xx yeah, yeah, I'm sorry! But come on, I was totally bombing math tests.........I didn't have any time! I'm sorry! I barely brought my grades back up or it would've been bye bye computer......again......school SUCKS! R&R but no flames please! xx

In less than 15 minutes, the loud blaring sirens could easily be heard from around the corner. It was like I was behind a glass door, as I stood motionless and watched the paramedics carefully lay Kazune's now unconcious body onto the stretcher. What's............going on?

"Mam ?" a loud voice interrupted my trance. Oh, he must've been talking to me. He looks pretty annoyed..... "Uh, would you like to ride in the ambulance with us? Those two young men said that they'd rather drive and to ask you."

"Yeah, I'd really like that!" I exclaimed and quickly followed him through the back. The door shut behind us and I could feel the ambulance move.

"Ok, now just sit there, alright? Don't move or you'll get in the way," he instructed.

"Of course," I nodded and sat down on the seat he pointed at. As everyone rushes around Kazune, I'm in a total daze. I watch mindlessly as they check his pulse, heartbeat, etc. and start doing everything they can to help him. Kazune? Is that really him on that bed? What happened? I don't.....understand. I didn't realized that we were already at the hospital. Everyone busts out of the door and poor unconscious Kazune is rushed to the E.R. I followed, dazed through the automatic glass doors. I somehow made it to the waiting room, where I found Jin, Micchi, and Himeka were sitting.

"Karin!" Micchi's shout snapped me out of my daze.

"Micchi, Jin, Himeka! What's going on?! What's wrong with Kazune?!" I yelled.

"Calm down, Goddess," Jin told me and guided me to a seat.

"How can I calm down?!" I asked with a whispered voice.

"We'll tell you when you CALM down!" Jin raised his voice.

"So, shh, love, and just please calm down," Micchi sent me a wink and dazzling smile.

"I'm seriously going to kill you if you keep doing that....." I threaten. He just chuckled. After several minutes I was fully calm and waited patiently for their answer. I stared intensely at Micchi and Jin. Micchi finally sighed, showing a sign of defeat.

"Sometimes, we forget. Kazune's so strong all the time, that it just slips our minds," he said quietly.

"What slips your mind?" I question.

"His sickness," Jin answers. Sickness?

"What? What do you mean?" I ask confused. "Kazune's sick?"

"Yeah, he's sick," Jin confirms. Uh.....so. That's what doctors are for, people!

"Well, why don't we just take him to some smart doctor!?" I jump up and wave my fists in the air. "Or medicine?! Or get him cured?!"

"He can't be cured, Karin," Himeka replied, almost in tears. "He was even born with this sickness. We've tried everything! He just can't be cured."

"No offense to the doctors here, but maybe they're just not good enough! We can go find some top expensive snooty doctors! I'm sure they'll be able to-"

"She means, what he has no doctor can cure," Micchi interrupted. What do you mean he can't be cured? "It has to do something with the rings, Karin. I don't know if he knows more about it than we do and just isn't telling us, but it seems like his body rejects his ring. Like a lot of the times he invokes it, he ends up like this. We're not exactly sure why, but we know what'll happen if he overuses it."

"And even then, he fights with us. He's so strong all the time that we completely forget until he ends up coughing blood like today. We thought he was getting better, but...." Jin trailed off. I lost all my enthusiasm and arguing spirit and dropped back in the seat.

"I hope he's okay......" Himeka whispered.

"Of course he is, Himeka!" I tried to be optimistic. "This is Kazune we're talking about! He's the most stubborn person I've ever met! Like heck, he'd stay down from this!" You better be okay, Kazune, or I'm gonna kill ya! As if on cue, the doctor walked through the doors and called us in. We all looked at him with desperation in our eyes.

He smiled and answered our question, "He's fine. Kujyou isn't in any danger, but he definitely gave us a scare!" We all let out a huge sigh of relief. Himeka started sobbing as Jin and Micchi thanked the doctor. Thank God! I don't know what'd I do if.........if anything ever happened.

"Can....can we go see him?" Himeka asked quietly.

"Of course you can," the doctor answered and gestured us to Kazune's door. "But you have to stay quiet because he's still sleeping." We all nodded and stepped through the door. He was lying peacefully on the hospital bed. He had an IV taped into his arm. Himeka instantly ran to his bedside. Wow, he looks totally peaceful. It's hard to believe he was coughing up blood a couple hours ago.....it's so scary.

