Hey, guys! ^^ I hope you like this chapter. I'm sorry I didn't update it sooner, but I had a busy day. I'm sorry if this doesn't quite make sense. I stayed up until 2 AM so I could finish this chapter for you all. :D

"I still don't see why the rat has to come along!" I argued as Tohru and the others hurried around to finish getting themselves ready. Tohru asked me to go with her to the Sohma Main House today, and apparently, she asked Yuki and Kyo, as well.

"Because it's the 'Sohma' Main House, Baka!" Kyo yelled at me as he hopped on his left foot to pull on his sock,, which earned a smirk from me.

"Honestly, are you really trying to put on your sock, or practicing your next circus act?" I taunted as I watched him, earning a glare.

"Oh, don't fight!" Tohru said in that sweet voice of hers. I sighed and looked over at her as she brushed out her hair and put in the little bows, like usual.

"Imouto-chan, let me help!" I beamed as I walked over and started tying her hair back into a half-ponytail. I fanned out the rest of the hair that I left down, and smiled when I finished.

"You look so grown up!" I teased lightly as I looked at her reflection over her shoulder.

"Thanks!" She smiled at me and turned around just as Yuki walked into our room, fully clothed and ready to go. I saw him in the mirror and frowned, then walked closer to the mirror and pretended to start working on my own hair. "Hey, you're all ready!" Tohru said happily as she approached him. "Onee-chan's ready, t-" She started and looked over at me, but stopped when she noticed me messing with my hair. "Well… she was ready. Onee-chan, why are you changing your hair?"

"Because I'm sick of always wearing it the same old way… I think I'm going to try something like…" I trailed off as I worked on it, then smirked and styled it exactly like mom did when she was a teenager. "This! It's perfect!" I grinned at her when I turned around and started walking to the bedroom door.

"No way in hell!" Kyo yelled in protest when he saw me, and I glared at him.

"Pardon?"

"No way in hell! Change it!"

"No, I like it this way, thank you very much." I smirked up at him and pushed passed Yuki and Kyo. "If you don't like it, then don't look at me." I bounded down the stairs and pulled out my pack of smokes from my pants pocket.

"I thought you quit smoking." Tohru said when she came down the stairs and stood next to me. I took out a cigarette and put it in my mouth, then lit it.

"I took it back up again." I said bluntly and exhaled the puff of smoke. "Let's get going, we don't want to be too late, do we?" I asked as I opened the door and walked out onto the porch. I sighed and jumped off the porch, when the others finally came out, and started walking down the path.

"Onee-chan, wait up!" Tohru called after me and jogged a little to catch up. When she finally reached my side, she smiled. Yuki and Kyo walked a few paces behind us, staring at our backs.

"Oi, Imouto-chan, what's that plan you said you had?" I asked and looked down at her, smoke coming out of my mouth as I spoke, then I took another puff.

"Oh, right! The plan is…" She trailed off and we leaned closer to each other, so she could whisper in my ear. I held the smoke in until she finished, then exhaled an almost invisible puff.

"It sounds like a good plan… I just hope it works."

"It will!" She said optimistically.

"If you say so." I teased and gently rested my free hand on the top of her head. I gently moved my hand, as if giving her a noogy with my palm, and smirked.

"Onee-chan, you just messed it up!" She teasingly whined.

"Oh, I did not. You look great." I chuckled and turned onto the city sidewalk, heading for the Main House. We both laughed as she fussed with her hair, and I slowly put my cigarette to my lips to take another puff, once my laughter died down a little.

"So, why did the rat boy have to come along? I still don't understand completely… I know it's the Sohma Main House and all, but I thought he hated it there." I asked Tohru, and made sure the boys could hear. I felt two sets of eyes glare at my back, and I smirked to myself.

"Oh!" Tohru smiled at me as we passed the building we worked, and let out a soft chuckle. "I thought it would be good for the both of you to be around each other."

"I don't. Not to be rude to you, Imouto-chan, but it just caused tension." I smiled back at her as I spoke, and snuck a glance back over my shoulder at the two behind us. My words earned me a narrowed glare, which made me smugly smirk to myself this time.

"Did it? I'm so sorry, Onee-chan! I can have him go home, if you want." She rambled, starting to panic from the discomfort it caused me.

"No, no, it's a little late for that now, anyway." I teased softly, letting out a chuckle at her reaction. "Don't worry about it. I can just ignore him!" I said cheerfully with a triumphant nod. "It should be a piece of cake!"

