Me: Ya know, (walks in, dragging a badly mauled/unconscious Enishi behind her), sometimes the reviewers scare me.
Ariel: Tcha. Heck yeah. I mean, look at the poor guy.
Me: (sighs) Whatever.
The minute they walked into the room, everyone saw a girl in a white lab coat leaning over a pale, yet conscious, Nikki, checking her pulse. She turns around and looks at them and smiles.
"Hey! What's up!" Everyone nearly anime fell when they saw what she was wearing underneath lab coat. She had on a pair of loose black jeans with chains on it and was wearing a tight black Happy Bunny T-shirt where the bunny was dressed up like a pimp and waving while underneath the bunny it said "Yo bitches.". Her hair was black with light blue highlights and it was done up in a sloppy bun and she also wore black fishnet gloves.
"I'm Lunesta but since that name sucks ass, just call me Luna. You guys have some stubborn bitches there. Of course, the psychic one needed to know that she has a limit in a physical form. But maybe she's just a persistent bitch like Nikki and always pushes her limits."
"HEY! LUNA!" it was a weak yell that came from Nikki, but effective. Luna shoots her an apologetic smile and sweatdrops.
"What about Kaoru?" Battousai asks, ready to punch Luna out. She was annoying him..big time.
"Uhhhh, which one's that?" Luna jams a thermometer in Nikki's mouth, making her gag. Everyone sweatdrops. Nikki sighs and rolls her eyes.
"The one who looks a helluva lot like me." she says, her voice barely above a whisper.
"Oh! Yeah that one!" Luna smiles and pulls back the curtain on the left side of Nikki's bed. Kaoru lay on that bed, asleep, with her shoulder bandaged, and an IV unit transferring blood to her system. Nikki's family stayed with her and Battousai went over to Kaoru.
"How is she?" he asks.
"She's cool." Luna sweatdrops at the glare Battousai gave her, "Eh heh heh. I mean, the poison from that bullet got through her system so we're giving her some clean blood and she's on Morphine and Vicatin, both extremely effective pain killers. If she throws up, don't worry, that's just a side effect of the Morphine...besides it helps her get rid of the poison. Dunno how long she'll be asleep, but she'll pull through."
"And the others Luna-san?" Kenshin asks.
"Well, Miss Psychic..."
"Spatial." Nikki adds.
"Yes, Spatial, thanks hun, she'll be fine. Exhausted spiritually and mentally, but she'll recover in her sleep." Luna takes a pen out of her bun and writes something down on a piece of paper on her clipboard, "Warn Spatial about psychic limits." she says as she writes that down. Luna clicks the pen shut and puts it back in her bun. "We'll have to keep her in bed for a couple of days to make sure she's fully recovered. Now, come here, both of you." Luna wraps her arms around Battousai's and Kenshin's shoulders and draws them closer to her, "Which one of you two hotties does Nikki put up less resistance toward?" she whispers. Battousai points to Kenshin.
"Good. Bye-bye." Luna shoves Battousai out of the huddle, "Now, you listen up. Keep her in bed no matter what, of course, she's too exhausted to move much anyway, but still. She's on a liquid diet until we give her a clear, those bullets went into her stomach pretty good. So remember...only liquids. Broth, water, ice cream etc. Make sure she doesn't get to riled up and let people visit her, which is a duh. She might throw up but that's because of pain killers..Morphine, Vicatin...you get the drift. Fighting off possession made her really weak so you shouldn't expect much resistance. Any problems, such as excessive vomiting, call me. Got it?" Kenshin nods. "Sweet, any questions?"
"Hai. Why don't you give Nikki-dono's family these instructions..just wondering?"
"Because she doesn't listen to them. That's why. I've already tried once...she nearly died. That's why." Luna stands up straight and stretches, "Now. I leave you. Toodles." Luna takes the thermometer out of Nikki's mouth before she leaves.
"Bye Luna." Nikki softly calls after her. Luna pokes her head in the door again.
"And remember bitch, stay feisty." she gives Nikki and thumbs up and then leaves.
"That woman is strange." Battousai says, after a few moments of silence.
"Yes, but she's the best damn doctor you will ever meet." Emilio sighs and kisses his daughter's forehead, "I have to get back to the office sweet pea. Get some sleep..okay?"