"I thought he was getting better, dang it!"Jin said frustrated. "I mean he hasn't been transforming lately....." I suddenly felt guilty as I remembered the countless times he transformed to help me learn how to use my ring. It's all my fault. He's in here because of me.......aww, I'M SUCH A HORRIBLE PERSON! But I didn't know!

"I had no idea," I whispered.

"It's okay, it's not like it's your fault, Karin," Micchi wrapped a reassuring arm around me. Thanks Micchi........that makes me feel a lot better..... I mentally punched him in the face. But it IS my fault! If I didn't ask him to train with me, he wouldn't be here! And then he tried to save me from glasses guy! I'm so sorry, Kazune. I really am sorry. I wish....I wish there was something I could do. Anything! At that moment, the door swung open.

"Is Master Kazune okay?" Q-chan asked with fear in his voice. We stepped aside to let him see for himself. "Thank God! Geez, you almost gave this old man a heart attack, Kazune." He brushed away the hair out of Kazune's face. "Come on, you all. Let's go home. We'll pick up Kazune in the morning." We all followed him and piled silently into the car.

...

I lied in my bed with my eyes closed shut. The warm sun flowed across my face. It's been a week now. Kazune still hasn't waken up. I don't know what to do. What if.....what if he never wakes up? And he just stays asleep forever?! I stretched, got out of bed, and started getting dressed. No sooner than my 2nd button was finished, my door quietly opened and closed.

"Hey, sleepyhead," a voice greeted. Th-that voice! I quickly turned around and there he was, standing in front of the door in perfect shape in all his glory.

"Kazune!" I screamed in joy and clapped my hand to my mouth in surprise.

"What's with the face, beautiful?" he asked in his wonderful voice. He outstretched his arms waiting for me to run in to them. I happily obliged, but when I tried to move, my feet seemed glued to the ground. My body went numb and as if my knees were like jello, they gave out. I was headed to the ground, but he was there instantly to catch me.

"Honestly! You're so frickin' clumsy! I'm surprised you're not dead! How did you survive this week without me?!"

"I didn't," I whispered and started quietly sobbing into his chest.

"Stupid girl, you cry way too much," he teased and wrapped his arms around me. Why am I crying? I'm so happy! I'm so relieved! He's okay! He's okay! I haven't seen him awake in a week and all I can do it just cry! How stupid! Suddenly, I realized that I was only wearing a barely buttoned up shirt.

"HEY!" I shouted and pushed him away. He fell flat on his butt to the ground.

"What the heck?! What's the big deal?!" he asked irritated.

"You perv! I'm barely dressed! You were planning to do something weren't you!" I accused and pointed my finger.

"No! You're insane! It was nothing like that!" he argued.

"Oh, so you didn't realize that I was practically naked here?!" I asked.

"Well..................yeah, I noticed......." he answered with hesitation.

"So you confess!" I shout and kick him out my door. "Get out!"

"Sheesh! Not even awake for one hour and I'm already yelled at....." I hear him mumble.

"Yeah, well you deserve it!" I whispered through the door.

"Don't be such a kill-joy, Karin. Honestly, it's not like you have anything to hide....." he muttered.

"WHAT?! You chauvinistic jerk!" I shouted.

"Moron!" he yelled back. I started laughing from behind my door. "What's so funny?"

After I quieted down my laughs, I answered, "It's just arguing like this seems so right! It's like everything is back to normal, like none of this bad stuff ever happened! It's nice!"

"Heh, I guess it is nice. But you should really hurry up, school's about to start you know?" he suggested. "Well, I'll see you downstairs!" I immediately turned to look at my clock and I only had 7 minutes left to dress, wash up, and eat.

"CRAP!!!!!!" I exclaimed and quickly started throwing my clothes on. I completely lost track of time! I'm totally going to be late!!!!! I could here Kazune smug laughter as he went downstairs.

"SHUT UP!" I yelled at my door. After getting dressed and washing up, I ran downstairs, grabbed a piece of toast, shoved a corner in my mouth so I would have free hands to hold my stuff, and burst out the front door. Kazune was waiting patiently to walk with me. He took one look at me and started to laugh out loud.

"Whaf's sho funny?" I tried to say without dropping my toast.

