Hi! HI! Thanks for reading chapter 1! Here is chapter 2! Sorry it took a little longer than i would have liked to update, but i had to edit. I'd like to thank my friends BloodyCrystal fanfic pen name and Emily i don't believe she has an account for helping me edit this chapter, the previous chapter and future chapters. YOU HELP OUT A TON! I also want to thank Sonic Sound for reviewing, and Jessi-kiwi for adding my story to their alert and favorites, it truly means a lot! Thank you!
For those who aren't familiar with Japanese suffix like chan, kun, and san here is a quick guide i should have put up in the first chapter, because i try to pay special attention to names in this fic. so here:
chan- typically not always for girls same age, younger, classmates, or close friends
kun-same as chan, but reserved for boys
san- more polite suffix, typically translated as Mr., Mrs. or Miss
Sempai- upper class-men
Kohai- lower class-men
no suffix- when given permission this is a sign of close friends, when there isn't permission the person is being rude
last names and first names, using a last name is more polite than using a first name, close friends use first names
Now here is chapter 2!
Chapter 2
"Will you two shut up already!" Karin yelled at Ichigo and Rukia who were in yet another argument, this time about whether or not it was okay for Rukia to join the Kurosaki's for dinner later that night.
"But I come over for dinner too much!" Rukia said for the 12th time.
"We invited you! It's rude if you refuse!" Ichigo yelled at Rukia.
"Rukia-chan, it's really okay. Please come, you wouldn't be a bother. It would make me very happy to cook for you," Yuzu said quietly.
"Are you sure, Yuzu-chan?" Rukia asked.
"Yeah. I'd love it!" she replied happily.
"See! If you didn't come it would have made Yuzu sad and it would have been rude!" Ichigo exclaimed.
"Hey! I was only-"
"SHUT UP!" Karin shouted at them. Ichigo, Rukia, and Yuzu stopped walking and stared at Karin, who was so pissed off you could literally see the steam coming out of her ears. "Geez! Every morning! Why do we have to go through this every freaking morning?! Can't you just communicate like normal people?!"
"K-K-Karin.." Yuzu stuttered, still shocked.
"Well said Karin," A voice from behind them said. It was Toshiro with Momo silently walking next to him. "But maybe you should take your own advice too." Toshiro smirked as they walked past the group.
"W-What the hell is that supposed to mean?! Toshiro!" Karin yelled after him.
"Exactly what I said." Toshiro called over his shoulder before continuing his conversation with Momo. They turned around a corner while Ichigo, Rukia, Yuzu, and Karin went straight so Ichigo and Rukia could drop off Yuzu and Karin at their junior high school. Karin continued to shout at him as Ichigo dragged her along.
"And she says we don't communicate like normal people.." He mumbled to Rukia.
"What?! Don't tell me you're agreeing with him!" Karin turned her fury to Ichigo.
"You weren't able to make it to your date yesterday?" Toshiro asked Momo.
"No.." she said with a sigh, then perked up to say, "But I'll surprise him after school! He doesn't have any clubs today!"
"That sounds good. Remember to use a condom." Toshiro said walking faster to get away from her before she blew up at him.
Momo stopped in her tracks as a huge blush crossed her face, "S-SHIRO-CHAN! IT'S NOT LIKE THAT! YOU- YOU- YOU JERK!"
"Don't call me Shiro-chan!" Toshiro called behind him, running away from the exploding Momo.
"HITSUGAYA-SEMPAI!" Rangiku squealed, jumping out from the corner just as he ran past. Toshiro was, once again on the ground with Rangiku on top of him.
"SHIRO-CHAN! TAKE BACK WHAT YOU SAID RIGHT NOW!" Momo screeched, catching up to him.
"Masumoto!" Toshiro said warningly as Rangiku stood up and ran to tackle Momo.
"MOMO-CHAN!"
"ACK! Rangiku-san! I need to murder Shiro-chan, please get off of me." Momo said from underneath Rangiku.
"Why do you need to murder Sempai?" Rangiku asked, tilting her head to the side confused.
Momo told Rangiku about their conversation.
"Sempai! How can you be so mean?" Rangiku said to Toshiro when they both caught up to him.
"I'm not mean! It was just a joke, Geez, you two, don't take it so seriously."
"But I never know if you're joking or not!" Momo complained.
"Yeah Sempai, you can be hard to read sometimes." Rangiku added.
"Then learn." Toshiro said in his usual uncaring voice.
"Tatsuki-chan?" Orihime asked Tatsuki as they walked to school together.
"Yeah, Orihime?"
"You used to like Kurosaki-kun didn't you?"
Tatsuki stopped walking and stood there; shell shocked from Orihime's last question. "What?!" Yeah, she used to; up until her 2nd year of junior high school. He was her childhood friend, the first guy who didn't run away from her out of fear. The first person she punched, who didn't run away crying yelling they hated her. How could she have not liked him? Unfortunately, how could anyone not like him? He was very popular in junior high, sure he was rude, but most girls only saw him for his looks and did he look good. When she realized Orihime had also fallen in love with Ichigo she started to push the silly little crush she had for years away. The day it was completely gone was the day she stumbled on Abarai Renji practicing karate long after practice had ended earlier that day.
