Me: Welcome back!
Karin: This place is weird.
Mitsuki: -pouts-
Mitsuki: No it's not!
Everyone: Really? Then why are you here?
Mitsuki: WAH!!!
Kaida: -walks into room pushing a cart of food-
Everyone: ???
Kaida: Dinner.
Boys in the room: YEAH!
Boys in the room: -scramble towards the cart-
Kaida: -whacks them with a frying pan-
Kaida: NO!
Boys in the room: -groans-
Boys in the room: WHY NOT?!
Kaida: -points to girls in the room-
Kaida: Ladies first.
Girls in the room: Yeah!
Girls in the room: -heads towards the cart-
Boys in the room: -stare at the cart-
Kaida: -shows them the frying pan-
Kaida: You want some pain?
Boys in the room: -gulp-
Me: Eh... scary.
Yuzu: -nods-
Yuzu: H-Hai.
Rena: Read, read, read!
Ren: And review! Hey give me that sake!
Audience: -sweat drops-
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-o-o-o- Chapter 13 -o-o-o-
Calm Before the Storm
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'Thoughts'
"Speaking"
After another half hour of breakfast chaos, the group finally manage to get out the door of the cottage. Chad, Kira, and Riki had left earlier in order to get something for the latter to eat, seeing as he wouldn't even dare step into the kitchen after nearly losing an eye by a flying fork. So, the two took him down to the lodge where they were offering students breakfast as long as it was before ten o'clock. And that resulted in a more peaceful time eating compared to the ones stuck back in the cottage.
But now everyone was currently in the lodge, loitering around. Due to the 'storm' that occurred yesterday, the teachers and staff of the resort had decided to put in action more rules in order to ensure everyone's safety. Papers were posted all over the lodges talking about the new rules.
STUDENTS OF KARAKURA HIGH SCHOOL
As of today, the new rules listed below will take effect today and until the end of the trip. Please read them and understand punishment may be inflicted if you choose to disobey these rules:
All students were required to stay with their cottage mates and student or teacher supervisor during the day.
All activities must be done with your cottage group. No one is allowed to wander off without a buddy and student or teacher adviser permission.
Only the lodges, cottages, or any other resort building can students split off and due their own activities within the SAME building.
Please note that these rules are in for your safety during the remainder of the trip. So it is highly suggested that you follow them.
--- Your teachers and Resort Staff
Renji looked at the new rules that will being installed. He sighed as he finished reading, shaking his head as well. This now complicated things even more for their mission. As it wasn't already hard enough!
Mitsuki looked at Renji, confused. The candy girl was currently sitting upside down on one of the lounge chairs. Why was anybody's guess. "What's the matter with that? It'll be fun with everyone hanging out with me!"
'Says who?!' everybody in the lodge though in unison, giving the girl a deadpan look.
Kaida, who was standing next to Renji and reading the list of approved activities, grabbed a nearby pillow and threw it at the girl, not even turning around. She didn't say anything, only smirking when the loud thud of Mitsuki hitting the floor reached her ears. Renji in turn glanced warily at the girl; she could really be evil when she wanted to.
Her sister rolled her eyes, listening to music on the couch window. She leaned against the window, watching as Mitsuki began crying anime tears and her brother and somehow Ichigo got into trying to shut her up. Kira sighed as she rested her head in her palm, turning the music up to block out the noise.
Matsumoto instead saw the perks rather than the disadvantages of being together with everyone. She was standing next to her taichou, who was twitching and scowling from Shiha's teasing and poking. "I think we should go to the gift store!"
Stares.
The tenth division fukutaichou blinked, looking at all the stares aimed at her. "Nani?"
"You're kidding, right?" Ikkaku asked, hand rested on his somehow manage to bring wooden sword. "Do you know how long you will spend in that store?!"
Matsumoto pouted. "Ah, but I spied the cutest winder boots in there I gotta have! And---"
"Matsumoto..." Hitsugaya growled, pulsing a vein at his subordinate who was about to go into another shopping rant. The temperature even dropped a degree or two. The growled at woman 'eep' before rubbing her head sheepishly and trying to calm down her angry taichou. Shiha pouted at him for not being fun before deciding to go pick on someone else. Say, the drama king?
Ichigo sighed, hands in his pockets. "So, what are we going to do?" he asked, directing it towards the raven haired girl next to him. Rukia shrugged, a hand under her chin as she thought.
"I don't really know. With these new rules, it'll be harder to look for those two girls that you and Renji reported. Especially since if we leave all our gigais behind with the modsouls they might begin to suspect something. And I'm not sure how long we keep avoiding them with the memory modifier," Rukia answered, glancing at the people around her. Ichigo sighed again. His sister then headed over towards him, clipboard in hand.
"You ready yet?" she asked, directing it towards those two. "We're apparently going ice skating today."
Blink.
"Ice... skating?"
