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Chapter Twenty-Six
Megumi frowned as she walked over to Tomoe Yukishiro's room. Okina could not treat this woman all by himself. Hence, since she was a doctor, Megumi decided to help. She was about to reach the door-knob when. . .
"HEY THERE MEGUMI!!!!!!!" screamed a voice.
Megumi grimaced. "Uhh. . . Hello there Utena. . ."
Utena smiled and winked her baby blue eye. "Would you come on a walk with me?" she asked, sweetly.
Megumi raised an eyebrow. "I'm sorry but I need to treat Miss Tomoe Yuki. . ."
"Oh she can wait. I'm sure you want to come on a walk with me. Don't you? There's something. . . I need to tell you."
Megumi frowned, knowing that this was a bad idea, but put down her medical instruments and followed Utena out the door.
~*~
Walking up the long stone stairs, Megumi and Utena chatted quietly. Utena still hadn't told Megumi anything about anything important, so Megumi just waited. There was something up with this girl. . .
Finally they reached the top of the hill and Utena walked ahead of Megumi, her back facing her.
"There's something I need to tell you. I don't know you very well, but that's the reason why I'm telling you this. I don't want to get to know you well."
Megumi raised an eyebrow. "Why, is there something wrong with me?"
"No. . . no there's nothing wrong with you Megumi. But there will be something wrong with Tomoe very soon. . ."
Megumi frowned. "Do you know anything about Tomoe Yukishiro's illness?" she asked.
Utena smiled, her pink bangs covering her eyes. "Of course. I'm the cause."
". . .What?"
"I gave her pills. Hiko Seijiro gave me those pills, but I'll let you know. . . he's innocent."
"What pills did you give her?"
"Hiko created them. He's mad, like everybody says, but genius. At the end of the month, which is only a few days ahead, Tomoe will die."
Megumi glared at her, "Not if I can help it! I have yet to let one of my patients die! I don't care if she's Ken-san's wife or not! I will not allow her to die!"
"You have no place in this story, Megumi. In fact, I've found that I dislike you."
Megumi shook her head, "Well I don't like you! I thought you were Enishi's girlfriend!"
Utena suddenly cackled evilly. She turned around. "Don't you know anything? Enishi thinks that Tomoe told him to become my boyfriend! He got a note from her. It wasn't from her. It was from ME! I wanted him to become my boyfriend, so that he wouldn't suspect that I was trying to kill his sister. . . and succeeding!"
Megumi was completely disgusted. "You're crazy!" she cried.
Utena chuckled. ". . . So what?" she snapped her fingers, and two large hulky men and a skinny man came out from the trees in the forest they were in. "Bye bye, Megumi Takani."
The men closed in on Megumi, and she was completely defenseless. She screamed the first name that came into her head. "SANOOOO!!!!!"
Utena smiled. 'Sano eh? I think I'll pay him a little visit. . .' she chuckled madly, so proud of herself.
~*~
Sanosuke was chewing on his fish bone sadly when Utena burst through the door. "SANO SANO SANO!!!" she screamed.
He stood up and put his hands on her shoulders. "Hey hey there. . . little missy. What's wrong?" he asked, as though he'd known her his whole life.
Utena was breathing heavily, as though she had been running. She spoke in between breaths. "It's. . . Megumi. . . got her. . . must. . . save. . .on top of hill. . . in forest. . . men grabbed her. . .i ran. . . for my . . . life. . ."
"WHAT????"
Within seconds, Sanosuke was running up the hill towards the spot that Utena had described. His eyes narrowed. 'Fox, I'm coming. . .' he thought, protectively.
~*~
Sanosuke ran so fast that in a matter of minutes, he was on the top of the hill.
"Well well well? What do we got here? What'cha want, little man?" asked a gruff voice. A huge man stepped from the bushes, a large club in his hands.
Sanosuke glared at him. "Where's the fox?"
"What fox?"
"MEGUMI TAKANI!!!" Sanosuke yelled, very upset.
The gruff man chuckled. "Ohhh. . . the little lady? She's with us. We've been having a bit of fun with her. . ."
Sanosuke's eyes widened. ". . . What?" he whispered. Then he yelled, "Where is she?"
