Okay so this is my first attempt to orderly write a story about Ryoma Echizen...hope you enjoy it!

One in a Million

Chapter 1

Fantasy and Reality

There is an anime series aired Mon-Fri at 8:30 in the evening, and Sat-Sun at 12 noon. This anime is all about a certain place in this world where extraordinary people train their extraordinary abilities for the sake of the world. This place is a magical school that only appears in the human world whenever the moon on winter turns blue. This anime is none other than the Winter Moon -the anime series which Misaki Sakura loved so much.

An autumn-colored leaf falling from the Maple tree starts the whole opening sequence of the 1st season of Winter Moon.

"Oh there he is! Aaahh!" Misaki Sakura shrieked on top of her lungs as she got sight of her beloved anime character in Winter Moon, Tsubasa Konomi.

Name: Tsubasa Konomi

Alias: The Chosen Star

Description: Aside from having a very handsome face, he's just an ordinary person who's believed to be the one destined to save the world.

Extraordinary Ability: Ability to control and use Cyclone as a fighting weapon.

"He is Tsubasa Konomi. The destined pillar of the world. The chosen star. He possesses a very powerful magic that even his own body couldn't take. The thrill is this, if he would save the world, he would require an immense amount of power to do so, right? And since his body couldn't take it, he'd just die…NOOO! I can't let my love die!" Misaki almost freaked out as she impatiently wait for the commercial to be through. Finally the commercial was over and so she continued to watch her favorite anime character dreaming that someday someone like him would come to her life.

"He's just so…so perfect you know!" Misaki dreamily said after finding time to tell her two best friends Rie and Liara her thoughts on the episode of the Winter Moon aired last night.

"Perfect? Yeah-well he is good at everything. He's so smart to think such tactics to save other people and to be the youngest person in the elite army of nine, and umm… he's good at all types of sports; basketball, football, tennis, badminton, volleyball, even pool and bowling and really everything…his dark hair and hazel eyes really makes him so handsome, and everyone loves him –yup he's perfect."

"Totally!" Misaki bursts in admiration as she approves the statement of her best friend, Rie.

Liara sighed. "Yeah, whatever. He's perfect but he's only an illusion you know that. There's no person in this world that is exactly like him."

"There is! Someday…he will come." Misaki said half dreaming again.

"Yeah, sure. Tell me if you already saw him okay." Liara snootily said. Misaki childishly let out her tongue to irritate Liara but Liara just raised her left eyebrow in reply.

"Anyway, wanna come with us? Rie and I are going to watch Seigaku tennis club practice. They said the regulars had finally arrived yesterday bringing with them the championship trophy of the Prefecturals Tournament. Gosh! They are so good." Liara fondly stated.

Misaki gave a forced smile. "Maybe, I could catch up with you." She said but already having the plan of not doing so.

"You know you should watch them play sometimes. They're good. Especially the regulars, you couldn't even believe that they're studying here at Seishun Gakuen (SEIGAKU) doing assignments and taking hard tests like us!" Rie addressed to Misaki as they head towards their room.

"Yeah. Most especially that 1st year regular, Echizen Ryoma. He's just about our age yet he already defeated the greatest and fearless player in Yamabuki, Jin Akutsu, in the finals." Liara added.

"Yeah. Too bad we didn't manage to watch that. My mom didn't allow me."

"Yeah, me too." Liara joined Rie in disappointment of not being able to watch the finals of the Prefectural tournament which is Seigaku vs. Yamabuki.

Misaki sighed. "I hate it when they're talking about something I can't and don't want to relate," she said to herself since no one seems to care.

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"Oi Echizen!" The young tennis regular, Ryoma Echizen looked back to find his friend who always boast his two years of tennis experience.

"YO!" Horio waved as he near himself to Echizen.

"Why?" Echizen asked.

"Jeez, Ryoma you never change. You're always as snooty as ever. Anyway, we have English test first period right? I'm so nervous! I'm pretty sure it's going to be as hard as it was the last time."

"Ah, okay." Ryoma said then walked away.

"My…my! I can't believe this guy. You aren't even a bit nervous about our test? Oh well, you're Best in English anyway. What do I expect? –Ah HEY! ECHIZEN Wait for me!" Horio shouted catching up to Ryoma as they head towards their class.