"You are!" he said through laughs. "Just look at you!" I tried to look down at myself to figure out what the heck he was laughing at, but to no avail. "You're holding your toast in your mouth, all your papers are falling out, your hair is all disheveled, and you even have your skirt on backwards!" My face started to turn red as I pictured how stupid I must look right now.

"Yeah, well whafever!" I answered. "It's nof like I had a lof a fime!"

"Alright, here I'll help," he said and approached me. Before I knew it he had swiftly shoved his hand down my skirt. WHAT THE HECK?!?!?!?

"Kazune!" I screamed in surprise. His face then changed to disappointment when he realized that I was wearing short under it, but still rearranged the skirt to face the right way. Thank you, shorts! I'm so glad I put you on today! Imagine! I almost forgot too! He then picked up several pieces of paper, took some of my binders, put them back in the right place, and took a bite out of my toast.

"Hey!" I protested.

"What? I should get some reward for being your personal maid!" he argued. I finally took the piece of toast out of my mouth and punched in the chest.

"OOF! HEY! That hurt! What was that for?!" he asked angrily.

"For being a total perv!" I shouted. "And in broad daylight in front of the house! That was totally embarrassing!"

"Whatever! You had shorts on anyway.......Besides, I know you liked it," he teased and started dragging me to school.

"Thank goodness I had shorts on! Otherwise, I would've seriously reported you for sexual harassment! And I did not! I didn't like that at all!" I exclaimed.

"Yeah, say whatever you want, but I know what you really think. But anyway, you should thank me for being your maid. It's totally troublesome to look after you all the time......" he said and tried to guilt his way out. Dang he's going for the innocent "only trying to help and I didn't have to" facade! And it's totally working! Crap, darn it! Well, whatever......

"Yeah....well, thanks......." I replied and turned the opposite way of his smirking face.

"Don't mention it. I'll be your maid anytime , Princess. But my best services are at night, " he whispered seductively in my ear. I shoved his face away.

"Do that again, and I'll punish you!" I threatened.

"Yeah, right. How would you punish me?" he challenged. Uh.....crap I really have no idea......it's not like I could actually hurt him or anything......

"It's not like you could actually hurt me or anything....." he snickered at the though. Well, heck! Are you reading my mind or something?! UGH! But seriously, what would work against this guy? What really ticks him off? I searched my mind and suddenly remembered certain instances where he completely snapped or became completely out of character. I remember! Micchi told me that he totally cracked when I was hosting those particular guys! And I remember that he totally fessed up when I ignored for that whole week! That's what I can do! Heh!

"Well.....I can shun you," I said and walked faster to put some distance between us.

"Shun me? Yeah right! Like you could ever stay away from this, " he said and pointed vainly at himself.

"We'll see," I replied and we both parted ways as we went to our own classes.

(Kazune's POV)

I got up and grabbed my stuff as the final bell rang. I quickly headed toward the Kami Club room because I needed to talk with Karin. The whole day she was ignoring me. She didn't even so much as look at me when we passed each other, she didn't speak with me during classes, and she even sat at a different table. What the heck is going on? Is that what she meant by shunning? I didn't think she was actually serious! And crap, she's totally good at it! It's driving me crazy! I've been knocked out for a week and I can't even spend my first day awake with her! On my way there, I met up with Jin and Micchi.

"Hey, it's great your back, Kazune!" Micchi said in an exuberant voice.

"Yeah, stop passing out on us! It's totally lame!" Jin added.

"That's right! I totally missed you!" Micchi pouted and grabbed my arm.

"Right, right. I know! It's not like I did it on purpose!" I defended and shook Micchi off my arm.

"Well, you better be well enough to host today. All you fans are getting worried and impatient! They came everyday to ask for you!" Jin said annoyed.

"My bad, my bad. But I'll do an excellent job today to make up for it!" I told him.

"You better!" he replied. When we entered the room, Karin was already there hosting. I was in shock at what she wearing. She wasn't wearing that this morning! Did she change?! She was wearing an even shorter skirt than before, barely covering anything and tightly snug shirt that easily showed the curve of her body. And what is she doing? Why is she sitting on that guy's lap?! And she's being so touchy feely with them?! What's going on?! I hear the customers laughing and I realize it was them , the guys that first requested her and invaded her privacy last time she hosted for them. What are those guys doing here? Can't believe they have the nerve to show their faces!

