Author's Note: Hello! It's been long, I think xD. I've been on vacation and ready to rock some chapters =3. Enjoy! I don't own Prince of Tennis. By the way, thanks for the reviews!

Old Treasures - Chapter 6, How life can twist off in seconds..

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"Arigatou ne? Minna-sama." Tomoyo smiled and finally everyone accepted her.

The tennis practice was done for now. Everyone went to home when the Bucchou finished his speech. Tomoyo was officially now the new nurse and assisant-coach. Everyone was convinced of her power, that was surely right.

Changing rooms, regulars.

"Echizen-san is sure amazing! Nyaa!" Eiji said still in excitement.

"Yeah! She is really strong, amazing for a girl." Oishi agreed.

"Tch, only for a girl?" Ryoma twitched protectively.

"No, no! Uhm.. I mean for a tennis player and uhmm.."Oishi stuttered.

Everyone laughed at the statement.

"But Echizen-san is really good, as you all say." Fuji said.

"So, ne?" Momo agreed. "Nyaa, I want to play here again!" Eiji almost jumped out of his shirt.

Everyone laughed at Eiji's excitement.

Fuji and Tezuka were done at first again and they went outside, where a certain person where sitting on a bench waiting.

Fuji and Tezuka saw Tomoyo sitting on the bench again, with the normal uniform and her bracelet and ear rings, also her ribbon was replaced by the same black hat they saw the other day. She was again staring at here cellphone. "What is so interesting about her cellphone?" Fuji and Tezuka asked mentally at the same time.

Tomoyo noticed them and turned around: "Ah, hare hare. Gomenasai for not noticing you two -desu."

"Ah, ie. It doesn't really matter, we weren't standing here long." said Fuji waving her apologize away. "Ah." Tezuka agreed.

"Thank you very much." Tomoyo smiled, after that she looked at her cellphone once more and closed it.

When she moved her eyes to the sky, Tezuka mention that same sad twinkle in her eyes.

What might have been bothering her? Tezuka thought.

He was about to ask when the rest of the regulars came out of the changing rooms.

"Onee-san, we're ready." Ryoma announced.

"Hai-des, comin'." Tomoyo stood up, when she passed Fuji and Tezuka she shove a little bit closer to hem and said: "Iku masho ka? (Author's note: meaning; Shall we go?)."

Fuji was kinda flustraded and Tezuka took a little step back, eventually they both nodded and followed her until they meeted up the group, at the end Tomoyo just giggled a little.

Later on their way home.

"Nyaa, ne? Echizen-san, I'm still so amazed by your strength! And Ochibi even said that it wasn't all of it? Ne, nyaa, why did you do that?" Eiji was curious.

"A? Hare hare, why thank you." Tomoyo smiled. "I guess I hold back because if I didn't I might hurt you guys, not really violent, but just by adding much strength in to a ball, I could have sprained for example Shuichiro-sama's wrist with that ball. I was losing control a little, that's why I asked if Shuichiro-sama was alright. It's still a regret of that." Tomoyo ended with a bow to the group.

"A, a ! Ie! You didn't hurt me or something! It doesn't matter!" Oishi was stuttering and trying to comfort Tomoyo with the thoughts she had of hurting his wrist.

"Demo..I could-" Tomoyo right hand was made in a fist resting on her chest and she had still a worried look on her face.

"No no! I'm fine, I swear!" Oishi was getting really uncomfortable with the fact that Tomoyo was so worried about him.

"A.. If you say that, I believe you then-des." Tomoyo face turned a little bit cheerfully again.

Oishi blushed in response, he was really embarrased about the fact that a GIRL was worrying about him, he mean his mom was just naturally, but a teammate his sister was a another story.

The group just laughed at Oishi's face, while Tomoyo just smiled and walked forwards faster to get next to Ryoma.

"So how do you like my style? After all, it's been a long time you have seen it -des." Tomoyo asked Ryoma.

"Elegantly as usual, you strength even is more than before, Onee-san." Ryoma responded with pride.

"Why thank you!" Tomoyo winked at him.

"So so, that reminds me, nyaa!" Eiji said.

Everyone turned to him questionaly.

"Yes?" Tomoyo noticed he was about to ask something to her.

"Nyaa, you said you accomplished some dreams right? That's why you came back right, nyaa?" Eiji begun.

"Yes, what about that then?" Tomoyo answered.

"Nyaa, I wanted to know what kind of dreams they were!" Eiji asked bluntly.

"Eiji! That's very rude to ask!"Oishi fussed.

"O, no no.. That's okay. I think everyone wants to know." Tomoyo smiled.

"So yo ne, why did I came back..." Tomoyo begun, she thought back.

