From: NVRPARRIS@aol.com

Yep... A Sano & Megumi fic...
But this one is like the complete opposite outcome of Sakka's Halloween fic...
That was  kawaii, but that's a completely different post *stay on topic 
baka!* 
Here goes... 
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Disclaimer: Rurouni Kenshin belongs to it's respective owners. I'm not one 
of those owners *sigh*. Standard disclaimers apply. 
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~NEVER BE THE SAME~
~Words and music by Christopher Cross~

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Megumi prepares her things. Tonight is her last night in Tokyo. To her left 
is a boarding pass for a train bound to Aizu; To her right are strewn 
clothing and pile of used bandages... Sano's badages. She folds a flowered 
yukata even though her vision begins to blur.

<It was good for me>
    Sanosuke rests his head against the outer wall of Megumi's appartment.      

<It was good for you>
    His eyes stare blankly ahead.           

<Now nothing either of us can say or do>
    His lips move but no words come out. 

<Can change the way you feel tonight>
    Megumi is overwhelmed by the growing pang in her heart.

<Sometimes love just slips out of sight...>
    She closes her eyes letting a stream tears course down the side of her 
face.



<Just one thing before you go>
    Sanosuke pulls away from the building.

<Just one thing that you've got to know>
    A pale light caresses the side of cheek as he turns towards the street.

<No one will ever touch me that way>
    He closes his eyes feeling a sense of loss...

<The way that you did that very first day>
    He realizes that she won't ever come back.



<And I'll>
    Megumi lies down in her futon.

<Never be the same without you here>
    The rocking of her shoulders lulls her to a restless kind of sleep.

<I'll live alone>
    Sanosuke roams the city,

<Hide myself behind my tears>
    his senses guiding him to the train staion.

<And I'll>
    Morning.

<Never be the same without your love>
    Megumi waves to the melancholy crowd on the platform. 

<I'll live alone>
    As the train pulls off, Sano turns away from the group.

<Try so hard to rise above>
    A single teardrop finally falls from his eyes.



<The years go by>
    Sanosuke throws rice at the newly wed Kenshin and Kaoru.

<There's always someone new>
    He stops to study his date.

<To try and help me forget about you>
    She smiles at him but he can't help but look away.

<Time and again it does me no good>
    His thoughts drift back to Megumi.

<Love never feels the way that it should>
    His unhealed fist trembles causing the remaining rice to drift away. 



<I loved you then I guess I'll love you forever>
    Megumi locks the door of her clinic.

<And even though I know we could never stay together>
    She walks outside and pauses at the sight before her...     

<I think about how it could have been>
    A boy with black hair and brown eyes punches a smaller, red-haired boy. 

<If we could just start all over again>
    Her eyes glisten as she walks away. 



<It was good for me>
    She smiles as she wipes a tear from her eyes.

<It was good for you>
    Sano stares into his cup of sake.  

<Now nothing either of us can say or do>
    A concerned Tae glances over her shoulder.

<Can change the way you feel today>
    By the time she looks over again, Sano is gone...

<Sometimes love just slips away...>
    As Tae clears away the table, she notices that Sano left a yen peice,
    and picture of Megumi.

                ~OWARI~

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NOTES:

1.Christopher Cross has such a beautiful voice! I love his music!! @.@

2.I started wondering how it would be like for Megumi if she knew she wasn't
    coming back... And then what about Sano *sniff*

Okay, I'll leave you all alone now!! I started writing comments, but those'll 
come
later...

Ja!

*Courtney-chan*
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