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Sorry again...but you know when you just don't feel like getting outta bed in the morning and just sleep the whole day. Yeah, that's me. You know how it is. I'm just lazy. Haha...this is becoming a habit for me, ha?

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It Started With A Prank Call

Chapter 7: "Mysteries"

Kenshin and Inuyasha had been in the hospital for four days now...

Kaoru walked into Inuyasha and Kenshin's room to find Kagome sitting at Inuyasha's side. She smiled and walked over to Kenshin. She stared at him. What happened to you, Kenshin? She watched his chest rise and fall. Suddenly his eyes started to twitch.

Kaoru gasped. "Kenshin? Kenshin can you hear me?" His eyes opened half way. Kagome looked up.

He scanned his surroundings, and stopped at Kaoru. "K-Kaoru?" She nodded. "Are you okay?" He didn't say anything. "Where am I?"

"Your at the hosptial...Kagome and I found you at our door, pretty messed up." He searched his mind for memory, but found none. "I don't remember how I couldn've...(he saw Inuyasha asleep on the bed beside him) Inuyasha?" He looked back at Kaoru. "What happened to him?"

Kaoru looked away. "The same thing that happened to you."

Kenshin thought to himself. "What did happen to me?"

Kaoru shrugged. "I don't know. Kenshin rests his head back on the pillow. I can't remember anything."

Kaoru's eyes widened as she sees Sohjiro walk in. He tip-toes past Inuyasha not wanting to wake him. He waves to Kagome and sits next to Kaoru. She smiles at him. Kenshin scowls. "What're you doing here?"

"I heard that you were found at Kamiya's and Higurashi's hotel in bad condition. I just wanted to make sure you were okay." Kenshin looks away. "Well...I'm fine." Kaoru glares at him, but then stops when she sees movement from the bed on the other side of the room.

Kagome gasps. "Inuyasha!" Kaoru runs over to them. As does Sohjiro. Kenshin turns his head in suprise.

"Inuyasha, are you okay?" His nose starts to smell out the envirement and he shivers slightly. He suddenly comes back to reality and tries to sit up, but fell back. "Huh? Where the heck am I?" Sohjiro widenes his already wide smile. "Your at a hospital, Inuyasha...You and Himura-san were found very ill at Higurashi's hotel." Inuyasha stares at the ceiling and then back at him. "I don't remember being at Kagome's hotel...how'd I get there?"

Kenshin blurts out from the other end of the room..."THESE ICE PACKS ARE FREAKING COLD! I CAN'T FEEL MY WRISTS!" Kagome started laughing. Kaoru smiled. "That's 'cause they were meant to stop the swelling."

"Well they stopping my blood flow." Sohjiro shivers. Kaoru looks at him. "Are you okay, Seta-san?" He nodds. "I'm just getting pretty cold...I better get going...class starts in an hour." Kagome jumps up out of her chair. "That's right! If I'm late for another biology class...Mr. Katsu (Kaishu Katsu from epsd. 79 I think) will fail me!"

Inuyasha frowns and closes his eyes. "Then, go already." Kagome wears a hurt expression and walks toward the door. Inuyasha opens his eyes. "We wouldn't want you to miss a momment with Kouga!" Kagome pauses, smiles, and walks away.

"HMF!Never liked her anyway!" Kenshin starts laughing. "What's so funny Kenshin?"

"Didn't you tell me not long ago that you could get lost in her scent." Inuyasha freezes and turns red. "I-I-I did not! I said I would faint if I had to smell that scent again!" Kenshin wore disbelief. "Yeah, right...Inuyasha Higurashi!"

Inuyasha almost jumped out of his skin. He tried to get up again, but it ended in the same result. "WHAT did you say! You don't want me to reveal the real Mrs. Himura, do you!" It was Kenshin's turn to freeze. "Huh? There is no Mrs. Himura! Just me!...and maybe Tomoe!" Inuyasha saw right through him. "Yeah, whatever."

