Hi! Here's the next chap. Sorry for not updating for a while, I just thought I should update the others first. Hey guys, please review! I really want to have my 100 reviews! How cool would that be, right? Anyway, here's the chap wherein Ukyo tells Ryoga about Ranma saying that he hates Akane. And more of course! Hope you guys like this!

Ukyo had lost Akane because she was too fast in running away. Ukyo couldn't calm her down if she couldn't find her. She couldn't comfort her. But she can do the next best thing for being there for her while she was down. She can make everybody hate Ranma even more. She can tell the others what he had said about her for no apparent reason. She can taint Ranma's name.

Or so she thought it was a good idea.

She went to Ryoga, thinking that he should know first than others, having to be Akane's boyfriend. She hurriedly ran to the Tendo dojo, and before she even reached there, Ryoga suddenly appeared.

"Uhh…Hi, there, Ukyo," he greeted her.

"Ryoga! Just the guy I was looking for! Can I talk to you?" she asked as she pulled her off to the dojo.

"You're talking to me right now, aren't you?" she said and stopped her from pulling him.

"Yeah, I am. But what I meant was can I tell you something confidential?"

"Sure, lay it on me."

"Okay, you see… Ranma said some things about Akane, and well… they weren't very nice," she mentioned.

"I see, but what exactly did he say? Was it that bad that it's supposed to be confidential?"

"Well, it is. What he said, he said… on top of his lungs, that he… hates… Akane."

Ukyo found it hard to say what Ranma has done even though she thought it would be easy. She wanted Akane happy with Ranma, together with him so that she could have Ryoga so it made her doubt a little to really tell Ryoga what Ranma had said.

"I can't believe that guy! I thought he was okay enough to be Akane's partner! I didn't know he was a jerk! This is my entire fault! If I had known earlier what kind of guy that Ranma is, and then I would have objected of them being partners!" he exclaimed.

"Ryoga, you weren't there when they were paired. You couldn't have done anything. It's not your fault. Don't blame yourself."

"But still!"

"Are you saying you don't want to be paired up to me? Is that it?" Ukyo asked, getting all mad.

"No, I wasn't saying that I don't want to be paired up with you! It's been great being your partner! We have a lot of common! We really have fun! We really connect with each other! It's just… Akane's my girlfriend, and you of all people, being her bestfriend should understand why I feel angry with anyone who does or says anything bad about her," he explained.

"Yeah, I do understand. She is my bestfriend. So, what are you going to do about it?"

"Of course I'll beat him up! Come on Ukyo, let's go look for him. Where did you last see him?" Ryoga asked Ukyo seriously, causing him to look at her straight at the eye and at a near distance, face to face.

This caused Ukyo to blush and to not speak much. "Him? In…café," was all she can make out of.

"The Cat café? Where you and Akane always go to after classes? Where you cook? Come on, lead me there!" Ryoga said as he pulled Ukyo's hand, which caused her to blush even more, in a darker shade of crimson.

Unfortunately or maybe fortunately in a side too, Ryoga was too oblivious. He may have been beginning to like Ukyo, but he didn't see her blushing. He thought she just felt hot since it really was hot. That really didn't bother him. It didn't matter a thing.

Akane and Ranma were still racing. They were a few meters away from the dojo already, and they had run up with Ryoga and Ukyo.

"Akane, where's Ranma?" Ryoga asked in an angry tone, of course not realizing the girl Akane's with is the real Ranma.

"Ranma? Uhhh…"

"Who? Her- I mean him! We don't know!" Ranma said, covering from Ryoga her real identity.

"Oh, you're friends with the girl from Cat Café. Hey, Ryoga, maybe Ranma's still in the café. We can go check there," Ukyo commented.

"Okay, come on, Ukyo. Akane, you go home already. It's been a rough day for you. You deserve rest," Ryoga explained.

"Why are you two looking for Ranma anyway?"

"For revenge. Ukyo told me what he had said about you. No one deserves to do that to you. He deserves some beating, and my breaking point technique which I learned from an old lady is just the thing to beat him up," Ryoga said then used his technique on the nearest wall.

"God, Ryoga's angry at me. How did he do that? If he does that to me then I'm dead," Ranma thought to himself, getting a little scared at Ryoga.

