Hi everybody! As much as I like Hisa and Mihoko as a pair, I love Ryuuka x Toki too! And I feel that RyuuToki have a much lesser fandom and that makes me rather sad. After all there were like loads and loads of BuCap fanfic and doujin and I hardly found any that contained RyuuToki. *Cries* Weren't they the most prominent and lovable pair in Achiga-hen episodes? Hehe so this is how this story come about! This is Kya they need more attention! Forgive me for my fantasies.

Chapter 1: Nationals?

They had always been together, since middle school. Sera Eguchi, Ryuuka Shimizudani and Toki Onjouji were inseparable. Together, they played in the Senriyama Middle school's mahjong club. Good times flew past and soon they were in high school. It was rather pleasant, having your best friends with you in the same school. When all of them went to the same club, the Mahjong Club, it had made Toki ecstatic. What more could she hope for when she's always by her friends' side?

Then her illness and condition kicked in. She had always been a rather sickly child and it was rather unfortunate that she had to frequent the hospital more than necessary due to her friends' and families' constant worries. She had to frequently skip club sessions to go to the hospital. From a regular member, she had been assigned to the third team, while Ryuuka and Sera were to be in the first. Her mahjong skills were never up to their standard and that Toki knew. She always knew that. Disappointment still clouded her as she lay on the hospital bed. If she wasn't so frail and weak, she probably could have more matches with Ryuuka and Sera before they were made to be in the first team. She probably could have more fun with Ryuuka and Sera before they were assigned to somewhere so far she couldn't hope to reach.

Now that they were most probably going to get chosen for the upcoming team national tournament, they would have lesser matches with her. Who would play against a weak opponent, weak in both mahjong skills and physically? All she could do was to try to contribute to the club as much as she could.

She had collapsed today on the streets, while walking with Ryuuka and Sera. It was probably exhaustion from today's school events. It had been a rather hectic day and her family had contacted her to tell her some rather troubling family matters. All this had taken a toll on her frail body. With the hot afternoon sun shining mercilessly on them, she had collapsed, unable to take it anymore. What made it worse was that she had forgotten to take her daily medicine.

She was rushed to the hospital immediately. Recalling Ryuuka crying and Sera's worried face, her world blurred into darkness, as her life tethered between life and death. Would she just die like this? How would Ryuuka feel if she wasn't there anymore? At the thought of Ryuuka, she realised she had many things not yet done on this world. She haven't had the chance to tell Ryuuka and Sera to do their best in the tournament if they were chosen. She haven't told Ryuuka that her feelings for her had probably run deeper than that of normal friends.

She struggled to breath as the darkness choked her. All was blank the next moment and when she regained consciousness she was at the hospital. Faint scent of disinfectant lingered around the room. The light beeping of the monitor near her frustrated her to no end. She could hear the faint sound of someone's breathing. She opened her sapphire eyes and saw Ryuuka Shimizudani sitting on the chair, with her head on her two arms crossed on the bed. She had fainted again huh? And this time it wasn't like the usual deal. She could almost feel her life coming to an end, her life being sapped away by her condition.

Ryuuka's cheeks were swollen and puffed out. She probably made Ryuuka cry again. Toki Onjouji inwardly seethed. She felt so helpless again this persistent condition that plague her body. Toki struggled to sit up straight and as she did so she felt Ryuuka stir in her sleep.

"Hmm…Toki?!" Ryuuka's eyes widen at the sight of a smiling Toki. Silence overtook this moment.

And then Ryuuka let lose the current of emotions she had been feeling for days.

"You're finally awake! After so many days… I…am not dreaming am I?" Ryuuka cried as she flung her arms around Toki's shoulders. Tears had flown out despite trying her best not to cry. Her much abused eyes were once more filled with tears.

"No…" Toki had managed to whisper that reply out.

"I-I will call the doctor now!"

"No… Stay with me a little longer..?" Toki stared into Ryuuka's eyes seemly pleading for her to stay. At this request, Toki huffed and heaved. Even saying that small sentence seemed to use up Toki's remaining energy as she leaned herself towards Ryuuka. Ryuuka carefully embraced Toki while letting her friend lay her head on her shoulder.

All words forgone, the two just lay in silence as they enjoyed each other's presence.

Outside, Sera Eguchi had overhead Ryuuka's excited cries. As Sera raised her hand to knock, she had hear that tiny voice of Toki asking Ryuuka to stay. She lowered her hand as she walked away from the door to find Toki's doctor.

Two weeks later…

Toki had made a recovery and her doctor had allowed her to be discharged with the promise that she had to take better care of herself. That was when she started to see it.

It was during one of the first few matches that she had played with the third team after her recovery. It was a game that was quite intense and she found herself surprised that the third team had improved so much under Ryuuka's leadership. How she wished she could see what happened in the next turn. That's when she saw it. As if God had granted her wish, she saw a turn ahead. Her world turned green as she saw her opponent's discard. Two man, five sou and nine pinzu. She herself would get 4 pinzu which was her winning tile. Hmm? Probably just some weird delusion my mind gave me… Or that's what she thought. When the next turn came and her opponents discarded the exact tiles she had in her mind a few moments ago she decided to try that again in the next match.

In the next match, when she had felt so strongly to see how the next turn would came about again (as she was tenpai), her world had turned green again and her opponents discarded three pinzu, the north wind tile and one man. She herself would get two man, which was her wining tile. How about she take a bet on this one?

"Richii!" Toki Onjouji placed a 1000 point stick bet and waited for her turn to come. As her opponents' discard came exactly as she saw it, she smiled as she grabbed the tile from the wall. It was the exact tile she was waiting for.

