It's My Life
Disclaimer: I'm getting bored of this fic. However, I will continue, I hope. Oh yeah, I don't own SX.
CHAPTER NINE
"Our relationship is over, Shin."
"Reni, is it because of that guy you are living with? Do you like him more than me?" Shin asked.
It was two days since Shin returned. Countless of times, Megumi had been trying to get Shin to understand that she didn't want any more from him than to be just friends.
But he just wasn't getting the point.
Or was purposely ignoring it.
"Shin, Sano has nothing to do with this." Megumi sighed.
"Really?" Shin was real angry now.
"Shin-"
"I'll see you again tomorrow. You're going to get it, Reni. Just you wait." Shin slammed the door and stormed off.
Megumi wasn't scared, but felt slightly worried.
Just what did Shin mean?
Deep in thought, she wandered off, her hand unconsciously wrapped around a black metal object, stroking its trigger.
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The very next day, true to his word, Shin visited Megumi's house. Both Sano and Yahiko were out in town for the day.
He was wearing a samurai's outfit, a sword hanging in one hand. His resemblance to Kenshin was strikingly extraordinary.
"Megumi. I ask of you one more time. Return to Germany with me." he begged.
"No, I'm staying here." Megumi didn't hesitate to answer, though aware of the weapon in his hands.
"You're not needed here. Sanosuke doesn't care about you. I do. Come with me, Megumi!" he cried, pulling at her.
He cares…… he does……"I am needed. I have patients here in Japan." Megumi replied looking away.
"So will you in Germany!" "If things were different? Would you love me then?" Megumi asked."Megumi, please!"
"No."
"No. It wouldn't be any different." Sano replied, looking downwards.
"I can kill him, I can tear him into pieces. I'm am superior to him!" Shin cried. "Did you ever find out what happened to your friends?"
Friends? Kenshin and Kaoru?
"……"
"What's going on here?" Megumi asked.
"Megumi-san, I'm really sorry about this……""I killed them! Me!" Shin yelled, brandishing his sword.
Megumi stepped backwards and tripped, her head swarming with flashbacks. Backing against a wall, her eyes closed in fear.
"They were killed…… by a poison that I created." Megumi whispered softly.
"I killed them! I killed battousai the slasher! Me!"
"How long are you going to sit here and mourn?" Sano asked. "This is stupid."
Glass shards littered the floor.
"Maybe, the reason you like Shin is because he looks like Kenshin. Is that possible?" Yahiko asked quietly. "Megumi?"
Megumi scrambled to her feet, and ran up the stairs as fast as she could, screaming.
"You are the little Reni that I know. Are you not?" Shin asked, tipping his hat.
"You won't love me?! You won't love anyone else either! 'Cause you'll be dead!" Shin yelled, following her.
Megumi locked herself in her room, her heart pounding.
"Isn't it beautiful?" asked Megumi.
"Yes. You are."
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Sano fidgeted. Something was wrong. Terribly wrong.
"Sanosuke? What's wrong?" Yahiko asked.
"I'm not sure. I just have this bad feeling……"
"Is it Megumi?" Yahiko asked.
"Maybe……"
"Then go, Sanosuke. You have to help her if she's in trouble." Advised the younger boy.
"I may be wrong." Sano said.
"You may also be right. Now go, Sano!" Yahiko said.
But he was talking to thin air. Sano was gone.
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Shin slashed the door open in no time. "Any last words, Reni?"
Megumi's hands found the trigger.
"Who is that man?" Sano demanded.
"He's my brother. Shin Takani."
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Sano ran as fast as he could back to the house.
"Wait for me, Megumi, please!"
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Megumi pulled out the gun and pointed it at Shin.
"Don't move." She whispered.
"What's wrong?" Yahiko asked.
"What's right?"
Shin laughed a cold, eerie laugh. "You wouldn't dare."
He raised his sword.
Closing her eyes, Megumi pulled the trigger.
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Sano burst into Megumi's room just in time to see Shin screaming. Megumi was pointing a gun at him, looking stunned.
Shin stumbled towards Sano.
And Megumi pulled the trigger. Again.
And again.
And again.
Sano grabbed the gun and flung it out the broken door. "Megumi! Get a hold of yourself!" he cried, shaking the crying Megumi.
Sirens wailed from outside the window.
Sano hugged the Megumi tightly.
"No one's gonna hurt you now. I promise." Sano whispered.
"If Shin didn't exist, would you love me?" Megumi asked.
But he didn't exist.
Not anymore.
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Megumi walked quietly past the bridge. It was empty, only the quiet sound of water in her ears.
The judges had let Megumi go free, after disposing of the gun. The death of the murderer that had annihilated so many people in a month was thoroughly appreciated.
A trickle of saltwater slid down Megumi's cheek.
I am a murderer, Megumi thought sadly.
I killed Kenshin, Kaoru and Shin……Before she realized it, she was standing on the edge of the rail.
The cool water was inviting.
Indeed, after all she had been through, death would be a relief.
She closed her eyes, tears cascading down her cheeks.
Maybe……She was falling, down, down, down……
"Megumi!" Sano's hand grabbed hers.
She opened her eyes.
"Sanosuke……"
"You can't do this……" Sano whispered.
"Why? I have nothing to live for anymore." Megumi said softly.
"What about Yahiko? He's suffered enough."
Megumi closed her eyes briefly.
"I'm sorry about it, but Yahiko is a strong kid. He'll manage without me." Megumi said. She let her fingers slip slowly.
"Megumi!" Sano cried. "Even if Yahiko can manage…… I can't." he said.
Megumi shook her head. Was she hallucinating? It was a nice dream……
She was falling again.
"I love you, Megumi." Sano said, reaching out for her.
Megumi's eyes snapped open.
And her hand grabbed onto the railing.
Yay, the end!
Well, actually, it's not the end yet, but, I felt like writing that. There's still an epilogue coming up. I'm sorry if this chapter's really confusing and short, but I'm really stuck. I have no idea at all. But anyway, I've thought of the epilogue already, so it'll probably be up soon. School has started again, though, and I'm really busy now that I'm in jr. high school. Argh, I wish I was young again…..
Review please! I literally knocked myself out over this chapter!