Never Forgotten
A RyoSaku romance fanfic by Bunny
Chapter Eight – The End is the Beginning
I'd done it.
It had taken sixteen years, (yes I was playing tennis before I could talk) but I'd finally completed the Grand Slam. I wasn't actually sure what to do with myself after this come to think of it, but I had a few ideas.
There was a beautiful girl my age with long brown braids and big brown eyes that would follow me to the ends of the earth if I asked her. Don't ask me how I knew that, I just did. From the day I had first met her at Wimbledon last year; she had been on my mind almost constantly. My life went from eat, sleep, tennis to eat, sleep, Sakuno, tennis.
Though, I didn't find out her name until the Australian Open a little under six months later. That…actually hadn't gone as well as I'd planned it all to go in my head either. I had proceeded from there to chase her all the way to Tokyo only to be met with tears. A year after meeting, we finally came to an understanding.
I'd won. It was my third Wimbledon and I'd won. She had been right there on the bench and after swinging her around in excitement, I'd leaned over and kissed her and she had melted into me. It was magic. The crowd was still cheering and the announcer's speakers were blaring with excited commentary, and I was aware of it on some level in the background, but it was nothing compared to the feelings that were exploding inside of me.
It was as if everything in my life that mattered, everything I had been working for all came together to form one moment of perfection.
I pulled away from her and held her close as she smiled up at me. It was that beautiful smile that sparkled all the way to her eyes and took my breath away. This girl was going to be my undoing that was for sure. I didn't, however, have the chance to say two words to her before we were suddenly surrounded by my parents and a hoard of guys close to our age.
My old man had grabbed me into a headlock and I watched in horror as my mother engulfed Sakuno in her arms, crying and wailing about how "her baby has a girlfriend." After I was released from headlock, the guys that Sakuno had been sitting with were all thumping me on the back and congratulating me. A few of them exclaimed that they had "no idea Echizen-san liked Sakuno-chan!" I don't think I've ever been more embarrassed. Oh man, what did I get myself into?
Shortly thereafter, all twelve of us ended up in my hotel suite. We ordered sushi and sake to celebrate, making it a private party away from the media. To my disappointment, I didn't get any alone time with Sakuno, but I was still with her. And a bunch of other people, but they don't count. As promised, she stayed by my side from the moment I dragged her to the sideline bench during my match. It was the most time we'd ever actually been able to spend together. Finally, we were together. To just be in her presence…it was enough, for now. That night, I got to get to know some of her friends, too. I finally felt like a real part of her life, not just this person she kept bumping into. Well…maybe that was an understatement - I'd always felt strongly about her, but just hanging out like this really made me - well…it just felt right.
I tried really hard not to let it bother me that all of her friends were guys. I tried even harder not to pound Fuji Syusuke, the one that had put his arm around her during my match. At the time, from my perspective it had looked like he was about to kiss her - bumping his head all close to her like that I'd just…reacted. Instead of aiming the ball back at my opponent I gave it my strongest swing towards Fuji Syusuke's face, and knocked him out of his seat. I didn't even think about what a scene it would create, I'd just seen a guy's head getting too close to Sakuno's and seen red.
There were two universal truths that everybody needed to understand. One, nobody beats me at tennis. And two, nobody gets fresh with my girl.
It figured, that's all there is to it. I suppose I should know well enough by now that Sakuno and I aren't always level-headed around each other. We have a history of doing crazy things around each other. This new one, I was sure would be the biggest scandal in tennis history pretty much ever, even topping her bandage incident last summer, but I'm done caring about that. If I even hinted at it, Sakuno would probably disappear on me again like she had in Australia, that stupid girl! So fine, let the public talk.
The two of us were teased relentlessly about it all night though. I heard all about it from my old man, who wouldn't stop going on and on about how possessive his kid was. Sakuno was teased by most of her friends, and I got it a bit from a couple of them too. I just pulled my hat down and ignored them. Sakuno just blushed red with embarrassment and stuttered every time it was brought up.
After a few hours of partying, most everyone was passed out on the floor or my bed and I found myself sitting alone with Sakuno in the corner. She was leaning against my side, her head resting on my shoulder. She seemed to be nodding off a bit herself, but she couldn't sleep yet. This was our chance now that almost everybody else was sleeping...
I didn't know what to do though. Did I talk to her? Did I put my arm around her? Should I hold her hand? Should I say something first, or? I looked at her from the corner of my eyes, trying to figure out what to do.
