More Than Me...
Reality.
The chocolate haired girl ran. Away from...? No one. Actually, she was rushing to find someone, rather then avoid. Yammamoto-taichou ordered her to find Hinamori and Hitsugaya, and inform them that they were being sent to The World Of the Living, again, along with Matsumoto and Shuhei, to protect Ichigo's family, and to patrol the grounds. To be honest, she was quite fond of the living. They were interesting to watch. Watch them progress during civilization, as she remained the same(reminds you of the life of a bount, huh?). Miyumi had already found Hinamori, so now she was searching for Hitsugaya. Now, she had already checked his office, and surprisingly, he wasn't there. Where the hell could he be!? She thought, annoyed, she hadn't sensed his rietsu all day now. Of course, she'd been somewhere else, so that wasn't much the subject.
"TOSHIRO!!!!" she called, desperately. They were scheduled to leave in 15 minutes, and she still hadn't found him in the 1 and a half hour she searched, "TOSHIRO HITSUGAYA GET YOUR ASS-"
"Watch your mouth!" a husk voice commanded, interrupting Miyumi,
"Oh! Taichou there you are! You wouldn't BELIEVE how worried I was... heh heh..." she laughed, nervously. Whether or not they were best friends, HE was still HER taichou, and she took her job very seriously, if you would believe that,
"What do you want?" he questioned, skeptical. Miyumi threw herself at him, capturing him in a big bear hug, which she usually did, and pouted,
"I spend 2 hours searching painstakingly for you, worrying my ass off, and this is the greeting I get?"
"You weren't searching! You were off drinking with Matsumoto-fukutaichou!" he corrected, Miyumi's cheeks tainted a dark pink at the comment,as she let the prodigy go. Ok, maybe she exaggerated on the time she spent looking for him, and all that, but seriously, she really DID check his office...On the way to the bar...
"H-how would you know?!" she shot back, trying to change the subject, now it was time for Hitsugaya to be uncomfortable,
"Uh...We should go now! Don't want to be late!" he quickly flash stepped, in the direction of the gate, taking to the roof tops, while he left Miyumi, standing there. She blinked a couple of times, and took a couple more seconds to just sigh. How did he always do that? Nevertheless, she followed without any hesitation.
"Your late." Rangiku stated, crossing her arms impatiently,
"Now, now. I'm sure Miyumi-chan has her reasons." Momo defended, waving her hands in front of her, smiling nervously,
"Thank you, Hina-chan. Hitsugaya-taichou was just being an a-" said person slapped her upside the head, "I mean...He was elusive and hard to find...Heh heh. Besides, your ALWAYS late, Ran."
"Mm hmm..." Toshiro murmured, while Rangiku just rolled her eyes,
"Ok...? Everyone ready?" Hinamori asked, gesturing to the gate before them,
"Hai!" they agreed, eagerly.
As the gate opened, the usual blinding white light protruded the dim light inside the building. They all nodded at each other and ran inside. Actually, the rest were running, Miyumi looked like she was more rather skipping of some sort, but kept at the same pace as the others.
Once they got to the 'other side' they were immediately greeted by the shop keeper himself,
"Oh look, my favorite customers..."
"Oh shut it Urahara, EVERYONES your favorite customer." Hisagi said, rolling his eyes,
"Hey! I was about to say that!" Miyumi shouted, pouting again,
"Be quiet you baby!"
"I'm not a baby!"
"Then why does everyone get neck sores from looking DOWN at you?!"
"My height has nothing to do with my age!"
"Yeah sure, shorty!"
"HEY! TOSHIRO'S SHORT TOO!!" at this, a giant vein appeared on the silver-haired prodigy,
"YOUR SHORTER!"
"BY HALF A FRICKEN INCH!!"
"SAME DIFF!!"
"SHUT! UP!" Rangiku, Toshiro and Urahara yelled, Momo was in support of this, but didn't like to yell at others, as we all know. Miyumi just gave Hisagi another dirty look and did that hand motion that said 'I'm watching you',
"Ahem..." Urahara cleared his throat, "Now, if your done...You have duties to attend to..."
"Ah, yes. We were assigned to stay with the Kurosaki's, correct?"
"Yes. Now, you should get going."
"Hai, thank you Urahara."
