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Chapter3: I Look Back, You Go Forward
Yoruichi was just waking up in the afternoon. A golden eye peeked open and lazily closed back as she rolled over in bed. Her covers were so soft and comfy…and her pillows were always so fluffy. It'd be a miracle for her to get out of bed now…
Her stomach growls.
She frowns slightly but ignores the grumbling of her stomach.
It growled again, this time in plea.
Groaning, she turned back to look at her digital clock. 1:46 PM it said. Her stomach growled once more. She sighed. "Why is it that the tummy has to get what it wants?" She rubbed her bare stomach and slowly stood. She had fallen about two days ago when she had tried to stand up right away when her legs were still asleep. Painful experience, really. She had learned from it. Bumping into walls here and there, she got to the kitchen.
The still half-asleep goddess yawned as her hands prepared breakfast. "Coffee with eggs and toast. What more could you want?" she said to herself sarcastically with a roll of her eyes. "The only damn breakfast I ever make myself. I need one of those cookbooks or something…"
Once the breakfast was on a plate and her coffee in a cup, she wolfed it down and gulped the coffee. She stuck her tongue out at the aftertaste. "Lucky, it didn't scald my tongue," she said, her face scrunched up in dislike.
She still had lots of time before her shift at work. Her mind whirled back. Work. The conversation with her boss yesterday came back.
Flashback
"Have you convinced her?" was the instant greeting.
Yoruichi rolled her eyes. Never a proper greeting. "No, Boss. This one is different. She said no before I even asked her about the job."
She heard noise over the phone. He probably fell off his seat. He deserves it, she thought darkly. He should know that he can't have all the women he wants. "What?!" the man screamed harshly. Yoruichi pulled the cell phone out to arms reach, wincing and rubbing her ear with the other hand.
"What do you mean, Yoruichi?! You could get anyone, anyone, convinced to take the job! That was why I gave you this mission! To get her to take the job!!"
Still wincing, she slowly brought the phone back to her ear. "Look, Boss. I may still have a chance of getting her if you still want me to. But she seems content to stay with her current jobs with her friends."
Silence was all she heard. Had she said something wrong? Yoruichi found she didn't care at the moment, her eyes flickering towards the direction the restaurant was…where Soi Fong was.
"Friends?"
Her mind snapped back to focus. Shaking her head to clear her thoughts, she blinked before replying, "Yes, friends. The woman has friends there." Her eyes unconsciously went back to the same path as before.
"Does she have any…female friends? Any…nice-looking…friends?" A plan was unraveling in the boss's mind.
"Well, I saw one of her friends. She seemed--" Her mouth stopped talking and shut closed. Soi Fong, Matsumoto's friend. Did Yoruichi think her nice-looking? "--pretty enough. …Nice figure and all that." She sighed out in relief. Why was she so relieved?
"Good, good… Think we can get her to join as well?"
"WHAT?!" The cocoa-skinned woman didn't see the stares she received. Her eyes widened and her mouth opened and closed to find words. "I-I, boss-- Uh…"
"Why did you yell?"
Yoruichi stopped her stuttering and paused her walking. "What?" she asked blinking.
"You yelled, 'What' . You don't yell at your boss, Yoruichi. So, why?"
Yoruichi didn't know what to say. Her eyes swept everywhere, trying to think of an excuse. "When you come back for your shift, get in my office after you've changed. Got that?" His voice was cold.
Yoruichi's shoulders slumped. "Yes, Boss."
"Good. I want you to spend time with this friend of hers. I want that woman. Her breasts are just perfect. And try to get her friend. If we have her, we might have our target as well."
"Got it." She heard him hang up. Yoruichi sat on the bench close by, her eyes on the ground. Great. Punishment. Now she had to give the guy a blowjob and a striptease. You never know if he's really horny and may want something else as well. "Damn, can't believe I blurted out." Can't believe I still put up with this shit, she thought to herself but didn't voice it.
End of Flashback
"And I thought this would be exciting…" She sighed and thumped her head on the table.
