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Chapter 16:
"Mr. Taki, the doctor is ready to see you now."
"Oh okay."
"Right this way." Sano led the patient to Megumi.
"Oh hello Sir Taki. How are you doing today? Arigato Sano." Sanosuke stalked out of the room, sighing. The work day was almost over and he was feeling rather sleepy. He sat down in a chair, closing his eyes. "Oi! Rooster boy! Wake up! We aren't paying you for sleeping!" Megumi yelled.
"Dammit woman! I was just resting my eyes." He looked up at her red face.
"Sure, sure. You're done for today, go home."
"Good."
"Oh wait. Let me check that hand of yours."
"When will you quit? It'll never heal. I screwed it up so bad." She grabbed the hand and he jerked it back, flinching.
"Hmmm.tender isn't it? If we keep applying the ointment it won't hurt anymore. Just humor me."
"Fine." He didn't want to admit it, but he liked having someone worry about him, even if it was the fox lady. She sat him down and then gently undid the bandage, making sure not to touch it directly. Megumi then set to the task of rubbing the ointment on. Sano hated this part, but enjoyed it at the same time. He flinched, gritting his teeth as well. "Gomen." She apologized. After she rubbed the medicine on she replaced the bandage.
"Arigato."
"No problem." She replied simply as she put away the extra bandages and bottle of ointment. He watched her closely, admiring her silky ebony hair. 'WHAT THE HELL AM I THINKING?' He shook his head. "What's wrong with you?"
"Huh? Oh nothing." He was growing fond of the woman although he would never admit to it. The day he would say anything of the sort would be the day he would pay his tab at the Akebeko. Megumi went around the room straightening things up for tomorrow, paying no heed to the eyes that still watched her.
"Itai! Baka piece of glass!"
"Are you okay?"
"Oh I just broke a bottle earlier today. Must have missed a piece." She sucked on her finger while she looked for a bandage.
"Here let me get that." He took the cloth and gently wrapped it around the wound. She looked at him with an odd why-are-you-of-all-people- being-so-nice-to-me kind of looks. "Well, got to get going I guess. Man I'm hungry." His stomach growled as if on queue. Megumi bit her lip as she stared at the bandage on her finger.
"Ano..I can make you something if you'd like?"
"Huh? Are you feeling okay?"
"I was just trying to be nice."
"If it's not too much trouble?" His stomach growled once again, making itself known.
"Okay. What do you want?" She said as she flipped her hair. 'I love when she does that. DAMMIT SANO STOP THINKING LIKE THAT!' "Are you okay?" Megumi said as she raised her eyebrow.
"I'm perfectly fine."
"You're scaring me. Now, dinner?"
"Hai!" He sat down at the table, strumming his fingers. 'This is so weird. I never dreamed Megumi would actually want to cook me anything and she's so adamant about checking my hand. Does she care about me or something? No way! She can't, can she?' He peeked his head looking into the kitchen, watching her hum to herself as she chopped up the vegetables. 'He's so adorable sometimes. What is this feeling? It's like a part of my heart that what missing has returned. What am I thinking? It's Sanosuke Sagara we're talking about here. He's stupid, thick headed, wait isn't that the same thing? He's too young for me! Sir Ken was a much better match, demo Kaoru has him and they are a family now. I never thought that tanuki girl could pull it off. I am very happy for her though.' Sano went back to strumming his fingers on the table waiting. He was about to call out: Is it ready yet? when she came out with the food. She smiled and placed it in front of him. 'Ah, that smile. Arrrggghhh! Stop that!' "Arigato!" He said with his mouth full. "This is excellent!"
"Why thank you." She said politely as she ate daintily. Megumi just shook her head at the rooster and she could have sworn he had started pecking at his food. She shook her head, but giggled a bit.
"Nani?!" He said as he looked up at her.
"You eat like there's no tomorrow. Plus I could have sworn, oh nevermind." She placed her hand over her mouth, suppressing laughter.
