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CHAPTER TEN:Gemini

-Tears run down my face, I Can't replace.

Michael sat down on his king sized cushion inside his VIP suite at the newly opened hotel in Ropponggi,as he grabbed his cellphone as he glanced at the gigantic grand father's clock in front of him as he switched on his Television and sighed, as he heard the ring.

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Sakuno took another scoop from her strawberry and pistachio parfait as she sighed and glanced at the crowd at the street, and looked down at the table and contemplated as to what to do next, she's been lost for quite some hours now, and she's obviously tired to walk some more, as she got her fone from her bag as she heard it ring.

"Mi-kun! Thank goodness!"

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"Lemme guess, you're lost?"Michael said at the other end of the line as he rolled his eyes, and silently praised himself for giving her a cell phone.

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"A-Ano…yes."She blushed in embarrassment.

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"Where are you?" he asked as he stood up and picked his car keys and hotel card from the side table, as he left the suite.

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"Rojo Ice cream shop."She said as she sighed slightly.

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"I'll pick you up."he stated.

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"Hai...Kiotsukette."She said.

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"Hn,Ja."

XOXOXO

She sat comfortably at the passenger side, and took another glance at the sky that's stating to ray a light orange hue, as neon lights started to lit, Ropponggi being known for its best night life and bars, Sakuno would definitely get lost in this place.

"Miharu-kun,"She started.

"Hn."He said as he spared her a glance.

"Were staying here now, right?"She asked as she looked at the name that was written at the inside bottom of 'her' jacket.

"What of it?"He asked knowing where she was getting at.

"Can I stay home with my Obaasan?"She asked bluntly as she closed her eyes and silently prayed Michael would approve.

Silence

Silence

"Okay," He started, as Sakuno's face lit up like a well lit star in the morning, Michael could see it through his peripheral vision, and slightly smiled.

"I'll do anything!"She declared.

"Avoid the media, and anyone inside the society."He asked, he thought that it would be useful if she stayed somewhere safe life back to her simple life as before, in that case the chance of her being found by the media is slim,and specially, Ayame, The thought itself made Jin quite troubled, Ayame, the member who holds a scary grudge against the Yushihiro's, that girl,is definitely a threat.

"Hai!I promise you that!"Sakuno smiled as she hugged Jin's left arm.

"Whatever, let go now, I'll take you there-."

"No, I can take it from the Train station."Sakuno defensively smiled at him, who looked at her strangely.

"Another thing,"He then said.

"Eh?"

"Always take that cell phone with you."He stated.

XOXOXO

His heart beat has been pacing up strangely ever since that stupid phone call from Kevin, as he kept his amber gaze fixed at the ceiling, as his face stayed blank while Karupin comfortably sitting over his pillow, his left hand unconsciously resting on his chest, feeling his heart beat against his chest, he just couldn't put his finger on it, but things were different, firstly, the early dismissal of tennis practice, the smile of Ryuzaki-sensei's face, the Invitation she gave, and that phone call from Kevin.

Knowing Kevin for sometime now, he knew Kevin won't pull on a joke on him, he knew it, but that statement itself was of the biggest joke he heard, but that statement made him feel like in total bliss, as an image of her flashed in his mind again.

'Annoying as ever' he thought as he smiled and snuggled in his pillow once more.

XOXOXO

THE NEXT DAY

5:30 am

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"Just call me if you're lost again."Michael stated bluntly as he handed her the luggage and her tennis bag as she shouldered it, and fixed her pink hat on her head, as she hugged her sweater closer, covering her school Uniform, as she grinned, and gave Michael a peace sign.

"Hai!"She saluted, and went inside the bullet train and waved her hands to Michael.

"Here I come…Ryoma-kun."

XOXOXO

Ryuzaki Household

6:30

DING

DING

"Matte…"Sumire muttered as she grabbed her pink sweater, and headed towards the door, as she let out a grunt as she was in the middle of her lonesome breakfast, who would this early visitor be?ringing her door at this time of day.

She pulled the door and looked at the visitor, as her eyes grew wide, feeling tears well up slowly her heart beat faster, as she froze on the door frame.

"Tadaima…Obaa-."Sakuno didn't get the chance to finish her sentence as she felt a gently arms surround her form, as she heard her Obaasan shudder, and whilst in sobbing,Sakuno couldn't help but shed her share of tears as she hugged her Obaasan as tight as she could, a hug is merely nothing compared to her feeling right now.

"O-Okaeri,Sakuno…"Sumire continued to sob against her Grand daughter's head.

"Obaasan…"She muttered as she buried her face on her shoulders.

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"Are you back for good?"Sumire broke as she kept staring at Sakuno as she ate her breakfast.

"A-Ano…eh, Im still not sure."Sakuno stopped as she looked down at her food.

"So what are you planning to do?"Sumire shifted the topic as she noticed Sakuno's down-trodden

expression.

"G-go b-back to school."Sakuno said as she smiled slightly noticing her Obaasan's effort to cheer her up.

Ryuzaki hadn't felt this happiness ever in her life, as she felt herself smile at Sakuno's decision,though her stay here wasn't sure yet, the time they have now should be enough to feel happy about, Sumire would take her chance of being with Sakuno no matter how short it is.