Another man slinked out of the bushes. He had a rat like face and was extremely skinny. "Right here. . ." behind him was another large man. That large man had Megumi unconscious in his arms.
That just upset Sanosuke even more. "Put her down!!!"
The large man shrugged. "He said put her down. . . so we'll put her down." Without any emotion, the man just dropped Megumi to the ground. A sickening crack was heard.
Sanosuke decided to take action. Fighting had always been his best ability. Not dancing.
Moving forward to the skinny man, Sanosuke pushed his hand down like thunder.
BOOM!!!
A loud crack was heard, and the ground split in half to the weight of Sano's hand. The skinny man was immediately knocked out.
Sanosuke grinned and pivoted to the gruff man. "Wanna be next?"
The gruff man charged with his huge club. "KYAAAAA!!!"
Sanosuke moved to the side, jumped up with his long legs onto the gruff man's shoulder, then brought his strong hand to his head. Immediately, the gruff man fell to the floor.
The final man was not about to get thrown down as easily as the others. He charged with a gigantic axe, and it was brought down onto Sanosuke easily.
Sano's eyes widened in pain. '. . .Fox. . .'
~*~
Utena giggled in the living room of the Aoiya. Yahiko sat across the room, arms folded.
"What are you laughing about?" he asked.
"Oh nothing a child would understand. . ."
Yahiko was up in a millisecond. "NOTHING A CHILD WOULD UNDERSTAND??? WHO YOU CALLIN' A CHILD???"
Utena smirked, smugly. "Who else is in here?"
"I'd say you're the child!"
"I'm not the one screaming at the top of my lungs. . .Yahiko-CHAN."
"Why I oughta. . ." Yahiko brought out his shinai, and got ready to attack. Something about this girl made Yahiko really want to hurt her. Even more then Kaoru.
"Aww. . ." Utena pouted. "You wouldn't hit a lady, now would you?"
"I would never hit a lady," Yahiko said. Then he smirked; shinai brought up and ready to strike down on her easily. "But you're no lady."
~*~
Sanosuke clutched his left arm that was bleeding furiously. He had missed getting his head cut clean off, but his left arm was hurt badly when he jumped out of the way.
"You big loaf . . ." he cringed. "I'm the one who's supposed to hit you! Read the script, would you?"
The large man laughed, his huge belly going up and down.
It was then that Sanosuke took it as an advantage. Bringing his right hand down, he struck the large man down with only one hand. The man was down instantly.
Sanosuke huffed as he looked at him carefully. Then he remembered Megumi. Rushing over to her, he carefully lifted her up. No head injuries, but her ankle seemed to be broken.
"Rooster?" whispered a weak voice.
Sanosuke looked down at her in his arms. He completely forgot his bleeding left arm. "Fox?"
She smiled gently. "You saved me?"
"That's right."
"I didn't know you could fight. . ."
"Well, I am pretty strong. . ."
They were silent. Megumi smelled his blood. She chuckled. "I'm going to have to bandage up that arm of yours."
"It's just a scratch. . . ."
"Oh stop being macho-man."
". . .Fox?"
"Yes?"
"I'm sorry."
"Huh? Why?"
"I didn't get here soon enough."
Megumi shook her head. "No, silly Rooster. You got here soon enough. Just think, it could be worse."
"It could be better."
"Why are you so worried about me? Why should you care?"
Sanosuke was silent. "Kenshin is acting differently." That was completely avoiding the conversation they were once having, but Megumi went with it.
"Yes. . . he called Kaoru 'girl'. . . . Like he didn't know her!" then suddenly she remembered what Utena had told her. "I know the cause of his wife's illness!" she told Sanosuke.
Sano's eyes widened. "Really? What? She told you?"
"Yes she told me. I guess she just needed somebody to tell. Secrets are hard to keep you know. . ."
"What did she say?"
Megumi frowned. "She said that Hiko Seijiro gave her pills, but also that he is innocent. She said she gave the pills to Tomoe, and that Tomoe will die at the end of the month; which is a few days from now! The end of June!"
Sano gasped. "I thought they were best friends!"
"She also said that she had given Enishi a note that said that Tomoe wanted him to become Utena's boyfriend. The note was actually from Utena! She wanted Enishi to become her boyfriend so that he didn't imagine that it was because of her that Tomoe was dying!"
