Chapter 28: The Day Ends

Nathaniel glared at the stupid tennis players. They ruined his plans. All of it! They even defeated his most trusted companion, Ezekiel. But still, he won't give up. He loves Sakuno and he'll do whatever it takes to take her back. They've known each other even before all of this had started. He was going to take her no matter what.

"I still have the contract. Even if you defeat Ezekiel, my power over her is still—"

A piece of paper met his face.

His eyes widened.

"What the hell's that? A fake contract?"

Niou, who was holding the paper, smirked. "Nope."

Nathan fished out something from his pocket. "This is the real contract," he said as he showed it to them.

"Read what's in there," Niou calmly said.

Nathan looked at what was written in the contract. It was written in English. It read:

Ryuzaki Sakuno is not going to be married nor engaged to Nathaniel Schaeffer. Simply because this contract that Nathan might be holding now is really a fake one that the great trickster, Niou Masaharu, did. The aforementioned spectacular Trickster found out where the real contract was hidden. It was stupid, really. The contract was hidden underneath Ezekiel Gradstein's teddy bear's bow. The genius Trickster stole it and replaced it with this seemingly real engagement contract. And if you, Nathaniel, is currently reading this now, then you must be stupid not to read the contents before letting the closing ceremony start. If you want to know where the contract is, then look at the paper that was more probably shove on your face right now, because that is the real contract.

The fake contract had the exact format and layout as the original one.

"U-Unbelieva—"

Niou tore the real contract into pieces.

"Next time, don't hide it in a bear's bow," Niou said before he and the others went out of the auditorium.

Nathan kneeled on the middle of the auditorium, finally accepting his defeat. His plans were all ruined, and his friend, Ezekiel, was utterly defeated… He was defeated by ordinary middle school tennis players…

Sakuno stopped following everyone just as she was about to reach the exit of the auditorium. She looked back and saw Nathaniel kneeling on the ground in defeat. She narrowed her brows worriedly and once again stepped inside and walked towards him.

The others didn't notice that Sakuno went back to Nathaniel and they just kept on chatting with themselves.

Right now, only Nathan and Sakuno (and a fainted Ezekiel) were inside the auditorium. The University's officials all retreated back to their office. And the other festival's guests already went home.

Sakuno leaned her head closer to Nathan. "Anou… Nathan-kun?"

Nathan continued on looking at the ground miserably.

Sakuno forced a smile. "I-It's okay… I-I mean… anou…"

"Sorry," Nathan said in his British accent.

She smiled sincerely and gestured for him to continue. Nathan nodded weakly and smiled bitterly.

"I'm sorry I tried to force you to become my fiancée… I just… can't stand seeing you surrounded by those men," Nathan said, trying to make his Japanese words fluent, but still ended up sounding weird because of his British accent, "I know that you love tennis… and those guys do too… But… it's just… I really missed you, Sakuno. After all these years… I wanted to see you again. I was really happy after finding out that you were that girl I was looking for. Sakuno, I'm really sorry…"

Sakuno patted his head comfortingly. "It's okay. I forgive you," she said in a sweet tone. "Just promise me that you won't do it again…"

Nathan smiled. "I promise."

She jokingly added, "And I can't believe that you actually hired those foreign soldiers. It's scary. I mean, you really have wealth and authority now! Much worse than our childhood days!"

"Yeah, I suppose I've overly used my power…" Nathan admittedly said.

Sakuno smiled. Then, she leaned closer and pecked his cheek. "You're always, and forever will be, one of my most treasured friends."

Nathan's heart beat faster. A hint of pink appeared on his cheeks. Then, he sighed deeply. "Yes… friends."

Sakuno stood up and looked at him. "I guess I'll see you later?"

Nathan also stood up. "Yeah… See you later…"

Sakuno nodded her head cheerfully and began walking away.

Nathan watched her disappearing figure with a resentful smile.

'Thank you, Sakuno.'

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Sakuno caught up to the VIP gamers, who all didn't seem to notice her quick disappearance. She quickly stopped when she was beside her brother. The VIP gamers all gathered inside the tennis courts, most of them were complaining about the events in the Final Game.

"What's going on?" she asked Tezuka.

"The gamers are not satisfied with the end of the Final Game," he replied.

"Oh…"

"Anyway," Yanagizawa complained, "That's not fair, dane! I mean, I know that you wanted to save Ryuzaki-san from that English guy but I demand a rematch now that the villain is defeated, dane!"

