Alright, new chapter! Only took me 4 days. XD such a long wait right. I am really trying to get to the Soul Society Arc by Mid-late Feb. So far I think I am doing good. Now as for this chapter I am glad and really proud, its even longer than my last chapter.
I had fun writing this one because personally I am a fan of Kon and also Rei's story comes out a little more. This also happens to be the chapter( in the manga) before we learn about Ichigo's mother. I however am not going to jump right into that. I figured I would give one or two chapters learning more of Rei's family and become more personal with them.
I hope all of you enjoy this chapter and I am glad so many of you are following this story. it really brightens my day when I see that people are interested in this story. Makes me want to write more for you guys. :D
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Chapter 7
Title: Will the Real Ichigo Kurosaki Please Stand Up
I am so excited; today is the day, the day when Ichigo and his side kick Rukia tell me everything I want to know. My first question of course would be what are hollows and where do they come from. I always make it a point to learn about the dangerous first. The dangerous can always kill you in the middle of anything and take the longest to learn about. So once I learned about them I could protect myself somehow. Then I would learn about the heroes who defeat said dangerous; find out what kind of powers they had and if anyone can join their forces. That would be so cool; having a big sword slashing and killing anything that dared tried to harm me or my family.
For a second I started day dreaming about being a kickass hero; kind of like Sailor Moon. Being able to have your clothes transformed fighting evil and winning the hearts of all who gaze at you. Then it hit me; no one really knew about Ichigo and Rukia's job; and anyone who found out had their memory erased. Maybe only the elite could learn the truth or those dimed worthy enough-or there could be some kind of cult that knows the truth of them and the soul society. So many things where playing through my head as I got dressed. As I slipped on my shirt I wondered something else, was Ichigo truly a dead boy who could only cling to his human life if he worked for the powers that be.
Does that mean Ichigo can never live a normal life?
My heart sank a little for him; how awful that would be. I shook my head; I was thinking way too much now. I was better off waiting to hear the answers before coming up with all these made up reasons and answers. It would only drive me crazy. As I zipped up my skirt I looked in the mirror deciding this was as good as it was going to get and headed downstairs. My mother was setting breakfast out; she didn't look at me once and I don't blame her. I ditched school to run around with Chad, Ichigo and Rukia trying to save a possessed bird and totally forgot my brother would rat me out. On top of that I came home super late and she was worried sick; so when I got home I got majorly yelled at and it seems she is still mad at me. I sat down next to my brother and began eating my breakfast silently or at least I tried to.
"Look who it is; our little ditcher. Still not going to tell us where you went yesterday?"
I stayed quiet trying to ignore my brother's taunts.
"Did you want to hang out with friends or something? Maybe you just wanted to go shopping. Did looking at clothes really pay off? It got you grounded and all."
I bit my lip. If I answered him he would only feed off it.
"Or were you doing something illegal? Wasn't drugs was it? Did you sell or get high?"
This asshole was really about to get it. Looking at my mom I saw the worry on her face. I didn't come up with any lie on where I was and I could tell that the reasons for my absence made her worry.
"Or maybe you were shacking up with some guy?"
Grabbing my plate I smacked him in the face with it, leaving eggs, home-fries, and bacon all over him. Patrick went too far with that one and I wasn't going to stand for it!
"Rei!" My mother shouted.
"You bitch my uniform!" My brother got up ready to get into a fight.
"Patrick your language!"
"That's what you get for making up all those lies!" I shouted at him.
"How do we know if it's a lie? You never told us were you were!"
"It's none of your business!" I countered.
"Mother has a right to know!"
"It's nothing she should be worried about! So drop it! I am taking the punishment!"
"That's an easy way out of answering a question!"
"STOP IT! Both of you stop it!" Mother looked close to tears and I couldn't handle it. It was hurting her; I wasn't telling her what was going on in my life but I knew she would never believe me anyway.
"Whatever, I am going to school." Grabbing my bag I left the house. It was pretty warm out but I it was expected. Summer was coming soon and with that so would summer break. Time few by so quickly but hey, when there's excitement going on of course it went by quickly.
I would shake off what happened at home-I had to. Mom would get over it and my brother would find something new to hold over my head. Today on this nice pre-summer day I would learn the truth to the mysteries around the Orange haired boy who lived across the street from me. Just wish I could get to school quicker!
