Alright! Here's the chapter you've all been waiting for! The chapter that will answer some questions, just to make others rise! And on time like I promised! Well, have fun!
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Chapter 9: Megumi's Secret Admirer
Megumi looked up at the large establishment in front of her. She looked down at her trembling hands and let out a very heavy sigh. She still wasn't sure if she could do this or not. "Should I really be doing this? It's just right there… two steps in front of me… all I have to do is knock…"Finally lifting her trembling hand up to the door to knock, she paused in hesitation, "I can't do this…" she placed her hand back down to her side, and turned to walk away, "But if you don't do this Megumi, you'll wonder for the rest of your life, what could have been." Sighing she turned and looked back up at the building. Little did she know that a certain rooster head had been watching her from a distance. "How many times is she going to keep doing that! Every time I think she's finally going to knock she decides not to and starts to walk away! Then she decides to giving knocking a go again and ends up not doing anything! I've never seen the Fox this nervous before… I wonder if she really likes him…" Sano was hidden by the corner of a nearby building. He had ended up bringing Tae and Tsubame with him, due to the fact that Megumi would kill him if he didn't keep an eye on them ever since their little fiasco, the previous day. While Tae seemed to be enjoying herself, poor little Tsubame had her conscience bugging her, "Tae, I really don't think we should be doing this. Miss Megumi is already nervous the way it is. We should just let her have her privacy." The words just slipped off Tae, having no effect, but Sano on the other hand was starting to feel a little bit guilty. "Tsubame!" she whispered, "How many times do I have to tell you? If we leave now, how will we know what happened?" Now Sano was beginning to be torn in two, "To let the Fox have her privacy and have a clean conscience, or find out who it is and beat the crap out of the guy… Huh… choices…"
Thinking of what a fool she probably looked like, she made up her mind and turned to faced the door. Taking a large gulp and letting out a huge sigh, she knocked, and waited. Her mind began to swirl with thoughts as she held her breath in anticipation, "How will he greet me? Is he even home? What if he doesn't know who I am? I wonder what he looks like. What if he doesn't even like me…?" As the last question popped into her random thoughts she froze. She hadn't ever thought of that one. Suddenly losing all the courage it had taken to even knock on the door, she began to turn around to leave, when the large wooden door swung open, "Hello there Miss. Are you Lady Takani? The one the master is waiting to see?" Megumi sighed in relief as his maid had opened the door, "Apparently he has been waiting for me… Maybe this won't be so bad." Gaining a new sense of courage she nodded and walked inside as the maid moved over to let her in.
Still unbeknown to her, a very jealous rooster stood lurking in the shadows. "Oh great… How am I supposed to get in there when I have to look after these two?" As if on cue, Katsu came into view. He appeared to be looking for something, and not looking to happy that he wasn't finding it. "Katsu! Hey you're right on time!" Sano said in a hushed voice just incase someone was still within hearing distance. Katsu's mood seemed to brighten at the sight of Sano, "Hey Sano. What do you think you're doing? Introducing me to beautiful lady and then disappearing with her the next day so I can't even see her again." Sano rolled his eyes, still not believing that they had ended up liking each other, "Listen sorry about that. But if you help me up over that fence, I'll let you hang out with her all day. In fact! You can treat her and Tsubame to lunch. I'm sure the two of them are starting to get hungry." With that Katsu smirked, "Why do you want over that fence so badly?" Not wanting to let his friend know he was getting soft, he gave him an almost honest reply, "The guy inside is a real jerk. He did something that really ticked me off so now I'm going to kick the crap out of him." Tsubame came out from behind the building and went up to Sano, "Really? What did he do to you?" Instantly Tae was by her making her quite, "You shouldn't pester him about that dear." Then she looked up at Katsu, "If it's all right with you…I am getting pretty hungry…" Katsu looked over at Sano and frowned, "Sano, what kind of man are you? Making these poor girls go hungry! Come on I'll give you a lift over the fence."
Megumi was lead into a large tea room, "Please wait here while I go fetch the master." After she was gone, Megumi was left to her thoughts, "Well it's too late to turn back now." She looked outside the window, knowing that there would be no night stars out to greet her, instead, a large garden awaited her. A small pond was placed in the middle, large grey rocks were placed to form a path around it and to lead to all of the main areas of the house. Before she got more of a chance to look, the maid returned, "The master will see you now."
Sano landed with a soundless thud and quickly took cover behind one of the trees in the garden. "Now where did they take the fox?" Looking around, he noticed a maid opening a door to a tea room. She said something that he couldn't quite make out, and then moved to reveal, "Megumi!" Sano thought as he watched her follow the girl. Suddenly a man came running out, "Megumi! Is that you! Oh it's been so long!"
"So where would you ladies like to eat?" Katsu asked as Tsubame's stomach growled. "Oh any place is fine Katsu! Thank you so much for treating us!" Tae replied happily. "So what is Sano really doing there?" Katsu inquired about his friend. Tae simply smiled, "You see Miss Megumi has a secret admirer." He raised an eyebrow, "Is that why Sano wanted to beat him up?" Giggling she answered, "Oh him? I don't really know anything about that man. If it even is a man that lives in that house. I was referring to Sano himself."
The man appeared to be in his middle-30s and had trimmed green hair, his long silk robe was a light blue, and his features were quite defined. The man's dark brown eyes seemed to be filled with joy as he hugged Megumi. A jealous chill ran down Sano's spine, as he gritted his teeth, trying not to give away his hiding place. Then the most unexpected thing happened, "Oh sister! I never thought I was going to see you again!"
O.o Bet you weren't expecting that, were you! Please tell me what you think! Or you'll force me to write more about my gas O.o….I'm running out of ideas, aren't I?