Can I make you feel better?
Chapter 2: The Carnival
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN BLEACH! Please get it through your head or other peoples heads. Anyway, to the story!
Ichigo laid on his bed, staring at the ceiling with a blank expression on his face. Ever since yesterday, he couldn't get the new kid off of his mind. His first incounter with him already set his heart on fire, even though he doesn't know a thing about him. It's just for some reason, Ichigo has fallen for him. He doesn't even know if the new kid was gay.
FLASH BACK
The new kid stepped forward and puts his lips to Ichigo's ear. "Arigato." He whispered before walking toward the school entrance. Ichigo turned around.
"Wait!" He called. The new kid stopped before turning around and faced him. "Can I atleast get your name?" Ichigo asked. The newbie simply stared at Ichigo and stayed silent. "You're not gonna tell me, are you?" Ichigo asked with a smile. He shook his head no. "Do I have to earn it?" He nodded. "Well, good. Count on it. You're gonna see a whole lot of me." Ichigo said. The new kid slightly smiled before walking into the school.
"You like him." Rukia said, stating the obvious.
"Yeah. Yeah, I do." Ichigo said.
"Ichigo, you're the most popular boy in school and rather the scariest when it comes to violence. I don't think he has a chance." She said Ichigo shot her a glare.
"What do you mean by that?" He said.
"You have a fan club." She said, pointing to a group of teenagers, wearing t-shirts that said 'WE LOVE ICHIGO KUROSAKI' on the front. Ichigo shrugged.
"So?" He said.
"They will not allow it. They will get in his way and try to bring him down, Ichigo." Rukia said.
"Well, they can try their best and work their hardest but...nothing will make me stop loving him." Ichigo said, looking in the direction the new kid went.
END OF FLASH BACK
Ichigo snapped out of it when he started hearing yelling from downstairs. His parents were fighting again. Ichigo groaned and tried to block out of the yelling.
"You need to stop drinking!" His mother yelled.
"Why don't you make me woman!" His father yelled back. Then there was a crash. Ichigo flinched and hid in his closet. He backed up until he went against the wall. He slid down the wall and drew his knees to his chest. Ichigo has so many reasons why he tries to stop violence. He doesn't want it to remind him of his parents. The pain he carries is starting to become unbearable. He sat there wondering...does he have the same problems as me?. Ichigo furrowed his eyebrows and raised his head, hearing different yelling next door.
Toshiro stared out of his bedroom window. It was raining. Hard. He could hear his parents fighting over the rain. He clenched his fists. He knowd his neighbors can hear it. But why don't they do anything about it? He was a sensitive kid and rather shy. He didn't know anything about the world; like love and friendship. Making friends was like telling his parents to shut the hell up, something hard to do and that will take him a lot of courage.
Toshiro looked at the house next door. The light was on in one of the bedrooms just across from his. He froze when he saw someone familiar get in the window. He ducked down. It was Renji. He crawled over to the other window and looked out of the window. Another familiar person was in the window. But this time, he didn't duck down or flinch. Their eyes met, icy teal eyes meeting hazel eyes. They stared at eachother, curiousity running across their faces. Toshiro was staring right at Ichigo Kurosaki.
"Ichigo..." Toshiro thought. He decided that he was going to tell Ichigo something. He grabbed a piece of paper and a pen. He wrote something down on it and held it up to the window. Ichigo opened his window and leaned forward a little, trying to get a better visual on the writing. He mouthed the words on the paper.
"Is that your name?" He asked, loud enough for Toshiro to hear it over the rain. Toshiro nods and puts the paper down. Ichigo spotted the scars and bruises on Toshiro's small arms. Toshiro opened his window to hear him more clearly.
"What happened to your arms, Toshiro?" Ichigo asked. Toshiro froze, eyes wide. He looked at his arms and shyly rolled down the sleeves while looking away, not daring to make eye contact with Ichigo.
"Does he cut himself? But...what are thos bruises? Does he have the same problems as I do?" Ichigo thought.
"Hey Toshiro, I hear yelling. Are those your parents?" He asked. Toshiro looked at him, but only for a second before looking down and nodding.
"So he does." Ichigo thought.
"Don't worry." Ichigo said. Toshiro looked up at him. "I have the same problem too." Ichigo rolled up his sleeves and showed him his bruised arms. Toshiro stared at them in shock. Suddenly, someone marched into Toshiro's room and Ichigo quickly rolled down his sleeves. Toshiro's father grabbed Toshiro by the arms and started yelling at him. Toshiro looked at Ichigo, his eyes held a strong hint of fear and Ichigo was both shocked and horrified at the sight before him.
