„This is so cool. That means you and your parents are superheroes?"
„Well... when you say it... it sounds much cooler!" Kazui said while he walked with Yupa back home.
Just a few hours ago, Kazui finally confessed to his best friend his secret. And of course the little boy was very excited when Kazui explained to him as good as possible the whole Shinigami and Soul Society stuff. But at home he had some of Rukia's sketches he could use for better explanation.
When they passed the big advert with Keigo, Kazui suddenly stopped and looked on the damages: „Hey, who did that?" Keigo's face was covered with scratches, after Mizuho used her keys on it. Kazui was not really happy about that. „Uncle Keigo's nice advert is broken now..."
„This is your uncle?" Yupa asked when they looked on the advert together. „Is he a Shinigami, too?"
„No! Uncle Keigo... is not really my uncle... but he is a friend of my father. He is a famous actor. And he knows my family's secret, too. But I didn't saw him for two years. He is not showing up anymore..."
„Why?" Yupa asked.
„Who knows? But Yupa one thing... All I told you... you have to keep it a secret. At any cost!"
Yupa lift his right hand, while he placed his left one on his heart: „I swear! I will never ever tell anyone about,... you know what! No matter what happens!"
„Thank you! Because my parents will be pretty upset when they find out... They will be upset anyway when they have to sign that." Kazui said a bit worried when he looked on the letter from School, about he and Yupa skipping two classes.
„Oh,... yeah... We are so much in trouble!" Yupa said.
Present...
„I better not tell you what we did with 'my' parents when I had to show them the letter. Kazui just told his that he was on Hollow-hunt and had to replace my memories." Yupa told.
„You two shabby liars!" Masaki said with an evil smile.
10 years ago...
„You know that advert of Asano-kun, near Kazui's school? Ogawa-chan told me that someone vandalized it!" Orihime told while she and Ichigo set the table.
„What? Who did that?" Ichigo asked mad. „Did you see that guy?"
„No! Ogawa-chan told me when I met her in the supermarket." Orihime told. „You know... I am wondered why we didn't met him anymore. I mean... okay... I'm sure that he is busy with his career and all that stuff. But why he did not show up anymore?"
„Hmm... I don't know... Do you think that he does not like us anymore?" Ichigo asked.
„I wouldn't be surprised, after you kicked him so often in the past?" Orihime said with a voice that let Ichigo feel guilty.
„Hey, I was only worried about him. Okay, he is a little bit difficult... but that has nothing to do with..." Ichigo suddenly stopped. He didn't know how to tell it.
„I have an idea... let's invite him to Kazui's birthday-party! I mean he is Kazui's favourite Seiyuu... and we finally see him again."
„Hmm, sounds like an good idea. I call him tonight... I hope the number is still correct." Ichigo murmured. He had no clue that the adress he had was not correct anymore.
He didn't see or meet Keigo for almost two years now. It was like Keigo was hiding from them. It was pretty unusual for him. Keigo was always a very affectionate and devoted person. He was pretty sure that Keigo waited now for Ichigo fullfil a step towards him. It was overdue. Ichigo had absolutely no clue that Keigo had enough off being just 'tolerated' and being pushed aside...
„Now that we talk about Kazui... do you know that he skipped his first two lessons in School today?" Orihime asked.
„Yes, he said he had to replace Yupa's memory. That was not his fault." Ichigo belived Kazui's 'story' when he asked him about. „You know I have to admit that I was worried about our son and Yupa... but now they are upstairs and play together like nothing happened... looks like Yupa forgot that he was mad on Kazui for some reason..."
Upstairs, Kazui told Yupa more and more family-secrets and used some of Rukia's old drawings as visual material.
„Ah... I understand..." Yupa said. Of course Rukia's drawings (Yupa believed she draw when she was a little girl) were for children in thier age easier to understand. „So you send the souls of dead people to the other world while you fight the evil souls who eat them? Wow... your father is much cooler than mine..." Kazui could hear that Yupa was some kind of jealous.
Suddenly, someone knocked on the door... it was Orihime...
„Boys... are you in there?" Kazui hid the drawings under the bed immediatelly and showed Yupa to act like nothing happened. Orihime opened the door and smiled. „I hope I don't disturb. Yupa, you're mother has called. She awaits you at home."
„I'm comming, Kurosaki-san!" Yupa said and Orihime left the room again. When she was gone, Yupa turned to Kazui again. „So,... and what I tell my parents when they ask me about what happened today in school?"
„I will accompain you and replace thier memories..." Kazui said with a smile.
Some time later, after the dinner, Isshin entered the room to call for Ichigo.
„Hey, Ichigo... there is someone who wants to see you." Isshin said and let Mizuiro Kojima inside.
„Hey, guys!"
„Mizuiro!" Ichigo said happily and greeted him. „Hello! You're back?"
„Oh, Kojima-kun... It is nice to see you again." Orhime said cheerish and went closer.
Mizuiro Kojima just returned from an one-year-working-stay abroad. His company send him to Eastern Europe to build up thier new branch there. He looked good. His hairs were shorter than earlier and and he gained some pounds over there. But everyone was happy to see him again.
