MEGUMI MADNESS
It was just another day at the clinic. The only difference was that it was unusually busy. There were always patients at the clinic, but not like this. There were so many sick people that you'd swear that Kaoru started mass marketing her cooking.
"Now calm down!" shouted Megumi as she tried to keep the chaos to a minimum. "There's no need to go crazy. Because of the amount of people, I'll treat those with the most severe injuries first."
"I cut my finger!" yelled somebody from the back of the room.
"No," said Megumi irritated. "That is not a severe injury."
Then a man came up to her.
"What's your problem?" she asked him.
"I think I'm dead," he said.
Megumi just gave him this weird look. She could not believe how stupid this person was.
"That's impossible," she said. "You just talked to me, which means you're breathing, which means you're alive."
"Oh, thank Buddha!" said the man.
He then left.
"Come on people," shouted Megumi once again. "This isn't that hard. Those with the most severe injuries, please come forward."
Finally, people who had severe injuries came forward. Megumi then began working on them.
Eventually Megumi got through all her patients. She was pretty stressed out and wanted to take a little break. She sat at her desk to relax for a little bit. Just then, Dr. Gensai came into the room.
"Megumi," said Dr. Gensai. "I have to go to the bathroom. Can you treat my patients while I'm gone? Thank you!"
He then left for the bathroom.
"I can't even take a break," said Megumi as she got out of her chair. "That's the seventh time today. What does that man have? A bladder the size of a rice ball?"
She then went to treat the patients.
After twenty minuets, Dr. Gensai returned. But by that time, Megumi was done with all the patients.
"You're done with all the patients already?" said Dr. Gensai as he came back into the room and looked around. "Why, that's marvelous!"
"I'm going back to my desk," said Megumi. "If you need me, just yell."
She went to her desk and sat down at it. She then put her head down on it.
"I swear he purposely goes to the bathroom so he doesn't have to do any work," she said to herself. "What else can possibley go wrong?"
Towards the end of the day, nobody showed up. Because of this, Dr. Gensai decided that they could close up early.
Megumi packed up her things, and when she was just about to leave, Victor showed up carrying Tommy, who was groaning in pain, over his shoulder.
"Oh, my!" gasped Megumi. "Put him on the examination table."
Victor did just that.
"What happened?" asked Megumi.
"Tommy and I had a bet," said Victor. "I bet him twenty yen that he couldn't eat a whole pound of rotten meat. Well, he went ahead and ate it. Then about an hour later, he got sick. He just lied in our apartment and just complained about his stomach. I then figured out I better bring him here."
"Well," said Megumi. "You did the right thing. It's definitely food poisoning. Besides not being able to move and having stomach pain, did he exhibit any other symptoms?"
Then Tommy let go a huge fart.
"Uh," said Tommy. "I don't think you're going to like what I just did to your table."
"Well," said Victor. "There's one."
Megumi put her hand on her forehead.
"Okay," she said. "Listen. Just give him this medicine and everything should be fine. Though, I would make sure that when you get home, he changes his clothes."
Victor took the medicine and paid her. He then grabbed Tommy and made his way back home.
Megumi got some towels and cleaned up the table. She then got her things and went back home.
"Hey babe," said Sano as Megumi came in the door.
He was sitting at the table reading a newspaper.
"Hello," said Megumi.
She then just walked past him and made a beeline right to the bedroom.
When she got there, she dropped her things on the ground and took off her smock. She then sat on the futon and lay down. She wanted to take a nap.
Sano then came into the room.
"Oh," he said, "By the way. We're going over to Kenshin's for dinner. Kaoru got a new recipe book, and she wants to try out a recipe on us."
He then left.
"Oh, goody!" said Megumi sarcastically to herself. "I get to eat food that's not even prison grade.
She then took her nap.
At around five thirty, Sano came in and woke her up. They both then left for Kenshin's house.
"I'm scared," said Kenji as he and Kenshin were sitting on the porch. "Mom's food could poison us."
