I'm not stopping till I get enough, and, from the looks of it, I'm far from enough. Here is a scene from Episode 8 of the anime version of Ultra Maniac that I expanded, so as to have a more "telenovela-like" tone to it. Spoilers are possible, so watch out.

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Ultra Oops

Chapter 3:

Shards of a Broken Image (Outtake from "Hello, Little Girls")

Pine: Um… Ayu-neesama, do your like our older sister?

Bamboo: We know you do…

Ayu: WHAT!?

Nina: (whispers) Shhhhh…not here, Pine.

Kaji: What was that?

Ayu: Oh, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing.

Kaji: No, I have ears in the back of my head. So…you double-cross me for a fool. You've been snooping around this time, pining for me, but you're actually in love with Sakura-san?

Ayu: No, that's not true, Kaji-kun. And I'm sorry I didn't tell you earlier…(eyes mist) I was scared that you'd dump me if I confess…

Kaji: And I will dump you. I hate you, Tateishi. You said you loved me, but you love Sakura-san? Don't ever talk to me again. Why didn't you tell me straight up for us to break up earlier? Goodbye. (leaves class, slams door. Class stops conversation and looks at Ayu, Tsujiai, Nina and her three cousins.)

Tsujiai: Kaji?

Ayu: Kaji-kun…no...(cries for real) Kaji-kun…I'm sorry…don't…leave me…(break down real hard. Nina comes to comfort her.)

Nina: (to herself) I guess it can't be helped. (to cousins) See what you did? You say stuff like that out loud, and this happens!

Plum: But it's true, Neesama! Ayu-neesama and Nina-neesama are twin girlfriends!

Pine, Bamboo: Right, right!

(class is in deep discussion)

Ayu: (face and makeup smudged by tears) First, Kaji dumping me in front of the entire class, now this? (thinking to herself) I need a cyanide pill…my image…is shattered…I am shattered…I don't deserve to live…(runs out the class, and heads into the top floor)

Nina: Tsujiai-kun! She's going to kill herself! We gotta save her! Let's go!

Tsujiai: This is all your fault, Kaji.

Kaji: (sees Ayu run towards the top of the stairs, to the roof top) Ayu? (to himself) No… (to Ayu) Ayu! What are you doing!? Nooo! (runs after her)

Pine: Let's go!

Bamboo, Plum: Right!

(The three get on their dinosaur and head towards the top. Immediately, the classmates follow, as well as some of the other classes.)

Ayu: (standing on the rooftop's edge, about to jump down) I tried, but I failed. No one wants me in this world. Dad, Mom, I'm sorry, but I won't return the love that you want me to return. Forgive me, everyone. Forgive me, Kaji-kun…

(class reaches the top. Kaji runs toward Ayu, just before she is about to successfully get off the roof, and falls toward the ground.)

Kaji: TATEISHI!!! (grabs Ayu's hand)

Ayu: (to herself, eyes mist, blush) Kaji-kun…you saved me…but why…why?

Kaji: (to class) Hey you guys! Help me out here!

Ayu: No, don't let them pull me up. I deserve this. I don't want to live anymore.

Kaji: Why do you waste you life after all this? Don't you understand how precious your life is? Don't you have any pride? Any respect for yourself?

Ayu: Kaji-kun…

Kaji: Ayu, I'm sorry for what I said. Please, I'm sorry. Don't throw your life away! You have a lot of life to give, but only one life to live!

Nina: Ayu-chan, believe in what Kaji-kun says. He means it.

Tsujiai: We love you, Ayu. (eyes mist) We don't want you to go. Please don't go.

Ayu: Kaji-kun, Tsujiai-kun...both of you called me "Ayu"…? (smiles as she is pulled back up) I'm sorry, you guys. Kaji-kun especially.

Kaji: Ayu-chan…I love you.

Ayu: "Ayu…-chan?"

(Kaki grabs her, embraces her, and kisses her deep)

Ayu: Mmmmm…I love you....Kaji-kuuuuuun…

(She naturally gives in, and they share a long, passionate kiss)

Class: Awwwwwww…

Pine: Neesama?

Nina: What?

Bamboo: We were wrong about what we said.

Plum: Will you forgive us, Neesama?

Nina: (smiles) I forgive you.

Pine, Bamboo, Plum: (crying) Neesama…!

Nina: It's okay. There, there now...

(Nina shares a long deep hug with her cousins, who are crying like babies in need of TLC. She shares in her mother's smile.)

Class: Awwwwww…

(some members of the class are crying, too.)

Mikami-sensei: What's going on? (sees Ayu and Kaji kissing, and Nina hugging her cousins. He smiles.) I don't need to ask.

(The sun starts to set, as the love on the rooftop grows like cherry blossoms in bloom.)

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End Chapter 3

This has been a bit of a change from the humor, but I wanted to try something that would balance out a dramatic reality check. Give me feedback on this. Thanks. Luv ya. v^_^v