Diskureima
Chapter 16: And so, I met a hot girl
Inoue headed straight to Chad's apartment after school and knocked on the door. She waited for a while but there was no response.
"… Kurosaki-kun didn't come to school today… and it seems like Sado-kun still isn't going either… That worries me… but I think he comes here occasionally… since the bread I delivered to him was gone." She thought out loud while checking her phone for a hopeful message from Ichigo or Chad, but there was none.
"HEEEYYYY!" Someone called out, startling Inoue. "I am Shishigawara from Miyashita Commercial High School! You're Inoue-san, yes!?" The man with a strange army cut named Shishigawara paused for a while to catch his breath before continuing. "Pardon me! But would you mind dying here!?"
Despite being just being threatened a few seconds ago, Inoue remained calm, or rather, she didn't fully understand.
"I will be useful! I'll kill her even if it's the last thing I do… and be useful to Tsukishima-san!" Shishigawara thought as he attempted to devise a plan. "I'll strike first and win for sure! Now hurry up and face me! Face me! As soon as you face me, I'll clobber you!" He jumped to the air and readied a punch.
"Eh?" Inoue turned right to look at Shishigawara, stopping him mid-air. Her gentle angelic face alone was enough to defeat him and send him to the ground.
"Wha… what a hottie!" Shishigawara said in his mind as he lay down on the ground. "Hey hey hey hey what was that!? She's too hot! Is she really human!? Her extreme hotness flung me to the ground!"
"Are… are you okay?" A concerned Inoue asked her assailant, although she didn't know that.
"No no no! I saw it wrong or something! No human is that hot! My sensor for that kind of stuff must've been busted since I haven't looked at a girl for a while!" Shishigawara thought as he attempted to stand up, "Take a good look! She's nothing special…" He looked at Inoue again, instantly getting knocked down to the ground by himself. "No waaaayyy! I can't look straight at her! I'm sorry, Tsukishima-san… it seems this… is as far as I go…"
"NO! What am I thinking!? What's the point of getting discouraged at this stage!? Tsukishima-san showed me that picture because he believed in me!" Shishigawara recalled as he punched the ground and stood up. "If I don't finish this job… then I'm not a man!"
"Oh… he's up."
"Ooooahh! Get ready, girl! I, Shishigawara Moe-sama, am here to collect your head!" He threatened while blushing.
"…my head?" An unknowing Inoue asked.
"Huh!? Y-you know, your head! Your life!" Moe explained to her while still blushing. "She doesn't even know that!? Are thre really girls like that in this world!? Is she really human!?"
Inoue still didn't understand, but was immediately shocked when she heard Moe's next words.
"By collect your head, I mean that I'm here to kill you! Just like that bastard four-eyed friend of yours!"
"Are you the one who attacked Ishida-kun?" Inoue now spoke in a serious tone.
"What's with her? She changed all of a sudden…" Moe thought as he noticed the glare Inoue was giving him.
"Answer me." She demanded.
"Not bad. I can fight her if she's like this." Moe thought as he clenched his fist. "Is there any point in asking me that? You already got your answer when I brought him up right!?"
"That's true…" Inoue paused for a while. "Now then… tell me about your friends."
"You got a hot face but you're pretty serious! You're gonna have to beat that info outta me! Come on! Fight me!" Moe provoked her but was immediately interrupted.
"All right, that's far enough." A man sitting on the ledge behind Inoue spoke up while reading a book. "It was *I* who attacked Ishida-kun."
"… Tsukishima-san…!" Moe said in surprise.
"Who… are you…?" Inoue asked, clearly puzzled at how Tsukishima got behind her without being detected.
"Tsukishima Shukurou." He replied politely. "I'll be your-"
"Tsukishima-san!" Moe interrupted. "You didn't need to come all the way here! I'll take care of her! There's no need for you to trouble yourself with this!"
"…okay" Tsukishima complied with a smile and returned to reading his book.
Moe immediately ran in front of Inoue and entered his fighting stance. "All right! Bring it on!"
"Shishigawara-kun…" Tsukishima suddenly called out.
"What is it?"
"Let's get going." Tsukishima ordered, shocking both Moe and Inoue.
"What!? As your henchman, I can't retreat now! I'm happy that you're looking out for me but your honor is worth more than my li-" Moe attempted to protest but immediately stopped upon hearing Tsukishima close his book. He knew full well that this was not a good sign.
"How about listening to me for a moment, Shishigawara-kun…? I told you, you don't have to do anything." He ordered, still in a calm demeanor.
"Y-yes sir…" Moe complied while trembling in fear.
"Well then. What are you doing here?" Tsukishima asked as he pulled out the bookmark from his book.
"I-I wanted to be useful to y-" Moe answered, still shaking. His fear evident in his voice.
"Oh no. Now I lost my place." Tsukishima interrupted. "That is going to be a problem." He stated, causing Moe's eyes to widen. "Hey, Shishigawara-kun."
