I Told You So.
Beep beep beep. My alarm clock goes off but I, once again, am lying in bed fully awake already. I let out a heavy sigh and force myself up. Whenever I try sleeping, I sleep for about two hours and then I wake up and never fall back to sleep. Ugh! I need my energy for this mission! I make it all the way to my mirror in the bathroom and cringe at the sight. My hair looked like some sort of small rodent nested in it, I had smeared make up around my eyes, and I had dark circles under my eyes. Great.
After getting myself ready, I made my way to the kitchen. And as I eat breakfast, I receive a message from Omnitsukido:
Update progress report immediately.
Again, I let out a heavy sigh. I hated missions in the real world. Headquarters bugs the hell out of you. I rolled my eyes and reply back:
Progress report: still tracking subjects. Their spiritual pressure is still concealed well. I will contact you about any new progress in this case.
Click.
I finish eating and set out to see Urahara Kisuke. I'd rather not go see that odd man, but he may have valuable information. I arrived at a small brown shack labeled 'Urahara Shoten.' This is it.
I didn't even bother knocking, seeing as it was supposed to be a candy store. I scanned the room and saw a little girl with dark hair. She wore pigtails, a white t-shirt, and a pink skirt with sandals. A mod soul? Kisuke has one of them working for him?
"Oi! Get back to work!" a little red-haired boy shouted as ran to her and poked the little girl. Another mod soul!
He then noticed my presence as he looked over his shoulder.
"Uh, sorry, can I help you?" he asked, looking uninterested, putting his hands behind his head.
"Yes, I was looking for a man by the name of Urahara Kisuke."
"Oh uh, sure. I'll go get him." The boy answered and ran out of the room to fetch his boss. I scanned the cluttered dusty room. It looked like no one has ever touched the items on the shelves. He should at least dust more often.
"Ah! Fukazawa-san. I was expecting you." He entered the room and started waving his fan in his face, which obscured my view.
"Kisuke-san, how many times do I have to tell you to call me Miwa? We've known each other long enough, haven't we?" I said, starting to get irritated.
"Hai, gomen nasai, Miwa-chan! Now, what is it that you need to talk with me about?"
I rolled my eyes.
"You know exactly what I am here to talk about!" I shouted.
"You still won't say their names?"
"Fine. I need to know the Vizards' location. I'm not here to apprehend them. We just need to talk to get their story straight."
"Yeah, right." I gave him another eye roll.
"So you won't tell me?"
"I would if I could. I have no idea where they are."
"Do you have any idea where they could be?"
"Nope." He smiled gleefully at me and waved his fan once more.
"Ah geez, this is going to be really troublesome." I whined.
"Thanks anyway, I guess. Later Kisuke-san."
He waved at me as I exited the building.
I started to walk towards the town. I needed to find a place to think. Where could they be hiding? Kisuke must have given them gigais to conceal their spiritual pressure. If I was with them, where would we hide? It would have to be a place away from large crowds, so as not to disturb them when training. It couldn't be anything upscale, so maybe somewhere run down?
Alright, so I have a vague idea of somewhere they might be, so I continued walking through the streets until I reached a neighborhood of abandoned storage units and office buildings. I kept scanning each building, looking for some trace of them.
I sighed and looked up to the sky, wiping my brow. Where are you hiding, Shinji?
Just as I looked down, a rickety old wooden building caught my eye. Pretty large, too. It could fit all of them.
I made my way to the entrance and I saw an orange force field. The energy from this kido spell was unique. The energy is the signature of its creator. It could only be Ushoda Hachigen. I found you.
I took one more deep breath and stepped through the barrier.
A/N: Okay first chapter done. What do you think? Review or message me and tell me what you thought of it!