Hi(: Well i've got good news and bad news...

Bad news first: now that school's started, and I have about 2 after school activities, Good News: School gives me inspiration! I have even more chapters and alot of oneshots and story ideas new. More Bad News: With school activities I can't really type them... More Good News: I Decided since I won't have time to write until next week or so, that I'm posting two chapters again :D

Karin: So be happy.

Toshiro: you were right when you said you were coming back with a vengeance...

Kitty: You bet your sweet pippy!

Toshiro: ...?

Karin: She's just happy because her sister got married yesterday...

Kitty: RIGHT! :D No not the one who was in the accident, she's already married.

Toshiro: Why am I the last to know?

Karin: No Children Allowed Toshiro...

Toshiro: I AM NOT A KID!

Karin:Well this is dedicated to the new Mr. and Mrs. Billings.

Toshiro: Stop ignoring me!

Kitty: That and...

Toshiro: hello?

Karin: Kitty doesn't own bleach

Kitty: If i did...

Toshiro: Hello? it was my turn to say it.

Kitty: Sorry, I couldn't see you...

Karin: She is tall..

Toshiro: Whats that suppose to mea-

Kitty: We've bothered the readers long enough! If I did, HitsuKarin would be Cannon :D

Karin: ON TO THE STORY!

Chapter 14:

I Dont Hate You I Just Like To Annoy You

SMACK

The noise echoed through out the library, silencing the small group of kids there for detention, or 'D-Hall'. All eyes went to the teacher, who slammed the book down on the table to get the kids attention, as she began to start instructions for their punishment. Karin silently sighed, and put her head on the table, and listened to the teacher.

"Your punishment will be to read a story by a famous writer, if it's a poem then you must explain the references and deeper meaning. No less then 2 pages for story, for poem then a page, and yes they will be counted as a grade in your class." she said, "You will not be able to leave until 4:30 it is 3:30 now. If it isn't done by then you stay until it's done, is this clear?" she didn't wait for an answer, "Good. You have plenty resources around you, except the computers." she looked at each and everyone of the kids. In the first few tables... no one. Of course. All 6 kids were sitting in the back. In one table was Yachiru, Karin, Momo, and Toshiro in one table in that order. There were also two other kids that were in D-Hall with them.

"I will be in the Resource Room. As you can see there is a window so I'll be able to see you. You can go get books." the teacher went into another door and they could see she sat down and began grading papers, the signal to starts. Momo pulled out her bag and started her paper, Yachiru didn't do anything but pull out a lollipop and start eating it, Toshiro got up and went to scan for books, and Karin had her head down still.

"Are you alright Karin?" Momo asked when Karin gave out a groan of irritation.

"Yeah, just sleepy. I can't sleep for the death of me..." Karin said ending with a yawn to prove her point. Momo tilted her head, and looked at Karin.

"Really? Why?"

"Weird dreams. I know it's weird." Karin still hadn't picked up her head, "But the same dream over and over and over. And i can never get back to sleep after I wake up."

"What happens in the dream?" Momo's voice had a lining of worry in it, but Karin didn't know if she wanted to tell Momo. She did but something told her not to... not just yet.

"Nothing special anyway, I don't remember much" Karin lied, "But oh well. It'll pass. " Karin picked up her head and smiled to Momo who smiled back gently. Yachiru took that time to interrupt and offered them both a lollipops, before running off to bother Toshiro with a lollipop.

"If you want, you can just sleep. I can write the report for you."

"No it's not fair. I'm gonna go get something to use research I guess." Karin picked up her head, letting Momo see the bags she's had under her eyes. Karin looked away before she could say anything.

"Alright, if your sure." Momo said while Karin stood up, "Which book do you have in mind."

"Maybe the Salem Witch Trials. I've always been kinds curious about that..." Karin said. Momo seemed to go quiet for a while, as if remembering something.

She did remember. Momo, even though she didn't seem like it, she was the oldest in her lifetime. Being what she was she was protected, and people feared her, even those of her own kind. Momo was even slightly afraid of herself, she knew the power she had. When she turned 16, in human years, and went through her first transformation

"Hey, you alright?" Karin put a hand on Momo's shoulder, but she tried to lean back out of reflex. A single touch was all Karin needed to see a few flashes, exactly what Momo was afraid of. Karin and Yuzu were some of the best friends she's made of such short notice. Accepting her... No. Not for who she was, she didn't know who she was. But Momo felt safe around her new friends here all the same, she knew everyone did. Momo didn't want to ruin that. She looked back to Toshiro. Especially him...

