I was a little freaked out by that living dead idea and thought about it all day. That night I had a very scary dream.
I was running away from the assassin when I ran into Minoru. "Minoru! What are you doing here?" I asked. "Watching out for you. You need to come with me," he replied. I looked back for the assassin. He was nowhere in sight. Minoru reached his hand down for me. I took it and he led me to this beautiful park. There he let go of my hand and kept walking. He looked back at me. "So are you coming?" he asked. "Where are we going?" I asked. "You're coming home with me where we can be together forever," he replied. "But Minoru, I don't know," I started. "You don't want to come with me?" he asked. He sounded hurt. Suddenly the assassin rounded the corner. He threw a sword aimed at Minoru. I would not see him die again so I jumped in front of it. As I was lying in my blood Minoru reached his hand down for me. "All I wanted to do was take you away without the pain. Now come with me," he said. I shook my head. "No Minoru. I don't want to go. I want to go back. What about my friends," I exclaimed. "What do they have for you? Nothing. I have all the feelings you'll ever need," Minoru said, trying to persuade me. He reached down for me anyway. "No Minoru," he didn't stop, "Minoru! Stop! Leave me alone!"
I woke up drenched in sweat. I sat up and looked around.
"Gosh, that scared me half to death," I said to myself.
I got dressed and looked outside. It was early morning. I walked outside and sat on the roof looking at the sunrise. Kenshin came outside a few minutes later.
"Good morning," he said.
"Hi Kenshin," I replied.
My voice was a little shaky.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
He stood in front of me looking at the sunrise as well.
"I had a dream that Minoru came back to me and wanted to take me to heaven with him. I had been running from the assassin. I didn't want to go but the assassin killed me anyway so I had to. I couldn't go back. Minoru was going to take me with him whether I wanted to or not. As he reached down for me I started to yell at him for him to stop. Then I woke up," I said.
There was a moment of silence.
"It seems that you haven't gotten over his death and that living dead idea just scared you, that it did," Kenshin said.
I laughed a bit. He always knew what was troubling me.
"Right. That living dead thing is just fiction right?" I asked.
"If I said yes to calm you down I would be lying. If I said no I would be lying because it could or could not be real," Kenshin said.
"So basically you don't know?" I asked.
He nodded, "Well I believe people who die are always in your heart."
"Yeah I guess," I replied.
Suddenly a person dropped from the trees and into the yard.