When I finally did get to school I was greeted by Chad's bird. This time the bird spoke normally like it should. Chad and his friends seemed confused on what happened. Chad didn't even seem to recognize me at all, wondered if it was because of that memory thing Rukia did. It would be awesome to get my hands on one of those. All the things I could get away with. I went to my seat and greeted Orihime and the others.
"Where were you yesterday Rei? You suddenly left without a word."
I smiled awkwardly at Orihime. How do I answer this without giving up a poker face? "Well yesterday I was a little unprepared… you see… I got my… you know."
Something every girl can relate to; the "oh so horrible sudden period attack". Hopefully they all buy it.
"Ick, I know how that feels." Tatsuki replied. So they bought it; score one for me.
"Yeah it was awful! What did I miss and can I please copy your homework!" I nearly begged. Orihime laughed and gave me her notebook and I almost cried for joy. I couldn't afford to miss any more homework. I quickly copied them down and hugged Orihime with all my might. She was a total life saver and pretty book smart too.
Class started without a delay. Half the time I was doodling in my note book. Funny, in pencil I make ton of mistakes but with pen I was pretty damn nice. Looking up at the chalk board I saw even more math than I would have liked so ignoring it I just let my pen take flight as I tried to pay attention. When I finally cared to look at my notebook my eyebrow twitched. I had drawn Ichigo Kurosaki…but as a chibi…an angry chibi…grinning a little I drew his way too big of a sword smacking the head of a chibi hollow that had anime tears and giggled. I had too much time on my hands.
First period carried on forever before it finally ended. During that time, not only had I drawn into my notebook till it was filled with chibis but I also thought of a very good question for Rukia. Before I came here I only saw shadows of ghost, now I see everything. Could that be because I saw a hollow or because of her and Ichigo's powers?
"So much to ask so little time."
"So much to ask?" Tatsuki voice rang. I snapped out of my thoughts and realized I had talked outloud.
"Oh nothing. Just talking to myself about this stupid math I hate." I laughed. I think I'm getting good at lying.
"Math is the worst thing in the world. We're never going to use it in life unless we become math majors in college or something. Why make us take it?"
Orihime jumped on the answer. "Because Tatsuki; it helps us think faster!"
"Think faster? If anything it hurts the brain and makes me think slower." I replied and Tatsuki nods in agreement.
Soon they started talking during the free period and I glanced over at Ichigo. He was talking to his usual group of friends, Rukia wasn't there just yet, and even talked to Chad's birds. I giggled once or twice as he made the same epic expression I happened to draw. I wasn't sure if this meant he was goofy or very predictable. It was rather funny. Then we caught each other's gaze. We held it not one of us looking away and I felt my heart quicken a bit. It wasn't until Orihime called my name did I look away.
"Yeah Orihime?" That's funny; I sounded rather breathy. Maybe I was a bit intimidated by Ichigo's stare; after all he did kill monsters with what looked like little effort.
"I asked you what's your favorite type of guy?" I blinked, she wasn't really asking this was she?
Leaning back in my seat I scratched the back of my head. "I really don't know. I mean who doesn't like a guy who treats a girl right."
Orihime smiled. "Someone who is kind right… someone like." She looked over at Ichigo and I felt my eye twitch.
"Oh please!" I couldn't help but feel annoyed. "Someone who is nice yes, but no one who is loud, rude, clueless as a rabbit, or can't even do something nice without shouting an insult or looking like a goof ball!" My voice got louder with each word. "A girl needs a nice quiet yet strong man who isn't a downright idiot when it comes to love." Am I getting defensive?
Orihime and Tatsuki stared at me, along with half of the class. Was I really that loud just now? Looking down at my skirt I couldn't help but blush feeling a little embarrassed at my outburst. I really needed to learn to keep my voice down. I also missed the grin on Tatsuki's face as well.
"Sounds like you are crushing on some guy. Who is he?" I heard my neck crack as I snapped it upward to look at Tatsuki. Glaring at her I folded my arms.
"I don't like anyone and I never will."
She laughed. "Sure, don't tell us. But we'll figure it out."
Before I could put her curiosity to rest and tell her it's no one I liked, Rukia's voice made me stop. So she finally decided to show up; I was getting worried she wouldn't keep her promise. I watched as she greeted everyone with a fake politeness before sucker punching Ichigo in the face. Nice shoot Rukia! She looked at me and nodded and I knew that was my sign to leave and meet up with her. Getting up I told my two friends I would return before the next class bell and left the room. I ended up following them to a quiet place near the gym.
"Alright, I promised you that we would tell what's going on; but we want you to promise us your silence." I watched as Rukia spoke to me and giggled when she dropped the stunned Ichigo to the ground without care.
