Falling Star

A/N: Hi everyone! I'll try my best updating once a week since everything is going well, I'll do my best! So enjoy Chapter 4 of Falling Star and as usual, PLEASE REVIEW to let me know that everyone is satisfied with things so far, if not, I'll know that I need to adjust, so reviewing is probably the best way to get me updating quickly and having fresh ideas! :D DOUZO!

Chapter 4 – Betrayal

Ryoma glared icily at Yuki Hikari, his new fiancée who had just been introduced by his stupid father a few minutes go. Sure, spending time with Sakuno had changed a whole lot, but that had lost effect right after the girl was never by his side anymore…

He'd come to Tokyo, hiding from the media to find Sakuno, but now, thanks to his idiotic manager, his parents took it as a whole lot of misunderstandings and introduced the beautiful and rich daughter of a CEO sports representative as his fiancée. Already, without even talking to her, Ryoma had targeted her as a complete nuisance to his life.

Yuki barely took notice of the death aura surrounding her fiancé and sat herself down beside him in a close distance, giving a sweet smile she said, "Konnichiwa, Ryoma-kun! I'm Yuki Hikari, an only child of my father, he's the CEO sports representative, I believe you've met him quite a few times!"

Ryoma ignored her; of course, Kiriyuu Hikari would never shut his mouth about his high position as a CEO whenever they met, how could he forget such an annoying pig? Turning to his parents, Ryoma gritted through his teeth, "I never asked for a fiancée".

Nanjirou chuckled aloud, "Now, now, you brat! A tennis star like you who doesn't even have a girlfriend will definitely raise issues, right? Yuki-san will be perfect for you! She's the daughter of a sports representative, she's rich and not to mention she's beautiful! How will the public ever disagree with someone like her?!"

"Nanjirou! How could you say something like that?!" Rinko hissed and immediately apologized to Yuki, but the blue-eyed girl didn't even seem to notice it.

Ryoma stood up, there was no way he could change his father's mind now that he's gone this far, "I'm not staying here any longer, I'm going to Kyoto tomorrow, so I need to get ready".

"Then buy another ticket for your lady won't ya? You two should stay together from now on!" Nanjirou urged.

The tennis prince glared down at his foolish father, "I'm not taking her," he replied bluntly.

"We can go to Kyoto tonight by my private plane if you wish, there's no need for a ticket," Yuki offered, that sweet smile still painted upon her cherry lips, "We can stay over at the Hikari Mansion for the night too, I'm sure the housekeeper is nearby".

Clapping, the old father cried, "What a wonderful idea! If you go with Yuki-san now, you two can get there on time!"

"I don't need to go by a private plane, it'll just attract attention," Ryoma argued, what was with this girl? She was persistent that's for sure.

"Don't worry, my secretary can cover that for you, after all, you really want to go to Kyoto for important business don't you?" Yuki asked, a strange glistening look in her amusing eyes.

Ryoma frowned deeply as Yuki wrapped her arms around his and cuddled up to him as if they were a deeply in love couple, it made him sick.

"Ryuzaki-san! Can we ask you a question?" Shiroki asked as she lay on her bed and rested the TV remote at her side. Her twin, Mikira, looked up from the study desk and put down her pen, both stared carefully at Sakuno who was cleaning through her closet, waiting for a reply.

The brunette looked up with an honest smile, "Sure, go ahead," she said.

"Are you a close person to Ryoma-sama?" Mikira asked, blunt and clear, making sure she said it slow enough so Sakuno could hear properly.

The young lady immediately shot up straight with a nervous laugh, "Ano… N-Nani?" (A/N: Ano Excuse me or um…. Nani What?)

"You heard us, come on, there must be something now shoot," Shiroki pushed.

"There's nothing, he's just a famous tennis star, that's all I know," Sakuno lied.

"Why deny it? We're not stupid, you went to the same school as Ryoma-sama, what happened? You two went out or something?"

"N-NO WAY!"

Mikira laughed, "No offence Ryuzaki-san, you're really stupid, it's so obvious something went on between you two and yet you deny it, your story would make you famous! AND you might be able to sell it to those gossip channels too! You're so dense for missing your chance".

"T-there really is nothing, please stop it," Sakuno said weakly.

"You know, we know a girl from your school, she said your grandma died from a car accident, it's such a pity… But then again, I guess it wouldn't matter, if your grandma saw you in this state, she might've considered suicide anyway," Shiroki said nastily and smirked at Sakuno.

Her teeth clamped down hard upon her peach coloured lips, she felt her whole body shake with desperation and anger. What the hell?! Why was this happening?! Why did EVERYONE think there was something wrong with her? She was fine! WHAT DID SHE HAVE TO DO TO MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND?!

"You have no right to talk about my grandmother in that way! There's nothing going on with Ryoma Echizen and me, I'm fine on my own so… so… STAY AWAY!" she snapped, that was it, she'd had it, people always told her, never look back on the past, it sounded so much harder than she'd ever imagined.

Bolting out of the room, Sakuno raced out of the college grounds, it was ridiculous, probably déjà vu, this was happening again… She collapsed on top of the green grass in the pool of moonlight sitting next to the river. Her breath grew heavier as she sat and stared at the flowing water longer and longer, this world, this life, it was like an endless cycle of nightmares and taunting… it was all crazy. She burst into small, short laughs as tears streamed out of her chocolate brown eyes.

This life was so menacing, she wasn't missing anything, she was FINE, and she didn't need HIM to show up again, NEVER.

"Saku-chan…?" A soft voice appeared behind her.

