The sky was starting to turn a light orange as the sun started to set over the horizon. We were on our way home when Ichigo suddenly stopped and stared up at the sky. I looked at him then at the sky. I was going to ask him what he was looking at but someone beat me to it.
"Hey you, what are you lookin at?"
"Huh?" Ichigo and I said as we turned to face three 'thugs.'
"What's your problem? Don't look down on us." The one with blond hair and a maroon colored hat said.
"... How very... stylish..." I thought as I looked at the three. One of them was fat and had on a brown cap with some weird lookin chain around their neck, then there was the one with the blond hair and the maroon cap and finally, the guy that looked like he was from a reggae band.
"What's wrong?" The guy with the brown cap asked as he got in Ichigo's face. "Say something-" He said as he tried to throw a punch at Ichigo but, Ichigo being Ichigo, kicked him in the face.
"Nice one." I said as the guy fell to the ground.
"Hey... this guy looks dangerous." The reggae guy said.
"Yeah..." The blonde responded.
"Dangerous? This guy?" I said while pointing at Ichigo. "Pfft."
Ichigo ignored my comment and proceeded to step on the guy that he kicked down earlier.
"All of you, look at that." He said as he pointed at a basket that was knocked down, a few flowers spilling out. "What do you think that is?" Neither of them answered. "One of you, answer me!"
The two 'thug's panicked a bit before they responded.
"Uhm... they were put out for a kid that died here recently." The blond stammered.
"Correct!" Ichigo said as he kicked the blond in the face. The other guy fell to his knees in defeat and fear.
"So much for the thug life." I thought with a giggle.
"Then, why has it fallen over?" Ichigo demanded.
"Because we kicked it down for fun..." The reggae guy said.
"Correct! Well then, you have to apologize to this kid here." Ichigo said as he put his hand on top of the spirit boy's head. The fat guy was now crawling over to the other two while he spoke.
"Uhm... he is aware that they can't see him, right?" I thought as I looked at the spirit then to the 'thugs'.
"Kid?" They said as they blinked in unison and looked at the empty space where the spirit was. "Uhm..."
"Just apologize!" Ichigo demanded.
"We're very sorry! Please forgive us!" They said as they bowed down in fear.
"Haha, idiots." I thought as snickered at them.
Ichigo stomped his foot and the three all stumbled to their feet and ran away.
"Suckers." I said as I stood beside Ichigo.
"Thank you." The little spirit boy said.
"It's okay now." Ichigo said as he walked over to the knocked over basked.
"Yup! Strawberry took care of the 'thugs'." I said cheerfully.
Ichigo ignored my comment. "You were scared, right?" He said as he began to put the flowers back in the basket. "To think they would do this to the flowers from your mom and dad."
"They should be ashamed of themselves." I said while nodding my head.
"You could tell?" The spirit boy asked.
"Yeah, they must have loved you a lot." Ichigo said. "That's why you can't leave here, right?" He asked as he turned to him.
I ruffled the spirit's hair. "Now, we can't have you staying here forever."
"Am I going to hell?" The spirit asked.
"Of course not, but your mom and dad won't be able to find peace." Ichigo said.
"Yeah, besides this place is no fun." I added.
"I see." The boy said with a nod.
"So you need to rest in peace, and go to Soul Society." Ichigo said.
"I understand! I just want to see mama and papa's face one more time, and I'll be off." The boy said happily.
Ichigo smiled and put his fist up for a fist bump. The boy looked at Ichigo's fist then at his own.
"Like this, silly." I said as I fist bumped myself. Ichigo fistbumbed the kid and soon afterwards he disappeared.
"You know, I'll never get used to this side of you." I said as Ichigo stood up.
"What do you mean?" He asked as we started to walk again.
"Well, you're usually like 'blarg, imma eat your soul!' or 'blarg, imma kill you!' You know something along those lines." I said with a shrug.
"Whatever." He said as he rolled his eyes.
"Good morning, Ichigo!" Isshin said as he attacked Ichigo, who was walking into the dining room.
"Shut up!" Ichigo said as he hit his dad with his bag, sending him into the wall. "Sheesh."
"You have improved, my son." Isshin said as he stood up. "But why did you repel my attack, instead of taking it head-on?" He asked as he pointed at Ichigo.
"Oh, great, they're at it again." I thought with a sigh.
