Author's Note:
Whooo! It's 1st December, and the first day of the long holiday! At my country, we have a full-month holiday in December every year. I wonder if you guys have 30 days break in December too?
Disclaimer:
I don't own Bleach blah blah blah….
Chapter 10: Sarugaki Hiyori – Hiyorella
Hiyori sat down on a huge rock outside the Vizards' settlement, folding her arms, her unusual thoughts was running wildly through her mind. To be precise, she was actually thinking about her dreams, her future….. her fate.
That's right. Hiyori had never fallen in love with anyone. To be honest, she herself didn't even know if there was anyone who had a crush on her. She realized that she was brutal, hot-headed, tomboy and harsh, so she wasn't really into boys. Hiyori had never thought about her future man. But surprisingly now, she was dying to know about that. Who will be hers eventually? Is it someone from the Vizards, or is it from the Shinigamis or Arrancars or what?
Yes. Hiyori needed to find out about this. So she jumped out of the stone and set off to meet the only man she could rely on. She knew he had the solution to this problem.
"You what?" Hachi obviously couldn't believe his ears. "Sarugaki Hiyori, the former Gotei 13 lieutenant and a Vizard, demands for the potion of love?
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Hiyori pressed her finger to her lips, a sign for Hachi to tune down his voice. "Shh! Anyone can hear that! And besides, I only want a potion that gives me a dream to meet my future lover. You sure have that potion, right?"
Hachi thought deeply for a while, trying to remember if he had that kind of potion. He then snapped his fingers, meaning that he did have that potion. His reaction just brought out a new hope in Hiyori. "Wait here," he ordered, although Hiyori had already entered her daydream fantasy and probably didn't even listen to what Hachi had just said.
Hachi searched for the thing in his cupboard. He then was able to find it but there were two tubes with purple liquid. The light purple was actually the 'Good Dream' potion while the darker purple was the 'Nightmare' potion.
Just as Hachi wanted to reach out his hand to the light purple liquid potion, Hiyori interrupted. "Hurry up, Hachi!"
"Alright, alright!" Hachi replied quickly, but unfortunately, without he himself realizing, he had apparently taken the dark purple liquid, which was the WRONG one! Hachi immediately rushed to Hiyori's side and handed the potion to her.
"Listen," Hachi began," This is the potion that will make you fall asleep and meet your future lover. If I am not mistaken, the storyline of this dream is the Cinderella story. All you need to do is just to play Cinderella's role, go through the story and complete it without failing. And of course, your future lover will be the one playing the prince. So you really have to do this right if you wanted to know who your man is."
Hiyori examined the tube, she was a bit hesitated. "You sure this will work?"
"Trust me, I'm the one who created it," Hachi convinced her without knowing that he was the one who actually mistook it for the 'Good Dream' potion.
Without wasting any time, Hiyori immediately drank the potion and suddenly passed out to travel to her dream….
Hiyori woke up to an old-fashioned room. She could tell that it was Cinderella's. She even looked herself in the mirror; she was wearing a worn out dress.
"Perfect," she said to herself. "I just have to do what Cinderella did in the story, and I'm gonna find out who my man is!"
Suddenly, her bedroom door was pushed harshly, revealing the person behind it.
"Hiyorella! I want you to clean my room, now!"
Hiyori was extremely aghast when she saw that person. Much to her surprise, it was Shinji! He was wearing a classy gown with a fancy fan in his right hand.
"O-oi, baldy, what are you doing in my dream?" Hiyori asked, although she wanted to laugh her heart out due to Shinji's absurd outfit.
Hands on his hips and flapping his fan, Shinji bulged his eyes out. "What? You call me baldy? You idiot girl! How dare you say that! Lisazella! Mashistasia! Come here!"
"Yes, mother?" Another two girls appeared behind Shinji. Again, Hiyori was taken aback.
It was Lisa and Mashiro! And wait…. Did they just call Shinji mother? So that meant, Shinji was her stepmother, and Lisa and Mashiro were her stepsisters! That explained Shinji's ridiculous clothes... Although his behavior didn't change that much anyway.
What a weird dream, Hiyori thought. Oh well, as long as I can see my true love!
Hiyori obeyed every single thing that Shinji ordered, although she resented it very much. If it wasn't for her future lover, she would've kicked Shinji's a**. Hiyori once did take revenge on Shinji by putting cockroaches in his mouth when he was sleeping – and she made Lisa the scapegoat. Lisa and Mashiro were kinda mean to her too – Lisa always drew her hentai comics on Hiyori's bedroom wall while Mashiro just loved to annoy her every single day. They were just like the ones in the real world.
On the next day in the morning, as Hiyori was busy cooking and preparing breakfast (she didn't know how to cook so she put lots of different kinds of animals in the pot), she heard a drum beat outside her house, causing all villagers to get out to know what was going on. Hiyori was no exception. She didn't care about the dish she was preparing. It's just a dream anyway.
"Greetings, everyone," said the man on the horse. Surprisingly, Hiyori recognized that man. It's the former 7th division captain, Love!
"Listen, folks. The prince is currently searching for a bride, and he will be throwing a Halloween party tonight at his palace, and of course the person who dresses the scariest will be winning the prince's heart. So ladies, women, girls, and even housewives and transvestites, get ready for tonight at 8 pm. Prince is waiting for you." Love announced the news, which led the ladies to shriek and scream excitedly.
