A/N: Well, I decided to continue writing for this story, so hurray?!. To those who were waiting for an update(Seriously?!), my apologies!. Anyways, my style of writing has slightly changed and improved I guess. I stopped writing for a good while until recently when I decided to write that one other story. I'm not going to make any promises on this one, so updates might take long. If you like it then cool!, criticism is encouraged. Thank you for reading!.
Chapter 3: Festival
The second day of a wonderful vacation shared by the friendship that everyone from Karakura town high partake in. However, to Ichigo its become more of a pain in the ass already. But at least he got to sleep in one of the most comfortable beds he's ever slept in. With a hot shower followed by bed with the window opened all night was all he needed to keep him content. The waves of the ocean and the birds singing with the start of the morning was pure bliss and tranquility.
He didn't think that one could sleep so well without the rude awakening of his father who only lives to torment his daily life and ruin any decent dreams he might of had that night. Unfortunately for our protagonist; Ichigo's moment of peace was interrupted by something very, disturbing. Something that some would consider, gay. Of course, if you're a fan girl, this is completely normal and highly acceptable. In fact, its encouraged with such vigor that we men tend to get scared sometimes.
"Nngh.. uh.. huh?" Ichigo slowly opened his eyes, slowly gaining his vision after a good nigh sleep, his body telling him to stay in bed for a few more minutes. The ceiling was bright with the sun's rays brightening the room with a sun rise yellow. After gather his thoughts, he couldn't help but notice this heavy feeling in his chest. Ichigo who was still half asleep, moved his hand around and felt something thick and heavy, yet slightly mushy.
"What the?" To his surprise he turned his head to the side and saw Renji's drooling face, his pillow slightly wet from the saliva that ran down from his opened mouth.
Renji had fallen asleep besides him without Ichigo noticing. To make matters worse, he was drooling close to him and embracing him like if they were newlyweds. He did smell nice though, the aroma of axe shower gel and premium hair brand were a nice combination for a man of his stature. Wait, this isn't the time to admire his hygiene, especially when its a guy like Ichigo who is in total shock and possibly traumatized by this scenario.
"AAAAAHHHH!!"
"Whoa!!... Wha.. what is it?!" Renji quickly got up to the sudden scream that startled him from his sleep. Confusion and panic still engulfed him as he fell off the bed, flat on his back as he hit the back of his head on the hard wooden polished floor. "Ouch.."
Ichigo, still pissed, got off bed and grabbed Renji by the white tan top and smashed his head against his, furthering his punishment. "What the hell, Renji?!. I thought I told you to sleep in the couch!!" He remembered the rock, paper, scissors game they played last night which determined the winner's right to sleep alone in bed.
"Damn, that hurt!" Renji complained, head bleeding from the impact of Ichigo's insane headbutt. ".. Sorry man, but that couch was crummy and small. We HAD to share a bed, how else could I fall asleep?" Renji defended his actions, Ichigo's eye twitching to his bull of an excuse. This isn't the first time Renji's pulled something like this on him, he still remembered all the crap he's put him through, the worse being the shower incident. But we don't want to go there.
Ichigo, face palmed with ideas on how to deal with Renji in situations like these. He's planned them out in his head over and over, orchestrating every possible event so that when the time comes, he would execute them without fail. Only in his fantasies because doing any of them for real was forbidden and illegal here in Japan.
"Argh, whatever.. Just don't tell anyone!" Ichigo shoved him down and got off him. He turned and saw Hinamori standing by the door of their door-less bedroom. She was blushing with who knows what thoughts running through her mind. His eyes never looked any more darker then they are now. Aside from sharing the same bed, the fool forgot to lock the door at night. It had to be Hinamori who found them like that of all people.
"Hahaha.. Hinamori. Its not what you think, I actually have a good reason for doing it" Renji tried to explain but Ichigo kicked him in the face before he got another word out.
"Quit throwing more ideas into her head already!, don't you think you've traumatized her enough?!"
