Disclaimer: I do not own Bleach or it's Characters. Bleach (c) Kubo Tite
Chapter 35
"Do you think he's still looking, Rei?" I was laying down on a white couch and yawned.
"You haven't noticed? He's already found you and put you in bed. He's already gone home." Rei said from another room. Her voice echoed.
"Rei, maybe we should train a little. There isn't much time before the war. And now that there are 100,000 Quincys to deal with. Rei. I don't know if I will be able to keep my promise of coming home alive." I sighed and shivered. It felt kind of cold in the room.
"It's not like you're going to fight them all at once." Rei said as she entered the room I was in. "This war could take months, even years."
"Still, I want to be as prepared as I can be. So let's get going." I smiled weakly. Smiling at a time like this just made me feel sad.
"Ok, but don't take it personally if you wake up injured." Rei said in a competitive tone. She seemed eager to train with me.
"Then don't take it personally if you wake up broken tomorrow morning." I returned the competitive look.
Ryusuke sat nervously in his bedroom. His wife was still awake while giving him a confused look.
"Why don't you come sleep?" Azuna asked him.
"Our son, I think he really likes that girl. And she's really something else." Ryusuke shook his head nervously.
"So? Why should such a thing trouble anyone?" Azuna yawned.
"If she dies during the war, he'll be crushed. It would take years for him to recover from it." The captain sighed to himself.
"Do you really think she will be killed during the war." Azuna seemed unconcerned at the thought.
"She's the kind of person they would send to the frontline first." Ryusuke closed his eyes in thought. "Our son is also the same kind of person they would send to the frontlines first aswell."
"If they're together, wouldn't they be fine? He could just watch after her while fighting." Azuna was becoming grumpy with sleepiness.
"There's no way to know that for sure. But she needs all the training she can get. And training with our son isn't helping her at all." Ryusuke huffed.
"What are they doing wrong?" Azuna yawned again.
"They can't seem to focus on anything else other than chasing each other. Byakuya-chan, he wanted to be it today during flash tag. She was it, and she was chasing me. And he seemed to get jealous by that and tagged her so he could be it. And after he was it, he chased her."
"That's kind of cute." Azuna smiled under the covers.
"Ow!" I exclaimed as I was sitting up in my bed. Tears were in my eyes. "Rei! You don't have to be so mean to me"
"Is not my fault you couldn't handle it. I told you I wouldn't go easy on you." Rei said in a winning tone.
"I'm going.. to take a bath.." I was still out of breath. Damnit, Rei can be nasty when she means it.
I limped to the bathhouse in defeat. My legs were sore from running from Rei in my castle. She flew as fast as shunpo it seemed. And she sent a lot of tornadoes chasing after me. And she pecked at me. She peaks damn hard. I might just let her fly around and peak the Quincys to death. It might just be more effected. I shot some kido at Rei, but it didn't seem to hurt her. It was strange, but it she seemed to, absorb it! I really don't get what happened. But it made Rei extra hard to fight.
I got some hot water ready in buckets and poured them over myself. The hot water felt good on my sore muscles and bruises. Rei is so mean! The water of the bath still wasn't ready and I continued to dump more buckets on myself. I felt the bath water again, and it was almost ready. I wonder what time it is? There's no clock kept in the bathhouse. There should be. I'll tell Yoruichi about it.
I yawned as I slowly sunk into the bath. It was painful but it felt good at the same time. I completely sunk beneath the surface of the water and stayed below for a few moments. It was an enchanting feeling to be surrounded by warmth. I opened my eyes and they were stung by the hot water. Everything was bubbly and blurry. I rose up and took a breath of air.
I felt unready. The war might aswell be tomorrow because it felt like nothing could change about me. I don't feel like I can get any stronger or faster. Have I pecked? Oh that's sad if I have! I took a deep breath and hid under the water again. I just want to stay here and hide. I don't want to come back out.
