MIST
A/N: Hola2 everybody!!! As i promise, this is the next chapter of MIST for everyone!! (grins)
OoooKay.. Here's an announcement to make!!
I don't know whether this is a good news or bad one..
but it is INDEED a bad news for me..
Actually, i've been given an opportunity to
actually carry on my study.. ~as an english teacher!
How bad is that..? I mean, my grammar actually bad, but still, they give
me the teaching course..(cries) the english course!
I'll be leaving on the 13th this month..
and i think i'll be even busier than ever to
even post a chapter to this site..
Honto gomen, ne minna..
But, i'll still be posting until next week, but.. after that then,
i don't know.. But if i ever have spare time, i'll post the next chapter right away!!
Renji: You? Teacher? (laugh maniacally)
Me: I know.. (sniff)
Renji: hahaha (rolling onto the ground)
Me: (sniff) huhuhu (suddenly cheer up) ne, Ren-kun.. Remember the girl i promised you before?
Renji: Yea? What about her?
Me: She's in this chapter! (grins)
Renji: (eyes widened) Whaddya waiting for? (kick the author) on with the story already!!
Disclaimer: Can't forget the disclaimer, Renji.. I do not own Renji. (cries)
Renji: Just hurry up, will ya? (nervously tapping his feet)
Me: Aww.. Ren-kun is so nervous..
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Here's the credits for the reviewers..
SuperRukia (thanks.. (sniff) I'm so touched...)
sekime-masakichan (hope it cured your craving.. xD)
orangekidz
MauveAppleWare
renjimania
deathgodgotthenote
xwhitemoonx (is it really that sad? (sniff)
Taeniaea
and to i hate my boss: i totally forgot you've changed your id..
gomen if i keep mentioning pencilpen all the way.. ne?
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Rukia walked to her desk, avoiding eye contact with the carrot top. She put her bag down and sat. Ichigo's lips parted, as if he was about to say something, but he didn't. From the corner of her eyes, Rukia noticed that. He'd probably wanted to throw some tantrum at me for slapping him yesterday, Rukia thought. Oh, how wrong she was.. Placing her bag, she turned away her look towards the board, hand clasped.
Ichigo clenched his fists. Inwardly, he cursed himself for being such a coward. He glanced again at the raven-haired, silently gulping. Before he could try again, the teacher entered the room. He immediately welcomed the new student and asked him to sit beside Mizuiro.
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Lunch time soon came. As Rukia and Renji was about to leave the room, a ring came down his phone. Before Rukia could speak more, Renji patted her shoulder, and pointed to the phone. Catch you later, he mouthed. Needless to say, Rukia just nodded and sighed. As she watched the red-haired man out of the room, a thought struck her mind.
Is that nii-sama on the phone?
Uh-oh.
She hoped not. I am sooo dead if nii-sama knows about this. Rukia sighed and started her way out the door. As soon as she made a step out, a hand suddenly grabbed her wrist and dragged her away. She saw a familiar spiky hair, a proverbial figure. Then she let her eyes traced the person. Oh she knew who it was alright.
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"Ah.. I know what to do to make them confess.." Isshin grinned maniacally, mumbling to himself as he stood up. Isshin smiled sweetly to his daughters as he walked towards the door.
"Otou-san!!! Don't do anything stupid!!" Yuzu sweatdropped.
"Yea, don't make us regret for having you as our father..!" Karin yelled as both of them eyed their father disappear from the house, walking towards somewhere with a plan they didn't wanna know.
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"Tatsuki? What are you doing?!!" She tried wiggling her hand off her, but she didn't move. Rukia was forced to follow the spiky-haired.
"We need to talk." The girl replied, almost sternly, frantically looking left and right.
"About what?!" Rukia frowned. She should've tried to convince Renji for not coming to school. And she regretted for not trying harder. Ahh.. Maybe Tatsuki was just aghast on seeing Renji's tattoos. Rewind. He did look like a gangster. Maybe Tatsuki..
Tatsuki suddenly stopped walking and Rukia left her trains of thought.
They were now inside a store room. Small—and empty. Tatsuki pushed the petite woman inside, and followed inside, her eyes burning.
"Listen, Rukia—"
Tatsuki crossed her arms. "Do you have any problems?" she asked.
Rukia flinched. "Problems? What do you mean?" Rukia bit her lips.
"Oh, come on! It's evident since you didn't even speak to him just now." Rukia gulped. This time, she knew what Tatsuki was saying. Curse the carrot top and all the things he'd done to her. Now what? He was too coward to say 'I'm sorry' and now asking someone else to do it for him?! Screw him!
