A/N: I'm so sorry for the late update – I've been inspired to write fics of different fandoms lately. I still love you guys, I swear!

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035: Sixth Sense

Kaoru Kamiya has a ghost in her bedroom.

This is a new development, having just moved into this house with her recently widowed father. And frankly, she doesn't need this shit right now; she's still grieving over her mother, and it's bad enough that sometimes she thinks she sees and hears her.

Kaoru drops her belongings by the doorway and marches up to the ghost, who is lying on her bed, staring at the ceiling with a dreamy expression on his beautiful face.

"Who the hell are you?" she asks rather bluntly.

The ghost looks to her and says, "You can see me?" in a mildly surprised tone.

"Unfortunately, yes."

"Do you see ghosts often?"

She feels like bashing her head against the wall – why is she having a conversation with this…transparent being?

"No," she lies.

He raises an eyebrow at her.

"I think I see my mom," she admits. "But otherwise, no."

"Are you sure?"

"Look, this is all new for me, and I just want it to stop, because this is the last thing I need in my life."

She really wants to collapse onto her new bed, but she can't, because this annoying ghost has taken up the entire mattress.

She bites her tongue to prevent herself from screaming.

He leisurely sits up in order to get a better look at her.

"No…I don't think you can," he says after a long pause.

She throws her hands up in the air, letting them fall to her sides. Why is her life this way?

"I understand how you can see your mum…but why me…"

He doesn't seem to be talking to anymore as he stares at his shoes.

She takes the time to admire him: he's very handsome, despite the harsh cross-shaped scar on his left cheek, and he's dressed out of a Dickens novel. But it doesn't matter – he should be out of her life. Right now.

"So…do you think you can haunt another room? Preferably one that's not in this house?"

He looks to her. "Unfortunately, no, I can't. My remains are under the foundations."

She shudders at the thought. "Agh."

"You're stuck with me, I'm afraid."

She glowers at him. "Then, please, relocate yourself to another room. The attic, maybe? Somewhere I won't see you."

"That's not very nice. Technically, this is my home."

"It may have been over a hundred years ago, but now, according to this town's records, the Kamiya family is the proud owner of this property." She heads back to the door before turning to the ghost and telling him, "When I come back upstairs, I don't want to see you in here, got it?"

She leaves her bedroom, and as she's walking downstairs to the kitchen, she swears she hears a ghostly chuckle through the walls.


She doesn't know why she expected an apparition to actually take her threat seriously. All the same, she's pissed when she finds him staring outside the window, a wistful smile on his face.

"Beautiful, isn't it?"

She glances out the window to see the moon illuminating the backyard. "Yeah, I guess." She shakes her head. "I'm not going to have a conversation with you. Please move. I think I have priority over you, don't you think? My existence on this planet will certainly be shorter than yours, and you can have this room once I'm gone. Sound fair?"

He smiles. "Cynical, but true." He walks over so they're standing a little over a foot apart. "Fine, I'll relocate. For now."

She sighs. "What do you mean for now?"

He shrugs. "You can't just forget that I exist. I know you seem tough, but really you're too nice. You'll allow me back in soon enough."

She narrows her eyes at him. "I don't like you."

"No, I don't expect you would, Kaoru Kamiya."

"How do you know my name?" she demands with hostility.

"I heard your father call you that. You know, supernatural abilities and all that."

She tries not to flush out of embarrassment. "Well, what's your name, then?"

"Aw, you care?"

She tries not to growl.

"Kenshin Himura, at your service," he states, bowing, and she wonders if it's done in a mocking way, or if it's just an impulse from when he was alive.

"Great. Now leave. I want to go to sleep, and I can't do that if you're just standing in here."

"I shall see you in the morning, then."

He walks through the wall, giving her the creeps.

Kaoru Kamiya has a ghost in her bedroom.

And she might as well get used to it.


A/N: Hm…this is very random, as you can see. I think I'll be doing a sequel, but I'm not quite sure. I'll probably just write one, regardless, because I know many of you are going to be requesting/demanding it.

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