"Yeah, I'm fine." Momo said, "It just kinda creeps me out a bit." Karin followed Momo's eyes and saw Toshiro. Yachiru was on his shoulders, obviously to his annoyance, while she pulled on his hair calling him a snowman. Karin laughed a bit, when she put a candy in front of his face before shoving the watermelon flavored candy in his mouth. He simply picked her up and set her down, while she ran off, the lollipop still in his mouth. Karin looked back to Momo.

"Really? Sorry." she apologized before she forgot.

"No, like I said I'm fine." Momo laughed, and turned back to her, "Renji used to tell me weird stories about the ghosts of witches and stuff while we were at this one place in America.. He did it just to scare me though."

"Renji's probably a big wuss under those tough edges." Karin laughed, "Probably just as scared as you are."

"Yeah" Momo laughed. "Shiro-chan scared him after he told me those stories. Renji was just as scared as I was." Momo laughed at the memory. "Maybe even a little more"

"You've been with Toshiro for a long time huh?" Karin smiled.

"Like you wouldn't believe. He was such a brat when he was younger, and a smart ass to boot." she laughed and Karin cracked a grin when she remembered when they walked down the hallway together.

Flashback

Karin and Toshiro were walking to their Social Studies class after coming back from the principals office. "Fine, Ignore me." Karin said, "You probably can't talk with a stick shoved up your ass..." she added with a mumble.

"You can stop fantasizing about my ass now Kurosaki." Toshiro said while he walked down the hallway, leaving Karin there looking at him standing still for a second.

"In your dreams, would I ever check you out" Karin said, catching up to him. She was laughing and shaking her head at his comment.

"Whats so funny?" he sneered.

"Your a brat." she said stepping ahead of him with a smirk he decided he hated, and ruffled his hair, "Scratch that. Your a short brat." she turned and ran ahead down the hall, happy a simply short comment can irritate him so much.

"Your shorter then me!" he yelled in irritation. Again she only laughed and walked into their class room.

End Flashback

"But.." Momo added in a sad sigh, "He hasn't been like that in a while, I miss that side of him. It's been a long time since I've even see him fully smile, just a smirk or a something every once and a while." Karin looked at Momo, with a look of disbelief. He hadn't been a smart ass before? He'd been like that with her for a while, he always has a comment lined up ready just to throw at her. "Yeah, I know," Momo say her face, "hard to belie-"

"Not really." Karin interrupted. Momo looked up to Karin, who had a far off look in her yes. She shrugged her arms and stood up, "He's always like that, not the smiling thing, hell the day he laughs it's the sign of the apocalypse, but he's a smart ass. I think I got better at it with him around. I just guessed that's how he's always been."

"R-really?" Momo was truly... surprised. Toshiro hadn't even said anything to Renji, Toshiro was always in control of himself... then again... that thing with Renji. Toshiro hadn't even fought in a long time, always avoiding it, not even joining when Ikkaku, Yumichika, and Renji messed around. Momo smiled at Karin while she walked down the isles of books saying she was going to get her favorite book.

"Hinamori?" she turned and saw Toshiro, in his hands were a few books. She smiled. He always loved to read. "Are you alright?" he questioned.

She kept smiling at him, he always protected her. "Just fine." he looked at her and set his books down.

"Whatcha' got there. Wait." she said, before he could answer. She closed her eyes, and looked away as to not 'cheat'.

"Emily Dickinson, Edgar Allan Poe, and/or Shakespeare." she said and opened her eyes. He looked at her, the watermelon lollipop in his mouth.

"You forgot Robert Frost." (1)he muttered, embarrassed about being predictable, while he opened a book and began to read. She shook her head and stood up to find her own book, before putting her own lillopop in her mouth. She decided to go to Karin who looked like she was having trouble... or just plain annoyed.

"Found your favorite book?" Momo questioned when she came behind her. She was planning of scaring her, but Karin wasn't, like if she knew Momo was coming.

"Yeah." she said, holding up a book labeled 'The Mask of Amontillado' "Stupid people don't know how to put books back, but I wanted to read another by this author."

"Edgar Alan Poe?" Momo quirked an eyebrow. That guy is insane. I've read some of them when Toshiro first gotten interested in his works.

"Yeah, or Emily Dickinson, or-"

"Robert Frost or Shakespeare?" Momo finished for her. Karin looked up in interest.

"Yeah.. how did you guess?" Karin asked.

"Shiro-chan has them all." Momo gestured to the white haired teen reading one of the books she was looking for.

