Yay~ Chapter 2 is out~
It took my a while to think of what kind of chapter this should be, so it might not be as interesting...
Since the chapter title won't allow me to put the 'de arimasu' at the end... looks like I'll have to put it here... Grr...
Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or Keroro Gunsou
Chapter 2: Ichigo & Natsumi, Our Life Styles, de arimasu!
"I'm home," Natsumi greeted. She took off her shoes and put them back nicely in place.
"I'm home, de arimasu!" Keroro called out, as he jumped in front of the female. Behind him was Ichigo, still in his shinigami form.
Ichigo never really thought about his ability to see ghosts as anything special. He never bothered with it, or tells anyone about it, but they always somehow seem to find out anyways.
Now, meeting his shinigami friend, Kuchiki Rukia, changed his life. He became a shinigami, fought hollows, found friends that has the same ability as him… It's just an unexpected twist.
And now… He has aliens in his life? All he wanted was a normal, high school life with no fights or anything!
"Sorry to intrude," he whispered quietly, as he took a step next to Natsumi. Does her family know about this alien? He wondered in his head.
Then a boy with dark blue hair walked into the scene. He had a lock of hair that seems to stick out like antennae, and matching eyes. This is Hinata Fuyuki, Hinata Natsumi's younger brother.
"Ah, welcome home, Nee-chan, Gunsou," he said.
"I'm home, Fuyuki-dono!" the green alien said.
"I'll be upstairs in my room," Natsumi commented.
Fuyuki nodded an 'ok,' and then went back to whatever he was doing, with Keroro closely skipping behind.
When Natsumi made sure that the sound of the door closing was evident, he waved a hand to Ichigo, signaling him to come.
So he did. He nodded and for some reason, he was tip-toeing along with Natsumi, looking out for anyone.
Kurosaki-san, no one can see you, and Natsumi-chan, this is your own house, no need to be suspicious.
"…and then, before I knew it, Natsumi-dono was talking to no one!" Keroro exclaimed throwing him arms in the air and leaning down on his chair.
Fuyuki smiled weakly. "Well, Nee-chan has spiritual powers, so she might be talking to ghosts. Man, Nee-chan sure is lucky. I wish I had some spiritual powers, too."
"Then how about I grant that wish for you?"
"Huh?" Fuyuki looked left and right for the speaker. Then he looked down, and then he found Kururu.
"Kururu?" Fuyuki asked. "What do you mean, by granting my wish?"
"Kukuku…" he chuckled. "Hinata Natsumi is talking to a ghost. When she was still here, I secretly put my special spy bug on her," he took out a microscopic mechanical-like bug thing. "This thing's ability allows it to see whatever the user can see. Even if this spy bug doesn't have any spiritual powers, it can still see whatever Hinata Natsumi is saying."
"Heeh," Fuyuki muttered. "That's pretty cool!"
Kururu ignored him and continued on. "How about we take a look at what happened to her a few minutes ago? I press," He pressed a tiny button on the bug's back, and a hologram shot out from it and landed onto an empty wall.
Fuyuki and Keroro watches curiously at the hologram with open mouths.
"Na-Natsumi-dono, please spare me!"
"You stupid frog-Huh?"
"WHAT?"
"Gero?" Keroro said, blinking his eyes. "If I remember correctly," he pointed at the Ichigo in the hologram. "I don't remember seeing this orange-head here."
"What are you?"
"I should be the one asking you!"
"Umm… Natsumi-dono, exactly who're you talking to, de arimasu?"
"Stupid Frog, are you blind or something? He's right there-" Then screen was suddenly going faster. When the time was right, Kururu stopped the fast playing.
"Well… Although I don't know how to explain, but it's because you have a spiritual pressure which is higher than average humans."
"Err… Well, to start off, ghosts are everywhere. But people can't see them, because their spiritual power is not high enough to see it."
"Eh? Then does that mean you're a ghost, as well?"
"No! I'm not dead yet! I'm a shinigami!"
