Sano-Megumi Fic �Pictures of You� by the Cure Disclaimer: Here is my first fanfic. I was asked by a friend to write something about Sanosuke and Megumi to the theme of this particular song and this is what came out. She liked it, and I hope you do as well. * All characters of Rurouni Kenshin belong to Nobuhiro Watsuki, Jump comics, and Sony. * LEMON WARNING: This story contains explicit sexual content. If this sort of material offends you, then I sincerelly apologize for writing something so smutty. (*laughs*) Music Begins On a crisp clear night, with the moon out, Sanosuke walks alone to his secret place. The wind blows through his hair as he walks, hands tucked into his pockets, and a fishbone sticking out from between his teeth. Again, he couldn�t sleep. An image bothered him. A memory came to haunt him each time he lay down to sleep. He stopped walking and looked around. He was at this place again; the middle of the bridge. Nowadays, whenever he walked he always ended up here. He let out a deep sigh, and stuck his hand into his jacket. His only treasure lay within those folds, and he pulled it out with care, and gazed down upon what it was that robbed him of his sleep. Katsuhino Tsukioka had done him a favor, and created a portrait of the one he loved. Whenever he dared to look upon it, he always hesitated for a moment. He felt the familiar sting of tears in his eyes, as he released one deep breath. �Megumi�, he whispered. A breeze passed and carried the song of her name with it. �I�ve been looking so long at these pictures of you that I almost believe that they�re real; I�ve been living so long with my pictures of you that I almost believe that the pictures are all I can feel�� It had become an obsession for Sano to have a picture of Megumi. He had to look at her, even though she was no longer around. Her departure had been abrupt and had left him empty of every emotion he had ever felt. He was dead to the world, barely coming to life when his eyes fell upon the soft strokes that formed her face, and the gentle curves that shaped her body. Those he remembered well. Yet it was the likeness to her eyes that made the picture come to life; within their depths, he saw every moment that had passed between them. Sano stared at the picture, one tear escaping his eye, and dropping down on Megumi�s smiling face. �Why did you go, Fox?� he said to Megumi. In the picture, her red lips were parted slightly, as she used have them whenever she had wanted him to kiss her, and he closed his eyes remembering how she used to invite him with that same smile� �Remembering you standing quiet in the rain as I ran to your heart to be near; � �Sagara Sanosuke, I will no longer waste my time with you�, Megumi said, turning away from Sano, who had come to her house to ask for a loan. Sano, raised his hand, and scratched his head, his cheeks coloring slightly. �Hey, doc you know I wouldn�t ask you if it wasn�t important. The Akabeko is making me pay my tab, or else I can�t go there anymore�, he said. Megumi turned around and glared at him. �I should make you pay your tab here as well! You�re so broke, perhaps you won�t show up here anymore.� Sano smirked at the fox lady. �You wouldn�t turn away a sick patient, would you?� �You�re not sick.� Megumi said. �I am so!� Sano let out an exaggerated cough, and placed the palm of his hand over his forehead. �I got caught in the rain on my way over here. I think that I may have pneumonia. � Sano made his way to the couch, stooping over with his hand still pressed to his head. He lay down, and closed his eyes part of the way. He looked through them, and saw that Megumi had not moved from her spot. She was staring at him, wondering whether he was serious or not. Sano hated to sink to such a lame act like this, but he was suddenly struck with the insane urge to be with Megumi. Perhaps it was the rain outside. Perhaps it was the fact that it was so late for her to be at the office. He hated to admit it, but he actually cared about the doc, as much as she didn�t care for him. Megumi finally gave in, and pulled out a blanket. She walked cautiously over to Sano, eyeing the tall frame that lay so still on her couch. Maybe he is sick, she thought to herself and opened up the blanket to drape it over him. �And we kissed as the sky fell in holding you close; how I always held close to your fear� Megumi leaned over Sano. Her face hovered above his, and her hair escaped from behind her shoulder to brush against his cheek. Sano smelled the perfume of her hair, and he now developed a new urge. He opened his eyes, and gazed up at her face, at her slightly parted lips, and at the expression of concern that came into her eyes. Sano was touched. So the foxlady