„What a surprise? I thought you will return next week?" Ichigo asked. „KAZUI! We have a visitor!"
Kazui just returned from Yupa's house, where he replaced the memories of his parents when he heared his father calling his name. He went downstairs to see thier guest.
„Uncle Mizuiro!" Kazui jelled happily and went closer.
„Kazui, hello! Wow... you became so big, since I left Japan." Mizuiro said happily and give him a hug.
„Come on, tell us: How is Romania?" Ichigo asked after they settled down together at the table.
„Moldova! I was in Moldova! Not in Romania! But I made some daytrips to Romania. And to Odessa at the Ukrainian Black Sea coast. I tell you Odessa is such a beautiful city. If you ever get the chance to go there you should do it."
„And the city you lived in? Chisi... what ever?" Orihime asked.
„Chisinau!" Mizuiro corrected her and grabled his smartphone to show her some photos. „Very nice... okay it is loud and many of the old Soviet buildings are pretty rundown. But the city is so green and so full of live. On the central-market... wow... here you can't buy apricots for 40 Yen per kilo!"
„Apricots for 40 Yen per kilo?" Orihime said in unbelief and looked on Kojima confused. „Wow... you won't find this prices anywhere here in Japan."
„So, why you returned earlier?" Ichigo asked again.
„Well, first of all I wanted to be back in time for Kazui's birthday-party, you invited me. And I am going to meet Chad tomorrow. He asked me for help for his new project..."
„Aw... yeah he told me..." Ichigo said.
„Why don't run a dinner-party to celebrate Kojimas return! We invite Sado-kun and Tatsuki-chan... And Asano-kun, of course!"
„Do you have contact with him?" Mizuiro asked surprised. „I didn't see him for years now..."
Present...
„Everything was going to be fine... Everyone lived his life. Everyone was fine. Everyone was making plans..." Yupa moaned. „I... Well..."
The three kids looked on him eagerly and upset.
„Okay... now we know what happened before. But our parents told us the same already years ago." Keigo said mad.
„The last time I visited my father, he told me the same as well." Mayuri told.
„Oh, really... Did you father also tell you the most important rule for your life?" Yupa asked.
„Never board an Nihon Air plane!" Yupa answered instantly, remembering his fathers harsh voice when he said it.
„No... the other... aww... I give up..." Yupa moaned.
Right a second later, suddenly Kazui and Ichika returned and walked towards his body, nor her Gigai respectively.
„We are back!" Kazui jelled. „The Hollow hit the powerlines before we could stop him..."
„KAZUI, ICHIKA... I AM SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU AGAIN!" Yupa jelled relieved and jumped off the armchair to hug the both Shinigami. Both were more confused than surprised about thier friends reaction. „You can't imagine what horrible things these three little hellions forced me to do... As we are out of electricity and we can't watch the movie... I can go... They are your problem now..."
„Huh... What happened?" Ichika asked and looked after Yupa while he stormed out and smashed the door close behind him. „Hey, Kids... What did you did with him?"
„Nothing!" Keigo answered, and smiled friendly. „We just blackmailed him to tell us about how you got exposed ten years ago!"
„WHAT?!" Kazui and Ichika jelled mad.
„And now that he is gone, you have to continue!" Masaki said.
„No way!" Ichika said and turned away. „I have no clue how you forced Yupa to tell you, but I won't tell you anything!"
„If you don't we will tell your parents about yours and Yupa's date in the cinema!" Masaki said. Ichika became pale.
„You won't dare?"
„What? That was a date?" Kazui asked surprised and looked on her.
„What do you know about that?" Ichika asked the kids mad and became red.
„We know that you watched the Shinigami-movie together!" Ichika almost screamed when Mayuri said that. „And we know that you three wanted to watch it together tonight."
„You already saw it?" Kazui asked frustrated. „I thought we want to watch it together, tonight?"
„Wha... I... aww... Fine..." Ichika surrendered. „We tell you what we know and you three won't tell our parents!"
„What? Ichika, I don't want!" Kazui said unhappy. That part of his life was nothing he wanted to share. „Why I have to do this? I have nothing to do with your and Yupa's... 'date'?"
„That was not a date!" Ichika jelled and became red again. „It was... a... a... an secret undercover research mission to learn more about the human-world point of view on Shinigami and... Yupa... was so kind to assist me, as everyone in the Soul Society knows that he is some kind of your sidekick..."
Ichika's face became more and more red when she talked. That prooved that she was lying. Kazui could see it and hear it in her voice. So he understood the rumors in the Soul Society that Ichika has a human boyfriend...
„Well, I have nothing to do with that..." Kazui said and tried to leave to look after Yupa, but Ichika grabbed him on his sleeve.
„YOU STAY!" Ichika jelled. „It was his idea to watch the movie while his parents are gone! He is responsible for all!"
Kazui was shocked.
„How dare you, to... great..." now Kazui surrendered as well.
Kazui entered his body again and Ichika her Gigai, before both sat down in front of the kids. They could feel that Yupa was upstairs and walked up and down, trying to calm down.
„He will be mad for weeks now... Okay... Where Yupa stopped?" Kazui asked.