Heh. Maybe I should just kiss her again.
"No way! You're wrong!"
"You wanna bet? I'm sure of it!"
"You're wrong! Fssshhh!"
"I'm not making this up man; he said that, I'm sure!"
I glanced across the room where two of Sakuno's friends were arguing. They were the only ones awake besides the two of us. Though, Sakuno was nodding off…
Those two guys were always arguing about something. I'd only known them for a few hours, but they were constantly fighting.
"So what's the deal with those two?" I asked Sakuno nodding in their general direction.
Sakuno perked up and lifted her head to look at them, "Oh, you mean Momo-sempai and Kaidoh-sempai?"
"Hn."
"They're rivals. They have always been like that, ever since back in Jr. High when I first met them," she explained.
"Hn. So they must be part of the tennis team that goes to the Nationals?" I asked.
"Yes. Well, all of them are, but all the others here graduated this spring," she informed.
I nodded. I guess that's why she was running around calling most of them -kun and the other two sempai. It was stupid I guess, but I had hoped I was the only guy she was close to. I got it though – they were her close friends, nothing to get jealous over. They were all addressed by their family name, with the exception of Fuji Syusuke. I wasn't sure if I wanted to ask about that one or not.
It turned out that I didn't have to.
"Oi, Sakuno-chan," Momoshiro Takeshi one of the bickering guys called over. He'd told me to call him Momo-chan when we were introduced, but I couldn't really wrap my head around that just yet.
"Yes?" Sakuno asked.
"I thought you were dating Fuji," he said.
What.
Twitch. Okay, so I wasn't the only one that noticed there was something weird with that guy. Damn. If it was just me, that's one thing, but if they thought so too…
"Fsssssssshhhhh!" Kaidoh Kaoru hissed. His annoyance was apparent.
I watched as Sakuno suddenly began to flail around nervously. She was flushing red and stuttering up a storm. "M-M-Momo-sempaaaaiiiii!! I was ABSOLUTELY NOT dating Syusuke-kun!" she finally spit out emphatically.
"Fssssshhhh! I told you," I heard Kaidoh growl out to Momoshiro.
So that's it? Again, I didn't have to ask. I was really starting to like this Momoshiro guy; it was nice to let someone ask questions for me.
"But Sakuno-chan, you two were always walking together before he graduated and now he comes and picks you up after school! I've seen him! Besides, didn't he say he was your boyfriend?" Momoshiro prodded.
He said he was her what? Okay, this was beyond pissing me off now. Just what was the story with this guy?
I watched Sakuno's face turn from flushed to glaring red. I could see sparks flaming out of her eyes. Wow, she was angry. I'd never seen her angry, it was kind-of shocking. I just never imagined such a meek girl could get so fired up. Hmmm...
Well, he was making it sound like they were dating. I would be pissed off too if someone tried to say I was seeing some other girl with Sakuno around to hear about it. Could it possibly be true though?
No. No way. I wouldn't believe it. Sakuno said I would always have her. End of story right there.
I didn't like this whole subject. Maybe I should wake that guy up and pound him anyways? He deserved it. There was no way she was seeing another guy. She wouldn't have kissed me the way she did today if she had a boyfriend, so what business did he have going around saying that? I looked at her from the side of my eyes, taking in her flushed, angry face and wild looking eyes.
Finally collecting herself, Sakuno spoke calm and low, "I asked him to go to Ryoma-kun's exhibition game with me and he started telling everybody we were dating and walking me home from school." She paused and let out a long-suffering sigh, "I thought he was just playing around."
She stopped there and Momoshiro and Kaidoh were looking at her expectantly. I kept looking at her face out of the corner of my eyes. We all knew there was more to it than that. Damn. Forget it. I don't want to hear the rest of this.
"But he wasn't," I finished for her and stood up. Which meant that they were dating - or at least in Fuji Syusuke's head they were. I needed to get out of here. What the hell? I was positive about this girl. Positively positive – this just couldn't really be happening to me, could it? There's no way she's dating Fuji Syusuke for real, she wouldn't have been kissing me and she wouldn't be sitting with me and she wouldn't have come here at all, right?
Sakuno stood up as well and put a hand on my arm. I thought about shrugging it off, but didn't get the chance.
