Disclaimer: I do not Bleach or Gakuen Alice T^T
A/N: Hey guys!!!!!! I'm Back! OMG my legs are aching like hell! I went tramping for 8 hours and now I feel like I can never walk again!!!!! Thank you so much to my reviewers who reviewed my story even though I was absent! You guys are the best!!!!! 3
I've been getting some suggestions from reviewers saying that Mikan should lose her memory but I'm afraid to say that I will not use this idea. I hope this won't offend anybody but if it does, I'm really sorry. It's just that it's be too hard to write and make the story more complicated than it already is.
Well enough talk now, on with the story! Oh before that, HAPPY NEW YEAR PEOPLES!
* Chapter Nine: Conversations *
Natsume's POV
This was it. We're finally heading into Soul Society. This is the place that was going to help us save Mikan....I hope. Hitsugaya told me that one of the Gotei 13 Captains, Kurotsuchi Mayuri of the 12th squad will most likely do some tests on me to find out what exactly I am. Too tell the truth, I want to know as well. What happened back at the Academy, I have absolutely no idea. It seemed like something took over my body...Well anyway, if doing tests on me was going to get me a step closer to saving Mikan, then I'm fine with it.
We've been walking through a purplish black path way which I was called the Senkaimon. It's the passage way that connects the real world to Soul Society. After a few more minutes of silent walking, I finally saw a square of light. It got bigger and bigger as we kept walking and soon enough we found ourselves on a wide cliff.
The first thought that came into my mind was......woah... So this is Soul Society? It's frikin' huge! There were tiny looking buildings on the white marbled grounds of Soul Society as far as my eyes could see and right in the middle, were white towers and more buildings that seemed like the main centre.
"This is Seireitei or the Court of Pure Souls. This is where the Gotei 13 and other shinigamis reside. Beyond the walls of Seireitei is Rukongai, where all the souls that have been escorted to Soul Society live" explained Hitsugaya. So there was more? Geez, Soul Society is one big place.
Hitsugaya then took us to his squad's building. The number 10 was written on the front of the main building in kanji. When we entered the building, many other shinigamis gathered and greeted the mini captain and his vice-captain. Hitsugaya is pretty elite even though he looks like a 10 year old.
We then entered his office and I was amazed once again. The room was bloody huge! There was a large desk and a chair-probably Hitsugaya's-some couches and a small table and some book shelves. He motioned us to sit down on the couches and he began to explain.
"This is the tenth division as you all will know and you will be staying here for your time being here at Soul Society. I'm going over to report to Yamamoto-soutaichou so stay here and be good. And when I say be good I mean DON'T listen to Matsumoto! Got that?!" he demanded. The orange haired lady gave a sad pout. Hitsugaya ignored it and left the office.
There was silence for a few minutes. I didn't mind it of course, I'm not a talkative person anyway.
"Mou~ Taichou is so mean don't you think? I'm not that irresponsible!" complained Matsumoto. We all gave her the do-we-care?-look...Well it was mainly me and Imai, Ruka just gave her the huh?-look.
"It's going to be really boring sitting here until taichou comes back...I know! Come on! I'll show you around Seireitei!" she exclaimed. I really didn't want to get dragged around this whole place. I mean, it's fucking huge!!! But I still agreed. Don't ask me why.
Matsumoto first started with the tenth division. It quite large like a presumed. She showed us where their squad's shinigamis train and eat and she even showed us where Hitsugaya's room was. It was clean though unlike Matsumoto's room which she showed us after her captain's. There were papers, books and food scraps everywhere.
Next was the sixth division. "The sixth division's captain is Kuchiki Byakuya. He's really strong but really unsociable. But he's tall and actually looks like a captain, unlike taichou" she giggled "But don't you guys dare tell him I said that!". Like I care...
Shinigamis from this squad bowed at our entrance too-well, at Matsumoto's entrance. She showed us to the captain's office and opened the door. Inside was quite big like Hitsugaya's office but the style was more traditional looking. There was a desk and a chair, a small table with tea on it?, and two people sitting on the couches looking at us quizzically.....Oh..
"Ah! Sorry Kuchiki-taichou! Didn't know you were in here" said Matsumoto. That Kuchiki person gave us a cold glare. "This is my office so is it weird for me to be here?" There was no reply to that.
"Ah! Matsumoto-fukutaichou, you're back! Where's Hitsugaya-taichou?" asked the other person. He had long white hair and looked a bit sickly.
"Ukitake-taichou! Hello, how have you've been feeling? Hitsugaya-taichou is reporting to Yamamoto-soutaichou" said Matsumoto. Ukitake-taichou? I'm guessing this is the guy who gives Hitsugaya candy...
"Oh, by the way, would you be able to give this to Hitsugaya-taichou?" he asked handing Matsumoto a box of lollypops and hard candy. Yup, my guess is correct.
Then Matsumoto sat down to talk to the two captains although that Kuchiki person didn't really look like he approved of it. Maybe we interrupted a serious talk?
"So Ukitake-taichou, Kuchiki-taichou, what were you talking about before we came here? Seems like it's important" said Matsumoto.
"Well before you interrupted, we were discussing the upcoming war with Aizen and the girl that was kidnapped by Ichimaru Gin" said Byakuya giving Matsumoto another cold stare. Matsumoto gave an awkward smile but then her gaze fell to the ground. Just exactly what did that Ichimaru bastard mean to her?
"But it must be hard for Hitsugaya-taichou. I mean, he has to train for the upcoming war and he also has to think about the Alice students, the poor girl that was kidnapped and....Hinamori-fukutaichou..." Ukitake trailed off at the last part. Hinamori? Who's that?