"I'm so glad you guys could make it!" she said in a really girly tone.

"Well, why'd you invite us today? Besides, I thought you were dating Micchi anyway?" one asked.

"I was, but it just didn't work out. I missed you guys too much," she said and pouted. Give me a break! She didn't even mention you guys once!

"Oh, did you now?" the one she sat on asked slyly. No.

"Yeah," she answered in a whiny voice. He wrapped his arms around her stomach and pulled her closer to him.

"Hey, Kazune!" Jin called from across the room. "You're guests are here!"

"PRINCE KAZUNE!" I hear the shrill voices of girls scream. Aw, crap......

I turn around and instantly greet them, "Hello, princesses!" I led them all to the closest couch near Karin's hosting area.

"Kazune, we're so glad you're back!" a girl exclaimed.

"Yeah, we missed you terribly!"

"We were sooooo worried!"

"We even made you get well cards!"

"Really? Well, why don't you all just read them to me? Your words of love will definitely revive my tired spirit!" I told them and kissed one on the cheek. They all screamed in excitement. As they one by one read aloud their cards, I carefully focused my attention toward Karin. The one that had his arms wrapped around her started gently kissing her neck up and down.

"Jiro!" a younger boy shoved the one kissing her. "Quit it, brother!"

"Shut up, Ronin. It's not like she doesn't like it. Right, baby?" he then turned to Karin.

"Uh....we might be going too fast though," she said and broke the boy's iron grip.

"I'm known to be fast," he said in a flirty voice. "Did you know I'm team captain of Cross Country? Yup, I'm third year Jiro!"

"That's awesome!" she answered.

"Yeah, so I can't help it if I'm fast," he replied and pulled her in again and attacked her neck.

"Ouch!" she said in surprise.

"Oh, sorry did I bite too hard?" he asked with a smug expression. Bite? HOLD UP! I haven't even been able to do that to her yet!!! No way am I going to let this lame third year stranger do it! I immediately rose and stomped my way over to them.

"Hey, watch it!" I shouted.

"What's the big deal man?!" the guy named Jiro asked annoyed.

"Stop doing that!" I demanded.

"Who says you have the right to say that, girly man?!" he retaliated. Why the heck does everyone call me that!

"I think I do, you overgrown beast!" I insulted.

"No you don't! Karin here, doesn't mind it, now do you?" he asked and turned to her.

It took her a while to register that he was asking her, but answered, "No, I don't mind. So why don't you just turn around and walk back to your customers, Kazune?" Oh, I see. This is her plan. Shunning and now this? Well, I'm not just going to sit idly and watch it! I'm gonna fight back, Karin!

"Fine," I said coldly and walked back to the girls.

"What was that about Prince Kazune?" a girl asked.

"Oh, nothing, beautiful. I just thought that one of them looked at you the wrong way," I lied and winked.

"Oh, Prince Kazune! You're so caring and protective! We love you!" they all shouted at once.

"Of course!" I replied and started kissing each one.

When hosting finally finished, I felt exhausted. During that one session, I probably kissed about every single girl at least four times! I used every move I could think of in that one afternoon! I'm beat!

"Well, I'll see you guys later!" Karin said in a sing song voice as she saw her customers off.

"Yeah, we'll definitely come back tomorrow!" they called back. When the group left, the room went quiet until Himeka spoke up.

"Well, ah, we should all head home. I bet Q-chan is waiting for us!" she suggested.

"Uh, you guys go ahead. I have to talk to Karin for a sec," I told them. Everyone got their stuff together and left through the door.

"Hurry up then, okay, Goddess," Jin said as he left. It was silent as Karin and I both packed our books away and put on our coats.

"Karin.......I-" I started but was rudely interrupted.

"Coming Jin!" she ignored me and headed for the door.

"Oh, no you don't!" I shouted and grabbed her arm. "What's going on? Stop ignoring me!" She tugged on her arm and didn't even look my way. "Come on, Karin. I'm begging here. I don't even know what you're angry about! Say something!"

"Fine! Five words! I'm going to homecoming with Jiro!" she turned and said angrily. What? Jiro? Did she just say she was going with him? I dropped her arm in surprise.

"What?" I asked confused.

"I'm going with him to homecoming," she replied.

"Seriously? Why?!" I demanded. "He's a total pig! He only wants one thing!"

