I did say in the previous chapter that Hitsugaya and Amui are going to get a stalker during their supposed date. Maybe the title should pretty much sum it up. Anyways, I'm like never going to get any reviews…sad face…but that doesn't stop me from updating! I have this entire thing all planned out in my head!!
Also, I wonder which OC are people rooting for to end up with our little Shiro-chan? I see many really like Naori! That's good! It's a shame this chapter might slightly change your mind…
Stalking
"Hey Hitsugaya-kun? Can we visit the library for a bit?" Amui asked and proceeded to drag him to the library in front of them. Her hand on his hand and neither of them noticing at all. Though the people around pretty much noticed.
"It's the weekend. What would you want to do in a library?" Hitsugaya questioned, raising an eyebrow at the girl.
"I need to get a book for summer reading." Amui reasoned with him and continued to drag him further inside. They were way past the front desk and were already in the countless rows of books. Amui dropped Hitsugaya's arm and started looking her way through the books. "It's going to take me some time to find it. Why don't you look around? Entertain yourself?" She said, smiling back at Hitsugaya before going back to the shelves.
Hitsugaya only stared at Amui for a couple of moments before leaving himself. He was glad Amui let him loose when she was in the library. He sensed a familiar spiritual pressure coming from the library. Hitsugaya weaved through the entire building full of shelves of books. He walked around the countless people reading and the others shelving for books. He made his way up the stairs and to a small reading area where there were only chairs around where he sensed the source of the spiritual pressure.
"What are you doing here Naori?" Hitsugaya demanded. "I thought I ordered you to keep an eye on Haruka Ayumishi. What are you doing lounging around?"
"Why don't you quit being so uptight all the time?" Naori calmly snapped back with her eyes still on the book she was reading. "If I wanted to lounge around, I wouldn't be in this dumb library."
"You were supposed to keep watch of our target." Hitsugaya said and sat down beside Naori.
"I am keeping watch. See…" Naori pointed behind her where Haruka was working but her eyes still remained on the book. "It seems like the airhead works here during the weekends."
"I rather see you taking this seriously."
"I am taking this seriously." Naori said and narrowed her eyes behind her book. "You know me. I'm the one you least suspect of insubordination. Besides if I wasn't taking this seriously, I would've placed a kido spell on the target and go elsewhere. But here I am, stuck in this library, reading for who knows how long."
Hitsugaya glanced down at the table in front of him and saw a dark and old book with the title Memories of Miyuba written on it. "You're reading these books?" Hitsugaya skeptically implied, picking up the huge book.
Naori peeked out of the corners of her book and saw Hitsugaya holding up that one. "No. That is something she tried to make me read though I'm not going to."
"You should be reading these types of books. It's more entertaining and educational than those light novels and manga you're always reading." Hitsugaya said and plopped the gigantic book down on Naori's lap.
"You're so old fashioned." Naori remarked at him in a very teasing manner. The glee erupted to a smile and she tried to hide it with the book she was reading. Too bad Hitsugaya saw it, got pissed, and quickly plucked the book out of her hands.
"And what are you reading now? Manga?" Hitsugaya asked and glanced at the artwork on the page.
"It's a very entertaining book. I like the main character the most. He's just like you. Full of temper, very short, and hates it when he's called short." Naori pointed out with a mischievous glint in her eyes.
"So what." Hitsugaya scoffed and tossed the manga back to Naori.
"Except for the fact he's actually taller than you." Naori said, giving Hitsugaya more and more torture. Luckily, his cell rang before Naori can go any further.
"Hitsugaya-kun, I found the book I was looking for." Amui's voice sounded through the cell.
"Okay, I'll meet you outside." Hitsugaya answered and hung up.
"Getting back to your date, I see."
"Shut up." Hitsugaya tiredly said and left the reading area. "Just continue with what you were doing."
'Weird…' Naori thought as she watched her captain walk down the steps leading to the first floor. 'Hitsugaya-taicho sounds just like him from the anime…'
"Hey!" Haruka called out for Naori and rushed to her side. "Who was that silver-haired boy just a second ago? Is he your boyfriend? You two sure look like a couple! A cute one at that!"
Naori stared at the wide-eyed girl near her. She really did have no memories of that night at all. They all vanished without a trace. But someone like her, with a huge package of spiritual pressure sitting in her body, should be able to remember something. Even if they were immature, they should be able to resist a simple memory replacement at the least. Unless…
"No. That boy is my captain and I am his subordinate. He is Captain Toushirou Hitsugaya and I am 5th seat Naori Hibana. We are shinigami sent to eliminate you, Haruka Ayumishi, a dangerous entity that needs to be destroyed. I am going to kill you now." Naori blankly said and reached into her pocket. "Any last words?"
"Hello Hitsugaya-kun!" Amui waved for Hitsugaya to come over.
"Do I have to keep reminding you to stop calling me that?" Hitsugaya snapped back.
Amui only scoffed at the comment. She began to walk down the steps of the front entrance and out the area. "So what did you do the entire time in the library?" Amui asked the following boy.
