Happy 2010 00:04
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach. If I did things would be different. Very different.
Pairings: only a little. Dare-wise.
Spoilers: one section from the "Shinigami Illustrated Picture Book"
Hiname: Short one-shot for the new decade.
Ayumi: No flames please (seriously)
Kumiko: Reviews are appreciated!
H, A+K: Thanks for reading!
PROLGOUE
Ichigo reached into the small metal box that served as his mailbox. Bills, bills, and an invitation?! He dropped the mail off on the kitchen counter and ran up to his room. He looked around. Dammit! Where was Rukia! He saw the open window and was about to jump out when he heard a soft 'beep-beep' sound. He slammed open the door of his closet to find Rukia playing a computer game. "What the hell was that for!" She yelled. Just when she was about to punch him he shoved the invitation in her face. She stopped short. "From…The Soul Society…" She looked up to Ichigo and said "Why do I have a bad feeling about his" The look he sent her was saying 'Hurry up and open the letter!' she tore it open and a fancy piece of paper fluttered down. Ichigo snatched it up and read " You have been invited to a New Years Party. At Kuchiki-taicho's house…" Rukia grabbed it to read for herself. "Nii-sama really did give into Rangiku-san. Should we go?" Ichigo scratched his head. "I dunno, Kenpachi's still pissed at me…" Before he knew what was happening Rukia dragged him out of his gigai and ran down the street to Urahara Shoten.
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By the time Ichigo, Uryu, Chad, Orihime, and Rukia entered the room the party was already in full swing. 11th company really had outdone themselves with the decorations. There were lights and streamers everywhere (in Uryu's opinion they made his head spin)many of the high-ranking Shinigami were present. A group of fuku-taichos and young taichos were gathered on one corner of the room. Just as Ichigo had sat down Rangiku came crashing in, waving a sake bottle high above her head. "ALRIGHT PEOPLE! TIME FOR THE ANNUAL GAME Of TRUTH OR DARE!!!" Every head in the room snapped to look at her. Renji skidded away. "Oh, hell no!" he yelled. Rangiku glared at him. "Man up. You old drunk!" She smacked him on top of the head with the bottle, which blasted apart at the impact. "Mr. Funky Eyebrows! You look fu-uny!" Yachiru chirped as she leapt on top of his head. Renji sat in a puddle of sake as he looked up to a very satisfied Rangiku. "Why I- " Ichigo took hold of one Renji's arms. "Now, Now Pineapple Head. Calm down" Renji turned his glare from Rangiku to Ichigo. "Shut up Carrot Top!" just as they slapped their hands onto their zanpakto's hilts Rukia kicked them both in the head. With a dull thud both fell to the ground, unconscious. Rangiku smiled as she motioned Rukia into the circle. Many of the partygoers hesitated but because Rangiku was glaring at them (which looked a lot like her taicho's…) they sat down in the circle. The only person who hadn't been affected was of course Toshiro. "Please, taicho?" she whined. Her face wrinkled and eyes widened with fake tears. Turquoise eyes clashed with pale grey. Rangiku broke the staring contest by speaking up "Taicho, I'll do the paperwork for 2 weeks" Toshiro shook his head. "And I'll let you take away all the hidden sake and ground me for a week if I don't" Toshiro finally sighed in defeat and joined the circle. Rangiku smiled in a happy-go-drunk way. "This year we're going to have a different version of the game. "It's called T,D or R. when the bottle lands on you either pick truth, dare, or resolution. If it's resolution the entire group puts in a suggestion. Then you pick one and the group picks one. Whichever resolution gets chosen you have to keep for a day." Everyone groaned. This was as bad as you could get but no one objected. Rangiku spun the green and white sake bottle with ease. It landed on..(A/N wait for it…) Ikkaku. "T,D, or R?" Yumichika asked. Ikkaku absently scratched his bald head while thinking. "I'll think I'll take… dare." The circle bunched up as the people conferred with each other. "Crap! This is almost impossible! He won't bend easily!" Nanao whispered. "Is that my Nanao? You should say such th-" Nanao spun around to slap Kyoraku in the head. "Are you drunk taicho?" she asked as he too fell to the ground. Kurotschi spoke up in a sly voice. "You could let him be one of my test subjects." Nemu nodded her head in assent. Rangiku crossed her arms "No Way! I don't want to have Zaraki-taicho after us for killing his 3rd seat." After a lot of talking and arguing Rukia finally stood up and tapped Ikkaku on the shoulder. "Ikkaku-san, We have your dare ready." Nanao stood up to and said in her 'I –am-of-higher-ranking-than-you voice' "Your dare is that the Women's Association will take you to the world of the living and give you a make over. Afterwards you will be presented to all people who participated in this game." Ikkaku nodded his head. It couldn't be that bad could it?
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The bottle spun once again and it landed on Toshiro. He squirmed a little before saying "Resolution." He had thought a lot about this but even Hyorinmaru had agreed that resolution was the best. The usual fighting occurred until Momo timidly suggested something. It was in too soft a voice for Toshiro to hear but the others had apparently liked it (you know, the laughing until you cry thing) Momo was given the honors and bounced up to him. "Shiro-Chan!" He glared icicles at her. "Don't call me Shiro-Chan. It's Hitsugaya-taicho" Momo shrugged off her friend's deadly atmosphere and said in a cautious voice. "Now, Shiro-Chan don't get mad at us but…" She turned to look at the group. Rangiku winked at her. "Your resolution is: Grow taller." Toshiro's eyes grew wide and then hardened. The temperature in the room dropped several degrees and the members of the circle stopped laughing. "Taicho…" Rangiku said as she wrapped her trademark pink scarf around herself. When the room didn't get any warmer people started to freeze up. The unconscious bodies of Renji, Ichigo, and Kyoraku slowly frosted over. The cries of the officers went unheard until Momo stood and said "Bakudo 8. Seki!" A blue light washed over Toshiro, stopping his reiatsu. He glared at her in that familiar way. Her eyes softened and she let him go. Without another word he turned sat with his back turned to the others.
