"WEDDING BELLS"

Disclaimer: (sigh) I know that you have probably heard this for about a gazillion times now but just in case, someone out there wants to sue me, … I don't own Rorouni Kenshin. Why? I dunno. I just don't. But if ever someone wants to give it to me, I'd be happy to accept it. (Yeah… I wish). Now that you know… can I start with my fic now? Resistance is futile! I shall start with my fic whether you like it or not!

Author's note: I know that everyone got pissed off by the 2nd OVA ending. Yeah I know... Aside from the fact that Kenshin Himura …uuhhh… well… "SNIFF""SNIFF" let's just, say that he has gone to a better place… Megumi and Sano ended up… well, not as many would have wanted. It was really something that bothered me in my sleep, poisoned my already distorted mind, and wrecked my whole being! (Okay! so I'm over reacting… why stop me when you find it so amusing?) . After all, they'd make a pretty couple ne? But can you imagine a third party? How about Jealousy rising between them? Hi-Hi-Hi. I get Goosebumps just thinking about it…. I hope you like my fic. I'll be expecting review soon so please … REVIEW!

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CHAPTER I: WHAT ABOUT ME?

It was another day in Kyoto…The market place is a busy as always and the usual hustle and bustle of the streets is still on the go.

In doctor Gensai's clinic, Megumi and the doctor have their hands tied with all the sudden rush of patients. It had been a whole day of diff'rent diseases but usually it's just cough and cold. It's almost winter and the humid environment caused many to catch some pre winter sickness.

After a whole day of giving solutions to the patient's pre-winter dilemmas, Megumi had finally gone through and have only one more patient to fill in.

An old lady approached Megumi in refuge from her aching back.

"How long has it been since you first felt this pain?" Megumi asked politely as she examined the old lady's aching back.

"About a week" the old lady answered with a little hiss of pain as Megumi bent her back a little. (A/N: makes you wanna wish to be young forever … darn rheumatism…my dad has it and boy! Does it hurt like hell)

"Ah… I see… it's really not that serious. But it may get worse unless you take the proper medication" she said as she rubbed her chin and began to scribble on a piece of paper. "Here will be the things that you will need to drink and do." And she gave the prescription to the last patient and with genteel gesture, bid goodbye.

She looked around for more and was thankful that there were none left. She had been deadbeat, for the clinic had been flooded with patients since the day before. She sat on her chair and tried to relax as closed her eyes for a bit to rest them. She hadn't been this tired since that day she treated Sanosuke after he battled Saito back in the Dojo. "Sano is really one trouble some guy. It's either he follows trouble or it follows him." She said to herself, imagining Sano's weakened state that night...

But deep inside of her thoughts, she knew that there existed a certain sympathy for the simple-minded, puerile imbecile. He had been the one to encourage her in her times of need. She recalled the way he stared at her and stopped her when she was about to give up on life and stab herself back in the tower of the mansion where she used to work making opium. He was the one to grittily stop her from committing hara-kiri and … not Kenshin whom she thought probably would have. She shook her head.

"What am I thinking…he has Kaoru…" Although she didn't want to admit it, she also liked Kaoru and wouldn't want to form a rivalry for any longer. After all, it was Kaoru's doing that she had found a simple job and a place to stay. If she hadn't told Dr. Gensai to lend a hand, Megumi would have been back to where she was before. In the streets. But the truth was … she had lost badly to the childish tomboy in the battle for Kenshin's heart.

"Megumi san…"Dr. Gensai called for Megumi for the other room

Hearing her mentor call, Megumi stood up and walked benevolently, while flipping her shiny black hair, to the other room. "Yes?" she asked as if to tend to her mentor's needs.

"Do you want to come with us to the dojo?" He asked plainly…"Sano is going to announce something very important." He added as he rummaged in his bag of medicinal plants.

