"Hey, you know something I was thinking about?" Kyoko asked once they were on the street and walking toward the store. "You and I are a lot alike. I mean, I used to pretty much devote all of my time to Sho, do everything for him, and well I never wanted to see Sho upset...kind of the same with you and Nnoitra, right?"
Tesla nodded. "Yeah...we are..." He sighed and smiled."But now I don't care about Nnoitra-sama...well, not as much as I did before."
"Same here with Sho!" Kyoko said smiling. They were at the entrance of a building already. "Oh here's the store" she said opening the door. Tesla smiled. "What do you need to get again?" he asked.
His memory was terrible."Um some rice, tea, and maybe some ramen" she said looking around the aisles. "If you see something you like, just tell me." she said.
Tesla smiled. "Don't worry. I don't require nourishments. Besides, I told you I wasn't going to be a burden." "Oh don't be like that! I'm perfectly fine with you staying with me!" Kyoko said smiling.
She turned down an aisle and found a bag of dry rice. "Ok, found some rice...now some tea would be good...." she said to herself searching for it. She passed the aisle with some pocky on it and gazed at it.
"Oooh Pocky...I haven't had that in so long..." she said. "Mmmm, but I don't think I have enough for it....then again it's not that much to spend" she said pondering the idea. Tesla snapped, then reached inside his wallet that he kept.
"Aizen-sama gave us lots of human money." he said, handing money to Kyoko. "N-no! You don't need to! I have money" she said. Tesla smiled. "But I'll never use mine." Kyoko smiled. "Really?"
"Yeah. I mean, what would I use it on besides things for you and your house? I live there now, and I don't need food or water...so...well, there's clothes, but...I probably won't even need that." Tesla answered.
"Wow, you are the officially nicest person I have ever met!" Kyoko said smiling at him. "I haven't had pocky ever since my mother left me...she bought me a box of pocky a few days before she left" she said reaching for a box of chocolate covered pocky.
Tesla eyed the box. "Those look good...maybe I should try to eat...." he said, smiling.
"Yes yes yes!" Kyoko said smiling. "You really should!" "Let me buy them, though." he said. "Ok, if you want to" she said. Tesla put the money in her hand.
"I can't let you go without chocolate." he said, giggling. Kyoko giggled as well. "Thank you so much!" She picked up the box as well and walked to the next aisle, trying to find some tea. Tesla followed, watching Kyoko's every move. Now he felt like her bodyguard for some odd reason.
Kyoko found some green tea. "Oh that would be perfect!" she said grabbing it off of the shelf. "Ok, so tea, rice, oh now i need ramen" she said, heading to the aisle with the noodles. Tesla followed. While walking, he wondered if Sho would ever show up again. He knew he would, and when he did...oh, Tesla would lose it. He'd rip that jerk to shreds, he just knew it.
Kyoko found some ramen. "Ooh chicken flavored! My favorite!" she said as she grabbed a box that didn't cost much and headed toward the check out line. "Ramen...is so cheap..." Tesla pointed out, "I wonder why?" "Well I guess because all it really is is just noodles with flavoring. And it's very filling" Kyoko said.
Tesla nodded. "I guess. I like it though. Ulquiorra-sama made me try it once. He apparently likes it alot. After he and his new fiancee came back from a mission to this world, he's been alot happier...it's wierd. He usually was just stoic and wouldn't say a word to me...but now he's all friendly."
"Hmm, really? Did you like the ramen?" she asked. "Yes. It's the first time I'd tried human food." He answered. "That's great! I can't wait for you to try pocky! It's so sweet and delicious!" she said. "I'm sure it is." Kyoko got to the front of the line, finally and put the stuff on the table and payed for it. "Thank you!" Kyoko said as she grabbed the food.
Tesla helped her with the bags, and out the dor they went. "Thanks for helping me, Tesla!" she said as they walked down the street. "Oh, look" she said looking at a sign. "A haunted house is opening soon, we should totally go! That would be so fun!" she said, even though she knew she'd be scared.