"I was talking with somebody." Hitsugaya glanced back at the second floor window where Naori was.
"You mean Hibana-san right?" Amui replied. "I don't know what's between you and her, but I find it plain creepy."
"Why is that?" Hitsugaya asked, suddenly being interested in her thoughts.
"Well…Hibana-san always seems different around you. She is super cold and ruthless whenever you're not around. But when you are, she turns into this nice girl who just likes to tease everyone. Why is that?" Amui glanced back at Hitsugaya, expecting an answer.
Hitsugaya smirked at the clueless girl. "You have very keen eyes, Shizumiya." He complimented, causing Amui to smile in return. "You're right. At some times, Naori can act differently than usual. She has somewhat of a dual personality, but she doesn't act according to me."
"Then when does she switch personalities?"
"Naori…she…well…switches personalities whenever she's on mission duty. If she's ever given an order, she will follow it with no hesitation and she never notices the consequences behind it. She tends to act very ruthless and a little sadistic whenever she's in this personality. That's what I hate about her…" Hitsugaya answered, pausing briefly after the last sentence. "I'm not sure if she notices this at all…"
"Hitsugaya-kun…"
Hitsugaya glanced at Amui and briefly noticed the sympathy in her eyes. "Other than that, she's lazy, very sarcastic, and super mischievous beyond anyone's standards. That personality's just there to annoy me." He scoffed and started to walk right past her.
Amui gazed on at the boy walking past her. She realized that no matter how much he tried to hide it, no matter how many times he scoffed off a comment and tried to walk away. Hitsugaya actually really does care about his closest friends like Naori. He just has too much pride in him to show it. He actually looks kind of cool when doing this. Amui smiled back at him, thinking maybe he could soften up a little and show this side of him more often.
"If you're going to daydream in the middle of the street than I'll just leave you till someone else comes!" Hitsugaya called back, snapping Amui out of her la la land.
"Hitsugaya-kun!! Wait up!" Amui ran up to her friend, astounded how he could always walk so far.
"You have got to stop daydreaming in the most inconvenient times."
"God!! It was only for a few seconds! Besides, stop being so uptight all the time! You'll be a whole lot of fun without that apathetic attitude of yours."
"Grr…I am not one of those grumpy little grandpa's you humans call apathetic!"
"Well, you got the hair to match and the grumpiness and the delaying height growth."
"Are you really trying to piss me off?"
The two of them were talking while walking and other people where having quite an interesting take on what they were talking about. Occasionally, they would follow after the two because their conversation was just that funny. Somebody, that both Amui and Hitsugaya knew, already was following after them and keeping her ears in their conversation. Of course with a kido barrier so neither of them noticed her sneaking up on them.
'My…they sure are getting close.' Naori peeked out of the corners of her book, effectively spying on them. 'Hitsugaya-taicho did say to keep an eye on the target. He didn't say to keep an eye on that Haruka girl though…not that I need to now…'
Naori suddenly noticed she could barely hear their arguing. She found them almost half a block away! Naori got up, snuck up to them, and sat back down with her book still in her face. Luckily, her captain and Amui stopped for a minute to get food and still argue. Actually, it was more of Amui teasing Hitsugaya and Hitsugaya getting really mad over it.
'And here I thought I'm the only one who teases him like that.' Naori amusingly thought with a smile, until she saw her captain giving a smirk. 'Is he actually smiling? Is she smiling back? What is going on over there?'
Then all that teasing started to turn into a normal, girl-boy conversation. The ones that are without the fighting and the arguing. Amui was munching down on a sandwich while sipping on orange juice and Hitsugaya just had a glass of water. They both seemed to have calmed down a little and actually act mature to each other. Though both of them hadn't noticed Naori moving into the seat behind Amui.
"So tell me…" Amui took another bite out of her sandwich. "What do you spend your time doing rather than fighting these hollows?"
"Why do I have to tell you?" Another smart answer from Hitsugaya.
A glint could be seen in the corner of Amui's eye. "Well…during a date, you are supposed to talk about yourself and have a perfectly nice conversation."
"I thought I already told you that Naori had that covered-wait!" His eyes widened at the mistake he just made. "This is not a date!!"
"Too late! Start talking!" Amui smiled and took a sip out of her orange juice.
'She got you there, captain.' Naori thought as she continued to listen in on the interesting conversation. 'I think I might even consider this girl as an equal. Though I don't give Hitsugaya-taicho that much torture. It's usually the other way around when I'm up against him. But I always get the last laugh!'
Hitsugaya frowned at the happy go lucky girl smiling at him. "Right now, I'm on a mission. I don't have time to play around in this world. Besides once I get back, I have work to do."
Amui innocently blinked her eyes. "You know…you're a workaholic."
"And you have way too many mood swings to count."
A pissed off Amui slammed her drink right into the table. "I do not have that multiple personality disorder like your little subordinate! I'm just moody! What's the problem with that?"
"I don't know." Hitsugaya said, rolling his eyes. "One minute, you're happy. The next minute, you're an angry bull. You're always flipping in and out like this."
