RedRoseKitsune: I noticed a couple mistakes in this chapter, so I fixed them a re-posted this chapter. New and improved chapter 13!

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RedRoseKitsune: Hello, everybody! Since I couldn't update in so long, I worked extra hard and extra long on this extra-long chapter! Enjoy! The chapter switches from two different points of view: Rose at the hospital, and later, Kurama at school.

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Disclaimer: I (sadly) do not own Yu Yu Hakusho or Kingdom Hearts. I do, however, own all of my original characters. I borrowed names from Ayashi no Ceres, DN Angel, Fushigi Yuugi, and Full Moon wo Sagashite for some of them, though.

Chapter 13- Recovery

The next morning, Rose woke up and looked at the clock. It read 6:30 am. She looked over at Kurama, and he had fallen asleep in his chair. Strands of his crimson hair had fallen in his face, over his eyes. Rose reached up and gently brushed the hair away. She placed her hand on his cheek, and it was wet.

"Tears…?"

Kurama stirred, and Rose quickly drew her hand away. He blinked a few times, and turned his head to look at her.

"Morning… Rose."

Rose smiled. "Good morning, Kurama."

Kurama placed his hand on his cheek, and felt his tears. He blushed, and frantically began wiping them away. Rose gently took his hand, and lowered it to his lap. She then wiped the remainder of his tears away.

"S-sorry…" he mumbled in embarrassment.

Rose took his hand again, and held it in hers. She gazed into his large emerald eyes, and he looked back into her larger pale sapphire ones. Kurama's face became even more flushed.

"Kurama… Are you alright?" Rose placed her hand back on his cheek, and stroked it.

"Don't worry, it's nothing. Just a bad dream." he took her hand and smiled, as best as he could.

Rose dropped the subject. She figured he would tell her the details when he wanted to.

"It's about 6:30. You should probably go home to get ready for school."

Kurama glanced at the clock, and reluctantly stood up.

"Alright. I'll see you after school, okay?"

Rose nodded. "Okay. Bye, Kurama."

"Bye, Rose." Kurama closed the door behind him gently.

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When Kurama got to school, Riku was nowhere to be found. He spotted Kairi over by the flagpole, and walked over to her.

"Morning, Kairi."

"Oh, hey Kurama. I called your house yesterday, but your mom said you were out. Everything okay?"

Kurama shook his head, and laughed. "Don't worry, Kairi. I was just visiting Rose, that's all. By the way, have you seen Riku this morning? He wasn't hanging around the water fountains flirting with girls like he normally does, when he's not late."

Kairi laughed. "I dunno, he's probably late. Even though he said something about trying to be late less often, I doubt he's going to actually do anything about it."

Kurama smiled. "That's just like Riku."

Just then Sora walked up. "Hey, guys, what's up?"

"Hey, Sora." Kurama nodded.

Kairi blushed. "Oh! H-hi, Sora. How are you?"

Sora smiled. "I'm good, Kairi, how about you?"

"I'm good."

"Cool."

The warning bell rang.

Sora shifted his backpack to his other shoulder. "C'mon, let's go. I'll walk you to Homeroom, Kairi."

Kairi blushed and smiled. "Okay. Bye, Kurama."

"See ya, Kurama." Sora called as he and Kairi walked into the front entrance.

Kurama waved goodbye. He waited around for Riku for a couple more minutes, until the final warning bell rang. Kurama sighed, turned and walked into the building.

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Rose had just finished her breakfast and placed the tray on her bedside table when there was a knock at the door.

"Come in!" she called.

The door opened, and in walked…

"Riku?!" Rose exclaimed.

He grinned. "Hey, Rose what's up?"

"B-but, I thought there was-"

Riku interrupted her. "School today, yeah. But I skipped to come spend the day here with you."

"But, you could get in trouble. Besides, Kurama told me that your grades aren't the best right now. Is skipping school the best idea?"

Riku's eye twitched. "Kurama… I'll get you!"

"Don't worry, I'm good. I rather spend my day with you than stupid old school, anyway!" he laughed.

Rose blushed lightly. "What? I'm embarrassed… But, I thought I liked Kurama?"

She regained her composure, and smiled. "Thank you, Riku."

Riku blushed. "Oh, god, her smile's so beautiful… If she does that again, I'll probably go and make a fool of myself! Pull yourself together, Riku."

"Hellooo, Earth to Riku! You in there?" Rose waved her hand in front of Riku's bright red face.

It startled Riku, and he fell back in the chair he had sat in. He landed with a loud 'crash!'

"Owowow…"

"Omigosh, Riku, are you okay?" Rose leaned over in her bed to look down a Riku, who was sprawled out on the floor.

Riku put his hand to his head. "Ugh… Yeah, I think so."

"Darn it, I made a fool of myself! Stupid Riku! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!"

"Keep that up, and you'll end up in the hospital, too." Rose giggled.

Riku stood up, and returned the chair to its original position. The door opened, and Rose and Riku looked up. Dr. Mikami walked in.

"Good morning, Miss Rose." he greeted.

