I am really, really sorry for the late update! A lot things came up and stuff that limited the posting of this chapter. Having no laptop sucks a whole lot. But my PSP allows me to type a bit so that way I can just copy and paste sections of the chapter. Problem is it's really slow. But it's better than nothing I guess.
Anyways, I am gonna try and cut back the humor a bit and still have the chapter be serious too; the last chapter had way to much humor in it. But then again it was a filler chapter...
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-o-o-o- Chapter 5 -o-o-o-
Picnics, Cats, and Candy
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'Thoughts'
"Speaking"
Right now the transfer students from America were hanging out in their living room as they watched some sort of movie. It was a cross between romance and idiots. Something that Mitsuki loves very much and forced everyone else to watch since she was the one in charge of picking the movie.
Mitsuki grabbed a handful of popcorn before stuffing it in her mouth. "Dadu yaodu thumin tahta-"
"Mitsuki, no talking when you're eating." Kaida scolded, not even bothering to look over as she stuff her own handful of popcorn into her mouth. Mitsuki swallowed.
"I was saying do you think that they know about us?" the other two people around her age looked over at her with a raised eyebrow as the youngest person just looked up from the book she was reading.
"You don't really think they're-" Kiyo began, only to get whacked by a pillow by Mitsuki.
"Shh! This is the good part!" the girl explained, leaning in towards the TV. Kiyo pulsed a vein as Kaida chuckled silently next to him.
"But you wanted to know if we think they're-"
"SHH!!!"
"Just give up." Kira added to Kiyo, making the twin boy glare at her too while pulsing a vein at Mitsuki. Kaida had to cover her whole mouth to prevent the sound of laughter from breaking out. The girl who picked the movie instead just stared right at the screen as she watched the two main idiots of the movie get back together through the guy singing to her.
Ok, that movie is really sappy. But more importantly, what was Kiyo trying to say? Who knows...
"PASS THE POPCORN!!!"
"URUSAI, BAKA!!!"
Sweat drops.
Now the week then quickly passed by for Karakura Town and its residents. After everything that happened Monday at Karakura High School similar events happened throughout the week. And for those that went to the school at least one student got into trouble each day. But at least everyone knew not to interfere unless they wanted more detention. Unless they were one of the poor victims of those events.
But the 'pranks', as Mitsuki says, only got worse when she befriended Myuu Shiha, the infamous school prankster of the school. However, you wouldn't believe so if you say her.
Shiha is a half Japanese, half Norwegian girl that was extremely short for her age, despite being 15. That shortness got her to about the same height as Kira, but they were of course nothing alike. The girl was often mistaken for as a boy since she has short purple haired that is spiked up, golden yellow eyes eerily similar to those of a cat, and flat chested. But unless you really wanted to get hurt, don't say the latter.
The two, Shiha and Mitsuki, got along quickly to the dismay of the school. Both had a knack for pulling pranks that about every hour somewhere to someone in the school would be the poor victim of the attack. Those deemed boring and serious, like Hitsugaya and Kira, were often the target of those pranks. However, the two were always able to avoid them and therefore cause an unfortunate bystander(s) to be involved in whatever Mitsuki and Shiha had planned.
Outside the school was surprisingly quiet and Hollow-free. That whole week not one shinigami got a message on their Soul Phone alerting them of a hollow attack. Only Rukia thought she sensed a familiar reistu on Wednesday but dismissed it when no one else had sensed it when she told them.
Now we go to after school on Friday...
"Yay! No more detention!" Mitsuki cheered as she exited the school with almost her whole class and Shiha.
Shiha nodded in agreement. "Hai. But the look on the guy's face today was so worth it, right Hyper?" the purple headed girl asked, stuffing her hands into the pockets of her shorts. Unlike the rest of the school Shiha wore black, big shorts, a purple shirt, and a sleeveless black hoodie. No one could get her to actually wear the uniform since the girl always had a spare outfit somewhere.
"Yup!" Mitsuki answered. Everyone behind the two of them just groaned.
"What's wrong with you guys?" Kira's voice then asked, surprising the group. Looking around for awhile, they soon spotted the heterochromatin girl sitting in a nearby tree, book in her lap. Her school bag was right next to her.
Kaida just shook her head at her younger sister. "Kira, how many times do I have to say do not climb trees?" Asked girl shrugged.
"Dunno. Three hundred sixteen?"
Sweat drops.
"Where's Snowball?" Shiha then asked Kira, sending the rest of the group behind her into snickers. Only one person could be called that...
"Myuu!" Hitsugaya's voice shouted from another nearby tree. His head could be seen through the leaves since he had a large vein pulsing on it. "It's Hitsugaya-t...to you!"
"Sure it is midget." Kira added jumping down from the tree with her stuff. Brushing her skirt first before she also added, "And I'm pretty sure that squirrel you met earlier will call you that too."
"YUMI!!!" the white headed boy yelled, jumping down from his own tree before glaring at the black headed girl. Said girl just glared right back as the rest of the group laughed at what Kira mentioned.
"Wow, a squirrel."
"Urusai, Kurosaki!"
"But you know it's true...midget."
PULSE VEIN.
"Yumi! Quit calling me that! You're shorter than me!"
"So what? You're also short too, baka!"
"Yumi!"
"Midget!"
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"Has that even changed?" Renji asked, watching the two go back and forth fighting with sweat drops. Matsumoto shrugged.
"No, but they look so kawaii!"
SILENCE.
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Matsumoto blinked. "Nani?" Everyone just stared at her. Kaida broke the silence first.
"Did she..."
"...just call..." Renji added.
"Kira..." Kiyo continued.
