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ミ コ ト • Mikoto
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Chapter 5: New Friends
Previously:
Hinamori quickly took a few steps back and she could feel her back lightly hit the cool wall behind her. Her eyes widened as he slammed his fist at the wall above her head. His glare was serious.
There was a huge crowd of people gathered around the notice/news board. All chatting and gossiping to each other.
"What's going on over there?" asked Hinamori.
Hitsugaya reached the notice board. Those guys from yesterday, did they-? His eyes scanned for the 'big' news. But it looked like he didn't need to, since the article took up the whole board. His eyes widened. "This can't be…true."
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"It's not true at all!" exclaimed Momo. But no one was listening, they were all busy bad-mouthing Toshiro.
Hitsugaya was silent. Why…?
On the notice board, was a huge article with a picture of Toshiro and Momo together. It was from yesterday's event. 'He walked over to her, fast. Hinamori quickly took a few steps back and she could feel her back lightly hit the cool wall behind her. Her eyes widened as he slammed his fist at the wall above her head. "Hinamori.' His glare was serious.'
The picture made it look like Toshiro was the bad guy- threatening Momo, whereas Momo looked like the innocent one- the girl who didn't do anything but treat him kindly. Except, she looked frightened of him in this photo.
One girl from their class started to drag Momo away from the boy with snow hair. "Hinamori-San, don't talk to him anymore."
Hinamori recoiled in horror. "Nani? Doushite?"
"Well, you know…he did that to you!" replied another girl.
"I'm telling you it's not true!" Momo shook her head.
"Hinamori-San…"
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A bald man and a stylish guy stepped in front of Hitsugaya. "Look at you, not so high and mighty now, are you?" sneered the bald one. His head seemed to gleam in the sunlight.
"…" Hitsugaya's fists were clenched, he felt like killing this idiot.
The guy who was checking himself out in a hand mirror smirked. "What are you going to do now, Hitsu-Kun? You can't deny all this, you have no evidence."
Hitsugaya's eyebrow twitched. Man, did he want to strangle these guys. But he knew that Hinamori was watching, and he didn't want to resort to violence…at least not in front of her. He tried to remain cool. "So it was you…Ikkaku Madarame and Yumichika Ayasegawa."
They both laughed, mockingly. "Look at him, trying to keep his cool!"
All the other students surrounding started to laugh to. He stood there. As quiet as ever.
Momo clutched her hands against her chest. I…I have to do something! I can't just leave him there like that! After all these years, he's been through so much of this…and I was never there. Demo…
What can I do? She glanced at him in the center. Words from yesterday echoed in her head. 'I've decided! From this day on, I'm going to be standing up for you; I'll show those cruel people that you're actually just a sweet little boy with strange hair!' Her eyes flashed, and she sharply looked up.
A classmate looked at Momo. "Huh? Hey-Hinamori!"
She ignored them, and marched onwards. Towards her young friend. The crowd began harder to walk through, as more people came to watch the 'Cold Hitsugaya' be humiliated.
"Excuse me." Hinamori said, strongly, without any fear in her voice, as she continued walking fast.
They all quickly backed away as she got closer to Hitsugaya.
"So, what are you going to do? Shave me bald like you? Or perhaps give me a ridiculous hairstyle with feathers like Birdy-Kun over there?" Hitsugaya shot back.
"Grr, this guy-!" Ikkaku got out a Bokken and sliced down at Hitsugaya's feet. Threatening him.
"Oh, I see. You're from the Kendo club." He mumbled, not afraid at all.
Ikkaku grinned evilly. "What? Scared now?" He raised his weapon again.
Hitsugaya smirked, even though in the inside, he was panicking. I can't exactly dodge…under these circumstances…but I don't exactly want to get hit either…
Madarame swung down hard, and Yumichika laughed more.
Hitsugaya shut his eyes, hoping that it would all go away. Of course it wouldn't.
"Mou ii yo!" shouted Hinamori, as she quickly ran in front of Toshiro.
Hitsugaya was shocked. "M-Momo…"
"That's enough! He may not have any evidence, but if you say that I was the victim of his threats, then I would know what was going on! And I definitely know that it's nothing like that article!" she yelled.
Everyone blinked. Whoa, Hinamori-San, the new popular transfer student, is standing up for HIM…?
Yumichika got annoyed. "Move out of the way, pipsqueak."
Ikkaku was getting furious. "Hey…if I was you, I'd step aside right now!"