They said they're goodbyes to Urahara, Jinta, and Ururu then left(Obviously...), considering Tessai wasn't there. The girls were at a quicker pace then the guys, talking about who was with who in the Sereitei, you know, the regular girl stuff,
"Well we all know who our little Momo has a crush on..." Rangiku started,
"Who would that be?" Miyumi grinned, fully knowing what she meant,
"Its our little taichou..." Rangiku continued to tease,
"TOSHIRO HITSUGAYA!" Miyumi finished, smiling widely, feeling a little pang of pain, somewhere in her chest, however, she didn't let that interfere with her teasing,
"What?!" a cold voice called from behind, they all laughed,
"Nothing taichou!" the seemingly teenage girls yelled back.
"Now, seriously, Hinamori, its ok to admit you like him." Miyumi sounded serious, even though she was grinning ear to ear, "Its completely normal. We grew up together!"
"But, I really don't like him that way."
"Oh really? Thats not what we hear."
"Well, you hear too much! Really, I don't like Shiro-chan that way."
"Uh huh..." Ran wasn't much convinced, "Well, either way, there is another girl that likes him, if that interest you in anyway Hina-chan."
"Oh really? And you don't tell me either, Ran? That hurts." Miyumi fake cried, and the two other girls laughed,
"Well, I would have if it weren't you, Mimiyaki." Crap,how many people are going to call me that?--wait, what'd she say!?
"What?"
"Oh common. You know you do." Ran continued, Momo just snickered,
"Yeah, Mimiya-"
"Don't even! What makes you even say that?"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, no need to get snippy. Its just kinda obvious."
"Is it, now?" Miyaki raised an eyebrow,
"Well...You make it kinda obvious. I mean..." you could tell by the way she talked that Momo felt uncomfortable talking alongside Rangiku and against Miyumi,
"You guys are sad. How about you, Ran-san? Falling for Gin like that. And you, Momo! Aizen!? I mean, the guys like...what? 40!? Shit, thats pretty pathetic ain't it?" This is why Momo didn't like going against Miyumi. She could always slip under your skin and gnaw at you until you snapped. She of course, never experienced this, but knew what it was like.
"..."
"We're just saying... Its ok to love taichou. He's...uh...Charming?" Rangiku made it look like it was so hard to find words that described they're captain. There were many words, but Miyumi decided not to go there. They'd think she was obsessed with him or something. Which she wasn't. He was her best friend. Thats, it.
"Ok, we're here!" Ran stated, throwing her arms up in the air. They never noticed how long it took to walk from Urahara's to Ichigo's. And not a single hollow! Thats just an added bonus to whatever they won. When Momo knocked on the door, they were greeted by Mr Kurosaki himself.
"Why hello!!!! Oh my, what a big group—ICHIGO GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE!!...Erm... I never knew Karin had a boyfriend..." He was looking at Toshiro, who looked at Momo and Miyumi, who were snickering in the background with Matsumoto almost suffocating herself with her hands blocking her mouth and nose,
"Herm...I am not Karin's--whoever that is--boyfriend. I'm here with the rest of them."
"Aren't you a little young to be hanging out with teenagers?" the animated vein reappeared,
"For the record, I'm just as old as the rest of them." he hissed through gritted teeth,
"Nuh uh Shiro-chan! Your a year younger!" Miyumi pointed out, cocking her head to the side,
"So are you! Anyways, your shorter!" Miyumi stuck her tongue out at him, Toshiro took it with his thumb and index finger, and examined it, "Why is your tongue purple?" at this, Mr Kurosaki took out his medical bag, ready to examine her. Miyumi pushed his hand away,
"I ate some candy."
"Aw..." Isshin kinda just faded away, looking like a deflating balloon as he did so.
"Where did you get candy?"
"Ururu gave me some. By the way, you better have clean hands."
"Um...Define clean." the chibi-taichou smirked down at her, which is something you don't see often, unless he was with Hinamori or Shikatsu, moreover when he was drunk... But that was a totally different subject, besides, it didn't happen often,
"I woulda givin you guys some, but you were walking SO far behind, I didn't want to waste my energy, stopping, waiting for you, giving you some, waiting for what you to tell me what you think, then having to run back to the girls...You wouldn't want me to have to do ALL that would you?" again, she played her famous pout, resembling a puppy-like cuteness. This technique was practiced by her and Momo, when and if they had free time, Rangiku tried it too, but she wasn't 'innocent' enough. Her 'pout' was more of a pucker-up. More sexy then cute, either way, guys were putty in they're hands. Just then, Ichigo slumped down the stairs, in his usual bad posture,
"Oh...Its you g--"
"ICHI-NII!!" Miyumi instinctively went to pounce on him, but before she could, Toshiro and Momo were holding her tightly by the collar of her shirt. Of course, Ichigo was not her brother, but Miyumi had a strange habit of calling her friends, 'brother' or 'sister'. She was flailing her arms wildly in the air, sprinting forward but not making any progress, "LET ME GO!!! YOUR CHOKING ME GUYS!!"
