Yay! I'm happy lots of you like the story...-big smile- I'm just upset about no one voting now...

I need Ukyou to meet every love candidate (does that sound weird?) before you all decide, and here comes the Rikkai Team! Yay!

Ukyou-Taisuke

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"Ukyou..." Ryoma growled at her.

She smiled sheepishly. "Sorry!"

"I'm not forgiving you." Ryoma turned his back on her.

Ukyou took her hand from behind her. "Cookie?" She shoved it in his face.

He shoved it back at her. "No thanks."

Ukyou looked at him, shrugged, and stuffed the cookie in her own mouth.

Ryoma snickered. "Pig."

"Ai em niot!" (I am not!) Ukyou objected, with cookie crumbs spilling out of her mouth. She frowned. "Izz niot easy to talk wif yor mouf full." (It's not easy to talk with your mouth full)

Ryoma furrowed his eyebrows and moved away from his sister. "Then don't!"

Ukyou shook her head and opened her mouth for him to see. "Bleh!"

"...You are disgusting." Ryoma said with a pained expression on his face. Ukyou swallowed and grinned proudly.

"And proud of it!" she declared, raising her thumb. There was movement outside, and Ukyou turned towards it. She smiled slyly. "Ryo, your girlfriend is here!"

Ryoma glared at her, and Ukyou quickly shut her mouth. He walked out the door and told Ukyou he'd be out for a while.

Ukyou grinned excitedly. Then she frowned. "I can't follow them! Curse Ryo for having amazing powers of observation!"

Then a thought hit her. She grinned again and went off to find the regulars.

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"Echizen? Stalking? I'm in!" Momoshiro cheered. Then he stopped. "Wait...what's in it for me?"

Ukyou thought quickly. Uh...uh oh... "Kikumaru-senpai will pay burgers for you the rest of the week!" she babbled.

Eiji turned his head quickly, hearing his name. "Hoi?" Then he came over and glomped Ukyou. "Ucchan!" he squealed.

Ukyou raised a brow. "U-Ucchan?"

Eiji nodded his head enthusiastically. "Isn't it a great name, nya?"

"Uh...sure..."

Then he let go of Ukyou and shoved his catlike face into Momo's. "Momo-chan, what's up?"

Momoshiro smiled. "Eiji-senpai! You're paying for my burgers today!"

Uh...oh...Ukyou thought, trying to avoid them. She snuck away just as they began to argue.

"What do we have here? Oh...Momo, Eiji...what are you squabbling about?" Fuji approached the three, and smiled his...uh...smile.

Ukyou turned and smiled. "Ah, Fuji-senpai!"

Fuji kept on smiling. "So...what are we doing?"

"Stalking Ryo and Ryuzaki, of course." She paused, then added hurriedly, "Sakuno! It's Sakuno!"

Fuji chuckled. "Yes, yes. Ryoma wouldn't fall for Ryuzaki-sensei, would he?" he said quietly.

Momo and Eiji stopped arguing abruptly and held their stomachs, laughing.

"Ewww! HELL NO, FUJI-SENPAI!" Ukyou yelled, covering her ears.

Eiji looked to the gate. "Ah! They're getting away!"

And the four of them rushed off, laughing manically at their deed.

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"You didn't have to whack me THAT hard..." complained Ukyou, holding her head.

"..." He was lying down on his bed.

"Evil silent treatment..." Ukyou muffled a gasp as her wrist started 'acting up'. She'd bumped it accidentally when Momo and Eiji tumbled over like dominoes.



Ryoma sat up abruptly. He narrowed his eyes at her wound and looked carefully into his sister's eyes.

She was avoiding his gaze.

"Has..."

Ukyou looked up. I thought he was going to give me the silent treatment!

"Has anyone found out yet? Your wrist."

"All the sensible regulars should know."

"...'Sensible'...?"

"Yeah. People like Fuji-senpai, Tezuka-buchou, Oishi-senpai, Kawamura-senpai, Inui-senpai, and possibly Kaidoh-senpai."