"At this rate, we won't be able to bond as men!" Isshin said as he took a stance. "One more time!" He said and lunged himself at Ichigo.
"Cut it out!" Ichigo said and stopped Isshin with a foot to the face.
"Here you go, Onii-chan." Yuzu said as she passed Ichigo a bowl of soup.
"Thank you, Yuzu." Ichigo said as he took the bowl and sat down.
"Wonderful sparring match." I said as I took a sip of my tea. "I give it a five out ten."
"You need to eat soon too, dad, or you'll be late." Yuzu scolded.
"Does dad have somewhere to go?" Ichigo asked.
"He has an overnight academic meeting." Karin said.
"It might be heartbreaking, but I'll make sure to bring you a souvenir." Isshin said as he put his hat on.
"OH! OH! Bring me cookies!" I said as I waved my hand in the air.
He nodded to me in recognition. "Ichigo, take care of your sisters, and Addie, okay?" He said and gave him a thumbs up.
"I can take care of myself." I said.
"Of course you can." Ichigo said.
"I'll be back soon, mom!" Isshin said as he tackled the poster on the wall of Ichigo's mom.
"Stop calling her that, already." Ichigo said in an annoyed tone of voice.
"Well then, I'll be off!" Isshin said and saluted us before going out the door while humming randomly.
"Have a safe trip!" Yuzu said as she stood up.
"Make sure you bring me cookies!" I said as he closed the door.
"Onii-chan, what do you want for dinner?" Yuzu asked.
"Huh?" Ichigo said.
"Since dad won't be around, I'll make something you like." Yuzu said with a smile.
"Anything is fine." Ichigo said with a shrug.
"Aw, jeez." Yuzu said disappointedly.
"Ichi-nii, just accept her offer and request something." Karin scolded.
"Yeah! It's not everyday that your dad decides to disappear off the face of the earth!" I pitched in.
"I see. In that case... curry will be fine." He said.
"Eh? That's the same as usual!" Yuzu complained.
"I like your curry." I said.
"I'm fine with curry too." Karin said.
"Huh? I can make more complicated stuff too!" Yuzu said.
"I know you can, but your curry is so awesome that I want to eat it." Karin said.
I giggled at the two younger girls and Ichigo just smiled, which still surprises me. He can smile, amazing right? After that we argued about what Yuzu would make, in the end, it was curry.
"Well, we're off!" I said as I slipped my shoes on.
"You guys take care." Ichigo said as we walked out the door.
"Bye Onii-chan! Bye Addie-chan!" Yuzu and Karin said.
I waved as the door closed and skipped to catch up to Ichigo.
"So, what did you sophomores have to do for homework?" I said with a smirk.
Ichigo sighed. "You're still a sophomore, even if you don't look like it."
"Yeah, yeah." I said and waved off his comment. "I'm a senior, I don't know what you're talking about."
Ichigo shook his head. "What am I going to do with you?"
"The same thing as always!" I chimed as I jumped on his back. "Onward!"
"No." He said and shrugged me off.
I sighed dramatically. "You're no fun, strawberry."
He rolled his eyes. "Whatever, come on, I want to stop at the store." He said as he sped up a bit.
"The store?" I asked. "What for?"
"I want to get some flowers for that kid." He said.
"Aw, look at Ichigo being nice." I said and pinched his cheek. "It's so adorable."
"Ow, stop that." He said and slapped my hand away.
"Le gasp! You slapped me!" I said and clutched my hand to my chest. "Whatever shall I do?"
"You can shut up." He said bluntly.
"Well, then, maybe I will." I said and puffed my cheeks out.
"Good." He replied.
We walked down to the store, where Ichigo bought some flowers. Afterwards we headed down to where we were the day before.
"Hmm? I wonder where he went." Ichigo said as he placed the flowers in the basket.
"Maybe, he move on on his own." I said with a shrug.
"Maybe." Ichigo replied.
"Ichigo! Enalide." Rukia said.
We both turned our attention to the two shinigami.
"Rukia! Renji!" Ichigo said.
"Yo!" Renji said as he saluted us.
"When did you guys get here?" Ichigo asked.
"Just recently." Rukia said.
"You should have let me know that you were coming."
"Yeah, I would've made cake or something." I said.
"Sorry, about that, it was a bit sudden. Besides, what are you guys doing here?" She asked.
