Yay...I reached 100 reviews for this story! I'd like to say that that was the inspiration to come out with this chapter, but yeah that'd be lying. I just had the time, wanted to apologize for taking so long on the last few chapters...and had ideas. :) Plus I was just so happy I could upload again :)

Sorry for anyone who wants more RyoSaku but this chapter is mainly just completely about Momo & Ann.

'-Lyrics-'

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"There's no rational explanation for irrational behavior."

-Unknown

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"Momo..." Ryoma mumbled.

"-I've made my mistakes
Got no where to run
The night goes on
As I'm fading away-"

"Aww...is it really over?" Tomoka whined. Ryoma sighed. It was actually a sigh of relief, but unfortunately Tomoka didn't seem to notice that. "Aww don't worry Ryoma-sama! I'll make sure they play another song just for us!" she winked at him and walked away. Ryoma, taking advantage of this oppurtunity, walked over to his table.

"Oi, Kachiro...come here for a minute." Ryoma said.

"Hai, Echizen-kun." Kachiro agreed, as he politely excused himself from Sakuno and walked over.

"What is it, Echizen-kun?"

"Save me." Ryoma said simply. He couldn't just go out and say that he like Sakuno and wanted to dance with her. No that would be too simple. And why can't Ryoma make things simple? Well several reasons...

He's an idiot

He's a big idiot

Pride

He's an even bigger idiot

He's to "embarrased"

He's a big idiot with too much pride

When it's simple the story isn't as fun...so basically,

Ryoma suffering happy readers, and most importantly, happy Fuji, Yay Fuji!

Back to the story. Because of these many "rational" reasons, Ryoma continued on his deavious and complicated master plan. He had it all planned out in his head. First he'd tell Kachiro that he didn't want to dance with Tomoka and that she was scaring him (which wasn't really a lie...), then he'd ask to switch with him. Therefore allowing him to dance with...you guessed it, Sakuno! Great tennis star, good looking, and extremely brilliant, how does he do it? That my friends, is a mystery that not even the Prince of Tennis knows the answer to. But even the brilliant tennis prince couldn't have predicted what happened next...

"Excuse me...um from what?" Kachiro asked. He was very confused.

"From her." Ryoma said, lazily pointing across the room to the girl "dancing" and talking to Sakuno with her mouth full. Kachiro just gulped. Ryoma held back a smirk as he continued his plan.

"So...switch with me?" he asked.

"Hm? Oh you mean you want to dance with Sakuno-chan?"

"Uh...no no...I mean...anyone besides THAT." He pointed back to Tomoka again.

"Sorry Echizen-san..."
"Hm? Nani?"
"I want to dance with Sakuno-chan if that's okay..." Kachiro said, walking back to his date. Good thing he did leave, because he missed Ryoma's jaw slightly drop, and the death glare that probably would've mad him change his mind in less then a second. Well this amazed Ryoma beyond no end for many reasons. First off, the fact that anyone (besides his father) could refuse him was an astonishment. Also, the the astounding fact that somehow in some amazing twist of fate, his plan didn't work. Wow, now isn't that a shock? That was it. He was certainly going hit tons of balls Kachiro's way (that might "accidently" hit his face) back at tennis practice. He didn't care if Tezuka was going to make him run 10,000 laps. He'd do it. Oh Kami-sama, he'd do it. Then he heard the sound of a new song blast through the speakers.

'-Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on through

Some sort of window to your right -'

Hm...what does this song remind Ryoma of? Window...when he had been looking out of a window recently...

'-As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
And you begin to wonder why you came-'

'Why...what is on my mind...' Ryoma thought.

'-Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life-'

His eyes widened. "Momo..." he mumbled again...He hit his head again. His friend needed him and here he had been being a jerk thinking only about himself...and Sakuno...he thought a lot about Sakuno.

'-Let him know that you know best
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
Lay down a list of what is wrong
The things you've told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
And pray to God he hears you-'

'I have to help him...I have to save him from doing something stupid...again...' Ryoma thought as he began to unconsciously wander to the door. He opened it, but not without remembering what Tezuka had told him... ' "Calm down. Never let your guard down." '

The door closed as the others looked out. Tomoka just sighed. "Boys..." she mumbled with a small smile on her face.

'-Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life-'

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Meanwhile...

