Sweet Heart

Part Nine

Ryoga woke at about midnight. He yawned and got up, the house was dark and silent. Ryoga serched for Ukyo and when he found her, she was asleep in her room, on her new bed. Ryoga tip-toed into her room trying not to wake her. He sat down infrount of her bed and looked at her. He tried his best to keep silent. I've got school tomarrow... He thought. I should go back to sleep..

He was afraid that he'd get lost, so he just climbed into Ukyo's bed and lied beside her. After about an hour of thought, he slept. When he woke Ukyo wasnt were she had been during the night. He hopped out of the bed and went looking. He smelt the smell of pancakes around the house. He hoped she wasnt cooking bacon. He walked in and Ukyo was humming a soft song while she cooked.

"Morning." He said.

"Good morning." She said putting his breakfast on a plate and on the counter. She helped him onto the barstool and put her breakfast beside his. The breakfast consisted of: Pancakes, (As Ryoga had detested) Bacon, Milk. Ryoga ate the pancakes no problem, but he just kinda staired at the bacon.

"Whats wrong?" She asked him.

"I dont like bacon." He said normally. He drank his milk and then slowly got off the barstool. He put his backpack on and waited for Ukyo to finish. She finished shortly after he did. She walked with him to school. The group of kids all went in while Ryoga tried to even make it to the building without getting lost.

When school ended that day, Ukyo had been waiting for Ryoga as she had the previous day. But today. When he came out. He looked shaken up. Not to mention he had a huge scrape under his left eye.

"Ryoga what happend?" She asked bending down to his height.

"Nothing." He said and they left pretty quick. Ukyo didnt take him to the resturant today, she took him strait home. She repeted her question the minute he took off his backpack.

"Some bigger Jackasses were picking on me." He said. Ukyo hugged him.

"why?" She asked. Letting him go.

"I dont know." He said he was quite shaken up about it. She walked into the bathroom and came back with some disinfectant and put it on the big scrape under his eye.

"Ouch!" He shouted in pain.

"Yeah it'll sting." She said finishing up with that, she put a big band-aid on the cut. Ryoga didnt say anything to her. "Are you hurt anywere else?" She asked. He shook his head.

"No." He said dully.

"Poor babie." She said kissing him on the forehead. He turned red,

"H-Hey! W-What was that for?" He asked studdering. She grinned.

"Dunno." She said playfully. She sat beside him. "Ryoga. If those kids pick on you again I'll personally clobber them," She said and he kinda smiled.

"Thanks Ukyo.." He said and she grinned.

"No problem Sugar."

With that she gave him a small kiss on the forehead and he turned red all over his face. Ukyo smiled. "Want me to talk to your teacher about this?" She asked. He said nothing. "Well Im going to." She said and she gave him onemore small kiss on the forehead and left. Ryoga just stood in the same place turning red. she-she-she-she kissed me..!

Meanwhile with Ukyo

She had been walking tword Ryoga's school when she passed some mean looking kids. One was fat and ugly, The other two were slim and dirty. Ukyo payed no attintion to them as she walked idoly by.

"Hey look boys." Whisperd the fat one. "Its Ryoga's mommy"

"Right boss" The other two whisperd. Ukyo heard that. She just walked up to those kids and glared at them.

"Excuse me. Have you two picked on Ryoga?" She asked. They looked at eachother and giggled.

"No, no ma'am" They laughed out. Oh like I beleve that. Thought Ukyo. She drew her spatula.

"Okay then, I'll just go have a chat with Ryoga's teacher, If your lying, I know what you look like." She said laughing as she left.

"Oh crap!" Shouoted the fat one.

"101. This is his class Room." mumbled Ukyo as she walked in.

"Oh, Hello Mrs.Kuonji." Said the teacher.

"hello. I'd like to talk to you about Ryoga." She said.

"Ah Ryoga, He is a very smart student. But he doesnt care about his homework. Sure he gets it done in class, but he seems to be having trouble in group assinments." Said his teacher.

"Okay, But thats not what I wanted to talk to you about." She said. "Has he been picked on in school?"

"Picked on?" The teacher asked. "come to think of it. At recess he usually sits on the swings alone. I have noticed a few students hitting him, but when I asked them about it, they said Ryoga started it. I know that couldnt be true. But they wont confess, and this school system wont allow a teacher to punish a student unless they know for 100 sure." the teacher said.

"So you'll just allow Ryoga to be hurt because those stupid kids wont leave him alone?! and I also heard you mention that he sits on the swings alone. Why?"

"The other kids think he's just a smartie pants." The teacher said.

"Okay. Thank you sir." She said leaving.

When she returned home Ryoga was sitting on the couch watching Tv.

"Hi Ryoga." She said walking in.

"Hi." He said watching the Tv. She sat beside him and smiled.

"Ryoga. Tell me. Do you have many friends at school?" She asked.

"Huh? Oh. Well. Yeah. I have tons!" He lied. Ukyo smiled.

"I know your lying." She said her smile fading.

"Okay, Mabye I dont have as many as I said." He said. Ukyo looked at him with a sturn face.

"I talked with your teacher." She began. "He said you sit on the swings alone everyday."

He was silent.

"Sugar, Why didnt you just tell me?" She asked putting her hand on his.

"Well...I thought you'd think I was...a sissy...for not being a man and trying..." He mumbled.She hugged him.

"Ryoga, I would never think that about you," She said kissing his forehead. "You mean the world to me and I dont want you hurt. Okay?" She finished and Ryoga nodded. He gave her a hug and a smile.She smiled back at him and let his hand go. "You hungry?"

"Yeah." He said and she walked into the kitchen.

"What do you want?"

"Miso soup!" He shouted with joy.