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Yes, yes, it's those pesky notes that aren't really chapters, filled with somewhat disappointing, maybe not if you didn't like this story, information.

I have officially decided that I am going to discontinue this story. I feel horrible that I've never once finished a chapter story. This is exactly the reason why I love writing one-shots. It's kind of disappointing to me that I had practically the rest of the story planned out, but I never actually wrote anything. My writing is not exactly the best or most engaging, either, though it has improved over the years. I look at this story and I am proud of it and yet disppointed the same time. I have no idea why.

I actually started wrting chapter 9 quite a long time ago. I managed 3/4 of a handwritten page. So here's that part. This chapter was to be called Fast-Forwarding.

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"And after you comes your lover," he sneered at her.

'Aoshi!' his name came right to mind, she was frantic. Then as an indignant afterthought, 'He's not my lover!'

He slashed his sword, aiming for her neck. She barely dodged it, a hair width's away.

"I'll kill you! I'll kill you!" she shrieked over and over again, throwing a handful of kunai straight at him. "I'll kill you before you can even see him!!"

Bullseyes-square in the shoulder. He collasped in pain, if only for a moment. But that small moment was enough. Misao ran faster than she had ever, perhaps rivaling Soujirou's Shukuchi. She had to find him...

Misao never thought that he would come back to soon...and at such a moment, too. But that didn't matter anymore. She just needed to find him quickly.

Where would he be? Temple! She sped there, checking his usual room, but to no avail.

Training hall? Again, futile.

His room! She ran to his room, slammed the shoji loudly, just in time to see Aoshi block Funaki's katana with a kodachi.

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I'm very serious, that's all I had written.

But anyway, here were my plans for the rest of the story. Some parts are extremely vague and some are really detailed, the rest that has not been covered here, each of you can come up with your own ending. If you actually do write one, I'd love to see it! Please email them to me at misaomeimeiatgmaildotcom

-Misao has a nightmare about Funaki Kazuo coming back and killing Aoshi
-seeing his bloody corpse, she tries to get revenge for Aoshi's death, but is too distraught and can't concentrate on her fight.
-just before he gives the last blow, she wakes in a cold sweat.
-After the nightmare, she doesn't want to risk death without Aoshi as her husband
-she runs to his room to make sure he's still there and once she slides open the door, he wakes.
-she asks him if he would still like to get married and he replies with the simple "Aa"
-five more years and the epilogue.
-brief summary of what happened when Funaki really came back
-saw the change in Misao, respected her strength and leaves. he was never created as a straight "bad guy," so of course he won't end that way, in case you're wondering.
-two children, a girl:4, a boy:3
-some dialogue, blah blah blah -yay happy ending

so there it is, there's not much, I know. And yet I can't bring myself to finish. Because then I'd need to edit the entire story, I'm proud of it, but I know I made quite a few mistakes somewhere.

Enjoy!