Hey! I've skipped a month or so in the story so you aren't getting bored with simple old things. Anyways, hopefully you enjoy this chapter, and the whole story! :) Don't worry, this isn't the last chapter.

Oh yea, I started this chapter out differently: I began with a little scene with Akito! Just to shake things up! Tell me your opinion! :)

Thanks!

-Five Weeks Later-

Akito glared at Hatori, who sat in front of him. "Has she been causing trouble still?"

Hatori thought for a moment. There had been a couple times when Aloe had almost blown her cover and she had broken one of Shigure's doors, but that could be fixed simply and had been. Not like that happened before, Shigure thought to himself. "Not as much as she was when she was here."

"But that means she's still making trouble?" Akito felt a sense of accomplishment. For some reason, he wanted his sister to be there. Not for the sake of having a sister. No, it was for the joy of her not having joy. He wished he could bring her back just to see the disappointment on her face. But she was too much trouble. She would burn down the house, and perhaps even put him in danger.

"Just once." Hatori said. He wished he could say no, but he couldn't lie to Akito, no matter how noble it would have been. "She nearly fell off the roof of her school. Thankfully, due to the stress of it all, while she was in the air she turned into a chicken, and flew back up." Before Akito could ask, Hatori continued. "Nobody but Kyo, Yuki, and Tohru saw; and of course Yuki told Shigure, who told me."

Akito fumed to himself, wishing to have a reason to remove her happiness. "Fine. Has she talked about returning to the main house?" He wondered if she even liked it there in that house, where there was so much difference from the Sohma Main House.

"No," Hatori said, looking away. "But she has wondered how you've been holding up."

Hatori looked back and saw Akito was standing over him.

"What did you tell her?" Akito asked, his eyes mean and angry. Normal members of the Sohma house would have been frightened. Kisa and Momiji and many others would have cried on the spot. But Hatori- no, he had felt Akito's fury. Of course he didn't like it, but he wasn't afraid of it.

Hatori continued staring at him, no fear to be found. "I told her you were well."

"Good," Akito said, sitting back down on his seat. "You may go Hatori, but if there is another incident caused by.. her, I want you to bring her back here."

Hatori nodded, and left. He walked down to where Momiji waited for him, and began hopping up and down.

"Ha'ri!" Momiji called, running toward him. "Can I go see Tohru and Aloe?"

"I can't take you today." Hatori said, actually a bit disappointed to see them both. "But I'll bet Haru could get you there." He looked across the walkway, where Haru had walked out of a building. "Why don't you go ask him?"

Momiji sighed, and nodded. He skipped over to Haru, who looked down at him. They both said something that Hatori couldn't understand from the distance. Haru shrugged, and began his way with Momiji to Tohru, Aloe, Shigure, Yuki, and Kyo's house.

"Momiji, it's so good to see you!" Tohru said, walking in the two. "And it's nice to see you too, Haru!"

Aloe, who was sitting in the other room, heard the sound of Momiji, and sprinted into the room. She hugged him tight, and he hugged her too. She finally let go of him after a while, and then settled to hug Haru, who remained motionless and expressionless like a rock. Or more to his figure, a stick.

"Hi guys! How have you been?" She asked, smiling brightly.

Momiji knew her well enough that if seeing him and Haru made her sparkle like she was, she was having a bad day. These were the days where you eat an ice cream and let her get out her fumes, and if you made her mad then you could guarantee a hospital visit.

She was really bright and happy acting because she didn't want you to know she was having a bad day. She's one of those people who wouldn't tell someone if her stomach hurt really bad because she didn't want to kill their joy.

"I've been great!" Momiji said, trying to sparkle like she did, but he just didn't understand how she brightened like she did.

"I've been good." Haru sounded a bit monotone.

Yuki and Kyo got down in time to see them, and Kyo tried to escape back upstairs.

"Kyo!" Momiji called happily, only for Kyo to pound him on top of the head. "Oow! Tohru, Kyo hit me-ee!" He whined, crying on the floor where he had been hit.

Aloe glared up at Kyo, who had a little less than a foot on her. "Stop. Doing. That." She said, her teeth gritted.

Kyo, as it happens, was also having a bad day. And when you have two Sohmas from the same father who are beginning a fight and are both having a bad day, the worst thing for you is to try to stop it.

Kyo hit Momiji's head again, making him whine even more. "Make. Me." His teeth also gritted.

"Don't think I won't." Aloe said, her eyes getting angrier and her taking a step forwards.

Kyo took another step, then Aloe, then Kyo, until their eyes were about six inches away.

"Guys, really, we shouldn't fight inside the house! I just patched up the door, and if we fight then it'd get both of you in trouble, and then, then, then..." Tohru broke off.

Kyo made the first move, swinging at her head. She caught his hand and flipped him over, then continued beating him down. He shouted, and she continued throwing him around. Yuki and Haru seemed to be enjoying the show, but Tohru seemed nervous.

Aloe swung him around, then let him crash through the wall and outside onto the patio. She jumped through the tear he had made, and made her way to where he was attempting to recover. She lifted him up by the collar on his shirt, wound up a nice punch, and landed it right on his nose, landing him ten feet away from the patio. She was going to continue, but Haru put his hand on her shoulder.

At first, she reacted violently, grabbing his hand and flipping him over, then apologized and realized what she had done. Momiji was laughing loudly, Tohru was running to Kyo with a box of bandages and things, and Yuki was laughing quietly beside Momiji.

"I see," Shigure said, looking at Tohru who had explained everything that had happened. Everyone was gathered around the table, including Kyo who was holding a tissue to his bleeding nose and an icepack to his swollen head. He was bruised worse than when he fought Yuki, which was amusing to everyone except Kyo.

