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Notes: I know there's been a demand of Jin, but I'm quite stuck on it so please bear with me. I promise the next one will have Jin in it. Anyway, thanks for reviewing and please review this one too. Enjoy.

Ayako and the Seven Giants

Once upon a time, there was a fair land in which a kind king and queen ruled over. The royal family had a beautiful daughter who was their pride and joy. Her name was Ayako. She had long chestnut colored hair and sparkly brown eyes. Everyone in the kingdom adored her.

One horrible day, the queen died and left the poor girl and her father in distress. But that was soon erased by another woman who had entered her father's life. The woman was young, sweet looking and gentle to everyone, except for Ayako. She truly despised her because Ayako was more beautiful and got along with the townspeople, especially the men.

The woman was Haruko. She was beautiful but no comparison to the princess. After Haruko and the king were wed, she sought to make Ayako's life a living hell. She watched Ayako through a magic mirror that was her secret. "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?" She would say and the mirror would respond, "You, oh so beautiful Haruko." And with that answer, Haruko would be content.

But one day, the mirror's answer changed everything. "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest of them all?"

"Tis you my queen, but your beauty shall fade, and shall make way for the princess."

This angered Haruko. There dare not be any other woman more beautiful than her. There just cannot be! She stormed to her balcony and spotted Haruko in the garden, dipping her hand into the fountain. "That girl, is a threat." She muttered and called her most loyal servant. "Matsui!" She thundered.

A petite girl rushed in the queen's chamber and sank to her knees. "Yes, your majesty? What can I help you with?"

"You can help me by leading Ayako deep into the forest and leaving her corpse for wolves to feast on. And her bring me back her heart. If you don't, you shall suffer!"

Matsui nodded, knowing wuite well what the last part meant. She silently left and strolled to the garden. Once she saw Ayako, she chirped, "Ayako, I found the most beautiful flowers to give to your father. Will you join me?"

Ayako smiled, "But of course." She followed Matsui into the forest. After a while, Ayako started to get worried. "Matsui, where is it? Shouldn't we be going back?"

"Yes, I should shouldn't I?" Matsui answered in a low voice. She turned to Ayako. "You must leave and never come back to the kingdom ever again. The queen will kill you!" Before Ayako could respond, Matsui ran off. "Leave forever…"

She stood there dumbfounded. Without a word, she walked away, deeper and deeper into the forest, until she came to a big cottage. No, not just big, gigantic cottage. The door was at least twice her height and the basketball hoops were just as tall. "Who lives her?" She wondered out loud and knocked at the front door. When no one answewred, she walked in and looked around. A large table surrounded by seven chairs was in the kitchen. Climbing up some stairs, she entered what looked like to be a bedroom. Seven large beds lay in a line were neatly made and fixed up.

Ayako felt a little sleepy and so she climbed into one of them. It was so soft and comfortable that she felt her eyes close, brining her into a much needed slumber.

"Hey, someone's in my bed."

"Nyahahaha…who's she spikey smiley?"

"Do'aho!"

"Teme."

"Guys, be quiet, you'll wake her."

"Nyohohohohoho…the monkey got in trouble."

"Teme you wild monkey!"

"SHUT UP!"

Ayako opened her eyes to all the noise, which suddenly disappeared. She sat up and saw seven boys her age surrounding her. Her eyes widened in surprise when she notice the one with the gravity defying hair-do was massaging her shoulder. "Hentai!" She screamed and took out her almighty and trustworthy paper fan and brought it down on his head.

"Ow!"

"Serves you right. Don't touch me!"

The rest of the boys backed away ever so slowly. "Who are you?" A boy with a purple bandanna asked.

"I-I'm Ayako." She sobbed and surprisingly poured out her sad story.

The boys listened intently, except for the raven-haired, pasty faced one who was busy drooling in his sleep.

"And that's that." She concluded.

An older and scarier looking boy stood and Ayako felt like a dwarf. "You can stay here with us if you like. But you'll have to clean and do our chores since we might be practicing or playing games at other towns."

"Playing?" She asked. "Oh, you mean basketball. Okay."

"By the way, my name is Maki. This is Kiyota, Rukawa, Sakuragi, Fujima, Sendoh and Kogure."

