Well the 2nd chapter was a little surprising...wasn't it? I mean i haven't updated dat fanfic for months..anyhoo..here's the 3rd chapter...

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Sano couldn't believe it. He was too shocked. The one he loves...the ultimate love of his life was in his arms at that very moment. Sano still stood out in the cold rain with the fainted Kaoru in his arms. He was to shocked to move. It was as if every single muscle of his body had froze. He tried to speak but no words came out. He opened his mouth but all that came out was the cold air.

Then after five minutes in outside in the cold rain all of Sano's senses came back after a sound of thunder came roaring. Sano suddenlt felt the coldness of air in his skin because he just realized he spent an eternity outside in the cold rain with Kaoru in his arms shirtless. Ohh...damn I gotta get her inside. He ignored the cold air and carried Kaoru inside and laid her down on the floor with a bunch of pillows. He ran to get a lamp from the counter and after lighting it he opened the other lights. The bright light also produced warmness which gave Sano a tingling feeling up to his spines. He didn't know what to do after opening the lights. Oh my god! I killed her didn't I? No you didn't idiot she fainted! Go get a hot towel! NOW!. Sano was arguing in his mind like a lunatic. When he finally settled on what to do he ran to the kitchen and pour hot water in a basin and got a towel from the counter. What now? Oh yeah..put it in the head... He remembered what Megumi used to do when he came home drunk which happened a lot of times. As he dip the white flawless towel in the basin of extremely hot towel. The hotness of the water made all of his nerves alert. He squeezed the towel and gently placed it in Kaoru's forehead. Then he knelt closer and placed her hands in her forehead. Whe he lifted his hand he realized that Kaoru was develping a fever. It's all my fault..I kept her out in the rain too long..Why oh why do I have to be so stupid?!. He cursed and cursed silently.

After his cursings he turned to Kaoru's sweating, tired looking face. He gently carressed here hot cheeks. Then he put his finger on her pale lips which was once red as the roses. As he gently touched her lips he realized how soft her lips were. He knelt closer and closer just when Sano's lips was an inch away from her lips Kaoru gave out a silent but painful moan. How the hell did I get here?. Sano woke up from his fantasy and moved away from Kaoru. Kaoru continued to moan in pain. So he took the towel and dipped it in the hot water and gently rubbed Kaoru's arms and neck.

Upstairs Keiko could hear the silent moaning going with the drops of rain in the roof. She was too scared to stand up thinking that it it could be robbers. So in fear she tip-toed silently to Sano's room and found his blanket all empty. Oh no! Sano!.She thought in fear. What now?! Keiko couldn't think straight anymore. Then she suddenly felt her legs walk toward her room to get the stick she's been keeping for emergency. Before she knew it she was creeping silently on the stairs with the stick ready to hit someone or something. When she reached the bottom of the stairs she tip- toed to the counter and peeked a little bit and saw a shadow kneeling. She didn't know what to do so she ran out of the conter with the stick on the top of her head and charged the shadow....

When Sano heard Keiko charging towards him he immediately held Keiko back to stop her. When Keiko saw Sano holding her arms she suddenly fell down on the floor and made a loud thud on the floor.

"Sano-san!!!" Keiko shouted in surprise "What are doing up this late?" Then she turned to the side and saw Kaoru lying down looking pale with a hot towel on here forehead. Keiko gave out another scream and backed up a little bit.

"Keiko...Don't..Shh...Don't scream anymore.." He said as he came near Keiko holding her hand "It's not what you think....Uhh...She's..." Sano stuttered trying to find the right words to tell Keiko. Well, actually he also had no idea what was going on the only understable explanation is that Kaoru is that love of her life which she found outside in the rain..So that's what he told Keiko except for the whole love of his life thing. "She's an old friend of mine.." he finally ended.

Keiko who was still white in shock stood up and came near Kaoru observing her.

"Why is she here?" Keiko asked starting to relax.

"Uh..." he didn't have a clue either. "I have no idea.." Doh! You idiot! Sanosuke said hearing himself like an idiot.

"Well your friend has a very high fever Sano-san" Keiko said after feeling Kaoru's forehead.

"Well aren't you just the smartest person in the world!....Wel duh! I can see that Keiko!" he said in extreme sarcasm.

They both stared at th painfully moaning Kaoru. Sano wanted to do something to make all her pain go away. He would the the pain for Kaoru if she could. He would do anything for her.

"She needs some rest..she can sleep in my room with me. We have extra mats and blankets." Keiko suggested.

He thought about it for a moment then stared at Kaoru one more time.

"Okay..." he said in a concern tone "Please take care of her Keiko.." he contiued.

"Hai..Sano-san" She answered then carried the basin to her room while Sano carried Kaoru in there.

Just carrying Kaoru already made Sano feel like the most important person in the world for Kaoru. That night while Sano was lying down he couldn't stop thinking about Kaoru. I can't believe it. The woman I love the most...The woman whom I should die for is just behind these walls. She's so near but still so far. Her lips were so soft..Those lips..Those lips which I had long to kiss is in the next room. He spend all night thinking about Kaoru. He thought about how beautiful she is, how thankful he is to all the gods for bringing his beloved to him. He kept on thinking about every feature of Kaoru's beautiful flawless face. How soft, tender and sensitive her lips were. He just couldn't believe it. He pinched himslef a huge amoung of times already just to check if he was dreaming. The best part was he wasn't! Although he had also thought about even though Kaoru was just next door to him Kaoru was still suffering in pain of the fever. He tried to put the negativity of Kaoru's arrival behind but it just wasn't working. Because in his perfect dream was a small stain that wouldn't rub off. It was the mystery reason why Kaoru was there. Has something bad happened? Why was she here? Why?....The questions and fantasies lie on his head all night even on his dreams as he closed his tired looking eyes to sleep...

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woo..wooo..end of chapter 3..ill update ASAP..later..^^