"No, no! Don't look away! Look at me!" His father yelled. Toshiro looked at his father. Then his mother came in and tried getting him away from Toshiro. But his father pulled out a gun and Toshiro went into horro as his father committed homicide and killed his mother with a single bullet through the forehead.
"Mom!" Toshiro yelled. Ichigo's mouth dropped open. He just heard Toshiro's voice AND witnessed a HOMICIDE!
Toshiro's father puts the gun under Toshiro's chin, his nose cringed in disgust and his eyebrows furrowed his anger and rage.
"You're my prisoner now, you little worm." He said and left the room. Toshiro stood there, in shock, horror, and fear. He had tears rolling down his cheeks. Toshiro furrowed his eyebrows and whipped the tears away. He looked at the floor [where the body of his dead mother lay] before looking at Ichigo. He closed the window. Before he closed the blinds, he mouthed 'Help me'. After a minute of pulling himself together, Ichigo closed the window and the blinds. He grabbed the blinds. Poor Toshiro. He has to go through this chaos.
"Ichigo?" A little voice came. Ichigo jumped and turned around.
"Karin." He said. His little sister was standing in his doorway, tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Did you just," Ichigo pointed to the window behind him, "see what happened?" He said. Karin nods and whipped her tears away with the back of her hand.
"That was horrible. I -sniff- feel really bad for him." She said.
"Oh, Karin..." Ichigo said softly before gathering his little sister in his arms. "Someday I'll move out. But when that day comes, I'll bring you along. Okay?" He said. Karin wrapped her arms around him and buried her face into his chest and nodded.
MONDAY MORNING [It was a Friday when Toshiro and Ichigo met]
"You witnessed a homicide!" Rukia shrieked.
"SSSHHHUUUSSSHHH!" Ichigo exclaimed.
"Oh, gomenesai." Rukia said. Ichigo rolled his eyes at her.
"Anyway, yes I did witness a homicide. Toshiro's father killed his mother right infront of Toshiro and me." Ichigo explained.
"Did his fater know you were there?" Rukia asked.
"No." Ichigo said.
"And who is Toshiro?" Rukia questioned, confused [hint hint: she didn't get the memo of the new kid arriving on Friday. Nobody tells her that stuff]. Ichigo turned when he felt a slight tug on his shirt. His hazel eyes meeting icy teals. His eyebrows were furrowed and he looked frightened. Ichigo gasped at the large bruise on the side of Toshiro's neck.
"Who's this?" Rukia said, still confused.
"This is Toshiro." Ichigo said, not looking away from Toshiro.
"The new kid? And the..." Rukia's voice trailed off and her face went into horror. She covered her mouth with her hand. "Oh my God." She said.
"Toshiro, daijoubu?" Ichigo asked. Toshiro inhaled softly and looked down, tears in his eyes. He closed his eyes and pressed his lips together before shaking his head no. Ichigo drew the smaller boy into his arms and hugged him gently.
"Gomenesai." Ichigo said. Toshiro tightly closed his eyes shut and gripped Ichigo's shirt. Rukia patted Toshiro's shoulder.
"I'm very, very sorry." She said, softly. Toshiro nodded against Ichigo's warm chest and started to cry.
"C'mon, let's go to class. I'm going to the office to get my schedule changed so it matches Toshiro's." Ichigo said. Rukia nods in agreement.
"I'll come also." She said. Toshiro smiled slightly, he was glad that he was getting supported. He needed it.
"Let's go." Ichigo said. They walked to the entrance of the school, Ichigo's arm around Toshiro's shoulders. Toshiro was wipping the tears away when they entered the principal's office.
"Good morning, Ichigo and Rukia." Principal Yamamoto greeted.
"Hello." Rukia said. Yamamoto stiffened when he noticed Toshiro in tears.
"What happened?" He asked. Ichigo looked at Toshiro, who shook his head no, telling him 'don't tell him'.
"It's a long story. And it's personal so Toshiro's doesn't want me to tell you." Ichigo said. Yamamoto nods.
"I understand. So what can I do for you?" He said.
"We wanna get our schedules changed so that they match Toshiro's." Rukia said and sat down. Ichigo also sits and Toshiro immediatly sat on his lap, his face in the side of Ichigo's neck.
"And why's that?" Yamamoto asked.
