Team Five
"And STAY out there, outside Pet!" Sengoku called as he laughed at Shishido's expense and slammed the door.

"I called that one." Said Oishi.

"We all called that one." Said Kamio.

"That's true." Said Itsuki.

Sengoku strolled back into the kitchen looking quite happy.

"Hurray!" he cheered. "I'm so glad Shishido got what was coming to him!"

"Well, now that you've decided that you're the Dad and Shishido's the outside Pet, do you have any plans for the rest of us?" Kamio asked.

"We could always stay the way we are." Itsuki shrugged. "I mean, all you did was switch with Shishido."

"Hm…" Sengoku said. "No, I'll change things up just to keep everyone guessing! Oishi, for kicks, you're going to be the Mom again!"

"…Oh." said Oishi.

"Kamio, have you been the Brother yet?" Sengoku asked.

"I don't know." Kamio shrugged. "Maybe. I don't think so though."

"Okay, then you be the Brother." Sengoku decided. "Itsuki, you be whatever's left."

"The Sister?" Itsuki guessed.

"Yes." Said Sengoku. "Now all of you switch around and make it official."

Sengoku turned around and clicked his heels as he went into the living room to watch the tube.

"Five, four, three, two…" Kamio started.

"NOOOOOOOOO!" screamed Sengoku as he ran back in. "I thought you guys were only kidding when you said they took our television away! Why would they do that? WHY?"

"Because Oishi didn't do his task." Itsuki said.

"YOU!" said Sengoku. "This is YOUR fault!"

"It's not MY fault!" said Oishi. "It's Kamio's fault because he didn't let me come inside in order to complete my task!"

"Then…it's KAMIO'S fault!" said Sengoku, turning to Kamio.

"No!" said Kamio. "It's Itsuki's fault!"

"Why?" said Itsuki and Sengoku. And Oishi.

"Because!" said Kamio. "It just is! Don't you get that vibe?"

Sengoku paused. "Yeah…actually I sort of do! Itsuki! How dare you!"

"It's not MY fault either!" said Itsuki. "It was…" he looked around the room and then pondered. "Oh yeah! It was SHISHIDO'S fault!"

"Shishido!" Sengoku repeated. "Of course… why didn't I see it before? Of course! It was him all along! That's why he didn't argue about going outside because he knew I would be devastated when I came in here to learn for myself that there is no television! For shame!"

"What are you going to do about it? Oishi asked.

"Nothing." Sengoku said as he ran back into the living room and jumped on the couch, lounging comfortably. The other three followed him simply because they had nothing better to do since there was no more television. "Oh it feels so good to not be sitting or sleeping on the ground! You all have no idea!"

"Actually…" started Oishi and Kamio.

"Well, ITSUKI has no idea!" Sengoku corrected himself.

"That's true…" said Itsuki. "I feel like I'm missing out on something that could be potentially life changing."

"You're not missing out on anything." Said Sengoku, Oishi and Kamio all together.

Team Six
"This furniture is very heavy…" Ryou said as he, Atsushi and Oshitari carried the couch out to the front yard. Akutsu was sitting on the couch lying there like he was Cleopatra.

"Hurry it up!" Akutsu said angrily. "What if there's acid rain and we're all stuck out here like idiots? We have to finish safe proofing our house!"

"Akutsu, don't you think you're going a little overboard…?" Oshitari started but Akutsu only threatened his life again. "Okay…never mind…"

They all tromped back inside to a nearly empty house.

"This carpets won't do." Akutsu decided. "We have to get rid of all the carpets in case of a fire."

The three slaves looked at each other.

"Are you serious?" Atsushi asked.

"Yes." Said Akutsu. "These carpets are a fire hazard."

"WHY are we doing this?" Ryou asked.

"Because it is important that we're all safe!" said Akutsu.

"But I've already stubbed my toe a few times, gotten my fingers crushed and dropped things all over the place and injured myself in other terrible ways!" said Atsushi.

