What is it with me and not finishing fics? Ah, well, it's not that long a wait. And thank you, to my faithful readers who continue to read this despite the fact that I am not consistent in posting. Maybe once school starts, I'll be more frequent. Then again, maybe not. Anyway, Enjoy the fic!!

Tai's Mother spotted Kari lying on the bed. "What are you doing?" She asked, and note of worry creeping into her voice "Nothing, Mom!" Tai replied in a falsely cheerful voice. "We're just fooling' around." Tai's mother relaxed visibly. "Oh, all right then. I didn't know what you wanted to eat, so I brought up some chips and cookies" "Great Mom! Thanks." "Oh, and.Roxanne, is it?" Kari nodded "When you're ready to sleep, You can use the spare bedroom at the end of the hall" "Thanks, Mo-...Mrs. Kamaiya." Tai's mother left the room, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. "What would have happened if she found out it was you?" Tai yelled at Kari. "So you do believe I'm you're sister!" Tai scowled. "Shut up. Even if you are my sister, I hate you. Look what you've done to all of us!" "Jeez, Tai I'm sorry, but you're just being so stupid about it!" "You never used to be like this! Why the hell would you do something like.like.that to yourself?" He said, gesturing at her hair and clothes. "Well, I would have expected you to be happy about me coming back, at least!" "Well, I'm not," Said Tai, turning his back, "and I doubt I ever will be." After a few uncomfortably silent moments, TK said uneasily "Well, her parents are going to have to find out sometime." Kari looked terrified. "Oh, man.what are they gonna do to me?" "Nothing" Said Matt firmly "Because they'll be too happy to have you back." "But-" Kari said, glancing down at her clothes. "we'll just have to make you look a little bit less.well." "In other words, make me look normal again." Kari grinned When do we start?" In 15 minutes. Kari stepped out of the shower wrapped in a towel and examined her reflection. She'd taken out all of the earrings, etc. and the makeup had come off. The pink had washed out of her hair, leaving it black, and so had the gel. She looked at the clothes she'd been wearing, and shuddered. Matt knocked on the door. "Ka-,Roxanne, go to the spare room and change in to the clothes on the bed. TK chose them, and they should fit." "Thanks!" she called through the door. She opened the door to her old room with a lump in her throat. Her posters had been taken down and cosmetics were gone from the dresser top, but almost everything else was exactly as she had left it. She pulled on the blue jeans and a green tank top that had been left on the bed, and picked up the brush and the blow dryer. In five minutes, her hair was smooth and straight, almost the way it used to be, just a little longer. She pulled on the gray sweatshirt that had also been left on the bed, folded her other clothes, and walked back to Tai's room. Kari paused outside the door, listening. She heard Matt and Tai arguing. "Tai, she's you sister! Why are you being so hostile?" "Because of what she's done to herself! Jeez, and we were just starting to recover from her being gone, and getting on with life and just.Jeez!" "Well, she's back now, and you have to accept it. You used to care about he so much, I just can't believe you would-" Kari opened the door at this point, cutting Matt off. "Sorry, did I interrupt something?" She asked. Tai blinked. Now, this girl was more like his little sister. She just looked, well, so relaxed. Tai realized he couldn't be angry with her any more. She was his little sister, and he did care about her, even if she had caused everyone a lot of pain. "Now that's more like the Kari I knew." Said TK. Kari's face broke into a grin, and she sat down on the floor. Tai smiled uncertainly at her. "I'm sorry I didn't believe you, Kari." "It's ok. I'm sorry I ran away. I didn't mean to cause you guys so much pain..I mean.." "Kari," said TK softly "Why'd you do it?" "Do what?" "Run away." "Because I couldn't stand your breath!" Kari joked. Tai and Matt laughed, while TK looked hurt. "No, really" He persisted. Kari looked down at the floor. " I would rather not talk about it right now." She said. TK nodded. Matt glanced at his watch. " Listen, I've got a gig tomorrow, and a rehearsal scheduled at 7:30am, so we'd better hit the sack." Tai nodded "Fine with me."

Next Morning.

"Tai.." TK moaned "did anyone ever tell you that you snore really loud?" He pulled his pillow over his head and tried to ignore Matt, who was attempting to drag him out of bed. "Get you lazy ass up!" He yelled, finally letting go of TK's legs. TK yawned widely and sat up in bed. His hair was a real mess, and Davis, Tai and Matt all burst out laughing. "Man," Davis chortled, "You're hair looks worse than mine did when it was pink!" "Humph" TK huffed. At that moment, Kari knocked on the door. "Are you guys up?" She called. "Awake, anyway!" Tai yelled back. "Come one in, Kari!" "Kari?" asked Davis, confused. Tai and Matt exchanged glances. Then Matt said to Davis "Roxanne is actually Kari. We found out last night. You were..-er, asleep." Davis blinked. Kari? Kari was back? He didn't know how to react. After all, he hadn't seen Kari in four years, and they hadn't parted on the best of terms. He looked up at her- and discovered that she did look a lot like Kari, especially because her hair was smooth again, and she was wearing more Kari-like clothes. "'Morning, Davis" She said brightly. "'Morning," He replied around a yawn. "Ooooooh, my head!" "Aaaaawww, poor widdle Davy's got a hangover!" Taunted TK. Davis silenced him with a death glare. Kari laughed. "I'll get you an aspirin," She said "No, wait, TK will get it for you. I'm not sure if I can face mom yet." "Thanks" Davis replied. TK left to get the aspirin, while Tai and Davis attempted to drag themselves out of bed. "Man," Tai groaned "I can't believe you get up at 6 every morning!" Matt grinned "well, unlike you, I actually sleep, instead of just faking snoring noises all night!" "I do not!" cried Tai. TK entered the room. "You're moms out somewhere, Kari, so you don't have to worry. She left a note telling us she'd be back around noon, and to help ourselves in the kitchen." "Which ordinarily means we'd all die from food poisoning from Tai or Davis' cooking. Matt, you'd better get moving if you wanna get to your rehearsal on time." "Yeah," Said Matt, glancing at his watch. "I'd better go. I'll grab a fruit or something from the kitchen. You guys are all coming to the concert, right? I've got a special surprise planned for you." He said, glancing mischievously at Kari, TK and Tai. "We'll be there!" declared Tai.

That's it for now, folks. Longer than I had planned, but that's a good thing, right? Anyway, I have only about a million idea's for the rest of this fic.not so humor, is it?.maybe I'll have to change the topic.oh, well. I'll decide that later. Thanks, and R&R. Flames, as I have said before, are welcome, every time! ~Lady Literature