You guys wanna know something? IT TAKES FOREVER TRYING TO FIND THE BEST JAPANESE NAME!! I had to say each one aloud and get a feel for it. I had to read the meanings and alternate names! It took awhile but a found some that I like for a few different Oc's. Wish Me Luck! Imma get a cup of coffee now.
In record time they made it to the costume store. As soon as they walked in Harumi shoved Ichigo in a chair and murmured 'Stay.' She went off by herself to look for a costume for her friend. "Let's see...Hmm...Girl's, Boy's...HERE! Men's costumes!" She, instead of looking for a costume in the men's half of the store, ran up the the cashier. "Oi! Yukiko, you asshole! Get the fuck up! I have a problem." She banged her hand on the counter and a teenager with bright white hair and purple eyes shot up from the floor and with smile and drool on his chin and said. "Welcome to The Black Nightmare Halloween Store. How may I help you?"
Harumi had her back turned to him and she quickly yelled. "Ichigo! Get over here will ya? I wanna get this done!''
After a series of banging and a string of curses was heard from the carrot top, he walked out of the men's section with a cape on his back, a tiara on his head, and a fake sword in his hand. "I hate it here, Harumi! I want to get back home and keep the costume I have." Harumi and Yukiko giggled.
"Harumi! You came back! And you brought a boy toy for me!" Yukiko said.
"Ichigo, Yukiko. Yukiko, Ichigo. Yukiko is a big time homosexual and proud of it. I met him when I got my costume back during the summer." Harumi introduced both boys to one another and turned back to Yukiko.
Ichigo looked at like she was an alien. "You got your costume back in the summer?" Harumi ignored Ichigo and turned to Yukiko.
"I need a kick-ass costume for my friend here. My birthday's tomorrow and he wanted to go as the grim reaper. What have you got for me?" she explained.
Yukiko smiled and walked from behind the cash register. "You two follow me. Haru-chan already promise me this but I need you to, Ichigo. Just repeat after me."
Ichigo nodded and listened to what Yukiko said. "I promise..."
"I promise."
"On my life"
"On my life"
"That no noob, jock, prep, or totally normal person will find this room while looking for the best Halloween costume."
"That no noob, jock, prep, or totally normal person will find this room while looking for the best Halloween costume."
Harumi just giggled and found the door behind a black sheet. "And in this room are the kick-ass Halloween costumes."
"Remind me why I'm here again?" Ichigo asked his friend.
Harumi dragged him into the back room of the store. "To find you the best costume that there is."
Yukiko nodded as he grabbed random costumes from the horizontal poles. "She's right you know. Sweetie, can I tell him what you're going to be?" She shrugged and then nodded. "Any way Haru-chan is going to be a Masquerade Queen. And here it is!" Yukiko held up Harumi's costume. It was a black ball gown with silver ruffles at the hem and sleeves. Hanging off a string attached to the hanger was a mask made of black lace. Yukiko handed Harumi the dress and opened a draw under the spot where the dress was. He pulled out a choker and head piece and handed those to Harumi as well. Harumi looked around and saw a costume that might be perfect for Ichigo. "Yuki? Can you put those back? I think I found one..."
Yukiko walked away and Harumi shoved the costume in Ichigo's arms. "Come on. You're getting that." She put hers away and pulled Ichigo out of the back room and snatched the costume from his arms and showed it to Yukiko. He nodded and walked away & came back a few minutes later with the costume in its package. "Everything should be here. It comes with every part except the wig and gloves."
The blond nodded in thanks. "Coo. Wait here." She left and came back with a pair of gloves and a black wig in hand.
She paid for the costume and left the store. Ichigo was still inside when she left. "So...You're gay?"
Yukiko nodded. "Yep. You doing anything on Sunday?" After this was said Harumi poked her head in the store. "Yukiko, quit hitting on Ichigo. And you!" Harumi walked in and grabbed Ichigo by the ear. "Come on! We have things to do and places to be!" Yukiko waved good-bye to them and just laughed as Ichigo screamed at Harumi.
"Let's see... You gotta come over early to help me get ready for the party! Bring your costume so I can help you put the stuff on. Umm... What else has to be done... OH! House needs to be decorated for the party. Me, Ichiro, and Takashi can do that." Harumi rambled on as she and Ichigo were walking home. Ichigo stopped at the front door of his house and glanced at Harumi, who was still talking about the party, who thought that he was still with her. He noticed that she still had his costume. He shook his head and walked into his home and the normal amount of trouble ensued at the Kurosaki household.
