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I wrote chapter 6 along with this chapter so I get to present you with TWO new chapters all in one go! Aren't I amazing?
(Truth be told I didn't post this chapter amazingly fast because life kind of got in the way and I needed a tad of a break….so I suppose this is my way of making it up to you guys by writing and posting two at once.)
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CHAPTER FIVE
Somewhere in Karakura town….
"A cockatiel that's cursed?" a boy questioned
"Uhuh, apparently all of the people that have owned this bird have gotten into these really terrible situations and died." Another said uncertainly as a bead of sweat rolled down his cheek.
"Woah, are you serious? That's not a good sign." Replied the boy
"Hey Shigeo, you wanna take him?" asked the boy
"So please, tell me, just how stupid do I look to you?" Shigeo answered curtly.
"Here's an idea Harutoki, why don't you set him free or dump him some place?" He added
"Well that would be too cruel." Replied Harutoki
"Well how about you chad? Whadda you say?" he insisted
Chad sat quietly as Harutoki lifted up the cage to chad "Isn't he cute?"
"Hey knock it off; you know chad's got a weakness for cute things." Shigeo countered
Unbeknownst to the three boys, a large unstable metal beam began to slide off the side of the construction site, of which was right above them. The bird suddenly started squawking madly and flapping its wings, finally as the beam fell the two boys screamed out in terror.
I yawned loudly as the lunch bell had just rung, I opened the door to the top of the roof where occasionally Orihime, Tatsuki, Keigo, Mizuiro or Ichigo hung out. Recently I began to hang out with some of the boys more as I thought I needed a few guy friends…or at least a break from the usual gossip within the girl group. Contrary to popular belief, not all girls liked talking about boys all day. Although I'd admit, Keigo was a pervert. But at least he was funny, and thankfully I wasn't Mizuiro's 'type' as he apparently liked older women.
It was amazing that I had only been here a little while and yet I felt as though I'd been here years, I suppose being introduced to all the girls and some of the boys really expanded my friendship group, not to mention I hung out with some of them after school. I always enjoyed the fact that they made me feel a part of the group, despite not being there very long.
I walked up to Ichigo, Rukia and Mizuiro to hear "Does it really look like we're chummy?" Ichigo said in annoyance
I blinked in confusion as I stood beside Mizuiro "What exactly is going on?"
Mizuiro smiled and turned to me "Rukia and Ichigo appear to be pretty close don't they?"
I placed a finger to my chin "They do spend a lot of time together but that doesn't necessarily mean that they're on…'close terms'"
"Yea but," Mizuiro held one finger up, a matter-of-factly pose he often used. "People are gonna talk, and if they talk enough, people are gonna think that you're they're an item."
I sighed as I sat down "Mizuiro you do make a pretty good point, as always…"
Ichigo huffed in annoyance "Whatever, if I really cared what people think then I would've dyed my hair black a long time ago."
"Yea that's true." Mizuiro replied
"That'd be interesting." I mumbled as I ate.
"Not gonna happen." Ichigo said as he poked a hole in his juice box with an irritated look on his face.
I held my hands up defensively "Gee calm down dude, just sayin."
My eyes turned to Rukia as she stood a little ways away, seemingly trying to figure out the mechanics of the juice box that she held in her hand.
"So this is the straw, its short…but now I have to know, where do I poke it?" Rukia muttered to herself as she tried to learn 'the art of opening a juice box'
I sighed, that was something I'd been doing a lot lately as Mizuiro's attention was diverted to Rukia.
"Hi there, how you doin?" Mizuiro said.
I placed a hand to my head, fearing a headache coming on. I swear he hadn't even begun flirting with her and my head hurt. Honestly everything exhausted me lately, probably because of everything that had happened since moving to Japan.
"Why hello there! You're um…Mizuiro?" Rukia said, donning a sweet act.
I resisted the urge to roll my eyes, I still knew that Rukia was acting and that there was something off about her, but now that my memory was so fuzzy of that night at Orihime's I couldn't remember. Now that I thought about it, I was certain I saw Rukia and Ichigo there….but I couldn't be sure…
Mizuiro chuckled "That's me. I guess we haven't been properly introduced, I'm Mizuiro Kojima. I really like-"
"Picking up chicks" Ichigo interrupted.
Mizuiro looked surprised "Ah! Ichigo that's not cool!"
