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Alright, first of all I want to thank all those who reviewed my story…to be honest with you, I wouldn't have even thought of writing a chapter two if it weren't for you people…so, thanks! Ok, now I'll stop talking and let you read the second chapter.

Enjoy!

MY GUARDIAN ANGEL

Chapter 2:

'Thirty dollars, please'

Megumi Takani looked into her purse for the cash. She extracted a fifty dollar bill and handed it to the man behind the counter. The man accepted the money and turned to the cashier. He popped out the box, took out a twenty dollar bill and handed it to her.

'Thanks,' Megumi said, returning the cash to her purse. She noticed that the man was still watching her. 'Is something wrong, sir?'

'I think I saw you before,' the man said, thoughtfully.

Megumi's eyes widened slightly. 'No, you didn't,' she said hurriedly, zipping her purse close.

'Now I remember!' the man exclaimed. 'You're that doctor who caused that boy to commit suicide, aren't you?'

'No, I'm not,' Megumi lied, picking up her plastic bags of groceries.

'So, tell me, doc, how does it feel to kill a boy, eh?' the man asked, smiling ill-naturedly. Megumi walked past him without a second glance. 'Nice talking' to ya!'

Tears stung Megumi's eyes as she walked out of the hypermarket and headed to the parking lot. It has been two weeks since the Yamachi kid had committed suicide, and even though it had been proved she had nothing to do with it, that it was his parents' who were to be blamed since they were really careless about their son's treatment, the public didn't seem to be convinced of her innocence. She had lost a lot of her patients, and she was getting a lot of hate mail from the boy's friends, family…and other people who just thought it was amusing to insult a person.

She really couldn't cope with such pressure; it was just too much for her.

She had tried several times to hold on to that man…Sanosuke Sagara's words, to believe that he was actually there for her, that he was guarding her back like he had promised…but she was finding it really difficult. If he really was there, then why wasn't he helping her out like he said he would? Why wasn't everything turning out alright like he assured her it would? And why…just why was she still feeling this guilty about Taito Yamachi's death? He had told her that if she believed that she was innocent, then she wouldn't feel this guilt…but it just wasn't working.

Or maybe the guy wasn't her angel after all? Maybe he was just fooling around with her? Just teasing her? She hated to think of that.

She reached her car, unlocked it and dumped her groceries in the back seat. She climbed into the driver's seat, revved the engine and pulled out of the parking lot.

The trip back home was quite eventless. She got there in ten minutes and pulled in through the front gate. She parked her car in the garage, and carried her groceries to the front door.

Two weeks ago, her maid, Kiki, would come and open the door for her and help her with her groceries, or help her take off her coat, and would give her a really warm greeting. But Kiki was gone now; she, too, believed that it was Megumi's fault that Taito had gone and jumped off the bridge.

She stuck her key into the lock, and was about to turn it when the door flung open. Megumi stared in shock at the man standing in the doorway.

'You're back! Finally! I've been waiting since ages!' he exclaimed happily, his brown eyes twinkling. 'Here, let me help you with those bags.'

He took the plastic bags out of her hands, and went off to the kitchen, leaving Megumi standing on the doorstep, still looking shocked. After a moment, she came back to her senses, walked into her house, and closed the door.

She walked cautiously towards the kitchen. She saw the man bustling about in the kitchen, putting away the groceries in their places. It was the same man who had come to her office two weeks ago; Sanosuke Sagara.

He saw her watching him. 'Well, how was your day? Any new patients?' he asked brightly, putting the carton of milk she had bought in the fridge.

'What are you doing here?' she said, her jaw tight.

'Well, I thought that was obvious, I'm just paying you a visit, I wanted to check on how you were doing,' he told her. He pulled out a jar of peanut butter from one of the bags. 'You know what works with peanut butter? Honey. It's simply delicious, you should try it…stop using the jelly, too much fat, it's not good for you.'

'What? How did you know I was going to use it with jelly?' she demanded, feeling slightly alarmed.

'Shucks! I've seen you at it loads of times before, I ought to know by now,' he told her. He put the jar in the fridge too, and went to examine the contents of another bag. He pulled out two items. 'You got a real sweet-tooth, don't you? Cookies and chocolate pudding?'

Megumi crossed over towards him and snatched the stuff out of his hands. Then she stepped back away from him. 'What do you want?' she asked sharply.

'Told you, I've just come to pay you a…' he said.

'No, I mean, what do you really want? Come to play more tricks on me?' she said angrily.

'Tricks?' he repeated blankly.

'Yes, tricks,' she repeated. She unzipped her purse and pulled a white card out of it. 'Like this, for example!'

Sano frowned at the card for a moment, and then he grinned. 'Why, this is the card I've given you!' he exclaimed.

'Yeah, it is,' she said. 'Come to give me some more cards? To tell me more lies? Like the thing about you being my angel and everything?'

'Megumi, if you really think I had been lying to you, then why did keep the card?' he asked her quietly.

'I…the card?' Megumi said, and he nodded. 'That's not the point! You still didn't tell me what you want! And how did you get in here, anyway? The door was locked!'

