The next morning when I woke up I was glad to see Momiji still asleep, but then I looked at the clock and I realized just why he was still asleep, it was three in the morning. 'Great… Hello Jet lag.' I sighed and went into the living room to see if there was anything worth watching on the TV. Luckily there was an early morning Mogeta marathon. I ended up watching that for about two hours and then I moved on to watching some girlie show called "Say Yes to the Dress" (which I do not own. All right go to who ever came up with it). Even though it was just a bunch of girls trying to find their wedding dress it was surprisingly entertaining. There was a bunch of drama, usually between the mother and the bride. For some reason the moms seem to think they get to choose the dress and their opinion is more important than that of the bride. I find that completely ridiculous. It's not like they're gonna be the ones wearing it. Also, the budgets are insane! Some of them are willing to pay 21,000 for a dress they're going to wear only once. It's just crazy.

About three hours later I heard someone coming in the living room, 'Shit! What if they catch me watching this crap? My anti-girlie rep will be ruined!' I screamed in my head and tried to change the channel, but the clicker decided to be a douche this morning and not work.

"What the hell are you watching?" I heard my dads voice ask from behind me.

"Er… Nothing…" 'Thank god it's just dad.' I sighed.

"Aki-chan! Are you watching a dress show? Are you sure you're the real Aki-chan? Quick! What who's the only member of Rise Against who isn't straight edge?" I heard Momiji ask as he sat down next to me.

"That's easy; it's Brandon, the drummer. And there was nothing else on so it's not like I was watching it willingly." I defended.

"Well you could have gone to read or something else." He pointed out.

"What ever. I'm still mad at you." I glared.

"What? What did I even do?"

"You didn't tell me that Akito hit you! I had to find out from Kisa!"

"I… I just didn't want you to worry. It wasn't that bad and I didn't want to ruin your trip or anything."

"That's no excuse Momiji! When something happens to you like that I want to know. No matter what kind of mood I'm in I think I deserve to know!"

"Why do you have to know if it'll just put you in a bad mood?"

"Because you're my best friend and I care about you so I deserve to know these things! Now he hit you just because you were trying to protect Tohru! That is no excuse to hit you!" 'And he's not going to get away with it!'

"So how come I hide a small slap and you freak out, but you're allowed to hide that he completely beat you?"

"That… That was different! And once I told you about it that was supposed to be the start of no secrets between us! I haven't hidden a single thing from you since then!"

"I'm sorry… I just… I didn't think it was that big of a deal."

"Well next time fucking think about it!" I shouted before running out of the house, 'great… first day back and I'm yelling at Momiji because I'm angry at Akito. Just lovely.' I thought sarcastically I ran around the Sohma estate. When I finally stopped I looked up and found myself in front of Akito's house thinking. I'd like to think of it more as his lair seeing as how he's just an evil villain.

When I walked up to the door I was stopped by Kureno, "What do you think you're doing?" he asked with his usual stoic expression.

"I'm going to talk to that bastard! He hurt Momiji-kun and he's not going to get away with it!" I went to run to the door, but he stopped me.

"I don't think so. Unless you want to get hurt too you better stay away from him. Akito-san is in an especially bad mood right now."

"I don't care! I'm glad he's pissed off and I'll gladly make him even more so!"

"Sorry, but I can't let you do that." He lifted me up and threw me over his shoulder and began to take me back to my house.

"Put me down!" I commanded and pounded my fists on his back.

"No." He replied calmly as I continued to hit him.

When we finally back at my house Kureno knocked on the door and my mum opened it, "Kureno? It's a surprise to see you here. I haven't seen you in forever. To what do I owe the pleasure?" she asked.

All he did in reply was set me down on the porch step in front of her.

"Akemi?" she asked confused.

"I found her going to run into Akito's. She seemed pretty upset and I didn't want a repeat of last time so I figured I should bring her back here."

"Thank you Kureno. I'll be sure to make sure she stays here. Would you like to come in for a cup of tea?" she asked politely.

"I'm sorry, but I have to get back to Akito. Thank you for the offer though." He turned and walked back to Akito's.

After he was gone my mom grabbed my arm and dragged me back into the house, "What the hell were you thinking Akemi? Why would you go back there! You know you're no match for Akito! You remember what happened last time don't you?" she shouted at me. I don't think I've ever seen her quite this angry with me.

"I… I just… he hurt Momiji. I can't just let him get away with that!" I shouted and punched the wall. That only hurt my hand. I didn't even leave a dent.

"I know he did, but that is no reason to get hurt even worse. Momiji is fine. He was lucky enough to only get hit once. If you go there right now think of how much worse you would get it. Is that really worth it?" She asked me.

"Y-" I was cut off by someone else before I even got the chance.

"Don't even say yes Akemi. Seeing you hurt would be worse than any physical pain. It wouldn't be worth it at all because you'd be hurting me, which is exactly what you're trying to keep from happening." Momiji walked over and stood in front of me and my mum walked out of the room so the two of us were left alone.

I bit my lip and looked down at my shoes, "I-I'm sorry. I just…"

"I know. You just hate that he can get away with it, but there is really nothing you can do about it." He sighed, "After you told me what Akito did to you I was ready to go kick Akito's ass, but Hatori stopped me and told me that it wouldn't be worth it. My getting beaten wasn't going to make what happened go away."

"Woah… Did you just… curse?" I asked shocked.

"Is that seriously the only thing you took from that?" Momiji asked annoyed.

"No, I heard the rest of it. That was just a bit of a shocker. In all six years that I've known you, you've never cussed once."

He sighed, "Yeah, well I've never really been that angry before."

I nodded, "Yeah… But thank you. I'm glad you didn't go see him. I don't know what I would have done if you had cause it would have kinda been my fault if you got hurt."

"No… I would have been my choice, but don't worry about it. It's all over now." He hugged me, but it only lasted a second seeing as how he poofed into his rabbit for, but that was ok with me. I picked up his clothes and carried him to my room were I hugged him for a while longer before he turned back and put his clothes back on.