Krrriinnggg!

The bell rang in the middle of the day to signify not lunch but the dismissal of all High school students of Seishun Gakuen...this also signified the start of the tennis practice of the Seigaku tennis club.

"I can't. I need to go home early." Misaki wanted to say that to Liara and Rie when they asked her to come with them in the practice of Seigaku tennis club, but then her conscience just couldn't bear the fact that when her two best friends are having fun watching the practices, she's all alone at home, bored to death while waiting till five for her neighborhood/childhood friends to go home from school. Why is today's class half-day anyway?

"Okay. I'll just go buy some Ponta. I'll catch up with you later, okay?" Misaki answered with a little doubt on her own statement.

"Yeah, make sure you do. It'll be fun! I'll go introduce you to our friends Tomoka and Sakuno, they're fun to be with." Rie added as they separate.

"Sure, I'll see you soon!" Misaki waved at Liara and Rie before she turned her back and find some vendo machine.

A little thing called detour was what Misaki did after getting a Ponta drink on a vendo machine near the cafeteria. This is what she loves in her school, aside from its large area and the completeness of the sports and laboratory equipments, it still has trees and flowers all over…a nature friendly indeed… and her favorite part?

"Wow. It's been a while since I visited this place. You all look so lively today." Misaki talked at the plentiful cherry blossom trees surrounding the lagoon. It was a place located at the easternmost part of their school. There are so many beautiful and nature friendly places on Seishun Gakuen but for a place so serene like this, it's so surprising to find no one staying here.

Misaki sighed. "I hope the next time I came back, there would be cherry blossom flowers surrounding all over you," she said to the trees. The trees swoon with the wind as if understanding her. Misaki smiled. "This is just so magical…Tsubasa, you better hurry up and come to my life already," she demanded talking to no one in particular.

"Alright a little bit crazy out here. I think I should already go the tennis courts to watch." Misaki awakened herself up then started to put on her earphones to listen to her OST collection of Winter Moon.

If there was an eternally falling snow

Could it hide my feelings for you?

Hold me tight, tight enough to break me

So that even in an icy wind or blizzard

I won't feel cold

I love you- my tears won't stop

And so I wish

That I had never met you

"Oh yeah, still gets to me." Misaki chuckled after singing together with the singer on the ending song of Winter Moon anime series. She's getting near the tennis court but she didn't mind if people would see or hear her sing. After that track, a song sung by her favorite anime character, Tsubasa Konomi, played out on her iPod. She closes her eyes a bit to feel the music.

"Aaahhh!" Misaki screamed in surprise as a raging tennis ball closely pass through her face. It bounces to the wall just right next to hers and was successfully held back by a boy with a red tennis racket wearing a white cap, red shirt, and a blue wrist band on his left hand. He was about the same age as she is.

"Uh-I-"

"Oi O'chibi! You're up next already!" A childish male voice coming from the flimsy red haired tennis player with a Seigaku regular shirt called out the attention of the boy in front of Misaki. The boy then disappeared from a bunch of people scattered in the place as he abruptly head to play on one of the five tennis courts leaving Misaki stunned, quiet as she stand near the back wall of the tennis club's locker room.

"Finally! I thought you'd never intend to go here." Liara greeted the moment Misaki found them.

"Why are you so late? You missed Oishi senpai and Kikumaru senpai's practice match." Rie said in disappointment of Misaki's lateness.

"Yeah, it's so awesome! It's acrobatic player Eiji Kikumaru versus Vice Captain Oishi Syuichiro. It's a game everyone here couldn't miss!" Liara added.

"Yeah, added the information that they're the national level doubles pair of Seigaku; Seigaku's Golden Pair. Am I right, Sakuno?" Rie asked the braided girl beside her.

"Yes it is." The girl with auburn, braided hair enthusiastically said although her voice isn't as energetic as Misaki's are.

"Umm…o-kay…" Misaki answered slowly, giving no interest at all.

"Oh yeah! Umm… Misaki –Sakuno, Sakuno- Misaki." Rie properly introduced.

"Nice to meet you, Misaki-san." The soft-spoken braided girl greeted.