Megumi glanced at Suzume and Ayame. She wouldn't want to be left here alone. "Okay I'll go so that I can hear what nonsense that rooster head has to say…" Megumi answered before she went to brush her hair silently in front of the mirror.

For some reason, she really felt happy at the thought that she'd be seeing Sano but she refuses to admit to herself the fact that she actually likes Sano. She pinched herself in front of the mirror and said, "You must be crazy."

She can't believe that she actually like someone as brusque and obtuse as Sanosuke Segara… with her looks and her intelligence, she can get any man she wants… unfortunately the man whom she loved first, didn't turn out that way. "But why Sano?" she asked herself while putting her sandal on the floor. She couldn't quite answer the question. Yes… he was nice and he cared for her but in gratitude to that, she wouldn't have liked him that much. Maybe this was just what they call infatuation. She really didn't have that deep of a meaning to like this man. He is not even near to close in her definition of love. But there was something about him that she just can't depict.

After her long ponder in front of her magic mirror, Megumi joined the doctor and his two angels outside. They were about to leave when a man carrying a little boy showed up "Please see my son. He is very sick!" The man pleaded.

Eyeing the doctor and the two little girls, Megumi saw that they were all anxious to go to the Dojo. She could tell that they were excited to hear about Sano's special announcement. But this man needed assistance; medical assistance. "Go ahead without me Doctor… I'll try to catch up later." She said. The doctor insisted on staying but Megumi declined his offer in the thought that she wouldn't want to stall them for something that she can do alone. Besides, the girls are already excited to see their playmate, Kenshin. (A/N: another martyr is added to the long list of historical idiots …)

After the doctor left, Megumi immediately attend to the little boy. It turned out that the boy only had a high fever and all he needed was just a few medicines. Megumi was thankful that it wasn't another all-nighter. She checked the watched and saw that it was only half an hour. She can still catch up with the others and, probably, Sano's important announcement. After leading the father and son outside the clinic, she proceeded to the market and bought some takoyaki. She will need it to compensate for being late for Sano's big meeting. And she knew that since Sano has such a big mouth, she'd have to stuff it up with lots of takoyaki to shut him up from ranting about her being late for something he may think is so important. "Please give me another 3 orders," she said to the seller, while taking a few bills out of her red Chinese purse. After taking the pack, she hurriedly walked through the busy streets of Kyoto towards the direction of Kaoru Kamiya's Dojo.

She arrived not long after and didn't waste time to go inside. She greeted "Ta dai ma!" and swiftly took off her sandals, then flew inside the old wooden structure, whom she treated as her second home.

She carried that Sly smile on her face while imagining Sano devouring all the takoyaki that she brought with her. It was never a big deal to him, but it satisfies her to see him eat the scrumptious meals that she serves him back at doctor Gensai's house. After all, he had no home to call his own, and a stable job for income…It's actually quite a normal occasion that He would stop by Dr. Gensai's house or Kaoru's house for some food. She would almost hope that Sano would stop by everyday to eat just to see him engulf the meal that she had, secretly and specially, prepared for him. But it seems that, lately, that Sano had found another source of food. He hadn't come by their house to ask for food for the past few days. "It would do good if it was a good paying job," she said to herself as she imagined the old rooster head working to pay Tae for his long list of unpaid bills.

She reached the room where everyone had gathered for Sano's special announcement and she could tell that everyone was quite happy since she could hear Kenshin's voice who's probably playing with the two little girls. She could also tell that it was Yahiko's laugh echoing around the room. And she could slightly hear Sano spilling out something to Kaoru and the others but she can't seem to make it up from that far. She decided to come in to join their jovial forum. Upon entering the room, she heard Sano say "So that's why I'm gonna get married!" as he laughed sarcastically, blowing his head off.

Megumi couldn't quite believe what she just heard. She just have to hear it again! After closing the sliding door, she turned out to ask the rooster head "what did-" but she was cut off when she saw a beautiful petite blue-eyed girl beside Sano. She possessed the most beautiful golden locks that she had ever seen and what's worse, Megumi felt inferior to her glowing beauty.