"What's wrong with you?!.. Ack!"
"I'll.. Come back another time.. Haha.." Hinamori tried to sneak out but Ichigo caught her and forced her to look at him. With a serious look on his face, he tried to explain the situation to her as calmly as possible "Wait.. Don't tell anyone about this.. I mean, Its not what it looked like.. Argh, what am I saying?!" Ichigo started panicking, not knowing what to tell her because either excuses he tried to make sounded worse.
".. What Ichigo is trying to say is that we didn't do anything.. 'Special' if you get my drift"
"Renji!!"
"What?!. What else do you want me to say?; That we slept contently together at night while I embraced you to protect your mind and body with my rock hard biceps?" He joked, while having that smiled that said that he was too good for him.
"Aaaah!, you two have THAT kind of relationship?!" Rangiku shrieked, suddenly appearing at the scene of the crime. Her smile obviously getting the same wrong idea as Hinamori.
Renji tried to deny it and continued to defend their misunderstanding. Ichigo's rage boiled as he forcefully kicked everyone out of their room with the horsepower of a thousand angry strawberries.. ".. And Stay out!" He shouted before shutting the door and locking the other three out.
"Hold on, I still have to change!" Renji knocked by slamming his hands on the door with Rangiku giggling to herself in front of Hinamori. "Love quarrels are so fun!"
Meanwhile..
Rukia was down the lounge to drink some tea. Her vacation wasn't what she had expected since she wanted to somehow get back with Ichigo and enjoy the rest of their vacation. She then started to remember when they were dating back in spring of last year. The two of them were having fun together. Ichigo was always so uptight, but still had the qualities of an everyday high school guy. He just needed a push, a significant one that nobody has successfully done.
Rukia in a way was different, she was the only one who could give him that significant push, no one else has been able to release that side of him. She remembers Tatsuki once telling her that Ichigo was a carefree and fun person when he was a child, but also acted like a momma's boy. He was always attached to his mother and followed her everywhere she went, like a chick following its mother along with the rest of its siblings. It warmed the heart just looking at them, he was always holding her hand wherever they went. He always smiled so gently in front of her.
That was until the day of the accident.. The same innocent and pure child they once knew died along with his mother that night. He stopped crying, he stopped caring. He became apathetic and hardly became social with anyone. The world became different, like if he lost the balance to his happiness.. His smile, perished. Leaving only an empty shell.
He has not once forgotten about his mother. Every day after school and even during his days off; he would stop by the river where his mother was killed. They don't know the details of how she ended up near the river, but they do know that his mother died protecting him while she held him on her arms. Ichigo never cared what happened to the drunk driver who killed her, he never cursed him or hated him. He only regretted not being strong enough for her when she needed help.
His biggest regret was being weak to do anything. He failed to protect her.
The years had passed, Ichigo continued unchanged until he met Rukia. Somehow she managed to bring that boy back to life, her aura and her charm was somewhat like his mothers, he could feel it. His smile was returning and when Tatsuki saw it for the first time in such a long time, she started crying. She had been trying so long to bring the old Ichigo back, the same kid she grew up with, but her efforts were always futile. She failed so miserably compared to Rukia who was nothing but a stranger to him for a year before they started to grow attached to each other.
Rukia sighed and took another sip of her tea. She began to think of what went wrong, what wrong steps she took "(Why did it end like that?. Why?.. No, I'm the one to blame. Why did I trust him to begin with?.. HIM of all people.. Because of him.. Ichigo and I broke up..)"
"Hey, Rukia!" Renji shouted with both Rangiku and Hinamori following behind. Rukia almost chocked on her tea and sat the cup down, she was startled after being in such deep thoughts.
"Oh.. Morning guys" She said with a forced smile, still trying to return to reality.
"You alright, Rukia?. You don't look well" Renji inquired with a concerned look on his face.
