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"Talking"

Thinking

Flashback/Dream Sequence

'Telepathy'

Chapter 10

'I'm watching you…' A voice whispered in Kagome's head. 'I saw what you did in the bathroom you naughty boy you.' The voice giggled. Kagome on the other hand was doing his vary best to ignore said voice. 'No wonder you wouldn't accept my advances. I wonder what the others will think once they find out.' It continued causing Kagome's eyebrow to twitch.

"Ne Kagome?" Haruhi said waiving her hand in front of her friend's face.

"Hm?" Kagome looked up at Haruhi.

"I said, if we don't leave now we'll be late to the Host Club. There's no telling what kind of stupid punishment Tamaki will think up so let's go." She said standing up.

"Hn." Kagome grunted as he stood up to fallow her.

'And what's this about a Host Club, hmm?' The voice questioned.

'Go away girl. Just 'couse I saved you doesn't mean you have the right to invade my mind.' Kagome grumbled at the voice glaring at anyone who was unfortunate enough to get in his and Haruhi's way. "What is the theme today." He said glancing at Haruhi.

"I don't know." She said as they reached the door. "But honestly, I'm starting to get used to their speeches and actions, so I won't be surprised by them so easily…."

'When they opened the door, it was a southern country they saw on the other side…' The voice narrated.

"Welcome." The host club greeted them wearing some rather revealing exotic garb.

"No." Kagome said picking Haruhi up and walking to their area when he noticed that she seamed to be too stunned to move.

"Oh, it's you two. You're late." Hikaru said.

"I thought it was a guest, so we positioned ourselves." Kaoru complained.

"According to my calendar, it is the middle of December…" Haruhi mumbled pulling out her pocket calendar.

"Stupid." Kagome grunted as a toucan landed on his head.

"Heh! It's only a commoners' feeling to be afraid of the cold and put yourself under a kotatsu! Why do we have this perfect air conditioning system if not to use it?" Holding up a finger as if coming to a realization. "A good man cannot hide his beautiful body by wearing lots of clothes! It's winter, that's why we welcome all those little kittens with warm southern country aura..." He said coming over and placing a hand on Haruhi's shoulder. "Yes!... This is the ultimate Eden! A sparkling handsome oasis…! It is the real gentlemanly way, isn't it?"

"…Is that so? It's rather cold, for another reason." Haruni said looking away.

"And December has the big event, when we'll be shining the most!" Tamaki said grinning at Kagome as if sharing a secret. "The Christmas party!"

"Is that all?" Kagome deadpanned.

"IS THAT ALL?! KAGOME!" Tamaki screeched at Kagome. "I don't know how it is with commoners but for us Christmas is the time for …"

"KAGO-CHAN! What happened to you? You got owies all over your face!" Honey said running up to Kagome and interrupting Tamaki's rant.

"I'm fine." Kagome grunted at Mori as he sat down next to him and began to dab at the cuts and scrapes on his face. "Would you stop. That stings."

"Needs cleaned." Mori grunted back.

"What Happened! A man should never let his face be battered!" Tamaki asked/scolded.

"Ya he came to class like that." Hikaru said.

"There was this strange girl with him to." Kaoru added.

"There was a police report earlier today that stated that a good samaritan had interrupted some rather bad guys who were trying to do some rather uncouth things to a young maiden. That report wouldn't happen to be about you would it?" Kyoya said shifting his glass.

"You are scary sometimes you know that?" Kagome asked scuttling away from him and inadvertently into Mori's lap.

"I have been told." He replied.

"This will not do! We need to get you fixed up and into your costume for today!" Tamaki proclaimed giving Kagome a silken garment much like the twins to put on. "I even got one for you Haruhi! Look! We even match."

"No thank you." Haruhi said watching Kagome get up and go to the changing room only for Mori to get up as well.

"Where are you going Takashi?" Honey asked.

"Hn." Mori replied holding up the antiseptic spray and walking into the changing room after Kagome. He stopped in his tracks upon seeing Kagome with his jacket off. The site of Kagome's arms covered in bruises and cuts and made him shudder at what could be under the boy's shirt.