"Don't worry," said Kenshin. "Megumi's going to be eating with us and don't forget, she's a doctor. So if anything goes wrong, she'll be there to save our sorry butts."
"But," said Kenji, "What if she gets poisoned?"
"Uh…" said Kenshin, "I never thought of that. Well, I guess if that were to happen, then that'd be it. Consider us dead."
"Oh," said Kenji, "That's nice."
Sano and Megumi then came through the front gate.
"So," said Sano as they came up to them, "What's Kaoru making?"
"I don't know," said Kenshin. "She wouldn't tell us. She wouldn't even let us in the kitchen."
"Oh," said Sano, "That can't be good."
Then there was a familiar voice with the two words that everybody dreaded.
"Dinner's ready!" yelled Kaoru from inside the house.
"Yippee!" said Kenji sarcastically.
"I've seen garbage," said Sano, "That looks more appetizing than her food."
"That women should really stop cooking," said Megumi. "Hasn't she learned by now that you can't be good at everything?"
"Come on," said Kenshin. "The faster we get in there, the faster it will be over with. Oh, yeah. I almost forgot. If Kaoru asks what we think of the food, say its good. I don't feel like starting another war tonight."
Everybody agreed to the plan.
They all then took a deep breath and marched into the kitchen like they were about to die. When they arrived in the kitchen, the food was already laid out on the table. Kaoru was already kneeling at the table waiting for everybody. Her left hand was all bandaged up.
"Oh, Megumi," said Kaoru as everybody came to the table. "I'm sorry to trouble you, but after dinner could you take a look at my hand? I cut myself while I was making it."
"Sure," said Megumi, a little bit irritated
Everybody sat around the table and began to eat.
Kaoru's "surprise" recipe was donburi soboro. It contained oil, minced carrots, scallion, shredded beef, cubes of tofu, spinach, sugar, soy sauce, eggs, and salt.
After a few minuets, Kaoru just had to know what everybody's opinions were of the meal.
"So," said Kaoru. "What does everybody think?"
Everybody then just stopped and looked at each other. Finally somebody said something.
"Uh…it's good," said Kenshin.
"Yeah," said Sano. "What he said."
She then looked at Kenji and Megumi because they didn't say anything.
"Kenji?" said Kaoru. "Megumi? What do you guys think?"
"This is the greatest meal, you've ever made," said Kenji. "You have completely outdone yourself."
"It's very flavorful," said Megumi. "It ranks up there with my cooking."
"Why, thank you!" said Kaoru. "All your opinions mean a lot to me. Since you all enjoy this meal so much, I think I'll make it again."
Kenji, Sano, Megumi, and Kenshin all looked at each other with stern faces.
Throughout the rest of the meal, everybody had his or her usual conversations. Kaoru and Megumi talked about womanly things, while Kenji, Kenshin, and Sano talked about everything else. Then, Kenji remembered something.
"Mrs. Sargara?" said Kenji remembering his manners.
"Yes, Kenji," said Megumi.
"Earlier today," said Kenji, "I was messing around with some bokkens in the dojo and I got a splinter in the palm of my hand. I tried to get it out, but I couldn't. Could you get it out for me?"
"Yes," said Megumi clinching her jaw. "After I treat your mother's cut, I'll get that splinter out of your hand."
"Ooh," said Kenshin. "That reminds me. I've had this strange rash on my butt for about a week now. Could you take a look at it?"
"Yes," said Megumi, who was now nearly at the end of her rope. "After dinner, I can also take a look at that too."
Since everybody was going to get treated for injuries after supper, Sano thought that it would be a good time to reveal his problem.
"Hey, Megumi," said Sano. "Before you got home, I dropped a log on my foot and there's a bruise. After were done eating, can you give me some of those pain reducing herbs?"
Megumi then lost it.
"I can't take it anymore!" she yelled as she stood up. "I have had enough of people and their stupid injuries and sicknesses!"
She then looked at Kaoru.
"I can't believe how stupid you are!" she said. "I'm surprised that you haven't injured yourself worse while cooking. And just for the record, this is absolutely the worst meal you have ever cooked. I didn't think that your cooking could get any worse, but I was wrong. And you!"