"Ryoma-kun, I swear, we were never dating!" she said. She was grabbing part of my shirt sleeve in her fist, clutching at it as if it were a life-line. She looked desperate for me to believe her. Tears were gathering in her eyes.
I needed some time alone. I never thought I would ever feel betrayed from Sakuno, it wasn't us. The two of us were tied together and I couldn't imagine the idea that there was this other guy in her life that wanted her the way I did. I would kill him.
"Fsssssssssshhhh!" Kaidoh hissed, finally speaking up, "Fuji likes Sakuno-san, we all know that, but she rejects him all the time."
Well, now that got my attention. I turned and looked at Kaidoh; he had a serious look in his eyes. He seemed well informed. He also struck me as the type of guy that wouldn't speak up unless it was important. Maybe I was overreacting a bit. Not that I was ever clear headed about Sakuno, but still.
"Hey! Mamushi, how do you know that?" Momoshiro asked. I still hadn't found out why Momoshiro and some of the others called him that, I mean, he did hiss a lot, but it seemed kind-of strange to me.
Kaidoh hissed again, "I've heard them, lots of times. Her house is on my jogging route and they argue about it all the time."
I looked back at Sakuno. She had started crying; big silent tears dripping out of her eyes and streaking down her face. It reminded me of her crying at her school. So, this was her sadness?
"It breaks his heart," she sobbed. "I always told him I loved Ryoma-kun, but he wouldn't listen to me!"
I didn't know if I should be elated or pissed off. I mean, she'd just confessed that she loved me. I kind-of knew it already, but it still felt absolutely fantastic to hear it. My heart was pounding out of my chest in this crazy spastic way. I probably had a stupid grin on my face. I stamped down my inclination to scoop her up in my arms and do a repeat of my victory kiss.
On the other hand…she was upset and crying over this prick. Damnit, this sucks. Fuji Syusuke, I'm going to kill you when you wake up you bastard. What the hell were you doing trying to take Sakuno away from me? I put an arm around Sakuno's back, reassuring myself that she was really mine and made myself a promise. She wasn't going to be around Fuji Syusuke anymore. Whatever the future had in store for me, for her, it would be together. Anybody that got in the way of that would regret it.
She was leaning her forehead on my shoulder again, crying her tears to the floor, sniffling. I glared at Momoshiro.
He held both of his hands up, "Hey man, don't tell me you didn't want to know what the story was with those two. You're the one who kissed her."
I turned my eyes away from them and desperately tried to suppress my blush from showing on my face. Damn, I could feel it heating up already.
"He's blushing!" Momoshiro exclaimed excitedly. "Wow, Echizen really does love Sakuno-chan, who would have thought our sweet little Sakuno-chan and Echizen Ryoma? Ah, it's so good to be young. So young, so young."
"Shut up Momoshiro," Kaidoh hissed.
I gave him a grateful look. Kaidoh and Momoshiro started right in with another argument. Sakuno was still crying on my shoulder, so I sat her back down with me in our corner. After we were settled, I dropped my head on the wall behind me. It made a satisfying thumping sound, but it did hurt a little. I let out a frustrated sigh.
"Do you think we'll ever get this right?" I asked her quietly.
I tilted my head forward and watched as she sniffled some and wiped her face with the back of her hand that wasn't still grasping desperately to my shirt. Finally, she nodded her head against me. I could feel it moving my shirt back and forth on my shoulder. It was enough.
"Okay," I said. I let my head rest back against the wall and closed my eyes.
The next thing I knew, I was waking up with a stiff neck, a stiff back, and a sore ass.
Sakuno had disappeared again. I was trying to find her little body and hitting nothing but air. Where the hell was she?
My old man was poking me, which seemed to be what woke me up. "Look boy, we even got a picture of you sleeping with your cute little girlfriend," he said as he tossed a Polaroid picture into my lap. I rubbed my blurry eyes and pulled the picture closer to get a look at it. I smiled at seeing Sakuno curled up around me, sleeping with her head on my shoulder as I slept up against the corner of the wall. Okay, so there were maybe worse things to wake up to than pictures like this.
"He's smiling, call the doctor," I heard him say to my Mother.
I looked up at them. My Mother was standing next to my old man with a silly grin on her face. She started giggling, "Grandbabies!"
I swore.
My old man started laughing as I got up and went into the bathroom, slamming the door behind me.
