~It's been a while since I updated, sorry for that. R&R!!
Kaien-sensei was still asleep from the battle with the mysterious fighter. I guess his demonic stage made him so incredibly tired after using it.
I was still confused. Confused about my feelings for him, like I said before, was it more than just a…crush?
Instead of thinking about what I feel for him, I decided to sleep. I was tremendously tired and I let myself close my eyes and drop my head on Kiyoshi-sensei's head.
The next morning the sun shining on my eyes was the thing that woke me up. I looked around and realized I was not in my room. And then I remembered: the incident that happened yesterday. Something heavy was on my shoulder, so i rolled them, but then i looked to see that it was Kaien-sensei. He groaned for a second then shifted his position. Now he was facing the tree, not forward, he turned his back to the road, his head was now on my thigh, and he brought his knees forward. I laughed; he looked like a baby. His face looked like he was in pain, as if he were having a bad dream.
"Kaien -sensei..." i whispered.
No response. "Kaien -sensei...." I whispered one more time.
I giggled again. "Are you awake?"
A sly smile appeared across his face.
I scoffed, "Sensei!! You're awake??"
He chuckled.
"Get off of me!" I said, lifting my thigh up so he couldn't lie on it....it just felt a little too awkward. He got up and yawned, blinking his eyes open.
"Aw c'mon, your thigh is so comfy!" He whined.
I rolled my eyes, "Sometimes I feel that I am older than you..." He laughed.
Truth be told, I still wanted his head on my thigh...seeing him sleep like an angel...
"Good-morning..." he said.
I smiled, "Good-morning, sensei." I replied. He just looked at me for a few seconds, and then he widened his eyes in realization, but realizing what?
"Hey!" he said, "Come with me for a sec.!" He got up, and brushed the dirt off of his pants.
"Where?" I asked.
"Just follow me," he started to run through the forest, heading somewhere, but where?
He was looking at me and smiling when doing so, "Come on slow poke!" He grabbed my hand and pulled me next to him, "Now, hold on!" While taking my hand, he ran as fast as a cheetah. Everything was a blur, like a smudged painting. I felt the wind rushing through my hair, it felt great! This running! This joy! Being next to Kaien-sensei, it all felt so great! This is where I wanted to be...this was what made me happy: Kaien-sensei.
We saw sunlight at the end of the forest, it was shining through, like something you would see in a movie.
"Now, hold on tight!" He said. I squeezed his hand, and then he jumped far into the air, then we started falling downward.
We landed on a grass plain that looked outward to a beautiful lake, with a waterfall falling down on the left side of it. The grass plain was sort of a tiny hill; it came out of the forest. The place was like a dream, it was gorgeous. I was still with Kaien-sensei, standing on the hill.
"Do you like it?" he asked me.
"Absolutely...it's...it's gorgeous! Where did you find this?" I asked him.
He smiled, looking at the lake, "Well...when I was little, upset, Megumi always took me here to calm me..." he said.
I smiled, "Why'd you take me here?" He looked down at me with the sweetest smile that made my heart skip a beat, "I don't know..."
We both just stared at each other for a while, and then he broke the silence with his sweet voice, "Let's go sit."
We walked forward till we were sitting right in front of the lake. Kaien-sensei laid on his back, his arms under his head. He stared at the sky, in deep concentration. What was he thinking? I wondered.
I laid on my back, too, my hands also under my head. We both turned our heads to look at each other. He gave me his sweet smile. Then he turned on his side to face me fully, resting his head on his hand.
"What?" I asked, smiling.
He shrugged, "I dunno..." I shifted my posture so i was doing the same thing as him. His eyes widened all of a sudden, "Damn it...!" he cursed.
I looked at him, confused. "Hitsugaya!" he said.
I was still very confused, "What about him?"
"He's probably waiting for us, at the training sight. Remember...today was the day we were supposed to train...!" He said.
He stood up swiftly and brushed his pants once more. He extended his hand so i could use it to stand up, "Thanks..." i said. I took his offer for help and used his hand to stand.
"Well, what're you waiting for...let's go!" I said. He smiled and scratched the back of his head while laughing a little, as if he were embarrassed or made a mistake, "Um...no offense....but your super slow!"
I dropped my jaw and scoffed, "Ugh! What's that supposed to mean?" He laughed again, "It means...get on my back, have you ever wanted a piggy back ride?" I blushed immensely. My face literally turned to a near tomato. I would love to get on his back as he carried me away...but...i wanted to do it without throwing up, which i would probably do out of embarrassment.
"Get on!" He bent over. I got on, and pressed my body against his back. I locked my arms around his neck. "Careful...don't fall."
In a blur, everything happened. We were moving at light speed through the forest, the wind in my hair again. I looked down at Kaien-sensei...oh how i loved doing this! I wish i could do it everyday....then my life would be perfect.
Once we reached the training site, surely enough, Hitsugaya was there, looking impatient.
Kaien-sensei let me down. "I'm sorry, usually the sensei should be here first instead of the pupil, I just forgot!" He said, looking embarrassed. "Yeah...thanks..." Hitsugaya said and rolled his blue eyes. "You guys need to stop sneaking off to places and start remembering your duties!" He said.
