His arm trembled at the sight. In an attempt to calm himself down, he turned his head away, and tried to read the posters on the opposite side of the room. Whimpers filled the room, as the sharp metal impaled his soft flesh.
"Oh geez…don't be such a wimp…" The white coated doctor criticized. "There…it's done, ok?" The man sighed at the pathetic sight sitting at the table, but decided not to continue as he dumped the pain device into the waste basket.
"Gomenesai, Kurosaki-sensei…I just…don't like needles too much." Chuckling nervously at his own admission, the young man looked down to the floor sullenly. The bearded doctor sighed to his own chagrin, and shuffled his hand through his pocket.
"Here." The doctor held out a red wrapped lollipop to the young man.
"Nan des ka?" Upon looking at the candy treat, his confidence and morale stooped even lower. He slouched so low now, that he almost fell to the floor.
The drop onto the clinic floor was enough of a shock to snap the young man out of his depression, and he sorely walked out of the office and into the public waiting room of the clinic. There, a darkly dressed man wearing a hat and clogs stood up to greet him. "Well now, Chin-san…that wasn't so bad, hmmm?" He waved his fan around to prevent the young man from seeing his smirking demeanor.
"Hmmm" The young man responded. He took hold of the lollipop stick to adjust the candy's position in his mouth.
"Well, for being able to take a sword wound like that and move around, I'd say that he's ok." The bearded doctor stroked his chin, as he wrote on his clipboard. "To be honest, Urahara…I'll never know what goes through your mind whenever you build those gigais…"
"I just have a knack for an attention to detail." The blonde man laughed at this and began to walk out of the clinic with the young man right behind him.
"Oi, Urahara…aren't you going to pay the fee?" The doctor called after them.
"Put it on my tab, Isshin!" The bell chimed as the door opened and closed, leaving the bearded man holding the clipboard and pen with a blank face. Scowling now, the doctor sighed and tore up the medical bill.
"Cheapskate…"
"So, how do you like the quaint city life, Chin-san?" The hat wearing man asked. His clogs clacked along the sidewalk as they walked back to Urahara Shoten, managing to take the other's mind off his throbbing arm.
"Oh, well…Karakura town is much livelier than I originally thought it would be, Urahara-san."
"MmmmHmmm…" the man agreed. "So…have you met anyone…cute?"
"What? Urahara-san?" Confused, the young man nearly swallowed the lollipop stick and choked.
"Enough teasing Urahara…" a gruff voice called out. Just barely surviving the small candy's assault, Chin jerked his head around in search of the voice.
"U…Urahara-san…who's that?" Careful to make sure he didn't move his torso around to much, the young man had turned a full three-sixty until he was facing the wall opposite of the street. He hadn't seen anyone at all, save for a single black cat sitting nearby.
"Urahara, I'm serious." The gruff voice said again. The small black cat jumped onto the wall, and its yellow eyes looked down on the two men. "Did you forget already, Urahara?"
"I guess my time as a tour guide is cut short…" The blonde man admitted. "I'm sorry about this, Chin-san…I have some errands to do first. You're alright to getting back to the shop, right?"
The young brown haired man stood in place, and said nothing in response. "Chin-san?"
"T-that…cat…talked!"
"Oh? You're surprised by a talking cat?" the small animal's gruff voice feigned surprise. "For a Shinigami of your rank-"
"Enough of your teasing, Yoruichi-chan." Urahara interrupted. "Well, I guess I'll see you later, Chin-san." Smiling, the hat wearing man walked down the street, opposite of where they had just been heading. The black cat stared at him intently for a few seconds, just before taking off after the blonde man.
A faint wind blew behind him; while he watched the two disappear down the street. His hand was idly rubbing his sore arm, and after a while, he continued his trek to the candy store. Chin didn't really know the alleyways and side paths like Urahara did, making it quite difficult for him to be able to backtrack in the same manner.
Instead, he would have to walk along the main road, until he saw the store itself. "Now…was it three streets…or four?" He didn't want to admit it…but he knew he was lost.
After a mere ten minutes of walking around by himself, he had managed to get completely off course from his destination. The familiar hissing in the distance caught his attention, drawing his eyes towards the lumbering giant of public transportation. "I know…I'll try the bus." He said to himself. Happy that he had some ort of plan, Chin crossed the street towards the bus stop.
"No child, look out!!" Across the street, a young boy had fallen over his bike just in front of the bus stop. Among a large group of people who watched in fear, one man had jumped into the street and pulled the boy away. In the blink of an eye, the arriving bus skidded to a stop, but not before hitting the man head on, sending him five feet backwards from the impact.
"Geez!" Chin breathed out, and he rushed towards the accident. The young boy was clamored over by nervous women who had watched just earlier, and everyone was asking mundane and pointless questions to find out his health, while some others, rushed to the fallen man who lay bleeding on the ground. The bus windshield was cracked all over, and a surprised bus driver was being calmed down by the others.
"I…I didn't see him…I'm so sorry!"
"Don't worry…just calm down…"
Arriving at the accident scene, Chin pushed through the gathering crowd of teary eyed people. His eyes analyzed what he surmised as a dead man, but he couldn't be sure with the body laying face down. Carefully turning the man over, everyone gasped in surprise, and one woman even started to cry. The Shinigami could see now that the chain had definitely been broken, but where was the Whole?
"Oh my god, that's…Don…Kanonji…"
Some words from the Typewriter
It's come to my attention that I completely forgot one important fact about Bleach...it mainly concerns my story, "My life as a teenaged Shinigami", but I feel really, really embarrassed about it.
I forgot that...the Sokyouku was destroyed...I seriously don't know how I forgot such an important thing...maybe it's cause I don't have that volume yet...geez...I'm embarrassed.
So, I apologize for that, deeply...
...legalites...
Tite Kubo owns everything...except my originality...