"Nice to meet you too!" Misaki energetically smiled back.

"Bad news! Sakuno, bad news!" A girl with same brown eyes as Sakuno's intensely went near the four of them.

"Oh yeah Misaki, this one is Tomoka, the president of Ryoma's fans club." Rie introduced.

"Hi!" Tomoka raised her arm in order to show appreciation even if she's already strained from running.

"What is it about Tomo?" Sakuno softly and gracefully asked as Tomoka gasped for breath.

"Ka-karupin…KARUPIN IS MISSING!"

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"Nya! Again!" The acrobatic tennis regular, Eiji Kikumaru screamed as his old co-regular Momoshiro Takeshi informed him the news about Ryoma missing his cat once again.

"Yeah, that's why –senpai, if you don't mind –since you already know what it looks like, could you please help us search for him? Ryoma didn't actually know how, but his cousin went here to tell him that. I pity him. He's so gloomy, as if all his energy were drained flat empty. This is way too serious. It's much harder to look now because we're staring at approximately the whole Tokyo here! Please senpai, help us!" Momoshiro begged.

"You don't need to beg Momo, because you bet I will! Besides, I can't just let you all have the fun on searching. Oh, O'chibi must've been undergoing such a hard time." Eiji worried as his childish energy reverted to pity. "But we've got the team with us; as long as we work together we would and will find her." He energetically said back.

"Karupin who?" Misaki innocently asked.

"Umm…I think that's Echizen's cat." Liara guessed.

"Yes, and it's missing! Please oh please help us- Misaki!" Tomoka grabbed Misaki's hands as she pleads for her help.

"Ahm…I…okay…" was all Misaki could say.

As they, Misaki, Liara and Rie, were rounding up the whole school looking for Ryoma's cat, Misaki thought about the episode of Winter Moon where Tsubasa's cat, Leona, went missing. Tsubasa was so worried sick about it that he almost lost his concentration in both magic and studies, good thing his good friend, Yuuya, found her. Yuuya took Leona to Tsubasa's home and so he became happy once again.

"Remember Misaki, it's a spotted Himalayan cat, about this size…a furry one." Rie reminded.

"Okay, okay…even if I don't know what a Himalayan cat looks like, as long as I find a spotted one I'll inform you." Misaki said for Rie to stop reminding her what Ryoma's cat looks like.

"OHhh…skibbles…!"

"What –why?" Rie asked as Misaki gave out her shocking word.

"M-my, lunch bag!, I left it inside the classroom! AHH! I left it inside the classroom!" Misaki said in pressure as she rush out and head towards their building which would be a long way to where they already were.

"Um…okay! Just catch up with us later okay?" Rie shouted far back to the running Misaki.

"Okay!" Misaki shouted back.

"Have you seen my lunch bag?" Misaki asked her ever trustworthy friend and classmate Diana who's still inside the classroom chatting with her other classmates about nothing else but the Seigaku Tennis regulars.

"Oh, so it is yours! –On the teacher's table." Diana pointed.

"Thanks a lot! Oh and can I have some money for Ponta?" Misaki appealed with a smiling dog face.

"What are you –lucky? No way, I'm saving my allowance." Diana denied but Misaki grabbed her hand and pleaded with twinkling eyes. "Puh-leasee!"

Diana chuckled at Misaki's face. "Same old Misaki… Yeah- why do I have to ask if you're lucky if most says you already were? In my bag I have some Ponta. Go ahead and take it, I don't feel like drinking it anyway."

"Oh you're the best Dee!" Misaki flattered. She hurriedly went to get the Ponta inside Diana's bag right after getting her lunch bag on the teacher's table.

"Still ice cold! –Love it! Thanks Dee! Bye everyone!"

"Bye!" was all her other classmates could say as she hurriedly run down the hallway, towards the stairs, down their building, and towards the grounds.

She placed on her earphones. After all, for Misaki, there's nothing much better way to search for a missing cat than listening to your favorite music, drinking your free-given favorite drink.

She reached that place once again -her favorite place -the place where the lagoon and the Sakura trees are. She sat under one of the Cherry Blossom trees. After all, it's almost 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the sun is so hot! Lost in the music she loudly sang the lyrics of the song playing in her iPod, no one could see or hear her sing and loosely dance anyway.