So where was Sakuno? That stupid girl had better not have disappeared for real on me again! First order of business, get clean. Second order of business, find Sakuno and chain her to me. That was it; she was so cut off from not being chained up with me. If she couldn't just stay next to me like I told her to, she would just have to be chained up with me.
I turned on the shower as I heard the bathroom door banged on.
"They flew back to Tokyo this morning," I heard my old man call through the door.
I swore again and heard my old man walk away, laughing his head off again.
Well, I guess that decided that then.
Ryoma Echizen now that you've won the Grand Slam Title, what are you going to do?
Well, I'm sure not going to Disneyland, John.
Damn straight I'm not. I'm going to hunt down my disappearing girlfriend and make sure she stays where she's supposed to be from now on. By my side! I was so mad at her for running off on me again. I couldn't believe it! After all that lecturing I gave her about not disappearing, she left me? Again? Absolutely un-freaking-believable.
It took a lot longer than I wanted it to take, but it turned out better in the end. Wimbledon and the US Open were only two months apart, so my time was limited and I had a lot to do. Instead of getting on a plane and tracking Sakuno down in Tokyo, which was of course my first inclination, I ended up on a plane going back home to New York. Saying I was in a permanent bad mood, would be an understatement. I was so cranky I took it out on just about everybody all the time. Even Karupin didn't want to be around me because I was so volatile. I knew it and I couldn't help it.
I had a plan though, and now that I'd won the Grand Slam nothing would stop me from carrying it out.
A month; it took me a month to get everything in order, but it was what it was. I finally found myself back in Japan and all moved into the temple our family owned. We were here and here for good. My Mother was only too excited to be moving to Japan, she wanted me close to Sakuno above all other things. That actually bothered me quite a bit. I wasn't ready for having kids and all the stuff she kept hinting at. I was only sixteen. So what if I knew I wanted to marry her someday? That was someday, not right now with frickin' babies. My old man on the other hand didn't really care where we lived so long as there were cute girls and a tennis court near by. Sheesh…that guy really pisses me off.
Making our way to Seigaku, my old man and I hit the principal's office first; where I was transferred into the school. I nodded off a bit through all the formalities. My old man took his time explaining that I would need to be able to leave for tournaments, and to fulfill sponsorship requirements and such, but that I would need to go to school there when I could. He was bragging on me way to much. It was embarrassing. The principle was excited about having me there and immediately started pressuring me to join the tennis team. Whatever - I figured that wouldn't be so bad to play tennis on a school team. Momoshiro and Kaidoh seemed cool enough and I knew they were regulars on the team.
I didn't really care much though; I'd already beat everybody at tennis. I was keeping up with it because I didn't know what else to do. I was Echizen Ryoma and I played tennis. That's all there was to it. First order of business now, was to go find Sakuno. That's what I cared about.
We had left early in the morning and by the time my enrollment process was concluding; the lunch bell had already rung. I gave up on waiting around for the old guys to stop yakking away. "I'm going to go explore for a bit," I announced as I walked out of the office and made my way to the classrooms. I passed by the first year rooms not even sparing them a glance and quickly made my way to the row of rooms all labeled as second-year rooms. Sakuno and I were second years in Japanese High School terms, so she'd be in one of them. I was sure of it.
I'd discovered that morning from the Principal that it was the last day of school at Seigaku before summer vacation began. It was a good thing I'd got all my affairs together and made it to Japan on time to find Sakuno before she went on break and proved to be unreachable for a month. What a pain that would have been. I seriously would have broke into the school for the record books to find her address or, or something. I wouldn't have sat on that though. Hell no…
Sakuno, where are you? What room are you in? When will I see you? I was so close to her. I was starting to feel nervous. It'd been a month. A month since I'd seen her. What would I say? What would she think about my moving to Japan?
I poked my head in each second year room quickly; trying to track her down. Finally, towards the end of the hallway, I found her in room 2-4. I let out a sigh of relief. I didn't even know I'd been holding my breath. She was there though, she was there and she looked just as beautiful as I remembered. Seeing her in a school uniform instead of a tennis outfit was a bit of a change, in a good way…
She was sitting at a desk I assumed was hers towards the back of the classroom eating a bento. There was a loud girl who was standing over her with short brown hair pulled into two pigtails telling her some story. I slid the door open and started making my way over to her. Immediately, a few of the students recognized me and a murmur of furious whispers began in my wake.
"Oh my God, it's Echizen Ryoma!"
"What is he doing here?"
