A/N: Sorry, for taking so long to update, but I've been busy with my other story. I love this pairing and I'd hate for this story to die out, so I'm going to work on this story, along with my Bleach story. Just a warning, the updates for this story will be very slow. Please review.

"I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences."

― J. Michael Straczynski

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3 years later…

A twenty-one year old Ryoma Echizen was sleeping in bed with his blond boyfriend, his head on his chest, while his arm was wound around the other male tightly. Last night was definitely quite a night and he really didn't want to wake up. However, as luck would have it, the baby monitor went off loudly, making both the males groan at the noise.

Ryoma opened one of his eyes groggily and looked at his still sleeping boyfriend. Really, how lazy could the blond be?! He scowled in annoyance at the other as he got off the bed and put his boxers on. He glanced back at Kevin and narrowed his eyes, promising himself that the blond idiot was still sleeping by the time he got back to their room, he would whack him with a pillow and deny him sex for at least a week.

He went to the baby's room and saw his two and a half year old, blue haired little girl standing in her crib, with tears in her eyes. It made him feel guilty for staying in bed longer than he had to, after all, this little angel was everything to him and he didn't know what he would do if she was taken away from him.

Ryoma's gaze softened as he smiled softly. "Hey, Ai, it's okay, daddy's here." He greeted her softly and went over to her crib. He picked her up as she stuck her arms in the air. "See, baby, I got you."

She sniffled a little, but stopped crying and gave Ryoma a bright smile. "Dada!" She called to him happily.

Ryoma's smile widened as he kissed her head. "Are you that excited to see me, love?" He asked as he chuckled a little at her expression. He couldn't help it, really, the little girl reminded him so much of her father that it scared him sometimes; but at the same time, it made him so happy! It reminded him that even though, she was that mans daughter, she was also someone else. She was Aiko Yuki Echizen, his sweet little girl.

Ryoma looked to the door, when he heard movement and raised his eyebrow as he saw Kevin leaning against the door frame with a smile on his face. "You spoil her too much."

Ryoma shot him a glare and looked back at Aiko. "Mada mada dane."

Aiko blinked when he spoke and pursed her lips. "Ma-da da-ne." She exclaimed as she looked up at her daddy with identical gold eyes.

Ryoma smirked widely at his baby. "Aren't you so smart, baby?" He asked her and kissed her head softly. He was so proud of Aiko! She was learning things quickly, it kind of reminded him of himself, actually. "See, Kevin? Even Ai knows that you're mada mada."

Kevin scowled at him and turned around to go back to their room with a huff. "That's because you teach to say those kinds of things!"

The brunette sighed as he looked back at Aiko. "Ignore him, princess, he's just mada mada." He smiled and went over to the changing table. "So, what kind of dress do you want to wear today?" He asked her as he changed her dirty diaper.

The blunette pretended to think as she looked around the room and smiled. "Pink!" She told the older man with excitement shown in her eyes. He smiled and nodded as he took her new pink dress from the her closet next to the changing table. The dress was pink itself and had small white polka dots all over it.

After he put the dress on her, he grabbed the brush and brushed the little girls hair into two little pigtails; finishing it with small pink ribbons. "There, all done!" He told her as she squealed in excitement when he put her down.

After that he went to change into his sports clothes, today was the start of another tournament that he was in. It will be his last tournament before the Australian Open. He won the Grand Slam last year and he planned to win it again this year, after all he already won this year's U.S Open. He also won the U.S Open three years ago, but couldn't compete in the Australian Open, because he was heavily pregnant with Aiko.

He put on his black shorts and red t-shirt, finishing off his look with a Fila cap. "Kevin, hurry up, or we'll be late!"

"I'm coming!" The other male called back to him as he entered the bedroom with a scowl on his face. "I was just feeding Karupin, you don't have to get yell." He muttered the second half of his sentence and crossed his arms. "I already made omelets' for the three of us."

