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Ukyou gave a huge sigh of relief as she got home, panting and huffing up the stairs. Ryoma stared at her. "Why'd we leave?"
"What, you wanted to stay and get scolded by Sanada-san?"
"..."
"That's what I thought." Ukyou plunked her bag onto the floor of their room, and she pranced downstairs again. "You're making dinner tonight!"
He groaned and lay down on his bed. Seconds later, Ukyou came stomping up the stairs again and tried to pull him up.
Ryoma resisted and glared at her. "Can't we just order takeout?" he asked.
"No. You haven't made dinner since two months ago. Whenever it was your turn to cook, you always ordered takeout! From Kawamura Sushi! You're bothering their family!"
"No I'm not. They're getting money from us. They should be happy."
"It's because YOU'RE too greedy! Now go!" Ukyou pointed towards the door. Just then, Karupin came to the door and meowed. Ukyou's eyes widened in delight. "Karu! Come and help me get this bastard downstairs, and I'll...buy a new toy for you!"
Karupin's eyes gleamed, and he jumped on Ryoma's bed. "...K-Karu...?" Ryoma said uncertainly.
SCRATCH.
"Ow!"
Ukyou smirked. "Go down and cook. Now."
"Make me."
"Karu?"
SCRATCH.
"Stop it, Ukyou!"
"Make me."
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After a few moments of painful scratching, and quite a bit of yelling, Ryoma reluctantly stumbled down the stairs. Nanjirou looked up. "Oi, I'm hungry. Hurry up and get something for me to eat."
"...I'm going to let you starve."
"What?! Just try saying that again!"
"Fine, I will: I'm going to let you starve."
Ukyou came hopping down the stairs, Karupin hot on her heels. "Ryo, start cooking!" she chimed, a bright smile on her face.
Nanjirou turned and ran to his daughter. "Ukyou! Your cruel, cruel brother won't let me eat! Do something! Do something!"
"Uh...what do I do?"
"Tell him to let me eat!"
"Why?"
"I'm your father!"
"But you're also a glutton."
Ryo turned and invited himself into the conversation, carrying a pan. "And a pervert," he added.
"WHAT?! How rude..." Nanjirou screeched.
"We're home!" Rinko's voice rang, followed by sounds of shuffling and thumps.
Nanako entered the kitchen and gasped. "Ryoma-san! You're finally making dinner!"
"...Hn..."
Rinko followed her. "Ryoma! There's something wrong with him!" She put a hand on his forehead. "Are you sick?"
Ukyou burst out laughing. "No, 'Kaa-san! He's perfectly fine. The only thing that's damaged is his pride!" she giggled uncontrollably.
"Ukyou?"
"What is it, Ryo?"
"Shut the hell up."
"Yes, Ma'am! I-I-I-I-I mean...S-S-S - !"
"UKYOU!"
"Eeep!" Ukyou squeaked, running up the stairs. Ryoma followed, his face stony and cold.
"R-Ryoma-san! You left the stove on!"
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"Ow..." Ukyou moaned.
"You deserved that."
"And who was the idiot who left the stove on last night?"
"Shut up."
"Yes...uh...Sir." Ukyou pouted. The sound of laughter entered her ears, and she looked around for the source of the sound. "Y-Y-Yukimura-san! Aren't you supposed to be in the hostipal? Whoops... I mean, the hospital?"
Yukimura chuckled. "Even a person like me can get tired of sitting in a hospital every single day. They're going to let me free for a couple of days, but I have strict orders not to push myself too hard."
Ukyou smiled, happy for him. "That's good! Then you can see your teammates playing tennis again!"
"Ahem."
Ukyou shot a glare at her brother, who had so rudely interrupted the conversation. "I thought you were angry with me."
"Not even someone like you would be worth staying angry at."
"Ryo!"
"I'm going to school." And he walked off. He looked back at Ukyou. "You coming or not?"