It was funny how the pupil was teaching the sensei...."Yeah, I'm really sorry...so shall we start?"
After we were finished, it was around night time. Maybe 10:00 p.m.? We were all exhausted. Every single on of us were on the ground, heaving.
"Wow...that was a long time..." Hitsugaya said, heaving in and out. "Ya think?" I asked sarcastically.
Kaien-sensei laughed, "I told you to train, but nooo you guys didn't listen! You took it lightly!" I laughed, but it hurt my stomach.
"Yeah...you were right..." I said, coughing. "
Well," Kaien got up and brushed his pants. "I'm gonna go, good luck getting back home, guys!"
I scoffed, "What is that supposed to mean? You're leaving us here?"
He smiled, "...Yup! Well see ya!"
I got up and grabbed his hand, "Not so fast!" He looked back at me and smiled, "Yes, Rukia-chan?"
When he says that, it always makes my heart skip a beat and blush, "Um...I was just wondering...can we go back to that...one spot?" I said looking down, still blushing.
He smiled, "Of course!" I looked up at him, glad he agreed. Hitsugaya stood up, brushing his pants, too. "Whoa, whoa, what 'spot'?" He asked. I looked at him, "Wanna come?"
He smiled, "Yeah!" Kaien-sensei smiled, except this time slyly. "'Kay then...good luck getting there!" He took my hand and ran off, moving at light speed again. "Whoa, what?! Damn it, sensei!" He screamed at us in the background. We both laughed.
Kaien-sensei shouted back the directions, even though Hitsugaya probably didn't catch them. I laughed...life was good...especially with sensei.
Once we got there, we sat down, sitting by the lake, staring up at the stars.
"It's so nice to be able to see all the stars," I said. Kaien-sensei looked at me, then back at the sky. "Yeah...that's one of the reasons why I love this spot." I nodded. All of a sudden I felt like I could trust Kaien-sensei...and I wanted him to know everything. Well, almost everything. I wasn't going to tell him that I liked him...but I wanted him to know a lot. Like...what my powers did to my parents. I wanted him to know, so I could cry into him when I felt sad, so I could run to him when I had problems, so I could trust him...So I made my decision.
"Sensei..." I started.
"Yes?"
"Can if tell you something?" I asked.
"Of course, anything." He said smiling at me. "Do you know what...happened to my parents?" I asked. His eyes widened. Well...here i go...
~KAIEN'S POV~
Happened to her parents? What did she mean? Something happened to them...?
"Um...no...What happened?" I asked, reluctant to actually know.
"Well...two years ago," She started. "There was a plague going around, you know?"
I nodded.
"Well...my mother got seriously ill. My father was devastated...and...you know...when i used a technique during our first training session?"
I nodded again. "Well...i tried to use my powers to heal her...something went horribly wrong, and it tortured her. She was in such pain, eventually she died. My father...well...he blamed me for the happening. He hated me; he threw me out of the house. Sooner or later he committed suicide...he couldn't take my mother not being there. It was my fault...my fault my mother is gone..." Her eyes started to gain tears. Then, one by one, they fell out. She started to cry.
Oh my God...I didn't know that happened to her. I felt so bad. I wanted to just hug her, tell her everything was going to be all right..."My god, Rukia, I didn't know, I'm...I'm so sorry..." I said, and wrapped my arms around her. "
It was my fault! My fault! Everything, my father's death...my mother's death...everything!" Rukia wept into my chest. I brought her chin up...and slapped her. "Wh-what the hell was that for?"
"Don't talk like that! It was not your fault! Nothing was your fault, Rukia, your mother would die of the plague anyway. It was your father's own fault that he committed suicide, not yours!" I said, holding her tightly.
"No it wasn't..." she mumbled in my chest.
"Rukia...look at me..." She looked up at me, her face red. "I thought it was my fault...that my parents died. I thought it was my fault because I couldn't help them in the war, I was of no use...But then I figured out that it wasn't my fault. I couldn't help them no matter what...I was little...I couldn't do anything. Rukia...you are so much like me..." I put my finger under her chin to bring up her face and make her eyes meet mine, only to see that I was, too, crying. "Don't blame yourself," I whispered to her. She sniffled. "Thank you Kaien-sensei..." she whispered back. I hugged her one more time, letting her embrace me, feeling so...at home. That's when Hitsugaya entered.
"Finally, I got here!" he saw us, "Oh god...am I interrupting something?"
I let go of her and wiped my remaining tears, putting another fake smile for him, "Oh, hi, Hitsugaya...you made it, I see."
He nodded, looking suspiciously at Rukia and I. "What's wrong with Rukia?" He asked.
"I told him...the story." She said, looking at him. His eyes widened and nodded. I guess he already knew, then.
It was amazing how Rukia was so much like me. I will keep that vow, I told myself. No matter what...I will protect her.
(A/N: Another dramatic chapter! Sorry for the drama, well anyways, what do you think? Too Drama-ish? Should there be more action? Well, I did enough of that in the previous chapter, well anyways, tell me what'cha think!)