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Warnings: None.

Now, On to the Chapter! Enjoy!

It Started With A Prank Call

Chapter11: Tears can say so much

Kenshin rubbed the sleep from his eyes and tried to sit up, but the gravity of his lazyiness destroyed that effort. He reached for his cell phone and looked to see if anyone had called him. No one had called but...someone did text message him. He widens his eyes as he reads:

I will kill her if I have to.

Kenshin became instantly frightnened knowing that it was from Jine. He cursed him under his breath. Then turned around to find Inuyasha looking at him. He sat down beside his now pale friend.

"What's with the dead expression?" Kenshin had a vision of Kaoru dieing...a vision that he couldn't stand. He shivered as he tried to think about something else. "I'm fine." Inuyasha looked at himwith disbeilief. "Yeah, right." Then Sanosuke comes in with Yuuske not far behind. They all gather around Kenshin(weird how they all just come in a such a dull moment, ha?)

Kenshin didn't flinch. Sanosuke stuck a fish bone into his mouth and leaned against the wall.

"So what has Jine done this time?" They now had Kenshin's attention. "How did you-?" Yuuske chuckled. "Man, when one of our own is hurting, so are the rest of us." Inuyasha nodded. Sanosuke smiled sweetly and said: "So tell us...what did he do?" Kenshin frowned and handed him the cell phone. Sanosuke widened his eyes and passed it to Inuyasha who frowned and passed it to Yuuske who shook alittle.

Kenshin stood up and turned around to face them. "Don't let your guard down, Jine isn't as weak he leads us to be. We must protect the girls at all costs...they come first, even if they think we're stalkers...one of us will walk them to and from home each day(this caused Inuyasha to look at him funny), and when one of them aren't with the rest...we have to know where and be near by. We cannot afford to let any of them slide...understood?"

They all looked at him for a second and nodded. For they couldn't argue with his concern for their safety.

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As Kenshin ordered, One of them walked the girls to school.

Megumi turned around. "Why the sudden stalker act, ha Inuyasha?" Inuyasha smirked. "I'm not a stalker, it's Kenshin's orders." The girls now were listening. "Huh? What orders?" Inuyasha really didn't like taking orders from anyone but he knew it was the right thing to do.

"Kenshin's orders were for me to walk you to school in the morning...Sanosuke will walk you home after school, and then Kenshin and Yuuske will be watching you during the day since they have some classes with you. And if one of you are seperated, then one of us will be with you at all times as well." Kagome widened her eyes. "Why does Kenshin suddenly want to bodyguard us so closely?"

Inuyasha didn't respond.

"Hello! Inuyasha, answer the question!" Inuyasha still didn't answer. "It's confidential. If I were to tell you...then it might frighten you." That statement alone was enough to frighten them.

At school once they were inside close to everyone else, Inuyasha went his seperate way. Kaoru turned to her friends. "What do you think Kenshin doesn't want us to know?" Kayko shrugged. As did Kagome. Megumi on the other hand was more concerned of the thing that they might be in danger of. The girls continued on with their normal schedules. They met up again at lunch.

Sohjiro approached and greeted them. They all sat down under a tree. As Kaoru began to open her mouth, she spotted Kenshin walking back forth, checking if all of them were together. Sohjiro saw as well and turned to Kaoru. "What's Kenshin doing?"

"He made up these weird rules and him and the other guys are body guarding us." Sohjiro was confused. "But why?"

"He's protecting us from something or someone I think...we don't know what though, they won't tell us."

Sohjiro watched as Kenshin walked by, this time frowning at him.

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That afternoon, as scheduled, Sanosuke walked the girls home. Kaoru stopped. "Wait! I forgot something at school! I have to go back for it!"

Sanosuke shook his head. "Well that's too bad. I can't let you go alone and I'm not walking all the way back to school." Kaoru glared at him. "Exuse me! I wasn't asking you if I could go. I was telling you. Quite franckly, you don't give the orders and neither does Kenshin!"

The girls stay silent. "Look Missy, I don't have time for this! I don't really care about what you think right now! And Kenshin knows what he's doing!"

"Is that so? Well tell us Sanosuke, what exactly is Kenshin doing? And why won't he tell us what this whole protection thing's about! If it's that important, than don't you think we have a right to know!" The girls stare at Sano, now taking Kaoru's side.

Sanosuke frowned.

"Kenshin has his reasons for doing this missy! Believe it or not, but the only reason he's doing this is because he loves you so much! He cares for all of you so he wants to make sure that you live! So the next time we say that it's confidential...we MEAN it!"

Now it was Kaoru's turn to stay silent. He turned around and started walking. "So unless you wanna risk getting killed again, I suggest you trust us and leave it alone."