"Not to mention the fact that we'll all likely develop bad backs from sleeping on the hard floor…" Oshitari agreed.

Akutsu thought that one over.

"Those are good points…" he admitted.

"Phew!" said the slaves.

Akutsu pondered and paced. Pondered and paced.

"All right! I've decided!" Akutsu said suddenly.

"What?" said the others.

"We are bringing all the furniture BACK into the house!" Akutsu announced. "And when I say 'we', I mean you guys. And bring the couch back in first because I want someplace to sit while you guys reverse all the damage you could have potentially done to our backs."

Akutsu then departed and left them with their work.

"Is he serious?" Ryou asked.

"I've been asking myself that all day." Oshitari admitted.

"Ever since he won that challenge and made him the Dad of the house, he's just totally taken over." Said Atsushi.

"He's always been like this." Ryou pointed out.

"Yeah, but he stupidly made Oshitari the Mom again!" said Atsushi. "Now we're all going to die from his cancer sandwiches!"

"Excuse me for the living." Said Oshitari.

"And I know Kaidou is going to get mad at Akutsu and start another fight because he made him the Pet!" said Atsushi.

"Probably." Oshitari agreed.

"And I'm getting sick of people making fun of me for my long hair!" said Ryou. Even though it seemed kind of like a random comment, the thought had been festering inside him for a couple of days now. Actually, it's probably been festering inside of him for longer than even HE knows! "You know he made me the Sister ONLY because I had long hair? And Kaidou made me the Mom ONLY because I had long hair?"

"I'm the Brother this time around." Atsushi said smugly.

"I am SO getting a haircut." Said Ryou.

"That's MY thing!" argued Atsushi.

"Where is Kaidou anyway?" said Oshitari. "We need him to come back and stick up for us."

"Yeah…" agreed Atsushi and Ryou.

Team Seven
"Do you think he moved all night?" inquired Inui to his three other family members as they watched Jirou be totally mesmerized by the disco ball.

"That is highly unlikely." Renji answered. "Though I couldn't tell you the exact chances, I'm willing to bet they are quite slim."

"Do you think we should disturb him?" Tetsu questioned, holding the letter that was addressed to none other than Akutagawa Jirou.

"He has to read the letter at some point." Said Sanada as he made his way to the light switch that controlled the disco ball. He looked at Jirou who didn't flinch at all, and then he turned off the disco ball.

There was an elapsed time of about one second before Jirou just collapsed to the ground and a heap.

"He had a seizure and we didn't know!" Tetsu exclaimed.

"No, no." said Inui. "He's just sleeping."

"How can you tell?" said Tetsu, but he felt stupid about asking five seconds later because he heard Jirou snoring.

"Let's see…" said Renji. "We went to bed at approximately twelve hours ago…and he did not sleep much during the day FOR HIM…"

"I estimate he will sleep for quite a while." Inui said.

"Then we should just open the letter for him, although it is a one hundred percent chance that it is merely a letter informing him that he has won the individual challenge." Renji said as he ripped a tiny piece of the letter, but Jirou's hand suddenly shot up and grabbed the envelope.

"Don't open my mail!" Jirou commanded as he sat up and enthusiastically finished ripping open the letter.

"What does it say?" Tetsu asked, leaning over his shoulder.

"I won!" Jirou exclaimed. "Of course I won. I ROCK!"

"Yes." Said the others, looking slightly annoyed.

"All right, for the family rearrangements, I suggest…" Inui started.

"Well, I am SO the Dad." Said Jirou, standing up.

"…Very well." Said Inui. "In that case, I recommend making Tetsu the Mom and then making…"

"Hm…Sanada!" said Jirou. "You be the Mom!"

"What?" said everyone.

"Tetsu, you be the Brother, okay?" Jirou said.

"…Why?" said Tetsu.

"I just feel like you'd make a good Brother." Said Jirou but he totally pulled that out of his ass.

"You are messing up my data." Said Inui.

