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Chapter Ten
A/N: Geesh! It took y'all NO time! *Holds the plate of cookies lovingly* Oh golly gosh! I'm so very happy! ^_- Okay, I'll make this chapter as long as I can (AKA I'll type until my mom bugs me to do stuff and I get tired of the computer screen)
Kenshin: Oh, yeah. THAT'll take long. You still have to finish Chapter one of the Chronicles!
Dove: Oh shut up!
Kenshin: Why do you even HAVE these Author Notes?
Dove: Read the reviews, moron. They love 'em!
Kenshin: I thought you didn't like people calling me moron?
Dove: I just don't like Hiko. ^-^ Oh yeah, which of you wrote the 'Kaoru kisses Battousai' part?
Sano: Kenshin.
Kenshin: Sano.
Dove: It was you, wasn't it, Kenshin? *Shows a bit of fang*
Kenshin: Yes, yes! Don't hurt me!
Dove: It's not ME you need to worry about..
Kaoru: KENSHIN!!!!!
Everything hurt. All of it. Her arms, her legs, her back, her neck, her stomach, EVERYTHING. It felt like someone had been dropping books on her for a couple of hours.
Kaoru forced her eyes open, feeling pain she'd never had the 'pleasure' of experiencing before. Hello, pain. I don't believe we've really met before. I'm Kaoru Kamiya. I wouldn't say it's a pleasure to meet you, but hello all the same.
The pain was incredible, it stunned her. It kept her from moving, from thinking, from breathing. She managing tiny, irregular gasps. Finally, she disassociated herself. That was the only way, if she didn't the pain would drive her certifiably insane.
A familiar, comforting blackness overtook her. Kaoru fell into it with a grateful feeling. At least SHE wouldn't have to endure the insane pain anymore.
Battousai was very, very worried. Not that he would ever admit it to anyone. Of course not! But as he carried the very much unconcious Kaoru to the living room to wait the doctor's arrival, he felt a slight twinge of panic. Very unassassin-like feelings. Very.
As he set her on the couch, Battousai had a completely random thought, 'I certainly am using a lot of 'verys' tonight..' Misao came in with ice. She put it on Kaoru's neck.
"What are you doing?" He asked, almost angrily.
"Look at her throat, moron. Gosh, Himura! Do you know anything? Don't you see how swollen it is? I'm trying to relieve some of that pain." Battousai nodded, choosing to ignore that she'd called him a moron.
He looked at her cheeks. They were flushed with a severe fever. He didn't keep a thermometer – he didn't get sick! He would guess, though, that she had at least a fever of 100 degrees or higher.
"What is taking her so long?" He growled.
"Patience, Battousai."
"How can I be patient when she is in so much pain!" He shouted, and immediately felt foolish for it. But Aoshi just nodded.
"All you can do is keep a cold compress on her forehead and wait for the best. Oh, and try to keep the blood off of her clothing."
Battousai looked down and saw that Kaoru's nose was bleeding. How annoying. All of her symptoms flaring up like that! He did keep the blood from reaching her clothing, and after a while the blood flow stopped.
Dr. Megumi Takani strode in, took on look at all of the blood-soaked cloths, and knew something was wrong. She raced to the girl on the couch, removing the ice from her throat. She gave her a quick examination.
"We have to get her back to the facilities, Battousai. The Lymph Nodes in her throat are swollen, she's bleeding, she's severely bruised-"
"She has Leukemia, Megumi." Battousai informed her.
"I was getting to that. Come on." She lead the way out the door, and everyone followed. Battousai carried Kaoru.
Sanosuke came out of his apartment to find out what was going on. He came out spouting cheerful things, such as 'What the #@*! Is wrong with you people?' '#@!* What happened to Missy?!' '#*@! I should have noticed! *@!# *@#! #@$!' and a few other choice lyrics.
It went without saying that the cheerful company made quite a bit of racket as they went down to Megumi's van. She sped. In all of her years as a doctor for the syndicate, she had never ACTUALLY broken any laws. But now she was speeding through the busy streets of Tokyo.
In no time, they made it to the 'facilities'. They all proceeded happily inside.
Megumi ran a thorough diagnostics on Kaoru. When she came back out to the somber, waiting crowd, she had a very unhappy expression plastered on her face.
"What's wrong?" Misao asked, as though the doctor's expression wasn't enough.
"She has a severe onset of Leukemia. And to tell you the truth, I don't think she's going to make it unless she has a bone marrow transplant RIGHT NOW." She informed them softly.
"Then lets see who matches!" Sano shouted, raising a fist in jubilation. Megumi stared at them.
"Wait. You mean that you are actually willing to do that? Isn't she that girl you were supposed to kidnap Battousai, who's father is a major enemy of our syndicate branch?" Sano growled at her, eyes darkening.
"She's also a 17-year-old girl who's life can be given back to her by a simple transplant, now c'mon!" He took his 'Aku' jacket off.
