Chapter 4: Cinderella (last part)

Narrator: Echizen Ryoga

On the last chapter:

… Then (s)he changed his tattered attire from earlier, cleaned the house, and went to sleep…

Behind the stage:

Riku (aka the author): Yo, minna!

Ryoga: Wait, aren't you dead already?

Riku: Don't be silly! Anyways, I finished the last part of Cinderella drama.

Ryoga: Really? It's a shame... I had a very good time acting as the narrator *pouts*

Riku: Now, now... maybe in the next drama, you can take the lead.

Ryoga: Really?! Yippee!

Other tennis members: 'Just how simple-minded can this guy be…?'

-oOo-

After Ryoma left, the prince kept on staring at the heel that the 'woman' he fell dropped.

"I know…! I can ask 'father' to help me find the lady!" he exclaimed, and went to tell his 'father' to search for the shoe. Prince Seiichi promised that he would marry whoever fitted the shoe.

"… You do realize Ryoma is a male, right?" the king questioned. "Just play along darn it," the prince muttered back. After the short conversation, King Tezuka agreed and sent one of his trusted advisor, Oishi Shuichiro, and his other trusted knight, Sanada Genichirou, to search for a woman that fits for the heel his so-called-son found.

Days by days went, whilst the advisor and knight knocked the door of each household in order to find a maiden that fits the small black heel made of glass the prince found. At last, the two arrived at the Echizen household.

Inside said household, the daughters of the Echizen household saw the advisor and the knight from their window. In a flash, they frantically wore their best dresses, do their hairs, apply makeup, etcetera. When the two teenagers finished painting their faces (Momoshiro, stop snickering!), Lady Sumire opened the front door, and invited the men in.

"Welcome gentlemen…what brings you here? Come in… come in." said Sumire, as the gentlemen entered the mansion. Unfortunately, they didn't saw Lady Sumire's evil grin as she walked upstairs and locked the door to Ryoma's room, and chaining the key on Lucifer's collar.

"Good day, Mrs. Echi-"

"LADY, NOT MRS!" Lady Sumire snapped.

"Err, Lady Echizen. We came here in order to find a girl whose foot fits into this black glass slipper, so that she can be married to the Prince." the advisor stated. Mrs- (*glare*) uhm- Lady Echizen nodded, and called for the girls to come down.

"GIRLS! THESE GENTLEMEN WANTS TO SEE YOU!"

And at that, a sound of a crash, and two girls' shouts erupted as they raced down the stairs.

"ME FIRST!"

"NO, ME FIRST!"

"GIRLS! Behave yourselves! Now, these gentlemen are from the castle. Treat them nicely." Lady Echizen stated.

"Well then, shall we start? Lady Tomoka, please sit down here." "Sure..." Tomoka answered arrogantly.

Meanwhile… our hero (or rather heroine?) was cursing at whoever locked the door. "Damn, I should've gone to the toilet before this part starts! Oi, someone open the door! I want to go to toilet!" Ryoma yelled. Hearing his yell, the mice, the birds, went to his rescue along his favorite cat, Karupin the Himalayan cat.

Suddenly, Lucifer, the cat that Lady Sumire took in as a pet, attacked Karupin and pulled his tail. Karupin, feeling the need to fight, scratched back. And so, a catfight started between the two felines. As the animals along with Ryoma (who is holding his bladder) watched the two battle…

"Both ladies didn't fit the glass slipper at all… are you sure you don't have another 'daughter', Echizen-sama…? Tarundarou." Knight Genichirou asked. "No… I don't have another daughter, Sir knight." Lady Sumire replied hastily.

"Are you sure? We do receive a report about the daughter of the former perverted Lord, Lord Echizen Nanjirou. I think her name was… Ryoma Echizen?"

"No… I haven't heard that name before."

"Very well then… please excuse us Lady Echizen. We have other houses to visit," advisor Oishi said.

At the same time… Karupin came out as the winner of the catfight between him and Lucifer, with Lucifer epically falling into a mountain of horse dung. The mice then snatched the key from Lucifer's collar, delivered the key to Ryoma who frantically opened the door and ran downstairs, into the toilet.

And at that moment, as the knight and advisor were about to leave, they saw a flash of green, white and brown figure passing them, and running into the toilet.

"…" All the people in the room can only stare at the bathroom door. A few minutes passed, and the door suddenly opened, revealing Ryoma (who was muttering, "Thank god… I almost pissed my pants," darkly). Ryoma then noticed the stares he got.

"What?! You never saw someone that was about to piss his pants badly?"

The Knight then dragged him to the chair and signaled the advisor to try to fit the heel on him. Lady Sumire, knowing the heel would fit Ryoma's feet, used her cane to trip the advisor, and made the heel fell onto the ground, shattering it into pieces of glass ("thank god that we used a cheap glass to make this spare heel…" the author muttered).

Both the knight and advisor were devastated. They paled and shivered as images of them running in endless laps flashed across their minds, while being glared at the king. Not to mention the sadistic nature of the prince.

"Why do you two look like the world's about to end? Here's the other heel. I don't need it anyways," Ryoma said as he fished out another heel. The ladies of the Echizen household then gasped in horror, while the knight and advisor stared at Ryoma as if he is their Messiah.

At last, they found the 'woman' who dropped the heel. After that, the knight and advisor literally dragged the maid to the castle to spread the happy news ("HAPPY NEWS MY ASS!" Ryoma shouted).

Weeks later, the two got married in a grand wedding ceremony and lived happily ever after…*sob*

~THE E-

"Wait a minute! Someone help me! This person trying to molest me!" Ryoma yelled in horror.

"Saa… let's enjoy our honeymoon… my 'honey'~" Seiichi chuckled in amusement as he held Ryoma in a tight grip.

"YADDDAAAA!" Ryoma continue to yell, as the others stared at him with pity while Fuji kept chuckling in the same amusement as the took pictures of Seiichi dragging Ryoma away. Anyways…

~THE END~

A/N: So, how is it? I hope you all like this not-so-happy ending (for Ryoma anyways)! The next drama will be about the Little Mermaid, so stay tuned, as these tennis players will about to bring you into a more hilarious drama! ^_^ thanks for reading!