Rin: well it would seem that StarFix has someone new to thank…

Shut up you! It's not my fault that I keep getting such nice reviews! Thanks a jillion Jikufurido for telling me that you like how the plot is going. To think when I wrote my first fic I didn't even…

Rin: No one cares about this StarFix, just disclaim already!

Shut up dammit! (Sighs) I own nothing, but the plot and Rin's mean ass.

Rin: You do not! (looks at his ass) And my ass is NOT mean!!!!

Chapter Seven: OH HOLY SHIZZ!!!

(Still Rin POV)

When Rin fell asleep after his talk with Hanai he knew that Abe would do so too. It was some information about their condition that he purposefully withheld. Rin didn't doso in malice, he just wanted a little time to have some fun then he'd let Nishihiro break the hypnotic spell that tethered him to the world.

He was, however, pleasantly surprised to wake up still on the practice field with the entire team clustered around him.

"Fuck, fuck, fuckity, fuck, fuck, fuck!" he swore as he tried to smother himself.

"Whoa, language, Mihashi!" Mizutani warned, unsure of who he was talking to.

"S-sorry I… bad dream… where am i?" Rin asked a la Ren perfectly.

"I got this guys, go handle Abe," Hanai ordered, waving the rest of the team away.

"Did Abe fall asleep around the same time I did?" Rin whispered to Hanai. The captain nodded and pointed to the grumbling catcher who was lying in the dugout.

"What's wrong?" he asked. Even though Hanai wasn't exactly sure of why Rin was acting so strange he instinctively knew that Rin wanted no one else to hear this. Then it dawned on him, "aren't you supposed to be back to normal?"

Rin nodded, his head in his hands, he was confused to how this could happen. This was impossible beyond mean and measure.

Then the panic set in. what if he slipped up and Ren's parents noticed some small detail about him that was off. It would be back to the loony bin!

"I'm fine," he exhaled finally, standing to meet his captain's eye. "I'll figure this out somehow, but I would really like it if you didn't mention this to anyone."

Hanai nodded, "I won't, and Abe's coming over here."

"MIHASHI!!!!" the catcher roared. Rin rolled his eyes and cowered behind Hanai. Normally that wasn't something that Ren would do seeing as he was just as afraid of Hanai as he was of Abe.

***

When Rin arrived at home that evening he was moving so fast that he didn't notice a car parked right outside. He didn't notice the laughter coming form the living room when he ran up the stairs.

"Ren, come down and say hello to your grandfather," their mother called.

He did, however, hear that.

All of Rin's nerves were on edge. Every fiber of his being was about to sprint out the door and bust windows out his car (A/N: OH Yeah, I made that song reference!). Then his breathing got harder, and he knew it was fear. Even though Rin knew that he hadn't existed when the first Rin had, he couldn't help but worry that something would go wrong and he'd end up on a metal table with electrodes strapped to his head…

"Ren, did you hear me?" their mother called again. Rin nodded, though she could not see him, happy that someone woke him up from reliving some of Ren's memories.

"I'll be right there Mom," he replied shakily as he slumped down the stairs one by one.

Each refilled his confidence. He reminded himself that he was the personification of Ren's greatest strengths and jokingly asked himself why he was so afraid of an old man.

Rin almost sauntered into the living room with his completely self confident swagger, but remembered what he needed to do. He slumped over a bit and crouched into himself a little. Now all he needed to do was draw up the excitement that Ren felt when he was near his grandfather. Rin scoffed when he thought about it, the fact that Ren's treatment left him unable to really think bad thoughts about him.

"Hi grandpa!"

***

10:50p.m

Abe was surprised when hiss phone started ringing before he went to sleep. He checked the number and it was indeed Mihashi.

"What's up?" he asked sure that he could be cool and calm.

"MygrandpacameoverandI''mgonnamisspractice," he said quickly.

"SLOW DOWN DAMMIT!" Abe half roared into the phone. It didn't elicit the usual squeak, but the voice on the other end began to explain that his grandfather had some over that evening and wanted him to stay over for a few, possibly three, days.

Because of this he would be missing school and practice for a few days, but it was okay because he'd be at Mihoshi while he was there.

"Wait are you sure you're okay with that?" Abe demanded. He knew that Mihashi wouldn't be, but Sakaeguchi said that asking was the best way to find out things about people rather than assuming.

"Yeah, um I'll be fine and Kano-kun will be there…" he murmured.

Abe finished his conversation with Mihashi, but couldn't help but feel like something was wrong.

***

11:00p.m

Hanai was jus getting down to rest when his cell phone began to ring. He assumed that it might be Tajima trying to talk dirty to him in the night, so he tried to ignore it.

"Hello?" he sighed, ignoring his desire to ignore the phone.

"Yeah, it's me," Rin replied. "I just got off the phone with Abe."

Rin filled in the captain on what he told his catcher.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Hanai whispered, he didn't want to wake his little sisters.

"Hell no, but it's already been decided," Rin sighed. "Plus I don't think the old man is enough to notice me."

Hanai knew that Rin was leaving something out, but didn't press any further. What could go wrong in three days?

Oh yeah, I did a cliffie for my longest chapter ever. This is leading into some of very interesting three days in which…

Rin: Don't tell them!!!!

Fine I won't but I will tell them that things are about to get weird…

Rin: I hate you so much (to readers) Review please and I'll play pony with you