"Memorializing." I said with a smile. "I think that's the word I want to use..."
"Well, I thought about leaving some flowers for a spirit that was supposed to be here." Ichigo said as he lightly scratched his cheek. "But it looks like he passed on by himself already."
"What the hell are you doing?" Renji asked as he crossed his arms over his chest. "Helping the lost souls of this town to rest in peace is supposed to be your job." Renji scolded. "And yet you lost sight of him? If he ends up becoming a Hollow, it's your fault." He said and walked over to Ichigo.
I walked over to Rukia, who was taking a calming breath.
"Here we go again." I said.
"Huh? Since when did it become my job?" Ichigo asked rather annoyed. "It's something that you Shinigami are supposed to do."
"This is true." I commented.
"I'm just a Substitute Shinigami." Ichigo continued.
"What was that?" Renji said as the clashed heads.
"I have my money on STrawberry!" I said and fist pumped the air.
"You wanna go?" Ichigo asked.
Rukia stepped in between then pushed them apart by their foreheads. "Enough! You fools!" The two of them fell on their backs. "You two never change."
"Idiots aren't capable of evolution." I snickered.
"What was that?" Ichigo challenged.
"Nothing~" I chimed.
"We didn't come to Karakura Town to play around!" Rukia scolded as Renji sat up and rubbed his head.
"I know. The mission comes first, right?" Renji said.
"A mission? What are you talking about?" Ichigo asked.
"It's not something we need your help for." Rukia said as she looked over at Ichigo.
"But it has something to do with this place, right?"
"Besides, it's not like we'll tell the whole world about it." I said.
"I said it's fine, right?" Rukia said. "Nii-sama told me to not let you stick your nose in our business too much."
I snickered. "You just got called nosey."
"Damn that Byakuya." Ichigo said under his breath.
"Well, that's how it is. If I find that lost soul, I'll send it onward myself." Renji said.
"Make sure you fist bump it!" I said as they started to walk away.
"Just concentrate on studying." Rukia said.
"Fine!" Ichigo said. We turned and continued our way to school.
"Hehe, you totally just got rejected." I snickered.
"Shut up." Ichigo scowled.
"Haha, you got rejected. No one loves you!" I sang.
"I said shut up!" He said and hit me upside the head.
"Ow!" I whined as I grabbed my head. "Why'd you do that?!" I said and glared at him.
"Maybe next time you'll listen when I say shut up."
"Whatever, your just mad cause you got rejected." I said as I crossed my arms over my chest.
"Why you." He said as he got ready to hit me again. I glared at him and poked his side before he could hit me.
"No, no, no, not in my house." I said as I wagged my finger.
He glared at me and that was my cue to start running. I almost died a few thousand times. Mostly while turning the corners. How I managed to outrun Ichigo is a mystery to me but I did it. I ran past the school gates and tackled Orihime.
"Orihime, save me!" I cried.
"What? Why?" She asked as we stood up.
"Ichigo wants to kill me!"
"There you are!" Ichigo said as he picked me up by the back of my shirt.
"Mur!" I said as my feet were lifted off the ground. "Taco! Help me!" I begged. Chad only held his hands up in surrender. "Gah, you're so useless!"
"Now, who's the one being rejected?" Ichigo said while glaring at me.
"I don't get rejected! I just don't... uhm... okay, whatever." I growled in defeat. With that said, Ichigo proceeded to let me back on the ground. "So much for taking care of me." I said as I fixed my shirt. "Imma be telling your dad about this!"
"Whatever." Ichigo said as he headed towards the school building. "Come on we're going to be late."
There was a strong gust of wind and we stopped in our tracks. Then we heard the sound of metal shaking. We all looked up at the metal platforms that were on the front of the school building. They were probably used for window washing or something. They broke apart and started falling. There was screaming and people scrambled to safety. I noticed a girl trip in the midst of the chaos and so did Chad. A slab of metal, several of them actually, were about to crush her. Luckily, she was saved by Chad. We all sighed in relief but quickly went over to make sure they were okay.
"Are you okay?" I asked as I helped the girl up.
She nodded. "T-thank you." She said and bowed.
"Sado-kun, are you okay?" Orihime asked.
"Yeah." He responded.
"Let's head inside before anything else happens." Ichigo said.
There were three bells that rang throughout the school.
