Kurosaki Future Chapter 8: The Search Party

Hahaha! I should tell you, some of the OC's are based off of real people. Saraiju is one of them, with a different name. Tueur is also one of them. There will be more and I might just tell you what they're like in real life! Maybe if someone wants me to, I might make an OC of them! We'll see. I do…not own Bleach… ToT

"Thinking" "Speech/regular" "Zanpakuto"

"So, should we send Momo?" Rukia asked.

Ichigo shook his head, "She's already had too much trouble. How about Ikkaku?"

Rukia laughed, "No way, he would probably try and fight them! Maybe Kira?"

"Yeah, that's a good idea. But we need at least three people to go and look."

"Only three? Ok…um, Kira is good friends with Hisagi…"

"No way, Hisagi might scare Yuzu. What about Yumichika?"

"Wouldn't he scare Karin?" They laughed. "Kira and Momo are friends, too, are you sure you don't want to send her?"

"Well, if she's ok with it, I guess she could go." He let out his breath, "Who else, who else?"

Rukia thought a while. She hummed and then said, "Rangiku?"

"Rangiku? Will she be serious enough?"

"Well, if we tell her it's important, she should. Want to ask everyone?"

"Sure…Here we go," Ichigo began to call up Rangiku, Kira, and Momo, plus Hitsugaya to ask permission to borrow Rangiku. In the end, everyone agreed and they had their Search Party!

Wait, wait, everyone remember how my hand got stabbed? Haha, well I just remembered that I've been cut by a ball before. I've also been cut by a couch. From the stab, I have a scar on my left hand, the ball gave me a scar on my right hand, and the couch gave me a big scar down my foot. How is it even possible to get cut like that? Well, it happened, and it hurt! I just needed to say that, and it's completely true!

Karin and Yuzu walked down the halls to their second class.

"Oh, yeah, you have something different than me now, right?" Yuzu looked over at her sister's schedule, "I guess I'll see you later, then."

"I guess," Karin said. Yuzu gave her a hug and started walking away.

"Who was that?" someone said from behind Karin. She turned to see long, messy black hair and two different colored eyes.

"Saraiju! Get out of my face!" Karin pushed him away.

"Why?" He whined, "We have the same class next, remember? And then the next one, and the next one, but not the one after that-ah!" Karin hit him.

"Shut up! Why are you always around me?"

"I'm not always around you. Always is a big word. So is Shinigami. And alphabet. And onomatopoeia," Saraiju said, looking really thoughtful.

"What are you talking about? Callate, estupido!" Karin said. "Wait, what?"

"Oh, you speak Spanish?" Saraiju cried, "Sí! Eso es genial!"

"No, no hablo espanol!" Karin said, "I did it again! What the heck!"

"I seriously did not know you spoke Spanish!" Saraiju said. "We have so much in common!"

"No, we don't! I need to get to class," Karin said, turning away from him and walking back down the hall.

"So do I!" he followed her.

Rangiku leaned on the wall, "So why are we here again?"

"I need you to look for my sisters. Their names are Karin and Yuzu."

Momo looked at him weird, "Is everyone in your family named after fruit?" (Ichigo=Strawberry, Karin=Quince, and Yuzu=a citrus fruit)

Rangiku laughed and Ichigo scowled. "No! Let's get back to the point! I'll try and show you what they look like." Ichigo held up three pictures: one of Masaki, one of 11-year-old Karin, and one of 11-year-old Yuzu. "Ok, they didn't take too many more pictures before they died, so try and think of these two older, sort of combined with this one." The group stared at the pictures with confused looks.

"Gah, I know what they look like, so, it's all good," Rangiku said, giving up on the pictures.

"Oh, yeah, I forgot," Ichigo said, laying the pictures back on his desk. "Well, Karin is a tomboy and Yuzu is really girly and caring. They're both pretty nice, but Karin gets mad easy. I'm not exactly sure what else to tell you…"

"Is this enough for you to go off of?" Rukia asked, "And Rangiku, are you sure you can remember them?"

Rangiku waved a hand, "Of course, of course, who could forget them?"

"Guys, this is really important to us. Please try your hardest to find them. But if you don't find them today, it's ok, we will try as well. We need help sometimes, too," Rukia said. Momo smiled at her.

"Ichigo." Zangetsu called.

"Huh? Yeah, Zangetsu?" Ichigo thought.