She then looked at Kenji.
"You're just a dumb brat," she said. "You mess around with those stupid bokkens when you're not supposed too, and get a splinter. Then you expect me to remove it? Well, I'm not going to bail you out of this one. Let it sit in your hand so your hand can get infected."
She then gave her attention to Kenshin.
"And you are the most brainless person I know," she said. "How in the hell do you get a rash on your butt? That doesn't even make any sense. All I can say is that there is no way I'm going to treat that. It's disgusting, and I don't have to deal with disgusting things. Go to Dr. Gensai. Maybe he'll give a damn."
She then stared Sano right in the eyes.
"You're the most immature person I know," she said. "You're such a baby. You injure yourself, and then expect me to take care of it. Don't you have enough balls to take care of your fricking injuries? I'm glad that log fell on your foot. Maybe it'll teach you to grow up and act like a man."
She then was about to leave, when Sano stood up and grabbed her sleeve.
"Whoa," said Sano. "Calm down."
"Let go of me!" she yelled.
She turned around and punched him in his stomach.
"Uh!" he yelped.
He then fell to his knees holding his stomach
Megumi then left the room and slammed the door behind her.
"What just happened?" asked Kenji.
"I can't believe it," said Kaoru.
"Me either," said Kenshin. "I can't believe that Megumi beat up Sano."
"Not that you idiot!" said Kaoru. "I can't believe that Megumi just lost her mind and broke down. She's usually very patient and easy going."
"Looks like we'll have to put her down," said Kenshin.
Then he turned towards Kenji.
"Kenji," said Kenshin. "This is another fine example of why you should never get married. When a woman needs help, we have to sacrifice our lives for them. But when a man needs help, they'll just let us die. That's the law of nature."
"What do we do now?" asked Sano.
"If it was up to me," said Kenshin. "I'd go gambling, but Kaoru would take bets on how fast she could kill me. So it looks like we'll have to go find her and talk to her."
"I want to come," said Kenji.
"No Kenji," said Kenshin. "Dealing with wives is a job for professionals and Buddha knows I'm not a professional, but I live with your mother so that has to count for something."
Kenshin went into his bedroom and got his sakabatou and sheath. Then he came back to the kitchen.
"Let's ride Zansa," said Kenshin.
They decided to go to Sano's house because it seemed like a good place for her to go. They walked through the front door cautiously. Kenshin had his sakabatou ready and Sano was prepared to us his Futae No Kiwami.
They found her in the master bedroom getting out a roll of bandages. She turned towards Kenshin and Sano.
"Look," said Megumi, "People can take care of their own injuries; I can."
She started to roll bandages around herself. It got to the point where she looked like a mummy. She ran through the bedroom wall screaming and ended up outside. She kept running.
"Megumi!" shouted Sano. "Come back!"
"Trust me, you don't want her back now," said Kenshin.
Megumi ran all the way down to the marketplace. She was shoving people out the way screaming. A sword policeman standing against a shop saw her.
"Holy crap, the dead have risen from the earth to feast upon the living," said the sword policeman in his head. "Oh wait, it's just some psycho woman running around in bandages. Still, I should get some backup for this one."
He ran to get some help.
Back at the Kamiya dojo, Sano and Kenshin were talking with Kaoru.
"So, she's okay right?" asked Kaoru.
"She's crazier than Dr. Gensai," said Sano.
Kaoru put her hand over her mouth.
"Oh no," she said.
"I think it's best to let her wear herself out," said Kenshin.
Sano started to shake Kenshin.
"We have to stop her before she hurts herself or someone else," he said.
"Yeah," said Kenshin, "But first we have to figure out where she would go though."
They all then looked at Sano.
"Why are you staring at me?" asked Sano.
"Well," said Kenshin, "Since you're her husband, you know the most about her. So, you should have the best idea of where she'd go."
"Come on guys," said Sano. "I have no idea. The only thing I know is that since she loves shopping, she'd probably be at the Kikouken."