Hinamori shook her head. "I won't!"
Hitsugaya gripped Momo's shoulder. "Hinamori, stop it."
"Iie!"
"I can protect myself…" he started.
She cut him off. "I'm not leaving you!"
Ikkaku was now officially pissed off. These two…they're talking like we're not even here! He could hear their voices loud and clear, 'HURRY UP AND GO!' 'I TOLD YOU THAT I'M NOT LEAVING, DIDN'T I?'
"SHUT UP! IF ONE OF YOU DOESN'T LEAVE, THEN I'LL JUST HIT THE BOTH OF YOU!" the strong bald man swung his sword down.
"!" Momo and Toshiro gasped. Shimatta!
BAM!
Hinamori opened her eyes slowly. Someone had stopped Ikkaku from bashing them with the Bokken.
"You- you're…" Hitsugaya trailed off.
There was a tall male, with scarlet red hair and black tattoos on his skin, he was the one who had stepped in front, and grabbed the Bokken.
"Oi, Ikkaku. Stop causing a scene." said the tall man.
Ikkaku blinked. "Renji Abarai…"
"Besides," He tilted his head to Hitsugaya's direction. "This kid here isn't worth your time."
Hitsugaya gritted his teeth. WORTH HIS TIME? HE'S NOT WORTH MY TIME!
Ikkaku glared at Hitsugaya. "Fine…this time."
Renji folded his arms. "And take that ridiculous article down. It's obviously fake."
"…No." he murmured.
"Yes."
Yumichika replied back this time. "No! It is not going down!"
Renji death-glared both of them. "LIKE HELL IT'S GOING DOWN!"
The two shouted in unison. "WE'RE NOT TAKING IT DOWN!"
"THEN I'LL TAKE IT DOWN FOR YOU! OR DO YOU WANT ME TO TELL THE CAPTAIN OF THE KENDO CLUB, HOW DISGRACEFUL YOU TWO ARE?"
"Ack!" they both shivered at the thought of the strong man with spikey hair and bells attached, coming towards them with his real sword.
"We-we'll be leaving now..." they quickly started to walk away.
"…The article." mumbled Renji under his breath.
They stomped over, tore it down (reluctantly), ripped it to bits and walked off angrily.
Renji turned to face Hinamori and Hitsugaya. "So, tell me why those two were picking on you guys."
Hitsugaya stood in front of Momo. "We'd like to know the same thing."
Renji sighed and shook his head. "My guess is that they wanted to make you look bad."
Hitsugaya folded his arms. "Just to make me look bad? "
Everyone surrounding them started to whisper to each other. "He already looks pretty bad to me…"
Another said, "Yeah, that article just proved it!"
Renji turned and faced the crowd. "Hey, what makes you think that an article made by Ikkaku Madarame and Yumichika Ayasegawa, is true?"
Everyone went silent.
Renji continued, with his strong scary face. "No reply, huh? Then that means that no one believes it, and no one should believe it! Because that article was a fake!"
All the students knew who Renji Abarai was, no one ever wanted to get on his bad side and no one doubted him.
A boy shrugged. "Well, if Renji says it's not true…then I guess that article must be a fake after all."
Another guy laughed. "Ha, I knew it was a phony!"
A girl smiled. "Oh, so that's it."
"Yeah, Renji's always right!"
Everyone all started to agree that the article wasn't true, thanks to Renji. All the students began to leave the area and head to the morning class.
Momo felt relief fill her. "Arigato, Renji-Kun!"
He grinned. "No problem."
Hitsugaya looked up at the tall student. "So, why'd you help me?"
Renji shrugged. "I just did what needed to be done."
"It seems you don't have anything against me…like other students."
"Why would I be against you?"
Hitsugaya scratched the back of his head. "I'm sure you've heard…"
"Those stupid rumors? I've heard but only an idiot would believe those."
Hinamori beamed. He may look scary….but he's actually a really nice guy! "Lil' Shiro, it looks like you've made a new friend!"
They both looked at her and said in unison, "Huh?"
Someone put their hand on Renji's shoulder. "I think that'd be a great idea."
Renji turned to see Izuru Kira smiling. "What?"
Izuru smirked. "After all, you don't have many friends, do you?"
Renji glared at the calm student. But he didn't deny it, it was true.
Toshiro glanced at Momo. "Friends?"
She sighed, "You don't want to have a new friend?"