At the Lake
Kiyo groaned, looking at the vast area of frozen water before him. He was sitting on one of the benches around the lake. Loathing was in his eyes as he eyed the figure skates next to him. "Do we have to do this?"
Yumiko, who was standing nearby and writing something on her clipboard, nodded. "Hai. The other places like snowboarding and hiking are off limits as they checked the area to make sure it's safe. Indoor places like the ice rink and arcade are already full. It was either this or helping out in the kitchen." she then looked at the people gathered around her. "Unless you preferred the kitchen, that is?"
Shiver.
"Ice skating's good!"
Yumiko grinned. "I thought so."
Rukia slowly put a foot on the ice, using a nearby tree as a support. Despite being a ice wielder, the girl had never actually skated on ice before. And currently it was scaring the girl a bit. Ichigo, who was already on the ice, having gone with his sisters a few times, looked back at his friend.
"What? You scared?" the orange headed teased. Rukia glared at him, putting her other foot on the ice. Wobbling a bit, the girl held her arms to balance herself. After being able to stand a few seconds steadily, Rukia tried walking.
WHAM!
Ichigo had to snicker as Rukia laid on the ice on her stomach, groaning slightly. It was quite amusing to see that happen to his friend. But it was short lasted as a ball of snow was fired at his head and he ended up crashing into the ground as well.
"Ow! Rukia!" the shinigami representative snapped, scowling at the innocent looking girl. The two looked at each other for a few seconds, both of whom were on the ice. And like some rare twist of fate, they broke out laughing. Both were amused at each other and having a good time. But neither notice the sad look on another girl's face nearby as she watched the scene go on before her.
Mitsuki hummed to herself as she checked to make sure her laces were done and tight. A bright flash of light suddenly startled her, making the girl fall backwards off the bench and into the snow. Laughter reached her ears as the candy girl popped her head back up.
Shiha laughed again before taking another picture with the camera in her hands. "Hahaha, that looks funny, Hyper!" laughed at girl pouted before digging herself out of the snow.
"Not funny..." she mumbled. Looking back at her purple haired friend, she pointed at the camera. "What's that for?" Shiha looked at where Mitsuki was pointing.
"This?" she asked, moving on when the girl nodded. "I'm using it to take pictures of everyone ice skating. Rukia allowed me to borrow hers after I asked."
Mitsuki blinked, taking all of this in. Then she looked at Shiha's feet and saw that only boots were on them. "Wah!" she cried, lunging onto the startled girl. "Why don't you want to have fun with me?!"
Shiha pushed Mitsuki off of her. "Because ice skating is girly and I hate girly things," the girl explained simply. Mitsuki just began wailing even more. The wailed at girl sweat dropped. "Oi..."
Renji grunted nearby, trying to figure out how to strap the figure skates on. His eyebrow began twitching when his end result was a big mess of laces. Kaida, who was already done, raised an eyebrow at Renji.
"You're that bad?" she asked, ignoring the pulsing vein on his head and the glare aimed at her.
"Shut up!" he growled, quickly trying to untangle the mess. "These things are impossible!" Growled at girl sighed before grabbing the skates out of the red head's hands. "Hey!"
He received a hard whack to the head. "Shut it," Kaida snapped, beginning to tie the laces properly. "Be grateful that I'm even helping you or you'll be falling flat on your face every five seconds." Renji grumbled something before receiving another whack on the head.
"Alright! Alright!" the boy exclaimed, wanting the sister to start hurting him. Kaida smirked before returning to tying his laces properly. The two remained in silence, not really wanting to talk to each other. But it wasn't an awkward silence. It was actually soothing.
Shiha looked at the two, watching as Renji and Kaida not blow each other ears out. Getting an idea, she quickly turned off the flash on the camera. Making a motion to Mitsuki to be quiet for a few seconds, Shiha aimed the camera towards the two unaware teens and snapped a picture. She snickered as the photo showed on the screen before turning back to her confused friend.
"What'cha doing?" Mitsuki asked, curious. Shiha showed her the picture she just took, the two in the picture looking relaxed. The candy obsessed girl giggled and awed at how cute the photo was. "Ah! You should take more!"
Shiha smiled slyly. "Why'd you think I asked Rukia for it?" Mitsuki's eyes widened before smiling at Shiha in the same way.
"Then can I make some suggestions..."
"Die! Die! Die!" Ikkaku roared, trying to smash the ice into bits with his wooden sword. Apparently after falling on the ice about twenty times the bald division eleven shinigami really wanted to destroy the lake causing him pain and humiliation. Yumiko had to roll her eyes at the said shinigami as some of the braver members of the resort staff then came over and began wrestling with him over the sword.
"Sir, you can't do that!"
"You must stop!"
"Hell no I won't! That ice needs to die!"
Yumichika sighed from where he stood on the ice. "Idiot." Yumiko pinched the bridges of her nose.