Sanosuke shook his head because of the sheer craziness. "That's insane!"
Megumi nodded, them grimaced at her painful ankle.
"Oh I'm sorry! We need to get you back, don't we?"
Megumi nodded, her eyes drooping at the stress.
Sanosuke smiled gently. "Sleep, Fox."
Megumi smiled back and closed her eyes. . .
And Sanosuke ran down the hill as if there was no tomorrow. Somehow, he believed that that saying might become true.
~*~
Kaoru sat, dimly aware of everything that was going on. Her only thoughts were of her parents.
`~`~`~`~FLASH BACK~`~`~`~`
"Look, look Mom! I got an A!!!" Kaoru jumped up and down, only twelve years old.
Kaoru's mother smiled gently. She was a beautiful woman. "That's so wonderful, Kao-chan! Did you show your daddy?"
"Nope! Not yet!" Kaoru ran quickly to where her father sat at his desk. "Dad, Dad, LOOK!! I got an A!" she giggled with excitement.
Her father stooped down and smiled at her. "Wow, Kaoru! That's wonderful! You know what that means, right?"
Kaoru nodded, giggling. "That means that Daddy will Kaoru sword fighting!"
Her father chuckled. "That's right. We'll start first thing in the morning!" he turned grave. "But tonight mom and dad need to go to a meeting, so you need to wait until tomorrow, okay?"
Kaoru frowned. "I can't come?" she asked.
Her father laughed. "No no . . . sweetie. You can't come to this meeting."
Kaoru sighed. "Alright. . ." then she perked up. "Tommorrow, right?"
Her father nodded. "Of course. Tomorrow!"
He didn't know that he wouldn't live to see the sun come back up the next morning.
`~`~`~`~END FLASH BACK~`~`~`~`
Why did the Hitokiri Battousai kill her father? Why did Enishi say 'he' had killed them. It was all confusing.
And now Kenshin had blue eyes, and for some reason, had a scar down his left cheek, and only paid attention to his 'wife', Tomoe Yukishiro- Himura.
A tear fell to the futon's bed sheets.
Why wasn't he talking to her?
Another tear.
Why was he calling her 'girl'?
A sob.
What happened to Kenshin Himura, the robot she created?
Another sob.
What happened to the man she loved?
~*~
Kenshin sat next to the sleeping Tomoe, fighting himself.
He had to get out. He had to be free. What was going on? He was positive that somebody else was speaking for him, or at least that's what it felt like.
Something was terribly wrong. Where was Kaoru?
~*~
Okina sighed deeply, and turned to Sanosuke. "Her ankle was broken, and scratched badly, apparently from sticks or something in the forest. But other then that. . . she'll live. I'm not much of a doctor, in fact I'm not one, but I can heal as easily as the next guy. . ."
Sano sighed. "Thanks pops. . ."
Okina chuckled deeply, massaging his beard. "My pleasure. I'll leave you two. . .alone now. . ." sneaking out of the room, the insane old man snickered as he played the role of matchmaker.
Sanosuke looked down at Megumi. She looked so beautiful. . .
WAIT A SECOND!!!!!
THE FOX??? BEAUTIFUL????
But Sanosuke couldn't deny it. Megumi Takani was a very beautiful woman. He gently pushed a lock of hair out of her face.
What was this feeling in the pit of his stomach?
~*~
Utena grabbed the shinai and hit Yahiko with it.
"Wha. . ." before he knew what was happening, Utena hit Yahiko so hard on the head that he was knocked out.
Utena sighed in satisfaction. "Finally. . . you were really starting to get on my nerves. . ." she sat back down and enjoyed her view of the sunset, as if nothing had happened.
She's just make up an excuse if anybody came into the room and asked why Yahiko was unconscious.
What she didn't know that somebody was in the room. A smile graced his face; as always, but his eyes were narrowed in anger. He knew that this woman was not one he trusted.
Seta Soujiro, the Tenken, would see to this case.
To Be Continued. . .
Author's Notes: YAY! A long chapter! REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!! Please review. . . minna-sama! Chibi feels so lonely! T.T
Disclaimer: I don't own my muses, I just play with them.