"I promise I won't tell anyone. It's not like anyone would believe me anyway." I reassured her.
"I don't see why we have to tell her anything. Can't we just make her forget again?" Ichigo spoke getting off the ground and dusting himself off.
"I told you Ichigo; she has known for far too long, if we do that we'll have to erase every memory."
"And I would like to keep my memories thank you very much."
"Alright I get it." Ichigo leaned against the metal fence lazily as if this was the last place he ever wanted to be.
"Good, now Rei; tell us what you know and what you want to know." Rukia sat on the ground ready to hear from me.
Sitting across from her I began. I told her first about my family to explain how I was able to see Ichigo and how it wasn't this clear till I saw Ichigo. I told her about where I saw them, about the hollows I saw; I sang like a canary. Rukia seemed most interested in my family part; even Ichigo seemed to listen on that part. Then I started to ask questions on how this was all possible and I even blurred out my whole hero theory to them. I think that amused Rukia a little because she made a jab at Ichigo not being hero material. When I was done she explained everything with…picture boards. The drawings weren't even that good! They all nearly looked the same! I happened to make a comment on that and it earned me a sharp hit to the head.
"So, now you know about the soul society and hollows; we now have a job for you." Rukia continued.
"Huh? We do?" Ichigo finally bothered to join us in a little triangle.
"Yes we do, we can't just leave her now; after all a hollow was after you before you became a soul reaper." Rukia shot at him.
"So what are we going to do?" He asked her. I hated this; I felt like a toy no one wanted to play with but someone had to do something with it.
"Do you mind telling me what you plan on using me for? I would really love to know." Cutting in I really wanted to know what I was in store for.
"Well I was thinking you could help us find hollows and souls." Rukia started.
"Hold up. I am not hunting those monsters! I have no weapon or those kiddo tricks you can do!" I explained without screaking.
"No, you wouldn't be fighting them, but you can see them. If you come across one I am reported of its location but if it's let's say going after you; you can call and tell us what it looks or what abilities it has. You have a cell phone don't you?"
I raised an eyebrow. "Yeah; but how come this is sounding a lot like life bait."
"I got to admit Rukia it really sounds like it."
"As much as I hate to admit it; it is really but I don't want you going out of your way to find hollows what I truly want you to look for is lost souls so Ichigo can send them to the soul society. My phone doesn't tell me where they are."
"Well that sounds reasonable enough. I can do that." So Rukia and I exchanged numbers that way we would always be in contact if needed at that moment the bell rang and I got off the ground.
"We better get to class before we're late."
"You go on ahead of us; I have to talk to Ichigo about something."
I blinked a few times then shrugged. "Alright; I'll just take extra notes if you guys are late."
I walked off leaving the two behind. When I got to class I was over joyed to see it was our English lesson. It was the only subject I was damn near prefect in; why; cause English was and always will be my first language. It was mid period and the two soul reapers were still not in class. I wondered what had been taking them so long. Maybe another hollow showed up and they had to go take care of it. Sighing I got back to my class work trying to keep my new role among the three of us out my mind; it was failing. I now had to keep my eyes extra open and my senses in top gear. I was excited, scared, and a little stressed about my new responsibility. I hoped I wouldn't let them down. Soon enough the bell rang and lunch started; no sign of Ichigo or Rukia could be found.
"YAY! Lunch!" Orihime cheered as she pulled out a whole loaf of bread and some honey. Odd; never tried bread with honey-usually just corn bread.
"Relax its only lunch."
"Please Tatsuki, as a girl lunch is most important meal of the day-it's when we all gossip." I explained while taking a bite out of my mac & cheese with apple sauce. We were joined by Chizuru and two other girls. Subject of where the food goes when Orihime and I ate was clearly decided it went to our breast with Orihime in the lead. During our so fabulous lunch Chizuru made yet another pass at Orihime and Tatsuki nearly kicked her ass. Lunch was always amusing here. We were all startled however when Orihime jumped from her seat and ran to the window.
"What is it Orihime?" Tatsuki called out as her and I walked over to the window.
"I smelled Kurosaki-kun!" You got be kidding me. What she a freaking blood hound or a damn stalker?
"How when we're on the third floor?" I asked her but she didn't need to answer. Ichigo came flying through the classroom window scaring the holy shit out of the two of use. Orihime just stared at him like he was superman. Pulling us both back Tatsuki started to demand how he was able to do that. The rest of the class which witness this started calling it a prank.