"If we're choking you, how can you talk?" Momo asked, she paused.
"ACK! ITAI! AC-ACK!!" she 'choked',
"Cool it, Miyumi." Toshiro said dully, his voice a very bored tone.
"Fine. Heeeeeeey Ichi-nii. Sup, yo?" Miyumi stopped struggling against they're grip, but started acting pimp, which was quite humorous if you think out it, "Dawg, you wouldn't BELIEVE how much work we have to do, yo. Can we like...Bunk here?--Yo?" OK. Unnecessary 'yo',
"Uuuuh....No." Toshiro looked slightly amused, but kept his calm and cool attitude,
"Ugh, you suck Shiro-chan, first you tell me to 'cool-it' then you tell me to stop. Man, your so bipolar."
"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. Hey, Kurosaki, can we come in?"
"Well they can...Not so sure about you."
"Hah. Funny." despite what Ichigo had said, Toshiro pushed past him anyway.
"Do you guys want anything? Tea?" Yuzu asked, giving her usual innocent smile,
"OH! YOUR ADORABLE! AND I'LL HAVE SOME SAK--"
"We're fine, Yuzu. Thanks." Miyumi replied, giving Ran a look that said, 'We're guests, not royalty.' which is ironic since Miyumi's the kind of person who says 'Hi!' or 'Sup, yo?" to random people on the street and/or over-ordering when at a restaurant, or talking to everyone like they were her best friend, without giving any notice to who they were, a great annoyance to most captains(or anyone who takes themselves too seriously), if I may add.
"So, hows this gonna work? The...Rooming." Hisagi asked, looking for the right wording,
"Uh...We only have one guest room..."
"...Your...a...clinic...and you only...have one...guest room?" Toshiro stared, rather stupefied,
"...No. Those guest rooms are for patients."
"Ah..."
"Well, this is gonna be pretty difficult." Miyumi sighed,
"Uh...The guys should get the guest room...Yuzu and Karin can share a futon--" Ichigo started, 'till,
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" a low, somewhat raspy voice refused, "What makes you think I'm gonna share my room with the Bust, Ms Timid, or a MIDGET?!"
"Yeah sure, always go for the short comments." Miyumi said, crossing her arms as she tried to suppress her growing anger, who the hell does this girl think she is?! If the environment was a bit different, 'different' meaning in a forest, alone, where no one could hear her scream...THEN Miyumi woulda done something, its just the way she said it that really made her want to give her the old One-two-THREE! And maybe a number four. Number five is a could-be.
"Karin, calm down! They're here on...Uh...Business..." Strawberry's voice rang through Myumi's rather violent fantasies,
"Cut the crap, Ichi-nii, I already know about all that. So what are they? Your lackeys?"
"Ahem...Actually...We're supposedly his superiors. A captain, three vice captains--"
"And what about you? Just tagging along?" Ok, why is this girl so bitchy?
"...Third seat..."
"Hah. Why'd they ask you to go then?" Miyumi's blood was boiling. She was the type to get angry when her hot chocolate was not hot. Only slightly hot, and this was really, REALLY pushing it,
"You know? You really put the 'itch' in bitch!" she blurted, standing up from where she was previously sitting, Karin looked slightly surprised from the sudden outburst, clearly not expecting it from such a...Somewhat innocent looking girl. But at the moment, Miyumi felt like grabbing Nemuritora(Her zanpaktou)and just dot dot dotting Karin.
"Miyumi, relieve yourself!" Hisagi commanded,
"Fine. Strawberry, wheres the bathroom?" everyone sweat dropped, excluding Miyumi of course,
"Ugh! Not like that." she heard Karin scoff, and mumble some incoherent words, including, 'dumb' and 'ass', but instead of carrying a grudge and allowing a tumor to form, she ignored it,
"You should really watch your wording then! Ok, can we just please plan this out? I wanna go to bed..."
"Well, theres a futon in my closet where Rukia used to sleep...And one of you has to bunk with Orihime... I don't care who."
"Oh, I'll stay at Hime-chans house!" Rangiku piped, happy to stay with her, previously, when the two had met, Rangiku had taken an immediate liking to her. Miyumi thought they looked like relatives, mostly cause they had similar colored hair, and large...assets,
"I'll stay in the closet. Momo can deal with her." she pointed slim finger at the short-haired-tomboy,
"Wh-what!"
"Suck it up Momo."