"Your data?" Jirou raised an eyebrow.

"Yes." Said Inui. "You are splitting up the most compatible groups."

"Whatever!" said Jirou. "You be the Sister. And Renji…what's left?"

"The Pet." Renji answered.

"How fitting!" said Jirou. "Cause you made me the Pet on the second day!"

"Yes…yes I did." Renji nodded.

"Now we're all reassigned!" said Jirou. "How glorious!"

And then he saluted them and hopped onto the couch, falling asleep within a few seconds complete with the loud obnoxious snoring.

The others looked at each other.

"Well…" said Tetsu. "It didn't matter in the challenge yesterday. Maybe it won't matter in the challenge today."

"That is highly unlikely." Inui said, looking disappointed.

"He was being random." Renji frowned.

"Yes." Said Inui.

"At least I don't have to be the Pet anymore." Said Sanada.

"It's not like we're actually going along with those roles." Said Inui. "The only thing it affects is where you sleep."

"Yeah." Said Sanada. "Exactly. That's the biggest thing."

Team Eight
Yuuta, Shinji, Bane and Jackal were all lying in the empty living room like fools as they listened to Atobe serenade them from the bathroom.

"I swear I am going to slit his throat one of these days…" Jackal said through clenched teeth.

"Try sleeping out here and see if you dream about anything else." Shinji offered.

"Thanks, I'll pass." Said Jackal.

Atobe exited the bathroom, this time with a silk robe on since he obviously learned from his previous encounter in which everyone was standing outside the bathroom staring at him.

He was about to go straight to the Parent's room, but then he noticed everyone in the empty living room.

"Why are you all just sitting in an empty room?" Atobe inquired. "Where is all the furniture that normally goes in here?"

"You didn't notice before?" Shinji said.

"He went straight into our room when we got home yesterday, remember?" Yuuta said. "He didn't even come in here for dinner."

"Were you remodeling and something went horribly wrong?" Atobe guessed.

"No." said Yuuta. "For every person who didn't finish their task the other day, our coaches took away one piece of our furniture."

"Ahh…" said Atobe with a nod. "What a clever tactic on their part. Slightly evil, but clever."

Atobe gave a heavy sigh.

"Well, I take my leave."

With that, he left them all.

"Good riddance." Said Yuuta under his breath.

They all continued lying there for a while. I WOULD say they were like couch potatoes but there were two problems. First of all, there was no couch. Second of all, being a couch potato implies that they would have to be watching television, and as there is no television, they were not watching it. Thus, they were not couch potatoes.

Atobe returned fully clothed.

"Oh my." Said Atobe. "Still lying in the middle of the floor. Did any of you even move?"

"I itched my nose." Bane said.

"Other than that?" Atobe questioned.

"We don't need you JUDGING us." Said Yuuta.

"All right, fine." Said Atobe. "Then I WON'T tell you the new family assignments of the day."

"New family assignments?" Yuuta said, standing up immediately. "Did we get a letter?"

"Well…I got a letter." Said Atobe, holding the letter up. "I don't know about the lot of you. But you've all been lying here all morning, so I doubt you really know either."

"How could you have won again?" Yuuta demanded, taking the letter as the rest of the family came over to look as well.

"Oh look, the isolated family member automatically won this time around." Said Shinji. "We should have isolated someone else."

"There was no way to predict that he would win just because he's the outcast." Jackal said.

"That's true." Said Atobe.

"So what are your new family assignments?" said Yuuta.

"Hm?" said Atobe.

"New family assignments." Said Yuuta. "You said you had new family assignments for us. As in you're actually going to change them around, right?"

Atobe paused a moment. "Did I say that?" he said. "I don't recall saying that."

"You JUST said it." Bane said.

"Oh." said Atobe. "That just slipped out."

He snatched the letter back from Yuuta.

"Because I'm not changing anything."

"HATE!" yelled the whole family as they shook their fists at him while he just casually strode back into the Parent's room.