He closed his eyes. "It's not that I don't want to. It's just that…"
Momo immediately cheered up. "Great! Let's all be friends!"
Izuru's lips curled upwards. "Sounds good."
Renji put his hands on his hips. "Guess I can't say no now. Oh well, you'll probably need me around anyways! Who else will help you get out of trouble?"
Hitsugaya cringed. "You all treat me as if I need help with everything…I'm not a kid, you know."
Hinamori looked at Renji. "Hey, I can help Lil' Shiro out too!"
Renji leaned in. "Oh really now? What was that before? If I recall, a tiny girl like you stepping in, didn't really help out this poor guy."
Hinamori folded her arms. "Next time, I'll definitely be able to stand up for him!"
Renji sneered. "We'll see about that."
Toshiro sighed. "And no one's even listening to me."
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Toshiro Hitsugaya was not focusing in class as usual. Usually though, he would be half listening and half not listening, but today, he was just not listening at all.
He tapped his pencil on his book, irritably. Ikkaku Madarame and Yumichika Ayasegawa…what's their problem? I haven't done anything to make them hate me…yet. Or are they one of those people who just hate me when they first see me? His eyebrows furrowed. I don't get why I'm thinking so much about this. Renji Abarai, one of the 'scariest' guys in the school, and Izuru Kira 'Mr. Perfect', friends…with me? Really? I don't see it happening. But it's already happened. His gaze slowly shifted to the petite girl named after a peach. I'm grateful that she stood up for me, but I don't want to get her involved with my troubles…not to mention, I'm still trying to figure out where she was all those years. Why won't she tell me anything? Why is she hiding it from me? His gaze sharpened. Is it better if I never find out? Too many questions and so little answers.
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Renji read the text message on his scarlet cellphone. Another text from her…I bet it's another scolding.
3:30 PM TODAY, 1 MESSAGE RECIEVED
Hey Renji, if you're not at my school in 5 minutes, then you're dead!
His body froze. FIVE MINUTES? HOW CAN SHE EXPECT ME TO BE AT HER SCHOOL IN FIVE MINTUES, WHEN IT TAKES NEARLY HALF AN HOUR TO GET TO HER SCHOOL? He read the last word again. Dead. He gulped, and sprinted like his life depended on it, which it did.
Nanao Ise, a teacher at Shino High School, caught a student with blazing red hair run down the corridor of classrooms. "HEY, RENJI ABARAI, HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU? NO RUNNING IN THE HALLWAY!"
He zoomed around a corner while shouting, "Sorry, Ise-Sensei! I'm in a rush right now!"
"Sheesh, students these days!"
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Hinamori was packing his books into her bag. Some of her girl classmates crowded around her desk, even though it was time to leave school.
"So, Hinamori-San! Are you going to enter?" asked a girl, excitedly.
"Hm? Enter what?"
Hitsugaya immediately tuned in. What could this be about?
"You know! That…"
"That…?" Momo tilted her head to the side.
Another girl laughed and tapped Hinamori's shoulder. "I guess you haven't heard yet! Each year, the school holds a special girl contest!"
"Special girl contest?"
The two girls nodded. "That's right. Girls in this school, who want to participate, fill in a form and put it into the box. Or other people can nominate the girls. Then, 15-20 girls are selected, and from then on, they do various activities, and get the students of the school to vote."
She blinked. "And what is this for…?"
They both smirked. "To become the 'Top Three Beauties of Shino High School' for a year!"
"Eh?"
The first girl grabbed Momo's hands. "And, if you get into the top three, you'll compete against other girls from other schools in Japan too!"
"Nani? You mean other schools also hold this event?"
They both nodded excitedly. "Yes! And we think that you have the potential to become one of those top three this year!"
"D-Demo…I'm not interested in participating in something like that!" Hinamori replied.
They both giggled. "Too bad, we've already nominated you, and a lot of other students have already nominated you as well!"
"Nani?" she gasped.
They two girls smiled at Hinamori and skipped out of the classroom. "Good luck!"
-End of Chapter 5-
Japanese Translations:
Nani- What
Doushite- Why
Mou ii yo- That's enough
Iie- No
Arigato- Thank you
Demo- But
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Ohohohohoho *Anime rich lady laugh*
Ah, another chapter completed, and another chapter to wait for!
I've just realized…that in all of my HitsuHina Fanfictions so far…I've always added Renji and Izuru in them. I wonder why… O_o
That's all for now!
ミ コ ト • Mikoto
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