"I know you don't anymore, you like Abarai-kun now, but you used to like Kurosaki-kun, right?"
Tatsuki was even more shocked. "Orihime!" Was all she managed to get out.
"How did you get over Kurosaki-kun?"
"I-I-I... I guess... I didn't like him that much..." Tatsuki said staring at her feet. "I realized he didn't need me... He does have Kuchiki-chan.. and you. I guess it just went away. It helps if you have someone to distract you too."
"Oh, I get it! You got over Kurosaki-kun when you started to like Abarai-kun!" Orihime beamed. "So I just need to find someone to distract me from Kurosaki-kun!"
"It's not that easy. You can't just look for him and expect to find him. It just happens."
"I hope he comes soon then." Her smile faded a little as she added, "Really soon."
"Don't worry Orihime he'll come at the right time, and you'll be the only girl he will care about. I promise. If not then I'll take care of him for you." she smacked a fist against her open hand and put on that evil grin she always had before a fight.
Orihime smiled, "Thanks Tatsuki-chan. We should hurry up and get to school before we're late." They jogged the rest of the way to school.
"Ken-chaaaaaaaaaaan! Ken-chan!" Yachiru shouted to Kenpachi as she ran down the hall to catch up with him. Kenpachi quickly turned around to see what was wrong; she sounded distressed.
"What is it Yachiru?"
"Ken-chan..." She jumped to his shoulder and hugged him tightly. "Someone left a note in my locker."
"Really? Let me see it." Kenpachi said while grabbing the note away from her.
Be on the roof after school.
"Ken-chan. Why am I being called out out? Did I do something wrong?"
"No Yachiru, I don't think you're being called out for a fight. I think you're being called out for a confession."
"A confession?" Yachiru asked confused, "Did someone do something wrong to me?" She asked.
"No." Kenpachi laughed, "Unless you call someone liking you wrong." Kenpachi started to walk away.
"Huh? Ken-chan, what do you mean? Ken-chan! Come back!"
"You'll see. Now go to class!" He called over his shoulder to the pink-haired chibi.
"Fine. Then I'll ask Chado-chan what it means at lunch," She said to herself before walking to her 2nd year class.
"Kurosaki-san. Kurosaki-san? KUROSAKI-San! KUROSAKI YUZU!"
"Huh? What?" Yuzu looked away from the window to see Sensei staring at her tapping her foot irritably. "Oh! Sorry! I wasn't paying attention!" The class giggled.
"Well, don't let it happen again. I'll let it slide this time because you're a good student." Sensei turned to the rest of the class, "Let's see. Tsumugiya Ururu. come up and answer this question."
"Yes, Sensei." Ururu said quietly as she got up to answer the question. Yuzu quickly wrote down the formula Ururu used to answer the question and ended up looking back outside again; Jinta's class was out there.
Why am I so interested in him lately... It's all Karin's and Ururu's fault! If they hadn't made that joke... What if that wasn't a joke? What if Ururu was trying to clue me in? She had been thinking that all last night, until she decided she'd watch him to see if he acted any different around her, then she would know for sure. But I only need to watch him when he's around me. Not when he's outside playing baseball, durning class! Yuzu continued to watch Jinta play. Some of his classmates left, but he stayed there with a few of his friends. He really loves baseball, huh?
"Yuzu!"
"Huh?" Yuzu looked up again to see Karin in her face. "AH! Karin-chan! What are you doing?"
"What am I doing? It's lunch period." Karin took a step away and put her hands on her hips. "You've been staring outside all day. Are you sick or something? Or.." Karin smirked, "Is there something interesting out there."
"N-No! Lets go eat! I'm hungry!" Yuzu said quickly, grabbing her lunch and dragging Karin away from the window so she wouldn't see what she was staring at only seconds before.
"Where are we going to eat Yuzu?" Ururu asked following Yuzu as she dragged Karin down the hall.
"I was thinking outside, I want to get out of this stuffy school." Yuzu said
"Okay. Lets go sit under the big tree." Ururu said happily.
"I was thinking about sitting on the bleachers." Yuzu said, I can see how Jinta reacts to that and then I'll know weather or not he likes me and that will be that! No more worrying. Yuzu smiled to herself for her clever plan.
"CHADO-CHAN!" BAM! Yachiru fell on top of Chado after she glomped him.
"Y-Yachiru-chan!" Chado said in surprise; the little girl was basically nose to nose with him. His long bangs and hair fell back out of his face.
"AH! CHADO-CHAN! I CAN SEE YOUR EYES!" Yachiru said happily, completely unaware of the awkward position she was in. "I'VE NEVER SEEN YOUR EYES BEFORE! THEY'RE THE PRETTIEST HAZEL!"
