NEW STORY
A kind of AU story. Set is still in Soul Society, same characters. Maybe some I make up. A Yoru/Soi
Story. Basically it's the same, just cooler outfits & animal noble houses. It'll get confusing.
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Morning meetings:
When Soi woke up the next day Kise was still latched to her waist, but he wasn't nuzzling her stomach anymore. Soi looked down to see a pair of electric green eyes looking right back into her own stormy ones.
He grinned at her. "Morning." Soi smiled back. "Mornin'." He laughed and de-latched his arms from around her. He jumped up from the covers. "Shower!" He reached down and grabbed Soi's hands. He pulled her up with him. "Shower!" She laughed at him.
Soi & Kise had started showering together last month. And why not? They did everything together. The way they looked at it; they were comfortable enough with their bodies. So why not shower together. Kise actually felt bad for other guys. He could look at himself in the mirror for 10 whole minutes. That was longer than most. His brother couldn't even look at himself, full body anyway. He just paid attention to everything from the shoulder up. Soi felt the same. See the way the thoughts in Soi's head worked was; if she told you she showered with her best friend, and you couldn't take it….oh freakin' well….get over it! When she told Kise that he laughed almost all day, but agreed with her none the less.
15 minutes later
Soi and Kise entered their room with their hair still soaking wet. Kise's hair had grown a few inches past his mid-back. Soi's was down to her waist. Kisuke was supposed to drop by later so Kise could get his ends trimmed. Soi had yet to get her hair cut.
Soi walked to the closet. Kise trailing behind singing 'Lime in the Coconut' by the Muppets. Kisuke had taken him to the real world a few times, and those few times Kise had found the song. It came from America he had told her. Soi listened as she rummaged around the hangers for clothes. "Lime in the coconut, drank them both up…..Doooctooor….ain't there nothin' I can take, I said doooctooor….ain't there nothing' I can take to relive this flipper ache!" He sung loudly swaying his hips to a tune only he could hear that went with it. Soi would have to find the song.
Soi pulled out a pair of baggy black jeans and a loose black shirt with a silver dragon on the right shoulder. Kise went forward and took out a white shirt with yellow & black stripped sleeves, a black hoodie with no sleeves, and a pair of almost-to-tight black jeans. Black was their favorite color. Kise stopped singing as he pulled on Soi's clothes. They were about the same height, Kise being 5 feet and all. Soi saw no problem as long as he gave them back washed.
"Soooo…," Kise started as he finished and turned to her. "I heard your trampling down the hall last night." He stated with a smirk. "What happened to cause said trample?" Soi blushed as she French braided her hair. Kise moved behind her. "Well….details. Did you see Jr. there?" Soi's blush increased as she stayed silent. Kise gasped mouth wide he grabbed her arms and spun her to face him. "You did….what happened?" Soi pulled back and sat in a window. She stared at the horizon as she spoke, "You know that Sakura spot I told you about right?" Kise nodded, "Yeah…come on! The suspense is killing me….tell me!" Soi chuckled quietly. "Well you know I came back here with you after training…," She started and Kise nodded. "I hadn't showered after and it was still bright out….," She went on. Kise sat on the opposite side of the window. "So I went to the spot I told you about, and got….," She looked at Kise and nodded to him. "Undressed." He finished with a slant of his eyebrow. Soi nodded, "Yeah….and I got in the pond…," She swallowed. Kise leaned forward a bit. "Aaaannd….Jr. showed up didn't she?" He finished for her with a smirk now plastered to his face. Soi blushed so hard she thought she would pass out. She nodded her head in short sharp jerks. Kise sat there with his mouth open until….
"HAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!" He exploded with laughter. Soi snapped her head to him in total shock. "I do not find it funny in the least!" She shouted over his laughter. 'Don't find what funny?' A voice came beside Soi. Kise stopped laughing slowly and looked to the voice. "JACK!" Soi screamed happily as she picked him up and cuddled him to her. 'No need to shout at me. I can still hear just fine.' he said as he looked up at her. Jack had run off last year. "Where have you been?" Soi asked as she stood and placed him on her & Kise's bedding. 'Exploring!' He answered excitedly. 'This place is huge! I still have much more to see, but I thought it was about time I checked up on ya.' He gave a grin, showing his pearly teeth. Soi laughed and started to explain.
2 hours new
After Soi and Kise finished telling Jack what had happened during their time apart, Kise filling in the blanks. Jack had taken a short bath, eaten, said 'See ya soon.', and left to finish his exploring. Soi probably wouldn't see him for another year. But she was happy he had found something to keep him entertained. He had always had a short attention span. Kisuke had shown up a few minutes after he left to take Kise for his haircut.
Back to fact. Soi was walking to the Captain-Commanders building. She knew where Jr. lived. She also knew this meeting would be awkward, but it was necessary to get this out of the way. She thought about turning back as she stood in front of Jr.'s door. Damn it! She shouldn't have to worry about such grown-up things until she actually was a grown-up. She raised her hand and knocked.
A sleepy Jr. slid the door open. "Wha'?" She rubbed her eyes like a three year old. Soi couldn't help but giggle at the sight. Jr. stopped and put her hands down. She snapped awake as her eyes caught Soi's. Soi noticed Jr. had no shirt on, just orange and white form-fitting boxers. They both blushed as Jr. stepped aside to let Soi in. She slid her door shut after Soi walked past her.
Inside
Soi looked around her taking everything in as Jr. snatched up an orange tank top from the ground and threw it on. Looking around her messy place she realized she should have given an attempt at cleaning. To late now. So she stood back and watched Soi examine the room.
A black sofa stood in the center of the room. A small table in front of it. Soi noticed Jr. had quite the collection of stuffed wolfs. She saw a small one on the table move a bit. She saw the markings on its face. She smiled when she realized it was Okami. She had met him a few times. He apparently refused to get any larger. Soi continued her examination. She walked around the room.
She saw several pictures of Jr. and her cousin. They would have been identical in everyway…except Jr.'s hair was messy and she kept it short. And the markings on Jr.'s face. Soi continued her looking. There were two bookshelves in the room, filled with who knows what. Jr. didn't even know, they were all just gifts. She had never opened them.
Soi walked into a room that was off the main room. It was apparently Jr.'s room. There were crumpled pieces of paper al over the floor. There was a messy bedding in the corner right upper corner of the room, another bookshelf across from it, a wide window was in the center of the wall across from where Soi was standing. Soi moved to pick up one of the crumpled pieces of paper.
Jr. saw her walk into her room and began to panic. She rushed forward and gently grabbed Soi's wrist. She didn't want Soi to see what was on the papers. Soi looked up to her. "What?" Jr. blushed and pulled Soi away from the room. Soi looked back at the room as Jr. led them to the couch. "Wait…I wanna read, " Soi started but was cut off by, "No. they're nothing important." She rushed her words nervously. Jr. sat them down and Soi looked to her with a smirk. "What are they? A confession to a crush?" She teased. "No!" Jr. answered quickly. Soi gasped open mouthed. "Oh my god they are!" Soi jumped up from the sofa and bolted for Jr.'s bedroom. Jr. shot after her.
Jr. tackled Soi to the ground. Soi laughed as she stretched her right arm out. A note was just a few feet away. If only she could get it! To late! Jr. grabbed Soi's arm pulled it back and flipped Soi over. They both laughed as Soi began a feeble attempt to escape.
After 10 minutes or so of wrestling Jr. dropped to Soi's right side. The laughter was starting to end as Jr. wrapped her arm around Soi's waist. Soi had her left arm raised above her head. She felt a funny feeling in her stomach when Jr. wrapped her arm around her and nuzzled her face into Soi's neck.