"Otosan! I'm home!' Harumi shouted as she walked into her home.
"Sister!" a boy with brown hair ran up to Harumi and wrapped his arms around her waist. Another boy walked up to her and gave her a quick hug. This one looked like the first. "Hey Takashi, Ichiro. Ichiro, I'm gonna have to talk to you later?"
"You found it?" Ichiro asked her.
"Of course. And you have my pocky. I want it back now." Harumi sent a glare so deadly over to her younger brother that, if it were a ninja move, it would melt the flesh off his face.
Her father poked his head into the room. "Harumi, stop trying to melt your brother's face off. Ichiro, give your sister her pocky or no video games for the next three months."
Both siblings muttered 'yes' and Ichiro pulled a box of pocky from behind his back. "I made sure to keep it in the fridge until you came home." His sister gave him a hug and ran upstairs to her room. Harumi put the costume she got for Ichigo in her closet. She put the pocky in a box under her bed and she knelt in front of her nightstand which was covered in a few fake flowers and candles on it. In between two fake roses was a picture of her mother. She had light grey eyes and brown hair. Harumi's father had the same bright blond hair as her and dark blue eyes. Her brother's had their mother's hair and father's eyes while Harumi was blessed with her father's hair and mother's eyes.
'Dear mother in heaven. Tomorrow's the day! I turn fifteen. We all miss you very much. Even though he won't say or show it Ichigo misses you too. As do I. It's hard to cope with. Even for Takashi. And he's only nine years old right now. But we're getting along with out you. The twins have each other and their pranks, I have Ichigo, my friends, and recipes, and father has Isshin-san and their poker nights. We miss you, okasan. I love you.'
"Dinner! Harumi, we're having your favorite! Come down before the tonkatsu is gone!" her father called up. Harumi jumped up from the small home-made shrine and raced down the stairs to the dining room. With a small chant of 'Itadakimasu' the Ichirin family dug into the amazing dinner. "Did you help make some of dinner, big sister?" asked Takashi.
"Yes. Why?"
"It's good. I like it a lot."
"I'm glad you do. That was one of mother's recipes. It took me three tries to make it right when I first saw it."
Their father just smiled at the three of them. Takashi and Harumi were talking about their mother while Ichiro was planing his next prank on his sister. He could tell that Ichiro was planing to prank her by the far away look in his eyes. Once you think about it, his children are like him and his wife in so many ways. Their daughter was good at cooking, writing, drawing, pranks, and making a friendship. Takashi was always soft-spoken, a book-worm, math wizard, history geek, and a video gamer. While his twin was the opposite. Ichiro was loud, lacking in reading, sucked at math, a sports jockey, and a prankster. Each one had a little of their parents in them and their father was really proud about each one.
"Otosan? Are you okay? Is something wrong with the food?" Harumi asked her distant father.
He just smiled and shook his head. "I'm fine dear. And dinner is amazing as always." Harumi muttered an 'okay' and went back to eating. She smiled in her head and knew that her father was thinking about them. Her thoughts changed and moved over on what to do with Ichiro. 'I could out orange hair dye in his shampoo. He may be excepting that though. Hmm...Put some rubber spiders in his lunch box? That could work...Or I could stick worms in his pillow. I think I like the hair dye idea more. It shall be it!'
"Big sister? What are you going to do for tomorrow?" Ichiro asked.
"I'm gonna throw my party with as little as guests as possible. If anyone who isn't invited to my birthday comes, then I could ask Chad to help me." she said.
"I like Chad! I can ride on his shoulders and he won't even mind." Takashi said.
Harumi smiled kindly at her brothers. "I'm glad you do Taka. I am happy that you both like my friends."
"And I'm glad my little girl has no boyfriend." their father piped up.
"DAD! You'll have to give up on trying to keep me safe at some point."
"I know. You're lucky that I'm letting you host your party! If I was there then it'd be you, Ichigo, and your brothers. Your mother would fight with me about how you're old enough to host the party by your self." he said.
Harumi fiddle with a chain around her neck. On the end was a pendent and was surrounded by a thin layer of gold. The gold had faded with time and a younger Harumi's fingers and the color turned more silver then anything, but Harumi still loved it. The pendent was black with orange stripes and Harumi always wore it. She loved it because it had a small picture of her mother on one side and a photo of a younger Ichigo in it. If anyone said that she was a mama's girl, then Harumi would smile and kick the shit out of the person who said that. That has happened so many times before in her life, except when she was eight.
