Author's Note: Okay I'm making another one-shot here and this time for the first time this is a RyoSakuMomo And a little bit of MomoAn story. Yup, you read it right. Anyway here's the story.

Disclaimer's Note: I Don't own Prince Of Tennis.

Title: Best Friend

Rating: T

Summary: Echizen Ryoma returned to Japan after 10 years to find something he least expected.

Upon returning to Japan, Echizen Ryoma, 8th time Grand Slam winner didn't expect to find himself out side Ryuuzaki's new house, on the rain and having a fist fight with Ryuuzaki's supposely husband at the same time his Best Friend Momoshiro Takeshi while a 4 month old pregnant Ryuuzaki Sakuno stood on their porch begging them to stop as tears came falling down her eyes.

"I thought you were my Best Friend?" Ryoma asked putting and emphasis on the Best Frined word as he stood up from the wet ground after he was punch by Momo again.

"I' am your Best Friend." Momo answered putting an emphasis on the same word as well. "And I still am." Momo added as he watch Ryoma stood up from the wet ground covered by muds.

"You lier, how can you be my best friend if you've taken Sakuno away from me." Ryoma shouted as he threw another punch at Momo who avoided it and held Ryoma's arm on his back so he wouldn't be able to punch him again.

"I didn't take Sakuno away from you. I never did." Momo said trying his best to get the message to sink in to Ryoma.

"Don't lie to me Momo, Sakuno said it herself, you guys are married and by the look of her I know that you guys are expecting a baby too." Ryoma said struggling from Momo's hold.

"I'm not lying, you left her and she was alone, hurt and Confuse. She tried to kill herself five times, and I'm the one who always stayed by her, to take care of her to try and talk her out of it, because I know how it feels to loose someone you love." Momo said as he let go of Ryoma who look at him straight on the eyes as finally the exhaution of fighting in the rain had caught up to both of them.

The next thing Ryoma knew, he was sitting on Momo's living room wearing one of Momo's clothes and is waiting for Momo to come down after he talk to Sakuno and put her to sleep. Ryoma tried to think what Momo had said to him a while ago before he had close the bathroom door. 'I'll tell you everything you need to know, to make you understand.' Momo had said and somehow he felt that he was at fault for everything but a part of him want to believe he was the victim here. Before Ryoma could continue he saw Momo going down the stairs and to the Kitchen. He waited for a few minutes and Momo emerge holding to beer bottle.

"Do you drink?" Momo asked handing Ryoma one of the bottle.

"Once in a while." Ryoma answered taking the bottle Momo offered to him.

"What do you want to know?" Momo asked sitting opposite Ryoma so they were face to face.

"I want to know everything." Ryoma said taking a sip from his bottle.

"Okay." Momo said, "You see Echizen, when you left, you didn't tell Sakuno how you feel for her, even after she told you how she felt. And because of that she was hurt and six months after you left, her grandmother pass away leaving her alone and confuse." Momo added stopping for a while as he sip from his bottle as well.

"What did coach died from?" Ryoma asked sincerely for he wasn't able to be in the funeral because of his schedule. He just got a phone call from Momo saying that Coach Ryuuzaki had died.

"Old age." Momo simply said.

"You said that Sakuno tired to kill herself five times is that true?" Ryoma asked looking up at Momo.

"Yes, according to her she was alone and no one to be with and I tried to convince her that she was wrong, finally on the fifth time I finally got through her." Momo said as he remember the fifth time that Sakuno tried to kill herself.

FLASHBACK...

"Where am I?" Sakuno asked to nobody in particular after she opened her eyes to find her surroundings covered in all white.

"Your in the hospital." A voice that she was so familiar with said.

"Momo, why did you brought me here?" Sakuno asked as she didn't have to asked what happened because she knew that like before Momo is the one who saw her sprawled on her bed, blood running out from her cut hand and tried to stop it while he took her to the hospital.

