The Ghost
Chapter 2
He stared at the door, his heart was pounding painfully fast in his chest and the worst part was, he didn't know why. He reached for the knob of the door with a quaking hand.
"Yahiko-chan?" he heard the familiar voice call out to him.
"Yeah?" he called back.
Tsubame ran in the direction of the voice.
"Oh there you are! We were wondering where you went, Parker-san thought you might be--what were you doing?" she asked eyeing his hand and how dangerously close it was to the doorknob leading to the attic.
"Oh, um, I heard something, so I was gonna check it out."
"Oh no! You can't do that! Parker-san doesn't allow anyone up into the attic aside from herself and her mother!" Tsubame warned
"Why?" Yahiko became rather interested in the subject at this comment
"She said she keeps family heirlooms and such up there, things that she doesn't want us getting into"
"Oh." he looked back at the door.
"Come on, Parker-san is getting worried about you, as is Kaoru-san and Kenshin-san"
She dragged him downstairs before he could even get another word in.
"Oh good! Miss Tsubame found you!" Miss Parker exclaimed happily.
"I-I got lost, never found the bathroom, but I don't really need it anymore"
"We were getting worried Yahiko-CHAN. Thought we might have to send out a search party for you if you didn't show up after three days!" Kaoru teased evilly.
"Don't call me 'chan', BUSU!" Yahiko yelled back
Sparks flew like bullets between the two as they glared evilly at each other.
"Now, now, Kaoru-dono, Yahiko, now isn't the time or place" Kenshin said, holding Kaoru rather tightly by the arms to keep her from beating the little boy up, and vise versa with Yahiko and Tsubame.
After Kenshin and Tsubame calmed Kaoru and Yahiko down, they all sat back down. Tsubame took it upon herself to sit in between Yahiko and Kaoru incase they tried anything.
"Aa, so anyway, what brought you to Japan, Parker-dono?" Kenshin asked
"My father is dieing, my mother had come to get me in America and I came down as soon as I could"
"I'm sorry to hear that. Why is your father living in Japan?"
"He is part Japanese, my grandmother was Japanese and Grandfather was American"
"And I suppose that's how you acquired the name 'Parker' and why you can speak Japanese so well" Kaoru chimed in.
"Ah, yes it is, Grandmother often taught me how to speak Japanese"
"What is your father dieing of?" Kenshin asked
"Flu, but he is also very old, so it's understandable"
"How much longer does he have?" Kaoru asked
"Kaoru.."
"Oh no, it's perfectly fine Mr. Himura! He has about a month left"
"He's been dieing of the flu for over a year?" Yahiko asked skeptically
"No, he was dieing of old age last year, but medicines the doctor gave him gave him some of his strength back, he caught the flu last month"
Yahiko rolled his eyes "Why were you in such a hurry to get here?" he asked next
"Um, you see, my father is a very rich, successful man, and in America, I am very poor, barely getting through each day, I need to be here to inherit his fortune when he dies"
"So you're here for money" Yahiko said
"Yahiko!" Kaoru exclaimed, almost reaching over Tsubame to knock his head in
"If I may, may I see his will?" Kenshin asked
"Of course" she then got up to retrieve her father's will
Kaoru looked at him as if he were insane.
"Why--"
"I never heard of a western man owning this land, I would like to see if he does, if he does, it should be on his will"
".. oh.."
She came back into the room holding in her hand a rolled up piece of parchment. She kindly handed it to Kenshin and sat back down. He unrolled it.
"My.. this is, indeed very impressive, he seems to own at least thirty acre's of the forest surrounding Tokyo, and on top of that he has quite a lot of money saved up as well.."
Kaoru leaned in towards Kenshin to take a look at the will. Everyone but her noticed the blood rush to his face at record speed.
"Parker-san, it says here that all rights to your fathers things will be canceled if it is proven that you have children, why?" Kaoru asked "Didn't he like children?"
"Oh no, that's not it, he loves children, but I got married at a very young age, and without his consent and he was angered by it. He made so that I wouldn't be able to have children until I married a man to his approval to inherit his belongings"
"Are you a widow?" Kaoru asked
"No, the marriage fell through, we were just too young I suppose"
"So you're marrying again?" Kenshin asked
"Ah, yes, to a very kind man my father chose, I love him very much"
"How exciting!!" Kaoru exclaimed, clasping her hands together, blushing and looking up at the sky. It didn't take a very hard guess to figure out what she was imagining.
"Busu! We need to leave soon! I want to practice before bed!" Yahiko said sharply. He smiled at Tsubame and squeezed her hand in reassurance that he would be back. She blushed and smiled back.
"Yes, we really do need to be leaving, thank you for having us over Parker- dono" Kenshin said
"The pleasure was mine, why don't you all come again next week?"
"That sounds nice, we might just do that" Kaoru said
By the time they all got home, it was far too late for Yahiko to practice his sword fighting, as he had wished. Both Kenshin and Kaoru fell asleep right away, but Yahiko laid awake in bed, deep in thought.
"What kind of 'family heir loom' would make a noise like that?" he thought, but he didn't get much time to think about it before he drifted off into the land of slumber.
...tbc...
A/N: So, what did you think? I'm trying to regularly update this story, or, as much as I can anyway. Well anyway, tell me what you think. Good? Bad? A waste of your time? This chapter wasn't too big, just giving you some background on Parker-dono, and maybe a few hints here and there about what's gonna happen later in the story.
Ja Ne!
