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The Last Chance: Prologue

Five years, has it really been five years since we left. Left everything that we had known without turning back. With simple a goodbye and then went on our way. It seems much longer than that. So much longer. Perhaps it is because everyday seems to drag on endlessly. It is rare to have more that a cold or sprained ankle.

Back in Tokyo, everyday I had something broken arms, legs, noses, and so on. Ah, Tokyo, the place that seems to have captured my heart. I have tried so hard to forget everything that has happened, Kanryuu and Shishio. It is not just the bad things that I have tried time and time again to forget. It is the people like Karou, Ken-san, Dr. Gensai, Ayame, Suzume, and… my tori-atama. I have tried to move on with my life and have been unable. It seems so strange, I think I have succeeded, but then something reminds me of them and I am back to square one.

The one person whom I thought I would not miss is the one I miss the most. I guess the saying is true, you don't know what you have until it is gone… or is it lost. Either way the tori-atama and our fights and our understandings. It seems odd that I never noticed it before, the way I would always bandage him up even though ever time after he left I promised myself it would be that last time. The way his goofy grin always made me want to smile as well. No, life was never dull with him around and it was rare to see him without a smile. I am a fool. I may be smart like a fox to some, but when it comes to romance I am a complete and utter fool. Even Karou was better at it than I was. Sad I know.

I don't even know why I am bothering to write a diary. I guess it is to help pass the time. I feel like an idiot though. Every time I think about it. It was so obvious to everyone but me. But I guess that is common for people in love, I mean look at Karou and Ken-san. At least Karou knew that she liked Ken-san. I thought that I hated the rooster and that I couldn't stand his guts. Oh yes, mark one up for the fox, since she is soooo much better than the tanuki! It makes me mad just thinking about it. Oh well, it is all in the past and I must move on. Because only one thing is certain he is not coming for me…

Megumi closed her diary and sighed. It was well passed closing time, and if she was going to get up early and look for herbs she had better head back to bed. Megumi stood up and rubbed her sore muscles from the long day. As she glanced out the window she saw the moon. It was a full moon shining brightly with no stars in the sky to make it stand out less. It was a beautiful moon. Megumi briefly wondered if her rooster was looking at the same moon. She shook her head and headed towards her room above the clinic, after thoroughly hiding her 'notebook'.

A/N: Thanks DR4G0lV for giving me the heads up. For those of you that don't know what tori-atama means it is 'rooster-head' or 'rooster'. Megumi calls Sano it all the time ien the Japanese version.

Another thing I forgot to mention is that i will try to update weekly. Or as close to weekly as possible. However sometimes this may not be possible due to my job and other various things. Sorry for any inconvience in the future. I am working on the second chapter as we speak so please hang in there! Thanks!

-Fae