Emiko's POV
"This…is all my fault." I say, letting my tears fall down my cheeks. "If it wasn't for me everybody-" I'm cut-off by Honey.
"Don't talk like that." He says, still crying. "We didn't save you so you'd feel guilty forever. Haruhi wouldn't want you to mope." I look up at my older brother and nod.
"Your right." I say, wiping the tears off my face.
"Why don't we go visit Haruhi after her surgery." Honey suggests.
"Yeah, I'd like that." I agree.
"I'll go get us all some food." Chika says.
"I'll come." I say, but when I try to stand I find it impossible.
"You can't get out of bed yet." Chika says. "They got the bullet out and patched you up, but the nerves in your hips seem to have been disconnected."
"Your due for surgery tonight." Kyoya says, entering the room. Behind him are Hikaru, Kaoru, and Tamaki. Together they hand me a giant bouquet of red roses.
"Thank you, all of you." I say to the hosts. "You saved me-especially you at the end of it all, Kaoru." I say to the twin. "If you hadn't shielded me, that dart would have gone right in my throat. I'm glad your ok."
"It was no big deal." Kaoru says, trying to keep his cool. Three knocks sound from the door and a doctor enters the room.
"Glad to see your awake, Miss Haninozuka." The doctor says to me. That's going to need some getting used to, I think to myself. "Since you're awake, we want to start the surgery right away."
"O-ok." I say. A couple of nurses enter the room and wheel me away. As I go off into surgery, I wave 'good-bye' at everybody-they wave back.
Honey's POV
I sit in a chair outside Emiko's operation room. I squeeze Usa-Chan tightly, tapping my foot, and letting my nerves get the best of me. Chika is sitting right next to me. He seems to be just as nervous as I am.
"You know," I say to my little brother, "We haven't fought at all since Emiko came back."
"Yeah, your right." he says, looking back at me.
"I think, for her sake, maybe we shouldn't fight anymore." I say.
"I agree." Chika says. As we shake hands, even know he has a straight face on, I know he's nervous and worried for our sister just like me. All of the sudden the door to the operation room opens. The doctor walks out, looks at us, and gives a thumbs up. Chika and I let out a sigh of relief.
"She just need to stay overnight." The doctor says. "She'll need to stay on crutches for a month, but then she should be as good as new."
"Thank you doctor." I say to the man. He nods and says,
"Come with me-I'll show you what room she'll be in for the night." He takes us down a hall and stops at the farthest room to the right. "Stay as long as you want." The doctor says, letting Chika and me into the room. I see Emiko laying flat on the hospital bed-fast asleep. She's on top of the covers-both of her legs are in metal braces that go from the hip to the top of the knee, then another one from the bottom of the knee to the ankle. I pull a chair up next to Emiko's bed.
"I'm going to stay here tonight." I say to Chika.
"Me too." He says.
"No you need to get home and tell dad about everything. Plus, you can get started in a 'welcome back' party in the morning before we get home." I say.
"Alright, Mitsukuni." Chika says, exiting the room, "I'll see you and Emiko at home then." As soon as Chika's gone, I take an extra pillow from a shelf by Emiko's bed and fall fast asleep in the chair.
Emiko's POV
***Dream Sequence***
I sit in the front yard on a bench as I watch big brothers and cousin practice fighting. The second they stop to take a break, I run over to them. I tug on bigger brother's clothes and ask him,
"Can you teach me how to do that?"
"Maybe when your older, ok?" older big brother says, patting my head.
"Ok!" I agree. "Can we go eat now?"
"Maybe when we're done with practice." Older big brother says.
"Awww ok." I say, a bit sad. All of the sudden cousin comes up and hands me an orange.
"Here you go." He says. "Do you need me to peel it for you?"
"Yes please!" I say. In seconds cousin hands me the orange-and the peel's all gone! "Wow, that fast!" I exclaim. I take a bite of the orange, swallow and say, "You know, you and older brothers have really confusing names. I'm gong to give you nick-names." I point to cousin and say, "You'll be Mori," I point to big brother and say, "You'll be Chika," then I point to older big brother and say, "And you'll be Honey."