Hey guys. Here's another chapter. In this one, Anime has a bullying problem, but he won't tell Shira. And Sid and Brooke are planning a wedding.

Shira sighed as she looked on the computer for a job. She had filled out many applications for many jobs a few days ago, and was now writing a resume. The phone rang, startling the sabress. She picked up the phone, only to hear the principle of Natsuki and Anime's school.

"Uh-huh. Okay. I'm coming."

She said as she hung up the phone. She turned off the computer, grabbed her car keys, and walked out the door. She hopped in her car, and headed to the school, with worry in her mind. She arrived at the school a few minutes later. She got out the car and headed inside. The principle met her at the door on his office.

"What's wrong?"

Shira asked a tall mountain lion. He had a beige pelt and dark red mane with blue eyes. The principle sighed.

"C'mon. Your son's in my office."

The principle said as the two walked in. They found Anime lying on the couch. He had a black eye, and his right paw was in a bandage. Shira ran over to her son.

"Anime! What happened to him?"

Shira asked the mountain lion.

"He says he fell down the stairs."

Shira nodded.

"Anime, are you okay? C'mon, Mommy's gonna take you home."

Shira said as she held her son close. Anime leaned into his mother's form.

"C'mon."

Shira said as she led her son out to the car. Anime sat in the back seat as Shira grove back home.

"Anime, what happened?"

Shira asked. Anime didn't say anything.

/

Shira:

"I knew there was something wrong with him. He didn't 'fall down the stairs' like the principle said. And I'm gonna find out."

/

Shira drive up to the house, and the two walked in. Anime went straight to his room. Shira sighed as she sat on the sofa.

"Tough day, ay Tigress?"

Buck said from the kitchen. Shira nodded.

"Yeah. What're you doing here?"

She asked the weasel.

"Was in the neighborhood, got hungry, and came here. What 'bout Anime?"

The tigress got up from the couch, and went to the kitchen for a drink.

"The principle says he fell down the stairs, but I'm not buying it. Anime has fallen down many staircases in his short life, and he has never gotten a black eye from it. Maybe a broken arm, but never a black eye."

Shira said angrily as she slammed the fridge. Buck just sat there, letting Shira talk.

"I'm sure the boy's fine. Don't worry about it."

Buck said as he stood up.

"Well, I'm off. See ya."

Said the weasel as he left the house. Before he could close the door, the possum twins ran in.

"Guess what guys?!"

Crash asked.

"What?"

Shira and Buck asked at the same time.

"Sid and Brooke are planning their wedding!"

The twins shouted at the same time. Buck left the house, laughing with the twins following after. The house was quiet again. Shira sat on the couch, ready to watch TV. A scream came from upstairs. Shira ran upstairs to her son's room. She found the cub lying on the floor, holding the wrapped up paw.

"Anime what happened?"

Shira asked as she helped Anime up.

"I was trying to get a video game, but I fell. And now my paw hurts again."

He said.

"I think it's broken this time."

Shira sighed.

"C'mon, I'll look at it."

She took her son to the bathroom, and checked his paw.

"No, it's not broken. But I do have to wrap it up again."

Shira said as she carefully took the bandage off his paw.

"Anime, can you tell me who gave you the black eye?"

"I told you. I fell down some stairs."

Anime said.

"Anime, I know you. You've never gotten a black eye from falling down stairs. Someone gave that to you. And I have to knew."

Shira said. Anime sat there in silence.

"I'm not gonna get angry. I promise."

Shira said comfortably. Anime stayef silent. A few minutes later, he began to cry.

"Sweetie, nothing's going to happen to you. I promise."

Shira said as she hugged her son.

"C'mon, you can tell me while I make you a sandwich. And I don't want you using that paw for a few days. I also have to know who did that first too."

Shira said as she walked her son to the kitchen. The cub sat at the table white Shira made lunch.

"It didn't happen in school."

Shira turned to the cub.

" What was that?"

Shira said as she sat next to Anime. The cub gulped.