"Jr.?" Soi called quietly. "Hmm?" Jr. was starting to get sleepy. "What's this wired feeling in my stomie?" "What feeling?" "It feels all funny. Like I have something moving in there." Jr. looked up. "That would be giddy or happy." She answered Soi's second question. "What's it mean?" Jr. looked thoughtful, "Well it usually means you like something." Soi looked to her. "Do you have it too?"
Silence
Jr. returned to nuzzling Soi's neck. Soi turned her eyes to the plain ceiling. "Yeah." Finally came the whispered answer. The feeling made Jr. confused. She couldn't like Soi. Not only was she older than her, but Soi was her friend. She would have to talk to her cousin later. She wasn't supposed to feel like this. She was to young. To young and it was to soon.
1 hour new
Jr. and Soi had fallen asleep, as to when…they didn't know. Jr. had woken up first. She looked at the large clock on the wall in front of her. 12:37 Jr. shot up effectively waking Soi. "What?" Soi asked as she watched Jr. run into her room with bleary eyes. Jr. came back out two minutes later. Wearing the small vest Soi had first met her in and a pair of loose baggy black jeans. The waist of her boxers could be seen clearly. Soi paid her little attention as she re-braided her hair and fixed her clothing. She was obviously awake now.
"What's up?" Soi asked turning to her as she finished fixing her appearance. "Jr. stood by the door as she held her arm out for Soi. "We have to meet my cousin remember." She said as she slid the door open. Soi took Jr. offered limb and wrapped her arms around it. "Oh that's right." Soi said with obvious sarcasm. She kept her eyes ahead of them. "You were to busy being a perv yesterday to get that done." "I wasn't being a 'perv' okay.? I was coming to get you for the meeting and I stumbled upon you." Jr. defended herself. Soi rolled her eyes. "Yeah right. I bet that's what those pieces of paper really were. Drawings of what you saw." Jr. gaped at her but decided to play along. "How did you know." Soi's eyes became the size of dinner plates. She slapped Jr.'s chest. "You are such a pervert!" "Who's a pervert?" Asked a very feminine voice from in front of them.
They had been walking and arguing they hadn't noticed they were now standing in Yoruichi's office doorway. They looked to the voice. Jr. slapped a grin on her face. "Hey cousin!" Yoruichi nodded to Jr. with an amused expression. She turned her golden gaze to Soi. "Where are your manners Jr.?" Yoruichi asked as she kept her eyes on Soi. "Aren't you going to introduce me to your friend here?" Jr. scratched the back of her head. It was her nervous habit. "Uh Yoruichi…this is Soi Fong. Soi this is my older cousin Yoruichi Shihoin." Yoruichi stood and walked up to Soi. She offered her right hand to shake. Soi took it in her own right. "Charmed." Yoruichi said with a grin. Soi responded with a grin of her own. "I sure." Yoruichi chuckled and released Soi's hand. She turned to the other Soi sitting beside her desk. "I take it you already know your cousin?" Yoruichi asked looking between the two. They nodded to each other.
Jr. spoke up again, "We're gonna have to think of different names for them." All six pairs of eyes turned to her. "If we don't we're just going to get confused. And they won't know who we're talking to." Jr. reasoned. Three heads nodded. Yoruichi ushered them in her office. Jr. and Soi sat on the sofa, Yoruichi sat back behind her desk. "Well let's see…," Yoruichi started. She looked at the younger Fong. "We could call you by your Zanpakuto's name or something like it. Problem with that is you haven't got it yet." Yoruichi looked down at her desktop, her expression thoughtful. "Well the only solution to this is," Yoruichi looked up at Jr., "You'll have to help her get it," She finished. Jr. nodded and stood up pulling Soi with her.
"Well we should start now. No time like the present." Jr. said and pulled Soi with her out the door. "Oh!" Jr. popped her head back around the doorway. "I need to talk to you later. It's very important." Yoruichi blinked twice, obviously surprised, "Yeah sure." She nodded. Jr. nodded back said bye to the older Fong and left with the younger one.