"...and Tōshirō..." Ichigo picked up.
"...CUTE?!" everybody that didn't already say something finished. Matsumoto just smiled and nodded at them.
"Hai!"
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"MATSUMOTO!!!"
"EEP!!!"
"Hundred yen the two of them will beat the crap out of her."
"That will never happen, baka."
"Fine, Kira."
"You're on."
Anime falls.
"You ok, Ran-san?" Orihime asked, looking at her friend worriedly. Matsumoto just smiled as normal.
"I'm fine, Orihime." the woman answered, not seemingly bothered by the fact that shad had two large bumps on her head. Her friends just sweat dropped but didn't comment on it.
Kaida let out a sigh. "Man, you two really know how to hate each other." she commented dryly, directly it towards the two that made Matsumoto get the bumps on her head. Talked to two just glared at her before back at each other and then towards the front.
"And silent!" Mitsuki added.
Sweat drops.
The two being talked about just mumbled under their breaths, it possibly sounding like curses in Japanese and Chinese. And of course this set more people off to sweat dropped as Kaida just shook her head at her sister's swearing.
"So...who wants a picnic?!" Mitsuki then asked, clapping her hands together.
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"Ok...that was completely random." Ichigo commented, making Mitsuki cry anime tears.
"You are a meanie!"
Sweat drops.
Shiha slapped her forehead. "I knew I should have thrown away that candy bar..."
"YOU gave her candy?!" various people screamed, looking angrily at Shiha. Girl looked at just sweat dropped.
"Moving on!!!" Mitsuki interrupted after another twenty seconds of people glaring at Shiha. "What about that picnic?"
"NO."
"WHAT?!" Mitsuki screeched, the noise having anything with ears cover them. The candy girl then began stamping her feet like a child. "I want a picnic!!!"
Kaida whacked her head. "Stop that! You're sixteen, not a five year old!"
"I think a picnic is a great idea!" Orihime cut in, turning everyone's attention from Mitsuki to her.
"You're kidding, right?" Renji questioned, only receiving a wide smile and a shake of the head in return. Matsumoto then also instantly smiled too before pulling her and Mitsuki (from Kaida's whacking) into a hug.
"Yeah! It'll be so much fun!!!" everybody else just glanced at each other.
"There won't be enough food." Kiyo said, trying to get the three to drop the idea. He didn't notice Shiha behind him until she whacked his head. Hard.
"Aw, come on, Crabby." Shiha said, using Kiyo's hatred of crabs as a nickname. "Have some fun!" Kiyo just grumbled while rubbing his head.
"Yeah, yeah, Shorty."
PULSE VEIN.
"DO NOT CALL ME SHORT!!!" Shiha thundered, scaring the crap out of Kiyo and those usually scared of random outbursts. She then began chasing after the scared boy as everybody else just deadpanned.
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"I still say no picnic." Kaida then said, making Mitsuki pout before smirking again. The group stared suspiciously at her. They knew when she had that look on her face she was going to something bad soon.
"Do the picnic, or I make tons more fun at school!" the girl threatened, sending shivers up everyone's' spines. How could what she already doing get worse?! Wasn't it bad enough?! Mitsuki didn't think so.
If you don't know what happened by Mitsuki and Shiha to them, here's a recap...
Monday: Causing the class to get a week of detention; make people fall down; spray people with water from two garden hoses.
Tuesday: Mess with the school's bell so it rang every thirty minutes with an "I love candy!" announcement; the two became friends over replacing the chalk with rubber worms.
Wednesday: Drop paint on people's head 'accidentally' during art period; the two dropped buckets on water on various people, including teachers.
Thursday: Swap the tests papers with candy paper that had the nickname Shiha gave everyone printed on in candy; drew faces on people who fell asleep during history.
And Friday: Passed out caramel apples that were really caramel onions to the teachers/students; whoopee cushioned the strictest teacher in the whole town, who taught in their very school.
And all of this was just for ONE week.
"Fine." a few people muttered in defeat. Others once again just groaned. Only reason they were agreeing was that none wanted it to get any worse. The ones that wanted it, and the girl that was still chasing Kiyo, grinned. However the latter then frowned.
"I can't come. My family is coming from Norway to visit." Shiha complained, her mood instantly dampening. Mitsuki started pouting at the news of her new, similar friend wasn't going to be able to come.
"Aw man!" Mitsuki whined before turning it into an evil smile. "Then just think of some ideas for Monday!" the group stared in horror at her while the purple headed girl smiled brightly again before running down another street, waving goodbye.
"Ok! Later guys!" the girl said, bidding goodbye. Only those expected waved and smiled back. Others just nodded or did nothing.
Kaida rubbed her head before sighing. "I still don't want to-"
"But you are~!" Mitsuki butted in, only to whine in pain a second later when she received a whack on the head.
"-BUT since I love cooking, why not." Kaida finished as most of the group stared in shock. She WANTED the picnic? Mitsuki, Matsumoto, and Orihime squealed before starting to come up with a list of things for people to bring. Her sister just sighed.
"Of course."
Matsumoto then clapped her hands together. "So, who's bringing what?"
This then began one hour of complaining, whining, yelling, hitting, and etc. to decide who was to bring what for this exciting picnic. But the funniest thing that they all agreed on was Mitsuki and Matsumoto threatening the tenth division taicho and the youngest transfer student to go or go on a date with the other. Which one they picked was as clear as water. Plus a whole lot of yelling and the temperature decreasing a few degrees.
But no seemed to have thought about the possibly of something bad may happen at this merry event. None at all. And something was going to happen...
