Notes to Chp 16:

Aw crap.. did the mushy part suck as bad as I think it did? I cringed all the way through writing it! Anyway, I thought I ought to give a mushy scene a try. (blushes in embarrasment). And funnily, although I prefer the alternative scenario to it, I still think the mushy ending should be the proper' one...

1) Because the RK manga and anime careens madly from insane to serious itself anyway... At least, I think it does. So, - I guess my fic can do that too.

2) The manga has some quite waffy moments, dontcha think? So in a way, I wanted to have this mushy bit to kind of remain true to that spirit

3) Because I originally set out to write humour/drama, and the drama has to come in somewhere!


Must have been a reaction from all those Sano chapters.


Anyways, on with the reader reviews ^_^: -

Ryulabird: Oh dear... well, I'm sure Sano will be glad to know ^_^

jay: Does getting discovered by Saitoh qualify as something going wrong'? Anyway, there's still the epilogue..

Goddess of Ringing Bells: I guess you're right... but it was meant to be in a spiritual sense. Sano probably DOES have a light and airy brain mind on the whole... but spiritually?? Ack , anyhoo, its all in the past!

Akai Kitsune: Now, I WAS gonna stick with the plain old mushy piece, then your review came in, and I started getting OTHER ideas...! Look what happened!!! ^_^ Thks for the inspiration! BTW, what are omakes? outtakes? kumo's sucky fangirl japanese is exposed!!!

NightRain: Was it an ominous pause? (rereads) You know, it does sound like it... I didn't mean for it to be though... ^_^ I just didn't know how to stop the chapter!

amamiya: Yay! I'm glad you like the Sano-abuse - that's yet another sadist to welcome to the club... ^_^

kyanos: Yup - I think it's about time they went back to Kaoru too - you realise she's been all stoic and grown-up for a whole month already? Definately deserves a break.

faerie-chan: Natsumi and Miname in the Meiji? No, no... Miname would die if you cut her off from her bubble tea supply, and Natsumi would run for a government post and turn the whole place upside down. She would also become the richest person in all of Japan because she'd know exactly what to invest her money in.