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Yeah...I'm two days late...sorry. Youall are probably getting used to it by now. But don't worry, I do this with all of my stories. Oh! And this chapter's kinda short. Forgive me. lol

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It Started With A Prank Call

Chapter 8: Confusion

Kaoru got up and walked over to her mirror. Megumi looked in her direction. "I don't get it though...what could Kenshin be afraid of?" Kagome shivered and turned pale. Kayko noticed. "Hey, you alright Kagome?"

Megumi and Kaoru looked at her. "Yeah...well no...maybe the person Kenshin's afraid of is the person who put him and Inuyasha in the hospital." Kaoru thought to herself. "No...he wasn't afraid of someone else...he was afraid of himself." Kagome was still pale. "Even so...I'm gonna find out who did this to them. I...I can't let whoever did this get away."

Kaoru nodded. "Then, I'm gonna help."

Suddenly, the phone rings. A complete silence...every girl knowing what the other was thinking. Kaoru slowly walked toward the phone and held it to her ear while clearing her throat.

H-Hello?

dude...what's up with you? Looked in the mirror again didn't you...>

Sanosuke? (Megumi quickly blushed and grabbed the phone from Kaoru)

What do you want rooster!

(chuckle) I was just calling to remind you to pick up your pa--->

Shut Up! (really turning red)

(laughing out loud) I can so tell your blushing.>

Shut your mouth Sano! I'll pick it up later.

Or...I could just bring it to school>

DON'T YOU DARE!

(cracking up) HAhAHAHAHA well then I suggest you come sometime before school...like let me see...now>

You're a jerk!

You didn't think that last night.>

Shut up you...! YOu...

You what? Sexy hunk of muscle?>

No...(sigh) I'll be there you ignorant...!

(getting excited) That's my gumi! bye bye>

b-bye!

BEeP

Megumi hang up the phone and headed for the door when... "Hey...were you over Sanosuke's house last night?", asked Kaoru. Megumi paused. "No...why would you say that? You know I hate him." Kaoru shook her head. "Well it seems that you two are begining to become friends...or more." Megumi turned red and walked to her bedroom. Kayko's cell phone rang.

"Hello?...Yuuske? what do you mean, you lost your shoe again? Did you check under your underware droar? It's not there either? (sigh) Fine...give me like and hour. Bye." Kayko hung up the phone and walked out of the bedroom when it rang again.

She answered it.

"What do you want now Yuuske? Who needs her? (giggle) Ohhh...okay, I'll bring her. Bye." She hung up the phone again. "Hey, Kagome...Inuyasha wants to talk with you." Kagome got up and walked toward her expecting a phone. "Where's the phone?" Kayko shook her head. "He wants to see you I mean. You can come with me."

An Hour Later...

Kayko and Kagome walked out the door before turning around to smile at Kaoru. "You sure you gonna be alright by yourself?" Kaoru nodded sweetly and watched as they shut the door behind them. She stayed still until she heard them take the key out of the keyhole and walk away. She walked over to the couch and grabbed the remote. She lazyly flicked through channels.

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Sanosuke walked toward the door and turned the knob gratefully welcoming Megumi in. Yuuske waved and so did Kenshin. She glared at him. Kenshin paused in confusion.

"Is there a problem Miss. Megumi?" Megumi picked up the romote from the center table and threw it at him. It knocked against his head, leaving a large bruise."OW! What did ya do that for!"

"You called my house and scared the daylights out of Kaoru!" Kenshin's face had a bit of a concern. His tone expressed it. "What do you mean? I don't know you guys phone number." Megumi wore disbelief. "Yeah, right! You've called before...like today for example when you wouldn't say your name and kept saying the you keep doing something to her and you needed her help to stop!"

Now it was Kenshin's turn to wear disbelief. "I didn't call your house Miss. Megumi."

"Well there's not many people who sound exactly like Kenshin Himura." Kenshin's tone became serious. "I didn't call your house...I don't know your phone number...Sano stole it from my room last night." Sanosuke blushed. "Yeah, there's no way Kenshin could of called this morning." Megumi felt stupid. She'd gone and blamed Kenshin for something he hadn't done. "Well...I wanna know who did call."

They heard a knock and Yuuske quickly opened the door letting Kayko and Kagome in. Kenshin stared at the door as if expecting Kaoru to walk in all late like usually in class. But...she didn't.

Yuuske and Kayko began the search for Yuuske's shoes, while Kagome went to talk to Inuyasha and Sano and Megumi well...you know--. Kenshin picked up the remote from his lap and lazyly flicked through channels.

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Kaoru got up after not finding anything and decided to go out. She quickly got a shower, and did her hair, brushed her teeth, and all that good stuff. She got her car keys and walked out of the apartment, locking the door behind her.

She walked down the flight of stairs and arrived at the front desk. She rested her head on the desk as if so sleeply. The clerk looked at her awkwardly. "Is everything okay, Miss. Kamiya?" Kaoru rose her head. "Yeah...I guess I'm just exgausted from boredom." The clerk gave a slight chuckle. Kaoru smiled sweetly at him as she walked out of the hotel building.

Kaoru hoped into her car and started the engine. (sigh) "Where am I going?"

"Why don't you go see Smileyboy!"

Kaoru almost jumped out of her skin again at the sudden voice that answered her question. She turned around to see Kenshin glaring down at her. She felt a sudden urge of hatred toward him. He opened the door and sat in the passengers seat. He put on his seatbelt while smiling at Kaoru. "What are you doing! get out of my car!" Kenshin wore a hurt look and undoes his seat belt. Kaoru watches him as he sadly gets out of the car and walks away. She turns around and sighs.

