S.I.: *whimpers*
Sano: What's wrong with her?
S.I.: So...many.. BUGS!!!
Megumi: Her mom made her help with the "gardening"
Sano: Oh. S.I.'s a wimp.
Megumi: Yup. She's afraid of butterflies.
S.I.: I heard that! I just think that they're gross little hideous flying beasts. Traumatic childhood experiences... *sighs* Anyway... NOOOOO! EASTER BREAK IS ALMOST OVER!!!!! *falls over*
*runs from Crystal of Dark's evil army of bunnies* BWA! I meant to update a week ago, but I've been on an Inuyasha kick. I've got, like, seven other fics started right now, not to mention the Harry Potter and Artemis Fowl and Yugioh ones with my cousin... -_- .... Well, here's the Reviewer responses and then the story!!!
Mushi azn: YAY! You reviewed again! You love my story? *goes starry eyed* I'll try to update faster!
Reves: You think I portray them well? YAY!!!! *celebrates*
Crystal of Dark: YAY! I've been added to a favorite stories list! And you think my fic's good! HUZZAH!
And as promised, for the reviewers, HERE'S SANO WITH THE CHICKEN DANCE!!!!!
*that really annoying music starts to play and Megumi shoves Sano over in a chicken suit*
Sano: Do I really have to do this?
S.I.: YES!!!
Sano: *sighs* Never give her sugar.... *gives up and starts dancing, flapping his arms and such*
Megumi: *in hysterics* Oh this is great... *takes pictures*
S.I.: Okay. Here's the magical story!!!
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Double Negative
Chapter Four: Temporary Bliss
Megumi pushed up the sleeve of her kimono and looked at her watch ... again. Inwardly she sighed; only five more minutes to go. The past five minutes had been filled with alternating akward pauses and half-hearted attempts at conversation.
"So... um.. nice weather?", Sano put forward hopefully. Megumi nearly smacked herself in the forehead in exasperation. She glanced up at the black sky. Although it was a clear night, you couldn't even see the stars due to all of the city lights around them.
"Yes. It's very nice weather." It was the rooster-head's turn to be exasperated. She had answered all of his conversation-starters with such definitive statements. 'Why can't she just disagree?! Or something! Grr...'
Two minutes later found them still standing outside the Akabeko just staring at each other. Neither had blinked in quite a while.
"I'm gonna win this.", Sano said.
"I wasn't aware that we were playing anything.", responded the fox-woman, raising an elegant eyebrow but still not blinking.
"Then why won't you blink?"
"Then why don't you?"
"So you've been paying attention to whether I've blinked or not?", Sano countered.
"You've been watching to see if I blink."
"That's because you weren't blinking!"
"You know this is going nowhere really fast.", Megumi told him.
"You're right.", Sano blinked. "DANG IT!!!!"
Megumi burst out laughing her traditional fox-laugh as the rooster hit himself on the head in frustration. "I win!", she taunted him.
"I thought we weren't playing anything." Sano mocked good-naturedly.
"Whatever toori-atama.", the fox-woman said, looking at her watch. "I'm going to go change now."
"Eh. Whatever.", Sanosuke replied. "I'll walk you home. It's on my way."
"You know where I live?", Megumi gave him a 'get-away-from-me-you-creepy-stalker!' look.
"Actually....no. I'm just guessing that it's on my way."
"Typical.", she rolled her eyes at him and went back into the restaurant to change into her regular clothes.
"What's that supposed to mean?", he called at her retreating back. He sighed and sat down on a nearby bench, after picking a newspaper off of it. About to throw it away, he glanced at the front of it. "Hm. Some drug dealer and murderer got broken out of jail and is now at large. But what's the bad news?", he joked, reading through the article curiously. "Ah. Whatever. It doesn't concern me.", Sano said sitting the paper down, his gaze lingering on the picture of the man above the article. It was of a smirking thin-faced man in a pinstriped business suit, small glasses perched on his nose. He looked at the caption beneath it.
/Kanryuu Takeda (above), was expelled from his prestigious medical college shortly before his arrest three years ago. He was sentenced to a lifetime in prison before his recent escape. /
"Still out here, rooster-head?", Sano looked up to see a disdainful Megumi. She looked at the newspaper next to him. "What's tha-" the young woman stopped, staring at the picture on the front page as if she was seeing a ghost.
He had only to look at Megumi's suddenly white face to know that something was very, very wrong. ((A/N: No, really?)) "Megitsune. Megumi, what is it?", he asked her seriously.
She just looked blankly back at him, shaking her head slightly as if to tell him nothing was wrong, and fainted.
"Wha-?", Sano leaped up and caught her. He looked around at the empty street. He looked down at the fox-woman. "Okay. A little help here?"
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Hmm.. That was a bit short. BUT THE NEXT CHAPTER SHALL BE MUCH LONGER!!! BWAHAHA! *stops laughing* Anyway...
Yay! A mini-cliffie!
Sano: Great. Now I'm stuck with an unconcious woman in my arms... COOL!
S.I.: *whaps him over the head*
Megumi: You'd better not drop me, you jerk.
S.I.: *sweatdrops as they start arguing* Anyway..... REVIEW!!! REVIEWS MAKE THE SUN COME UP!!!!!
Next chapter:
Double Negative- Chapter Five: Guessing games
-In which Sano tries to find out why Megumi fainted at the site of Kanryuu (goodness knows he's ugly enough....), and he tells her something about his past.