"Okay." After they were done eating, they both took their dishes out to the kitchen. Megumi started to clean up. "Ahem."
"Hmm?"
"Let me do that, after all you did cook." He smiled.
"No, no it's okay."
"No really, allow me." He scooted her aside and began scrubbing. Megumi stared in awe of the man before her. Was this the man she knew? What happened to the stupid, selfish pig? She went and sat down back at the table, sipping her tea. After she had finished her tea, she went back into the kitchen and without noticing a certain rooster was exiting they bonked heads, sending the doctor and the assistant to the ground. Sano looked down to find a wincing Megumi, under him. "Gomen!" He said as he tried to regain some of his senses to get off of her. He blushed madly and scurried to the wall, holding up his hands to protect himself from her attack. He opened his eyes and she was still on the ground. "Megumi? Are you alright?" Her eyelids fluttered, but they didn't open. "Ah shit." He got up, patting his lump on his head. Sano took her up in his arms and sat her up against a pillow on the wall. Her eyes slowly opened as she saw him with a bag of ice held on her forehead. Her head throbbed and she tried to remember what had happened.
"Itai." She groaned. "What happened?"
"Uh.head on collision, literally. We ran into each other when going in and out of the kitchen."
"Oh." She stated, not knowing what else to say.
"Aren't you going to hit me or something?"
"No. Why would I?" He looked at her in amazement.
"Well normally when something like this happens you hit me and call me stupid. Remember when I spilled your tea in your lap the other day?" He grinned and then smacked himself for making her remember. Megumi only smiled and ruffled his hair.
"You've got one thick skull there, rooster boy." He narrowed his eyes.
"Well if I'm not mistaken you're head isn't all that soft either, demo your hair-" 'Did I just start saying that out loud? Baka!'
"Hmm? Nani? My hair?"
"Nothing nevermind."
"What about my hair?"
"NOTHING!"
"I want to know!"
"Well you're never going to."
"Oh really. I'll make you talk."
"Huh? What gotten into you?" She pulled on his ear. "Owowowow! Fine I'll talk! Your hair is soft! There I said it." Megumi looked at him wide-eyed.
"When did this revelation come to you? And since when have I let you touch my hair? Huh?" 'I'm in deep shit now and man does this stink! I'm diggin' my own grave. Before I know it I'll have told her I love her or something. WAIT! NOW WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?'
"Yo fox lady, just drop it." 'What's he hiding? Why won't he tell me anything? Does he have feelings, no. No way. Do I have feelings for him? Yes, no?' "I gotta be going. Goodnight." He got up, handing her the ice pack. She looked up at him with her reddish brown eyes. 'It's now or never.'
"Sanosuke?"
"Huh?" He turned around as she got up to meet him.
"Do you have-" She paused, afraid of what he might say.
"Hai? Go on."
"Feelings, for me?"
"N-Nani?" He stuttered, never expecting those words coming from her mouth.
"Well?"
"I don't know. I suppose I do. What exactly are you trying to pull?"
"Nothing, it's just that lately I've felt something different when I'm around you. I don't exactly know what to call it."
"Heh.annoyance?" He said smartly.
"No baka! A feeling of-of.." In a flash her lips grazed his, sending his senses haywire. "That." She breathed.
"What exactly was that?" He was confused and overjoyed at the same time. 'She kissed me! Megumi kissed me!'
"It's more like this." She leaned in slowly capturing his lips with hers. They stayed there for a minute, each one of them not wanting to let go. He pulled her into an embrace breathing in her sweet scent. They broke away, but still in each other's arms. "I don't know what to say about my actions."
"Neither do I. I've never felt like this. It's very hard to describe."
"Simply put it would be said as: I love you. I love you Sanosuke Sagara."
"I.I..love you." He gazed into her watery eyes and their lips met once more as they stood on the porch of the clinic.
"Well finally!" A tanuki's voice shouted. "Woo hooo!" The two turned abruptly to find Kenshin, Kaoru, and Yahiko staring at the embracing couple.