"Look at him. He's in tears. He hasn't made any friends besides us. And as you can see, something is wrong. He needs someone. And we wanna be there for him." Ichigo said, wrapping an arm protectively around Toshiro.
"...Alright. I'll change it. Wait her a few minutes and I'll be back with your new schedules." Yamamoto said and stood, going into a different part of his office.
"You alright?" Ichigo asked Toshiro, who didn't answer or nod. He pulled his head back and continued whipping the tears away. Ichigo watched him, concerned.
"It's gonna be alright, Toshiro." Rukia said. Toshiro looked at her. She smiled at him. "I promise. We won't let anything else bad happen to you. You can count on us." She said. More tears welled up in the small boy's eyes.
"Aw, come on. Don't start that again." Ichigo said and whipped the fresh tears away from his eyes with the back of his hand. Toshiro looked at him and grabbed his hand in both of his and held it up to his lips. Ichigo's eyes widened a little.
"Kawaii." Rukia said, smiling a little. Ichigo felt Toshiro smiled against his hand. Ichigo got out of Toshiro's gentle hold and puts his hand on Toshiro's cheek, that was still a little wet from the tears. Toshiro puts his hands down onto Ichigo's chest.
"You're gonna be protected from now on." Ichigo said. Toshiro nodded and won the battle against crying. Ichigo puts his forehead to Toshiro's. "I promise you with my life. I can not and will not just stand by and let all of this bad stuff happen to you. You're too innocent and you didn't do anything wrong to deserve this." Ichigo said. Horror left Toshiro's eyes and was replaced with love. Toshiro sighed and looked down.
A few minutes later, Yamamoto comes back out with 2 new schedules in his hands.
"Here are you schedules, are you requested." Yamamoto hands them their schedules. Ichigo and Rukia nod their thanks. Toshiro climbed off of Ichigo, who stood up and put his book bag on his back. Rukia throws out her old schedule and Ichigo also threw out his.
"Wait, do the teachers know that we got our schedules changed?" Rukia said.
"Yeah, they know. I emailed all of them." Yamamoto said.
"Okay, arigato." Ichigo said. As they left, Ichigo felt a small, yet gentle, grip on his hand. He looked down and saw a smaller hand holding his. He looked at Toshiro. His eyes were still full of pain and sorrow.
"Looks like those emotions will never be erased. I'll have to try my best." Ichigo thought and gently squeezed Toshiro's hand. Toshiro looked at him as their fingers entertwined. He smiled a little and looked ahead. Ichigo leaned forward and whispered something in his ear.
"Let's skip school." He whispered. Toshiro looked at him. "C'mon. You need some fun, ya know? Fresh air. Good food. There's a festival going on down the road right now." Ichigo said. Toshiro smiled when he heard 'festival'. He loves festivals. "Is that a 'yes'?" Ichigo smirked. Toshiro nodded. "Great. Rukia, you wanna come?" Ichigo asked.
"No thanks. I've got a test today and I can't miss it." Rukia said while pouting.
"Alright. Well, you're gonna miss out on one hell of a joy ride. C'mon! Let's go!" Ichigo said ran down the hall, dragging Toshiro behind him. They put their stuff in their lockers, snuck past the guards and ran to Ichigo's house real fast so he could change.
"You're lucky you don't have to wear a stupid uniform like this one. One: They don't have a spare one. Second: They don't have your size." Ichigo said as they walked into his bedroom. Ichigo's room was nice, organized, has a nice smell to it [like rain]. Toshiro wandered around his relatively large room. He saw a blue notebook that has POEM BOOK written on the front. Toshiro turned and looked to see if Ichigo was watching. He opened the book and read the first poem:
Poem: So many questions
Nobody knows who I really am
I know I've felt the same way before
How can I possibly fill the emptiness?
If I ever knew someone would come around
Would you be there and keep me strong?
Everywhere I go
I always feel empty inside
And if I ever called out for help
Would you answer me and same my life?
Would you ever think about it?
And nobody knows who I really am
Living is so hard for me
Knowing that I have nothing to live for,
Is making me think I'm so useless
Will anybody know who I really am?
Will anybody even bother to know?
Will anybody even care?
Will anybody try to understand?
Will anybody come to my rescue?
Can anybody hear me now?
Will anybody take my hand?
