A/N: Hello readers! First of all, if you are curious on what 'Gaijin' means, it meant 'Stranger'. Secondly, this fan fiction is based on the movie called 'Hello Stranger!', when I first saw it I could imagine Ichigo and Rukia travelling together, isn't that cute? Thirdly, sit back and enjoy the movie- I mean- the fic!
EDITED: I saw major errors and typos so I worked it out and I changed the time to July!
The night was cold and quiet; the wind blew softly carrying dead leaves as it went. It was mid-winter and the sight of it was beautiful. There was rarely and cars on the street as people would rather stay at home and sip their warm sake. The night sky was covered with stars, the towers were covered with lights and the only sound that can be heard was the breeze and the birds.
Nah, not really. It was already July and every breeze is heated.
Two cars speed up as they grew closer to the car park with only one space left. The lucky one was the black. Immediately after the dead engine sound, a drunken guy walked out, swaying one side to another. The other red car stopped behind and two other drunken guys walked out, laughing as they did. One of the shortest asked, "Hey Renji, where's he?"
The red pineapple head snickered while covering his mouth, "He's there!" The guy opened his car's back door, revealing an orange head sleeping, curling over the sudden coldness. The trio laughed their ass off at the sight of their friend with only a slim T-shirt and a short on. Giving each other a hi-five, Renji grinned, "He is sleeping well, isn't he?!"
"Oh, so it's like this, huh?"
The brown messy hair screamed, "Hey! You! Wake up! Mizuiro, help me!"
The short pretty boy grin his drunken grin and threw the man's passport and the car key, "Hey, wake up or you'll be late! That's your passport and car key!"
"Enjoy your trip and have fun for us too," Keigo yelled. "Being drunk doesn't mean you can go and grab the flight attendant's boobs!" The trio laughed again.
"What a bastard!"
"See you, bye!"
"Let's go guys, let's get wasted in Uryu's house!" Renji announced and hugged Keigo's neck, turning their direction to the red car, cheering:
"Move it, move it, move your ass people!"
"Wooooohooooo!"
"Hurry up!"
"Wait up!"
"BYE BYE!" His friends bellowed one last time and so the car drove away, leaving one black car with its hangover owner and the wind blew again. Suddenly the man sat up and turned around, puking right onto that car park ground in that instant.
And when he gained his conscious, he 'sleepwalked' straight to the airport, passing a small and petite lady that was getting her luggage of the car. The girl turned back to the car, her violet eyes lighted up with a strand of hair hanging over them, and smiled, "I'm leaving now, Shiro! Bye!"
The white haired young man asked her gloomily, "What about your passport? Did you forget it?"
The girl shook her head and faked a smile, "Nope, it's right here! Gotta go!"
After a few steps, the car followed up to her again, "Money?"
She turned to him in surprised, "Huh? Oh, I kept them in different places as you told me to." Then she waved him a goodbye, "No worries!"
The girl sighed. However, after a few steps away, it was all the same, "Bubble gum?"
"Huh? What for?"
The young man shook his head, "Are you stupid? When you ears hurt, you chew bubble gum…"
The girl nodded and faked a smile again, "I will buy it inside, don't worry. Momo is going with me anyway…" Finally she turned around and walked to the entrance, sighing in relieve as she goes. She walked right pass the drunken man and a tour group, confidence. Finally she could visit the most heavenly place on earth!
Meanwhile the tour guide smiled while weaving her blue flag, turning to the other passenger the woman apologized, "Just a sec. We are missing one passenger."
Sudden a shadow towered them and asked, "Oh? What are you waiting for? You will all miss the flight." The tour guide and her customers stared at his face, some of them laugh while some of them tried their best to hide it. They all leaned closer to him to get a better look. If you think that his orange hair was stranger enough, then the word 'Got Dumped' on the side of his cheeks was even weirder. The man glared left and right, what the hell are they laugh at?
After rubbing his face roughly, Ichigo needed a straight and serious conversation with his friends. The mad orange pulled his cell out and started dialing for them, anger was reaching its limit. He waited for a while until the voice on the other side said: 'Helloooooo?"
"Hey, Renji! What the hell are you doing? Are you mad playing this stupid prank on me? And what's with that writing on my cheeks?! Huh?!"
