Author's note, please read!
The first chapter is a happy birthday to Shadowthorne.
And this whole series is for her, like a big long birthday and christmas present =)
It will continue side by side with Midnight Fantasy. The main characters of the series is Hichigo and Ichigo. But the focus will be mainly on Shadowthornes own little Shirosaki *giggles*
And once again thanks to my beta reader Misc. Ink!
Characters are property of Tite Kubo, I own nothing more then the story in itself ^^
Rated M for language
Previously:
They awoke when the sub suddenly shook and everyone looked around confused. The host appeared and calmed everyone, saying that everything was fine, they had just been hit by another sub and that they were still on track, no damage to any of the subs.
Everyone seemed to calm down, but Hichigo and Ichigo looked at each other. There was no way that another sub would hit them and when Hichigo looked out, his heart froze. They were still in jump.
Hichigo nudged the elbow of his twin and when the other looked at him, he glanced at the window to show Ichigo he should look out. Ichigo paled as he looked out and they both realized that if they said anything, panic would surely break out, so they kept quiet.
The mother in front of them however didn't seem to have the brain cells for that and gave a high pitched shriek.
"We're still in jump!"
In a second, people were shouting to each other and some tried to get past the host to get to the pilot, whatever good that would do.
Hichigo grabbed his twin and pulled him closer to himself, making sure that no one flailing around would hit him. They stared in silence as the host were almost trampled upon and Hichigo had enough. He stood up and roared at the top of his lungs.
"Idiots! Just because we're in jump doesn't mean that anything WILL happen. Besides, what will talking to the pilots do? Let them do their job and do not disturb them if something really is wrong."
Everyone suddenly stopped and stared at him, but it seemed to do the trick as they mumbled apologies and started going back to their seats. That's when Hichigo noticed that the lady and her red-haired bodyguard, the two girls and the blue-haired man had been sitting calmly at their places the entire time.
"I'm sure it's your fault!" the mother suddenly exclaimed and pointed an accusing finger at Hichigo.
Hichigo felt like he should facepalm, but didn't.
"Ma'am, just take care of your kid; he's scared to death thanks to your sudden shriek earlier."
The mother spluttered before becoming beat red in the face.
"We all know what you are and I'm sure it's your doing."
A man stood up next to her.
"Yeah, it's obvious you're a ghost."
Now Ichigo stood up.
"How can it be his fault if he was sleeping?"
"Because people always mean harm when they are like him, and there is no way a shuttle should have hit us, so he must have done something." the man said.
Hichigo grabbed his twin's shoulder, as the other was no doubt thinking of punching the man, but it wouldn't solve anything.
"Maybe it wasn't a shuttle, but rather something else coming from the outside."
Everyone looked at the red-haired man who had stood up, the lady at his side.
"Yes, we could be hit by any stray stone if the radar on the pilot's screen isn't working."
There was a silence for a while and Hichigo was glad that those two had stood up for him; there were still decent people around.
"Then he messed with the scanner and made it hit us!" the man said, filled with rage.
The four stared at him in disbelief.
"Oh for crying out loud!" Hichigo said and grabbed the front of the man's shirt. "If I wanted all of you dead or out of the system, why the fuck would I stay on the shuttle myself? I'm at a great risk myself here!"
"You're a ghost, I'm sure that you have people waiting for you just to just pick you up wherever we turn up," the mother said and held her son close.
Ichigo sighed.
"We have no idea where that would be and it's impossible to know. That's why so many disappear and the last thing the control towers hear is that the shuttle has been hit during jump."
The man put his hand on Hichigo's shoulder.
"Let go of me, ghost."
"When you stop calling me that and show me some respect, old man." Hichigo hissed.
The mother gasped and out of nowhere slapped Hichigo. The shock went through the whole shuttle and when the woman realized what she had done she started crying.
"Please don't kill me or my son, we... we have so..."
"Why the fuck would I want to kill you or your kid? It wouldn't give me anything" Hichigo spat before letting go of the man and sitting back down in his chair.
The man however tried to get past Ichigo to get to him and he stood back up to ready himself to fight; the man was in for a surprise though if he thought Ichigo would just watch. Before they could start however, the blue-haired man behind Hichigo had moved quietly and swiftly, grabbing the man's arm and holding it behind his back.
"Calm down. We all know it's impossible for anyone to get past security to get to a shuttle. So, he must have done it on the move then and I have been awake the whole time while he was sleeping."
Hichigo felt his blood run cold at the deep and dangerous voice of the man. That blue-haired man was not to play with, if you ended up in a fight you had to be ready to die; that's what the voice said.
The man seemed to realise that as well and he relaxed.
"Ok, ok, I get it. He didn't do anything and there is no need to fight."
A huge, but dangerous grin spread on the blue-haired man's lips.
"Good that you get it now" he said before letting go and slipped back to his seat, just as quickly and quietly as when he moved the first time. He was even able to make it look like he hadn't moved at all.
Suddenly the shuttle jolted and Hichigo was thrown into the seat in front of him. When he looked up he noticed that most people looked around confused and made sure their traveling partner was not hurt. As they looked out the window, they saw that they had left jump and all they had to do now was wait for a response from the pilot. The host disappeared through the door to the pilot and Hichigo looked at his twin, who was laying on the man whom they had been fighting with. The man, however, didn't seem displeased as he discreetly had one hand on Ichigo's ass, but it was too obvious to Hichigo, who couldn't help but crack his knuckles as a statement. The man hurried to excuse himself, not bothering to help Ichigo up as he left for his seat.
"Hey mom, where do you think we are?" the boy said and Hichigo looked over at them.
"It's ok son, we'll get home to dad in no time" she said reassuringly.
Ichigo and Hichigo sat down on their seats and suddenly the host came running out from the cockpit.
"Everyone, please put on your seatbelt and use the safety vest that you can find above you."
Hichigo was fast to grab the vest attached to the ceiling above him and he put it on. As he fastened his seatbelt, he turned and saw Ichigo having some trouble with the vest. He helped him with it as he heard the mother ask the host what the problem was, but the only reply she got was "Please, do as I say, now."
When Ichigo had fastened his seat belt, Hichigo looked out through the window, but there was nothing. But if the had to put on the vest that would help them float, reduce the damage on the body upon impact and so on, there had to be something. And then he saw it, a planet. They were on a crash course with a planet.