"No wonder I don't like the annoying bald head who's a poor excuse of a shinigami."
PULSE VEIN.
"WHO YOU CALLING BALD?!"
"SIR!!!"
Dot. Dot. Dot.
Matsumoto sighed at them before skating around in a figure eight. The blonde haired woman loved this and somehow had a talent to do so. Out of everyone there, she was the best one apart from Ichigo, Kaida, and surprisingly Tatsuki. But that's because everyone else was falling over a lot and getting a lot of bruises.
The tenth division fukutaichou then looked over to her taichou, who was on the ice but not moving. "Eh... Taichou? Aren't you going to skate?"
"Hm," he grunted back, still remaining stationary. Matsumoto sighed. Her taichou seemed to have some sort of hatred towards fun. Glancing around, she then spotted the one person that may be able to get her taichou to stop being a party popper and have fun.
Skating over, she grinned at the girl who was sitting on the benches, yawning. Their eyebrows raised as they saw their sight of the lake blocked by the older woman. It raised a bit further when they saw the mischievous grin on Matsumoto's face.
"Matsumoto..." Kira began, not liking the look the woman was given her. "What do you want?" the woman smirked before casting a smile at the American boy sitting next to the girl.
"Riki-kun, do you mind if I take Kira-chan away for a minute?" she asked, ignoring the glare Kira was firing at her. The asked boy shrugged.
"Eh, ok." he answered, getting a good idea of what the woman was asking him. Giving him a quick thanks, Matsumoto grabbed the thirteen year old by the arm and began yanking her onto the ice.
"OI!" Kira shouted, pulsing a vein and trying to maintain her balance as her feet slipped and slide over the frozen water. "What the hell are you doing?!"
Matsumoto smiled cheekily back at the girl. "You're thank me for this one day!" and with a strong push, made the girl slide towards the one person she was aiming for. Their eyes widened alongside Kira's as the girl came tumbling towards them.
"MATSUMOTO!!!"
CRASH!
Matsumoto laughed at the sight she caused, holding her stomach as she watched the two dazed preteens lye in a tangle pile of limbs. Mitsuki who was skating nearby, stopped and looked at what happened before joining in. Shiha, who was still on the bank, smirked at the scene before taking a picture of it with the camera.
"Itai..." Kira groaned, trying to sit up. "I freaking hate that woman." But as she was trying to sit up, she heard someone else breathing a few inches away from her, making the girl freeze. Turning around, her eyes widened when she saw a pair teal green eyes looking straight at her, twitching.
"Do you mind getting off me?" the boy grunted, trying to sit up but with the difficulty of another person on top of him making it nearly impossible. Kira blinked for a few seconds before realizing what was going on.
"NANI?!"
Mitsuki collapsed onto the ice, spazzing out as she saw Kira more or less fling herself off of Hitsugaya. Shiha had to bite her tongue as she pressed the button again, taking another picture of the freaked out girl and annoyed boy. It was amusing to see the girl so startled compared to her cold personality. But she then had to hide the camera behind her back and whistle innocently when she saw the said girl looked at her darkly. The girl began sweating, thinking that she knew something about what the purple haired girl was doing. -cough- Camera -cough-
"Hahahah!" Matsumoto laughed, trying to wipe away the tears that had started in her eyes from laughing so much. "I'm a genius!"
PUSLE VEIN.
"MATSUMOTO!!!" Hitsugaya yelled, making the said woman stop. Slowly turning towards her taichou, she gulped when she saw the cold look in his eyes and the dangerous aura that almost seemed to be coming off of him. But she couldn't help but keep in mind that her taichou was trying to pretend that didn't happen. Well, she hoped so.
Orihime laughed a bit as she watched her friend cringe and yell out protests as Hitsugaya began threatening her with paperwork and forbidding the tenth division from ever having sake again. She had to giggle slightly as she watched Kira try to stand up with skates before she crashed again into Hitsugaya, this time her own fault. The two then began arguing and shouting at each other instead, providing for a perfect chance for Matsumoto and Mitsuki to sneak away.
"Hey..." a voice behind her began, making the orange haired girl jump before turning around. She spotted Riki skating up next to her, actually seeming to know how to do so. He skidded to a stop next to her. "You know English, right?"
Orihime nodded. "A bit..." Riki nodded. He then pointed towards Rukia and Ichigo, the former chasing the latter for some comment he made at her earlier.
"Why are you sulking here instead of going after him?" Riki asked bluntly, shocking the girl with the sudden question that she would have slipped if the boy hadn't grabbed her arm. He raised an eyebrow as he saw Orihime's red face before she turned away.
"It's... It's nothing!" she exclaimed, trying, or more like begging, her face to cool down and to get the American to stop pestering. Riki looked at her for another couple of seconds before sighing. Turning around, he began skating away.