At this sentence, Fuyuki's occult soul was powered up three times higher. "Amazing! It's a real shinigami! To think ghosts exist, and not just aliens, this is too exciting!"
"Well… How do I explain this? A shinigami doesn't necessarily reap souls; we sent them, to Soul Society. In our language, it would be going to heaven."
And the hologram disappeared.
"That's about what happened," Kururu concluded. The he glanced at Fuyuki. "Now, back to my offer, do you want spiritual powers, as well?"
In pure joy, Fuyuki nodded excitedly.
"Then, here I go," Kururu took out a round gun with a rounded point. "My latest invention, 'If I Can See Ghosts' gun, fire!"
A blue light shot out of the point, and engulfed Fuyuki in it.
"Fuyuki-dono!" Keroro shouted against the light, blinding him.
When the light died down, Keroro immediately ran to Fuyuki saying, "Fuyuki-dono, are you fine?"
Unharmed, Fuyuki looked down and smiled. "Yea, I'm fine, Gunsou! I don't feel anything weird anywhere, though."
"Of course," Kururu intervened. "It's a gun that only allows you to see ghosts. Of course it doesn't affect you anywhere else. Well, I'm outta here. See ya," and with that, Kururu calmly walked out of the door.
The Pekoponian and Keronian stared at the door for a while before saying anything.
Fuyuki was the first one to snap out of it. "I'm…" he ran out of the door. Keroro swears that he can see pure joy in his eyes.
"I'm gonna check if I can really see ghost or not!"
"Gero! Fuyuki-dono, please wait for me!"
On that very same wall where the hologram was, a ghostly head pokes through. She blinked, and then her body went through the entire wall.
"Shinigami… Am I finally going to go?"
"Ok, so…" Ichigo said. His arms and legs were crossed, his eyes and eyebrows were scrunched up together, and his face was looking down. "That green alien is an alien, who is trying to invade Earth- Or they would call it Pekopon, and because they have this Kero Ball taken away they were abandoned from their army?"
Natsumi nodded.
"And his name is Keroro Gunsou, along with four other companions, and each of your friends has them?"
She nodded again.
Why does this remind me of déjà vu? Ichigo thought with doubt. He quickly shrugged it off and then continued. "Well, now that we both know each other others situation, my business here is over now. See-"
Beep, beep.
Feeling the vibration of his Substitution Badge in his pocket, he grimaced.
"H-Hey, where are you-" Natsumi began, but was silenced when Ichigo threw open the window.
"Sorry! I got to go now! There's a hollow coming this way!"
"H-Hollows? You-You mean that thing you told me-" Before she can even continue, Ichigo already jumped out of the window.
Natsumi flung herself to the window, her head sticking out. "Hey!" she shouted. "Kurosaki-san, if you make that much noise, the neighbors will notice!"
Natsumi-chan, you and Gunsou-san and the others have already caused a lot of trouble.
"Shut up!"
Yes, I'm sorry.
Behind 723's room, Fuyuki and Keroro spies through the keyhole.
"Fuyuki-dono, what's happening in there?" Keroro whispered roughly.
"Woah…" Fuyuki muttered. "It's so cool, Gunsou!"
"Gero?"
"That shinigami, Kurosaki Ichigo-san! And he is gonna go fight some 'hollows'!"
Keroro tilted his side to the other side, completely confused about what the occult-lover is talking about. "Gero?"
"Anyways, let's go outside!" Fuyuki said excitedly, as he grabbed his friend and dashed out to the door.
"Tch," Ichigo muttered. "Aliens and ghosts, isn't this suppose to be a modern world?"
Using shunpo, he disappeared in an instant and reappeared in front of the hollow.
It screamed so high-pitched that it sent Ichigo chills. It screamed again, and then swiped its skinny tail against Ichigo, knocking him off the ground. He crashed into a wall, with the debris falling off.
Quickly, he shook his head to regain his senses, and then charged straight towards the hollow. Pointing his blade high in the air, he swung it down forcefully, and the bulky arm of the hollow was cut.
