A/N: Yay, 2nd chapter out! Thanks to Becky and irrELLIEphant for reviewing. I got all giddy when I saw that I received your guys' reviews! (◕‿◕) Hehe. Hope you all enjoy this chapter!
This Is My Confessional
Chapter 2
"Sayonara, Fuyuko-san!"
Nod.
"See you soon, Fuyuko-chan!"
Wave.
"Sayonara, Yukimura-san!"
Twitch. Nod.
Fuyuko stared at the back of Satoshi Terasawa's head, practically glaring a hole into it. It was a shame he couldn't feel it. After the many times she told her fellow classmate not to call her by her last name, he still did.
"See ya later, Fuyuko!"
She waved and blinked, not bothering to look up until a moment later… wait, who even was that?
Sighing, Fuyuko reached a head into her locker and pulled her shoes out while also stuffing her school shoes back in. Slipping her regular ones back on, she grabbed her school bag and slowly started walking out of the building. So far, today had been definitely uneventful.
Grrrr.
Her hand flew over to her stomach.
Well darn. She was hungry again already. Although, that was probably because she only had a measly little sandwich for lunch. She was even tempted to ask that strange orange-haired girl for some food – even if she tended to always bring strange creations. Fuyuko once passed by her during break and saw her eating a lunch that consisted of spaghetti with ice cream on top of it, plus ketchup.Fuyuko hated ketchup. But… food was food.
Mentally sweatdropping, Fuyuko patted her stomach. 'I shall get you something to eat on the way home.'
"Fuyu-chaaaaaaaaaan~!"
Fuyuko froze. Honestly, what was up with her luck today?
The caramel-haired teenager looked to her right to see a crazy-looking Keigo running right at her, arms stretched out. Merely taking one step to the side, Fuyuko avoided the brown-haired catastrophe as he flew right past her, landing in a messy pile on the dusty ground.
She chuckled slightly as she watched him groan in pain. It was never not fun to watch Keigo hurt himself.
A new voice spoke up, and Fuyuko realized two other people had approached her – with her only knowing one of them.
"Hey, Fuyuko." Mizuiro smiled at her. "How lucky, we don't usually see you often, but I saw you this morning and now after school, too."
Fuyuko attempted a smile, but it ended up turning into a half-smile, half-grimace.
"Yeah… lucky huh," She muttered. Her indigo eyes moved over to the one she didn't know. He was tall. Way taller than her, she noted. He looked to be of Mexican descent, with pronounced cheek-bones, and she could barely see his eyes because of his shaggy brown hair hanging over them. Seeing the way he just stood there silently, Fuyuko couldn't really tell what kind of person he was.
"This is Chad," Mizuiro introduced after he noticed her attention on his friend.
Fuyuko took in the new information and nodded at Chad, "I'm Fuyuko."
The Mexican nodded back at her, "It's nice to meet you."
"Same." She paused and got a little closer, scrutinizing the bigger man. "So you're not actually a delinquent, gambler, drug pusher, porn fiend, or part of the Yakuza?"
'Same Fuyuko, alright…' Mizuiro inwardly laughed as he sweatdropped at his friend's supposedly poor attempt at humor. It even seemed to surprise Chad for a second.
Before anyone could respond, the forgotten one, a.k.a. Keigo, finally popped up again.
"You guys are all so mean!" He cried out dramatically. "Ignoring a poor injured man on the cold, hard floor!"
"You're not even really injured…"
"You call yourself a man?"
That last statement was crudely remarked by the only female of the group.
"Fuyu-chan's so mean!" The brunette yet again cried dramatically, flailing his arms about – only resulting with a roll of blue eyes as a response.
"Anyways," pointed out Mizuiro, ignoring his friend. "Are you heading home now, Fuyuko?"
"You should come hang out with us instead!" A grin spread onto Keigo's face as he imagined all four of them cruising through town together.
He nodded excitedly. "Who needs frowny Ichigo when we can have the amazing Fuyuko Yuki – OW!"
"Baka, how many times have I told you?! If you're gonna say my name, it's 'Fuyuko,' and that's it!" yelled the irritated girl. Tears streamed down Keigo's face, but she ignored it and turned on her heels.
"No thanks though," She stated. "I'm going to head off now."
"Are you sure?" Mizuiro asked, frowning slightly.
Fuyuko nodded. "See you. You too, Chad."