"Yeah," Sengoku added, although he seemed less frustrated with the turn of events than most gamers, "I mean how could Kite-kun just be announced as the winner of the Final Game when he just joined at the last minute? And by last minute, it literally meant last minute."

"Oh, poor Yukimura-san," Sakuno said pitifully as she watched how Yukimura dealt with the gamers.

"ENOUGH!" Sanada's loud voice echoed throughout the courts, which was enough to stop all the complainants from talking. "Just listen to what Yukimura has to say first!" he glared at them.

Horio paled as he saw the Emperor's clenching hands, remembering the many times he slapped him during the Final Game.

Yukimura cleared his throat, glad that all of them finally quieted down so that he would be able to speak since they all didn't let him do so. He looked directly to the VIP gamers. "Because of the change of events, with Nathan's sudden interference with the festival, I did the Final Game as it was. But now, I'm quite satisfied that all the efforts and risks made paid off. That is why… I decided… to let all VIP gamers, including the unacceptable ones, to get perfect scores on the Final Game," he smiled, "Seeing that everyone helped with the ambush."

Everyone went still.

Yukimura kept on smiling. "Let's just say that the Cosplay Tennis Competition was just a warm up for the REAL Final Game… The REAL Final Game is the battle between us, VIP gamers, and Nathaniel Schaeffer. And since we won, everyone gets a high grade!"

One person from the still crowd coughed.

After a few more moments of letting everything sink in, they all jumped in glee.

"THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT!"

Sakuno watched the cheerful tennis players happily. She clapped her hands unknowingly while smiling at them. "That's good to hear," she muttered, remembering that she was an unacceptable player and that she lost the Archery Game. That was good news for everyone.

"But wait," Ootori suddenly said. Yukimura looked at him and the VIP gamers turned to him with confusion. "Anou… if we all get perfect scores in the Final Game, then… who is the winner of the VIP Game?"

Oh right. The Final Game is just the final round for the main event for the tennis players; The VIP Game.

"I'll just add the scores of the Final Game with all the other games you played for the whole day," Yukimura answered.

"And seeing that Kabaji Munehiro was the one who won The Most Important Game, and that he also acquired perfect score in The Final Game, plus all the other games he played during the festival… I'll say that he's definitely on the lead," the demigod added.

"The top 8 gamers with the highest score wins," Sanada said.

"And the winners get to stay in one of Atobe's luxurious hotels for a week."

Atobe smirked, letting out his princely-like aura.

"Anou..." Sakuno's sweet voice interrupted, earning everyone's attention, and she blushed shyly as she continued, "C-Can I make… a suggestion?"

Yukimura immediately smiled charmingly at her. "Of course."

"C-Can we… just… cancel the prize and do something else? I think that it's better if all gamers get to enjoy something together. After all, everyone worked hard."

Yukimura and Sanada looked at her with disbelief.

Sakuno continued on blushing. "I just think that it's unfair if only 8 people win, over all…"

Yukimura's expression turned gentler. "I understand, Sakuno-san."

Atobe stepped up, interrupting Yukimura and Sakuno's 'moment'. "Ore-sama agrees with Hime. It is quite inappropriate if only 8 were declared the winner."

Sakuno smiled at him. "That's right! I'm glad you agree with me Atobe-san!"

"Of course," Atobe flicked his hair. "Now, Ore-sama's most wonderfully gorgeous Hime, what would you like to replace the prize with?"

Sakuno bowed her head, thinking deeply of something everyone could enjoy together. Then, when the light bulb enlightened, she cheerfully raised her head up. "Instead of staying at one of your hotels, why don't we just celebrate the success of this festival?"

Yukimura and Atobe nodded.

They turned to the VIP gamers.

They grinned and nodded their heads, too.

It really is unfair if only 8 win the VIP game, considering everyone's efforts with their battle with Nathan.

Atobe gracefully snapped his finger. "Ore-sama shall host a party tonight as a celebration for Yukimura's VIP game and Rikkai's, although not as fascinating as Hyoutei's, Festival!"

They all cheered.

"Venue," Atobe smirked arrogantly, "Ore-sama's mansion!"

They cheered even more.

And they watched as Atobe's cars parked outside the University, ready to fetch all 84 people from different schools. Of course, Nanako and Ryoga were included in the number.

