Author Note: Sorry guys for the long delay (a week, technically...but, still). I tried to make this long....but it just didn't seem to work out. I think i jacked this chapter up due to rush...So, sorry if it sucks...really badly. If there's something you don't understand, please tell me! I'll explain it the best i can. :) Anyways, please review! thanks guys! I'll try to get chapter 13 out sooner! :)
Chapter 12: Surprise, Surprise
"Hey, Hikari," Renji started, looking back. "Is something wrong?"
I looked up, gave a fake yet genuine smile, and shook my head.
"Nah, I'm ok. C'mon, let's find Kurosaki." I replied. Renji shrugged and continued walking. We arrived at Karakura High School this morning and we were finding Ichigo. Strangely, my brain wasn't in the mission yet. I was still wondering about the letter….
I felt a loud SLAP across my face. I blinked and twitched. I looked to see who slapped me and I saw Rangiku glaring yet worried look.
"Are you sure you're ok? If it's a girl issue then.."
"Oh, uh, no…not really. I'm just a tiny bit tired. I have been training for like…3 weeks with only 2 hours of sleep."
Rangiku nodded and put her hands on my shoulders.
"If something is wrong, then tell me."
I nodded and we returned with the group.
"Matsumoto, we're was the room Kurosaki was in?" Toushiro asked. Rangiku had her "thinking" look.
"Ooooh, I think that was the paper I left at my room…."
Toushiro let out a sigh of frustration.
"It's ok, we can just look for him through his Spiritual Pressure." Ikkaku mentioned. In just a few minutes, we found that orange haired carrot. He turned around, shocked.
"Ikkaku, Renji, Yumichika, Rangiku, Hideko," Ichigo walked towards us. "Toushiro."
"Hitsugaya-taicho." Toushiro corrected, trying not to grab the teen's neck and strangle him.
"What are you guys doing here?" Ichigo asked. Suddenly, someone was on the window which made Ichigo freeze and slowly turn.
"Aw, young love…" I thought. A small blush slowly creped through my cheeks. Since my brain had awkward thoughts, I almost missed Rukia beating the crap out Ichigo. My eyes widened and I saw Rukia grab Ichigo's soul (aka: Ichigo's Shinigami form) as she ran off through the window.
"Man, she didn't have to do so much damage." Renji mumbled. The door opened and I looked to see who it was. It was this light brown haired boy who seemed very…amused per say by Rangiku's….uh…
"IT'S BEAUTY! IT'S WONDER! IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A DREAM COME TRUUUUE!" He yelled. "COME TO ME MY PRIN-"
Rangiku stopped him in mid sentence and mid glomp by kicking him away. She didn't even look at him. I stared wide eyed and the boy.
"Hey, Rangiku, you didn't have to be so…..harsh. He only wanted to jump you." I said quietly.
"Oh, sorry. Reflects."
I shrugged. Now we had to make everyone forget all this….How fabulous…
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Once school ended, we all decided to go to Ichigo's house. I wasn't that big of an idiot to go with Ikkaku and company and try sneaking into Ichigo's house nor was I that much of a party pooper to stay and wait outside with Hitsugaya. So, simply, I decided to skip this. I wasn't in the mood to watch all this. Besides, I would be hearing the same information for the 3rd time. Would YOU like listening to a 5 page report about arrancars 3 times in one day? I didn't think so.
Rangiku was depressed that I wouldn't come, but I said that I would meet up with them later.
As the others took the path to Ichigo's house, I took a different path. There was something I needed to do. Something that was a bit more important than the mission. Ok, not really. More like a personal issue that needed to be resolved.
I had asked Orihime about where the two arrancar had appeared. She gave me the directions and vice versa. When I arrived at the area, there was a large crater. I blinked, but shook it off. This must have been an interesting fight. I went in the crater and bent down. I had a tiny bit of practice with squad 9 about investigation and stuff.
I had gone to Squad 2, secretly of course, to get some reitsu samples. Of course, if Soifon-taicho saw me, I would be doomed. Anyways, there was a faint race of reitsu on the ground. I got a sample, careful placed it in my school bag, and walked out. I'm going to get a few things straightened out.
