Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of tennis
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Yukimura was walking with the Rikkaidai members to celebrate their win. They also met the Seigaku and the Hyoutei along the way when he suddenly got a bad feeling. His heart is palpitating. He noticed that Ryoma or Kurumi wasn't there.
'Could it be…?' Yukimura thought. He ran back. He ignored the call his friends were giving her. With every step he took, his heartbeat is getting louder and louder. The others followed him. When he arrived at the stadium, he didn't see Ryoma or Kurumi. Then, he heard a gunshot not far away from the stadium. He rushed to the room where he heard the gunshot. 'Please be alright, Ryoma.' He begged. When he arrived, he saw Ryoma on the floor with blood surrounding her. Kurumi was holding a gun. "Kurumi…" Yukimura uttered in calm voice but he was glaring at Kurumi. His voice was calm but he was giving anything but calming looks.
"I-Ichi-nii?" Kurumi said. She was scared. Yukimura looks calm but she knew he's angry. No he's beyond furious. It's the first time Kurumi saw Yukimura that furious. The others arrived and were frozen on the spot when they saw Ryoma's lifeless body. Yukimura went towards Ryoma. He held Ryoma. He checked if Ryoma's still alive. She's still alive but it won't be long.
"Call an ambulance!" Yukimura ordered. Ryoga immediately called the hospital. After a few moments, Ryoma was already rushed to the hospital. They were currently waiting for the doctor to come out of the operation room to know if Ryoma is alright. No one dared to utter a word while waiting. After a few moments, the doctor came out.
"How is she? How's my sister?" Ryoga asked worriedly.
"She's out of danger for now but…" The doctor started.
"But what?" Yukimura asked.
"She's in coma state for now. If she doesn't wake up within a week, there a possibility that she'll never wake up. She'll die." The doctor said. After a while, when Yukimura came out of Ryoma's room, he saw Kurumi. He walked towards her. His bangs covered his eyes. She slapped Kurumi.
"Why did you do that? I can't forgive you this time! If she doesn't wake up then-"Yukimura yelled but was cut off.
"Then, what? She's the one at fault. She stole you from me! You have no idea how much I'm hurt every time I saw you happy with her. Every time you think about her and tell me what happened between you and her! You have no idea how much it hurts because I love you!" Kurumi said. She realized what she have said and ran back home. When she arrived, she went to her room. She lied down on her bed and looked at the picture on the table. It was a picture of her and Yukimura when they were still in elementary. Then, she saw a bunch of letters beside it. It was the letters Ryoma sent after she changed the letter of Yukimura. She doesn't know why but she can't throw it away. She attempted to throw it or burn it but every time she's close in doing it, she'll suddenly change mind the last moment. She stood up and picked it up. She sat down on the side of her bed and started reading it. She still hasn't read it. When she finished reading the last letter Ryoma sent before she stopped sending letter, tears started flowing. She stood up and dropped the letter. She quickly ran towards the hospital. The letter said,
Dear Sei,
I know you want me to stop sending letters but this is the last one I'll send to you so
please bear with this and read this until the end. During the time we've been together, I learned
many things from you. One of the things you've taught me was loving doesn't means owning. If
you really love a person, you will be happy if that person is happy too even if it means being hurt
and setting the person you love free. I don't regret meeting you. I won't ever regret it. If I can go
back to the past and get to choose whether to meet you or not, I'll still choose to meet you.
You've taught me many things. There were happy and sad times too. I don't regret any moments
of it, even the sad times. You've helped me to become strong and I'm grateful for that. Sorry for
being a selfish brat and not noticing your feelings. Rather than goodbye, I want to say thank you.
Thank you for everything. I love you. I've always love you but can't get the courage to say that
at least before I stop sending letters, I'll say that. Please be happy.
Your friend,
Ryoma
There were parts where the letters were blurry. She was sure that it was because Ryoma was crying when she wrote this. 'I can't believe I did that. Thanks to Ryoma, I finally understood. I finally understood that Ichi-nii will only be happy with Ryoma. She's right. If he's happy I should be happy too because I love him. Ryoma I'm sorry.' Kurumi thought as she ran toward the hospital. When she arrived, she went to the room where Ryoma was in. She's still unconscious. She sat on the chair beside Ryoma's bed and held her hand. She's still crying. "Ryoma, I'm sorry. Please wake up. I won't do things like this anymore. I will be happy for you and Ichi-nii. I finally understand what true love means so please wake up. I'll do anything just please wake up, Ryoma." Kurumi said while holding Ryoma's hand. The door opened revealing Yukimura, Ryoga, Tezuka, Inui, Fuji and Atobe.
"Kurumi…" Yukimura said. Kurumi stood up.
"I'm really sorry. I want to tell you something. Ryoma loves you. She wrote that in the last letter she sent before stopping. Thanks to that letter, I finally understand what true love means. Don't you dare make her cry? Take care of her." Kurumi said and smiled. "I guess I lost." After a week, Ryoma was still not waking up or showing any signs of waking up. Yukimura was currently sitting near the bed and holding Ryoma's hands. "Ryoma, please hurry up and wake up." Yukimura whispered. "Everyone's waiting for you so please wake up." Ryoga and the others arrived. They were waiting for Ryoma to wake up. They come every day in hope of seeing Ryoma wake up.
- DREAMSCAPE -
"It's so noisy! Why won't they shut up? I want to sleep." Ryoma yelled. Every day, the noise keeps getting louder and louder but she can't clearly hear what they were saying. "I wonder what am I doing here? All I remember was being shot. I wonder if I'm already dead."
