AN:
I barely had any motivation for this.
BC
~.~
You lied to me.
You said you wouldn't harm her.
~.~
Later in that day, Toshiro finally made his mind to make the call to his boss, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto.
"Hitsugaya? What's the reason for calling?"
"Ah, Yamamoto... I may have a new recruit for the family."
"Who might they be?" Toshiro hesitated, wondering if he should really tell him.
"Resu Sosora."
"Ah, the rouge?"
"Yamamoto, I can assure you she'll be an asset to us, I've seen her skills myself. Kurosaki and Kuchiki are also vouching for her."
"Are you completely sure we can trust her?"
"Yes," Toshiro growled.
"Very well, bring her tonight and I shall see myself."
"Tonight as in...?"
"In 2 hours Hitsugaya."
"I see..." Toshiro heard the other line close, and he closed his own cellphone.
"Well...?" asked Resu, walking over to him.
"Tomorrow we're going to meet my boss. If he accepts you in, you'll have to go through a series of tests before you are fully in the family, but even then you might still be treated like an outcast..." he bitterly smiled.
"I know a couple people who won't," whispered Resu, smiling and embracing Toshiro. He returned the embrace, holding her close to him.
"I'm surprised Yamamoto handled it well... generally he's more fussy about rouges. So when we go there tonight, stay close to me."
"I'm not leaving your side, Toshiro."
"I know you're not, Resu..."
"You know what, even though we're not in the clear yet, this calls for a glass of wine!" smiled Resu, pulling back from the embrace and going to the wine counter.
"What would you like 'Shiro?"
"I don't mind when it comes to wine."
"Hmm... then I guess I'll take the Cahuil Pinot Noir, I've drank it before and it's really good." Resu took the bottle out and opened it while Toshiro went to grab two glasses. They moved to the living room, taking a seat on the black couches. Resu poured wine into each glass, filling it half way. They both raised their glasses up, gazing at each other.
"To meeting each other," smiled Resu.
"To meeting each other," agreed Toshiro. They lightly clanked their glasses together.
"And to partially getting accepted into the family." Toshiro lightly shook his head and downed the glass of wine, Resu doing the same after.
"Mm, this is good wine," murmured Toshiro.
"People always said I had a good taste in wine when I went to fancy parties."
"Well they're telling the truth," chuckled Toshiro.
"You don't mind if I pour myself another glass 'Shiro?"
"Not at all, but we'll have to leave soon..." Resu nodded and poured herself another glass of wine, taking small sips from the glass.
"I hope it'll end fine, and not with a giant bloody mess."
~.~
Resu finished zipping up her jacket, a small frown on her lips. She placed her gun inside of the jacket and sighed to herself.
"Resu, are you done yet?"
"Yeah, one second Toshiro." Resu exited the bedroom and noticed Toshiro already dressed and ready to go. He was wearing a white collared shirt and a tie along with black pants.
"Maybe I should have dressed a bit fancier?"
"As I say, your choice."
"Then be right back!" She rushed back into the room and took off a majority of her clothes, picking up the black strapless dress she had gotten customly made for her. Barely a few minutes later she finished slipping the dress, which reached down to her knees, along with black stockings. She grabbed her fur coat and moved her two guns to the inside of that coat, then Resu put her brown hair up in a bun then stuck two black, poison filled chopsticks into the bun.
"Ah geez why does it take so long to get dressed up all fancy?" she grumbled to herself as she stepped back out into the living room. When Toshiro noticed her, his jaw slightly hanged open. Resu's cheeks went a light red when she saw his expression.
"You... look amazing, Resu."
"Thanks... you look really nice too!"
"Shall we go?"
"Yeah..."
~.~
After they arrived at the abandoned warehouse and took the underground stairs, they entered Yamamoto's office. All the curtains were closed, and there was only one light on, revealing an old man resting in a large leather chair. From just his face, he may have seemed old, but both of them knew that was not the case.
