DISCLAIMER: DONT OWN PRINCE OF TENNIS. BUT THE PLOT IS MINE!

This Chapter is dedicated to Girl with a Golden Heart... ^_^ Enjoy!

Josei Shonan

Shinjou had to take a deep breath before he could muster up any courage to follow his team inside.

He had seen how Yuuta Fuji, Ibu Shinji, Keigo Atobe, and Aoi Kentaro had all come out.

He didn't know how to face Echizen's remains.

Shinjou could still remember the first time he saw the young player.

He could still hear Echizen's answer as his coach asked him to join their team.

"If I reach perfection, then that would mean the end, right?" Ryoma said and went up the stairs.

Shinjou was given the greatest honor of facing Ryoma in an official match.

The Tanaka twins held Shinjou in each arm and helped him inside.

"Echizen Ryoma, because of you, we have all learned to make ourselves better after every defeat." Kajimoto spoke first.

"Yes. And because of our lose to you and your team, we have trained hard hoping to face you and the rest of Seigaku again. However…" Wakato couldn't finish.

"However, you left us all a little too early. But wherever you are now, we know that you're watching over everyone. Not just your team." Shinjou finished for Wakato.

Not only did it surprise his own team but the rest who heard as well.

"Thanks you, Echizen Ryoma. Because of you, even small players like us can show the tennis circuit and the rest of the world that we can be as good as they are." Youhei said and smiled.

"Yeah. You're the idol of our kind. The small but terrible on the tennis court beings." Kouhei added and they both bowed with gladness in their hearts.

Oota and Daichi simply bowed because their teammates had already said everything there is to be said.

But before the Josei team turned around to leave, Daichi turned to smile at Ryoma's photo.

"I wish I was blessed to have faced you as well. Even if it were on unofficial match and just a friendly match." He said.

Kajimoto nodded in agreement.

"Don't worry, everyone. Wherever he is, we're all heading there someday. We just have to wait a little longer to have matches with him." Oota said to cheer up his team.

Josei Shonan smiled once again before they went back to the yard and giving way for another team to see Echizen one last time.

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