"What are you doing here? I can change on my own you know." Kagome huffed ignoring Mori's question and continuing to get undressed. "You can leave now." Kagome said glancing over his shoulder.

"No. Need to clean your wounds…" Mori said.

"Don't worry I can take care of them mysel… Hay! What are you doing?" Kagome yelled as he felt a stinging sensation along one of the cuts on his arm.

"You're going to get an infection." Mori replied.

"No I'm not now stop it." Kagome said jerking his arm away only for Mori to push him back and start taking off Kagome's shirt. "Wait! What?" Kagome stuttered as Mori stared at the scars covering Kagome's body.

"How?" Mori asked tracing a scare that traveled from Kagome's right shoulder all the way to his left hip.

"P-p-please stope that Mori." Kagome stuttered blushing furiously. Mori, for his part, finally realized what he was doing and quickly stood up and left the room to return to Honey's side.

"Are you okay?" Honey asked only to receive a "Ya." in reply. Shrugging Honey went back to eating his cake. If his cousin said he was okay, then he was okay.

"Everyone. It's time to great our guests." Kyoya announced going to his assigned spot.

"Remember that to day is a day for southern relaxation!" Tamaki enthused sitting in his seat before Kagome could take it.

"Ya, ya, I'm here. Don't ask for more." Kagome grumbled standing by a stunned Haruhi.

"Kagome. Those scars." She whispered catching everyone's attention.

"Are a story for another time. We have guests." Kagome said right as the doors opened cutting off any line or questioning the rest of the host club would have bombarded him with.

"How miserable…! My smooth skin, like ivory, my moderately tightened muscles, King of Bali's costume that looks very good on me, everything is just a faithful servant who kneels in front of the goddess…" Tamaki pulled one of his guests closer to his chest, gently tilting her face up.

"Tamaki-kun…!" The girl said blushing furiously.

'Wow he really has that girl going.'

'Ya. For some reason those girls like the sissy boy thing.' Kagome replied. Hearing a ruckus over at one of the other tables Kagome looked over to see the twins being, well, the twins.

"What are you doing for the Christmas party?" "I'm looking forward to it!" Their guests were chatting.

"Well, we reserved the entire large hall in the central campus so there will be a dance." Hikaru explained.

"And we're thinking of having some casinos. Of course, it will come with rewards." Kaoru said.

"Actually, I wanted to spend some time alone, Kaoru…" Hikaru said grabbing his brothers chin and leaning in close to him.

"Don't say that, Hikaru…! I wanted it too…!" Kaoru whimpered as tears began to gather in his eyes.

"KYAAAA! WONDERFUL BROTHERLY LOVE, SOUTHERN COUNTRY FLAVOR!" The twins' guests screamed.

"They've lost their minds…" Kagome mumbled walking over to Haruhi.

"…It seems like the guests' tension is higher than normal…" Haruhi replied looking over at the girls.

"Being slightly naked is popular. We had another plan too, though, Santa Claus' costume play. Of course, I don't have any say over this… I'm glad I put that Bali scenery photo book in front of Tamaki though." Kyoya said casually.

"He's like a dark king…" Haruhi sweat dropped.

"I've seen worse." Kagome shrugged before walking over to Honey and Mori's area.

"KAGO-CHAN! Do you like the flowers? There the Bali's national flower! Don't they look cool?" Honey said when Kagome sat down the guest's drinks. Ignoring how the girls paled and pulled away at his closeness.

"Fun fact. Did you know that Bali actually has three National flowers? The Jasminum Sambac, the Moon Orchid, and the Rafflesia Arnoldii respectively. You're actually wearing a Red Hibiscus." Kagome said offhandedly.

"It's not the national flower?" Honey said with watery eyes like Kagome had told him he couldn't eat cake.

Crap. "No but it is still a very pretty flower and it looks good on you." Kagome said trying to stop the water works.