:||~ThEdAyEnDs~||:

Like magic, Atobe's mansion turned into a party. It was surprising because the party was only planned minutes ago. It wasn't even on Atobe's schedule. But with one call to his butler to tell him to organize a magnificent party for everyone within their travel time, the mansion transformed; and indeed to a magnificent party.

"WOW!" Momo's mouth watered as he looks at the buffet table, "He prepared these foods within thirty minutes? That's so cool!" And with that, he grabbed a plate and filled it with different foods.

Ryoma was still immobile because of his previous fight with Ezekiel. He just watched Momo-senpai irritatingly from afar. The stupid senpai was the one who volunteered to help him because of his injuries. And now there he was, eating everything his eyes could see.

The tennis prince let out a deep sigh.

Oh well.

It was a nice day, even though it was really tiring.

The day he spent in Rikkai felt like 28 days. And now, here he was, spending the night until, probably, dawn or morning in Atobe's mansion.

"Don't tell me… this party is going to feel like another 28 days, too?" he asked himself as he rolled his eyes.

And he didn't think that the VIP game was a waste, too. Ryuzaki really did have point when she said that it was unfair if only 8 people win.

On the other side of the huge, huge mansion…

"Oh yeah…" Shiraishi suddenly said and turned to the other VIP gamers near him, "How did you know that we were planning on ambushing Nathan back then?"

Ibu was the one who answered him, "Seriously, it was already suspicious even before the closing ceremony started. And it got even more suspicious when Ryuzaki Sakuno-san was involved with the closing ceremony. And it was even more suspicious when smoke bombs suddenly landed on the auditorium. And it was more suspicious when the Ikemen Samurai never returned after the final game…"

He continued rambling on and on about the suspicious things that had happened.

"Anyway," Mizuki said, reverting Shiraishi's attention to him while Ibu kept on talking, "we heard what you were planning from Hirakoba Rin who heard it from Saeki Kojirou who heard it from Oshitari Yuushi who heard it from Sengoku Kiyosumi who heard it from Kajimoto Takahisa who heard it from Tachibana Kippei who heard it from Fuji Syuusuke who heard it from Tooyama Kintarou."

"Wow, the rumor passed many ears. Good thing it didn't change," Shiraishi said.

Kisarazu Atsushi interrupted. "Actually, when the news got to us, the information got different. The information turned out that the Ikemen Samurais were planning on taking Sakuno hostage in exchange for banana cream pie and Nathaniel was baking some to throw it over the whole University."

"That… had nothing to do with what really happened…" Shiraishi said and sweat dropped.

"Indeed."

Wherever Sakuno was…

"Onii-sama," Sakuno called sweetly. She and her brother were sitting under the warmth of a kotatsu, both eating Japanese delicacies they picked from the buffet table. "It's very nice of Atobe-san to throw this party for everyone, huh?"

Tezuka continued on eating his meal, ignoring her comment.

"I'm pretty sure that Atobe was just trying to show-off, again." Eiji said, who was also sitting next to the Tezuka-Ryuzaki siblings.

Oishi smiled weakly, agreeing mentally to what his doubles partner said.

"Sakuno," Tezuka's deep voice startled Sakuno a bit since her brother was quiet since they came there (which she thought was only natural for him), "Are you… in love with someone?"

Oishi and Eiji both spitted out the foods in their mouths due to sudden shock. The unfortunate victim of their food-blow was Kaidoh.

Sakuno's cheeks reddened. She avoided eye contact with him and decided to indirectly answer him. "Wha-What are you t-talking about, onii-sama? I-I d-don't understand what y-you're saying." She faked out a laugh and stuffed food on her mouth to avoid speaking anymore.

"Among all the VIP gamers who had fallen in love with you, who's the one you like most?" he persistently asked with a stoic face.

Oishi patted Eiji's back as the latter choked on his previous bite. He coughed a few times before he interrupted Tezuka and Sakuno's awkward conversation. "What are you saying, Tezuka? Of course it's O'chibi who she chooses!" he said with one eye closed.

"A-Anou…" Sakuno tried to talk but was interrupted by her senpais.

"Do not interfere with our conversation," Tezuka scolded Eiji.

"But Tezuka! Why are you making Saku-chan uncomfortable, nya? It's obvious she's O'chibi's!" he persisted.

