Casper: The Shinigami
Chapter 2- Dog is Man's Best Friend!
The boy looked into Shinozaki's eyes. He had cold, turquoise eyes. She had bright green, almost neon, eyes, that make you feel like she's staring into your soul. They were just silently staring at each other for a while before the boy spoke up.
"You can see me, can't you?" He asked.
"No, I've just been staring at the wall for the past minute." She said sarcastically.
Hitsugaya scoffed. He already hated her attitude. 'You know what I meant!' He thought, annoyed.
Since the strange boy went quiet, Shinozaki decided to ask some questions of her own.
"Why were you following me?"
"Because most people don't have high spiritual pressure like you."
"Spiritual pressure?" She asked.
"Basically, the higher your spiritual pressure is, the more spirits you can see. I mean, you can see me, and I'm sure you can see other spirits too, right?" He explained.
She nodded, and once again, silence. The silence, thankfully, was soon broken by a scratching noise, coming from the back door. Shinozaki gasped and ran to the door, Hitsugaya following her with his eyes. She opened it, and suddenly, a black and white collie dog burst through, tackling her to the ground. After a minute of petting the dog, she got back up and looked outside. It was starting to rain.
"Who's this?" She heard the boy say.
'Why the hell is he still here?' She thought, annoyed, but turned around with a smile.
"This is my dog, Buddy!"
"Nice." Was the boy's simple response, but it annoyed Shinozaki even more. The dog walked over to it's bowl, that was laying on a small rug. The bowl was empty. He whimpered.
'Hold on, I'll get you some food." She said to the dog, as she picked up the bowl and went into the closet. She stopped.
"What's wrong?" Hitsugaya asked, seeing that the girl stopped.
"I'm out of dog food, Shit! I'll have to go get some!" She said, as she put on a green sweatshirt. She took one look outside and her happiness deflated. It wasn't just raining, it was downpouring!
'Damnit, I gave my umbrella to Nana! WHY?!' She screamed at herself.
Suddenly, she noticed the boy next to her. He looked at the rain.
"You're going to get wet." He stated.
"NO! Really? I didn't know rain got you wet! Dumbass!" She said sarcastically.
Again with that attitude. Hitsugaya really hated it. He rolled his eyes before continuing.
"Don't you have an umbrella, and why can't you do this some other time?"
"I gave my umbrella to a friend, and Buddy is my family. You wouldn't want a family member to starve!" She replied, seriously, which amazed Hitsugaya.
He nodded. "But-" But before he could finish, she was already running. He didn't know why, but he decided to follow her. Why? Why was he doing any of this? He found out that she has high spiritual pressure, so he should be good. He didn't even like her- as far as attitude goes. But he still just was… interested in her. Weird!
It turned out that the grocery store was far, far away! And by the time Shinozaki got there, it looked like she went swimming. Not to mention that she ran the whole way, so she was out of breath! After she got it, she had to run all the way back home!
'KILL ME!' She screamed at herself. Then she decided, instead of her having to carry this 40 pound bag of dog food, how about make that boy carry it.
"Hey Stalker Boy, carry this for me!"
He looked at her dumbly and repeated, "Stalker Boy?"
"Yeah, I thought it would fit, seeing as you are a stalker, following me around and everything!" She said waving a hand, then she tossed the bag at him, which he caught.
"Wow! You can catch!" She said.
He smiled and said "Whatever Attitude!"
She didn't seem offended by this, instead she let out a 'hmph' and began to run home.
When she got back home, she gave Buddy his food.
The boy said, "I told you you'd get wet!"
Shinozaki smiled a smile that said 'I'm going to kill you!' and said
"I really want to slap you right now- Actually, you never told me your name." She said, realizing they were still strangers.
"Oh, I'm Toshiro Hitsugaya, captain of the 10th squad." He said, telling her about the Gotei 13, and Soul Society.
She looked at him and slowly repeated his name. "To-shir-ou. Hit-su-gay-a. Uh, can I change your name?" She asked.
"No."
"At least give you a nickname?"
"Like what?" He asked.
"Well," She began. What was a good nickname, other than 'Stalker Boy'?
"You are a spirit, and you have white hair! So, your nickname will be… Casper!" She said, proud of the nickname.
"Casper?" He asked, with a confused look.
"You know, Casper the Friendly Ghost!"
He was still confused.
"Wait, you've never seen Casper? You are watching it tonight with me!" She demanded, more than asking. He knew he couldn't fight it, so he nodded.
"You never told me your name." Hitsugaya said.
"Oh, my name is Yuri Shinozaki! Nice to meet you Casper!" She said with a smile, as she put out her hand for him to shake.
He smiled. "Nice to meet you Yuri Shinozaki!" He said, shaking her hand.
"Now," Shinozaki said, clapping her hands together, "let's go watch that movie!"