Thought of this last night, what could be better? Hahah xD
Cross over between my two active stories, this story is basically going to ALWAYS cross over any and all my active stories that I chose.
"Oh my god, finally!" Gracie called,
"I-I'm not dead.." Matsumoto trailed off dazed.
"You're all idiots," Hitsugaya slammed the driver's side door.
"I still can't believe that we missed the plane to exchange, stupid car rental," Gracie kicked the car, then ended up hopping away on one foot while holding the other in pain.
Matsumoto started to laugh at her and Hitsugaya merely rolled his eyes at his friends.
*~THIRTY-TWO HOURS ERALIER~*
"Kisuke~" Matsumoto called.
The shopkeeper sighed and took Matsumoto's heavy luggage and piled it into the back of one of the taxi's.
She giggled a, "thank you," and piled into the back of said taxi, and 'accidentally' pushed Gracie half way onto Hitsugaya's lap.
Kisuke locked the front of the shop, then hopped into the other taxi with Tsukiko and Yoruichi.
*~AN HOUR LATER~*
"I. Hate. The-the... cars! All of them!" Tsukiko said annoyed.
"Traffic," Matsumoto whispered into here ear, making Tsukiko flush a little.
The other girls just laughed a little and continued hauling their luggage to Gate 137.
"Remind me why, exactly, we are doing this?" Kisuke question Hitsugaya, who just shook his head in defeat.
"What else was Gracie going to suggest when Captain-Commander gave Matsumoto and I two weeks of break time. She loves the beaches.." Hitsugaya trailed off.
"And you love her," Kisuke completed for him.
Hitsugaya stammered out a, "n-no I don't!" But Kisuke wasn't fooled, like every one else. The only on who failed to notice is the girl herself, Graciela... how clichéd.
"Alright guys, the plane boards in five minutes we need to go now!" Yoruichi called assertively from her position in the crowd fifty feet ahead of the rest.
The others sweat dropped but picked up the pace nonetheless.
"So why are you here? Why did you bring Tsukiko along?" Hitsugaya questioned Kisuke.
"Matsumoto asked if we would like to join you guys and Yoruichi jumped at the opportunity to go to the beach.. so she says anyway," under his breath he added, "I think it's just cause she wants to wear a bikini and be see in one."
"WHAT WAS THAT KISUKE!" Yoruichi called from the boarding line, yes they reached the gate just in time.
"Nothing, noting at all. Ah-hah.." Kisuke rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.
*~TWO MINUTES LATER~*
"Look Toshiro!" Gracie called excitedly, "we get to sit next to each other!"
"Only if I get the window seat," he head matter-of-factly.
"I would rather sit in the aisle anyway, you know, to talk with every one!" Her bubbly attitude was slightly unsettling the passenger behind her who hates flying, and was about to puke just sitting in the plane.
Across the aisle from Gracie and Toshiro, Matsumoto and Tsukiko were chatting idly about fashion stuffs. In front of them, Yoruichi and Kisuke sat, Kisuke was looking out the window and Yoruichi sat adding input to the fashion conversation sometimes.
Matsumoto, earlier, was bragging on how Tsukiko has such an amazing fashion sense and picked out the outfits that the girls, excluding Gracie, were wearing.
"Oh, Tsukiko!" The latter called.
"Yes, Graciela?"
"First, call me Gracie. Two, can I call you Kiko? Oh and when we get down to Vero, can I go shopping with you?"
Bombarded with questions, she just nodded her head, slightly stunned by Gracie's bubbliness. Sure, Tsukiko is always pleasantly happy, but Gracie? Tsukiko thinks she's just over doing it.
"Awesome! So Shiro…" and their own conversation started.
"So... does Graciela give nicknames to every one?"
Matsumoto nodded her head gravely, "she even started calling me Matsui cause she saw the name of a baseball player on a sports magazine Kenpachi had. She thought that it was so similar to my name and it just stuck."
