Craze: Well, I thought that I just post the draft one out first before I get my beta... if not readers are going to complain and say that I'm irresponsible T.T... LOL so this chapter is non-beta... it's going to have lots of grammar mistake and all and the story are getting darker... I think. Oh for Ryoga... in this fic he's set to have his own company... cause after the movie we don't really know what happen to him... he probably become rich? Who knows?

Izumi: I'm being force out cause none of the characters is will to do the disclaimer for her... Neither of us own the tenipuri characters but Suzuki Akiko belongs to us.

Craze: Yay! 'zumi I love you!!!

Izumi: Quit bothering me and let me sleep if not I won't produce any idea for the fics anymore...

Craze: Hai, Hai...

Chapter 03 Trace of Memories

As night time went, morning came. Sun shone into the room decorated with four purely white walls. The sunshine was so bright that it woke up four of the five people in the room.

"Has he waked up yet?" Saeki asked Ryoga who is the nearest person to Ryoma.

"No. Maybe he's too tired." Just as Ryoga's words fall. There movements made from the hospital bed. All four of them gathered around the bed and waited for Ryoma to wake up. Slowly, Ryoma opened his eyes lit, all four of them were glad and relieved that Ryoma had finally waked up but as they look into those soulless eyes, they felt something sharp hit their heart.

Ryoma looked around the room, finally his eyes fall on the four figures in front of him, at first they thought that Ryoma would say something or ask something from them, but after a while nothing come, so Ryoga decided to be the first one to break the silence.

"Chibi-suke is you feeling alright?"

Ryoma turned his head towards the person that spoke, he look at him for a while before opening his mouth, "Da re?"

Shocked from the word that came out of Ryoma, Saeki ran off to get the doctor.

"Echizen Ryoma! This is serious, stop playing." Worried, Ryoga grabbed onto Ryoma's shoulder and forcefully shook him.

"Echizen Ryoga, stop it. Saeki already went to get the doctor, you are scaring him." Atobe said while trying to hold Ryoga back.

Calmed down, Ryoga tried asking questions, "What's your name?"

"Echizen Ryoma..." Ryoga sighed relieved that Ryoma at least remembered his name, but was lost of hope for what Ryoma had said next, "…you call me that just now."

"Don't you remember anything?" Ryoga tried asking again, while Atobe and Fuji looked on anxiously.

"Karupin…tennis…ponta…orange…" Ryoma said out words that he had remembered.

"…and? How about the people you know?"

"Na…nanako-san… Oyaji…Kaa-san…Ouch!" Ryoma grabbed his head half way through trying to recall the people he knew.

"Ryoma! It's okay. We won't ask anymore. Calm down, relax." Ryoga, Atobe and Fuji got to Ryoma side and tried to calm him down.

Soon, Saeki returned with the doctor, Nanjirou, Rinko and Nanako had also been called to the hospital. The doctor checked on Ryoma and diagnosed that Ryoma had lost part of his memories probably the consequences of recent event that had befall upon him. Ryoma was asked to stay at the hospital for a few more days before he could be released. Atobe, Fuji and Saeki was force to go back home by Rinko, since they had been in the hospital for the whole day and their parents were sure to be worried sick for them. Ryoga too was asked to go home and get some rest.

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On his way back, Ryoga made a few calls, one for his company, one for his bodyguard, one for Inui and two more calls for two elderly that had treated Ryoma like the world precious gem. I'm going to check out who this Suzuki Akiko is; she has the gut to actually hurt Echizen clan and Takeuchi clan's precious baby. Well, I will show her what hell is if she ever crosses my path.

Atobe, Fuji and Saeki too was having the same thought, the problem was unlike Ryoga they didn't know the person behind the event that had cause Ryoma to commit suicide and the memories lost that come after. However, there was one thing we had to remember, Atobe comes from a wealth family that had a lot of connections surely one of these connection would find the truth for them.

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On this hand, Ryoma laid on the bed his eyes still as soulless as before. Ever since this morning when Ryoga had asked him questions, Ryoma had tried very hard to recall what he remembered. Within this few hours, images had been flowing through Ryoma's head.

Through some of these images, he saw two little boys playing tennis together and snatching orange from each other especially the older of the two. Then from another image, it was of a school, tennis courts, a lot of people are training together, one of them resembles the younger boy from the previous image and the boy was him. Then image changes, though still a tennis court but this time it's seem like he is having a tournament. However, among these images there is one common thing that bothers and keeps Ryoma frustrated. All the images he had seen, he could not make the faces of the people inside the images clearly, everything was clear just the faces. The more Ryoma tried to make out the faces of the people, the more frustrated he became until he was tired then he decided to give up.

There were cases that some of the images he could make out clearly the faces of the people, but that was only because he remembered the people. There were also reasons that make him choose to give up remembering them. Cause, he knew that if he touched some of them, they will make him few sad, pain, heartbroken and he may even break down, but whenever he can see them clearly he would feel frustrated and wanted to try remembering them. It's like two sharp and pointed edges no matter where you touched you will get hurt, it's just that whether it's just a scratch or you bleed till death.

Getting tired, Ryoma decided to sleep and leaves whatever his life will be till tomorrow.

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When Ryoga got home, he went straight to his room and switch on his precious lap top. As he read the information sent to him, he formulated plans that will make the Suzuki clan paid and drive Suzuki Akiko mad. Suzuki Akiko, Suzuki Akiko, you better enjoy your remaining of you happy lives these few days, cause I'm going to make your life a living hell and you will wish that you never been born in this world, I'm sure that a side of me, a few others people will gladly make you pay to. Ryoga look at the picture on the screen, an evil smirk began to form on his face. Nanako who went to call Ryoga for dinner, saw Ryoga's smirk and prayed for whoever that had anger Ryoga that he or she will at the very least died a peaceful death, since the chances of whoever that person was to survive under Ryoga and probably some others avenge was zero percent. She rubbed her shoulders and decided to walk away and leave Ryoga be until he's hungry and went down himself.

TBC...

Craze: 'zumi... Ryoga is scary... how come Ryoga is so scary??? Your idea is getting darker...

Izumi: ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz... don't bother...zzzz me... I still zzzZZ want to sleep.

Craze: 'zumi? ...sighed... Well how you love the idea? Please review I'm telling you 'zumi will really stop giving me idea to write if you don't review T.T

PS: Okay well recently I'm getting a little busy with my manga project with my group of friends...(which me more story to write and this time it's originalT.T) so updating of the fic will be slow but I try to try my best