. Ryoma, as well as the others, continued their run through the court.
Ryoma-kun…
"R-Ryoma-kun…" her eyes widened in surprise. She remembered the name that she whispered when she woke up from a dream a few days ago, and by telling his name with her meek and gentle voice, her heart beats so fast and sends her to a very familiar sensation- a sensation that she longed to feel 8 years ago.
I know him. I just… can't remember it clearly…
"Ryoma-kun…" she spoke once more. It seems like there's no voice coming out from her voice box. She tried once more, but when she looked at his back, she doesn't know but there's a part of her that was hurt because when she's calling him, it doesn't seem that he hears her.
"Nothing is impossible in this world. We need to trust in our thoughts to prove them."
That's what Fuji-sempai told me… But what if… what if…
"S-Sakuno?!" a loud and shrilling voice visited her ears, but it seems like nothing to her.
Is that you, Tomo-chan? Demo, why can't I speak? Is there something wrong? Ouch, my head aches once more. What's with this? But, I still wanted to see…
"Sakuno nee-chan!"
I still wanted to see…
"Oi! Ryuzaki!"
… him.
"Sakuno-chan, are you okay?" a red headed guy asked from above, the visible ray of light striking through her face. Kintarou's anxious face came visiting her sight upon opening her eyes.
"K-Kin-chan…" Sakuno murmured. She looked around her and noticed that almost everyone was around her, and found herself on her grandmother's lap. "O-obaa-chan?"
Sumire sighed and smiled. "It's a very good thing that you already woke up, Sakuno." The old woman exhaled deeply with a mark of anxiety resembling her face.
"W-woke up?" Sakuno asked, her tone seems to be puzzled. She sat up, and when she did, she saw the face of the one who seems to be running through her mind a while ago.
"Ryuzaki…" Ryoma, who sits in front of her, called on with a troubled look on his features.
Ryoma-kun…
"E-Echizen-kun…" she stammered and looked at the lad in front of him. Sakuno was stunned once more when she met his concerning eyes, causing her to look at the other side and blush deeply.
"I want to know what happened…" she quickly changed the matter on her head.
Yume touched her nee-chan's shoulder and confronted her. "Eto, we were really worried when you appear to be looking at something within seconds without even blinking, and then when we called you, you suddenly lost your balance and then you fainted."
Sakuno blinked several times. "I fainted?" she wondered.
Momoshiro sighed, as if he as relieved by his anxiety. "Sakuno-chan, it's a good thing that Echizen caught you in timing! If not, your head might be bumped on the bench behind you." He narrated.
Sakuno looked back at him.
And Ryoma also faced her.
Sakuno looked at the ground and felt the same warmth infesting her cheeks once more. "T-Thank you…" she said in a soft manner.
Ryoma looked at the window and smirked. "It was because you can also be clumsy at some times."
Sakuno faced him, as if she's going to take her 'thank you' back. "But it wasn't my fault!" she said childishly.
Ryoma confronted her with a questioning look. "Then whose fault it is?" he asked. Sakuno was taken aback and suddenly calmed her shoulders. "Hmp. Rude…" She said and looked at her wrist watch. "Huh? It is already 9:40…" she said to Sumire and stood up.
Sumire sighed. "Okay. Tezuka and Oishi, fix the nets on the poles and we will start volleyball at 9:45." She ordered loudly and placed her hands on her waists. All of them also stood up and were about to do their bidding.
"HAI!"
"Sakuno-chan, are you sure that you are already okay?" Kintarou tapped Sakuno's shoulder and asked once more. Sakuno smiled and looked at Kintarou. "I already told you that I am okay a hundred of times, Kin-chan! And see, that's just because I didn't get enough sleep last night. So, you don't really need to worry…" Sakuno explained in a gentle manner.
Kintarou stopped before her. "But Sakuno-chan, where have you been last night?"
Sakuno's spine shrilled, as if an electric shock passed through her body.
"And sorry if I mind asking this but, where is that secret place?" Kintarou interrogated once more.
Sakuno's spine shrilled once more. "Kin-chan really loved asking questions today, ne?" she said sweetly. Kintarou faced her with a childish look and was like bummed out. "And Sakuno-chan loves secrets."
Her vivacious face turned into a grimace.
It was the secret that loves to hide something from her.
Kintarou noticed the gloomy reaction plastering her face. His brow furrowed and his eyes were filled with anxiety once more. "Sakuno-chan, did I said something wrong?" he asked anxiously.