"YAY! Kago-chan says I look good with the flowers!" Honey cheered.

"Wow Kagome-kun! You must like flowers, you know a lot about them!" One of Honey's braver guests said.

"Meh." Kagome shrugged straitening back up.

"TAKASHI, TAKASHI!" Honey yelled when he saw Mori walking nearby with a pineapple. Honey then proceeded to climb like a monkey up Mori's side and throwing one of the flower neckless on Mori. "YAY! We're wearing the same clothes!" He proclaimed proudly causing one of his guests to faint from the amount of moi.

"They make no sense." Kagome shook his head as he sat down next to Haruhi at their table.

"I wonder what their relationship is…" Haruhi said looking over at Honey and Mori's areal.

"Master and servent?" Kagome guessed shrugging.

"Haruhi-kun, Kagome-kun?" One of their guests tried to get their attention.

"OH! I'm sorry. What did you say?" Haruhi asked as they refocused their attention on the girls at their table.

"I asked why you don't wear a southern country costume, Haruhi-kun? I want to see!" One of their guests asked.

"Oh no, I'm… I think it's only natural to wear warm clothes in the winter. And there was no way I was wearing a matching costume with Tamaki.

"I see, you value the seasons… That's wonderful, too." The other guest said.

"Keh. He just didn't want to wear a dress." Kagome chuckled as Haruhi hung her head.

"Why would he wear a dress?" The guests asked trying to picture the 'male' host wearing one.

"Because Tama-baka bought a set and one of them was a girl's dress." Kagome snickered at the amount of discomfort he could see on his friend's face.

"I think…" One of the guests said. "That Haruhi-kun might look cute as a sister." The other guest said. This caused Kagome to full on laugh much to Haruhi's chagrin.

"I still think we should wear the proper clothing for the proper seasons." Haruhi grumbled.

"Sigh… Then I wish it'd snow on Christmas…" One of the guests sighed dreamily.

"Kya! Be close to each other in the snow!" The other one said holding her blushing cheeks.

"That's my ideal…" The first one replied.

"Hmmm… Is that so…?" Kagome asked with a mischievous grin on his face.

"Both of you have your dreams, I think that's very cute." Haruhi said not understanding the implications of what the girls said.

You are the one who's cute! Kagome thought.

'He is completely oblivious isn't he.' The voice chimed in.

'So you're back huh? And for the record. Haruhi is a girl.' Kagome replied.

'What!? No wonder he, I mean she is a natural at this.' The voice said.

'I just realized something… I don't know your name…' Kagome said.

'Oh! My name is Ketsueki Chikai! Please take care of me!' The voice, Ketsueki, said.

'Kagome Higurashi. Now Ketsueki-chan could you please leave me alone. I think my guest just asked me a question and I missed it.' Kagome grumbled.

'Okay. I will await your summons with baited breath master.' Ketsueki sighed.

'You're not going to stop calling me that are you.' Kagome said more than asked.

'Nope!' Ketsueki chirped before Kagome felt her leaving his mind.

"Kagome-kun?" The guest asked again.

"Hm?"

"How did you get all those scars?" The guest asked causing everyone in the room to stop so that they could hear Kagome's response.

That simple question caused Kagome's mind to be flooded with unwanted memories of his time as Naraku's prisoner. Standing up he walked over to one of the nearby windows. The costume giving everyone in the room full view of his mutilated back. "I pray…" He began without turning around. "I pray you never have the misfortune of finding out how one gets scars like mine." Kagome said quietly leaving the room in a stunned silence before walking to the changing room to retrieve his clothes and leaving the school.

Finally got a day off. Have to say this chapter was a little easier to write than the last. We now also have a name for my OC. Don't know about you but I picture her as a redhead with one blue and one brown eye. Kinda punk goth. Not sure why. Might think about reopening my tumbler and posting a pic if I make one.

As always thank you everyone for reading my brain child and thank you for the reviews from: Pixiecropse, Mystical Shadow Priestess, and Yuki Van Hellseit. You are all wonderful.

See you next chapter.

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