"Hitsugaya, Sosora, you've finally arrived."
"Yes, we have," said Toshiro, his lips slightly curled down into a frown.
I don't trust him at all with Resu around...
"So you're the head of everything here?" snickered Resu, a mischievous smile on her face. "You look quite old."
"Resu!" hissed Toshiro.
"It's fine, Hitsugaya... you know, I have been expecting you for sometime, Sosora."
"What do you mean?"
"I have some unfinished business to do with you," answered Yamamoto. Shock slightly crossed Toshiro's face.
"You said you wouldn't..." growled Toshiro. "You promised me you wouldn't!"
"Sorry Hitsugaya, she's just too large of a danger."
"Toshiro, what the hell is going on?" Toshiro stepped in front of her and took out his gun, pointing it at Yamamoto.
"You are not laying a finger on her."
"I don't need to, shoot me." Toshiro clenched his teeth together as 5 other people stepped out from the darkness, their guns pointed at the two of them.
"Abarai, Hisagi, what is the meaning of this?"
"Sorry Toshiro... can't go against Yamamoto's orders," sighed Renji. Toshiro narrowed his eyes but then slightly halted as he felt the cold end of another gun against his back.
"Toshiro, you'd better explain to me what the hell is going on." Resu's cold voice sent shivers up his spine.
"...barely a few weeks after I met you, Yamamoto had wanted me to kill you. I would have gone along with the plan, until you finally apologized to me and after you rescued me. I convinced Yamamoto to cancel this mission, that you were no threat to the family. But apparently he had other plans," Toshiro spat, turning his gaze back towards Yamamoto. The gun was removed and Resu turned her gun towards someone else.
"You could have at least told me."
"I didn't know how to, in fear that you would hate me."
"Silly, I would never hate you, but I'm still angry. And luckily we have some stress relievers here– "
"Stop!" yelled out the voice of a woman. Everyone looked towards the large main door, where a woman stood, her strawberry locks covering most of her face. Her large bosom heaved up and down as she lifted her head up.
"Matsumoto? What are you doing here?" asked Toshiro.
"I'm here to stop this mess! Resu... Resu was supposed to be part of our family–"
"Whoa, whoa, stop right there. First of all, who are you? Second of all... what do you know about my past?"
"You mean you don't remember me? Rangiku? Ran-chan?"
"N-no..."
"I took you in, the day after you ran from home..."
~.~
Resu kicked a rock down the hill, her gaze locked to the ground.
"Nothing good ever happens to me anymore," she grumbled. Tears stung at her eyes but she ignored them as she sat on the grass, holding her knees up to her chest. She hated everyone. Her parents, her sister, her relatives, the world. Resu felt a presence next to her and she looked up to see gray-blue eyes looking back. A startled yell escaped her as Resu fell onto her back.
"Oh geez, I wasn't meaning to scare you!" said the woman. She had strawberry blonde hair, and looked to be of around 22 years old.
"W-well you still did!"
"What are you even doing out at this hour? It's going to get dark soon."
"I don't have anywhere left to go," mumbled Resu,looking away. The woman placed a finger on her lips.
"Ha, I know... how about you stay with me for the night?"
"No way! I don't even know you!"
"Rangiku Matsumoto, how about you?"
"Resu... Sosora."
"That's a cute name! Well now back to my reasons. You're not going to let yourself freeze to death outside, now are you?"
"I could if I wanted to," Resu huffed, crossing her arms across her chest.
"Nonsense! I'm not letting you freeze to death," sighed Rangiku, easily picking Resu over her shoulder.
"H-hey let me down!"
"No."
"Meanie!"
~.~
~2 years later, current age: 13~
"Ran-chan?
"Yes Res?"
"Where are we going?"
"Ah, I wanted to introduce you to my family, and maybe when you're older you'll part of it," grinned Rangiku.
"Why can't I be part of it now?"