"You shouldn't beat him up. We're okay already. He apologized. He didn't really mean what he had said," Akane explained.

"What?! He found you, Akane?! Are you sure he's just not forcing you to say that? The way said it he-" Ukyo reacted.

"No, no! Of course not, Ukyo. If he did, I would beat him up myself. I can take him. No, he found me at the park. He apologized as soon as he got near me. He pleaded and pleaded and promised me that he will never do that again. I gave him a condition, and he promised to keep him. We're okay already, don't worry. It's taken care of."

"Akane, you may have forgiven him, but I haven't! He's your partner. He isn't suppose to make you sad! You're suppose to enjoy with him, be happy with him!"

"You know what Ryoga, Ukyo? It was just a misunderstanding!" Ranma exclaimed, getting annoyed by what the two of them were saying.

"You weren't there when that happened, Ranma," Ukyo said, getting suspicious of Ranma's reaction. "Wait, you have the same name as him!" she pointed out.

"Yeah I do… but you see…"

She sweated like crazy. It was hard enough dating Kuno and letting Akane know her condition. Now Ryoga and Ukyo had to know about the unfortunate incident? She couldn't let that happen.

"Uh… Ukyo, the reason why they have the same name is because… their parents were bestfriends," Akane covered up.

"Yeah!" Ranma affirmed.

"I'm not believing that. Something's up, I feel it," Ryoga said all serious.

"No, we're saying the truth! Ryoga, believe me. I never lie to you, or to you Ukyo."

They both sighed. Even though they weren't completely satisfy of what they were saying. They had no choice. They had to trust Akane. It was their duty

"Fine, I guess we have to trust you," Ryoga and Ukyo said in unison.

"Good. Come on, Ranma, you can eat with us. Let's go in the dojo already, guys."

"Hey, wait a minute. What if guy Ranma wasn't the one who apologized? What if girl Ranma apologized for him?" Ukyo realized.

"No, no. Guy Ranma and Girl Ranma both apologized," Akane slipped.

"Great going, genius," Ranma thought to herself.

"What has girl Ranma done to you?" Ryoga asked.

"Oh… what I meant was… they both apologized on the same day. That's all, that's all," she covered up again.

"Akane, if this would have been the first time you would be lying to us, we will feel really sad. We can't believe that you can lie to us. We know everything about you," Ukyo said.

Akane sighed. Her guilt couldn't take it anymore. She had to say something. "Ranma, are you sure you can't tell them?" she whispered to her.

"Only you and my dad know. Well there's Cologne and Shampoo too of course. But it was so hard for me to tell you. How could I tell them?"

"Fine, fine. It's our own little secret," Akane explained. "Anyway, guys. Let's go eat already. I'm starving. Ranma, come join us."

"Wait what were you two whispering about?" Ukyo asked.

"Uh…"

Akane couldn't think of anything. What to say?

"Ryoga has a hole on his pants. We were just laughing about it," Ranma said as he saw the hole.

"What?! How did that happen? Come on, let's go inside already. How embarrassing!"

The girls just giggled. How blind of Ryoga to not even see that enormous hole.

Tendo Dojo

They all went in, one by one. Soun Tendo and Kasumi Tendo noticed this, and decided to ask them for dinner.

"Nice to have you hear, Ukyo and… I don't believe we have met. Your name, miss?" Soun asked.

"Ranma. Nice to meet you sir."

"Ranma, ei? You have the same name as Akane's partner," Kasumi commented.

"Our parents our family friends," she explained.

"Can we not talk about Ranma anymore? It doesn't mean that he had apologized already that I'm not mad with him anymore," Ryoga said.

"Ryoga, come on. People make mistakes. He just-" Akane started to say but was cut-off by her father.

"What has young boy Ranma done, Ryoga?" Soun asked.

"He apparently yet clearly said in front of Akane's face that he hated her."

"What?! How could he do this? Akane, he cannot be your partner anymore if he had said that!"

"It was a misunderstanding! A misunderstanding! That's all. How many times should I repeat it!? The only reason he said that is because his dad was joking that he loved me. Of course he didn't, he has Shampoo. They've been together for as long as Ryoga and I have, I think. That's why he just carelessly said he didn't like me!" Akane exclaimed.

