Chapter 4 Chess Game
I sat in their living room, quite awkwardly and watched Ichigo's sister, i now know to be called, "Yuzu", make dinner.
"So," Isshin finally spoke after a pregnant silence.
"You're the new child prodigy teacher?"
"Yes, I am."
"What subject do you teach?" He questioned
"Oh, I teach science and chemistry."
"Well, if that's the case, you should know what happens when a teacher gets involved with his students. Karin's young and in the springtime of her youth, if you want to get into a-"
"KNOCK IT OFF DAD!" Karin yelled from another room.
"Geeze, she's already awake!"
"YEA, AND YOU'RE LUCKY I AIN'T IN THERE 'CAUSE I WOULD OF BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF YOU!" She roared.
I heard foot steps until finally Karin was at the door way, in a t-shirt with shorts, her two feet spread out and her hands on her hips.
"Why're you still here anyway?" She looked at me suspiciously.
"Your family invited me for dinner, and it was nearly impossible to deny the invite."
She stared at me and then came over to her dad and smack him in the back of the head. (Goodness, she was violent!)
"Dad, he's my teacher, he's not my boyfriend, good god!" She shrieked
He looked like he was bowing down to her, "Please forgive me."
Her legs where parted and she was staring down at him, then her angry gaze turned to me. I flinched.
She bit her lip and snagged my hand away,
"I need to talk to you." She stated, tugging me off somewhere.
In the hall way she let go of my wrist and turned around.
"Why isn't the hollow gone?"
My eyes widened, she can tell I didn't dispose of it!
"I can feel it, it's still here, why didn't you get rid of it?"
I looked at her. How can she sense a hollow I can't even detect?
"I lost it.."
"What are you talking about? How could you have lost it, I can feel its aura, it's so close, why can't you hear it?!"
"I can't hear it."
"What do you mean?"
I heard rustling and glass breaking in Ichigo's room. Someone yelled,
"FINE THEN, IF YOU WANTED TO BE ALONE YOU COULD HAVE JUST TOLD ME!"
and
"Rukia! What's the hell, stop throwing stuff at me!! It's no big deal I just think I should go check it out."
"YOU LIE!"
Karin and I looked at each other and then waited until the noise when silent. We then proceeded to venture into his room.
Rukia was sitting on the bed (that was snapped in half) crying. She had a broken lamp beside her and the wood floor was stained with scratches. The window was open and Ichigo's body was on the floor. The mod soul stuffed animal was sitting on it like it had just won a prize.
"Rukia? What happened?" Karin rushed over to Rukia.
"He-he says there's-there's a-" She took a deep broken breath.
"A hollow, He-he wanted to g-go see it. But- I don't sense any Hollow.." She started to break down crying and she fell in Karin's lap. Karin stroked her head.
"There, there."
"He probably wants to be alone, and I can understand that, but why does he have to lie to me?"
Karin looked at me as if to say, what's-going-on?
I get it! Ichigo and Karin's spiritual energy is fused with the barrier of the town. When they are a part of the spiritual mass that masks the town, they can sense, even from the farthest reaches of the town, where a hollow is! When Karin got upset because she was trying to protect my gigai, her spiritual energy started to spill out, making the barrier thicker, and jamming my senses even more. Could this mean that I could do nothing to fight hollows without her?
"Karin, I need to talk to you."
I explained to her everything I had figured out.
"I need your help, Karin."
"Well, why can't you get Ichigo to do it?" She whispered
Rukia started to whine, "DON'T SAY HIS NAME!" and she curled up in a ball on the bed.
"Right.."
"On one condition, then." she demanded
"Condition?"
"I want to become a Soul Reaper too!" she stated
"A WHAT?!"
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Unless she died, Karin would never become a soul reaper. Never the less, I needed her, so I lead her to believe she could become one, and that i'd train her to do so.
After school I met Karin in my classroom and she sat down at a desk. I took out a chess set from my drawer and sat next to her. She leaned to the side like I was some type of creature she didn't want to touch.
"This will teach you strategy."
"Why don't we start with combat?" She questioned
"We both know your skills in combat are far more developed then your strategy alone. This will probably end up being your down fall if you don't get to work and start making plans for attack." I explained
"Do you know how to play chess?"
"Sure, my mom and I used to play it." She stated.
I heard some whispers and I looked at the door. Leaning on the door, where the eyes of nearly every girl in the school. They where all smudged in the class room windows. And when i turned to look the other way, they where there too!
"PROFESSOR LIKES KUROSAKI!" one girl screamed, while talking to another. She and her friend imediately ran off the playground and squished up against the door to watch me.
"GET OUT'A HERE!" Karin screamed shaking her fist in the air. All the girls quickly stepped back.
Karin turned around and sat back down next to me.
"Look, i'm going to be honest. Strategy has always been my weakness, and that's probably how it is going to stay."
Never the less we procided to play our first game.
She made one play and slid the chess board over to me like saying, "I really don't like playing this."
I made my play and pushed the chessboard back to the center, so she could move her piece.
She made another move, and then again slid the chess board away.
We did this five times until I finally made my play and forcefully moved the chessboard all the way on her side. I would have exspected her to move, but she didn't she leaned back in her place. For a moment, we where face to face, and I could feel her warm breath on my face. She was frowing and blushing.
"Checkmate."
I leaned back up and let go of the chess piece.
"You need to concentrate better. I stood up and walked out of the room.
Of course..For a moment... I was distracted too...
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Author's Notes:
Well, there you go. Not as much humor as the last few chapter, but I can promise you, the next chapter will be so funny, you'll have to stop reading it for a bathroom break.
Thanks to all reviewers for the previous chapter:
ShikallllTema--- It is a small world!
RosieLEK --- :) My loyal reviewer!
Alerters to thank:
CrosZ-- Does your pen name refer to Yuuki and Zero from VK?
Favorite Story adders to thank:
GabsGen-- I no not who you are, but i love you just the same!
Author's Conferences with charaters:
Momo: Shiro-chan is gonna be a father!
Author: WOO HOOO!
Toshiro: Ok, i just came out of the nut hut, don't make me want to go back in.
Rukia:
*is stomping on Ichigo, who is lying on the ground* YOU STUPID IDIOT!
DON'T YOU EVER GO GETTING ARRESTED AGAIN!
Karin: WOW, that's surprising coming from a pregnate lady, i mean, you'd yell at him, but you really are abusing him.
Ichigo, see what I mean? Good luck, Toshiro
Karin: Well, i'm not gonna be the hormonal mother watching sappy love stories, I can tell you that.
Three months later
Karin: OH WHY! WHY DID ROMEO KILL HIMSELF! OHH!
Toshiro: *is chained to the bed and being forced to watch Romeo and Juliette for the 5th time in a row!* why....
To be continued