But common sense and creepy wrinkly skin from the bath water chased me out. I put my robe back out and left the bathhouse. There was a hint of light from the east. Maybe it's time to get ready for work. I returned to my room and dried myself. I put more of that jasmine creme on my skin and got dressed. It left my room in such of some food.
It was still too early for any of the cooks to be awake, so I decided I could cook my own food. I got some miso soup going and I had to make some rice. How do I make rice? Water and rice correct? Isn't rice and double the water? So one cup of rice, and then two cups of water, plus fire. And doesn't it cook for a half hour? A whole hour? Maybe I'll just check on it later. I found some pieces of chicken and flavored it with some salt and soy sauce. I got the fire on the metal cooking stove going and placed a pan over it. I put some oil and crushed garlic in the pan. After the oil was heated I placed the pieces of chicken.
I stirred the chicken til it was nice and brown and removed it from the pan and placed it into a plate. I check on the pot of rice that was cooking, still wasn't cooked yet. It hasn't been that long anyway. I found some pickles and piled them onto a plate. I then took the plate of chicken and the plate of pickles and brought them to the room where I ate. It wasn't too far away from the kitchen.
I returned to the kitchen and the rice still wasn't done. I sighed. I'm so hungry. I whimpered to myself as I paced around the room. Hungry! I know, I could just leave the rice cooking here while I could go get some fruit from my room. Yeah, that wouldn't be so bad. Byakuya's such a good guy buying me a lot of fruit.
I reached my room and took two pears and one banana with me and walked to the room where I left the chicken and the pickles. I set them on the table and returned to the kitchen to check on the rice. I poked the rice with a chopstick. It seemed almost done. I wonder if there's anything else I could make? Maybe not, I don't have that sort of time today. I noticed a large bruise on my left arm near my wrist. Man, Rei really went overboard with the peaking.
The rice seemed cooked enough and I scooped up some rice into a bowl and poured myself a bowl of miso soup. Two bowls and chopsticks in hand, I made my way to the small dining room. I set my bowls down on the table and smiled to myself. All the food looked good.
I took a bite of chicken and rice, and it wad pretty decent for something I've thrown together quickly. The miso soup tasted a bit saltier than what I was used to, but it was alright. After I had finished with most of my meal, I turned my attention to the fruit. I ate the banana first when Yoruichi popped in the room.
"Hmm? Finished before me?" Yoruichi was still sleepy.
"Yeah, I felt like going to work early today." I said in a energetic tone.
"Oh? Any peticular reason for-what happened to your arm?" Yoruichi gasped in shock. Is it really that terrible looking?
"I was sparring with Rei, she pecked me pretty hard." I said while looking at it. It did hurt a little bit.
Yoruichi walked over to me and knelt down besides me. She held her hand over my left arm and something started to glow and surround my arm. Suddenly some bandages appeared on my arm.
"How did you do that?" I said as I poked the bandages to make sure they were real.
"Spirit ribbons. They're not as effective as those medicated ribbons, but this should help you feel better." Yoruichi padded me on the head.
"Thanks, Yoruichi-san. Oh, would you like a pear?" I asked her.
"Sure." She said as she picked one up. She took one bite and smiled. "You're good at picking out fruit."
"Oh no." I shook my head and blushed. "Byakuya senpai bought me some fruit yesterday."
"Really, what was the occasion?" Her eyebrows perked up in surprise.
"Nothing really, I was going to go buy it myself, but Senpai wouldn't let me. He told me I needed to rest and that he would go get the fruit for me. Oh, I need to go cash in my payment for hollows slayed so I can pay him back." I said as I stood up.
"Pay him back? He'd never allow that." Yoruichi shook her head at me.
"Well, maybe I should get him a gift?" I tilted my head at her.
"What did you have in mind?" Yoruichi questioned me.
"I don't know." I was racking my mind for something men would like. "What do men enjoy as gifts?"
"Sex." Yoruichi said quickly while finishing her pear.