"Damn." she muttered, "Well I guess I'll look for something else." Momo giggled, and opened her mouth to talk but Karin stopped her, "Alot of people like those authors, They're famous for a reason." Momo tried to hid her smile behind her hand while Karin walked away running her fingers along the spine of the books she passed. She suddenly felt the temperature drop. Momo knew he was listening to their conversation, so she again hid her smile and looked through the books. She decided to read Romeo and Juliet...

Karin on the other hand silently fumed. Why does everyone think she and that... that.. white haired midget liked each other? It was clear they hated each other, right? She stopped. Why did they hate each other? She thought about it for a while and couldn't find a good reason. He didn't do anything really. He just... irritated her.

Toshiro was thinking the same thing at the moment. Momo's thought were screaming with thoughts about how 'cute' they would be together, distracting him from the book in front of him. Like he could even consider liking that Kurosaki demon. He hated her! Why? ...honestly he could think of a good reason...

She's hot headed, Toshiro began to mentally list.

He's cold as ice. Karin decided it was the first thing she could say she hated about him.

She's irrational.

No one is that calm all the time.

She's so annoying.

He's so irritating.

But he had to admit he's seen her with Yuzu. She's actually caring, she always have been now that he thinks of it. He watched as Yachiru passed, her candies in hand, and walked up to Karin.

She had to face the facts though. He's not entirely cold, he's never been really been rude. Yachiru came up to her and gave Karin her lollipop she refused earlier, before asking for a book at the top.

She's also very strong. The corners of his mouth twitch up awkwardly at the memory of Karin kicking her father unconscious, which contradicted to the sight her saw before him, being nice to Yachiru.

He's strong. In every way possible. Momo said he hadn't seen him smile in a long time, for that, that would mean he went through something pretty bad. Karin was about to steal a glance at Toshiro but she refrained. She kept her eyes on the books, and found another one of Shakespeare's finest on the shelf before shooing off the pink haired hyper active teen.

Toshiro looked up to Karin. She was pulling out a book of... Shakespeare's? Karin.. reading Shakespeare? She didn't seem like the type. He looked to his side, there was the book he had gotten of Shakespeare lying there. He had already skimmed through it, he'd read it before. Toshiro closed his 'Collection of Emily Dickinson's Poems' book and grabbed the thick book full of Shakespeare's early works.

He hadn't realized what he was doing when until he was already there in front of her. They hadn't spoken since being in the hallway, on the way to Social Studies class after comping back from the principals office. He.. chickened out. He simply stood right by her and put the book in it's empty space and went to sit back down.

What was I even thinking? What was I going to even say to her, my damn body did it on it's own. he thought while opening up 'The Tell-Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe, giving up of poems, he felt like reading a thriller anyway. He was on the part the narrator hid the dead body under the floorboards when he was interrupted.(1)

"Can I read it when your done?" he looked up to see Karin, holding the book he had just put back in it's place.

"You can read it now," he closed the book and held it up to her, "I've already read it, I couldn't find The Cask of Amontillado..." he said, and before he realized it, Karin held it out to him.

"Trade?" he looked to her, she was just there simply looking at him holding out the book. He took the book, and gave her the other mumbling a 'sure'. She took it and sat down beside him and began to read. Of course she leaned back in her chair and put her feet up on the desk. She couldn't help it, it was fun to bug him. He simply looked at her, and she smirked back before looking back to her book.

"Do you know how to sit in a chair correctly?" he asked her, she responded with out looking up.

"Do you? Shut up and read." She said decided, and he decided to ignore her.

She's so...

He's so...

Amusing.

He couldn't really describe how he felt. He was irritated, he wasn't exactly happy. He was... just content.

Karin wondered. She didn't know why she decided to just sit by him, and mess with him. All she planned on doing was asking him for the book, and walking away. Just to be nice for once to him, since they never did anything to each other to make themselves hate each other. But her body acted on it's own and she was.. content with it. She thought he would say or tell her something, but nothing.

Momo stood there, watching the scene before her. She smiled and pulled out her cell phone.

I didn't even have to do anything... well maybe one thing. Maybe she could help with Yuzu's plan...

Review? Did you read the top? You might wanna. Thank You for reading though! :D

(1) I'm thinking since Toshiro is old an all he's probably like old stories and authors like them.

(2) You guys should read Edgar Allan Poe's stories especially if you like thrillers and creepy stuff. That. Man. Is. A. Genius. PM me or look him up on Wiki if you want a list of some of his stories.

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