"Ah, flip, Imma be late." I said. "Well, I'll see you guys later." I saluted them and took off.
"I don't feel any reiatsu out of the ordinary." Chad said.
We were standing outside investigating the scene from earlier. By now the sky has turned a pinkish color.
"I could've told you that." I said with a sigh.
"The way it's broken is kinda weird though." Ichigo said.
"Does this mean it was a natural occurrence?" Orihime asked.
"I doubt it." I said. "Things don't randomly break because of some wind."
"Addie's right but we can't say that for sure." Ishida said as his crouched down. His hand was surrounded by a light blue reiatsu and he hovered his hand over one of the metal slabs.
"You feel something?" Ichigo asked.
"Yeah." Ishida replied."It's not much, but there's some residual reiatsu. I've never felt anything like it before, though."
"What do you mean?" Chad asked.
"I don't know." Ishida said as he stood up. "It's not a Hollow or any other spirit..." He said as he adjusted his glasses. "Nor is it the work of a special human like you, Sado-kun, or Inoue-san." He said and placed a hand on his hip. "Then again, it's not the work of a Shinigami either."
"Then what exactly are we dealing with?" I asked.
"Who knows." Ishida replied.
"In any case, it seems that there's something going on." Ichigo said as he looked back up.
"Ya think?" I mumbled. Then suddenly the ground began to shake. "Earthquake?!"
"This is!" Ishida said. We all looked at the building and as it suddenly exploded. There was definitely reiatsu in that explosion. Ichigo stepped out his body and jumped up into one of the holes that was created, Ishida not too far behind. Orhime, Chad, and I, being the normal humans, ran up the stairs. The door had been blown away in the explosion so, we ran into the classroom.
"Tatsuki-chan!" Orihime said as she spotted her friend.
"Pull yourself together!" Chad said as he shook Keigo. "Oi!" He said and checked for a response from Mizuiro. There was a spike in reiatsu that was coming from outside. Then the roof started break. Ichigo stood up and blocked an attack from someone or something in a black cloak.
"Kurosaki Ichigo!" It said as it held it's ground. He was fighting with a sword that seemed to be made up of purple reiatsu.
"You know my name?!" Ichigo asked. He glared at him before his sword began to coat itself in blue reiatsu. The thing in the black cloak jumped back. Ichigo threw a Getsuga Tenshou at it but it didn't budge. A split second afterwards Chad attacked it as well, causing a small explosion.
"Inoue, Addie, I'll leave Tatsuki and the others to you." Ichigo said.
"Wait!" I said but by then it was too late, he already left. "Dang it! What the flip am I supposed to do? I' ain't got no healing abilities." I growled.
"Addie-chan, you're a great help even if you don't have healing abilities." Orihime said.
I sighed and put my things down. "Yeah, yeah, that's what you always say." I said as I kneeled down beside Keigo and Mizuiro. Then realization struck me and I gasped. "The black cloaks, Rukia and Renji are here, the metal slabs falling, the little spirit boy... this is..." I looked over towards the hole in the wall. "The Hell Chapter..."
"Did you say something?" Orihime asked.
"This is bad." I said as I stood up.
"What do you mean?" Orihime asked worriedly.
I looked at her. "Yuzu and Karin are in trouble."
Her eyes widen the slightest bit and I dug in my bag. I pulled out the small mod-soul container and swallowed one of the candies.
"I can't go to Yuzu and Karin since Rukia is there..." I thought as I seperated from my body. "But I can warn Ichigo."
"Stay here with Orihime." I ordered the mod-soul in my body.
"Aye, aye, captain." They saluted.
I flashed stepped out the room and looked at the current situation. Chad and Ishida were recuperating from the last attack and Ichigo was fighting his current opponent. Although, he was soon kicked down but he managed to land safely.
"Ichigo." I said as I appeared beside him.
"What are you doing here?! I thought I told you stay with Orihime." He said.
"You're pathetic." The fatter of the three whined. "Hm? Who's that?" He said and pointed at me. "I don't remember seeing you."
"None ya business." I growled.
"Hmph, you want to continue?" He asked.
\"Howl! Zabimaru!" Renji said as his bankai attacked the thing.
"Aww... flip... I forgot about that..." I tried to hind behind Ichigo and was really hoping he wouldn't notice me.
"Renji!" Ichigo said.
