(A/N: As I write this, I sneeze and cough and do all other things that go along with a cold. I am sick and despite the fact that my head is probably going to explode, II write this chappie. There are probably some weak spots in the story. If you find them, tell me what I can do and I might can revise them. Thank very much!)
CHAPTER SEVEN
Sanosuke grumbled as he paced around the room that Mizu, Kaoru and Megumi were in. They were trying to save Mizu but he hadn't seen any of them for about two hours.
"Sano it would be greatly appreciated if you would sit down and stop thumping around..." said Kenshin
"I don't think so," replied Sano shortly, "Mizu's life is in danger and I want to be the first one to see her when she wakes up."
"Sanosuke I don't want to tell you this but... I think you might want to sit down for this," said Kenshin
Sano sat down.
"Sano, I want you to know that Miss Mizu may no-"
-Shwip- The shoji slid open.Sano looked up and Saw Megumi and Kaoru standing in the doorway. Kaoru ran over and crawled into Kenshin's arms.
Megumi walked over to Sano and whispered, "I want you to come in. She's Conscious now and she wants to see you. But listen to me, She has a bullet in her arm and she's not doing well. Make sure you say any thing you want to say to her because you may not see her again."
Sano just nodded. "Mizu is dying and I can't do any thing about it." He thought.
"Sano if you're coming, come on." Said Megumi.
Sano walked in and saw Mizu lying on a futon. Sano gulped when he saw her arm.
"Hey you big moron stop crying and come here." She said as she struggled to sit up.
"i wasn't crying. just thinking was all..."
"Here," she took her hat from beside her and gave it to him.
"What?"
"Look. I'm a dead duck. There's no hiding that. I want you to have this. It's my favorite hat I got it from some dude who had been to America. I paid dearly for it and I want you to have it."
"Oh."
"Whaddaya mean 'oh'?? I'm giving you my most prized possession and all you can say is 'oh.'"
"I thought your sword was your most prized possession," Said Sano
"I lied. That gift is for Yahiko. I want him to have that. He's a great kid and he'll be great swords man. Make sure you give it to him after I..."
"Alright, I'll make sure he gets it." Smiled Sano.
"Okay," whispered Mizu. Megumi laid a hand on Sano's shoulder and motioned for him to leave. Mizu closed her eyes and went to sleep.
Sano just walked out of the room with Mizu's hat in his hands. He rubbed the rim between his Fingers.
"Please Mizu. If Megumi can get the bullet out, you'll live. I know you will..."
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About three hours later, every one was asleep except Kenshin.
After making sure every one was sound asleep, He went around the hall to Mizu's room. She wasn't dead yet but Megumi wasn't able to get the bullet out. But Kenshin had an idea.
As he neared the room, he reconsidered this. Would Mizu allow him to help her? He reached out to open the door and faltered.
"You can come in Kenshin." She said from the other side of the door. Kenshin gulped and walked in.
"Miss Mizu, Shessha needs to ask you a question," he sat down near her, "Has Miss Megumi been using her fingers to try and get the bullet out?"
"Yes..." She replied. "Why?"
"Because you'd never get a bullet that deep out with just your fingers," He said as he pulled out a knife. Mizu gulped. "Mizu, I'm going get that bullet out."
"Alright, as long as you know what you're doing..." she said.
Kenshin went to work and after a while he finally got it. Mizu hadn't uttered a word since he had started and when he showed it to her he thought she was going to faint.
"It was that small?!" she asked in disbelief.
"Yes." Said Kenshin as he got a bandage from a little box that belonged to Megumi. He wrapped it around her arm and smiled.
"Thanks Kenshin. I knew you'd be the one to come and get Mizu out of a mess like this."
"Sano?!" cried Kenshin and Mizu in unison.
"How did you...?!" started Mizu.
"The door..." said Sano.
"Kenshin if you don't mind, I'd like to talk to Mizu for a minute okay?" asked Sano
"Yes sir." Kenshin nodded and walked out.
Sano sat down next to Mizu. He looked at her and pulled her hat from behind him, "Here. I figured you'd want it back."
"Oh. Thank you."
"Mizu I wanted to talk to you about something. Almost loosing you made me realize how much I really loved you. And I was wondering..."
"No."
"No?" cried Sano, "Why no?"
"When I was fifteen I loved you with all my heart and more. But did you ever notice? No. And when we were eighteen I was going to actually tell you how much I loved you but when I woke up, guess where I was? IN A TREE!! I was in a tree Sano. Why was I in that tree? I need to know." She said
"Because. Whenever I got hurt you would fix me up and I could see how you looked when you would bandage up my wounds. You looked at me with such pain as if you felt it for me," he sighed, "It wasn't fair for you to sit at home and wait for me to come home hurt or mangled. And so one night I decided that you needed better so I took you out of Tokyo and put you in a tree. I thought that maybe you'd find a better home than with me."
"But do you know what I found?" she raged on, "I found a horrible man who could refill any empty rage. After a while I was okay with my family being dead. When I met Yeigu, he told me that if I was okay with it, I was betraying them. That was the last ting I was going to do, so I learned the sword arts. Then I became a fighter for hire. The guys thought it was funny and when I beat the first one, the others came flooding. I got more money that I ever dreamed of. I was going to use it to come and find you."
Sano just stared at her. 'So persistent.' He thought
"Sano I loved you so much. I would have married you then-"
"Well how 'bout Now?" he took her hand and smiled at her.
"Okay! Okay okay okay!!!" she laughed hysterically and threw her arms around him.
"This one is very glad for you Sanosuke. Now both you and Mizu are happy. And happy with each other makes it better." Kenshin smiled from the other side of the door.
(A/N: Wow that was cute. I hope there weren't too many weak parts in the story. Btw, this was the longest chappie so far. And there's more to come!! I have a lot planned for this story!!)
