Keigo (Asano) – An over-reactive classmate, who uses overdramatic movements to act out his feelings.
Bleach Fan Fiction ~ The Glass Portal To Another World
Segment 4: Box
There were only a few rooms in that small house in the middle of a jungle, so they split the boys and girls up into two rooms.
"Eh?" Ichigo asked. "Inoue's alone." He gave Inoue a thumbs up. "Don't worry, Inoue. Maybe Uryuu can come with you. He's girly enough."
"Hey!" Ishida exclaimed.
"I volunteer!" Kon shouted. "I'll take on the bold request of sharing rooms with sweet Inoue! That way, I can bury myself in her bosom happily!"
Ichigo grabbed Kon, who squeaked, and yelled in his face, "I don't trust you, you creeper! You're going to do bad things to her while we're not looking, aren't you?"
"Eww…" Kon groaned when Ichigo dropped him on the floor. "Ichigo spit in my face."
"It's okay, everyone," Inoue spoke up. "It's just a room. I won't be lonely. I'll be all right."
"Okay, if you say so," Ichigo said. "I claim the bed!" he shouted running towards the room. He paused when he was standing next to Chad. He leaned over and whispered, "No, actually, you can have the bed, Chad. Just don't let Uryuu have it."
"Hey, I can hear you!" Uryuu shouted. "I'm not deaf."
"All right, everyone," Ryuuji said and walked in, trembling. "Hurry up. I don't want my nightmare to be revived."
Inoue nodded and closed the room to her room behind her. "Will I… be a burden again?" she asked herself. "Will I cause them to get hurt defending me?" She shook her head. "No, I can't let that happen. I have to become strong."
Ichigo and the other men had settled themselves in that room while Ryuuji left. "Ah, the floor feels so good!" Ichigo exclaimed gratefully, lying on the floor. He suddenly heard a ringing and assumed it was the rabbit ears, since that world seemed to not have anything like electronics and phones. He reached into his pocked and pulled it out. A screen appeared, and the rabbit ears projected Kisuke's image on the wall.
"So," Kisuke started cheerfully. "Have you found our dear Rukia yet?"
"Give me that," Uryuu said and grabbed the rabbit ears out of Ichigo's hands.
"Ah! Uryuu-kun!" Kisuke said with a bright tone. "So you're going to answer the question for-"
"Of course we haven't found Rukia!" Uryuu exploded. "That woman said that Rukia is on the other side of the world. That's a few thousand miles away. And there aren't any convenient transportation vehicles here so we're going to take a long time to get there."
"Why'd that woman have to tell you?" Kisuke asked.
"So… you knew that too?" Uryuu inquired. "You knew? Does that mean you sent us to this specific location on purpose?" He looked angry.
"Uryuu, smoke is coming out of your ears," Chad stated, pointing and plugging his nose. "It smells bad."
"Yes, it was on purpose," Kisuke replied. "Now don't cry, Uryuu-kun. I need you to give the box that will appear in front of you to Ryuuji's grandmother. Tell her not to open it. It'll make her want to open it more."
"So should she open it or not?" Uryuu asked.
"I don't care," Kisuke said. "Just go along with whatever she does. Now, go to sleep and give it to her tomorrow morning.
"You're a weirdo," Uryuu said.
"I know," Kisuke said, grinning. "I'm surprised you guys are already this stressed out. Look at Ichigo. He's getting tense and awkwardly cheerful. And Chad's peace is constantly being disturbed. Inoue is probably tense too. And this is just the first day. It'll be entertaining to see how you guys survive on this trip."
"Shut up," Uryuu snapped, annoyed.
"So…" Kisuke started. "I'll see you tomorrow, my little rabbits!" The screen that showed Kisuke disappeared and Ichigo shoved both the box and the rabbit ears into his pocket.
"It'll be kind of hard getting used to having you guys around all the time," Ichigo stated.
"Yeah," Chad agreed quietly.
