I just want to say that I love you guys so much it's not funny. And that I realize the last few chapters have been kinda slow and I apologize. I'll try to pick it up again in the next chapter, but it's way too late for me to start writing another chapter. It's 3am here guys. I'm rambling. Enjoy!

The walk, or more accurately the hop, back to the Institute was slow and painful. I was trying my best to keep myself from being knocked around too much, but Todd almost literally hopped like a frog. I tried to keep my protests down to a minimum though, it was better then having to crawl all the way back on my own. A few pained grunts couldn't help but escape though.

Anyway, we were almost to the gates of the institute when a bright orange convertible with white stripes pulled over in front of us. A bright orange convertible that I instantly recognized as Scott's.

Crap.

Todd's POV

Summers's convertible pulled over right in front of us and four x-geeks popped out of it. Great, just what I needed.

It was Summers who stepped forward, no surprise there, and spoke.

"Put him down Toad!"

Him? What? I glanced down at the girl in my arms, completely confused. I mean, with all those clothes on she could pass for a guy, but come on, they lived with the kid.

A sharp elbow to the ribs made me hiss in pain and glare at my live cargo.

"Please, just go with it!" She hissed lowly so the others wouldn't hear. I gave the lightest nod to show I heard and turned my attention back to the x-geeks.

"Alright, alright, just give me a minute!" I slowly lowered Luna into a standing and put my hand on her back to steady her when she started to wobble.

She tried to take a few steps towards her friends, but collapsed on to the grass before she got very far. I moved to help her, but fuzzy beat me to it.

"Stay away from him! Vhat did you do?" He pulled her up and she grabbed on to him for balance.

I was about to snap back a retort but was interrupted by Luna.

"He was helping me Kurt!" I noticed that she lowered her voice when she spoke to them. What. The. Hell. Was it a trap or something?

"Vhat happened?"

I saw her fumble for a minute, but she recovered quickly enough.

"I was climbing trees because I can now, and I uh... saw a spider, and It scared me. So, I... fell. Out of the tree."

She was having problems. Props for the quick story though. The fuzz ball turn to glare at me and pushed Luna away from him slightly, scanning for injuries.

"And vere does this slime-ball come in?" Blue boy sent me another glare and I repressed to urge to spit slime at him.

"Well, the thing is... uh... when I fell I landed on my tail, and it broke, and I passed out. Then, Todd found me, took me to his house and bandaged it. He was taking me back to the Institute when you guys showed up." She practically whispered the whole thing in one breath, her face going redder and redder as she spoke.

"Vas? You broke your tail? Ve need to get you to the Institute so that Beast can fix it." He turned to look at me, a slightly apologetic look on his face. "Thank you, Todd, for your help."

"No problem yo, see you later...dude." Luna shot me a small smile unnoticed by her friends, and I turned and hopped away. Still thoroughly confused about the whole thing.

Luna POV

I watched Todd hop away and sighed in relief when he didn't blow my cover. Once he was out of sight I turned my attention to my hot roommate, whose warm, fuzzy hands were currently all over me. If I wasn't weak in the knees earlier, I definitely was now.

"Can I see your tail?" I nodded and let him turn me around. Extremely carefully he lifted my tail and inspected Todd's handiwork. The break shifted a bit as he studied it, and I gasped involuntarily. I started to lose my balance, and would have fallen if Scott hadn't caught me.

"Easy now, let's get you back to the Institute. We need to get that taken care of, can you walk?" I shook my head no and Scott scooped me up into his arms. Man, I was getting carried by all kinds of guys today. If I didn't hurt so bad I might have enjoyed it more. Scott waited for the others to get back in the car, then kind of awkwardly laying me across Kurt and Evan's laps so I didn't sit on my tail. I had never been more glad that they thought I was a guy until that moment. Well, that, and the time I walked in on Kurt changing shirts. Helloooo Nightcrawler!

Eventually we were all settled in the car and we started towards the Institute. The rest of the ride, thankfully, was uneventful, and soon I was laying on my stomach in the infirmary.

"Well Chiro, let's see what we have here." Beast muttered as he started to unwrap the bandages. We were the only two in the room at the moment, and that proved that Beast was not in on the secret. Great. He clicked his tongue at the sorry state of my extra appendage, and turned to get something from a counter near us.

I heard a door open and turned my head to see the Professor and Wolfie enter the room.