She turned around in surprise and found the red haired boy standing behind her looking awfully worried.

"Make yourself comfortable, I'll just go make a phone call to my father to tell him everything's fine," Yuki said happily as she led Ryoma into the lounge room of the large mansion.

Ryoma was more than pleased to have the annoying girl release his arm, he sat down upon the pure white sofa and rubbed his forehead, this was stressful, she was never going to leave him alone. Even when they were travelling on the plane, she had all the room in the world to move around, but no, she slept on his shoulder the whole way, he could've pushed her off. But everything, including his plan to Kyoto was going faster than he thought, so it was best not to spoil it.

"Jun, come with me," Yuki called to her old secretary. He was around sixty or so years old, apparently Jun had served her starting from the moment she was born, in fact, he did far more than her parents could have ever done, he knew her better than anyone.

Following his master into a study room down the hall, Jun closed the door behind him and faced Yuki who had already seated herself in the large leather armchair behind the desk. She spun the chair around so her back was facing him; the sweet aura that surrounded her had long disappeared.

"If I am not mistaken, young madam, you are not intending to make a call to your father?" Jun asked respectively.

"Of course not, I would never do something like that," Yuki replied coldly, "He would never expect a call from me anyhow".

"If you do not mind me asking, Yuki-sama," Jun said, "I believe your plan was different, why have you brought Echizen-sama to Kyoto? I believe you were trying to keep him away from coming".

A small laugh escaped her lips, "I don't have to keep him away, I'll make him meet her, and have her keep away from him".

"Wouldn't that result to hurting your friend?"

The same glint appeared in those blue eyes, "I want to hurt her, it's the only way to keep him all to myself".

"How will you make them meet without having Echizen-sama show his face in public?"

"I'll have an idea soon," Yuki replied calmly, swinging around in the chair to face Jun, she stood up, "But now that I've come as far as tricking his parents, I want you to keep a track on her, all I need is some time alone with him," with that, she walked out of the room and back into the lounge, where Ryoma was almost trying to fall asleep. She put on her cheery smile again and pecked him on the cheek, "Ne, ne, Ryoma-kun! Let's go for a walk, it's beautiful tonight!"

Ryoma glared at her, "Don't touch me as you like," he said icily.

Yuki giggled and pulled him up, cuddling up to him, she dragged him out the mansion, "Don't be so mean! Look! I like it better when the moon is in a crescent shape, let's walk by the river!"

"Ki-Kintarou-san!" Sakuno cried in surprise as the boy sat himself down beside her with a warm smile.

"Ne, I didn't expect Saku-chan to be sitting by the river! Why are you crying? Are you ok?" Kintarou asked.

"I-I'm fine," Sakuno replied, hurriedly rubbing hard at her eyes.

Kintarou laughed in defeat, "I was walking by to explore the surroundings of the apartment, and I saw Saku-chan sitting here. I guess none of this concerns me though".

"T-that's not it! I'm really fine!"

Kintarou smiled sweetly at Sakuno, "Ne, back in Tokyo, I always see Saku-chan with such a beautiful smile, but I never see that here, no matter what you say, it's hard to believe that you are ok…"

Kintarou waited for a reply, but it never came so he continued, "I would like to see Saku-chan's beautiful smile again, but it's ok if Saku-chan is crying too, at least I know that you're still human!"

Sakuno sweat-dropped, "H-human?"

"It's not a joke!" Kintarou said determinedly, "Saku-chan looks better with a smile… but lately you've been hiding a lot of your emotions as if to say you're fine! But you're not! Doing that just shows you're not fine! But you know, crying is ok as well, because then I know that you're still human, that you still haven't changed completely".

A tiny surge of happiness rushed through her, Sakuno wanted to say something grateful, but it was interrupted when there was a small laugh a few metres away. The two stood up and looked around the corner, it was a couple, walking by the river in their direction…

"Ne, this river might be romantic for couples I guess…" Kintarou observed as he saw a beautiful girl clinging to her boyfriend who seemed rather irritated… "Saku-chan?"

Sakuno didn't say a word, she stood in one spot, her knees shaking in the cold air, her eyes wide with shock as she stared at the couple walking towards them. Soon they were close enough for her to confirm her worst nightmare AND for Kintarou to see who they really were.

"No way…" he breathed.

Yuki and Ryoma immediately stopped walking and looked just as shocked as the other two, a cold air blew past the four as everything slowly registered in their mind.

Sakuno found the courage to speak, in a rather shocked and scared voice she said, "R-Ryoma-kun? Y-Yuki-chan?"

Ryoma forcefully pulled his arm away from Yuki and gave her a horrified look, who the hell is she? How does Sakuno know her?! A million questions rushed through his head at this moment, including as to why Sakuno was with Kintarou, but things were just going too fast that he had no time to get over the whole situation.

All eyes fixed upon Yuki, she seemed rather surprised at first, but she soon took a deep breath and regained her composure, she gave Sakuno a cold icy glare…

"I don't know you"

Friends are useless people…

They use you for their own needs and leave you when you become useless yourself…

I don't need people like that…

So don't look at me as if you still need me…

In the end, it's all betrayal…

So stay away…

I just love cliffies xD So please tell me what you think of this chapter! All you loyal reviewers and readers are true inspirations to me, and that's what keeps me going so please support me! ;) Is it me or was this chapter longer than I expected? o.o

Well, I'll try posting the next chapter next week if nothing goes wrong so thankyou for being patient! Please review!

Ja ne,

Yula

P.S If you hadn't read the chapter properly, you're missing the main plot! ;D That's another reason for all my beloved cliffies haha…