Picnic List
Orihime/Matsumoto/Hitsugaya: Anything she cooks, sake (crossed out multiple times), utensils
Mitsuki/Kaida/Kiyo/Kira: Anything she cooks, deserts, anything to do for fun
Ichigo/Rukia: Drinks
Renji: Anything he can get/Anything to do for fun
Ikkaku/Yumichika: Snacks
Uryū: Blankets, utensils
Chad: Anything he can get/Anything to do for fun
The Next Day...
Apartment 1
"Lemonade?"
"Check."
"Sandwiches?"
"Check."
"Salad?"
"Check."
"Etc.?"
"What?"
"You twit! Anything else on the damn list!"
PULSE VEIN.
"Whatever, check. I'm not a twit."
"Ok, did I miss anything?"
"Tea?"
"No, got that. I still don't get why you drink that stuff, Kira."
"Hm."
"Oh! Did you bring the candy?!"
"NO!!!"
"Cake?"
"NADA!"
"WHAT?! COOKIES?!"
"N-low sugar."
"WAH!!!"
"SHUT UP!!!"
WHACK!!!
Apartment 2
"Oh, that looks delicious, Orihime!"
"Arigato, Ran-san! What do you think, Tōshirō-kun?"
"..."
"Taicho?"
"Tōshirō-kun?"
"...err..."
That's ok, taicho! You can try it and tell us!"
"NANI?!"
"Here you go!"
"MATS-...!"
"Well...how is it?"
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RUNNING.
"Hm...That's the fastest he ever ran in his gigai before, eh Orihime?"
Sweat drops.
Store
"What drinks are we buying, Ichigo?"
"I have no damn clue. Soda is usually a good choice but who knows when you have that thing there."
"Hm...How about this, Ichigo?"
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"HELL NO!!!"
"WHAT?!"
"RUKIA, DAMMIT! I'M NOT BUYING THAT!"
"WHY NOT?! IT IS A DRINK!!!"
"IT'S A CHAPPY THE BUNNY JUICE BOX! A JUICE BOX!!!"
"WHAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH THAT?!"
"IT'S A KIDS DRINK!!!"
WHACK!
"What the-RUKIA!"
"Oh shut up! Just buy it!"
"Alright, alright! Dammit, it's just a stupid bunny!"
WHACK!
"RUKIA!!! DON'T HIT ME WITH THE DAMN THING!!!"
Keigo's House
"Just put the thing in the bag already!"
"No! It contains too many calories!"
"It's a bag of chips!"
"So?"
"That counts as a snack!"
"Humph, a snack for those that have no beauty like mine."
Twitch. Twitch.
"JUST PUT THE DAMN THING IN THE BAG!!!"
Door creaking open.
"HEY! Why are you taking all of the chips, Baldie?!"
PULSE MEGA VEIN.
"WHAT. DID. YOU. CALL. ME?!"
Cold Shiver.
"N-NOTHING!!! YOU C-CAN T-TAKE ALL OF I-IT!!!"
Uryū's Place
"Hm...These blankets I knitted should work fine. I just have to take it out from underneath-"
RIP!
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"No matter. I'll take this-"
RIP!!
"-one... Over here."
RIP!!!
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Twitch. Twitch.
"...I'll just take the ones from the store."
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"Just forget it."
Urahara's Shoten
"Ah! Here! You can bring this!"
"You sure old man? This stuff seems to be candy rather than the snacks you promised."
"Nonsense. I'm a man of my word! Now, that will be one hundred twenty yen."
PULSE VEIN.
"WHAT?!"
"You are using them, right Renji-san? So, you have to pay for them!"
Twitch.
"Grr...fine. Whatever, here."
"Ah! Here you go!"
Footsteps. Door opening and closing.
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Chucking.
Footsteps.
"You gave him the candy, didn't you?"
"Hai, Yoruichi."
Chad's Place
"..."
Shuffling.
"..."
Footsteps. Door opening and closing.
"..."
(A/N: What did you expect? He's Chad.)
To the Park!!!
"Mitsuki! Get away from there!!!" Kaida yelled. Yelled girl paid no attention as she ran into the nearby candy store that they were passing by. The older sister would've gone after the runaway if it wasn't for her carrying a very large basket of food and stuff for the picnic.
Kiyo snorted from where he stood next to her. "Of course she would do that. After you told her the only thing sweet was low sugared cookies she began freaking out. Next time put a leash on her."
Sweat drops.
"Shouldn't someone go get her?" Matsumoto asked, looking at everyone around her. However she shortly then sweat dropped at her options.
She couldn't go because she had two bags of utensils and food.
The two shortest people couldn't go because they were bickering again and carrying their own bags of stuff.
Orihime had way too many bags that it was a miracle that she could still even walk.
Kaida had that huge basket to carry.
And finally Kiyo had a soccer ball.
And guess who the winner was?
"Fine. I'll go." Kiyo grumbled, walking towards the last place his sister was seen. "We'll catch up later at the park." They all did something in return to tell him they were listening before continuing towards the park, where the picnic was being held.
Pushing the door opened, Kiyo poked his head into the store before scanning the store trying to look for his sister. He spotted her easily since she was stuffing three bags at a time with a large assortment of different candies from the containers on the wall. There was chocolate, gumballs, and small boxes of pocky. The boy sweat dropped at what he was seeing.
"MITSUKI!!!" Kiyo yelled, making the yelled at girl freeze. She turned around slowly and smiled weakly as her brother marched up before pulling her by the ear.
"Ow! Ow!" Mitsuki cried, trying to not leave her bags of candy behind as Kiyo pulled her. "KIYO!!!"
