My Puppy Shiro
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She's been hounding me for like the past month or so, and she's even become one of my friends now. Well I consider her my friend, I don't know if I'm one of her's.
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Karin sighed and went to her room to get dressed. She knew something funny was going on with Ichigo and that he would never tell her no matter how much she pestered him. After she had her pajamas on, she went and knelt beside her bed. She bent her head and folder her hands by her forehead. "Please God, well non-death God, I'm begging you to watch over Ichigo. Don't let him get hurt. And more importantly, make sure the dog gets home fine." Karin prayed. She then stood up and looked out the window to her left. She couldn't see much, considering it was dark and the tears of the sky were pelting at the window. "Aw screw it." She mumbled to herself before running over to her dresser and changing into shorts and a T-shirt.
After she was changed, Karin walked out into the hallway, and looked down the stairs. She saw Yuzu in the kitchen, and realized she would never let her leave. So Karin went back to her room, and pushed the window open. She grabbed a flash-light off the side table, and took one last look at her closed door. "Don't worry Yuzu, I'll be back before the sun comes up." Karin said to herself. She stuck one leg through the window, then the other. The black haired girl then started to slide down slowly, looking for a foot hold. By this point, Karin was bent over the window, her stomach resting on the still, and the above half still in the room.
She continued sliding down, now hanging on only by her fingers. She kicked her feet around, still finding nothing beneath her. She sighed, and braced herself for the fall. Karin let her fingers slip and was quite happy when she landed on something that must have been three inches from where her feet had been. She turned around and hopped down from the toy-box she was standing on. It wasn't used for toys anymore, but for lawn tools. She made a quick victory sign, and then proceeded to run around to the front yard.
Karin had every intention of following her brother… but he was no longer in sight. She stood there and took a minute to think. "Oh!" she said, her mouth forming an 'o' shape, as she slammed her fist into her open hand. She then closed her eyes, and concentrated as hard as she could. Once she found what she was looking for, she opened her eyes again and began running down the side-walk. She was following her prey with the help of his spirit energy. Her plan was to follow him, find out what he's up to, then go home. If whatever he was doing was dangerous however, she'd first grab the dog, and then go home. The plan wasn't quite daedal like most of her schemes are, but it would have to do.
Karin was running at full speed, if you took a quick glance, you'd think her legs were rotating like wheels, but at closer inspection, the way she ran was actually kind of sexy. Her hair-less legs stretched far, making them look longer; her thin light green shorts flew up slightly above their original resting place: mid-thigh; The extremely light purple T-shirt she borrowed from Yuzu was slightly tight around the breast area, and the rest flapped around, often showing her flat stomach; finally, her hair which flew behind her, sparkled magnificently in the moon light. She was quite a sight.
Karin soon slowed down her running a bit, but she was still going pretty fast, this way though she wouldn't get tired out that fast.
After a few minutes, she rounded a corner and saw Ichigo jogging several feet in front of her. She let out a startled gasp and quickly stepped back around the corner and pressed herself against the fence, afraid Ichigo had heard her and turner around in time to spot his younger sister. Considering she could no longer hear the sound of his feet pounding on the ground, she was quite sure he stopped. She heard the pounding again. This time though it wasn't as loud, nearly inaudible, and slower. Her heart was beating a million times a second. The side of her head was pressed against the wooden fence, so if even a hair rounded the corner she could see it.
When the sound of Ichigo's feet became louder, meaning he was getting closer, Karin held her breath. She was sure he would find her. Just then, a question popped into her head 'So what if he finds you. What's he gonna do, tell dad on you?' Karin's mind asked herself. She didn't know why. Why was she so afraid he'd find her? What would he do? All he had to do was press that badge to his chest and he had a giant sword! Would he use it on her? Would he kill her? No way, she's his little sister. Even if she weren't, killing her was a bit rough. All she did was sneak out, find his spirit energy, follow him, and… hide from him. That's nothing. No reason to kill someone. Nope. She couldn't think of a single reason he would hurt her. Knowing him all he would do is shout in surprise, and do a funny little dance while nervously asking what she was doing and telling her it was late and she should be at home sleeping. Yea, she could picture it now. Nothing to worry about. Things would be much easier if he didn't find her though. That was what she told herself was the reason she was still pressing herself against the fence.
Suddenly, she realized his feet had once again stopped moving. Karin squeezed her eyes shut and waited for the screaming, monkey dance, and nervous questioning. To her relief though, after she heard a strange noise from Shiro, The feet of her brother began beating the ground again and after a minute or two, could no longer be heard. Karin let out her breath in a loud sigh and fell to ground on knees. She only allowed herself a short amount of time to rest before standing up and continuing her pursuit.
She soon came upon old man Urahara's shop. She snuck around the side to find a window or something. Not finding one, she continued to the back. There was a small window there, but it was pretty high up, near the roof actually. There was only the single floor to the shop though, so it's not like it was six stories high.
