Karin's POV
I heard a door open by the time I couldn't move anymore. Damn rope-thingies! More and more of those things kept appearing! "My, you have gotten quite tangled up" sounded a male voice. I glared out of the corner of my eye in the general direction of the voice. Soon, a 'dark, handsome stranger' came into my view. Oookay, Yuzu read WAY too many crappy romantic novels out loud to me, because there was NO WAY Yuzu was next to me narrating. Besides, I prefer my man light and handsome. I opted to glare at the dark-haired man. "It truly is a shame that we have to officially meet this way." He said and sat on the chair in front of me, "I truly do not wish to harm you"
"Quit your yapping already!" I snapped, "What do you want?!"
"Oh, nothing you aren't giving me already" he said dismissively.
"Then let my go already!" I yelled frustrated. I never could stay still for any time, really. This was torture.
"Ah, ah, ah!" he said in a sing-song voice and waved his finger, "I said giving, not given!" I looked confused at him.
"You are making no sense at all." I told him.
"What he's saying, my dear," the hand puppet said, (wait…) "is that we ne…"
"Were the HELL did that come from?!" I yelled.
"Huh?" the stranger asked, looking confused. Then he apparently got it. Was that a light bulb above his head? "I'm sorry I didn't introduce you to him. His name is John Butler."
"Pleased to meet you, my lady." The puppet said and bowed.
"THAT'S NOT WHAT I ASKED FOR!" I yelled. This guy was messed up big time.
"Then I'm afraid that I do not understand what you mean," the man said in a humble tone.
"How did that puppet get there?!" I asked. Okay, yelled.
"My name is John Butler," the puppet said, "please do make an effort to remember it."
"And to answer your question," the man said, "John was here the whole time!"
"LIKE HELL HE WAS!" I yelled.
"Yes, he was" the stranger replied.
"HE WASN'T!"
"Was"
"WASN'T!"
"Was"
"WASN'T!"
"We could waste an eternity with this." he sighed. Damn it, he was right. "Let us start over. My name is Andrew Mathias Williams. It is a pleasure to meet you."
"NOT likewise," I spat.
"Manners." he gently scolded. I scowled even harder. "I am sure you are wondering were you are." He continued. I kept quiet. "You see, I need reiatsu to keep this world going."
"The world?" I asked skeptically. I get ghost and shinigamis and all that jazz, but keeping a world up with reiatsu? That's too unbelievable.
"Yes," he answered, "You are right now in a pocket dimension of my creation,"
"That's impossible." I said.
"Not for a fullbringer," he said with a smile "Would you like me to demonstrate?" I stayed silent. "He'll only do it if you say the magic word!" the puppet said cheerfully.
"No." I said. As curious as I was, a Kurosaki does not, I repeat, does NOT beg! He stood up.
"As pleasurable this conversation has been…" I snorted at his words. He ignored it, "… I have work to do. I will be seeing you" oh joy. Noticed the sarcasm?
When he turned to leave, the puppet jumped off and began walking after Arthur. Right before they walked out, the puppet turned around and stuck its tongue out at me and then walked out. God, I hate that puppet.
A/N I swear, I meant for him to be sane. SANE. Oh well, he's funnier to write like this (btw, I did tell you guys that it was going to be an OC in the first chapter). On another note, I'M SO SORRY! My ears are back to normal (if I don't blast loud music into them for hours like I tend to do…) and I'm back to writing… As soon as my exams are done. Damn I hate those, but don't we all? Thank you all for your concern. Anyway, I have a confession to make. My ears were healed in March. The reason I first could write you a chapter now, is that I became afraid of writing. I'm not kidding. Apparently that's what you get when you combine partial writers block, haunted hands, and a fear of losing control. But enough about that. School's over by the end of June, so there should be another chapter up in the beginning of July. I hope you enjoyed this chapter!
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Reviews (I somehow got more than 100 reviews on this story. THANK YOU ALL!):
biganimefan18: Aww, thank you! Yeah, it was pretty harsh, but luckily it was temporary. I hope this chapter lived up to your expectations!
purpleswans: I made Ichigo calmer than Toshiro I that chapter because of one simple thing: Ichigo has more experience with this kind of waiting stuff. Ichigo had to wait for Urahara before and knows that getting impatient won't help any. Toshiro never had to wait before. Either you know your enemy and is making tactics for dealing with them, or they're tracking the enemy, which usually is either dealt to other divisions or his own, and then there is field work and paperwork to do, or they're waiting for the enemy to make a move, in which case you train. Because of that, his mind can't help but wander to bad places, since he simply has nothing to do to take his mind off things. The finger tapping was simply a way to show this. Besides, I think Ichigo is a little bit like me, in the sense that he can, to some degree, but his own emotions second to another's. I hope that was understandable! I'm glad you liked that chapter anyway!
forever122: I'm surprised that you're first asking this now. Anyway, I think that Ichigo is going to become a captain after the last arc is over. So, in this story, he has been a captain for about a year. I love it when Ichigo wants to strangle Toshiro too XD
Erzascarlett: It's always fun when Ichigo finds out about those two XD I love that line too, though I think I got it from another fanfic. I just can't remember which one…
jinchuriki10: XD Matsumoto just can't keep her mouth shut. Thank you~
Randomness-sama: Urgh… Try to straighten your back when you remember it. It's been a while, so I hope your back is better now! It's alright. Hope many reviews come your way! (I think the greeting would be better with "May" instead of "Hope"). PS. I like your new username! Oh, and thank you for signing~
Ally97: Don't worry, I will finish this story! I hope you liked this chapter.
BladeOfThePoet: Well, there you have it! It was fun to see you guessing though~ LOL XD If you want to know why I made Toshiro act impatient, just read my reply to purpleswans. I got something that works like earmuffs and they helped a lot! Thanks for the tip! May many reviews come your way
XxSaphirezxX: For that you'll have to wait for the next chapter. Sorry. I'm glad you liked that Thank you so much!
Sailor GaOn Donut: You brightened my day with that review
BloodDDB: Here you go! I'll do my best, but sadly, exams is in the way right now.
(I ought to update more, if nothing else then for a shorter A/N)