I felt anger surge through my body.
"That little….son of a…..ugh!" I thought. Then, in my mind, a young woman with fire as her hair and strips like a tiger around her legs and arms appeared. Her arms were crossed. Her long, red dress fluttered around.
"Hikari, control your anger." She said slowly, but with a stern tone.
"YasuSuzume, you heard what happened! That little boy called me weak!"
"I heard not the word 'weak' in the conversation."
"Well…he had the type of tone that screamed 'You're weak' and stuff like that!"
"It doesn't matter now. You have a mission, or should I say your 'first mission' this time."
"Mm….well, whatever. Let's make this quick so I can kick that little boys butt again."
"Hm...Sounds to me like you're talking about Toshiro, hm?" I felt my face get warm.
"N-no, not him. I was talking about the other shinigami….oh, forget it." YasuSuzume giggled and disappeared from my mind for the moment.
When I arrived at the district, there was no one around. It was deserted. I walked through the town and I only heard some wind chimes hit against each other as the wind speed increased. My hair was getting into my eyes, so I made a quick bun and locked it with a hand-crafted senbon. The senbon was only to be used as a last resort, but I never knew why. Though, I obeyed the rule and I haven't used it at all.
Then, I heard a scream that was so loud and horrific, I thought someone was about to die….ABOUT TO DIE?! I ran towards the sound and there, I saw a dead man and a woman holding a broom in front of her. She was defending herself from a gang of hollows. I took my sword out of its sheath and attacked the first hollow.
"Get out of here, lady!" I yelled. The lady was shivering, but she dropped the broom and ran. When I knew she was gone, I turned my attention the hollows. I estimated there were 19 of them. I gripped tightened on the hilt. Then, the hollows made a circle around me and attacked me at the same time.
"Let Them Burn, YasuSuzume!" My sword turn red and a chain formed from under the hilt. I smirked and made a 180 degree circle flames formed on where I pointed my sword. Now, I was surrounded by a circle of flames. 9 hollows were burned and they had dissolved. There were only 10 left….easy. The fire dissolved through the air and I ran towards the next hollow I could find. I took that one out and I continued to attack all the hollows until they were out of sight…forever.
I put my sword back into my sheath and walked back to the Seireitei.
"Good Job, Hikari-chan!" Rangiku said and patted me on the shoulder. I smiled.
"It was no sweat." I said and Rangiku and I laughed. Then, I looked around for Toshiro.
"Hey, where's taicho?" I asked.
"Oh, he went to get some fresh air."
"Wow, I didn't think he would take walks….meh, oh well."
"How about we celebrate your first mission success with…" Then, Rangiku grabbed two bottles of sake. "SAKE!"
I made a cross across my chest.
"No frickin way! I'm way too young for that! I'm only 99 years old!"
Then, Rangiku's eyes turned calm.
"Hm…then that means you're one year younger then Taicho."
I blushed.
"Y-Yeah, and?"
Rangiku snickered.
"Oh, nothing, nothing. Just allow me to ponder about my thoughts for a while longer. And while I'm doing this, why don't you find…your 'best friend'"
My blush turned 10 shades of red when Rangiku had emphasized the words "best friend" in an awkward manner. I stayed quiet, but I ran out the door, leaving Rangiku to laugh happily.