"When the world is nothing else but DARKNEEEEEEESSSS!

I~I will BEEEE with you! Ooohh yeaah!

"If you get scared! If you get lost! If you ever loose your self in this night!

I will find you! I WIIILLL Find You!

Coz I~ I -wow a cat. CAT!-A CAT!

Misaki freaked out at the sight of the white fluffy cat. "It could be Rozen Echi-whatever's cat!" She thought as she keeps on pointing at the cat in front of her; she was gaping big time as her voice gone out from surprise. She took a deep breath. "Alright Misaki, be calm and just draw the cat closer to you to grab it and give it to Rozen Echi-whatever so this thing could finally be done," she said to herself in order to be calm.

"Oh…skibbles! What's that name again?" She slammed her head in order to remember what the cat's name is.

"Well I hope this one works out… Karupin! Karupin! Karupin, come here, meow!" She imitates a cat's sound but the white fluffy cat just stood still looking at Misaki.

"She'll surely run if I close myself to her. Oh! Is it really Karupin? Oh well, whatever your name is…COME HERE!" She impatiently called but her call just made the cat took a few steps backward.

"NO! NO! Um…how did Yuuya did that…LEONA! LEONA! MEOW… MEOW… MEOW!" As Misaki keeps on calling Tsubasa's cat's name, Leona, and as she keep on imitating a cat's sound, the cat finally took a step closer to Misaki, purring her as she reached her hand.

"Finally" Misaki grabbed her, raised her and hugged her. After that, she faced the cat in front of her, "tell me…you're Himalayan right?"

"Meow" the cat purred but not as an assurance that she understands Misaki's question.

"Hey, isn't that –Hey YOU!" Misaki halted the moment a squeaky voice called her from the back.

"Um…it's because it's like this. That cat you're holding, it actually belongs to one of our friends," the boy with brown hair that's the same as Tomoka, lead the talking as his two other company follow through his back.

"A-are you three member of Seigaku tennis club?" Misaki obediently asked.

"Yeah, well-"

"Then no worries, I was actually here to help. This guy Rozen -your clubmate… this is his missing cat right?" Misaki continued as she stopped the brown haired guy from talking.

"Rozen? There's no such person with the name of Rozen present in our club…is there?" the brown haired guy scratched his head with uncertainty.

"No! I mean, it's Rozen Echi-whatever. I'm not that familiar with his name," Misaki explained.

"Horio, I think what she's talking about is Ryoma Echizen. He's the only one in our tennis club who has a missing cat." The other boy on the left side of the boy called Horio, guessed.

"Whoever he is that's missing a cat, this is his cat right? I just found her while I was umm…walking?-yup walking, heading my way towards the tennis courts to look for my two best friends, Rie and Liara, and since Tomoka asked me to atleast look for her even though I don't know what a Himalayan cat looks like, I grabbed her once I saw her. I just hope I'm right to find that this cat I'm carrying is a Himalayan." Misaki rapidly explained. She lied about the place where she found Ryoma's cat because she doesn't want anyone else aside from Ryoma's cat to know the place where she heads during her pastime.

"Yeah. You're lucky to find her and not to mistake her from a raccoon just like what we had done the last time. I'm Horio by the way. This is Katou and Mizuno." He introduced. He arrowed the boy to his right who has the smaller height and harder voice Kachiro. Mizuno is the taller black-haired guy and has a softer voice.

Misaki smiled. "Misaki Sakura, it's nice to meet you three!"

Horio, who was the same age as Misaki, was walking proudly ahead the three. Misaki, who was walking in between Mizuno and Kachiro, carries out Karupin as they head towards the tennis courts.

"You don't know how much you'd make Ryoma so happy." Mizuno proudly stated.

"I guess so…I just want to end all this commotion, that's all" Misaki answered back with the same energized and cheerful voice she always has.

As they reached the tennis courts, Horio abruptly raised his right hand to draw attention.

"Everyone, we've found Echizen's cat! It's right over here!" He pointed over Misaki's arms and soon Misaki was surrounded by tennis regulars she knows not.