I used to always think
That someone was going to come around
And take my hand and keep my strong
But no one really cared about me much
They always pushed me away
And told that I was nothing to them
And I believe that no one cares
No one cares about who I really am
No one would think about me twice
No will ever came around
Or take me by the hand and say to me
'I'll be here for you
I promise you I'll be here
And you can count on me for coming around
I will try my best to keep you strong
I've always believed in likes like you
But I was scared to confront you
No one will ever mistreat you again
Because I'll be here and keep you strong'
Nobody knows who I really am
Will anybody come around?
Toshiro furrowed his eyebrows. Ichigo has the same pain he does. He looked at Ichigo, who finished putting on his last piece of REGULAR clothing. Toshiro looked back down at the poem and gripped the notebook in his hands. Toshiro could feel tears well up in his eyes.
"Ah, I see you got a hold of my poem book." Ichigo said. "I've been writing poems for as long as I could remember. I've always have a found for writing." He said and came beside Toshiro. "Hey, are you alright? You look like you're gonna cry." He said. Toshiro pressed his lips together and stared at the poem. Ichigo followed his gaze and frowned at the poem. "Oh...you were reading that one." He said. Toshiro looked at him.
"...You have the same pain as I do." A unfamiliar voice said. Ichigo's eyes widened and he looked at Toshiro.
"W-Was that you or w-was it my imagination?" He said. Toshiro shook his head no and looked down at the poem. "That was you?" Ichigo said. Toshiro nodded.
"This poem...reminds me of myself...I always felt like that in...so many ways. But, I never really knew how to describe it." Toshiro said. Ichigo's jaw dropped.
"W-why are you talking?" He said. Toshiro looked at him.
"Because I feel like I have to. I...have this feeling that I should talk to you. Just you. I guess I feel comfortable around you." Toshiro said. Ichigo stared at him, foundly. Toshiro looked back at the poem in his hands. "I've made a decision that I'm only gonna do it for you." Toshiro said. Ichigo stayed silent, so shocked. He NEVER expected this. "U-Unless you don't want me to." He said and looked at him. He looked hurt by Ichigo's silence. "I...I'll just go." Toshiro said and turned for the door before dropping the notebook on the desk. Ichigo gently grabbed Toshiro's wrist.
"No, don't. Please." Ichigo said. Toshiro refused to turned around.
"Why should I?" He said.
"I love you, Toshiro." Ichigo said, letting it out. Toshiro turned around and looked at him.
"I figured that." He said and smiled. Ichigo got a little hot when he thought Toshiro wasn't going to say something in response. "It's hard for me to confess my feelings to someone I barely know. But sometimes, I guess, it's a good thing to try something new." Toshiro said and shyly looked away.
"What do you mean by that?" Ichigo said, raising an eyebrow [hint hint: yaoi moment coming up! wanted to warn you].
"...-sigh-...I love you...Kurosaki." Toshiro said and closed his eyes. Ichigo swore he could feel his heart dance in his chest. He came closer to the small boy, who raised his head and looked up at him when his face was in Ichigo's chest. Ichigo leaned down and gently pressed his lips to Toshiro's. Toshiro, at first, was shocked but then he relaxed into the kiss and closed his eyes, his hands finding thier way to Ichigo's chest. After a minute, they seperated due to lack of air. Ichigo opened his eyes and looked at Toshiro, who breathed softly and opened his eyes.
"I loved you...ever since I laid eyes on you. I guess you can call it 'love-at-first-sight'. But...I knew you were a different guy." Ichigo said. Toshiro blushed and looked away. Ichigo raised his hands and cupped the smaller boy's face in his hands, his fingers gently tangling in his soft, white, spiky hair. Toshiro raised his eyes and looked into Ichigo's, still blushing slightly.
"I like different. I don't like normal people with normal hair or normal eyes. I like things that pop out. I like people like you; people who keep my waiting, people who leave me with questions or leave in suspense. I LOVE people like that actually. And you fit the bill." Ichigo said, saying that last sentence softly. Toshiro smiled.
"Well, I never heard that one before." He said.
"It's only for you. No one else." Ichigo said, leaning in closer. Toshiro softly chuckled and closed his eyes, his smiled slowly starting to fade as their lips became closer and closer. Finally, the distance between their lips disappeared. Ichigo picked Toshiro up and sets him down on the desk [so it would be easier to kiss him and so he doesn't have to lean down much and hurt his back]. Toshiro wrapped his arms around Ichigo's neck, one hand on the back of his head, as their tongues battle. Ichigo puts his hand on the back of Toshiro's back, making Toshiro arch into him. Toshiro softly moans into the kiss as he felt a jolt go up his spine as he felt Ichigo's hand touch his creamy skin [Ichigo lifted his shirt up a little when he hand slid onto his back]. After a few minutes of a heated make-out session, their lips seperated to get some air back into their lungs. Toshiro puts his forehead to Ichigo's and they smiled at eachother.