"Are you okay, Ichigo?" Renji asked as his bankai wrapped around himself.
"Yeah, somehow." Ichigo said then glared back at me. "Get out of here." He mouthed.
"But..."
"Oh dear! A Shinigami showed up!" the fat one said. "What a pain!"
"Those guys..." Renji said.
"Do you know them?" Ichigo asked as he turned his attention back to Renji.
"Yeah. Looks like things have gotten a bit troublesome."
"Ya don't say." I mumbled to myself.
"Maybe you haven't noticed because of them, but a presence similar to theirs appeared earlier."
"What?" Ichigo said.
"It appeared at the Kurosaki Clinic... your home." Renji said. "Rukia went there by herself, but over there..."
"Yuzu and Karin are in danger!" Ichigo said.
"That's what I was trying to tell you!" I growled.
"Ichigo! Leave this place to us!" Renji said.
"Okay!" Ichigo said.
"Don't leave me here!" I said and followed behind him before Renji could even ask anything.
"Where do you think you're going?" The fat one said but was intercepted by Ishida's arrows.
I saluted Ishida "We owe you one!" With that we hurried off to Ichigo's home.
"Why didn't you tell me that Yuzu and Karin were in danger?!" Ichigo demanded.
"Because you wouldn't listen! You should learn to shut up sometimes and let others talk!" I said.
"Tch." He growled and sped up. "You stay out of this, Rukia can't see you. Renji probably already noticed you."
"Then I might as well let Rukia see!" I said.
"No, go back, now." He said.
I let out an aggravated sigh. "Fine!" I turned on my heels and headed back to the school. I masked my reiatsu as much as I could and managed to get back into the school building without being noticed.
"What happened?" Orihime asked as I stepped into my body.
"Everything." I said. "What about..." I stopped mid-sentence when I felt a huge spike in reiatsu. "What... is this?" I said as I ran over to the hole in the wall. There was a huge gust of wind and the sky started to flash green with lightning. My eyes wide as the skeleton gates emerged from the sky. "No way... those are the Gates of Hell." I said as the man was dragged into the gates, a huge sword emerging from it. The man started to beg for his life but we all knew that it was too late for him. He disintegrated once he touched the sword. The gates closed and everything went back to normal.
"Time to retreat." The fat one said.
"Wait!" Ishida said as he shot his arrows at them but by then it was too late, they were gone.
"I can't believe it... this is really The Hell Chapter." I thought as I stared at the space where the gates once were.
"Addie-chan?" Orihime said as she snapped me out my thoughts. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine but we have to get to Ichigo, fast." I said.
She nodded her head.
"Are you guys okay?" Ishida asked as he came into the room.
"We should be the ones asking that." I said. "Anyway, we have to Ichigo! Yuzu and Karin are in trouble."
"How did you know?" Renji asked.
"I heard you, you're loud." I said with a shrug really hoping that he wouldn't see through my lie.
"Wasn't there someone else here earlier?" Renji asked.
"Nope, I have no idea what you're talking about." I said with a shrug. "Anyway, come on! We have to go!" I said.
"She's right, let's go." Renji said and flashed stepped away.
"Inoue-san, Addie-san, stay here with the others and take care of Ichigo's body, we'll be back." Ishida said as he disappeared.
"Again?" I said with a sigh. "Why do I feel so useless."
"Don't feel bad Addie-chan." Orihime said kindly.
"Yeah, I guess if it weren't for us, someone might have kidnapped Ichigo's body or something." I said trying to cheer myself up. Orihime giggled a bit. "I'll go get his body."
I stood beside Orihime as she healed Chad. We were now in the Kurosaki Clinic, it was well into the night and we were all planning out the next move.
"Who are you?" Rukia asked the man in the white robe. "That chain from earlier... that chain was from Hell."
"What?" Ishida said.
"Yeah, that's right. My name is Kokuto. I'm a sinner,as you can see." He said as he lifted his hand and let the chain on his wrist dangle a bit.
"You're the same as those guys wearing the black capes?" Renji asked.
"That's right."
Rukia stepped forward. "Why would a sinner help us?" She asked.
"Help you? That's not quite right." He said as he put a hand on his thigh and waved his other hand. "It's not like I'm on your side. I just can't stand those guys." He said with a shrug then returned his hand to his thigh.
"I don't give a damn about all that." Ichigo said. "If you are a sinner, you know how to get to Hell, right? In that case, take me to Hell!"