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I didn't have a place to stay, but that didn't really matter. I used a small portion of my savings in getting a hotel room. I placed my bag in a table and sat on my bed.
"Akemi-sama…" I mumbled. The fact that my master was a VILLIAN haunted me. She would never, EVER side with the man she despised…the one who killed her! I shook it off and grabbed my bag. I opened it up, took out the samples, and began my experiment. Ok, so I felt like Mayuri-taicho to a certain extent…I bet I sound like him too.
Anyways, I began comparing the samples swiftly. I had to wait an hour until it was done so I decided to use this time to rest. It WAS 6 pm. Wow, doesn't time fly by fast? I laid down on the bed and stared at the ceiling. With that, I slowly closed my eyes. Suddenly, I heard my ringtone play on my phone. My eyes shot open and quickly grabbed my phone from my table. My eyes grew wide.
"Arrancar…" I thought with surprise. I went out in my balcony and then looked back on my phone.
"Crap…Two of them are heading for Toushiro's place." I quickly dialed his number.
"Hitsugaya-taicho! It's me, Hikari! Two arrancar are heading your way!"
"What?!"
"I said-"
I was cut off when I saw something red in a distance. When I looked closer, my eyes widened and I quickly got out of my gigai and blocked the cero with YasuSuzme.
"Heh, so this is what that rabbit's been talking about." I was facing a man with light blue hair, blue eyes, and his remains of his hollow mask were on his right jaw bone. I shifted my feet to a fighting stance.
"You're an arrancar…"
"Tch, I guess you can put it that way. I hear you got some pretty decent fighting skills, huh?
"So what if I do?"
"Then here's a nice fun fact for ya: You're going to die right here and right now." I quickly dodged his attack and used shunpo to dodge his cero.
"This is really bad. I don't even know this freak!"
Then, something hit me. The f-ing samples are back at the hotel! That freak of freaking nature is going to destroy it! I firmly gripped my hilt and used shunpo again back to the hotel. By the time I was at the hotel, he was gone. Thankfully, everything was accounted for. But as I searched around, I couldn't find him.
"Weird…" I mumbled and pouted. "Man, I wanted to show off my new bankai!"
I sighed and looked at the samples. There was only a few minutes left. I took out my cell and the arrancars were still here. To get rid of my boredom…(yes, ONLY to get rid of my boredom), I locked my hotel door, walked out into the balcony, and dashed off. Besides, the others might need my help. By the time I had found Ikkaku and Yumichika, they had already gotten rid of their arrancar. Ikkaku looked like a mess, though.
"Hey, Ikkaku, what's up with you?" I asked. He grunted and averted his eyes.
"Just killed an arrancar. Can't you tell?"
"Well, yeah..but was it that bad?" He ignored my question and then looked at me. He gave me a quizzical look.
"Why the heck are you so clean and peppy about. Don't tell me you just got the message."
"Oh, I got the message…I was just busy."
"Sure ya did. You were just being a coward."
"I was not!"
"Whatever, Hikari." Ikkaku tried to get up, but fell back down. "I'm not in the mood to argue with a simple-minded person."
I twitched and I felt a quick surge of spiritual pressure. Toushiro. I turned around and used shunpo again to find where Toushiro was. By the time I had arrived, Toushiro had beaten his rival, but was severely wounded.
"Toushiro!" I quickly caught him and stared at him. I checked his pulse and let out a breath of relief. "Thank god. You're ok."
Rangiku came by, staring at me with confusion.
"What? Can't a friend be worried about another friend?" I asked.
"Not unless the friend is a girl and the other friend is a girl and the girl has the boy's head on her lap like that…."
"Ok, ok, shut up. Shut up." I slowly put Toushiro's head to the side and got up. "I gotta go."
"Sure. But why aren't you…"
"I was doing something else and apparently involved me not getting my butt into the fights you guys were in."
I turned around and dashed back to the hotel room. I went back to my gigai and stretched.
"What a day. Now to check on that samples…" I looked at the results and I dropped the computer right then and there. I couldn't move.
"No…No….She wouldn't…She's dead….She's dead."
The monitor was fuzzy, but it had said:
Result: Positive
In other words....
"Akemi Usagi" is an arrancar.