Ryoma nodded and went into Aiko's room to picked her up. "Fine, at least you made something that I like this time." He smirked as he went downstairs with his daughter. He could just feel Kevin's temper coming off in vibes all the way upstairs. He loved riling up his boyfriend, it always made the sex better at night.

He entered the kitchen and put Aiko in her highchair. "Kevin made you some eggs, make sure to eat them all up." He told her sweetly as she nodded hesitantly. He knew that eggs weren't her favorite foods, but he also knew that she liked Kevin and wouldn't want to upset him.

He bit his lip as he turned and walked over to his own chair. It reminded him of ex-lover, he was also thoughtful like her.

"What's wrong?" Kevin asked in concern as he sat down next to him. "Are you thinking about them again?"

Ryoma didn't reply as he glared at his own omelet. He didn't want to talk about it right now, he had a tournament to win. There was no way that he was going to think about those people right now. It wouldn't be fair to Kevin and it certainly wouldn't be fair to him.

Kevin seemed to understand what he was thinking as he started eating his breakfast himself, without another word.

After they ate their breakfast, Ryoma took Aiko into his arms and went to the garage to get his car ready. He put his daughter into the car seat in the back of his new red BMW M4 convertible and hopped in the driver's seat himself.

"Kevin!" He called impatiently as he started the engine and glared at the garage door, willing the other male to hurry up.

Kevin came out to the garage as he rolled his eyes and sat in the passenger's seat. "I'm here, jeez for someone so small; you sure like to get what you want."

Ryoma glared at him with mock anger. "You may be taller, but you're still mada mada."

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They arrived at the large stadium twenty minutes later and Ryoma took Aiko out of her car seat. He was really excited for this tournament. He heard that there were some really interesting players competing today and he was excited to beat them.

"Okay, Ai, please behave for Kevin, while I play, okay?" Ryoma asked softly and hugged her closely to himself. "You can cheer me on in the stands, love."

Aiko scrutinized his face for a minute, before nodding as she sniffled. "Bye-bye, dada!"

"Bye" Ryoma replied as he kissed her blue-haired head and gave her to Kevin. He really didn't want to leave her, but there was no way he could take her with him. He loved Aiko more than anything in the world and hoped that someday she would understand that he was just doing his job.

He sighed as he looked at the little girl in Kevin's arms, before turning around and going inside the stadium. As much as he didn't want to, he had to focus on the tournament right now. He would see his blue haired angel in the stands as she cheered him on.

Ryoma sat down in the waiting room as he got out his iPod. He enjoyed listening to music before playing, it always gave him a certain high. He licked his lips as he watched some of his opponents. Those who knew him kept glaring, while the others just avoided him altogether. He didn't care, though; he knew that he could beat each and every one of those idiots.

Ten minutes passed and the director came in with a big smile on his face. "Alright, everyone, the tournament is about to begin!" He explained to them and gave out the lineup greedily as his eyes gleamed with anticipation at the prospect of getting paid a large sum of money for this tournament.

He rolled his eyes at the greedy man and looked down at the lineup. He had to play some guy named Alex for his first opponent. He knew that this one would be an easy win, not that he minded, it just meant that he would get to play stronger opponents later on.

When his turn came, he went out into the court with a smirk on his face. "Which?" He asked as his smirk widened when he saw that he would serve first.

"Mada mada dane." Ryoma teased the other player as he served the twist serve.

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After he beat him and the next ten opponents after that, it was time for the final round. He didn't know who his opponent was. It made him really curious as to who it was. Obviously, since they came this far into the competition, they were good. He couldn't wait to play someone who would give him a run for his money, at least he hoped they could. He hadn't played someone that good since the U.S Open.

He looked at the board and saw the name clearly written there: Akaya Kirihara.

That name struck a chord in him as he gulped. He couldn't believe his eyes, he had to play Kirihara?! One of the few people that who he was and knew his previous lovers?! What would he do if he told them where he was and Aiko… No! That man couldn't find out about Aiko, he just couldn't!