A tiny part of her told her to stay – that she shouldn't just leave and instead should spend time with the closest things she had as friends. But instead, her legs continued to carry her out of the school as she listened to the three say their farewells.
Unbeknownst to her, as Fuyuko left, Chad's curiosity piqued him to ask Mizuiro a question.
"Why doesn't she like being called by her last name?"
The black-haired teenager took a moment to mull over his companion's question, and for a while, he turned serious. Even Keigo quieted down once he noticed his friend's change of mood.
"Well… no one knows exactly, I guess. For as long as Keigo and I have known her, she's never liked it," He explained. "Though, I think it's just because technically, she doesn't have a family, and even if she does have any living relatives, she doesn't know any of them."
'It's like she doesn't feel like she deserves the name at all.' That last thought Mizuiro didn't bother to voice out loud. It was, after all, his opinion, and he didn't know if it was true or not.
Instead, Mizuiro let a smile fall back on his face and he looked at both Chad and Keigo. "Besides, Fuyuko's such a prettier name, right?"
...
...
Fuyuko's footsteps echoed as she walked across the rough pavement. To her right was the Karasu River that continued to flow gently onwards, its clear blue water glistening like diamonds underneath the sun. The sun was slowly lowering, and it only made the scenic route better. She didn't know why, but she always loved walking past the river on her way home.
To Fuyuko, it was peaceful, and she cherished all the peaceful moments in her life.
Fuyuko took the last bite of the donut that resided in her left hand, savoring the deliciousness of the glazed treat. At least she satisfied her hunger for now, even though she now wished she had actually gotten two instead.
'Saving money!' She cheered in her head, but it wasn't like she even spent that much. It was merely a donut after all.
A moment passed, and mentally, Fuyuko wondered if she should stop by the Karakura Park for a while – it was always nice there. At this time of day, there usually weren't a lot of people. But then a big fat 'NO' ran across Fuyuko's mind as she remembered yesterday's events. She didn't feel like walking home in the dark, just in case anything happened again.
Crash!
Fuyuko jumped as she suddenly spun around. What was that? She had heard a loud crash, but there wasn't a thing in the distance at all. It was the same peaceful scenery as earlier.
Heart pounding, Fuyuko, slowly turned a full 360 degree to check all her sides. Nothing. The river continued flowing. The same light breeze was still there. Nothing out of the ordinary at all. Did she imagine it? No, she thought. She couldn't have – that would be too crazy.
But just as that thought ran through her mind, something else ran across her lower back and she felt something touch the back of her leg as well. She froze.
And exactly like yesterday, everything turned just a tad too still, too quiet even.
For a second, Fuyuko desperately wished it really was just her imagination, whether it meant she was turning crazy or not. Or if not, whatever was touching the back of her was maybe just that familiar black cat or something.
"Please… help…"
Her indigo eyes snapped shut.
'No, no, no!'
A coldness swept across her body. Run, she told herself just like yesterday. But she felt like she had no control over her body. Pressure, it seemed like there was something pressing against her, and her limbs refused to move.
What was going on?
"Help me please, lady!" It was a child's voice. A cold hand grasped Fuyuko's left arm, and a chill ran through her spine.
'Move, damnit!' She told herself. Still, her limbs refused to respond.
Suddenly, the ground shook, and a resounding crash caused Fuyuko's eyes to shoot open. What in the seven hells was going on?! The grip on her arm tightened, and she slowly looked downwards at it. Indeed, there was a small child's hand wrapped tightly around her body part, but she didn't get a chance to gape at it for long.
The ground let out another tremor and there was a distant roar. Then, Fuyuko was lying on the ground.
Did –… did she just fly through the air?!
Her muscles groaned in pain, and for a second her vision was blurry. If she closed her eyes and wished hard enough, would she suddenly appear in her bedroom? If only.
"Lady, get up!"
Small arms pushed at her limp body. Her vision finally cleared, and Fuyuko's eyes opened to see a little boy by her side. Her eyes widened furthered when she recognized him.
"You're–!" She shouted in surprise. He was the same boy from yesterday that she had come across!
Ghost. There was a freakin' ghost right in front of her.
To be honest, he looked… normal. Except for the chain hanging from his chest. If Fuyuko wasn't so shocked at what was going on at the moment, she would've felt a bit stupid that she had freaked out so much yesterday.
