Team Five
Oishi exited the Parents room where Kamio, Itsuki and Sengoku were all waiting.

"Well?" said Itsuki.

"Well," Oishi said as he held up a thermometer. "His temperature is now one hundred and four so…"

"A BATH OF ICE CUBES!" cheered Sengoku. "YES!"

Sengoku ran into the kitchen to prepare ice.

"Really?" said Kamio to Oishi.

"Yeah." Said Oishi. "Because if his temperature gets any higher then he'll probably die."

Itsuki and Kamio stared at him.

"You said that so casually." Itsuki commented.

"Yeah well." Oishi shrugged.

That's when Sengoku came running back in with a tray of ice cubes in his hand. "Guys, I definitely thought that Shishido being sick was going to be a total drag, but this is actually fun."

"Now, now." Said Oishi. "We're not going to fill the bathtub up with ice and then put Shishido in it because it's FUN, we're going to do it to save his life."

Sengoku raised an eyebrow. "And it's fun." He added.

"Well, maybe just a little bit." Oishi agreed.

They all ran around the house and started collecting up all the ice they had. And somehow they managed to fill the tub up half way, even though that seems a little ridiculous that they would just have that much ice hanging around the house, but work with us here.

"I don't want to go in the bathroom…" Shishido whined and Itsuki and Oishi both worked together to carry him to the bathtub. "I don't want to do it…"

"It's for your own good, Shishido." Said Oishi as they put him right over the ice filled tub and dropped him in it.

He whined and struggled fruitlessly until he eventually stopped bothering.

"How long should he stay in there?" Kamio asked.

"Just about thirty seconds." Oishi said.

"Hey look!" said Sengoku as he held up a letter. "Kamio got another letter!"

"Did I win the individual challenge?" Kamio cheered as he exited the bathroom to take the letter, and Itsuki and Oishi promptly followed him to see if it was true. "I did! Oh yay!"

"So I guess you have to change the family now." Said Sengoku.

Kamio paused and looked around at everyone standing before him. Then he looked out the window. It was raining very hard.

"Well, I think we should probably abandon the idea of keeping outside Pets anymore." Said Kamio.

"YAY!" cheered Itsuki. "I was so sure you were going to pick me as the Pet just because I haven't been outside yet."

"Uh…no." said Kamio. "Oishi, you can be the Pet again because I hold a grudge, but you don't have to be an outside Pet unless it stops raining."

"Oh." said Oishi, looking sad. "Okay."

"I'M the Dad of course." Kamio went on. "Sengoku… you can be the Mom."

"Aw man!" said Sengoku.

"Itsuki, you can be the Brother." Kamio said.

"Okay." Said Itsuki.

"And Shishido can be whatever's left… the Sister I think." Kamio decided.

Everyone nodded and stood there, and then Shishido whined again.

"Oops, we forgot about Shishido." Said Oishi. "I think that the two people who didn't carry him TOO the bathtub should have to take him OUT of the bathtub."

They all stared at each other for a little bit.

"What?" said Sengoku. "I hope you're not talking about ME."

"Hello?" Shishido called. "I'm cold…"

"Oh fine." Said Oishi with a sigh. "Someone help me!"

Kamio decided to be helpful, and it's a good thing too!

"I hate everyone…" Shishido complained as they carried him back to the Parents room.

"Don't forget your bow!" said Sengoku as he tossed the bow in Shishido's general direction.

Team Six
"As the individual winner of the challenge, the only change I'm going to make is to appoint Kaidou as the new Dad, and Akutsu as the new Pet." Atsushi announced.

Of course, he was making this announcement to only Oshitari and Ryou BUT HEY! It was a start.

"So if either of you two see either of them, please let them know." Said Atsushi.

Oshitari frowned and Ryou shook his head.

"Frankly, I'm afraid to even leave this room." Said Atsushi, pointing to the door that led outside the Kids room, which was where everyone was currently staking out.

"Yeah…" Ryou agreed. "After Akutsu trampled all over Kaidou's Korner just to provoke him, I've been too afraid to do much of anything."

"Have those two been outside since then?" Oshitari questioned.

"I think so." Said Atsushi.

Oshitari went to the door and grabbed the knob.

"What are you doing?" Ryou said desperately, jumping up and grabbing Oshitari to keep him from leaving. "Are you going OUT THERE?"