"Jerk, stop messing around!" The petite girl that was standing right behind the orange head asked on her phone. Then she started laughing at her girlfriend's hilarious joke on her boyfriend.
"What the hell are you laughing at? Stop it!" The man in front of her barked, and she stopped in that instant. What the… the girl thought while looking at him, a little embarrassed. Then he cursed at his cell and so the girl looked away, relieved but also annoyed.
"Hey Momo, I'm serious… Toushiro mustn't know about this!" The shorty sighed and facepalm, "I told him that I'm going to Korea with you, O.K.?"
"O.K. my ass!" The man in front of her yelled again and Rukia looked up at his orange hair once more. "My luggage is in Mizuiro's car! I'm wearing the only underwear I have! What am I going to do?"
"Come on, it's only seven to eight days…" The girl turned to her phone and said to her friend, but the man heard her and turned to her. Was she talking my underwear? He thought but then the girl continued, "Okay, I will buy some Etude* as a souvenir." Ichigo sighed and turned back.
The plane departure peacefully, all the passengers have pasted out and so have Rukia. She was having the most peaceful moment in her life with her Korean songs playing in her ears. Suddenly her seat trembled and she thought that it was air turbulence. But everyone else was perfectly fine. She, however, isn't.
Ichigo was trying to get his best position to get better sleep, pushing and pulling his long legs all over the seat. But then he sensed something and looked up; he found large violet eyes staring at him with dark aura unleashing around. He stared back at her then slowly glared to his side and saw the little green haired girl with big brown eyes staring at him. The man cleared his throat, "Sweetie, why did you kick her seat? You see, you woke her up now! You're so naughty!"
Expected the unexpected, the little girl yelled her lungs out and started crying. Ichigo quietly turned sideways and shut his eyes tight. The little kept winning while hugging her pink Chappy the Rabbit blanket and yelled, "YOU ARE SO MEEEEEAAAAANNNNNN!"
Finally the plane landed, safe and sound. With a ding and the lights went on, the captain greeted them politely. "Good morning everyone, we have just landed at Incheon International Airport in Seoul. The time here doesn't different from Japan. The approximate temperature outside is zero degree Celsius." With that, the passengers stood up and get their jackets, hoodies, scarfs, or their sweaters out. Ichigo looked up at the girl in front of him, regretting his drinks already; all he was in was a yellow shirt and dark shorts. The man shifted uncomfortably and caught something in his sight; the little girl's blanket.
"Hello everyone, this way please!" The tour guide smiled happily while waving her flags, "Oh be careful…" Her voice trailed off, unbelieves at the sight that she was facing. The orange haired silly young man walked to her, shaking with his pink blanket. The woman smile forcefully, "T-This way please…" Ichigo nodded and walked up the bus.
The bus left, revealing the petite girl walking out from the airport as well. She stood up straighter and took a very deep breath. Ah, Korea smelt so gooooood… Rukia chuckled at her silliness and called a taxi. "Backpackers place please."
Korea, the fan girls (and some fan guys) heaven, was becoming the tourist attraction because of the famous Korean series. Ichigo looked out the window, still hanged and sleepy and cold. He could not keep his calmed and cool attitude anymore, and he does not care; this is not Japan, everyone was strangers. They do not know him and most likely that they won't see him again. After a few blinks, he finally has fallen asleep. Meanwhile Rukia was just as excited as ever, or as anyone had ever seen. Korea was beautiful, just the way that she had dreamt about. With an Oh and Ooooh, the girl could make out every scene that she saw in the series.
The orange head yawned.
The shorty took some photos.
The man had fallen asleep again.
The woman took some more photos.
Suddenly Ichigo banged his head on the window then snapped his eyes opened, and again, and again, and again like life cycle.
Hello Gaijin!
Chapter One: Stranger's Departure
"Come on, come a little closer!" The woman said with her camera up, "One two three… Kimchi!" They took different photos in one of the ancient temple; well that was what Ichigo thought. The guy just looked around with his wondering geta**, trying his best not to laugh at the other stupid poses.
"Kimchi!" He heard that word again, and he swore to himself that if he ever hear it again, he will definitely go back to Japan.