"Ha, you wouldn't survive even a minute in that place" said a voice from behind them. Kyoko turned around and the voice belonged to Sho. "What do you want? Haven't you done enough?" Kyoko said. Tesla's heart jumped at the sight of him.
"Back off. What do you want?" he said in a low, protective voice. "Heh, never said I wanted anything. I was just walking down the street, then I saw you two" he said. Kyoko took a step back from him for a moment. "Leave me alone, I already know your going to try to hurt me" she said. "You shouldn't assume things so false, Kyoko" Sho said.
"They aren't false, you shit." he said, standing closer to Kyoko. "Oh, I see you two are still going out?" Sho asked. Kyoko turned bright red. "What? H-h-how could you assume that?" she asked. Tesla laughed. "Maybe I just respect women..." he said, growling. "Unlike some people" Kyoko added.
Sho rolled his eyes. "Still, Kyoko, bet you would get scared when you first step into the haunted house. I know I'll be there, watching you run out in horror." he laughed. "Oh is that a challenge?" Kyoko demanded. "Maybe" Sho said. "Oh it's on" Kyoko said, stepping toward Sho.
Tesla laughed. "Kyoko's waaay braver than you! She'll have you running out screaming!" He challenged. "Heh, he's right!" Kyoko said, even though it probably wasn't true. "Hmmm......." Sho thought for a moment. "Okay, we'll both go in. First one to scream, loses" he said.
Kyoko was speechless. "Um, ok....but loses what?" she asked. "Bragging rights go to the winner" Sho said. Typical, Kyoko thought. "Ok, your on" she said.
"Let me in on this, too!" Tesla piped in, furious. "Um ok!" Kyoko said. "So, it's a competition between the three of us?" Sho asked. "You're on, Sho!" Tesla said, nearly screaming.
Sho nodded. "You bet...winner gets bragging rights...unless, you can come up with a better bet?" Sho asked. "It's fine." Tesla said, then turned to Kyoko. "Right?"
Kyoko nodded. "R-right" she said as Sho walked away and into a limo. "Oh crap...I just made the stupidest decision of my life!" Kyoko said. "Shh...It's okay. It's just bragging rights." Tesla said, patting Kyoko's back. Kyoko nodded.
"Yeah, but everytime I go into haunted houses or anything like that, I'm the first to scream. And he's gonna hold this over me for the rest of my life!" she said. Tesla steamed. "Not if I have anything to say about it." Kyoko smiled. "Thanks!" she said.
She looked back at the picture of the haunted house, and gulped. "Um, hey you wanna head back home now?" she asked. "Sure. If you wish." Tesla said kindly.
"Ok" Kyoko said as they walked back to her apartment which was not a long distance from the store. Tesla stepped in through the door first, carrying most of the bags. "The bet'll be fine. You're brave." he said, trying to make her feel more secure. "Um.......yeah.....ok" she said closing the door behind them. She took the bags she was carrying into the kitchen.
Tesla helped take them out and arrange them, until he finally came to the box of pocky. He unwrapped the plastic off of the cardboard box and popped a stick into his mouth. His eyes lit up. "Mmmm!" he said, exuberantly, "These are good!" he said as he finished one.
"I told you so!" she said taking one for herself. "Mmmm"she said, as she hadn't had some since her mom left her. "Mother..." she said as she had the rest of the one she was eating.
"Tell me the story about your mother, Kyoko." Tesla asked kindheartedly. "Mmm....well, when I was five years old, my mother left me. I remember crying after her for so long..." she said with tears coming to her eyes. "I don't know why she left me..." she whispered.
Tesla's eyes filled with concern, concern that marked the trembling of his own heart. "Wow...we never had mothers...I mean, Aizen-sama is our father, but he wouldn't care if we lived or died, but...to have a mother walk out on you like that...it's horrible!"
