Weee! Chapter 2. This came out quickly because the plot came this time. Finals are starting soon so I may not update quickly. Let me know what you think. :smiles:
Chapter 2
The door to the infirmary slammed open and Hisoka cam storming in. Tsuzuki and Watari stared slightly stunned as the empath threw himself down in the chair and glared at the wall across the room. "I'll leave the two of you to talk this out." Watari said nervously before exiting the room. Tsuzuki looked down at Hisoka and gave him a nervous smile.
"I'm taking it your first case didn't go so well, did it?" The icy glare of doom turned to Tsuzuki. He froze in place and laughed nervously. "Want to talk about it?" The empath huffed and turned his gaze back to the blank wall.
"Idiot." He huffed and Tsuzuki seemed to deflate. Before he could say anything Hisoka spoke again. "You may be an idiot, but that man is a fucking moron!" The exasperated sigh caught Tsuzuki's attention. "I swear, Tsuzuki. First he gets all pissy because his superior is younger than he is then he goes and blows our cover the second we get into the field. He sucks with fuda, not that I can say much, but at least I never got us killed. Add on top of that the fact that the man can't shield to save his life." Hisoka closed his eyes and began to massage his temples. "I'm going to have a migraine from dealing with him just that short amount of time.
"He goes and gets us both nearly killed and then when we have to explain ourselves to Tatsumi-san and Konoe-kachou he has the balls to blame me, saying that if I had been a better shinigami then we wouldn't have had all those problems. God! That fucking bastard then proceeds to chew me out right there in front of the two of them. I swear if the two of them hadn't stepped in I'd have killed him." Tsuzuki looked down at the empath as he sat there, seething in the chair.
"What happened to him?" He asked. The look of complete hatred and anger left Hisoka's face and was replaced with an evil smirk. Tsuzuki figured Tatsumi had had a hand in what happened.
"Konoe-kachou threw a stapler at him to shut him up then proceeded to chew him out right there. He was demoted to the lowest possible position, forced to give me a verbal and written apology and pay for all the damages himself." Tsuzuki couldn't help, but smirk as well. The man had gotten exactly what he had deserved. "Tatsumi-san told me to check on you before he had his say in the matter. I don't think we'll be seeing him again for a long while."
"That's good." He smiled at the empath in the seat next to him. "So, what are you going to do now?" A raised eyebrow was all that he got in response. Emerald eyes were focused on Tsuzuki's amethyst. "Well, they're not going to let you stay here and not work." He gave him a sympathetic look. If things were going to go the way he thought then Hisoka would have to deal with a string of forgettable partners until Tsuzuki came back to work. He wasn't sure how long that would be and it certainly wouldn't help Hisoka open up any.
"I'm not sure. I'll just wait and see what Tatsumi-san and Konoe-kachou decide after this." The teenager shrugged and slumped down in the chair. "I still can't believe how stupid that guy was. Do you know how he blew our cover?" Tsuzuki shook his head signaling for the boy to tell him. "He started babbling along about his former job and his wife and his daughter and mentioned how she was really upset that she was an only child. What a fucking moron!" Tsuzuki smiled, figuring their cover was as father and son. "We were at a father-son picnic thing for some company." He explained, catching Tsuzuki's stray thought.
"Man, that guy sounds like a real idiot. Nothing like me, right?" Tsuzuki asked with an annoying tone. Hisoka looked up at him with a slightly annoyed look.
"No, you are an idiot, but he was a fucking moron. There is a difference. You are tolerable, he is not." Hisoka explained, knowing Tsuzuki would have no idea. "Tatsumi was so pissed I was beginning to feel it. That has never happened before." This time Tsuzuki raised an eyebrow. "That was right around the part where I was explaining to the moron exactly why I couldn't see the demon because he had managed to screw up a simple fuda and blinded me with it. That was the first fuda I learned and even I hadn't been able to fuck it up that badly." Tsuzuki was seething right now. He made sure the emotion was behind his shields so that he wouldn't strain Hisoka's empathy further.
"You're all right now, right?" He asked. Hisoka rolled his eyes and looked over at the elder shinigami. Tsuzuki took in every detail of his face and found that the empath did seem perfectly fine.