"NO!" Kiyo spat back, making other people in the store at the moment sweat drop at them. He didn't care as long as his sister was gone from the Sugar High Candy Store. And no, that really was the name of the store. (A/N: This is not Urahara's Shoten, just some candy store.)
"Excuse me..." a voice interrupted, making the twins stop and look over to their right. They smiled weakly at the girl in front of them.
The girl that had extremely pale skin that almost looked white was staring at them. Her hair was long, straight, and silver that reached to hip that matched her equally silver eyes. The front of her hair was tied into a braid with a white butterfly bell. A choker with a snow doll on it hung around her neck. Her clothes were a white shirt with a logo of the candy store on it, jeans, and black heels. To finish a blue butterfly earring hung on her right ear.
Realizing that she was a worker here, Kiyo gave a small grin at the girl. "Um...we're just leaving..." the girl crossed her arms.
"Yes you are, but store policy states that if you touch any candy from those containers back there without using the designated scoop you have to pay for them." the girl responded, making Kiyo groan and Mitsuki cheer.
Taking the bags, Mitsuki and Kiyo quickly paid for their stuff, or Mitsuki's candy, before leaving the story as fast as Kiyo could carrying three bags of candy and a soccer ball. Mitsuki just ran right after him.
The silver haired girl just chuckled as he leaned against the counter. She glanced out the windows, watching Kiyo and Mitsuki run down the streets towards the park...or more chasing on Mitsuki' part. She brushed some of her loose hair out of her face before saying something softly.
"Hopefully Rukia-chan doesn't die from those too."
Soon the twins found themselves at the park where everyone was supposed to meet. But when they met up with them they were greeted to a confusing sight. The whole entire group was yelling at each other. Their picnic stuff laid scattered on the table and ground, things spilling out of the bags. And they couldn't figure out what they were arguing about.
"Hey! Guys!" Kiyo yelled, trying to get their attention. No such luck.
!!!!!!!
"GAH!!!" anybody within a five mile radius distance cried, covering their ears as quickly as possible again. And without a doubt then glared at the only girl with a whistle that would dare blow it: Mitsuki.
Said girl just smiled before asking the all important question.
"Why are you guys fighting?"
Asked people just looked at each other before back at the twins waiting for an answer. They all twitched or flinched when they saw the candy in Kiyo's hands. Twin boy just sweat dropped.
"For your question, same old, same old." Kaida answered, making everyone do an anime fall for such a vague answer.
"Why do you have candy?!" Ichigo demanded, eying the stuff Kiyo placed on the table. Boy with stuff just rubbed his head sheepishly.
"The candy store's policy..." he muttered, making everyone once again groaned or sigh. They could never get rid of the candy, no matter how hard they tried. Mitsuki then jumped up and down while clapping her hands to get people's attention.
"Ok, people! Let's get this picnic started!!!"
"MITSUKI!!! GET DOWN HERE!!!" Renji shouted, pulsing a vein as he glared up the tree at yelled girl. He shortly turned his glared to his other shinigami friends when they continued to laugh at him. Kiyo and Kaida were rolling on the floor with laughter. Hitsugaya and Kira on the other hand just rolled their eyes.
Why you ask?
'Cause Renji was covered in pineapple juice. (A/N: Guess where I got that idea~!)
"Pineappleheadinpineapples!" Mitsuki exclaimed really fast that it took a few seconds for people to understand what she was saying. This only made everyone do what they were doing again, some even harder than before.
Ichigo placed his hands on his knees as he laughed. "Ha, you really got it, Renji!"
"SHUT UP!!!"
Mitsuki smirked from where she hid in the tree. "But it's not over~! KIYO, NOW!"
"Usually I'd say no, but this is too good!" her brother answered, confusing everyone when he ran off towards somewhere else.
"Where did he go?" Rukia asked, wondering why Kiyo just took off like that. Everyone shrugged, except for the two at the three who were currently yelling at each other again.
"At least it's not be gonna be what that monster did." Ichigo said, pointing to who the monster was.
PULSE VEIN.
"HEY! I HEARD THAT!!!"
"You were supposed too!" Ichigo yelled back, making people laugh as Mitsuki fumed from where she hid in the tree.
"STRAWBERRY!!! YOU'RE GONNA PAY!!!"
"How?" the boy with the name meaning strawberry questioned, not scared at all. "You're in a tree." she just smirked.
"Oh no," Kaida groaned, turning everyone's attention back towards her. She was backing away from Ichigo as quickly as possible. He and everyone else just stared in puzzlement as they watched her.
Hitsugaya sighed from where he sat on the picnic bench. "You'd better move, Kurosaki."
"For once, I agree." Kira added, the girl instead sitting on the picnic table. And surprisingly those two weren't arguing yet. Ichigo just blinked at them.
"Nani?"
"They're right."
SPLASH!
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"WHAT THE HELL?!" Ichigo roared, stepping backwards. Rukia and Yumichika did the same. Everyone else was now just crying with laughter.
Mitsuki almost fell out of the tree as she laughed. "Ha, ha ha! I told you it wasn't over and I'll make you pay!!!" Not even Orihime could not stop laughing as she watched the three of them. Matsumoto doubled over in laughter.
"She got you there, Ichigo!"
Ikkaku smirked. "Looks good on you, Ichigo!"
Uryū pushed up his glasses as sunlight reflected off of them. "The look certainly fits you, Ichigo."
"..." was all Chad said. And Kaida couldn't say anything since she was getting close to busting a gut from laughing so hard.
"You know how I feel now, eh Ichigo?" Renji taunted, not fazed when Ichigo's face came over with a darkened expression. Rukia scowled.