"Well, she had apparently went on some business trip or something and left me there. After that I stayed at the hotel Sho's parents owned and helped out there until Sho wanted me to come to Tokyo with him" she said. "Oh, and that's where Sho comes into the picture, I suppose."
"Yeah," Kyoko said. "Let's not think about that right now!" she said trying to brighten up and forcing a smile onto her face.
"Yes, lets focus on happier times." Tesla said, a smile on his face. It was never hard for Tesla to put on a happy smile. Kyoko smiled a real smile now, and it was getting darker outside. "Hmm, well, uh do you want to watch a movie or something?" Kyoko asked.
"Cool! What do you have? I've never watched a movie before, although I know Nnoitra-sama has alot...I don't want to know what KIND of movies they were...but..." "Hm, well i don't have any movies, but there could be some on tv right now" she replied sitting down on the sofa.
Kyoko smiled. "If you see anything you wanna watch just tell me ok?" she said. "I don't really watch TV that often, so I don't really know all the stuff on TV"
"Neither do I." he said. "Right!" Kyoko said smiling. She looked at the clock and it was nine o clock. "Hmmm..." she said then went back to finding channels. Tesla watched as Kyoko flipped through channels, his eyes scanning for anything that would find his interest.
"Hmm, I guess I get American channels as well" she said as she passed through Disney channel and Nickelodean. She went back to Nickelodean as Icarly was on. "I believe I have heard of this, and I can speak English and understand it, can you?" she asked him.
"Yes." he said. "Arrancars know all languages." "Oh cool!" she said as she turned on the episode. It was the episode where Sam tells everyone Freddy has never kissed anyone before. Tesla watched without a complaint. He was happy with everything right now.
"Wow this is so funny!" Kyoko said laughing. Tesla giggled at bits and pieces. He noticed how often he smiled, but never really laughed. The show was at the part where sam also admits she hasn't kissed anyone. "I'm not ashamed in admitting I've never been kissed. I think I kind of show it off."
"Um same here" Kyoko said. Tesla looked over at her and sighed. "Nnoitra sama was going to be my first...but he wasn't." "Same here with Sho" Kyoko said. "We're the same, aren't we, Kyoko-chan?" Tesla said, smiling at her.
"Yeah, your right!" she said. "I mean, look at us, brought together by incomprehendable circumstances, with the same problems, with the same...solution."
"Solution?" Kyoko asked, a bit confused. "Yeah. We just have to...get over them..."Tesla answered to her confusion. "Oh right!" she said smiling.
The episode was already over. "Um it's really late and it's a school night...and the dance is tomorrow so I need to get some rest" she said. "Okay. Good night." he said. "Night!" she said. "Hey, if you need a blanket or anything, there's a few in the closet. And this sofa folds out into a bed." she said.
"Nah, I'm fine. Thank you, though." Tesla said sitting on the couch. "Mmm ok. You're welcome then" she said as she walked into her room and got ready for bed. Tesla layed on his back on the couch. Life was good. Life was certainly good.
Kyoko laid down in her bed and smiled knowing the next day would probably be great. She closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep. Tesla, as well, drifted into sleep, his eyelids heavy, his breathing relaxed, and his heart at ease.
The next morning kyoko's alarm clock went off at 6:30 am. "Mmm five more minutes..." she complained afer hitting the snooze button. Tesla ran up into Kyoko's room and burst through her door. "Good morning, my daaarling!" he said, jokingly. Kyoko immediately woke up and started laughing."Th-that's so funny!" she said laughing still.
"Is it a nice way to wake up? Haha."Tesla said smiling. "I guess ha ha! Well, much better than an alarm clock!" she said smiling.
Tesla went over to her with a cheery smile on his face. "Did you sleep well?" he asked. "Yeah I did. How about you?" She asked him. Yeah...best sleep I'd had in years." She smiled. "Really?"
