UWAAAAAH!!! I'm sorry, minna-san! I've completely neglected this story! WAAAH! How long has it been?! I'm SORRY! Please don't hurt meeee...

Oh, I'm going to write this story in a different format, since it looks neater.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything, except the ever constant writer's block. T-T Poor me...


Spirits

Yoh blinked.

"The past...?"

"Hai."

"...hunh..."

He stared at the red-head watching him silently. Suddenly, he grinned.

"That's so cool! I wonder if you know Amidamaru..."

"Oro?" Well, that wasn't what he was expecting. Had he heard wrong? 'Amidamaru?'

"Oh, it's nothing, nothing." Yoh waved him off. He strecthed, the climbed back into bed. "Well, good night then."

"Good night, Yoh-dono."


The sun shone full blast at Yoh's face. The alarm clock rang loudly in Yoh's ear, which added up to a nasty combination.

"Oww....ugh...I don't wanna get up..."

Groggily, he pushed back the covers, and walked down the stairs to the kitchen. He had to make breakfast. So he was in for a surprise when he smelled the luscious scent of cooking food drifting lazily out of the kitchen.

"Oh! Good morning, Yoh-dono. Sessha was just making breakfast, de gozaru."

"Good morning. You don't have to Kenshin, it's my job, anyways."

"No, no. Sessha has to do at least this much, since he is basically a freeloader here. I'm used to this kind of work, anyways, that I am."

"At least let me help."

Kenshin sighed, then smiled. "Alright."

With the two working together, they cooked up a storm, and by the time everyone was up, the table was full of different assortments of food. Horo Horo drooled. Yoh also introduced Kenshin to Manta, who he greeted formally.

Soon they dug in, Anna complimenting the food, much to everyone except for Kenshin's shock. Finally, once the food was cleared and dishes were washed, Kenshin asked Yoh a question stuck in his mind since he got to the Asakura household.

"Ano, Yoh-dono?"

"Yes?"

"May sessha ask who those elderly people also living here are?"

Yoh froze, as did everyone in the room except for Anna, who continued watching her early morning soaps.

"Yoy...you can see them?"

"Oro? Should sessha not be able to see them?" 'What are they, ghosts?'

Manta started to explain. "Well, you see, they are the ancestors of the Asakuras."

"ORO?!" '...Darn, I was right...'

"So then...they are...ghosts, de gozaru?!"

"Y-yeah."

Kenshin turned swirly-eyed. "Orororo...."


Soon after, Kenshin was told what a shaman was, about spirits, and was introduces to Kororo, Horo Horo's guardian ghost. They began chatting animately, before Yoh burst into the room.

"Do you guys know where Amidamaru went?"

'Amidamaru! This is the second time sessha's heard Yoh-dono say that name...'

'Yep. That's probably Asakura's guardian ghost.'

'Hm...do you think...?'

'Maybe.'

"Nah, haven't seen him." Horo Horo said, biting into a biscuit.

"Huh...where could he be?" Yoh knitted his eyebrows together.

Suddenly, Anna spoke up. "He's probably at his tombstone."

His eyes lit up. "Oh, right! Thanks, Anna!" He said as he dashed out the door.

Watching him leave, Kenshin stood up also, and headed out.

"Where're you going, Kenshin?"

"Sessha's going to go with Yoh-dono, just in case, de gozaru."

He shrugged. "Alright, if you want."

He nodded before slipping out the door.


GAH! Again, I'M SO SORRY!*cries* It's been SOO long since I've updated, but I hope you enjoyed the rather short chapter. GOMEN!!!

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