Sakuno faced Kintarou with a very cheerful smile, trying to hide the evolving sadness in her. "No! You didn't, Kin-chan!" she explained. "Are you sure?" he interrogated once more. "Yap! Look at me!"
"Assemble!" Sumire's commanding voice was heard by the microphone. Everyone ran at the center of the court and gathered around the old woman. "This is the team line-up." She started and showed them two pieces of paper.
Team A- Tezuka, Kaidoh, Momoshiro, Osakada, Kintarou and Echizen
Team B- Kawamura, Inui, Eiji, Oishi, Fuji and Sakuno
I'm at the same team as his?! Ryoma thought of, as if he wanted to eat Kintarou's head because they were on the same team. At the opposite side was Kintarou, looking at Ryoma with an intense look on his eyes. The two glared at each other, not wanting to lose even if they are on the same team.
Fuji walked beside Sakuno, bent toward her ear and let out a deep breath escape from his lips. "Sakuno-chan, seems like things will be under your control if something ferocious happens." Fuji said, then gave out a very comfortable smile. Sakuno, in return, felt something weird when Fuji told her those kinds of words. What does he mean?
"Eto, Fuji-sempai, can you tell me-"
Sakuno's words were easily cut off when Fuji hushed her pink lips with his index finger. Fuji bent down in front of her, making her to move back because his face almost touched hers. "Just be silent." The sadistic person in front of him spoke, making her blush because of the close gap between their cheeks.
"Oops, I must be careful with daggers." The smiling tensai spoke as he fixed his position in front of Sakuno. He stood up straight, and then looked behind him.
There were Ryoma and Kintarou, throwing out fierce dagger-like glares on him. It was like they were saying 'ever dare to come closer to her or else I'll kill you' with those kinds of looks.
Fuji opened his eyes and gave out a prideful smile on them. "Wish you luck, guys." He said.
"Arrrrghh that maaaann…" upon hearing Fuji speak, Kintarou almost gritted his teeth. At the other side was Ryoma, tugging his cap and murmured a 'mada mada dane' with his lips. Ow, how much Ryoma loved to kick Fuji's head.
-PRRRRRRTTTT!!!!
"Okay! Team A to serve!" after the loud whistle, Yume spoke with her megaphone and passed the ball to Tezuka. The players assembled after Tezuka took the ball.
"Goodluck, Sakuno-chan." Fuji saluted, and then gave a tap on Sakuno's shoulder. "Hai, Fuji-sempai!" she responded.
"Yeaaa… I am absolutely going to beat him!" Kintarou and Ryoma chanted in unison.
-PRRRTT!!!
After Yume blew the whistle, Tezuka threw the ball on air and stroke it with his way of swaying his arms. The ball was about to land at the right side of the court- all thanks to Oishi who received the ball. The ball won't reach, so Sakuno quickly tossed the ball on air, and then Fuji spiked it. The ball went through between Ryoma and Kintarou, making them even more annoyed than before.
"Team B! One point!" Yume spoke out loudly, giving out the signal that Sakuno's team got a point.
Fuji faced Sakuno once more. "Nice one, Sakuno-chan." He congratulated. Sakuno faced him and gave him a high-five. "All thanks to you, Fuji-sempai…"
Ryoma and Kintarou were about to explode in jealousy. Such tension was released after seeing Sakuno and Fuji had a high-five together, meaning that they hands touched each other.
-PRRRTT!
Tezuka served once more, but now with a more powerful shot than before.
"Hoi!" Eiji jumped on air and started striking the white ball. The said object passed through the net and was about to bounce between Kaidoh and Momoshiro. Good thing that Tomoka is alert or else, it would be another score for them. She received the ball and it passed through the net, only to find Sakuno already on a receiving stance. The auburn haired girl took the ball and let it pass through the net once more. Ryoma saw the ball and quickly returned it without any doubt.
"Probability to land at the left side of the court, 72 percent!" Inui came calculating and quickly received the ball. The white circular object passed through the net once more and met Kintarou's arms. He spiked the ball between Oishi and Fuji with such a ball, giving their team a point.
Fuji stood up straight and faced Sakuno. "That was a hard ball, ne?" he said. Sakuno nodded and smiled, "We'll get the next point."