"I'm fine"
Rangiku and Hinamori joined them as all three took a seat. "So, what do you have planned for today, Rukia?" Hinamori asked with Rukia looking down, ready to break the bad news to them. "I'm not staying here for long.. I have to go with my brother on an important business meeting in Akita"
"Really?. I spoke with your brother last night and he said that he'll be down at the beach this morning. I came down here to ask you if you wanted to join us" Renji said quizzically. Rukia was shocked but at the same time not surprised. Both Renji and her brother have been good friends for a long time ever since they were young. Byakuya was the oldest of the three, only three years older then the two.
Byakuya immediately took the position as vice president of Exoni Corporations, a milti trillion yen electronics company that has many businesses around the world. With such a position at hand, it was very difficult for him to hang out with his friends and family. Not to mention the constant publicity and popularity he garnered with his good looks, and intellectual prowess. He was the ideal person to take over Exoni once their father retires.
"You're making an excuse to not hang out with me, huh?. Is it because you're flat chested and embarrassed to be seen with us?" Rangiku said while putting her arm around Hinamori.
"W.. what?!. Take that back!!" Rukia snapped, hands slamming across the table.
"She has a point. I mean.." Renji started, to his ignorance by not knowing the price he has to pay for his fatal error of insulting a woman's growth.
Ten minutes later the three met at the beach. Renji had the typical red hand mark on his face, symbolizing his failure of acknowledging a woman's temper. They can be pretty nasty. After a minute or two of conversations, they arrived at the meeting spot.
"You're late" Byakuya said while he applied sun lotion on his arm while resting in a chair he had brought down along with a large umbrella to protect him from the sun. He was well built, skin looking as flawless as ever and his hair silkier and more beautiful then either of the three girls. He was the ideal man for any woman. Unfortunately for anyone obsessing over him right now; he has very, very high standards.
"Ooh!, Byakuya, you look pretty good today!. Will you go out with me tonight?!" Rangiku, our brave contender asked with the most seductive voice and puppy eyes she could muster. "Not interested" Byakuya flatly responded, shooting her down harder then she had first anticipated.
"Haha, pwned!" Renji laughed with Rangiku whimpering and Hinamori trying to comfort.
"Renji. long time no see" He turned, extending his arm to shake his hand. "Yeah.. Man you look cooler every time I see you" he complimented. "Heh, and your qualities are downgrading the more I see you. Is that another tattoo around your neck?. You do know its forbidden to have exposed tattoos in school"
"Oh man, don't say that!, and don't worry, my uniform pretty much covers my neck side so no worries!.. As for Gym I wear a patch.." he explained while sobbing the right side of his neck where he had the tattoo.
"I see" Byakuya closed his eyes as the two continued their conversation, mostly relating school and recent hobbies along with their favorite television shows.
Rukia turned to the beach with the wind slightly blowing their way, she stood idle for a minute before.. "Um. I think I'll go for a walk" She said with a smile. "Oh!, we'll go with you!" Hinamori offered but Rukia gave her the impression that she wanted to be alone. She understood and instead stayed behind with the others as Rukia walked off into the beach alone.
The sand looked warm with the sun's rays heating the surface; Her feet sinking slightly into the grainy ground. Her sandals were getting sand all over, something that started bothering her so she took them off and decided to carry them by hand. Walking in the sand with her bare feet wasn't so bad after all.
People around her were enjoying themselves by making sand castles; getting a tan; enjoying the view; swimming and playing with beach balls in either the sand or water. She started to think that she was just being gloomy, not appreciating the fact that she's out here and now in the beach. People normally take vacations to enjoy themselves, not wonder around alone.
With thoughts clouding her mind, she just realized that she had walked quite a way's off from the main hotel resort where she's staying. She had ended up in a rocky area closer to the sea where the waves crashed into its walls. She was in a relatively safe distance just as long as she didn't get too close to the rampaging sea.
