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I'm so so so so sorry! Please forgive me! I made you guys wait really long for this chapter. I would hate waiting this long as well.

But I just really really didn't get any inspiration for this chapter…it was hell writing this chapter. I wrote like 5 sentences and then got stuck and wrote another 5 before getting stuck again and so on. So I stopped writing out of annoyance. I was continuously saying to myself I had to write and update but I just couldn't keep myself to it. But then I got a message from abbyjc asking to update. And that finally got myself to writing further and I actually finished the rest of the chapter (which was about everything) in one go! Yay \o/ so everyone thank abbyjc she is the reason behind the update. You might had to wait even longer if she hadn't send me anything.

You see what a simple message from a reader can do ^^ you guys give writers power to keep on writing!

So far with that, I will no longer hold you guys up from reading! So enjoy! (I hope it is good enough)

Disclaimer: I do not own Prince Of Tennis! That's only in my dreams ^^'

Reminder: this is the last chapter of Persistence!


Persistence : chapter 14

AUTHOR'S POV

While Fuji and Tezuka made love for the first time, they were completely unaware of lurking eyes that stared through their window, only focusing on each other and the pleasure. Ito sat in the tree, which was right next to the mentioned window, he was fisting his hands in anger, desperation, sadness and utter helplessness. His eyes stared wide open to the scene before him, breaking his heart.

ITO'S POV

I went straight home as the school ended, going as fast as I could but still saving some energy so I could execute my plan perfectly. I dropped off my stuff and picked up other things that I might need before heading over to the house of the person I was destined to be with. I knew by now that by the time it took me to go home and to Fuji's house, my love would also arrive home after a tiring tennis practice.

It was a shame that I couldn't go to my usual spot and see from out of the bushes my love running gracefully around the court, swinging his racket easily to come in contact with the green little ball. I couldn't see his pale but perfect skin when his shirt occasionally went up by wind or a particular body movement. But all was for the plan.

If everything went how I wanted it to go then I was sure that my love would willingly show me a lot more than just a small part of skin. I smiled at that thought and had to stop my mind from running through my many fantasies and remembering the time when I touched him. His complete submission to me had been a big turn on. He had been ready to give his body to me when his sister interrupted and we sadly had to part. I still remembered the moans he made, and then thinking further back, how he undressed right in front of me, knowing I was watching him and deliberately showing his sexy ass to me. I knew how he loved the picture of me stroking myself and how sad he had been when that bastard of a captain had thrown them away.

I still wondered about how that man could manipulate my angel like that. I was sure that my love was completely terrified of him and afraid of being hurt, I wouldn't see it past him to get what he wanted through violence. I had to make this stop, I had to take Fuji away from him, make my heart's desire happy again and fulfilling his wish to be with me.

I quickly put my mind back on the plan as I neared Fuji's house. But what I saw wasn't what I wanted. That damned Tezuka was walking next to him and even entered the house with him. I had to go and use my plan B. Thank God I had thought about it and had brought my knife with me.

All I could do now was to wait until he either left or went upstairs and fall asleep so I could come into action. I was planning to open the front door with the hairpin I had taken from my mother and then go upstairs when they slept. I had already practiced on different kind of doors in my house and in school so I was absolutely sure I could get the door open and save my beloved. After coming into their room I would wake up Fuji and immediately quieten him down with a kiss and whispering to him to be quiet.

I would tell him that I came to save him and that he had to leave the house already. He had to wait for me at the small garden in his neighbourhood. I would go there as soon as I got that bastard to take my message and leave the two of us alone, never coming near my love ever again. He clearly hadn't understood my letter I had written to him a couple of weeks ago so I personally had to make it clear to him. I would wake him up and hit him a couple of times giving him the same amount of pain he had brought to my Fuji. I would take out my knife, stab him in the shoulder where I knew his weak spot was and tell him to leave what's mine alone.

Of course I wouldn't kill him, because it would only cause problems for me and my soon to be lover. The only reason I would do that was to make him so scared that he wouldn't dare to do anything else. Then I would take my angel back home to my house and he would be so ecstatic that he would kiss me until we couldn't but part for lack of air. He would be hard already from just that kiss and thank me by giving me a striptease before he would pleasure me with his mouth en then give his entire body for me to do whatever I want. He would finally be mine!

A grin appeared on my lips thinking about my perfect and unbreakable plan as I climbed up the tree and waited for them to come upstairs and fall asleep. I tiredly waited, keeping myself awake, until the light went on and the two of them entered. The first few minutes they kissed and my blood boiled at the thought that Fuji had to do this against his will. It was clear to everyone that this wasn't what he wanted.

But then things became worse; that awful man started to force himself on my love ridding him of all his clothes and making my angel help him and pleasure him. I couldn't even get hard at seeing my tenshi naked. All I could think about was how to stop all of this. But I knew that if I would interfere now, Fuji could get seriously hurt in the fight we would have. So all I could do was watch and wait, hoping he would stop before he went too far.