"Well, if they're outside then it shouldn't be a problem." Oshitari said. "Besides, I doubt that just this door would keep us safe if those two were truly engaged in mortal combat."

Ryou and Atsushi looked sad because of all the false security that was keeping them content was just shattered right then and there.

Oshitari slowly opened the door and peered around. He didn't see or hear anything so he crept out into the kitchen. He figured everything was all right, so he relaxed.

But as soon as he did, Ryou and Atsushi jumped over and grabbed his arms, which of course caused him to jump in surprise.

"Let go of me." Oshitari commanded, shaking them both off after he had regained his composure.

"Where are they?" Atsushi inquired.

Ryou went to the window that looked out into the backyard.

"They're not outside." He reported.

That's when the front door swung open.

"—So Inui asked me to play doubles and I said okay for just that time because I figured it was a one time thing, but as it turns out—"

Kaidou stopped in the doorway when he discovered that Oshitari, Ryou and Atsushi were all staring at him.

"What?" said Kaidou, looking irritated.

"Where's Akutsu?" they all asked.

And then Akutsu came inside as well and took off his raincoat.

"What?" he said, looking as irritated as Kaidou.

"What are you all staring at?" demanded Kaidou.

"Weren't you two going to fight to the death?" Oshitari questioned.

Akutsu and Kaidou looked at each other and then threw their heads back and laughed.

"Well, we WERE." Said Kaidou in response to the other three's obvious intense desire to know what they were laughing at. "But then we came to a mutual understanding of each other's differences."

"Wait…just like that?" Ryou said.

"Yeah, you want to make something of it?" demanded Akutsu.

"No, no." said Ryou. "Don't mind me."

"I also want to make an announcement." Said Akutsu. "I'm quitting today. Cold turkey."

They all stared at him. Even Kaidou.

"Quitting what?" Oshitari asked finally.

"Smoking." Akutsu said as if it were obvious.

They all stared at him some more.

"You smoke?" Atsushi said.

"NOT ANYMORE." Akutsu crossed his arms.

"Okay…" said everyone.

Team Seven
"Guys!" Tetsu called. "Everyone! Come here for a second!"

His team didn't exactly RUN in, but they came in eventually.

"Our letter has been sitting out there for over an hour, and I think it's a little ridiculous that no one has gone out to get it yet." Tetsu said after they had gathered as he pointed at the mailbox at the end of the front walk.

The others agreed.

"So get it." Sanada told Tetsu.

"THIS was the only raincoat I could find." Said Tetsu, holding up a small pink raincoat that was meant for a child.

"So what's the problem?" Jirou asked.

Tetsu RE-showed them the raincoat.

"This will never fit me." He finally explained.

"Oh." said Inui. "Well that's not a problem. The mailbox is just down the front walk. You wouldn't be outside in the rain for TOO long."

"Oh really?" said Tetsu. "Then why don't YOU go?"

Inui just stood there with a veeeerrry good poker face.

"Point taken." Inui said.

He then took the raincoat.

"There is only one person who could fit in this." He evaluated.

Everyone looked at each other. And, as the screen panned around the circle, it showed everyone's faces but suddenly there was an empty spot. Just when the panning was going to continue, it stopped, paused, and then dropped down to Jirou standing there.

"Jirou." Renji concluded.

"Jirou." Inui agreed.

"Jirou." Said Tetsu.

"Me?" said Jirou.

"Yes. You. Jirou." Said Sanada.

"I don't want to wear that…" said Jirou, looking sad. "It's pink…"

"You'll only be wearing it for a second." Said Renji as everyone forced the tiny pink rain jacket on him. Of course, it's a fact that Jirou IS smaller than the rest of him, but one wouldn't call him "child sized". So even though he was, yes, smaller than the rest of him, the jacket didn't exactly fit him ideally…or really fit him at all. And it was pink.

"I look foolish!" whined Jirou. "I don't want to wear it anymore!"

"Well, you've already got it on so you might as well just go." Said Sanada as he opened the door and booted Jirou out.

The four of them stood at the window and chuckled warmly at Jirou as he ran down the front walk, grabbed the letter in the mailbox and then ran back to the front door.