Ichigo didn't answer us instant he just stared at all of us. When I say all of us I mean the girls. It was like he was dazed by the sight of us or something. That wasn't the norm from the clueless orange-boy I knew. Did his hormones finally bust and unleash a pervert if so…that explains why Rukia wasn't with him.
"Kurosaki-kun?" Orihime called out in a dreamy tone. Boy did this girl have it bad for him.
Ichigo turned to us and his eyes landed right on Orihimes breast. Yup; he finally cracked-he unleashed his bent up male hormones and joined every other guy on earth-holy crap! He did not just jump from the window to the desk in one leap. Now this just got a little freaky.
"Why hello my pretty lady." He kissed Orihime's hand and I knew I had a huge pressure mark on my head. He had taken his too far now.
Grabbing his collar I made him face me. "Hey! Don't you think you're taking this too far Ichigo? Tatsuki is about to kick your ass and Orihime is about to faint! Knock it-"
"Wow; you're really cute too when I look at you. I love your hair." I turned a thousand shades of red in that moment; this boy has lost his mind. I went to tell him to knock off the jokes when…
He kissed me…
He kissed me-wait let me correct that. He is KISSING ME! What the hell? What the hell? I don't know what to do! I never-ever been kissed so randomly!
Thankfully Tatsuki recused me as she punched the crap out of him. Before I knew it Ichigo was dodging flying desk and I was still shell shocked. I could hear the faint sound of her screaming about stealing kisses and how she was going to kill him. It was only when a window was scattered did I come to. Whoa, this place looked like it saw world war three in a matter of seconds.
"That's enough!" Everyone turned to see Rukia. She looked perfectly ok but Ichigo looked like he saw a ghost. What the hell was going on?
"Ichigo! There he is!" I blinked and turned to the window. There was Ichigo…and there was Ichigo. There was two Ichigo's. In the words of the might internet people all I have to say is
"WHAT THE FUCK!" And I shouted that no less. Ichigo was in his soul form which meant something was in his body which meant…a total stranger kissed me. The guy possessing Ichigo's body however made a mad dash for the window and jumped! It would appear he lived cause Ichigo looked freaked out and Rukia looked worried as hell. Well this wasn't going to be good.
Ichigo jumped out the window to follow and Rukia left the classroom. I was right behind her. No stranger was going to kiss me and get away with it so easily! I be damned before I let that happen!
"Hey Rukia; what's going on with Ichigo's body? Why is it moving?"
"I'll explain later! Let's just meet up with Ichigo!"
When we finally did meet up with him he was sulking.
"I lost him-erm myself…oh man! Rei! Tell me what did he do! Why was Tatsuki attacking him?" Ichigo looked ready to pull out his hair.
"Well first he jumped in from the window and eyed every girl like a horn dog." I watched Ichigo go a sicken pale.
"Then he stared at Orihime's boobs and everyone noticed." Now Ichigo looked scared.
"He then kissed Orihime." His jaw dropped. Well I wasn't about to tell him where he kissed Orihime; this was too much fun. His horrified expression was priceless.
"Then he lip locked with me before Tatsuki punched him then he kissed her." I think Ichigo just turned into a stone statue. I would so have been laughing if I wasn't pissed.
"Get over it Ichigo. Locking lips is nothing; young people have no morals now a days, so I have read, so it's just like saying hello."
"How can you say it's nothing? You don't suddenly kiss people! For years I have built a solid image of myself." I could have sworn I saw a cloud hanging over his head as he began to sulk deeper into a depression. "I can't face my school tomorrow…"
I snickered as Rukia sweat dropped. Ichigo was funny sometimes.
"Hey Rukia you called him a "Mod-Soul" right? What is that?" Ichigo's was soft; as if he wasn't sure he wanted the answer.
Rukia hesitated a moment but spoke up. She told us how the Soul Society had an operation called "spearhead." How souls created for combat would enter dead bodies and be used to fight hollows; how they were prefect in every way with super human strength, their named were "Mod-souls." She went on to explain that soon after their creation the Soul Society ordered them to be destroyed since bring back dead bodies would surely scare and upset the world of the living.
"Rukia for a place known as heaven the Soul Society is rather cruel. To create something that has emotions and personality only to destroy it? That isn't fair." It wasn't and I was going to make it damn clear I told her I felt that way.
"Orders are orders; what the Soul Society commands is absolute." She was joking right?
"You can't be okay with that!" Ichigo was on my side with this one. Good; he should be or I would have kicked him in the shin.