Yoruichi looked at Soi, "She'll either have it hard or easy. Which one do you think she'll get?" Soi shrugged. "Hard to say Yoruichi-sama." Yoruichi let out an aggravated sigh. "Will you stop with the Sama!" Soi blushed and looked down to her lap. She hoped her cousin would have it easy. Not many 5 -year-olds go through what she had. Then again the Dragon, Tiger, and Snake houses had been attacked as well. No one knew why the Hare clan had been attacked, and Haruko wasn't talking which wasn't helping. Oh well. She decided. They would have to just let things take their course.
Sakura Trees (pond)
Soi sat in a meditation state. Jr. had told her to let everything on her mind go. To be calm and not let anything bother her. When Soi asked why Jr. had said, "You have to find a way into your mind. If your thinking about everything….then you won't get where you want to go." When Soi had asked what that meant Jr. calmly replied, "You want to find your soul. Who you are and what you represent inside." Soi had nodded and sat against one of the trees.
It was mid-day and Jr. had left an hour ago to talk to her cousin. Soi had heard her….but she paid it no attention. She was starting to leave her mind. She was clearing it. She was finding herself. And even if she didn't tonight, she wasn't leaving until she found what she was looking for. Problem was…even though she had cleared her mind. She didn't know what to look for. Then again she didn't even have to try.
Mindscape
"Do you want to go where you feel most calm?" A young boys' voice called to her. Soi found herself standing alone in darkness. "Who are you?" She called. The voice giggled. "Do you want to go?" The voice asked again. "Do you know where I feel calm?" Another giggle. "Of course I do." "Who are you?" Soi questioned again hoping to get an answer this time. "I'm your soul. Or your Zanpakuto in easier terms." It answered. "Can't I see your face?" She asked carefully. "Certainly."
Soi closed her eyes at the bright flash of light. When she opened them again she was standing on an open plane. The ground was made of what appeared to be smooth clear blue marble. She looked up and saw a night sky with a full moon that seemed so close it was touchable. That was all she saw in all directions. The ground and sky went on until they connected. Soi looked closer at the ground. She could see…"Soul Society?" She asked aloud. "Yep!" That same voice called from behind her. She whipped around.
A small boy with short white hair (styled in a Faux hawk) was looking at her. He had calming sharp blue eyes. He wore a simple baby blue shirt with a dark green open shirt with a hood over it. He wore dark blue shorts that went past his knees, pins were decorated on the right leg. He had blue and yellow sneakers on (Converse). A blue-green scrap of cloth was tied around his head. He smiled at her.
Soi gave him a look over. "You're my Zanpakuto?" The boy nodded. "What's your name?" She asked walking up to him. He was about 2 inches smaller than her. He shrugged. "I can't tell you that." He responded. "Why not?" The boy shrugged again. "Even if I did you wouldn't hear it. You have to find me for starters." Soi looked around then back to the boy. "How do I do that?" He grinned and motioned behind her. She turned and her eyes went wide.
"No way." She said quietly, more to herself than the boy. He walked up beside her. "Way."
Almost the entire plane was covered in small white boxes. "You have to find me in one of these." The boy said over to her. She gave him a clear, 'Your crazy!' look. He shook his head with a smug smile. "Find the red ribbon…find me." Soi motioned to the many boxes. "There must be over 3 hundred boxes here!" There was no way! "5 hundred to be exact." Soi shook her head rapidly. "No way! There is no way I can do that!" He shrugged walking away. "You won't know until you try. You have 2 hours." He waved as he started to fade. "Concentrate." He was gone. But he was right. She had to try.
Soi looked out to the 5 hundred boxes. She sighed heavily as she closed her eyes. She cleared her mind once more. 'red ribbon' She focused. Her eyes snapped open as a warm calm came over her. Her eyes had gone from stormy grey/black to an icy blue. The whites of her eye had turned black. She looked around the boxes. She began to walk through the boxes, concentrating on keeping her calm in place.
