Chapter 5!

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And I should have done this a long time ago, but I'd like to thank my lovely reviewers Shnitzel, GlassxXxHeart and Nimash! Your reviews have brightened my days very much!

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The entire Kichida family was in the waiting room, Ryou had come over with his fiancé Megumi as soon as Kanaye had found the time to. It was the first time Carissa had ever met Megumi, they were fast friends, sitting together.

"I wish we had met under better circumstances." Carissa said, "We'll have to discuss the wedding when Emi's better."

Kanaye was pacing the waiting room, "What if she doesn't get better? What if she goes into a coma? Or is paralyzed from the waist down?" he stopped and gasped, "Or worse, dies!"

Carissa gave her son a funny look and shook her head, "Stop being a pessimist Kanaye."

A doctor walked in, checking a clipboard, "Tell it to us straight, doctor." Kanaye said, running up to him, "Is she going to live?"

The doctor gave him a funny look, similar to the one his mother had just given him, "We've given her a charcoal infusion, and it will absorb the poison. We also gave her diazepam to control the convulsions. If she survives twenty-four hours, then she will recover, but she will be in ICU until then."

"Can we see her?"

"Only a two at a time." The doctor glanced at Kanaye, "But if you want to see her, you have to go by yourself." Everyone was hard pressed not to laugh despite the serious situation.

"I want to go first." Carissa said, standing up.

"I will too." Hiroshi said, glancing at his wife, who shrugged her shoulders in acceptance. He noticed that Tanaka had become more civil towards Emi recently, no doubt due to Kimi.

"I want to see Emi!" Kimi cried.

"You can later." Tanaka promised her.

The ex-married couple followed the doctor down the hall, "You have five minutes, she needs her rest."

Carissa rushed to her daughters' side, "How are you honey?" she stroked her daughters' forehead.

"Mom, you're here." She said, managing a weak smile.

"I'm always here for you when I need you darling."

Emi snorted, "Nice try."

"You know I do try to be there."

Hiroshi came up, "How are you?"

"Everything hurts."

They didn't say anything for the rest of their time, Emi was too tired to speak. When the doctor came in to tell them to leave, Emi asked her mom to call Kyouya and tell him what happened, but for him not to tell anyone else.

"If that's what you want honey." She kissed her daughter on the forehead and followed after her ex-husband who was talking to the doctor in the hallway.

"She had high levels of strychnine in her system. The other food you sent to the lab had it too."

"Thank you."

Carissa followed her ex-husband, "Who's food was it that you tested?"

"Kanaye's food, we're lucky he didn't eat."

"Hm."

"What's with that tone?"

She stopped in the middle of the hallway, "Hiroshi, I don't like this at all. It started out with just Emi, but now Kanaye is at risk? How long until Ryou and Megumi are pulled into this as well?"

"You want something."

"I want to take Emi back to America with me until you catch him."

"You remember the agreement we made when she was a child?"

"Yes, of course, but-"

Kanaye came around the corner before she could finish, "There you are. How's Emi doing?"

Carissa shot a look at her ex-husband that clearly said 'we'll talk later' then told her son about Emi.

Kyouya didn't say a word as Carissa Hayden explained what had happened. Emotions bubbled up inside of him. Anger at the person responsible, fear for Emi's life and confusion because she asked him not to tell anyone.

"Are you still there?"

"Yes, thank you very much for telling me Ms. Hayden."

"You're welcome Kyouya."

Kyouya hung up, his hand a little shaky. 'Calm down Kyouya.' He took a few breaths. Why was the world doing this to him? Sending him on this roller-coaster of emotion, centered around Emi. It was all her fault. Why did she do this to him? He had known her for almost twelve years and it wasn't until she was taken, did these emotions appear.

Life wasn't being very fair to him right now.

But there was a testament to the fact that she has asked him not to tell anyone else. That must count on his side for something.

Or she didn't want to worry Mori-sempai and make him blow their cover.

That was more likely.

There was a powerful urge to call up Mori-sempai and tell him what had happened, but he reasoned not to, 'Do you want her to hate you more than she does right now Kyouya?'

Emi woke up hours later a little disoriented. At first she wasn't sure where she was and why she was there, but it came back to her as she stared up at the stark white ceiling.

"Ah, your awake." A voice in the dim light said.

"Kyouya, is that you?"

He came out of the shadows, "Yes, your mother called me."

Unable to come up with anything better, she simply said, "You're not supposed to be here."

"Are you referring to the fact that you don't want me here, or that the doctors said you needed your rest?"

"What makes you think I don't want you here?"

"You weren't very happy with me earlier."

"Oh Kyouya." She said seemingly affectionate, "Whatever would make you think that? The fact that you betrayed my trust in you or that I was on the verge of all out yelling at you?"

"So I shouldn't have tried to protect you?"

There was a long period of silence; Emi knew he was right but she wasn't planning on admitting it outright. "Did you tell anyone else?" she asked.

"No, I know you don't want to worry them."

"Thanks."

She stared at the ceiling for a long time; she didn't feel like saying anything else to him. Her feelings were still hurt, but she knew Kyouya didn't feel sorry about it so there was no chance of an apology either.

Kyouya walked up to her and put his hand on hers, "Feel better."

"No please?" she said with a grin.

"No, just do it. The Host Club miss you playing, as well as our customers."

She rolled her eyes, "Of course, you would say that."

"Just do it." And he started to walk off.

"Wait, what are you going to use as an excuse for my absence with the Host Club?"

He turned around, "I'll think of something." Then he went out the door.

Emi snorted, 'Dork.'

The next day Tamaki was demanding to go see his new daughter who was at home with Infectious Mononucleosis (aka mono). Kyouya deterred him at all turns and he gave up. Kaoru and Hikaru pestered him with questions on when she would be back. Emi had talked Haruhi into wearing a few dresses so she was one of the greatest people alive in their eyes. Hunni-sempai asked a few questions, but forgot as soon as the cake came out. Mori-sempai sat in his usual window, staring out. His customers were gushing over how 'moe' that was. No one really understand Renge's concept of 'moe' but Renge and her dedicated followers.

When club time was over, Kyouya had plans to go visit Emi and tell her what had happened. Her twenty-four hours were up and she was going home in three days as soon as the doctors said it was okay. He also wanted to talk to the head of the Kichida family, to see if he had caught the one responsible.

As he gathered up her things, Mori-sempai came up to him, "She doesn't have mono."

Kyouya looked up, "That's what she told me."

"She didn't have any of the symptoms of it."

"Like I said, that's what she told me." And he turned and left.

Takashi did not believe him at all; Kyouya was hiding something and Emi was the one who told him to hide it.

This did not set well with him at all.

I had to put the Host Club in there somewhere, I don't write about Tamaki, Kaoru and Hikaru a lot it seems so I just had to get them in there.

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~Cloudy