But sadly,… he didn't stop. I watched with a dreaded feeling as he moved under my lover and started to forcefully and roughly insert his finger in my love's ass. I shivered at the feeling of utter helplessness and devastation seeing this happen to the person I loved the most. That body was mine and mine alone and now it was invaded by that bastard who took him against his will.

I fisted my hands, not wanting to stay but I couldn't leave him either. All I could do was watch with a depressed heart, seeing my Fuji being dirtied by that man's body. His hands were everywhere and I knew that after this my love wouldn't be able to see me anymore. He would be completely devastated, knowing that he was taken by another man. He was no longer mine…

My heart broke into thousand pieces, a terrible pain lancing through my entire body as I slowly fell into depression knowing I had lost the only thing worth living for. I sat there, in that tree which I had spent many nights watching my beloved through, and came to the only solution there was for both myself and my only love.

After hearing my now broken angel scream out the loudest he had so far in pain and sadness as that sick man came, I couldn't take it anymore. I left and as I climbed down that tree, knowing that it would be the last time, nothing could be heard anymore.

I ran straight to my house and grabbed a pen and paper starting to write the last thing I would ever write to my angel, my love, my Fuji. I picked up the knife which I had first brought along for an entire different reason and walked back out. I went back to my love's house and waited under that same tree from where I could see his window. I sat there until morning came after I had put the letter in his mailbox. I just wanted to see him one more time.

After a long night and a lot of waiting, my angel finally came out, looking tired and completely devastated, a very forced smile was on his lips. It was absolutely clear that his heart had broken down after what had happened to him by that bastard. I knew, I just knew that he would agree and follow me in my plan. I couldn't help but feel so lost when I saw him, the idea of him not being mine tore at my heart as it probably tore as much at his. I needed him, he was my lifeline and life without him was nothing, no sparkle of life was left. I really really needed him, his heart and his body was my life force. How that bastard defiled him, I was sure that he was a devil in disguise. He had lured my angel in and then kept him inside his claws before he would take him brutally for his own desires and hunger. He had tarnished my beautiful angel who now had lost all its light.

I saw my Fuji take the letter together with some other ones that the mailman had brought not long ago. I stood up and walked closer to him. He stared with dull eyes at me as I saw the beginning of tears form in his eyes. I knew that he was ashamed and hurt deeply by what had happened. I smiled to him from a distance and then just turned around and left, happy that I had seen him one more time. I walked in the direction of the small garden, pulling out my knife along the way and fisting it in my hand.

I sat down in the middle of the still empty garden and enjoyed the last sunrays that would ever touch my skin. Again, I waited for a couple of minutes revelling in the fact that soon my love would come for me and follow me to a place where we would be together. I mentally prepared myself and steadied my heart as I held a tight grip on the knife and brought it closer to my other wrist….

FUJI'S POV

I opened my eyes and was met with the sight of a muscled naked chest. A soft and content smile spread over my lips as I remembered the events of last night. I tightened the hold around my lover as I snuggled closer and moved one leg over his. Tezuka lay on his back with both his arms around me while my arms were on his torso as I lied on my side. I immediately felt my boyfriends' arms also tighten his hold on me and pull me even closer.

"Ohayou, Syusuke." He said in his smooth sexy voice. I hummed in response and placed a quick kiss on his torso before I sighed in happiness.

The next thing he said brought me out of paradise; "Syuu, can you get up? I need to go to the bathroom."

My first reaction was to grab him even tighter in my reluctance to let this moment end. But seeing that he really needed to use the toilet I let him go. I looked up at him as he thanked me and before he could get up and out of bed , I pulled him closer again and gave him a loving good morning kiss which he happily returned. My arms then moved away so he could go to the bathroom. He got out of bed, not the bit embarrassed that he was still naked as my eyes followed him. He took his boxers from the ground, put them on and then left.

I, on the other hand, turned on my other side, only now noticing the odd feeling of the dried semen between my legs and on my stomach. My backside hurt but it was bearable and the pleasure I had gotten yesterday was more than worth it. I closed my eyes again and fell into a light sleep which was disturbed as I felt a finger softly put a lock of hair behind my ear. I opened my eyes and smiled lazily at the face of my captain. He was sitting on his knees in front of my bed while looking at me with a gentle and loving expression on his face.

"How are you feeling?" Tezuka asked softly.

I knew he referred to the soreness of my body and replied honestly; "my body hurts a bit, but I'm fine." After which I added: "I'm happy." As I leant against the hand that was lightly touching my cheek.