He knew that even though he didn't want to play against Kirihara, he had to, because it would be bad for his reputation if he didn't. It would also mean that he was chickening out and there's no way that he was scared of that bastard. He was Ryoma Echizen, one of the best tennis players in the world. And no one, not even his exes were going to scare him off!

Calm down Ryoma, just play him, win, and leave. Ryoma calmed himself down as he sighed.

He went to the court when they announced both their names and saw Kirihara standing there smirking. He didn't change much; he still had his seaweed black hair and green eyes. He was also still taller than Ryoma's measly 5'2. That alone pissed him off, he hated the fact that he was so short. It wasn't fair!

He glared at the seaweed bastard and sneered as went over. "Which?" God, what was it about this man that made him want to run to the other direction whenever he saw him, besides the obvious?

"Rough" Kirihara replied arrogantly as he raised his eyebrow and eyed him.

Ryoma shuddered as he felt those eyes on him. Why him?! He sighed as the racket landed right side up and called it. "Service"

"End" Kirihara spat when he lost the right to serve first. Yep, he still had his short temper, it was one of the most unattractive attributes that the seaweed bastard had, at least in Ryoma's opinion.

Ryoma went over to the baseline and served his twist serve, Kirihara returned it and Ryoma hit it back to him, determined to end this quickly.

They rallied for a while and Ryoma took the first point with a smirk on his face. This was more fun than he thought it would be.

"Hmm, not bad." Ryoma praised him arrogantly. He had to admit, the other definitely improved throughout the years, though not enough to beat him, that was for sure.

Kirihara smirked back at him and started turning red, into Devil Akaya. "I'm going to paint you red." He laughed manically as tucked a white strand of hair behind his ear.

Ryoma frowned, knowing what was going to come next.

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Ryoma won six games to three. Kirihara was brutal, but Ryoma was just as brutal. He didn't give a damn if the moron wanted him to lose or if he wanted to make him bleed. He would never give him the satisfaction of seeing that.

"Great game, Echizen." Kirihara nodded to him as he went over. "I didn't think you had it in you."

Ryoma smirked and rolled his eyes. "Mada mada dane." He didn't care if the other wanted to rile him up, all he wanted was to go home already. He saw his daughter in the stands and it just reminded him how dangerous it was to stay here.

They shook hands and went back into the locker room with Ryoma walking ahead of him.

"Hey, Echizen, I want to ask you something." Kirihara called after him as he tried to keep up with the other.

Ryoma turned and glared at him. He already knew what the bastard wanted and didn't care. It wasn't any of his business! "If it's about how to play better, then you can ask your former captain." He replied snidely as he clenched his jaw.

Kirihara gritted his teeth angrily and narrowed his eyes.. "I see you're still as arrogant as ever." He sneered and crossed his arms.

"Mada mada dane." Ryoma replied as he tried to keep calm. There had to be a way out of this situation, preferably one where Kirihara didn't find out about his daughter and blab to the five-some.

Kirihara balled his fists and uncrossed his arms as he got angrier. Who the hell was this kid to treat him like that?! "Look, Echizen, both Yukimura and Sanada were sad when you left, why did you leave?"

Ryoma's glare hardened. Oh, this just took the cake! How the hell did he get into these kind of situations?! "It's none of your business." He replied coldly and picked up his stuff as he turned to leave.

Kirihara went in front of Ryoma and blocked his path. "Echizen, when you hurt my friends, it becomes my business." He spat back at him, making sure to emphasize his anger.

Ryoma balled up his own fists and side-stepped Kirihara. He was not going to do this right now, especially since Kevin could come in here any moment with his daughter. He went out the door and slammed it in Kirihara's face, smirking when he heard the other curse his name.

Kirihara angrily pushed the door open and yelled loudly at Ryoma. "Just because you did something wrong, and are regretting it, doesn't mean you have to take it out on others, you bastard!"