But. He was still a ghost, for Christ's sake.
"Get up!" He suddenly cried again. "Hurry, we have to leave!" Fuyuko noticed his fingers were pointing to the back of her, and she turned her head to see what it was – and holy shit!
There was a gigantic black thing – creature – standing over twenty feet away from them, and just looking at it scared Fuyuko to the core. It was black all over with a tail sticking out. It donned a huge white mask on its face, and was that even considered teeth? Something like that wasn't supposed to exist! Not in real life!
"What is that thing?!" She cried, which was a big mistake. Her voice caught the attention of the terrifying creature, and all of a sudden, it was headed towards them.
The boy let out a yelp, and through the panic, Fuyuko wondered what to do. Part of her still believed it wasn't even real.
"We're going to die!" The boy whimpered.
'Die.' The word ran through her mind as the monster continued to get closer.
'Die.'
Its claw was reaching towards them at a fast pace.
'Die.'
No! She couldn't die yet; she just couldn't! She had a whole life ahead of her! With a sudden burst of energy, Fuyuko wrapped her arms around the little boy and flung them both away right before the claw landed on the ground – the crash pushing them hard against the ground.
"Oof!" They both grunted at the impact of hitting the cement.
"Are you okay?" Fuyuko asked as she moved her body slightly to the side so that she didn't crush the child.
He nodded and looked up at her, but his eyes quickly widened as fear seeped into them. In return, her own eyes widened as she noticed something was wrong.
"Wha – shit!" Out of nowhere a huge force slammed right against her body causing her to yet again hit the floor, and Fuyuko was certain that there was going to be at least one body part not functioning correctly after that.
"LADY!" She heard the boy scream at her.
Her vision was blurry again, and her whole body ached. There was liquid running down the side of her head. Had she – had she fallen in the river? Or was it blood? Through the flurry of pain, Fuyuko could vaguely remember thinking that she felt like a random doll being thrown around. Her blue eyes clenched tightly shut. She had to get out of here, she had to survive.
There was another roar in the air, and Fuyuko slowly looked up at the beast. Its eyes looked at her hungrily, and she gaped at it when it started talking.
"This spiritual energy…" The monster had the nerve to laugh at her. "I'm gonna enjoy eatin' you and that kid afterwards!"
The claw shot towards Fuyuko again, and her whole body shook as adrenaline pumped through her veins.
What was going to happen now? Was she really going to die?
As if acting on its own accord, her arm shot out at the last moment, and it came into impact with the claw. Fuyuko expected herself to be crushed by the larger monster, but instead, a bright white light exploded from where her hand slammed against the monster's. Everything around her turned a deafening white, and she wondered yet again what was happening.
The creature let out a deafening roar, and she yelled out as well – from the need to release all the built up emotions and the odd surge of energy pulsing throughout her body.
Everything seemed to happen all too quickly. All of a sudden, it was all gone: the bright white light, the pressure in her body, all of her energy. Her body slumped towards the ground, her caramel-colored hair splaying out around her head. Some of the strands were matted with blood.
Vaguely, before her eyes closed on her and she lost all consciousness, she thought of the huge monster and questioned whether it was still there or not.
And oh yeah… what happened to the little ghost kid?
And what was that strange black vapor hovering in the air around her?
Darkness took over.
...
"Do you believe in fate?" It's a woman's voice.
"Depends on your definition on fate." He sounds as if he is joking, but his eyes show no humor.
Pause. "Is she really going to be destined for this?"
"I, for one, believe she can be destined for anything. Question is, does she have the willpower to take control of that destiny?"
"Fate will not relent so easily."
"Don't underestimate her either, woman."
"Maybe it'll be better if she stayed a human her whole life."
A sneer. "And what good will
that do? You know it will not work."
Silence. Then…"What do we do?"
"Nothing. Our souls no longer truly exist. Let's just hope…" His voice trails off.
Bright indigo eyes meet narrowed red ones.
"Let's hope she learns to never be afraid of the dark."
...
...
"I wonder what happened to her," a curious voice stated.
"Do you think she'll be okay?" A worried voice asked.
"She'll be fine, Yuzu. Her injuries weren't that bad."
"Are you sur – hey! She's waking up!"
"I'll get Dad."
