Loving The Dead
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(Italics are dreams, flashbacks, or song lyrics!)
And yes, this chapter has a song!..and the song will be revealed at the end of the chapter!
Loving The Dead
Chapter 2: Strange Things Happen Part II
Where am I?
Wait, that's right...I remember now...
I stepped back and stared at him.
"W-what are you...?" I asked.
He smiled awkwardly and something totally unexpected...he replied:
"I'm just a spirit, that I am..."
I suddenly opened my eyes and sat up. I found myself in the training hall, where the boxes, that me and Misao had moved in were. Wait, why was I here?
Oh right, that man, with the amazingly red hair, the traditional Japanese clothes, katana...and that strange cross-shaped scar...
Was that all a dream? Though, it felt awfully real...so real..his hand..through mines..that couldn't of been unreal...and spirits can't exist can they?...then again, I did notice something a bit strange about him...he had a weird glow to him.
I am a question to the world
Not an answer to be heard
Or a moment
That's held in your arms
I stood up and scanned the room, for him, but I saw no sign of him.
Suddenly, I heard from outside, someone chanting,"Scrub, scrub, scrub," I walked towards the shoji door and slid it open, finding it morning. There, in front of me...no way...it can't be...the guy with the red hair!
He had his back to me, and he was doing the laundry and chanting 'scrub' over and over, as he was washing clothes...and my clothes also.
Finally, he noticed my presence and turned around.
"Oh, Kaoru-dono...you're awake, how are you feeling? You passed out last night, that you did." he said and smiled.
Okay...first, he calls me 'koishii' and now, he's calling me 'Kaoru-dono'! Who is this guy, anyways!
I gave him a sternful look.
"Okay, I don't know who you are, but what are you doing in my dojo?"
And what do you think you'd ever say?
I won't listen anyway
You don't know me
And I'll never be what you want me to be
He stopped washing and placed down whatever he was washing and---...wait a second, that's...that's my underwear!..and the one with the duckies all over it, too! Which is emmbarassing, since he is looking at it..and washing it! WHAT A PERVERT!
I ran over and snatched my underwear from his hands.
"Y-you baka hentai! Why are you washing my clothes for?" I yelled.
"O-Oro? B-but, I always do the laundry, what do you mean, koishii?" he said.
Oh great, there he goes again with the 'koishii'...
"What do you mean by,'you always doing the laundry', you baka? I don't even know you!"
He gave me a weird look and placed his hand on my forehead.
Oh no, his hand...there it is again...it's so warm...like it had been before...
"W-what..." I began to say, but decided to just keep my mouth shut at the moment.
Then, he said,"Koishii, are you suffering from amnesia?"
A vein popped...
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT, YOU BAKA?"
I threw my underwear at his head...well not exactly...it went right through him like thin air and landed behind him..
I stepped back and stared at him. Is this guy really actually a 'spirit' as he said before?
"Y-You really are a spirit, aren't you?"
And what do you think you'd understand?
I'm a boy, no, I'm a man
You can't take me
And throw me away
"Oro..? Well, of course, we both are, aren't we?"
"W-what do you mean by 'we both are'? I'm not a spirit..."
"Oro? What do you mean?"
I stared at him.
"W-what?"
That was all was to come out of my mouth at the moment. What was this guy thinking?
He suddenly fell to his knees and looked up at the sky.
"I-I'm not really there," he said and looked over at me. "I'm not there, am I?"
I gave him questioning look.
"Where?" I asked.
It seems, I was so use or help to him, all I could do is studder and ask..'what?' and 'where?'
Suddenly, I felt a cold hand on my shoulders, that send chills down my spine. I looked up and saw the redhead's eyes casting down on me.
"You...you're not Kaoru are you?" he asked.
"O-of course, I am...! I'm Kaoru Kamiya, but why'd you ask?" I replied.
He gave a sighed and let go.
"Wha--...Hey, what is wrong with you?" I asked.
What WAS wrong with him? Just a moment ago, he seems so clueless and confused about my questions, and now he seems just upset...
He turned his back to me and looked up at the sky.
"All this time, I had thought I was back home, when I was really just at the same place that I've waited for a long time," he said and just let out a small laugh,"I guess, this is punishment from my wife for waiting so long for me.."
And how can you learn what's never shown?
Yeah, you stand here on your own
They don't know me
Cause I'm not here
Suddenly, I saw a small liquid formin the corner of his eyes roll down his cross-shaped scar on his cheek...
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
He sat down in the grass and patted the vacant space beside him."Here, sit down...I'll tell you about it." he said.
Without a reply of any kind, I nodded and plopped down beside him in the green grass.
"Let me introduce myself first," he said,"My name is Kenshin Himura.."
"Kenshin..." I echoed, as I tried to figure out why the name felt so familiar all of a sudden.
"As, I had said before, I am a--.." he paused and I watched as his violet eyes cast down."I am a spirit..."
And I want a moment to be real
Wanna touch things I don't feel
Wanna hold on and feel I belong
And how can the world want me to change?
They're the ones that stay the same
They don't know me
Cause I'm not here
I stared at him.
So, he really is one?..but this can't be!..spirits can't be REAL!..Can they?..