"Ok, if you say so," he then turned around. "But be warn; nothing good comes to those who wait when dealing with love!" Orihime looked back at Riki, trying to figure out why out of all people he was giving her advice. Her answer was only a grin before the boy skated towards the still arguing Kira and Hitsugaya. She then glanced back at Ichigo and Rukia, who was now yelling at each other.
'Should I...?' Orihime thought, holding a hand to her chest as she watched her two friends interact.
Shiha glanced over at the worried love-sick girl, wondering what was going on with her. She followed her glaze, and saw that she was looking at Ichigo and Rukia. A light bulb went off in her head, getting a brief idea of what was going on with the girl. Not saying anything, the girl took a picture. She then glanced down at the screen and sighed. The picture was of Orihime looking towards Ichigo and Rukia, who were unknowingly having fun.
"How bittersweet..." Shiha mumbled, looking at the photo longer. "No wonder I hate girly things like this."
Mizuiro looked up from his cell phone as he glided across the ice. A few of the older resort female guests were with him, giggling and cooing over the boy. The boy was glancing back at his friend, who was currently lying on the ice, once again with anime tears spilling out of his eyes.
"Oh! Why me?!" Keigo cried, more tears falling. "Why won't any lady fall for me?! How come Mizuiro and Ichigo can get all the girls?!"
"WHAT?!" Ichigo yelled, having heard from the older side of the lake. Keigo whimpered in fear of being beaten again as he listened to Ichigo yell at him. Kaida, who was passing by, 'tsk' at the boy.
"And you wonder WHY you don't get girls?" Kaida asked rhetorically, trying to gauge the boy's dumbness. Keigo just continued crying, now adding nobody loved him. Kaida twitched and skated away, getting away before she could smash his head with her skates.
Chad watched from the sides as the Quincy got up from the bench. The Spaniard had decided not to try ice skating for two reasons. One: there was no skates that were his size. And two: the officials were scared the big guy might fall though into the ice. Yeah, so supported. Uryū on the other hand was trying to figure out the best method to try skating without falling.
And so, with both feet on the ice...
WHAM!
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That failed.
But it wasn't his fault; it was Mitsuki. Uryū had manage to stand without effort on the ice, but Mitsuki, who was running away from her brother, had crashed into him and sent the poor Quincy head first into the snow. The girl had shouted a fast apology before skating away, Kiyo on her tail and yelling even louder. Shiha laughed from where she stood nearby and took Uryū's picture, his head sticking up out the snow and his butt pointed outwards.
Yumiko glanced around her, making a mental checklist of everyone she could see and was in charge of. She nodded when she was done, all of her classmates, brother, and friends accounted for. A bell ringing behind made the older twin look around, taking a peek at the clock on the nearby post. Just about time for lunch.
"GUYS!" the girl yelled, gathering everyone's attention. But not before sweat dropping as Mitsuki crashed into Ichigo, who crashed into Rukia, whom Kiyo crashed into, before sending the four into Orihime, who in turn fell over Yumichika, that tripped Ikkaku, who crashed into a standing Uryū, resulting in Matsumoto tripping over the Quincy, who, as a finale, squashed her taichou and the two American preteens.
"Ouch!"
"Who the hell did that?!"
"Hmph! Renji! Get your foot out of my face!"
"It's not my fault! Ichigo's sitting on me!"
"Shut up! It's not like I want to!"
"Everyone get off at once!"
"I'm pretty sure everyone would want to, taichou, but everyone's stuck."
"Oh, what a shitful of fun."
"You should be more mindful of language, ya know."
"SHUT UP!"
"Oi! Who's at the fucking top?!"
"Mitsuki."
"MITSUKI!!!"
"EEP!"
Yumiko sighed at the group of piled people, not bothering to hide the grin on her face. Chad blinked at all of them, trying to process exactly what happened. Or just being Chad-like. And Shiha decided to take a picture of the moment so everyone would always be reminded of it.
FLASH!
"Yay! Picture!"
"MITSUKI!!! GET OFF!!!"
Later that night...
After having a chaotic lunch and spending the rest of the day at the arcade, they decided to end the night with the hot springs. And much of the group needed it; especially those who tried to beat Mitsuki on the dance machine after someone gave her a huge gallon of soda. Many of the boys ended up sweating and panting like dogs by the time dinner came.
"YAHOO!" Kiyo yelled, canon balling into the hot springs. Numerous boys on the sides growled, twitched, and pulsed veins at the twin's attempt to be cool. Ichigo in particular wasn't in the mood.
"Shut up, will you?" the shinigami representative snapped, rubbing his forehead. His sister had caught him before everyone had entered the hot springs and yelled at him for being foolish yesterday. But him being stubborn shouted back in saying in he could protect himself. Then his sister had stormed off to a meeting all advisers had when a teacher came looking for her and drag her off without the two coming to an understanding. So, in short, the twins were at odds with each other.
