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That's pretty much how my life went. During then and now Kurosaki's mom was killed most likely by the same person that murdered my parents, and I discovered the truth about nii-san and Kaito Hyourinmaru. So to find out what exactly happened to nii-san, Matsumoto, her parents, obaa-san, Kurosaki's mom, at age 14 I became the 2nd (they don't know it) Kaito Hyourinmaru.
"Toshiro," stated Byakuya, breaking the silence, "how was the date last night?" If your confused about the whole "date" thing allow me to explain. This was our code, a "date" refers to a "heist" the "girl" refers to object I stole the rest is pretty simple
"Oh, nothing new or interesting 'bout her. Same as the last ones,"
"I see, nothing then… don't worry toshiro you'll find her soon,"
"Yeah… I guess," che, more like hoped, I've been at this Kaito Hyourinmaru thing for almost two whole years and still no leads on anything!!
"Or maybe you see nothing special about those women because you've already fallen for someone else,"
"Huh?" ookay… very confused now, this had nothing to do with Kaito Hyourinmaru, "what do you mean? Who have I fallen for?"
"Someone you've known for most or your life," maybe this was a new code? "Hinamori, you've fallen for Hinamori,"
"Eh?!?!?! What the hell are you talking about?!?!?!?!?!?!?!" I exclaimed with a tint of red on my face
"Oh, you know exactly what I…" he started before we heard his telephone vibrate, "moshi moshi?"
"Nii-sama it's me,"
"Oh, Rukia. Well, why did you call me?"
"I called to inform you that I'm doing a project at Ichigo and Momo's house, and that I'll be here for a while,"
"Who's in your group?"
"Me, Momo, Ichigo, Renji, and Histugaya. He should be with you right now nii-sama,"
"Ne, Toshiro why aren't you going to Kurosaki's house for the project?" he inquired, turning to me.
"Well, I told them that I'd do some research first and then tell them at school,"
"So you intended to go tomorrow?"
"Yeah,"
"Oi!! Toshiro!! You can research at my house you know!!!" yelled Kurosaki through the phone
"That's true, but the connection is faster at byakuya's place," I countered blatantly
"Oh, you're right…"
"Anyway is that all you need to know, nii-sama?"
"I know what you're trying to do," stated byakuya, coldly
"Eh? S…souka…" stuttered Kuchiki, "so…can we work at our house?"
I saw Byakuya glare a bit before giving in, "fine,"
"Arigato nii-sama!!" she called before hanging up
"Aah, what was I thinking asking my parents to adopt her?"
"Maybe it had something to do with Hanagure?" (a/n: Hanagure is Hisana's last name, at least in this fic)
"Hanagure? What about her?"
"Well she's the one who asked you to adopt her sister, right?"
"Yeah, I still don't see what… oh, is this payback for saying that you fell for Hinamori?"
"Partly, but I really think that you like Hanagure,"
"Toshiro…can we change the subject?"
"Eh? What's this, is Kuchiki Byakuya shy over a girl?"
"Toshiro, change the subject…"
"The most popular guy at Seireitei University is getting shy; this is a day to remember!"
"Toshiro!! Just change the subject!!!"
"You did this to me, it's just payback,"
"Oh, then should I do it now?"
"Huh? Wait!! What!!"
"Toshiro and Hinamori sitting in a tree k-i-"
"Byakuya!! We can change the subject now!!"
"No way I'm having way to much fun,"
"Byakuya!!!"
"Dameda!! You shouldn't fight!!" announced a voice; we both turned and saw Hanagure breathing hard
"Ah, Hanagure I thought you had class duties today,"
"I did, but I rushed back. I can't miss any work, can I?" she explained with a smile
"It'd be fine, but you're already here," he muttered under his breath, "Rukia and her friends are coming soon to work on a project, you can help the others prepare and then do the dailies in the west wing. Hanagure, what assignments do you have from school?" he questioned as we started walking again
"Eh? I have two reports to finish and a presentation to prepare for, as well as study, but…"
"Then after the dailies do your homework you have until dinner after that help in the kitchen then you may retire to your room,"
"Hai," she replied as we arrived at Byakuya's house. Wait, let me rephrase that. This place isn't a house it's more like a palace!! His mansion stood two stories high and was so big that 10 normal sized houses would only measure up to half of this pure white manor. The front yard is humungous, and the green grass and perfectly cut trees are always neat and fresh not to mention the circular fountain in the center always had crystal clear water running through. The actual mansion was built in the English style by Byakuya's great grandfather, and had influences on Greek and roman architecture as well. There were two entrances to this place, one was the front gate. This was the main entrance, this one was used by high business men and their close friends and family as well as the Kuchiki family and their friends. The back door was used by maids, stewards, footmen, basically people who worked here, Hanagure used this one. She made her way to the back as Byakuya and I made our way to the front door.