And you see the things they never see
All you wanted I could be
Now you know me
And I'm not afraid
I inhaled the air around me, trying to keep under control about a spirit, I looked over at him.
"So, you are a spirit, ne?" I said, trying to stay calm as possibly.
He smiled at me."It's a surprise that you took it calmly, that you did," he said, cheerfully."Most people would react in a different manner..."
"People? You mean to say, that other people have seen you before!" I exclaimed.
And I want to tell you who I am
Can you help me be a man?
They can't break me
As long as I know who I am
He nodded, slowly.
"Hai, other people that have lived in this dojo, they have encountered me, numerous times..."
"B-but, shouldn't you be frighten? I mean, you are a spirit, afterall.."
Suddenly, a small bumble-bee came flying around him, and he put out his hand, so that he can let the bee land on his finger. Though instead, the bumble-bee flew away, quickly, after realizing it wasn't a human finger nor a plant.
He sighed.
"After so long of this style of 'living' like this, being hollow and unnoticed like real people do, it's taken me some time to getting used to," he said."All I ever wanted is for my wife to return, or I will be brought to that place on the otherside of those clouds...though, I don't have any idea how...so, all I can do it wait. But, sometimes, I really do wish to feel alive...and more like everyone else here..."
They can't tell me who to be
Cause I'm not what they see
Yeah, the world is still sleepin while I keep on dreaming for me
And their words are just whispers and lies that'll never believe
I didn't say anything..I only thought of how depressing it was to be a hollow and unnoticed spirit like Kenshin...
"Heh, gomen nasai, I was frightening you a bit, wasn't I?" he apologized, noticing that I hadn't yet respond.
I nodded."N-No, of course not! I was just thinking!" I said.
"Oh well, it was just a little dream I have now, only to feel alive once more and able to touch and feel things," he sighed and put out both his hands."I feel nothing with these...nothing at all.
I'm the one now
Cause I'm still here
I'm the one
Cause I'm still here
I'm still here
I'm still here
I'm still here (end)
I looked up at him, and saw that he was looking at a blue bird in the cherry blossom tree nearby.
Why didn't I notice this before? Am I deaf or something!
I noticed his peaceful face expression and very dreamy violet eyes, which I couldn't restrain to stop looking at..
H-He was just absolutely beautiful...I have no idea why, but my face grew hot..
I quickly turned my head.
Then, I heard a movement from Kenshin, which made me glance up, only to see that he stood up.
"Kaoru-dono, I'm going to go cook some lunch now, it seems we have been talking since morning.." he said.
Cooking!...what the hell...
"C-Cooking? You can cook!" I exclaimed.
"Oro? Is there something wrong with that?" he asked.
Geez, why was I always the one to not be able to cook? First, Misao and now second, KENSHIN...and he wasn't even alive...
"Oh, nothing really, it was just a surprise." I replied, trying to hide my jealousy.
"Kaoru-dono, you did like the food from yesterday, right?" asked Kenshin.
Then it hit me...
"You mean you were the one that cooked for me?" I yelled.
"Heh, well yes.." he replied, nervously.
Okay...so Misao really can't cook...so I guess that was alright..
"Kenshin, you really don't have to---.." I paused, when I noticed that Kenshin wasn't standing there anymore.
What the---? BAKA! He didn't even say anything...
I stood up and walked towards the kitchen, only finding Kenshin setting the table and already placing out food.
"Wow, Kenshin...are you sure you cooked? Or are you just lying?" I asked, being sarcastic.
He laughed and set down the final eating utensil.
Suddenly, I heard a knock from the front gate.
"Oi, Jou-chan, are you home?" I heard a familiar voice call out.
"Be quite, rooster-head.." said another familiar feminine voice say and I heard a slap. Obviously, it was Sanosuke or Sano for short and his girlfriend, whom another friend of mines, Megumi Takani.
"Ow! Don't hit me, kitsune (fox)!" said the same voice from 'rooster-head'.
Oh boy...not now! Not with Kenshin here...NOOO!
I quickly ran out the kitchen...but before I could open the gate...I saw Kenshin appear infront of me and walk RIGHT THROUGH THE CLOSED GATE!
"Wait, Kenshin! Don't!" I yelled.
Though it seemed like it was too late...
"WHAT ARE YOU!" cried Megumi.
Then, I heard a highly-pitched feminine voice scream...who I think maybe was Megumi...
That's just great...thank you, Kenshin...
I opened the gates and saw Megumi and Kenshin standing before me...
"W-Where's Sano?" I asked, noticing that Sano wasn't with them..
Kenshin pointed down.
I glanced down..
Whoaa...
I saw Sano on the ground, passed out...
"Kami-sama!" I cried out.
So, it really wasn't Megumi who screamed afterall!
It was Sano...
I looked up at Megumi who was looking at Kenshin and glanced over at me.
"You have alot of explaining to do, tanuki..." she said, sternly.
I gulped.
Oh boy, I have a bad feeling about this...
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Hello everyone! YAY! Chapter 2 is up...so what do you guys think?..Is it bad, worse, better, or just GREAT? Oh by the way, the song in this chaopter is called,"I'm Still Here" sung by John Rzeznik of the Goo Goo Dolls, if you've seen 'Treasure Island' before, that is the main TI (treasure island) theme song. And I am just in love with the song! Anyways, please review.
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