~~~~~~hoshi
As cold as she was Rangiku refused to give up on the game. She spun again. It landed on Rukia. This time it was surprisingly easy to some up with the dare that she had requested for. Nemu stood up "Rukia-san, The dare is that the minute Kurosaki-san wakes up, you have to kiss him." Rukia blushed a deep red. As she turned to look at his sleeping form someone shunpo-ed in. "Nii-sama!" she said, still blushing. His eyes narrowed. "What is this that I hear about Rukia having to kiss the Ryoka.?" Rangiku, Ikkaku, Yumichika, Yachiru, Nemu, Isane and Nanao all bowed. "We are very sorry Kuchiki-taicho. It was very foolish of us. We will change it immediately." Rangiku cringed at Byakuya's stony gaze 'we are gonna die, we're gonna die…' she thought. But the one who truly saved them was Yachiru. "BYA-KUN!" she shrieked. "Do yaw have any candy?" Yachiru continued to pull at his sleeve, his scarf, and his hair until he reached into his sleeve and brought out a soba bun, "AHHHH!" Yachiru yelled. Byakuya stuffed the bun into her mouth and she subsided. Byakuya shot one last warning at the group and fled, with Yachiru in tow.
~~~~~~~sora
It was already 11:46 PM and it was clear that not everyone was going to be able to go. The bottle spun once again and it landed on Momo. She put her head down and groaned "Fail…" Rangiku didn't ask for T,D, or R but knew exactly what to do. She went to the front of the room and explained to everyone the dare. "As many of you know. Momo here, has a very low alcohol tolerance." She paused for everyone to get that. "So I think that for the last 5 seconds of this year she should take a one shot for every second. " Momo gasped. There was no way she was going to do this. She was going to get drunk, again. All around her Shinigami were seconding Rangiku's idea. She looked at Toshiro who smirked and shrugged. Momo stuck her tongue out at him. She turned around to see Rukia and Renji. They came up to her, trying to comfort the pale girl "It's alright. At least yours isn't as bad as mine" Rukia said while placing a hand on Momo's shoulder. Momo smiled and said "Yeah, I guess I can deal with it."
~~~~~~~mizu
For the last spin it just happened to land on Rangiku. She grinned fearlessly "Bring it on!" She crowed. Momo, Toshiro, Ikkaku, and Rukia all jumped up. "Let us deal with it" Toshiro said in an icy voice. Ikkaku, Rukia, and Momo all nodded. After much scheming and devilish laughs Ikkaku's shining head surfaced. "Oh YEAH! We are lucky today!" He yelled. "This isn't as good as Rangiku's because we don't know her exact weakness. Before the year ends she has to sneak into 12th company and steal all of Kurotschi-taicho's mega power fireworks and figure out how to set them off." Rangiku cursed under her breath. She'd never bothered to learn how to set on fireworks. Kurotschi whirled to look at Rangiku but she had already disappeared. He screamed at her "GET BACK HERE GIRL OR I'LL TURN YOU INTO A GIUNEA PIG!!!!" he shunpo-ed outside with Nemu close by. Everyone sighed in relief it would be easier without the crazy lady and mad scientist.
~~~~~~hikari
It was 11:57 when Ichigo stirred. "Urghhh, Renji get your ass offa me." After the three had themselves sorted out Nanao pushed Rukia toward them. "It's your turn." She said with a rare glint of humor in her dark eyes. Rukia blushed even harder and walked over to Ichigo. She reached up (FAR) and gave him a peck on the cheek. "What was that for?" he asked while turning a shade that almost matched Renji's hair. "It was a dare" she said dismissively. Ichigo couldn't see the blush creeping over her face. (but) Isane, who had just turned around from healing some of the other frostbitten (Hanataro, Izuru, Yumichika) laughed at the sight of her face.
2 minutes,
1 minute,
30 seconds,
20 seconds.
Isane filled up the tiny sake glasses and set them in front of Momo. "Ready?" Toshiro asked, the corners of his mouth pulling up a little. Momo nodded determinedly. The crowd counted down with the clock as Momo chugged the sake, one glass after another. "…4,3,2,1,ZERO!!!" Momo slammed her last glass down and laughed with her friends. From the direction of 12th company fireworks exploded. The greens and yellows mixed with the reds and blues. Soon afterwards Rangiku came up to the rooftop where many of her friends were sitting. "Holy Crap!" Rukia yelled. Rangiku's hair was all frizzed. The fire had singed her robes and scarf. "Damn that circus freak!" she shouted loudly. She sat there for a while and then smiled wickedly as if a light bulb had lit up in her head. "I think I'll go play scientist myself." She turned to the young girl in pink on her right. "Yachiru, you wanna come?" The little pink head bobbed as she gathered her candy. "I need to go mix Kenny some shampoo any way." Yachiru hopped onto Rangiku's shoulder as she ran off. Her friends just grinned knowingly at each other and went back to looking at the sky. In the distance they could hear a certain bullet-head friend of theirs singing "We are Lu-lu-lu-lu-LUCKY!"
(A/N) Ok I know this wasn't all that great but it was only meant to be a short one for New Years. There also night be a epilogue for the dares later if it seems good. HAPPY 2010!!!!!
Da little green button needs to be smacked. :D