Chapter 4: An Unplesant Dream
Ugh, sorry for taking a long time to update. There's like three computers in my house and they ALL crashed! Well, two crashed and the third one is simply acting stupid. But I'm here with the chapter four anyway! Be happy. And oh, this new monster thing; the only thing I can resemble it to is that dog hound creature from the first Hellboy. The only difference between the two is that my dog hound is much bigger and it can stand on its hind legs. So...... yeah.
Um, back to the story. ^_^
"I'm fine. It just hurts. Really bad." Hitomi goranded, slowly unraveling the bandages on her shoulder. Izuru made a slight face for everytime that she winced in pain.
"Captain... If you don't mind, could you check how does the back view look like?" Hitomi asks, rubbing the back of her neck.
Kira wasn't the squeamish type but, he wasn't sure if he was comfortable looking at Misori's bruises and everything. Although, Hitomi had repeatedly told him that none of this was his fault, he still puts the blame on himself.
"Um, y-yeah. Sure." He turns her around and takes a look at the huge gash that was left on her back. Izuru yet again makes a face, looking at how terrible the bite looks.
"It healed a bit. Thousgh, it needs more time to completely heal."
Misori heaves a sigh and recovers the shoulder with fresh bandages. "Well... I think I can get back to work now."
"Absolutely not, Hitomi." He says, completely against her suggestions.
"Why not? My shoulder's gonna heal just fine whether I lay in this room or not."
After fixing herself up, Misori grabs her zampakuto and rests it on her right side.
"I'm going back to work." Before Izuru got a chance to say anything, she was already walking towards the exit.
"You're staying here." Izuru pressed, already behind her and pulling her back by the waist.
Suddenly, Hitomi's body temperature rose, just by having him so close.
"Are you going to disobey your captain's order??" Izuru questions, his breath tickling her neck.
"Alright, alright." She tursn to him. Her red-brown eyes met with his true blue eyes.
"Ha, you're cute, Captain."
The slightest hint of red appears upon Izuru's face." You can't call me that."
"Why not?" She asked, running her hand in his hair. He frowns a bit. "Stop. What if someone sees us, Hitomi?"
But Misori laughs and rests her hands behind his neck. "No one is going to see us, Izuru."
His brow goes up slightly. "D-Did you just call me Izur--"
Poor Kira was stopped short when his dear lieutenant gives him a kiss.
"Hitomi! Are you all r---" The door swings open and Renji appears. Instantly, Izuru and Hitomi pushed each other away as quickly as possible. Shocked, Renji tried to think of something to say.
"I-I should've knocked--"
"It's all right... I-I was just leaving." Izuru suddenly says. Without another word, he leaves the room.
Afterwards the room sat very still. The odd silence made this whole situation very awkward. Misori tried to think of some sort of explaination. But is there really any excuse for what Renji had saw?
"So... you and Izuru..." Renji started to say.
"You can't tell anyone about what you saw, Renji--"
"Relax. I'm not going to tell anyone. You're my friend."
The look of relief settles on her face. Renji smiles and puts his hand on her left shoulder.
"Ow!" She yelps in pain.
"Crap. My bad." He says, taking his hand off of her without hesitation.
"So, how are you feeling? Are you leaving here today?"
"No, I'm staying here a while longer. My captain wants me to stay here longer..... Stupid dog; biting an innocent girl like me." She complains, once again rubbing her injured shoulder. Now that Misori thinks about it, this bite of hers was really hurting. It made her feel infected.
"He must really like you... that lucky bastard." Renji comments.
Hitomi smiles genuinely. "I guess so. But... he's like a little baby."
Renji makes a face. "A baby? Uh, you lost me."
She laughs and takes a seat on her bed. "What I mean is, he's so gentle with everything. He's loyal and... ugh, it's hard to explain... I guess the easiest way for me to explain this is that I feel like the man in our relationship and he's the woman."
Renji cracks a laugh. "Ha, ha! That may be true but don't let his difference fool you. Izuru's not weak."
"I know." She added, remembering how fast Izuru came to her, that day since the invasion.
The short silence was broken when the grumbling sound of someone's stomach growled. "Ha, ha. Sorry. I haven't eaten in days." Hitomi says, abashed.
"Wake up, sleepyhead!" The sound of a girl's voice bothered Hitomi from her slumber. Slowly opening her eyes, a burst of colors surrounded her. On guard, she sat up quickly. Her eyes observed her surroundings, realizing that she wasn't in the bed she was sleeping in. Instead, she found herself laying on the ground of a field, covered with fall leaves.
"Where the hell am I?" Hitomi thought, standing to her feet.
"Hey, over here! Behind you!" Again, a very familiar voice calls out. Hitomi turns quickly. There, stood a girl with short black hair and red eyes.
"Y-You! You're that girl!" Hitomi says, grabbing for her zampakuto. Reaching for it, she felt nothing on her hip.