"BUT THIS IS STRAWBERRY JUICE!!!" Rukia yelled, trying to wipe off the pink liquid off of her arms. Yumichika looked in disgust.
"How disgusting! Covered in some sticky smelly substance!" The older twin just shrugged at the three of them.
"Hey, you should have done what Kaida did and back away."
Triple twitches and pulse veins.
"KIYO!!!"
"Oh snap...LATER!!!"
"GET BACK HERE!!!"
"He should have known that was coming." Kira commented, sipping her drink. She was watching as the three splashed with strawberry juice began running after Kiyo around the park. She rolled her eyes when he then ran up the tree nearest to Mitsuki. Literally he just ran up the tree.
Hitsugaya rolled his own eyes. "I'm surprised he even did that." Kira raised an eyebrow at him.
"Really?"
"No, of course not."
Sweat drops.
"Only you would say something like that." Kira muttered, the edges of her mouth twitching into a smirk when she saw him twitch. Boy twitching didn't say anything.
Matsumoto laughed until she actually cried with Orihime and Ikkaku as they watched the twins hug the trees to death as the four teamed up to shake the two out of them.
"This is great! If only there was some sake here!" the tenth division fukutaichō laughed. Ikkaku looked over at her.
"You wouldn't be able to laugh."
"Your point?"
Sweat drops.
"How long have they been doing that?" some random person passing by the group asked. The picnic group just sweat dropped. Uryū looked at his watch. (A/N: Does he even have one???)
"About ten minutes."
Anime fall.
"Idiots." Hitsugaya said, eyebrow twitching. Of course he would say that; he hated anybody or anything that was stupid, idiotic, and mostly anything that has fun involved.
Kira snorted. "Yeah, that was pretty ob-"
LICK.
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TWITCH. TWITCH.
Kira started at Hitsugaya, her eyes wide. Hitsugaya was instead just sitting there twitching violently at the thing that licked him. No one else was even paying attention to the two of them because they were watching Kiyo finally fall out of the tree on the two below him.
The thing that licked Hitsugaya's face licked it again.
LICK.
TWITCH.
"...ha..." Kira said softly, covering her mouth. She did it again when the cat began licking Hitsugaya's face repeatedly as the boy continued twitching and then pulsing veins. After the tenth time the boy pulsed a vein did she do something that no one had ever heard in a long time.
Laugh.
The sound of it made everyone immediately stop what they were doing, which was a relief to Kiyo until Rukia stepped on his face again. They were all staring at the younger Yumi sister, disbelief covering every bit of them.
But the one most shocked was Hitsugaya. He turned around in his seat to stare himself. He didn't even notice when the tabby cat that was licking his face nestled itself into his hair.
Twitch.
Ok, maybe a little.
"Yay! Kira finally laughed!" Mitsuki cried, jumping down from the three and onto Renji's back. Both collapsed onto the ground from the girl's weight.
Sweat drops.
Kira was just laughing a bit harder as she pointed to the cat in Hitsugaya's hair, making him and everyone else realize what she was laughing at. Boy with cat in his hair began turning red in anger and embarrassment. Oh, and of course pulsing many veins.
"YUMI!!! STOP THAT AT ONCE!!!"
And of course Kira ignored him before petting the cat gently on the head. He began fuming even more than ever when everyone began joining in to laugh at him.
"Aw, taicho!" Matsumoto cooed. "How kawaii!"
"MATSUMOTO!!!"
Ichigo doubled over in laughter again as he watched the fluffy scene in front of him. "Nice one, Tōshirō!"
PULSE VEIN.
"URUSAI!!! AND IT'S HITSUGAYA-TAICHO TO YOU, KUROSAKI!!! NOT 'TŌSHIRŌ'!"
Kaida just kept laughing as she helped Kiyo up. Shaking his head to rid the daze, he thanked her before looking around to see what all the commotion was about. And he just smirked at it.
"Well, it looks like we know another thing on how to get her to laugh." the older sister nodded.
"Yeah, just put a cat in Hitsugaya's hair."
"Hai."
"YUMI!!! QUIT PETTING IT!!!"
After getting the cat to stop clinging onto Hitsugaya's hair and him to stop yelling at everyone that laughed at him the group began preparing to lay out all the food and stuff that was brought to the picnic. But before they were finished there was of course yelling at Renji and Kiyo for bringing candy to the event.
Orihime opened up one of the containers of food she brought and presented to everyone, smiling. "Here you guys!" Most of the group backed away instantly from the group, not wanting to dare try it. Only Matsumoto and those that had never experienced or saw her cooking before glanced at it.
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"Well? You guys want some?" Orihime asked eagerly after a minute passed. That was more directed towards the four students from America since Matsumoto was already digging into the food. The food was something that included fish, celery, onions, rice, mushrooms, and something that was an odd green color. Most of the four paled at the sight of it.
"Um...no thanks, Orihime." Kaida answered.
"Maybe...next time." Kiyo added, quickly taking something else nearby instead.
"I lost my appetite." Kira said, putting down her plate of food. She glared at her sister when she hit her lightly on the head for saying that.
"I want to, but I'm allergic to mushrooms." Mitsuki complained, eying the dish. "Next time if there's no mushrooms!"
"Ok!"
"Can we eat yet?" Ikkaku grumbled from where he say, looking hungrily at the chicken on his plate. He and everyone else was forced to wait and eat since Kaida wanted everyone to get something first. Bossy much...
"Fine. Go ahead." he let out a grunt.
"Itadakimasu!" And without further a due everybody then began digging into the lunch picnic.
"Mmm...this is good." Mitsuki said through a mouthful of the salad Orihime made. "What's in it?"