"..."

Yeah...that's right. Go ahead and ignore me. Ukyou thought bitterly, running to the washroom for water.

She stopped in her tracks and decided against it. Ryoma wouldn't pay any attention to her right now, and she would have to deal with it. She turned and ran down the stairs, out of the house.

She didn't know where she was going. Probably to the street tennis courts, but her feet were taking her somewhere. They were going too fast for her liking, and she tried to stop, skidding her feet across the sidewalk.

Too late.

There was another group of friendly schoolmates, and they were heading down the sidewalk as well...and...

CRASH.

Ukyou fell on her backside and shook her head, which seemed to be going in circles.

"What the...watch where you're...going...?" The voice trailed off.

Ukyou looked up defiantly. "Well, YOU should watch where YOU'RE going!" she retorted. Then she blinked a few times. "Hey...isn't that a Rikkaidai uniform? Oh, and you play tennis...AH!"

Realization dawned on her. She'd crashed into last year's Nationals Tennis team!

"Isn't that a Seigaku uniform?"

"Yeah, it is!"



"So, this little girl is from Sei - !"

Ukyou had stomped her foot – hard – on that person's foot.

"Akaya! You ok?"

Ukyou scoffed. "Think before you insult someone!" She tried to walk away, but someone grabbed her sleeve. She turned around angrily. "Now what?"

"Who're you?" The redhead asked, a curious look on his face. He was chewing green bubble gum.

Ukyou pondered about his looks. "Gum...red hair...purple eyes...speaks funny..."

He twitched. "What was that?!"

"Oh, nothing! Nothing, really!" Ukyou waved her hands in innocence. She thought about it some more. "Kuwahara...no, no..."

Another person stepped forward. He was dark-skinned and had no hair on top. "Why'd she say my name?"

The redhead shrugged and looked back at Ukyou, who was knocking herself on her head. "What's with her?"

Ukyou tapped her chin in thought and scrunched her face up. Then it hit her. She snapped and pointed her finger at the bubble gum chewer.

"Mazui Bunga!"

Everyone fell over. The redhead stood up quickly and fumed. "That's not it!"

Ukyou blinked. "And I was sure of that, too! Um..."

"It's Marui! Marui Bunta! Not...not...whatever you said before."

She smiled. "Yeah, yeah! That's it! You're Marui Bunta, the volley specialist in Rikkai. You play doubles with Kuwahara Jackal, don't you?"

"Yeah, but how'd you know? And just a second...WHY'D YOU GET HIS NAME RIGHT AND NOT MINE?!"

Jackal snickered. "I'm special, you idiot."

Marui scratched his head. "Really?"

Ukyou coughed and waved for attention. She smirked. "You don't know who I am, do you?"

"Nope."



Ukyou slapped her hands together, satisfied. "That makes my job easier, then!" She began to walk away.

"W-wait! Aren't you going to tell?" Marui yelled after her.

"Nope! That just makes the game more fun!" she giggled and waved a hand in the air. "See you!"

The Rikkai gang looked after her. "What a weird girl..."

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"You...!" Ryoma seethed. He'd been worried sick about her. But no way was he going to tell her.

"Wha?" Ukyou opened one of her closed eyes. She was tired, and it was already 9:30 PM.

Ryoma fumed. "Where in hell did you go?"

Ukyou looked at him in surprise. Why's he so mad? She sighed. "I just went out. I told you that."

"Why?"

She glared at him. "Because you were being a jerk." She rolled over on the bed and faced the wall.

Ryoma's eyes softened. "My bad," he muttered.

Ukyou turned back to look at him and gave him a big grin. "No worries!" She knew it was his way of apologizing and saying that it was his fault.

"Ukyou, I'm tired. Turn the..."

"No! I'm IN bed! You turn the lights off."

"..."

A sigh. "Fine, fine. Yeesh. Why do I always give in to you?"

"Because I'm older."

"Hmph."

"And I'm special."

A groan.

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