Aha! So does Ryoma actually quit tennis in the future? Has he won Grand Slam Titles at all? XD There's one cute little boy waiting for you guys to read!

Disclaimer: *Grins* Nope, it's all Konomi Sensei's.

Chapter-6

Epilogue

"T-Tou-chan! Wake uuuppp, Tou-chan has to teach me tennis today! T-tou chan!" nudged a little boy with greenish black hair that fell over his head in a messy little mop. He huffed and turned his cat shaped brown eyes towards his mother, pleading her to help wake his father up. Sakuno sighed and gently nudged Ryoma, "Ryoma, you're making our son upset, are you afraid he'll beat you?" Sakuno whispered. In an instant, the 25 year old man was up and about, muttering along the lines of "who's afraid?" "him? Beat me? Sure." He headed downstairs and to the breakfast table where a generous serving of Yakiniku lay, smoking in all its glory. He felt his mouth water instantly, as he sat himself next to the midget who was his son, as he watched the boy gulp down many bottles of milk. Smirking to himself, he proceeded to eating his share of the delectable meat. "Ryoma, when do we leave to Australia?" Ryoma looked at his wife, smiling slightly, "In a week, Sa-ku-no-chan" He absolutely enjoyed watching her blush when he addressed her that way. His smile grew as he remembered his first victory at the Australian open.

An 18 year old Ryoma stood sweating as he watched his opponent collapse on to the court, it had been a long Finals match and his exhaustion was justified. He wiped the sweat off his brow as he went forward, offering his hand to the man he had defeated. Echizen Ryoma had won the Australian Open. A win in Wimbledon would mean he had won his first Grand Slam title. Wimbledon was not far away, and Ryoma was determined to get the title this year. But as of now, he had other things to attend to.

He made his way to the stands where a beautiful young girl stood, her brown eyes sparkling with pride and an enchanting smile on her lips. "Omedeto Ryoma-kun!" she said as she hugged him happily. He felt so good when he was with her, returning her hug, he smiled at her with warm eyes. That was something he only showed Sakuno. "I need you to go somewhere with me Sakuno" when Sakuno cutely cocked her head to the side, letting her long auburn tresses flow freely behind her, Ryoma simply shook his head and lead the way out the stadium, ignoring all the reporters. Paparazzi were SUCH a pain!

They were at the Hotel's tennis court, under the starry skies. The two young adults engaged themselves in a casual rally. "Sakuno, what did you think of the match?" Sakuno smiled brightly as she answered, "it was highly entertaining, you were at your best today, Ryoma-kun!" Ryoma shook his head as he chuckled. "Sakuno, where do you want to go tomorrow?" Thinking for a while, she answered, smiling slightly, "Home Ryoma-kun, I want to go home" Ryoma couldn't hold back the smile he flashed her, home, yes. Home is where the heart is, and their hearts were in Tokyo, with all their senpai-tachi and friends and family. "Sakuno, will you marry me?" he looked at her seriously. Her eyes widened as she stared at him for five long minutes. He couldn't begin to describe how nervous he felt. Why wasn't she saying anything? Was she going to reject him? Did she not love—"Ryoma-kun…" she laughed lightly, jumping over the net and running to him, flinging her arms around his neck as she kissed him on the mouth. Ryoma was pleasantly surprised by her gesture. "Of course I'll marry you Ryoma-kun! Why would you need to ask?"

That had been a wonderful day, the best day of his life, only second to… He looked down at their son, as he sneakily stole a steak of meat off of Ryoma's plate. Chuckling lightly at his son's antics, he patted his dark head, "Mada mada dane Ryota" to which Ryota smiled brightly at his father, "No way, Mada mada dane yourself, Tou-chan!"

As cheers boomed through the stadium, yelling out congratulations to the five time Grand Slam winner, Ryoma walked over to his wife and son, taking Ryota into his arms and turning him around in the air. As the little boy's laughter reached his parents' ears, they both felt an incredible sense of warmth flood their systems. "Tou-chan can win the Wimbeladodon and have a Great Slam again! Okaa-chan! Tou-chan won the Australarian Open!" he laughed happily. Ryoma messed his hair, "heh, I wonder if I must retire after this?" to which both Sakuno and Ryota looked absolutely miffed. Sometimes he wondered if his family loved his dreams more than he did. Well, whatever the case was, he knew that he would have to compromise neither his profession nor his family, because where Tennis was, the Tennis Prince's family was. Always. He smiled proudly as he looked at the two of them, he was absolutely taken—Mind, Body and Soul.

Complete! ^_^ Ryota, I really like that name! What does it mean, though? I have no idea! :3 I took it off of Kise Ryota, from Kuroko no Basuke! ^_^

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