"Good morning, Doctor."

"Oh, Mr. Riku, what brings you here? Shouldn't you be in school…?"

Riku bowed. "U-um, about that…"

Dr. Mikami smiled, and shook his head. "You don't need to worry about it. I'll let you stay… But just for today."

Riku bowed deeply. "Thank you, Doctor."

Dr. Mikami glanced over at Rose. "I've been looking over my records. You are recovering very quickly. At best, you will be allowed to leave the hospital tomorrow morning. As long as you promise to take some antibiotics for a few weeks."

Rose's face lit up. "Really?! I can leave tomorrow?! That's sooo awesome! Thank you so much, Doctor!" she paused. "Um, if I wasn't unable to get out of bed, I'd be giving you a giant hug right now."

Riku laughed and said, "Whew! Dr. Mikami is saved from Rose's Hug of Doom!" he joked.

Rose threw her pillow and hit Riku square in the face. "Shut up. I can still get you, you know. I have plenty of pillows to chuck. Along with, should I say, heavier objects… Like my bedside clock."

"Da da dum!" Riku added to the end of her sentence. Rose threw another pillow at his head.

He pulled it of his head and grumbled, "I'm getting really sick of this…"

"Then don't taunt her!" Doctor Mikami joked.

He walked towards the door. "I'm going to bring you your lunch today, so I can show you how to add the antibiotics to your food. See you two around 12:00." Dr. Mikami closed the door behind him.

Once Riku was sure that he was gone, he picked up one of the pillows that Rose had thrown at him and lightly hit her with it.

"Hey, you're not allowed to hit a girl!" Rose joked.

He stuck out his tongue at her. "Fine, be that way."

"Fine." She stuck out her tongue back.

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After school, Kurama, Sora, Kairi, Naminé, Roxas, Hiei, and Botan all headed over to the hospital. Yukina had explained that her mother needed extra help around the house this week, and she had to come straight home every day. Yusuke had flunked yet another math test, so Keiko was taking him over to her house to tutor him.

On the way there, Kurama called Riku's house on his cell phone, to see if he was feeling better. It rang a few times, and then Riku's mother answered.

"Hello?"

"Hi, this is Kurama, one of Riku's friends from school. Is Riku there? He missed school today."

"What?! I'm sorry Kurama, but did you say that Riku missed school?"

"Yes, ma'am, that is what I said. Is there a problem?"

"Riku isn't sick. He left this morning, same as usual. Oh god, what if he ran away from home, or was hurt on the way to school, or abducted by aliens…" she began to sob.

"Um, ma'am, please calm down. I'm sure nothing's happened to Riku." Kurama frantically spoke.

"Especially not that last one. Abducted by aliens? I think Riku's mom's been watching too many sci-fi movies."

Riku's mother stopped sobbing, except for the occasional hiccup or sob here or there. "Please, could you do me a favor? Could you look for my Riku? And call me when you find him? And tell him how much I'm worried about him and that he is in serious trouble when he gets home-"

Kurama cut her off. "Yes, ma'am, don't worry. I'll call you as soon as I find him."

Riku's mother hung up with a loud click. Kurama closed his cell phone, and put it back in his pocket.

"Looks like we have a 'Riku's been abducted by aliens' situation on our hands." Kurama sighed.

Sora laughed. "That was the first time you've ever called Riku's house isn't it? I've called and been over Riku's house tons of times, and I can tell you… His mom's a little cooky."

"A little?" Roxas exclaimed. "Try a lot." he joked.

Naminé pinched his arm. "Come on, Roxas, be nice."

"Ow, Naminé, that hurt!" Roxas whined.

"Wimp." Kairi laughed.

"Naminé's Pinch of Doom!" Sora screamed.

Kairi clapped her hands over her ears. "Jeez, Sora, not so loud!" She pulled on a clump of his spiky hair.

"Owow, that hurt, too Kairi!" Sora whined.

"You're just as wimpy as Roxas, Sora!" Botan laughed.

"…" Hiei was silent, not caring to join the conversation.

"Jeez, Hiei, you're so gloomy." Botan poked Hiei in the back of the head. No response. She poked him again. His eye twitched. She poked him again, and he turned around.

"Stop." he growled.

"Fine," Botan pouted, "but only 'cause I'm nice!"

"Uh huh…" Hiei mumbled.

Everyone except Hiei laughed. He just huffed and gloomily said,

"Hm."

That made everyone laugh even harder. Kurama managed to stop laughing long enough to say, "Guys, we're here."

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Rose was listening to Riku tell crazy stories about his mom.

"…and when she walked in the door and saw my little brother covered in the glitter I left on the counter, she freaked! She was all like, 'Riku, clean up the mess your brother made right this instant!' I was grounded for two weeks! TWO WEEKS!"

Rose laughed. Riku had been telling her the most random stories she had ever heard. Just as she was about to say something, the door opened, and Kurama walked in.

"Riku?!" he gasped. Everyone else walked in to see what was wrong, and their mouths dropped open.

Riku scratched the back of his head. "Uh, hi guys!"

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