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			Aoshi and Misao's Musical:

			If it wasn't for you...
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Act 1: scene two... Love?
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Misao is standing in front of the temple door

Misao: He's probably meditating... Here's my chance...
	It's now or never... and even if he says no... You practiced
	what to do if he says no...

:::::KNOCK KNOCK::::::::

Aoshi: Who's there?

Misao: IT'S me... can I come in?

Aoshi: No... I mean YES YES.. COME IN.

(Misao walks in slowly... the room is intimidatingly quiet... yet Misao
is firm in her resolve...)

Misao: well... I just wanted to say that... that...

Aoshi: Hurry up. (he interrupted in his monotone voice)

Misao: well... I love you...

Aoshi: That's nice...

Misao: I love you... and that's all you have to say?

Aoshi: I'm sorry but... I don't feel the same way.

Misao: Alright... I understand...

(She bows her head and looks down sorrowfully at the floor.)

Misao: I understand...

Misao Begins to leave, but suddenly she turns around....
Aoshi watches her in shock.
She stares in his eyes for some time, then begins her song...

~If
I
Should stay...
I would only
be in
Your wa-a-ay.

So i'll
Go-o
but I know
I will think of you
every step of 
the wa-a-ay...

And I... (MUSIC BEGINS)
I-I
Will always
love y-ou-ou I
will always,
Love you...
you-ou...
my darling you
umm

Bitter sweet
Memories
that is all 
i'm taking
with me-e-e
So goodbye
please
don't cry...
We both know,
I'm not what you
you ne-e-eed

And I
I-I
Will always
love you
y-ou-ou I
will always,
Love you...
YOU-OU
 	(Jiya comes out with a saxophone and plays for a while...
		Misao whacks him over the head before he completely
		steals the show...)
I-I hope
Life treats you kind
And I hope you have all you
dream o-o-of
and I wish you JO-OY
and hapiness,
But above all this
I wish you
Lo-o-ove...		
		(Dramatic pause...)

AND I
I-I
Will always
love you
-ou-ou I
will always
Love you
ou-ou- I...

will always
love YOU
ou-ou I
will always...

LOVE YOU...
OU-OU I
I will always...

love you
-ou ou I
Iwill always...
lo-o-o-
ooh-ooh-ove...
you...
	(music begins to die)
you...
-ou-ou-ou...
da-a-arling
oh I'll always...
i'll always...
love...
Yo...-ou...-ou~

Misao then turns away and runs back to the restaurant.
Aoshi sits flabbergasted in the middle of the temple floor...

Aoshi: WHAT JUST HAPPENED!!!

Aoshi: Oh no... I blew it...
	But I deserve it... I deserve it...

Music begins to be heard... and Aoshi begins to search for his trench coat...
	the new trench coat he bought in Deena's fic)

~ Guess there's no use in hanging 'round.
So i'll get dressed and do the town.
I'll find some crowded avenue.
Though it will be empty without YOU...

Can't get used to losing you 
no matter what I try to do.
Gonna live my whole life through...
Loving you...
		(Two days have magically passed, and Aoshi is now sitting
	in a pub... new trench coat ripped... he smells like Whiskey
	and vomit... He's singing about Misao to a drunken neighbor 
	besides him)

Called up some girl I used to Know.
After I heard her say hello...
Couldn't think of anything to say...
since you're gone it happens everyday!

Can't get used to losing you 
no matter what I try to do.
Gonna live my whole life through...
Loving you...

I'll find somebody wait and see (he sings raising his glass)
Who am I kidding... only me.
'Cause no one else can take you're place (He pictures Misao smiling)
Guess that I am just a hopeless case!...

Can't get used to losing you 
no matter what I try to do.
Gonna live my whole life through...
Loving you...~

The music slowly dies and Aoshi buries his drunken head in a bowl
of Soba...

The man next to him nudges him...

Man: Women problems?

Aoshi: How'd you guess SHERLOCK!!!

Man: Hey... take it easy there buddy... I'm glad I'm not in your shoes...

Aoshi: Oh yeah... you think you're better than me... huh... so answer
	this... WHY IS YOUR ASS NEXT TO ME!!!

Man: Well, the girl I'm in love with I don't know...
	She lives next door...

Aoshi doesn't realize that the man next to him is his neighbor...

Aoshi: Describe her...

Man: pretty blue eyes...

Aoshi: Huh?

A racy 60's tune begins in the bar... toons of drunken men gather and then
 the man then begins.

~ Thought I was in love before
And then you moved in next door
pretty blue eyes
pretty blue eyes...