Karin looked around for something she could climb on. "Ahh…" The land was bare. Butt naked. 'Well except that big rock…' she thought to herself. "Crap." She muttered to herself, realizing what she would have to do.
-Inside shop-
Ichigo and Urahara sat starring at the small white dog, who starred right back. It seemed as though they were having a three way starring contest. At the same time, Urahara and Ichigo's eyes involuntarily closed. "Damn-it." Ichigo muttered, while Urahara just grinned, before pushing a 1000 yen note toward the dog, and was soon followed by Ichigo doing the same. Apparently they were having a starring contest.
"Now that that's out of the way, let's get down to business! Shiro, was it? Or would you prefer being called Hitsugaya-Taicho? I'm sure you would and knowing if I made direct mockery of you while you were down, you'd come back and kill me late, so I will call you by you're title. Can't say the same for Ichigo though." Urahara said as his eye lids lowered and his eyes became nothing more than a black dot. He turned his head to look at the substitute shinigami. "Anyways, why not start with how you became this uhh, house dog…" Urahara trailed off, realizing how stupid the question started. Not only did it make him sound like someone fresh outta the looney-bin, but the dog shinigami thing had no way of replying. It was silent as the three males glanced around at each other.
-Outside shop-
Karin let out a sigh as she dropped the bolder as silently as she could, below the window. She took a second and sat down on the rock. She really didn't want to move anymore. She was tired, wet, cold, and her whole body ached. Suddenly, she jumped up and raised her fists, while looking up to the sky. 'Come on Karin! Pull yourself together! You came all this way to find out what's up, you can't wimp out now!' After Karin finished her pep talk, she hopped up on the bolder and was very displeased when she was about a centimeter from reaching the window. Luckily for her though, the rain had finally stopped, and the window was cracked open, so if she tried her hardest, she would be able to hear the conversation.
-Inside shop-
Urahara smirked as he felt that Karin was finally in hearing range. He had known she was following Ichigo when he felt her presence. Because of this, he cracked his window open, despite the rain. "So, Hitsugaya-Taicho, does Karin know who you are? Oh, stupid question, of course she does, that's why she named you Shiro after all, correct?" Urahara was smiling so wide he couldn't even open his eyes.
-Outside shop-
Karin was very confused. 'I thought Toshirou was missing… So what's he doing in there? Did he say I named him Shiro? I did not name Toshirou Shiro, I named Shiro Shiro.' Karin had to see what was going on. A simple glimpse would do. She stood on her tiptoes, but it just wasn't enough. She threw common sense out the window and took a leap. She was in the air for about two seconds, but when she saw Urahara and Ichigo starring at Shiro, it seemed she was airborne for a couple of minutes. Karin was no idiot. She could put two and two together. Shiro… he couldn't be… but he is… he's "Toshirou" Karin said aloud, finishing the sentence. Suddenly she had a strange feeling. She felt… cold. Yet at the same time, warm and at home. Suddenly she lost all seven senses. When she hit her body completely missed the rock and slammed on the ground, she couldn't feel a thing. Everything seemed to be in slow motion
-Inside shop-
"What was that?!" Ichigo shouted as he heard the collision of two substances somewhere nearby. Even Urahara had been shocked by this. The two men were up on their feet, while Shiro just looked around the same way Ichigo was. Urahara however knew what had made the noise, he was just frightened that the girl was hurt.
"Uh, it sounded like it came from outside, lets go check it out guys." Urahara said nervously. The spiritually aware group made a mad dash for the door. Once they were outside, Ichigo went one way around the house, while Urahara and Shiro went the other way. They got to the back at around the same time, Ichigo being just a bit faster. When they saw Karin on the sandy ground, they were speechless. Ichigo and Shiro regained mobilization at about the same time. They ran over to the seemingly lifeless body of Karin. Ichigo held the top half of his younger sister in his arms as he knelt on the ground. Shiro was by the girl's side, nuzzling against her hand, trying to get a reaction.
-Inside Karin's mind-
"Karin. Karin." Karin's name was being repeated by a slightly familiar voice. Out of no where, the Chrystal like dragon from earlier appeared. "Three months Karin. Just a little over three months. You need to save him. Only you can play the part of his true savior. He needs you Karin. Toshirou needs you." Karin gasped when she looked around and noticed she and the dragon were in a winter wonderland.
"What's going on?! It's almost summer! It can't be snowing!" She shouted, avoiding the problem.
"Listen to me Karin, you have to listen. Save him!" were the final words of the dragon before the voice of another brought her back to reality.
-Outside Karin's mind-
Ichigo was continually calling his sister's name, but she just wasn't responding to anything. She wasn't breathing, she had no pulse, and her body was getting colder by the second. Tears were brought to his eyes. "Karin. Young, beautiful Karin." Ichigo muttered before resuming the restless chanting of her name. Most people would have said sweet, innocent instead of young, beautiful, but this was Karin we were talking about.