Renji shot Ichigo a look. "Another fight?" the red head asked, having seen Yumiko grab Ichigo earlier. The orange head in returned glared.
Keigo giggled to himself as he tiptoed towards the fence separating the boys from the girls. He thought he had gotten away from the guys unnoticed until his good old friend Mizuiro spoke up.
"Keigo? Are you going to peek at the girl's side?"
Freeze.
"WHAT?!" Kiyo shouted, resurfacing from his cannonball. He spared no mercy in his glare as the boy cowered. Seeing as he had a sister and two close friends that were girls, he was of course going to react that way. "You better not be doing what I think you are!"
Keigo held his hands up quickly and sweating profoundly. "I'm not! I'm not! See! I'm backing away!" the boy cried, slowly walking away from the fence. He cowered again when more glares were shot at him.
Yumichika stuck his chin in the air, disgusted. "What a disgusting and ugly boy." Ikkaku grunted in agreement.
"Yeah. Who the hell would even want to peek at them?" the bald shinigami said, only to get a pebble thrown at his face from Kiyo. His glare fixed on the boy, who was positively fuming now.
"Will you quit talking about them that way?!"
"Aw," Renji teased, leaning against a rock with his hands behind his head. "You protecting them?
PULSE VEIN.
"SHUT UP!"
Hitsugaya twitched himself and rubbed his forehead. "For once, behave you guys!" a clicking sound came from behind the boy, making him turn around and spot the American boy. Riki grinned at the white haired taichou.
"What? You don't have the urge too? After all, you're a boy too, I believe," the American said, smirking when the taichou began twitching and glowering at the boy. Half of the group who didn't understand English looked at the two with owl eyes while the other that did sighed or snickered. Whichever one, depending on the person.
"THERE'S SOMEONE THERE!!!" Mitsuki's voice suddenly shouted from the other side, alarming the boys. They all glanced around quickly, trying to see if anyone was missing as they heard the girls argue about the matter on the other side.
Kiyo's eyebrow twitched. "He wouldn't..."
"I don't see Keigo anywhere," Ichigo confirmed, not spotting the drama king anywhere. Kiyo twitched again, amusing most of the boys there. But instead of blowing up, as most of them expected, he held up three fingers.
"Three...two...one..."
"WHAT THE DAMN HELL, YOU PEEPING TOM?!"
The boys, the ones who would, snickered and laughed as they heard Kaida seemingly beat the hell out of Keigo, whose cries they could hear. It kept up for another few seconds until they heard the fence rattle and the said person crashing into the hot springs somewhere near them.
"GO TO HELL, FUCKING BASTARD!!!" Kaida's voice also added when she kicked the boy away from the fence. They all erupted into even more laughter and snickers as they witnessed Keigo the peeping tom once again get rejected and beaten by another girl.
"AND IF YOU EVER TRY THAT AGAIN, ANY OF YOU PERVERTED BOYS!" Kaida then shouted, louder than the previous two times. "NONE OF YOU WILL EVER HAVE CHILDREN EVER IN YOUR LIVES!!!"
Silence.
Uryū pushed up his glasses before climbing out of the water. "I believe I'm done for the day."
The rest quickly agreed and scurried out of the hot springs.
Kaida sighed happily as she sank deeper in the water, enjoying the warm water. After having such an odd day, she was happy for some relaxing time. Sure she still wanted to kill some people and was still stressed, but the water was working its magic. Making some of the boys happy and praying that Kaida won't kill them later. She inwardly snorted. Fat chance.
Matsumoto sighed in agreement, eyes closed as she leaned against the edge of the pool. "Isn't this great?"
Mitsuki surfaced red faced, nodding. The girl had tried to see how long she could hold her breath without coming up for her. Her record was... five seconds. "Yup!"
Shiha, the tomboy, nodded, sitting on the urge of the pool with her feet in the water. A towel was wrapped around her body as well as one in her hair. "This trip isn't half as bad. Though," the girl said, thinking about something. "I haven't pulled off a lot of pranks this whole trip."
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"Please..." Kaida groaned, sinking deeper into the water. "Can't you wait until we get to school to start doing that again?!" Shiha sighed.
"Fine. But then it'll be worse than what I can do now."
"Don't care; just not now."
Sweat drops.
"Ai..." Kira said, sitting on top of a rock. The girl was trying to wring her hair out, it getting heavy as it soaked up water. "Where's that camera?"
Shiha froze, unable to meet Kira's glaring eyes. Rukia and Orihime looked on in confusion, having just stepped outside. Mitsuki buried her head back underwater again, not wanting to get any more hurt today. Kaida glared at the hiding girl before the purple headed girl in suspicion. Matsumoto blinked.
The girl rubbed the back of her head sheepishly. "Wha...What camera?" the girl cringed at the glare being shut to her from the youngest one there.