Fuyuko groaned as her eyes fluttered open. "Wha–"
In her vision were two girls that seemed to be around the age of eleven, one with light brown hair and the other with black hair. The one with brown hair smiled up at her while the other stared at her.
"Um… where am I?" Fuyuko asked once she realized she couldn't recognize her surroundings. She could tell that she was in some hospital-type of environment, seeing she was on a hospital bed and there were all kinds of tools near her, but she was sure that she wasn't in an actual hospital. It seemed a bit too "homey" for that.
"You're at the Kurosaki Clinic!" The brown-haired one answered. Fuyuko still looked a bit clueless, so the other girl continued.
"Our brother found you bleeding next to the river on the way back from school, so he brought you back home," She explained.
Fuyuko raised an eyebrow at that, and if the situation didn't seem so absurd at the moment, she probably would have laughed. What kind of guy finds a bleeding person and just decides to bring them back home?
Oh wait, a guy whose family owns a clinic, that's who.
"So you're finally awake."
Fuyuko looked to the side to see two other people walk into the room. One had on a white lab coat and looked to be in his forties – she figured that must be the doctor. The other was a teenage boy who had orange hair. It took a second for Fuyuko to recognize him; he even had on the same type of uniform as she was currently wearing.
She immediately pointed at him, "You're the delinquent from school!"
"What!" He shouted, his eyes widening in surprise at her accusation.
Suddenly, the man with the lab coat turned towards the orange-haired boy and pointed at him with an accusing finger as well.
"DELINQUENT?! What has my disgraceful son been doing – AGH!"
Said son knocked his fist into the older man's face and shouted, "Shut up, old man! I haven't done anything! That's just a rumor!"
"'Haven't done anything'?!" yelled Fuyuko as she motioned towards the fallen doctor. "You just punched him in the face!"
Orange Hair was about to defend himself when he was suddenly kicked right in the face, sending him flying out of the room. All Fuyuko could do was gape at the odd scene. Did that man just literally kick him out of the room?!
The girl with the brown hair quickly moved in front of Fuyuko, blocking her view of the two fighting men.
She laughed nervously, "You're going to have to ignore them! They're always like that–"
"Always?" Fuyuko interjected.
The black-haired girl sighed, "Yeah. They're both idiots. That's our dad and our brother, the one who brought you back here."
"Huh," Fuyuko said in surprise. She'd never expected that both Keigo and Mizuiro's new friend would be the one to find her, never mind having such a crazy family.
"I'm Yuzu Kurosaki by the way," The brown-haired one smiled at her and then looked at her sister. "That's my sister, Karin." Karin nodded at her and muttered a greeting.
"You can call me Fuyuko," The 15-year-old responded, and proceeded to lift the white blankets off of her, "and I should be heading home now. Thanks for the hospitality."
Yuzu rushed to stop her, "Wait, you shouldn't move around!"
Pain coursed through her left as soon as her left foot touched the ground, causing Fuyuko to wince. She looked down to see bandages wrapped around her ankle.
"Dummy, you sprained your ankle," Karin pointed out. The caramel-haired teenager frowned. Just her luck, how was she going to walk home now?
"What are you doing?"
Fuyuko looked up to see the two girls' brother walk back into the room, frowning at her.
"I need to get home," She explained. Well, technically, she didn't need to, but she didn't feel like staying where she was either.
His grimace deepened, if that was even possible, as he looked down at her standing awkwardly on just her right foot with one hand steadying herself on the bed, "And how're you going to do that, huh? You can't even walk."
'No shit, Sherlock,' She noted sarcastically in her mind.
"It's already late, so you're going to have to stay over," voiced the oldest Kurosaki as he walked back into the room as well. "We'll help you get back home tomorrow."
Fuyuko sat back down as she mulled over his words. She didn't feel comfortable staying at somewhere other than her own home. Anything could happen to her – granted, she doubted that any of the Kurosaki's would hurt her but still.
"Um," Yuzu spoke up, "are you hungry, Fuyuko? None of us have eaten yet, but we can cook some food up real fast."
At the mention of food, Fuyuko's eyes seemed to have brightened up tremendously and her upper body straightened up, surprising all of them at her unexpected change of mood. In addition, her stomach decided to choose this moment to introduce itself and growled in hunger.
"Yeah," She nodded eagerly. "I'm starving!"
A/N: And that's the end of the second chapter. Thanks for reading, everyone. I love each and everyone of you~
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