"To the Kikouken!" yelled Kenshin as he pointed towards the door.
Meanwhile, Megumi was still wondering around the city in her bandages. While running down the road, everybody just stared at her and tried to make sense of what was going on. After nearly pushing somebody through a rice paper wall of a building, she turned around the corner. Waiting on the other side was the sword policeman who saw her earlier along with his backup.
"There's the psycho lady!" yelled the policeman.
"Oh my Buddha!" screamed another. "It's hideous!"
"After her!" screamed another.
They all charged at her with their swords drawn.
Megumi quickly ran the other direction. Throughout this, she kept thinking of a place to hide. Then, an idea struck her. She ran to an apartment complex. She then found the door she was looking for and knocked on it.
"I'm coming," said the person inside. "Don't get your knickers in a twist."
The door then opened up. Standing there was none-other-then Katsu.
"Megumi?" he said completely dumbfounded.
She pushed him aside and flew in the door. She then slammed it shut.
"Uh…did you accidentally take your own medicine?" he asked still dumbfounded.
She then put her hand over his mouth.
"Be quiet," she whispered. "They're after me."
Just then, the group of policemen walked past the door.
"She went down this way," said the policeman who saw her earlier. "Remember, we must bring her back alive or dead, preferably alive."
Megumi and Katsu waited till the policemen passed his apartment and went further down the road. Megumi then took her hand of his mouth.
"Okay," she said. "We're safe."
"Let me guess," said Kastu. "This is one of you and Sano's little weird games, right?"
"No," she said. "The sword policemen were after me because I'm the only one who can overthrow the government."
"What?" asked Katsu.
"See," said Megumi with a gleam in her eyes, "I have an army of demons from the brawls of hell. I had a plan where I would use them to topple the government. I would then become the new ruler of Japan. Then, as my first order of business, I would combine this country with China and form a super nation. That way, I would be unstoppable from conquering the northern hemisphere."
"What about the southern hemisphere?" asked Katsu.
"I don't care about that one," said Megumi. "It sucks."
"But," said Katsu. "We live in the southern hemisphere."
"Enough," said Megumi. "I grow weary of talking to you. I'll be on my way."
She then opened up the door and ran back out.
"Hey," yelled Katsu as he stepped outside. "Can I join your army? I'd make a great general. I even have bombs. Oh, whom am I kidding? She's gone."
He then went back inside and closed the door.
While this was going on, Kenshin, Kenji, Sano, and Kaoru were making their way to the Kikouken. When they reached it, Kenshin threw open the door, and jumped in.
"Everybody, stop what you're doing!" said Kenshin. "We have reason to believe that Megumi may be hiding here."
Tomoe, who was in the middle of putting out some new kimonos, just gave them all a blank stare. Finally, she uttered something out
"Megumi?" she said. "Hiding here? What are you talking about?"
"Don't play dumb with me," said Kenshin. "Now where is she?"
"Uh…Kenshin," said Kaoru. "You can see the entire store. She's not here."
"Didn't you listen to me?" said Kenshin. "I said that she might be hiding here."
"There's no place to hide!" said Kaoru.
"Shows what you know," said Kenshin.
He then gave his attention to Kenji and Sano.
"I want you two to search this place from top to bottom," said Kenshin.
Meanwhile, Megumi got hungry from all her running. She headed down to the Akabeko for food. She went up to the front entrance and then ducked behind one of the corners. After a few minutes, a man came walking up to the restaurant. Megumi jumped out from the corner and snuck of behind him. She grabbed him from behind.
"How do I achieve proper access into this proprietorship?" said Megumi.
"I'll never tell you," said the man.
Megumi twisted his neck.
"Ah," squealed the man.
"I think it would be in your best interest to comply," said Megumi.
"You use the front door," said the man.
"Where is it?" asked Megumi.
"Right in front of you," said the man.