"The. Camera. You. Bought. To. The. Lake." Kira growled, eyebrow twitching. Shiha gulped, begging Rukia, who was sending her a look, to not talk. Kaida caught on and sent her own glare towards Shiha.
"A camera. At the lake," the older sister stated, glaring at the purple head. She gulped some more.
"Um... no?" Shiha tried weakly, smiling sheepishly. Kaida's glare if it could would have sent the girl straight towards the center of the Earth. But before any of the other girls could say anything, Mitsuki shot up in the water and pointed to some of the bushes at the back of the hot spring.
"THERE'S SOMEONE THERE!!!" Mitsuki shouted, scaring the shit of everyone. Kira even lost her balance before crashing into the water before her.
Orihime paled. "W-What?" the girl stuttered, wrapping her tower around her tighter. Kaida snorted, not falling for it.
"What? No, Mitsuki's lying about it of course. See?" Kaida said, going over to the spot where Mitsuki had pointed to. But not before whacking the girl on the head. Everyone waited as the older sister approached the back, waiting to see what or who was there. If there was someone.
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"WHAT THE DAMN HELL, YOU PEEPING TOM?!"
"NANI?!" all the other girls cried out, shocked that Mitsuki was even telling the truth. Mitsuki included. They heard some rustling sounds from the bushes where the supposed person was and listened as Kaida kicked the fence. Hard.
"GO TO HELL, FUCKING BASTARD!!!" Kaida yelled, pulsing a whole lot of veins as the fence rattled. Everyone could hear a whole too familiar scream from the resident drama king before a large splash of water. And the snickers and laughter of the boys as well.
"AND IF YOU EVER TRY THAT AGAIN, ANY OF YOU PERVERTED BOYS!" Kaida added, storming back to her female friends. "NONE OF YOU WILL EVER HAVE CHILDREN EVER IN YOUR LIVES!!!"
Silence.
Matsumoto laughed. "Wow! You sure know how to tame them, Kaida-chan!" the girl smirked, leaning against the edge of the springs.
"'Course. How the hell do you think I put up with Kiyo and Mitsuki this whole time?" Kaida answered, pointing to the girl behind her. Everyone laughed, expect Kira, who rolled her eyes but couldn't help but smirk as well. But then Mitsuki realized something.
"YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ME, ARE YOU?!"
Twitch.
"URUSAI!"
WHACK!
After the episode at the hot springs, the group headed in for the night, seeing as the sun had already gone done. The Karakura Gang, however, went out on patrols instead, trying to use the night hours to find the two girls causing the ruckus around the resort. But alas, their search wielded no results. They had to instead fight a large amount of Hollows that suddenly appeared throughout most of the night. And by the time the last one was defeated, it was only three hours until sunrise. And so, the group had to turn in, the night wasted.
The next day, Thursday, wasn't much better for them. They spent the whole day, after having an almost identical breakfast as the day before, on the mountains, seeing as it was cleared for them to go on for the day. And that no one wanted to go back on the lake or arcade.
They held numerous snowboarding races down each of the different runs. Sometimes one of the boys would win, or Mitsuki would run over them and win. And then chase her back up the mountain to do it again. Most of the other girls skied instead, taking a more relaxing time to get down the mountain. They gossiped, talked, and laughed about pointless things, making the boys wonder how the mind of a girl really worked. But they ignored it and continued on with their races.
After stopping for a short lunch, the two sides switched, so that the boys skied and the girls snowboard. But it didn't last long when they decided to all switch for snowboards and have a race down the mountain. Mizuiro, who didn't do sports, decided to be referee for the race and waited at the bottom for the group. Yumichika, who just hated getting dirty, started off the race from the top. However, he yelled at the racers as they sped down the mountain because they managed to get snow on the beauty boy.
The race was probably the most dangerous and craziest anyone had seen in years. It not only attracted a large crowd, but made many people who were on the mountains at the same scared of ever snowboarding, and Mitsuki, for a really long time. Expect Mitsuki was forever.
Right off the bat, Mitsuki had begun yelling and shouting after they had taken off. Add that in with the yells from her brother and friends, you got an avalanche! And that made it a race for their lives as they sped down the mountains.
At the first jump, Renji, Riki, Matsumoto, and Uryū were forced to drop out of the race, seeing as the avalanche had caught up to them. The four had to hide out in nearby tall trees as the snow raced past them, swallowing their boards. But they all had to deadpan when a lone squirrel in one of the trees took Uryū's glasses and attempt to play hide and go seek with them. At least they were amused for the time they were stuck there.
Kaida, Ikkaku, and Rukia were kicked out of the race next. The three of them had been diverted to a side path when a tree suddenly crashed onto the course. And it led into the deeper and denser part of the forest. Not wanting to lose a head or any other limbs from branches, the three decided to stop and also hide out in trees and wait out the avalanche until it stopped.