"I'm fine. I used my empathy to locate the demon then used a fuda to kill it. My eyesight came back soon after that, but not before that fucking moron started screaming at me that the whole thing was my fault and that he was going to make sure Tatsumi-san and Konoe-kachou fired me the second we got back to Meifu."
"Your day must have really sucked, huh?" The look on Hisoka's face caused Tsuzuki to grin and ruffle his hair. "If it makes you feel any better, I've been stuck here all day listening to Watari tell me about his latest invention." Hisoka smirked.
"Then your day sucked, but it still wasn't as bad as mine. Don't think you're getting any sweets out of me." Tsuzuki pouted and began to whine about how the world was unfair and how no one would let him have any sweets. Hisoka listened halfheartedly as he was considering the leak in emotion he had received from Tatsumi.
"Mou! 'Soka-chan! Why do you always beat me!" Tsuzuki whined as he lost his fourth hand of poker. The two had gotten bored of speaking about their sucky days and had moved on to entertaining themselves. Tatsumi walked in as Tsuzuki was throwing the cards down on the bed in frustration. "Hey there, Tatsumi-san!" Tsuzuki's mood changed suddenly as the secretary entered into his line of sight. The empath turned around in the chair and greeted him with a head nod, which he returned.
"I see the two of you are enjoying yourselves." He adjusted his glasses and took in the nervous look on Tsuzuki's face. "Just to let you know, Iwasaki-san is no longer working here." The tone in his voice implied that it was more than just a demotion that was involved in that.
"That's good." Tsuzuki said with a small smile, but it quickly faded. "What's going to happen now? Is he going to have to break in a new partner?" They all knew what the sad look was about. "Actually, Konoe-kachou thought it would be better if I temporarily worked as Kurosaki-kun's partner." This shocked them both. "A new partner would be a disaster, much like what happened with Iwasaki-san. Not only would Kurosaki-kun have to help them adjust to life as a shinigami, but they would also have to learn to shield. It is too much to put on him and a new recruit." Tatsumi adjusted his glasses and waited for a response. Tsuzuki spoke first.
"That's wonderful!" Four sets of eyes whirled to look at Tsuzuki. "Well, Tatsumi has the best shields of all of us and we all know that the two of you work together rather well here in the office." Tsuzuki smiled. They all understood the implied reason. He trusted Tatsumi with his partner, trusted that Tatsumi would protect him.
"What do you think about all of this, Kurosaki-kun?" All eyes then turned to the empath. He shrugged and began to run a finger on the armrest, tracing the pattern in the fabric.
"As long as I never have to deal with that moron again I'm fine with it." His eyes narrowed at the furniture. Tsuzuki noticed the change in vocabulary and stifled a giggle. "Do you want me to start on the paperwork for this mission?" Tatsumi raised an eyebrow.
"Your paperwork was already placed on my desk." The empath almost fell from the chair. "I was wondering why it was typed instead of in your usual handwriting. It wasn't you that completed it?" Tsuzuki gave him a concerned look.
"It wasn't me, Tatsumi-san. I came right here and haven't left since I was in Konoe-kachou's office." He said in moderate surprise. "This is really weird." Tsuzuki nodded his head in agreement.
"Well, with your paperwork complete you can take the rest of the day off. There isn't much else to do and that mission was the only one we had." He said as he adjusted his glasses. With that said, he left the infirmary and two very stunned shinigami. The infamous secretary Tatsumi had given Hisoka a day off. Neither of them would forget this day.
"Tatsumi gave you a day off?" Tsuzuki asked in an astounded voice. Hisoka nodded his head and it seemed to shake him out of shock and return him to his normal self. "I never thought I'd see the day. Tatsumi's never given me a day off."
"That's because you're perpetually late, slack off once you finally show up, and have the largest backlog of overdue paperwork in the history of Meifu." His tone was matter of fact with a hint of smugness and irritation. "Not to mention that most of the paperwork I complete is yours as well." Tsuzuki pouted at the empath. Hisoka sighed and looked over at Tsuzuki. "I'm going to go home for a bit."
"Oh, okay. You'll be back later, right?" Tsuzuki asked with a slightly sad smile. Hisoka looked over at him and rolled his eyes. They were a pathetic pair, weren't they?
"Yes, I'll be back later. I just have to do a few things, idiot." With that said, he stood up and walked out to find Watari. The scientist would watch Tsuzuki while he was gone.