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Resolutions
Rangiku woke up panting and shivering from her nightmare. She looked around relieved to see that she was in the safety of the shack. She slowly gathered herself up and walked around to Gin, who was still asleep.
"Gin…Gin." She whispered as she prodded him.
"Hm…huh?" Gin replied rubbing his eyes sleepily.
"Can I sleep with you for the rest of the night?"
He held out his arm without any other questions, and she snuggled in.
Gin woke to a light prodding to his side. Rangiku was hovering over him. It was still dark outside.
"Yer up 'ready?"
"I got a good night's sleep," She proclaimed cheerfully, "What are we doing today?"
"Don' know. What do ya wanna do?"
"Can we go into the forest again? I want to get better at fishing."
" This early?"
"You know what they all say. The fish are always better when caught early."
Gin wondered who they were, and who told her something so ridiculously erroneous.
"Yup." He said, sarcasm dripping from his words. But Rangiku didn't notice or rather, refused to show it.
Gin gathered himself and they took off into the woods. Then suddenly, Gin stopped running.
"What is it?" Rangiku asked.
Gin had spotted the bush again, and this time, it seemed to be further disturbed.
"Nothin'. He lied.
He resolved to distract the girl so that he could take a look.
"Ran-chan. How 'bout ya take a shot at it and surprise me when ya catch on. An' ill surprise ya with somethin' then." He suggested.
Rangiku nodded enthusiastically.
"Now ya musn' look to see where I'm goin else it won be a surprise."
She smiled and raced to the river, seemingly eager to please him. Gin made sure that he would still be in earshot if anything happened as he slowly moved toward the bush.
He spotted a broken twig and wondered who had been here. Could it only have been an animal? Gin carefully moved some of the leafy boughs aside, hoping to get a view without any disturbance. An opening was made in the bushes and he peered through curiously.
A group of men dressed in shinigami robes were kneeling before another. He at once recognized the three men. They were the ones. They were the ones that hurt Rangiku. Then, a glowing light appeared from a small wooden box another man carried. It instantly illuminated the area where they had gathered. The shining stone intrigued Gin. One of the kneeling men presented another stone, smaller and duller, to the man with the framed glasses. He's the leader… The grim looking man took it and dropped it over the other. A burst of sparks showered from the wooden case, threatening to catch flame.
At that moment, he made a resolution…
I'll kill him.
He discreetly withdrew from the bushes and stole away.
When Rangiku saw Gin leaving, she was immediately suspicious. She may be naïve at times, but she knew when someone was hiding something. But she decided to keep it to herself. She trusted Gin, and if he decided not to share that thing with her, it would be better if she didn't confront him about it.
Rangiku constantly thought of ways she could help Gin out. He always did everything around their home and for them. Recently she had been cleaning up the shack they lived in, but regretted not being able to do more.
'Might as well try for a fish.' She thought.
He reached the riverbank where Rangiku was still determinedly attempting at catching a fish. A few times she had captured one, but it had escaped. Gin hid behind a large tree, observing her in amusement. Finally, she managed to spear one.
"Gin! Gin!…I caught one!" She called, "Gin?"
He stepped out from behind the tree and stood behind her.
"Boo!" He shouted as he placed his hands on her shoulder.
"Ahh!"
Gin laughed and was quite proud of himself until she turned around. It was quite obvious she didn't enjoy the stunt he pulled quite as much as he did.
"Gin! What was that!" She shouted in his face, fuming as she punched him in the arm.
"Hey, don' blame me! I warned ya." He said suppressing a chuckle, rubbing his right arm.
"And when was that!" She raved, still clearly angry.
"I 'old ya I was gonna giv ya a surprise when ya 'aught a fish."
She only glared at him
"Aw, com' on. Don' be like tha' Ran-chan." He complained.
Rangiku glared at him some more.
"Fine. Because I, the ever virtuous Matsumoto Rangiku, will forgive you…"
"I knew ya would."
"…on one condition!" She continued
Gin raised an eyebrow, "An' wha may tha' be?"
"You must…do three things I say. No matter what they are." She declared.
"An' they are?"
Rangiku frowned, seemingly in deep speculation, then she said, "Well…I haven't decided yet. But when I do, you have to remember that you must to anything I ask."
"Sure." He said with feigned military respect.
"Why do you always have to annoy me so much? I swear I could leave one day." She asked him, half talking to herself.
"Nah, but ya'd miss me too much." He teased her.
She rolled her eyes. But he knew that secretly, she agreed with him, and it would be the same for him as well. And that was when they both truly realized how much they had grown on each other, just in these few short days.
