…Peaceful Green Days…
Chapter 11: Tsuki mi
Kunogi's wounds were not as bad it was originally thought; it took several days only. Rokuda was also sent to the 4th division building since Kunogi's last attack knock her unconscious for several days.
Knock! Knock!
"Come in!"
"Ohayo, Ukitake taichou!" Kunogi enters the office of the 13th division.
"Ah, Kunogi taichou… sit here." Ukitake pulls out a chair.
Kunogi sits down. "So what do you want to talk about?"
Ukitake starts a one-way conversation, "Well, it's about your zanpaktou. During your match with Rokuda, it was my first time to see a colored zanpaktou. Normally, colors on a normal zanpaktou only are in the hand guard, hilt and the accessories. The blade is normally black, gray or white as these are the colors for shinigami."
Kunogi just sits quietly, listening to Ukitake with full attention.
Ukitake pauses then continues to his statement, "If my theory is correct, your soul is part angel. You hold some holy powers besides your normal shinigami reiatsu."
"Angel? I also noticed that my zanpaktou is green, which is very unlike of a normal one, but I think mine is no difference with any other zanpaktou." Kunogi denies the fact that her soul is part angel.
"You can say that since you couldn't use the holy power hidden in your soul." Said Ukitake.
Kunogi directly looks at Ukitake's eyes, "Well, if you say so… but I think I shouldn't use it. I'm a full-fledge Shinigami; I want to fight as a shinigami. So Ukitake taichou, would you mind close this discussion?"
"If that's what you want, then I won't discussing it anymore."
Kunogi stands up then takes her leave.
"And one more thing, Kunogi tiachou." Ukitake raises his voice.
Kunogi looks back.
Ukitake stands up, "Better be away from the 12th division. If they knew that you're part angel then they will anything to use you as their research. That goes as well as your sister since hers has slight tint of violet in her Ban Kai."
Kunogi smiles then she bows, "Thank you for the caution." She raises her head, "Nee, since you're Okasan's (mother's) boyfriend then may I call you Otousan (father)?"
"Otusan? Wait, do you mean your mother is…"
Kunogi shows her naughty smile, "Just a foster mother"
Ukitake laughs softly, "Okay, then I'm your foster father from now on."
Kunogi waves at Ukitake then leaves the room with haste.
The rest of the day is normal. The usual day to day paper works and the ice shaving snacks during the peak of the heat.
At nightfall…
"Rakgiku-san!"
Matsumoto is sitting at the 10th division outer hallway, which is beside the garden. "Momo-chan, what are you doing here at this late at night? Are you not supposed to be in your own division building?"
Hinamori kneels beside Matsumoto, "Is it bad to visit here after office hours? I already came here at night time when I got drunk from the sake-water accident." Hinamori smiles. "Anyway, what are you doing here?"
Matsumoto blushes, "waiting for Gin…"
"Ichimaru taichou?" said Hinamori in her usual tone.
Matsumoto raises her voice, "What shallow reaction! Ah! So you already knew about us. Who told you that?!" Matsumoto shakes Hinamori.
"Ehh!? Ahh… Well… Rangiku-san… nee…" Hinamori doesn't know what to do. She knew they were dating because she saw them kissing.
"No answer? You must have seen it, don't you?" Matsumoto places her hands on Hinamori's skull, almost crushing her head.
"Ra-Rangiku-san! Please stop it!" yelled Hinamori.
"Ora! Ora! Ora!" Matsumoto laughs and keeps shaking Hinamori's head until she get her answer.
Meanwhile…
"Nee what are you reading, Ichimaru taichou?" asked the innocent 5th division captain.
Ichimaru shows the book; it has lots of colors and pictures. "It's a manga I got from the living world. It quite popular so I tried reading it."
"Manga… I like reading manga. So what kind of manga is that?" said Kunogi.
Ichimaru smiles with his usual foxy expression, "Action, romance and drama…"
"…" Kunogi walks with Ichimaru till they arrive at the 10th division.
"I'm going in the 10th division building. Are you coming in too?" asked Ichimaru.
"Yeah. Momo-chan is also here so I want to visit Chibi-taichou and Rangiku-neechan." Kunogi continues to walk in.
When they come in the building, they saw Matsumoto and Hinamori playing. Kunogi dashes straight towards them. "Konbanwa, Rangiku-neechan!!!"
"Konbanwa, Midori-chan." Matsumoto smiles.
Foot steps sounds, "Konbanwa, minasan." Behind Kunogi is Ichimaru waving his hand.
"You're late, Gin." Said Matsumoto.
"Oya, oya… my bad, Rangiku-han." He comes closer to Matsumoto then sits beside her.
Matsumoto notices the manga Ichimaru is holding. "Gin, you're reading that manga again. So what did you learn from that manga now?"
"Tsuki mi (Moon viewing)" said Ichimaru.
"Tsuki mi? That's great! I have sake and some Sobamuchi (noodle cake)." Matsumoto stands up and went to get some sake and snacks.
"Whoa… I didn't know Ichimaru taichou has interests in manga. Whould you mind me borrowing the manga for a minute?" asked Hinamori. She seems interested on the manga since the cover is so colorful that it attracts so much attention.