"Kikumaru-senpai… onii-sama…"

"I want her straight answer coming from her mouth and not someone else's," the captain replied.

"C-Calm down you two!" Oishi positioned himself between them.

"A-Anou…"

"Why do you want to know who it is huh?" Eiji asked curiously with a pout.

"I need to inform our father about this," Tezuka answered.

Sakuno sighed tiredly and turned her head to a certain boy sitting on the couch. He was glaring at Momo-senpai, who abandoned him for food the moment he saw the buffet table. Unfortunately, Ryoma couldn't move a muscle because of his fight with Ezekiel. So he could do nothing but sit there on the couch and watch people with boredom. He was sure that's what he's going to do if he's not physically restrained anyway, so why bother.

She stood up and approached him, seeing that no one had noticed the quiet tennis genius. She had a platter of sushi on her plate, ready to share or give it to him, thinking that he maybe hungry after all that happened in the festival.

But unbeknownst to her, pairs of eyes suddenly rolled to her direction as she made her way to the silk couch. Her every movement was observed by them.

She sat next to him awkwardly and gave him the plate.

Ryoma stared at the plate filled with different kinds of sushi and sighed. "I can't eat that."

Sakuno pouted, obviously dreaded. "Eh? Why not?"

"I can't move a single muscle, that's why."

"O-Oh…" she blushed at her stupidity and took the chopsticks in the plate. She took one sushi and placed it near his mouth.

"…?"

Sakuno blushed even redder. "A-Anou… I-I'll feed you… I-It's my… thank you gift… f-for saving m-me from E-Ezekiel…"

He stared at the sushi squished between a pair of chopsticks near his mouth, then he looked back at the beet red Ryuzaki. He smirked. He opened his mouth and she placed the sushi in. He chewed on it and eventually swallowed.

They continued on doing that until the plate was half empty.

When she was about to place the sushi in his mouth again, another mouth took the sushi and chewed on it. They both looked at the person who interrupted their 'moment' and saw Kintarou.

"K-Kin-chan!"

Ryoma glared at him.

Kin-chan swallowed the sushi and smiled contentedly. "The sushi tastes nice! I love it! Feed me again, Sa-chan!" He squished himself between Sakuno and Ryoma on the couch.

"Eh?" she was dumbfounded.

"Get out of here, Jungle Boy," Ryoma said.

Kintarou turned to him and pouted. "Eh? Why?"

"Just… Shut up!"

Kintarou turned back to Sakuno and opened his mouth wide.

Sakuno hesitated at first but finally gave in. She put the sushi in Kintarou's mouth, only to be stopped by another pair of chopsticks stopping her chopsticks.

Sakuno, Kintarou and Ryoma looked at the chopstick-owner who stopped her attempt in feeding the Shitenhouji rookie. They saw Kirihara grinning at them.

"Hey there, Sa-chan!" he greeted.

"Uh… h-hello…"

Kirihara moved her chopsticks to his mouth and ate the sushi that was in it. He munched it happily as Kintarou and Ryoma glared at him with enviousness. "Yum! I suddenly remembered the cooking contest because of this!" He winked at her, earning him another red-faced Sakuno.

"E-Eto… K-Kirihara-kun…"

"That's unfair! How dare you take that? That sushi's supposed to be mine!" Kintarou whined as he faced the seaweed-head after he stood up from the couch.

"The whole platter's supposed to be mine, in case you've forgotten," Ryoma reminded them.

Just then, Atobe appeared behind the couched with a graceful evil laugh. "Have you already forgotten that all the food you're eating right now belongs to Ore-sama? Therefore, Ore-sama has the right of having the honor to be fed by Hime!"

The sound of a bubble popping interrupted Atobe. It turned out that Marui was also there, just finished popping another green gum. "How low. Well, I guess I can't blame you if you're excited in having my wife feed you. In the near future, she will be feeding me food everyday of my life," he said conceitedly.

Yukimura suddenly appeared in the scene, with his fake smile. "Oh please. You were not the one who planned everything in the battlefield. I doubt she will like you."

Sanada cleared his throat. For now, Yukimura's his rival and so he said, "Don't be too sure that she likes you either."

Yukimura looked at him with confusion at first. Then he remembered about their 'talk' about being rivals for Sakuno-san's love. He smirked. "And what makes you think she likes you, Genichirou?"