Ryoma turned around, with fire burning in his eyes. "I don't regret leaving them, so leave me alone! It's none of your fucking business, Bakaya!" He was at his limit with this idiot. He hated people like that, why the hell couldn't he just go back to wherever he came from and stopped bothering him?!

"I thought I told you that it is my business?!" The raven gritted his teeth as a new wave of anger flowed into him. "And you don't regret it?! What the fuck is wrong with you?!" Kirihara asked angrily.

Ryoma was about to retort as something flashed in his eyes, but was cut off when his boyfriend came over to them with his daughter.

"Dada!" Aiko squealed happily when she saw her daddy and ran over to him as fast as her little legs could carry her.

Ryoma turned around and smiled as he took the blunette into his arms, calming down when he saw happy identical eyes looking back at him. "Hey, sweetie." He whispered quietly, anticipating Kirihara's fit that was sure to come.

"Ryoma, what's going on?" Kevin asked wearily when he saw Kirihara looking in awe at Aiko. He knew that something was wrong, especially since he knew the seaweed bastard from somewhere.

"Betsuni" Ryoma replied nonchalantly and cuddled into the little girl, hoping that Kirihara would just disappear.

Kirihara balled his fists again as realization came to him. "Nani?! What do you mean nothing?! And that girl, is she-"

Ryoma cut him off and gave him a death glare. "She's mine!" He spat at him, making sure to block Aiko from him. He knew that the other was putting two and two together, but it didn't mean that he wouldn't deny it until the very end!

"Yeah, but her father is-" Kirihara gritted out, but was cut off again, making Kirihara even more frustrated than he was before.

"I'm her father, ja." Ryoma said in finality as he turned to leave.

As he was about to go, Kirihara cut him off, again as he ran in front of him, nearly knocking both of them off their feet. "Mate! Anata kudaranai meinu!"(*)

Ryoma was about to yell back at him, with his own insults, but Yanagi came and cut him off before he had a chance. "Akaya, what's going on?" He asked wearily as he looked him over.

Kirihara looked back at Yanagi and blushed darkly as he cleared his throat. "I was just having a talk with Echizen about his attitude with Yukimura and Sanada."

"Sou ka, gomen."(**) Yanagi bowed in apology as turned to them with curiosity written all over his face.

Ryoma nodded and started to leave. He knew that even though Yanagi was curious himself, he wouldn't ask him about it, he had much better manners than that idiot, Bakaya. Unfortunately, Kirihara cut them off again. "Demo-"

Yanagi gave Kirihara a look and slapped him with narrowed eyes. "Urusai, Akaya!"

Ryoma nodded to them, hoping that he could finally leave, now that Yanagi had control over the idiot and replied to them arrogantly. "Ja, Bakaya, Yanagi."

And with that he left with Aiko and Kevin, leaving behind a pissed off and confused Kirihara in his wake.

Kirihara grit his teeth hard. "Renji! Why did you let them leave?!" Kirihara asked angrily. He needed to find out why that bastard left his captain and vice-captain; and had a baby behind their backs!

Yanagi frowned and closed his eyes as if the answer was obvious. "Because, Akaya, you were in the wrong."

"Demo, that girl, was Yukimura's daughter. We had to get ans-" Kirihara started angrily, but was cut off by Yanagi, again.

"While I admit, that girl was definitely Seiichi's daughter, it's none of our business. It's their business what they do with this information, not ours. You're letting your anger get the best of you, Akaya." Yanagi scolded Kirihara and came closer to the younger man. "We should inform Seiichi and Genichirō about this development."

"Kuso, I-" Kirihara paused as Yanagi put his arm around his waist and kissed him passionately, not letting the other say another word about it.

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Ryoma carried Aiko out and sighed as he sighed saw some reporters at the entrance. He forgot that he had an interview scheduled, courtesy of Kevin, who thought it would be good for publicity. He smiled fakely when he went over to the brown haired reporter with Kevin on his heel.