"You're such a heartless bitch, you know that?" Kyo shouted at me. I covered my mouth and let out a fake, soft yawn, and pretended not to hear him.

"Oi, there's the Main House." I stated and pointed at it when we were about half a mile away from it.

"Yeah, no kidding, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that." Kyo said angrily and shoved his hands into his pants pockets as he glared off to the side, opposite of Yuki. I sighed softly, and a little boredly, as I glanced over my shoulder at the two, only to notice both of them glaring in opposite directions. I smirked inwardly.

"Honestly, Kitten, are you ever going to urusai, or do I have to sew your mouth shut with my sewing utensils?" I asked in a chipper tone, earning a surprised look from the both of them, now.

"You sounded-" Kyo started.

"Way too chipper when you said that…" Yuki finished for him, and I grinned sadistically at them.

"Really? I hadn't noticed. Hmm… It does sound entertaining, though. Want me to do it, Kitten? Oooh-" I gasped softly and grinned again. "I know! I could make it a pretty flower shape, so that way you'll have needle holes the shape of a flower all around you mouth!" By the end of my sentence, my grin turned into another sadistic one, which earned a terrified look from Kyo.

"Onee-chan, don't play around like that!" Tohru scolded, and I giggled softly as I looked back at her.

"Gommen, gommen, I couldn't help it. I wouldn't go to that extent. I would just kick the ever-living shit out of him." I teased her, earning a little frown. "Kidding, kidding, jeeze. You guys don't understand my sense of humor."

"Your sense of humor? That isn't your sense of humor!" Kyo yelled as we walked up to the gates and pressed the buzzer.

"Who is it?" A lady's voice came over the monitor.

"How would you know what my sense of humor is, Kitten?" I asked, starting to get a little heated. He thinks he knows me, and he doesn't! "Just because I've lived with you for a while, doesn't mean you know me, so don't act like you do!"

"Yes, this is Yuki Sohma." Yuki said calmly into the monitor, earning a soft giggle from the lady on the other end. "Can you please let us in?"

"Of course, Yuki-kun!"

"You've changed since Yuki left you, you realize that?" The lady and Kyo said at the same time, only Kyo's voice drowned out hers, because he yelled again. His words made me freeze and stare at him, earning a strange look from him, and Tohru looked between the two of us, as Yuki just stared at us. I swiftly turned on my heels and walked through the gates when they opened, not saying a single word.

"I think you upset Onee-chan, Kyo-kun…" Tohru said sadly, watching me with worried eyes.

"Yeah, well, she had it comin'." He said in a low voice, staring off to the side again, with his hands shoved into his pockets once more.

"B-but-!"

"Oi, get your bum in here, Imouto-chan!" I called softly to her and avoided eye contact with all of them. We walked inside the Sohma Main House and I glanced around briefly, then slowly followed the boys, walking several feet behind them.

Baka Kyo thinks he knows everything. Tsch.

He is right, though… you've only become this way, because of the fact Yuki dumped you.

Urusai! I don't need your crap!

You're so mean to me, now…

Yeah, because it gets you to urusai!

…

Yeah, stay that way.

I was so absorbed in my own mental argument, that I hadn't realized the trio split off into a room, which left me by myself… in a house that I don't know my way around in…

"Shit…" I cursed under my breath, and looked around a little furiously, trying to remember which room they went into. I sighed heavily and decided to pick a random door and opened it abruptly, and made my way inside, only to find a group of people sitting around drinking tea and playing cards. "U-uno.. go-" I cut myself off when I noticed a familiar face and frowned a little. "Shigure-kun?" I asked, and kept my eyes on him as I made my way over.

"Ah, Madeleine-chan, I was wondering if you would lose track of the others, what with your constant being distracted and all."

"Urusai! I wasn't distracted, I just decided not to follow them." I stated coldly, then finally glanced around at the others.

"Ah, how rude of me. Madeleine-chan, these are other members of the zodiac. This is Aya-kun, he's the snake," He said as he pointed to a man who looked just like Yuki, which caused me to glare at him.

"My my, Shigure-dono, she's exactly as you described her!" He boomed, which caused me to blink a few times, taken aback.

Just as he described me? Wait, wait… Dono? And why does he look like rat boy, only older?

"and this is Hatsuharu-kun, he's the cow-" He motioned toward a boy with black and white hair, which caused me to take a double take.

Is that his natural hair color?

"of course you already know Momiji-kun," He motioned toward the cute little blonde boy, and I smiled at him.

"Momiji-kun~" I said happily. "I haven't seen your wonderful face around lately, where did you go?"

