"Okay, boys, lets go to NG!" Himeno commanded.

"Shouldn't we just call him?" Sasame asked.

"No! I wanna see his new job place and all that! He working as the secretary for Bad Luck, I mean, this is awesome!"

"That wannabe rock band?" Hayate said tiredly.

"Wannabe, you... They rock! They're awesome! And Hiro is so..." Himeno drifted off to wonderland again.

"You can't compete with a guitarist in a rock band, sorry Hayate." Sasame whispered in Hayate's ear. Hayate blushed almost instantly.

"You..."

"Come on, let's go. We need to get Kei, fast!" Himeno said cheerfully. With that they flew off to NG.

"Hiro, is it really that bad?" Shuichi yelled into his phone.

"Yea! Kei is like, really, really..."

"Really what?"

"Girlish.."

"Girlish?"

"Ya..."

"Well then. That could be a problem. I'll head right over to talk Tohma back to earth." Shuichi finally made it to the NG building, the funny thing was, that two girls, three guys, and three kids were already outside the building. He didn't even want to know what was going on. "Umm, excuse me, can you make way, I kinda work here..." Shuichi asked politely.

"Who the hell do you think you are?" One of the men asked. Shuichi blushed. This man reminded him so much of Eiri, it hurt.

"I am-"

"Shuichi Shindou. Wow. It really is you!" The pink-haired girl yelled and jumped like a preppy cheerleader.

"Himeno, shut up!" Hayate yelled.

"Well, yeah, and we have a problem with our new employee, so if you'd excuse me..."

"Kei?" Mannen and Goh said simultaneously.

"Yea, you know him?" Shuichi asked Mannen.

"Yea, he's...our friend." Mannen said.

"Umm...oh no..." Shuichi stopped in his tracks. He couldn't possibly explain what had happened in front of the little kids, much less these teenagers. "Umm, you." He pointed to Hayate. "You look sensible." Himeno snickered.

"Hey, you be quiet!" Hayate yelled at her.

"Mr. Shindou, if you think he's sensible, you must me out of your mind! Sasame's the sensi- SASAME!" Himeno looked over only to find him and Takako making out...for the hundredth time today.

"Oh, yes Himeno." He asked. Takako pouted because he broke the kiss.

"Can you please listen to Mr. Shindou?" Himeno asked.

"Oh, yes, what is it Mr. Shindou?"

"Well, first can ya call me Shuichi? This "Mr. Shindou" thing makes me uncomfortable. Secondly, are you sure none of the others can hear?"

"Yes, I'm positive." Sasame said. Shuichi didn't even have the slightest idea at how ironic the question was, with Sasame being the knight of sound, he would know. Shuichi whispered everything that happened, and Sasame just walked away, and sat down, and just stared into space, like a moron...

"Umm, Sasame? What's wrong?" Himeno worried.

"Oh, nothing, just that or friend Kei is..."

"Is what?" Mannen asked.

"..."

"..."

"..."

"I can't even say..."

The doorbell rang at the Sohma house.

"Tohru, would you please get that?" Shigure politely asked.

"Yes, of course!" Tohru ran downstairs only to find Hatori with troubling news.

"Hello, Miss. Honda. I need to speak to Shigure, is he here?" He said darkly.

"Oh...umm, yes, he's right in the kitchen...If you don't mind me asking...umm..."

"You can meet with us as well. This does concern you. You are considered part of the family now." Hatori answered as he made his way to the kitchen.

"Oh, Hatori, this is unexpected. Is there a problem at the main house?" Shigure inquired.

"Yes, precisely. It seems that Akito has taken...a permanent leave on the Sohma house. He left no later that six this morning, leaving a note saying that he was leaving."

"Any idea of his whereabouts?"

"None whatsoever. The main house is in an uproar. We have no idea as to where or why he's gone. It worries me, with his current medical condition."

"What's wrong with him?" Tohru said in a fearful manner.

"He's been paler than usual, and he's been sleeping quite a bit more than usual. Akito is...acting strangely."

"Oh, Kyo told me about that. How is he? He'll be okay, right, I mean..." Tohru trailed off.

"However, in his letter, he did state that he'd be at the opening party of the new hotel near here. He said that you, Tohru, and you Shigure, and I among several others were to attend. If we did not, there would be dire consequences."

"I see, and what of Yuki?"

"He is to come as well; however, Kyo is not to attend."

"No...I mean..." Tohru started.

"It's fine Tohru, finish what you were going to say." Shigure said.

"Well, I'd really like it of Kyo could come, I mean, the cat should be included and...I'm sorry, I'm being selfish. We can't go against Akito's orders..."

"It's fine. We will bring Kyo. In Akito's current condition, there is little he can do. So, we will prepare for the next 2 days."

Shuichi sat staring at the rest of the group as Himeno, Sasame, Hayate, and Goh talked things over. They were all very open to this new idea of Kei being, well...you know, seeing as how he wore heels and had a freakin' pony-tail, I mean, come on man!

"Ok, Tell him we'll be at the new hotel in Kanto...and..." Sasame began.

"You're going there too? Yu- My friend and I are going there today! Just in time for the opening party too!" Shuichi said cheerfully.

"Really? Well, We'll see you there! Will the rest of Bad Luck be there as well?" Himeno asked hopefully.

"No, just me and Yuki. It's our little vacation."

"Yuki? Who's Yuki? Girlfriend? Isn't that a guy's name?" Mannen asked.

"...Umm, he's a really close friend of mine..." Shuichi said quietly.

"I don't wanna even know..." Hayate said.

"What the hell? Everyone around here's a freakin' f--" Himeno smacked Goh before he finished.

"Be nice, dammit!" Himeno yelled. "Well, we should be going now. Don't forget to tell Kei we'll be waiting for him!" They walked off into the sunset(ha-ha, just kidding). No, they actually just walked off to Himeno's house to get stuff for the trip.

"OK, now it's my turn to go in...and..." Shuichi just sat there...he got his phone out. "Heyyyy, Hiro?"

"What?"

"Wanna cone to Kanto? Bring Fujisaki and K! Oh, and Ryu too!"

"Why?"

"Ok, I don't wanna go in there..."

"Ok, fine. We'll be at the airport in 10 minutes."

"Yaaaay. Ok, see ya there!" click "Oh...Yuki's not gonna like this..." Shuichi ran off to his house.