Author's Note: Umm… I've started something that I shouldn't have?
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Chapter One
Sai watched Hikaru sleep and smiled sadly.
He was growing up so fast that at times all Sai had to do was blink and Hikaru somehow managed to gain an inch or two, it was impossible he knew but it sure felt that way.
He closed his eyes and felt the ach of tears and it was all he could do to make them stop. Hikaru could not hear him anymore, could no longer see him and it broke his heart watching his young friend fall apart, hearing his cries for him and unable to do anything.
"Hikaru!" he'd scream, "I'm here! I'm here!" But he knew Hikaru could not hear him.
And so he watched for these past three years, as the young boy he knew grew up and matured becoming the young man he knew today.
He reached out as if to touch the teenager's forehead but knew that he would not be able to feel anything - he was a ghost after all. "I'm here Hikaru," he whispered and as if hearing him in his sleep, Hikaru smiled.
Saitou Hajime was a dangerous man, he was the type of man people would like to avoid preferring to pretend that the big bad wolf didn't exist. A high ranking police officer, he was sharp, intelligent man who took fools and tended to rip them apart, in fact it was his favorite past time.
Not just a moment ago however his Chief (the arrogant bastard) was carefully hinting that a holiday would do him a world of good. He had no choice but to do as his chief commanded, not if he wanted to end up in the position of training instructor again, though he had an odd feeling that he would never be assigned that position again.
Was it his fault that there were more drop outs in his classes then there were for the past ten years? His reply to his Chief had been, weeding out the morons. It was the truth as far as he was concerned.
Saitou took a long drag of his cigarette and exhaled, the smoke billowing in the air and silently wondered how he was going to manage a holiday after chasing criminals for over fifteen years. He could barely remember ever having a holiday in fact, he didn't think he ever had one. It was an odd feeling having nothing to do.
He decided it was much better going out and killing criminals than it was to laze and by far much more fun. His golden eyes narrowed and a sharks smile appeared, perhaps there was something to do after all.
And if there was a presence in his office which hadn't been there before, he choice to ignore it, it was just a ghost after all.
He'll exorcise it later.
T.B.C
Notes:
"Sessha" literally means "unworthy"a very old way of addressing oneself
"De gozaru" means that it is or it is. It's an extreme polite form of Japanese that's similar to des at the end of a sentence. Now you'll realize if you've watched the anime in the original dub form that Rurouni Kenshin always refers to himself in the third person and devotes extreme respect to other people by lowering him self before them in speech form. The Japanese are very polite people and have many forms and expressions which demonstrating this.
"Sumimasen" a form of apology but not as formal as "Gomen nasai"
"Arigato" A formal version of Thank You.
"Iie" No
"Hai" Yes
