Chapter 7:
"It feels like two Hollows. This task should be done in a snap." Captain Izuni says to her lieutenant. Hanabi nods in agreement, lightly landing onto a nearby roof. Izuni follows suit.
A light thump of weight ladned behind the two females. It was Ikkaku of course. "You could go back to the house. I can get rid of this trash in a minute--"
"How about you go home? We don't need you here." Sae mumbled. She looks over at Kishimoto. "Come on, let's get this over with."
The two vanished and Ikkaku sighs in slight bother. "Maybe I should sit this one out. She seems pretty mad."
While Ikkaku watched, Sae and Hanabi didn't take their time to dispose the Hollows. It was simply child's play to them. After two minutes of disposing their enemies, Sae heads back 'home' and Hanabi went over to Ikkaku.
She looked at Ikkaku with curious eyes. He looks up at her and he groans. "What now?"
"You're not going to like what I am about to say, Ikkaku..... Sae is going to start behaving rather....rude to you from now on."
"What are you talking about?"
"I've known Sae for a very long time. We're family. But you..... You're the first man to ever touch her without getting hurt..... It might sound pretty stupid right now but you'll see what I mean when we get back."
Ikkaku gave her a look and sighed.
"So, how was it?" Ayasegawa questioned, watching Ikkaku literlly drop himself onto his bed.
"Fucking waste of time." He groaned into the pillow. Yumichika sighs.
"It's all over now. There's no need to get yourself worked up about that woman anymore."
Ikkaku looks over at his close friend. "Whatever."
While Ikkaku was trying to forget everything that happening during his little 'trip', Captain Izuni and Kishimoto went out for a little lunch break.
"T-Taichou?"
Sae slowly looks up at he lieutenant with weary eyes. "What is it, Hanabi?"
Hanabi didn't look up at her captain not once. The question she was going to ask her superior was something she felt rather uncomfortable talking about.
"Wh-What are you and I-Ikkaku doing back there? I-I mean that night when the Hollow---"
"It was nothing, Hanabi......." Izuni says sternly. She seemed angry about this talk. Sae looks up at the girl before her. "So, I suggest you do not bring it up again."
"Y-Yes, Taichou......"
"......... Besides. I wasn't myself that day anyway......." Slowly, Izuni rises from her seat. Kishimoto follows suit as usual.
"So Kishimoto, how about we get started on that stack of papers that---"
Izuni stops short on her words as she accidentally bumps into someone. Of course, she gets an instant attitude.
"Hey, watch where the hell you're going!" She yells, unaware of who she was yelling at. As she looks up at the gue figure before her, her dark eyes widened in shock. The man looked at her in a disturbed manner.
"What's this? Who do you think you are?" He growls in bother.
But she looks up at him in disbelief. "Captain of Squad 11....... Zaraki Kenpachi!!"
"What are looking at?"
".......O-Oh. I'm sorry, Captain. I didn't know it was you that I had bumped into." She says with a smile on her face.
Kenpachi looked ta her for a moment and finally walks off. Hanabi watched him for a moment before she looks over to her captain. "Taichou...... Are you all right?"
Sae nods slowly. "Yeah....... But there was something about him. Like I have seen him before."
"Well, you are both from Zaraki. Don't forget that." Kishimoto points out.
"Yeah, you're right. I guess."
That evening, Sae took a walk around a bit. She wanted to take her mind off of a few things. Such as Kenpachi. She didn't know him but there was something about him that she didn't like.
"Those eyes..... They're so familiar. It's bugging the shit outta me! Where have I seen this guy?!"
She hadn't even realized that she was standing in the same spot for the past ten minutes.
"What the hell is your problem?"
Izuni's eyes shot up, seeing that Ikkaku was the one that had spoken out. Her confused expression had quickly turned into a bothered look. "Don't talk to me."
She turns away to leave but he grabs her by the arm. Sae looks over to him. "What the hell are you doing?"
"Can we talk?"
Izuni studies his face for a moment. "Talk? About what?"
He lets go of her arms and he sighs. "Uh...... About us and that night....... make sure your lieutenant keep s her mouth shut about what she saw---"
"Do not speak ill of my lieutenant. Besides, I already told her she didn't see anything. It's not I really knew what I was doing." Once again, she turns around to leave.
"What about all of those things you wrote about me? I guess you didn't mean any of that either, right?"
Izuni turns around once again and throws a punch at him. Effortlessly, he grabs her fist. "I don't care if you hate me for reading your stupid book. But it's pathetic to be in denial."
She looked at him with raging eyes. Obviously, she was angry. Eventually, her eyes watered up a bit. He lets go of her hand. "What are you crying for?"
She wipes her eyes quickly. "Shut the fuck up. Stop talking to me like you know me, Ikkaku."
He just stood there with his arms folded.
"........... I didn't......... I didn't want you to know how I felt about you. One thing I hated was expressing my feelings to someone. Especially if it's the kinds of feelings I have for you....... I don't want to like anyone right now. And I guess you can say that I was somewhat afraid of you rejecting me--"
"You're stupid." He says suddenly.
She makes a face. "Wh-What?"
"You heard me. You're freakin stupid. And here I thought you were tough. You're soft just like the other little girls that run around here. You disappointment me--"
"Take that!" She yells, kicking him in the face. He flew back a bit.
"You crazy bitch! What the hell was that for?"
"That was proof that I'm not like the others. Make that the last time you say something like that to me! Ya got that?!" She complains, while she walked towards him.
Sae holds out her hand for him. "But....... Even though you're a complete pain in the ass....... My feeling won't change for you."
He looks at her and then her hand. "Eh, I don't need your help!"
"Fine!" She watches him as he got up himself. He looks at her and he smiles.
"You're a freakin piece of work, you know that?"
"Oh, I know, Ikkaku. But you weren't complaining when you had your hand all over me that night---"
"You shut up! Don't act all innocent and shit----"
Izuni shuts up by planting a kiss on his lips. Well, that had kept his mouth closed for a while. But eventually he pulled her closer.
That night, I wasn't so afraid of showing my feelings. Ikkaku was still a dumbass but at least I feel more comfortabe around him. But this was bad. What if people found out? It's not like we a couple or anything but..... just imagine others talking about us. I shouldn't really care about what others think. But still.......
Great. Now I just can't stop thinking about him...... Shit.
A/N: Sorry for the wait! I know, I know. This chapter was incredibly short and I apologize for that. But hey, sI gave you another chapter to read. I'll try and update soon!! ^_^