"And, why the hell that crook is with you?" Tatsuki quirked her brow.
Rukia looked at her in complete bafflement. "W-what?"
"You mean Renji?" Rukia asked her back as Tatsuki nodded. "He's not a crook." Rukia paused. "He's a nice person." Rukia crossed her arms, nodding.
"Yea, right. Whatever. Do you guys have any problems? I mean, you and Ichigo acted like the world's going to end!"
"We so are not!" Rukia cleared her throat. "I just moved from his house." She calmly said.
"So….?" Tatsuki furrowed her brow.
"That's it." Rukia finished as she waved her hand. "There's nothing else."
"That doesn't make any sense to me. Why would Ichigo look like a dead weight just because of that?"
Rukia chuckled slightly. "Maybe he was constipat---"
BAM!
The door was roughly opened—kicked, revealing a panicked Renji in front. "There you are!" He yelled, pointing his finger at the petite girl..
"And I've been looking everywhere even at the damned ladies!" he mumbled, shaking his head vigorously.
Tatsuki and Rukia gaped at him, and before Rukia could once again utter a single word, Renji grabbed her wrist and dragged her towards the door—broken door. "We are so damned busted!" he whispered but Tatsuki had an absolutely fine hearing to actually hear what he said just now.
"HEY!!!!" Tatsuki roared. "Am I like a statue or something?!!!" she dashed towards Renji and kicked his head.
"Ow! What was that for, bitch?!" Renji scorched, rubbing his sore head.
Rukia blinked of the sudden drama. "That's for ignoring ME!" Tatsuki had her hand on her hips and jerked her thumb to herself, glaring angrily at Renji.
"I don't even know you, stupid!!!!" As Renji tried to yell some more, a dash of beatings flew towards his face.
"The hell I care!" she replied. But to her surprise, Renji caught her fist before it reached his face.
"Watch your hand.." He said, letting go of her hand. Renji straightened his shirt and dusted it before turning away.
"And oh, Rukia and I are not going to class after this. You know what to do." Renji ordered. Tatsuki blinked as she noticed Rukia clasped her hand to her chest, mouthing an apology as she was being dragged out of the room.. She stood there numbly, watching the two vanished and mumbled.
"Bastard."
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Tatsuki walked inside the classroom and sighed. "Stupid red-haired moron." She mumbled.
Again, she felt so disturbed by Renji—by what he just did. He blocked her punches! AHHHH!!! Tatsuki screamed in her mind. But hey, why the hell did they leave so hastily? Is there something wrong? Hell, of course there's something wrong! What's busted? What's wrong with those two?!
Ahh! Too many questions! Smacking the urge to pull her hair out, Tatsuki heaved a long sigh.
"What's wrong, Tatsuki-chan?" Orihime asked as she saw a frustrated look on her best friend's face, breaking Tatsuki's trail of thoughts.
Tatsuki shook her head. "It's nothing." She smiled lightly.
Before Orihime could ask further, the teacher came in, bringing a box in his hand. The class was puzzled.
"What's that, Yamada sensei?" a student asked, pointing to the box.
"We are going to have a project." The teacher grinned. This time, the whole class groaned in frustration.
"Okay class, listen up," Mr. Yamada – or Yama-ji as students like to call him - was saying to his class. The small, white-haired man placed the box with pieces of paper inside on the table. He began shaking it as he spoke.
"I need you all to cooperate," he said. "You can have a partner for this project, and I don't want to be unfair letting you decide on your own and leaving the ones without partner doing his job himself. So, we're making a vote so that all of you will get a partner.."
Yama-ji looked at the two empty seats in front of him quizzically.
"Anyway, can somebody tell me where is Kuchiki-san and Abarai-kun?" The man pointed to the seat.
Suddenly, Tatsuki raised her hand. "Yes, Arisawa-san?"
"They're having an emergency, sensei." She gulped. Orihime looked at Tatsuki with a surprise. Ichigo seemed surprised too as he quirked an eyebrow.
"Emergency? Oh well, I'll excuse them this time." The man continued. "Each one of you come up here and picks a paper. Each paper has a number written on it, and.."
Tatsuki slumped on her chair, sighing. Tell me why I'm doing this again? She cursed. Damned red-haired Riding Hood! Oh, now she had a little 'nick name' for the bastard. She grinned inwardly.
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Out of the school, Renji was still dragging Rukia along with him. "Renji, what's wrong?!" Rukia yelled, still trying to wriggle away from the man.