"Let's go to the carnival." Ichigo said. Toshiro's smiled widened and he nods.
And so, they had a great time together at the carnival. They went on all of the rides, sometimes even riding the same ones over again, and ate a lot of new food. Toshiro had a lot of fun. He laughed and smiled for real and for the first time in years. Unfortunately, guess who caught them and made their fun ride crash? No one else but Ichigo's bitch of a mother [she enters later].
Ichigo and Toshiro were at a activity where someone would throw a ball at the bulls eye and it makes them fall into a tub of water. Ichigo started nagging Toshiro to get into the chair above the water but Toshiro didn't budge.
"C'mon! Please?" Ichigo begged. Toshiro looked away from Ichigo's puppy eyes.
"No." He said.
"Why not?" Ichigo complained. "It's not like you're afraid of water-"
"-I am." Toshiro said, cutting Ichigo off. Ichigo paused and stared at him. Toshiro looked away, embarressed.
"Y-You're afraid of water?" Ichigo said.
"Hai. I'm hydrophobic, afraid of water." Toshiro said.
"Wow. Do...Do you have another phobias?" Ichigo asked.
"I'm achluophobic, arsonphobic, astraphobic, and nyctophobic." Toshiro continued. Ichigo was stunned by how many phobias Toshiro has.
"W-what do those mean?" He said.
"Nyctophobic means fear of the dark or night, Achluophobic means fear of darkness, Arsonphobic means fear of fire, and Astraphobic means fear or thunder and lightning." Toshiro explained. Ichigo felt a flash of guilt run over him. Toshiro has so much phobias and Ichigo felt so bad for him.
"Here. Why don't I get on the chair above the water and you can try to hit the bulls eye?" Ichigo said. Toshiro looked at him. "It'd be payback." He said.
"Payback for what?" Toshiro said. Ichigo smiled and came closer to Toshiro and placed a loving, long kiss on his lips.
"For trying to make you get up there. I'm sorry, I shouldn't of persisted." Ichigo said. Toshiro shook his head no and smiled.
"It's alright. And you are right, it is for revenge. So get up there." Toshiro said. Ichigo laughed and placed another kiss on his lips before climbing onto the chair. A crowd slowly formed. The guy at the counter hands Toshiro 4 baseballs. He threw one, close but missed. Then another, closer but still missed.
"Come on! Hit it already!" Someone in the crowd urged. Toshiro blushed a little.
"C'mon, that's the best you got?" Ichigo said as Toshiro was out of baseballs. Toshiro got irriated and walked over to the bullseye. Ichigo held up a hand as Toshiro put his hand on the bulls eye.
"Hey, wait a minute. That's not fair. Don't do it, it's cheating." Ichigo said. The crowd said otherwise.
"Come on! Put him outta his misery!"
"He taunted you! Give him the taste of his own medicine!"
"Show him that short people have an advantage!"
Toshiro shoots the person who said a deadly glare. The man froze then scimpered off.
"Please, Toshiro. Don't do it." Ichigo said. Toshiro smiled and pressed the bulls eye and Ichigo went into the ice cold water [luckily he wasn't wearing white pants but he was wearing a white t-shirt]. The crowd cheered. Ichigo came to the surface and shook his head, water going all over. He started climbing out.
"You know...there is one bright side to this." He said. Toshiro raised an eyebrow at him.
"And what is that?" He said.
"I'm soaking wet." Ichigo said and stood up straight.
"Uh-huh?" Toshiro said, warily. It went silent for a minute but Toshiro's eyes went wide. He held up a hand. "Don't you even think about it." He said. Ichigo smiled and held out his arms.
"C'mon. Just one hug?" He said.
"No way." Toshiro said, backing up. Then Ichigo ran after him. Toshiro took off and ran for his life [and for the sake of his dry clothes].
"Come on! Not on hug?" Ichigo said.
"Get away from me, seaweed!" Toshiro yelled.
"Seaweed? Oh, now you're gonna get it!" Ichigoo yelled. Toshiro smiled and continued running. He ran out of carnival ground and led Ichigo to an open soccer field. Toshiro started slowing down, he was running out of breath. Ichigo caught up to him, wrapping his arm around Toshio's small waist and spun around. Toshiro smiled. After a minute, Ichigo stopped and they regained their balance. Ichigo puts him down and Toshiro turned around to look at him.