"Yeah. Really!" he said, scratching his neck. "Cool!" she said, finally dragging her butt out of bed. She was wearing a tank top and some pajama shorts. Tesla slept in his clothes. "Oh, tonights the dance" she said."That's right! Oh, I can't wait!" Tesla said excitedly.
"Me too it's gonna be so much fun!" she said. "Oh and after school, I'm gonna go pick out my dress" Kyoko added. "I'm sure you'll look great. Do you want me to help?" Tesla asked. "I told you, silly, it's a surprise!" Kyoko said smiling. "Oh...okay..." he said, kind of disappointed, yet excited at the same time
"Aw don't be sad! I just want it to be a surprise!" Kyoko said. "No, I'm excited!" Tesla assured her. "Well that's good!" Kyoko said. She started looking for something to wear that day, and found a skirt and a tank top with a jacket. "I'm gonna go change, ok?" she said.
"Sure." he said, walking out of the room to go change, himself. Kyoko smiled and slipped on her clothes then brushed her hair. Then she walked out of the room and into the kitchen to make breakfast.
Tesla slipped into the bathroom and changed into a tank top and jeans. Every slackers uniform. Kyoko went into the kitchen and grabbed some rice and eggs, and started mixing the eggs into the rice after she freid them. Tesla noticed the smell and walked out, following his nose.
Kyoko, still cooking, turned around. "Hello!" she said smiling at him. She also added some sauce into the rice and continued cooking it.
"That smells great, honey!" he said, jokingly. He was full of jokes today. "I'm your pretend husband for the time being. Haha." He added smiling and patted her head. Kyoko giggled and turned red and didn't know what to say.
"Um, y-you want some breakfast? I am making rice with fried eggs. I know it's not very, um, much of a variety, but it's really filling." she said smiling.
"That's fine. I'm used to no variety." he says, "You should see Las Noches. I should take you sometime." "Sounds cool, I think" she said still smiling. "Hey, can you grab two bowls out of the cabinets, and some choptsicks, and 2 cups please?" she asked.
Tesla nodded and fetched them out of the cabinet. He had to strain, because to tell you the truth...he was kinda short. Still taller than Kyoko though. Tesla smiled to himself. But still no Nnoitra.
Kyoko smiled and giggled as she watched him reach for the bowls and stuff. She turned the stove off when the rice was done and took the pan off of the burner and set it on the counter. She took both the bowls and scooped rice into both of them, and put a pair of chopsticks on top of them both, and set them on the table. Then she poured some water into the cups and set them beside the bowls.
Tesla sat down ath the table, his stomach growling. Kyoko giggled. "Hungry much?" she asked jokingly. "Yes. I thought I could live without food...but I guess I have a stomach." he said, then laughed.
"Yeah totally" Kyoko said smiling as she sat down and the table as well. "Rice is actually very filling, so you won't be hungry for a while" she said. "Good. I don't really like to eat alot." He replied.
"Heh I can tell" Kyoko said smiling. He took a bite of rice, and his brown eyes lit up. "Wow, this is good." he said, scoffing down another bite. Kyoko smiled. "Glad you like it!" she said as she took small bites with her chopsticks, as she wasn't as hungry as he was.
"Nnoitra-sama should feed his pet more often." Tesla said, referring to himself. Kyoko couldn't help but giggle, as she took another bite. "You know, you don't really have to keep calling him -sama, because that's just saying he's higher than you, and that's more like weakness in his eyes" she said.
Tesla looked at her with sadness in his eyes. "B-but...I'm required to call him -sama because he IS higher than me. He's an Espada, the highest ranks in all Hueco Mundo. I'm not an Espada, and he's required to watch over me...so I really feel weak. But he is higher than me." He stated a bit sadly. "Well he's not here right now, is he?" she asked smiling.
Tesla smiled. "No...he isn't. Wow, how stupid have I been all these years...?"