Inuyasha looked at the ceiling. "When are we gonna get out of here?" Kaoru tangled her fingers. "Beats me...the doctor never answered that."

Kaoru stood up and headed for the door when Kenshin called out her name. "Kaoru? Where'ya going...to see Sohjiro!" Kaoru got annoyed. She turned around to face him. "Maybe, why?" Inuyasha started to chuckle and Kenshin froze. "NO REASON! I just..."he began"...I just wanted to...it's nothing, GO ALREADY!" Kaoru jumped back at his sudden change of tone and walked away.

Inuyasha looked over to Kenshin, who was glaring to himself. "How are you every gonna get a hook up, if YOU keep making these ignorant comments?"

Kenshin softened. He turned away from Inuyasha. "Who says I even wanna hook up with that tramp! Besides...she has Smileyboy and I have Tomoe. We're different...we've always been different...we'll always be different." Inuyasha looked at the ceiling and thought of Kagome. "Yeah, me and Kagome are different in everyway possible too but, that's never mattered to us before...so why is everything so...wrong? I mean when we were with Tomoe and Kikyo...I felt like I belonged...but I never felt relaxed."

Kenshin looked at Inuyasha. "Yeah...come to think of it, neither have I. Inuyasha continued. And everytime I think about kissing her, I get this flashback about the night we..."(Inuyasha closed his eyes and fell asleep).

Kenshin looked back up at the ceiling. He could smell the disgusting scent of hospital food. Inuyasha's right. I never do feel completly relaxed around Tomoe. I always feel like I have to meet her goals or do what she expects of me...though around Kaoru...I always feel happy even if I'm arguing with her. I can remember when she told me that we were different...she was afraid that I was going to betray her...she was right because that's exactly what I'm doing...betraying her. But I can't stop! Everytime I see Smileyboy, I get so pissed! Just seeing them together makes me angry...and then when she likes him back...I make up something ignorant and bother her.

Kenshin rolled over. Though...she seems to be happy around him, as angry as that makes me...I have to live with it...maybe...we weren't meant to be together...maybe we're just better off as rivals. He closes his eyes.

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"Hey, Kaoru! Telephone!" Kaoru forces herself to open her eyes and reaches for the phone beside her.

Hello?

...>

Hello?

...mmm>

Kenshin? Whoever this is! SAY SOMETHING, OR HANG UP!

I...ummmm>

You...what?

I...needed to hear your voice...>

Kenshin? Is that you?

I needed to know your okay...I needed to hear you breathe...to hear you laugh>

Okay...your scaring me Kenshin

I keep doing this to you...I can't stop...make me stop>

WHO is this?

Make me stop!>

huh? Kenshin what's wrong?

(Beep)>

Kenshin? Hello?

Kaoru hung up the phone. She sat up and stared at it. "Was that you, Kenshin?" Kaoru heard a knock on her door and said "Come In"

Kayko walked in and sat beside her. "I heard you yelling...Is something wrong, Kaoru?" Kaoru looked at her hands in fear. "I-I don't know..." Megumi walked in with Kagome not too far behind. They both sat in back of Kaoru and Kayko. Kayko turned so that she could see all four of them. Kaoru turned to face Megumi. "Megumi...who was on the phone?"

Megumi shrugged. "I thought it was Kenshin disguising his voice...and when I asked, he didn't say anything so I assumed it was. Why? Did something happen?" Kaoru looked at her hands again. "He wouldn't say his name...he kept saying that he needed to hear my voice and to hear me laugh...he said that he kept doing something to me and that he needed my help to stop. He kept screaming "Make me stop!" and then he just hung up."

The girls were in silence. Kayko spoke out. "Maybe he was trying to scare you, or something." Kaoru shook her head. "Maybe...but he sounded pretty scared himself."

TO BE CONTINUED...

A/N: Yes, I don't know what's up with me and these short chapters. I just keep cutting it off so soon. Getting more scary! BoO! hahahaha. Was that really Kenshin or was it someone else? And what really did happen to Kenshin and Inuyasha? Find out next time...on the next chapter!

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