AN:: Yea! My first Bleach fanfic! This is the first part. I want to have the second part up before Halloween is over. So sorry if the story seems a bit rushed. The idea was partly my friends idea, I just wrote it. Also, I don't own Bleach(I wish I did, but I don't).
Bleach Halloween
"Hurray!" Rukia exclaimed as she ran into the mall with Orihime and Rangiku. This was Rukia's first Halloween and she was very excited. She had heard all about this "human celebration" from Yuzu and Orihime, Ichigo hadn't been as happy to explain. Ichigo, Renji, Toshiro, Chad and Uryu followed behind, not as enthusiastic. Ichigo was probably the most unenthusiastic male there.
"Come on you guys, if you keep up like that, all the costumes will be gone by the time we get there." Rangiku called back to the trailing group of boys.
"I hope so." Ichigo muttered. "Then we could just go home." Ichigo had lost his liking for Halloween a long time ago. It was just not fun without his mom. His dad was…strange to say the least and made him go through EVERY haunted house that they saw, which didn't appeal to the young Ichigo. Soon they caught up to the girls, who were standing in the middle of the big hall wondering where to go.
"I wan to be a princess. What do you want to be, Rukia?" Orihime asked.
"Chappy." Rukia replied very happily.
"I want to be…"-Rangiku looked around-"That." She said, triumphantly pointing to a dark blue, slightly revealing outfit on a mannequin.
"You want to be a Police Woman?" Orihime asked.
"Yes. So are you coming with me into the store, or not?" Rangiku asked, then in a sing-song voice continued. "I bet we'll find you something cute."
"Where do you all get you're money?" Uryu asked in a matter-of-fact voice, as he pushed his glasses up higher on his nose.
"That doesn't matter." Rangiku cut in before Toshiro could jump into the long and complicated explanation.
"Rangiku. We are here on business. I would appreciate it if you would stop goofing around." Captain Hitsugya said, with a very irritated sigh.
"Oh, you're no fun, Captain." Rangiku giggled. "I bet you think that being here is goofing off as well."
"It is." Toshiro said, no less annoyed and rolling his eyes. How could she be so care-free?
"Will there be a Chappy costume?" Rukia asked, ignoring that last bit of conversation.
"We can check." Orihime replied, happily. The trio began to head into the store.
"Better hurry boys, unless you want to be left behind." Rangiku teased them with a wink.
"I wish they had left me behind at home." Ichigo muttered to himself, as he and the other boys followed.
"This doesn't sound that bad, actually." Renji said. "We put on funny outfits and get candy. But I think that, that scowl on Ichigo's face already scares the little kids."
"Shut up!" Ichigo hissed. "I don't like Halloween. Just leave it at that and stop making a big deal of it!"
"Okay. Geez." Renji said, backing off. They looked at the large selection of costumes that were posted on the wall. "That one looks cool." Renji pointed to one of a hippie guy, complete with the glasses and headband. Ichigo didn't think it really looked too different from what Renji liked to wear on a regular day in the living world, but refrained from making a comment. Uryu snicked to himself quietly as he pushed his glasses up again and Hitsugya just looked at the costumes quizzically.
"I think think this costume suits Ichigo." Chad commented in his low voice, pointing at a different picture on the wall. Ichigo walked over to look at the picture.
"No it doesn't!" Ichigo scoffed in both annoyance and embarrassment that Chad had thought that costume suited him at all.
The costume Chad had pointed to was an angry looking clown with a very big and exaggerated frown on its face, that seemed permanent. Renji burst into a fit of howling laughter at the comparison and Uryu laughed as well. Chad still seemed pretty serious about his statement, but who could tell if he was joking? He rarely showed much emotion.
"It does look a bit like him. But Ichigo has bright orange hair, not red." Hitsugya stated, not knowing Ichigo long enough to really get the joke. But what he had said only got Renji and Uryu to laugh harder.
They were still inspecting the variety of costumes when the heard a high squeal. Thinking that someone was in danger, they rushed over to where the noise had come from expecting to see a Hollow. Instead, they found Rukia pointing at a picture on the wall that had the girls costumes, excitement painted all over her face.
"What are you screaming about!" Ichigo demanded, his heart still pumping wildly from the shock her scream had caused.
"It's Chappy!" Rukia told him, with a little hop of excitement as she continued to point at the picture.
"You made us run all the way over here because you found a stupid bunny costume!" Ichigo yelled.
"Chappy is NOT stupid!" Rukia argued.
"Here we go again." Uryu muttered, Renji nodding in agreement. Chad remained silent and Hitsugya sighed irritably.
"What is it!" Rangiku ran up, followed closely by Orihime. "Did you find something?"
"Did you find the Chappy costume you wanted, Rukia?" Orihime asked, excitedly.
"Yeah." Rukia answered happily, still pointing. Both Rangiku and Orihime came closer to see what costume Rukia had found.
"Um…Rukia?" Orihime said timidly. "You didn't see this sticker, did you." It was supposed to be a question, but she had said it a little more like it was a fact.
"What sticker?" Rukia asked, moving so that she could see the little sticker in the corner of the picture that said: Sold Out. As she read it, the excitement slowly drained from her face. "But…but…" she began to pout.
"Don't worry, Rukia." Orihime said, optimistically. "There are a lot of other stores that sell costumes in the mall. They might have your costume. We just have to keep looking."
Her statement must have had some kind of impact, because Rukia's pout dissipated slightly. "Okay."
"So, did you boys find anything?" Rangiku asked, now choosing to acknowledge their male companions.
"We found the perfect costume for Ichigo." Renji replied, jokingly as he received Ichigo's elbow in his ribs as his prize for the comment.
"I want to see it. Just let me change back out of this outfit." Rangiku said. That's when everyone noticed that she was wearing the same outfit she had pointed to on the window mannequin.
"You are not wearing that." Hitsugya said, a little shocked.
"Why not? I like it. I think it's cute." Rangiku looked down at what she was wearing again, as if to make sure she was right.
"Change out of it." he continued, a little irritated and embarrassed as he looked away.
"Oh, come on, Captain. I know you like it to." Rangiku pouted. "And you can't tell me what to wear."
Hitsugya didn't reply, nor did he turn to look again.
"So it's settled. I'm getting it." Rangiku happily turned and headed back to the change room.
"So did you find your costume?" Rukia asked Orihime after Rangiku had left.
"They didn't have my size." Orihime sighed.
"We can keep looking." Rukia tried to return the favour from minutes before.
"Yeah." Orihime nodded, still cheerful. "So what did you guys find?" she asked the boys.
When Rangiku returned, they followed to boys to see what they picked out. When Chad showed them what he thought Ichigo should wear, Rukia and Rangiku burst into laughter in a similar fashion to Renji. Orihime just giggled. They bought the costumes for Rangiku and Renji, and continued through the mall. At the end of the day, they had found a costume for almost everyone. The police woman for Rangiku, the hippie for Renji, a mad scientist or Uryu(though he didn't really want to dress-up), a police man for Hitsugya(surprisingly), and a jailbird costume for Chad. Uryu had agreed to make Rukia and Orihime's costumes. Ichigo had promised that he would dress-up if he was allowed to come up with the costume alone( a glare had been directed at Renji when Ichigo had stated his terms).
AN:: Hope you liked it and that the characters weren't horribly ooc. I am also hoping(as I said before)to get the second part up VERY soon. Please review. :)