After an hour of searching Soi finally decided the box with the red ribbon was not with any of these. She blinked and her eyes went back to normal. "Hey!" She called out. What? It's not like she knew the boys name. He appeared beside her. "What's wrong?" He asked curiously. "It's not here." She stated firmly. "What?" Soi rolled her eyes. "The box with the red ribbon, is.not.here." She leaned in closer between each word. He leaned back as she did. He closed his eyes and smiled snapping his fingers. The boxes disappeared. "It was supposed to take you longer." He snapped his fingers again.
A lone box appeared in front of them. A large red ribbon was fluttering from a string attached to the top. "You may not hear my name yet. But you'll have me to rely on even if you don't. Though our power would grow if you did know my name." He explained. She nodded and walked forward. "There will be a lot of training and hard times." Soi turned back to him. He smiled warmly at her. "But your tough stuff, ne?" She blinked and he was gone again. Soi tuned back to the small box. She reached out and tugged the ribbon. The top came open and a sword hilt became visible. She reached down, grasped it, and pulled.
"My name is..."
Jr. was starting to get worried. Though she had been to her cousins', Soi had been out of it for almost 5 hours. Jr. gave a start when Soi jumped awake. Soi whipped her head around before looking down at her hands. The air shimmered for a moment and a blade appeared dropping softly into her hands. Soi stood, took the hilt in her right hand, and examined the object.
The hilt was wrapped in red cloth with a red braided string. The base was an oval shape made of gold/silver. The blade itself was four foot, four inches. It was black with gold at the tip. Two eye like shapes rested near the base carved in gold as well. It shone brightly in the setting sun. Jr. looked from Soi to the blade with amazement. She stood and walked to her.
"Do you know its name?" Soi turned her head in Jr.'s direction. "Huh?" She was dazed from the feeling the sword was channeling through her. "The name?" Jr. couldn't help smiling at her. 'So cute!' Soi shook her head and looked back to the blade. "I didn't hear it."
Soi was happy and upset at the same time. Happy because the empty feeling in her heart where her mother had once been was slowly being filled. By Kise, Jr., and now she had her Zanpakuto. And she was upset because she didn't know her Zanpakuto's name. She wanted to know his name because he said she could get stronger with it. She wanted to protect Kise and her Papa. Jr. was far strong enough to protect herself and others, her Papa didn't need protecting….she was just concerned about caring for Soi, but she wanted to repay her Papa for all her hard work.
Kise, she decided, would need the most looking after. With his brother always concerned with his science and post, he didn't get to know him very well. Plus the fact the Kisuke denied being a member of the Hare clan. It was one of the reasons he was so attached to Soi and Jr., because they found the time to care. He needed that, his training was hard and the teacher was mean. He had been signed off to a teacher Kisuke thought would toughen him up. But it only made him cling to Soi more. And she had no problem with that. The closer he was, the easier he would be to look after.
Jr. placed her hand on Soi's shoulder. "Come on," Soi looked up to her, "We need to go see my cousin." "Why?" Soi turned the blade in her hand and let her arm drop slowly. "We still have to figure out what to call you. And Kise is waiting for you there." Jr. looked down at the sword again then back to Soi. "Doesn't it have a sheath?" Soi looked confused. "Uhh…" 'do you' He chuckled. 'of course I do. here'
The sword suddenly shined bright as the sun. Soi and Jr. snapped their eyes shut against it. Several moments later the opened them when the light died down.
Soi picked the now sheathed blade in both hands. It was black with a single, she flipped it in her hands, sliver of gold going down the middle. Soi looked back to Jr. when she groaned in disappointment. "What's wrong with you?" Jr. heaved a sigh. "Yours looks way better than mine." She whined. She pointed over to the tree she had been sitting under.
Propped up against it was a simple katana. It had a black and blue clad hilt, a diamond shaped base and a white sheath. The sword and sheath were held together by steel 4-clawed grips. Soi didn't look at Jr. as she spoke. "I don't think mine looks better." Jr. looked down at her. "I think it looks nice." Soi still didn't look up. Her bangs were covering her small blush. She did look up, however, when Jr. chuckled softly.