Amui felt her jaw drop and she haughtily stood up to leave without saying another word. Though she still stopped a couple of feet away and motioned for Hitsugaya to follow her. They both left the eating area, but the spy spying on them stayed in her seat.
'Me? A disorder?' Too shocked to even move with her eyes fixated on the page of the book she was on. Desperate, Naori tried to think of something else. 'Now that I think about it…why am I still reading this book? Why did that entity container ever made me read such a thing? Oh wait! I almost forgot. She's not the target anymore.'
Meanwhile, Amui and Hitsugaya were already walking away from the place they were eating at, all in a while bickering or talking with one another. Hitsugaya showed signs to have mellowed down a bit and Amui rarely started being aggressive again. Time quickly flew by as the two begun to know each other more. Amui revealed about her friends, school, and family while Hitsugaya, surprisingly, talked about Hinamori and Matsumoto for a while. Slowly, the sun began to set…
"Well I think Shiro-chan is a cute name! Why didn't I think of that before?" Amui giggled.
"If you ever use it, I'll make sure a hollow eats you whole." Hitsugaya coldly snapped back.
"C'mon, I know you're not that heartless." Amui playfully punched him in the arm.
Hitsugaya gave his usual glares at Amui and playfully punched her back as well. Though it ended with Amui falling down into the ground and she skidded at least a couple of feet before finally stopping. Amui yelped in pain as she fell and she painfully rubbed her butt.
"What the hell Hitsugaya-kun?" Amui cried out, annoyed.
"Sorry…"Hitsugaya apologized and proceeded to help her up. But the sight of blood on the ground caught his attention quick. "You're bleeding…"
"What?" Amui glanced down to see a little cut on her finger with a slight trickle of blood coming down. "It's a scratch. I'm okay."
"No you're not." Hitsugaya helped her up from the ground. "I'm not sure I have a band-aid, but I'm sure Naori has some. Follow me."
With a bit of hesitation at first, Amui quickly followed after the guy. Hitsugaya walked around the corner and up a couple flight of stairs on the outside of the building. Amui spotted the door that lead to Hitsugaya's apartment. Hitsugaya stopped at the door before that and he began to loudly knock on the door. Silence hung over the air for a couple of seconds and Hitsugaya just opened the door, thinking there was no one inside.
"What do you want?" A soft voice asked. Naori sat on a large comfortable looking reading chair with a glass bedside table. She glanced up from the top of her book to see him.
"I need some band-aids." Hitsugaya said and gestured to the dripping cut on Amui's hand.
Naori glanced at the nervous girl's hand waving at her. The cut was on one of her fingers, the middle one to be exact, and a trail of blood was already coming down her palm. Naori slowly pointed towards her bathroom. "Behind the mirror cabinet is a couple." She said, lowering her book down to her lap.
Hitsugaya nodded and he walked out of the living room and into the bathroom. Amui was about to follow, but the sight of Naori silently staring at her made her stop. Desperate, Amui tried to change the awkward situation.
"Hey! Are you reading Memories of Miyuba? That book is great! That is…if you're into romance and all that stuff." Amui nervously babbled out. "I read a little part of it and I tried to find the last letter the author left for his love before. It says its still there, being a non-fiction book and all, but I never really found it. The other day, Hitsugaya-kun and I-"
"Hitsugaya-taicho and you…" Naori repeated in a silent monotonous tone. "That reminds me…didn't I tell you not to interact with him anymore?"
"I know you did. But I also know Hitsugaya-kun ordered you to and he usually never means half of what he says." Amui pointed out.
"You…ignored…me?" Her face went dark and she hid herself behind her book. Her dark blue locks effectively hiding her supposedly bright yellow eyes. "You…actually…went to him? Even when I said not to?"
"Look! I know you said not to, but I just couldn't help it!" Amui nervously explained, backing away from her. "Sorry if that hurt you in any way-"
"Get out…"
"Excuse me?" Amui strained her ears now that Naori was talking in a small whisper.
"Get out…get out…you don't belong here…" Naori glared at her behind the pages and clenched her hands in fists on the book. "Get out…get out…"
"Shizumiya!" Hitsugaya came through with a bunch of band-aids in his hands. He opened up the palm of Amui's hand and placed the bandage on where the cut was. He also brought out a wet paper towel and washed off most of the blood.
"Thanks Hitsugaya-kun…" Amui said and rubbed the band-aid. She quickly turned to leave the apartment. Before going out the door, Amui glanced back at Hitsugaya. "See you around, I guess."
"Bye." Hitsugaya waved after the leaving girl.
Amui smiled back at him and she quickly made off. Not once glancing back at him after that. Maybe more of not glancing back at that apartment.
Err…Naori is slightly pissed about the fact that Amui wants and enjoys to spend time with Hitsugaya. Or that Amui defied her orders. Either way, Naori is still pretty mad. Not that it's going to be a problem for her or anything…[wink, wink] Anyways, just what did Naori do to Haruka? I wonder…Also, guess whom I'm referencing Shiro-chan to? It's so much fun to compare the two of them together!Review!!!