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… My cat typed that and I don't have the heart to delete it. SHE'S JUST SO ADORABLE!

I think Olivier's taking over my brain…

Anyway; me no own. Well, I own Olivier, but she sucks XP

J'espère que vous apprécierez!

Anyone speak French? Bonus points if you're not from France or Canada!

...I don't get bonus points :'(

It'd been fifteen minutes since Olivier arrived. According to Hana, she was the last one they'd been expecting. So, in other words, teenagers –and Ayame– are really chatty and have short attention spans. Of course, you already knew that.

And so the half-French girl took it upon herself to settle everyone down. She rose with a small sigh, then brought her fingers to her lips and let out a loud, startling whistle. Everyone in the room turned their heads to her, a few jumping where they stood. This caused her to smile pleasantly and order "Everyone shut up and sit your butts down!" in a happy tone. Yes, she absolutely loved bossing people around.

After a few seconds of shuffling and Kyo and Yuki fighting for a spot next to Tohru – Arisa was on her other side, and didn't plan on moving– , along with Olivier resisting the urge to bang her head on the table, everyone had finally settled down.

"So, first order of business. Did anyone tell Shigure?" the blonde asked. A second later she actually did bash her head against the table, crying "Are you friggin' kidding me?" to half the room's confusion. "Well, thanks to Ayame, we have a limited timeframe. And yeah, I know, I never mentioned that part. Sorry 'bout that. But, for future reference, don't tell Shigure anything. He gives me bad vibes."

And so the meeting went on. They discussed getting more people to join; most of the other Zodiacs, the student council –well, just Kakeru and Machi–, Kazuma, and someone suggested Olivier's brother, to which the girl replied 'not even if hell freezes over'.

They also came up with plans to take down Akito; these, however, were in the rough beginning stages and none of the ideas they had that day – from Megumi suggesting they drug the head of the Sohma clan and then use him as a dart board, to Kagura's idea of sending 'him' threats through mail. And then there was Tohru's offhand thought that they could possibly talk Akito into being nicer. That one sent Olivier into a giggle fit– would be used.

And so by the end of the meeting, they'd decided to tell Momiji and Hatori. Letting Hiro and Kisa join was a debatable subject, –Kyo thought they would get in the way, ("and besides, they're just kids! They shouldn't be put in danger like that!") and Rin argued that Hiro would join whether they let him or not. Haru had chimed in then, pointing out that Kisa was braver than she looked, and that's when it had turned into a shouting match that most of the room took part in– as was Kureno. Yuki had been against the student council members finding out, but that too had turned into a heated debate and was left unsettled.

Other than that and Sakura and Mocha wreaking havoc among the attendees –swiping at hair, biting a few limbs (mostly Yuki's), and then not leaving Kyo alone for the rest of the meeting– everything went smoothly.

Olivier was in a rather good mood when she got home, –a little more smiley than when she'd left– but that disappeared almost instantly when she got home. The reason why, you see, is because her brother was lounging on the couch.

Now, you'd think seeing your brother, who'd been living on his own back in Paris –something Olivier desperately wanted to do– without any contact for the past two years, would be considered a blessing, or at the very least a happy event.

Not for 'livier. Because as he greeted her in the language they'd grown up speaking, and as he rose to give her a hug, all she could think about was the last time they'd seen each other. His glare and hissed threat were still imprinted in her brain. In some ways, Marc was her personal Akito. To a lesser extent, of course, but the fear and feeling of dread at being powerless were still the same.

"Hey, so I was thinking maybe we could go to that amusement park?" Marc offered between slurps of soup during dinner.

"I'm not really sure," Olivier replied slowly, chewing on a piece of chicken as she thought of an excuse ", exams are coming up and me and my friends are working on something. And there's my job, and I need to start practicing if I want to make the volleyball team next year –"

"Can't you make a little time for your dear big bro?" he demanded in a mock-begging tone "I haven't seen you in years, and now you're all grown up and doing your own thing! Maybe you could introduce me to your friends?"

Even if she wasn't able to read minds, the looks Yori and Ieyoshi gave at that moment her would be more than enough to tell her that she wouldn't be able to worm her way out of it. Not without being grounded, at least. So, with a small sigh, the blonde nodded and told her brown-haired brother "Sure, why not. Everyone's free tomorrow except Yuki and Rin," she was lying through her teeth, and it was obvious.

She'd never been a good liar, and now was no exception.

"Great!" Marc chirped with a smile, the grin being one of the few traits they both possessed, along with the same bright eyes.

Olivier would have mumbled something under her breath, but she was too busy trying not to shit herself, or possibly scream, because her brother's aura at that moment was absolutely terrifying, matching that of Akito's the one time she'd seen the God.

I had no idea what to do for this chapter – which is odd, seeing as I've had a general idea for each chapter so far – seeing as I didn't plan anything out, so that's my excuse if this seems like a totally out-of-the-blue chapter, or completely pointless or something.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. I wanna know what you guys wanna see in this story!

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