does care. Maybe she won�t mind if I show her how much I appreciate it, he thought and pushed himself up, much to Megumi�s surprise, and pulled her into a kiss. Sano lost himself as he parted his lips to taste her. Her mouth was sweet, and soft and he dared to go further by encircling her in his arms, and pulling her down so that she lay on top of him. Sano felt that he could kiss her forever. He ran his hands through her thick, long mane, and cupped her face, caressing her soft skin with fingers, which she had wrapped with bandages over and over again. Sano broke away finally, to look into Megumi�s eyes. She was smiling, and looking at Sano with disbelief; her face was flushed, and her breathing was quick, but she was able to steady it enough to say, �What brought that on?� Sano wasn�t sure. He shrugged his shoulders, and winked at Megumi. �Guess I knew what was going to make me feel better. � He expected Megumi to scold him for that remark, and he braced himself for it. But Megumi didn�t seem to be angry. Instead, she lowered her head, and kissed Sano softly. �Remembering you running soft through the night; you were bigger and brighter, and wider than snow; and screamed at the make-believe, screamed at the sky; and you finally found all your courage to let it all go� Megumi pulled Sano along quickly over the bridge, and down the road that led to the lake. Sano didn�t know what to think of this. As he ran beside her on the moist grass, he thought of their kiss. It had been intense, and he had felt something from Megumi, something desperate as if she had never been touched in such a way. She had craved the kiss, and he was willing to offer whatever else she desperately needed. They stopped when they finally reached the lake, and Sano pulled Megumi into his arms to kiss her mouth once again. He loved the way her dainty, red lips felt, and he had an insane fantasy to stand there all night kissing the foxlady. He was afraid to admit it, but he had it bad for her. Since the first time he had seen her at the restaurant, escaping those thugs, he had been smitten. No, he was more than smitten. He was totally in love with Megumi. He realized now that she was the reason that he visited the dojo. It was the reason he picked so many fights during his gambling binges. At the dojo, she paid attention to Kenshin, but she always took the time to throw a loving insult or ten his way; with the fights, he always ended up at her office late at night, begging her to stitch his cuts, or bandage his limbs. Any excuse to see my Megumi, he thought to himself, and tightened his embrace, so that he could feel her body through the fabric of her kimono. He felt her hands slide underneath his jacket, and her small fingers travel over the bandages, to feel his chest, and squeeze his shoulders. She broke away from his lips, to bury her face in his chest, and he felt the lovely sensation of her tongue trailing over his skin. Sano sighed dreamily. He had the foxlady�s attention now, and she was busy slipping his jacket off. His hands came up to stroke her hair, and when she had her fingers hooked onto the band of his pants, she looked up at him briefly. He could swear that those fox ears were sticking straight up; she was threatening to strip him completely. She tugged on them, lowering them a little. Sano smiled, and pulled the rope of her kimono, so that it fell open. He slid the material away, shed the rest of his garments, and pulled Megumi on the ground with him. He covered her with his body, tasted her rose scented skin, and lost himself in her feathery caresses. Her fingers slid down over his thighs to stroke him lightly. He buried his face in her neck, to smother his moans. She was driving him mad. Sano moved himself between her legs, rubbing lightly against her soft, pulsing flesh. He felt her body tense against his, and her fingers tighten their grip on his back to urge him on. When he slipped inside of her Megumi wrapped her legs around his waist to pull him further in. She felt the blood rush throughout her body awakening the part of her mind that desperately wanted Sano�s passion to turn into animal desire and devour her completely. Sano�s slow languid movements claimed her senses, as his hands cupped her face for one brief moment before he locked her into a breathless kiss. Megumi�s mind spiraled out of control. Her body gave into his thrusts and his body gave into the warmness of Megumi. He heard her moan softly into his ear, and it was like hearing a bird�s song. He had waited so long for this. His body couldn�t hold on for much longer. He looked down at her face and melted at the intense expressions that overwhelmed her. He finally had her. She gripped him tighter, writhing