Summary: A Collection of various Ryosaku one-shots.
Author: HeySayFan
Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis nor any of the characters. This anime is respectively owned by the great Takeshi Konomi-sensei.
Warning: This is a pretty long fanfiction and it has two parts which this chapter is Part one and Part two will be out in future chapters
One-shot # 3
Best Friends
Part One
10 Years old
"Ryoma-kun…" called a 10 year old pigtailed girl as she neared a familiar greenish-black haired boy.
"Nande?" said the boy who was also the same age as her with big innocent eyes.
They have known each other since they were infants, their parents were friends particularly Ryoma; s mother and Sakuno's mother were also best of friends which lead to their offspring's meeting.
When the first met it wasn't what their parents have expected…
Flashback
Little Ryoma was staring at auburn orbs.
There together on the crib with a chibi Ryoma was the only daughter of the best friend of his mother.
He looked at her with predatory eyes, imagining she was an enemy. The auburn orbed infant just looked terrified by the looks of the person she was in a crib with.
Sock filled her eyes when chibi Ryoma had thrown chibi sakuno one of his play toys which made the girl sob loudly.
Both mothers stood up and headed towards the crying infant. Sakuno"s mother hurriedly picked up her daughter and swayed her back and forth to calm her down.
"Ryoma… Why did you that?" Asked the mother of Ryoma knowing that the infant wouldn't answer.
"GOmen, Sakura-chan, I didn't know he would do that" apologized Rinko as she looked in her son's pouting face; it seems that the future tennis prodigy understood what his mother had said.
"Daijoubu, Rinko-chan, I guess he isn't comfortable having strangers with him" replied Sakura as she settled down her daughter on her lap as soon as she sat down.
Even when little Sakuno was far from little Ryoma he still looked at her with the same eyes, which made Sakuno more terrified than before. She hid on the chest of her mother, not wanting to look at the boy's cat-like eye which seems to scare her more.
When they both turned 4 years old, they were unbelievably friends, and as years pass by their friendship turned into a deeper one, which lead to their status right now: best friends.
End of Flashback
"Ryoma-kun, lets make a promise!" Sakuno said as she finished reminiscing the past.
"Promise?"
"Un! That we'll be friends forever! And that nothing will ever come between us!"
She then raised her pinky.
He glared at her hand in return.
"Eh? What's wrong?"
"Only girls do that… stuff…."
Ryoma blushed.
"It's just a pinky swear!" exclaimed Sakuno as she raised her pinky higher.
Little Ryoma pouted.
"Don't you want to be my best friend forever?"
"I want to… but imp not doing any girly stuff… like those..."
"Sou ka…. Then will you just promise me then…?"
"I promise"
"Then I'll always remind you of our promise every year! Ok?"
"Un…"
11 Years old
"Ryoma-kun!"
"Nani?"
"The promise? Do you still remember it?"
"Aa…"
"Good!"
12 Years Old
"Ne Ryoma-kun!"
"What is it?"
"The Promise?"
"Aa… I still remember"
Insert big smile.
13 Years Old
"Ryoma-kun!"
"Hn…"
"Do you still remember?"
"Hn… I do…"
14 Years Old
"Ryoma-kun!"
"What is it?"
"Ano…"
"The promise?"
"Hai…."
"Don't worry, I didn't forget"
15 Years Old
"Matte! Ryoma-kun!" shouted an auburn orbed brunette girl as she tried catching up with her childhood best friend.
"What do you want?" Ryoma asked annoyed as he semi-glared at her, hands in his pockets as he awaited the brunette girl to reach him. He was now the captain of their tennis club with his looks and talent who wouldn't fall in love with him?
"The promise?" she said as she panted due to running.
"What promise?" asked the still annoyed Ryoma.
"The promise we made when we were young?" she detailed making him remember their promise together.
"I don't remember making any promises with you" he said
"But… I always reminded them to you…every year"
"I don't remember…" he then walked away annoyed for some odd reason. But Sakuno was frozen from shock; this wasn't the Ryoma-kun she grew up with, he wasn't this cold towards her not until that very day.
"Hey Echizen, wasn't that a bit harsh? She is your best friend…." Ryoma's friend, Horio said as he walked beside the tennis prodigy as he walked away. Horio, for one isn't stupid to notice the anger in the prince's eyes as he turned his back away from Sakuno.
"I don't remember having a best friend"
"Do you have amnesia? Are you alright?'
"Imp perfectly fine…" said the prince as he left Horio and proceeded on his own towards his first class for the day.
"Yup… there is really wrong with him" mumbled Horio as he sighed.
Valentines Day…
(1 month later…)
"Kya! Ryoma-sama!"
"Ryoma-sama!!!"
"Accept my chocolate!"
"Be my Valentine!!!"
"No! I'm the one Ryoma-sama will pick!"
"Kya!!"
"Hey Echizen, what are you gonna do with them?" Asked Horio as he walked through the hallways with the Prince of Tennis behind them, was almost all of the girl students of Seishun Gakuen Academy.
"Let them be…"
"Don't you want to get the chocolates the want to give you?" asked Horio as his gaze turned to the bunch of girls trailing behind them.
"I don't want them..."
"I bet you're waiting for Ryuzaki-chan to give you chocolate ne?"
Ryoma stopped his tracks as soon as he heard that name.