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"Hey! Look at her! She's just talking to herself. She's just so weird." a young boy said.
"I have an idea. Harumi seems pretty attached to that necklace she wears, let's take it from her!" the class bully said. He was a year older than Harumi.
"YEAH!" his friends said.
With a soft murmur of 'Good bye' to a little ghost boy, Harumi went back to reading her book on the paranormal. She didn't even know that she was about to be the target of a beat down from the school bully.
"Hey, weird girl! What're ya reading?" he said in a loud voice that got the attention of everyone but the substitute teacher. Who wasn't even listening.
Harumi sighed and put the book down. "What I'm reading is none of your concern. I would like to get back to reading my book before lunch time because this is due tomorrow." And with that Harumi picked up the book and went back to reading. The bully growled at her and took the book from her hands. His friends grabbed her by the arms and she struggled to get away.
"Let me go! LET ME GO NOW!" Harumi shouted, students gathered around them and one of the boys holding her tied her purple scarf over her mouth to muffle her shouts. The tall boy then slapped her across the face and Harumi stared at him in shock.
"You never ever ignore me! You got that, punk? The next time you do that, I'll do more than slap you!" And with cheers of 'Yeah Boss!' he yanked hard on the chain around her neck and ripped the necklace off. Harumi blinked back tears and choked back a sob. She weakly shouted 'Give it back!' behind the scarf but Boss didn't even look at her.
"I think I'll sell this at the pawn shop 'round the corner. I can buy lots of candy then!" 'Boss' left the classroom and grinned. "Thanks for the cash, weird girl!" The teacher wasn't paying any attention to the chaos going on in the room. He was watching baseball on a portable TV with head phones over his ears to block out the sound. The boys let go of her and gave her a swift kick to the shin. Harumi undid the scarf and grabbed her books and bag and ran out of the room. She hid outside a nearby bathroom, in a niche in the wall that was big enough to hold her and her things. She started to cry even though she knew she shouldn't.
A nine year old Ichigo was on his way to the restroom heard her sobs. "Haru-chan? What happened? Are you okay?"
Harumi looked up and grabbed Ichigo in a hug, surprising him. "They took mama's necklace, Ichi! They're gonna sell it at the pawn shop 'round the corner from the school!"
"Oh Haru. Don't worry. I'll help get your necklace back." Harumi let out a hiccup and nodded. She mutter 'Wanna go home, kyodai." Ichigo nodded and grabbed his friend's hand. "Come on. We'll get you home. Your dad's at work right?" Harumi nodded. "We'll call my dad then." They went to the office and the secretary saw them.
"Hello! What can I do to help you two?" she asked.
"I need to call my dad. I forgot my lunch at home." Ichigo said. Which was true, even though Harumi shared hers with him.
The secretary smiled. "Of course!" She handed Ichigo the phone and let him recite his home phone number.
"Dad." was all that Ichigo said before his dad started to shout in to the phone. Harumi nudged him and he handed her the phone. "Kurosaki-san?" Isshin stopped and listened to Harumi. "Ichigo-kun forgot his lunch at home. Could you bring it to him?"
Ichigo imagined his dad looking in the refrigerator, shaking his head, and heard his voice in his head as well. 'Haru-chan, are you OK? Do you need me to come pick you up from school?' And that's what the real Isshin said. "Kinda. Could you? No, I don't want to talk about yet. Ichigo knows what's going on. Bye, Kurosaki-san." Harumi handed the phone to the secretary and muttered 'Thank you.'
They left the office and sat outside on the bench. Harumi pulled her knees to her chest and rested her head on them. "Don't worry. I'll get back the necklace back for you! Your mama gave it to you, didn't she?" Harumi nodded. "I promise to get it back Harumi! No matter what it takes. You'll get it back! Believe in me! Okay?"Harumi nodded again until she dozed off then she felt someone pick her up.
"Hello, Kurosaki-san! How can I help you?" Harumi heard Isshin's voice next to her, but it was softer than it should be. "Ichigo has his lunch, but Harumi's been having a bad day. I'm going to take her home." Harumi thought the secretary had nodded. "Of course. Just sign her out and everything will be just fine." She felt Isshin nod and shift her from his arms to a nearby chair. "Thank you." She felt herself being picked up again and heard cars around her and felt the wind in her hair.
"Haru. I know you're awake, so why not tell me what happened to you? You have a bruise forming on your cheek too."
"The class bully took mama's necklace. He said he's gonna sell it at the pawn shop."