beneath him and Sano kissed her deeply once again, losing all of his strength to sink all the way into her. �Remembering you fallen into my arms crying for the death of your heart; you were stone white so delicate, lost in the cold you were always so lost in the dark� That night had been the beginning of his endless devotion to her. They walked back to her office, his arm circled around her waist to shield her from the sharply blowing wind, and Megumi stopped momentarily, to wrap her arms around him. Her face was pressed against his chest, and she began to weep. Sano stroked her hair to soothe her, and tilted her head up to face him. �Megumi, I�m sorry,� he said, wiping at her tears. Megumi shook out of his grip. �Don�t be. I�m not. For once in my life I am actually content. I can now look at you as a man instead of as that pain-in-the-ass Chickenhead!� Sano loved her, but that name still annoyed him. �Don�t call me that!!� he bellowed, and she giggled hysterically, as he ranted into the night waking the entire neighborhood� For one month, Sanosuke and Megumi stayed with each other. He would visit her at the office to mend his broken hand (some things never changed), and she would go to his apartment every night with dinner, and her sweet kisses afterwards. Kenshin, and Kaoru noticed his increasing absences from the dojo, and asked whether or not he was starving to death. �You know, I have so much more food now, that I actually don�t know what to do with it,� Kaoru commented one day, when Sano had made an unexpected visit to her dojo. Kenshin smiled, and held out a plate of his rectangle shaped rice balls. �Sano, you look hungry. Why don�t you have one?� �No thanks,� Sano said and waved the plate away. Kenshin, and Kaoru�s eyes bugged out. �No!? I didn�t cook them if that�s what you�re thinking!� Kaoru flared at Sano, who sat on the ground in a daze. He was thinking about Megumi, and counting the minutes when she would finally leave the office. Kaoru, and Kenshin looked at each other with puzzled expressions. Sano ignored them, and stood up to leave. They wouldn�t understand, or they would just make fun of him. He bid them both good-bye, and walked out, heading toward his apartment. Megumi would be on her way soon, and he would be there waiting for her. �Remembering you how you used to be, slow drowned you were angels, so much more than everything; oh hold for the last time, then slip away quietly, open my eyes but I never see anything� Sano knocked on the door of the office, and peeked in to see Dr. Genzai looking over some forms. He looked up when he heard the knock, and gave Sano a knowing smile. �She left early. She said something about going to a special spot to do some thinking,� Dr. Genzai�s expression darkened as he added, �She�s not herself. I think that something may be wrong.� Sano became alarmed. �What do you mean? Is she sick? Is she angry? What did she say?� he asked frantically, grasping Dr. Genzai�s sleeve and wringing it within his fingers. Dr. Genzai shook his head. �I was hoping she would have mentioned something to you. You have gotten to be so close with her, this past month I thought that she might have done some confessing. She�s been this way for a while, before you both became an item.� Sano gave Dr. Genzai a blank stare. Dr. Genzai narrowed his eyes. �Please. Kenshin and Kaoru may not have figured it out, but I work with Megumi all day. She practically has little hearts dancing around her head. She even made the mistake of calling one of her patients, Sanosuke.� Sano�s face brightened and he grinned. �Really?� �Yes. The boy was a pain-in-the-ass.� Sano�s grin faded and he rolled his eyes. �But, all that aside, I have noticed a change in her spirit. You�ve done something good to her, but at the same time she seems to have something eating at her; like she doesn�t deserve any of the love that you have given her.� That, Sano couldn�t believe. �That�s crazy! Why would she think something like that?� Dr. Genzai shook his head. �Don�t know. Maybe you can find out? And when you do let me know. I really do want to help her.� �If only I�d thought of the right words, I could have held on to your heart; if only I�d thought of the right words, I wouldn�t be breaking apart all my pictures of you� Sano walked the road to his apartment, and stopped short when he saw that the door was open. He approached it slowly and heard soft movement from within. Sano cracked his knuckles, and readied his bandaged hand for a fight. Whoever you are, you picked a bad time to break into my place, Sano thought to himself, and charged through the opening screaming violently, and swinging his fist blindly at the figure that stood at the far end of the room. Then he was on his back on the floor, holding his head, which now had a growing bump. Sano�s vision was blurred, but he was able to make out long black hair, and red lips, which were now pressed against the bump, giving him a soft kiss. He also saw the thick wooden stick, which she held firm to, and he groaned at his stupidity. Megumi. God I could have killed her if she didn�t have that stick, he thought, and then from the back of his mind came, Man, she has a mean swing. As if reading his mind, Megumi responded, �Kaoru taught me how to swing like that. Next time I see her, I�ll tell her it worked.