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CHAPTER ONE
"Megumi, why don't you take a walk?" called Dr. Gensai from the next room.
Megumi opened her eyes tiredly. A war had been going on for the past few months, and her amount of patients had been increasing rapidly.
"Yeah, thanks." She called back, getting off the chair.
"I think I'll drop by the Kamiya dojo." She said, closing the door behind her.
Ayame and Suzume trailed after her. "We wanna go too!" they chimed. "We wanna play with Uncle Sano-"
Then they stopped short.
Sanosuke had gone to Nagasaki, a week before the war ended, saying he had business to tend to.
"I'll get you something if I drop by town." Promised Megumi.
They sat back onto the mat, sighing.
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Megumi walked along the empty streets, taking her time. She wanted to think.
Well, what did she think about Kenshin? Cute guy, nice to flirt with, but, he was totally engrossed with Kaoru, so what were her chances?
Kaoru? Easy to anger, nice for teasing. Nothing else.
Yahiko? Cute little kid. Big mouth- for eating and shouting insults.
Sanosuke, then? Older version of Yahiko. Except he was- and Megumi felt embarrassed to admit it, cuter.
Nearing the dojo, Megumi saw a crowd of people gathered there. Police were trying unsuccessfully to ward the crowd off.
"What happened ?" she asked, running up towards them.
An old woman at the back turned and looked sadly up at her.
"I'm really sorry about this, Megumi-san." She said tearfully.
"Why?" she asked.
But the old woman was sobbing into a red handkerchief.
Megumi pushed past the crowd and stopped abruptly as she heard the murmurs that floated in the air.
"…dead……"
"All of them….."
"…..really bloody battle…."
"Battousai's really dead……"
"……the girl too….."
"The boy?"
"…..same…."
Megumi pushed people aside as she tried to make it to the front.
"What happen-"
Her words turned into a terrifying scream as the picture registered in her mind.
Made a few changes. By mistake I replaced this chapter with chapter five, so I had to do it again. Thanks for telling me. Please review.