"I said it didn't happen at school."

Shira sighed.

"Here's your sandwich. Go upstairs."

Anime nodded and left with his food. Shira picked up the phone, and called Diego. His phone went to busy. Shira sighed and tried Buck's phone. That went to busy as well. The phone rang, and the tigress picked it up, hoping it was her mate. It wasn't. It was Brooke!

"Hello? Yeah okay. At 7:00? Okay, we'll be there."

Shira said as she hung on the phone.

Anime came downstairs with his plate.

"I'm done."

He said as he placed his plate in the sink. Shira nodded.

"C'mon. I have to go out. Then I said I would pick up your siblings."

Anime nodded.

"Can I get ice cream?"

The cub asked. Shira smiled.

"Of course you can. Now get in the car."

Shira said as the two went out to the car, and left.

Everyone met up at Brooke and Sid's house for dinner. Brooke and Shira were cooking dinner.

"Did you hear? Sid and I are finally getting married!"

Brooke said as she stirred some rice.

"Yeah I heard."

Shira said happily.

"Hey Shira!"

Diego called as he walked up to the silver tigress.

"My phone says that you called me."

"Mine too."

Buck said as he also walked up to the tigress.

"We need to talk."

Shira said angrily.

/

Buck & Diego:

"Yeah we're in trouble."

"Whenever his mate says 'we have to talk', it usually means we screwed up… Again."

/

Diego and Buck gulped as Shira led them to the living room.

"What did we do this time?"

Diego asked.

"You're not in trouble."

The tiger and weasel sighed in relief.

"It's about Anime."

"What he do this time?"

Diego asked.

"Somethings wrong with him. I had to pick him up from school today, and he has a Planck eye and injured paw. He says he fell down the stairs, but I don't believe him."

/

Diego:

"I know my son. That kid's taught. He's fallen down stairs, off fences, even swings at the park. But he's never come to us with a black eye."

/

"Maybe we 'ought to go to the school tomorrow?"

Buck asked while holding up the knife.

"He said it didn't happen at school."

"Then where?"

Diego asked.

"He wouldn't tell me."

The tigress said. The male tiger and weasel sighed.

"The boy's hissing something."

"Or someone…"

Shira nodded.

"I know."

"Dinner's ready!"

Brooke sang from the dining table. Everyone, got to the table and sat down. Everyone began talking and eating, and having a great time.

"Excuse me everything!"

Brooke said as she tapped a glass in front of her. Everyone went silent.

"Sid and I have some very important news!"

The female sloth said happily.

"We're planning our wedding!"

Both sloths said excitedly. All the females cheers, and the males smiled. Sort of.

/

Manny & Diego:

"It's gonna be a disaster."

"He did plan your daughter's wedding."

"Yeah, but this is Sid and his wedding. Gods knows what thave got planned for that."

"He's right. It could be anything."

"Literally anything."

/

"That's wonderful."

Ellie said.

"Have you thought about what you're going to wear?"

"What about your theme? What's the theme of the wedding?"

"We could help you!"

All the ladies said.

"Whoa…"

Was all Anime could say.

"That's what happens lad. Mention wedding, and all the ladies go crazy."

Buck said to the cub.

"We need more boys in this family."

Anime said as he continued eating.

"Well, no. We haven't thought of a theme."

Brooke said.

"WE COULD HELP YOU!"

All the ladies shouted at the same time. Even Natsuki and Tamatsu said it. Anime stared in awe.

"Be glad it's not 'bout a baby. They go even crazier for babies."

Buck said again to Anime. Anime nodded.

"Hey, what happened to Anime's eye?"

"And his paw?"

The twin possums ask. Before anyone else could speak, Anime spoke up.

"Nothing. I just fell down some stairs."

He said quickly. Shira sighed. Everyone went back to eating after that.

The saber family and weasel walked into the house.

"Okay everyone go to bed. You have school tomorrow."