"Don't worry dear. Ichigo will get it back no matter what the cost." And that's what Ichigo did. After he finished his lunch, he tailed the bully with the time that was left for lunch and made it to the shop.
Ichigo shouted to get his attention."Hey! You have something of my friends. Give it back to her!"
"No way! I can get a lot of money for this stupid thing. And that's what I'm gonna do! And you can't stop me!" Ichigo glared at him and punched him in the chest, knocking the wind out of him. He then tripped him and watched as he lost the grip on Haru's necklace. Ichigo caught it and ran just as 'Boss' got up from the ground. He ran home instead of towards the school because he knew that Boss would be after him there. "Dad! I *huff* did it! I got *huff* Haru-Chan's necklace back!" He said as he ran in.
Harumi was on a bed in the clinic half of the house. Ichigo walked over and clipped it to her neck. "Thank you Ichi! Thank you so much!" And Harumi gave Ichigo a kiss on the cheek in thanks. The carrot top just blushed and muttered 'You're welcome.'
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"Big sister? Are you okay?" Takashi asked.
"Hmm? I'm okay. Just....reminiscing." Harumi picked up her plate, rinsed it, and set it in the dishwasher. "I think I'll get a shower and head to bed."
"Alright then. See ya morning, Harumi." her father said. She waved over her shoulder and grabbed a set of pajamas off her bed and stepped into shower. Her thoughts were swirling around her head like the water headed into the drain. "Another year older, Another year closer to death." she muttered as she got out of the shower. Harumi changed into her pajamas, went to her room, and crawled into bed.
Hey, Hey! The costumes are real. I had to look up 'Japaneses Halloween costumes' on Google. Here are the links to everyone's costume:
Harumi: www. zoogstercostumes. com/products /ds4818 .html#
Ichigo: www. zoogstercostumes. com/products /ru888238 .html
Tatsuki: www. costumecraze. com/NNJA01 .html
Uryu: www. zoogstercostumes. com/products /cc00944 .html#
Urahara: www. zoogstercostumes. com/products /cc00742 .html
Orihime: www. costumecraze. com/CARD09 .html
Yoruichi: www. costumecraze. com/FAIR55 .html
Chad: www. zoogstercostumes. com/products /ru16916 .html
Rukia: http/ /www. zoogstercostumes. com/products /cc00963 .html#
Renji: www. zoogstercostumes. com/products /ru15923 .html
I hope you like the costumes! Reviews...Keep Me...Alive...Please Review...(falls into a hole in the floor.)
Harumi: Umm... Yes. (Watches as Misa-san writhes on floor.) As you may have seen: Reviews keep my creator alive. If she has no reviews, then she really will die. (Mutters how stupid this is.) Anyway, If y'all don't drop a line, then Imma go ninja on your ass!
(Random door opens and Sayomi from 'Just Bend and Snap' comes in)
Sayomi: Harumi is right guys. If you don't review then Uchiha-Uzumaki-San really will die! And if you don't, I'll make sure to burn your ass with a couple dozen katon jutsu! (sighs) Should we tell her to get her homework done?
(Another random door opens and in comes Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto.)
Sasuke: We tried back at her new story.
Naruto: No such luck
Harumi: Fuck, man.
Sayomi: Yep.
Sasuke: Why does she have my last name? She is no Uchiha and she never will be.
Naruto: If she's using my last name, I don't really care. You are gonna have to deal with it Sasuke-chan.
(A hole appears in the floor and out come a dusty, dirty, tear-stained Misa-Uchiha-Uzumaki-San.)
Misa-San: (sniffles) I'm sad now.
Sasuke: I don't care. Change your name.
Naruto: (walks over to Misa-san) What happened now?
Misa-San: My Social Studies grade sucks. I'm failing!
Sayomi: Homework?
Misa-San: (nods)
Sasuke: THEN GET IT DONE! How can you be sitting here talking to us when you have homework!
Misa-san: Because I'm a lazy bitch who has nothing better to do than talk to the little voices in my head.
Harumi: Misa-san, sweetie, if you want to pass your freshmen year then I say do your homework. Just guess at some of the answers. The teachers don't give a shit, just as long as you do it.
Misa-san: I'll try. (Crosses fingers behind back) Scout's Honer! I from now on promise (mutters 'not') to get my homework done as soon as I get home from school.
Harumi & Sayomi: Good for you! That's makes us both proud!
Sasuke: Your no scout. And your lying! I know your tell!
Misa-san: Really? What is it?
Sasuke: Umm... I'm going to keep that to my self.
Everyone else: WHATEVER!