"Who wants to sleep with the cowardly lion?" Ichigo asked, threw Kon up into the ceiling and caught him. "Maybe Chad will, since he loves cute things. Would you mind, Chad?"
"No," Chad responded.
"Then it's decided," Ichigo said.
"Hehe," Kon laughed. "How are you two doing on the cold floor while I'm on this warm bed?"
"Fine," Uryuu replied. "We're doing fine. Did you expect us to overreact?"
"I wonder how Rukia's doing," Ichigo stated.
"Why do you keep changing the subject, Ichigo?" Kon asked.
"I'm sorry," Ichigo apologized. "There's just been a lot on my mind lately, like Rukia and the time in this world. How does the world interference come later in this world when the time in this world is faster than in our world?"
"Is that all?" Uryuu asked.
"No," Ichigo responded. "There's Inoue too. Is she thinking that she's a burden again? Is Tatsuki looking for her? Is Keigo doing all right?"
"Why Keigo?" Kon asked. "You could be worrying about some other classmate instead."
"Maybe if you get some sleep your mind will be more cleared," Uryuu stated and turned over in his mattress.
There was a silence.
"About Rukia," Chad started. "She's fine. Before we left, Urahara-san told me she has lots of time."
***
"BWAHAHAHAHA!!!!" Grandma laughed. "He gives me a box and tells me not to open it. How stupid!"
The sun had only halfway risen when they gave her the box, which she opend right away. They waited for a moment for something to come out of the box, but Grandma just sat there, waiting, and didn't reach her hands into the box. After a few seconds of waiting, a black light poured out.
"Why do I feel as if someone opened Pandora's box?" Uryuu complained as he listen to Grandma's evil laughing.
"AHHH!!!" the box screamed.
"No!" Kon exclaimed, frightened. "THIS JOURNEY WILL TURN INTO A HORROR STORY!!!"
"That's Keigo's voice," Ichigo shouted.
Surely enough, Keigo came flying out of the box onto where Ichigo, Uryuu, and Chad were sitting. Inoue was sitting on the other side of the table.
"Ichigooo!!!" Keigo whined. "Where am I? Why am I here? I was buying drinks from the vending machine until this guy with a hat and sandals sucked me up into this purple thing! Then I came here!"
"Of all people," Uryuu started, "why this annoying brat? Why did Urahara-san pick him instead of Tatsuki or something? How is this weakling going to help us?"
"You have no right to say anything, four-eyes!" Keigo shouted, overreacting.
"There's a weird power coming from this box," Grandma said mysteriously. "And I hear voices! They telling me, 'Use this power to give the weaklings abilities.' Yes! I shall listen to them! Ichigo, I give you holy powers and the heavenly sword."
"That is so out of character for Ichigo," Keigo stated, thinking that this was some role-playing game. "This game is screwed."
"To Chad, I give an arm of strength and an arm of kindness."
"Sado's already strong enough," Keigo commented. "He doesn't need that."
"To Uryuu, I give a bow and arrows."
"Whoa! That suits him!" Keigo said, nodding. "I can see him doing that."
"To Keigo, I give the power to… hmm… how strange… the voices are telling me strange things about you…"
"What?" Keigo asked.
"To Keigo, I give the power to think."
"Yep, yep," Keigo nodded. He paused. "Wait. IS THAT SUPPOSED TO BE IN INSULT?!"
Ichigo hit Keigo on the head. "Why can't you be quiet for once?" he scolded.
"You!" Keigo shouted. "You hit me! How dare you hit me? Even my dad never hit me!"
"Your dad is really amazing," Uryuu said, whacking him in the back.
"You hit me too!" Keigo shouted.
Ichigo paused. "Grandma," he called. "What about Inoue?"
"Inoue doesn't need any powers," Grandma stated. "She can still use her previous powers in this world. She is a strange one." Grandma hesitated. "To Rukia, I give dark powers."
The box suddenly closed.
"Well, our powers here are pretty similar to what we had in the past," Uryuu said.