'I am so sorry for you," Tsukiko consoled.
*~THIRTEEN HOURS LATER~*
"Hurry up!" Yoruichi called, running ahead.
Every one was sprinting across JFK airport to get to Gate c38, their transfer flight to Florida's Orlando airport.
"I was just on a 13 hour flight! My legs aren't working correctly!" Matsumoto yelled back in slight protest after she narrowly missed face planting, but continued to run anyway.
"WAIT!" Gracie screamed out. Every stopped and looked back at her, "I have to pee!"
She ran off in the direction of the bathrooms they just passed. Every one sweat dropped, "doesn't she realize that there are bathrooms on the plane?"
"We have to go though!" Yoruichi called.
"You three go ahead, Matsumoto and I will stay behind. Tell them that we're coming and to hold the gates open just for a few more minutes." Hitsugaya directed.
"Alright, let's go," Yoruichi commanded.
Now, me and you know that airports don't roll that way. So the gates closed and the plane moved onto the runway for departure. Tsukiko, Yoruichi, and Kisuke all had a strange feeling of how the other three would end up...
"I demand you let us onto the plane now!" Hitsugaya yelled angrily at the shorter man.
"I-I'm sorry sir, but it's already on the runway, it should be taking off as we speak."
"Fine, what can we do?" Hitsugaya gave in and surrendered his anger.
"Well you can purchase a new ticket-"
"No out of the question, these tickets were too much to begin with."
"You could rent a car and drive down."
The thought was appealing to Graciela, who drove to Florida when she was a kid with her parents, before Hitsugaya could say no considering he hasn't driven since soul society made him take a road test, 'just in case' they said.
"Yes! Oh! Can we get one with a navigation system?"
It was a surprise to Hitsugaya and Matsumoto, who don't even know what a nav system is, that Gracie does, considering she has been lost to the world of the livings technology for 50 years.
"Sure, just follow me, we can fill out the paper work."
Gracie followed behind the man, luggage in tow. The other two just shrugged and followed the shorter, than both of them, girl.
*~FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER~*
"Gracie."
"Yes Shiro?"
He sighed at the nickname, both annoyed at it and sad since it reminded him of Hinamori.
"You do realize that it's costing 800 dollars to rent this car for two weeks?"
"Eh-heh.. I would pay but I only have 200 that I saved up, I'm sorry."
"You didn't need to pay, but I hope that you realize you're doing my paper work for the next month."
"I figured something along those line was coming," Gracie deadpanned, "but what about Matsumoto?"
"Oh she'll do hers, I'll be taking a break."
"Selfish!" But they just laughed as Matsumoto attempted to slam the car trunk, her suitcases pretty much overflowed the space.
"Shot gun!" Gracie screamed, she always wanted to sit in the front on a long car ride like this.
"I'd rather have the back anyway," Matsumoto called out. Even though Gracie realized that she got the sweeter deal, it's called reclining seats, so she should be good.
"Okay, so this is where you put in the address," Gracie was talking to herself while figuring out the GPS.
"Starting point, JFK airport... ah! Okay, we're all set and on course!"
In eighty yards, turn right, then stay right.
"Oh look," Gracie called while pulling something out of the glove box, "they even gave us an easy pass for toll charges!"
"You mean I have to pay more?" Hitsugaya yelled, and almost crashed into the car in front. His crazy breaking sent Matsumoto off the back seat and into the back of the driver's seat, then to the floor.
"Ow..."
The three then erupted in hysterics and continued their drive over the Verrazano bridge to staten island, then the Goethals bridge to New Jersey and way ward..
*~THREE HOURS LATER~*
"Are you absolutely sure that Hitsugaya, Graciela and Matsumoto are going to make it?" Tsukiko asked worriedly.
Now that their flight landed, and there really is no sight of the three, all were getting slightly worried.
"Yea, sooner or later they'll show up at the resort, now.. oh! There's the mickey hand." Kisuke called.
