An Unknown Occurrence

Hey guys, I think I'm addicted to water and macaroni and cheese. O.o Anyway….Chapter 4, yes, the fourth chapter. =D


Chapter 4: Red Snake

The recent event had left my mind spiraling. We were just four regular girls attending school like we should, nothing big ever really happened. Until now. This was more than big, I couldn't describe it. I sat, Indian-style in the middle of my inner world. The red sky seemed brighter than other times. I focused on a nearby rock, studying every crease and the outline itself. I saw a swift clothing essential and glanced upward to see…Kifune? His hair was matted, and his skin was pale. Deep dark circle like figures had formed under his eyes, and the only way I could positively identify him was by his jade eyes.

"Kifune…" I whispered.

I forced myself to walk over to him. His eyes followed me, and I wrapped my arms around him. His lifeless features seemed no more alive, and my mind spun with frustration. I peered into his eyes. He stared back.

"Bounts."

Hearing the word blurred my vision slightly, my foot slipped and Kifune caught me.

"They are after me?" I expected.

"Your friends." He replied.

My jaw dropped a bit and my eyes widened. It was as if it were okay if they were after me. But my friends…that's a different story. What was this peculiar sense of plunging down into the darkest abyss? The feeling you receive when about to fall out of your bed at night. Fear. It was all around me, it was as though I could smell it. My mind screamed at me to protect. My body was crying, and begging for mercy. I was stuck between pounding the bounts senseless, or staying absent.

The Bounts are a group of humans that live by consuming human souls, with the exception of Shinigami and Quincy souls in which increase a bount's abilities. Bounts have these three professions: Soul Absorption, Immortality, and Empowerment.

I hurried to school; worry was crawling underneath my skin. Dangerous possibilities polluted my mind; I ran to my locker. I exchanged my books, making sure to grab anything necessary. I closed my locker noisily and escaped into my empty classroom. I was usually the first person to arrive in homeroom.

I stared at the doorway, mind drifting off on vacation. I was at the beach sitting on the sand. The waves moved constantly, and turned white when they clashed together. The beach was deserted, and seemed extremely quiet. I opened my eyes to see a familiar guy. No, this guy wasn't familiar. I knew him. Abaraii Renji.

The first uncanny thought that popped into my head was that of his hair. It had always been an unreal red color; it was the style that bewildered me. It was short. His onyx eyes scanned me in frustration. He could feel my spiritual energy. Did he know I was a shinigami? My face flushed at the thought, and I stuck my nose into my large library book, and ignored the eyes staring at me. I could feel his reiatsu. It was far more superior to my own, vice captain level to be precise. I concentrated on a single word that filled almost every page in the book I held. This word was 'and'. It combined two things together like glue. I felt a pencil poke my shoulder, and looked behind me. Cold black circles scanned my face. Renji had taken a seat behind me, most likely to assume I was safe. His facial muscles seemed complex, I never imagined seeing him so detailed. He was covered in exotic tatoos. His whole body looked rough and overworked, and he seemed to be the only one at school with no sign of slumping shoulders.

"Are you a shinigami?" I heard him whisper behind me.

"Are you Abaraii Renji?" I said smugly.

I heard him lean back into his chair and mutter something. He was from an anime I had grown fond of. Bleach. How could he even exist? Curiosity seeped into my brain. Was he here because of the Bounts, or my friends and I? I would have to gain his trust before asking him such hit and miss questions. I knew his identity, which had to confuse him.

My friends walked into the classroom, and Renji peered at them with dark eyes. If he attacked us, I wouldn't be able to do anything about it. I'd be pinned down along with my friends, and maybe even killed. I saw Lorry glance at him, as if she knew him. This was no surprise; she had watched a majority of Bleach too.

"Are they shinigami?" He asked quietly in a tone they could not hear.

"Are you here because of the Bounts?" I consented, ignoring his questions.

Sadly he ignored mine too, we weren't getting anywhere. During homeroom Renji was introduced to the class. I could see the students giving him weird looks as he walked back to his seat, even the teacher made a face. The bell rung, announcing our first class to begin. Renji was in it. I growled when he sat next to me and recited his previous questions. He worked more diligently than I expected. He had just gotten into the class, and already aced a test he didn't study for. Lucky him. By this time, I had come to the conclusion that he didn't know that Carla, Lucy, Lorry and me were here.

As the day continued, it seemed he had approximately every class with me. The feeling of eyes making patterns on your back was disturbing. For all he knew, I could be just some regular girl with high spiritual pressure. But it could be that he wanted to protect me from hollows? I looked behind me and shot a defiant stare at him.

"Why are you following me? Go follow one of my friends." I said, slight annoyance in my voice.

"I'm following you? I have all of my classes with you." He chuckled.

I sighed; my veins were bending towards another with anger. He stared at me with pure amusement.

The bus pulled out of the parking lot in front of the school. I felt all my thoughts expand with relief. Of course, being on the bus was noisy, and would be anything but a happy place. But I felt tranquil, in spite of the trash talk all around me.

My eyes were fixed on the seat ahead of me. My eyes made confusing patterns of advance shapes printed on the thick material. I saw minor movement behind me, and turned my head to see Renji. He rode my bus too? My eyes widened as I saw the boy in the seat beside of me willingly stick his leg in the walkway.

"Renji!" I shouted grabbing his arm.

I was too late. He toppled onto the floor with a large thud. I looked at him sympathetically. He glared at me, and I blinked. Why was he furious at me? He stood up quickly and trudged over to the bus driver. I did not hear much, but I heard the words 'trip' and 'blonde'. After that he marched off the bus. I saw the driver cast a glimpse at me. She moved her hand in a motion that said 'come here'. The bus had not started moving yet, so I walked down the aisle and blinked at her. Her eyebrows covered her eyes in a distinct angry manner.

"You're walking home." She said with venom in her words.

"Huh?" I said blinking repeatedly in puzzlement.

"Get off the bus, you walking home." She scolded.

I walked back to my seat and grabbed my things, the boy that tripped Renji grinned mischieviously behind me, and flipped me off.

The teacher watched me as I got off the bus, and started walking. As the bus drove past me I heard various children laughing and pointing at me. I stopped and spotted Renji.

"Hey! Renji!" I said crossing the road, gripping my book bag.

"What?!" He said angrily.

"You know I wasn't the one who tripped you, right?" I said holding back tears of unwanted judgment.

"Yeah, whatever." He said, his attention on the ground.

"Why did you come here?" I asked pursing my lips together. I had a headache.

"None of your business." He retorted.

"Oh, I think it might as well be my business." I said thumping his ear.

"Are you a shinigami?!" He grimaced.

"Yes, what are you here for?!" I questioned.

"You were exact. The Bounts." He said, but said no more and walked away.

The walk to my house was supposed to be short lived. But everything I saw seemed to catch my undivided interest. Only one thing really stuck out though. While walking I spied a green sphere. It was about the size of a wadded up chewing gum wrapper. Honestly it looked like a little green pill. Aren't Viagra pills blue? I stuck the green sphere into my pocket, I would inspect this later…

To Be Continued…


Well…. That is chapter 4. It took a while, but I had writers block. I'm all good now.

Oh, and Renji is now in the story! Imma go quarrel with him now 3 Bastard doesn't know his place :0 Grawr xD