"Y-yeah. Uh, Yachiru-chan?"
"Yeah, Chado-chan?" She smiled staring into his eyes, still oblivious to the fact that she was incredibly close to his face and was on top of him. Students stared at them and whispered to each other as they walked around the road block they created.
"Uh.. Lets go eat." He said, not wanting to point out what she was doing.
"OKAY!" She jumped off of him and helped him up. Geez, she's strong for such a tiny person!
She kept ahold on his hand and dragged him to the roof where they usually ate. "I want to talk to you about something Chado-chan."
"What is it?"
"I'll ask you when we're alone."
"HEY! KUROSAKI! GET OVER HERE! WE NEED MORE PLAYERS!" Karin and Yuzu looked up from their bentos to see Karin's soccer friends waving to her.
"OKAY!" Karin stuffed her face and finished her lunch in 3 mouthfuls. "See you guys in class." She said over her shoulder as she ran off to join them.
"Karin-chan is going to get sick." Yuzu whined to Ururu.
"Yeah, but she does whatever she can do to play soccer. She loves soccer as much as Jinta loves baseball." Yuzu shivered when Ururu said Jinta's name. What's wrong with me? He's just a guy. Yuzu's eyes turned to Jinta who was still playing baseball with his friends. He just been playing all this time, I don't think he's even noticed I'm here. Wait! Did he just look at me out of the corner of his eye? He's too far away.. I'm seeing things.. This isn't working..
"He hasn't eaten yet, has he?" Yuzu turned back to Ururu.
"Who?" Ururu followed Yuzu's gaze to her foster brother, "Oh. Him, He usually doesn't. He plays baseball all through lunch. I don't think he even packs a lunch anymore," Ururu said watching her foster brother.
"EH!? HE DOESN'T EAT! THAT'S NOT GOOD AT ALL!" Yuzu stood up and walked to the baseball field where Jinta was playing, several yards from the bleachers.
"Hey! Get off of the field! We're playing!" Someone yelled at Yuzu as she walked to Jinta, about to bat.
"GO AWAY!" "NO GIRLS!" "GET LOST!" The kids yelled at her; but she still walked over to him.
"Yu-Yuzu-chan? What are you doing?" Jinta asked when she reached him.
"You need to eat! You can't skip lunch, it's bad for you!" Yuzu exclaimed then she grabbed his wrist and started to drag him off the field.
"Yuzu-chan! I can't, we're playing." Jinta tried to remove her grip on his wrist.
"You need to eat. You can play after you eat."
"I don't have a lunch." He tried to jerk his hand away from her.
"Then you can have some of mine." Jinta stopped struggling.
"Okay." He said quietly. His friends continued to yell at Yuzu, until Jinta shot them a fiery glare; Yuzu didn't notice a thing.
Yachiru chattered on, but Chado's mind was elsewhere. She doesn't understand what a confession is. What if she doesn't understand when I confess to her? Maybe this was a bad idea.
"CHADO-CHANNNN!" Yachiru whined, leaning forward in his face, once again way too close. Chado snapped out of his thoughts and sat back against the fence, away from Yachiru's face.
"Chado-chan! Didn't you hear a word I said? What did Ken-chan mean when he said 'not unless it's wrong for someone to like you'?"
Her face was still close too Chado's. "Uh.. What he meant was that a confession is when someone confesses that they like you."
"But why do they need to do that?" Yachiru said, "Do I need to confess to you and Ken-chan and all my friends that I like them?" She's such a kid.. maybe she's not ready for this kind of stuff.. Chado thought, sadly.
"No, not that way. I mean when someone likes someone as more than just a friend."
"More than a friend..." Yachiru finally sat back and thought for a bit before asking, "you mean like family?"
"No. Even more than family." Chado wished his hair could cover his now red cheeks. Maybe she won't notice.
"You can like someone more than family?" Yachiru asked.
"Yeah, you can." Maybe I shouldn't confess to her then.. she's definitely not ready for this.
"I thought the only way you could like someone more than family was if you loved them."
Chado's eyes went wide. She understands! "Yeah. It's like that, a little less than love, but the same idea."
"Oh! I get it! Thank you Chado-chan! It makes sense now!" Yachiru said happily, but her open mouthed grin quickly faded when she sadly said, "I can't reply to whoever is going to confess to me then."
"Why?!" Chado asked quickly.
"Because, I think I already like someone." She looked at her food and picked at it. She was silent for the rest of lunch.
YAY! Another chapter done! Thank you for reading! Sorry if you didn't like it. oh also, i just realized fan fiction doesn't acknowledge symbols, like stars or equal signs, so in my last author notes if you see a random "D" there is supposed to be and equal sign in front making it a smiley face; and i use stars when I'm showing I'm performing an action, like in the last one when i said "hint" "hint" NUDGE" "NUDGE" there were supposed to be stars where the quotation marks are now, you didn't really need to know that but i felt like telling you. So, anyway, Thank you very much for reading! "deep bow"