"That still doesn't give him the right, Akane!" Ukyo explained.

"Could we all just eat now? Everybody's voices are getting higher and louder by the second. Come on everyone. I cooked okonomiyaki," Kasumi interrupted.

"Okonomiyaki? Sis, when did we have the money to afford to cook that at home? Before, we only had rice, some fish and tea," Akane asked.

"Oh, Nabiki thought to treat us. How kind of her, right?"

"Nabiki?!" Soun, Akane, Ukyo and Ryoga reacted, not comprehending why she would do that. Nabiki would naturally keep the money she has for herself and buy her own food.

"Anyway, come on. The food will get cold," Kasumi said and then took her seat and ate.

The others just followed, Ranma still being awe on the situation. She didn't want anybody else to know about her, since if they did, they would sermon her a lot. Ryoga would beat him up, and Ukyo will too. But somehow, it seems that the truth was going to be revealed soon.

After Dinner

"Thank you for the nice dinner, Kasumi. Though, I think Ranma and I should leave already. Bye Kasumi, Mr. Tendo, Akane… Ryoga," Ukyo said as she blushed wish was obviously seen by everyone there, except Ryoga. How oblivious of him. Poor Ukyo.

"Awww, isn't that cute. Ukyo has a crush on Ryoga," Kasumi thought.

"Ukyo seems to be fond of Ryoga. I hope her friendship with Akane won't be ruined," Soun reflected.

"I can't believe that Ukyo may like Ryoga. She's Akane's bestfriend. How could this happen? Well, they are partners. But… you don't see me and Akane… falling for each other," Ranma thought.

"Did Ukyo just blush for Ryoga? What am I thinking? She can't like him. He's my boyfriend. But… what if… she's holding back? Oh, Ukyo," Akane finally saw, finally realized.

"Ukyo, can we talk in private tomorrow?" she said to her in whisper.

Ukyo got a little startled of what Akane had said. She thought that Akane now knew her feelings for Ryoga. She blushed, and she saw it. "Uh… okay," she said in nervousness.

"Well, we better get going, Ukyo, come on," Ranma said to let the awkwardness and nervousness go away. "Wow, this is something. Who would have known? Ryoga and Ukyo, huh? Hmm… better than Ryoga and Akane, I would say."

"Okay."

The two then left the Tendo dojo and waved goodbye. It was dark already, though the street still had lights.

After a minute or two. Ranma thought to talk about what happened before they left.

"Hey Ukyo, do you like Ryoga?"

Ukyo was in deep though, thinking of what might happen to Akane and her tomorrow. What about their bond, their friendship?

"Huh?" she asked, not hearing a word. She just noticed that Ranma's mouth was moving.

"I asked you if you like Ryoga!" Ranma said annoyed since she wasn't paying attention to her.

"What?! No! What makes you think that?" she said in cherry red.

"Ukyo, everybody saw your face when you said goodbye to Ryoga. Do you like him? Answer me truthfully. I won't tell anybody. I can be trusted. We're friends. Though I think Akane already knows it. How long have you liked him?" she said hastily, not thinking that it would be really uncomfortable for Ukyo to answer her question.

"It's none of your business!" she said then ran away from her.

"Ukyo!!!" she called out and ran towards her. She thought she can catch up with her, but Ukyo was really fast. She lost her in a matter of seconds.

Ukyo ran as fast as she can. She didn't like the question to be asked to her. If she denied it, she would be lying to herself and to everybody else and if the truth would have gotten out later, Akane would get furious with her. But if she said told the truth, then her friendship with both Akane and Ryoga would be ruined.

She didn't know what to do. She didn't even want to see anybody. She just wanted for some time to think.

Her father has gone. She didn't want the two people she cared the most to be gone as well. That was the reason why she had never told Akane about her intimate feelings to Ryoga.

"Foolish of me to blush. Akane saw it. Now, I'm going to lose everything. Why did I have to like Ryoga? Why couldn't I just like another guy? A lot of guys are presenting myself to me. It's going to be less complicated if I did like one of my suitors."

A/N: Yep, end of chap. Tell me guys what you think! Please R&R every reader!!!! I hope to get my 100 reviews! Please? Help me out guys:D