Ukyou grinned. She looked at Yukimura. "See you, Yukimura-san!" Then she called after her brother: "Wait for me! Get your butt back here! Oi!" And she ran off.
Yukimura chuckled once more and headed for Rikkaidai.
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"Fuji-senpai!"
Fuji turned at the sound of Ukyou's voice. "Ukyou-chan," he acknowledged, smiling like always.
Ukyou smiled back. "I just wanted to thank you for not telling anyone about my wrist before they actually did find out."
Fuji raised a delicate eyebrow. "But most of them already knew."
"Yeah, but two of the denser ones didn't know yet, and I'm thanking you for keeping your promise. Now I know who to trust."
Fuji made a mock frown. "Oh, so you couldn't trust me before?"
Ukyou flushed pink. "N-no! I...I just w-wanted to be sure, y-y-y-ya know?"
He laughed lightly. "I was joking. Now," he pointed towards her brother. "I think someone needs to help her brother get together with a certain girl."
"Hm?" Ukyou turned around and laughed at Ryoma making a bored expression while chewing on a riceball that Ryuzaki made. She turned back to Fuji. "Thanks, Fuji-senpai."
"Anytime."
She ran off, a bit of a hop in her step, and the sound of her laughter soothed the tensai immensely.
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"Do something!" she hissed. Then she stopped. She was beginning to sound like her perverted father!
"Yeah! Make a move on her, Echizen!"
Ukyou blinked. "Huh?"
"That's right, that's right, Ochibi! Compliment her or something!"
Ukyou furrowed her eyebrows together. "What the..." She looked to the side and almost shrieked out loud when she saw her two idiot senpais sitting next to her, grinning like morons.
"Wha...wha...wha...senpais! What're you doing here?!" she asked, bewildered.
"The same thing as you, nya!"
"Yeah!"
"But...but..." Ukyou pouted. "This is MY mission! Not yours!"
Momo and Eiji looked at each other, confused. Then they grinned wickedly and pushed her aside. "Too bad!"
Ukyou stared at them in shock. Then she caught Ryoma staring at her. Her cover was blown!
"Ukyou...what are you doing?"
"Meep!" she squeaked, staring at her brother's bored expression. Sakuno was also there, quite shocked.
"U-Ukyou-chan...?" she stuttered.
"Uh..." She dragged her other two senpais out and blamed them. "Ah! Look! Momo-senpai and Kikumaru-senpai are spying on you! And they p-pushed me over!" At least she wasn't lying.
Ryoma shot a glare at the two and walked off.
Sakuno followed him. "R-Ryoma-kun!"
As soon as they left, Momo and Eiji attacked Ukyou. "Why'd you make them go?! It was starting to get good!"
"S-s-s-sorry! I needed someone to take the blame..."
"And you couldn't have recruited yourself?!"
"N-n-n-n-n-no!"
"You...!"
"Eeep! I beg for mercy! Mercy! COME ON!!"
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"WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!"
"U-Ukyou-chan...calm down...please..."
"HELL NO!"
"Ukyou..."
"I SAID NO!"
"But..."
"WHY IN HELL ARE WE TRAINING WITH THESE - " she pointed to the Rikkai team. " - ASSES?!"
"Because..."
"Ukyou!" Tezuka barked. "50 laps. Now!"
"NO!" Ukyou yelled back.
He twitched. "60!"
Ukyou whimpered and reluctantly went off to do her laps.
Kirihara spoke up. "She's a strange one, isn't she?"
Momoshiro and Eiji were laughing their guts out, while Ryoma just sighed at his sister's childish antics. "Serves her right."
Tezuka rubbed his temples. "I apologize for the actions of our...team member. But her skills and personality will become more pronounced when she's on the courts."
"I understand." Sanada said. "Begin warming up! We'll begin practice matches in a moment!"
Inui came over. "Don't forget about the penalty rules." He smiled slyly.
Kawamura tried to persuade him. "Can't we skip out on that...just this once?"
"No."
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Ukyou-Taisuke