"Oi!" two voices in unison came by Fuji's ear. He looked at the other side of the net and saw Kintarou and Ryoma paying attention on his smiling guise. Ryoma placed his hands on his waists, while Kintarou paid his attention on pointing his index finger on him. "I am going to defeat you!"
"Really?"
"Eh?" Ryoma and Kintarou reacted.
"Try me if you can. Bring it on." Fuji smirked, showing his will to provoke the opposite team. He gave up a small laugh- a sign of his amusement towards the two boys who seems like to be fighting for the girl beside him. He bent his body and formed a receiving posture. After he did, Ryoma and Kintarou got back on their own places and did their own poses too.
Yume grinned widely from the bench. "Sadist nii-chan is really into it, ne?"
Flashback:
Yume was currently walking through the hallway minutes before the breakfast when she saw Fuji. "Waa! Sadist nii-chan! Where are you going?" she asked. Fuji smiled, bent his body towards her and placed his hands on his bended knees. "I'm going to do something relevant." He said with his usual, calm smile.
The little girl bewildered while registering Fuji's recent answer. "Relevant?"
Fuji nodded. "Yeah. I want to help your Sakuno nee-chan. I think that you already knew what happened, ne?"
Yume's vigorous face turned sour upon hearing Fuji's statements. "Eto, I also want to help…"
Fuji opened his eyes upon seeing the little girl's reaction. "Yume-chan, don't frown. You're cuteness fades away whenever you do that. Don't worry, we will help Sakuno-chan, okay?"
Yume's sour look glimmered once more and nodded. "I'm on it!"
: End of Flashback
"Mamushi nii-chan, to serve!" Yume shouted with a very lively voice. Kaidoh grunted upon hearing the little girl calling him viper while picking up the rolling ball.
"Oi Mamushi! Don't screw up or else, you'll never know what will happen to you!" Momoshiro shouted from the right side. Kaidoh looked at Momoshiro with such an angry glare and spoke, "Don't compare me with you, baka!" he shouted back. Momoshiro's nerves were popping like popcorn when he perceived Kaidoh's ridiculous answer on him. "You bastard!" he spoke and made a fist before him.
"I really hated it when I'm on the same team as you, porcupine head!" Kaidoh said while tossing the ball on air. Momoshiro grunted. "Heh. Just keep on saying that and I'll shout your deepest darkest secret." Momoshiro smirked and made his pose.
No!!!!! Kaidoh mentally reacted.
Because of that, Kaidoh was distracted, wasn't able to serve the ball and what's worst is that the ball landed on his face. He covered his face with his both hands and glared at Momoshiro with I-am-going-to-kill-you look. "You te-me!!!!"
Time had passed by and it's almost over-time for the volleyball sport. Team A took 31 points while Team B is currently leading with 32 points. It was the time for Kawamura to serve with his burning skills!
-PRRRT!
"GREAAATOO!!! BUUURRRNNIIIING!" Kawamura shouted while spiking the ball with such a great force. Tezuka managed to return his strong serve and let the ball pass through the net. Oishi quickly tossed the ball, and then Kikumaru came in service to spike the ball. The ball was returned to team A once more. Ryoma came in aid and received the ball, returned it to the opposite side where Fuji posed and waited for the ball. The always smiling tensai tossed the ball, and then Sakuno jumped and then spiked the ball with force. Kintarou ran towards the ball's direction when…
"Ack!"
"Kin-chan!" Sakuno came in aid and ran over the red headed guy. Kintarou fell with his right foot and customarily lost his balance, causing him to react and almost collapse on the floor. The usual vigorous guy was actually in deep pain after realizing that he fell on a dangerous manner. "Kin-chan, are you okay?" Sakuno asked.
Kintarou forced a smile from his lips and quickly answered. "I'm okay… you don't need to worry so much…"
"Demo…" Sakuno was about to insist.
"It will be better if we bring him to his room and take care of his injury." Ryoma spoke from behind and looked at Kintarou's helpless position.
Sakuno faced Ryoma with determination. "Hai. Echizen-kun, will you please help me?" she asked and took a nod in instance. Ryoma took Kintarou's arm and placed it over his shoulders to support him. "But, how about the game?" Kintarou asked and received a smirk from Ryoma. "We'll continue the battle after you recover. We will never let this happen once more." He said with fortitude and strength of mind. Kintarou grinned and, "Keh, I'll never hand it to you alone, Koshimae." He replied.
