Hey! Sorry it's been a while, well it seems it has. And hopefully i can finish this before school starts and my torturous band camp that's after next week. All day of marching and making the band fall on me.

Anyways I would have updated sooner but apparently I'm sick with something that no one can figure out what it is. I blame my friend cause she had the exact symptoms I had. They thought it was whooping cough or whatever so I had to go to the hospital with a stupid face mask thing, was starred at the WHOLE FREAKIN TIME and had to get a blood test to make sure I didn't have it since I went to see my nephew be born.
Then stupid me took the medicine too close together and now I'm having an allergic reaction I guess.
What I've learned from this experience: I'm stupid and people REALLY need to learn that staring is rude. And I still hate needles.

now enough with my complaining, heres the story!
Thanks for the reviews MelloDeathNoteLover and SerenityGreyWolf

I own nothing but my OCs and story

In Biology {They have that in japan right? I had English put down at first. Stupid me lol XD} Max found they were doomed. Sure she was talking to him now, but at school only. Now, the teacher assigned them as partners. Their project was was to do a report on an animal and they'd have until January to get it done. With a worried look to Kyo, who was across the room, she opened her science book to the chapter they'd be reading. His look mirrored hers, neither family head would allow it. Well if she explained it was for a grade she might, Kiro always wanted her to have good grades.

All through the rest of the day she formed a plan. What she didn't know was Kiro found out about Danni, the bear thing at least.

"Kiro. you wanted to see me?" Max asked walking into the library. She was startled to find Danni standing awkwardly off to the side.

"Sorry Max, but he was really worried about you."

Confused she looked between the two.

"Danni explained to me why you wouldn't let me help fight. But it's a good thing I did come back." He said, referring to the other bear.

"So...your not mad?"

"No..." He looked at Danni and sighed. "Danni helped me realize certain things."

'Poor Kiro,' Max thought. She couldn't help it, he had such a sad look. But then he smiled with a twinkle in his eye. 'Aw crap.'

"By the way, happy birthday Max. Your lucky we have all the outsiders here, your mom's preparing something-"

"That really isn't important right now." Danni said quickly. Kiro was hinting to something she already knew, her mom usually always planned something. But usually when Kiro had a look that could mirror a trickster's, it wasn't good.

"Um, Kiro, I have a question." Max said. She decided it was a time for a topic change, and it was the perfect time to ask.

"Yes?"

"Um...well...you see...I know you don't want me talking to the zodiac members but..." She had to make it seem like she hated them some how. "The stupid teacher decided to partner me up with the cat."

He looked like he was really thinking about it. But of course he didn't mind the cat like he did the others. If it was some like Yuki then it probably would have been an out right no. After all it was the cat who got tricked and didn't go to the banquet. Still, she figured she needed to add a bit more to it.

"If I don't do thins project then my grade will fall big time." And for the heck of it she put in puppy dog eyes. Nothing like a wolf pulling that trick.

"Fine." He said with a sigh of defeat. "But only for the project, after that no more talking."

"Of course." She said but didn't quiet meet his eye. No way was she going to promise, if she did then she'd have to actually go through with it. Max hated breaking promises.

"Wait, Akito actually agreed to it?" he asked after a moment. He looked very shocked, and really Max would too if Akito agreed.

"Well...no...but I have a feeling they're not even going t ask him." Kiro didn't question. They all had a pretty good idea on how he lead them.

"Thank Kiro!" Max said giving him a hug and running out of the room.

Danni's POV

Danni watched as Max thank Kiro and hug him. She pitied that Dragon because Danni knew he liked her.

"I have a feeling about her and that cat." Kiro said after he was sure Max was out of hearing. "And that same feeling tells me this may be one thing that would make Max not listen to me."

"She'd trying Kiro. She's older and wiser. She listens now." though Danni seriously doubted that wiser part, maybe even the listening too.

"You didn't see her that Saturday. That darn* cat is the problem. He's a zodiac, and that's why she can't like him."