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Soi Fong was talking to Kuukaku and about three days has passed since Yoruichi came to the restaurant.
"Yo Ganju, get me my pipe!"
"But sis, I'm busy with this car--"
"GET IT NOW!!"
Soi Fong watched in amusement as the youngest of the Shiba family tripped over his own feet to get what his sister commanded.
"What are you doing here, eh Soi Fong?" The smaller woman turned her head back to see the brash woman cleaning her hands with a rag. "Something wrong with the car or what?" Soi Fong shook her head as Ganju scurried back with his sister's pipe and ran away. "I see you're not smoking. Trying to quit again, Soi Fong?"
Soi only let her lips quirk into a small grin. "Maybe. But that's not why I'm here."
Kuukaku lighted up her favorite pipe. "Oh, really? Enlighten me." She puffed out a ring of smoke.
"There's a guy harassing my colleagues." And there's this woman that I can't get out of my head, Soi thought but didn't say. Kuukaku slowly puffed out three rings connected with each other. Soi Fong would think that impossible but, Kuukaku is a skilled smoker. "It's been maybe three days since he tried getting Matsumoto. Now, Hinamori, Nemu, and Orihime--"
"Did someone say Orihime?" Tatsuki, the newbie of the group popped out from underneath a car. She dusted her hands and wiped them on her dirty overalls. "Yo Kuukaku, where's the rag?" The woman just threw it to her and puffed out another ring of smoke.
"I did. I was talking about a man who's been harassing the women working with me."
"All the women?" Tatsuki and Soi Fong turned their attention back to Kuukaku. "No, not all." Kuukaku didn't say anything else but Tatsuki did. "Well, if he's harassing my Orihime, I'll go to him myself and pulverize that pervert. No wonder she's been asking me if she could sleepover my house every night."
Soi Fong nodded. "But I don't know where he is. The only thing I know is that he owns a strip club--"
"Strip club?" Kuukaku frowned as the two looked back at her. "Creepy." She placed her pipe down and got back to work, leaving the two women blinking. "Hey Kuukaku, aren't you gonna do something about this?" Tatsuki hollered. The master engineer just waved a hand and disappeared into her office.
Tatsuki shook her head but then jumped when Kuukaku yelled, "GANJU, COME IN HERE NOW!!" The two sweat dropped as the guy quickly went into the office. When he came out with a bump on his head, the two sweat dropped even more.
Then Kuukaku's head popped out the doorway. "Yo, you two get in here!" Soi Fong went but Tatsuki just whipped her head left and right and then ran forward to catch up.
"What is it?" Soi asked, a bit puzzled. Kuukaku handed out a small pink card as Tatsuki came over "Ganju over there said that this might be the place. Hope it is." Soi blinked as she received the card. "Now get your ass out of here! You only come here for business, understand?!"
Soi yelped as Kuukaku kicked her in the side and slammed the door. Soi winced but a hint of a smile was on her face. "Thanks, Kuukaku," she said with a grin, even though the woman couldn't hear her.
Then her eyes turned to the card. Her heart skipped a beat. There was a chance that she'd be able to see Yoruichi…but that shouldn't be on her mind right now. She should be thinking, 'I can finally clean this mess up and work in peace' not 'Yoruichi might be there…Why am I still thinking of her?'
She was interrupted out of her musings when Tatsuki's voice boomed above her. "C'mon Soi Fong! I wanna pound that guy till he says 'Uncle'!" Soi blinked up and saw the grinning Tatsuki pound her fists together.
Soi slowly nodded and stood up, dusting herself. "My car?" she suggested.
"Yep, my car's still in repair," Tatsuki told her sheepishly, "Too much racing, I guess…" Soi smirked but led the way. Right now, she cursed the gold lining of her car. It reminded her too much of those eyes…
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Short and not really exciting. The next chapter should be when Soi and Tatsuki comes to the club and…finds Yoruichi on stage. Dun-dun-DUN! Oh and, I might actually keep this one. Are you sure you guys like this?