"Kimchi!"
Ichigo sighed and shook his head, alright maybe not now because he does not have any money with him. Then a voice called: "Hey bro!"
"Huh? What do you want?" The orange head looked at him with a dull face, a fat dude with glasses was smiling at him politely.
"Can you take a picture for us?"
"Yeah, sure." The man looked at him then at the other fat girl. What a couple!
"Hip!" The couple yelped and shoved their arms up above their head, forming a famous heart shape. Ichigo looked up at them, blinked and sighed.
"Erm… OK. Are you ready? One two…"
"Babe, are you sure with this pose? This pose is so lame!" The fat chick stopped him and looked at her boyfriend.
"Then this pose is better!" The fat man when behind her and hugged her unseen waist, or to what Ichigo thought as one really fat bellybutton.
The girl laughed, "Oh babe! You're so naughty!"
"Um…" Ichigo interrupted them. Fats being sassy... are not right. No offence, he thought, he did not say it out anyway. "Ready?"
"Oh, can you please bend down a bit? I want the roof as the background." The girl said and looked up at her soon-to-be husband.
"Right right, alright." The cameraman was running out of his patient. He gritted his teeth, bended down and looked at the camera. "One… two…"
"Wait, no. Forget that. Take the half-body picture." The fat fucking dude interrupted and waved his hand at him. "Half-body is better."
"The half-body picture?" Ichigo looked up at them, what the fuck is wrong with them, man?! Maybe I should just throw their camera away and get the shit out of here- oh wait, I have another plan… "Alright," he grinned, "Half-body it is!" He walked closer to them, adjusted the camera and smiled slyly. "One two three, SMILE!" Then he looked up at them, "Nice!"
"Thank you!" The couple said identically and grabbed the camera back from the man. He simply walked away, but the couple did not notice the hurry in those sandals. Giggling happily, the two love birds looked down at their sweetest picture-
The picture was disastrous. He took the half-body picture right, the lower half-body picture.
Rukia looked around the coffee shop excitedly; this was her dream come true! She held her camera higher and pressed the magically button, "And here we are at the coffee prince café…" The girl turned around to the table next to the window, "This is where Ging Yoo kissed the main actress for the first time!" Then she popped herself into the scene, "Isn't this very romantic?!" she turned her camera to the coffee makers and smiled shyly, "Let see, is there anyone here pretending to be a boy like the main actress did in 'Coffee Prince'?"
The handsome coffee maker smiled to the camera and handed her coffee. Rukia smiled wide, "Ooooh, here comes my coffee!" She walked closer to it and thanked him, then took the coffee from him and held it near her face, "Finally I get to drink it here from the source!" The girl drank it but spilled it out immediately, "Oh crap, it's hot!"
The Seoul Tower, another famous place in Korea that excited the Japanese tourists, except for one of cause, was there next station. People all over the world were taking photos with their gay ass poses as usual while the tour guide explain, "Here in Korea, they believe that if a couple comes up to Seoul Tower and turns the key together on their locks and then throw the keys over the bridge then no one can ever take them apart!" Now use your imagination, imagine fat couples hugging and cuddling each other with holding their keys.
The couples sighed dreamily and so she continued, "So are you guys ready?!"
"Yes!" They all shouted.
"Then one… two… three… Throw them away!" The tour guide signal them with her flag and with that the Japanese couples threw away the keys and hugged each other, excited.
"Oh…" Ichigo popped out of the blue. Everyone was, as always, had forgotten him already. The strange color haired man leaned forward to get a better look, "Won't that hit all of those people down there?"
Everyone turned to face him, wanting to throw him off too. Did he have to ruin their romantic moment?
"Um… let's go to the Teddy Bear Museum downstairs." The tour lady sighed awkwardly, "Let's go everyone! This way please."
Ichigo stared at them then at the tour lady, wondering if he had said something wrong. The tour guide continued her explanation as he followed her and everyone else. In the meantime Rukia, with her phone between her shoulder and her ear, was locking the key. "Shiro, I hooked our locks together…" the young woman blushed slightly while trying to keep her voice soft and cool, "So we will be together forever…"
Then she threw her key away.
"So are you guys tired from today's activities?!" The energetic tour guide asked lively.
