How much do you guys love me? Here I am sick at home, and I'm writing a chapter. Then again, when I went to the grocery store this morning at 8 AM in my nightgown and socks to get Apple Juice I think I truly hit the low point. I think I'm delirious from the fever, but with that lovely insanity comes…another chapter! Happy Birthday, Rinku! I own nothing! Review!

After leaving the house and the brooding child, Shishi couldn't help but laugh. He fell for it! Continuing to walk in the direction of Genkai's temple the samurai was beginning to feel a tad sorry for the kid. He had looked completely miserable when he thought they had all forgotten in his birthday. In truth however, the five demons had been planning Rinku's surprise party for almost a month.

When a demon turned 75, it was important age that recognized him as an adult to yokai standards. True, Rinku had already accomplished a lot for a kid. He had now fought in two tournaments and reached A-class level, but he still had a lot more to look forward to in his life. This was, definitely, a time to celebrate.

Sliding off his shoes, the blue-haired demon let himself into the main temple room were everyone was setting up.

"Did you get it?" Touya asked, as Shishi entered into the room.

"Yeah," The bird yokai nodded lifting up the bag. The bag containing his 'change of clothes' was in fact filled with party decorations.

"How'd the little mate, look?" Chu asked taking his eyes off Natsumi for the first time since she arrived.

"Positively awful." Shishi grinned. "He really believes we all forgot."

"Wonderful." Suzuka grinned.

"Then once we get these decorations up, Chu will go over to the house pretending his just remembered." Touya reminded.

"Right oh! Then I offer to take the little bugger out for ice cream, and we swing by here to pick up Natsumi…"

"And when the two of ye be walk'n through the door we all jump out and yell surprise, and the lad be gett'n the shocker of his life!"

"Not a lad for much longer though." Siren smiled, putting an arm around Jin and Suzuka's shoulders she began swaying. "Sunrise, sunset, sunrise, sunset…"

"Can we 86 the Fiddler on the Roof, Siren?" Touya sighed.

"Okay!"

"So Shishi, why don't you hang up those streamers? And then give Botan help with the balloons."

"Why don't we use helium?"

The ice ninja rolled his eyes in the direction of the wind master.

"Oh…Well at least let Suzuka do it. We know how festive he is." The samurai sighed eyeing the clown's yellow wardrobe.

"If Suzuka gets involved with decorating, then you would be the one to make the food…It would be nice to have Rinku make it to his 76th birthday…"

"Everyone's a critic." The bird demon mumbled going to find a stepladder.

"This may sound non-sadist on my part…" Botan sighed, taking a break from blowing up the balloons. "But couldn't you have pretended to have a surprise party and still let the child know you remembered his birthday? He's probably heart broken."

"More fun for us." Shishi mumbled.

"Don't worry." Touya reassured. "Rinku's a reasonable kid. It's not like he'd do anything drastic…"

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The yo-yo demon continued to walk down the dirt road. From a distance you could barely see the yokai youth as he was buried under various belongings. "Some friends! Who needs those jerks anyway!"

Arriving at the large Victorian house that was down the road, the child began to unload. Setting down his pack and his beanbag chair. The brunette knocked on the front door waiting for a response.

"Rinku?"

"Hi Aki!" The demon youth waved.

"What are you doing here?"

"Well you do run a boarding house, and I was wondering if you had any rooms available?" Rinku asked standing on his toes to make himself seem older.

"Rent a room?" The black haired demon blinked. "Rinku, you live Jin and the others…What happened?" The mage inquired ushering the boy inside.

"Well…Today's my birthday…"

"Happy Birthday!"

"Thanks! But those jerks forgot! They weren't even home when I woke up…So I'm 75 now, I'm old enough to have a place of my own…Do you have any rooms available?" The child asked, almost nervous. If Aki didn't have any rooms available the demon wasn't too sure were else to go.

"Let me think…Sakura!" The girl called over her shoulder waiting for her co-owner to show.

(I don't normally use this many OC s but a sister of a friend, really wanted me to put her character in one of my stories…I promise this isn't a regular thing, and that the OC s have only a minor role in the story.)

"Yes?" The elemental asked coming out of the kitchen. "Oh Rinku?"

"Today is Rinku's birthday." Aki smiled winking at the girl.

"Oh! Well Happy Birthday."

"Rinku," Aki began, "Sakura's made some cookies this morning, they're in the kitchen. Why don't you go help yourself, and let us gals talk business."

"Okay, thank you!" The boy grinned running into the kitchen.

Waiting until the child was out of ear shot Sakura whispered. "What's he doing here? The party is at 4, and he's suppose to be at home."

"He's angry because he thinks the others forgot his birthday. So he's come here to rent a room and get away from him." The mage whispered back.

"Oh my gosh…"

"I know…Isn't it cute? I use to run away all the time when I was his age…"

The elemental stared slightly disturbed at her co-owner's reaction. "So now what?"

"I don't know…Any bright ideas, that wont give away the party?"

"…Yes!" Sakura smiled leaning over to whisper in Aki's ear.

Aki blinked processing the plan. "…That sounds like something from a ninety's TV sitcom…"

"Yeah, but things like that tend to work on kids…" Sakura reminded.

"Okay then…I'll call the guys and tell them what happened. Sakura in the mean time show our newest tenant to his room."

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"…I still can't believe he'd be dumb enough to do something like that." Genkai scolded over the phone. "No, no Aki I think that plan will work just fine…Yes…Now let me tell the other dimwits…Bye-bye." The old fighter sighed hanging up the phone.

"Rinku ran away." She stated bluntly allowing everyone's attention to fall on her. "He was so pissed that all of you 'forgot' his birthday he showed up at Aki and Sakura's boarding house looking for a place to stay."

"That little pisser!" Shishiwakamaru fumed. "I can't believe he really deep down believed we would forget!"

"Well Shishi, you were bragging about how good of an acting job you gave on him." The ice master reminded.

"I better go over there and set the little bugger straight…" Chu sighed standing up.

"Hold on now!" The priestess ordered. "The girls have come up with a plan so the party can continue to be a surprise. It's a little cheesy but it should do the job if we stick with it."

"I still can't believe the lad would be runn'n away." Jin sighed crossing his arms. "Thought he be hav'n more sense then that…"

"Come on now." Siren interrupted. "All kids run away, I ran away for 20 minutes and I took the cat. I'm sure all of you did it once too."

The room fell silent as everyone slowly began to nod.

"Yes, Siren, but when I ran away I never went back home." Suzuka reminded.

"You were 200 years old! It was about damn time you got your ass out of your mother's house!" The demoness shouted at the now blushing clown.

"Enough!" Genkai sighed. "Chu I want you to wait an hour before you head over to Aki's then you…"

Haha, cliffhanger! So yeah, about one more chapter should do it. I apologize for all the OC s but I have a fever and can't control what I write! So if you would like to see the next chapter soon, I suggest you review! I own nothing, no suing, and no flames! Review!