Warnings: mild language/violence/ sappiness/ gore!!! (not really, jus' a wittle!)
Noboru (Climb)
When Gina and Hisagi walked up to thier little group of friends, there were gasps and jaws dropping everywhere.
"Oh, my God, Gina!" Rangiku smiled. "I mean, Captain Gina Keianna! You're a Captain!"
"Yep! Yep! Yep!" Gina jumped around in circles, twirling her haori around. "I feel so awesome."
"You...are...a..." Renji trailed off before glaring at Hisagi. "You so cheated."
"Did not." Hisagi smirked.
"Did, too!" Renji pounted.
"Cheated at what?" Gina asked suspiciously.
"Uh, nothing." Hisagi said nervously. "Just a...a...a poker game! Yeah, that was it! He thinks I cheated at poker!"
"Emo, you don't play poker." She grimaced. "Tell me. That's an order."
"Ooo, she's breaking out the 'order' line." Ikkaku smiled.
"You cheated, cheated, cheated, you cheater!" Renji yelled in Hisagi's face. "It doesn't count if you sleep with them before they become a Captain!"
"Does, too!" Hisagi argued back.
"Wait, what?" Rangiku looked confusedly at Gina. "He slept with you?"
But Gina was ignoring her.
"What the hell, Hisagi?!" She yelled. "Tell me what the hell is going on!"
"Nothing!" Hisagi scratched the back of his head. "It's just...me and Renji had a little too much sake the other night and we kind of made a bet on who could score a Captain first."
"Bull shit!" Renji yelled, furious. "We made a bet on who could sleep with and then dump a Captain the fastest! And it was the night before last, you bastard!"
"What?" Gina was taken aback. "What the hell? Sleep with and then..."
She glared up at Hisagi. "You knew I was going to become a Captain, didn't you? That's why you pushed me so hard back there to take the haori! You wanted me to become a Captain so you could win some bet! I bet that's why you slept with me, too! You bastard. I thought you were my friend."
"Gina!" Hisagi grabbed her arm as she began to walk away but Ikkaku and Yumichika were there to knock his arm off of her.
"Thank you, Ikkaku, Yumichika." She said quietly before half-looking at Hisagi. "As Captain of the 9th Squad, I order you, Lieutenant Hisagi to keep your hands off of me. Got it?"
"Gina..." He said.
"It's Captain Keianna." She demanded before turning to walk away.
He watched her go, his eyes more than a little broken.
"Good job, Hisagi." Rangiku commented.
Kira walked up then, feeling the intensity in the air. "What's wrong?..."
"He just blew it with Gina." Ikkaku informed him. "Dumbass doesn't know how to treat a woman."
"That's really ugly, Hisagi." Yumichika said before both him and Ikkaku walked away.
Hisagi was fuming, more angry than he had ever been in his entire life. He rounded on a shocked Renji and punched him square in the face. He automatically drew his Zanpaktou and lauched himself at the red-head.
But Kira blocked his way.
"Don't." He told his friend as thier Zanpaktou's collided. "Just walk away. Maybe you can fix this later."
"No! I can't fix it because she hates me!" Hisagi yelled. "Because that stupid bastard can't keep his mouth shut!"
"It was your fault, Shuhei." Kira said. "You made the bet when you knew Renji would rat you out sooner or later."
"I was drunk." Hisagi yelled. "And depressed! I thought she was going to die!"
"Walk away." Kira repeated. "Before we both do something we'll regret later."
"Is that a threat?" Hisagi lifted his sword again and poised in a fighting stance.
"Shuhei Hisagi, Kira Uzuru."
Byakuya Kuchiki walked up then, his eyes warning.
"What's going on here?" He glanced back at Renji on the ground.
"Nothing, sir." Kira sheathed his sword before turning back to Renji.
He helped his friend up before glancing back at Hisagi. "Why don't you try apologizing, Hisagi? Maybe you'll get lucky and she'll believe you."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Hisagi demanded.
Kira was silent as he and Renji walked away. Hisagi shoved his Zanpaktou in it's sheath before flash stepping out of sight.
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Gina threw things, lots of things. She was angry and hurt and just wanted to get it out. She felt the tears on her face but didn't acknowlege them. She just kept throwing, kept lashing out.
But then her arm was caught.
She looked up at Rangiku and pushed away from her. She drew Niji Katana and got into her fighting stance.
"Stay back!" She demanded.
"Captain Keianna, don't be silly." Rangiku frowned. "I know you're hurting. Just put your sword away. Please."
Gina sighed brokenly before just dropping her sword onto the ground.
She felt the pain overwhelming her. She didn't want to breathe. She didn't want to live. She just wanted to die.
Gina felt the sobs ripping from her throat as she fell towards the floor, and then Rangiku's arms were around her. She held onto Rangiku's shoulder and cried.
"Shh." Rangiku patted her head. "Men will be men. You just have to ignore them."