"What about it?" Yoruichi asked, pointedly staring down the young man with the Mickey Mouse glove over his right hand.
"We go to the Mickey hand that says 'Vero Beach Resort', then that leads us to a bus to get to the resort." Kisuke said condescendingly.
"Alright.. is you're sure they'll be fine.." Tsukiko gave up her questioning and followed the other two to the older woman with the Mickey hand, standing next to a sign that says, VERO BEACH RESORT.
…
"Yellow one!" Matsumoto called and punched Hitsugaya's shoulder.
"Oh damn it, stop doing that! Why are you only hitting me! Gracie is playing too!" Hitsugaya screamed at Matsumoto.
He sighed, "I can't believe I'm going to be stuck in a car with you two for another 14 hours!"
"How come there has been like no traffic?" Gracie asked, trying to get Hitsugaya's mind off the rant.
"Well considering we left at three in the morning..."
"Oh.. yea."
*~FOUR MORE HOURS LATER~*
Hitsugaya is struggling to keep himself awake, he only slept for five hours on the plane that night, and the traffic he is in (somewhere in Virginia), isn't helping to keep him awake.
Thankfully, Matsumoto fell asleep back in Maryland. Not so thankfully, so did Gracie, the only one who could hold conversation to keep him awake.
"Toshiro..." Gracie said softly and sadly.
That woke him up.
'She's still upset about everything that's happened between you two, I hope you know that.' Hyourinmaru said, finally. It took him a lot of power to restrain telling Hitsugaya the obvious fact.
'What? She is?'
Hyourinmaru chuckled, 'I can't believe you haven't noticed.'
'But.. she forgave me.' Hitsugaya tried to ration as the interstate decongested.
'She's not stupid, of course she's going to forgive you for something that you had no control of and that she knows you regret having to do to her. But, if she didn't love you so much, she wouldn't even put up with the pain of being around you?'
'What are you saying Hyourinmaru?' Hitsugaya growled, hitting the accelerator; passing a car.
'She doesn't trust you, not as much, well barely; anymore. She's protected herself and put up her guard closer around her heart. It hurts her to be around you, because she knows she doesn't trust you; but wants to. Though her spirits, especially Ella,' Hyourinmaru chuckled, 'won't allow her to break them down. Not for anyone, not yet.'
Hitsugaya ended the conversation, and looked over at Graciela; as if for the first time. He noticed the slight purple under her eyes from not getting enough sleep, he noticed how her eyes never seem to lose the puffiness, and the redness. He noticed slight lines along her forehead and by her petite, red, lips. Worry lines. Frown lines.
He mentally kicked himself for allowing her to become like so, and promised he would talk to her. Really talk to her, when they get some alone time.
He hit the accelerator to pass a slower car, with newfound determination, he pressed on to his hared destination.
*~TWO HOURS LATER~*
"Welcome to the Disney resort, Vero Beach!" A spirited employee called, "I hope you enjoy your time here!"
Tsukiko, Yoruichi and Kisuke passed by the lady on the way off the bus with a slight smile. After retrieving their luggage they actually looked at the resort thy are going to be staying in.
"It's beautiful," Tsukiko observed.
Yoruichi nodded her head in agreement, Kisuke just walked ahead and asked the question on his mind.
"So who's name are the rooms in?"
"Probably Hitsugaya's, his division is the one that payed for this vacation anyway."
Speaking of Hitsugaya...
"I spy, with my little eye... something-"
"MATSUMOTO THAT'S ENOUGH!" Hitsugaya screamed at her, finally loosing his cool. After all, he is a bit cranky after driving so long.
"What I was just-"
A full argument ensued, waking up the still sleeping Gracie.
"Guys-" she tried to get their attention but they were still screaming at each other.
"I don't want to raise my voice-" she hates yelling at people, but boy were they annoying her.
'That's it..' "SHUT UP!"