"I've been busy with school." He said happily and ran over to me. "Oh. and I've been playing with some guys from school, we play cops and robbers, and I'm usually the robber!" I laughed softly and shook my head, imagining the scene.

"this…" Shigure said, capturing my attention again. "is Hiro-kun, he's the ram," He pointed at a little boy with blonde hair and brown eyes and I slowly shook my head and stared at him. Don't blondes usually have blue eyes?

"Oi, Shigure-san, this is interesting and all, but…" I paused and glanced around the room at the other un-named members of the zodiac, then rested my gaze on Shigure again with a stern look. "I need to find the room in which Imouto-chan and the others went in. Do you know where exactly it is? It's extremely important that I find it."

"Ah, yes. You go back down the hall you came from, turn to your left, and it's that first door on the right."

"Arigatou." I swiftly turned around on my heels and walked out, closing the door behind me a little sternly.

"Strange girl." Hatori said absent-mindedly as he laid down a card on the table all of them were surrounding.

"Indeed, very strange." Rin commented, also absent-mindedly.

"She may be strange, but she's wonderful company. She keeps everything interesting, where-as Tohru-kun keeps everything calm. Complete opposites."

"You said she's Tohru-chan's Onee-chan, right?" Hatori asked, as he kept his eyes on the cards that were sprawled out on the table.

"Yes, she's her Onee-chan. Although, how Tohru-kun turned out so sweet, I'll never know." He said with a small laugh, and laid down a card also, watching it land with a soft pat.

"Very odd…" Haru muttered, and the members continued on with their card game in silence.

"Okay, so… Make a left down this hallway…" I murmured to myself, as I looked around in confusion. "And then make another left? No, no, that isn't right…" I continued thoughtfully, staring at the doors in frustration. "Damn it, which one is it?" Just as I growled in frustration, Yuki and Kyo walked around the corner with gloom expressions planted on their faces. "Oi! Where's Imouto-chan?" I asked, glaring at the two.

"She went for a walk with Akito-sama…" Kyo stated and avoided eye contact.

"And you two left her with him?"

"She said she'd be fine, so we took her word for it." Yuki said and mimicked Kyo's eye contact avoidance.

"You BAKAS!" I exclaimed and darted off to the closest door that I thought led outside. I looked around furiously and thought for a few minutes as I tried to calm myself.

Calm down and think. Where would she walk with him?

"The forest? No… a cliff?" I frowned at my dumb thoughts and let my legs carry me wherever they wanted, until I finally saw Tohru and Akito come into view. Tohru was standing in front of him, on the edge of a cliff, that didn't look too sturdy, might I add, and frowned as I quickened my pace.

"Let's be friends!" Tohru said happily with that big, goofy smile of hers on her face, her hand stretched out in wait of a hand-shake. Akito just stood there, and I wished I could see his expression at this point, but that wasn't of any importance right now. My distance between the two slowly diminished and I was a mere few feet behind Akito, when the cliff finally had enough and started to crumble beneath Tohru's feet.

"IMOUTO-CHAN!" I screamed as I dashed passed Akito and grabbed her outstretched hand and swiftly jumped off the ground with a twist to my body, placing myself beneath her. Yuki and Kyo must have followed me, to some extent, and heard my scream, which caused them to run to where we were, but they were too late. As we regressed toward the ground, I held Tohru's head close to my chest to protect her, and closed my eyes tightly as I braced myself for the impact of the hard, grassy, warm ground that awaited us. When we finally made impact, pain erupted throughout my body. It traveled from the back of my head, all the way down to my legs, and back up, until my entire body just ached all at once. The sound of footsteps sounded to the left… or was it the right?... of me, and I barely opened my eyes enough to see Tohru slowly stand up and look around, until she realized she was on top of me. She swiftly turned around and stared down at me with a horrified look.

"Onee-chan!" She yelled as tears began to well and spill over. I watched as one streamed down her left cheek for a second, and then I closed my eyes completely, because I couldn't bare to see her cry.

"You're alright!" I said weakly, and attempted to turn my head in the direction of Yuki and Kyo's outbursts of worry that were directed at Tohru, who now knelt beside me.

"Onee-chan, can you move?" She asked through her sobs. My eyelids fluttered a little as I tried to open them again, but they refused to stay open. Yuki and Kyo crying out my name were the last things I heard before everything went silent, and completely dark.

Right, like I said. I hope you guys liked it! ^^

Also, I might update the next chapter a little late, too. I have another busy day, and I'm not sure when I'll get back, but I'll start working on it and update ASAP! ^^