To Draw A Sword
By: Misumi Kanegawa
Disclaimer: I STILL do not own Rurouni Kenshin, but I'm STILL a big fan of it! I don't own anything I didn't make up.
(By the way, this is my 1st RK fic...)
Chapter 11: Kaoru and Misao on the phone…
Kaoru's POV
I had been pacing back and forth for an hour now. I glanced every now and then at the clock on the wall.
'9:00' I thought with a sigh as I continued to walk back and forth in the waiting room.
Yahiko had been in the emergency room for nearly an hour after he was brought to the hospital. I finished signing Yahiko's hospital records a while ago. I was too nervous of Yahiko's welfare that I wrote on the hospital forms with my hands shaking. I hadn't noticed it until the nurse, who came to get the forms from me, scowled at my hand writing.
She said that my hand writing looked like chicken scratches.
I laughed in my head at the thought.
I sighed and headed for the information desk.
I still haven't called Misao since I came here. It completely slipped out of my mind that I hadn't informed her of our location.
I was completely sure she's worried about us. Especially when she finds out that we weren't back at the street where she left us.
Suddenly, I stopped walking.
That guy with the flaming red hair… he was the reason we were here in the first place…
I shook my head in annoyance as I began scratching my head in irritation.
What the heck was I thinking back then! Why did I allow him to drag me and Yahiko here! HE was one of his enemies! Why did HE help us!
Questions swirled in my head.
I sighed as I tried to shake them away.
I should just stop thinking about that and call Misao- She's gonna blow her steam any second now if I don't hurry...
I went over to the nurse behind the desk and asked if I could make a call.
The nurse stared at me for a while, scanning me from top to bottom.
I blush slightly by what she was doing.
I knew I was filthy because of what the rich jerk did to me. I had a sore back at the moment and I got a bruise on my knee because of him. I must really be disgusting to look at, especially since I was still smeared with Yahiko's blood from top to bottom.
The nurse sighed as she handed me the phone.
I smiled gratefully as I began punching in Misao's telephone number.
It rang…
And rang…
And rang…
Normal POV
"Moshi Moshi… Makimachi Misao speaking…"
"Uh… Misao- it's me…"
"Huh? Me? I don't know anyone called me… you have the wrong number…"
"Wha-"
CLICK!
BEEP! BEEP!
Kaoru's POV
I looked at the phone in disgust.
"Baka…" I mumbled in annoyance at the phone in my hands.
The nurse looked up at me, one of her brows raised questioningly at me.
I sweat dropped and flashed a fake smile.
I'm going to kill Misao for this…
I punched in Misao's number again and waited for her to answer the phone.
RING!
Normal POV
"Moshi Moshi, Makimachi Misao speaking…"
"Hey Misao! It's me-"
"Haven't I told you I don't know anyone called me!"
"But Misao!"
"Is this some kind of prank call!"
"NO! I mean-"
"Then stop calling me!"
"Wai-"
CLICK!
BEEP! BEEP!
Kaoru's POV
Okay… Now I'm really pissed off!
And that crazy nurse was looking at all weird again.
This- is- so- humiliating!
Thanks a bunch Misao-
I tried calling her for the third time- if she isn't gonna talk to me decently- I swear I'm gonna kill myself right here!
The phone's ringing…
Normal POV
RING! RING!
"Agh! If that's that stupid ME again! I'm going to break this phone in half…" Misao grumbled as she picked up the phone.
"Moshi Moshi, this is Makimachi Misao speaking…"
"MISAO!"
Misao held the phone away from her ear in surprise.
"Wow… talk about one freaking whacko…" Misao mumbled to herself when she noticed that the screaming from the phone died down.
Misao sighed as she placed the phone by her ear again.
"May I please know who this is?" Misao said with an annoyed tone, 'If this is Me- I mean- If this person I'm talking to is Me- No wait! What the heck am I saying! If this person was the whacko I was talking to earlier-"
"HELLO! IS ANYONE THERE!" the person on the on the phone said hotly.
"Jeeze! I'm here! You don't need to shout for heaven's sake!" Misao snapped as grumbling was heard from the other side of the phone, "Who is this anyway!"
"It's Kaoru- Jeeze, can't you recognize my voice!"
"Oh! Kaoru! I thought you were that Me person!"
"That was ME-baka!"
"Yeah… I know that was Me… that Me person called twice already…" Misao said impatiently, "But how did you know I was talking to Me?
"ARGH!"
"What! Was it something I said?"
"MISAO!"
"Oh yeah! Where the heck are you guys!" Misao interrupted, "We called the ambulance like you said- but you guys weren't back there when we arrived!"
"I-"
"Yutaro got pissed off cuz I went barging in his house to call an ambulance!" Misao grumbled, "HE is SOO MEAN! He kept hitting me with his shinnai when we couldn't find you guys a while ago!"
"That's because-"
"And those ambulance guys tried to haul me into their ambulance because they thought I was the one who needed help!" Misao complained angrily, "They said I look like an itachii too!"
Kaoru laughed.
"You're so mean!" Misao cried
"Gomen… I couldn't help it…"
"Where the heck are you anyway! And why did you take off like that!" Misao asked, "Did something bad happen! Did Shinomori come back to get revenge on Yahiko! Oh no! Where's Yahiko! Is he-is he-"
"Stop it! He's not dead for crying out loud!"