On with the story!
Chapter Twenty-Six
Megumi frowned as she walked over to Tomoe Yukishiro's room. Okina could not treat this woman all by himself. Hence, since she was a doctor, Megumi decided to help. She was about to reach the door-knob when. . .
"HEY THERE MEGUMI!!!!!!!" screamed a voice.
Megumi grimaced. "Uhh. . . Hello there Utena. . ."
Utena smiled and winked her baby blue eye. "Would you come on a walk with me?" she asked, sweetly.
Megumi raised an eyebrow. "I'm sorry but I need to treat Miss Tomoe Yuki. . ."
"Oh she can wait. I'm sure you want to come on a walk with me. Don't you? There's something. . . I need to tell you."
Megumi frowned, knowing that this was a bad idea, but put down her medical instruments and followed Utena out the door.
~*~
Walking up the long stone stairs, Megumi and Utena chatted quietly. Utena still hadn't told Megumi anything about anything important, so Megumi just waited. There was something up with this girl. . .
Finally they reached the top of the hill and Utena walked ahead of Megumi, her back facing her.
"There's something I need to tell you. I don't know you very well, but that's the reason why I'm telling you this. I don't want to get to know you well."
Megumi raised an eyebrow. "Why, is there something wrong with me?"
"No. . . no there's nothing wrong with you Megumi. But there will be something wrong with Tomoe very soon. . ."
Megumi frowned. "Do you know anything about Tomoe Yukishiro's illness?" she asked.
Utena smiled, her pink bangs covering her eyes. "Of course. I'm the cause."
". . .What?"
"I gave her pills. Hiko Seijiro gave me those pills, but I'll let you know. . . he's innocent."
"What pills did you give her?"
"Hiko created them. He's mad, like everybody says, but genius. At the end of the month, which is only a few days ahead, Tomoe will die."
Megumi glared at her, "Not if I can help it! I have yet to let one of my patients die! I don't care if she's Ken-san's wife or not! I will not allow her to die!"
"You have no place in this story, Megumi. In fact, I've found that I dislike you."
Megumi shook her head, "Well I don't like you! I thought you were Enishi's girlfriend!"
Utena suddenly cackled evilly. She turned around. "Don't you know anything? Enishi thinks that Tomoe told him to become my boyfriend! He got a note from her. It wasn't from her. It was from ME! I wanted him to become my boyfriend, so that he wouldn't suspect that I was trying to kill his sister. . . and succeeding!"
Megumi was completely disgusted. "You're crazy!" she cried.
Utena chuckled. ". . . So what?" she snapped her fingers, and two large hulky men and a skinny man came out from the trees in the forest they were in. "Bye bye, Megumi Takani."
The men closed in on Megumi, and she was completely defenseless. She screamed the first name that came into her head. "SANOOOO!!!!!"
Utena smiled. 'Sano eh? I think I'll pay him a little visit. . .' she chuckled madly, so proud of herself.
~*~
Sanosuke was chewing on his fish bone sadly when Utena burst through the door. "SANO SANO SANO!!!" she screamed.
He stood up and put his hands on her shoulders. "Hey hey there. . . little missy. What's wrong?" he asked, as though he'd known her his whole life.
Utena was breathing heavily, as though she had been running. She spoke in between breaths. "It's. . . Megumi. . . got her. . . must. . . save. . .on top of hill. . . in forest. . . men grabbed her. . .i ran. . . for my . . . life. . ."
"WHAT????"
Within seconds, Sanosuke was running up the hill towards the spot that Utena had described. His eyes narrowed. 'Fox, I'm coming. . .' he thought, protectively.
~*~
Sanosuke ran so fast that in a matter of minutes, he was on the top of the hill.
"Well well well? What do we got here? What'cha want, little man?" asked a gruff voice. A huge man stepped from the bushes, a large club in his hands.
Sanosuke glared at him. "Where's the fox?"
"What fox?"
"MEGUMI TAKANI!!!" Sanosuke yelled, very upset.
The gruff man chuckled. "Ohhh. . . the little lady? She's with us. We've been having a bit of fun with her. . ."
Sanosuke's eyes widened. ". . . What?" he whispered. Then he yelled, "Where is she?"