She smiled at him and explained what was going to happen, not that he didn't already know. He just really hated being interviewed. When the camera finally focused on him, the brown-haired woman gave him a forced smile.

"So, Mr. Echizen, what was it like easily finishing this tournament?" The woman asked, looking expectedly at him.

Ryoma replied coldly as he willed himself not to roll his eyes at her. "It was easy, all of the players that played here today still have a long way to go."

"Oh? Well, what are you going to do next?" She asked curiously as she leaned into him.

"I'm going to win the Australian Open, then the French Open, and finally Wimbledon and get my second Grand Slam." Ryoma replied confidently as he looked at his daughter with a promise in his eyes.

"Oh? Well, I definitely think you're talented enough. So what exactly are you going to do to celebrate this victory?" She questioned him, expecting to hear something juicy.

"That's easy, I'm going to celebrate it with my boyfriend, Kevin, my daughter, Aiko, and my cat, Karupin. I would celebrate it with my parents and older brother, but they're on their fifth honeymoon and my brother is in New York, taking care of his pregnant wife." Ryoma replied as he smiled at the thought of his parents and brother. His parents deserved the break and his brother deserved to be happy, too. Especially after taking care of him when he was at his lowest.

"Well, we would all like to see your daughter and boyfriend." She said smiling at him eagerly. It was always the same, ever since everyone found out that he had a daughter, they tried to show her off, hoping that they would make the discovery first.

Ryoma sighed and motioned for Kevin to come with Aiko. He didn't want to show her to them, for obvious reasons, however, he was pretty sure that his ex-lovers were going to find out soon anyways. When they came over, Ryoma took Aiko into his arms and Kevin put his arm around Ryoma's waist protectively.

The woman cooed at the camera. "Aww, isn't she just the prettiest little girl I've ever seen?"

Ryoma grunted as he closed his eyes. He knew that he was beautiful, she looked just like her father, minus the gold eyes. And her father was gorgeous, he had to admit that even Kevin couldn't compare to him. "Aiko means everything to me and this is all for her." The blue haired girl smiled happily at the screen and hugged Ryoma tightly as she put her head against his chest.

The woman nodded as she fully faced the camera now. "Well, there you have it folks, last year's Grand Slam champion, Ryoma Echizen, will be in the Australian Open, winning it, yet again. See us next week when we interview Edgar Renteria, a baseball player, who's considering retiring."

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It was midnight, when Kevin and Ryoma were done celebrating. Aiko was asleep on the couch, with Karupin in her arms. She had a long day and was tuckered out. Ryoma couldn't blame her, though. She was a little girl and it was way passed her bed time, the only reason she stayed up this long was, because Kevin practically begged him to let her, saying that it would make her very happy to celebrate with them.

Ryoma sighed and picked her up. Today, was a long day for all of them and right now, he couldn't wait to get it over and done with. Even though he couldn't admit it, he was kind of nervous to what the future was going to bring them. He knew that eventually, he was going to be hearing from his exes and that scared him more than anything. He went to her room, took off her dress, undid her hair, and put her in her crib.

He knew that the blond was waiting for him in their bedroom and wasn't disappointed when he came into their room and saw that the blond was clad in only boxers and had a predatory face on. "Come here, Ryoma, let's have our own celebration." He purred sexily as he waved him over.

Ryoma smirked and slowly stripped for him as he climbed onto the bed, like a predatory cat. Oh, he better get fucked thoroughly after his day. When he got close to Kevin, the blond flipped them over and kissed him passionately. "Don't worry, babe, I'm going to make sure that before morning, you're going to be more than satisfied."

A/N: So what do you think? I'm going to put flashbacks in the beginning of every chapter about what happened during the three years, starting next chapter. Please review.

*Mate! Anata kudaranai meinu!- Wait! You, shitty bitch!

** Sou ka, gomen.- I see, I'm sorry.