"Okay dad." Nikki gives him a weak smile and pats his hand comfortingly. Once Emilio leaves, Nikki looks up at Kenshin and Battousai, "So how are you?" she asks.
"Nikki, you're the injured one here...shouldn't we be asking how you are?"
"Who's injured?" she asks in an are-you-kidding-me tone, trying to sit up. That was a bad move. It wasn't long before she had to lay back down saying a whole bunch of 'shit's along the way. "So, who's the injured one?" she asks weakly again. Battousai sighs and bangs his head five times on the wall. (To Evil-chan: LOL) He really wanted to sock this girl one...but if he did right now, her father would have a bounty on his head.
"And you Kenshin?"
"Sessha is fine Nikki-dono, that he is." Nikki lets out a sigh and leans back on her pillow.
"Good." she mumbles, "Now goodnight." and she falls asleep.
Tomorrow...
Nikki wakes up to something tugging at her eyelid. She lets out a groan and opens her eyes, seeing first a small light and then Soujiro leaning over her, holding a pen flashlight.
"Don't mind me." he says, lifting up her eyelid again, testing pupil dilation, "I'm just taking a look at your pretty eyes here."
"What? What are you doing here?" she groggily asks.
"Making a report for Katsura on your current health. I've already done Kaoru and Spatial."
"And he could've done it quieter." a now awake Kaoru mutters angrily. (All of their voices are weak from lack of energy...I know because I kept visiting Ariel after her surgery.)
"Hey Kao."
"Hey Nikki." Kaoru tries to wave, but forgot she got shot in the arm she normally waves with, ending with her being in pain.
"Kaoru, what did we say about moving?" Soujiro asks.
"Don't move that arm unless it's absolutely necessary." Kaoru growls.
"Right." The door to the hospital room opens and Battousai pokes his head in.
"Am I interrupting anything?" he asks, walking into the room, with one of his hands behind his back. Spatial murmurs something in her sleep and turns over.
"Only her sleep." Kaoru tells him.
"Well as you can see, I don't care." (Me: Biiiig mistake) he walks over to Kaoru's bed and takes a bouquet daisies out from behind his back. Kaoru lets out a happy squeak and hugs him.
"My favorite! How'd you know?"
"A little birdie told me." Battousai winks at Nikki and she waves back. Kaoru shoots Nikki a nasty look.
"Hey, listen, if you two wanna be alone, I can just put on my headphones on full blast and read manga." Nikki says, shrugging.
"That would be nice, thanks." Kaoru mumbles. Nikki throws her a thumbs up and puts on her headphones. Kaoru and Battousai could hear Holiday by Green Day blasting through them and they both sigh.
"It's a wonder how she hears as well as she does."
"You said it Kaoru." While in the middle of a conversation about who would render Enishi childless (If you get what I mean), they both snap their heads up when they hear a slight squeak. They saw a man with long silver hair and blood red eyes behind Nikki. She had a kunai pressed up against his throat and he had Nikki's free arm locked behind her back and his other arm wrapped around the kunai arm, with a katana in that hand, also pressed to her throat.
"Little Nikki, reflexes still as sharp as ever." he says, with an incredibly sexy smirk on his face. (Me: (slaps herself) Stop dozing off!) "You still can't beat me you know." he lets her go and they both put away their weapons.
"Shut up Derek." Nikki gives him a playful punch on the shoulder, "You had me off-guard. So it was hardly fair." He sticks his tongue out at her and she does the same.
o.0 (Battousai and Kaoru) Nikki sees them staring at her and sweatdrops.
"Heh, sorry. Guys, this is my childhood training buddy/friend Derek. Derek, this is Kaoru and Battousai."
"Hn."
"Hey!" Kaoru waves, but then quickly puts her arm down, saying ow along the way.
"Kamiya." Soujiro growls from a chair in the corner of the room.
"Sorry for trying to be polite!" A stuffed animal bounces off Soujiro's head, letting out a small 'squeak' as it made contact.
"KAMIYA!"
"Some bitches are yelling and it is disturbing my sleep and it better stop or else heads will be exploding."
"Sorry Spatial." everyone says in a whisper.