Shishido noticed that Choutaro was hesitating in going to those guys' bickering over who's-she-going-to-feed-next problem. The brown-haired half of the Silver Pair gave his partner a slight push in the back to encourage him. His actions certainly surprised the shy Ootori. "S-Shishido-san!"

The capped boy grinned. "Go!"

Ootori looked at Shishido confusedly at first then after finally understanding what his senpai wanted him to do, he nodded determinedly. "Thank you so much, Shishido-san!"

Ootori moved closer to Sakuno, who was watching the boys bickering over something irrelevant with a sweat dropping on her head. As Ootori robotically walked closer, he became extremely nervous. He stopped just as he was two feet from her. She still hasn't noticed his presence. "A-Anou—"

"SA-CHAN!"

Ootori was pushed not too far away in the sidelines by the newly-arrived and fully-awaked Jirou. The third year Hyotei regular happily greeted her. He took a bite from the sushi that was once again squished between her pair of chopsticks and munched it happily. Kirihara, Kintarou, Atobe and Marui immediately noticed him and sucked him in with their bickering (even though Jirou couldn't care less). So now, there were 5 bickering boys between Ryoma and Sakuno. One of those five boys was getting bored with their arguments and was beginning to get drowsy (again).

Ootori stood up again and walked like a robot to Sakuno. "S-Saku—"

"Sakuno-san!"

Ootori was once again pushed away by the infamous twins of Jyosei Shonan.

"Here," Kohei and Yohei both said and handed her a bouquet of daisies. The two looked like they were angry, but she knew that it was their straight-faced version. (Or even their smiling-face version, who knows? The two looked like they were always pouting.)

She blushed as she received the nice present they gave her and thanked them.

"Compensation," the twins said. Still with their brows knitted together.

"Eh?"

They pointed towards the quarter-empty platter of sushi (that was originally supposed to be Ryoma's). "Some sushi would be nice," they said as-a-matter-of-factly. In short, they also wanted to be fed.

"O-Oh…" she took one sushi from the platter and shyly fed Kouhei. She took another one and gave it to Yohei.

They munched it. Then, Yohei glared at her. "Hey! Why'd you give the sushi first to Kouhei?" he demanded explanation.

"Ah… e-eto… anou…"

"Stop complaining, Yohei. It's because she likes me better, that's why," Kohei confidently said.

"What did you say?"

"You heard me!"

And the twins began a separate bickering other than Atobe and the others.

Ootori was once again trying his best to approach her. "S-Sakun—"

"RYUSA-CHAN!"

And so, Ootori was thrown over to the sides again.

Sakuno turned to the person who called her 'Ryusa-chan'. It was Sengoku who called her name affectionately. "S-Sengoku-senpai… m-my name is…"

"Yeah, yeah, I know that!" he said happily and hugged her. "It's my nickname for you! 'Ryu' for Ryuzaki and 'Sa' for Sakuno! Ain't I sweet?"

"Stop hugging her!" The bickering boys yelled at him and pulled him to their verbal fights.

Sakuno sighed tiredly. "Mou…"

Then, she heard a chuckle.

It was Fuji.

He sat next to her and wrapped an arm around her shoulders. "It's a nice night, isn't it, Ryusa-chan?" he said.

She blushed with his contact and trembled vigorously. "S-Senpai, I… I…" she couldn't think of anything to say and so she said, "Would you, uhm… (gulp) like some… sushi…?"

Another chuckle.

"Of course."

She uncomfortably took a roll of sushi with her chopsticks. She was about to feed him, but she was stopped when someone (Ryoga) pushed her away. She stumbled forward and clumsily dropped on something (Ootori).

"Tsk, tsk, tsk!" Ryoga shook his head disappointedly, "Can't you protect your own girlfriend, Chibisuke?"

And so, Ryoga and Fuji were forcedly pulled to the arguing boys.

Sakuno had her eyes shut tight as she tried to ignore the pain coming from her body. She leaned backwards and noticed that she was on top of a madly blushing Ootori. The platter of sushi was thrown over to the ground while the sushi between her chopsticks was already inside his mouth.

'I-I d-don't believe this! S-Sakuno-san… i-is f-f-feeding m-me and is on t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-top o-o-o-of m-m-m-me…!' Ootori thought. He can be considered lucky. He had most of her attention right now. All those attempts of approaching her finally paid off.

Then, he fainted. Too bad it was too good to last. For Ootori's part, at least.