"Echizen-kun, could you please put his leg above the chair?" Sakuno asked while preparing a basin with cold water in it. Ryoma responded and did what she asked for. He placed Kintarou's leg above the brown chair and sat on the bed. Sakuno approached the two lads with the basin and quickly placed it at the chair's feet. She grasped the wet and cold towel, and then placed it above Kintarou's ankle.
"Itai!" Kintarou moved back when he felt the cold towel pressing against his aching ankle. "Eto, Kin-chan, it will be fast if you don't move so much." Sakuno smiled with an anxious retort on him. Kintarou looked at Sakuno with an unsure grimace and nodded. "Hai."
Sakuno smiled and then repeated the same action again. She pressed the cold towel on his throbbing ankle and he persisted not to move so much and endure the pain as much as he can.
Minutes had passed and the Operation: Heal Kintarou was successful!
Ryoma stood up, opened the door and stepped out. "I'm not so much needed here so, I'm going out."
Sakuno's eyebrows narrowed. "Echizen-kun…" she murmured. Ryoma wondered and looked at her. "What is it?" he asked with his hands delved inside his jacket's pockets.
Sakuno moved back and shook her head. "No, it's nothing."
Ryoma shrugged and completely exited when he knew that he's not going to do anything regarding the situation with his ears all red. Sakuno sighed upon hearing the door clunk upon its frame. Why is she feeling so nervous? And what happened to her just a while ago?
"Sakuno-chan…" Kintarou called on with a defenseless look. Sakuno was a little bit startled, and looked at him. Oh, how many times did Kintarou woke her up from fantasies?
"Any problem, Kin-chan?" Sakuno asked with a smile pasted on her face. Kintarou was taken aback when he saw that kind of smile. His defenseless look became even worse.
She always looks at me with that kind of smile. The kind of smile I always long to see whenever I sense her.
The very first smile that she gave me when we first met. Kintarou thought of while feeling his heart beat almost rampaging.
"Kin-chan, is there any problem?" Sakuno wondered when she noticed that Kintarou is staring on space. Kintarou was snapped back, and looked at her with a smile. "No! Completely blanked from problems! Ahahahaha!" Kintarou falsely laughed in front of her while scratching his head.
Sakuno faced him with such a motherly like look. "I know you, Kin-chan. You'll never act like that if you don't have a prob-"
"No problem, promise. I just wanted to say… thank you…" he hung his head low to hide his blushing face. Sakuno was baffled and asked, "Thank you for what?"
Kintarou looked at Sakuno with an almost annoyed look. "Maa, Sakuno-chan! What kind of question is that?" he reacted childishly.
"Eh?" she blinked several times.
"I really wanted to thank you a lot… you are always there to help me in every way you can… but, I think I haven't done any for you yet…" Kintarou responsed with a frown creeping out from his features.
"Kin-chan…"
Kintarou smirked with a visible sadness within his eyes. "Sakuno-chan is always around whenever I have problems, and it seems like she knew me more than myself! Heh, I think I'm being too much careless about myself…" he said while placing his hand on his forehead. "See, I even look helpless now. All because of my childish behavior…"
Sakuno's pink lips formed a smile. "Kin-chan, don't speak like you're saying that I know you more than yourself can do."
Kintarou's attention was caught up. Yeah, she actually struck a chord there.
"Friends are made to support their friends." She told him, followed by another sweet smile. "And Kin-chan, if you don't have that kind of behavior, I'll never be able to meet you. Ne?"
Sakuno's optimistic behavior met his almost failing composure. She always knows how to make sad hearts a happy one.
"Sakuno-chan! As always, you are very nice…" Kintarou started.
"Then?"
"Very good…"
"Next?"
"Very kind and sweet.."
"And?"
"Very lova-"
"Eh? Kin-chan, why did you pause?" Sakuno wondered when their normal conversations about saying other's thoughts were cut off.
Kintarou almost slipped his tongue. Sakuno-chan is very… lovable.
Oh no! That thought made him shade his cheeks filled with ten bucks of red paint!
"Ne Kin-chan, what happened to you? Kin-chan?" Sakuno almost shook his shoulders when he didn't speak at all. Kintarou raised his head, only to see Sakuno's face near his own.
"Sakuno-chan…" Kintarou was stunned when he saw her beautiful face in front of his own face. Sakuno wondered once more, making her even cuter than before. "Kin-chan, what's happening to-"
At last! Sakuno also noticed the face gap.