XOXOXO

4:30 pm

There, finally done tying the last shoe knot, satisfied he stood up and fixed his hat, just in time for the club practice, Ryoma then turned to look for his racket-

'Oh crap.'

Now how careless could he ever be? Leaving his precious racket somewhere he couldn't remember, now where did he last stopped by at?

'The park.'

XOXO

Pok

Pok

Pok

She could feel her rhythm went by and by, easier as she stepped on her every hit with precise turns, she hopped back, and aimed slightly on the left with a slice shot and smiled slightly as she wiped her sweat on her forehead and watched the ball as it stopped dead on the floor, letting out a sigh, she looked up at the sky, its been a while since she felt this satisfied, she could feel the warm afternoon breeze sweep her hair slightly, she knelt down and picked the ball as she took a few steps back, giving herself a good view of the court, reassuring herself, she looked a round the court for by standers, satisfied, she grinned at herself.

She threw the ball in the air, a good three feet, she bended her knee slightly back, slightly turning her wrist clockwise, placing her left foot slightly up front and with the right momentum, she took the leap as the ball made contact with her racquet, she untwisted her wrist with hurting speed, as the ball rushed to the opposite court with massive amount of spin and speed as it dug the floor slightly without giving itself a chance of bouncing, it stopped, seeing how she perfected her own technique, a grin sprawled on her face.

"Nice smash."

But suddenly, she felt her heart skip a beat.

Was it hallucination?

She could feel herself freeze, she couldn't even turn her head to where the voice came from, was it fear? She doesn't know, she could hear foot steps approach, she could feel hear heart beat out of her rib cage, if only she can run, she'll run to the edges of the earth, too bad, her legs betrayed her.

From her peripheral vision, she saw him pocket his hands and took a ball from his it, and started dribbling it with the sides of his racquet, his silence doesn't made things get any better, just worst.

XOXOXOX

She tucked her luscious long blonde hair behind her ears as she continued playing chess, and rubbed her cheeks with her fore finger.

"Ayame-sama," the assistant called.

"What is it?"She asked as she picked the Bishop and moved it two blocks, and glanced at her opponents face-her opponent's handsome face.

"A phone call from Bochama-Yasou." The assistant said.

Ayame looked back at her giving her the permission to enter her room as the assistant handed her the phone and answered, as if telling her to leave the premises immediately.

"Oniisama,"she answered with sweetness in her voice, as she picked up the Knight and moved it again.

'Jiroubu is dying.'

"Isn't that pleasant, then the ranking should start any week now." She announced as she smirked, at herself and removed her bug shades from her emerald optics and looked at the view in down town Ropponggi.

'Shirohata is in Japan have you known about this?'

"Yes, absolutely." She answered confidently as she planted her pretty face on her palm and smirked, as she spoke about her eternal rival ever since the world began as she said so, she had perfectly planned everything about her, as per usual, she knew Sakurei did planned about her too, but its always may-the-best-cheater-wins against the two, turns out Sakurei is a better cheater than she is for she stood first, their rivalry of the two drew no limit, everything has been at stake, talk about desperate, they smile at each other yet continuously stabbing each others faces, and the brethren addressed them as the worst ever.

'Don't get too careless on her Ayame, you know what she can do.'

"I have plans for her, and Im sure, this time, she's going down." Ayame declared, as she picked up the queen and led it to the Black King.

'Checkmate.'

'Is that so…well what about the other Heiress?'

"In Paris."

Hearing this Ayame raised an eyebrow, so that other heiress really exist, the daughter of Hatori Yushihiro and Saori Ryuzaki, how dare she, Ayame grew up under Hatori's watchful eye, though being only in second of their place back then, their families still held alliance with each other, and somehow, Ayame had been close to him than her very own father.

He thought her everything he knew about business specially in Tennis, but then again, ever since then he always talked about his little daughter, and ever since then Ayame had hated this girl and even the sound of her name ticks her off she had been Ayame's unseen-mortal-enemy, and now she could swear she'd be hitting two birds in one stone.

'I could tell, you've slacking off Ayame.'

"Oniisama, trust me-.'

'She's in Japan.'

XOXOXO

"You're not going to stand there all day." He asked truthfully.

"R-Ryoma-kun…a-ano…" she choked his name once more.

Now those hit some memory way back that stormy night at Seigaku tennis locker room, he then smirked and tugged his hat closer to his eyes as he looked down at the blushing girl who's walking beside him.

"You owe me a match."

TZUZUKU

A.N: idk…is this a mary sue for you? Please tell me…did I get Ryoma OOC? Err,the match? Ryo.VS.Saku, no…I know what you're thinking…I hate to disappoint you but it won't come out like that. And!! Watch out for my next RYOSAKU fiction, "Ambiguous Housemate." Summary? Ryoma and Sakuno will live under one roof for a couple of days…hehehe I'll post that right after I finish this, sooo….that's it,

Next chapter? The Ryoma Vs.Sakuno match, Ryoma's P.O.V on her return, a little filler slash fluff chapter of mine. No mary sue, I hope. Hihihi.