If the torture wasn't enough, the girl just had to smile with her soft pink lips that shone under the light of the room. She looked like a Goddess! Megumi stepped back and dropped the takoyaki that just rolled out of the bag and onto the tatami floor. (A/N: can't blame Megumi ... this gal's drop dead gorgeous. I'd also feel insecure but sorry to say, I got over Sano a long time ago. (Sigh) I'm not a good liar…am I? …Quick! Someone grab the Takoyaki!)

"Oh! Megumi! You made it!" Kaoru greeted the brunette beauty.

"Hello Megumi san… I'm glad that you made it." Kenshin followed with his usual affable smile

Megumi paid little attention to the two and directly glared at Sanosuke with aversion "Y-you're g-getting married? YOU? Ha -Ha -Ha -Ha!" she laughed sarcastically without losing her poise. "You mean to say that you are going to get married? Without a job? How will you feed your wife and children? C'mon Sano… why don't you use your head a bit! I bet it's rotting under that thin skull of your by now."

Everyone looked at her with questioning eyes, as if they do not know what Megumi was so furious about. (A/N: You know the one with the "BLINK""BLINK" sequence)

Megumi then turned to the blonde-beauty "and you… seriously? Do you really want to get marry this man?" she laughed again "This man can't even feed himself? What more his own family? I think you should think again sister."

"I think-" Sano was cut off when Megumi spoke again. This time, with a remorsed voice of someone who was about to burst into tears

"I just thought that you'd like the takoyaki …" with that, she walked backwards aiming to leave through the door just to slam on it. How could she have forgotten? She had just conveniently closed the damn thing earlier. She pummeled to open the stubborn thing and started off leaving her words "I just came to give you those" and left hurriedly. "I hope you choke on them!" she said while trying to push back her stubborn tears.

"Cool! It's Takoyaki!" Yahiko bawled at the little bag of treats that was left on the floor.

"I wonder what happened to her?" Dr. Gensai asked

"Huh? … Megumi…" Kaoru just sighed in disbelief.

"Why did she run off?" Kenshin added in agreement to her confusion.

(A/N: talk about dense)

"She's really-" he started off a sentence but was disturbed by the sudden flashflood of thoughts inside his head" … huh! Could she be?" Sano blushed while wearing a mischievous smile as he imagined Megumi's angry face… and laughed to his hearts content. (A/N: makes you wanna hit him huh? Can't blame you… but he's so cute)

"Sheesh -ngrub- jeloush!" Yahiko said while hogging a 6 packer Takoyaki in his already half filled mouth. (A/N: don't talk with your mouth full young man!)

"Is that woman your girlfriend?" the blonde girl asked Sano.

(A/N: (POUT) what do you care! (SULK))

"Nope…" he answered plainly but deep inside his distorted mind, he was focusing on the fact that, for the first time in his life, he could rub it in Megumi's sly fox face, for a change, that she was jealous.

There was silence

Everyone blurted out in laughter at the thought of Megumi's jealousy. They couldn't contain the laughter that was hidden beneath the silence that once enveloped the whole room.

"I think she likes you Sano." The blonde girl stated.

"Really? You think so?" Sano continued to laugh with the others.

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I'll end this chapter here… why? Cause I want to and don't worry. I'll try my best to finish it to the very end (FOR THE LOVE OF SANO! … Oh yeah… and Megumi). So please be patient. It may take me about 7 years to finish it though… just joking… if everything goes according to plan, it may only take about 5 chapters so it's kind of short compared to the other fics that I've seen so far. Please review my work for errors and you could also rant about it. It's a free world and I am not restricting you to praises or thanks. You could also insult my work or devastate my being but (smile devilishly) you have to expect something far more worse from me. Got my point? Cool…ja ne!

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