"Really?"
"Yeah! Uh… I think…"
Misao suddenly fell anime style.
"Uh? Hello? Misao? Misao? Misao!"
"Jeeze… can you please tell me a more definite answer than that! Where is eh!"
"He's… in the emergency room…"
"Emergency room?" Misao asked in confusion, "You're at the hospital?"
"Yup…"
"How'd you get there!" Misao asked, "You made me worry sick about you guys! I thought Shinomori kidnapped you guys!"
"Oh please… how can the guy do that… haven't you noticed it?"
"What? I don't get you… what're you talking about?" Misao asked, scratching her head in confusion.
"Well- never mind… Can you just finish the project without me? I don't think I can make it in time to help out… I don't know when Yahiko's going to be released from the hospital…"
"Uh… don't worry, I can handle it…" Misao said happily, "I'll call Yutaro too if you want… just to tell him that Yahiko can't make it…"
"Uh… yeah… that'll be good… thanks…"
"But really Kaoru… If you and Yahiko aren't a couple- why are you doing all this for him?"
"I TOLD YOU! WE ARE NOT A COUPLE!"
"Ow! Jeeze! You don't have to scream! You're hurting my ears!" Misao complained.
"It's your fault- blame yourself…"
"How'd you get there in the hospital so quickly anyway? I mean… if you can carry Yahiko all the way to the hospital like that- why'd you have to let me run and call for an ambulance!"
"Baka! Yahiko's way too heavy! And the hospital's a kilometer away from that place- I'm not Wonder Woman you know!"
"Yeah- well… it was just a thought…" Misao said, shrugging, "But how DID you get there before we came to get you!"
"Um… well…"
Misao blinked, noticing the uneasiness in Kaoru's voice.
"Um… Nothing…"
"What the heck to you mean by NOTHING!" Misao exclaimed, "That's so lame! I know you're hiding something!"
"…"
"Well!"
"How come you know I'm hiding something- when you can't even tell the difference from my voice on the phone?"
"You sound way more different on the phone than- WAITAMINUTE! Stop changing the topic will you!"
"But I didn't…"
"But you did!"
"I didn't"
"You did!"
"What're you talking about! I did not change the topic we were currently discussing…"
"ARGH! You DID! And that's final!"
"Fine… whatever…"
"So… what were we talking about?"
"Augh… I give up…"
"What!"
"Listen- just call Yutaro and tell him that Yahiko can't make it okay?"
"Yeah… sure… but…"
"I need to go… I wanna check if Yahiko's doing okay…"
"Yeah… sure… but…"
"Well… talk to you later… Good luck with our project…"
"Uh… sure… but…"
"Bye!"
"Yeah… bye! Ah! WAITAMINUTE! KA-"
CLICK!
BEEP! BEEP!
"Ah jeeze… that was dumb…" Misao grumbled, scratching her hair in annoyance.
Kaoru sighed as she hung the phone. She quickly turned away from the information desk after hearing the nurse curse at her for talking so loud in a hospital.
She felt really sick. The stench of Yahiko's blood was starting to nauseate her.
She sighed as she sat back down on an empty bench.
'I can't tell her what happened… it's too weird- even for me…' she thought, covering her face with her hands, 'That guy saved me-he saved Yahiko!- But he shouldn't have… He was his enemy! Was he plotting something evil? Maybe he didn't kill Yahiko since I was there…'
She sighed, clutching her uneasy stomach.
"The last time he was alone with him- he nearly killed Yahiko… but that was before I came…" She mumbled to herself.
Her head started aching.
'I'm so confused… Yahiko's not out yet… What am I going to do?' she panicked, feeling both her head and stomach throbbing, 'I still have school tomorrow… I haven't studied yet- but I really can't leave Yahiko- not until I find out if he's- he's-"
All of a sudden, Kaoru threw up.
Meanwhile…
"Hey ladies! Whatcha doing! Wanna hang with me!"
A tall man with black hair came wobbling towards a cute pair of girls.
"Hey? Are you alright mister?"
"Heck- I'm okay- C'mon! Let's head to a karaoke and party!"
All of a sudden, there was a bright light, and the sound of an engine came closer and closer at them.
"What the-"
The tall man shielded his eyes as a black sports car stopped next to him.
"Turn off those freaking lights will you!"
"Aoshi?"
A short guy with flaming red hair stepped out of the car and under a street light.
Aoshi looked at him blankly as the red head narrowed his eyebrows and scowled.
"Oh! It's you! Good! Cuz you see, I've got two ladies here-"
"Shut up."
Aoshi looked at him in rage.
"Why the heck are you talking to me like that all of a sudden- Huh Himura!"
The red head breathe in deeply before turning to the tall man before him. His eyes now shone gold.
"We need to talk-"
To be continued…
(A/N: Ohayo Minna-san! Hey! Sorry about this chappie- I made it in a hurry… I can't do anything about it… I got a writer's block! To tell you the truth- I think this chapter sucks… but that's just my opinion anyway-
What I need are your opinions!
So tell me! Review this chapter!
Do you think it sucks too!
Cuz if it does- I think I'm going to revise it up a bit… when I have more time… anyway, sorry for the long wait! R&R please!
Oh- I'll be answering reviews in the next chapter… Someone wants me off the pc- so I don't have time to type- anyway- Thanks for all your support and reviews!)
