Koshimae

"I won!"

"No, you didn't!"

"Idiots, I won."

"No, I won, right, Ryoma?"

"I didn't see."

"Not again!"

"Ryoma!"

"...Puri."

Ryoma just blinked. It was just a stupid game, wasn't it? She shook her head and spoke, "...I'm going to eat something, are you coming?" The three troublemaker nodded and followed her. It was a beautiful day, even Sanada let them be today . The troublemaker wanted to visit the Arcade and decided Ryoma should come also. She thought about it and came with them. It wasn't as bad, as she thought. They even managed to save her day. Yeah, save her day because something happened yesterday. Something, that ruined her mood, totally. No one knew, what happened but they perceived, it wouldn't be smart, to ask her, with her really bad mood. She would tell them anyway, when she chooses to. So, here they were, walking around the town.

"Could we eat some sweets? Ice cream or cake and..."

"Marui/Senpai."

Sanada and Yanagi were in the hospital, to visit there Buchou. The others would come a bit later. The friends talked about various things, like Akaya's and Ryoma's last match, against Akutsu and Sengoku.

"Well, Genichirou say it already."

"Genichirou, come on."

"...But."

"Gen-chan."

Sanada froze. Seiichi looked at him, with an angelic smile. Fate wasn't really on his side. Yanagi sighed. He tried to warn him but Sanada couldn't see it. Once in a while, was his friend and idiot.

"...Maybe...losing isn't that bad."

"See? Nothing bad happened."

"Genichirou."

Both, Sanada and Yukimura looked surprised at Yanagi. Yanagi normally didn't speak up, after things were cleared.

"You know, losing is needed."

The vice-captain blinked, "but..."

"Have you seen Akaya? After he lost, he began to train harder. Losing is a motivation to do better, because winning alone isn't all."

His friend's eyes widened. Sanada never thought so about losing. He promised Seiichi to win and forgot, that tennis is a game, after all.

"Renji has a point, you know."

Slowly, Sanada nodded.

Renji smiled to himself, as Seiichi teased Genichirou about things. Ryoma asked him to look after Genichirou. Like Akaya, Ryoma also has a close friendship, with him. Previously, as Ryoma was four years old, he met her. Then she leaved for America. After a while, she came back to Japan, with nine years. Because Seiichi couldn't see her for years, he took her, with him, the whole time. Seiichi was someone, that loved to do adventurous things, because of this, Sanada looked the whole time after Seiichi, so that he didn't end up in trouble or hurt himself. Yanagi decided to look after Ryoma and she was the whole time by him. He taught her things, gathered data, played with her, thus forming a close relationship. She was there, for an year. With ten she was back in America but kept in contact, with Renji. As her brother's condition worsened, she was eleven and came for a short time back. Well, not for long and she vanished again.

His thought were interrupted as his phone rang. He had a message. After reading it, he sighed.

"Is something, Renji?", his captain asked, with concern.

"The morons lost your sister."

"...They did?"

"Hai, I'm going to search for her."

"Thank you."

Yanagi nodded before walking out of the door. This would end, with more laps for the three troublemaker.

Seiichi's sister looked around. Where the hell was she? She sighed. Maybe she should search for a cafe. She wanted to eat something, after all. This wasn't the first time, that she got lost. It happened more times, that one could count. She wanted to look for an cafe, as someone shouted.

"Koshimae!"

She turned around and saw a boy, with red hair. Happily, she noted, that he had a tennis racket on his back.

"Koshimae!"

She blinked. It gave simply one person, who would call her so. Could he be...? She gazed at him again. Red hair, brown eyes...it was him!

"Kintarou!"

He embraced her.

"Koshimae, I missed you."

She chuckled, "Me also."

Tooyama Kintarou. He was her childhood friend, from America despite, that he couldn't really speak English. He left America, with his family. They wrote letters. (Even when Kintarou couldn't pronounce some things in Japan, like her name.) So she knew, that he was in the tennis club, in a school named Shitenhouji. The school was in Osaka. She blinked. Osaka...they were in Kanagawa.

"Kin-chan, why are you in Kanagawa? Shouldn't you be in Osaka?"

"Where the heck is she?!"

"Ryoma...Ryoma...come out...Masaharu-nii-chan loves you!"

