Authors Note: Welcome to my fic! Err - No, I lied... Not /my/ fic. This account is shared by nonother then my other two friends; Miki and Ryoki. Why am I making this fic? To get revenge on Ryoki, of course! D See, it alllll started when Ryoki was Being the coolest person ever. She's awesome. And love's Shigure. She's obsessed with him - grrrStupid Ryoki and her interruptions! Anyway, so, I am a bigggg Akito fan, she is a big Shigure fan, so we both make fun of eachother for that. So, I decided to make a fic about her and Shigure, and then she is going to make a fic about me and Akito... -sighs- This sucks... Oh well! If you /really/ like romantic fics, this is a good one.

The Disclaimer: I own nothing. Sorry. It's all in the property of Natsuki Takaya... Lucky her. By the way, this is like... Set in the time when the Mabudachi Trio were in Highschool. -nodnod wink-

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SHIGURExOOC

(Ryoki. My next one will be about Miki. -evil laughter-)

Creator: Hikari Yamamoto

So, it wasjust another day for Ryoki Ishida; she was doing nothing. In class, barely anyone noticed her. Half the time, the teachers marked her absent; not knowing she was there. She was like an ominous shadow in the corner of the room in a desk, kind of like a ghost, you could say... Except visible. Well, if you considered living visible, then it would work out. Ryoki Ishida rarely felt that she was living... It felt like she was in a black box with no real reactions to the world that was bestowed upon her. Why is that you ask? Ryoki was one of those hidden hyper kids, that really didn't like to talk to other people. Especially Shigure Sohma... Yeah, that stupid kid strutting around the school with that idiot Ayame...

Hatori... Hatori was not the bad one, he just hung around with his cousins that were complete unintelligent rejects. Pfft... Mabudachi? What a bunch of uncensored crap. Ryoki sighed, looking over at the 17 year old with his black hair and looked away quickly. What did she need him for anyway? He wasn't even /that/ good looking,(A/N: Ha, Yeah... Riiight) yet all of the girls thought he was the best thing since sliced bread. Slyly, she tapped her fingers on the desk timidly; attempting to not let her mind wander away from the boring session that was murdering her brain. Then, she heard a knock at the classroom door.

She didn't think much of it, considering she'd never really been called down to the office for anything bad. Except for the time when Ayame had said she had really nice hair, she decked him and was suspended for a few days... But other then that, she'd never been messed around with by anyone else. Suddenly, she saw the principal standing in front of the door, pointing to her as the teacher called her name.

"What /now?" She thought to herself, regretting leaving her things behind. Maybe her mother or someone needed her in the office or something? She didn't know; bewilderment surely struck as soon as she had made it past all the plastic tile that led to every different room in the school. She stuffed herself in a chair as the principal found it extremely difficult to say what he was planning to say; after all, he was pacing and kept stroking his chin on occasion. Ryoki rolled her eyes, and then decided to speak.

"If this has anything to do with those Sohma's, I /swear/ they're making it up," She replied with a drawling tone. The principal looked away from her.

"I... I really don't know what to say," He started, just as Ayame, Shigure, and Hatori rushed in. By the look on Hatori's face, they seemed to have dragged him to the office. Ryoki groaned loudly.

"What are you three doing here!" She hissed, giving Ayame most of the scowl that was tugging at her face. Ayame looked hurt, and then gave her a satisfying smile.

"Why, of /course, dear! We wanted to see what was the matter!" Ayame replied with the same smile. Hatori on the other hand sighed, and looked away in a slight embarrassment state. The principal sighed, and took his hand to his face, looking over the three who had just seated themselves.

"Fine, you three can stay..." He said boredly, finally sitting down at his desk. Ryoki opened her mouth to protest, but the principal gave her a look that she didn't want to question, to she just continued to glare. Finally, the principal had gotten to the subject. "I have just gotten a call, Ryoki-Kun... See, your brother seems to have... seemed to have - " And just as he was about to tell her, Ayame's voice crackled in the middle of no where saying: "This is going to be good! I can tell!"

Ryoki muttered some words about Ayame, and then the principal got back to his sentence, exchanging Ayame a slight scowl.

"See... Your brother was shot, this morning... (A/N: Her brother is in the military) They're trying to save him the best they can, but... But the wound was to the head, and... If he /does/ survive, then he will be brain damaged for the rest of his life..." Ryoki looked away, her eyes burning and her stomach feeling as if a shoelace was tied around her ribs and liver.

"What is the percent that he /won't/ get brain damaged?" She asked, her voice very quiet and shaky. The principal sighed. "They say that there is no chance... It is determined to happen, even if they try," He replied, putting a hand on Ryoki's shoulder for comfort as tears welt up inside her eyes.

Ryoki just couldn't control herself any longer, she slapped the hand that was attempting to comfort her and ran... She didn't know where she was going, it was just too much for her to handle. Kind of when a plastic bowl with a lid gets too much pressure, the lid just flies off somewhere. But anywho, she didn't know how long she ran but she just collapsed... Collapsed on the ground because of her brother, because of that stupid Ayame, because her ribs were burning like crazy. Where was her /mother? Why was she letting the principal try to comfort her? Then suddenly, she heard a voice.

"Ryoki-Chan? Are you okay?" It was Shigure Sohma. She wanted to groan, but was too preoccupied in her own thoughts. She could hear him sit next to her, as finally she got the energy to look up at the handsome Sohma. "What now, Sohma? Are you here to make fun of me?" She asked, her voice very shaky. Shigure looked a bit shocked that she would consider that, but instead decided not to nag about it.

"No, Ryoki-Chan... I didn't -" Instead of letting him finished his sentence, she scoffed. "Wow, is little Shigure growing up? Did he finally understand that there are other people in this world other then Ayame, himself, and Hatori? Did Shigure finally realize that - " And he cut her off.

"Did Shigure finally realize he had strong feelings for Ryoki-Chan?" He asked as Ryoki froze. Again, bewilderment struck.

"Honestly Ryoki-Chan... I... I... For some reason, I just want to get to know you better... I want to help you get through this..." He replied, her eyes continuing to welt up with tears.

"I want to learn to love you, Ryoki-Chan..." and just as he said that, Ryoki gather herself into his arms;crying on his shoulder.

A/N: Oo; That sucked. But anyway, I didn't get to the part with him turning into a dog. -laughs- I /might/ continue it, but who knows? Anyway, R&R, please! Hikari