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Island Resort Invites
Invite 1: Bleach
A delivery man carried a package up an apartment complex in Karakura Town. Arriving to a door with a package, he knocked. "Delivery for Mr. Sado!" he proclaimed. Before he could put the package down, the door opened. Chad stepped to the doorway to see the delivery man who seemed scared about him.
"A package?" he asked.
"I don't why but each time you answer, I get nervous." Chad couldn't help that his body had grown at his young age.
"Nothing I can do about it. Now you said that I have a package?"
"Yes. Do you have the stamp for approval?" Chad reached out and snagged the stamper and ink pad. After a dab, the delivery man presented a clipboard for the approval. Chad stamped the clipboard and received the package. "Thanks, Mr. Sado… and I'll try to keep everything together the next time I see you." The delivery man left as he wove to Chad as he entered his apartment. The package felt light, though Chad's strength wasn't anything to sneeze at. He did grow suspicious when he noticed the package had no return address.
"Strange… I wonder who sent it?" He shook the contents within the package. "Not a bomb..." He opened it to find three bus passes, three airline tickets and a brochure inside. His first instinct came to the attention of the airline tickets. "They look alright… They got the name of the airport down. Why three of them?" He chose to look into the brochure for answers.
MR. SADO-
YOU ARE AMONG SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL TAKE PART IN THE INAUGURAL ISLAND GETAWAY TO ISLE DELFINO. YOU AND TWO OF YOUR FRIENDS WILL JOIN IN A TWO-WEEK VACATION, ALL EXPENSES PAID. THERE ARE PLENTY OF SPOTS TO HANG OUT LIKE GELATO BEACH OR NOKI BAY. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON.
Chad looked puzzled. "Isle Delfino? I don't recall a place in this world where an island name is close to that." Looking at the airline tickets again, something seemed to tell Chad that it had to be real. "If these tickets are legitimate, this isle has to be as well." The next day, Chad reported to Karakura High School. He found his usual friends within the halls. However, one friend sneaked behind him.
"Good morning, Chad!" greeted Orihime. Chad turned to find the redhead teen.
"Good morning, Orihime. As a matter of fact, I wanted to ask you a question." Orihime blinked to the sudden reply.
"Are you going to ask me out on a date? I was hoping Ichigo would, if he wasn't busy with his Soul Reaper business." Chad shook his head.
"Actually, I wanted to ask Ichigo the same thing I was gonna ask you." Orihime gulped, fearing Chad would ask Ichigo to go out with him.
"Y-You mean, you and Ichigo?" Her mind pictured Chad and Ichigo topless, approaching each other smitten. Her mind warped and she cringed to the ridiculous thought. Chad opted to stop her deranged thinking.
"Now you're way off." Hearing the denial, Orihime relented.
"Good, I don't want to think you and Ichigo were gay." Her mentality restored, Orihime turned to locate the strawberry-blond. She saw no one with that hairstyle. "Guess he's not here, but I'll probably see him in class. We'll meet at lunchtime." Chad agreed to the meeting.
"Sounds ideal." The two separated to attend class. At around noon, it was lunch. There, the strawberry blond and the redhead found Chad sitting quietly. Rukia and Tatsuki joined to the table.
"I wonder what the discussion's about," Rukia pondered. With a group at the same table, Ichigo wanted to open the discussion.
"So, what's this all about?" he asked.
"Yeah, tell us!" urged Orihime. Chad presented the airline tickets to the group. Tatsuki picked one up, reading the names of the airports.
"It says that it departs from the Karakura Airport here to… Sunshine Airport on Isle Delfino?" she read with a dismayed look.
"That's the same look I had in finding out about the name of the island," Chad explained. "I doubt your connections would know about an island such as this." Rukia slouched back and thought.
"Indeed," she confirmed. "If anything, it may be one that I can have my connections look into after school." Chad and Ichigo knew the connections meant the Soul Society for the Soul Reaper in disguise.
"Though, you have to admit," Orihime spoke up. "It does sound exciting to go on a vacation in a tropical setting, don't you think?" Rukia had doubts to the idea.
"I don't know..." Tatsuki examined the ticket further, skepticism starting to shrink.
"The tickets look legit enough," she studied. "I don't know about you guys but this vacation stay is real." On that note, Ichigo chose to go with Tatsuki's conclusion.
"If the tickets are real, I'm willing to go with the trip," he decided. Chad nodded to Ichigo's choice.
"I was gonna ask you if you wanted to go on this trip," he brought up. "So much for asking anyway." As Ichigo snagged a ticket, a thought came to Chad's mind. "Is there a chance you could ask Karin or Yuzu if they wanted to go?" Ichigo turned to Chad before looking up in thought.
"I don't wanna chance it with either one. Both can handle my dad and bringing one away would be a health hazard, not just to dad but the city as a whole." Chad mulled a little, disappointed to learn about the Kurosaki household and their issues.
"And I know about Isshin's wild antics, so bringing him along is out of the question," Rukia discounted. That's when Orihime made her case sound.
"Why don't I go?!" she volunteered. "After all, it does sound like a nice place to get away from… well, all the stress we've been through." A slight hesitation told the Soul Reapers and Chad that Orihime didn't want to expose the dangers they faced to Tatsuki.
"You sure about this?" questioned Tatsuki. Orihime nodded.
"I wanted to be on an island and come home with a gorgeous tan!" Tatsuki dipped her head from the explanation.
"Figures..." Chad looked at the ticket once more.
"The plane leaves a day after tomorrow at night," he read. "That should give us plenty of time to pack for this trip." Ichigo and Orihime bobbed heads, agreeing to the plan. After school, the three bound for Isle Delfino began to pack. Rukia watched Ichigo stuffing a suitcase full of clothes, including a pair of swimming trunks.