„The day after you told him his secret!" Keigo said.
Kazui and Ichika took each a deep breath and continued... at least with that what they knew and the others told them.
10 years ago...
Makoto Hirabata went to work with the good feeling, that today will be a good day. Her face was covering the big advert in front of the building. She was the one who had the biggest ambition at work. He last big hit... a report about North-Korea, was a huge succes. But now she needed a new story. A sensation... a bomb! Something that thrills the people... but she had absolutely no idea what...
„You aren't traveling to North-Korea again, to screen some new footage for me, aren't you?" she asked tired when she sat across from Keigo in the cafeteria of thier TV-studio.
Keigo Asano, who was dubbing in the studio in the first floor today, before travelling to Okinawa tomorrow for screening, looked on her and shaked his head disappointed. „I'm afraid never! They will never ever let me in there, after I filmed that footage for you!"
„Yeah, sorry. You're right! But despite that... I owe you something. Really!" Makoto said with a smile. „When you ever need something, you can rely on me!"
„Thank you! I am sure I will find something!" Keigo murmured and continued eating. „Do you know when the post-office down the street will close?"
„No, why?"
„I have to send something really important!" Keigo told and grabbed his smartphone too check the working-hours by himself...
Several hours later, Keigo walked during a break across the street and towards the post-office and entered it... He weared sunglasses and tried to not to attract attention... not knowing that someone followed him...
Inside he was surprised that there was almost noone else inside and only one counter was occupied. The other person, right behind him, was shocked. She had to hide. If he sees her, her plan could fail. Why the hell he had to be here today? And why the hell now? She just came here because it was so close to his dammed workplace... Immediately she hid behind a divider on a desk to act like she is filling some forms. Keigo didn't mentioned her, despite he could feel that the woman was in. His break was too short to dilly-dally around. He just grabbed one of the purchable package-sets from the shelf and used the pen on the nearby desk to fill it. Than he went to the counter, paid for some additional service (the woman didn't hear what) and left as quick as possible to went back to work.
When he was gone, 'Mizuho' left her hideout and grabbed the same package-set, used the same pen and paid at the same counter. Ignoring the curious clerk asking why she pays for the package, when she can just bring it to the studio down the street. Mizuho didn't anwered. She just paid the postage and left without saying anything. Confused the clerk took the package and put it into the shelv. Right on Keigo's package. She was always told to not to discuss with customers and decide to forget it. Not knowing that these both packages will trigger so many chaos in near future.
Keigo went back to work, finished dubbing the latest episode of Kazui's favorite anime and a commercial and went home at late evening. There he poured his plants, slept for several hours and took the early-morning Nihon-Air-flight to Okinawa to screen his possible 'main-cast-future'.
His package and the package of his sister meanwhile, were carried into a van, got scratched at the same place, got a postmark at the same place and were accidentely smudged at the same place with coffee, when the employee accidentely tipped over his cup...
While Keigo was in Okinawa and watched his 'colleagues' hunting a dangerous criminal and preparing for his own little scene... his regular lunch-comrade Makoto sat on her desk in the editorial-office and watched on her computer screen. Word was open but the document was still empty... she had absolutely no idea... It was like someone switched off her brain after the North-Korea-Report. Worried she looked on the photo of her from the gala where she recieved her media-award. She needed a story... a big one...
„Hirabata-san, you got mail!" a colleague said and handed the package to her.
„Thank you!" she said and took the package. There was no sender written on it. And it was pretty heavy... „What is it?"
Her colleague just shrugged and walked away. Makoto looked on the package and opened hit curiously. She didn't order anything, nor she didn't know someone who would send her something. When she opened the package, she found various photos, documents, hand-written notes, newspaper-articles and a letter.
„Use it ASAP..." Makoto read and looked inside. „What is that?"
Slowly... Makoto realized that it was that what she was looking for... a big story!
„Are you kidding me?" the director of the TV station jelled when Makoto presented him the basic facts only a few minutes later. „This is the most ridiculous story I eaver heared in my life."
„You really think so..." Makoto asked and raised an eyebrow. „So... how you explain this..."
Makoto presented him the photos, and several informations she found out in only 10 Minutes of research.
„Is that true?"
„Yes! And this is what I only figured out within a few minutes. This is a bomb Yamashiro-san! You see that this needs more investigations... Of course we will tell the police, but imagine the public respond when our channel is the first on this world to report about that."
„Take whatever you need!" he said. That seemed to be his trademark, everytime he talked with her.
The next two days, she worked around the clock and without a break... to prepare her newest big story... Of course she found out some really interesting facts about her 'lunch-comrade'. Of course she was shocked.
She couldn't do it... She had to talk with him first. At least prior to thier broadcast. It was already sheduled. He will return from Okinawa only a few hours before. His name was mentioned... No... she had to wait for now... Keigo had absolutely no clue... that he was part of a gigantic conspirancy. And Makoto, too...
And so she waited in the lobby of the building. Outside the crowds passed the bulding. Keigo looked for his way threw the crowd and entered the building... heading directly towards Makoto,... who waited for him at the welcome-desk...
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