Halfway down the mountain, more than half of the remaining group had to quit when Mitsuki began doing her random popping up everywhere trick. She first scared Yumiko and Orihime, making the two crash into each other before going after Keigo. The girl didn't have to even do anything; just one look from her and the boy was hugging the tree a second later. He had already been terrified after the tree fell on the course from earlier. Ichigo, Hitsugaya, Chad, Kiyo, Kira, and Shiha weren't affected by it or dodged Mitsuki before she could cause them to drop out. The only other person she manage to get was Tatsuki and herself, seeing as the candy girl had jumped on her to get the girl to stop. And was cowering at the high branches on the tallest tree she could find as Tatsuki threatened the girl the whole time they were in the trees.
The last part of the course was the sharpest and more dangerous part of the run, nicknamed Death Trap. Cool name, huh? It consisted of various jumps, hurdles, and turns that the rider had to pass through before the final stretch to the bottom. And this part was where pretty much everyone was eliminated from the race.
Kira was the first, having jumped one of the hurdles too late. That resulted in Ichigo, who was behind her, to crash into the girl and send the two tumbling to the sides. If it wasn't for Ichigo grabbing her collar and the tree nearby, the two would've been buried under who knows how much snow.
Shiha, who was in the lead, didn't have any troubles until a mother deer and her baby suddenly ran onto the course. Startled, the girl had turned sharply to the left, unknowingly running her board over Kiyo's. This cause both to crash like the other two to a nearby tree. But instead of being able to stay in one tree, the two were sent jumping from one tree to another the whole way down as the avalanche toppled each one of the younger trees over.
So now it was Hitsugaya and Chad that was on the final stretch to the bottom. But don't get me wrong, neither really cared about the race. Both had been dragged into the race by the others. If it wasn't for the avalanche behind them, they would have probably stopped.
By now the snow from the avalanche was similar to that of a ocean of water. Waves of snow just seemed to be crashing behind them. The earth was shaking uncontrollably from the rolling snow. Branches and snow from the still standing trees came crashing down. And two snow boarders were still caught in the mess as they raced down the mountain.
Finally the bottom of the mountain could be seen, the lifts for the runs nearby. The area was deserted, the students, staff, and other visitors force to run once the avalanche started. They had all run off towards the resort, which was further away and far enough from the avalanche. The only ones left on the mountains were the Karakura Gang, American Gang, and the American boy.
Using the speed from the last jump, Hitsugaya and Chad used it to soar high through the air as the snow roared beneath them. As they lost attitude, the white haired taichou caught something at the edges of his eyes. Turning his head around, he spotted a figure standing in air about a hundred feet away, cloak over themselves. But before he could yell out or do anything, they vanished and his feet touched the ground.
Or more like, rooftop building.
Both Chad and Hitsugaya had enough speed and momentum that it spent the two high enough to sail unto the rooftop of the lift station. Which was a good thing, seeing as the snow came crashing around them seconds later. And that was where the two waited for a good half hour before a helicopter came to bring them and the others stuck on the mountains back down. None of them got into major trouble, only Mitsuki since she was the cause of the avalanche. But the worst she got was more detention, seeing as there were signs of the avalanche might've being caused before the race started. And thus making Hitsugaya even more suspicious of the figure he saw right before the end of the race and pushing up patrols for the night even more.
But who was the winner you ask?
No one but Chad and Hitsugaya knew. And neither wanted to tell who it was.
Friday
"Come on!" Mitsuki whined, trailing behind Chad as the group walked. "Tell me the winner!" the big Spaniard remained silent, not wanting to reveal who was the winner. The candy girl pouted, sticking out her lip. She had already tried Hitsugaya but ran away after he shot her a glare.
Kaida rolled her eyes before pulling her jacket closer to herself. "Urusai. Just be happy that we're ALIVE. And be quiet. You're scare away all the animals with your voice."
"WAH!" Mitsuki wailed, doing the exact opposite of what everyone wanted. Kiyo groaned before whacking his sister on the head and dragging her back down the path.
"I think she needs to cool off or something in the pool," the older twin growled, dragging the protesting and wailing girl behind him. "Catch you guys later." and the two left.
The group let out a breath of relief. Finally they could get some peace and quiet. They had thought that a walk around the lake would do some good for them but Mitsuki being Mitsuki had ruined it. Tatsuki, Shiha, Keigo, and Mizuiro had stayed behind, seeing as there was some sort of contest going on in the dojo. Kira wasn't there since she was nursing a sprained ankle when she and Ichigo crashed yesterday.
Orihime looked around her, dazzled by all the natural beauty around here. "This is so pretty!" Uryū pushed up his glasses, unconsciously trying to impress the girl with his knowledge as he spoke.