"I wasn't too rough?" He asked still a bit concerned. I moved my head closer to his and gave him another peck on the lips before answering: "No. It felt really good." And I couldn't help but form a big smile on my lips. He smiled as well when seeing the honesty and knowing he didn't have to worry.

We stayed in that position, our faces inches apart, his hand on my cheek as I closed my eyes in bliss, until Tezuka asked; "Can I help you clean? Or would you rather do it yourself?"

I opened them again and only then noticed that he had cleaned himself up. I still wasn't really in the mood to move so I told him to help me and he seemed happy to do so as his smile brightened. He stood up once more and I watched him leave to go to the bathroom. Shortly after he returned with a bowl of water and soap which he put on the ground and a washcloth. I sat up a bit more and removed a part of the blanket so my torso was bare. I looked down and saw numerous bite marks that my lover had left last night.

"I'm sorry." I heard him mutter. So I replied: "You know I don't mind it. Besides you have a couple as well" to which I smiled as I looked to his chest.

He looked me into the eyes and smiled; "I noticed." I laughed softly while he put the washcloth in the bowl and wrung out the excessive water. Next he softly rubbed it over my skin as he wiped the dried semen away. It was sort of embarrassing for him to wash me like this, still I enjoyed the attention I got and the gentle treatment. I relaxed and let him be as he slowly cleaned me. After washing my upper body, he slowly removed the rest of the blanket so I was naked before him once again. He looked me over intensely and I blushed as those eyes went lower and stayed there for a while. I whined making him look up and softly laughed as he said sorry. Tezuka then continued washing me while I tried not to get turned on by the touches, they were innocent though that didn't mean that it didn't feel good.

After he was done he put the bowl away during which I finally got out of bed. Next, I put some clothes on and headed downstairs to make some breakfast. A couple of minutes later and my boyfriend also came down. He asked me if he needed to do something with the sheets that were dirty . replying, I told him that I would put them in the laundry later. I then asked him to keep an eye on the bacon that was frying in the pan while I got the mail.

I walked out still feeling extremely content I grabbed the letters out of the mailbox and noticed one without a stamp. I curiously looked at it but didn't find any address on it, the envelope was completely white. My name wasn't even on it. I shrugged my shoulders and thought to myself that I would open it first as I went back inside. But as I was about to turn around to go inside, I noticed a person coming closer from the corners of my eyes. I looked to that person and my eyes widened as I saw Ito nearing. I looked nervously at him, ready to go inside if he came any closer. However he surprisingly just smiled at me and then walked away. He looked different than usual and the way he acted was odd, but I couldn't place my finger on what was wrong.

I shrugged my shoulders and headed inside, telling myself to keep this strange encounter hidden from my lover so as not to worry him. He was just putting the bacon on a plate as I entered the kitchen. We both sat down and ate our breakfast quietly as I lay down the letters and opened the odd one.

From the moment I read the first words, I just knew who it was from, putting two and two together. My hands shook as I read the letter while I didn't even notice buchou looking concerned at me.

My only love,

I never thought this would have happened, my plan was to save you this night and take you with me so we could be together. I would have frightened that devil who came home with you to leave us alone and stay away from you. But I was too late, instead of saving you, I had to see you being soiled by that demon.

My heart broke as I saw you scream in pain when he forced you and took you unwillingly! I should have been the one who took you! I should have been the one on top of you! YOU WERE MINE! Your body BELONGED to me! I should have been INSIDE you!

But my anger cannot be compared by the sadness I feel. I know you will not be able to live with this. I know you will be ashamed and think you are unworthy of me. You have lost your light when he dirtied you with his essence.

But! I have found a way for us to be TOGETHER! I'm absolutely sure you will follow me in my plan. Come to the small garden a couple of blocks away from your house. There you will find me. Take the knife that I hold in my by then lifeless hand and follow me to where we are DESTINED to be!

My angel, we can only survive and be together if you let your life force flow and paint the grass crimson red. You blood will mix with mine and we will be one in paradise. You will be rid of that monster.

I will wait for you to wake up and take this letter so I can see you one more time. I will then head to our meeting place.

I will wait for you to follow me…

My tenshi, we'll finally be together.

I dropped the letter on my plate while my mind processed what I had just read. Tezuka was by my side instantly and took the letter. He crumpled it into a little ball as soon as he finished. I looked to him with scared eyes whispering: "He s...s…saw…us…"

I soon found arms around me to try and calm me down. It helped as I found myself relaxing a bit. But to know that he had seen that intimate moment was very uncomfortable, disgust and fear were still racing through me. My mind then suddenly made a skip as I suddenly stood up, surprising my lover.

"What is it?" he asked.

"Mitsu…if this is true…then he's going to…kill himself."

Tezuka saw the tears forming in my eyes and quickly hugged me, I couldn't help but bury my face in his warm chest.