Renji seemed to be preoccupied, as he ignored her and continued to walk. Somehow, Rukia misunderstood herself as a sack of corn. Heck, she'd been dragged around, forced to walk the whole morning. First it's Tatsuki, and now it's Renji! Damn, she has feet! She can walk! Just tell her where to go and she'll go!!
Arggghh!!
Feeling the urge to slap his head, Rukia halted. As Renji turned his face to face her, Rukia pulled her hand from his grasp and slapped his forehead.. "What the hell is wrong with you?!" she shrieked. Renji frowned.
Renji sighed as he leaned closer and whispered something to her ear.
"WHAT?!!"
Rukia was aghast. Her mouth twitched and her eyes seemed darker.
"What do you mean when you say that nii-sama will come to Urahara shoten in any minute?! You gotta be kidding me! Oh, I hate you!!!!"
"Geez Rukia, will you calm down?" Renji replied as he covered his ears because Rukia's screams seemed to have damaged his eardrums.
Rukia sighed. "What are we going to do?" She asked..
Renji shrugged. "I think you should tell him the truth."
"You what?" Rukia's eyes grew bigger.
"Well, if you don't tell him the truth, then say goodbye to your best friend here." He said, pointing to himself as he looked away.
Rukia quirked an eyebrow. "You're leaving?"
Renji shrugged.
"Great. Just great. Just leave then! I don't need anyone." She sulked.
Renji gawked with his mouth open at her outburst. "What now? Are you sulking at me?"
Rukia turned away and crossed her arms.
"Hey, what're you thinking?! I'm a fukutaichou! I have my duties, okay?" Renji explained. "If you didn't tell the truth, how I'm gonna stay here? Plus, he might ask me to come back to Soul Society to finish some paperwork. Unless something huge come up and we can't shrug it off, then maybe he'll consider me staying here for a while.."
Rukia's eyes soften as she faced him. "You know what? You're right."
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"Uh, Orihime.. I think I have something else to do.." Tatsuki paused, searching for better words. "Why don't you go home first?"
"Eh? What is it, Tatsuki-chan? Is it about your karate class?" Orihime guessed, putting her finger to her chin thoughtfully.
"Uh, sort of. I think I left the uniform in the class. Well, you said you have something to do, so.."
Tatsuki scratched the back of her head. "Better not waste your time, right?"
"Um. I guess so. See you tomorrow then, Tatsuki-chan!!"
As she watched her bubbly friend walked towards the gate, Tatsuki mumbled. "Stupid karate uniform. Stupid class.." She let out an annoyed sigh and straightened her shirt before walking towards the class again.
Reaching her desk, Tatsuki searched for her missing karate uniform. But unfortunately, the uniform was nowhere in sight. Another annoyed sigh, she slumped into her chair and closed her eyes. Damn it! Where the hell it goes?! A moment later, Tatsuki jerked her eyes open to finally remember that she'd given the uniform for Mahana to borrow for her project just before the class ended.
How can she be so absent-minded? She could be, when a certain red-head was on her mind.. And yet she blamed the Red Riding Hood for everything. Poor Renji. Growled in aggravation, she picked up her bag, slung it to her shoulder and moved, cursing all the way.
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Opening the door of Urahara Shoten, Renji was the first to step in. He gave his Taichou a nervous smile and pull Rukia in. Rukia's eyes widened when her eyes rested on a graceful figure sitting beside Urahara.
"N-nii-sama!"
Byakuya opened his eyes and placed his teacup down on the table. He nodded at his sister, looking even more menacing than he already is. Rukia couldn't help but to wince.
"Kuchiki-san, have a seat. We have to make this matter clear, shall we?" Urahara flipped open his fan. Rukia slowly took a seat in front of Byakuya, Renji beside her. Gulping, Rukia inhaled a deep breath and glanced at Renji. The both seemed reluctant to even speak. Silence consumed the room for a while before Byakuya spoke.
"What is it that concerns Abarai to avoid his duties in Soul Society?" Byakuya suddenly asked.
His eyes were on Rukia as he fixed his haori a little. Rukia gulped, somehow his intense glare made her want to puke. Or even worst. Suddenly, a soul pager rang, indicate a hollow nearby. Renji thanked the god for giving him the chance to get away. He immediately stood up, saying.
"I'll get this one."
With that, he swallowed a gikongan and 'shunpo'ed away from the shoten to the direction given by the pager.
Stupid Renji, stupid hollow! How can he leave me alone with nii-sama?!!