Another man slinked out of the bushes. He had a rat like face and was extremely skinny. "Right here. . ." behind him was another large man. That large man had Megumi unconscious in his arms.
That just upset Sanosuke even more. "Put her down!!!"
The large man shrugged. "He said put her down. . . so we'll put her down." Without any emotion, the man just dropped Megumi to the ground. A sickening crack was heard.
Sanosuke decided to take action. Fighting had always been his best ability. Not dancing.
Moving forward to the skinny man, Sanosuke pushed his hand down like thunder.
BOOM!!!
A loud crack was heard, and the ground split in half to the weight of Sano's hand. The skinny man was immediately knocked out.
Sanosuke grinned and pivoted to the gruff man. "Wanna be next?"
The gruff man charged with his huge club. "KYAAAAA!!!"
Sanosuke moved to the side, jumped up with his long legs onto the gruff man's shoulder, then brought his strong hand to his head. Immediately, the gruff man fell to the floor.
The final man was not about to get thrown down as easily as the others. He charged with a gigantic axe, and it was brought down onto Sanosuke easily.
Sano's eyes widened in pain. '. . .Fox. . .'
~*~
Utena giggled in the living room of the Aoiya. Yahiko sat across the room, arms folded.
"What are you laughing about?" he asked.
"Oh nothing a child would understand. . ."
Yahiko was up in a millisecond. "NOTHING A CHILD WOULD UNDERSTAND??? WHO YOU CALLIN' A CHILD???"
Utena smirked, smugly. "Who else is in here?"
"I'd say you're the child!"
"I'm not the one screaming at the top of my lungs. . .Yahiko-CHAN."
"Why I oughta. . ." Yahiko brought out his shinai, and got ready to attack. Something about this girl made Yahiko really want to hurt her. Even more then Kaoru.
"Aww. . ." Utena pouted. "You wouldn't hit a lady, now would you?"
"I would never hit a lady," Yahiko said. Then he smirked; shinai brought up and ready to strike down on her easily. "But you're no lady."
~*~
Sanosuke clutched his left arm that was bleeding furiously. He had missed getting his head cut clean off, but his left arm was hurt badly when he jumped out of the way.
"You big loaf . . ." he cringed. "I'm the one who's supposed to hit you! Read the script, would you?"
The large man laughed, his huge belly going up and down.
It was then that Sanosuke took it as an advantage. Bringing his right hand down, he struck the large man down with only one hand. The man was down instantly.
Sanosuke huffed as he looked at him carefully. Then he remembered Megumi. Rushing over to her, he carefully lifted her up. No head injuries, but her ankle seemed to be broken.
"Rooster?" whispered a weak voice.
Sanosuke looked down at her in his arms. He completely forgot his bleeding left arm. "Fox?"
She smiled gently. "You saved me?"
"That's right."
"I didn't know you could fight. . ."
"Well, I am pretty strong. . ."
They were silent. Megumi smelled his blood. She chuckled. "I'm going to have to bandage up that arm of yours."
"It's just a scratch. . . ."
"Oh stop being macho-man."
". . .Fox?"
"Yes?"
"I'm sorry."
"Huh? Why?"
"I didn't get here soon enough."
Megumi shook her head. "No, silly Rooster. You got here soon enough. Just think, it could be worse."
"It could be better."
"Why are you so worried about me? Why should you care?"
Sanosuke was silent. "Kenshin is acting differently." That was completely avoiding the conversation they were once having, but Megumi went with it.
"Yes. . . he called Kaoru 'girl'. . . . Like he didn't know her!" then suddenly she remembered what Utena had told her. "I know the cause of his wife's illness!" she told Sanosuke.
Sano's eyes widened. "Really? What? She told you?"
"Yes she told me. I guess she just needed somebody to tell. Secrets are hard to keep you know. . ."
"What did she say?"
Megumi frowned. "She said that Hiko Seijiro gave her pills, but also that he is innocent. She said she gave the pills to Tomoe, and that Tomoe will die at the end of the month; which is a few days from now! The end of June!"
Sano gasped. "I thought they were best friends!"
