Hey peopleies… wow the final chapter is here… TT wow… I would've hoped for more reviews… Oh well. I really would like to thank all you readers and those of you that reviewed, it makes me happy. Although towards the end people stopped reviewing as much… I'm not sure it that meant you didn't like the way it was going or that you got sick of waiting on me to update. You finally get to know what will happen in 5 years! I hope you enjoy and here it is, the final chapter.

Chapter 8- Happy Birthday

Kazuma giggled as he and his father stepped through the doorway. "Nuh-Uh!" he said smiling brightly. "Yes-huh," Kyo said warmly ruffling his hair. Torhu smiled as they entered the kitchen.

"Mommy!" Kaze yelled running into her arms.

Poof

The small brown rat in Torhu's hand wiggled slightly, "Sorry Mommy, I forgot…"

"Don't you worry about it! Now… Where were you! It's almost 5!"

"Da took mesa to work!"

"To the dojo? Kyo, you took him with you?" Kyo smirked unable to help, "Yeah, I thought he needed a break from school and he wanted to go."

"Well did y—"

Poof

Tohru began putting Kaze's clothing back on and Kyo leaned against the wall, watching. "Did you have fun?" Tohru asked slipping the shirt over his head."

"Bunches! Wanna see what mesa learneded!"

"Of course!"

Kazuma took a step back and pulled his hands to the front of him balling them into little fists. "Right-punch!" he squealed thrusting his arm out before him. Tohru clapped her hands as a knock came from the door. "Probably the rabbit coming to play."

"Unky Momit-chi!"

It couldn't be. This knock… felt different. A chill spread through Tohru, this most certainly was not the knock of Momiji Sohma. "I'll get it," she said nonetheless.

"Hello?" she said as she opened the door. Her jaw dropped as the door slipped open wider. "Akito… what brings you here?"

Kyo was at full attention when he hear Akito's name. He rushed to the door, Kaze following close behind. He arrived in time to hear, "I'm here for the rat, it's 5:02." And he watched Akito push herself into the house.

"What do you mean?" Tohru stammered. Akito turned to Tohru, a sinister smirk erupting on her face, "Oh, he didn't tell you?"

"Kyo?...What's Akito talking about?" Kyo remained silent looking at the ground. Akito chuckled softly to herself, "If he won't tell you, I gladly will.

"Did you ever wonder why I let you remain married? Or get married in the first place? No? Well, the day before he asked you to marry him, he asked my permission. Of course I said no. Then he began to plead like the miserable thing he is, really, it was quite pathetic. I laughed and told him that the only reason he hadn't already been confined was because of Kazuma and that he should be grateful for that. He asked if there was something he could do that would change my mind. I thought for a bit then a deal was struck."

"What was the deal?" Tohru asked wearily, wondering if the answer was any better than not knowing at all.

"That when one of your children became 5 it would be mine, whether it be a boy or girl, youngest or oldest or somewhere in between; imagine my surprise when it was his first, your oldest son; the rat at that."

"Kyo…? Is that true?" Kyo remained quite not wanting to say yes and hurt Tohru any farther or deny it and advance Akito's fury and wrath. Akito pushed past both parents and grabbed Kaze's wrist.

"Owwie!" Kaze squealed.

"Shut up," Akito scolded. Everyone knew Akito's word was law, even Kazuma. Kaze followed the orders resisting with silent tears, streaking down his pale red cheeks.

Tohru dropped to her knees with a hollow thud as her son was yanked out the door and shoved into a car. "Kyo…" she said in a low whisper barely hearable. "How could you? That was our oldes child, my ONLY child!" She continued to cry, the tears shut flooding out and her not even bothering to try and slow their spill as they rolled down her cheeks, danced off her chin, and splattered on the wooden floor one after another.

"Tohru… I…"

"You what!" she spat her first rude remark… ever… Already on her knees she fell to her hands crying and hiccupping through choked breaths, bearing her full weight on the heel of her palms. "It's his birthday! All those years! You never did like Kaze did you? DID YOU!"

"Tohru… I'm sorry… I didn't…"

"Mean to?" she finished looking up at him.

"I didn't know how much it would hurt to loose someone you'd gotten to know in five days," he said stuttering on his own words and feelings.

"You should've known him for FIVE YEARS!"

"I know…"

"He was our son! Our only child, we should've watched him grow for the rest of our lives not FIVE measly years!"

"I know…"

"How could you!"

"I'm sorry…."

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And there it is, the last chapter to When in Rat. I hoped you enjoyed reading it as much as I liked writing it. Did you expect that ending? LOL explains the conversations doesn't it. Thanks for sticking with me and putting up with me, and reading this Fan Fiction. I was thinking of writing a sequel to this that takes place when Kaze is 16… If I get 5 more reviews I think I will… Once again thank you and bye.

Moinkey