� Sano rubbed his head, and grimaced. �Do me a favor, and don�t tell her it worked on me.� Megumi laughed and slipped her hands around his shoulders to pull him up. He was seated before her, and he didn�t hesitate to bury his face into her hair. He slid his hands up her back, and rained her neck with kisses. Megumi melted against him, and wrapped her arms around his neck. �You know I should look at that bump. I did hit you pretty hard.� �I�ll live Fox as long as you don�t feel guilty about it, � Sano said and went to work on getting her out of her kimono. He cupped her breasts in his hands and teased the tender flesh with his lips. Megumi ran her fingers through Sano�s hair, and she pulled at it, letting him know what his hot mouth was doing to her. �Sano, I came here to talk to you about something,� she said breathlessly, feeling the rest of her kimono, and her undergarments stripped away. Sano removed his own garments, and pulled Megumi down so that she straddled him. Sano sat upright, cupped her face in his hands, and kissed her deeply. Megumi grew weak against him. Sano broke away from their kiss, leaving Megumi breathless, and leaned into her neck to tease the lobe of her ear. �Let�s talk later,� he said thickly, I�ve got something to ask you as well, he thought but he immediately pushed it out of his mind, and put all of his concentration on Megumi. His hardness was poking against her, aching to fill her, and feel her from within. He grabbed hold of her hips, and pulled her toward him so that she was on her knees, hovering above him. He could just feel the base of her opening and he feared that he would lose his endurance and cum right there. Megumi knelt there staring at the anxious expression that now came over Sano�s face. He tightened his grip on her hips, digging the stubs of his nails into her tender flesh. �What are you waiting for, Megumi?� he managed to ask, feeling his control slowly slip away. Megumi smiled, a distant expression coming to cloud her face. �I�m sorry. I just now came to a decision. I want to remember everything about this moment; I want to remember everything about you,� she said, and slowly eased herself onto Sano. That�s what Sano wanted, and he relished at being inside her once again. They were as one, his thrusts meeting her gentle rhythm. Megumi let her head fall back, as their movements became more fevered, more intense, and she uttered a soft cry, that rang melodiously in Sano�s ears. He was losing himself in her. He pushed deeper, wanting to touch right into her soul, and make those demons of hers disappear, for he wanted to be the one to haunt her thoughts. He wanted to be hers completely. Sano was slipping away, drowning in his sensations, and he gathered up enough strength to press his lips to her exposed throat as he felt himself cum inside of her. Her body went limp in her climax, so Sano held her up until he eased himself onto his back, with Megumi sprawled atop him. She laid her head against his chest, and listened to his rapid heartbeat, begin to slow. He sighed deeply, and wrapped his arms around Megumi�s shoulders. She rested one hand on his shoulder, playing with a strand of the red headband that he always wore. Sano wondered what it was that she wanted to talk about. As he held her, feeling her shoulders move as she breathed softly, he felt the urge to ask her. Dr. Genzai�s words rang in the back of his mind: �� She�s not herself. I think that something may be wrong��. If that�s so then why hasn�t she told me anything? , he wondered. Why would she keep something so bad, inside of her? �Megumi,� Sano whispered and nudged her gently, �You said you wanted to talk?� Megumi glanced up at him, and then pushed herself up so that she could gaze down into his face. Her expression was serene, her eyes reflecting something other than the question that Sano had proposed. God what is she thinking, Sano wondered, realizing what Dr. Genzai had meant by his words. Megumi moved her hand to play with a strand of Sano�s mussed hair. �Do you remember the first day that we met?� �Sure I do. You were frightened, but you still looked gorgeous. A babe all the way. Drove me crazy to look at you.