Note: This is my first fic, please don't be a meanie. i'm not good at this, sorry.

Disclaimer: I don't own Princce of Tennis! yeah, i Don't, even if i want to!

Summary: Sakuno finds herself heartbroken after the sudden departure of her love. Who will fix her shattered heart?

A certain brown headed girl was running down the street. She then bumped into a man with seaweed-like hair who was going opposite her direction which made her fall on her behind. She quickly stood up, dusted herself and apologized.

"A-anou,… I'm so s-sorry. I-" She bowed to hide her face and stuttered as she spoke then she heard the guy chuckle whom she collided with. She looked up and saw a very familiar face wearing Rikkai's uniform.

"Oi, you oughtta' look where you're going, you know!" The guy said with a scary, mean look.

"Kirihara-san! I'm so sorry, I didn't m-mean to d-do that…" she bowed again. She was afraid that this mean guy would do a horrible retribution on her.

"What's your name again?" he bent a little to see the face of the young girl. She straightened so that Kirihara could identify her. "I've seen you somewhere…" then he stood straight, trying to remember her name.

"Eto… My name's Ryuzaki Sakuno. I was-" she was about to say where they met, but she got cut off.

"Oh! I remember now." he stopped which made Sakuno think that she should be running for her life right now. He then continued, "But that doesn't mean that you shouldn't be careful!" he spoke with his default facial expression changing into a scarier one.

'Oh, Kami-sama! Please save my life! I don't want to die yet!' Sakuno sure was praying. After all, it's Kirihara Akaya that we're talking about. She was so scared that she closed her eyes but something weird happened. A hand placed itself on her head and patted her. She opened her eyes and saw a smiling young boy with vibrant red hair.

"Eh?" she asked in confusion. Yes, there was no other than Marui Bunta that was patting her head. Soon, the other Rikkai regulars entered the scene.

"You're quite cute aren't you?" Marui hugged her as if they were close (now they are close to each other considering the fact that Marui was hugging her…). Sakuno was out of air supply from the bear hug when something pulled Marui away from her.

"You shouldn't do that Marui-senpai! You don't even know her!" Kirihara shouted at his senpai who was now being held like a cat by their fuku-buchou. He tried to get away from the hand that held him but nothing happened. Marui then heard a soft sound. He couldn't clearly hear it; they were on a busy street packed with people. He strained his ears and heard Sanada say: "50 laps around the courts at training tomorrow and 50 push ups." He felt chills going down his spine; he looked at his teammates and saw nothing but mischievous smiles. He sighed and apologized at Sakuno.

"Well then. Sorry about him. We should get going." She felt Sanada tap her shoulder lightly as he knew her too from the training camp. She looked at them as they started to walk away. Kirihara was the last one to leave her.

"You'd better go home, too. You don't know what might happen to you." He gave her a grin and turned away to catch up with his senpai. She waved good bye and walked away as well, drifting to her own thoughts- her sad thoughts.

The Next Day

Sakuno was walking home and the sun has already set. She was alone; she wanted to be alone. 'Ryoma-kun… Why?' she pondered on her thoughts as she walked home when she was surrounded by three men. "W-What is it t-that you want?" she said meekly and one of the men grabbed her arm.

(This is going to be so predictable… n_n)

"Why don't you come with us? We'll have lots of fun!" Sakuno was trembling as the grip of the man tightened. She was waiting for a chance to escape and she was still far from home. A car passed by and stopped in front of them. The driver peered out of the window and asked for directions. She took the chance and jerked her hand and was able to run away.

"Catch her!" the three men followed suit and one of them shouted, "She was able to escape because you let your guard down!" (No, that wasn't Tezuka-buchou. Yep I'm pretty sure.)

She ran and ran and got lost! (What would you expect from our dear Sakuno?) Fear took over her head and she just started running which resulted to this. 'Oh no! I got lost again! Kami-sama, please save me!' she was still running and found a dead end.

The men, who were chasing her, chuckled in unison as they cornered her. She closed her eyes, awaiting the terrible God-knows-what that will happen to her. To her surprise a young man stood behind her attackers.

"You shouldn't scare the living lights out of young girls." Sakuno recognized his voice. It was Kirihara who found his way to her. She was thankful that at least somebody came to try and save her. The men turned and attacked Kirihara but none of them were successful

(If you want a piece of my imagination, I'll give it to you. He defeated the men with kenpo! I always wanted to see Akaya doing some martial arts tricks. *sighs* too bad I can't. *cries*).

All were beaten down to the ground. Kirihara hurried and grabbed Sakuno by the wrist and ran to a safer place where there are some people.

"I'm glad you weren't hurt or anything." He said, his back facing Sakuno who was still panting. She started crying, saying words between sobs. Kirihara turned quickly to stop her from crying. He held her on the shoulders and said, "Stop crying already! A lot of people are looking!" He heard people saying "is that a love quarrel?' and so on and so forth. He blushed upon hearing people's comments.

"It's just t-that... sniff… I…" she was still crying. He scratched his head and sighed.

"I'll bring you to your home to make sure that nothing bad happens to you." He ignored the people who were saying this and that about them. 'Che! If only these jerks knew what happened!' he thought. Now he really wants to give everybody a piece of his mind, BUT, he can't. So he walked beside her, following her pace. They arrived at the front of her door and he bid her good bye but the door suddenly opened and appear The old ha- I mean, Sakuno's grandmother Sumire.

"Sakuno! You seem shaken!" he turned to Kirihara, "You! What did you do to her!?" She spoke with the tone of accusation. Kirihara replied with a raised eyebrow. "Why you!?" she was about to hurt him big time when Sakuno stopped her.

"Baa-san, stop it! He saved me!" she stood in front of Kirihara, shielding him from whatever Sumire was about to do to him.

"Yeah, that's right old lady! If I were the one who tried to violate her, why am I standing in your front yard?" he said as he crossed his arms in front of him.

Sumire realized that she was mistaken and bowed in front of him. She apologized that she let her raging emotions take over her. "Thank you for helping my granddaughter." She paused and trembling can be heard from her voice. "I just… don't know what to do if something bad happened to her." She said all this while still bowing.

"It's okay. I'll be going home then." He faced Sakuno and said, "Next time, don't walk home without anybody accompanying you, 'kay?" she nodded and saw him walk out of their yard and into the streets. She entered her house with her grandmother's arms wrapped around her, giving her comfort.

The night passed by coldly, and she was still shaken by what happened to her earlier that day. She remembered what she was thinking and gazed into nothing.

'Ryoma-kun… Why did you have to leave?' she lied down and threw her blankets over herself, tears falling down from her eyes.

So there. The Rikkai guys here, except for Akaya, are first year senior high students and you kno the implications of that (too lazy to encode). Please be kind at the reviews, if there will be any... sniffs.