"Fine, you cry baby! You can come...just make sure you don't get your drool on my chair!" Kenshin smiled and ran toward the unlocked door. He happily sat in the seat and buckled his seat belt again. Kaoru giggled slightly and drove off.

"So...what brings you here, you lazy bum?" Kenshin glared at the windsheild. "I was bored, so I decided to bug somone." Kaoru ignored him and stopped when they arrived at the mall. Kenshin turned his glare upon the driver. "What do you think your doing! I don't want to go here!"

Kaoru glared him back. "Well you should have thought about that before you decided to hop in my car! Now I would have no problem dropping you off in the middle of the road..." Kenshin pouted though said nothing. They came up to the parking lot near the food court and parked farely close to it. Kenshin quickly got out of the car. Kaoru took her time. He followed her throughout the food court until they came to McDonalds then Kenshin stopped. "Hey, Kamiya! Let's eat here!" Kaoru turned around and frowned. She was really hungry but wanted to save some energy for her long walks around the mall.

"Uh...I can't right now, but you go ahead."

Kenshin's face almost strucktured a sad baby. "Why?" Kaoru glared at him. "Because...I have to check on something."

Kenshin wore confusion. As much as he wanted to eat...he followed her.

Two hours later...

"CAN WE PLEASE EAT NOW!" Kaoru started giggling. She adored the way hey complained and decided to give him a break. "Sure, let's go eat." Kenshin got excited and started running before he slowed down with a surprised look on his face. Kaoru came up behind him. "Kenshin? Is everything okay?" He didn't answer so she decided to look at what he was lookinng at. Kenshin's face began to turn pale with anger.

A teenage girl was getting pretty intense with she guessed her boyfriend. But that was normal in the malls. Why was Kenshin so upset? He seemed to recognize the girl. Wait...could that girl be..? Kenshin became furious and started to stomp toward them.

Tomoe glanced over in Kenshin's direction and quickly jumped away from the guy. Kenshin now had more anger for Tomoe than the other guy. He glared at her. She ran over to Kenshin but stopped mid-way when she saw the fury in his eyes. You could almost feel the heat they were giving off. She looked at him surprised. "Kenshin? What's up with you?"

Kenshin tried to calm his voice. "What's going on here? Who is this guy--wait, I'll answer that--He's your boyfriend!" Tomoe stepped back and regained a defensive face. "So what if he is? You jealous or something?"

Kaoru stood silent.Is this the girl that Kagome was talking about? The girl that he was out with all night?

Kenshin clenches his fists. He couldn't believe his ears. Tomoe had just lied to his very face! "If he's your boyfriend than explain to me what I am." Tomoe shrugged. "Your my boy...the dude I can always hang with." Kenshin just couldn't understand. She was so nice at the movies...but then at school... He turned around to face Kaoru. She looked at him with worry. Tomoe scowled. "Ohh...so you get mad at me for having a boyfriend when your hanging with Miss. wannabe, over here?"

Kaoru glared at her. "Who are you calling Miss. wannabe!"

"Kenshin and I aren't dating! And even if we were, I certainly wouldn't be two-timing him just 'cause a better looking guy comes along! For your information, he should've never met your sorry, slutty a--!" She cut herself off.

Kenshin, Tomoe, and the guy blinked in surprise. Kenshin wanted so bad to smile but kept it hidden. Kaoru turned around quickly and started walking the other way, pulling Kenshin along.

For a few minutes, they never spoke but then someone broke the silence. "I didn't know you could get that smart with someone...you always appeared to me as the Passive and sometimes Assertive person." Kaoru could feel her body shiver. "I really shouldn't have said that, but I won't tolerate you...anyone being this mistreated even if I don't like them...no one deserves that." Kenshin could see a slight blush. He smiled.

When they arrived at McDonalds, they happened to see Tomoe and her boyfriend standing in line. Kaoru quickly rushed Kenshin past them and out of the mall. He caught grip of the ground. "Woe! Slow down!" Kaoru caught her breathe. "Let's drive to a different McDonalds, shall we?" He followed her to the car and got in.

When she put the key in the egnition, he put his hand over hers. She blushes angrily and glares at him. "Don't get all fresh with me cause I stood up for you! I won't fall for it!" Kenshin chuckled. "Well, duhie! I wasn't getting fresh with you! I just wanna say...thanks." Kaoru's eyes widened. He continued. "Thank you for doing that..." Kaoru started laughing and started the engine again. "Whatever, Kenshin."

After a long evening of searching throughout every McDonalds, they managed to eat at one. They were now at Kenshin's dorm house...

Kenshin got out of th car and shut the door. He looked at Kaoru and smiled. "This was a horrible day, Kamiya." Kaoru smiled back. "Yup, Never knew you could be so...annoying." As he walked toward his door, he paused. Kaoru noticed that he'd forgotten his jacket. She had called out his name and got out of the car. She ran over to him and handed him the jacket.

"I wouldn't want this thing rotting in my car." He looked at it for a momment and threw it on the ground, grabbing Kaoru and kissing her.

She didn't know what happened but she couldn't resist it. She found herself kissing him back with no control. He wrapped his arms around her, bringing her closer. And she embraced his neck. He picked her up by her legs and placed her in the backseat of the car. He crawled on top of her and...

To Be Continued...

YOWZA! What happened there! I know...why am I asking you. I wrote the story, but I'm just like that. Anyway wait 'til you see my next chapter! Stay tuned hehe...PLEASE REVIEW