"Are you sure you can trust them with this task?"

"I…Yes, I'm sure. I need all the help I can get to find my family."

"Be careful, Ichigo."

"I know, Zangetsu, I know."

"So where should we look first?"

"What?" Ichigo looked at Kira, "Oh, just search around the Rukon."

"Oh, ok."

"Well, let's go, guys!" Rangiku waved her arms in the air and zoomed out the door. Momo and Kira hesitated for a second but followed her.

Rukia looked over at Ichigo nervously, "Maybe sending Rangiku wasn't such a good idea…"

Ichigo smiled, "No, she knows what Karin and Yuzu look like. She should be a big help." Rukia shrugged and pushed some paperwork towards him. Ichigo sighed and got back to work.

Karin and Saraiju finished that class and walked down the hall again. Well, Karin trudged down the hall.

Saraiju was going on about something but Karin wasn't listening, she was wishing Saraiju would leave.

Suddenly, Saraiju wrapped his arms around her, "Are you ok?"

Karin almost screamed. She pushed him into the ground, "WHAT WAS THAT? DO NOT TOUCH ME! DO NOT TOUCH ME!" Saraiju crawled out of the hole she made and laughed.

"That hurt! You're strong! I only hugged you."

"I will kill you!"

Saraiju looked very happy, "You'd kill me? Oh, I'm so flattered. But why do you always refuse when I ask you to fight?"

"What is wrong with you? It's like getting hurt if fun for you."

Saraiju's face faltered, "What does that mean?"

"What does what mean?"

"That F-word you said."

"I didn't say the F-word."

"No, no, the one you used. Fuh-something. People say it a lot, what does it mean?"

"Fun? You don't know what fun means?"

"I-I'm sorry…"

"No, I just thought everyone knew what fun meant. You really don't know?" Karin stared at Saraiju and he bit his lip and looked away. "Oh, man. You want me to tell you?"

"Ah…you don't have to… I can ask someone else or something."

"I'll tell you," Karin said, "Fun is…fun is the word for something that makes you feel good. When you enjoy something a lot, it's fun. When things make you have when you do them, it's fun. It's kind of hard to explain…"

"That's good enough!" Saraiju's creepy happiness returned, "At least I know now. I would always hear people say that word- fun, isn't it?- and be totally blank. Thank you." He stared at her without blinking, a big smile on his face.

"You're really happy, you know that," Karin said, smiling as well, "And it's contagious!"

"I'm only happy because I get another chance," Saraiju said, blinking finally.

"What do you mean?" Karin asked.

"Uh…I didn't say anything. It was probably your Zanpakuto. Did you talk to it before?"

"Don't change the subject. What do you mean?"

"I don't know what you're talking about, Rai."

"Yes you d-wait, who?"

"I said Karin. What's up with your ears today?"

Karin glared at him, "You're lying to me! What are you talking about? Who's Rai?"

Saraiju smiled indifferently, "We're missing class."

Karin looked hesitant before she frowned and glared again, "I don't care. I wasn't supposed to be here today, anyway. Why won't you tell me anything?"

Saraiju sat down, "I really have no idea what you are talking about. Let's please just leave this alone, 'kay?"

"Didn't I tell you not to question him?

"You don't own me, whatever your name is- Zanpakuto. You can't say anything, if anything, you should help me."

"I know only what I know, and I will not tell you. Just leave him alone."

"Why? Is it that serious?"

"He has his reasons. Drop it."

"Whatever. I will if it means so much…"

Karin looked at Saraiju, "I'll stop bothering you. But why are you so secretive?"

Saraiju leaned forward and smirked evilly at her, "Why are you so secretive? Tell me about yourself." Karin was shocked at the look he gave her.

"Well, there's not much to tell…"

That, that, there you go! A search party has been created. I'll give you a hint on something that has to do with Karin: Kira! No, not the person, the word. Anyone know what Kira means in Japanese? Not nice clothes, if you've seen Death Note, it should help. Well, it's a hint.

Oh, I'm watching Guess Who's Coming To Dinner. It's a bit racist movie from the 1960's. It's got a good story, though. WATCH IT. No, you don't have to. But I recommend Kung Pow if you like stupid martial arts comedies. WEEE-OH-WEEE-OH-WEEE! My name is…Betty! HAHAHA

Güle-güle,

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