Edited and Rewritten
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Renee was in a foul mood, and it showed. After getting home the night before, she'd called her dad to check in. Yeah, that had gone well. Like always, they'd gotten into it. With it ending in him threatening to cut her off. To which she countered with, "Well then I'll be here with no money to feed myself, love you too Dad."
After the great talk with her father, Renee had called Fez. That was another interesting conversation. He was almost as bad as her father. "Where have you been?" He demanded.
"I was on an extended vacation." She lied.
"To where, the other side of the world."
She sighed and turned off the alarm on her cell phone. Another reason for her foul mood was the fact that Renji had decided to take her home on a Sunday. It'd been late when she'd gotten in, and even later still when she finally crawled into bed. Only to lay there the rest of the night, wide awake.
So here she was, 6:00 in the morning, and pissed off. That was never a good sign. Dressing in a pair of black Tripp pants, with a black Murderdolls shirt, she pulled on her combat boots and left the house. She didn't even comb her hair. Just pulled it back into a messy ponytail.
When she arrived at school, Matt took one look at her and sighed, "Well Renee's in a bad mood."
"Yeah well, my plane didn't get in till late last night, and I couldn't sleep. So yeah I'm not in the best of moods." She said sarcastically.
Toni came up beside her and smile, "So where were you Renee?"
She shrugged, "I was trying to learn how to control my stupid powers?"
Everyone gave a gasp, "Well did you do it?" Fez asked the question everyone was waiting for.
She nodded, "Yeah, but it came with a price." Shaking her head before anyone asked what she meant, Renee walked away from her friends and headed for her first class.
By lunch her mood hadn't changed and she found herself eating alone, back in the woods. Her ipod playing. Not even a cheerful song could make her feel better. Sure she was grateful to be home, with some filling food, but she missed a certain red head. She'd give up all her good American food, if only she could spend another day with him.
With a growl, Renee threw her food as far into the woods as she could. Aggravated all over again, she stood and walked back to the school, maybe some band would cheer her up.
The walk home after school was a lonely one, normally she'd walk with her friends, but today she was in a bad mood and just wanted to left alone. She'd caught a glimpse of the blonde Soul Reaper assigned to her town, and nearly died laughing when he realized she could see him. When she got home, she stripped off her clothes and climbed into the shower. The scolding heat, helped to relief some of her stress, but not all of it. Stepping out, she dried off and went to bed, not even bothering with dressing.
It went like that for the whole week, and by Friday, her friends decided enough was enough. At lunch, they followed her into the woods.
Renee knew she was being followed, and even knew who it was. She could've made them go back, but she had promised years ago, that she'd never use her gift on them, unless it was an emergency. So with a sigh, she turned and confronted them. "I know you're following me, guys. Come on out."
Fez was the first to come into her line of sight. "What the hells been going on with you lately, Renee?"
"You've been in a bad mood all week. Did something happen while you were gone?" Toni asked, her face completely serious.
"You know you can talk to us. It's not like you to keep things from us." This coming from the ever silent, Ryan.
"Look, you guys don't need to be worrying about me. I'm fine, just going through a bad time." She gave them a smile. "I'm sorry if I've worried you or upset you. That wasn't my intention, I swear."
"Are you sure you don't want to talk about it? You still haven't told us anything about where you went." Fez asked, crossing his arm's over his grey shirt.
"I went away to a place where I wasn't that much different then anyone else. I learned to control my power and in the process I let myself get attached to the people there."
There must've been something in her voice that gave it away, because an understanding crossed Toni's face and she sighed. "Was it the people or a certain person?"
An image of Renji's face flashed in her mind. That cocky grin in place. "One certain person." she whispered.
"Now I understand," she heard Matt say. "You're heart is broken."
"You can say that I guess."
"Are you going to be alright?" Ryan asked, his brown eye's concerned.
She thought about that for a second. "Yeah, I think I'll be just fine."
The school bell rang in the distance, "Well, let's get back to the school. We don't want to be late for band." Fez put his hand's in his pockets and turned around, walking back to the school.
For the first time that week, Renee walked with her friends. Just like it used to be. Toni linked her right arm with Renee's left. "So what are you're plans for Christmas break?"
She shrugged, "I don't know, haven't given it any thought. Maybe I'll leave the country for a little while."
"Why leave the country?" Matt asked, coming up beside her.
"Well I've always wanted to see how other people celebrate the holidays, and why not do that when the holidays are just around the corner?"
"Where are you wanting to go?" asked Toni.
She smiled, over the past week she'd thought about what Renji had told her. He was going to be in Japan helping out a human there by the name of Ichigo, so why should she wait around for him to come to her. She had the money, and she didn't need her dad's permission now that she was over age. It would be the perfect Christmas present.
"Renee?"
Looking up she smiled at her friends. "I meet a friend while I was away, and he's in Japan right now for work. I figure I can show up and surprise him."
