Ok guys here is Chapter three. I hope you all enjoy it like I did writing it.
I would also like to thank my friend ShiroHollow96 for supporting my storyies and helping me out with ideas.
Shuhei carefully lifted the manhole cover and looked around. He needed to make sure that no one saw him leave the sewers. Carefully and quietly he placed the cover down and walked into Aprils shop. April looked up from what she was doing and smiled at him, "Ready to work?"
Giving a big smile Shuhei replied, "You bet ya."
"The truck can in last night all the new merchandise is in the storage room. Just clock in and get started with that.", April said with a smile on her face. She was happy that the oldest was working with her. He was really intelligent and very good with customers. Anyone that came to her store left with a smile whether or not the bought something, he was getting a lot of good reviews on their site. Master Splinter did a really good job raising him. "When you are done let me know because I need to go to the bank."
"Do you want me to go instead?", Shuhei asked, punching in to be on the clock.
April shook her head, "No, I will have Casey with me no need to worry about that. I just want you to keep an eye on the store while I am gone."
"Ok, I can do that. I will finish this up a quickly as I can.", Shuhei replied, walking to the back. "Well this is a bigger hull than usual.", he said to himself. He got to work opening boxes and unloading the merchandise. Each piece was different and so the 22 year old had to decide what put on display and what to put in the back for another time. After close to an hour of un-boxing and the placement of merchandise, he broke down all the boxes and carried it out to the back. When he threw the boxes into the recycling bin he about jumped out of his skin when he turned around. "Casey.", said idiot was on the ground laughing. "How many times have I told you to stop sneaking up on me?"
"More than enough.", the laughing man said getting up from the ground. "I just rather you be mad at me than my own girlfriend you know."
Chuckling the Japanese man rolled his eyes, "Yea I know. April and be scary when she is mad, I am just glad I don't have to have to deal with it as a boyfriend."
"Hey you act like you don't want to date a girl.", teased Casey shaking hands with his friend.
"I can't saw who I will end up with, I am bisexual you know.", Shuhei smirked he knew full well that Casey hated then he brought he like males too.
Like clock work Casey shivered, "Man I hate when you do that." Shuhei burst out laughing causing Casey to glare at him.
"Come on April is inside waiting for me to let her know when I am done. Besides I know she is waiting for you as well.", Shuhei commented, throwing his arm over his friends shoulders.
As they started to walk inside Casey commented, "Another tattoo? I though you said the last one was the last."
"Yea, I only said that because I didn't want to get into trouble again with dad. But I told him last night before I left for work.", the human son of Splinter said, with a smile on his face.
"So are we still on for this weekend?"
"Count me in, I am going to take you out.", Shuhei taunted, causing April to laugh at the two men.
"Oh really now? I remember last time I pounded you into the dust.", Casey said back, equally as taunting.
"Now boys, you can continue this another time.", April giggled out. "I need to go."
"Sorry April, you can leave the shop to me.", Shuhei said with a smile.
April walked up to him and hugged him, to which Shuhei was happy to reply with kind. April pulled out of the hug and grabbed Casey's hand, "We'll be back. Make a lot of happy customers."
Shuhei laughed, "Don't worry about, you can count on me."
When April left Shuhei went behind the counter and started adding the merchandise into the computer system. He was about half way done when a little girl came skipping in. "Shu I am back.", she said in her adorable high voice.
"Well well, if it isn't little Annabelle trying to get her mom to buy her more.", Shuhei said coming around the counter to pick up the child as her mom walked in. He looked at her mom and smiled, "I am glad to see you back again too."
"Oh well, Annabelle just loves coming here to see you. You always make her day whether she gets anything or not.", the mother giggled out. "But seeing as it is her birthday tomorrow I asked if she wanted anything special and she said she wanted something from this store and that was to see you."
"Well, in that case you are in luck because I got you something.", Shuhei said sitting her down on the counter.
"Really?", Annabelle asked excitedly. Her green eyes shown with happiness, "I get to see you and get a present?"