Shira said to her kids. Buck and Diego sat on the couch, watching TV. Shira sat in between them with a drink in her pas.

"Has anyone called you yet?"

Diego asked as he stroked his mate's fur. Shira shook her head.

"No. Not yet."

Diego sighed.

"Think I might be able to get you a spot at the hospital I use to work at."

Buck said. Shira smiled.

"Thanks. Homie, for a crazy deranged weasel, you sure know how to get what you want."

Shira said, while smiling.

"I'll call them first thing in the morning. G'night mites."

Buck said while stretching, and heading to bed, all the while singing about pomegranate and pears.

"Crazy, but very said. Shira nodded. The two tigers continued watching television.

"Mom? Dad?"

A small voice came from the stairs. The two turned and saw the son standing on the stairs. Shira stood up.

"Anime what's wrong? You're suppose to be sleep."

Anime walked down the stairs to his parents.

"I don't wanna go to school tomorrow."

Anime said.

"Why son?"

Diego asked.

"I don't feel to well. I think I'm getting sick."

Anime lied. The tiger parents looked to their son.

/

Diego & Shira:

"Anime's lying."

"You can see it all over the boy's face."

"And we have to find out what he's lying about."

/

Shira nodded.

"Okay. You can stay home."

Shira said as she hugged her son. Anime smiled.

"Thanks Mom.

"Of course. Now go to sleep. Okay. Your aunt Brooke and I are going out tomorrow."

Anime nodded and headed back upstairs. Diego sighed.

"What?"

Shira asked.

"You spoil him too much."

"He's the youngest. What do you expect me to do."

Shira asked.

"I would expect for you to not spoil him the way you do. I've cream before dinner, letting him stay home-"

"He had a rough day today, and-"

"This is his 21th day this month Shira. He needs his education."

Diego said, raising his voice a little.

"I'm not spoiling him!"

Shira shouted.

"Yes you are! You get him whatever he wants, you have Buck do his homework-"

"He doesn't understand the work sometimes!"

"Thus because you're not letting him go to school! You let him skip school whenever he wants!"

"Shut up! I knew how to raise my child."

"He's my child too Shira!"

Diego shouted at the tigress. Shira stayed silent for a moment before speaking again.

"You can sleep down here tonight."

She said before walking away to their bedroom. Diego sighed. He lay on the couch, trying to make himself as comfortable as he could.

In the morning, Shira walked downstairs, only to find Buck sitting at the table, with cup of coffee in front of him.

"Where's Diego?"

Shira asked.

"Work. I on the other hand, got the day off."

Shira nodded and began making breakfast. A few minutes later, Natsuki, Tamatsu, and Anime walked downstairs.

"Mom, can you tell Tama to stop talking on the phone while I'm trying to sleep? It's annoying."

Shira sighed.

"Tama, stop talking on the phone."

But Mom!"

"Girls! I don't have time! Eat, and finish getting ready!"

Shira yelled while walking away. Buck smiled.

"Well, guess I'll be taking you guys to school."

Tamatsu, Natsuki, and Anime gulped.

/

Tamatsu, Natsuki, & Anime:

"Uncle Buck drives like a crazy person."

"And he's a police officer? I don't but it."

"He drove so fast once, I thought the world was moving fast. And we were the ones staying still."

/"

"No that's okay."

"We could ride our bikes. And-"

"Buck-s taking you to school! No complaints!"

Shira shouted from upstairs. The girls gulped.

/

Anime:

"They're screwed."

/

The two girls sighed and began getting ready. When they were finally ready to walk out the door, Tamatsu asked.

"Why isn't Anime going?"

She asked her weasel uncle.

"Because he's sick."

Shira said as she walked up to them. The girls looked at their brother.

"Okay girls, bye. And Buck, please don't drive like a lunatic. It scares them, and me."

The weasel nodded and headed out behind the tigress cubs. Shira closed the door, and turned to her son.

"Incr Uncle Buck comes back with the car, we're going out. Okay?"