"Hm, cause that's completely normal." I thought as I mentally sighed.
"Otherwise Yuzu will..." Ichigo said and looked off the the side.
"She'll die." Kokuto said finishing Ichigo's sentence. Orihme gasped and clutched her hands over her chest. Ichigo's eyes considerably widen as well. "The environment of Hell is deadly to an ordinary person. If you don't hurry and save her, she'll die." He said as he shook his head. Ichigo glared at the ground. "You Shinigami have at least heard stories of what Hell is like, right?"
"Yes. Hell is... Souls that cannot go back to the place of their origin, Soul Society... That is, those who have committed great sins are taken there. Those who are taken to Hell are named as 'sinners' and are bound with chains, and the guardians force them to confront their sins, forever." She explained as she flipped through her sketch book, showing the respective drawings.
"Way to lighten the mood... I suppose..." I thought.
"Well... not just anyone can endure Hell." Kokuto said as Rukia put up her sketch book. "You still want to go in spite of that?"
"Of course! I can't leave Yuzu in such a place by herself!" Ichigo said.
"I see. If you're ready for the consequences, I don't mind taking you there." Kokuto said as he stood up. "All I want to do is beat those guys from before. You look like you could help with that." He said with a smug smile.
"Why are you fighting them?" Renji asked.
"Like I said, I can't stand them." He said with hand on his hip. "If there's someone you don't like, eliminate them." he said and walked to Ichigo. "Hell is that kind of place."
"If you were taken to Hell, that means that you must have accumulated a few sins yourself." Rukia said.
"True, the things I did warrant me being taken to Hell." He said as he walked past Ichigo. "However, there are times when a person needs to embrace the darkness for the sake of the people they love." He said gracefully, up till the last part where his tone turned a bit dark. "Well then, let's get going to Hell." He chimed.
"Yeah." Ichigo said.
"Wait!" Renji said. "Ichigo, you're seriously planning on trusting a complete stranger like him?" He said and pointed at Kokuto.
"It doesn't matter if he's a stranger." Ichigo said firmly. "I'm going to get Yuzu do that, I need his help."
"Even if he's telling the truth," Renji said as grabbed Ichigo by the collar of his shirt. "Going there now would be playing right into the enemy's hands!"
"I know that! But I have no choice but to go!" Ichigo said and removed Renji's hand from his shirt.
"In that case, we will go with you." Rukia said, softly pushing Renji back a bit.
"Rukia..."
"Right then, get ready." Kokuto said. "I'll open the gate to Hell soon.
"Ichigo." I said, catching his attention. "Can I speak to you?" I asked and motioned towards the door.
"Yeah." He said. We walked out the room and out into the hallway. He leaned against the wall and I turned to face him. "No." He said as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"You don't even know what I was about to say!" I complained.
"You were going to ask to come with us, the answer is no." He said.
"But I can't just stay here while you guys are in Hell!" I said.
"Yes, you can and you will." He said sternly. "You heard him, Hell is a dangerous place."
"So?! I've been in plenty of dangerous situations. I can take care of myself!" I said.
"I didn't say that you couldn't." He said with a sigh.
"But you implied it!"
"Look, even if I did want you to come, you couldn't. Rukia and Renji are coming with me. You know what will happen if they find out." He said.
I sighed in defeat and looked off to my side. "I know but... I just feel so... useless."
"Look at me." He said as he put his hands on my shoulders. I looked up at him and he stared into my eyes. "You're not useless, not matter what anyone says or does, your not useless."
I smiled. "Yeah, I guess, I mean where your body be if I wasn't here?" I said with a chuckle.
He smiled and pat my head. "Probably in some bush or something."
"Ichigo." Rukia said as she came out into the hallway. "We're leaving."
"I'm coming." He said and nodded to Rukia. She nodded back and went back inside the room.
"Hey, small tip, don't lose control." I said.
"Lose control of what?" He asked.
"Your power." I said. "You're going to be in Hell so keep that Hollow of yours in check, kay?" I said. He nodded his head. "Pinky promise." I said and held out my pinky.
He chuckled. "Pinky promise." He said and locked his pinky with mine.
"Alrighty then, you should probably get going, you don't want to keep Yuzu waiting." I said and pushed him towards the door.
"Right." He said with determination.