Megumi smacked the man in the back of the head and he fell over. She crouched down and slowly made her way into the restaurant. She snuck into the kitchen and found the room where they stored the food. She started to eat everything in sight. A few minutes later Tsubame came into the kitchen. She heard a lot of noise coming from the storage room, so she walked over to investigate. She found Megumi in there eating a bag of rice.
"Miss Megumi?" asked Tsubame. "What's going on?"
"Be quite," said Megumi. "You might scare away the invisible shadows that are chasing vibrantly colored geometric shapes in an infinite void. If you free your mind you can see them too."
Tsubame started to walk backwards just staring at Megumi. Then she turned around and flew out of the kitchen.
Megumi then went back to her eating frenzy.
A few minuets later, Tsubame returned with Tae.
"Megumi," said Tae as she slowly walked up to her. "Are you okay?"
"Back off!" snapped Megumi.
"She's scary," said Tsubame, who was standing by the door.
"Now Megumi," said Tae. "You can't eat all this food. It's for the customers. Also, I think it would be in your best interest if you went and got some help. I can notify Sano, and he can take you to…"
"I said back off!" snapped Megumi again.
Tae was getting angry and she didn't know what to do. Finally, an idea came to her mind. She grabbed a broom that was lying against the wall and whacked Megumi in the head with it.
"Ahhh!" screamed Megumi, as Tae pummeled her with the broom. "Curse you!"
She then ran out the back door and wandered around the city some more.
"What just happened?" asked Tsubame as she came up to Tae.
"Apparently," said Tae, "Megumi went completely insane. Now, let's never speak of this again."
While walking down the street she saw Tommy and Victor. They noticed her and came up to her.
"I feel a lot better," said Tommy. "That medicine worked like a charm."
"Quit playing your mind games," said Megumi. "I know you've been sent from the government to thwart my plan. Now we must fight but since this is a turn based strategy game, we'll have to take turns attacking each other."
Megumi held up a piece of dirt.
"Let's roll this mystical die I posses to see who attacks first," said Megumi. "The person who rolls the highest number goes first."
Tommy fell over, curled up into a ball, and started to shake.
"Turn based strategy game," said Tommy. "Turn based strategy game, turn based strategy game, turn based strategy game…"
"No!" shouted Victor. "Megumi, you just ruined months worth of therapy in a microsecond."
"I guess I win by default," said Megumi.
She walked away.
Meanwhile, Kenji, Kaoru, Sano, and Kenshin were running down one of the streets. They had just finished searching the Kikouken.
"Dad," said Kenji while they were running. "That Tomoe sure can move fast. Right before you were going to dig through the stack of new kimonos, she tackled you like nothing."
"Yeah," said Kenshin. "I had no idea she had such speed and strength. I guess that proves that your mother isn't the only manly woman in town. Hey, where is your mother?"
They all stopped and looked around. They then spotted her a couple yards behind them. She was hunched over and was panting heavily.
"Oh, gees," said Kenshin. "We don't have time for this. Sano, get down there and carry her."
"Why do I have to?" said Sano. "She's your wife."
"She may be," said Kenshin, "But I'm not strong enough to do that task. You're the only one here that's capable. So, will you help a weakling like me out?"
"I am pretty strong, aren't I?" said Sano with a smirk. "Sure, I'll help you out. Now, stand aside weakling and watch a real man in action."
He then ran to get Kaoru.
"You can't possibly mean that?" said Kenji.
"Of course not," said Kenshin. "The real reason is because I'm too lazy to."
Sano got to Kaoru and put his arm around her and hoisted her off the ground. He then carried her back to Kenshin and Kenji. (To make this easier to understand, he carried her like he carried Yumi in the Kyoto Arc). After Sano returned, they continued on their way.
"Put me down!" said Kaoru as she was bouncing up and down. "I'm not incapacitated!"
"Be quiet," said Sano. "I have to do this. We can't let you slow us down."
They continued to run down the street. Then in the distance, Tommy and Victor were walking towards them. Tommy was shaking.
"Have you seen Megumi?" said Sano as they came up to them.
"Yes," said Victor. "She wanted to challenge us to a turn based strategy fight. She single handedly undid months of therapy for Tommy."