It roared again, but this time in pain. Angered, the hollow aimed to punch Ichigo.
It almost grinned when it felt something against his flesh. But something was off. It can see the edge of the Ichigo's arm, standing straight and still. Exactly what was it that the hollow hit?
When the hollow removed its fist away, it almost gasped.
Hinata Natsumi was in her full Pekoponian suit, with two of her laser swords crisscrossed, apparently used to dodge the hollows attack.
"Hi-Hinata?" Ichigo uttered out. "What're you-"
"I came here to help you," she replied.
Ichigo narrowed his eyes. "I don't need your help," he growled.
Natsumi didn't look back. "….That damned Kururu did this to me." Her fist shook as she remembered how Kururu barged into her room and then transformed her into her suit. Oh, how she was going to punch the heck out of him later.
"Fine," Ichigo said softly. He stood up next to her. He took out Zangetsu in position. "We'll do this together."
Natsumi nodded in agreement.
And then both took off.
Natsumi flew in front of the hollow, both swords ready. She drew her sword across the hollow's mask, a thin line cracked across the chin.
Then she flew to the back of monster, forming a crack in the back as well. She repeated this cycle over and over again, until the hollow couldn't take it anymore. It wildly flew its single arm around, trying to slap her away like an annoying fly.
That was the time when it has its guard down.
Taking this chance, Ichigo jumped to the very top of the hollow, and with a mighty slash, the hollow was in half. Red blood spilled out everywhere, but soon vanished into blue particles, along with the body.
Natsumi grimaced at the sight of blood. Sure, she may have fought with her alien friends, but there wasn't any blood!
Noticing her pale face, Ichigo asked, "Oi, are you all right? Does the blood sicken you?"
Natsumi nodded.
"You should hurry up and go-"
"Uwaaaahh!"
Freezing and flabbergasted, Ichigo and Natsumi stared at the over excited Fuyuki.
"Uwaahh!" he repeated, dashing in front of Ichigo. "Amazing! It's a real shinigami! Cool! It's the real thing!" He checked Ichigo everywhere; his back, his hair, his arms, his zanpakutou, his hakamas, etc.
"U-Umm…" Ichigo said. Unfortunately, Fuyuki couldn't hear.
"Hey, Fuyuki!" Natsumi scolded. "Don't be so rude to Kurosaki-san!"
Fuyuki looked up. Immediately realizing what he had done, he bowed and apologized, "I-I'm sorry!"
"Uhh… No, it's ok…" the shinigami replied, waving a hand. "Wait… You can see me?"
"Of course!" Fuyuki's eyes sparkled again. "Ever since Kururu shot me with his gun, I can see ghosts, just like Nee-chan! And, and- Huh?" Slowly before his eyes, Ichigo stared to fade.
"H-Huh? Why is Kurosaki-san starting to fade?" The next thing he knew, Ichigo completely vanished before his eyes. "N-No way! Why?"
Then a familiar 'kukuku' echoed. Kururu stood behind Fuyuki. "That gun only lasts for a while. After that while is over, the gun's effects begins to wear off."
"N-No way!" Fuyuki whined. "Why didn't you tell me earlier, Kururu?"
"Kukuku…. I forgot."
The shinigami watches both Fuyuki and Kururu argue with a sigh. What an exhausting day, he thought.
But, Kurosaki-san, from now, your life will be even more exhausting. This is still only the beginning of the chapter. Even so, go for it, Kurosaki-san! Don't give up, Kurosaki-san, as the main character!
Actually, I tried to write it like how the Narrator would say it from the anime (Is that allowed in fanfictions?) Although it's actually my second attempt (first attempt was chapter 1) so I wasn't sure on how it would turn out...
Also, special and extra thanks to Yue Twili, my first reviewer! I hope you enjoyed this chapter~ ^^
And, since I got a little lazy at the end, I'm sorry if it didn't make sense... and for any mistakes...