First of all~! Thanks to all of those who reviewed last chapter and the others. XD Somehow, I kept on forgetting to thank my reviewers until now...except for my regulars who I message with thanks :3. Anyway, on to the story 8D~!
"Nn," Rukia grunted as she sat up from the hard, cold ground. "What happened? Man, I feel like Hibari tonfa-ed my head at least 18 {1} times." She continued to grumble for a few more minutes while rubbing her head, hoping the pain would soon disappear.
"R-Ruki-san!" Mikado spluttered, his worry and surprise evident. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah, why?" Rukia questioned, staring up at the famous trio as they stared down at her in shock.
"YOU JUST GOT HIT BY A VENDING MACHINE, THAT'S WHY!" Kida exploded, aggravated that Rukia didn't seem to express much pain. "AND IT WASN'T EXACTLY EMPTY, EITHER."
"Uhh...so you want me to be yelling and screaming in pain?" Rukia deadpanned after processing all Kida had shouted at her in her mind.
Kida was taken aback by this (and so were the other two, but you know), seeming to start calming down. "Well, no...but..." He drifted off. "ANRI!" The blond eccentric bowed with his arm stuck out in front of said girl, "Please say something that will get into this...person's head!"
"Um...are you okay, Ruki-san?" Anri meekly asked out of concern.
"SEE, RUKI? NOW WHAT DO YOU S-" Kida paused from his yelling after realizing what Anri asked instead of said. "Eh?" His confused expression was easily read on his face. "Wait, wait, wait...EHHH~?"
"Ah," Rukia pointed out, "Pretty sky tonight." A starry night sky hung above the teens, displaying the obvious.
"O-OI, RUKI!" Kida stuttered to get out, his pointer finger aimed at Rukia.
Rukia ignored him easily. "I'll be going home~," she announced in a singsong tone, somehow managing to maintain her usual monotone as well. "See ya," she waved backwards as she walked back towards the hotel she was staying in.
"WAIT!" Kida exclaimed, but Rukia only continued to saunter, appearing to not hear him.
Mikado sighed, "It's no use, Kida-kun. Ruki-san won't answer when he doesn't want to."
"Or come up with ridiculous, obviously fake, answers," Anri inputted, reminding the boys about Rukia's "OMGI'MNOTGAY" situation. "Anyway..." Anri shuffled her feet, "I need to go also." She started off jogging towards her place before beginning to walk at a moderate pace.
"Er...I need to go too," Mikado rubbed the back of his head with a sheepish expression. "Sorry, Kida-kun." He also jogged off to where he was staying for the time being.
Kida stood silently, frozen for a few seconds. A cold breeze ruffled his hair and snapped him out of his daze simultaneously. "Did they just...leave me alone?"
…
"WHYYYY~?" Kida cried out in despair, kneeling on the ground. He started to bawl on the streets, attracting "What's wrong with him?" glances.
-At Room 173 of Ikebukuro Hotel-
"Chat-room, chat-room, chat-room," Rukia chanted as her laptop booted up. "YES, FINALLY!"
– Rai has signed on.
– Tanaka Tarou has signed on.
Kanra: Uwaaa~! That was so cool~. You two signed on at the same time!
Tanaka Tarou: Really?
Rai: Ah, that's pretty awesome.
Tanaka Tarou: Eh? Where's Setton-san?
– Setton has signed on.
Rai: Yo.
Tanaka Tarou: Hello Setton-san.
Kanra: HIII~!
Setton: Ah, hello.
Have you heard of the Slasher rumors?
Kanra: Of course~. I also heard that some people think that the Dollars are behind it too!
Tanaka Tarou: I don't think that's it...
Rai: ...Slasher?
Kanra: Ahh~ you're really clueless aren't you, Rai-kun~?
Rai: ...I just don't gossip like you, Kanra-san.
Kanra: Hmph!
Tanaka Tarou: Please don't argue. ^^''
Setton: The police are scary too! If you see them, run away immediately!
Rai: Eh...? Are you okay, Setton-san?
Setton: And you, Rai-san! Do you really not know about the Slasher?
Rai: I...think I remember now, though. Attacking individuals at night with a blade called 'Saika'...right?
Kanra: They've already settled down though~. The Slasher is old news now, sort of.
Tanaka Tarou: Already? That fast?
