DISCLAIMER: DONT OWN PRINCE OF TENNIS. BUT THE PLOT IS MINE!
Rikkaidai
After almost ten minutes, the Rikkaidai finally came.
The whole yard was suddenly engulf with a thin invisible blanket of silence.
The team first bowed to Nanjirou and Rinko.
Then they went to face Ryoma.
Jackal and Marui placed the flowers they brought with them next to the flowers of Seigaku.
They looked at each other, wondering who should speak first.
But before anyone could raise their voices, Akaya cleared his throat.
"Echizen, it's such a shame that we don't get to see who really is the strongest between us." He chuckled as he began.
"Remember when you asked me for a match at the Goodwill Training Camp? And when you beat me, I said that I would beat you one day? That day will still come. Just you wait. Wherever you are now, hear this, I, Kirihara Akaya, will have that promised match with you." He cried while saying what he had to say.
Marui gently rubbed his back.
Yukimura looked lovingly at Ryoma's blown up photo.
"You know what, Echizen. You are one special player that never ceases to amaze people. Not only with your playing style but your very presence. Who would have thought that a freshman like you would be the god of gods of Rikkaidai. I have always considered myself that god of all gods. But here I am, amazed that I being who I was, had bowed down to you. You are heaven sent, not only to your family, but to everyone here. You have given us something to remember you by. And it is something that we all will carry throughout our lives." Yukimura smiled.
"And Akaya is right. Just you wait. You will be facing everyone here when we get to see you again somewhere." He added which made the rest of Rikkaidai nodded.
Sanada finally rounded up all the courage he needed to speak.
"Echizen Ryoma, you have left so many hearts and lives broken with your sudden departure. But this is something you ought to know. It was truly an honor to have battled you. And to have helped restore your memory when you lost it. Strange as it seemed but if I had met you not as an opponent, I might have befriended you." He said with his usual serious facial expression.
But another surprise made the Rikkaidai hold their breaths.
Sanada stared at Ryoma and slowly smiled.
"Arigato, Ryoma Echizen." He said and bowed.
The rest of Rikkaidai bowed as well.
They were happy to have known him enough before he died.
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