"Ryoma, please wake up. Everyone's waiting for you" Ryoma heard Yukimura said.
"Ryoma!" Her annoying brother yelled. Ryoma smiled. That's her brother all right.
'I wonder what they're talking about. What do they mean about waking up? It's not like I'm sleeping. I can't even sleep because they're so noisy.' Ryoma thought.
- END OF DREAMSCAPE -
Hours passed without the others noticing. A nurse opened the door.
"Visiting hours is over. If she doesn't wake up today, I'm sorry to say but she'll die." The nurse told them.
"That can't be! I'm sure Ryoma will wake up! I'm sure of it!" Kurumi yelled. The nurse looked at her. She really feels sorry for them even they don't know if she's going to wake up. It's 50/50 but now, it's less than 1%.
"I'm sorry but even we don't know that" the nurse said.
Kurumi started crying. "I'm sorry Ryoma."
- DREAMSCAPE -
Everything Ryoma see is black. She suddenly wanted to sleep but a part of her told her not to. The silence was deafening.
"That can't be! I'm sure Ryoma will wake up! I'm sure of it!" she heard Kurumi yelled. "I'm sorry, Ryoma" Kurumi said while crying.
"Why is she saying sorry? It's true that she might be mean sometimes but she just did that because she loves Sei. It's nothing to be sorry about." Ryoma said.
"Ryoma, wake up! Of you don't wake up I'm going to drink all your ponta and I'll step on Karupin's tail! Ryoma!" Ryoga shouted. Ryoma knew that Ryoga is crying.
"A boy shouldn't cry. I'm going to send you to hell if you did that. Just try." Ryoma said angrily. 'Why do all of you sound lonely? Please don't be." Ryoma said but this time with softer tone it's near whisper. The silence started again. She knew it'll continue for long but something odd happened while she's waiting for the noise to start again. After a few hours of silence, she saw a bright light. It's slowly getting smaller and smaller. "Should I go there?" Ryoma asked herself.
- END OF DREAMSCAPE -
The next day, Yukimura, Kurumi, Ryoga, Tezuka, Atobe, Fuji and Inui came to the hospital early. They entered the room Ryoma was in but they didn't see anyone. A nurse passed by.
"Excuse me, where's the patient here?" Fuji asked. The nurse looked at them.
"I'm sorry but you're all too late. She's already gone." The nurse said apologetically. They were shocked. No one was exempted even the stoic Tezuka.
"What do you mean by that?" Kurumi yelled. "That's not possible. She's not dead!"
"Um, I think you mis—"the nurse was cut off by Ryoga.
"She's not dead. It's impossible" Ryoga told the nurse rather loudly.
"Um—"The nurse was once again cut off while talking.
"Shut up. You're all noisy!" A familiar voice yelled. They looked at the source of the voice. They saw there what they're looking for.
"Ryoma" Yukimura said.
"What's wrong? You all look like you've seen a ghost. Who's dead?" Ryoma told them. Ryoga and Kurumi suddenly hugged Ryoma.
"I thought you died." Ryoga said.
"I'm sorry." Kurumi said.
"There's nothing to be sorry about and if you two don't let go and let me breath, I'll really die." Ryoma said while choking. The two let go.
"The nurse said you left" Inui said.
"That's right but I came back because I left something. I came back to get it. I woke up last night and told them that I'll go this morning. I was in my way back home when I realized I forgot something." Ryoma explained.
"Since you're awake now, let's go celebrate." Fuji suggested.
"Sure, but don't be that noisy again I can't sleep." Ryoma said.
That night, Ryoma was alone in the balcony of their home. She remembered the light she saw in her sleep.
- FLASHBACK-
"I wonder if I should go there." Ryoma asked herself. The light keeps getting smaller and smaller. She remembered Yukimura and the others. She smiled sadly. "Everyone sounds sad. I guess I bothered them again because of my selfishness. Should I go there?" Ryoma said. "Will everybody be happy if I go there?" The light was almost gone when toughed it. She touched it and it engulfed her. She woke up.
- END OF FLASHBACK -
Yukimura suddenly arrived.
"Sei, what are you doing here? Everyone is having fun inside." Ryoma told him.
"What about you." Yukimura asked her.
"I'm just remembering something." Ryoma said with a smile. Yukimura suddenly hugged Ryoma.
"Don't worry us like that again." Yukimura whispered. Ryoma hugged back.
"Sorry." Ryoma said to Yukimura. Yukimura let so.
"Ryoma, I want to tell you something." Yukimura said.
"What is it?" Ryoma asked curiously.
"Ryoma, since the start, I always love you. I don't know if you feel the same but I will tell you this." Yukimura said. Roma looked at him for a moment and smiled.
"I love you too." Ryoma told him. "From the start, I feel that way and it didn't change. It took time for me to realize it but I really love you." Unknown to them, the others who were supposed to be enjoying their selves are watching. Inui was writing in his notebook while muttering "Ii data" while Fuji was recording the whole scene. Ryoma and Nanjiro are also there and are emitting dangerous aura. Rinko was stopping the protective brother and father from stopping the two. She trust Yukimura that he will not hurt her daughter. Kurumi smiled while watching them. She's happy for them.
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Author's note: That's the end. I'm not good at writing ending so please forgive me if it's lame and tell me some tips to improve it. I'm not used to writing happy endings. I don't know why but I can write sad ending easier so sorry. Thanks for reading.