Misao rolled her sleeve up, with an excited 'yes, I will to!' Aoshi just silently took his trenchcoat off and rolled the sleeve up. No questions asked, no objections made, no added joy either.
Battousai stared at them all, before he shrugged and took his own jacket off and rolled his sleeve up as well.
Megumi nodded thoughtfully.
"Okay then, if you insist." The looks on everyone's faces warned her to shut up and hurry.
"The results are in!" She called. Immediately everyone rushed into the room.
"Well?" Sano asked.
"Her blood type is very specific. Sanosuke, you don't match. Neither do you, Misao. However, you, Aoshi and you, Battousai DO match. It's up to the both of you. Which will it be?" Her tone was pure doctor now.
"I will." Battousai said with no hesitation what-so-ever. Not only was he eager to find out how it felt to give life instead of take it, he also had 'asked' for Kaoru and therefore owed it to her.
Just before he went under, He saw Kaoru's face contort with pain. And oddly enough, seeing that gave him an odd feeling in his chest. Pain.
"How are they, Megumi?!" Misao asked for about the thirtieth time.
"As I said before, Misao, Battousai is just fine and Kaoru's body is attempting to adjust to this new bone marrow."
"How long until we know?"
"Soon. Now PLEASE shut up!"
Misao pouted her way back to Aoshi, who half-smiled at her face.
Battousai woke up to an odd feeling of weakness, dizziness, and nausea. He sat up, bringing Megumi's attention to him immediately.
"How are you? Feeling okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. How's Kaoru?" His voice betrayed a slight worry. Megumi's face did not show any sort of good news.
"I'm afraid she's sunk into a deep coma, Battousai."
He felt his heart stop.
A/N: Not to good of a cliffie, I know.
Kenshin: Told you she couldn't write much!
Dove: SHUT UP! My boyfriend invited me to go watch fireworks with him tonight, so I'm kinda a little to excited to write any sort of good suspense!
Kenshin: *Smirks*
Dove: *Thwacks him with a bag of marshmellows* Anyhoo, I'm not going to respond to reviewers this time, but I will next chapter. Still taking bribes! *Finishes off the last cookie* And as you can see, I put this up BEFORE I reached 152 reviews. ^_- 160 reviews for chapter eleven. However, even if that is reached, I won't be able to update again tonight. I will tommorrow, though. So, be sure to reach the reviews so I can update really soon!
The party has started. Everyone who got their invitation, feel free to join in! ^-^
Chapter Ten
A/N: Geesh! It took y'all NO time! *Holds the plate of cookies lovingly* Oh golly gosh! I'm so very happy! ^_- Okay, I'll make this chapter as long as I can (AKA I'll type until my mom bugs me to do stuff and I get tired of the computer screen)
Kenshin: Oh, yeah. THAT'll take long. You still have to finish Chapter one of the Chronicles!
Dove: Oh shut up!
Kenshin: Why do you even HAVE these Author Notes?
Dove: Read the reviews, moron. They love 'em!
Kenshin: I thought you didn't like people calling me moron?
Dove: I just don't like Hiko. ^-^ Oh yeah, which of you wrote the 'Kaoru kisses Battousai' part?
Sano: Kenshin.
Kenshin: Sano.
Dove: It was you, wasn't it, Kenshin? *Shows a bit of fang*
Kenshin: Yes, yes! Don't hurt me!
Dove: It's not ME you need to worry about..
Kaoru: KENSHIN!!!!!
Everything hurt. All of it. Her arms, her legs, her back, her neck, her stomach, EVERYTHING. It felt like someone had been dropping books on her for a couple of hours.
Kaoru forced her eyes open, feeling pain she'd never had the 'pleasure' of experiencing before. Hello, pain. I don't believe we've really met before. I'm Kaoru Kamiya. I wouldn't say it's a pleasure to meet you, but hello all the same.
The pain was incredible, it stunned her. It kept her from moving, from thinking, from breathing. She managing tiny, irregular gasps. Finally, she disassociated herself. That was the only way, if she didn't the pain would drive her certifiably insane.
A familiar, comforting blackness overtook her. Kaoru fell into it with a grateful feeling. At least SHE wouldn't have to endure the insane pain anymore.
Battousai was very, very worried. Not that he would ever admit it to anyone. Of course not! But as he carried the very much unconcious Kaoru to the living room to wait the doctor's arrival, he felt a slight twinge of panic. Very unassassin-like feelings. Very.
As he set her on the couch, Battousai had a completely random thought, 'I certainly am using a lot of 'verys' tonight..' Misao came in with ice. She put it on Kaoru's neck.
"What are you doing?" He asked, almost angrily.
"Look at her throat, moron. Gosh, Himura! Do you know anything? Don't you see how swollen it is? I'm trying to relieve some of that pain." Battousai nodded, choosing to ignore that she'd called him a moron.