"Not at all!" they all chanted.
The young man in his pink blanket shifted uncomfortably while the tour lady continued, "That's awesome guys! But for tomorrow we will have to wake up early because we will be going out of town. Get up at six, breakfast at seven, and rolling out by eight. So remember this in a simple code as?"
"Six seven eight!" The tourist shouted.
"What was that?"
"Six seven eight!"
"And again?"
"SIX SEVEN EIGHT!"
"Excellent! Now give yourself a round of applause!" And they all did and Ichigo rolled his eyes, what the heck? Was he in a concert? At last he was in his hotel, bright orange lights lit up and the bright orange head jumped to his bed, sighing in relieved and tiredness. The man sighed again and he knew what he wanted to do next.
Piss.
The man groaned in satisfaction, he knew that he was missing something. He looked up and out the window, staring at the night sky of Korea. He felt sudden pain in his chest, loneliness strike him once more. Ichigo shook his head, whatever will be will be, isn't that right? Then why the heck are you regretting this? You were supposed to have fun with this trip, stupid! After finishing his release, the young man turned his attention to the- Dafuq! Where the hell is the flushing thing?! And what are these- oh right the buttons. Of cause, Ichigo chuckled, just like Tokyo…
GOD DAMN IT! DA FUKKEN LANGUAGE!
Sighing, the man closed his eyes and pressed a random button. Everything went silent, after a few second Ichigo peaked his eyes open and saw something straw-like extended from the toilet seat. The young man widened his eyes, "Oh shit…"
The mysterious straw just sent water flying to his face, while the man yelled and shout and begged it to stop.
Ichigo sighed and walked out of his hotel with his same cloth and a new white towel jacket that the hotel was kind enough to put it in the toilet. After a few streets away, he found a local restaurant with an old lady surfing and cooking for her customer. He ordered beer and something random on the menu, something that he closed his eyes once again and point at it. He, however, was getting a bad feeling for this.
The dish came by after a few sip of beer, it looks delicious. "Huh… what is this?" He asked in English. The old lady muttered something soft and kept smiling. Ichigo scratched his head, "Chicken or Pig?"
But nothing change, Ichigo still didn't know what the old lady was saying. He tilted his head and started flapping his arms, "Chicken? Or," he pushed his nose up, "Pig?" then he held his finger to the side of his head, "Buffalo? What? What?"
But the lady nodded to all answers. The young man stared at her as she walked away; he shrugged and ate the strange tasting thing. Whether he was hungry or not, he does not know, but this thing is good. Soon, the very same old lady came back and showed him something, taping to it while muttering that same word. Ichigo spilled that meat that he just ate; the old lady was showing the picture of a puppy. "Ahhh! SHIT!" he turned away from the old lady and saw the worst sight; a steamed dog with its leg chopped off. "HOLY SHIT!" With that, he drank more beer. "I'm not eating anymore! No! No! No!"
Half an hour later Ichigo was swaying from side to side down the street. Looking up at his path, he was wondering where he was. He was so sure that he came the right way, but the street does not look very familiar. Damn that beer, he should not have drunk it too much. Ichigo blink forcefully and walked to his random path.
At the same moment, Rukia was happily walking down the street to her motel, Backpackers, while holding bags of cloths and souvenirs. Suddenly the young woman stopped at the entrance and looked down, sighing softly at the sight the girl found herself staring at the man's strange hair color. Then her eyes drifted to his cold body, pitying him. What a hobo… Rukia slowly take of her jacket and place it on his body, to which he grabbed for it immediately. Then the girl skipped across the man and tripped. "Argh, I shouldn't have given him my jacket…"
Then she looked down at him again, his face was shaken with the cold. "You… Are you o.k.?" The man did not reply and she was not surprise. Rukia looked up and turned from side to side, before dragging him into the lobby. "He is sure heavy!" The young girl complained and dropped his head on the pile of shoes. "Well! Good night, stranger…"
A/N: Did anyone notice the little cameo? Guess who that was! Please R&R! And please don't kill me just because I make our little Toushiro Rukia's boyfriend. He's there for a reason!
* A famous cosmetic brand in Korea.
** A type of Japanese sandal.