"Oil, onions, pork, spinach, eggs, lettuce, and dressing!" Orihime answered cheerfully, happy that someone else other than Matsumoto actually tried and liked her cooking. The rest just turned a bit green as they saw it.
"Rukia," Ichigo said, getting the raven's head attention. "What are you doing?"
Rukia looked up before holding up her Chappy the Bunny juice box. "Trying to find out where to put the straw in."
Sweat drops.
Ichigo slapped his forehead. "At the top, Rukia." Said girl then tried putting it in but didn't know she was holding it upside down. So when she decided to poke the straw through she accidentally squeezed the box at the same time the straw actually went through. And the result was the juice spraying all over her.
"Ok...exploding juice boxes?" Mitsuki commented, watching as Rukia blink while the apple juice dripped off of her. Rukia then turned to glare at Ichigo and Renji since they were laughing at what she did to herself this time. But that soon backfired on Renji since Rukia dared him to put the straw through and he also did it upside down too. So that ended up in two shinigamis covered in apple juice, two ruined juice boxes, two angry people, and a group of laughing people.
Chad handed the two of them a towel, which both were very thankful for. But they did raise an eyebrow when they spotted the large rips in both of them before glancing at Uryū, who was the one that brought them. All he did was look away and take a bite of his salmon favored onigirl, trying hard to shrink down to the size of an ant. He believed they needed no knowledge of what happened earlier.
The group let out a laugh at him before Renji and Rukia began wiping the sticky juice off of themselves once again. Mitsuki had to held back by Kaida and Kiyo since she wanted to use those juice boxes to spray it on everyone else, which led to people not cleaning themselves or holding down the whacko to grab each of the boxes and drink them quickly. Three people got stomach aches from drinking them really quickly.
But the rest of the lunchtime went pretty normal, if you could call it that. The transfer students discovered that Renji, Ichigo, and Ikkaku had bottomless pits of stomachs which let them eat a lot of the food with Kiyo, who also had the same thing. The shinigamis and their friends learned that if you steal Mitsuki's food you will get bitten. No, I'm not joking. She actually did bite Yumichika on the hand when he was trying to take the last bite sized sandwich off the plate. Also that Kaida drinks nothing but lemonade. Matsumoto and Mitsuki tried switching her drinks with somehow magically appeared disguised bottle of sake before she threw the bottle at them and it crashed into the trashcan. Hitsugaya was then sent into yelling at his fukutaichō for bringing that.
Oh, and that Chad liked spicy foods. Weird, huh?
"I'm so full!" Mitsuki exclaimed, flopping onto her back. Everyone nodded. The picnic was pretty much officially over unless they wanted to stay and just hang out. But there was some doubt about that, especially since they didn't know what Mitsuki was acting like right now. Usually after lunch Mitsuki wasted all her energy trying to prank other people with Shiha. Now that there was no one else but them to prank, a couple of them were a bit cautious of her.
"So..." Kaida asked, drawing the word out. "What do guys want to do now?" Everyone shrugged; what was there to do?
MEOW!
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Kira smirked at the boy glaring right next to her. "Looks like she likes you, eh Midget?"
PULSE VEIN.
"NO. And it's Hitsugaya to you, Yumi!" the boy growled back.
"Ah! She's so cute!" Orihime said, looking at the tabby she-cat. Mitsuki and Matsumoto smiled alongside her as the other two females just nodded and grin. The boys weren't like that all.
Mitsuki then stretching a hand towards her to try and pet it like Kira had done earlier. But to her surprise the cat hissed and clawed at her. She was just barely able to retract her hand before she was scratched. The picnickers were now backing away from the cat.
"What the hell is wrong with that thing?!" Kiyo cried, wondering why the she-cat suddenly turn hostile. Rukia answered him this time instead of Kaida.
"It's a stray; they're not domestic." she explained.
Ichigo scratched the back of his head as he stared at the cat glaring at him. "How do we get rid of this thing, then?" everybody answered with a shrug.
But the answer came to them when they saw the cat rub her head against the tenth division taicho's leg. And said owner of the leg was quite unhappy. Kira gave a small grin as everybody laughed before lifting the cat by the scruff of her neck. The girl held it arms length to prevent getting any injuries. The group looked on in confusion.
Kaida hit her forehead. "Duh! Kira owns a cat!"
"She does?" everybody asked. Kiyo nodded, remembering that as well.
"Yeah, but she's back home right now."
"If you are done talking about Tsuki," Kira interrupted. "I am going to go." the group nodded, happy to be rid of the bipolar cat.
But Kira was unable to walk five steps before the cat managed to somehow claw her arm. She cursed at it before lifting her arm upwards to avoid it doing it again. Not turning around, she grabbed Hitsugaya.
Not caring to explain why she grabbed him, a confused and startled Hitsugaya was dragged by Kira towards the nearby mini woods after thrusting the cat into his arms. Yelling and shouting began again between the two as Kira and a forced Hitsugaya headed towards a place to get rid of the cat. Meanwhile they left the others completely stunned.
"Ok...that was really odd." Kiyo, breaking the silence first.
"Why did Kira-chan grab Tōshirō-kun?" Orihime asked.
"I think it's cause the cat seems to like that brat," Kaida answered, taking another sip of lemonade. "That devil cat did stop fighting once it was in his arms."
Mitsuki randomly then began whining. "I wanna play soccer!"
STARE.
"What?"
"That was random." Uryū replied, making everyone sweat dropped. Mitsuki just pouted.
"But I wanna play that before eating my candy!"
"NO CANDY!!!" they all screamed back, scaring some people passing by.
"But-" Mitsuki began, puppy dog eyes on.