They all shook at that one word. "Killed? That would mean that Jin--GASP!" Kaoru fell to her knees and started crying. Kagome rushed to help her as well did Kayko. Megumi turned away and followed Sanosuke after saying this:

"He's right, Kaoru...Kenshin knows what he's doing. He always has and always will."

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When they arrived at the hotel, Sanosuke made sure that their windows were locked and everything was secure. Though he wasn't sure about something so he pulled out his cell phone and dialed a number.

Something wrong Sano? Are the girls okay? (Kenshin)

"Yeah...I'm with them at their place now."

So what's wrong?>

"I'm not sure about leaving them alone in their hotel. I mean I know it's a little too close for comfort but...I have bathrobes thicker and stronger than the windows and doors in this hotel. And Jine can follow and cut through anything you know."

...That's true. I'll send Yuuske over imediately.>

"I'm staying too. Yuuske can't handle this one by himself. He nor Inuyasha has ever met Jine before, let alone matched his strength in swordsmanship. Your probably the best swordsman for this job, Kenshin."

...I understand. I'll be there.>

"Okay bye."

Bye.>

Kenshin hung up and pushed his cell phone back into his pocket. Yuuske and Inuyasha came in to find him packing two bags of clothes. "Are we coming?" Kenshin didn't show any surprisement. "No, not this time." Inuyasha glared. "Yeah, well I don't care what your orders are, Kenshin...I will protect Kagome at all costs! So I'm coming wether you like it or not!" Yuuske look away shocked. I cannot believe he just said that! That stupid mut!

Kenshin started to laugh.

Inuyasha and Yuuske listened in horror as it grew louder by the second. Kenshin walked beside Inuyasha and paused. Inuyasha's heart skipped a beat (and Yuuske was kinda petrified). Kenshin continued walking and put on his coat. They waited uneasy as he began to break the silence.

"That's what I like to hear. When you realize how important Kagome and Kayko are to you two, then and only then will you be able to understand why you must come." Inuyasha turned around. "So, I'm coming?" Kenshin smiled sweetly. Yuuske stood a little shaken up by the sudden outbreak. Kenshin looked at him. "Yuuske? Aren't you coming?" Yuuske now turned. "I am?...I mean--Of course I am!" He ran into his bedroom to get his stuff.

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A strange knock on the door was heared. Kagome became frightened. She and Kayko held on to Megumi. Kaoru, on the other side of the couch, shook with terror.

Sanosuke walked up to the door and asked who it was. No one answered. They just knocked again. Kaoru started to shake even more. Sanosuke once again asked for an identity and the person responded. "It's me." Megumi, Kagome, and Kayko calmed down hearing Kenshin's voice, but Kaoru still shook.

Sanosuke let them in and the boys started setting up their sleeping bags.

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It was very late that night and the entire hotel was silent and dark.

Kaoru opened her eyes. Well she never really closed them because fear of Jine grabbing her while in her sleep. She tried very hard not to close her eyes but she couldn't help it. Though she wouldn't go down this easily. She got out from under her covers and slowly walked down through her door. But instead, she tripped over something. She couldn't really see it but it grabbed her foot almost instantly. She started to scream but something covered her mouth. She tried desperately to remove the hard grasp but had no success. No! This can't happen to me again! Somebody help me!

The figure dragged her into her room and shut the door. Then soon the lights were turned on. She looked up to find Kenshin looking down at her. He released his hand from her face. "What's your problem! People are trying to sleep!" Kaoru sat up and backed away, still shaking.

Kenshin looked at her. He hadn't realized what fright he must've caused her, to make her feel that man's hands again...he hadn't known he was doing it. He stared with a sorry face and slowly crawled toward her. She backed away frightened each time.

"Oh, Kaoru...Kaoru, I didn't...I had forgotten how it must've felt...I'm sorry. Please don't run away from me. I'm here to protect you. I'm not going to leave you...I won't let him hurt you, okay?" Kaoru shook constantly and stopped backing away. He gently put his arms around her.

Her body...it feels so boney...as if she hasn't been eating well. And so fragile...she feels as if she could break at any second. He could hear her sobs. She wrapped her arms around his chest, crying uncontrolably. Kenshin understood now more than ever that he would never let them out of his sight...expecially Kaoru.

Kenshin held her close to him and rested on her head. He closed his eyes and began to rocked her slowly. "Shhhhhh...shhh...It's okay...I'm here Kaoru...shhhh"

She eventually fell asleep from crying in his arms.

To Be Continued...

A/N: You know, I would continue with this but, it's 12:55 AM! I can't take much more! okay night night. Really good place to stop for me anyways -YAWN-

Okay actually...the typing above was there a long time ago when I first wrote this chapter but it's like 4:23 p.m. so...I'm not that sleepy...well...maybe just a little. Okay, so tell me how I did? PLEASE REVIEW