Ryan gave her a worried look. "Are you sure that's a good idea. Maybe you should call and make sure it's alright that you drop in."
She gave him a 'duh' look. "Then it wouldn't be a surprise. Anyway, if he can't let me stay with him, then I'll just get a hotel and sight see for a little bit before moving on to Greece."
"When are you gonna leave?" Toni asked, "Christmas break starts tomorrow, and only lasts two weeks."
"I figured I could book my flight for tomorrow morning and be in Japan by the next day."
"You know they're like twelve hours ahead us right?" Fez looked at her like she was crazy. "Not to mention, Japan is extremely crowded, you'd hear every thought and probably go into brain overload."
"I did mention I went away and learned control over my powers, didn't I?" She asked sarcastically.
"Alright smartass, but don't say I never looked out for you."
"Fez you're like a mother hen. You worry too much." She unlinked her arm from Toni and walked over to her best guy friend. He'd been the first person she'd trusted here with the knowledge of her powers. And ever since, she still trusted him with her secrets. Hugging him, she stood on her toe's and kissed his cheek. "Besides, what's the worst that could happen? It's not like I'll get jumped by Ninja's."
He laughed, "You never know. It could happen."
That night, Renee sat in front of her laptop and looked at the ticket she had just purchased for the morning's flight out to Japan. Was she really about to do this? Would Renji be glad to see her or be pissed that she flew halfway across the world to see him? Why was she even going? He did promise to come back and see her. Deciding to not worry about it, she stood and packed her bag, making sure she had everything, most importantly her passport. She'd never get out of the country without it. Lucky for her, her father was always taking her out of the country with him, so she always had an up to date passport.
When she made sure everything was taken of, Renee crawled into bed and fell asleep.
The next morning, Renee was up bright and early. Fez was the one to take her to the airport. The ride there was anything but quite. "I wish you'd let me come with you."
She shook her head. "No, you're suppose to be going to Texas with you're family. You don't want to be stuck with me all Christmas break anyways."
"They'd understand, and you know that."
"Still, go spend Christmas with your family."
"Why aren't you spending Christmas with your dad anyways. What's he think about this dumbass idea of yours?"
"We haven't spent a Christmas together since my mom died, so he doesn't really care about what I'm doing with mine." She shrugged, "This is better then spending Christmas alone in my apartment. At least in Japan, I'll have someone there to spend it with."
"Who is this guy anyways?" He glanced over at her. "It wouldn't happen to be the same guy who broke your heart is it?"
She blushed, "Maybe,"
"What the hell Renee?" The vain in his forehead pulsed. "You're going across the world to see the same asshole who broke your heart. Are you fucking crazy?"
"Juan, you don't understand the situation."
"If you'd talk to me, I would." He scowled at her. "What's this guys name anyways."
She sighed, might as well get this over with. "It's Renji." The truck swerved, making Renee grab for the oh-shit-bar. "What the hell Juan, are you trying to kill us?"
"You're going to see that fucker? When did you fall for his ass? You've only known him a few weeks."
"Well it's like I said, you don't understand the situation."
"Then why don't you fucking explain it to me!"
"That would take awhile and I don't have time to try and explain everything to you. You'll just have to trust me when I say I know what I'm doing." She patted his hand.
"You'd better call me everyday, I don't care what time it is. I want you to call me."
She nodded and laughed at him. "Alright, I promise."
Arriving at the airport, Renee pulled her bag over her shoulder and climbed out of his truck. Turning around she smiled at him and gave a little wave. "I'll see you in two weeks, ok."
"Remember to call me."
She nodded, "I will."
"Renee," he sighed and looked at her with sad eye's. "I have a bad feeling about this, please be safe."
"Don't worry about me so much, I'll be fine."
"Alright I trust you. See you in two weeks. Take picture's."
With a nod Renee closed the door to his truck and watched as he pulled away. Sighing softly, she concentrated on the shield around her mind and walked inside.
A yellow taxi pulled up behind the navy Ford truck. The back seat passenger watched as the black haired girl talked to the man behind the wheel. She laughed and closed the door. When she was inside the airport, the man in the back, paid the driver and climbed out of the taxi. Walking in a few steps behind the girl he watched as she checked in to her flight and walked off to the terminal.
'So she's going to Japan?' He thought to himself. It was a good thing then that he still carried his passport around with him. Walking up to the desk he purchased a ticket for the same flight and followed behind her.
'Soon,' he thought, 'Soon I'll have her, and I'll finally be able to take my revenge.'
Renee boarded the plane, pulling out her ipod she stuck her bag in the overhead compartment. Sitting down she turned on the ipod and thought about what she was doing. 'I hope he isn't too upset when I see him.' She shrugged it off and closed her eyes, it was going to be a long flight. She knew about where she was going, she just didn't know how she would find him when she got there.
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