Momo tried to catch his breath, but his heavy panting continued. 'Kami-sama where could that have gone...' He knew he needed to do something and fast. He loved Ann. He loved her more than anyone else. He had been acting like an idiot lately (lately?), and he needed to fix it. God, he loved her... 'If Fuji even...hugs...no touches...no looks at her, I'll kill him.' With that thought, he began to run a little farther. Panting harder and harder by the minute. He kept getting tireder and tireder but he kept going. 'I can't stop now...'

"...stop..." a voice behind him said. He turned around and glaced at the long dark shadow.

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Nanjiro sighed as he carelessly opened the next door and scanned the room. "Hm...Maybe I'll just rest in here for a while..." He said as he laid down on the ground using a student's backpack that had been left behind, as a pillow. Then the door closed loudly and he sighed. 'Ah sleep...'

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The voice behind panted heavily too. Momoshiro got afraid. (That's right, just imagine him grabbing for his teddy bear.) "BACK OFF! I KNOW KARATE!"

"Momo...stop...it's me..." the voice panted.

"E..Echizen? What are you doing here? It can't be you..."
"It is." Ryoma said blankly as he walked into the light. "Next time you plan on running away, do me a favor. Don't. Or at least don't run so fast or so far...a guy can only run so fast you know?"

"Oh sorry...jeeze though, for someone who's so short, you sure cast a long shadow." He replied, ruffling Ryoma's hair. Ryoma just glared at him. "Anyway, what are you doing here?"

"Saving you." Ryoma replied.

"Saving me...from what? Oh my gosh! Is there a mob member out to get me?! Another group of angry boyfriends? Oh why did I have to be so good looking?" Momo whined as he grabbed his teddy again.

"I'm saving you from yourself..."

"What the?"
"Calm down...you need to think about this before you go after her. Take it from someone who knows."
"Someone who knows?! Are you kidding me? You've missed every dang oppurtunity we've given you to be with Sakuno, to tell her how you feel? I've waited long enough and now Ann hates me! I'm not you! I don't need your help! I don't need anyone's help!" Momoshiro shouted as he clenched his fists.

'-As he begins to raise his voice
You lower yours and grant him one last choice

Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed-'

"Momo...you're mad. You should be...You're frustrated. Don't take this out on me though. Don't take it out on Ann or even on Fuji. The real person you're mad out is yourself.

'-He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And you'll begin to wonder why you came-'

"I'm not the same as you. It's not my fault!"
"Momo! Stop. Listen to yourself...one minute you're apologizing constantly to her but the next you act like you did nothing and it's all her fault. All my fault. All Fuji's fault. Stop blaming people. It's nobody's fault. We can't control everything in life. Whatever happens happens. Just calm down." Ryoma spoke. Momoshiro's eyes softened but his fist remained clenched.

"I hate this...I hate all of this...How could this happen to me? What did I do? Where did I go wrong? I mean really...What did I do...I lost her...I lost her...it's all my fault..."
"Kami-sama, are you even LISTENING to me? It's no one's fault! This is just messed up! You need to calm down and see what's really important. Her. Go after her, but first make sure you're calmed down enough to do it rationally."

'-Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life-'

"You're right...surprisingly...I messed up big time though..."
"Well I'm not going to disagree with that..."

"You know that speech was really...insightful..."
"Yeah well my mom made me read some of her psychology books...but it wasn't that bad...it was either that or my dad's magazines."
"I would've taken the magazines." Momo laughed.

"Yeah well you didn't look so masculine with that teddy bear..." Ryoma said smirking. Momoshiro blushed.

"Well...why don't we just pretend this whole thing didn't happen...haha...what do you say?"
"Deal...now go get your girl."
"Thanks buddy!" Momo said, patting Ryoma's back as he started to run toward the park he figured they were at. After he was out of the distance, Ryoma sighed.

"I really need to stop reading those books and the romance novels..."

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'-Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life-'

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A/N:
Well this chapter came fast, and like I said it was mainly about Momo, Ann and Ryoma even though Ann wasn't really physically in the story she played kind of a big part. I'll try to start to get my chapters out quicker from now on, because the time I took for the last update was ridiculous even with the upload problem. Anyway I hope you liked this chapter. If you liked this chapter and the last, then you might like my new RyoSaku songfic/oneshot called I'm Going home. Yeah also the quote at the top was kind of random too, but I just thought I'd use it because it came into mind when I was writing this chapter. Also, incase you didn't know, the song is "How to Save a Life" by the Fray

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Finally, on a sadder note, for anyone out there who knows about the recent incident at Virginia Tech, and those who don't know much about it, or anything about it, please keep the victims in your prayers. It's very sad and unfortunate that so many lives were lost.

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