"Watch it, he may look like a dork but he's a real player. Seriously" Ichigo said to Rukia.
I held back a snort, it was such a comical moment, as I watched Mizuiro pulling the puppy dog eyes while Ichigo looked very annoyed and Rukia, being too busy with her juice box.
"Cut it out! You'll permanently damage my reputation!" Mizuiro exclaimed unhappily
I snickered from where I sat "What reputation?"
Ichigo nodded "Exactly."
Mizuiro shook his head "C'mon Ichigo, you know older women are more my style."
"Like I said Rukia, watch this one." Ichigo said without missing a beat.
They both looked over to Rukia who was trying to find the hole in the juice box, I sighed
"Rukia." I called
She looked up from momentarily stabbing the juice box.
"Poke the straw through the top where the silver bit is." I tried to explain simply.
Rukia looked back at it in annoyance "What silver bit?!"
Ichigo sighed "Ah just forget it."
Not a moment later Keigo burst through the door, he almost dropped his food once he saw Rukia.
"What's this?! Rukia Kuchiki the hot new transfer student is here with you guys? How did that happen?" Keigo asked in a rush, running up to stand beside Rukia.
I sighed again, which was happening too frequently for my liking. Keigo and Mizuiro combined were just too exhausting; I had no idea why I even hung out with them sometimes.
Mizuiro pointed to Ichigo "Ichigo was the one who picked her up, he's the one who brought her here."
"Huh?! I did not!" Ichigo yelled in frustration.
Keigo panicked "Ichigo did?! Ha what a guy!" Keigo said, crying tears of happiness as he sent Ichigo a thumbs up.
"Well I guess, it's really no big deal." Ichigo muttered.
"Try convincing them of that." I said, pointing my chopsticks at Keigo and Mizuiro
Ichigo groaned "It's pointless."
Keigo had tears pooling down his face as he saluted "Greetings! I'm Keigo Asano, welcome lovely lady to this garden of manliness!" he introduced.
"Uh hello…." Rukia said unsurely
"Hey! Why wasn't I formally welcomed into this garden of manliness!?" I yelled in the background.
"Apparently you're not special enough." Mizuiro said, turning to me
An irk mark appeared on my head "Oh I'm plenty special."
"You certainly haven't proved anything yet." He said whilst Keigo was running around screaming about a lunch party.
I growled "How about I kick your ass to mars, you can see how special I am from there."
Mizuiro sweat dropped and laughed nervously "okay, okay. I get it."
I continued with eating my lunch, ignoring Keigo as he went on about the lunch party and how it's 'the feeling that counts' I didn't even know why he bothered calling it that as they only had juice boxes and noodles.
Keigo approached Rukia once more "So Rukia, if you find yourself needing anything, you just call on me. I'm here for you." He said.
My eyebrow twitched "You know Keigo, you're never gonna pick up chicks when you talk like that."
He sent me a thumbs up with a wink "Sure I will! My manliness and beauty will get me anywhere!"
"Haha yea…beauty." I said sarcastically
Rukia's eyes lit up "oh? Great! Open this!" she exclaimed happily and held the juice box out to him.
My eyebrow twitched again, I can't believe these people…"No problem, your wish is my command!" Keigo said before he bumped into Chad who appeared out of nowhere.
"Hey chad." Ichigo greeted
I nodded my head towards chad, as he waved with a grunt.
"So chad, what's with the bandages?" Ichigo asked as he sat down.
"Yea you look pretty roughed up, you okay?" I asked in concern, it was true he had a few bandages but then again, this was chad we were talking about. He was probably able to pick up and throw a car without a sweat.
Keigo turned around to gaze in shock at Chad "Man what happened to you?"
"I had a mishap; a steel beam fell on my head." Chad said indifferently
…..
I choked on my food "A what?!"
Keigo stumbled back, also in shock "A steel beam?! Seriously?!"
Chad showed the palm of his hand to us as he continued "My hand got hurt when a motorcycle ran into me, the rider that hit me got beat up pretty bad. The force of the collision threw him off and he was knocked out. So I picked the guy up and carried him to the hospital."
"Well no wonder you were late to school!" Keigo exclaimed
"Sounds like you've had a rough day." I added, just hearing the explanation exhausted me.
"The only thing I'm wondering about is exactly what your body is made of." Ichigo said, I hummed in agreement.