Toshirou was at this point desperately licking the hand he had been rubbing against. Licking someone's hand was far beneath him, but once again, this was Karin we were talking about. Karin. His Karin. Yes, His. He promised himself he would protect her, whenever Ichigo couldn't. He noticed the tears in Ichigo's eyes. If Toshirou was in human form, he couldn't guarantee he wouldn't be crying.
Urahara knew everything was going to be alright. Now closer to the girl, he could feel Hyorinmaru. He didn't think Toshirou could because of his current state, and when it came to spiritual pressure, Ichigo sucked worse than a leach. He would've told the two boys, but he wanted to see them sweat it out a bit.
Ichigo continued to call his baby sister's name. When he felt her stir slightly though, he began calling louder. Her eyes soon fluttered open. They seemed a bit glazed at first, but in a matter of seconds she was up on her feet and as lively as ever. It was as if nothing had happened to her. She looked around at everyone and everything that she had discovered while standing outside the window suddenly came back to her. She looked down to Shiro, and the hurt in her eyes was visible to everyone. "You're T-toshirou…? What the hell are you pretending to be a dog for you idiot! You're a kid! An elementary kid! You are not a dog!" Karin shouted, surprising everyone with her reaction. Shiro bared his teeth, not appreciating being called an elementary student again. "You're all insane! I'll be leaving now!" Karin shouted as she walked away. Shiro ran after her, not liking the idea of Karin walking alone at night.
Ichigo wiped his eyes. Karin was fine, so he'd be fine. Best to pretend it never happened. He began walking back to Urahara's front door. "I just love ruining other people's days." The shop keeper said dreamily. "Hey where'd everybody go?!"
-Karin & Shiro-
Karin and Shiro were walking together in a comfortable silence. Karin would every now and then look at Shiro out of the corner of her eye, and on the few times she saw him looking at her, she'd immediately look away. Karin was nervous for one reason. The slumber party. She had admitted to liking him, and he was right there! He knew she liked him. He thinks it was a short lived crush, but he still knows. 'Oh this is going to be incredibly awkward, but I'm going to go crazy if I don't do anything!' Karin thought. "Hey, umm, Shiro? Could we stop for a second, I have something I want to talk about. Even if you can't respond, I still need to tell you something." Karin asked. Shiro stopped walking, which was a sign that he would listen to what she had to say. Karin gave him a nervous smile before walking over and sitting down against a nearby building. She sat with her legs open and bent slightly. Shiro sat next to her.
"Listen, Toshirou. Remember at my birthday party, we were playing truth or dare, and I said… I said I-I liked you for like five minutes...? Well uh, the truth is… My crush, it started the second I saw you. This may sound sappy, but it was like love at first sight. When I saw you, I just… I can't explain it. I've never felt that way around anyone else, just you. And-and then after helping me with my game, you left. I never saw you again. I was hurt. I loved you, and you never even said good-bye. I was hurt. I was hurt badly. I didn't like the feeling of being hurt, so I turned it to anger. I told myself I only had a child's crush on you from when I saw you, to when I figured you were just my imagination, which was five minutes after you passed me my ball and disappeared into thin air. That was why I told the other girls I only liked you for five minutes. The truth though, is that I didn't stop loving you." Karin closed her eyes tight and clenched her fists. "I still do." She whispered, finishing her confession.
Toshirou was stunned. 'There's no way, there's just no way that she-' Toshirou's thoughts were cut when Karun suddenly lifted him up off the ground and held him in front of her face.
"Please forgive me for this" Karin said, he eyes glistening in the moon light. She brought Shiro closer to her, and slowly closed her eyes. She continued to bring him closer until she felt the wet dog lips on her own. It was a weird feeling, but even weirder when she saw a bright light though her eye lids, and the lips of the one she was kissing were no longer quite so wet. Karin hesitated, but pulled away and opened her eyes. What she saw startled her. It was Toshirou. Actually him! It was his body! His shinigami body!
"Karin I- I love you too." Toshirou confessed and brought his head back to hers, capturing her in a love filled kiss. After a minute or so, he pulled away and Karin watched as his body was illuminated with light and he dropped to the ground, once again in the puppy body. Now Karin knew she had to get him back to normal. But… how?
Whew! That was tuff work
Over 3,000 words, I'm proud of this chapter!
The overall idea was given by winter051094
I just wrote it out into a story, putting details places yada yada
Oh, and I'd like to make a couple notes
First, for anyone who doesn't know, 1000 yen is roughly 10 American dollars
Second, I after I post this I'll be working on drawing a picture of the kissing scene! If all goes according to plan I'll have it posted on the internet so you can see
If I do get to post it, I'll mention how to get to it in the next chapter
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