"Well... you have to be 16, and when you turn 16 you'll have to go through a series of test before you can be accepted."
"Did you do those tests?"
"Yes I did, they were easy when I actually tried!" laughed the busty woman. Resu slightly grinned and looked up at the blue sky.
Finally, a family of my own... she thought.
~.~
~3 years later, current age: 16~
"Rangiku, I don't think I'll join..."
"Why not Resu?"
"There... I just don't feel like I belong there right now. I feel like I just want to take some time to be myself, and just myself."
"I'm not going to hold you back, but are you sure?"
"Yes, completely sure. Thank you for everything Rangiku. You made my life so much better." A bitter smile was on Resu's face as she embraced Rangiku, struggling to not get her face between her breasts.
"Be careful my little Resu."
"Please don't call me that, it's still embarrassing!" Resu looked up at Rangiku and saw she was on the verge of crying.
"Don't cry Ran-chan... I'll be back soon! I promise to join, and not to join any other families till then."
~.~
"Now do you remember me?" asked Rangiku. Resu's body lightly shook as she began to lower her gun.
"R-rangiku..."
"Yamamoto, do you see? She was meant to join the family, but she never did! She never went rogue, she just never joined–"
"It's too late for excuses Matsumoto! Get them!" yelled Yamamoto. Immediately Resu turned, pulling the trigger and managed to hit the red-headed man right in the shoulder. A yell escaped him as he clutched his shoulder.
"Renji!"
"Don't you dare move one fucking step. Next time I will aim for the head," hissed Resu, her cold green eyes shifted to the rest of the people. "Now put your damned guns down!" Hesitantly, Hisagi put his own gun down, the other 3 following him.
"What the hell are you doing!" shouted Yamamoto, getting up from his seat and Toshiro shot his own gun, hitting Yamamoto in the arm.
"Sit down," Toshiro commanded. After both of them glared at each other for a while, Yamamoto slowly sat back down.
"What do you even want, Sosora?"
"Simply to be part of the family, that's all I wanted, but you had to turn this into a much more fucking complicated thing, because apparently I'm a danger to a family I want to fucking be in!" The room went silent, the only sound being heavy breathing.
"Damn it, get Abarai some help..." muttered Toshiro. Hisagi scrambled to take Renji out of the room, the other 3 people just following them two. Rangiku slightly moved out of the way, and turned her attention to Yamamoto.
"So what now? Are you just going to send me away, try to kill me again, or accept my offer to join?" scowled Resu.
"Such a dangerous person like you would be an enormous asset to our family... you're in, no tests needed..." grumbled Yamamoto, his voice sounding partially annoyed. Resu seemed to relax a little as she put her gun away.
"I'm going then," said Resu as she turned around, exiting the room. Toshiro looked back at her and Rangiku ran after her.
"Wait, Resu!"
"...yes Rangiku?"
"I haven't even had the chance to talk to you! Look at you, a grown woman now!"
"You don't even look 31, you still look the same as when I left," smiled Resu.
"Ah pft, I have my ways," smirked Rangiku. Toshiro exited the room, a calm look on his face.
"I'm sorry Resu, I really should have told you earlier–" He was interrupted as Resu placed her fingers on his lips.
"Stop apologizing, Toshiro. There's no need to anymore..."
"Oh ho, you and Hitsugaya? That's new," giggled Rangiku. Resu turned her head towards her and slightly growled.
"Matsumoto, now's not the time," sighed Toshiro, taking Resu's hand and moving it from his lips.
"Yeah, Rangiku... you can visit us some other day to catch up on stuff. We're at Watercross Cresent, in the only apartment there. Third floor, room 257."
"In the same room?"
"I'll explain to you when you come over."
"Ok, but we have to be very careful from now on, I still don't think you're completely in the clear yet."
"I know..."
~.~
AN:
Holy crap it's late and I'm tired. x_X
...and barely in the morning I notice my mistakes.