A/N: I think after this, there might only be one more chapter to this story. I can't believe we have actually used almost the whole list. LOL. Yesterday I lost my good friend Ryan to cancer and decided I needed to work on one of my funnier stories than drama or something sad. This chapter is dedicated to him, his family, and his friends. We had some fun times playing board games, watching anime (Negima! was a fave of his), eating good Thai food, and doing whatever the hell we wanted to. You will be missed Ryan, but you will never truly be gone. The numbers used were requested by Shortie87. Enjoy!

#25…Stick used to reach stuff that is high up – when you can't reach, a shinai gives you an extra-long arm.

#42…Baby toy – even babies like to swing them around.

#43…Tie a string and dog toy to the end, and let your pet dog go crazy – works every time.

#97…Short bow staff – if you left yours at home, a shinai can work as a replacement in a pinch.

It was just one of those days. The kind of day where anything could happen and nothing was against the rules. A free day of sorts. For Haruhi and Mori, it was probably a day they feared the most. Somehow (dear reader to this day no one is sure how it happened) Tamaki convinced them to allow him and the twins – alone and without help – to babysit their two children (dear reader, at this time Akio was six and Hitomi was two. Are you shuddering yet?).

Neither Haruhi or Mori could understand how it happened or what possessed them (maybe Kyoya had invented some mind control device and allowed Tamaki to test it…dear reader, we just aren't sure because Kyoya will neither confirm nor deny anything) to hand over their small children to three…three…well, let's just say they still weren't the brightest bulb in the box. The twins still loved to prank people and Tamaki was still as dramatic as ever. Not even Hunny was brave enough to hand over his son to Tamaki and the twins, ergo, Mitsuo found himself grounded and unable to visit his cousins one Saturday.

Dear reader, as I stated… Haruhi nor Mori knew how it happened, but one Saturday when the sakura were just blossoming in April (dear reader, can we blame spring fever for this?), the young parents allowed Tamaki, Hikaru, and Kaoru to enter their gates and babysit their children. Gulp. Oh they wanted to take back what they had agreed to, but could not find any reason to do so, except the fact that their friends were just a tad eccentric. They knew Akio would be able to handle some issues because even at six he was much like his father…and his Uncle Hunny; however, at the age of two, Hitomi was completely helpless. This was bad. Very bad. Yes, while the majority of the staff had the day off, at least two of them stuck around the house in order to keep an eye on things. And Kyoya stated he would keep watch remotely and instructed Haruhi and Mori were to place various webcams – they really needed to remember to remove all such cameras as soon as they got home. However, this was still Tamaki and the twins. Could they be trusted? It was a little terrifying to give them that much authority and power.

Arriving bright and early Saturday morning (dear reader, I mean early for them…which means it was closer to 10:00), Hikaru and Kaoru pushed Haruhi and Mori out the door after the parents had shown them where everything was…and then pulled their son to the side, slid a cell phone into his pocket and told him he only needed to hit the number one and then the green button if anything happened. The trio was now free to rule the world, or in this case, babysit a six year old and two year old as they channeled their inner child and behaved like children themselves.

As soon as the door was shut and Haruhi and Mori had driven off in their car, Tamaki, Hikaru, and Kaoru spun around and grinned maniacally at the brother and sister pair, who by this point were hugging each other tightly afraid of what their crazier uncles may or may not do. Normally Hitomi loved her uncles, but they had a funny look in their eye and even the two year old was scared.

Clapping his hands together, Tamaki announced, "I declare no rules day open!"

"What's that?" Akio questioned, his eyes narrowing with suspicion.

The blond excitedly grabbed his nephew and hugged him close, "I'm so glad you asked!"

Kicking the older man in his stomach, the young boy was dropped, but managed to land on his feet, "So?"

"It's easy," the twins stated together.

"That doesn't answer the question!" Unlike his father, and probably because he was only six, Akio could feel his irritation growing and the urge to swing a shinai at the three idiot uncles was growing by leaps and bounds.

"Well, it means…" Hikaru began.

Kaoru finished, "That while we are here, there are no rules."

"We can do whatever you want!" They announced together and held each other close.

