Title: The Worst Day, Part I: Feeling Miserable

Author's Note (1): Not related to any of my other fic.

Author's Note (2): No real animals were harmed during this fic.

Wiping a tear away from her eye, Sakuno sniffed as she started walking through the park dejectedly.

It was official.

It was the Worst Day-EVER.

Scratch that- it was the start of the Worst Weekend Ever.

Her heart ached as she sniffed again. Today was just the absolute worst!

It was bad when she went into class to find out that there was a surprise quiz in her English class and then she just HAD to be called on to answer the only history question she didn't do.

It was embarrassing when she dropped a stack of papers for Hisoka-sensei from Ota-sensei in front of the senpai-tachi. But that was all Kikumaru-senpai's fault because he distracted her when he screamed out her name.

It was mortifying when her can of strawberry Ponta exploded all over her during lunch- and in front of Ryoma-kun and Kaidoh-senpai.

Then it was horrible because of her moping about the day, she was given detention by Satome-sensei for not paying attention in class.

Yep. A bad day like this deserved capital letters and not just in the beginning anymore, now that she thought about it… because it was truly the WORST DAY EVER.

But that wasn't the end of it because now it was the weekend and it was probably going to turn out to be the Worst Weekend EVER.

Because she was turning the big Thirteen this Sunday and there wasn't going to be anyone to spend it with.

Just thinking about it made her angrier; Sakuno kicked a stone out of her way as hard as she could and cried out, "It's just not FAIR!"

Suddenly, there was a yelp from behind the bushes then a growl. Startled, Sakuno stared at the bush with round eyes and slowly started to back away from it. She broke into a run when a big brown, mean-looking dog's head poked out from the bushes.

Screaming, Sakuno started to run for her life as she zigzagged all over the park with the dog chasing as it barked madly after her. Once, twice she fell before she spotted a knotted tree with a couple of low branches.

Sending a prayer to all the gods she knew, Sakuno grabbed a low branch and scrambled up the tree using the knot as a foothold. She held on to the tree's trunk for dear life as the dog barked madly at her, angry that she was away from its jaws.

Breathing hard, Sakuno leaned against the tree's trunk and closed her eyes. "This is so not happening!"

"Mew..."

Opening her eyes, Sakuno looked towards the left… and found that she had a companion in the tree with her. Sakuno frowned. "I didn't know that raccoons could climb trees."

The creature with the dark face looked at her. "Mew…"

"Mew?" Sakuno blinked. She looked more closely at it. Oh. It was a cat. "Are you stuck here because of the dog too?" Her heart broke as she looked at the cat pitifully and reached out to stroke it. "Oh, you poor kitty!"

The cat looked at her hand then backed away hissing as it swiped at her hand. "Ow!"

Sakuno yanked back her hand protectively. "That wasn't very nice!"

The cat hissed back at her. Inexplicably hurt, Sakuno frowned at the hissing cat. "Then you can just stay right there! See if I care!" Sakuno swung her head to not look at the cat then glared down at the barking dog. "You mean cat! Oh, just go away!!"

The dog circled the tree as it continued to bark at her. Sakuno glared at the dog. "And you can just go away too! Shoo! Go away! Shoo! Shoo!"

The dog continued to bark at her.

Sakuno sighed as the dog ignored her. Yep, it was officially the WORST BIRTHDAY EVER.

Author's Note (3): This longer than I expected. It was supposed to have come out on Jan 12th, Sakuno's birthday but Real Life got in the way. It should be done soon. I hope... Anyway, just enjoy!