The car went deathly quiet.
"Toshiro, pull over at the next rest area. We need gas and you both need to relax. Get some fresh air it'll be good for you."
*~THIRTY MINUTES LATER~*
"Great, now we're going to be late-"
"Well if you didn't fall asleep!-"
"Well if you woke me up!-"
"GUYS!" Gracie resulted in screaming again.
"Thank you, how about some radio? It's XM, good stuff."
Again they wondered about Gracie's ability to know about modern things like GPS, and XM radio.
'Maybe she studies it?' Matsumoto thought but gave it up when a song with a good beat came on.
…
"This room, it's amazing!" Yoruichi complimented.
"It's even connected to the other," Tsukiko observed.
"Yea, but there's only one problem," Kisuke said darkly.
"There are only three beds, and a pull out couch."
Yoruichi and Tsukiko looked to each other, the other confirming the unasked question. They ran into the bedroom with two separate beds and yelled, "SHOTTY!"
They threw their suitcases at the foot of the bed that the claimed.
Walking back out, they saw that Kisuke had on a devilish look, "want to play a joke on Hitsugaya and Gracie?"
*~FOUR HOURS LATER~*
"Are we there yet?"
"Matsumoto, for the last time, no! We still have four and a half hours left!"
Hitsugaya's patience was wearing thin, so he looked over to Gracie for help.
She scrambled into the back seat to sit and talk with Matsumoto, but not without calling to Hitsugaya, "put the same station as before on; 20."
"Can do," he nodded his head.
"Hey, at least we're in Florida!" She said to reassure Matsumoto.
*~THIRTY MINUTES LATER~*
"Is this the song from before?" Matsumoto asked excitedly.
"Yes!"
The two sat up straighter and, rolling down the windows and opening the sun roof (because Hitsugaya wouldn't go from the convertible) and started to belt the lyrics.
People from the cars next to them with open windows actually started singing along as well..
"I KISSED A GIRL AND I LIKED IT.
THE TASTE OF HER CHERRY CHAPSTICK.
I KISSED A GIRL JUST TO TRY IT, I HOPE MY BOYFRIEND WON'T MIND IT.
IT FELT TO WRONG.
IT FELT SO RIGHT.
DN'T MEAN IM IN LOVE TONIGHT.
I KISSE A GIRL AND I LIKED IT.
I LIKED IT!"
The girls in the backseat earned hollers from people in the cars next to them, who also continued the song.
"Us girls we are so magical, soft skin red lips so kissable! Hard to resist so touchable," Hitsugaya actually blushed at the lyrics.
The girls fell into hysterics in the back seat, it was just too much fun to pass up. After encouraging honks from other cars, and more people opening up their windows, another song came on the radio.
At the first words, "if I could write you a song amd make you, fall in love I would already have you up under my arm..."
Graciela and Matsumoto fumbled around the car, while loudly singing, for their sunglasses. They found it in time to call out..
"You probably won't you think you're cooler than me!"
Hitsugaya rolled his eyes at them, and the other cars that are belting the lyrics as well.
'How can they have fun with this?' He asked Hyourinmaru.
'I can see how, but I wouldn't.'
'Yea, neither would I... though this song does have a good beat...'
"You got designer shades just to hide your face and, you wear 'em around like you're cooler than me."
The other car continued for them, "and oyu never say hey or remember my name and it's probably 'cuz you think you're cooler than me."
*~ONE HOUR LATER~*
"So it's six o' clock, how many more hours do we have left?" Matsumoto annoyed Gracie and Toshiro.
"Three, only three more hours."
With Gracie back in the front seat, talking with Toshiro who is watching the road, Matsumoto found her chance.
Quickly, from her carry on bag, she produced a small flask of sake. How she managed to get it by security is amazing considering that she was flying to and in the united States. But then again, she's Matsumoto, and she's a wearing one of the outfits Tsukiko picked out for her; short jean shorts and a revealing top. A short sleeved kind of cowgirl shirt, in a mod floral patter, that is buttoned down until it ties right at Matsumoto's naval.