"What?" Jr. shook her head. "Come on. Kise is probably waiting for us. He may be trying to stay out of training again." Soi frowned. "I don't like his teacher." "Neither do I. But as his brother Kisuke has more standing than we do." Jr. snatched up her Zanpakuto as they started their walk to the second division. "Kisuke doesn't understand Kise at all. I do." Soi looked upset. Jr. glanced at her. "I think we both understand Kise better than he does." Soi nodded. "I don't want him going there anymore. I'll talk to Papa if I have to." Jr. looked thoughtful. "That's a good idea. Maybe I can ask Pop to get him transferred to me." I was a good idea. Soi had learned a lot from Jr. Kise was getting close to no where with his teacher.
Soi had learned many types of hand to hand combat. She had also learned Jr. own unique style of fighting. It was a combination of kick boxing and just raw skill. Soi was still learning how to use special techniques. Things like bullets of air, fire weight training, walking on water, and using her spiritual pressure as a weapon when she had none. She was looking forward to the walking on water training. It was usually a specialty only known to the Dragon clan, but Jr. had mastered it.
Kise had learned how to run away from his teacher super fast when he was angry. Soi and Jr. had seen this once. Neither had ever seen Kise run so fast. The speed of the Hare clan shone through then. Not even Kisuke could run as fast. Soi didn't like his teacher at all. She was still thinking of ways to get him away when they arrived at the captains quarters of the second division. She looked surprised they had gotten there so fast. Jr. saw her face.
"Ya gotta stop daydreaming so much." She ruffled Soi's long hair softly. Soi pulled the right side of her bangs out of her eye. 'ohhhh….you like her' his voice sang in her head. 'we're friends! Of course I do' Soi blushed. He chuckled, 'I ain't talkin' in a friendly way. Though I suppose you are a little young' Jr. looked at her oddly when she blushed and walked forward. She shrugged and followed. 'shut up' He laughed this time, 'such language' and he was quiet.
Soi and Jr. walked in silence. At least until they heard shouting down the hall in Yoruichi's office. They looked to each other as Soi strapped her Zanpakuto onto her back, and ran down the hall to see what was wrong. Soi slid the door open to an argument between Kisuke and Kise. The younger was sitting on the edge of the sofa while the older was standing less than 4 feet away. Yoruichi was standing behind her desk, ready in case they needed separating. The older Soi was standing behind her clutching her right arm.
"I'm not going back there!" Kise was shouting. "He's mean, rude, and calls me a baby when I run away or can't get something done!" "Maybe that's what you need!" Kisuke was shouting right back. "Stop being a little kid!" That did it. Kise sprang up from the sofa. Kisuke in surprise, took a step back. Kise had never looked or been so mad at anyone in his life. "In case you haven't noticed!" He wasn't shouting, but his voice was low and held a dangerous tone. "I am a kid! I'm only eight years old! I'm not supposed to act like an adult, because I'm not!" Kisuke was shocked for a moment but recovered quickly.
"Maybe if you acted like one you wouldn't be such a whiney brat! You wonder why people call you that! I'm surprised it isn't obvious! All you do is cry when things don't go your way!" Kise was hurt by this but held his ground. "I'm actually surprised that the Fong girl can put up with you!" That was it.
"Hey!" All attention turned to the door. Kise brightened immediately. "Soi!" Jr. and Soi were staring at Kisuke with honest distaste. Well….Jr. was, Soi was just down right angry. "Look I don't know what's going on, but I am not gunna stand here and let you talk to my best friend that way! I don't care if you are his brother!" She looked at Kise. "Come on, we're leaving." Kise bounced happily along behind her. Jr. turned to her cousin. "We'll talk tomorrow." Yoruichi nodded. With a final glance at a shocked Kisuke Jr. followed Soi and Kise back to their room in the first division headquarters. She would talk to Pop about this. She looked up at the darkening sky.
A storm was on the way.