Everyone gulped and tried to look away as quickly as possible. But they were too late; Mitsuki was going full out on the puppy dog eyes look and didn't look like she was going to give any time soon. The only person not affected was Matsumoto, who had mysteriously disappeared after the other two left when Mitsuki had whispered something secretly to her.
"Pretty, pretty please?" Mitsuki begged in a child-like voice. They tried to resist the look but Kaida caved.
"FINE!" she shouted, throwing her arms into the air. She scowled at Mitsuki as said girl hugged her before grabbing the soccer ball and racing towards the field. Turning she saw the glares her friends were giving her.
"HEY! DON'T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT! YOU WERE ABOUT TO DO THE SAME!!!" Kaida yelled, arms crossed. "Besides, you guys can get rid of the candy then."
"And what about her?" Renji asked, pointing towards the girl waving at them from the field.
Kiyo sighed before heading towards the field. "Kaida and I can distract her. We should be able to so you guys can do it. Just get rid of the candy by then." mentioned girl nodded before following after Kiyo.
"But why should we do it?" Ichigo asked, only to have Rukia hit him.
"Idiot! Just do it!" the smaller girl yelled. The boy she hit pulsed a vein before yelling back.
"Rukia! Don't hit me, dammit!"
"Then quit acting like an idiot!" Rukia retorted back.
This added more fuel to the fire that Renji decided it was a good idea to butt in.
"Stop it you tw-"
"STAY OUTTA THIS!!!" the two shouted back, making the red pineapple become pissed as well. The rest watched on, some in amusement and others...differently.
This was going to take awhile...
But let's go to the other two...
Right now Hitsugaya and Kira were arguing about why the tenth division was dragged into this. Both were getting more and more pissed by the second as they spent time with each other. And the purring cat in Hitsugaya's arms didn't help much.
Finally the two reached deep enough inside the mini woods that the cat soon stay there. However the said cat had different plans then the ones intended. And they were not the ones the other two wanted.
"Can't you get rid of that thing yet?" Kira asked, ripping a part of the towel she also had managed to grab. She ignored the icy glare she received by wrapping the towel around her slightly bleeding arm.
"It...won't...let...go..." Hitsugaya growled, trying to get the cat to stop clinging onto his gigai's chest. It failed each time since his gigai was apparently weak enough to not have the strength to pull a cat off.
Kira let out a sigh. "Here." she slapped Hitsugaya's hand away from the cat before grabbing a fistful of fur. And without hesitation pulled backwards.
The result was disastrous.
Kira was able to get the cat off but the velocity of an angry cat sent the two preteens falling. Hitsugaya fell flat on his butt as Kira stumbled backwards with a yowling and scratching cat. They stopped when Kira tripped over a tree root and accidentally sent the cat flying towards Hitsugaya. He managed to duck so the cat flew into the bushes behind him. Leaves rustling and hissing could be heard but the demon cat didn't reappear.
Hitsugaya sighed in relief that the cat was finally gone. First the squirrel and now a cat. What next? A monkey?
"Fucking cat!" Kira's swore loudly, bringing the boy's attention back towards her. He was greeted to the sight of a girl with a bleeding arm, messy hair, and some torn clothing. But the words she muttered under her breath that he could make out caught the most of his attention.
"...kick...cat...only...zanp..."
The last word sent suspicion up his spine. He suspected that what she was muttering about was 'zanpakutō'. But Hitsugaya was unable to confirm this since Kira grew silent when she caught him eavesdropping. Now cursing in Chinese the girl ripped the towel again as Hitsugaya walked over.
"Are you...alright?" he asked, hesitant. Asked girl looked up from bandaging her arm and raised an eyebrow at him. This was currently new to them.
"Hm...I'm bleeding because of a stupid cat. What do you think?" Kira asked rhetorically, looking back down and tying the towel again on her arm by her teeth and right hand. Hitsugaya on the other hand was trying not to retort back. And for some unknown reason try not to feel guilty. However the tenth division was suddenly pulled to the ground from a hand encircling his wrist.
Silently cursing about the sudden movement he was about to snap at Kira until he felt a cloth cover the area right above his left eye. Hitsugaya jolted backwards from the sudden lack of light from that eye to slam his back into a tree and receiving a whack to his right arm.
Confused and still baffled, he turned in the direction he was whacked to see a glaring Kira.
"Quit moving so much!" she snapped. "Do you want that bleeding to stop or not?" he stared back still as ever confused until a red liquid entered his eyes. Startled, Hitsugaya wiped at it to reveal that it was his blood. When the cat was sent flying or when it was pried off of him its claws must have scratched right over his left eye without him noticing.
Kira used a piece of the torn towel that wasn't around her left arm and gently pressed it against Hitsugaya's wound. The prodigy was shocked at how gentle she was being. He had believed that this would have never happened---or that she could be gentle.
She wiped it once more before stopping and inspecting it. Either she didn't it or ignored the fact that Hitsugaya was blushing a little from her sudden act and that their faces were quite close then he liked. But it seemed that the closeness of their faces drew on Kira a bit late.
Falling backwards quickly, Kira turned to lean on the tree too but look towards the ground as Hitsugaya to his side. It got really awkward for the two of them after that. And continued for awhile. That really wasn't something the two were used to. After a few tense minutes Kira broke the silence first.
"...The bleeding stopped. You should be fine..."
"...Arigato." he thanked in response. The silence fell over them again. And it was still as thick.
A minute passed before Kira let out a small laugh. Hitsugaya looked over at her, eyebrow raised. Today had officially gone odd for him.
"What's so funny?" he asked. Kira shook her head before closing her eyes.