'Locks and doors cannot restrain angels, Megumi,' he told her, pulling himself up onto the kitchen counter.

'Back to the angel thing,' she said, sighing in exasperation. 'Will you please drop it!'

'Wait, you think I'm lying to you, don't you? Isn't that it? You don't believe me, do you?' he said, with a tone of annoyance. He reached out and snatched the packet of cookies back from her, opened it, and took out one. 'Drats!' he mumbled, munching into one.

'Huh?' she said, confused.

'Here I work up a sweat trying to be a good angel and then in the end having the girl I'm supposed to be guarding not even believe in me!' he mumbled. 'At least old Lulu believed in me! She wasn't pretty at all, but she believed in me.'

'What? Who is Lulu?' she said, looking perplexed.

'The lady I used to guard before you…she was a really nice woman, pity she died,' Sano said mournfully, and took another bite of his cookie.

'Oh, so I'm not the only one you've tricked before, then?' she said reproachfully.

'I didn't trick anyone! I am an angel!' he protested. Then he looked thoughtfully at the cookie. 'Mmm! These are good! I should tell the others about them.'

'Others?' she said, blinking at him.

'Yeah, I can't guard every one on the planet now, can I? Too much trouble,' he told her. He held out the packet of cookies for her, but she turned him down. 'All the more for me then!'

'So…er…if you are an angel, where are your wings?' she asked.

'Oh, I do have wings,' he said seriously. 'I don't keep them out, though, they'd attract too much attention, know what I mean?'

'So, if I asked you, could you show them to me?' she asked, fighting the impulse to laugh.

'Do I have to?' he whined. 'I mean, I would show them to you, it's just too painful to get them out, y'know.'

'It's gonna be really hard for me to believe you if you don't show me something,' she remarked.

'I know!' he exclaimed, setting the packet aside. He slid down off the counter. 'Where do you have a full length mirror? Oh, yeah, the bedroom!'

'Wha…?' Megumi said, but he grabbed her by the shoulders and marched her out of the kitchen. He led her past the living room and to the stair-case which led to the second floor. 'The house is clean…did you clean it yourself?'

'Well, I had to do something while you were away,' he said defensively.

'Why didn't you drop at my office then?' she asked, as he led her up the stairs.

'I thought you might be busy,' he replied.

'Yeah, real busy, seeing I've got no more patients,' she muttered.

'Did you say something?' he asked.

'No, nothing,' she lied.

'Okay, we're here,' he announced, as they got to her bedroom. He opened the door and led her to the mirror which was standing in a corner.

'What are you going to do?' she demanded, curiously.

'Well, I've always wanted to see you in an evening gown…but all you seemed to wear was your business suit…it got on my nerves!' he said. 'I mean, you have such a nice body…I don't mean it in a sleazy kind of way…and you ought to wear something nice to go along with it.'

'Wait! What are you…?' she cried, getting the impression that he was about to rip the clothes of her body.

Sano snapped his fingers, and in a blink of an eye, Megumi's skirt and shirt were replaced with a beautiful navy blue evening gown.

Megumi stared in awe at her reflection. The gown was strapless, and was made of navy blue silk. It hugged her body tightly around the abdomen, and then spaced out from her waist and pooled around her feet. Her hair had been pulled up into a set of perfect curls, and a string of dazzlingly-white pearls designed her neck.

'This is…I look…' she whispered.

'Beautiful, no?' he said, looking appreciatively at his handiwork. 'That's what I'm talking about, you should wear such stuff more often; they bring out your beauty.'

'How did you do this?' she demanded.

'Told you, I'm an angel…and angels can do all sort of magic…pretty neat, isn't it?' he said, grinning happily.

Megumi massaged her temples. 'Alright, let's say you are an angel, and there are others like you…' she said. '…then, why have you never shown yourselves to people? Why have you never helped people out? And why do you show me yourself now, when you could've done so years ago?'

'We can't go telling people about us, they'll be wanting magical solutions for everything, but we do help them…like sometimes when you fall, we break the fall, we give you a bit of bruises and bumps when otherwise you would've ended with a serious injury…' he told her. '…and the reason I haven't shown myself to you before, is because I've just recently become your angel…'

'Recently? Was I angel-less before?' she said, incredulously.

'No! Of course not!' he said, laughing. 'But old Toyo retired, and since I had just lost Lulu, I was told to watch over you instead…'

'People like you can retire?' she said, confused.

'Of course, don't you think we have lives to run?' he said, impatiently.

'Ok…so you're my guardian, is that what you're saying?' she asked.

'Yes, I'm glad you finally believed me!' he said happily.

'And you're supposed to help me when I'm in trouble, right?' she asked.

'Yes, and that's why I came to your office the other day, I wanted to help you,' he said earnestly.

Megumi sighed and plopped down on her bed. 'Well, I'm afraid you aren't doing a great job, Mr. Angel,' she mumbled.

'I'm not?' he said.

'If you are, then why do I feel worse by the moment?' she whispered, a tear trickling down her cheek.

A/N: So, that was it, my second chapter! How did you like it? Was it good? If it was, then could you please send me a review? I want to know whether I should continue writing this or not.

Wait for my next chapter!

-ZEN.