"Sure, why not." He lends the manga to Hinamori.
Hinamori browses the manga's contents. She turns page by page… then she stops when saw a familiar scene.
Ichimaru peeks from behind. "Very familiar, right Hinamori-chan?"
"Eh?!" Hinamori jumps off her seat.
"Of course it's familiar because I did it once when we went to the living world during the Obon festival." Said Ichimaru. His foxy approach made Hinamori really nervous.
"You mean you kissed during the Hanabi taikai (fireworks marathon)?" very curious to the subject, Kunogi butts in the topic.
Ichimaru simply answers "Yeah" He didn't show any signs of blushes nor embarrassment.
"So that's why the fireworks at that time were all red!" said Kunogi.
"Isn't romantic? It's almost like the scene in the manga." Ichimaru smiles.
"Now I learn: mangas sure does influences a lot of people! This manga made Ichmaru taichou romantic. Rukia-neechan learned modern Japanese culture by reading manga but Ichigo-niichan said she's doing things wrong. Mangas are great leaning tools! It's easy to learn things from it." Kunogi is as usual in her full-charged energy state.
"Nee Midori-chan, since it's about time Rangiku-san will come back why not visit Hitsugaya-kun? It's not nice to get involved in Rangiku-san's drinking." Hinamori stand up then gives Ichimaru a little bow. She takes Kunogi by the wrist then they went to visit Hitsugaya in his office.
Hinamori and Kunogi shortly arrive at the 10th division office but they found Hitsugaya nowhere inside the office.
"It's weird… Hitsugaya-kun out of office while he still have papers on his desk." Said Hinamori. She walks around the room to double check but still no presence of Hitsugaya.
"Okay! This is a game! The first to find Hitsugaya is the winner! Ready set go!" Kunogi runs first out of the office before Hinamori could say anything. Eventually the game continues since they both looked for Hitsugaya.
While looking for Hitsugaya, Kunogi remembers what Ichimaru said… 'Tsuki mi' That's it. She goes to the garden then from there she jumps to the roof.
As expected, she found Hitsugaya resting on the roof not so far from her. She quickly joins him at looking at the moon.
"The moon is beautiful today, right Chibi-taichou?" Kunogi stands beside Hitsugaya.
"It's Hitsugaya taichou." said Hitsugaya in a lazy manner. "How did you find me here anyway?"
Kunogi sits beside him, "The moon is beautiful tonight so I though you went to view the moon. Since you're a Chibi-chibi-taichou, you couldn't see the moon well from the outer hallway so you went to the roof."
Hitsugaya was provoked by Kunogi's name-calling. "Don't call me Chibi-chibi-taichou! It's…" He faced Kunogi and found her face-to-face.
The distance between them is almost one and half inches. Their faces were so close to each other that made Hitsugaya blushes and immediately retreats.
Kunogi seems to be calm just like nothing really happened. She just simply asks Hitsugaya. "Why are your cheeks so pink? Are you attempting to copy Ichimaru taichou?"
"Ichimaru? What are you talking about?" Hitsugaya's pink cheeks faded.
Kunogi faces Hitsugaya and points up her right pointing finger, "Well, he read manga! Then he copies the good parts!"
"So what?"
"'So what?' It's serious! Manga can change a person! Ichimaru taichou became romantic! You know he kissed Rangiku-neechan when we were watching the Hanabi taikai! I can't believe it! Ichigo-niichan stopped me from looking so I did't saw it… anyway; tonight, Ichimaru makes his second move! He plainly said Tsuki Mi but there's something behind it!" Kunogi sits back to her original position.
"Well, I'm not copying him." Said Hitsugaya. He turns his attention to the moon.
Kunogi stops talking, she views the moon with Hitsugaya silently. It's been minutes but Hinamori still haven't found Hitsugaya. Kunogi wonders why she's still not here yet.
Kunogi's wonders become worries; she stands up and tells Hitsugaya to stay here while she looks for Hinamori. Hitsugaya stops her; he grabs her hand.
For few seconds, he holds her hand while Kunogi waits for Hitsugaya to speak. She sits down again and waits patiently.
"Kunogi… I… I-I… Kunogi I…" Hitsugaya pauses for a while and collects some air. "Kunogi, I love you." His face is completely covered in blush.
Gin reads manga! I forgot to explain Murasaki-chan's name... in the first kanji of Rokuda, it is the kanji of six. Murasaki means violet. So... this fanfic tuned out HitsuXOC!!! I tuned down to the expectations of my reader... wait, Midori-chan hasn't said anything yet so give hope for HitsuHina! This story won't end easily since there's something ahead for the colored Zanpaktous.
Btw, arigatou for the reader who wrote reviews for me! ...Even I don't really plan to do your requests... Otanoshimi ni!
Profile
Name: Rokuda Murasaki
Age: 96 years old (supposed to be 12 in the living world but she seems 14)
Eye color: Violet
Hair Color: Black
Division: originally from 6th but now in 9th division
Rank: Captain
Relative: Kunogi Midori (cousin)
Zanpaktou:
Incarnation: Baramaite!
Shikai: Barasuishou
Ban Kai: Toge Barasuishou