"Oh geez.." She said to herself, noticing beyond the rocky path, a beach with another hotel resort. "I think I walked too far without thinking.." She stopped and was ready to turn back until she heard a scream.
"Let me go already!!"
It was a girl's voice, she might be in trouble. Rukia quickly went to check where that voice came from and found them. They were near the end of the rocky ledge wall. There she saw a girl around her age and a tall muscular male, maybe an adult. "Hey!, let her go!!" Rukia shouted as she ran towards him and kicked him in the groin, forcing him to let the girl go to cover his exposed weakness.
"Arrgh!!.. Why you little..!"
Rukia quickly grabbed the girl who was startled by the assault and pulled her away from him. "Hurry, I don't think I can surprise him like that a second time!"
"Ah.. Yes!" The girl consented, following Rukia with the Goliath regaining his composure to pursue the two. "Come back here!!" The man was big, but fast. Rukia thought that they could easily lose him if they traversed the rocky field, but the bronzed skinned behemoth was only going faster then before, catching up to them in seconds. "Uwah!" Rukia tripped and fell forward after spraining her ankle. The girl went back to help her but the man reached her and grabbed her arm.
"Hah.. I have you!" He sneered. Rukia's eyes widening, frightened at the possibility that he was going to hurt her. "No!, let her go!" The girl shouted, jumping on his arm only to bite him with all the power she had. "Gah!!" He shouted in pain as he swung his arm violently to toss her into a rock, injuring her head as a result. "No!" Rukia exclaimed, seeing the girl loosing consciousness.
"Feh.. Serves her right for attacking me" The man said sobbing his bitten arm.
"Hey.."
Rukia gasped and the giant reacted to defend only to end up with a sandal to the face as his attacker landed on his face, knocking him in the ground. "Ugh.." He made a sigh of silent pain before passing out after the back of his head was slammed into the hard surface. ".. Huh, he went down quicker then I thought.." The orange haired hero said while scratching the back of his head before turning his attention to Rukia.
"Are you alright?" He asked, hands on his pockets. Rukia stared at him for a brief moment before remembering the girl she tried to save. "Oh no.. hey!" She rushed to her aid. She was still conscious, but hurt pretty bad with the back of her head bleeding. "Did that guy do this?!" Ichigo said, wearing the same old serious look on his face.. "(Wait.. I know her.. Its that annoying girl from yesterday)"
"Yeah.. But we have to get her to the hotel first!" Rukia ordered. Ichigo, despite his dislike to be ordered around by anyone, agreed to her plan and carried her on his back. After he sprinted for a brief moment, he noticed Rukia running awkwardly. "Rukia, are you hurt?!"
".. I think I sprained my ankle.. But I'll be fine. Just go and get her to safety, hurry!" She ordered again. Ichigo was skeptical to leave her behind, but he had no choice at the matter but go forth without her. "Just take it easy, I'll come back for you!" He said out loud before dashing and running with all he's got.
Rukia watched him off, smiling at the things he said to her. "Don't talk like that you fool.." She looked down, her face red after replaying that moment in her head over and over. She continued moving forward to escape the rocky terrain, getting support from nearby rocks which she could grabbed on to.
0o0
The tall guy which Ichigo had knocked into the ground twitched and moaned. "Ouch.. Damn that bastard!.." he sobbed his head, the pain still there.
"Whoa.. Yami. You got your ass kicked or something?" A young man with light blue hair and matching eyes approached him while wearing a huge grind in his face. ".. Joseph. What the hell are you doing here?" Yami inquired, still sobbing the back of his head before getting on his feet.
"Hey, use my nickname when we're outside idiot. Anyways pops is calling us. The five of us are going to the festival today. Come on!" He kicked him on the back of his leg to make him lose his balance. "Why you!.. and I don't want to go to the festival with Tosen. You and pops always ruin my fun!"