Sano: What's wrong with her?
S.I.: So...many.. BUGS!!!
Megumi: Her mom made her help with the "gardening"
Sano: Oh. S.I.'s a wimp.
Megumi: Yup. She's afraid of butterflies.
S.I.: I heard that! I just think that they're gross little hideous flying beasts. Traumatic childhood experiences... *sighs* Anyway... NOOOOO! EASTER BREAK IS ALMOST OVER!!!!! *falls over*
*runs from Crystal of Dark's evil army of bunnies* BWA! I meant to update a week ago, but I've been on an Inuyasha kick. I've got, like, seven other fics started right now, not to mention the Harry Potter and Artemis Fowl and Yugioh ones with my cousin... -_- .... Well, here's the Reviewer responses and then the story!!!
Mushi azn: YAY! You reviewed again! You love my story? *goes starry eyed* I'll try to update faster!
Reves: You think I portray them well? YAY!!!! *celebrates*
Crystal of Dark: YAY! I've been added to a favorite stories list! And you think my fic's good! HUZZAH!
And as promised, for the reviewers, HERE'S SANO WITH THE CHICKEN DANCE!!!!!
*that really annoying music starts to play and Megumi shoves Sano over in a chicken suit*
Sano: Do I really have to do this?
S.I.: YES!!!
Sano: *sighs* Never give her sugar.... *gives up and starts dancing, flapping his arms and such*
Megumi: *in hysterics* Oh this is great... *takes pictures*
S.I.: Okay. Here's the magical story!!!
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Double Negative
Chapter Four: Temporary Bliss
Megumi pushed up the sleeve of her kimono and looked at her watch ... again. Inwardly she sighed; only five more minutes to go. The past five minutes had been filled with alternating akward pauses and half-hearted attempts at conversation.
"So... um.. nice weather?", Sano put forward hopefully. Megumi nearly smacked herself in the forehead in exasperation. She glanced up at the black sky. Although it was a clear night, you couldn't even see the stars due to all of the city lights around them.
"Yes. It's very nice weather." It was the rooster-head's turn to be exasperated. She had answered all of his conversation-starters with such definitive statements. 'Why can't she just disagree?! Or something! Grr...'
Two minutes later found them still standing outside the Akabeko just staring at each other. Neither had blinked in quite a while.
"I'm gonna win this.", Sano said.
"I wasn't aware that we were playing anything.", responded the fox-woman, raising an elegant eyebrow but still not blinking.
"Then why won't you blink?"
"Then why don't you?"
"So you've been paying attention to whether I've blinked or not?", Sano countered.
"You've been watching to see if I blink."
"That's because you weren't blinking!"
"You know this is going nowhere really fast.", Megumi told him.
"You're right.", Sano blinked. "DANG IT!!!!"
Megumi burst out laughing her traditional fox-laugh as the rooster hit himself on the head in frustration. "I win!", she taunted him.
"I thought we weren't playing anything." Sano mocked good-naturedly.
"Whatever toori-atama.", the fox-woman said, looking at her watch. "I'm going to go change now."
"Eh. Whatever.", Sanosuke replied. "I'll walk you home. It's on my way."
"You know where I live?", Megumi gave him a 'get-away-from-me-you-creepy-stalker!' look.
"Actually....no. I'm just guessing that it's on my way."
"Typical.", she rolled her eyes at him and went back into the restaurant to change into her regular clothes.
"What's that supposed to mean?", he called at her retreating back. He sighed and sat down on a nearby bench, after picking a newspaper off of it. About to throw it away, he glanced at the front of it. "Hm. Some drug dealer and murderer got broken out of jail and is now at large. But what's the bad news?", he joked, reading through the article curiously. "Ah. Whatever. It doesn't concern me.", Sano said sitting the paper down, his gaze lingering on the picture of the man above the article. It was of a smirking thin-faced man in a pinstriped business suit, small glasses perched on his nose. He looked at the caption beneath it.
/Kanryuu Takeda (above), was expelled from his prestigious medical college shortly before his arrest three years ago. He was sentenced to a lifetime in prison before his recent escape. /
"Still out here, rooster-head?", Sano looked up to see a disdainful Megumi. She looked at the newspaper next to him. "What's tha-" the young woman stopped, staring at the picture on the front page as if she was seeing a ghost.
He had only to look at Megumi's suddenly white face to know that something was very, very wrong. ((A/N: No, really?)) "Megitsune. Megumi, what is it?", he asked her seriously.
She just looked blankly back at him, shaking her head slightly as if to tell him nothing was wrong, and fainted.
"Wha-?", Sano leaped up and caught her. He looked around at the empty street. He looked down at the fox-woman. "Okay. A little help here?"
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Hmm.. That was a bit short. BUT THE NEXT CHAPTER SHALL BE MUCH LONGER!!! BWAHAHA! *stops laughing* Anyway...
Yay! A mini-cliffie!
Sano: Great. Now I'm stuck with an unconcious woman in my arms... COOL!
S.I.: *whaps him over the head*
Megumi: You'd better not drop me, you jerk.
S.I.: *sweatdrops as they start arguing* Anyway..... REVIEW!!! REVIEWS MAKE THE SUN COME UP!!!!!
Next chapter:
Double Negative- Chapter Five: Guessing games
-In which Sano tries to find out why Megumi fainted at the site of Kanryuu (goodness knows he's ugly enough....), and he tells her something about his past.