Shinji smirked. "Let's go girls. One of you is definitely going to be prince's bride." Lisa and Mashiro exchanged look, apparently both of them didn't have any interest in the party nor the prince. They ended up fighting and decided that the loser would be the one going to the party, only to end up being knocked out by Shinji.
Meanwhile, Hiyori smiled brightly as she heard the news. She couldn't wait!
That night, Shinji and his 'daughters' were well dressed up. Shinji was a bit surprised the fact that Hiyori still was in her usual, old dress. He for once thought that Hiyori would participate in this party.
He glared at Hiyori suspiciously.
Hiyori stared back at Shinji. Damn baldy, hurry up and go to the party! I know after this a fairy godmother will appear…. Hiyori mumbled silently.
"Hiyorella," Shinji uttered her name, "You… don't go to the party?"
Hiyori smirked. "Nah, I won't. 'Cause I've got a fairy god-"
"You've got a WHAT?" Shinji thought he heard something odd.
"I-I mean, I've got…. To watch Fairy OddParents on Nicklodeon channel. Yeah, Fairy OddParents," Hiyori snapped. Her heart was beating fast, she almost spilled the beans!
Shinji cleared his throat. "Very well. It's not like I'm allowing you to go to the party anyway." They then made their way to the palace, leaving Hiyori alone in the house.
When their shadows had already disappeared into the pitch black night, Hiyori went to the fish pond outside her house and yelled, "Fairy godmother! Come on, show yourself!"
POOF! Someone appeared.
"Whoaa!" Hiyori looked at that person. "Kensei!"
Kensei shot her a glare. "If you don't wanna die, don't call me by my first name. And I'm your fairy godfather."
Hiyori was startled. This was no doubt a Cinderella story, but there was something that had been bugging her since the beginning. This story was like a different version of Cinderella's. Everything seemed to be the opposite of the real story!
But the blonde-haired Vizard refused to give up. She remembered Hachi's advice: Play the role of Cinderella. Follow the storyline. Complete the story.
"Give me the scariest outfit ever, and I want a fancy ride," Hiyori demanded, only to earn another poisonous glare from Kensei.
"Don't tell me what to do. Or I'll cut off your head now," His deep, raspy voice sent chills down Hiyori's spine. His glare was good enough to strangle her; as if he invaded her mind already. Well, what do you expect from the former Gotei 13 9th division captain?
Kensei however granted Hiyori's first wish. She looked nothing like a human. It was really scary that even Hiyori got afraid of herself when she saw her reflection in the mirror. But she was super happy and confident that she would be the prince's bride.
"I've given you your second wish. And I'm going now," The ferocious fairy godfather suddenly disappeared. Hiyori went straight off to the garden to see her ride.
And how disappointed she was. It was Rose riding on a bull!
"Get up, girl. I'm gonna bring you to the palace," Rose smiled.
"Dammit!" Hiyori was desperate. She would've slaughtered the slow bull if it wasn't for this dream. She still needed to put up with all these crazy things for the sake of her true love.
After almost two hours, she finally arrived at the palace. It was 11 o'clock. According to the Cinderella's storyline, she still had one more hour.
As she stepped into the palace, thousands pairs of eyes cornered her. She became the centre of attraction. No doubt, her outfit was the best among all. Suddenly Love announced, "Alright people. It has been decided. The blonde girl who just entered the door is the winner!" He pointed at Hiyori. All the ladies sighed in disappointment.
Hiyori smirked. "I know I'm gonna win," she bragged. But then her smirk turned into a shy smile, and her cheeks were painted pink as Love told everybody that the prince would be revealing himself and proposing Hiyori to be his bride. Her heart was pounding hard like crazy, drumming over and over. Her face reflected her feelings of excitement.
"And here's the prince!"
Then, the prince showed himself. And Hiyori gasped in disbelief.
It's HACHI. Ushoda Hachigen. Hachi was the prince. Hachi was… HER ONE TRUE LOVE!
Hiyori felt like committing suicide after knowing the truth. Her mirror of perfect fantasy imagination just scattered on the floor. Due to her broken heart and refused to accept the fate, she stole a knife from the dinner table and stabbed her own leg so that she could wake up from her dream. Just then she realized it wasn't just a dream. It was a nightmare!
Luckily, she successfully bailed herself out of the stupid dream.
On the next day, Hachi went to Hiyori's room to ask the result.
"Hey," Hachi greeted, "How's your dream?" he smiled.
Hiyori was incredibly horrified by Hachi's presence. Her dream last night played endlessly in her mind, inducing more anxiousness in her heart. Trauma and phobia conquered her head - she had never felt so terrified before. Couldn't confront Hachi, Hiyori immediately stormed out of the room.
Hachi tilted his head. "Just what is wrong with her?"
Eeeek, Hiyori. To be truth, I do feel sorry for her. She's not as pretty and feminine as the other female characters in Bleach – probably she's the most unattractive girl in Bleach. But if we're talking about love, I honestly don't see anyone who fits her except Shinji. Sure, they are like oil and water, they don't go well together but they are the most important ingredients when it comes to cooking. Oh what the heck am I blabbering about? XD Review :3