Ukitake turned to face Ruka, Imai and I. "So these children are the Alices?" Matsumoto nodded in reply "Well nice to meet you. I'm Ukitake Juushirou, Captain of the 13th squad, as you may already know"
I stared at him for a bit. This guy seems ok I guess "Hyuuga...Natsume..."
"So your name is Hyuuga Natsume?" Well I just kinda told you " That's a really nice name, would you like some candy?" he asked politely as he held out a handful of sugar sticks. I take what I said before back.
Suddenly the room was covered by an awkward sheet of silence. I stared at him in disbelief. What the hell was wrong with this guy? He's creepier than Narumi and that's saying something.
"You don't like sugar sticks? Oh then how about some gummy bears?"
I definitely wasn't a fan of gummy bears and I wasn't going to start being one either.
"Come on, they're really nice and sweet" he said. It kinda feels like he's bribing me... I could tell that Ruka and Imai were sweatdropping behind me. Well who wouldn't be? Some random guy with freakishly long white hair suddenly comes up to you and says your name is nice and gives you candy! Now that's what you called weird!
He was now persuading me to eat the red gummy bear when I had enough of this. I slapped his hand away and the gummy bears went rolling everywhere. "Get those childish junk out of my face before I fry you to dust" I threatened. He looked at me with confused eyes.
"Uh, Natsume-kun's alice is fire Ukitake-taichou" said Matsumoto.
"And it's best that you don't try to force me to eat that crap again or you'll never see the light of day again" I finished and I think he got the message.
Normal POV
Well he seems like a nice fellow, thought Ukitake.
Suddenly the door opened and none other than Kyouraku stepped in with his vice-captain chasing after him.
"Taichou! You must get back to work!!!" shouted Nanao.
"It's ok Nanao-chan, it's just a little break" replied Kyouraku with a small tilt of his hat but Nanao didn't seem like she believed his words.
"Oh Kyouraku! What brings you here?" asked Ukitake upon his friend's entrance.
Kyouraku sat down and joined the 'group' and replied "Well I heard that Matsumoto-chan and Hitsugaya-kun came back so I came to have a drink with them while they tell me about this Alice Academy they went to" Matsumoto's eyes sparkled with delight at the thought of sake.
Kyouraku then noticed the other three presences in the room. "Ah~ So these must be the kids Hitsugaya-kun brought back with them" said Kyouraku as he examined each of them.
"What the hell are you staring at old man? Stop looking at us as if we're museum exhibits" retorted Natsume. Kyouraku was slightly taken aback by his comment. "Uh, sorry if I made you uncomfortable. I'm Kyouraku Shunsui, Captain of the 8th squad-"
"That should be back at his division's building and be doing his duties like he's supposed to!!!" interrupted a fuming Nanao. Kyouraku gave a small grin at her. These people are so weird... thought Natsume
After a few minutes of talking about the war with Aizen the conversation suddenly changed to the subject of the Alice Academy. Many questions were asked and all were answered by the three academy's students.
"After listening to these kids talk, I've come to one conclusion" said Kyouraku out of the blue. "Natsume-kun here resembles Hitsugaya-kun~ Don't you think so? They even have exactly same voices!"
There was a long pause and then the scene changed to something like this:
Matsumoto was laughing her head off.
Ruka and Hotaru were sweatdropping.
Kyouraku gave a cheeky grin.
Byakuya was still sipping tea.
Nanao was a bit startled at her captain's sudden opnion.
Ukitake was nodding in agreement.
While a few veins popped out of Natsume's head.
What the fucking hell is wrong with these people?! I mean seriously? Do we really have similar voices? Mikan said so too! Argh!
Suddenly Natsume stood up and stomped out of the room sliding, well more like slamming, the door shut on his way out.
"Ah! Natsume! Where are you going?" said Ruka as he followed his friend out. Naturally Hotaru followed.
"Gah! Where the hell do they think they're going! If I loose sight of them taichou will definitely have a fit!" shouted Matsumoto as she chased after them.
"Well, it's time for me to go do work before Nanao-chan strangles me. I guess I'll have to save the drink with them for later" said Kyouraku and he went back to his squad's building with a pleased Nanao behind him.
"I should go for my check up at the 4th division now" said Ukitake and he sipped the last bit of his tea before heading over to the 4th division.
There was silence.
"Why do I feel....as though.....I'm.....invisible?" said Byakuya to himself.
* End *
A/N: Yay finished chapter nine! I hope you guys liked it~
I'm not sure if this chapter will meet your standards because I was just writing this chapter as I went with no real plot. I was going to add Hitsugaya reporting to Yamamoto in this chapter but then I kinda decided not to because if I did, this chapter wouldn't be as carefree, if you know what I mean.
Well for those of you who don't, I didn't want to put in the reporting to Yamamoto because then this chapter will turn out more serious. I guess I kinda wanted this chapter to be a side story in a way.
Didn't you love the ending sentence? I kinda made Byakuya a loner in this chapter but I guess he's not the sociable type :P
At first I was going make Byakuya and Ukitake greet Hitsugaya as he came back from the real world but then I couldn't continue the chapter because I didn't have any ideas on what happens after that. I guess it's normal for Ukitake to come greet Hitsugaya but it kinda seems weird for Byakuya to come....
The reason Byakuya was in this chapter was because Rin-my friend I'm sharing this account with-really likes Byakuya-not in that way-and I promised her that I will put Byakuya in this chapter. So there you have it.
Anyway, I haven't got anything else to say now so...
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-Yuri^^