Tsukishia points the bookmark at the ground, causing it to transform into a sword. "You'll take responsibility for it won't you?"
"What… was that? His bookmark turned into a sword." Inoue thought as she examined the weapon Tsukishima conjured. "Is that… a Zanpakutou…?"
"…hm?" He turned to Inoue to answer her question. "No it isn't. This is Fullbring." He said as he pointed his sword at her. "And my Fullbring, is Book of the End."
Inoue stared at him, ready to defend against any possible attack.
"You may relax." He said politely. "For I'm not going to do anything to you… yet. Today I will leave right after I've punished this child that won't listen to what I say."
Tsukishima turns to Moe again, but Inoue suddenly steps in front of them.
"Oh? What's this? You're kind, just like they said. You can't even stand to see an enemy get hurt in front of you?"
"That's not it." She answered. "If you're the one who attacked Ishida-kun, then I can't let you get away."
…
"Ichigo! Kujou-san!" Chad called out as he saw them emerge from a food shop near his apartment.
"Oi, Chad!" Ichigo greeted. "What's up?"
"Oh, nothing. Just going to check if there was a delivery today too."
"Delivery of what?"
"Lately, Inoue's been delivering leftover bread from her job here every day…"
"Yeah. That's because she's worried about you. Give her a call when you eat some." Ichigo suggested to his friend.
"Wait here, I'll go get the bread so you and Kujou-san can take home half." Chad said before climbing the stairs to his apartment room. "There it is… Sorry about making you do this every day…" He apologized internally while reaching for the bag but immediately stopped upon sensing something.
Chad immediately ran to the ledge and checked if Ichigo and Nozomi were there. "Ichigo!"
"What're you so worked up about?"
"There's something wrong with Inoue's Reiatsu! Something's happened to her!"
"What!? Where is she!?" A worried Ichigo asked.
"Follow me." Chad said as he started running, with Ichigo and Nozomi following shortly.
Ichigo pulled out his phone and started to dial some numbers but was immediately questioned by Chad.
"Who're you calling!?"
"Inoue, of course!"
"Ichigo, you probably shouldn't" Nozomi told him.
"The sound of her phone might distract her and leave her vulnerable." Chad explained.
"Are things really that serious!?" Ichigo asked as he returned his phone back into his pocket.
"I don't know… it's just that her Reiatsu is pretty tense."
"Are you sure this is the right direction?" Nozomi asked as they continued to run.
"Yeah. I just can't get a fix on the exact location through Reiatsu perception. If only Ishida was here-"
"Nah." Ichigo interrupted. "I can figure out the place as long as we're headed in the right direction. If we keep going this way, then we'll end up at Inoue's apartment."
…
"If I'm the one who attacked Ishida-kun, then you can't let me get away?" Tsukishima repeated Inoue's earlier statement. "That's a typical line. Nothing interesting about it. It would never make it into a book."
"H-hey!" Moe suddenly called out, but failed to catch any attention. He continued nonetheless. "What're you doing? Tsukishima-san means business! And he's scary as hell! He was just gonna kill you but now you're not gonna get off easy!"
"Quiet… I'm not doing this for you…" Inoue replied rather seriously, although her talent to mess up cannot be obscured. "…Sushigawara-kun."
"Its Shishigawara!"
"I have to concentrate. I don't know what he can do. He has a sword, so Three Sacred Links Shield could be a good idea… but if I did that, It'd be like telling him to bring it on. I wonder if there's another way to stop him…" Inoue attempted to devise a strategy but was slightly startled when Tsukishima suddenly turns away from her.
"Three Sacred Links Shield!" Inoue immediately responded by putting her hands forward and calling out the name of her technique, but was immediately stopped as Tsukishima suddenly appears behind her and stabs her in the back.
…
"Which apartment is hers!?" Nozomi asks her companions as they finally reach Inoue's apartment.
"403!" Chad answered.
"This way! The stairs are much faster than waiting for the elevator!" Ichigo as he led them to the staircase.
They quickly ascended the flight of stairs and reached the 4th floor. They continued to run through the hallways until they spot Inoue slumped down on the floor.
"Inoue!" Ichigo immediately called her.
"Ah, Kurosaki-kun! Nozomi-san! Oh and Sado-kun too! What are you doing here?" Inoue questioned as he was helped up to her feet.
"What're we doing here? Chad said there was something wrong with your Reiatsu!"
"Are you alright?" Chad asked. "That wasn't a normal Reiatsu fluctuation… What on Earth happened, Inoue?"
"Huh? R-really? Nothing's wrong though… My stomach started hurting, that's why I was on the ground." Inoue answered, slightly stuttering.
"That couldn't be it… There was another Reiatsu here up until a while ago. Who did it belong to?"
"Who did it belong to? My friend? I met my friend here." Inoue said, still unsure about her choice of words.
"My friend…? That person was… Tsukishima-san…"
Double update! Thanks for reading! Mata ashita ne.