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Summary: Ichigo's quest with Karin's bestfriend, Rukia... Please R/R!
Me and my sister's Bestfriend
June 17, 2001; 8:45 am
The day gave the impression of a scorching summer heat waves rather than the usual empty, lulling and depressing showering rain. Not that I'm complaining, but I had to admit…it's better off this way.
It's the first Kurosaki annual reunion with the gravestones… and the usual time when the head Kurosaki will suggest a gravestone domino tournament… a total bullshit if you ask me. My sisters aren't close to agreeing with the insane old man, and Karin, who's too smart to put up with our father's over-enthusiasm… will proceed to bashing his face with the soles of her feet or sending him straight ahead to his grave. Even pinball proves to be less interesting.
Oh, by the way… I'm Ichigo Kurosaki. 10 years old with an orange hair, don't ask where I got it. It's certainly natural. And that makes my younger twin sisters, Karin and Yuzu, 6 years old. The old geezer, (much known as our father) Isshin Kurosaki, a perverted physician of our town is 35 years old…my mother, Masaki Kurosaki…who would have been 30 years old …ironically, died on the same date as she was born. The 17th of June…
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I was all by myself… talking to myself…when I kept on recalling the event that happened right before my eyes. It was a year ago, when my mom picked me up from my karate lessons, I just lost for the nth time against my sumo childhood friend, Tatsuki Arisawa. I've never known ego before, but a simple smile from my mom eventually rid the thought of crossing over the same word… and to me, it's like magic. That day however turned to be rueful… and whoever thought of living my own nightmare.
It happened swiftly, as the rain poured down the empty street… I caught sight of a puppy. At first I had to make sure by squinting my eyes, allowing my vision to adjust as it rained harder. Its small bark confirmed my judgment. Then I saw a moving bus. You could tell from afar that it's moving too fast… I had to do something…
I unclasped my hand from my mother's and made a dash towards the puppy. Even at this speed, I could calculate that it'll take me a maximum of 10 seconds to move the puppy from the middle of the street… so I have to try…
I heard my mom called my name when I reached the puppy… I lifted the puppy against my chest and made a roll on the other side, gratefully hitting the muddy grass. I shut my eyes to the last second when I heard its screeching tires… knowing that after this, I'll get a scolding from my mom. Then I heard people…many people, probably from the bus. I stood up, the puppy still cradled against my chest and stopped dead… 6 feet from me stood the motionless figure of my mom, blood a good 20 inches in radius… I've lost count of time… for used seconds or even minutes couldn't bring my mom back to life.
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9:30 am
"Karin-chan!"
Yuzu's voice snapped me back to reality. Something wasn't right with that tone.
"Onii-chan! Karin-chan is in trouble! She fell off the cliff!!!"
My heart hammered against my chest… damn! I sped off to where they are… knowing this instant that I'll end up either hurting myself for being heroic or stupid suicidal loser who plunges to death head first, without formulating a plan. Then I saw her…
A short raven haired girl, with eyes a blazing purple, around my sisters' age, carried Karin behind her back. Seems to me she deserved the town's heroic award… forgetting my manners momentarily, I ran next to my sister, pulling her off from this little girl's back. Karin stared at me for a moment and whispered "Sorry Ichi-nii, I guess I got carried away with the scenery…hehe." Even after getting hurt, she doesn't allow anyone especially her family to worry for her. She had taken that role ever since our mother died.
"It's okay now, Karin." I allowed myself a small smile. "We all got carried away."
Karin stood up slowly with the help of Yuzu and we were about to leave when Karin remembered. She turned to her savior.
"Thanks for saving my life, uh--"
"Rukia. Rukia Kuchiki." The amethyst-eyed girl replied.
"Thanks Kuchiki-chan. If there's anyway I can repay you--"
"Call me Rukia and let's be friends, ne?" She smiled radiantly. Woah! Even a bystander like me, could actually see the sun behind a heap of gray clouds.
"Yes!"
And that's how Rukia Kuchiki became Karin Kurosaki's bestfriend.
--to be continued--
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