Chapter 23 is now up! Enjoy! :D

Shaye, Jai, and Jayce stood in front of me. I stood there surprised, shocked, and confused.

"This is Jai and Jayce. They're brothers." said Shaye.

"I...I never knew you had a brother Jai..." I said, staring at Jayce.

"Yeah...Wait, you remember me?" Jai asked, surprised.

"Of course." I said. "How could I ever forget you..." I muttered, thinking back.

"Wait...Then how come, you know, back at that department store...?" he said.

"I knew all along...and thanks." I said with a smile, thanking him for the rose...and compliment. :) He smiled back.

"Well, it's a pleasure to meet you Jayce." I said, stretching my hand out.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, too." he said, smiling as he shook my hand.

"Ok. So, we just came here to look after you, Akari. We didn't even know we'd all end up at the same place and meet each other. Also, we didn't expect things to happen at the ball..." said Jai.

"We really wish we could have prevented that." Shaye muttered.

"But we didn't want you to know we were watching over you." finished Jayce.

"That's cool. I'm not mad at you guys. I really have to go now, though." I said.

"And Jai, I'm glad you're all right. It's been too long. It's so great to see you again." I said, hugging him. I then broke away from the embrace and walked off.

"I'm not sure. I really don't like going to the mall." I said to Sakura, whom had woken me up really early to insist we go to the mall together.

"Oh, come on. It'll be great." she said. I groaned.

"Fine."

When I was done getting ready, we started our way towards the mall, which wasn't that far from my house.

"I wonder where Ciel went. I didn't see him this morning." I said.

"Yeah, Sebastian wasn't there either." said Sakura.

We finally got to the mall and went inside.

"Come on." said Sakura and I followed her. After going into six different stores we finally took a break and sat on a bench at the center of the mall, where they had a huge fountain.

"Seriously, how much stuff do you need?" I asked.

"A lot." responded Sakura. "Hey, isn't that Ciel?" asked Sakura, looking over to the other side of the fountain.

"That is Ciel and Sebastian." I said, as I watched them sit down on a bench. "Hmm...Weird." I said, wondering what Ciel would be doing at a mall.

We suddenly see Alois and Claude walk up to a bench and sit down.

"Umm...this is weird." said Sakura.

We then see Jai and Jayce walk over to a bench and sit down.

"Hey, at least Shaye isn't here." Sakura then said as she turned towards me. "Nevermind." she said as she looked past me at Shaye who was coming towards us.

I quickly stood up and.

"Hey Shaye What are the heck are you doing here? This is kind of weird..." I said, turning towards the others. Hen Shaye looked at everyone else, then everyone else suddenly looks our way.

"Wow, what a coincidence." Jayce said, as everyone stood up and walked towards us.

"What are you guys doing here?" asked Shaye. Everyone was now gathered around me and Sakura. Some started eyeing each other and strong, anger tensions started to grow between some.

"Akari, could I talk to you for a second?" Alois then asked.

"Uh, sure..." I responded and stepped away from the others, who seemed to be getting along with Ciel now.

"Akari, I would like to invite ou over to my house to talk..." Alois said quietly to me.

"Um, well...S-Sure...I guess." I said, hesitating.

"Great! I'll send one of my servants to pick you up. Is tomorrow alright?" he said.

"Um, sure." I said with a small smile.

"Okay, well I have to go now. See you tomorrow." He said and winked at me as he walked off with Claude.

"What did he say?" Sakura then asksed as I walked back to the others.

"Oh, nothing really." I said. Sakura then looked at me for a while then turned back to the others.

I didn't really want to tell Sakura what is was going to do tomorrow. Mainly because she would freak the heck out...

"Hey we should all hang out together." Shaye then suggested.

"Yeah, ,that would be fun." said Sakura, looking towards me.

"Yeah." I agreed. Ciel and Sebastian had left already and no one had even noticed. So, it was now just me, Sakura, Jai, Jayce, and Shaye.