The girls giggles loudly. "Oh, no. We're you trying to hurt me? I can't allow you to do that, now. You should be glad my little Soosha isn't here."
"What do you want from me?" Misori snaps.
The girl stands there, her hands behind her back. "I just wanna talk... about your shoulder... Does it hurt?"
Misori bites her bottom lip. She didn't know what to do. Answering this girl's question wasn't going to make her feel any more comfortable either. Al she could do is stand there, hoping this is all a dream.
"Fine. You don't have to say anything to me. I already know that it hurts. A lot. Do you wanna know why it hurts so bad?"
"..."
"DO YOU??" The girl's voice sounded annoyed.
"Dammit, what do you want from me?"
Her girl sighs loudly and grabs Misori her collar.
"Now you listen to me very well, Hitomi Misori. Don't let my size fool you. I'm trying to help you, idiot! Now, you want to know why that pain in your shoulder hurts so bad or NOT?"
Shocked at this little girl's strength to bring her to her knees, she finally answers the girl.
"Yes, tell me!"
The satisfied look on the girl's voice gave Hitomi the chills.
"Okay. Firstly, you've been poisoned. It's something tha Soosha likes to do once and a while. After the poison runs through your body, you'll slowly start to turn."
"T-Turn? Into what?" Hitomi asked, scared.
"Silly! What do you think? You turn into his little pet. Isn't that fun!" The girls says, laughing loudly.
Misori couldn't believe it. This couldn't be true. It's all too much to be possible. She shuts her eyes hoping that she'll wake up in bed.
But this couldn't be a dream, could it---
[Misori's POV]
"Aaahh!!" I sat up from my sleep. It was a dream after all. That stupid girl. Ugh! My heart couldn't stop racing. Was I scared? I was even breathing uneven.
"Lieutenant Misori, are you all right?" Someone yelled out at me. My wide eyes turned to my right, now noticing that there was a Division Four soul reaper standing there. How did I not notice this boy beside me?
"U-Um, yes. I'm all right. I had a bad dream." How old was I dreaming about stupid stuff?
"Do you need anything, Lieutenant?" The boy says, running his hand in his hair.
"No, I'm fine. Um, may I ask what you are doing here?" I asked him. He looks at me, somewhat confused. Did I say something wrong?
"This is my job. I've been assigned to watch over you occasionally." Even though the room was pretty dark, I could still see this boy's bright yellow eyes.
"Oh. Is it too much to ask what your name is?"
The boy finally steps close enough for me to see his face. He had golden eyes and very dark brown hair. He was very pretty. "I'm Akira Shimatsu."
Hm, never heard of him. But, there's lots of people I don't know here. Let's be serious here. Do I really need someone to watch over me? It's not like I was poisoned. Ugh, the word poison repeated in my head. It reminded me too much of my horrible dream. What really bothers me is that I'm not sure if that whole talk with that red eyed girl was real or not. It was too vivid to not be real. Yet, I can't forget that I was dreaming.
"Are you ok? You seem hungry."
I shook my head out of my trance, almost missing what Akira was saying to me. "I haven't eaten in a long time so I don't mind eating. Is it too much to ask for, at this time of the night?"
"No, not at all. Your orders are to be done." I blinked a few times. He leaves the room and I was alone again. The sharp pain in my shoulder bothered me again. Damn, it hurts! Where's my captain when I need him? It felt better when he's here with me. But I knew that he must be exhausted with paperwork. Not to mention, worrying about me everyday isn't helping. Makes me wonder what is he doing right now.
He's probably sleeping at his desk.
"Are you happy about something?"
"Ah! O-Oh! Akira, you scared me." Again, I didn't ntoice that he was there. Pretty freakin fast for a kid.
"Oh. Sorry." He hands me a saucer of ricecakes and a cup of tea. The tea smelled really good. Too good maybe.
"So... you looked happy about something. Like you weren't injured at all." He says to me.
"It's nothing." I took a sip from my cup afterwards. Yeah, it was good. Sooner or later, I was going to want more.
"Are you in love?"
I almost choked when I heard Akira suddenly says that to me. I placed the cup down and I gave him a look. It was like a switch clicked when I looked at him.
"Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to ask such a rude question. I didn't mean to pry."
I wasn't angry at him. It was just strange that he would ask such a question. My eyes felt heavy all over again. "Um. I'm going to sleep, ok? So, you can go if you like, Akira."
"I'll stay until you fall asleep." I lay back into my pillow. I gave the boy one last look before I fell back to sleep. Let's just hope that this time I don't fall back into another bad dream.
A/N: Sry, I think I rusehd throught this one. I couldn't help but to let Hitomi speak from her POV. At least it's not in bold and confusing as it was before. I thought this chapter was pretty slow but..... whatever. I'm still open for advice. A little compliments would be nice too. ^_^
