Amber Eyes

Chapter 11: Take a Break, Kenshin

SummaryKenshin is sick so Kaoru takes care of him.

(A/N thank you Reviewers of all.

Wicky the Hicky- Thanks for the nick name....and for understanding how I feel about Requeim of Deadly Silence. She gets on my nerves bad, oh and in case you wanted to know, when I finished up this story on my old name that was deleted I was 13 but now I am 14. Anywho this was the story that made me a better author and thank you so much for every one of your reviews.

Brittanie Love- You helped me last time and reviewed as well, now you do it again. Thankies so much for all your encouragement. If it wasn't for you I may not have re-uploaded this story!

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Requiem of Deadly Silence- I hate you

Nienna Whitethorn- You are also one of my newer reviewers, and you're right I did need to up the rating a bit. Anyways, it may not be updated as fast as the chapters are so if you don't see it as the rating I changed it to then it probably hasn't taken effect yet.

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Well that is all my acknowledgements. I hope I spelled all that write, unlike Requiem...anyways, I hope you continue to read my stories...and I am not being rude to Requiem because it is just a girl I don't like. If you read her story and my friend Lady Zhen Ji's story you will see why I hate her so. Well anywho if you ever read any of Zhen Ji's stories, she was deleted like I was but, just like me, she has a new name and is reuploading her stories and making them better. You should read her stories as well. Some she hasn't re-uploaded yet though. Yeah in case you didn't get it, her name is now Lady Zhen Ji. Well c-ya later!)

He smiled at me for the first time, with actual happiness. I had only seen him smile like that every once in a long while, I always felt warm inside when I saw it. It wasn't the kisses that got me anymore, it was the looks. The kisses did even more. The kisses made me feel as if I was nothing, like I was air, I had nothing to worry about, that nothing bad ever happened, nor would ever happen to me. Kenshin is the one that made me feel that way.
There was a time that he wouldn't let me kiss him though. It was when he had become ill. I didn't like seeing him the way he was then. It was terrifying.
I woke up one morning to see that Kenshin wasn't in bed. I got up too see if he was cooking but I didn't smell the heavenly aroma that usually hovers near the around the house. He must be in the bathroom, I thought. I went to the bathroom to see if he was there, the door was open. He was hunched over in the corner. "Kenshin, are you okay?" He looked up at me as if he was surprised that I was there.
"Uh huh....I am fine." His voice seemed scratchy and sick. He suddenly jumped up from the floor and over to the toilet.(A/N I don't know what they called what they used the bathroom in but I am just gonna go with that...yeah that's good for now.) He was sick and I knew it.
"Kenshin, you're sick, you should be in bed." A sorry look was on his face. As if he had done something wrong or I was mad at him for being sick.
"I...I...ACHOO!!!.... I am fine Kaoru. Let me go clean the house." He began to stand up and stumbled over. He refused to fall though. I walked next to him trying to calm him down without grabbing him so he won't fall. And he almost did, but I caught him and gently set him on the floor. I felt his head, it was scalding. I saw sweat over his face. I needed to get him to a bed.
"Kenshin, I am not strong enough to carry you, can you lean on me to walk?" He nodded, and I helped him stand. He put his hand on my shoulder like a crutch and I walked slowly with him leading him to the bed. He looked at the bed, relieved that he could rest, then he looked like he was going to be sick again.

He did, all over me. Tears came to his eyes, I could tell that he hated being sick. I layed him down gently on the mat. "I am going to go change. Stay here Kenshin." He looked at me and weakly nodded.

I left an empty tub that I used to use to mop the floors next to him, you know... just in case. I changed into my work robe, that way I don't ruin an everyday shopping robe that I will want to use later. When I came back he was, once again, he was hunched over throwing up. I knew that there was nothing I could do besides comfort him. I walked over to him and set my hand on his back and rubbed gently, massaging his back.
It surprised me seeing him sick. He was so strong and now he needed help. It was a lot different than I ever expected of him. He finally went to sleep, when he did I went to the doctor to get help.

The only person that could help was the same person who had helped me before. It was that same tall dark haired woman. This time I actually asked her name. Megumi. She said that she had a husband too, but when she started to talk about him we were at the dojo and we became more concerned about him.

Obviously I had taken to long getting help because when we got there Kenshin was awake. "Oh my, sir are you okay?" Megumi looked at him like he was terribly ill. Though I only thought that he had a small virus. She gave him a thermometer to see how high of temperature he was. It looked really bad. She took the device out of his mouth and looked at me with sharp eyes. "103.4 He is very ill Ms. Kamiya."
"Will you have to take him to the hospital?" she nodded.
"But you can come along too. You are probably the best thing for him right now. Tell me, when is the last time he had a glass of water?" For a moment I had to think about it.
"About...hmm. three days ago I guess. He usually drinks tea."
"Tea may be a good drink but it doesn't give you all the water that you need. He is dehydrated." I knew that tea didn't have much water in it, but could being dehydrated make him that ill?
We had to carry him, mat and all, to the hospital. It wasn't that tough with two people, but I didn't like having to carry him when he had always taken care of me. It wasn't right.

When we got to the hospital the doctor came to see if he was really dehydrated, it made me a little mad that he couldn't trust Megumi's words. When he said that Kenshin was dehydrated, again, he didn't even give her a little bit of the credit.

The fact that she was right and he doubted her because she wasn't really a doctor made me mad. Kenshin was hooked up to a bag liquid that they called an "I.V." (A/N don't really know f they had those back then, hehe)that was supposed to help him. Later, when he wasn't getting any better, I began to get worried. "Ms. Kamiya, what did he eat last night?" This comment scared me. Could I be the one who made him sick?
"He- he had some fish chicken and-"
"You mean the chicken that was on sale at the market the other day?" How could she have known that.
"Y-yes why?"
"That chicken was on call back, those chickens were diseased, the man with lots of it wanted to make a profit and so he put it on sale. He has been arrested."
"Mrs.Megumi? Is Kenshin going to be okay?"
"I hope so. I really do."

(A/N are you thinking "AWW POOR KENSHIN!!!!" ?hehe well I want to tell you what happens but, you will have to wait until the next chapter. )

Chapter 12: Get Well My Love

Summary Kenshin is sick and in the hospital. Will he be okay?