Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ Somewhere I belong ❯ Nobusuke's gift ( Chapter 6 )

Chapter 6

Nobusuke's gift

Anya walked home alone thinking about what sort of gift a ghost could give a mortal as she continued on her way home through the town she grow up in and around. 'I wonder what gift Nobusuke's going to give me?' Anya thought as she opened the front door to the Yoshizaki's home.

"I'm home." Anya yelled.

"In the kitchen." Mrs. Yoshizaki yelled.

Anya headed into the kitchen to find out what was for dinner and to figure out whether she wanted to stay with the Yoshizaki's or leave this family and find where she truly belonged. Anya was so confused she wanted to find her real true place in life even if it wasn't with this family that took her in willingly.

"So how was your day?" Mr. Yoshizaki asked.

"Good, I did a lot of thinking about my parents." Anya said taking a glass down from the cupboard.

"Oh." Mr. Yoshizaki said as he looked up at her.

"Yeah but I still miss them dearly." Anya said filling her glass full of water.

"We know you do we miss them too." Mrs. Yoshizaki said while placing dinner on the table.

"But you know I don't miss them as much as I did when I was younger." Anya said taking a sip of her water.

"Maybe you're healing from the heartache." Mrs. Yoshizaki said hopefully.

"Yeah maybe." Anya said nodding.

"Well let's eat up." Mr. Yoshizaki said smiling.

Dinner went on with vary little conversation as everyone ate. Mrs. and Mr. Yoshizaki decided to bring up the subject about collage since sometimes they wondered why Anya didn't go to collage since she was at the top of her Senior class in high school so she had the grades to make it out there in the collage life but she never applied for a collage or at least not to their knowledge she did anyway.

"You got another collage application today." Mrs. Yoshizaki said right out of the blue.

"That's the fifth one this month." Anya said sighing deeply.

"Why don't you go… to collage I mean?" Asked Mr. Yoshizaki taking a bit of his dinner.

"I never really wanted too I mean I know I can." Anya said thinking about it.

"Then why don't you send back one of the application." Mrs. Yoshizaki asked.

"I don't know." Anya said taking a bit of her dinner.

"We know you can do it." Mrs. Yoshizaki said with a smile.

"And we're positive your parents know you can do it, too." Mr. Yoshizaki said encouragingly.

Anya smiled she knew that she could make it in collage and a good one at that but still she never really thought about collage and wasn't so sure if collage was for her. Mrs. and Mr. Yoshizaki knew she could do it and hey even the teachers she had back in high school knew she could make it into one of those high marks collages but the point is was collage what she wanted or did her future lead her else were away form Tokyo. Anya wasn't for sure at all anymore not after meeting Nobusuke and this so called gift he was going to give her tomorrow plus she wasn't even sure if she was going to except Nobusuke's gift for that matter.

"May I be excused?" Anya asked sweetly.

"Of course." Mrs. Yoshizaki said.

"Thank you for everything." Anya said as she stood up from her chair.

Anya took her plate over to the sink to rinse it off before she put it into the dishwasher. As Anya washed off her plate her new ghost friend came to visit her and since Anya wasn't paying any attention she didn't see him and neither did Mrs. or Mr. Yoshizaki so that was a plus but not that big of one. Anya finished washing off her plate and put it into the dishwasher to be washed with all the other dishes that night.

"I'm going up to my room." Anya said head towards her room.

"Alright." Mr. Yoshizaki said as he stood up from his chair.

Anya left the kitchen and head in to the living room to grabbing her things she left and heading up stairs to her room to do some serious thinking about everything and anything in between. Anya headed upstairs to her room not completely sure what she was really going to do besides think that is. Anya entered her room and shut the door be hind her so her foster parents would leave her be at least for a little while. She sighed she wasn't sure what she was going to do anymore she wanted to send off one of her collage applications but she also wanted to see the world a little bit more.

"I know your there Nobusuke." Anya said smiling gently at the old ghost.

"I'm sorry to intrude miss Anya." Nobusuke said smiling as well.

"Its alright I don't mind." Anya said sitting on her bed.

Nobusuke smiled gently seeing Anya sitting there smiling she so much reminded him of his daughter back when he himself was alive that is. Anya sat there looking at the old ghost trying to figure out what he wanted from her even though it couldn't be much at least she hoped.

"So why are you here, Nobusuke?" Anya asked.

"I wanted to see how you lived." Nobusuke said honestly.

"Oh alright that's cool just don't let Mrs. or Mr. Yoshizaki see you." Anya said standing up.

"As you wish miss Anya." Nobusuke said kindly.

Anya giggled at Nobusuke for calling her 'miss Anya' even though she didn't mind, it was a change from being called 'miss Nemoto' which she has grow accustom to hearing from everyone. Nobusuke looked at Anya strangely not really knowing why Anya had giggled at him it was quit different from his little girls giggle but it was also so very close to hers at the same time.

"Sorry." Anya said out of nowhere.

"Why are you sorry?" Nobusuke asked confused by the apology.

"For giggling it's just I am not use to people calling me 'miss Anya'." Anya told him honestly.

"Really what do they call you?" Nobusuke asked.

"Miss Nemoto or just plain old Anya." Anya said almost sadly.

"Would you prefer me to call you Miss Nemoto instead?" Nobusuke asked.

"No not at all I'd rather be called miss Anya then miss Nemoto." Anya told him honestly.

"As you wish." Nobusuke said smiling warmly at Anya.

Anya smiled back at Nobusuke warmly as well in a way Anya trusted Nobusuke with her life in a since but she was so sure about this so-called gift either plus she didn't know what it was.

"Nobusuke?" Anya asked gently.

"Yes." Nobusuke said.

"Can I ask you a question." Anya said more than asked.

"Of course." Nobusuke said with a short nod of his head.

"What is this gift you were talking about?" Anya asked.

"Oh yes I meant to talk to you more about that." Nobusuke said rubbing his head.

"How would you like to live in the eleventh year of the Meiji Era?" Nobusuke asked.

"I don't know I've never thought about it, why?" Anya asked.

"Because that is your gift from me to you." Nobusuke said.

"Really?" Anya asked.

"Yes I can send you back to that era since I myself lived in that era." Nobusuke said honestly.

Anya thought about it for some time but she still needed to think a lot more about it before she even considered it. Nobusuke knew this was going to be a hard question for Anya since she would be leaving this time and maybe never being able to return to her own time ever again.

"Hey Nobusuke is it alright if I give you an answer tomorrow?" Anya asked.

"Yes of course you may, my dear." Nobusuke said knowing it might take some time to consider his offer.

Anya nodded knowing that this was going to take some time she knew of the Meiji era but not enough to be able to actusually understand what was going on around her. Nobusuke decided that he should probably take his leave now and let Anya make her choice in peace.