"Heh, quit being a pussy and lets go!, its our last day in this town before we move to Karakura town and finish our high school life there, so lets enjoy ourselves by causing some chaos around here to remember us by, hahaha!!" He laughed out loud before walking back, Yami following him.
Meanwhile..
Ichigo made it back along with the girl who was injured. Immediately after they arrived, the hotel staff contacted the paramedics while attending to her wound before they got there. Ichigo looked as pissed as always, maybe even more pissed then usual due to the fact that the guy ended up hurting the two in the end.
The paramedics arrived and took over from there. It seemed that she had lost consciousness while they boarded her in the ambulance. "Okay, time to head back!" Ichigo said out loud, running back as fast as he could despite his stamina almost drained from carrying Senna, who surprisingly remembers her name after hearing it once, but before he could go any further, he noticed Byakuya going inside along with Rukia on his back.
"B.. Byakuya" Ichigo said, surprised and not very pleased to see him. "Kurosaki. It seems you still lack education. Do not call me by my first name unless I allow you to". Ichigo glared with Rukia sensing the tension between them. "Um.. My ankle is hurting.." She said, trying to end their conversation before things got nasty. She remembered the last time they got into an argument. It ended in a fight which Ichigo easily lost to despite his reputation as the toughest student in Karakura town next to Sado as the second.
"Very well" He walked forward, nearly pushing Ichigo aside so that he could pass and reach the counter to contact the paramedics. ".. That bastard" Ichigo said quietly, turning back to the elevator to reach his hotel room. Just that little moment ruined his day. At least he had one more day before he went back.
Soon, after reaching his floor, he saw Renji waiting in front of their shared hotel room door with his arms crossed and eyes closed. "So, how did it go this time?" He said, knowing what had happened. "I don't want to talk about it" Ichigo said, slightly pushing him aside to get in with Renji following behind while closing the door after the two went inside. "You two just can't seem to get along huh?, I think its that orange hair of yours"
"Shut up" He said lazily, sighing before taking a seat on the couch while turning the Tv on to see if anything interesting was on. "I don't mean to pry, but as long as you continue to see Rukia; Byakuya will continue to give you a hard time" Renji explained, dropping himself in the couch besides Ichigo with his arms spread.
Ichigo was silent, blankly staring at the Tv, not focusing on the Girls Gone Wild beach edition commercial which got Renji glued to the television. "I can't just forget about her. No matter how much I try.." He said quietly with Renji mindlessly agreeing to whatever he was saying. He was dialing something on the phone and not to his surprise; he was planning on ordering the video ".. I'm going to sleep"
"Hey, I was just kidding about this" He turned the Tv off and rested his left foot against the small table in front. "So, why are you having second thoughts all of a sudden?. Its not like you man" He said, picking his ear.
Ichigo was silent while he scratched the back of his head. He didn't know how to respond to that. "Yeah, I guess you're right..". "Don't 'I guess you're right' me. Give me a decent answer!" Renji got up, trying to make Ichigo face him. "Well.." He sighed, trying to gather his thoughts. ".. I don't know. I must be going nuts then, I can't really answer it"
Renji sighed from boredom and turned to their room. "This is boring. I'm going to sleep" He walked away, leaving Ichigo to think to himself. ".. Hey wait!, I'm not sharing the bed again!"
The next day..
Ichigo had taken a bath after a long day yesterday. He went down to the lobby and into the lounge to find something to eat. "Man, I'm hungry". Luckily for him, the cafe was opened early during summer. He bought a tuna salad sandwich and tea and sat down in a nearby empty table by the corner of the lobby where people rarely go to.
"Ichigo?"
He looked up and noticed Senna walking towards him. She was observing him, wondering if he really was Ichigo. "Hey" He greeted, looking at her to check if she was fully healed. Maybe but the bandage around her head made him a little concerned. "Um.. About yesterday" She scratched the top of her head with embarrassment. The Paramedics told her how she got there and who brought her to safety. The orange colored hair was easy to identify since its not everyday that you see someone with such hair color.