"Didn't you see him kiss Sakuno-san at Wimbledon? I bet he's here to pick her up!"
"Shhhh! He can hear you!"
Yes, I could hear them, but I didn't care. I stayed focused on Sakuno. She was oblivious to the stir I'd caused; her eyes were closed as she laughed into her hand about something the loud girl had said to her.
I reached her desk and stopped at her side. Her friend looked at me right away and gasped out a startled, "Ryoma-sama!"
I blinked. Ryoma-sama…what the hell?
Sakuno's eyes flew open and seeing me her mouth formed a startled O as she dropped her chopsticks onto her desk. The murmuring of Sakuno's classmates had increased now that it was obvious I was there for her, but I just watched Sakuno's chopsticks clack back and forth on her desk and finally settle. There was a pause of no movement from her or her chopsticks and then her eyes lit up.
"Ryoma-kun!" she finally exclaimed when she found her voice. She flailed about getting out of her chair and finally stood up next to me. She smiled that special smile she always gives me. She was happy I was here. Good, because I think my heart was about to explode.
"Sakuno," I said as I tilted my head down and kissed her. She immediately fell into me, and I held her up a bit, smiling in satisfaction at her reaction. The noise in the classroom had completely erupted to ear-splitting capacity.
"Noisy!" I complained, turning my head slightly towards the other students as we broke away.
Silence.
Ignoring everybody else, I pulled Sakuno closer to me; she was still a bit wobbly on her feet from kissing.
"I'm home."
She gave me a giddy grin, understanding showing in her eyes, "Welcome home…Ryoma."
And of course, we lived happily ever after in my big temple in Tokyo, eventually.
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W00t! That's it! All done! I hope you enjoyed reading this story as much as I did writing it and hearing your comments about it! Make sure you all read the party since everybody is in it. XD
Quick side note: I want to PIMP the ryosaku LJ communities up coming RyoSaku fanfic/fanart exchange. We're hoping to get the prompts going at the beginning/middle of next month, so if you're interested in doing a fanfic/fanart exchange for RyoSaku, please hit up the community post about it and leave your email address so we can contact you to sign up. I'll post the link to the post about it in my profile here on this site. I hope to see you all there!
And now to show my love and appreciation for all of you reviewers that took the time to leave me comments I bring to you all...
The Never Forgotten Reviewers Party!
"Ring...ring...ring...hello?"
"Fuga-chaaaaaannnnn...the story is finished!"
"Kyaaa!!"
"AAAAAHHHH!!"
"WHEEEEEEE!!"
"KYAAAAA!!"
"Okay, we're coming over right now! Click."
Bunny fangirls for a moment in excitement and then furiously continues down her list of reviewers to call.
Ryoma saunters into the office and taps Bunny on the shoulder. She turns as he tosses a sheet of paper onto her desk. "Che...this is done, those girls are noisy."
"Ehehehehehe...Ryoma-kun, thanks," Bunny says nervously.
"Next time, ask Sakuno to do it," he grumbles.
"Oh, but Sakuno did a list too!" she replies.
"Che.." Ryoma says as he walks out of the room only to bump into the very girl he was just talking about in the doorway. "Sakuno? What are you doing?" He asks.
"Ryoma-kun!" Sakuno exclaims as she puts a hand on his arm telling him to stay. She turns towards Bunny's back which is still typing away furiously at her computer. "A-ano...Bunny-san...I finished the list of numbers to call," Sakuno calls across the room.
"Domo!" Bunny says as she gives a half wave over her back. She continues to type furiously for a few seconds as Ryoma and Sakuno stare at her back in awe. The typing stops and Bunny turns around giving both of them a stern glare.
"Can you guys go find Fuji-kun for me?"
"Absolutely not!"
"Sure!"
Bunny coughs into her hand, "No, forget that, why don't you two just uh...go do something cute or something?"
"Or something?" Ryoma repeats giving Sakuno a naughty grin.
Sakuno blushes, "I'm supposed to get the food set up."
"Okay, whatever, just hurry because there are a lot of people coming over and..."
The front door is heard bursting open, "I'm HEEEEEERRRRREEEEE!" The sound of furious running is heard as if a stampede of elephants has entered Bunny's house and then FujixSaku0709 appears in the doorway behind Ryoma and Sakuno.
"KYAAAA!" she squeals as she glomps Ryoma and Sakuno together and then barges into the room and glomps Bunny. "I uh...didn't miss anything did I?" she asks.