Kanra: Yeah~. Now people are chatti-
Rai: -cough- gossiping -cough-
Kanra: -twitch- As I was saying, now people are talking about how there's going to be a gang war! Between the Yellow Scarves, Slashers, and Dollars!
Tanaka Tarou: A war? I-Isn't that dangerous?
Rai: Tanaka-san...all wars are dangerous.
Setton: I agree with Tanaka-san!
Kanra: Hey~, what side are you guys on? Yellow Scarves, Slashers, or the Dollars?
Setton: I'm not sure...
Tanaka Tarou: I'm not sure either...
Rai: Dollars.
Setton/Tanaka Tarou/Kanra: EHHH~?
Rai: -shrug- I dunno, they just seem to be the best choice.
Also
Yellow Scarves sounds boring. And Slashers is kind of cliché...
Kanra: HE~Y! You're not supposed to be choosing based on how cool the name sounds or anything!
Tanaka Tarou: -sweatdrop- Rai-san...
Rai: Hey, Tanaka-san. Are you the Dollars' creator?
Tanaka Tarou: EH~? That's not right at all! What would make you say that?
Rai: Ah...just a random guess. I'm bored and needed to say something that would spur some excitement.
Tanaka Tarou: That's...interesting.
Setton: Your way of thinking is intriguing, Rai-san.
Rai: Thanks. ;3
Kanra: Well, I think it's weird! HMPH. -crosses arms-
Rai: This is just a hunch, but... Kanra-san, is it your time of month?
Kanra: EHHHHH~? Are you saying that I'm PMSing?
Setton: Sorry. I have to leave now.
– Setton has signed off.
**PRIVATE MESSAGE** Kanra to Rai
Kanra: Hey...say something like that again with that sassy mouth of yours, and I might just have to do something harmful to you, Ru~. Ki~. Kun~.
**END PRIVATE MESSAGE**
Rai: ...I have to go.
– Rai has signed off.
Tanaka Tarou: Eh?
Kanra: Awww~. Why did Rai-kun leave?
Tanaka Tarou: Ah! It's time for me to sleep. I have school tomorrow. Bye Kanra-san!
– Tanaka Tarou has signed off.
Kanra: I'm going too~.
– Kanra has signed off.
'How did he find out?' Rukia rattled her brain, nervously fidgeting. 'At least he doesn't know that I'm a girl. ...I think.' She thought, gaining some relief. Rukia scanned her mental list of people that she had met in Ikebukuro. 'It can't be Mikado. "Kanra" acts nothing like him! I don't think he would even be able to act like that. With those reasons, it can't be Anri either.'
'Kida getting his revenge by freaking me out? No...I don't think he would go to these measures!' The Vongola's Moon Guardian frantically tried to figure out who "Kanra" could possibly be. 'That guy with the creepy maroon eyes!' Rukia realized. 'He looks like the type that's good at acting, so it wouldn't surprise me that he would use a female persona.'
Rukia could feel the dread starting to run in her veins. To think that she went through the Kokuyo conflict, the Varia battles, and the Milliefiore/Byakuran battles...and here she was! Getting dreadful feelings after some "small" thing on the online chat-rooms!
'Maybe...Ikebukuro really isn't some calm and peaceful city.' Rukia smirked bitterly.
On some upstairs floor of the Yagiri Hospital {2}, Orihara Izaya sat on his leather couch, smirking victoriously.
"Nakano Ruki..." Izaya muttered, chuckling. Not too long after, his low chuckles turned into full, blown-out laughs.
'I'll enjoy breaking you~.'
{1}- I was thinking of what random number to pick, and I wanted to pick one between 10 and 20. Then, I thought of Hibari and was like, "OMGITSHOULDTTLYBE18D00D."
{2}- I'm not EXACTLY sure where Izaya resides, but I think it's some random floor in the Yagiri Hospital. So...yeah. Correct me if I'm wrong. :3
So what do you think? I, personally, am glad that this story isn't going to JUST be some random comical story. It's going to have some drama in there. Believable drama too, not just some random shit that poofs its way into the story and poofs its way out 3 seconds later.
By the way, in response to that one person's response (Sorry I can't remember the exact name XD)...Yes, Rukia does have an ego. Not a big one though...she was kidding when she said that one line.
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-Ruki