"It is Karupin. I must tell this to Echizen." Momoshiro declared and left before anyone could say a word.

"Misaki Sakura, right?" Fuji Syusuke, the titled tennis prodigy among the tennis regulars, asked with a full pledge smile.

Misaki's eyes opened wide. "How did you know?" she asked.

"Fuji, do you know her?" Eiji, the acrobatic tennis player with flimsy red hair and active blue eyes, asked in concern.

Fuji chuckled. "Let's just say it's a lucky guess."

Misaki suspiciously looked at his smiling innocent face and soft brown hair.

"Well let's just take—waah!" Eiji held back his arms before Karupin makes red marks on it. "Meow" she madly wailed.

"Jeez, you're so picky!" Eiji complained rubbing the arm Karupin almost hurt.

"Maybe she's just—" but before Misaki could finish her sentence the crowd split into two, revealing a guy her age in Seigaku regular shirt, wearing a white cap, a blue wrist band on his left hand that seems so familiar.

As Misaki watch him approach her, get his cat and played with her, she wondered. "Is he the one who almost hit me? No, maybe not. That one is wearing a white and red shirt, this one's wearing a regular shirt, but they have the same cap and wrist band…he may be him. But then…"

"Oh, major headache"

"Huh? Misaki are you okay?" Eiji asked in concern. Misaki rapidly distanced her fingers to her head, and smiled innocently. "Yup!" she energetically replied.

"Misaki!" Misaki turned her back and found her two best friends Rie and Liara who are also followed by her newly found friends, Sakuno and Tomoka.

"Rie, Liara! Tomoka, Sakuno! Wow –"

"HOLD UP!" Tomoka gave a stop sign and Misaki shut at once.

"Misaki, is it true that you actually found Karupin?" Tomoka strongly asked. Misaki stiffly nodded back in fear.

"What?"
"When?"

"Where?"

"How?"

The four gave each of their short questions in shock but before Misaki could answer, Karupin's owner came close to Misaki.

"Ryoma…" Sakuno whispered low enough for Misaki to hear and realize that the owner of the cat she retrieved is the certified heartthrob of their batch, the talked about youngest of the three tennis genius of Seigaku tennis team, the smart and handsome, Echizen Ryoma.

"So Echizen, what are you going to say to your schoolmate who patiently looked for your missing cat?" Momoshiro Takeshi, one of the power tennis players of the Seigaku tennis team, asked the guy before him.

Ryoma bowed, "Arigatou Gosaimasu! (Thank you very much)" he said.

Everyone stared at both Misaki and Ryoma. Misaki was dumbfounded and iced. Liara had to push her forward in order to regain her ownself back.

"Uh-umm…sure! Your welcome!" definitely not knowing what to say, she gave a very cheerful smile to front out.

"Regulars, what are you doing over there? Why aren't you practicing?" A deep, loud voice from afar made the crowd around Misaki tinge their bones in fear.

"Nuts, it's Captain Tezuka!" Momoshiro mumbled with others after which, the regulars rushed towards their captain.

"Sorry Tezuka, but our attention got caught when Momo told us that Echizen's cat is once again missing," Oishi Syuichiro, the vice captain, explained as they reached him.

"But it seems like Echizen finally found his cat," Tezuka strictly observed.

"Yeah, thanks to Misaki," Fuji said with a smile and made Tezuka's look anxious.

"B-but we were about to continue our practice when you came," Kawamura Takashi, the power player who's known for his Hadokyou techniques, added for clarification.

Tezuka looked over the players from left to right. "I'm impressed for the teamwork you've shown but I will still not tolerate you're unwariness. We have a game over Hyotei two days from now. We should be more than prepared and be in good shape till that day. We must not let our guard down. 20 Laps around the court." He ordered and all the regulars followed suit.

"Captain Tezuka?" Misaki asked her friends after the crowd around her moved out.

"He's the captain of Seigaku tennis team. Misaki, are you even listening to me and Rie when we're talking? We've said his name a thousand times!" Liara, who's standing right beside her, complained.

"I'm sorry! You know I'm not that attentive in this kind of stuff." Misaki reasoned as she watches the regulars run around the court. "He punished them? No wonder all the people are scared of him." Misaki stated just right before Tezuka looked beyond her.