"Nope, you're the first one here," Ryoma informs her.
"EHEHEEHEHEHEHEHEHEH!! I'm number ONE!!" FujixSaku0709 declares proudly.
Sakuno and Bunny sweat drop while Ryoma leaves the room.
"Ryoma-kun, wait for me!" Sakuno calls as she chases after him.
"So, hand it over!" FujixSaku0709 demands after the main characters have left.
Bunny hands FujixSaku0709 her laptop, "I hope you like it!"
"Of course I will!" she replies as she flops onto the bean bag on the floor and begins to read. Bunny sits back and watches her read as she begins to chew nervously on her fingernails.
"Tell me you guys didn't start without ME!" Izaquix078 breaks the silence of the room as she appears in the doorway.
"Izaquix078! You made it! Yeys!" Bunny says as she stands up and takes a print out off the printer, handing it to her.
"Is this really it? Is this really the last chapter? I'm so sad! Kyaa, but I can't wait to read it!" she says as she flops into Bunny's abandoned chair.
"Yare, yare," Bunny mumbles as she leaves the office to search for the rest of the PoT boys. Just as she enters the living room she is engulfed by the large form of Kikumaru Eiji.
"Hoi, hoi, Bunny-chaaaaaan," he sings to her, "I want more time in the story and more lines if you want me to keep coming to these reviewers parties."
"Ano...Eiji-kun, I write Ryoma and Sakuno romance stories," Bunny tries to explain.
"Then make me the OTHER MAN! Whoo! Ochibi is so cute when he is being jealous of Sakuno, ne? Why did Fuji get to be the OTHER MAN this time? Why? Why? Why him and not me, huh? Why?"
Bunny crawls out from under Eiji and scuttles across the floor. She yells over her shoulder as she scurries away, "Because! Fuji is the only one sadistic enough to pursue her after she turns him down flat, the rest of you are too soft!"
"NANI!!" Eiji exclaims as he chases after her. "I am NOT soft!"
While running furiously away from Eiji, Bunny bumps right into the just arrived Kountry101, animeandmangaaddict, and PoisonousSakuraBlossom.
"Kyaa! You guys all made it! Yay!!" Bunny exclaims as she helps them all back onto their feet.
"Of course we all made it!" Kountry101 exclaims.
"Yeah, of course we did!" PoisonousSakuraBlossom adds.
"So...where's the fanfic?" animeandmangaaddict asks while rubbing her hands together, "Does it get juicy? Does it? Well?"
Bunny pulls three copies of chapter eight from her space pocket and hands them over. "Enjoy! OH...and tell me what you think, okay?"
"Yey!" they all exclaim as they sprawl out on the sofas to read.
"Now then...where are those boys?" Bunny wonders out loud as she makes her way outside. She is quickly met with the sound of a tennis ball being smacked to and fro.
"I'm going to beat you so hard that you will go home crying, Fuji Syusuke!" Ryoma is threatening as he sends yet another twist serve flying over the net.
"Sounds like fun, Echizen," Fuji replies as he returns the ball easily.
Lady-Von-Bielefeld, unokahel, hopeless-romatic121, and Car2nfreak who are all standing on the side watching the match all sigh, "Ryoma-kun, kakoii!!"
Bunny quickly turned and walked up the driveway towards the front yard. 'Heh...' she thought.
As she arrived at the front she happened upon anonymous jane lounging under one of the sakura trees already reading chapter 8.
"Thanks for coming, aj," Bunny greets her.
anonymous jane holds up one hand, "Shh...I'm reading."
"Right," Bunny replies as she wanders off laughing nervously, "Hmmm…who could be handing out copies of chapter 8 besides me?"
"OMG!! OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG, OMG!!"
Bunny turns towards the street where the screaming seems to be coming from only to find Soniagirl running at her full speed.
"AAAAHHHH!" Bunny screams in fright as she is tackled onto the ground.
"Buuuuuuunnnnnnnyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!" Soniagirl squeals. "Give it to me. GIVES IT TO MEH!!"
Bunny struggles to stand back up, but is suddenly assisted by Oishi.
"Thank you," she says to a grinning Oishi as she hands a copy of chapter 8 to the still dancing around in excitement Soniagirl.
"Kyyyyaaaa!" Soniagirl screams as she receives the papers, "You do love your fans, don't you? I knew it!"