He looked at her cheeks. They were flushed with a severe fever. He didn't keep a thermometer – he didn't get sick! He would guess, though, that she had at least a fever of 100 degrees or higher.
"What is taking her so long?" He growled.
"Patience, Battousai."
"How can I be patient when she is in so much pain!" He shouted, and immediately felt foolish for it. But Aoshi just nodded.
"All you can do is keep a cold compress on her forehead and wait for the best. Oh, and try to keep the blood off of her clothing."
Battousai looked down and saw that Kaoru's nose was bleeding. How annoying. All of her symptoms flaring up like that! He did keep the blood from reaching her clothing, and after a while the blood flow stopped.
Dr. Megumi Takani strode in, took on look at all of the blood-soaked cloths, and knew something was wrong. She raced to the girl on the couch, removing the ice from her throat. She gave her a quick examination.
"We have to get her back to the facilities, Battousai. The Lymph Nodes in her throat are swollen, she's bleeding, she's severely bruised-"
"She has Leukemia, Megumi." Battousai informed her.
"I was getting to that. Come on." She lead the way out the door, and everyone followed. Battousai carried Kaoru.
Sanosuke came out of his apartment to find out what was going on. He came out spouting cheerful things, such as 'What the #@*! Is wrong with you people?' '#@!* What happened to Missy?!' '#*@! I should have noticed! *@!# *@#! #@$!' and a few other choice lyrics.
It went without saying that the cheerful company made quite a bit of racket as they went down to Megumi's van. She sped. In all of her years as a doctor for the syndicate, she had never ACTUALLY broken any laws. But now she was speeding through the busy streets of Tokyo.
In no time, they made it to the 'facilities'. They all proceeded happily inside.
Megumi ran a thorough diagnostics on Kaoru. When she came back out to the somber, waiting crowd, she had a very unhappy expression plastered on her face.
"What's wrong?" Misao asked, as though the doctor's expression wasn't enough.
"She has a severe onset of Leukemia. And to tell you the truth, I don't think she's going to make it unless she has a bone marrow transplant RIGHT NOW." She informed them softly.
"Then lets see who matches!" Sano shouted, raising a fist in jubilation. Megumi stared at them.
"Wait. You mean that you are actually willing to do that? Isn't she that girl you were supposed to kidnap Battousai, who's father is a major enemy of our syndicate branch?" Sano growled at her, eyes darkening.
"She's also a 17-year-old girl who's life can be given back to her by a simple transplant, now c'mon!" He took his 'Aku' jacket off.
Misao rolled her sleeve up, with an excited 'yes, I will to!' Aoshi just silently took his trenchcoat off and rolled the sleeve up. No questions asked, no objections made, no added joy either.
Battousai stared at them all, before he shrugged and took his own jacket off and rolled his sleeve up as well.
Megumi nodded thoughtfully.
"Okay then, if you insist." The looks on everyone's faces warned her to shut up and hurry.
"The results are in!" She called. Immediately everyone rushed into the room.
"Well?" Sano asked.
"Her blood type is very specific. Sanosuke, you don't match. Neither do you, Misao. However, you, Aoshi and you, Battousai DO match. It's up to the both of you. Which will it be?" Her tone was pure doctor now.
"I will." Battousai said with no hesitation what-so-ever. Not only was he eager to find out how it felt to give life instead of take it, he also had 'asked' for Kaoru and therefore owed it to her.
Just before he went under, He saw Kaoru's face contort with pain. And oddly enough, seeing that gave him an odd feeling in his chest. Pain.
"How are they, Megumi?!" Misao asked for about the thirtieth time.
"As I said before, Misao, Battousai is just fine and Kaoru's body is attempting to adjust to this new bone marrow."
"How long until we know?"
"Soon. Now PLEASE shut up!"
Misao pouted her way back to Aoshi, who half-smiled at her face.
Battousai woke up to an odd feeling of weakness, dizziness, and nausea. He sat up, bringing Megumi's attention to him immediately.
"How are you? Feeling okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. How's Kaoru?" His voice betrayed a slight worry. Megumi's face did not show any sort of good news.
"I'm afraid she's sunk into a deep coma, Battousai."
He felt his heart stop.
A/N: Not to good of a cliffie, I know.
Kenshin: Told you she couldn't write much!
Dove: SHUT UP! My boyfriend invited me to go watch fireworks with him tonight, so I'm kinda a little to excited to write any sort of good suspense!
Kenshin: *Smirks*
Dove: *Thwacks him with a bag of marshmellows* Anyhoo, I'm not going to respond to reviewers this time, but I will next chapter. Still taking bribes! *Finishes off the last cookie* And as you can see, I put this up BEFORE I reached 152 reviews. ^_- 160 reviews for chapter eleven. However, even if that is reached, I won't be able to update again tonight. I will tommorrow, though. So, be sure to reach the reviews so I can update really soon!
The party has started. Everyone who got their invitation, feel free to join in! ^-^