A/N: Hello again! Thanks for all the reviews. Sorry it took so long. I had a research paper that was due. I turned it in last Friday. *sigh of relief* Rin and Kureno are showing up in this chapter because it's more fun that way.

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"Okay, so how do you play again?"

"Tohru, just because you're in the body of a guy doesn't mean you have to do what they do."

"I know, but I've always wanted to learn to play football and the boys on my street said girls couldn't play and now I'm not a girl and I can play only I don't know how and-"

"Breathe." Hana, Uo, Tohru, and Kisa looked at Hiro in shock. Was she being rude to Tohru? She was smiling . . . no. She was just keeping him from passing out.

"Hey, Hana! What are you doing over here, anyway? Isn't your . . . girlfriend looking for you?"

"Arisa, Akito is not my girlfriend. She is the head of the family Tohru lives with."

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"Um . . . what are Hiro and Kisa doing?" The others looked up at Ayame's question and fell over in shock. Those two were thirteen and twelve and they were . . .

"Making out."

"Thank you Haru! Without that, we never would have figured it out!"

"Is that sarcasm, Lucky Kyo?"

"Stop calling me that!"

"Would all of you stop yelling, you morons!"

"That's not nice, Hiro."

" . . . "

"Oh, sure. She'll listen to him!"

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"Set . . . HIKE!" And the ball was in motion.

"I don't think I like football."

"Why not, Kagura?"

"I turn into a pig/boar thing. Why would I like a game where the players throw around a pigskin?"

"Oh." Rin thought for a moment. "But I don't think that they use actual pigskin anymore. It's become just a name for the ball."

"That's beside the point!"

Ritsu watched the others in fascination. Tohru, her friends, and the majority of the 'females' were playing football. Kisa and Hiro were sitting in a corner talking quietly. Kagura and Rin (who had shown up earlier that day) were in a heated argument about whether or not the term 'pigskin' should still apply to footballs, and Akito was being fussed over by Kureno. Wait. When did Kureno arrive?

"Hello, Kureno," Ritsu called as he walked closer to the other woman. Kureno glanced up at Ritsu, then decided to ignore her.

"Kureno, you were spoken to. You should answer." Kureno and Ritsu were both surprised at Akito's reprimand. Since when did she care whether or not Ritsu was ignored?

As if reading their minds (or possibly their facial expressions) Akito answered. "Hanajima doesn't approve of ignoring people."

"Oh."

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That night, Kureno and Rin stayed at Shigure's house along with everyone else. Rin stayed in the girl's room (that bed might be big enough to hold all of them) and Kureno stayed in Shigure's room with Akito.

The next morning at breakfast, two people were strangely absent. Once that was noticed, Hana came downstairs, a blush covering his normally expressionless face.

"Yo, Hana. What happened?" Uo asked just as Akito came down, an equally large blush covering her features. "No . . . way . . . You didn't!"

"Didn't what?" Tohru asked cluelessly.

"Ewwww!!!! Even if you are a psychic, you shouldn't kiss Akito!"

"Is there something wrong with that Kyo?" Akito asked, still slightly out of breath from that amazing kiss. Who knew Hanajima could kiss like that?

Kyo looked like someone had strangled her. "N-no?"

"Is Lucky Kyo afraid of Akito?"

"Yuki, if you're idiot brother doesn't stop calling me that!"

"Go ahead. It'll save me the trouble of killing him myself."

"Oh, Yuki, don't you want to spend time with your older brother?"

"Not really."

"I love you, Yuki!"

"Don't hug me. Don't talk to me. In fact, don't even look at me!"

"Oh, Tori, I knew Yuki cared!"

"Where would you get that idea?" Hatori asked, not really caring, but knowing it's better to let her say it than to have her pester everyone until someone finally did ask.

"He said three complete sentences to me at once."

"But they were all negative," Hiro pointed out helpfully.

"It's still a step in the right direction. Don't give up, Ayame!" Tohru encouraged.

During the 'conversation' no one had noticed Akito and Hana sharing meaningful glances.

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