Bunny just smiles and hands Soniagirl a cupcake and a soda to enjoy and watches as she plops down on the lawn and starts reading.
Oishi starts pulling Bunny back towards the house, "Bunny-san do you think you could write more about the rest of us guys?"
'This topic again?' Bunny wonders. 'What is this, 'The Regulars Team Up Against Bunny to Get More Fic Time Day'? Sheesh…'
"Well…you see Oishi-kun," Bunny began but was once again bombarded by requests for chapter 8 copies from EpiffAnnie, boymeetsgirl82, faeriespark, and PetitexFemme.
Bunny smiles as she hands them all their own copies and watches as they wander off to get food and settle in for a read.
"This is nice," Bunny says.
"Yes, so as I was saying," Oishi reopens only to be interrupted yet again. This time it was QuietandComplicated who meekly came up and dragged Oishi off.
Bunny blinked at their retreating backs. "I wonder what that was all about?" she said to no-one in particular as she was glomped from behind by fuga and x.adEt.
Needless to say much fangirl screaming ensued from all three of the girls for quite some time as they squealed, ZOMGed, took pictures, went out to watch Ryoma beat Fuji on the tennis court and read chapter 8 together commenting on it as they went.
Knowing she needed to spend time with the others, and the ones that had not yet arrived, Bunny started to make her way back into the house from the courts as kiuna'yukina came flying outside and flung her arms around Fuji.
"I'll be your girlfriend!" she declared.
Fuji laughed good-naturedly, "Okay."
"KYAAAA!" Lady-Von-Bielefeld, unokahel, hopeless-romatic121, Car2nfreak, fuga, x.adEt, Bunny and Sakuno all squealed in delight.
"Che," Ryoma pouted as he grabbed Sakuno mid-squeal and pulled her into the house.
"AWWWW," Everyone said in unison as the couple left.
"So now what?" Lady-Von-Bielefeld asked Bunny.
"Eh…well…I have a new fic I'm starting on," Bunny began.
"WAIT! We haven't even made it to this reviewer's party and read chapter eight yet!" 'kawaiihanah interrupted from the driveway. She led a small army of Ryosaku fans all nodding their heads in agreement.
"Gomen, gomen," Bunny began apologizing and bowing as mouseter, FallenTeenHearts, CherriDeulle, pinkkish, 33VuJa.De, ashley.rose73, When-Plushies-Attack, cutepuff, Negative-heart, Yula089, mamairene, reader713, Lewnuhhkau, BlackDoveofBlessings, and lilmissmex3 all came up to Bunny to receive chapter 8, a smile, a thank you and a cookie.
Momoshiro and Kaidoh whom had appeared seemingly out of nowhere were passing out drinks to all the readers. When-Plushies-Attack was fighting with Kawamura who was trying to pull off reading over the shoulder. BlackDoveofBlessings proved to save the day by producing from nowhere a tennis racquet.
"BURNING!!" Kawamura exclaimed as he ran around all pumped up.
"So what took you all so long to get here?" Bunny asked 'kawaiihanah as she finished up the long line of newly arrived ones.
"EHEHEHEEHEHEHEHEEHEH…we got lost and then…we got a little distracted by Tezuka and Inui plotting something out front…"
"What?" Bunny asked, suddenly frantic. Oh…she KNEW what trouble those two could/would cause when they wanted to. As she made to run off, 'kawaiihanah grabbed Bunny's arm.
"It's okay, we already took care of it," she assured the worried hostess.
"But…"
"Really, it's fine," she repeated as she nodded her head in the direction of CherriDeulle and cutepuff who were cackling evilly.
"Oooooohhhhhh….wow…I wonder what they did?" Bunny said.
'kawaiihanah just grinned knowingly.
"It must have been eeeeeebiiilllll…" Bunny started cackling as she began to contentedly make her way around the party hanging out with everybody, talking RyoSaku, fulfilling PoT fantasies, eating and dancing.
Needless to say, it was a fun day in the Bunny/PoT/RyoSaku fandomverse.
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And that my dear reviewers…is that. See you on the next fanfic, and hopefully another party soon. XD I've thoroughly enjoyed reading all your comments and I'm sorry I didn't have enough time to write a big part for all of you, but I've been lagged on updating this fanfic because of the party so I figured you'd all understand. If you didn't get enough time in this party I will definitely try to write you in more on the next one. XD