The Mysteries of This Life

Chapter 7: The Mysteries of Old

Yamasorrowichi sifted through the things that she had taken out of the box again looking at each one carefully. She was confused. The things looked familiar yet she couldn't remember why. She picked up the first item and stared at it. It was a paper that says UI &YK Best Friends Forever & Ever in her childish handwriting. It was obvious that she wrote it as a child. She tried to remember who UI was but couldn't. She set it down and picked up the next item and stared at it as well. It was a well drawn picture that depicted her at the age she is currently wearing a beautiful dress that must have been designed by some fabulous designer. Yet when she looked at the "signature" it was just those initials again. It was the initials UI, which were already driving her nuts. Who was UI? She set it down and picked up the next two items. They were two hippo figurines. She remembered those at least. One was pink, which a friend that she couldn't remember gave to her. The other was blue and she had painted the feet white. She was going to give it to her friend, but she never got the chance. She stared at them with joy at remembering them. After a while of staring, she set them down. She then picked up the next two items and looked at them with interest in her eyes. One was a necklace that had a glittery U as the charm. The other was a bracelet that had the word BEST on it in glittering letters. It was obvious that the bracelet was only a part. The other part was with someone which she guessed to be the mysterious UI. She set them down and picked up the last item. She thought it was supposed to be a birdhouse, but it was unfinished and poorly crafted. Instead of it being nailed together it was taped, proving to be the work of children or some insanely clumsy person. She turned it upside-down and looked at the bottom. The initials UI &YK were carved in there. She set it down and sighed in defeat. She had been repeating that cycle for hours with no success. She couldn't remember anything about the mysterious UI except for the obvious fact of their friendship.

"You should go to bed. It's almost midnight and you have school tomorrow."

"I'm not tired Urahara."

"Still. Go to bed. You need to at least try to sleep."

"I already told you that I'm not tired."

"And I told you to go to bed. Now do it. Lights out. Goodnight Yamasorrowichi."

"Goodnight." She sighed in defeat again as he left the room. "I guess he's right. I should at least try to sleep. But I can't help but wonder who the hell UI is." She put the things back in the box neatly and changed into her pajamas which were very plain. They were light blue with dark blue cuffs. A two-piece set consisting of the pants and the button up shirt. After she changed she turned off her light and curled up in her bed. She turned onto her back and stared at the ceiling. "Maybe I'll dream of a world where everything makes sense." She thought of it. A world where she would know for sure that she had feelings for Ichigo and what they were. A world where she knew what had happened that morning with no doubts about her sanity. She got under her blankets and turned over to her side again. She curled up into a little ball and closed her eyes still thinking about the world where everything made sense.

_Dream_

Yamasorrowichi was her 8 year old self. She was in the school yard of her second school for second grade. She had one friend which was good. At her other school she had been friends with Tatsuki Arisawa and Ichigo Kurosaki. She smiled as she ran towards her only friend in that school. He turned to her as if she had called his name. Once he turned his eyes closed as he smiled, waving at her as his dark hair shone under the sunlight. She waved back and skidded to a halt in front of him. They stood there for a moment just staring at each other before she got an angry look on her face.

"Where were you this morning? Weren't we going to walk to school together?"

"I'm sorry. I had to do something so I wasn't able to make it."

"You know what these bracelets mean right?" She held up her wrist and the sunlight glinted off a bracelet that said BEST on it. The boy nodded as he held up his wrist as well. The sun glinted off his two bracelets almost blinding her. One she thought of as a strange thing but the other said FRIENDS the way hers said BEST. She took her bracelet off and took his off as well before hooking them together at the words, making it say BEST FRIENDS. "We're best friends, see? We even got these bracelets to show so and we each wear them everyday. What were you doing this morning -?" She didn't hear herself say his name.

"I was drawing this picture for you. I know that you like clothes and so I drew this." He handed her a picture. She smiled at him. "It's a dress. I know you don't like them but I wanted to show you that they can look great if made the right way."

"Who's she?" Yamasorrowichi pointed at the teen in the picture.

"That's how I imagine you'll look when you're a teenager. I made this dress for then. One day I'm going to make it for you. I will make it special. And there will only be one like it. That will be the one I made for you. I'll even custom fit it. I'm going to measure exactly and make it perfect. It has to be perfect for you. Otherwise, you may get angry at all those fittings being for nothing."

"I would never get mad at you if you tried hard on it. This dress looks plain yet complex. The few designs on it are amazing and complex. If you try hard and it isn't perfect, I will still love it. I'll still wear it too. I promise you that." He smiled at her and she gave him a huge toothy grin. She felt her heart clench as his face suddenly fell. "What's wrong?"

"What if, when I get older, I can't sew as good as I can now?"

"You will. Even if you couldn't, if you made the dress I'd wear it because of how much I'd love the thoughtfulness and hard work you put into it." She couldn't explain the feelings she had when they were together so she called it extreme friendship. After a while of staring at him being cheered up again, she unhooked the two bracelets and handed his back to him. She then put hers on and messed with it until she got it to where it wouldn't fall off her tiny, slender wrist. "Will you promise me something?"

"What?"

"Promise me that we'll always be friends."

"But you already know we will."

"Just promise me. You're the first person I met that not only can see and communicate with spirits, but also doesn't even try to hide it from me for fear of losing your reputation. You made me fit in here as much as it's possible. So please just promise me."

"Ok. I promise that we will always be friends no matter what! You will always be my friend, Yamasorrowichi-chan."

"You finally called me by my first name. Thank you so much Yu-kun!" She hugged him tight. He just stood there for a moment before hugging her back. The two friends were smiling as big and bright as they could until the bell rang for them to go to class and they had to let go. "Let's go to class Yu-kun. You owe me a walk later." She ran off towards the building. He grinned at her before following her to their classroom.

Yamasorrowichi awoke with a smile as Ururu and Jinta called out to her. She sat up and looked around. It was morning already. She could tell by the way the room was lit up. She got up and got ready for school before leaving. She was eager to start her day. She was eager to get her day over with. She was eager for night to come so she could enter the dream realm and have more memories brought back to her through her dreams. She wanted to have another dream like that. She wanted to remember everything about her best friend. She felt something else as she remembered him. She sensed that she had wished he was more than a friend from the start. She sensed that she had actually loved her best friend before she could completely understand the subject.

(A/N: I had to end it even though I didn't want to. The only downside to writing at night when you've been running around all day on like 6 hours of sleep is you get tired which induces laziness. I could've ended it better, but I'm tired right now which is making me all lazy with my writing. Anyways please review. I'm still desperate for feedback. And 10 mental story points to everyone that guesses who Yamasorrowichi's best friend/ childhood love is. In other words guess who UI is. If you're right, which you most likely will be, you get 10 points. Get to 100 and you get to appear in the story. And anyone that reviews gets a cyber brownie. Review. You know yo want a cyber brownie. The upside to me being tired is I say weird things that make some people laugh… But if you want to review but don't want a cyber brownie, you get a cyber glowstick party! Once again. Review? I'm desperate! Anyways… I don't own bleach or its characters but for now I own any and all OCs…I'm going to bed so… Have a great day!)