"Tsumo Ippatsu tsumo 2000/4000 all." Her smile widened.

After the game had ended, she had to take a break for a while as she was feeling rather exhausted. Perhaps seeing one turn ahead was draining on her body? Club ended soon after and she grabbed her bag and headed towards the door.

Ryuuka was still playing when she saw Toki walked out of the club's door, somehow unable to walk straight. Distracted, she had discarded a dangerous tile and played right into a waiting Sera's hand. Noticing her friend's worried expression, Sera hastily concluded the match, saying that club was officially over.

When the players around the mahjong table had dispersed, Sera smirked, reading right through Ryuuka's mind and said, "Worried about Toki?" A brief flash of a Toki cleaning up the club room after club had ended flashed in through both minds. Toki had always kept quiet about her thoughts while silently contributing to the club. They had caught Toki cleaning the tiles one day after everybody had left.

"Eh..?"

"Go after her. She probably pushed herself too hard again. I will debrief the members for you." Sera smiled and prodded her friend on the back. Ryuuka hastily grabbed her bag and rushed out of the club room, unaware that Sera was staring at her all the way till the last trace of her left the club. Sera sighed as she went on to debrief the club members on her friend's behalf.

Outside, Ryuuka barely had time to admire the beautiful setting sun as she promptly dashed out of the school building, heading straight to the path she knew that Toki would take on the way home. As she headed down the path, scarcely had time to consider what to say to Toki when she saw familiar back view of a person wearing Senriyama high school's uniform. In front of her was her best friend. Short black hair swayed in the summer wind, accompanied by uneven footsteps and heavy breathing. The collar of her uniform fluttered as the wind brushed past her.

"Toki! Wait up!" She cried. She watched as the uneven footsteps came to a stop and Toki turned around, her skirt fluttering with a surprised expression.

"Ryuuka..?"

"Would you go to the nationals with me?" Ryuuka had blurted out what she had always wanted to say ever since Toki's recovery. If she didn't ask her, she somehow had the feeling that she would regret it.

"Ryuuka. I'm in the third team. My mahjong skills would probably not be of any use in the nationals. I am almost a ghost member in the club anyway."

"We could practice more together! We would be third years in a few months." An eager Ryuuka tried desperately to convince Toki.

"Oh yeah. Hahah good luck for next year's tournament buchou!"

"Hey!" I wished we still played mahjong together. The unspoken thought haunted both minds.

A cough had erupted from Toki as she abruptly stood up. "I-I have to go to my doctor's appointment now. Goodbye."

As she watched Toki walk away, a part of her was so hurt, a part of her was crying, a part of her was rejected.

Why were they connected through mahjong yet separated by mahjong? When will they play together happily again, without a care for the world?

A few months later…

Onjouji Toki was chosen as the ace of the team going for the tournament. Her recent performance at the club was absolutely amazing. With a high percentage of Ippatsu Tsumo, it was almost as though she could see one turn ahead. With recurring Tsumos, she had crushed her opponents on the third team and had quickly rise through the rankings in the club.

After one particular club session, the coach had made Ryuuka, the new club president and Sera the previous year's ace stayed back to tell them of this new announcement. As Ryuuka and Sera rushed out of the school building to inform Toki who had left earlier of the coach's announcement, they were surprised to see that Toki wasn't as ecstatic as they had expected her to be.

Toki turned her back against them after they had announced the happy news. Ryuuka for one, was almost crying with happiness when she had heard the news first hand. I would be able to go to nationals with Toki. Toki. Toki.

With her gaze on the floor, Toki revealed that she had somehow able to a turn ahead after that particular serious collapse which left her tethering between life and death. Silence took over as her two friends tried to apprehend yet another shocking news of the day. In other words, I am technically cheating Toki thought bitterly.

"That's super cool!" A euphoric Sera had pounced on her with a gleam in her eyes while Ryuuka jokingly said, "That's cheating!"

Both seemed elated nonetheless. "I shouldn't… You're Senriyama's ace last year Sera."

"Well you're our ace now! The coach had personally chosen you!"

"We're going to the nationals together!" A especially happy Ryuuka flung herself towards the two and gave them a group hug.

Nationals huh? I guess more than one of my wish came true. Toki smiled as the three of them walked in the blazing sunset.

How was it! :D I have been having Toki craze ever since I rewatched Achiga episode of the side A. I mean they belong together! Gah! And why are people hardly notcing them? ): Toki was even the champion of the Saimoe2012 (oho i just found out today while researching). They need more doujins!

Anyway Toki in the show was quite developed, seeing that she even had more screentime than some of the Achiga team members (lol). This is just my personal opinion on Toki. I think it was quite sad seeing that she had mentioned in the show that "She wished to join Ryuuka and Sera to play in mahjong" T_T Toki you're too cute and too sad. Oh and in the show after she was admitted to the hospital after the semifinals, she keep saying Ryuuka's name and I was totally AWWW...*CRIES* They really deserve much more attention! Saki is seriously one of the best anime i have ever seen! I swear! Though the spin-off was rather boring (yes the Achiga team was boring some matches were too fast paced and concluded hastily...) , the exciting semi-finals match had me hanging onto every word.

Toki is my favourite character in the spin-off series. She tries her best at everything and even pushed herself to the point I was worrying for her health (and ah she ended up in the hospital) .. Dear readers if you ever read this please watch Saki Achiga hen Episode of the side A to the end! I was rather upset to find barely any Ryuuka X Toki stories around... and was no doubt upset that Senriyama didn't make it to the finals, though it was rather expected.. (lol what could I say? Achiga was the main character and Shiraitodai have to face Saki's team) Okay enough blabbering. Hoped you enjoyed this story!