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Mischief in the Making

Chapter 5

"Jo! Jo!" Jeri yelled into the night.

"Jeri, it's okay. What's wrong?" Jo rushed into the room through the window and hugged her brother.

"JO! WHERE WERE YOU?!" TJ growled irritably from a corner in the room.

"TJ…" Jo turned white, grabbed her brother, and bolted out the window into the night.

"Jo?" TJ winced, his body radiating hurt.

"Sis, where are we going?" Jeri shivered as he clutched onto Jo's jacket.

"We're going to visit a new friend of mine. His name is Peter," Jo shivered as she leapt from building to building.

"Is he a nice guy?" Jeri pouted, "Does he know about you?"

"He knows… because I told him," Jo sighed as she leapt onto Peter Parker's window ledge and tapped on the window.

"Jo?" Peter yawned as he came to the window, "What's wrong?"

"Would you mind if my brother and I stay with you for a bit?" Jo asked.

"Not at all, but why?" Peter frowned as he opened the window and invited them in.

"The friend we were staying with kind of caught me going through the window and I'm not sure I can tell him yet about well… the new me," Jo stared at her feet. "I'm scared to tell him. I'm not sure he'd understand. He doesn't take to change too well…" Jo stared at the ground.

"You know that you'll eventually tell him if you're that close to him," Peter tried to smile at Jo.

"Yeah, but I don't want him to pity me or think I'm a freak…" Jo spilled out her doubts, but her brother tugged on her sleeve, "What is it Jeri?" Jo gazed into her little brother's eyes.

"Jo, I think TJ loves you," Jeri pouted. "He couldn't care less if you were horribly disfigured and looked like a reptile, he'd still love you," Jeri yawned tiredly.

"You want me to straighten everything out with TJ?" Jo smiled softly down at her little brother as he nodded. "Fine, I promise to go see him tonight, if you stay with Peter and go to sleep."

"I promise," Jeri yawned and climbed sleepily into his sister's arms. "Tuck me in," Jeri ordered in a soft, pleading voice.

"Night little bro," Jo hugged him tightly before following Peter to another room and tucking her brother under the covers, she gave her brother a kiss on his forehead, but he was already asleep.

"So, you gonna go talk to your friend?" Peter asked.

"I try to always keep my promises, Peter. I'll be back for him," Jo nodded towards the room her brother was in.

"I know you will," Peter grinned as he watched her jump out the window and head back the way she had come.

"How could she just disappear?"

"TJ, can we talk?" Jo sighed as she appeared in behind TJ.

He spun around and drew her into a quick hug, "Don't you ever do that to me again! You had me worried sick!"

"I'm sorry TJ," Jo whispered softly into his ear, before kissing his cheek. TJ froze in shock, "TJ, remember our little trip that we saw that fox?"

"Yeah, that was a few days ago…" TJ frowned.

"Well, I… I… I got bitten by it and it must have had some genetic enhancements or experiments done to it, because… well… look at my eyes and… I'll take off my hat when we get inside."

TJ followed Jo into the safety of his own home, and gasped in shock as she removed her hat to reveal two cute triangular fox ears, "Jo, they look great on you!"

"What do you mean?" Jo frowned, "You're not mad at me, are you?"

"No," TJ laughed. "How can I be mad at you? I lo…" TJ swallowed hard, took a deep breath, scraped up all his nerve, and kissed Jo. Shocked at first, Jo didn't respond, but she quickly gave in and realized with a start that her little brother was right in that TJ loved her, and she loved TJ.

Now, I won't leave you all hanging on the end of a bit of webbing, but Peter Parker aka Spiderman petitioned the courts to allow him to be Jo and Jeri's legal guardian. He won the case when their mother showed up for the hearing; she was as drunk as a dog. Jo and Jeri are finally happy, and live with Pete. Jo aka Kitsune is now Spiderman's female partner. Lastly, Jo and TJ did get together and are now a very cute couple. And they all lived happily ever after, until the next disaster!

Thank you to all the patient reviewers that have awaited this end chapter, I hope it wasn't as bad as I thought it was. Although… I think I tied up all the loose ends except the boy friend and mom. Well, if you want me to A) write about what happened to the mom and boyfriend or B) just plain want me to try and write a better ending, review!