"Yes! And that is why today is titled, No Rules Day!" Tamaki's declaration had him spinning around and grabbing Hitomi to spin her around, which ended as soon as he got a face full of puke. He learned pretty quick that he shouldn't spin or shake a two year old when they still had food in their stomach…actually, he decided that it was probably best if he never did something like that to a two year old ever again.

After he cleaned himself up (dear reader, I'm not sure why he did it, but he actually brought a small suitcase with several changes of clothes…maybe he was prepared because he had experience with Hikaru and Kaoru's pranks or because he thoughts kids were messy. Who knows? The fact is, he was prepared), Tamaki returned to the living room carrying five shinais in his arms, "The first thing we are going to do…practice being ninjas!"

"Ninjas are quiet so you would lose, and they don't use a shinai. That is the weapon of a samurai!" Akio argued.

The trio sweat dropped.

"And why do you have the baby one?" The little boy continued.

"Baby one?" Hikaru and Kaoru repeated in a confused daze and looked at Tamaki's stash. One of the five was miniscule compared to the others.

"I figured this one was Hitomi-Chan's," Tamaki pouted slightly. He would not allow a six year old to best him. He would fight and he would remain in charge (dear reader, I'm sure you can imagine the inner mind theatre happening at this point and how he was trying to psych himself up).

"Really? Maybe when she was one. That's for babies!"

The trio sweat dropped again and said at the same time, "Babies?" They audibly gulped as their eyes darted between Akio and Hitomi.

Swallowing hard, Kaoru asked, "Then where's hers?"

The boy turned his head and looked directly at a bookshelf, "She broke a vase, so daddy took it away this morning. I'll get it!" Before Tamaki or the twins could react, Akio grabbed a shinai out of Tamaki's hands and swung at the shelf too high out of his reach knocking the shinai to the floor. He was told he couldn't climb on the shelves, he was never told he couldn't use his shinai to reach things out of his reach.

After Hitomi had been reunited with her shinai, Hikaru grabbed a shinai from the blond and then held it in both of his hands as if he were holding a bow staff. "I challenge you to a duel! HaHa!" He declared to the children and got down on his knees so that it would be fair.

"What are you doing?" Akio deadpanned.

"It's a bow staff."

"It's a shinai."

"I'm pretending."

"You suck at it."

"Your Uncle Satoshi was the one that said it could be used as a bow staff if needed."

"Really?"

"Yes, really," Tamaki and Kaoru stated at the same time.

Whether it was the challenge or the fact his uncle had been brought up, Akio suddenly perked up and started to play along and changed the grip on his shinai so that it mimicked that of Hikaru's. And the fight begun…with Hikaru losing to both children, naturally.

All morning they played and goofed around, and when Hitomi finally fell asleep after lunch, and Tamaki went to put her in her crib, Hikaru and Kaoru pulled their nephew close, "Want to see something funny?"

"Yeah!" Akio quickly agreed.

"Watch!"

When Tamaki returned, the twins began. "Boss, I heard that Haruhi is a little disappointed with not being able to see you as much as she used to," Hikaru said, holding in his laughter.

"Really?" Ears popped out on Tamaki's head.

Nodding, Kaoru added, "Yep! And I heard that if she has another baby, it might be named after you."

"Really?!" A tail popped out and his butt started to shake.

The twins nodded simultaneously, "You would like that, wouldn't you, Tono?"

"ARF!" Tamaki barked excitedly.

While Tamaki was transforming, the twins tied a ball to the end of one of the shinai with string, "Who wants the ball? Haruhi got it special!" They dangled the ball in front of the blond and when he tried to grab it, they pulled upwards and out of reach. Returning it to dangle in front of him, Tamaki reached for it again, and again the twins pulled it upwards. Then they moved the shinai from side to side and watched as the blond chased after it. Indeed, it did make an excellent dog toy.

Late in the afternoon, Haruhi and Mori walked into the house to find their children watching Negima on the T.V. and three passed out uncles. Their house was still standing, so apparently the day wasn't all bad, but they did have to wonder why Tamaki was spooning a shinai with a ball tied to it…then again, considering who had been babysitting, they would leave it alone…for the rest of their lives (dear reader, a week later Kyoya would host a dinner party and play a highlight reel from this particular day, and it would be a while before the trio was allowed to babysit again, but they would never live it down and would be teased well into the future).