"I told you what the Soul Society commands are absolute; they do what they have to in order to protect human spirits! Now let's go."
That didn't settle over well with Ichigo and me. It was clear that Ichigo was thinking about the "Mod-Soul" life and how he has to be feeling. Ichigo just had one of those faces that told everything that head was thinking. If there had to be one thing I liked about Ichigo it would be that. It's nice to know someone who can't lie or try to hide how their feeling.
On our way we came across an old man. Rukia took it upon herself to ask him if he saw a jumping high school student. I couldn't help by laugh, my anger settling down.
"It's not funny!" Ichigo pouted but I kept laughing. "Yes it is Ichigo."
The old man got us nowhere and tried selling us melons. Ichigo looked ready to kill as he dragged Rukia and I away from him mumbling something rude most likely. Then Rukia's phone went off.
"Don't you dare tell me we have another order?" Ichigo shouted.
"It is." Rukia turned to me. "You keep looking for the "Mod-Soul." Call me when you find him, we'll try to be quick."
I nodded and ran off before she could say anything else. That "Mod-Soul" had a good kick in the balls coming to him! I was not about to let him off his punishment. Running around I soon saw a blur of orange. There it was.
"Hey! You! Guy who is jumping!" I called out and he stopped. Turning towards me he grinned and I shivered. What a perverted expression.
"Well look here." He jumped off a roof towards me. "Liked the kiss so much you came looking for me? How sweet."
I glared at him. "No I came here to-Hey get off!" His arms were around my waist pulling me against him. "Whoa, you got some nice ones yourself. My advice to you is wearing a tighter shirt."
Oh this pervert was going to get a quick knee to the cock. But just as quickly as he had me in Ichigo's arms(Well they weren't his), I was out of them. I watched as the expression on Ichigo's face became serious then I felt it. It felt unpleasant and made my skin crawl.
"A hollow." I spoke mainly to myself but he heard me.
"You feel it; then you have to be." Before I knew it I was lifted off my feet.
"I'll get us there faster and you can kill it." I couldn't even ask what he meant by that because I was clinging onto him for dear life. He ran like a bat out of hell and suddenly stopped at an school.
"Quickly lose the body and fight it before it attacks." I blinked completely confuse. This annoyed him. "Get your soul reaper ass out there!" He shouted.
He thought I was a soul reaper… well this is going to suck. "I can only feel them, but I am not a soul reaper."
I watched as eyes widen and panic spread across his face. "You're not a…" Looking at the school field I followed his gaze. There were children and a hollow that looked about ready to attack. I gasped; they were going to be killed! I wanted to call out to them but my voice was stuck. It was it I was frozen.
The Mod-Soul however took action. Moving with the speed he was given he ran towards the children and grabbed them. I stared in amazement. I watched him as he told the kids to get to safety and dodge a near fatal wound from the hollow. I watched how he lured the hollow away from the kids and towards-
"You idiot! Not over here! Not over here!" I ran to the other side of the roof trying to get away from hollow. If I was impressed before I sure as hell wasn't now. That asshole had brought that hollow where I was and I had no way of defending myself.
The hollow spoke to the mod-soul in a creepy voice about how its meal was stole from him and we were going to make up for it. I kept backing away till I hit the rail of the roof. We were so dead. I mean even the mod-soul looked scared. If that didn't mean we were screwed then I don't know what did. As the monster went to attack with one of its legs a heavy sword slashed it in half. Good thing number two that I like about Ichigo; he had awesome timing.
"You idiot! Look what you did! You got my body injured." Well gee; doesn't even ask if we're all ok just gets mad about his body. It's not like Rukia can't heal it.
"If you can't fight trash like this don't get involved or drag others into the fight!" Without looking Ichigo slashed the Hollow in the gut.
The Hollow was now pissed off. "I'll eat both of you!" As it charged both Ichigo's looked at the Hollow as if they had better things to do. Together they attacked the Hollow, the Mod-Soul did a kick as Ichigo slashed its mask. I had to admit once again; that was pretty badass and slightly hot.
As the Hollow was falling backwards the Mod-Soul jumped off the roof and kicked it back upward. My eyes widen as Ichigo caught him before he fell to his death-erm or crushed Ichigo's body.
"You idiot! Once you break the mask they vanish! What was with the kick? It's as if you didn't want it to fall there."
I looked where the hollow would have fallen. Now I was confused. "Ants?" I looked at the Mod-soul and watched him stare at the ants.