Quickly, she downed the entire flask like it was a shot.
*~HALF AN HOUR LATER~*
'Matsumoto's too quiet...' Gracie thought.
'Toshiro,' she called to him, 'is Matsumoto alright?'
'Yea, why wouldn't she be?'
'I don't know she just seems... too quiet. She isn't sleeping either,' Gracie looked back at Matsumoto to check for visible eyes to confirm her statement.
"Matsumoto," Hitsugaya called, "are you alright?"
"Jus'," hic, "f-fiiiine~"
"Oh dear god.." Hitsugaya and Gracie called out at the same time.
"She's drunk isn't she?" Gracie pointed out their greatest fear.
"What're ya t-," hic, "talking 'boutt?" No answer. "Gu~ys!" She pouted, after a few moments she realized that she was being ignored and started to throw a drunken fit.
…
"They really don't know what they're missing," Tsukiko pointed out from a lounge chair on the ocean shore.
"You can say that again," Kisuke agreed.
Yoruichi showed up, "a mudslide for my good man," she giggled, "strawberry daiquiri for moi, and a virgin piña colada for my good friend."
Yoruichi's cheeks are slightly pink from the nice buzz she's building up, Kisuke on the other hand, was red for a whole other reason. He neglected sun screen and fell asleep in the sun a short time after they planned their prank on Gracie and Hitsugaya. Tsukiko wasn't too fond of the idea so to give Kisuke pay back that neither of the two who are going to get pranked, would give. At least it wasn't likely for them to plan anything anyway.
Tsukiko, noticing Kisuke snoring very loudly, covered her hand in sunscreen. When she was sure he wouldn't notice, she put her hand on his bare chest and let the sunscreen form a hand print.
Now Kisuke's sitting in the chair sulking about the very white hand print on his chest compared the the lobster color of the rest of his skin.
"Oh lighten up, you prank, and get pranked in return," Tsukiko said with a playful smile.
He rolled his eyes and settled for lowering his hat over his eyes (which he also received weird tan from).
*~ONE HOUR LATER~*
"You just had to have me duct tape her mouth shut! Now if people drive by us they'll think we kidnapped her!" Gracie hald yelled at Hitsugaya.
"Would you rather hear her drunken ramblings about you and I?"
"No..." Gracie replied slowly.
In that time they weren't paying attention to Matsumoto. Since Gracie wasn't holding her wrists any more, Matsumoto ripped off the duct tape and opened the window.
Ironically, the song 'Shots' by LMFAO and Lil Jon, came on the radio.
Matsumoto threw her head out of the window to sing, like before. Well at least she intended on just putting her head out the window.
Half of her body fell out of the open window, and if Gracie didn't get a hold on her feet, she would have been out on the highway and flattened.
Matsumoto, bent in half over the window sill, with the window slightly in her middle, was screaming the lyrics.
"Shots, shot, shots, sho-sho-sho-shot, shots, everybody!"
"GET HER IN THE WINDOW!" Hitsugaya screamed over the blaring horns.
"I'm trying!" Gracie responded exasperatedly.
"If you ain't come to party get the f-sfkgkn," Gracie threw her hand over Matumoto's mouth and tried to duck her head to she could pull her in, but alas it didn't work.
"So cups in the air, everybody lets take shots! Lalalala~" Matsumoto screeched when Gracie's hand flew off of her mouth, and once again she was hanging half way out the window.
"Toshiro," Gracie said desperately, "start rolling up the window, if she notices maybe she'll pull her self in, or at least give into my pulling."
"There's one thing wrong with that, if she doesn't notice it'll cut her stomach-"
"Yea.."
At a loss, Gracie and Toshiro stared at each other via the rear view mirror, trying to formulate a plan only by looking at each other.
