The Obsessed Romance
By darkwings09
Disclaimer: I do not, and will never, own Prince of Tennis. If I did, Ryoma and Sakuno will be a couple by now; Fuji will be sadistic more than ever and Kirihara and An's relationship will blossom! I only own the plot and the haunted mansion. (Oh, and the ghosts that lived there were only invented by me. Maybe except for Mikan and Natsume, yeah, I included them here, as ghosts that is )
Some may be OC okay? Or, OOC maybe?
Feel my obsession and love with the RyoSaku pairing! Oh, on such a short notice…WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO ALL RYOSAKU FANS OUT THERE?! Ooopsie…sorry about that. I'm just too carried away…
Hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoy writing this! I dedicate this to all RyoSaku fans out there!
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Trouble Part I
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X0 Kachiro-Katsuo pair; Location: 1st floor, Kitchen
"Kachiro-kun, I wonder how the others are doing…" Katsuo murmured to Kachiro with a slightly worried look as they reached the kitchen.
"Don't worry, our senpai-taichi will do fine, I assure you" Kachiro told him as he picked up the rusty tablespoon on top of the large rectangular kitchen table, "What's this?"
"A tablespoon…Ah! We have found our first clue!" Katsuo exclaimed in excitement. Kachiro smiled, although there was something more in what he was holding than being a mere tablespoon.
"It seems…to tell me that trouble is…brewing nearby…"Kachiro stammered as he examined the tablespoon. He was sure that he felt a vibration from the thing itself.
"W-What?" Katsuo looked at him in disbelief, receiving nothing but a sigh from Kachiro.
"Trouble is…brewing nearby…" Kachiro repeated as he cast a worried look at Katsuo.
All of a sudden, the mango tree beside the kitchen window began to rustle violently, as if responding to Kachiro's earlier statement.
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X0 Horio-Osakada pair; Location: Also in the 1st floor, Great hall
"Che. Why am I stuck with this loud-mouthed girl of all people?" Horio grumbled to god-knows-who. He heaved out a loud sigh as they walked through the shadowy hallway.
"Stop complaining and help me!" Tomoka yelled at him in dismay.
"Ah! Look! There's that shiny thing under that gigantic cabinet!" Horio ignored her previous statement and something caught his attention.
A shimmering thing under the cabinet.
"Alright. Get it, now, Mr. 2 years of tennis experience" Tomoka ordered him as she pointed at the said cabinet. Horio glared at her.
"Why don't you get it, Ms. I-know-it-all!" Horio retorted as he refused to get the thing.
"Since you found it, you should be the one to get it!" Tomoka bellowed in annoyance as she pushed Horio towards the cabinet.
"Baka! You should be the one to get it!" Horio replied as he stomped his foot in anger.
Silence erupted.
"You're just scared…" Tomoka broke the silence with a wide grin. Horio blushed of embarrassment.
"Really? Maybe you are scared to approach that thing!" Horio shouted back.
Both refused to approach that thing, that is, until they heard something.
"Why don't you get that thing already?"
"Who s-said t-that?" Tomoka sputtered as she shook the poor boy. The gruff voice was sending shivers down to her spines.
"I-It's not me…I'm not e-even doing anything!" Horio stuttered as he quivered in horror.
"Geez…get the stupid thing already""A GHOST!" Tomoka yelled at the top of her lungs as she dragged the poor Horio towards the other way.
"Geez…I was just trying to help those poor tykes. They sure have a hard time. And they're in a loss, too. Tch"----------------------------------------------------------
X0 Echizen-Ryuzaki pair:
"R-Ryoma-kun…I heard something" Sakuno murmured to Ryoma as they finally reached the basement. She was sure she heard her beloved best friend's scream as they headed down the basement.
"Ignore it" Ryoma told her in a husky tone as he threw his hands to his pockets.
"H-Hai" Sakuno meekly replied in disappointment. She felt utterly useless and stupid around him, as if he was in another world wherein she never existed. Yes, but can you blame him?
No.
He was Echizen Ryoma, after all.
Cold, arrogant and stoic.
He was all that but deep inside, he was something else. She can sense it. Something different, an apprehensive feeling, is clouding her mind.
They walked through the dark hallway; neither of them dared to speak. Everything was silent; all they can hear are their footsteps. Only the torches that were lit up every time they reached each torch was a puzzle; something is definitely lighting those torches. Both were lost in their own daze.
Ryoma tried to keep his cool, but only to managed to hold it for only a minute. Sakuno was now trembling more than ever.
Suddenly, something caught her eye.
"Are…?" She let the question slipped through her lips as she approached the thing.
"A hairpin?" Sakuno guessed as she bent down and picked up the said thing. Her fingers trailed the freezing but unbelievably nice structure of the little thing.
Ryoma, who remained curious despite the fact that he tried to keep his cool, approached her and slightly bent down to get a clearer view of the hairpin she had found.
No wait-He was too near for her liking.
Sakuno quivered as she felt his breath brushing past her neck. It was overwhelming.
Trying to break the growing tension between them, Ryoma politely took the hairpin and straightened his posture as he was now standing.
"It's a hairpin" Ryoma stated as-a-matter-of-factly. She nodded as she smiled, realizing that it was surely a clue.
"We've nabbed our first clue" He said with a smirk plastered in his face. She agreed as she stood up and dusted her skirt. They finally began walking again in the verge of darkness.
"I wonder how our senpai-taichi are doing" Sakuno managed to murmur in a low voice.
"Heh. They can always squirm their selves from trouble. I know it" Ryoma merely assured her. At least she took that as an answer.
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I'm sorry for this really stupid chapter. I will try to edit this someday!!! Anyways, thanks for those reviews, they always make my day!
Darkwings09