Misaki felt her bones tremor. "D-don't tell me, he heard me?" She frighteningly asked the rest of her friends.

"No, of course he didn't! He's two courts away from us and the regulars are so noisy running. How could he possibly hear you?" Liara answered.

"Then why did he look at me like that…like...he was going to kill me!" Misaki ran at Sakuno's back for cover, which made Rie, Liara, Sakuno and Tomoka laugh in tears.

Sakuno looked beyond her back, "Misaki, Captain Tezuka's face really portraits a snooty and strict being but he's actually kind and passionate once you get to know him."

"Really?"

"No, Misaki. He looks like that because he heard what you said to him." Rie stiffly said which made Misaki wail in fear. "But it's just an opinion! I didn't intend to hurt his feeeeelings!"

"Misaki, it's just a joke! Sakuno's telling the truth," Rie revealed giving a hard laugh after.

"RiEE!" Misaki's voice waved in mixed emotions, making her old and newly found friends laugh on her. They all talk about different stuffs and sooner or later, they laugh. This makes their bond even closer. However, as they keep on talking, Misaki's attention got caught by the youngest person with a white cap and blue wrist band running laps around the court. She never met him before, but why does his aura seem so familiar to her?

Soon a leaf came softly falling in front of her and as she caught it by hand she was awakened…this leaf… she looked back from where the leaf came from and her hunch is right. There was indeed a Maple tree behind them.

She tightly holds the leaf as she looks around the place, the people, everything that surrounds her.

...could this be the start?

***END***

"Hello there! My name is Sakura, Misaki –oh no! Not the main character here in One in a Million…the main character here is just a borrowed character from the story the author made with her best friend whose title is Constellations –the anime where Winter Moon is mostly based…

"That! Yup, that is the series where I came from so to be short, the main character here borrowed my beautiful name...and I'm so glad she did! I've been an avid fan of the Prince of Tennis and I soo love Echizen-kun so, I hope, if Misaki-here could ever have a love team in this fanfiction, I sooo like Echizen to be the one!" Misaki brought out a peace sign. "Sorry to all those RyoSaku fans out there but I support RyoSaki here!" As Misaki keeps on smiling, someone with a blonde hair and green eyes appeared in her back pulling Misaki's hair in the process.

"OUCH! SAURI!"

But before Misaki could take her revenge, Sauri pushed her out of the camera.

Sauri smiled. "I'm so sorry for the early disturbance of that stupid student. I still can't believe she has something great to pull out on the latter part of our Constellations." She said addressing to no one in particular, just then she gave a full smile to the camera.

"Anyway, Constellations is not the thing why we're here, we are here to-"

"TO TELL YOU THAT PRINCE OF TENNIS ISN'T OWNED BY THE AUTHOR OF THIS FANFICTION!" Fumiko shouted as she popped in front of the camera lens completely covering Sauri.

Sauri stiffly pushed Fumiko to the side of the camera. "Fumiko, stop being so attention-seeker."

"Attention-seeker? Well, I would stop it if you stop being so self-centered!" Fumiko retorted back and soon a fight started on the two.

Hotaru walked in front of the fighting Fumiko and Sauri, in her left hand she drags the unconscious Misaki, and her face is still calm and emotionless. As she reaches the center of the camera she faced it.

"Prince of Tennis is owned by Takeshi Konomi, that is the anime series where Ryoma, the whole Seigaku regulars (Eiji Kikumaru, Oishi Syuichiro, Tezuka Kunimitsu, Fuji Syusuke, Inui Sadaharu, Momoshiro Takeshi, Kawamura Takashi, and Kaidoh Kaoru), the trio (Horio, Katsuo, Kachiro), Sakuno, Tomoka, and Karupin came from. The only thing the author of this story owns is the Winter Moon (since she's a co-creator of Constellations. An original made story that can be found on quizilla), Misaki, Liara, and Rie. Thank you for reading this and we hope you'll read the next chapter." She continued her walk after, still dragging the unconscious Misaki in her hand.

Again thanks for reading this!

for those who are wondering what Constellation is, feel free to message me!

Chapter 2 is here! Read it okay!

thank you very much! :)