Dear Readers,

I just received these reviews:

Great story! I wish that you would update SOON... Heck, it's been almost a FULL, FREAKIN' YEAR now!! AAR, Reviewer 369

And:

Bahinah

keep writing. update soon!1 for the little peeps

Indeed, it has almost been a "full freaking year." True, it's been my final year of school, in which I have been concentrating on schoolwork. Yet there is enough time that if I was truly dedicated, I could've written.

Unfortunately, I seem to have lost my "oomph" for all fanfiction, lost to the selfish pursuit of developing original characters for original fiction/comics.

Sad to say, I will probably never finish Meiji Heights. Or not anytime soon anyway. I'm sure this comes as no surprise to you all. But wait! Before you leave, I'm posting up the plans of what would have happened if I had kept on going. Feel free to appease your curiousity – and who knows? Maybe someday, when I have more time, like the end of this year, and if there's still interest on both our parts, I maybe will just actually write these planned out chapters. It's a lot easier to write something out once it's planned. But I think it's better to post something like this up, then leave MH hanging forever, abandoned mid-way. At least this way there is some sort of ending to it, even though the end actually hasn't been written ;

There are many reasons I cannot continue MH at this stage, such as the aforementioned lack of inspiration, but also part of it is, that I think I simply cannot write the story in it's current state. I read the opening chapters and I cringe. The fangirlish Japanese, (although thankfully I cut down on that in later chapters) the almost American sitcom flavour – I truly cringe. It needs desperate revising, and even that doesn't help the inherent clichés and contradictions– because hey, they're part of the shoujo manga feel. That was part of the fun of this fic at the time I was writing. And above all – THE HAPPY HAPPY ROMANCE. By nature, I am a grump. I can only write such overwhelming sap when I have read wa—y too much shoujo manga – which of course is how Meiji Heights was started. I no longer have the time to indulge in that bad habit ;. My normal writing style is a little different, ne. All these things make MH rather difficult to write in my time constraints, and current sense of aestheticism.

It's been a fun ride, and thank you for all your support, and the wonderful reviews from the people who said so much more then "good, gimme an update," and kept me company throughout the chapters. You all kept me wonderfully encouraged, and it was a great feeling knowing so many people liked my writing. I feel like I'm letting you all down, and for that I'm sorry. But if I ever do venture back into fanfiction (and I'm sure I will eventually– it's a habit you can't really kick) I'll stick to shorter things, I think ;. Things that I can actually finish within a foreseeable time. I'll try to finish "Blimp of the Layer," in the meanwhile, and then retire for a bit.

Until we meet again;

Aishiteru.

Chapter of the formal::

-Aoshi agrees to taking Yumi once Misao explains the full circumstances.

-They prepare for the formal. Aoshi thinks Misao looks very cute in a tuxedo/suit with suspenders ;.

-They go to the formal. Misao sees Aoshi dance with Yumi and feels inadequate. She leaves, because she gasp finally realizes she LIKES Aoshi in THAT WAY.

-Shishio comes storming in, claims Yumi, and they argue, and then MUSH. Kiss-kiss.

-Aoshi wanders off, not too bothered by the fact that his "date" has abandoned him. Finds Misao. They talk. Leads to dancing.

-Mush-mush between Kenshin/Kaoru, some wordplay between Megumi and Tomoe.

-End chapter.

Chapter of the cross dressers/abused Kenshin:

-Kamatari enters the scene. Very angry, and upset. You learn that SHE is a HE!!! Oh the horror. Misao feels very sorry, because she can empathize with his situation. Talks him through it.

-Kaoru gets worried about Kenshin's bruises, and suspects abuse. Calls the police/social services/counselors on poor Hiko.

-The police give up after a demonstration of a sparring match.

-Kaoru is surprised, when Kenshin explains. He explains why he fouled up his kendo match ("It wouldn't have been fair, that it would not have.")

Chapter of the history assignments:

-Misao and Megumi research/talk, in which Megumi inquires about Aoshi's character.

-Misao with Aoshi. A letter falls out of his locker – from Megumi, asking him to meet her by the trees.

-Kenshin and Tomoe work away, and talk a lot. They end up KI---SSING. Of course, Kiyosato and Kaoru walk in at that moment.

-Aoshi goes to meet her. Misao, spying, is struck by how they "look good together" just like Aoshi and Yumi did, only she actually likes Megumi so it's worse. She gets terribly upset, and RUNS AWAY FROM SCHOOL!!!

-Kiyosato doesn't say anything, just storms away. Kaoru looks stunned/hurt. Tomoe runs away as well, (guiltily) leaving Kenshin alone. He's very bewildered.

Chapter of Consequences :

-Aoshi finds out that Misao has RUN AWAY.

-Calls her, but she refuses to come back, or even talk to him.

-Tomoe speaks to Kiyosato, but he says to go away and give him some time.

-Tomoe speaks to Kenshin, and they agree it's not meant to be, right now. But "in another time, another place…"

-Kenshin and Kaoru meet up, and are awkward, but somehow manage to part as friends.

Chapter of Reconciliation: (Probably from Soujirou's POV)

-Opens up with Misao brooding! OO Turns out 'tis the anniversary of her PARENT'S DEATH, also Soujirou's mother's death. His father had already died before that.

-She, Jiya and Soujirou go visit the graves.

-Jiya goes out to get drunk afterwards.

-Soujirou and Misao brood together. Drink tea.

-Doorbell rings, and it is Aoshi and Co.

-Stiff silence, then Megumi forces the situation "Why did you leave? On that day, I talked to Aoshi, I saw you looking very upset, etc."

-Misao squirms, then runs for it. (Emotional stress! Day of her parent's death too!!)

-Soujirou pelts after her, but Aoshi catches her, and she ends up crying all over him ;.

-She confesses.

-MUSH.

-Happy happy, everyone goes back to school.

-Misao's cross dressing charade is over, but she's not sharing a room with Aoshi anymore. Awww.

End of cross dressing Arc. Onto the Tournament Arc!

-Some mysterious occurances – random people trailing Misao and Aoshi, and Kenshin.

-Misao goes home, escorted by Aoshi, but Jiya is missing. Puzzled, she eventually returns to school, but finds a warning tape in the mail from him there.

-Ends up that Jiya is actually running the tournament, only it gets taken over by evil guy in Megumi/Aoshi Arc (from series), and Jiya has been kidnapped.

-Misao is kidnapped. The girls get kidnapped because they happened to be there while Misao gets kidnapped.

-Aoshi is forced to compete in the Tournament, because of the Msao and Co. hostages. Under Evil Guy the Tournament has reverted to bloodiest practices.

-Aoshi broods, and then Misao intervenes.

-Aoshi and Kenshin are forced to compete against each other.

-Misao and Co. manage to break out (through the air vents.)

-They stop the fight.

-Without the hostages, Aoshi and Kenshin are free to kick butt.

-Assistance is given, from Soujirou and Okita, as well as "Uncle Hajime" who was undercover as Saitou the maths teacher tracking Kenshin and Aoshi at school. Hiko also appears (he was conveniently away until then?)

-Bad guys butts are kicked thoroughly.

-Everything is happy happy happy!

-Kenshin and Aoshi retire.

-Everyone goes back to school to worry about such mundane things like exams, and wallow in happy couple-dom.

THE END.