All the guys in the neighborhood
keep saying you sure look good
with your blue eyes
pretty blue eyes...

Saw you from my window,
My heart skipped a bea-ea-eat.
Gonna sit by your doorstep,
So that I can me-ee-eet...

Pretty blue eyes
please come out today
so I can tell you
what I have to say
that I love you...
love you
pretty blue eyes....

Saw you from my window,
My heart skipped a bea-ea-eat.
Gonna sit by your doorstep,
So that I can me-ee-eet...

Pretty blue eyes
please come out today
so I can tell you
what I have to say
that I love you...
love you
pretty blue eyes....

pretty blue eyes

pretty blue eyes~

All the local men begin toasting, and exchanging dirty jokes...

Aoshi: Hmm... that's curious, I'm here because of a girl with blue
	eyes too...

Man: Yeah... the girl I love... her name is...
	joe, what's her name again?

Joe: Misao... Makamichi Misao

Aoshi spits out his liquor and looks strangely at all the drunken men
about him...

Aoshi: M-M-MISAO!!!!

all the men: UH HUH!!

Aoshi gets up and unsheaths his twin katanas...

he whispers, angrily...

Aoshi: Misao- huh?

All the men: UH HUH?

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10 MINUTES LATER...
Aoshi wiped the blood off his swords with the hairs of a decapitated head...

Bartender: Thank you! They all had extremely high debts...

Aoshi: No problem... Do I still have to pay for my liquor?

Bartender: YES!!

at that, Aoshi uses his kodachi ni Touryu to decapitate the bartender's head.

Aoshi: Shit... I left my wallet at home... Oh well?

*******

Aoshi walked through the empty streets... He is more drunken than he
thought... his voice is now three pitches higher...

Aoshi: I didn't Know my Misao attracted all that attention...
	You never know a good thing until it's gone...


A catchy melody begins to play, and Aoshi is now wearing bell bottoms...
His voice now resembles Michael Jackson... because of the liquor...


~When I had you to myself,
I didn't want you around.
'cause pretty faces always seem
to stand out in a crowd.

But somone picked from the bunch
one glance was all it took.
And now it's much too late for me,
to take a second look...
	(Jermaine, Tito, Marlon, and the other jackson guy
	besides Mishael pops out...)

OH baby give me one more chance!
	*one more chance baby*
Won't you please let me
	*back in your heart*
Oh darling I won't ever let you go!
	*let you go baby*~

Aoshi: STOP THE MUSIC...

The jackson 5 stop singing...

Jackson 5: What's wrong?

Aoshi: I just remembered... I hate Micael Jackson...

Aoshi unsheaths his Katanas... 10 Mintues later, the jackson 5
share the same fate as the drunkards...

Aoshi: I must be in a bad mood... :Hiccup: 
	I need something more... something more then booze...
	I need...

(new music starts...)

~When I was young...
I never needed anyone...
And making love was just for fun...
Those days are done.

Living alone...
I think of all the friends i've known...
and when I dial the telephone,
nobody's home...

All 
BY 
My-
SE-E-ELF
don't wanna be
All 
By 
Myself
Anymore...
All 
BY 
My-
SE-E-ELF
don't wanna live
All 
By 
Myself
Anymore...

It's hard to be sure
sometimes I feel so insecure...
and love so distant and obscure
remains the cure...

	(guitar and drums are louder... the guitar is mostly solo, and Aoshi
	Is closer and closer to home... He looks around at his surroundings...
	The music slows back down, and Aoshi begins to sing again...)
When I was young...
I never needed anyone...
And making love was just for fun...
Those days are done...

	(a dramatic pause... drumming is heard followed by louder music...)
All 
BY 
My-
SE-E-ELF
don't wanna be
All 
By 
Myself
Anymore...
All 
BY 
My-
SE-E-ELF
don't wanna live
All 
By 
Myself
Anymore...

All 
BY 
My-
SE-E-ELF
don't wanna be
All 
By 
Myself
Anymore...
All 
BY 
My-
SE-E-ELF
don't wanna live
All 
By 
Myself
Anymore...~

The music stops, and Aoshi begins to weep in the temple...
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			To Be Continued
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Notes:
1. I had fun again...  ^-_~^

2. I think the song in this scene were a little bit better than the last...
	
3. First song (Misao) From "The Body Gaurd" sung by Whitney Houston. 

   The second song (Aoshi) is by some guy in the 60's...
   The third song (Drunk guy in bar) Some guy in the sixties...
   The fourth song (AOSHI) Jackson 5 "I wnat you back"
   The fifth song (Aoshi) Eric Carmen "All by Myself"


Act 2: Scene 1

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