"Ah, Ootori-senpai!" she called out worriedly.

"Don't worry. He'll be fine. He's just too happy," Shishido said behind her. She slightly nodded her head and stood up from her position. He added, "I'll take care of the rest. You can go have fun with the others now."

Sakuno smiled at him. "Thank you, Shishido-san."

"No prob." He carried the fainted Ootori over his shoulders and dropped him on the couch the other Hyotei players were using.

Sakuno looked over all the VIP players having fun with the party. Well actually, most of them were just eating and chatting happily with each other. Some are singing their throats out as they used the abused Karaoke box. Some are playing video games. Some are going back-and-forth to the buffet table. Some are also bickering (like Kamio-san and Momo-chan-senpai over who gets to sing with Ann-chan next). The 'Ignored Guys' were seated in a corner, being ignored by most characters.

Gakuto-san was also trying to irritate Kikumaru-senpai but only ends up irritating himself because of Kikumaru-senpai's naivety. The only person irritating Kikumaru-senpai right now was the continuous 'whys' of Itsuki-san of Rokkaku. Mizuki-san was also trying to get Fuji-senpai's attention but he was too busy with his sadistic remarks with the Atobe-san and the others.

Then, because she remembered the bickering guys, she remembered Ryoma. It was no surprise when he found him annoyed with the guys fighting next to him. Most of them are yelling already, and he can't do anything since he can't even move. He didn't seem interested in joining the fight too.

She timidly walked towards him.

Ryoma looked at her, obviously mentally telling her to get him out of there.

She smiled.

Oh, it was definitely going to be a long, long night.

Maybe even longer than the whole day they spent in Rikkaidai. Which felt like, just like what Ryoma said; 28 days. Or can be translated to: 28 chapters. A 28-chaptered story telling what happened in a single day they spent in Rikkaidai.

"It was fun, wasn't it, Ryoma-kun?"

*Everyone's bickering getting louder and more personal*

"Yeah… maybe…"

*The off-key sounds of tennis players attempting (and failing) to sing echoed louder*

"And was definitely worth waking up early for, right?"

*The loud 'BOOMS' and 'BANGBANGBANG' sounds coming from the video games went higher as someone increased the volume*

"Nope, not at all, Ryuzaki."

"A day spent in Rikkaidai… Maybe I should make a 28-chaptered story about it… What do you think?"

"Heh, Ryuzaki, you're still mada mada dane."

"Mou. But I already thought of a title!"

"What?"

She giggled.

"A day at Rikkaidai."

.OwArI.

A/N: So, it ended up just like that… haha it was corny, I know XP. Sorry, can't think of anything else to write XP It's kinda ended up as a RyoSaku but can also be a ChoutaroSakuno… Well, whoever she ends up with will stay open-ended since the fic only took part in a day, lol. Oh, and here's a little message from me to thank you all of the readers of 'ADAR'! Thank you for the readers and reviewers of this fic!

Thank You Readers!

At last, after years of writing this story, I've finally finished it! But the truth is I would've never finished this story without the support of you, readers. I am truly, eternally and sincerely grateful for what you have done. You guys are so nice to me! For all the chapters that I've written, there were no flames or hate reviews T.T and I am truly moved to tears. Whenever I update a chapter and read the reviews you submit, I can't help but feel happiness… Even simple reviews like "Update soon" made me happy! It's because of these wonderful reviews that I keep on updating. I want to feel the happiness brought to me by you, readers, and the only way to feel that happiness is by updating. I am really glad I could make you happy, even if it's just temporary. I try my best to make chapters as humorous as possible, because it makes me feel that I can make someone in this world smile, and who in the right mind would not feel happy about that? Of course, I am also thankful to you guys for bearing with my grammatical errors :P. I'm such an idiot, ne? Nevertheless, there are also some who corrects them, "Constructive Criticism" as they call it, and those kinds of reviews are really appreciated and loved.

Again, thank you! Words cannot simply express how I truly appreciate what you've done! I wish I could go to your houses one by one to formally acknowledge each and one of you. But the problem is… I don't have a passport… yet. And for the Filipino readers, I don't know where you live… BUT STILL! I hope my words of gratitude reached you! Thank you readers, thank you supporters, thank you reviewers, thank you God, and thank you Sakuno lovers!

Ja matta na, minna!

And, I wouldn't mind for one last review for this fic from you guys :D

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