"Nii-sama, I can explain.." Rukia looked at her brother worriedly. Worried on how he will take this matter, on how he will react hearing it.. Do not panic, Rukia. You can do it!!
"Kurosaki-san told me about the work you've been working on.. It is weird that you have the guts to actually lie, Rukia." Byakuya looked at her sternly.
Rukia's eyes widened. "Kurosaki-san? How'd..." she whispered to herself. Rukia now realized, the man actually suspected her from the very start. Maybe he called nii-sama just to confirm what I said.. She thought. Shit! Now you can panic.
Urahara inwardly sighed and slowly made his way to the other side of the house, leaving the two siblings to have more private talk.
"That's.. well.. I.." Rukia stuttered.
"What is it?" Byakuya demanded.
"I don't mean to lie, nii-sama.. And.. it's a long story—" Byakuya cuts her off.
"Abarai has already told me your current situation. I just wanted to confirm it by hearing it from your mouth. I insist you to tell me now."
Rukia nodded. She sighed and closed her eyes. "I met a person here few days ago, nii-sama.. And she's a waterbearer..---"
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Tatsuki stopped at a dark alley a few blocks away from the Karakura Park. She heard the shrill shriek of the hollow nearby. Damn it. How can I defeat this thing with just karate?! I seriously need to buy a sword or something. She found out however that she had no time to ponder about this as the hollow chose the moment as the right time to make its appearance. Stupid.. uh, what is this thing called again? Hollou? Hollo? Holoo?
Tatsuki cursed under her breath as she stared at the ugly being. It looked awfully like a millipede, with horns on its head and tail or.. whatever, with a mask on its face. The hollow landed in front of Tatsuki, its bright red eyes staring straight with delight.
Before anyone could utter, a blast came in and went to the hollow, right at its face. Tatsuki's eyes widened. It was full of smoke, and it's even hard for her to breath, more likely even to see the face of her savior. She coughed and covered her nose from inhaling too much smoke.
"Ha! Serve ya right!" Renji smirked.
As he reached the girl to help her get out of the way, the girl turned her head towards him, and the both of them pointed their fingers at each other accusingly.
"YOU!!" they shrieked in unison.
The hollow now was screeching to their ears as it began to charge forward.
They exchanged looks with each other and with the hollow.
"Ho—" Renji started off, dumbfounded.
"Ly—" Tatsuki continued.
"SHITT!!!!" They finished piercingly.
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"Rukia..." That was the first word Byakuya muttered throughout the entire time.
Rukia immediately looked up at her brother, wondering what he had in his mind. Byakuya took a step towards the petite woman, and to her surprise, put his hand on top of her head.
"N-nii-sama..." She gasped.
"Take good care of yourself. I shall find a way to solve this problem." he said everything in the same blank tone, but that didn't matter to Rukia. She could clearly see the worry in his eyes. She nodded at him.
"I will. Thanks, nii-sama."
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A/N: oookay.. Another chapter is finish..
That means, this is the 10th chapter i've written so far.. (cries)
Renji: Stop being stupid, okay? (cross arms)
Me: (cheer up) how's her, ren-kun?
Renji: Who?
Me: Her.. HER.. H-E-R? (wink)
Renji: Who? Tatsu-dude? (smirk)
Tatsuki: (kick his head) what Tatsu-dude, you Red Riding Hood!!
Renji: what the hell?? (rub his head)
Me: (shrugged) I guess Tatsuki's fine with Renji, ne?
Tatsuki: Tell him to stop calling me Tatsu-dude!
Renji: You stop calling me red riding hood! And stop kicking my head!
Me: Aww... So cute..
Ano, here's the synopsis of the chapter 11.. enjoy!!!
Stealing a glance at his surrounding, he concluded that the midget looked perfectly fine, aside from her clothes that seemed to be messy. But, now that he was there, he seriously thought that Rukia looked slightly trembled, however. He walked slowly towards her, and although he was facing her back, the sound of her panting for breath was clearly heard. "Rukia, are you okay?" Ichigo asked, putting his right hand at her left shoulder and spun her to face him. His eyes widened in shock. She was all wounded and there was a gash on her shoulder, down to her arms, followed by cuts and bruises all over. "W-What...are y-you...doing...here?" she said in between gasps, her eyes blinked, wondering. "What happened?" Ichigo asked, holding her still with his free arm so that the girl won't fall. "Tell me." He demanded. Rukia smiled tiredly. "I-i.. Kill it…" And with that, she closed her amethyst orbs and collapsed into his arms.. Ichigo's eyes widened. "H-hey! Rukia!"
A/N: Ja ne!!!!!!
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