"Senpai...Ryoma is not a child."

"Ah, there is a woman!"

"Senpai, did you hear me?"

Niou walked to the woman.

"Good day, Miss. My name is Niou Masaharu and my friends and I are searching for my sister."

"You sister? How does she look?"

"Well, she has black hair, with green tints and hazel-golden eyes. Her name is Ryoma."

"Ah! I've seen her."

Marui and Akaya ran to them.

"You've seen her!"

The woman nodded, "yes, a young boy, with red hair carried her on his back. She looked in pain."

The three regulars blinked. Boy...carried...looked...pain.

"Oh, no! Someone kidnapped Ryoma!"

"What did you say..."

They turned around and saw...

Yanagi sighed. These morons needed to lose her, huh? Well, he could only hope, that she was okay. "Yanagi-kun", someone called him. The former turned around and came to face with Yagyuu Hiroshi.

"Yagyuu."

"Yanagi-kun, is something?"

"The three morons lost Ryoma."

"They lost Ryoma-chan?"

"Hai."

"I know."

"I help you searching."

"Thank you."

The two walked around but couldn't find her. As the two wanted to give up (Give up = Calling the Police), something red flashed. They witnessed how a red-haired boy carried Ryoma...and Ryoma seemed in pain.

"Ryoma!"

"What did you say..."

"Fuji-san, Isumino-san!"

"What did you mean, with Ryoma was kidnapped?"

"Well..."

"I'm waiting."

"A red-haired guy kidnapped Ryoma, she looked in pain."

"Akaya!"

"Thank you, Kirihara-kun."

Fuji walked to the woman.

"I'm Ryoma's older brother, can you describe, where you have seen her?"

"Yes, of course."

In the meantime, Akira looked like he could kill.

"Isumino-san...?"

"...Is something?"

"Are you okay?"

"Do I look, like I am okay?!"

Akira blinked, as he realized, what he said.

"Sorry."

"It's okay."

Fuji sighed, "we don't have time for that. Let's go!"

"Seiichi, Genichirou."

"Renji, you're back. Have you found her?"

"Yes."

"I see. Thank you, where is she?"

"About that..."

"Renji?"

"Renji!", Sanada said.

"Well...she is here."

"Oh, why didn't you say that sooner? Can you get her, please."

"I can't."

Seiichi narrowed his eyes, "...why?"

"Well..."

"Renji", Seiichi said his name, with a great force.

"She is in another part, from hospital...a Doctor examines her."

Both, Sanada and Yukimura paled. Yukimura has not very well experiences, with the hospital and now, his beloved sister was by a doctor, because of some unknown reason.

"...Why does a doctor examine her?"

"Yagyuu and me found her in pain, by a boy, with red hair."

"Yagyuu? And what do you mean, with a boy?"

"Hai, Yagyuu is with her and the boy is her childhood friend."

"I see..."

Sanada sighed. Somehow, Ryoma always finds a way to worry other people.

Ryoma blinked. She didn't understand, what was going on. Kin-chan sat beside her. Her brother, in his wheelchair, was also there. Yagyuu-senpai and Fukubuchou too. And lastly, Renji-senpai called the trouble trio. After he ended the call, they waited like a half hour.

Then the door opened, to reveal Niou-senpai, Marui-senpai, Akaya, Syuu-nii and...Isumino Akira.

"Why are you here?!"

It seemed like Kin-chan recognized him.

Akaya didn't know, what was going on. As they came to see Ryoma, the red-haired boy, by her, gazed at Isumino-senpai like he could kill him. (He probably would.) Isumino-senpai looked guilty. But this wasn't all. The red-haired boy declared a match against Isumino-senpai. And Ryoma looked panicked.

After some time, they were by some street tennis courts.

"Well, rough or smooth?"

"Rough."

"I'm going to show you, how Ryoma felt, on that day..."

All looked at Tooyama-kun, how Akaya found ot, and waited. Ryoma closed her eyes and Isumino-senpai strained his grip on the racket.

"On the day...you beat her up."

Silence

Ryoma opened her eyes...

All looked at her.

...and her world broke.

A/N: Huh, next time: Kintarou vs. Akira! Do I need to correct something?