Looking at his sister, Ryoma began to think: 'That's right, why did Onee-san came back? Why didn't she just stay there in America, she had such a good future! She said she came back for me? But why now? I hoped she came back everyday since that day she leaved! Why onee-san? Why just now? Why didn't you came back when I needed you the most like you said? Why did you leave me just like that?' Ryoma was dazing off.

At the same time Tomoyo was telling the regulars about her studies. "Well I've studied many studies like for example: Doctor, Psychologist and Designer."

Tomoyo looked at Ryoma worriedly before she turned back to them. Fuji saw it too.

"Wow nyaa! But didn't you had to go to High School then?" Eiji was amazed, as well the others.

"Well I've completed Kindergarden till High School when I was 9, so, no not really. Ahaha.." Tomoyo played with her hair in modesty.

"Eeh? How?" Everyone except Ryoma beamed at her.

"I've followed special education in the US, because I wanted to accieve more things while I had the time." Tomoyo explained smiling.

"So, mature..." Everybody was admiring, while Ryoma was dazing off and Tomoyo was still looking worriedly at him.

She shook his arm. "Ryo-san.. Daijoubu? Are you hurt or something? Can I help?"

Nothing! Just a project at school, Onee-san!" Ryoma ansered quickly.

"A.. soka.." Tomoyo wasn't convinced really.

'Of course you can help, you're the one I want to ask, but not now. It can wait until home.' Ryoma peeked at his sister thoughtfully and dazed of again while walking.

'Is it of my suddenly comeback? Yappari..ne?" Tomoyo thoughed while walking. (Author's note: Yappari means after all it is like that or nonetheless.)

Fuji and Tezuka noticed the two like that and thought at the same time again: "What's wrong with those two?"

The group stopped when they were waiting before a crosswalk. The light said red.

Ryoma didn't not notice, because he was dazing off and begun crossing the street.

Just then a car at high speed was racing to Ryoma who was just crossing the street.

"Nyaa Ochibi!" "Echizen!" "Fushuu!" "Echizen look out!" The regulars shouted shocked to wake Ryoma.

Ryoma looked up from his dazing-off and his eyes widened and his body froze when the car was coming closer at a high speed. He closed his eyes tightly and stiffed his body to hope to not feel any pain, his hands were fists and his body was tighted.

Tomoyo didn't flinch or shouted or anything at all, she dashed in seconds to her brother pulled him to herself and turned around. So Ryoma would stand on the pavement and she a little bit on the road.

Then the car just passed by, and both of them where save... that's what you would think.

But the wing mirror of the car striked Tomoyo back. But then again Tomoyo didn't flinch.

It was almost like she didn't notice the pain. She was just holding Ryoma tightly to her body.

With her left hand pressing his head to her chest and her right arm embracing him. She rested her own chin on his head with a worriedly face. The strike itself was from just under her shoulder-blades, over her whole back horizontal. Blood was flowing out of it.

Ryoma slowly opened his eyes and his muscles slowly discontract, when he noticed he didn't feel any pain.'Is this heaven?' He thought.

He was shocked he found him self in his sister's warm embrace once again. "Onee-san?"

Slowly a tear rolled down Tomoyo's cheek.

"Onee-san?!?!" Ryoma noticed the tear and began to worry. However it wasn't his turn to worry about her.

Tomoyo's grip on Ryoma tighted for a while and then she eventually let go.

Tomoyo's face was pale and the tear was shown. She looked really sad.

"Don't ever worry and shock me like that again..." She said she looked down.

"Onee-san.." Ryoma felt guilty because of his actions, he saw that his sister was really hurt about the fact he could have been hurt very very badly. "Sorry, I-"

"Just.." Tomoyo didn't let him finish. "Just please, promise me that...." Tomoyo hugged him again, as if she didn't believe Ryoma was still there.

"I promise it with my heart, Onee-san, I'm really sorry..." Ryoma hugged back.

Then Ryoma felt something his hands were becoming wet.

"Onee-san!?!" He pushed her away from him.

He looked at his hands and saw his hands were full of blood.

He was shocked and called his sister again out of a feeling mixed of scare and anger.

"It's alright.." Tomoyo said, but her face was a little bit more pale then before.

The regulars saw the whole thing with a shocked face. "Echizen!" "Echizen-san!" "Nyaa!" "Fushuu!" "What's going on!" "Blood!" "We need to get to a hospital, right now!"

"Onee-san, we need to go to a hospi-!" Ryoma didn't finish his sentence when he saw his sister collapse from losing too much blood.

"O.. ONEEEE-SAAAN!" Ryoma cried out loud.

Author's note: I hope it's nice or satisfieing because I've been gone for a few weeks =3. It will be continued fast! 'Cause I am full of ideas!