"You know, I'm not entirely surprised Orihime wanted to join this vacation as soon as you did," she sighed. To Ichigo, she felt interested to go on the ride to Isle Delfino.
"Why, did you want to step away from the Soul Society for a little while?" he asked. Rukia gulped at the question.
"D-Don't be such an idiot! Why would I want to go on a trip like this?!" Ichigo's smug sensed Rukia's denial.
"It could be anything like meeting a soul-mate and perhaps engaging in some actions under the blankets..." Rukia's face, still faced away from Ichigo, turned redder and redder per point from the substitute Soul Reaper.
"That's ridiculous! As if someone like Renji would have these thoughts like you have at this point in time." Overhearing the conversation, Ichigo's sisters entered the room.
"Hey, Ichigo!" greeted Yuzu. "Karin and I overheard you and Rukia arguing."
"Yeah, sorry, you two," Ichigo apologized. "Rukia and I wondered what's over at Isle Delfino when I go with Chad and Orihime." Hearing about the invite, Yuzu looked sad. Ichigo and Rukia realized the face.
"Yuzu?" called out Rukia. Yuzu turned to the Soul Reaper that first met her older brother.
"I'm sorry," she apologized. "I'm just… a little upset that you're going on this trip before we heard about it." Ichigo and Rukia understood Yuzu's pain.
"No, we're sorry, and I bet Chad and Orihime are as well." Karin patted Yuzu to assure nothing about Chad's gift and Ichigo's and Orihime's volunteering meant to hurt her.
"See?!" supported Karin. "They didn't mean to do this on you." Yuzu nodded, relieved to know everything would be okay.
"Can we see you off?" she requested.
"Of course," Ichigo accepted. After Ichigo filled his luggage, he invited Chad and Orihime to one of Yuzu's dinners. Two nights later, the group arrived at the airport. Chad held the tickets together. He looked up at the screens to find their flight. "Which airline is it?"
"Not sure," Chad muttered. Orihime found the reception's desk before having an idea.
"Let's ask her about it," she suggested. Chad quickly nodded before turning to the reception's desk.
"Excuse me. Do you know which gate this plane will be at?" The receptionist looked at the ticket, rather befuddled at first. She tapped the name of the plane printed on the ticket before it popped on the screen.
"Got it!" she announced. "The plane's at Gate 10. It's not far from here." She gave the ticket back to Chad, knowledge onto where to go.
"Thank you." Learning the Gate number, what faced the travelers was the metal detectors. Chad turned to Ichigo's sisters.
"Promise that you'll keep Ichigo safe," Yuzu wished.
"I will," Chad promised. "And if I do go on another one, I can bring you along." Yuzu smiled to the idea.
"Okay!" She gave Chad a peck to the cheek. The big teen blushed from the little love provided by the youngest Kurosaki sister.
"And don't worry about dad, Ichigo," Karin assured. "We'll make sure he doesn't overreact to you baby-making with Orihime." Ichigo, Orihime and Rukia jumped at Karin's tease.
"There's no way I can afford a baby right now!" he stammered.
"But I know the mood between the two of you. No need to hide your emotions." Ichigo wanted to give his sister a piece of his mind, but Rukia offered her fist and clocked Karin on the crown. Karin reacted by clutching the now-growing bruise.
"I think I know someone else Yuzu and I need to watch over," she sneered. "Anyway, I'll see you in over a week." Leading, Chad guided his partners through the metal detectors, no signal. Before long, the group reached the gate assigned. The man guarding the gate saw the trio which handed him their tickets.
"The three of you together?" he asked.
"That's right," Chad confirmed. The man scanned each ticket.
"Everything checks out! Don't you wanna grab something to snack or drink on your way?" Ichigo pondered about preparation.
"Maybe something to wake up before we arrive," he thought up.
"Sure, I'll go grab some iced coffee for when," Orihime agreed before departing. Quickly, she returned with three small glass bottles of iced coffee, chilled. "That vending machine had different flavors so I had a little bit of an issue picking which ones." The boys, now without the luggage for each, didn't mind what kind of iced coffee she picked up.
"It's alright, Orihime. Any kind of coffee will do." The guard opened the door to allow the passengers onto a small commercial airplane. Inside, there were only three reclining seats. "Why weren't we told about getting a private jet?" Chad had a guess.
"Surprise?" he shrugged. Orihime found a seat before finding a sleeping mask, pillow and blanket.
"I don't know about you but I'm ready for some shut eye," she yawned.
"We'll get some as soon as this jet takes off." All three sat down before buckling seat belts.
"Everyone on board the overnight flight from Karakura Airport to Sunshine Airport, this is your captain speaking," sounded someone over the radio com. "In about 15 minutes, we'll be taxied out to the tarmac where we'll be lifting off for about a nine-hour flight. When we take off, please turn all electronics off until we reach ten thousand feet above sea level. Everyone, please relax and enjoy our flight." Ichigo found headphones in front of him on a console and placed it on his head while Orihime fitted the sleeping mask on her face. Chad simply sat down. A taxi carried the jet to the runway and minutes later, sped down the strip before taking flight. The jet ascended to the sky, altitude climbing. When it reached the target altitude, a crossed out computer sign above turned off. Ichigo used the console to listen to music as Orihime and Chad reclined themselves. All fell asleep. The jet entered a cloud… and vanished. The trip to Isle Delfino began for Ichigo Kurosaki, Orihime Inoue and Yasutora "Chad" Sado.
END of BLEACH
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