� Megumi giggled. �And I thought that you were an absolute crass animal. You did nothing but swear at me.� Sano smirked. �That�s because I liked you, Foxlady.� Megumi narrowed her eyes. �Really? Then you must love Kaoru with all of those mean things that you say to her.� Sano�s eyes widened. �Jo-Chan! If there�s anyone that I love Megumi, it�s you!� Sano fell silent after that declaration, and looked away from Megumi absolutely mortified. She stared down at him dumbstruck. He felt her eyes burn into him, and his cheeks color from their intensity. Sano felt beads of sweat form across his forehead. I just ruined the moment. I told her I loved her right after I screwed her! God, Baka! �I love you too, Sagara Sanosuke.� Sano didn�t hide his stunned expression. He turned back to face his beloved, and saw the smile that spread across her rose-colored lips. �Megumi�� he whispered, allowing his voice to trail off. He felt a grip come over him, closing over his throat, and extending down into his being to wrap itself tightly around his heart. He tried to say something to her. He wanted to do what Dr. Genzai had sent him out to do; but he couldn�t say a thing. He could do nothing but think of her sweet words. � Sanosuke, I know what you�re trying to do. Put your mind at ease, I am all right. As long as I know that you love me, I will always be all right,� she said, and laid her head back down to listen to the beating of his heart. �Looking so long at these pictures of you but I never hold onto your heart; looking so long for the words to be true, but always just breaking apart my pictures of you� Sanosuke felt the wind pass through his hair again. His picture of Megumi fluttered within his grip. That had been the last time he had laid eyes on her. The morning after he had found that she was gone, a message lying neatly on top of his gi. Sano sighed heavily, and clenched his fists tightly. His nails dug into the flesh of his palm, and soon he felt the comforting moisture of his blood seeping forth. If only I had pushed her further. I could have gotten her to tell me everything. I could have reassured her; told her that I would always protect her. Sano looked up into the deep, blackness of the sky, wondering if Megumi was staring up at it as well. Wherever you are, Megumi, I�m going to find you. He saw the letter in his mind, had memorized every word of it, to torture himself with it. Sano, I am sorry that I lied to you. Something is wrong. I am, being stalked by my old enemy, Kanryu. He has come out of jail, and he has come to impose my services upon him once again. When I refused, he threatened to kill all of those whom I love. Sano, I know that you and Kenshin are there to help me whenever I need it, but Kanryu is dangerous. I brought you into this once before; I cannot ask you to risk your lives again. He is my problem, and I alone must deal with him. I am sorry, my love. I leave you with the utmost reluctance. I do not know if I will ever see you again, but do know this: I love you, and have loved only you. You made me happy during our brief time together, and I will remember you always. Whenever the wind blows, I will think of your red bandana blowing with it. Whenever it rains I will, expect to see you knocking at my door; and whenever the moon shines, I will think of that gleam which came into your eyes whenever you smiled at me. Farewell, my warrior prince�Megumi. �There was nothing in the world that I ever wanted more, than to feel you deep in my heart; there was nothing in the world that I ever wanted more than to never feel the breaking apart all my pictures of you.� Sano wanted to scream. He wanted to rip trees from their roots, or use his Futae No Kiwami, to smash them into splinters. He loosened his fist, and looked at the palm of his hand. The blood had smeared and dried, into the lines of his palm, mapping out his life in deep crimson strokes. He wondered where Megumi fit into all of that. He stared at the red lines, searching for the exact moment where his heart had broken. He felt a deep burning in his chest, a familiar sensation now, and pressed his bloody hand against the remnants of his heart. The picture hung limply in his other hand, and slowly slipped from between his fingers to fall onto the ground. A strong gust came and blew it away from him, sending it down over the bridge and into the water below. Sano glanced down after it, watching it flow down the river, until it was out of his sight. He didn�t need the portrait anymore. He looked up again, glaring at the immense sky, with a determined glint clouding his eyes. � I will see you again, Megumi.� -MKasshoku Fanfiction Archive Main Page |