"I never thought you had it in you, Sano, that I did not." Kenshin said as he smiled brightly.
"Ahhh! Geez another couple of baka lovebirds." Yahiko sighed.
"Demo doesn't a rooster and a fox make a dangerous couple? Hmmm?" Kaoru snickered as well as her husband.
"Shut up!" The two yelled in unison, not noticing that they were still in their embrace. They pulled apart, both blushing madly.
"Kenshin I'm gonna kill you. I don't care if I can't use my Futaenokiwami; I'll beat you to a bloody pulp! And you little brat are going down with him!" Sano yelled as he charged after the already running away guys.
"So Megumi?" She glared evilly at Kaoru.
"Nani?"
"Sano's not a bad guy is he?" Her expression softened.
"No he isn't."
"Will we be seeing a wedding soon?"
"No, not anytime soon." Megumi chuckled.
"I knew you had feelings for him." She sighed happily as she patted her swollen abdomen. "I can't wait till you're here." She whispered.
"I can't wait either." Megumi smiled.
"Why can't you wait?"
"So I don't have to check on you every week."
"Oi! That's not nice!"
"I'm only joking Kaoru. I can't wait to see the baby."
"Arigato Megumi." They watched the scene of guys running around in the street, Sano chasing Kenshin and Yahiko. "Well we must be getting home."
"Why did you come here anyway?"
"Yahiko was worried about Sanosuke, so we came to check up on him."
"Oh, okay, goodnight. Sanosuke! Get your ass over here so Kenshin can go home!" He obeyed reluctantly and grabbed Yahiko's ear.
"I'll see ya later." He called. She smiled and waved goodbye. "Goodnight Megumi."
"Goodnight Sano."
AN: I hoped you enjoyed this chapter! Man was it hard to write. Hopefully, Sano and Megumi are still mostly in character, but I had to take them a little out of character to have them do the things they did. In the anime Megumi does show some feelings for Sano so I thought what the heck...okay I'm rambling. So REVIEW PLEASE! Until next time!
Chapter 16:
"Mr. Taki, the doctor is ready to see you now."
"Oh okay."
"Right this way." Sano led the patient to Megumi.
"Oh hello Sir Taki. How are you doing today? Arigato Sano." Sanosuke stalked out of the room, sighing. The work day was almost over and he was feeling rather sleepy. He sat down in a chair, closing his eyes. "Oi! Rooster boy! Wake up! We aren't paying you for sleeping!" Megumi yelled.
"Dammit woman! I was just resting my eyes." He looked up at her red face.
"Sure, sure. You're done for today, go home."
"Good."
"Oh wait. Let me check that hand of yours."
"When will you quit? It'll never heal. I screwed it up so bad." She grabbed the hand and he jerked it back, flinching.
"Hmmm.tender isn't it? If we keep applying the ointment it won't hurt anymore. Just humor me."
"Fine." He didn't want to admit it, but he liked having someone worry about him, even if it was the fox lady. She sat him down and then gently undid the bandage, making sure not to touch it directly. Megumi then set to the task of rubbing the ointment on. Sano hated this part, but enjoyed it at the same time. He flinched, gritting his teeth as well. "Gomen." She apologized. After she rubbed the medicine on she replaced the bandage.
"Arigato."
"No problem." She replied simply as she put away the extra bandages and bottle of ointment. He watched her closely, admiring her silky ebony hair. 'WHAT THE HELL AM I THINKING?' He shook his head. "What's wrong with you?"
"Huh? Oh nothing." He was growing fond of the woman although he would never admit to it. The day he would say anything of the sort would be the day he would pay his tab at the Akebeko. Megumi went around the room straightening things up for tomorrow, paying no heed to the eyes that still watched her.
"Itai! Baka piece of glass!"
"Are you okay?"
"Oh I just broke a bottle earlier today. Must have missed a piece." She sucked on her finger while she looked for a bandage.