"How is the kid?" Wolfie asked, avoiding any pronouns that would give me away. I guess he wasn't sure if Beast knew either.

"He'll be fine, once I put a proper cast on it. He should stay out of the danger room, though. We don't want to re-injure it." Beast turned around holding a large syringe filled with a clear liquid. "This will help with the pain."

I winced and closed my eyes as Beast pulled up the sleeve of my hoodie and stuck in the needle, the turned my attention to the Professor who was... smirking at me?

"So how did you get out of there? I can see that you didn't ask any of your teammates for help." He arched an eyebrow at me and I glared at him, just a little. There had to have been a way to get me out of that school without Todd's help, so he had know somehow that Todd would come to my rescue. He could have at least filled me in! I was terrified!

I decided to answer anyways. "Todd found me and helped me. He was the one who put the splint on it. He-" I stopped talking suddenly because I began to get really dizzy. "He... he... I don't... I feel funny."

I felt Beast tick up my tail to examine it, but didn't feel any pain. I guess the medicine he gave me was starting to take effect.

"Don't worry Chiro, it's just the medicine. You may start feeling drowsy, it's ok if you fall asleep." He started to talk to the Professor and Logan, and that was the last thing I remembered before falling into a deep sleep.

When I woke up it was dark, and I was alone. I checked the clock next to the hospital bed and saw that it was 2:48 in the morning. That would explain the darkness. I managed to wriggle my way over to my right side so I was facing the door, then pulled my immobilized tail into my lap. The break was closer to the end of my tail than the base, so I could pull it into my lap and sit up if I so desired. Which I did.

After a brief struggle I was upright in the hospital bed, and after I double checked to make sure I was alone I pulled my hoodie over my head, revealing the blue moon and star shirt I had worn to school that morning. I sighed in relief as the cool air in the infirmary hit my too-warm skin. I smiled and settled into the sheets, content to just lie there for a moment.

I lied there, just listening to the hum of the air conditioner and enjoying the feel of the cool sheets against my skin. It was nice, but I kind of missed the security of having a super powered roommate on the bed next to mine. I snuggled back down into the sheets and made sure my tail was safe, then fell asleep with a smile on my face.

When I woke up it was at a more reasonable hour in the morning, about 5:30, and I was hungry. I sat up, yawned, and stretched, feeling great after my drug induced sleep. I was still alone in the infirmary, but I knew I wouldn't be for long, so I slipped my hoodie back over my head. Just in time too, because Jean and Beast walked in just as I was putting by sunglasses back on.

"Hey Chiro, I just brought you some breakfast." She sat a bad tray across my legs and my mouth watered at the sight, bacon, eggs, biscuits, and a tall glass a milk.

"Ooh, thank you so much!" I moved to start eating, but was stopped by Beast.

"Wait a minute, I have to take your vitals first."

Dang.

"Well, I need to go get ready for school, the rest of the X-men and I will come see you after we get home. Goodbye!" I thanked her for the food and she left. As soon as she did Beast locked the door behind her.

"Well Chiro, er, Luna, Charles has informed me of your situation. You can take that hoodie off if you want to." I gratefully striped it off and tossed it to the floor, glad to be cool again. I hated wearing the things truthfully. I got hot easily anyways and going around in long sleeves doesn't help matters.

Beast took all my vitals and I was allowed to scarf down my breakfast. I was starving, I hadn't eaten dinner or lunch the day before.

"So doc, when can I get outta here?" I mumbled through a mouth full of biscuit.

"Well, I don't want you doing anything too strenuous just yet, the tail is an extension of the spine, and you don't want to mess around with your spine." I frowned at this. It sounded like I would be in here for awhile. "But, most mutants have a bit of an increased healing power, and you are no different. I think you'll want one more night here, then we can move you back into yours and Kurt's room. You should be ok to walk after that, but nothing too major, ok?"

I nodded to show I understood, but groaned at the idea of a whole day on bed rest.

"Is there anything I can get for you?"

"Umm, can you get me my laptop? It's on my be in my room."

He nodded left, so I was alone once again. I lied back in the bed and traced patterns in the ceiling. It was gonna be a long, boring day.

Yay! Done, finally. I've been up for hours typing this, so feel honored ;). As always, review! They make me happy and make me update faster. Especially if they give me ideas that I really like, cause then I get excited and write more.