CHAPTER FOUR
Yo! Guess who? It's Kiwi, back with a new chapter of GIN'S GAMES! Are you ready? It's a longer one this time…
And thank you, reviewer, for reviewing! To answer that review that the reviewer reviewed (ok, now the word 'review' is starting to sound weird) …I don't know if I'm going to develop any romance or not… maybe! But so far, it's just tricks and mayhem… :)Though there IS a slight surprise at the end.
Remember, you can always tell me what you think of the pranks they pull :D
And sorry I didn't update as fast, I've been busy –school is just about to start, and I've been doing summer work for my advanced periods… anyway, enough of that!
Let me list the parts of Bleach that I own … *crickets chirping* … so you see, it's not mine.
NOW ONTO THE MISCHIEF!
She was good. That much he would admit.
However, just who did she think she was dealing with?
Gin Ichimaru wouldn't be swayed by that much. He would show her that, though her skills at planning and pranks were indeed notable…
"Ya ain't got nothin' on me, girl," he said with his signature (kind of creepy) smile. He grabbed a cup of tea from the counter. The end of the tea bag swung, back and forth…
Kai Hotaru... So the persimmon trick caught him by surprise. But he wasn't giving up. Perhaps she thought that they were 'even' now… well. There WAS no 'even' when it was Gin you were messing with. He'd show her why he was considered a genius, alright.
Back and forth went the string of the tea bag, swinging, swaying.
The pictures of evidence everywhere were a nice touch. It had been three days since the morning the pictures were discovered, and he was still finding the occasional picture in tricky hiding places. Well, then, he's just have to pull a stunt that would affect her like that, with long-lasting results, as well.
But what? What to do?
There were so many possibilities, but none of them seemed quite right…
Back and forth went the tea bag.
Gin sipped his cup of tea. He thought about using string to transform her room into a giant spiderweb… a stab at her 'dragonfly' released form, and he could use special string that would… but no, that just didn't seem right. Not planned enough. Not tricky.
Just who did Kai think she was dealing with?
The end of the tea bag swung…
She was just a little girl, after all. Almost too young to be an Arrancar…
Back and forth…
Really, how did she become the septima espada? And she thought she could beat him at his own game! Pranks, mischief, mayhem, tricks… planning it out, tricking people, being sly, forming ideas and putting them into action, sneaking… planning…
Who did she think she was dealing with?
There was no way he could let a little girl like her…!
He set the tea cup down. The liquid was gone, just the soggy brown spice bag sitting at the bottom of the tea cup. Like a giant squishy stuffed animal. A giant, soggy, squishy stuffed animal that smelled like tea. Okay, so maybe not. He just had his mind of kid stuff.
Kid stuff…
Who did she think she was dealing with? He was Gin Ichimaru. The child prodigy, genius, sly fox. There was no way she could beat him at a game HE thought up.
Kid stuff…?
He put the cup of tea in the sink… Wait, what was that just below the drain of the sink? …oh, of course. How the heck did Kai get one of those pictures down THERE? Well, revenge would be his soon enough…
So. She planned a prank that interfered with what he loved, what he reveled in – persimmons. Then he would plan a prank that interfered with what SHE loved. What SHE reveled in. So what did she love? What did she enjoy, what was she proudest of?
Why, being the fastest, the quietest, the lightest, the most lightning-like espada, of course. The 'silent and deadly' lightning dragonfly Kai. She reveled in being small and light and fast and silent. She despised people like Yammy, the 10th espada, who used brute strength and force, who were loud and obvious.
So, how could he interfere with that? …well…
Gin smiled. He had a plan.
"Just who do ya think yer dealin' with, lil' miss Kai?"
XXX
It was morning in Las Noches. Well, figuratively; the sun never rose, the moon was always the same. A bit boring, really. But you got used to it.
Kai stretched in her bed. She wasn't really a morning person, but she did love the morning atmosphere, the feeling of just-awakeness in Las Noches. She just didn't like getting up early, is all. But soon she would be flitting about the castle-like building, spying on people and darting here and there. Maybe she would go see Lilynette – the journey was always worthwhile when she got to see how the little girl chose to wake up the first espada.
Kai sat up and swung her legs over the bed, wiggling her bare toes. She always walked around barefoot.
Her foot connected with the stone ground…
Squeak!
…what the hell?
She picked up her foot and looked at it. It was normal.
Maybe she was just imagining things.
She put her foot back on the…
SQUEAK!
…hey! Okay. She defiantly did not imagine that. What the heck was going on?
Kai frowned. She got off the bed - squeak, squeak - and stood up.
Without actually moving her feet, she shifted her weight onto her left foot. Squeak. Rolled back on her heels. Squeak. Picked her right foot off the ground. SQUEEEEAK!
Okay, WHAT? Was there something wrong with the floor? Wherever she moved, the floor squeaked! It sounded like a dog toy or something. Seriously! Has someone been messing with her room? Kai shook her head to clear it.
She walked to the bathroom that was built into her room (squeak squeak squeaky-squeak squeak) and picked up her hairbrush.
SQUEAK! What?
But her hairbrush wasn't part of her room! It wasn't even a piece of furniture. And she used her HAND, so it wasn't something wrong with her feet…
Quickly, Kai started touching things. Her bed. The window. The rug. Her hair. Her toothbrush. Each one, squeak squeak squeak squeak SQUEAK!
Kai stood for a few seconds, confused, in the middle of the room. Sh made a fist with her hand. Squeak.
How was she supposed to be silent and deadly now? This was…
This was…
Of course! Of COURSE…
How could she have missed it?
"The first time was one thing. But now…" Kai muttered dangerously.
"I'm gonna kill you! Prepare for an all-out, no restraints, WAR. You'd better be ready. GIN."
XXX
Squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeeeeeak. Squeak.
Kai walked down the hall until she found the door she wanted.
It looks like the person inside was still asleep… However, she really didn't want to wait any longer. Her good, relaxed morning-mood had been shattered. All thoughts of doing lighthearted activities like visiting Lilynette or harmlessly spying had been driven from her mind.
Now, she wanted REVENGE.
Knock – squeak – knock – squeak- knock – squeak!
…And she wanted to find out how to stop the squeaking.
Kai looked at her hands. How had Gin even DONE this? It was like magic. Well, whatever. Soon…
She heard rustling from inside the room. Finally.
The door opened.
"Kai? What do YOU want at this ungodly hour?" Grumpy. It figures.
"Oh hey. I need your help. We're going to unite and plot against Gin Ichimaru. His pranks have gone too far. You in…?"
"…What? It's a nice idea, but-"
"C'mon, you know you want to. And together, there's nothing we can't do. After all…"
Kai looked into bright blue eyed, the exact shade of her own…
"We are family, right? Cousins. And family helps each other. So, will you help me?"
Sigh. "Sure," Grimmjow said. "But you owe me."
"Yay!" Kai cried, and hugged the sixth espada. "Best cousin ever, Jow-kun!"
"…Kai?" "Yea?" "First of all, it's Grimmjow." "Right, Grimmjow-kun."
"And …when you hugged me just now… why did you squeak?"
"Oh. Well, you see…"
Yay! Bet you didn't see THAT coming, at the end… just a spur-of-the-moment thing. I thought siblings would be too close, and I'm not planning on having the plot revolve around their relationship, so…yea. :)
Anyway, you can leave a comment (review, you know) to tell me what you think of the new prank, and if you have any ideas. I welcome all! :D
Well, thanks for reading! KIWI OUT!
(PS, I'll try to update sooner next time!)