"Here let me get that." He took the cloth and gently wrapped it around the wound. She looked at him with an odd why-are-you-of-all-people- being-so-nice-to-me kind of looks. "Well, got to get going I guess. Man I'm hungry." His stomach growled as if on queue. Megumi bit her lip as she stared at the bandage on her finger.
"Ano..I can make you something if you'd like?"
"Huh? Are you feeling okay?"
"I was just trying to be nice."
"If it's not too much trouble?" His stomach growled once again, making itself known.
"Okay. What do you want?" She said as she flipped her hair. 'I love when she does that. DAMMIT SANO STOP THINKING LIKE THAT!' "Are you okay?" Megumi said as she raised her eyebrow.
"I'm perfectly fine."
"You're scaring me. Now, dinner?"
"Hai!" He sat down at the table, strumming his fingers. 'This is so weird. I never dreamed Megumi would actually want to cook me anything and she's so adamant about checking my hand. Does she care about me or something? No way! She can't, can she?' He peeked his head looking into the kitchen, watching her hum to herself as she chopped up the vegetables. 'He's so adorable sometimes. What is this feeling? It's like a part of my heart that what missing has returned. What am I thinking? It's Sanosuke Sagara we're talking about here. He's stupid, thick headed, wait isn't that the same thing? He's too young for me! Sir Ken was a much better match, demo Kaoru has him and they are a family now. I never thought that tanuki girl could pull it off. I am very happy for her though.' Sano went back to strumming his fingers on the table waiting. He was about to call out: Is it ready yet? when she came out with the food. She smiled and placed it in front of him. 'Ah, that smile. Arrrggghhh! Stop that!' "Arigato!" He said with his mouth full. "This is excellent!"
"Why thank you." She said politely as she ate daintily. Megumi just shook her head at the rooster and she could have sworn he had started pecking at his food. She shook her head, but giggled a bit.
"Nani?!" He said as he looked up at her.
"You eat like there's no tomorrow. Plus I could have sworn, oh nevermind." She placed her hand over her mouth, suppressing laughter.
"Okay." After they were done eating, they both took their dishes out to the kitchen. Megumi started to clean up. "Ahem."
"Hmm?"
"Let me do that, after all you did cook." He smiled.
"No, no it's okay."
"No really, allow me." He scooted her aside and began scrubbing. Megumi stared in awe of the man before her. Was this the man she knew? What happened to the stupid, selfish pig? She went and sat down back at the table, sipping her tea. After she had finished her tea, she went back into the kitchen and without noticing a certain rooster was exiting they bonked heads, sending the doctor and the assistant to the ground. Sano looked down to find a wincing Megumi, under him. "Gomen!" He said as he tried to regain some of his senses to get off of her. He blushed madly and scurried to the wall, holding up his hands to protect himself from her attack. He opened his eyes and she was still on the ground. "Megumi? Are you alright?" Her eyelids fluttered, but they didn't open. "Ah shit." He got up, patting his lump on his head. Sano took her up in his arms and sat her up against a pillow on the wall. Her eyes slowly opened as she saw him with a bag of ice held on her forehead. Her head throbbed and she tried to remember what had happened.
"Itai." She groaned. "What happened?"
"Uh.head on collision, literally. We ran into each other when going in and out of the kitchen."
"Oh." She stated, not knowing what else to say.
"Aren't you going to hit me or something?"
"No. Why would I?" He looked at her in amazement.
"Well normally when something like this happens you hit me and call me stupid. Remember when I spilled your tea in your lap the other day?" He grinned and then smacked himself for making her remember. Megumi only smiled and ruffled his hair.
"You've got one thick skull there, rooster boy." He narrowed his eyes.
"Well if I'm not mistaken you're head isn't all that soft either, demo your hair-" 'Did I just start saying that out loud? Baka!'
"Hmm? Nani? My hair?"
"Nothing nevermind."
"What about my hair?"
"NOTHING!"
"I want to know!"
"Well you're never going to."
"Oh really. I'll make you talk."