Kyoko giggled. "Yeah!" she said. "I only called Sho -chan, or Sho-san for a while after we moved to Tokyo, but after that and him treating me that way, I decided to quit calling him -chan or -san, no matter how freakin famous he is!" she said.
"Nnoitra does treat me like crap, but I'll have no one else once we leave to go back to Hueco Mundo again. And when Aizen-sama hears about you...he might get angry."
"Oh..." Kyoko said looking down. "Wh-why would he get mad?" she asked.
"No, trust me, you'll be okay...just...Aizen-sama doesn't like it when we don't get our work done. I bet he's looking down on us right now and frowning upon me...Soul Reapers...our enemies...exsist in the plane of the living...and Aizen told us to wipe them off the map...so we can take over this town. I don't want to, Kyoko, I really don't want to...but Lord Aizen will hurt me and...do horrible, naughty things to me if I don't..."
Kyoko's eyes widened and she put her hand over her mouth. "N-no Tesla...." she said. "Yes!" Tears welled up in his eyes. "He has! To me, to Nnoitra, to Szayel, to Grimmjow, to Ulquiorra! He doesn't care about us!" Kyoko stood up and ran over to him, throwing her arms around the crying Tesla.
"Oh I'm so sorry!" she said, trying to comfort him and make him feel better. Tesla wrapped his arms around her, tears streaming out of his eyes and his hollow hole. "I promised I wouldn't let the memories come back...I thought I fought them away...I really did...K-Kyoko.."
Kyoko wrapped her arms tighter around him, crying a bit herself. "I-I can't believe that! I'm so sorry!" she said. "I don't...ever want to go back...I could stay here forever...and never have to go back to that wretched place! Kyoko...you've made all the difference in my world..."He said looking up at her.
"R-really?" Kyoko asked. She didn't want him to go back either. "Yeah, you're the only one that's ever been nice to me...I thank you so much for that..." "Aw your welcome! And you are very nice as well! Like the nicest person ever!" Kyoko said, still not letting go of their embrace.
Tesla pulled back after a minute, thankful that Kyoko was so nice and asked her "Thank you...tell me...how did that idiot Sho ever win a girl like you?" Kyoko smiled. "Well, as I said, I used to be pretty much obsessed with him, so I had to go to Tokyo with him." she said.
"I don't understand...how could you not know that he wasn't good for you?" Tesla asked. "I guess, I was too blinded by love at the time." Kyoko said softly.
"I guess...I was too..." Tesla agreed.
"Mmm yeah your right." Kyoko said as she sighed and finished her rice and took it over to the sink to wash it out. Tesla finished his and did the same. "So, what's on the agenda for today?" he asked. Kyoko giggled, because he had apparently forgotten that it was a school day, as well as the day of the dance.
"Well first we need to go to school, and we are getting our scheduals today...and then after school we have the dance!" she said.
"Well I knew that!" he said, feeling extremely stupid. Ooh, that meant he'd have to face Nnoitra again. Would he have the strength to stand up to him? Kyoko giggled, then remembered that Tesla would have to face Nnoitra, she's probably have to face Sho as well.
"Um...if you need any help with anything, you know, at school, you tell me, ok?" she said, hoping to be able to help his situation a bit. Tesla nodded. "You too, right? Plus...if you see or feel anything wierd...please tell me. Lord Aizen probably already knows about you..."
"I uh, ok..." she said, wondering what he meant by that. She didn't think anything bad would happen to her, but she was worried about Tesla. Tesla grabbed Kyoko's hand. "Would you like to Sonido with me to school?" he asked. Kyoko smiled up at him. "Sure!" she said as she tightened her grip on his hand.
Blushing, Tesla began his short Sonido to the high school. Kyoko looked over to Tesla before they left. Was he blushing? When they got there, Tesla was met with the worst sight he could have imagined: Nnoitra, staring right at them. "Nnoitra-sama!" he said, angrily.
Ooooh what do you think will happen between them? Find out in our next chapter! Thanks for reading this far! Review please! Please please please!