"Eto, gomen nasai…" Sakuno apologized and quickly changed her eyes' direction, as Kintarou does. "It's okay."
-KNOCK KNOCK
"Sakuno nee-chan! Onigiri nii-chan! Lunch is ready!" Yume knocked from the outside. "Hai!" Sakuno quickly answered and stood up. "Let's go, Kin-chan!"
"Yeah!" Kintarou responded and stood up with his completely recovered foot. Sakuno opened the door and saw two figures. The little girl peeked in and saw Kintarou. Yume was currently asking Kintarou about his foot injury. "How is it, Onigiri nii-chan?" she asked. Kintarou grinned upon hearing Yume's label to him. "Completely recovered!"
"Ryoma-kun…" she covered her mouth and spoke softly when she saw Ryoma's face. Her soft voice was enough only for Ryoma to hear. His ears were vigilant when he heard her speak his name. He eyed the youngster in front of him with a completely baffled look. "R-Ryuzaki… you called me, what?"
"Eh Sakuno nee-chan, let's go, I'm hungry!" Yume butted in and tugged Sakuno's hand, making her shift her attention towards the little naughty girl. "Let's go or I'll eat Onigiri nii-chan's head!"
"Eh?" Sakuno, Ryoma and Kintarou were all sweatdropped. The little girl is really frantic, ne?
And then, the four of them made their way at the dining room with their own thoughts kept in their own minds.
Kintarou's determined mind was focused on something very important. I'll fight for you, Sakuno-chan!
Sakuno's bewildered thoughts kept on swimming inside his mind if it was really Ryoma. I will make it and I will never lose hope.
Ryoma's willpower of making her remember everything is the strongest for him. I promise you. I am going to bring your memories in front of you, Ryuzaki.
And last but not the least, the little girl's little thoughts that act like a swaying flower. If I found them finish the food quickly, I am going to eat their heads!
The little girl is really frantic, I say.
A/N: Ack minna-san! I'm sorry once more for updating this late! –bows 100 times- I am just busy with schoolwork and examinations and watching animes Hahaha… oops, not the potatoes or else I am going to throw them back to you! Shieeeeeellllllddddd!!!!! Ah I was hit! Maaaaaa!!
To singer in the wind, maybe its just up to Kin-chan's childish behavior. I think it will suit Ryoma to act like a cat and purr beside Sakuno's feet? Hehe. Joke! Peace please! w ! To minamotogirl, yes! I am also thinking of that too. She's really lucky, and Kanata Hongo is LUUUURRRVVVEEEE!!!! –fangirls-. To matsukanishi-chan, I made chapter 11 within one night. Haayz that's the main reason why there are so many typos there! Ummff gome ne! (ask how long I did this chapter? 3 days. Hehe. I ran out of ideas!) You really think it isn't OOC? Wahh, I've been thinking of it a couple of times. And yeah, boys do cry. Episode 178 proves it! Hahaha. And I also prefer Fuji as the main 'evil' in the story. I wonder why? Hehehe. To kawaiihannah, yeah, I'm proud that I am a Filipino! Hehe. I just don't know how to rise the jealousy products… hmmm got to think! And yeah, schools are sometimes a pain in the neck waah. To sheiry-chan, I really like your reviews and it keeps me smiling. Hehe I am really pleased and I don't know why! Hehehe. And why sheiry-chan? To Sakuno-chan, what is the title of your story? To haiezel-chan, lagot ka hinahabol ka na nila tagal mo mag update! –taunts you- Wahahaha! Lagot! To catseye-san, all of us love Fuji's sadistictness you say! To summer-loven, wee, I personally root for Fuji! Hahaha joke, I love Ryoma of course! To anjyaera, thanks for reading my fanfics! Sipag mag review eh… thanks! To neko-chan and louie-chan (if ever) owt hyper kau sa festi! Nakakadrain ng power! Hehe. Thanks for the review! To CGOMN, don't worry. There will be a lot of rivalry, I guess? To tenshi-chan, thanks for accepting tenshi-chan! Tenshi-chan! Tenshi-chan! –dances- To jomai and drearymoments, thanks for reviewing and reading! It keeps me boosted! Hehe.
Well, that's all for now, minna! I'm really sorry for the late updates! Please tell me if I'm getting on your nerves!
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Ja'ne!
rookie-chan (the hyper girl)