"You wouldn't understand, Midget."
Twitch.
"Yumi, it's-"
SNAP!
Hitsugaya stopped his usual rant about his name to Kira before standing up. Said girl just opened her eyes but didn't stand. Both stared at the bushes were the sound had come from. They became even more tensed when realized it was the same bushes their demon cat flew through.
And if it was that cat, both preteens wanted to kill it.
So they waited to see who it was.
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"Ah, no! My new clothes!"
PULSE VEIN.
"MATSUMOTO!!!"
SILENCE.
"MATSUMOTO!!! IF YOU DO NOT GET OUT HERE I WILL TAKE AWAY YOUR SECRET SAKE ST-" Hitsugaya began yelling into the bushes. He didn't even need to finish it as the yelled woman's head appeared behind a tree.
"Ah...taicho!" Matsumoto greeted weakly as she watched her taicho begin pulsing multiple veins. She smiled weakly to Kira who sat against the tree expressionlessly, her eyes showing the barest hints of amusement.
"What are you doing here, Matsumoto?" Hitsugaya demanded, walking towards her. She gulped and sheepishly rubbed her head at him.
"I was... I was... I was going to the bathroom! Yeah, that's it!" she answered. She shivered as she felt the temperature drop a few degrees.
"In the WOODS?"
"Ah...hai?"
"MATSUMOTO!!!"
Kira watched the banter between the two as time passed. She secretly found it very amusing that the Midget acted superior to someone older and taller than him. It was even more amusing that he couldn't do it to someone younger and a wee bit shorter than him instead. How very ironic.
That thought in mind and that she was starting to get bored, Kira yawned quietly before falling asleep against the tree. All mostly because she was very, very bored. Oh, and those two's bickering was getting annoying.
"But taicho! I just wanted to see-" Matsumoto began only to be cut off once again by the infamous ice glare.
"See what, Matsumoto?" Hitsugaya growled, the temperature slowly dropping.
"Um..."
BBBRRRIIINNNGGG!!!
At once their argument stopped. They pulled out there soul candy dispensers and Hitsugaya his Soul Phone as well. Matsumoto cast a glance back at Kira.
"What about Kawaii-chan?" she asked, worried.
Hitsugaya glanced back as well before popping the soul candy into his mouth. Jumping out of his gigai, he looked at his phone while answering.
"Yumi will be fine." he said before furrowing his eyebrow at the small screen. Matsumoto nodded before popping out of her own gigai.
"So where's the hollow?" she questioned when her taicho didn't respond yet.
"It's-" the prodigy began but was stopped by a loud, vicious roar. And it sounded really close to them. Both shinigamis turned around sharply to find themselves facing the hollow.
"-here." Hitsugaya finished, eyes narrowing while his fukutaichō widened her own eyes instead.
The hollow was at least three stories high. Its body was a mix of those of a monkey with a bird; the face of an eagle over a monkey with four arms and tail. Like others before it a red and white mask covered the Hollow's face. Two hideous black wings stretched out from the creature's back. No question that it was disgusting. But then again all Hollows were horrible looking to all shinigami.
But that wasn't the reason that this daily task got a hundred times harder; the hollow would be easy enough to take down. No, that wasn't why the two were going to be more careful.
It was the fact that the Hollow was towering over the tree Kira was sleeping under.
Going back towards the rest of the group, Renji and Ichigo were lugging the bags away as Rukia bossed them around. Ikkaku was laughing hysterically at them while his friend grinned.
"Shut up!" Ichigo snapped at Ikkaku, pulsing a vein. "If you think this so funny then why don't you do it?!"
"That's because you're already doing it, Ichigo!" Rukia snapped at him. Apparently he and Renji were doing it since they lost in the fight with Rukia. Said red head grumbled while the other two began fighting again.
"There seems to a lot of fighting..." Orihime commented, remembering everyone else that also fought. Uryū nodded.
"Yes, ever since those four transferred here." the Quincy added, pushing his glasses up. A few of his friends nodded.
BBBRRRIIINNNGGG!!!
The mood and atmosphere changed instantly at that one sound. Doing what the others did, the shinigamis jumped out of their bodies before waiting from Rukia to see where the Hollow was.
Ichigo crossed his arms impatiently. "Oi, Rukia. Where is it?" she just looked at the screen, confused.
"I don't know," the raven head answered. "It's only saying that there are two-"
BBBBBOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!!!!
The group jumped in surprise before glancing at the area where it came from. Their expressions changed dramatically as they saw the smoke. People in the park began screaming. Everyone around them were running around in all directions, scared, confused, and frightened. This was not going to be easy for any of them.
But the loudest one was Mitsuki's, followed by the other two behind her. And it was directly from the center of the explosion.
"Shit!"
Renji was right to say that as he and everyone shunpoed as quickly as possible towards the place.
This picnic was turning from exciting and carefree into a nightmare.
Me: Ok...that was way too long.
Mitsuki: Yup! Why was it that long anyway?
Me: -shrugs-
Me: I don't know, I thought it was going to around six thousand words at the max. Not almost TEN THOUSAND!!!
Everyone: Hey, you wrote it.
Me: -sweat drops-
Matsumoto: Aw...that was so kawaii between you two!!!
Hitsugaya and Kira: MATSUMOTO!!!
Everyone: -watches as the woman is chased around-
Renji: Did something happen?
Ichigo: I don't know.
Mitsuki: -sneaks into a corner-
Mitsuki: Yes! That worked! Time for IchiRuki!
Kiyo: Mitsuki! What are you muttering back there?!
Mitsuki: Nothing!
Orihime and Rukia: Ja ne!
*~Kira~*