Chad then gently placed down a cage that had a cockatiel in it, I hadn't even noticed it before. I gazed at the small white bird curiously, as Keigo questioned about the bird I couldn't help but stare into its eyes. It returned the stare.
My eyes widened at what I saw, pain. There was so much pain, sorrow and longing in this little birds eyes. But why? Why would this bird be so sad? I felt incredibly confused as I looked at the bird, I mean it was a bird, how could a bird look so scared and sad in the first place?
"My names Yūichi Shibata. It's nice to meet you. What's your name?" the bird suddenly spoke.
I gasped; I take it back. This couldn't be just a bird, no bird could speak like that. Cockatiel or not. It seemed as though Ichigo and Rukia had similar reactions while Keigo and Mizuiro remained oblivious.
"Wow that is amazing! I mean the way this bird can talk is phenomenal!" Keigo went on about how cool it was whilst Ichigo asked what I had been silently questioning.
"So Chad, where did you get this bird?" he asked
"Someone…..gave me him." Chad said after a long pause.
"Hold it right there! You're doing it again! You always cut your stories short! I want the details! Come on, spill it!" Keigo said, pointing an accusing finger at Chad
"That was the whole story." Chad confirmed.
I groaned in annoyance "Keigo, it's rude to point and by now you should know that Chad always does this. In fact you've known him longer than I have."
Keigo crossed his arms childishly "Well I apologize Miss Akigawa for wanting to know the details!" he said sarcastically, I rolled my eyes at this.
And then Keigo was off again to Chad about 'not speaking details'.
I tuned out Keigo's incessant whining, diverting my attention back to my lunch. In the corner of my eye I suspiciously watched Rukia and Ichigo converse seriously about something. I may not remember the occurrences of that night, hell they might've not even been there but I knew they were hiding something. I was just hoping that in this case for me it wouldn't be curiosity killed the cat, if so I was sure I would've been dead a long time ago.
I sighed in relief as I opened the door to my home, walking in with Asiah I was greeted by the lovely smell of food.
I felt about ready to collapse, everyone I hung out with was so exhausting, with the exception of Tatsuki, Ichigo, Rukia and Chad.
"Yame, Siah! You're back!" Ellie called excitedly from the table.
I nodded in greeting whilst Asiah waved, Marissa gazed up from the newspaper with a weary sigh.
"What's got you so worked up?" I asked as I took a seat at the table.
"Across the road." She said worriedly.
I raised an eyebrow "Would you kindly elaborate?"
She set the newspaper down beside her food "Across the road at the clinic, from the sounds of it it's quite busy over there. I heard there was a big car wreck close by."
I blinked "A car wreck?"
Yuji nodded "Four cars."
"Four?!" Asiah said in astonishment.
"That sure doesn't happen every day…" Ellie commented.
The family were engulfed in silence as they ate, the terrible news hung in the air. I wondered why all these accidents were happening? First Chad and now this? My eyes widened what if Chad was involved in the car crash as well? I had half a mind to get up now and run over there to check but I knew Mr. Kurosaki and the others would be able to handle it. Not only that, but it was really none of my business (even though I had a habit of being nosy regardless.)
"Good morning~" Yuji sang happily as I walked down the stairs quietly.
"Morning Yame!" Ellie called
I nodded at them both "Morning, where's Asiah?"
"He left already." Marissa answered, I gaped at her
"WITHOUT ME?! WHY?!"
Ellie sighed "You know you two don't have to be together ALL the time."
I waved my hand dismissively "yea I know, I know. But isn't that a bit odd?"
Yuji gasped "What if…..WHAT IF MY SON IS IN A RELATIONSHIP?!"
I groaned "he's not. Trust me."
Marissa shook her head "He said something about meeting up with his friends for a band meeting."
"My sons into music?!" Yuji stated in disbelief
I raised an eyebrow as I sat myself down at the table, digging into my food. "You didn't know that?"
My eyes glanced over to the clock on the wall, seeing the time my eyes widened "Oh my god why is everyone up super early?!" I asked in shock.
Ellie shrugged "Mum said something about time zones."
My eye twitched "Why would that only be happening now?"
Whilst it wasn't hours and hours earlier than school time, it was certainly far earlier than it would normally be by the time I left the house.
