Disclaimer: I don't own Samurai Champloo and never will, sadly. This goes for all my chapters. AN: Sorry last chapter turned into a 3rd person POV for some reason. Lol.

Chapter 4: Don't Die!

I couldn't believe what I heard. I still keep telling myself that I had heard things for some unknown reason. Maybe it was because of some hidden desire for the day those words would come out of Mugen's mouth? I don't think so...but then again, I didn't think I would fall head over heels for Jin either. It had to be me hearing something I wanted to hear. Mugen would never say something like that. But...after the little encounter with him...I'm beggining to doubt that I didn't hear it.

I sighed and walked into the hotel. I had to forget about what had happened before I went insane trying to figure out what had happened. What greeted me, however, when I walked into my room, was even more shocking. Jin lay there, coughing up blood and looked like he was in terrible pain. I dropped the bucket full of warm water and the medical supplies and rushed over to him as quickly as my legs could carry me.

"Jin!" I shouted worriedly, trying to wake him up. "Jin!"

No matter how much I shouted or shook him, he would not wake up. He just lay there, cringing, holding his chest, and coughing up blood. He must've been totally unconcious. That had to be it. All I knew was I had to help him. I couldn't let my love die like the flame on a candle.

"Jin, please live," I mumbled.

I took off his bloodied shirt to see if his wound had opened. My worst fears were realized as I dropped his shirt to the ground in shock. Jin wound had indeed opened, but it wasn't the cause of his pain. His wound was barely even bleeding. Jin was bleeding from the inside. Something was terribly wrong.

"F-fuu..." I looked down to see Jin trying to talk. It was barely even a whisper.

"Jin!" I shouted, crying. "Don't die! Tell me what's wrong! JIN!"

"Fuu...it...was...Mugen..." Jin said through gasps.

"No!" I said, shaking my head. "You two may not get along, but he wouldn't draw his sword against an injured man."

"Mugen..."Jin insisted.

As soon as the wored had escaped his lips, Jin passed out. H stopped coughing, but his chest wound had fully opened and he had lost alot of blood. I rushed to get the medical equiptment I had dropped. After I had cleaned his wound and bandaged him, I felt his forehead.

"Oh, no!" I gasped. "He's running a fever!"

I ran outside as quickly as possible and refilled the bucket, this time with cold water. I wrung out the wash cloth, folded it, then put it on Jin's forehead. I lowered my head to his chest and checked his heart beat. Phew. He's going to be okay...but why is he so cold? The warmth had left Jin's body, and fast. He needed to regain his warmth! I ran and took all the blankets I could find and put them on Jin. When I felt his shoulder...he was still ice cold! I went and found pillows, sheets, and clothing and piled them all on top of Jin. he was still cold! Fear came over me. I began to think he might die, when an Igea came to me.

Blush rose to my cheeks at this new thought...but Jin needed my body heat. Quickly, as my face grew redder, I took off my shirt. I got down into the mess of blankets, sheets, pillows, and clothes and snuggled with Jin. Our bare chests touched and I wrapped my arms around him. If not for the circumstances, this would have been the happiest moment in my life, but right then the thought of Jin dieing...

Jin! Please don't die! And if you wouldn't mind...don't wake up any time soon...not until you're warm and I'm...decent...My face probably got as red as it could at the thought of Jin waking up and finding me with my shirt off, on top of him. Oh! How embarrassing!

And as fate would have it, after I finished that thought...Jin did indeed wake up...

"Fuu?" He said, startled. I knew he could feel my breasts on him.

"I-"

"Hmm...you were trying to save me, correct?" He asked.

"Hai," I nodded.

"Hmm," He said. I took it as a 'thank you'.

But just when I was beggining to feel happy...my luck turned out to not be so 'lucky' after all. As I heard the door slide open, I turned my head in surprise to find...mugen.

"Fuu!" Mugen shouted, eyes wide with shock.

"M-Mugen!" I stuttered. "It-it's not what it looks like!"

Wait! Why do I care what it looks like? Isn't this what I want? No. It couldn't be...could it? Do I actually like Mugen, too?

Mugen turned around and ran away. Though I wanted too, i could do nothing about it. Even if I left Jin, I knew Mugen wouldn't listen to me. Now he probably hated me and hated Jin even more...I didn't know what to do. My mind was confused...as well as my heart.

So how was it? Review please! Sorry it took so long to update, but I had to think of an idea of what I wanted to happen!