"Yes, and it usually remains this way during the winter months of the year. During the early spring, the trees instead bloom with sakura flowers until the beginning of summer," the boy said, making Orihime gasp at how pretty it would be if they came back during the springtime. Riki couldn't help but click his tongue, something that was getting on the nerves of many people.
"What the heck is up with that?!" Ichigo snapped, annoyed at the American boy. "You keep doing that on and off all day!" Riki cocked a head, not understanding a word. Ichigo shook his head and twitched instead. "Never mind."
Click!
"SHUT UP!"
A vibrating sound suddenly rang through the air, making the group stopped and check their pockets. It was Kaida's. Groaning and cursing under her breath, the girl took out her phone and checked the caller id. Rolling her eyes at whoever it was, she snapped it open and answered.
"Hello?"
The group blinked, realizing that she was speaking in English instead of Japanese. They watched as Kaida groan again before covering a hand over the speaker. She turned towards the others and gave a two finger salute.
"Later. Gotta go find the idiot twins."
"Why?" Rukia asked the all important question. Kaida looked back, that look in her eyes. The group shivered.
"Something the twins did back in America before we came here," she said darkly before heading down the path the said twins had taken. They all remained silent for a few seconds, listening as Kaida's footsteps got smaller and smaller. Her voice did rise into a shout at one point, but the words were muffled and soon vanished. Everyone blinked.
Matsumoto clapped her hands, breaking the silence. "Ok! Let's go!"
"To where?" Renji grumbled, not having wanted to take this hike in the first place. He was pressured to go with the fact they could do some daytime patrolling and see if they could spot the two rogue shinigamis. And that Mitsuki had threatened to dye all his stuff pink and write 'I hate teachers!' on everything. It sucked to be him.
Matsumoto shrugged. Renji sighed before following the others as they progressed further into the forest. They all walked in silence, seeing as no one really wanted to talk. Of course there was some of the arguments with Riki's tongue clicking but nothing that turned serious due to the language barrier. It was all MOSTLY peace and quiet.
The Karakura Gang plus American boy soon found themselves at the other side of the mountain away from the resort, having walked for quite some time. However, Riki had to walk a bit back into the forest to answer his own phone call, making a few wonder what was going on with phones today. Apart from that, a smaller lake was by the mountain, similar to the one near the resort. There weren't many trees in the clearing, only in the surrounding forest. It seemed to be a pretty decent place.
Unless you take account for the two people sitting on the rocks nearby.
The first was a blond haired girl sitting on the lower of the two rocks, dressed in casual winter clothes. Her hair laid just past her shoulders, blowing lightly in the sudden breezed that had picked up. Dark green eyes were locked onto the group, a grin on her face.
Her friend had instead less than normal winter clothes. Clothed in nothing but black jeans, a silver long-sleeved shirt, and white sneakers, it was amazing the girl wasn't frozen yet. Her long, straight mid-back navy blue hair rested behind her, barely moving with the wind. Orange, almost amber eyes stared at them, not really interested at any one of the shinigamis or humans.
The group stared back at them, tension rising in the air. It was so thick that you could slice it with a knife. Only Riki seemed oblivious to it, seeing as the boy had still yet to return from his phone call with his friend. No one spoke as the seconds passed. Only the wind moved.
Ichigo spoke first, glaring at the girl with green eyes. "You---!" the girl smirked, throwing the boy a two finger wave.
"Hey, hey, Orangey," the girl greeted, leaning back. "Took you long enough to find us." Rukia's eyes widened, realizing the only time Ichigo was called that.
"You're from on top of the mountain the other day!" the girl exclaimed, remembering her from the day of the storm.
The blond girl clapped mockingly. "Very good," she said. "Maybe you're not as dumb as you two looked back then."
Ichigo pulsed a vein. "What you say?!" the girl ignored him, standing up. She brushed her pants, shaking off any remaining snow.
"It'll be nice to finally solve all our problems, eh?" she asked, making the group ready themselves. The wind began picking up, blowing around her. "But where are my manners?" she added, gesturing towards herself and then her friend, her grin spreading wider.
"My name's Izumi. And she's Arashi."
Ichigo: So NOW you reveal who the hell they are?!
Me: Shut up!
Me: -whacks Ichigo head-
Matsumoto: Eh... Didn't you start a new story?
Me: Um... hai.
Renji: -raises eyebrow-
Renji: Really? What?
Me: It's Prince of Tennis not Bleach.
Everyone: -stares-
Everyone: What's Prince of Tennis?
Me: Oi...
Producer: Break time!
Everyone: -runs out of the room-
Audience: Wow...
Everyone left in the room: -sweat drops-
Me: -sighs-
Me: Well, nothing much to end with. Should be able to get another chapter or two out before school starts again. Ugh. But, I do have a new story I'm putting up shortly after this. If it goes well, I might continue it. But, just gotta wait for now. If you're interested, it's called Climbing Higher.
Me: But now, ja ne! And continue having a happy holiday!
*~Kira~*