So here's chapter 5, sorry it took so long. I've had this chapter planned for a long time, but haven't had ANY time to write it down. I was also very downhearted about this story and was about to quit, but inspiration pretty much rules and brought me back it it.

Enjoy!

I don't own Ouran characters.

Emi's classmates were delighted to have her back in school, Tamaki made a big deal about it and Kyouya didn't say a word to her. She wondered what that was about, but brushed it aside, 'It's Kyouya.' She thought. She also silently noted the person standing in the back of the class. It made her angry to know that her father was doing this to her, but she knew there was doing she could do.

"Are you going to play at the Host Club today?" a girl in her class asked.

She stole a glance at Kyouya, who wasn't looking away from her, "I'm not sure Misa-san, maybe."

The teacher came in and told the class to settle down, "It's nice to see you again, Emi-chan. Lets get to work then."

Emi worked silently throughout class until lunch, when she tracked down Kyouya before he got to the lunch room, "Hey." She said, grabbing his shoulder and turning him around, "Not going to say 'hi' to me?"

"Hello, now what do you want Emi?" he said irritably.

She scrunched her eyebrows together, "There's no need to talk to me in that tone. What's wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong Emi. Your plan won't work."

"Yeah, I noticed my father is having people watch over me."

Kyouya looked away, "It's not your father."

"What do you mean?" Then comprehension dawned on her, "You! Why would you do this?"

"Are you trying to endanger your life more than it's already in Emi? You don't fully understand this situation." He said.

"What you did is unfair Kyouya! I came to you for help."

"All I'm trying to do is help you Emiko."

Emi felt hurt and betrayed by one of the few people in her life she felt she could trust. She took a few deep breaths to calm down, she didn't want her temper flying out now, "Just tell me why."

"You're a friend, I'm not going to let you try to throw your life away for him."

"Well what makes you think-" she noticed the glances of passing by students and lowered her voice, "What makes you think that my life is in any danger here?"

"As secure as these grounds might seem to you, he still got in to try to kill you the first time. You were only away from people a few minutes, what do you think would happen if you were let out of people sights again? He could be waiting for you again. I'm not going to take that risk. Mori-sempai would agree with me."

There was a long period of silence as Emi thought over his words. He was right on every point, as usual. Gods, she hated him for that sometime. "Kyouya, I appreciate what you've done, I understand where you're coming from and why you're doing it. But there are some things that you don't understand." And she started to walk away, but Kyouya grabbed her arm and pulled her back.

"I can say the same thing for you too Emiko." Kyouya said, "You need to start seeing the bigger picture here, Emiko, this isn't anything like your challenges. This is real."

"So we're to Emiko now? For your information, I know this is real Kyouya, I said you were right, now let me go." She tried to pull away but his grip tightened, "Kyouya."

He let go, "You think you know these things Emiko, but you just don't." and he walked away.

She really hated him sometimes.

Takashi came up and stood by her; how did he come up out of nowhere like that? She looked up at him, "How much did you hear?"

"Enough."

She turned and buried her face in his chest, "I hate him."

"No you don't." he stroked her hair.

"Sometimes I do."

Takashi had heard their entire conversation; it had told him something he didn't really want to know.

She took a deep breath and backed up, "Let's go get some lunch."

As soon as school was over and she was out of the classroom, there was a man by her side.

"Can I help you?" she inquired.

"I'm here to escort you to your car."

'Kyouya.' She thought, anger boiling at the thought of her friend. "Fine." There was nothing she could do anyway.

Mitsukuni ran up to her while she was be led away, "Aren't you coming to the Host Club Emi-chan?" he asked innocently.

"Not today Mitsukuni-sempai, I have to go home right away."

"Oh." He said.

"I wish I could, but tell Kyouya that he's in trouble for me will you?"

Kyouya elicited no emotional response when Hunny-sempai passed on Emi's message. She didn't understand what he was doing for her yet. She was so tunnel-minded sometimes it was almost ridiculous. Mori-sempai was staring out the window, as he had taken to doing in the last two weeks. How was it that he really came alive when she was around? No one seemed to notice except him. When Emi was around, the changes in Mori-sempai were so subtle that it took him awhile to notice. He was glad Mori-sempai had found someone like that for him; and he was jealous.

This was a new feeling for him, jealousy.

Emi was right, there were a few things he didn't understand.

Emi sat in silence for a long time at supper, not touching her food. Kanaye was doing the same, staring off at the wall, out of touch with reality.

Her father broke the silence, "Okay, what's going on here?"

Kanaye snapped back to earth, "What?"

"You two are acting suspicious."

"Sorry, I'm just thinking." They looked to Emi for a reason for her silence.

She shrugged, "I have no excuse." And she picked up her fork to eat. She took a bite of the cooks best lamb chops. Her father was always an admirer of western food. She ate slowly, savoring each bite. Maki-san was truly an excellent cook. Everyone, but Kanaye (he had elected not to eat anything) was done eating about twenty minutes later while she was about half-way done. Something was wrong, she knew it. Everything around her seemed sharper somehow, she felt stiff, but she wanted to get up and leave. Kimi let out a loud cry of glee over her food.

That's when everything turned around.

Kanaye was about to comment on how slow his youngest sister was eating, when all of the sudden she clutched her stomach, "Something's wrong." She said.

Before anyone could say anything else, she stood up, then collapsed on the floor, convulsing violently. Everyone froze, watching her, half expecting her to jump up and laugh. But instead she lay perfectly still after the convulsions stopped. His father fell to her side, "She's breathing, but not for long."

"I'm calling the hospital." Tanaka said.

Kanaye kneeled down beside his father, "Poison?"

"Probably."

"They're on their way."

Suddenly, she started convulsing again, more severely this time, they tried to hold her down so she would stop, but she still struggled against them.

For the next five minutes she would convulse then stop then convulse again. Then she turned blue, "She's stopped breathing." Kanaye cried.

"They're here." Tanaka announced, sweeping a crying Kimi into her arms.

The medics quickly got her in the ambulance and barreled towards the hospital. The entire house staff was watching fearfully from doorways. Emi's maid, Kaede was silently crying.

"Maki-san I want everyone who handled our food in my office immediately." Maki bustled off to do as she said, "Kanaye, call Ryou, tell him what happened." He rubbed his temples, "I want to find out who's responsible for this now!" he yelled.

"Who's responsible for what?" a voice said. Carissa Hayden stood in the door way with her bags, "What's going on?"

"Mom!" Kanaye said, hugging her.

"Kanaye, what's going on?"

"Carissa, Emi's in the hospital."

Her eyes widened, "What are we standing around for, shouldn't we be going to the hospital?"

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~Cloudy