"Because, your grandmother wouldn't like to see you like this, taking your own life when others who are on the verge of dying tried there best to survive or people who don't want to die but suddenly died because of an accident." Momo said as a memory flashback on his mind and Sakuno saw all of the pain on his eyes.

"Is this your way of retribution?" Sakuno asked looking straight at Momo who didn't answer. "Because Momo it wasn't your fault." Sakuno added as he now understood what Momo had been trying to tell her for the pass years and times she had tried to kill herself. She still has her life, she can still breath fresh air, meet people and all while some people don't have that same luxury and she had been waisting it by trying to end her life.

"It's not retribution Sakuno, it's more like, I'm trying to protect those who are close to me as much as I can since I can't protect them." Momo aswered looking at her with a smile that doesn't reach his eyes.

"Sounds like retribution for me." Sakuno said while Momo lowered his head. "Momo." Sakuno added making Momo look up.

"Hm?"

"I promise that I wouldn't do it again. I wouln't take my life again." Sakuno said raising her hand to show Momo a pinky swear.

"Good." Momo said connecting his own pinky to Sakuno sealing the promise and for the first time Sakuno had smiled again and as for Momo, he did smiled again and this time it had reach hi eyes the way they always do when he smile.

END OF FLASHBACK

"Momo, what do you mean by 'I can't protect them'?" Ryoma asked looking at Momo and was shock to find his friend reaction. Momo's usual young boyish face had vanosh and was replace by a man who had nothing to loose for all have been gone already, he looks like a very tired man that is just waiting for his life to end but it quickly vanish again and the young boyish face of Momo had returned.

"An and my child." Momo answered.

"Momo." Ryoma asked not knowing what to say next.

"An and I had been dating after college, we decided to move in together, and 4 months after we move in she got pregnant so we decided to get marry. Two days before our wedding, she was hit by a car on her way home from the doctor. I wasn't able to be there for her. When I found out about the accident I was too late, she and the baby are already dead and all I can remember is blaming myself for choosing the Tennis match that I'm gloing to have rather than drive her to the doctor and I also remember Kippei finding me sprawled in our bed holding An's pillow while blood rush out of my hand. He took me to the hospital and when I woke up he was there very angry and telling me that An wouldn't want to see me like this and that it was a sin against God to take my own life and something about An being in Heaven and I'm going to be in Hell if I kill myself. And I guess that's the only thing I needed to bring me back to my sences." Momo said finally finishing his story and he felt enlighten. And he realize that all this time all he needed to do was talk about An with someone else that is not Kippei or An's parents.

"So Sakuno was right, for your part it was retribution." Ryoma said putting the past years that he had been gone together.

"Maybe at first, but I came to know her and I came to love her and that retribution turned into an act of love." Momo said admitting the truth to Ryoma.

"How about An? I thought you said you love her." Ryoma asked a little lost on that part.

"I do love her and until now I still do." Momo said looking at Ryoma who had a confuse look so he sgh and added, "Sakuno and I had love someone else before loving each other, Sakuno knows that I love An but I also love her but maybe not as much as I love An while I know that Sakuno loves you so much and that she loves me as well but not as much as she loves you. What Sakuno and I have is complicated and that is the only way I can think of to explain to you our complicated love."

"Don't worry Momo, I understand, I hate to admit it but it was my fault, I let her go and your just there picking up the pieces and taking good care of her." Ryoma said as tears started to form in his eyes.

"Ryoma, thanks for understanding." Momo said smilling sincerely.

"No, I should be the one thanking you for being there for Sakuno when I'm not. Just promise me that you'll take care of her and love her for me." Ryoma said looking at Momo with a sincere smile on his lips as well.

"I promise you that." Momo said raising his bottle as Ryoma clink his bottle with his and both drank from their bottle sealing a promise. "So, we're friends again right?" Momo added looking at Ryoma.

"What can I say Momo, You are still my Momo-Senpai and my Best Friend." Ryoma said and both hug each other in a brotherly way.

OWARI

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