"I just can't understand it," said Tommy. "I just can't understand why turn based strategy games still exist. It's an obsolete form of video games. When will people learn?"
"Do you know where she went?" said Sano.
"I have no idea," said Victor. "She just ran off."
"Well," said Sano, "Thanks anyway. Hey, would you be interested in helping to find her. We need all the people we can get."
"Okay," said Victor. "We have nothing else to do."
"Must destroy turn based strategy games," said Tommy.
Tommy and Victor joined their search party. They then all continued on the massive hunt for Megumi.
Megumi was still wondering around the city. She was trying to figure out what to do next, but she couldn't come up with anything. She then passed by the clinic.
"Hmm," said Megumi to herself. "I have an idea."
She went up to it and went inside.
"We have to find her," said Sano as they were all running down the street. "It's getting dark."
"I know," said Kenshin. "Besides, I'm getting tired."
"Yeah," said Victor. "I'm getting tired as well. Plus my attention span is wearing thin."
"Your attention span is wearing thin," said Tommy. "Mine is already gone."
"Tommy," said Victor. "You're okay!"
"Of course," said Tommy. "In order to get out of my mental state, I just decided that I'm right about turn based strategy games, and everybody else is wrong about them."
They then got to the clinic. Outside the building, there was a group of people standing around. Also, the sword policemen group that was chasing Megumi earlier was there.
"What's going on?" said Kenshin as they went up to the policemen.
"That psycho lady," said one of the policemen, "Barricaded herself in the clinic with Dr. Gensai and his two grandchildren."
"All right men," said the leader of the group. "Draw your swords. Once we get inside, we're going to have to take her down fast. Now, everybody to your positions."
"What a shame," said Victor. "She was such a great doctor. "
"Yeah," said Tommy, "And she was so hot too."
"What?" said Sano. "You just can't go in there and kill her."
"Why do you care so much?" asked the policeman.
"She's my wife," said Sano.
"What kind of weirdo did you marry?" said the policemen. "If I had it my way, I'd take you out too."
"Listen. She's not a weirdo. She just temporality lost her mind. Let me go in there and talk to her. Maybe I can calm her down."
"Fine."
He then gave his attention to his group of men.
"Men," he said. "I'm calling off the assault temporarily. Sano's going to go in and try to talk some sense into her."
He then gave his attention to Sano.
"Remember," he said, "If you fail, we're going in and bringing her down."
Sano then made a nervous gulp.
"Well," he said. "Here I go."
"Put me down!" yelled Kaoru.
"Oh yeah," said Sano.
He then gave his attention to Kenshin.
"Can I put her down now?" said Sano.
"Well," said Kenshin, "What do you think? You're just about to enter the clinic and attempt to control your insane wife."
"I assume that means yes," said Sano.
"Yes," said Kenshin.
He then dropped her on the ground.
"Ow!" said Kaoru as she hit the ground on her stomach.
Inside Megumi had tied Dr. Gensai to a chair using bandages. His grandchildren were there too.
"Do you expect me to talk Megumi?" asked Dr. Gensai.
"No Dr. Gensai," said Megumi, "I expect you to have a butt transplant."
"This is fun!" shouted Ayame.
"Big fun!" shouted Suzume.
Outside, Sano was making his way into the clinic. He quietly snuck in the front entrance. As he was walking down the hallway, a shadowy figure appeared on the other side of the wall. A pair of hands then broke through it and grabbed him. They dragged him through the wall.
"What the heck's going on?" said Sano.
"It's not what's going on, it what's going off," said Megumi.
"What?" said Sano.
She dragged him back to where Dr. Gensai and his two grandchildren were. Then she tied him to a chair using bandages, just like Dr. Gensai.
"Sano," said Ayame, "You're going to like this game."
"It's neat," said Suzume.
"Hello Sano," said Dr. Gensai. "I'm about to get a butt a transplant. Hey, can I have yours?"
"You fool!" said Megumi. "You would get my butt and I would get yours."