We all just walked around the mall and talked about any random thing we could make conversation with. We then decided to finally get out of the mall and out to the streets.

"So, Akari...Ciel's your cousin, right?" Jayce asked, curiously.

"Yes." I said, then muttering, "Jealous much?", under my breath.

Sakura laughed a little and quickly stopped.

"Oh, okay." said Jayce, sounding relieved.

"Well, we're here. Um...well, see you guys later." I said as Sakura and I walked up the sidewalk towards my house.

"Well, take care." said Jai and Jayce.

"Yeah, see ya." said Shaye. They all waved goodbye and started walking back.

"It's just crazy how they've all fallen for you." Sakura then said as I unlocked the door.

"What?" I questioned, surprised.

"Nothing. Nevermind." she said and smiled.

We went inside and were really surprised at what we saw as we entered the living room.

"Uh, Sebastian, what's going on?" I asked as I saw Alois on top of Ciel. [You totally wish it was that way...;}]

Sebastian sighed. "They're just fighting again."

"Okay..." I said, kind of weired out.

"Pluto!" I exclaimed as Pluto ran up to me. I hugged him and happily petted him. He licked my face and was all over me.

"Ciel!" I suddenly said in a cautious, serious tone. In a second I was in front of Alois and held on to the sword Ciel had that would've struck Alois if I hadn't stopped him.

Ciel gasped and then lowered his sword.

"I thought your knight would save you." I said to Alois as I turned to him.

"Huh?" He just stared at me, shocked.

"What's wrong?" I said, noticing his long stare into my eyes. "I won't hurt you."

"So you're a..." he started to say.

"I am." I finished, parting away my bangs so he could clearly see both of my eyes as they glowed a bright red. Suddenly, Claude showed up beside Alois and glared at me with those squinty eyes of his. I glared back at him and walked away. Sakura followed me.

"You're what?!" exclaimed Sakura, surprised and angered as I had told her I was going to Alois' house tomorrow.

"What? There's nothing wrong with just going to his house." I said.

"They're too dangerous. You know it. Why would you just agree to go that creep's house?" she said, frustrated. I didn't answer. She looked at me, awaiting an answer.

"Unless..." she started to say.

"No. No, no, no. It's not because I like him, you idiot. I don't like him. I'm just trying to find some information." I said. (It's what I always say, yet most of the time this "finding information" thing gets weird and crazy, becoming a huge mistake by me.)

"Information? What are you talking about?" she asked.

"That is top secret. I can't tell you." I simply responded.

"Aw, why!?" she whined.

"Because it's a secret."

The rest of the day, Sakura kept whining and begging me to tell her what I was trying to find out but I kept ignoring her.

She finally fell asleep beside Pluto while she was petting him after five hours. Yeah, Sakura was petting him for five hours straight out of annoyance. I sighed and went down to the kitchen to get a snack and went back to my room and watched TV.

I gasped as I turned to reach the remote.

"Se-Sebastian, what are you doing here? Where were you?" I asked, surprised to see my brother standing beside my bed.

"Nowhere. It doesn't matter. So, how are you?" he asked. I looked at him, very confused.

"What? Why are you asking me that?" I asked, perplexed.

"I just want to know how you've been. What's wrong with caring about my ~cute~ litte sister?" He said, smiling.

I was very, very, VERY weirded out...

He then appeared on my bed in front of me. I quickly sat up straight and crossed up my legs. He seemed to be leaning in close to me, as he reached his arms out and rested his hands on the bed, on each side of me, as if propping himself over me to look directly down into my eyes with a smirk.

And he suddenly...

I gasped once again, shocked by his action. His eyes glowed red and...

So...it's been a while and I haven't added any more chapters to this...THIS IS NOT OVER THOUGH...NEVER. Anyways, hope you guys enjoy this chapter :)

Dang, I still can't get over that last part. WTH is wrong with me? Jeez too much...weird, stupid stuff. :) Good stuff.