Ichigo knew where this was going, he nodded his head slightly and said "Yeah" He took a sip from his tea and continued to stare at her. "What?" He felt awkward when someone stared at him without saying a word. Senna was a bit hesitant to give her thanks since its rare that she does. "Do you.. Would you like to go to the festival.. Tonight, at seven?"
Ichigo lifted his eyebrow, wondering where she was getting at. "Are you hitting on me or something?" He said with an annoyed face, thinking that she might be messing with him. "No, no!. I'm.. Uh, trying to thank you.. So" she bit her lower lip, waiting with anticipation for his answer. "Then just say thank you. You don't need to go through the trouble of doing that"
He was trying to be in a way, nice to her. But Senna took it hard. "Nevermind!" She turned and walked away. Ichigo didn't know what he did to conjure such a reaction, but he didn't wanted to let this go until they had an understanding, otherwise this will bug him for a while. "Hey, wait!" He caught up with her and stopped her by grabbing on to her arm.
"Sorry.. I think we had a misunderstanding here" He looked down with guilt, trying to think what he did wrong because in his mind, he didn't do anything wrong. Its safe to apologize and see where that will take him. He turned to look at her and darted his gaze upon hers. He couldn't read minds because he wondered why she hasn't said anything yet. "Uh.. I'll pick you up at seven.. Should I meet you here?"
Senna smiled and nodded. "Yeah"
"(.. That was odd)" He thought with Senna running off and waving goodbye. "Hmph" he closed his eyes and turned back
"Oh, morning Ichigo"
Ichigo opened his eyes and saw Rukia walking towards him. He made sure to look around, he didn't feel like confronting her brother today. "Morning" He replied, going back to his table to finish his sandwich. "So, what is it?" He inquired, Rukia caught off guard while she played with her fingers. "Well, there's this festival this evening.."
"(Crap..)" He thought. ".. Would you like to accompany me?. It'll be just the two of us.." She said, hoping for a good answer. "Well, you see.." He face palmed, thinking of an excuse to give her, but Rukia read him like a book. He was so predictable. ".. So, you've already made plans then"
"Yeah.." He looked away, relieved that he didn't have to lie to her or make himself look like an ass. "I see. Well then. Hope you have a nice day" She turned her back on him and walked away, disappointed at his response.
Ichigo got up "Hey!, what is that supposed to mean?" Again faced with a similar problem today, but this time, he didn't go after her to clear their misunderstanding. "Its nothing" She continued walking, embarrassed of her actions and lack of courage to confront him more directly.
It looked like today didn't look very promising for him, he predicted that today will be long. Long and a pain to deal with.
The rest of today he spent it with the guys. They started playing an assortment of games such as volleyball, tag, wrestling, races, hide and seek, and even went as far as doing a sand castle contest. Ichigo lost to all of them with Renji taking almost all the glory from all of them. "Damn you Renji" Ichigo said, pissed for losing so much. "Haha, come on, Ichigo. We came here to have fun!. Plus you owe us lunch tomorrow!" He said cheerfully while slapping the back of his head.
"Hm. Today was. Fun" Sado said with his heavy monotonic voice, a smile slightly forming on his face. "Yeah. I'm beat. I think I'll head back. I need to get some rest for today's festival" Ishida said, helping Ichigo remember what he had planned today. "That's right.. I'll go back also.. See ya!" He waved before running back to the hotel.
"Huh. Why would he run off like that after you mentioned the festival?. Could it be that he has a date or something?" Renji said with his hand placed on his chin. "Maybe. A date with Rukia" Sado pitched in with the others surprised. "If even Ichigo can get a date.. I should ask Hinamori to accompany me!" He said before running off like if he was sprinting towards a clearance sale.
"That's right. We can't let Ichigo beat us. Lets go, Sado!" Ishida said, running after him. "I doubt that I could get a date" Sado said to himself. Walking behind them with very little enthusiasm.