"Huh? What gotten into you?" She pulled on his ear. "Owowowow! Fine I'll talk! Your hair is soft! There I said it." Megumi looked at him wide-eyed.
"When did this revelation come to you? And since when have I let you touch my hair? Huh?" 'I'm in deep shit now and man does this stink! I'm diggin' my own grave. Before I know it I'll have told her I love her or something. WAIT! NOW WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?'
"Yo fox lady, just drop it." 'What's he hiding? Why won't he tell me anything? Does he have feelings, no. No way. Do I have feelings for him? Yes, no?' "I gotta be going. Goodnight." He got up, handing her the ice pack. She looked up at him with her reddish brown eyes. 'It's now or never.'
"Sanosuke?"
"Huh?" He turned around as she got up to meet him.
"Do you have-" She paused, afraid of what he might say.
"Hai? Go on."
"Feelings, for me?"
"N-Nani?" He stuttered, never expecting those words coming from her mouth.
"Well?"
"I don't know. I suppose I do. What exactly are you trying to pull?"
"Nothing, it's just that lately I've felt something different when I'm around you. I don't exactly know what to call it."
"Heh.annoyance?" He said smartly.
"No baka! A feeling of-of.." In a flash her lips grazed his, sending his senses haywire. "That." She breathed.
"What exactly was that?" He was confused and overjoyed at the same time. 'She kissed me! Megumi kissed me!'
"It's more like this." She leaned in slowly capturing his lips with hers. They stayed there for a minute, each one of them not wanting to let go. He pulled her into an embrace breathing in her sweet scent. They broke away, but still in each other's arms. "I don't know what to say about my actions."
"Neither do I. I've never felt like this. It's very hard to describe."
"Simply put it would be said as: I love you. I love you Sanosuke Sagara."
"I.I..love you." He gazed into her watery eyes and their lips met once more as they stood on the porch of the clinic.
"Well finally!" A tanuki's voice shouted. "Woo hooo!" The two turned abruptly to find Kenshin, Kaoru, and Yahiko staring at the embracing couple.
"I never thought you had it in you, Sano, that I did not." Kenshin said as he smiled brightly.
"Ahhh! Geez another couple of baka lovebirds." Yahiko sighed.
"Demo doesn't a rooster and a fox make a dangerous couple? Hmmm?" Kaoru snickered as well as her husband.
"Shut up!" The two yelled in unison, not noticing that they were still in their embrace. They pulled apart, both blushing madly.
"Kenshin I'm gonna kill you. I don't care if I can't use my Futaenokiwami; I'll beat you to a bloody pulp! And you little brat are going down with him!" Sano yelled as he charged after the already running away guys.
"So Megumi?" She glared evilly at Kaoru.
"Nani?"
"Sano's not a bad guy is he?" Her expression softened.
"No he isn't."
"Will we be seeing a wedding soon?"
"No, not anytime soon." Megumi chuckled.
"I knew you had feelings for him." She sighed happily as she patted her swollen abdomen. "I can't wait till you're here." She whispered.
"I can't wait either." Megumi smiled.
"Why can't you wait?"
"So I don't have to check on you every week."
"Oi! That's not nice!"
"I'm only joking Kaoru. I can't wait to see the baby."
"Arigato Megumi." They watched the scene of guys running around in the street, Sano chasing Kenshin and Yahiko. "Well we must be getting home."
"Why did you come here anyway?"
"Yahiko was worried about Sanosuke, so we came to check up on him."
"Oh, okay, goodnight. Sanosuke! Get your ass over here so Kenshin can go home!" He obeyed reluctantly and grabbed Yahiko's ear.
"I'll see ya later." He called. She smiled and waved goodbye. "Goodnight Megumi."
"Goodnight Sano."
AN: I hoped you enjoyed this chapter! Man was it hard to write. Hopefully, Sano and Megumi are still mostly in character, but I had to take them a little out of character to have them do the things they did. In the anime Megumi does show some feelings for Sano so I thought what the heck...okay I'm rambling. So REVIEW PLEASE! Until next time!