"This ain't a party for me either, princess." the girl named Karin scowled.
"We don't have to like each other. We just have to room with each other." Hisagi reasoned, looking as bored as ever.
"OK! Well, I'm taking a shower, then going to bed. Night y'all!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Someone needs to walk Rangiku there. Who know what will happen? She'll probably go drinking."
"Chibi-kun, why did you stop me just to say that? If I went with her, I'd probably give into her begging and, 'Only one drink' speech, then get drunk and get into trouble. Like getting kidnapped, arrested, or worse! RAPED."
"...You prove a good point. I guess either me or Hisagi should go too-" they looked around, and the 9th division fukutaichou was gone. A couple of moments later, loud snoring sounds, just imagine a chainsaw going through wet metal(that makes no sense), echoed through the now quiet house.
"Wow, he falls asleep fast..." Momo mumbled, fidgeting with her fingers. Obviously, she was not in favor of the room arrangments, "Ok, well, I guess me and Shikatsu are going,"
"Wait. What!? I thought I was going to take a shower with nice pink grapefruit scented shampoo not walk to Orihime's!"
"Well too bad. Your my thirdseat. I'm your captain." Miyumi grumbled,
"No."
"Miyumi Shikatsu. I order you to come with us."
"Why can't Hinamori go!?" Going against captain. BAD BAD BAD IDEA!
"Because. She needs to get acquainted."
"WH-WHAT!? I NEED TO TOO! I mean...Who are, these strange people?"
"Oh shut it, Shikatsu. Your coming. Do I need to drag you?"
"Why do you want me to go so bad?"
"Why do you insist on staying?"
"Well...Maybe it's cause I'm tired...and annoyed at my chibi-taichou. What about you?"
"Well, if I come back alone, I may get into shit."
"Oh yeah. Some gay bastards might rape you."
"Ok. I'm dragging you." the boy-genius grabbed her arm,
"WAIT WAIT WAIT! SHOULDN'T WE CALL FIRST!?"
"Already did." Ichigo grinned, which received a glare from blue eyes.
"I. Hate. You. All." were Miyumi's last words before he dragged her out the door.
****
"Toshiro...Did you really have to bring me along?" Miyumi started, folding her arms behind her head, walking in a criss cross fashion beside her favorite little captain,
"Yes."
"Why?"
"Cause."
"...Are you going to ask about Hinamori?"
"No. Why?"
"Cause. In all of the movies I've seen, this is where the best friend asked about the girl he likes which also happened to be the girls bestfriend."
"The hell?"
"What do you want, Hitsugaia-taichou?"
"Ever...Wonder what it'd be like without each other?"
"...Why don't you ask Hinamori?"
"She's more like a sister."
"GASP! And I'm not? That hurts, Shiro. It really does."
"Personally, I don't know what you are."
"Let me give you a hint. I'm the opposite gender, dead and work in the Soul Society."
"Miyumi, seriously. Thats not what I meant. But I meant, we're really close friends. And I'd never forgive myself if you or Hinamori died. But, the way I love her is really...Mutual. And its more like a brotherly love. I don't know about you."
"...Yeah. Thanks for making me feel special." Miyumi rolled her eyes, hoping to be able to stay positive, even though the pain in her chest was increasing and now throbbing worse than usual,
"I love you too though. In a friendship way." he was hoping that she didn't take it the wrong way, her heart felt like it was about to explode with the irregular work it was doing. Lately it was worse. Miyumi's breathing got shallow, but she couldn't figure out why,
"T-Toshiro...Lets just...Stop."
"What?"
"I meant..." she was panting now, out of breath and coughing, "Lets stop...Talking about this."
"Why? Are you ok?"
"Please Shiro... I'm fine."
"Fine. But are you really ok?"
" Yes, thank you. Now, we're here!" her beating slowed, but she staggered as she walked. Surprisingly, Hitsugaia didn't seem to notice. Or care... Miyumi thought, sadly making her way to Ichigo's room, without another word or glance to the others.
"Well thats reality." she muttered, giving up any hope, of something she didn't even know she was secretly hoping for.
xEndx
Kay. I kinda made Toshiro OOC-y when i made him admit all that friendship stuff and such... Whatnot, but it'll work up to that....xD Hopefully. I love you readers! Just not in a sexual way cause my boyfriend would freak out at me. Only implying that i had one. WHich i don't. Cause I'm too young. But after i graduate from grade school, this year, then i shall work up to that!! LOL. MUA HAHAHAHAHAA! No. I'm weird, sorry--yo. xD
Shyoko-chan