Evening
Ichigo went down to the lobby ten minutes before seven to meet up with Senna, but when he got there, she was already sitting in a chair, waiting for him. Like always her hair tied in a ponytail but this time she wore a black skirt and a small pink shirt ".. How long were you waiting?" He sprinted a bit to reach her. "Ten minutes" She said, proud of herself for being there earlier then him. "Alright, lets go" He signaled with his head with Senna running past him. "Last one there is a rotten egg!"
"What?!. Hell no!" He exclaimed, running as fast as he could to beat her.
Their race lasted for ten minutes. Their destination was closer to the hotel and with the speed they were going, it was a breeze getting there, and hey, Ichigo even received the title 'Rotten Egg' for losing the race.
Throngs of people covered the streets, with thousands watching street performers and listening to various music artists playing all sorts of unique instruments. "Try not to get separated" Ichigo warned with the two struggling to get through the crowd. "Okay" She reached for the sleeve of his black hoodie and grabbed it tightly.
Ichigo suddenly felt a surge of nostalgia, remembering the days when Rukia used to grab him by the sleeve because she was too shy to hold his hand during school and in public areas. "Good.. Just don't let go or I'll lose you" He said, making a pissed off face to repel his blush. "Okay" She said.
The two made it to the festival. It was crowded but not as much as out on the streets.
There were countless stands filled with games, food, and accessories to buy. Just on the other side were the rides, one that Senna loves to ride. "Oh!, lets go to the Ferris wheel!" She said enthusiastically, jumping up and down while still holding on his sleeve. ".. I think we should hang out here first and then go to the rides"
"That can wait!. Lets go!!" She locked her arm with his and dragged him from his will. "Wait!.." He tried to protest but she wouldn't listen. She was like a little kid, eager to try something new.
As the two walked across the festival, Rukia spotted Ichigo, but before she went to approach him, she noticed that he was hanging out with a girl.. The same girl she helped yesterday. "..."
"What's wrong, Rukia?" Byakuya asked, returning with their cotton candy that he went to buy. "Its nothing, big bro" She smiled, taking the cotton candy he offered. "Lets go then" He ordered while extending his right hand. She locked her hand with his as they continued to wonder around the festival. "You know.. I'm not a kid anymore" She complained, while looking away to hide her embarrassment.
"As long as you're under my care, you must follow my instructions. I do not wish to lose you in this crowd" He scolded, typical of him.
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the festival.
"Alright kids. Try not to cause trouble and just enjoy yourselves. This will be our last festival here" Tosen, their father said. He was dark skinned and wore unique clothing that is not identified as, 'Japanese', obviously. "Especially you, Joseph. Be good to your little brother, Yami" Hisana, a refined Japanese woman who usually wears kimono's during any events. She smiled and brushed Joseph's hair with her hand.
"Come on, ma!. I'm not a little kid anymore!" Joseph moved her hand with both hands while trying to get some distance from her. "Try not to embarrass me, Joseph" said, Ulquiorra, a melancholy looking young man with medium sized black hair and pale skin. "That's my line!. Try not to pass out before anything fun happens!" Joseph said, running off with a big grin in his face.
"Fool" Ulquiorra said, going his own way with Yami following him; Yami always follows Ulquiorra around, more so because he's the oldest and coolest of the three. "So, where are we going, Ulquiorra?" Yami asked, excitement in his voice. "Just hang out. Although I'm interested to see what Joseph has in mind"
"Yeah, me too!" Yami said with excitement, the two going through the crowd to follow the path Joseph had taken.
To be Continued...
A/N: I'm only going to focus on Ichigo, Senna, Rukia, Renji, and a few others along with the antagonists which will be Joseph(Aka, Grimmjow), Yami and Ulquiorra. I added them to add drama in late chapters(That and I want to shove an UlquiorraxOrihime moment in there ;D. Hope you enjoyed the mini IchigoxRenji moments! XD