He entered and he was very wet despite wearing the raincoat, since it had been too small to zip up and he didn't wear the hood.

"That was pointless!" announced Jirou as he ran around in circles with his arms behind him in attempt to get the coat off. He started waving his arms. "It's stuck on me! Get it off!"

Inui took the letter from Jirou without helping him and then looked at who it was addressed to. He handed it to Renji.

"Joy." Said Renji. "I won."

They all stared at him.

"YOU won?" Tetsu said. "You didn't do anything."

"All you did was pick which furniture we got, and you did a bad job at that, by the way." Sanada said crossing his arms.

"Nevertheless, Renji must redesign the families." Inui commented. "Don't forget about the data."

"Very well." Renji said. "Inui, you may be the Dad and I will be the Mom. Sanada, you will be the Pet. Tetsu, you can remain the Brother and Jirou…"

They looked over at Jirou who was all tangled up in the pink raincoat.

"You may be the Sister." Renji said.

"Aw man!" whined Jirou.

Team Eight
Once upon a time, Team Eight (except Atobe) was watching television. They were sitting on the floor because of course they had no place else to sit, having lost the rest of their furniture in the war. But not really the war.

Then they all gave a collective sigh at the same time.

Yuuta stood up and turned the television off.

"Are you guys thinking the same thing I'm thinking?" he asked.

Jackal nodded. "I thought I would easily be able to watch television without thinking of how we wronged Atobe so…" he said.

"When in reality, that's ALL I can think of!" exclaimed Bane with a sniffle.

"Atobe just sits in his room all day!" said Shinji. "All by himself. With no one to talk to! No wonder he's so grouchy when he comes out!"

"It's time to end this horrible exclusion that we've been conducting over the last few days!" Yuuta declared. "Okay?"

"OKAY!" said everyone, including Yuuta.

They all got up and marched straight into the Parents room, which is now of course Atobe's room, and burst through the door.

Atobe was sitting comfortably in the bed reading a best selling novel and looked quite startled when everyone so suddenly imposed themselves on him.

"ATOBE!" they shouted as they ran over and practically dove on top of him.

"ARGH!" Atobe yelled as the force of their affection knocked him off the bed and they all toppled down with him.

The five of them remained where they were for a little while before Atobe finally ordered them to get up and they did. Everyone adjusted their clothing, brushed themselves off and then looked at each other.

"What is the meaning of this assault?" Atobe demanded. "I have done nothing to deserve it."

"Oh Atobe." Said Yuuta. "We're not assaulting you!"

"Oh really?" Atobe said, raising his eyebrow. "What was that then?"

"We just suddenly realized that we've been unjustly neglecting you." Bane explained.

"Therefore, we want to make it up to you." Jackal added.

"By any means possible!" finished Shinji.

"If you think that I am going to tolerate all of you waiting on me hand and foot then you are SORELY mis—" Atobe began, shaking his finger, but thankfully he stopped himself just then.

And stared at them.

They didn't flinch.

Instead, they just smiled and tried to look helpful.

"Aha." Said Atobe, putting his hand up in front of his face. "I see. It's about time you all realized your mistake and came around to see how upset I have been over being ignored."

"And we are SO sorry about that." Bane said.

"I'm sure you are." Said Atobe, crossing his arms. "Well, there are many things I need done."

"What are they?" asked Shinji.

"ANYTHING." Agreed Jackal.

"My laundry, for one." Atobe said. "Lunch. My bed sheets need to be pressed."

"YES SIR!" exclaimed everyone.

"And you," he pointed at Shinji.

"Yes?" said Shinji.

"Get a haircut." Atobe said.

Shinji gasped and his soul shattered into a thousand pieces.

The other three ran over to Shinji and hugged him.

"HOW DARE YOU!" said Bane angrily at Atobe.

"You should be ashamed of yourself!" said Jackal.

"Now we remember why we hate you!" Yuuta said. "Come on, Shinji, we don't need HIM anymore!"

They all shuffled out of the room leaving Atobe standing there with a frown.

"Oh well…" he said, sitting back on the bed and picking up his best selling novel. Then he picked up the letter he had retrieved earlier that had been addressed to him. "Oh wait, family, wait." He hardly called to them at all, but then he realized that he wasn't going to switch the family around anyway so he shrugged. "Oh well again."