"Don't…don't even get all saint like and tell me you didn't want them to be crushed."
Personally I say kill all insects…that includes ants but I stood quiet and watched the scene before me.
"I won't kill anything!" Was all the Mod-Soul said and that's all he needed to say in my book. Those words meant a lot however he continued to explain to the confused Ichigo. His strong views on life and death along with his experiences were touching; anyone with a heart would feel sorry to him.
As he talked to Ichigo a tapping noise started drawing closer. Looking pass the two Ichigo's I saw a man with a white and green hat walk over. Blond hair was sticking out of it and dark shadows were casted over his eyes because of his hat. He also had a large green coat and wore what I think are sandals.
"We finally found you." The tall man remarked when he finally reached the two. "This makes the equipment we brought useless." Before anyone of us could say something the man hit Ichigo's body with his cane and out came a small gum ball looking thing.
"Well let's go home guys." I shook my head when I finally noticed the people he brought with him; there were two kids, a boy and girl, along with a large man.
"Hey, hey wait! What's going on? Who are you?" I asked moving closer.
"What are you going to do with him!" Ichigo shouted.
The man just turned his gaze at us casually. "Destroy him of course." He was looking right at Ichigo which freaked out the poor orange boy.
"You can see me?"
The man just scratched his hat and started playing with the Mod-Soul in his hand. "How to answer, how to answer."
Rukia took that time to appear and stole the Mod-Soul as it was bounced out of the man's palm. "He's a greedy sales-man."
I was a bit skeptical. "Sales-man; he looks like a hippy. The 60's are over dude." The man ignored my comment and yelled at Rukia saying how she couldn't have that. Rukia quickly countered how it was her job to deal with Mod-Souls not his and also how she bought the soul. If I wasn't fond of Rukia before I sure am now.
She walked over and handed it to Ichigo. "Here, lets go."
I leaned over and looked at Ichigo's hand. "Awww we have a new friend!"
"We?" Ichigo asked. I nodded. "Yes, the fourth member to our group! We need a name for him and a body."
Ichigo just stared at me for a moment before shaking his head. "You are either really stupid or really crazy."
"I take offense to both…"
"Just saying the truth." I pouted. How rude!
Rukia healed whatever wound Ichigo's body had and inside Ichigo went. As we started walking back to the houses we started talking.
"So what do we do with him?" I asked.
"Once again with the we. This isn't a game you know or some social group." It kind of sounded as if he were speaking to me if I were a child now.
Narrowing my eyebrows I gave him a dirty look. "If I am helping you two-well three, then we are group. So stop talking to me like I am a kid."
"You shouldn't even be involved but being nosy you are."
"Well I am sorry if I like knowing everything."
"Please; you just wanted gossip. Expected of an American."
I am now annoyed. "Stop blaming everything on me being an American!"
"Then what do I blame it on? Stupidity? You got yourself into a world of danger and all you do is follow us and get yourself in danger.'
I stopped walking at this point. Ichigo was right and by Rukia's silent stare I could tell she agreed. How come I always end up being the useless one.
"The job Rukia gave you was to keep you out of trouble so stop looking for it." His words sounded so harsh even though they were true.
"Hell, I bet you were only nice to us because you just wanted to worm yourself into this."
I looked up at him now. "You're right; I did worm my way into this. At first I was complete scared of you two but…you both…"
I felt tears of frustration build up in my eyes. "It's not fair. If he was still around I could talk about ghost all I wanted and learn more about them. With you two I thought I could…"
I thought I could get the connection I lost. I thought I didn't have to stay quiet anymore and just avoid the subject at home. Ichigo looked panicked on what to do. He didn't expect tears; and he shouldn't have. I was just being weak.
"I'm sorry; I really am. I didn't mean to use you both as a replacement of him." I ran; I ran away. I ran away from them. I didn't even stop running once I got home. I heard my mother call my name but I just ran straight to my room and locked the door.
Throwing myself on the bed I wrapped myself in my blanket and tried to fight the many tears on their grand escape. I had this coming. I signed myself up for this the moment I decided to get involved. I knew it would anger them and they had right to be angry. Looking at the wall of my room I saw my shadow. Lifting my hand I touched the cool wall and smiled a little.
Times like this when I feel so alone I can always think and remember. My shadow is always with me.
Well who didn't see that coming? It was expected. I hope you all enjoy my little cliff hanger and I will work hard on the next chapter. Thank you everyone :)
Chapter 8
Title: My Happy Family