"Why would you want mine?" said Dr. Gensai. "You have the best one in the whole city."
"He does have a point," said Sano. "Why would you want to downgrade?"
"Silence!" said Megumi. "I'm now about to begin the transplant."
"You have to stop her!" yelled Dr. Gensai.
"I know," said Sano. "Hey, wait a second! How come I have to stop her? What about you?"
"I'm incapable of handling situations like this," said Dr. Gensai.
Megumi got the surgical tools out and started to go through them.
"Oh man!" thought Sano. "I'm running out of time. If I don't think fast, we're toast. Hey, wait! She's just going to hurt Dr. Gensai. I don't have anything to worry about."
"Oh yeah," said Megumi as she continued to go through the tools. "After I'm done with Dr. Gensai, I'm going to do a little experiment on you. I'm going to replace all your blood with saké. I always wanted to know if that would make a person permanently wasted."
"Doh!" said Sano.
Megumi then grabbed a knife and began to sharpen it.
"Come on," thought Sano. "Think!"
He continued to think for a couple more moments.
"Ah ah!" thought Sano. "I have an idea, but I only have one shot at it."
Megumi then tied her hair into a ponytail so it wouldn't get in the way during the operation. She picked up the knife and slowly made her way to Dr. Gensai.
"So," said Megumi. "Are you ready to be a part of medical history?"
"Ahhhh!" yelled Dr. Gensai.
"You psycho witch!" yelled Sano. "There's no way that you're going to escape punishment for this."
She then came up to him.
"And why is that?" she asked.
"There's a group of policemen outside," said Sano. "If anything happens to us, they'll rush in here and take you down."
She then leaned her face right in front of his.
"I doubt that," she said with an evil smirk.
"Fine," said Sano. "I'll have to take you down myself."
He then went in for the kill. He stuck his head out and kissed her. After a minute he drew back. Megumi just stood there frozen staring off into space.
"That kiss seems familiar somehow," uttered Megumi. "Everything is coming back to me."
She fell to her knees, put her hands over her face, and started to cry.
"I can't believe it," said Megumi. "This whole time I thought I was sane but I was actually insane."
"Welcome to my world," said Dr. Gensai.
Megumi got up and went to untie Dr. Gensai and Sano.
"Come on you guys," said Megumi. "Let's go."
"The game's over?" said Ayame. "I want to play again."
"Me too," said Suzume.
All five of them left the clinic. When they got outside Sano went over to the sword policeman in charge.
"Call off the assault," said Sano. "I single handedly saved the entire universe from a cataclysmic apocalypse."
The sword policeman leader just stared at him.
"It could have happened…probably…maybe…in theory," said Sano.
The leader turned his attention to his men.
"Listen up men," he said. "It seems like the situation's under control so the assault is canceled. Let's go."
After the police left, all the spectators did because it wasn't interesting anymore.
"I'm so embarrassed," said Megumi. "I did some really stupid things."
"Look on the upside," said Kenshin. "You scared the poop out of Tokyo. Nobody will want to mess with you anymore."
"I suppose," said Megumi awkwardly. "But what about the clinic? We'll probably lose all our patients now."
"I don't think so," said Dr. Gensai. "Look at me. I work there and people keep coming back."
"You make a good point," said Megumi.
"Don't feel so bad Megumi," said Kaoru. "We helped cause this problem. We were acting like a bunch of wimps. We won't abuse your services anymore."
"Thank you," said Megumi. "But it's nice to know that people really appreciate me."
She turned to Sano.
"Thank you for bringing me back to my senses Sano," she said.
"I know," said Sano.
They kissed.
"Mrs. Megumi Sagara," said Tommy, "A simple doctor who was too kind for her own good. Her friends took advantage of her to the point where she went mad. Lost in a fantasy she alone created but not trapped, for you see, something simple as a kiss brought her back. They found out that a complex problem doesn't always have a complex solution. This is just another rule in the Twilight Zone."
"What the heck are you doing Tommy?" said Victor.
He went over and punched him in the stomach.
"Uh," said Tommy.
The End