Shuhei laughed and knelt behind the counter just as more customers walked in, "I will be with you in a moment. Please look around to see what you like." He popped up from behind the counter holding something behind his back. "When I saw this it reminded me of your collection and the fact that your birthday was coming up so I asked Miss O'Neil if I could buy it for you." His smile got bigger as Annabelle's gave an excited squeal, but he also kept his the corner of his eye on the new customer looking around.
He pulled the antique doll out from behind his back and nearly burst out laughing when Annabelle just stared. She looked at him with the happiest look he had ever seen her wear, "For me?"
As the little girl asked this he handed her the doll, "Yeap, besides I couldn't think of a better owner of her than you." He kissed her on the forehead as she gently hugged the doll to her chest. "The only thing I ask is that you take good care of her."
"Umm hum, I will. She will be in the best care."
"Good", Shuhei said smiling and picking her off the counter. He placed her on the floor after saying, "Now you go enjoy your birthday princess."
"I will, all my friends will be so envious of me."
"Envious, that is a big word for a seven year old.", Shuhei said with a smile. "Where did you learn that?"
"From you of course.", Annabelle giggled out as she and her mother walked out of the store.
"Your good with kids.", the other customer said.
Shuhei turned to him with a smile, "Yea, I love children. I hope to teach marshal arts to children around her age on day."
"That seems like a fine dream.", the man said.
Shuhei finally gave the guy a full look over. He was a tall and gruff looking man, with short white hair, grey eyes, a piercing in his left eyebrow. He very strong looking man, he passed Shuhei test on physical attractiveness. But there was something about him that was familiar, he just couldn't place. "Have you found something to you liking?"
"Not really. Though I must ask have I seen you before?"
Shuhei gave him a confused look before holding his head in slight pain. He could see pictures flying past his vision. That man was in them but he was wearing the black ShihakushÅ that he saw in his dreams and he was saving him from one of the monsters. When he came to he shook his head, "No, sorry. I don't think I have met you before. I must be one of those faces."
"Are you sure? Is it possible that we crossed paths on the street.", the man said, cocking an eyebrow.
"No I am positive. My father would have never let me go off alone when I was younger.", Shuhei said, walking behind the counter to sit on the stool.
"Are you ok?"
Shuhei chuckled, "Yea, it happens all the time. The headaches I mean, I have been doing it since I was a child." 'Ok, why is this happening in the middle of the day that never happens. I stopped doing that when I was 14 years old.' The man said 'ok' before waking out of the store, "Have a good day sir, come back soon." When the man was out of the store Shuhei sighed, 'Actually I hope he never comes back. I don't like having flashes in the middle of the day.'
When the man walked over to his friends to were confused to see him concentrating so hard. "So why did you go in there Kensei? I didn't take you for a collector.", Hiyori sneered.
"The Spiritually Pressure I felt in there was familiar and now I know why.", Kensei snarled at her. "It is higher than normal, lieutenant level no less."
"Hey, Kensei is right. That is a high spiritual pressure.", commented Shinji. "So who was it?"
"Mashiro do you remember that last little boy I save before I became a Visord?"
The green haired thought, "Yea, he was crying wasn't he? Grey eye?"
"The spiritual pressure belongs to him, the same boy. Not only that, he is the missing lieutenant from ninth division. Yet when I mention that I thought I knew him from somewhere he told me he didn't know me, but he has the same tattoo on the left side of his face that I have. Yet he acted as if he had no clue what I was talking about.", Kensei said.
"What do you mean?", asked Love. "Are you trying to tell us that he has lost his memories."
"Yes and no. The way he was talking was saying that his life never happened in Soul Society but more like it had happened here in New York instead.", Kensei explained. It was then that it dawned on the others as their faces went into shock.
Ok so I have a couple of polls going on right now:
One is for who Shuhei should be with in this story. Should it be Kensei or Ichigo?
The second poll is the story I should write in addition to this one. It is up on my profile should you wish to vote. See you guys when I get the next chapter out.