Shigure sighed, then looked at Aloe. "You realize I'm going to have to tell Hatori, who's going to have to tell Akito, right?"

Aloe's happy eyes went cold, and she stumbled backwards. "W-what?"

"Hatori would want to know, and you know it." Shigure sighed. "I'll go call him to tell him. Maybe he can come over for dinner and fix Kyo."

"Well, it seems your younger sister has beaten you pretty badly, now hasn't she?" Hatori said, making Kyo want to punch him in the face.

Aloe looked regretful. "I'm sorry Kyo, I shouldn't have lost it."

He cast her a spiteful glance, showing her that he wasn't very happy with her, even with her apology. He looked like a piece of work. His left cheek swollen like he had something in his mouth, a prominent bump on his head that had turned a nasty purple-green, and his nose was still bleeding and crooked a bit.

Kyo hadn't been talking since he claimed he didn't want to, but most of them thought it must have been the pain in his cheek.

"Is his nose broken?" Tohru asked worriedly, crossing her fingers that it wasn't.

Hatori examined his nose and poked it, causing Kyo to shout and rub his nose tenderly. "No, I doubt it. He's just bruised it."

"Wha'dyou mean, 'he bruised it'? I didn't bruise anything!" Kyo growled, wiping his nose again.

Aloe stared at the ground sadly, obviously wishing she hadn't begun a fight in the first place. "I said I'm sorry."

"Here," Hatori slammed a fresh, freezing cold ice pack onto Kyo's head, making him cry out again. "Keep this on your head and it'll make the swelling go down." Kyo eyed him sourly and held the new icepack to his tender head.

Hatori turned to Shigure, "Can I have a word with you in the other room, privately?" He added as Momiji and Aloe wandered over to listen in. Their faces fell and they backed away, going upstairs.

Shigure and Hatori went into Shigure's office, and Aloe's face brightened. "Come on, Momiji, my room is right above Shigure's office!"

They sprinted to her room, and she moved on of her floorboards over just enough for them to listen through the drywall.

"Ha'ri, what's this about?" A voice that belonged to Shigure asked.

A long sigh filled the room, followed by Hatori's voice. "Akito heard me answer the phone, and asked me to tell him what had happened." A long silence followed, and Hatori broke it. "He wants me to bring Kyo back."

"Kyo?" Momiji, Aloe, and Shigure all cried aloud. Thankfully, neither Shigure or Hatori heard the two upstairs.

"Why Kyo?" Shigure's voice asked.

There were footsteps, and then the sound of someone sitting down. "Akito claims that Kyo is the reason this happened, and he wants to lock him up in the cat room." Hatori laughed dryly. "I think he wants Aloe to suffer for this, and is punishing Kyo in the process."

"Sounds like Akito," Shigure said, almost angrily in a determined sort of way. "So why are you telling me?"

"You know that Akito and Aloe are brother and sister, and that they both suffer from a weak immune system. I'm afraid if I tell Aloe, she may get sick. Or worse, go after him to free him, and she could get sick that way too." Hatori spoke with a sorrow in his voice. "I need you to keep her away from this knowledge. Tell her he's training at a dojo or something, just keep her safe."

Shigure sighed, "But-"

"Shigure.." Hatori sounded as though it pained him to say what he was. "I know that Akito knows Aloe will go after Kyo to save him, at any means necessary. I think he wants her to come back, so he can keep her from Tohru, and Yuki, and you. From everyone who has ever loved her."

Nothing was said for a minute, until Shigure spoke. "Doesn't Akito have a shred of remorse, even for his younger sister?"

"I think he might, but he must be denying it. Even if he does, though, it is too small to fight the part of him that doesn't have any remorse for her." Hatori said.

Nobody spoke after that. Eventually, Hatori told Shigure he had to leave the room, and Aloe put the floorboard back in place. She stared off at the wall in horror, thinking about what she had heard. She couldn't live with herself knowing Kyo was going to be locked up in that stupid cat's room. It sounded terrible, with no reason to live. If it were her in his position, she would have killed herself long ago.

"Aloe?" She looked at Momiji, forgetting that he was there for a long while. "You won't really get sick, will you?" His eyes looked truly worried for her.

"No." She said turning her head back away. Thoughts flooded her mind, and like lightning, she pinned him to the ground, staring into his eyes. "You have to promise me you won't tell anyone I heard that." Her eyes looked fierce in a way, scary almost. Something of Akito she had been given. Something I hate in myself, She thought angrily.

"I p-promise." Momiji said, scared of her vigor in the matter. She got off him and sat with her face in her hands, planning the escape plan for Kyo's freedom. Even if it meant her life.

-The Next Day-

Aloe yawned, walking into the kitchen. It was Saturday, and she was ready to plan everything and execute her plans. She saw Tohru, already preparing a nice breakfast.

"Morning!" Tohru said brightly.

Aloe rubbed her eyes, still exhausted.

"Feeling a bit like Yuki this morning?" Tohru asked, smiling to herself.

Aloe giggled. "Maybe,"

Yuki entered the room, still in his pajamas. "What about Yuki this morning?" He was also rubbing his eyes sleepily. Tohru and Aloe giggled again.

Shigure walked in too, wearing his kimono that seemed to be his everyday clothes and pajamas. "Good morning everyone! How are you doing?"

Aloe ignored his question. "Where's Kyo?" She knew the answer. She just wished it weren't true."

Shigure stumbled for a moment. "He, er, left to train in another dojo to, er, get better at his fighting."

Aloe knew he was gone, and now, she knew when she was going to execute her plan: tonight.

Dun-dun-dun! Okay, I dunno about you, but I'm looking forward to this. I'm going to make the next chapter kind of emotional and mushy, so watch out for all the happiness. :3

Anyways, thanks for reading and keep reading! Review or I will tell Akito on you! ;)