"So your saying you'd allow it if he weren't?"

"Yes..." he didn't seem to happy to be admitting it.

"And that's why I love you Kiro!"Danni said, trying to lighten the conversation up.

"Yeah, don't think I missed you crush either, and Sammy's." Danni's face had the look of a dear in the headlights. 'How'd he find out!' She thought.

"Yes, I know all. Creepy huh?" He smirked. "No actually John and I talk. And with you, well I just noticed you seemed happier. And though all the dragons go against it, I think I should allow this. I also pretty sure the older Aultman members that knew the curse would frown about me thinking this as well."

"But I know some kids, plus me, that would back it up." Danni assured him.

"And what about Akito?He'd finally crack and then I will have made a huge mess." Kiro said now pacing. He was really confused, after all he was only a teenager himself. Not even twenty yet.

"Let's just see how it goes." John said coming out from the shelves of books. Both Kiro and Danni jumped in fright. John laughed at them.

"Oh look, the dragon's scare able!" Danni said over coming her scare easily. "I thought the you knew all?"

Kiro glared at John, who was still laughing.

Max's POV

Max left in a hurry, she couldn't wait until tomorrow! She ate, showered, and did her homework. Yes she willingly did homework. Then she went to be, hoping it was a decent time to. Well for the most part she stared at the ceiling hoping sleep would come. By the time she figured it was hopeless, everyone else had gone to bed and she couldn't read. If she did then Sammy would surely bite her head off. Eventually sleep did come, but of course as fate would have it, she was running late.

"Max what time did you really go to bed?" Sammy asked in the car.

Max yawned once more. "I don't know, I stopped looking at the clock around one thirty."

"Max! You even said you'd go to bed way before any of us! What'd you do the whole time, stare at the ceiling?"

The look on Max's face told Sammy that's eaxactly what she did.

"Your hopeless." She sighed.

"Well you know, it was almost a full moon last night." James pointed out.

"Oh yeah...I hadn't even noticed." Tomorrow she'd be up ALL night. Always happened on every full moon. Hayden just had the urge to sing, which keeps everyone up all night.

"Hey, it could be worse, I heard last generation the wolf changed into a wolf and couldn't change back." Hayden added.

"Wait, Max have you tried turnign into a wolf?" Sammy aked curiously.

"No..."

"What if you don't change at all!"

"That would be cool." She said flatly. She was still half asleep.

At school it was horrible. Her math teacher gave her detention for sleeping in class. She didn't mean to though, she was just really tired. In all of her classes she fell asleep at least for a minute or two. All except in art, she spent that drawing a moon with a black blue night sky and the shadow of a wolf on a cliff howling.

Lunch was a good time for her. She laid under a tree and fell asleep. Well for a couple minutes at least. She was woken up by Kyo when he sat beside her. She was too half asleep to know she cuddled up against him, well she faintly knew, but she hardly acknowledged it. Every one hid their laughed, but they too were worried.

"What's wrong with Max?" Tohru finaly asked. "Is she OK?"

"Yeah, she'd just tired. She couldn't sleep last night." Sammy said nonchalantly. Obviously she wasn't very worried, after all she was used to it by now.

It was quiet once more as everyone wither ate or held a quiet conversation, as not to wake Max up. According to Sammy, no one wanted that. When suddenly Max woke up with a jump, as if she finally remembered something.

"Oh, my gosh!" She exclaimed, totally freaking Kyo out and making everyone around them jump. "Kiro's letting me work with you on the project!"

"Cool." He said, but his eyes showed he was happy to hear that.

"Hey Max, maybe you could com over tomorrow. And you too Sammy!" Tohru said happily.

"I don't know...Maybe...He understand's Max's reason, but what mine?" Sammy asked, looking to Max for help.

"Grr..." She mumbled and was out cold.

"Figures." Sammy said flatly and rolled her eyes.

It was decided that Thursday, the night after the full moon. However that was the least of their worries.