"A pig? Him? You're the pig!" she accused. "And besides I'm perfectly capable of taking care of myself, thank you very much!"

"No," I said in a quieter voice. "No, you're not."

"How would you know?!" she yelled. How wouldn't I know?! Gosh, she's totally pissing me off right now! I'll show her! I snatched her arm and threw her to the ground.

"What the heck was that for Kazune?!" she shouted infuriated.

"I'll show you how weak you really are," I said evilly. I ripped off my jacket and then kneeled on the ground beside her. I pinned her arms above her head with one hand and smiled maliciously.

"What......are you doing Kazune?" she asked with a hint of fear. I attacked her mouth and forced my tongue inside. I broke the kiss, but gave her no time to catch her breath and took her mouth once again. I easily unzipped her coat and her eyes widened with surprise. I broke the kiss once again, but only to start kissing her neck. I started to explore every single spot of skin I could get at, not only her neck, but her collarbone, her jaw, and up back to her mouth again. I undid the first button of shirt. This time she broke the kiss and I traveled down to her neck once again.

"Kazune.........stop," she whispered. No way. I only gave her a smirk as I undid the second and third button effortlessly. "Kazune! Stop! Please!"

"Do you really want me to?" I whispered against the soft skin of her neck. She didn't answer and I took that as a no. Quit it Kazune! You're going overboard! You showed your point, now stop! But I couldn't. I kept on with my activities, wanting to take in every single piece of flesh in her body into my mouth. I slowly ran my tongue along the soft piece of flesh, then stopped and took it between my teeth. She tried again practically pleading for me to stop. In return to her pleading I bit harder. She gasped at the small amount of pain. Tears started to build up in her eyes. Crap! No! She's crying! I forced myself, even biting my lip to hold back. I immediately stand up and back away. She pulls herself off the ground and wipes away her new tears.

"Karin.....I-" I didn't know what else to say. I started toward her, but as soon as I moved she flinched. I stopped right in my tracks. We were both breathless. I tried to get closer again.

"Don't get any closer!" she screamed at me.

"Karin.......I'm sorry. I didn't...I didn't mean to go that far. I just wanted to show you-" I was interrupted.

"Wanted to show me how weak I was? Is that it?" she screamed as more tears ran down her face. "I'm not stupid, you know! I know my limits!"

"You think I think you're stupid?! After all that and you still don't understand?! You don't have to be stupid to be vulnerable! You're a girl! I know this sounds sexist, but it's true! YOU'RE A GIRL! It doesn't matter who you are, but if you're a girl, you're a target for any guy! We're guys and sometimes we just can't help it! When we get turned on, we can't stop! You saw what I just did, didn't you? I almost couldn't control myself! And you know that I would never hurt you, but who knows what that pig Jiro would do to you?! I want to protect you Karin, but it's so hard when you're being like this!" She fell to her knees and started silently sobbing. I immediately go to her side and wrap my arms around her and started rocking back and forth to calm her down.

"I know all that!" she shouted. "But I wanted to show you."

"Show me what?" I whispered in her ear.

"That-that I didn't want to be treated like all those other girls. I'm different Kazune, I don't want you act all stupid and flirty and trying to seduce me all the time! When I'm around, I want you to cut the act. I wanted to try to help you remember just who I was to you. I'm not a customer for you to please. I hate it when you treat me as if I'm some customer and you're the host. I just want you to be you. Like when we're at home alone and you're just so nice to me," she answered through sobs.

"Okay, okay. Shh," I said quietly. So that was what she was angry about! I didn't even know. Why didn't she just tell me?! "You showed me, you showed me! I get it! You can stop now, it's okay!"

"It's my fault too though," she mumbled. "I knew he was going too far, but I really wanted to prove my point. Sorry..."

"No, no. It's okay. I'm the bad guy here. Look at this, I've made such a beautiful girl cry twice today. I must be a horrible person, huh? A villain?" I asked myself more than her.

"Yeah, you are," she answered bluntly and laughed.

"Hey! I'm a darn good looking villain though, right?" I laughed with her. She nodded and started to wipe her tears.

"Hey, let's go home," she suggested.

"Yeah, lets!" I exclaimed and hopped up, pulling her with me. "Let's go home. And let's have night of celebration for me finally waking up!"

xx and it gets "hot, hot, hot!" lol. but seriously, that was a fun chapter to right! Please reveiw and give any advice you want! xx