"I can't….I hate him….but…I don't want him to…die…it would be my fault…he still has family….Mitsu…what do we do…?" I said in between sobs, my hands taking a tight grip on his T-shirt as his hands rubbed soothingly up and down my back.

"It's not your fault Syuu. But I'll call the police and notify them. We can go to that park and see if he is really there. Okay?"

I nodded and parted from him to quickly put on my shoes and run out of the door. I really hated Ito, but I didn't want to have his dead on my consciousness. His family would be hurt as well. I heard Tezuka following after me as he called the police and an ambulance.

Shortly after I arrived at the small park and looked in every direction. I could hear sirens coming this way and as I turned around I could see Tezuka come running to me. Together we quickly searched the park and I screamed when I saw a patch of red grass behind a big tree. I approached fast and when I got closer I could see a bloodied hand lying on the grass, blood still flowing out onto the ground.

I heard Tezuka yell for me and hear other people arriving. I fell down next to him and searched for a pulse. His eyes were closed and I couldn't see him breathing but a bit later I finally noticed a weak pulse trying to keep beating. I yelled his name, not wanting him to die and then I felt strong arms around me and see a nurse arriving together with the police. The nurse quickly took over and tried to stop the bleeding as the police kept the arriving curious people on a distance.

My lover had turned me around so I could put my head against his chest as he was whispering calming words and once more rubbing my back. I just didn't want to be the cause of his dead, he had once been my friend and I didn't want to be the reason behind the pain of Ito's family. I couldn't help but blame myself, maybe if I had rejected him in a different way or even went along with him this could have been prevented.

A while later me and my boyfriend were sitting on a bench, a police was asking different questions which Tezuka answered for me. I was really not listening, I was still shocked that anything like this could have happened. I never imagined someone going this far. I knew Ito had been obsessed with me, with my body. But never had I thought that he would try to kill himself and even think I was going to do the same.

Tezuka's arms were still around me, calming me down. We knew by now that Ito wasn't in danger of his life anymore. The nurses had stopped the bleeding and gave him a blood transfusion. He was being picked up onto a bed and put into the ambulance to then be driven off to the hospital where he would be watched in case of any more suicide attempts and he would be able to recover.

We were allowed to leave after the police was done and Tezuka took me home. We went to sit on the sofa and he told me to sleep a bit so I could calm down. He would stay by my side the entire time.

Xxx TIME LAPS xxX

Everything had calmed down again after a week and a half. There had been a huge ruckus in school when they heard about Ito. Though only the regulars and some teachers knew the real reason of his suicide attempt, all the others were busy guessing for the reason.

He was still in the hospital recovering and under surveillance but the police had contacted us to tell that he was doing fine and would be released soon. I wasn't really looking forward to it since I might bump into him at school and I wouldn't know how to react. Still, I was glad he was fine. I just hoped he was finally rid of his obsession for me.

Tezuka was being the perfect boyfriend and life was turning back to normal. I would go to his house this weekend and spent some time with his family and especially with him. I would forget about Ito and just be content in the arms of the one I loved.

The bell rang at that moment so I stood up and took my stuff. Eiji was walking beside me as we were headed for the tennis courts to practice. There I saw my boyfriend already dressed and waiting for everyone to arrive. I walked up to him with a smile which he returned with a small one. He took me into a hug and gave me quick peck on the lips before telling me to hurry and change. I smiled and kissed his cheek before stepping out of his embrace and going to the clubroom. The regulars and non-regulars who were already there, which wasn't a lot, were slowly getting used to this other side of their buchou though it would take time. And I just loved to tease everyone as I said something to Tezuka once in a while with a double meaning or just flat out French kissed him. Of course that would earn me laps during practice, but a lot more kisses and sometimes more after everyone was gone.

THE END!

Xxx OMAKE xxX

ITO'S POV

I had felt so tired and all the commotion around me didn't make it any better. All I wanted was to sleep and only wake up in paradise with my angel next to me. So I hated the person that was trying to help me and wake me up. I could hear noises and screams but it was far away. I then felt a snug as the person who had been trying to wake me was probably pulled away. I suddenly felt the power to open my eyes and as the darkness disappeared all I could see were bright blue eyes staring straight at me with tears in those heavenly orbs.

I felt another person trying to stop the bleeding I had caused when cutting my wrist. But seeing those eyes and that face that belonged to them made my heart whole again. He didn't want me to die, he didn't care about what had happened, he still wanted to be with me in life.

I knew then, even though my mind was very sluggish and I would fall into unconsciousness every second, he didn't want me to give up. We would be together. My angel had truly come and saved me. This was heavens way to tell us I should keep trying to save him.

I would keep persisting.

And that was my last thought before everything went black again.


Okay! That's a wrap!

Again so sorry for the abnormally long wait. And THANK YOU for reading and/or reviewing my story. I hope you liked it^^ and that you will keep reading my stories!

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