"AH!" Matsumoto screamed and pulled her body straight into the car, not without smashing her head on the roof of the car though.
Quickly she rolled out the window, "it smells like rotten sake!" Whatever what smells like, though Matsumoto was just jumbling her words together, thinking of sake and a bad smell didn't exactly mix.
But Gracie and Hitsugaya are satisfied, Matsumoto shut up and stopped her complaining because every time she would, Hitsugaya or Gracie threatened to open all the windows (even though the smell already passed, Matsumoto was too drunk to use her common sense to realize it).
*~AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER~*
"Oh my god, finally!" Gracie called,
"I-I'm not dead.." Matsumoto trailed off dazed and still somewhat drunk.
"You're all idiots," Hitsugaya slammed the driver's side door.
"I still can't believe that we missed the plane to exchange, stupid car rental," Gracie kicked the car, then ended up hopping away on one foot while holding the other in pain.
Matsumoto started to laugh at her and Hitsugaya merely rolled his eyes at his friends.
"So Matsumoto," Gracie started, "what exactly did you drink?"
"Well, I brought a small flask of my strongest sake, but I was so bored and I kind of forgot how strong it was... so I just drank the whole thing." She giggled, nearly tripping into a light haired man.
Although her speech was back to normal, her actions till weren't.
Gracie and Hitsugaya each brought a couple bags of Matsumoto's luggage, plus their own, to the front desk.
"Reservation name, please," the lady at the front desk in a hawaiian shirt called to Hitugaya.
"Hitsugaya," he said simply.
"Oh! The rest of your party has already checked it, here are your room keys," she handed each one of them cards, Hitsugaya took Matsumoto's, "they also double as a credit card," that sobered Matsumoto up completely but Hitsugaya shot her a warning glance, "and you can leave your luggage right here, "she pointed next to her counter, "someone will bring them too your room shortly. Enjoy your stay!"
The group departed from the counter, and Gracie shuddered in anger as she recalled the way the woman at the desk was staring at Hitsugaya. She shook her head, 'he isn't mine. I shouldn't be..'
But the opening of their room interrupted her thoughts.
Stepping in, Kisuke, Tsukiko and Yoruichi were all sitting on the pull out couch watching tv.
"Guys!" Gracie called and ran up to hug everyone.
With Tsukiko is was an awkward gesture, Yoruichi was in her cat for so she merely pet her head, and Kisuke was screaming in pain after the hug, thanks to his sun burn.
"So where's the beds?" Hitsugaya asked, just wanting to drop everything and go to sleep.
"Matsumoto is sharing a bed with me," Tsukiko said, moving for Matsumoto's things so she didn't have to be there hen the prank was played.
"And the others?" Gracie asked.
"Well.., about that," Kisuke started, "you and Hitsugaya here are going to have to share a bed."
Gracie and Hitsugaya both went bright red, looked at each other, then back away.
Kisuke couldn't handle it any more, he burst out laughing.
"That was- that was just a joke," hahahaha, "Gracie you're really-," hahah." really sharing a bed with Yoruichi and Hitsugaya, you get the separate room all to yourself." More maniacal laughter embarrassed Gracie even further and tears sprouted in her eyes.
She excused herself, "I'll be out side," then left through the kitchen to the veranda.
"Look what you did!" Hitsugaya said angrily at Kisuke, Yoruichi left for her room to change back into human form, then went to go comfort Gracie, aka bring her into the room with the other girls.
Kisuke was left alone after the slamming of a few doors, "whaaat! What'd I do?"
The girls door was open and they threw multiple pillows at Kisuke, even though they were pillows, the touch of anything made his sunburn scream.
He also got a feeling that if they had their swords handy, that would have been what they threw at him.
He sighed then plopped down on his back, which cause his sunburn pain again.
Oh boy, would karma get him back.
So glad I finished this! There's only 5% battery life remaining on my laptop!
Sunday August 1st 2:33 pm.