"She also said that she had given Enishi a note that said that Tomoe wanted him to become Utena's boyfriend. The note was actually from Utena! She wanted Enishi to become her boyfriend so that he didn't imagine that it was because of her that Tomoe was dying!"
Sanosuke shook his head because of the sheer craziness. "That's insane!"
Megumi nodded, them grimaced at her painful ankle.
"Oh I'm sorry! We need to get you back, don't we?"
Megumi nodded, her eyes drooping at the stress.
Sanosuke smiled gently. "Sleep, Fox."
Megumi smiled back and closed her eyes. . .
And Sanosuke ran down the hill as if there was no tomorrow. Somehow, he believed that that saying might become true.
~*~
Kaoru sat, dimly aware of everything that was going on. Her only thoughts were of her parents.
`~`~`~`~FLASH BACK~`~`~`~`
"Look, look Mom! I got an A!!!" Kaoru jumped up and down, only twelve years old.
Kaoru's mother smiled gently. She was a beautiful woman. "That's so wonderful, Kao-chan! Did you show your daddy?"
"Nope! Not yet!" Kaoru ran quickly to where her father sat at his desk. "Dad, Dad, LOOK!! I got an A!" she giggled with excitement.
Her father stooped down and smiled at her. "Wow, Kaoru! That's wonderful! You know what that means, right?"
Kaoru nodded, giggling. "That means that Daddy will Kaoru sword fighting!"
Her father chuckled. "That's right. We'll start first thing in the morning!" he turned grave. "But tonight mom and dad need to go to a meeting, so you need to wait until tomorrow, okay?"
Kaoru frowned. "I can't come?" she asked.
Her father laughed. "No no . . . sweetie. You can't come to this meeting."
Kaoru sighed. "Alright. . ." then she perked up. "Tommorrow, right?"
Her father nodded. "Of course. Tomorrow!"
He didn't know that he wouldn't live to see the sun come back up the next morning.
`~`~`~`~END FLASH BACK~`~`~`~`
Why did the Hitokiri Battousai kill her father? Why did Enishi say 'he' had killed them. It was all confusing.
And now Kenshin had blue eyes, and for some reason, had a scar down his left cheek, and only paid attention to his 'wife', Tomoe Yukishiro- Himura.
A tear fell to the futon's bed sheets.
Why wasn't he talking to her?
Another tear.
Why was he calling her 'girl'?
A sob.
What happened to Kenshin Himura, the robot she created?
Another sob.
What happened to the man she loved?
~*~
Kenshin sat next to the sleeping Tomoe, fighting himself.
He had to get out. He had to be free. What was going on? He was positive that somebody else was speaking for him, or at least that's what it felt like.
Something was terribly wrong. Where was Kaoru?
~*~
Okina sighed deeply, and turned to Sanosuke. "Her ankle was broken, and scratched badly, apparently from sticks or something in the forest. But other then that. . . she'll live. I'm not much of a doctor, in fact I'm not one, but I can heal as easily as the next guy. . ."
Sano sighed. "Thanks pops. . ."
Okina chuckled deeply, massaging his beard. "My pleasure. I'll leave you two. . .alone now. . ." sneaking out of the room, the insane old man snickered as he played the role of matchmaker.
Sanosuke looked down at Megumi. She looked so beautiful. . .
WAIT A SECOND!!!!!
THE FOX??? BEAUTIFUL????
But Sanosuke couldn't deny it. Megumi Takani was a very beautiful woman. He gently pushed a lock of hair out of her face.
What was this feeling in the pit of his stomach?
~*~
Utena grabbed the shinai and hit Yahiko with it.
"Wha. . ." before he knew what was happening, Utena hit Yahiko so hard on the head that he was knocked out.
Utena sighed in satisfaction. "Finally. . . you were really starting to get on my nerves. . ." she sat back down and enjoyed her view of the sunset, as if nothing had happened.
She's just make up an excuse if anybody came into the room and asked why Yahiko was unconscious.
What she didn't know that somebody was in the room. A smile graced his face; as always, but his eyes were narrowed in anger. He knew that this woman was not one he trusted.
Seta Soujiro, the Tenken, would see to this case.
To Be Continued. . .
Author's Notes: YAY! A long chapter! REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW!!! Please review. . . minna-sama! Chibi feels so lonely! T.T