Ghost writer

Author's note: Thank you very much for all your comments and suggestions! Tomoe is really supposed to be Misao's rival in this story, so I guess I wanted her to be sinister. I'm an Aoshi-Misao fan too. Sorry to all Tomoe fans out there! To those who requested for longer chapters, I'm sorry but I am very busy with practicum so I only do this with my spare time. But I'll do my best to update as quickly as I can. Thank you again for reading:

When Kaoru came back from work, Misao was already in bed. Entering the bedroom that Misao and Kaoru shared, Kaoru noticed that the light was still on.

"She must have been so tired." thought Kaoru as she picked up the blanket that dropped the floor when Misao rolled on her side.

Covering the blanket on the sleeping Misao, Kaoru noticed that Misao had been crying. There was puffiness to her cheeks and her breathing was slightly ragged from weeping. A closer inspection of her body revealed that her left hand was bandaged. There were some fingernail marks on her neck. Kaoru could only surmise what had happened to her. Somebody has been hurting Misao badly.

"If Misao's not going to do anything about it, I am."

Kaoru then went to the phone and dialed.

"Come on … pick up pick up… hello… Sano, I know it's 2:00 in the morning! I need you to do something for me. Yes, it's important. I think my friend is being bullied at school. Do you know anybody who gives lessons? Wait… hold on. I'll get a pen and paper.

There was a pause on the other line as Kaoru pulled out a notepad and ballpen from the counter. "Okay… uh huh..." as Kaoru scribbled a name and cellphone number. "Thanks Sano. I appreciate your help click ."

Rubbing her eyes beneath her glasses, Misao yawned. And then she remembered about last night's events and the note that Tomoe slipped into her hand.

"I told Aoshi about you. He's interested to give it a try as well. So aside from my lit. paper, you have to work on Aoshi's. Aoshi will get it from you tomorrow morning. Tomoe."

"Maybe, I should just sleep in today." As she crawled under the covers, Kaoru came into the room with a pan and ladle.

"WAKE UP, SLEEPY HEAD!" shouted Kaoru she banged the ladle to the pan.

Misao groaned. "Give me another 5 minutes. I still want to sleep."

Kaoru then wrenched the covers out of Misao's hands and opened the curtains to let the light in.

"You're awfully chirpy today, Kaoru. What's up?"

"I'll tell you later." As Kaoru hummed a tune as she started folding the blanket. "But first, it's time for your bath. Breakfast will be ready in 5 minutes." With this, she closed the door.

Misao looked at her breakfast. There were ham, eggs, bacon, and French toast. Kaoru had piled a mountain of food on Misao's plate today. Misao looked apprehensively at Kaoru. "Something is definitely up today." Normally, Kaoru would only serve cereal for breakfast. Yup, something is up with Kaoru today. And when things like that happened, it was best to get away from Kaoru and her crazy ideas!

"Eat up! You've got a long day today." chirped Kaoru.

As Misao started munching on the toast, the door bell rang.

"I'll get it." Kaoru stood up. "That must be him. He is so punctual."

"Him?"

Opening the door, Kaoru stepped aside to let the guest in. "Oh. Come in, come in. I'll let you meet her." Both made their way to the dining room. "Misao, let me introduce you to…"

Misao dropped her toast as the intensity of recognition flash before them both.

"Kyaaa!"