"Is that all you got?" He teased. Ichigo smirked and leaned down, pressing his lips to Toshiro's. Toshiro obliged and wrapped his arms around Ichigo's back while closing his eyes. Ichigo pulled away slightly and whispered something.
"Did you grow or is it just me?" He whispered.
"What do you mean by that?" Toshiro asked.
"When we first met, you were as tall as my elbow. Now, you're as tall as the start of my neck [not including Toshiro's hair]!" Ichigo said, surprised.
"Hmm." Toshiro looked at himself and noticed Ichigo was right. "Wow. Looks like I did grow a few inches." He said.
"That's too bad." Ichigo smiled. Toshiro looked at him. "You were cut when you were short." He leaned in and pressed his lips to Toshiro's. Toshiro pulled Ichigo closer to him as Ichigo cupped his face in his hands. After a minute, they seperated and Toshiro buried his face into Ichigo's chest.
"Nani?" Ichigo sai. Toshiro started to feel a little dizzy.
"I...need to tell you something." Toshiro said.
"Okay. Then, what is it, Toshiro?" Ichigo said, caressing Toshiro's back with one hand.
"...You know Bleach? That anime show?" Toshiro asked.
"Yyeeaahh. What about it?" Ichigo said, slowly.
"It's real. I'm Captain Hitsugaya, captain of the 10th division." Toshiro explained. Ichigo smiled and looked down at his lover. He frowned when he saw Toshiro stir a little.
"Is everything alright?" He said. Toshiro shook his head no.
"I'm the Prince of Ice. Hyourimaru and I are one." Toshiro said.
"Mhm?" Ichigo hummed.
"And what happens to ice if it stays in the sun too long?" Toshiro said, vision blurring a little.
"It melts." Ichigo answered.
"Exactly." Toshiro said.
"So...you're melting." Ichigo said. Toshiro smirked a little.
"No, but Hyourimaru is. If he melts, I become very ill." He said. Ichigo panicked and looked around. He saw a nearby river. He carried Toshiro bridle-saddle and headed for the river. Once Toshiro saw the river, he squirmed, trying to get out of Ichigo's hold.
"Easy, Toshiro! I'm going in with you. Calm down." Ichigo said. Toshiro looked at him. Ichigo walked into the water and dipped Toshiro down, still holding him in his arms. Suddenly, Toshiro's eyes glowed solid white.
"Why are your eyes glowing white?" Ichigo asked.
"Huh?" Toshiro looked at himself in the reflection of the water. "No way, I-I'm leveling up!" Toshiro said, surprised.
"Leveling up? What do you mean?" Ichigo asked. Suddenly, Toshiro was gone. He was out of Ichigo's arms.
"Toshiro?" He called. He looked up and there he was. Toshiro was standing on the water. He wore a black kimono with black and gold swirls on it with a golden-silk obi tha tied around his slim waist. He carroed his sword on his back with a gold strip. He also had a white mask on that was on the side of his head. The mask was white with blue swirls on it. He also had a long, flowing, blue cape on that was jagged at the ends. Toshiro's eyes were still icy teal. But they had a light white mist added to it. Now, what once was the Prince of Ice, was the Lord Ice now. Toshiro Hitsugaya now out ranks Headmaster Yamamoto by far. And Toshiro looked epic and hot.
"Wow." Ichigo said, eyes wide. Toshiro looked down at himself.
"Holy crap. How did I get into this?" He said.
"You leveled up to Lord of Prince, Toshiro. I-I should be bowing right now." Ichigo said and bowed. Toshiro smiled and walked over to him. He got down on his knees and met Ichigo's level.
"There is no need to bow." He said. Ichigo looked up.
"B-But-"
"No buts. Now c'mon." Toshiro said and held out his hand. Ichigo took it and stood.
"C'mon. I'm kinda hungry for some cotton candy now." Ichigo said. Toshiro nods. "And Toshiro?" He said.
"Hmm?" Toshiro said.
"Get out of that form." Ichigo said.
"Oh, right." Toshiro said and went back into his human form. Ichigo smiled and held his hand as they walked back to the carnvial.
THE END
A/N: This chapter was kinda getting long so I decided to end it. Ichigo's mom will come in the next chapter, don't worry. More to come! Review pleeaassee! Arigato!