"And yet, you people don't have to live with her." Nikki mutters.
"Ohayo!"
"KENSHIN!" Spatial sits up, her eyes pure red and very pissed, making Kenshin go like 'O.O', "WHAT THE HELL DID I SAY ABOUT KEEPING IT DOWN!" Nikki throws her manga at Spatial, where it made contact with her head.
"He wasn't in here for the little talk you dick!"
"Hey, she said dick!"
"SHUT UP SOUJIRO!" everyone but Kenshin yells.
T.T (Soujiro, and no, Spatial, you can't hug him...sorry)
"Sooooo, why are you here Kenshin?"
"Sessha came to visit you Nikki-dono, that he has."
"Awwww, that is so sweet. Thank-you!" Nikki pulls him into a hug and then separates from him, with a playful gleam in her eye, "Kenshin...what do you have behind your back?"
"Sessha has nothing but some roses behind his back for a certain mafia boss's daughter who got injured while fighting off possession, that he does. But come to think of it, Sessha can't seem to find her, that he can't" Nikki giggles and punches him in the shoulder and he hands her the bouquet of roses. She accepts them with squeal and a hug, and gives Kenshin a sharkie. (Me: Hee, LOL) They both laugh some more as Kenshin fixes his ponytail.
"You should leave your hair down, it looks good like that."
"Same to you Nikki-dono."
"Nah. It gets in my way too much."
"But at the night club it looked cute. Just like you Nikki-dono." Spatial catches the gaze of Kaoru and Battousai.
"Chemistry." she mouths and they nod in agreement. Derek clears his throat.
"If you'll excuse me, I have to go make a phone call. See ya later Nikki." Nikki waves bye-bye, "Nice meeting you guys too." and he leaves the room.
Out in the hallway...(blahDerek speaking blah person on the phone speaking )
Derek flips open his Motorola and speed dials number one.
"Yo. Enishi. It's me."
"Finally! Did you kill her?"
"No, dammit, her reflexes are too sharp. I tried making a clean slit of her throat, but I caught the attention of her friends. It was really annoying."
"You do know, when she finds out that her childhood sweetheart is out to kill her, she'll be crushed."
"Who cares, she'll be dead." (Me: (holds back any readers who want to kill Derek on the spot) Down girl/guy.)
"Good point."
"So, what do you want me to do?"
"Earn her and her friend's trust then kill them all."
"Cool. Bye." Derek shuts his phone off and walks away. Luna comes out from around the corner, her face red with anger and her eyes livid. Yes, for those of you who can't put two and two together, she heard the entire phone conversation. And over her dead body, which never would happen because she's an immortal, would she ever let him do anything to hurt those people. Now if you'll excuse her, she has some phone calls to make.
Me: (does a little jig) I'm done, woot! And my babysitting job went fine, for those of you who wished me good luck. Though playing hide-and-seek for TWO HOURS is not my idea of fun.
Ariel: Sucker.
Me: -.- Review responses.
Reignashii- Do you get any of the words coming out of my mouth? Are you getting what I'm saying now? DO YOU SPEAK A FOREIGN LANGUAGE! Heh, LOL. And what do you mean sidetracking a bit? Don't you mean a lot? Cause it really was a lot. LOL
Spatial- Thanks for leaving him barely alive...I think. Poor Enishi, I wouldn't wish that on him...wait,...yeah, I wouldn't wish that on him. Kikyo, of course, Enishi, sorry. No.
Evil-chan- Okay! (Sweatdrops) You're Evil-chan. Yeesh. And let your friends know that they now have help. Every time you're self-abusive...I'll...I'll, HUG YOU! MWAHAHAHAHA! Ariel: NOOO! NOT THE HUGS! FEAR THE HUGS!
Jou-chan- Do not worry, everyone is fine...especially our beloved Kaoru (LOL). Lots of randomness in this one. Next chappie. SANOUSKE'S LITTLE HOSPITAL VISIT.! No one's gonna get better that way. (Sighs)
inuwolf04- I know! YAY! (Jumps with you)
Me: And if you have any questions, just ask in your reviews and I'll be glad to answer them in a little segment I like to call...Why Me: Unsheathed (o.0 How the hell did I come up with that?). Please R and R!