"Okaeri nasai Kuchiki-sama, Histugaya-sama," chanted the staff bearing an uncanny similarity to robots.
"Yeah, Byakuya," I called turning to him, "I'm going up to my room to get some research done before the others get here,"
"Yes, I'll send someone up when they get here,"
"Thanks," I spoke, heading toward the stairs and soon I reached my room. Upon opening the door I found an e-mail alert on my computer. Plopping down on the black chair by my desk I used the mouse and opened the e-mail.
It read:
H, another success last night. Turn on the news, you'll see something interesting. Signed S
I grabbed to remote beside me, turned toward the TV and pressed the power button. What came on was the news; it was a channel I recognized. I don't recall the name of the news but the reporter who came on I knew, it seemed that she was just starting her report.
"Last night the mysterious phantom thief 'Kaito Hyourinmaru' struck again by stealing 'The Red Light' a crimson diamond coveted by millions, from senator Szayel Aporro Granz. But how did get hold of 'The Red Light', for this gem disappeared 5 years ago and hasn't been sighted since. This was brought to light by young high school inspector Kurosaki Ichigo. By investigating further Kurosaki-kun discovered that had stolen the gem from its true owner Sinclaire Maria-sama. She is the princess of Wales and was visiting Japan because of her father, Sinclaire James-sama, the king of Wales. Late last night, shortly after the heist of Kaito Hyourinmaru, she awoke to find 'The Red Light' on her nightstand as well as a note from Kaito Hyourinmaru. This message was written in English and stated:
Dear Maria-san,
I know all about this gem's past and how it was stolen from you by Japanese senator Szayel Aporro Granz. I have no solid evidence, but this gem belongs in your beautiful hands, I am returning this to its rightful owner.
This letter ended like all of Hyourinmaru's letters; with the English letter "H" encased in a ring of ice. Right now I'm here with Maria-hime-sama herself for a live interview, Maria-sama understands Japanese but cannot speak it so the will be a translation for your convenience. Maria-sama how did you feel last night when your family heirloom 'the red light' magically came back to you?"
(a/n: underlined means English)
"it was amazing!! I couldn't believe it; my mother's treasure really did come back!! Thank you soooooo much Kaito Hyourinmaru!!!!!!!!"
"I'm sure we were all surprised. Maria-sama do you believe that Kaito Hyourinmaru is actually the good guy in this chase?"
Huh? This was unexpected, I'm curious to here her response (a/n: this is toshiro's thoughts)
"how could the person who returned my treasure to me be a bad person, Kaito Hyourinmaru is my prince!!"
Prince, huh? I've never seen it that way.
"speaking of princes, is it true that you're marrying soon, Maria-sama?"
"yes," what's this, her expression dropped, "I'm being wed to prince Nicholas of Norway,"
Hmm…I thought as I picked up my transceiver, it was small, black and looked like your ordinary Bluetooth, but this was what I wore when I was Kaito Hyourinmaru. This transceiver was my direct line to Byakuya. I pressed the white button on it and shortly after I heard Byakuya.
"What is it, toshiro?"
"I've got a favor to ask,"
"You want to pull up info on that prince Nicholas, right?"
"Yeah, the way she got sad once he was mentioned is weird,"
"Alright, I'll send you a file A.S.A.P,"
"Thanks Byakuya,"
"Of course," he said as we both hung up. Just after a hid the transceiver I heard Hinamori
"Knock knock," sang a voice, playfully.
"*ojamashima~su Shiro-chan!!" (a/n:* I'm intruding* or something like that)
"Don't call me Shiro,"
"Mou, Histugaya-kun. Ah, were you watching the news? Ichi-nii was on there!!"
"Is the senator in jail?" I asked suddenly
"Eh? I don't I think so, ichi-nii said something about him being prosecuted,"
"Is that so…"
"Histugaya-kun… are you okay?"
"Yeah…fine. Anyway the others are in the main room, right?"
"Eh, hai!!"
"*ikou Hinamori," (a/n: *let's go)
"Hai!!" and with that said and done we both headed down.
"Yo toshiro!!" greeted kurosaki once we reached the large manila walled room.
"So, have you guys made any progress?" I asked expecting a "no"
"Well… we figured that you would have some ideas toshiro,"
"That's a lame comeback, Kurosaki," I remarked
"Heh…"
"Alright, let's get started,"
"Yeah!!" they all exclaimed at once
"In this assignment we have to pick an event or person to research and present. This presentation has to be so thorough that primary schoolers should be able to listen to it and come back as experts on the topic. This is going to be interesting, what should we do?"
"Abarai-kun thought we should do a world war and Rukia-chan thought we should do Kuchiki-senpai," spoke hinamori
"That's a pretty good idea; we could interview Byakuya directly," i replied
"See! You strawberry-baka I told you it was good!!!" exclaimed kuchiki
"Shuddap!!"