Ayako nodded. "I'll go sleep in the couch."

"No! That's okay, you can sleep here in my bed if you want." Sendoh suggested. That earned him another whap in the head with her almighty tessen.

"Serve's you right for being such a hentai." Fujima replied.

"Yeah."

"Stupid wild monkey doesn't know what he's talking about. Ore wa tensai!"

"Shut up you redhead monkey."

"Do'aho."

"Teme kitsune!"

"Please guys, you're scaring Miss Ayako."

"Baka kitsune."

"Do'aho."

"Baka kitsune."

"Do'aho."

"SHUT UP!!!" And they did.

The next morning, the boys left Ayako by herself in the house, since they had a game to play. They left her with a warning, not to open the door to anyone. Ayako nodded cheerfully and waved goodbye. For the whole morning, she cleaned the house, which was quite hard since it was such a large house.

Afternoon came and Ayako decided to get some fresh air. She sat outside the house and whistled to herself.

"That is a wonderful tune. Please keep whistling." A scratchy voice spoke up.

Ayako stopped in alarm and sighed in slight relief when she saw it was an old woman carrying a basket full of ruby apples.

"Would you like one dearie?" She asked.

Ayako studied it. She could find nothing wrong with it. Gladly, she took the one that the woman handed to her and took a bite. It was so delicious. But then, a weary feeling started to fill her. The apple tasted sour and she couldn't breath. Ayako dropped lifelessly to the ground.

The old woman smiled and took her disguise off. It was Haruko. Somehow, the mirror had found Ayako in such a short period of time. "That you deserve, my sweet daughter."

"Ayako!" Seven voices chorused out.

Haruko turned around and saw seven tall boys staring at Ayako in horror. "Sakuragi?" She asked, the familiar looking redhead.

Sakuragi blinked. "Haruko? Why did you do it?"

"I had to. She, she was horrible to me."

"No she wasn't. You're lying." Sakuragi advanced to wards her. "I can't believe you Haruko. You were so sweet and kind before."

Haruko laughed. "Oh yes. Don't you still love me?"

The others watched in silence as the drama began to unfold. All they knew was that Haruko was once the object of affection for Sakuragi, but she completely ignored him and ogled over Rukawa instead. Rukawa on the other hand, ignored her, as he did now, since he was sleeping under a large tree.

Sakuragi lunged at Haruko and held her arms behind her back. "No I don't Haruko. You're so cruel. You ignored me before and you ask if I love you? I don't and now you've committed a horrible crime." He turned to the others. "Oi, get some rope here so I can tie this wicked with up."

"Sakuragi, you're so cruel." Haruko sobbed, putting on her saddest face possible.

No one said a word as Haruko was tied up and Ayako was laid in a coffin. The boys mourned over the loss of such a sweet girl. "Good bye Ayako." They all murmured.

"Can I pay my respects to her?" A soft voice asked. As they all looked up, they saw a young man with curly hair and a pierced ear kneel beside Ayako and smile at her.

"Muffin head!" Sakuragi shouted out loud.

"Sakuragi!"

The man looked at them and smiled. He turned back to Ayako and gently kissed her lips. "You're so pretty."

The others watched in amazement when Ayako opened her eyes slowly and smiled at the man. "I'm Ayako. Who are you?"

"My name is Miyagi. I'm a prince in a place called Shohoku. Would you like to come and visit?"

Ayako nodded. The others cheered except for Haruko. They all ran to Ayako and hugged her.

And so Ayako and Miyagi visited Shohoku. There, Ayako fell deeply in love with Miyagi and they decided to wed. Her father came after seeing that his young 2nd wife was placed behind bars and her seven friends were also invited.

The wedding was a joyous one. Everyone had fun and they played a little game of basketball while they were at it. It ended in a tie but it didn't matter. Everyone in the kingdom was happy that Ayako and Miyagi got married.

Ayako walked back into the ballroom and smiled. Life was perfect. She sighed in content…until pie flew into her face…

…but that's another story…

"Nyahahahaha…"

The end

Author's Notes: I know it sucked. But please review. Flames, constructive criticism, advice, comments, anything. Thanks for reading again.