Anime nodded and went to his room.

Buck had come back, and the three were off to pick up Brooke. Anime had 'starred to feel better', and the four were off to the park. Buck would play catch while Brooke and Shira would sit, and begin making plans for the wedding.

"You would have white flowers."

Shira offered.

"I like purple and pink."

Brooke said happily. Shira smiled.

"That sounds pretty."

Shira said as she wrote the information in a book. Brooke has beside her, drawing.

"Like these."

She held up the picture of a group of pink and purple flowers, all put together.

"That's pretty."

Brooke nodded and continued drawing.

"Shira, I can't find Anime."

Buck said nervously as he walked up to the tigress and sloth.

"What!"

Shira shouted as she stood up quickly. Buck backed away.

"You lost him?!"

Shira shouted. She began looking all over.

"Shira please calm down!"

Brooke shouted as she ran after the panicking mother.

"Anime, where are you?! Oh gods Buck what were you doing?"

Shira asked the weasel.

"I did nothing. I turn for one second, and he's home."

Buck said. Shira nodded. The three adults split up, and began looking for the cub. After sn hour of searthing, they found Anime, and two teen male tigers.

"Hey! What're you doin' to 'im?"

Buck shouted at the tigers. They were standing over Anime, preparing to beat the small cub. The teens stopped and rained to the three.

"W-well I was-"

"And we were-"

Shut it?"

Shira shouted. The two tigers stared at Shira.

"Eyes off the tigress!"

Buck said as he snapped his fingers to get their attention.

"She's beautiful…"

One of the tigers said.

"An angel…"

They said. Shira sighed and walked over to her son, who was crying.

"Nerissa? Nexium?"

The three turned and saw Diego walking up to them. Nerissa and Nexium turned their attention away and gulped.

"Ah damnit!"

The tigers shouted. They began running, with Buck and Diego running after them. Shira knelt down to her son's level.

"Anime are you okay?"

She asked as she wiped his tears away.

"I'm sorry Mom."

He cried.

"Sorry for what?"

"For lying to you.

/

Shira:

"I knew it. At least he's forty."

/

"Aww don't worry sweetie. It's okay. Can you tell me what happened?"

Anime didn't answer.

"Okay you know? You can tell us later. You want ice cream?"

Anime nodded, and Shira and Brooke went to the nearest ice cream shop.

"They said I'm too small for a saber."

Anime said as he ate his ice cream.

/

Shira & Dieho:

"Its thrive. Anime was small as a baby."

"And he's still too small. We were worried he would die. Fortunately he didn't."

/

Shira sighed.

"Who cares about what they think?"

"They also took my money."

Anime said. Shira nodded and listened to her son as he spoke.

"They punched me, and hit me. And they said if I told you, they would hurt you."

Anime said as he began to cry a little.

"Anime, your father and uncle won't let anything happen to us."

Shira said while hugging her son. Brooke smiled.

"C'mon you two. Let's go home. I can make my marshmallow cake."

Brooke said. Anime nodded, and the three were off.

Shira, Diego, and Buck were sitting on the couch, relaxing.

"Well, at least the little one's safe."

Buck said happily. Shira and Diego nodded.

"Yup, and those guys are locked up."

Diego said. Shira turned to the tiger and weasel.

"What? You put them in jail for beating a little bit?"

Shira asked in surprise.

"Oh no Tigress. We locked them up for braking into several houses."

Shira nodded. Buck stood up and went to bed. Diego turned to Shira.

"I'm… I'm sorry for yelling at you."

Diego apologizes.

"No, in sorry for telling at you. You're right. I do spoil him a little."

Diego smiled.

"He is the only not. I suppose it's okay."

Diego said as Shira stood up. She turned to Diego.

"You coming?"

Shira asked. Diego nodded, and the two headed off to bed.

Okay done. I hope you enjoyed it. If there's anything you want me to change, or have ideas for this, please tell me in your reviews, as well as questions, and you opinions. Okay, peace.