He glared at Horio.
"Don't ever repeat that name again…"
His fist clenched.
His anger rose.
"O-ok..."
Then Ryoma walked ahead of Horio towards the tennis courts for practice session with the other regulars will soon begin. Horio then followed shortly after him, catching up with his pace.
They passed by the lockers and stopped as soon as they saw a familiar person.
"Arigatou Sakuno-chan" said a brown haired teen that looked about 15 years old, the same as Sakuno who was standing face to face with him. He had a lean body fit to be a player of any sports including tennis. Same as Ryoma, He was quite popular with girls, though not as popular as Ryoma, ever since he had a girlfriend; the chocolates he receives became lesser.
"Iie… Happy Valentines Day Akira-kun"
"Well then, ill see you at class…. Ja" bid Akira as he waved goodbye towards Sakuno and headed towards his classroom.
"Ja" Sakuno said softly as she waved goodbye with her right hand while her left hand took hold of a bag which seems o have tons of chocolates to give out to her friends.
When she also decided to head to her class she spotted her best friend or what she believed 'still' was her best friend and decided to approach him while preparing to give out the chocolate she wanted to give him.
He can see her.
The prince of tennis…
Can see her ex-best friend or what he believed was his ex-best friend and pretended not to know her.
He wanted to walk away and pretend he didn't see her but his body froze for some odd reason.
Maybe because it was his first time seeing her after a month?
That's right he ignored her the entire month. He didn't answer her calls, didn't spend time with her… in short he ignored her.
Why?
He didn't know himself.
He was so busy thinking, he hadn't realized she was already in front of him.
"-kun? Ryoma-kun? Ryoma-kun?"
"What?" Ryoma asked in an angry tone…. Well sort of angry…
"Um… I just wanted to give you this.." she started as she took out a box of home-made chocolate from the bag and raised it so that Ryoma could see it. It was neatly wrapped with blue wrapping paper and was finished with a dark blue ribbon.
Ryoma just stared at it… Like it was weird…
"Ryoma-kun? Here take it"
"I don't want it…"
"B-But… At least take it…. We haven't talked for a while now…. And I was thinking that you might be mad…"
"I don't know what you're talking about…"
"I know you won't talk to me anytime soon… So at least take it…"
"I told you I don't want it!"
He slapped the chocolate away using his hands then the pieces of chocolate were now scattered on the floor.
There was a pregnant silence though Sakuno's eyes were big due to shock. The Ryoma-kun she knew wasn't like this…
"D-Doushite?"
"I just told you I don't want it!"
"B-But…"
"I don't need your chocolates…. Nor your pity…"
"Let's go Horio…. We still have practice session..."
"B-But E-Echizen-"
He was cut off.
"Let's go…"
"U-Un…"
'Gomen Ryuzaki-chan…I don't know what happened to him'
As soon as she saw them leave she dropped on her knees as her tears slowly dropped to the floor.
She thought about the possibilities why Ryoma turned out like that.
But in the end…
'I don't remember doing anything wrong…'
"Oi! Echizen! Wait up!"
"Ill give you laps to run if you come to practice session late"
"H-Hai!" Horio then headed straight towards the tennis courts. He even ran pass his Tennis Captain, Ryoma.
Ryoma walked towards the tennis courts too…. But he now knew why he was angry…
I was because he was in love with her…..
Flashback
(Almost a month ago)
"Ryoma-kun!" called Sakuno as she rushed towards her best friend. Ryoma was at home, drinking a glass of milk when he heard Sakuno call him.
There parents were best friends so it didn't matter if Sakuno had to visit there house once in a while and the other way around.
"Nani?"
"Akira-kun! He…!"
"He what?"
"He asked me to be his girlfriend!"
A breaking sound can be heard throughout the whole house.
"Ryoma-kun? What's wrong?"
It was the glass of milk.
Ryoma knew this was bound to happen…. He knew Sakuno had a crush on that Akira guy…… Its already have been 2 years since she told him that she had a crush on that….. Akira guy…
"Get out…"
"W-What?"
"Get out…. I need to think…."
"Can I help you with it?"
"No… I need to think about it myself……"
"B-But-"
"It's about tennis…."
Liar. Liar
Liar. Liar
Liar. Liar
Liar. Liar
"Oh….. I see…."
End of Flashback
Ryoma cursed.
He now knew why….
Tsuzuku….
Authors Note:
This is not yet done… there is still a sequel…
Minna! Thank you for those who support my fanfics!
Arigatou!
This One-shot is NOT YET FINISHED…
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The continuation of this One-shot will be posted in the next chapter….
Arigatou to:
Echizen Ryoma-sama - Arigatou! Sorry if my update was a little late... i was busy with working on the other oneshots and some other random stuff
hanabi - Do you think its many promises? Sorry... it just came into my mind so i though of writing it i didnt notice it was pretty similiar with the promises
- Thanks a bunch! Sorry for the late update!
Otakugal - Thanks! Sorry for the late update
B.A.K11 - It was a little cheesy ne? hehehe.... Thanks anyway for the review
- HeySayFan
Next oneshot:
Smile
"Why do you always smile?"
"Eh?"
I then looked at her seriously.
"Why do you always smile? Even when you're hurt?"
"Because….." she started
"When I smile I can reassure Ryoma-kun that everything will be fine and that you don't need to worry…"