I sighed and grabbed my bag "Well despite how early it is I better go, see you all later." I said with a wave as I exited the house.
Walking down the street I had decided to take the long way because there was no way I was gonna arrive at school ridiculously early and wait hours, nor would I spend time with my brother or be able to go back to sleep.
I walked at a slow pace until I noticed Chad running towards me, he wasn't in school uniform like I'd expected him to be, and he was cradling the bird to his chest as he ran.
I abruptly stopped in my tracks as Chad came closer "Hey chad what are you-"
He grabbed my arm as he ran, pulling me along with him. I stumbled forward as I tried to match pace with him, what the hell was he doing anyway? Where were we going?
We soon rounded a corner and Chad slowed to a stop, letting go of my wrist. I looked up to him in surprise, my hands on my knees as I caught my breath. My body was not ready for this kind of exercise in the morning. "Chad, what's going-"
Suddenly a loud explosion came from where Chad had come from only moments ago.
"Did you hear that? What's going on over there?" he questioned monotonously.
"It's attacking her." The innocent voice of the bird known as Yūichi said.
"Hm?"
"It's that young lady who was chasing us before. The monster is attacking her right now, it's going to hurt her really bad." The bird said in worry.
My brows furrowed in confusion "You were being chased? And what do you mean monster-?"
Chad pushed the cage into my arms "Take him, keep him safe." He said.
I blinked before I took in what he said as he ran off around the corner and disappeared. "Wha- wait! Chad!"
Yūichi began to call out for chad, telling him not to go and that we was in danger, I knew I had to comfort the poor bird or at least try to take the subject off Chad, even though I was becoming increasingly confused.
I sighed and gazed down at the little bird whose eyes were filled with worry "What do you mean monsters?" I asked again.
Yūichi flapped his wings in urgency "Big scary monsters with white masks miss! You have to stay away from them!" my eyes widened as I remembered….there was one at Orihime's house! It had a snake body! And Ichigo was there too! I remembered now, I remembered it all.
"Miss we need to help him! He's in trouble!" Yūichi said in worry.
I shook my head from the daze as my memories continued to return, I remembered Rukia was the one who took them away. But I couldn't think about that right now, I needed to focus. I gazed down at the bird in unease "You mean Chad right? I don't know….how on earth would I be able to help him? Besides, that guy's made of steel, heck even tougher than that." I said comfortingly, I had a feeling in my gut that I was talking to a young boy, one who needed comforting and loving words even though I didn't believe the words myself.
I heaved a sigh and sat down, my back against the brick wall, clutching the cage to my chest. Now I had a feeling I'd be late to school, if only I went the shortest way or slept in….then again now wasn't the time to be worrying about school when lives were at risk. I wouldn't deny that I for once, craved a normal day at school. Then again nothing had been normal since the first day…
I exhaled deeply, closing my eyes as I rested her head against the brick wall behind me "Miss?" called the bird.
I opened my eyes to see the bird looking at me with those same sad eyes. "Please leave me here miss, those monsters will come and get you too."
I sucked in a breath, I was scared of those monsters but this….this bird was just so young and helpless….I cracked a smile at that, I was the exact same….how ironic, two young and helpless people stuck together. I may not have been a child but 15 was young enough, no one should be going through this sort of stuff.
I smiled at him "I won't leave you, those monsters…I've seen them before, more than once. I've survived each time haven't I?" I tried to reassure him despite my doubt. Honestly it was just pure luck that I survived each time.
The bird shook its head "Please miss I'm begging you! That monster has killed anyone who was ever in possession of me!"
"But why would that monster want you so bad? Aren't you just a bird?" as those words left my mouth I knew It wasn't true.
"No miss, I'm a boy. My mummy was….." the bird began to sniffle
My eyes widened "A boy?" despite the craziness of it, it made the most sense out of everything and considering his tone….
"You're dead?" I asked incredulously
The bird nodded and I understood that his soul must be residing in this bird…but why did the monster want it? Do they attack souls? Maybe they just attack the living and the dead? I shivered at the thought, what horrid creatures they were.
"Miss! Miss! Look out!" Yūichi began to screech
I quickly stood up and turned around sharply, on top of the brick wall crouched a white masked monster.
I gasped as it began to cackle "Too late little girl." It said before it charged.
So that's that chapter, hope you all enjoyed it because I certainly did!
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