"Ichi-nii thought that we should do him," continued hinamori
"You could interview me directly too," informed Kurosaki with a smug look on his face
"We aren't allowed to do ourselves, Kurosaki,"
"Really?"
"Yes, you idiot,"
"Oh, *souka…" (a/n: *I see…)
"What about you, Hinamori?" i questioned
"Eh? Me?"
"Yeah,"
"Well… I'm not sure if my idea is going to make a difference…"
"This is brainstorming, Hinamori. All ideas take part," I asserted
"I was thinking that…we could do…"
"Just spit it out, Hinamori," I retorted
"Kaito Hyourinmaru!!"
"eh? K…Kaito Hyourinmaru!?!?!?!" shouted Kurosaki
"That's an interesting choice, would you mind explaining it, Hinamori-kun?" he inquired, placing his hand on Hinamori's shoulder. When he did that I saw her literally jump.
"A…Aizen-sensei!!!" she exclaimed, her face bright red
"*dou~ou? or would you rather keep it to yourself?" (a/n: *well?* this is pronounced do as in do re mi and ou ,like oh, so dou~ou)
"no no, it's just that… um… it combines Rukia-chan's idea of interviewing Kuchiki-senpai, because one of his gems was taken by Kaito Hyourinmaru, and because ichi-nii and Abarai-kun help the police with Kaito Hyourinmaru it includes them too, but it doesn't include Histugaya-kun so…"
"That's fine, I've got an interest in that thief,"
"*hontoni?" she asked, her face hopeful (a/n: *really)
"Yeah," heh, how could I not? It's me…
"I didn't know you had an interest in Kaito Hyourinmaru, Histugaya-kun," remarked Aizen
"Anyone who could break through Byakuya-senpai's security and successfully steal something is bound to peak my interest," that heist was done by nii-san; it was one of his firsts. It was also the reason Byakuya knew and helped nii-san.
"that's true, Kuchiki-kun does have an impressive security system," mentioned Aizen. I didn't trust this guy one bit, why? He was he one who silenced the public and the media on nii-san and my parents' death as well as Matsumoto's parent's murders not to mention Masaki-san's death, and Hinamori-obaa-san's death. Most importantly he closed the case of nii-san and Matsumoto's mysterious disappearance.
"anyway, Aizen-sensei, not to be rude but why are you here?" I inquired
"I needed to talk to Kuchiki-kun, about the contract with Yamamoto-sama,"
"oh, Byakuya did mention something like that…" Yamamoto Genryuusai Shigekuni, the previous owner of the aqua, terra, and lava tear, the only treasures that nii-san kept. He had a personal grudge against Kaito Hyourinmaru and those three jewels were the only lead I had in finding nii-san and Matsumoto. Not to mention Aizen is his right hand man, therefore I didn't trust Yamamoto either. So why did Byakuya sign a contract with him? Well…like they say, keep your friends close, but keep your eneies closer.
"well I'm done here so I bid you farewell, Abarai-kun, Kurosaki-kun, Kuchiki-san, Hinamori-kun, and Histugaya-kun," and with that said Aizen made his way toward the front gate and left the mansion.
After he left I saw Hinamori sigh and look a bit down. I knew exactly what she was thinking, even if I didn't like it. She was thinking about Aizen, Hinamori didn't tell me, why would she? But I could tell that she liked Aizen and the she wanted to confess to him, I didn't like it. Why? Because Of all the guys in the world she had to fall for the person who I suspected to be behind nii-san's disappearance!! I was only worried about her as a friend, not cuz I liked her or anything!! I might say that to Byakuya but lately I've been feeling something weird when the Aizen and Hinamori topic came up. It was worry but also something more, maybe anger? Sadness? Guilt? Jealousy? No way!! I'm not jealous Hinamori is just a friend… a friend that I had to cheer up right now.
"Hinamori, hurry up and confess to him,"
"eh?! Histugaya-kun I never said!!!" started Hinamori, blushing furiously
"baka, I know you well enough to figure out that you like him,"
"Mou… tonikaku we're doing Kaito Hyourinmaru, right?" she questioned, changing the subject
"yeah!! Like toshiro said it's a good idea!!" agreed Ichigo
"I never said that, Kurosaki,"
"huh? You didn't?"
"I thought it but didn't say it, have you gained telepathy, Kurosaki?"
"hah! I wish!!"
"Ichigo!! Let's write down all the stuff we know about Hyourinmaru!!" coaxed Abarai
"alright!! Let's do this Renji!!" and with that said we got started on our project, Kaito Hyourinmaru, A.K.A me.
well this chapter is a bit long for me but what ever
couple of errors that i'm just a bit too lazy to get to now
aizen has made his appearance and as much as i hate him he is rly rly important to the plot so you and i have to deal with it
it hasn't really gotten iteresting yet but i promise the next chapter will hopefully have more hitsuhina and more mystery
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