Bloodstain, signing off
Chapter 2
He stared at the door, his heart was pounding painfully fast in his chest and the worst part was, he didn't know why. He reached for the knob of the door with a quaking hand.
"Yahiko-chan?" he heard the familiar voice call out to him.
"Yeah?" he called back.
Tsubame ran in the direction of the voice.
"Oh there you are! We were wondering where you went, Parker-san thought you might be--what were you doing?" she asked eyeing his hand and how dangerously close it was to the doorknob leading to the attic.
"Oh, um, I heard something, so I was gonna check it out."
"Oh no! You can't do that! Parker-san doesn't allow anyone up into the attic aside from herself and her mother!" Tsubame warned
"Why?" Yahiko became rather interested in the subject at this comment
"She said she keeps family heirlooms and such up there, things that she doesn't want us getting into"
"Oh." he looked back at the door.
"Come on, Parker-san is getting worried about you, as is Kaoru-san and Kenshin-san"
She dragged him downstairs before he could even get another word in.
"Oh good! Miss Tsubame found you!" Miss Parker exclaimed happily.
"I-I got lost, never found the bathroom, but I don't really need it anymore"
"We were getting worried Yahiko-CHAN. Thought we might have to send out a search party for you if you didn't show up after three days!" Kaoru teased evilly.
"Don't call me 'chan', BUSU!" Yahiko yelled back
Sparks flew like bullets between the two as they glared evilly at each other.
"Now, now, Kaoru-dono, Yahiko, now isn't the time or place" Kenshin said, holding Kaoru rather tightly by the arms to keep her from beating the little boy up, and vise versa with Yahiko and Tsubame.
After Kenshin and Tsubame calmed Kaoru and Yahiko down, they all sat back down. Tsubame took it upon herself to sit in between Yahiko and Kaoru incase they tried anything.
"Aa, so anyway, what brought you to Japan, Parker-dono?" Kenshin asked
"My father is dieing, my mother had come to get me in America and I came down as soon as I could"
"I'm sorry to hear that. Why is your father living in Japan?"
"He is part Japanese, my grandmother was Japanese and Grandfather was American"
"And I suppose that's how you acquired the name 'Parker' and why you can speak Japanese so well" Kaoru chimed in.
"Ah, yes it is, Grandmother often taught me how to speak Japanese"
"What is your father dieing of?" Kenshin asked
"Flu, but he is also very old, so it's understandable"
"How much longer does he have?" Kaoru asked
"Kaoru.."
"Oh no, it's perfectly fine Mr. Himura! He has about a month left"
"He's been dieing of the flu for over a year?" Yahiko asked skeptically
"No, he was dieing of old age last year, but medicines the doctor gave him gave him some of his strength back, he caught the flu last month"
Yahiko rolled his eyes "Why were you in such a hurry to get here?" he asked next
"Um, you see, my father is a very rich, successful man, and in America, I am very poor, barely getting through each day, I need to be here to inherit his fortune when he dies"
"So you're here for money" Yahiko said
"Yahiko!" Kaoru exclaimed, almost reaching over Tsubame to knock his head in
"If I may, may I see his will?" Kenshin asked
"Of course" she then got up to retrieve her father's will
Kaoru looked at him as if he were insane.
"Why--"
"I never heard of a western man owning this land, I would like to see if he does, if he does, it should be on his will"
".. oh.."
She came back into the room holding in her hand a rolled up piece of parchment. She kindly handed it to Kenshin and sat back down. He unrolled it.
"My.. this is, indeed very impressive, he seems to own at least thirty acre's of the forest surrounding Tokyo, and on top of that he has quite a lot of money saved up as well.."
Kaoru leaned in towards Kenshin to take a look at the will. Everyone but her noticed the blood rush to his face at record speed.
"Parker-san, it says here that all rights to your fathers things will be canceled if it is proven that you have children, why?" Kaoru asked "Didn't he like children?"
"Oh no, that's not it, he loves children, but I got married at a very young age, and without his consent and he was angered by it. He made so that I wouldn't be able to have children until I married a man to his approval to inherit his belongings"
"Are you a widow?" Kaoru asked
"No, the marriage fell through, we were just too young I suppose"
"So you're marrying again?" Kenshin asked
"Ah, yes, to a very kind man my father chose, I love him very much"
"How exciting!!" Kaoru exclaimed, clasping her hands together, blushing and looking up at the sky. It didn't take a very hard guess to figure out what she was imagining.
"Busu! We need to leave soon! I want to practice before bed!" Yahiko said sharply. He smiled at Tsubame and squeezed her hand in reassurance that he would be back. She blushed and smiled back.
"Yes, we really do need to be leaving, thank you for having us over Parker- dono" Kenshin said
"The pleasure was mine, why don't you all come again next week?"
"That sounds nice, we might just do that" Kaoru said
By the time they all got home, it was far too late for Yahiko to practice his sword fighting, as he had wished. Both Kenshin and Kaoru fell asleep right away, but Yahiko laid awake in bed, deep in thought.
"What kind of 'family heir loom' would make a noise like that?" he thought, but he didn't get much time to think about it before he drifted off into the land of slumber.
...tbc...
A/N: So, what did you think? I'm trying to regularly update this story, or, as much as I can anyway. Well anyway, tell me what you think. Good? Bad? A waste of your time? This chapter wasn't too big, just giving you some background on Parker-dono, and maybe a few hints here and there about what's gonna happen later in the story.
Ja Ne!
Bloodstain, signing off