"But I don't want to ignore him." Gina sobbed. "I love him."
"And he loves you." Rangiku said softly.
"No he doesn't." Gina muttered against Rangiku's shoulder.
"I'm sure there's a perfectly good explaination for all of this." Rangiku said.
"There can't be..." She cried.
"You didn't see the look in his eyes when you left." Rangiku told her. "He loves you. A lot. He just happened to get a little too drunk at the wrong time and said and/or done some things he regrets."
"If he loved me, he wouldn't have made a bet behind my back that allowed him to sleep with other women." Gina mumbled.
"Have you ever thought that maybe Hisagi was pushing you to be a Captain so that he didn't have to sleep with other women and keep his pride?" Rangiku implied. "Have you ever thought that maybe he realized his mistake and knew that that was the only way to make it right without hurting you?"
Gina looked up at her. "No...but...Hisagi's great and all, but...he's really not that smart."
Rangiku laughed. "You would know, huh? You're his best friend."
"Was..." Gina felt the tears in her eyes again.
"No. Are." Rangiku smoothed Gina's hair back and smiled at her. "You guys are soulmates, no doubt about it. It just so happens that Hisagi is stubborn and, as you said, not that smart when it comes to these things."
Gina sniffled. "I guess..."
"Don't forgive him right away." Rangiku warned, touching her chin. "Let him know that what he did was wrong, but when he apologizes, and I mean really apologizes...then you should forgive him."
Gina smiled up at Rangiku. "Thanks, Rangiku."
Rangiku laughed before hugging Gina tightly, holding her head to her chest.
"Can't! Breathe!" Gina cried.
"Ooops!" Rangiku released her and grinned.
"Now I know how Toshiro feels." Gina said as she wiped her face.
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Gina woke from her sleep when she heard the sound of her door opening.
"Who's there?" She said groggily, rubbing her eyes.
Silence.
"Shuhei, if it's you, I hate you." She demanded before throwing her legs over the edge of the bed.
She looked around, silent and suspicious. It was dark and hard to see, but she sensed someone was there.
"Hisagi?" She muttered.
That's when she was hit from behind.
She growled as she turned to face her attacker, her heart falling when she saw who it was.
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Ukitake knocked on the new 9th Division Captain's door and waited.
She was supposed to be at the meeting today, but she hadn't come. Word was that she hadn't come out of her room all day. Something about a fight between her and her Lieutenant.
There was no answer.
"Keianna?" He called through the door before knocking again. "Keianna? Are you in there? I'm coming in."
He slid the door open and stepped through.
He gasped at the scene.
There was blood everywhere. It nearly covered the wall. It was a mess with all of her things thrown randomly around the room and cracks in the walls.
"Oh, my God." He muttered.
He turned and ran to go tell the others. He ran into Shunsui along the way.
"Why so hurried, my friend?" Shunsui asked lightly.
"Gina's room is covered in blood and I can't find her anywhere!" Ukitake said frantically.
"Wh-what?" Shunsui studdered as Nanao gasped beside him.
"We have to tell the Head Captain!" Ukitake said before going into a coughing fit.
"Calm down, Jurshiro." Shunsui tried to calm him. "I will tell the Head Captain. You should rest for a while."
"No! Not until she is found!" Ukitake argued before running off to the 1st District.
That girl had saved him, been his friend. Maybe she wasn't his subordinate, but she was important to him. Like a sister, almost.
He had to find her, and repay his debt.
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Hisagi yawned as he walked through the 9th Division. He was ready to go to sleep. But he just couldn't stop thinking about her.
He hadn't seen Gina all day, and figured that he had really upset her. He promised himself before he went to bed, that he would apologize for what he had done.
"Hisagi! Hisagi!"
He turned to the sound of Kira calling his name.
He was breathless from running and had tears in his eyes.
"What is it Kira?" Hisagi asked, raising an eyebrow.
"It's Gina." Kira gasped. "She's missing."
Comments:
cheater, cheater, pumpkin eater: I know it's lame and dramatic, but I was trying to figure out a way to make them mad at each other and BINGO! what do ALL guys do that is really stupid? make pointless bets. :) hehe I'm brillant! lol.
"Now I know how Toshiro feels" : you've seen the show. you know how when Rangiku hugs, she's usually shoving someone's face into her boobs. Poor Toshiro...I bet he likes it. HAHA!!!
UKIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTAAAAAAKKKKKEEEE (translation: Jushiro Ukitake!): As most of you know, Ukitake has a sickness that makes him cough up blood and he gets sick a lot. I forget what it's called. Something with a "t"....
Dedication! :I posted this chapter earlier than I was going to thanks to kinomikat so everbody thank you! btw, kinomikat thanks for the great reviews!
RANDOM MOMENT!!! : Ichi-gi Ichi-go All alone in Tokyo, don't you see, don't you know! They have no where else to GO!!!! (I wanna know who the hell this "Ichigi" is...lol.
