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Rukia's thoughts 'other thoughts'
When Rukia woke up the next day it was 9:26 a.m. Hmm. 9:26. I haven't slept like that in a lo- OH NO! I'm late for school! Rukia sat up and got off her bed. Right when her feet touched the floor, the door burst open.
"RUKIA-CHAN!" yelled an overly excited Rangiku. She ran to Rukia and squeezed the living day lights out of Rukia.
"Rangiku, let her go." said Toshiro with a sigh, who was leaning on the door frame, arms crossed. One day that woman is going to kill someone with her deadly 'hugs'.
Rangiku let go of Rukia and she was gasping for air. "Rukia-chan, we're going shopping!" sang Rangiku waiting for an exactly excited as she is answer.
After Rukia was able to breathe properly, she asked "Shopping? I need to go to school."
Rangiku frowned at that. "No, we're going shopping to get your mind off the... events that happened recently."
"Oh, well okay." said Rukia. Rangiku let out a loud squeal.
"Uh, who said you can go?" asked Toshiro looking at Rangiku with a raised eyebrow.
Rangiku took a deep breath and let it out frustatedly. "Caaaptain! We're going and that's that! You don't have to come."
"You're not going to listen to me anyway." muttered Toshiro running a hand through his hair.
"YAY!" Rangiku ran to Rukia's closet and opened it. She started looking at Rukia clothes. "Let's see. We have to buy skirts, maybe dresses..." Rangiku got a little note pad and was writing down notes.
"Uh, does she take shopping this seriously?" Rukia asked Toshiro.
Toshiro looked at Rukia and noticed her purple Chappy pajama's. He smiled a little at that but didn't complement on them. "Yeah."
Rukia nodded and looked back at Rangiku and held back a laugh. Rangiku was looking at a purple knitted poncho that Hisana made Rukia a few years back confusedly. She tried putting it on but it wouldn't go through her head. "How the heck do you put this on? Can you even wear this? What is this anyways?"
Toshiro rolled his eyes and Rukia giggled quietly. "It's a knitted poncho Rangiku-san. I've had that for years."
Rangiku took it off. "You're not buying any of those." She went back at taking clothes out of my closet.
"Hitsugaya-san, can you tell me about the other Princes and Princess?" asked Rukia, hoping he wouldn't know why she wants to know.
Before Toshiro got to say anything, Rangiku said "Okay, I'm done! Captain you'll tell her about them later. Rukia-chan and I need to get shopping but she needs to change first." Then she pushed her captain out of Rukia's room while saying to Rukia "Hurry up and change, sweety!" Rangiku closed the door behind her, leaving Rukia alone to change.
Rukia put on skinny jeans and a blue chappy shirt. She put on blue converse and fixed her hair. She went downstairs were Rangiku and Toshiro were waiting. "I'm ready, Rangiku-san." Rukia said.
"Alright!" Rangiku picked up Rukia and ran with her to her car. "Captain, we'll be back at 5, k?" yelled Rangiku. Toshiro didn't say anything, he just took out his phone.
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"Let's see. You don't seem to be the girly type but not tomboy. You're not preppy... You're in between!" decided Rangiku. Rangiku dragged Rukia into random stores making her try different types of clothes. By noon, Rukia had ten bags with different types of clothes from different stores. "Time for lunch!" Rangiku announced.
"Finally." Rukia sat down at a chair in the food court and her stomach growled.
Rangiku laughed. "So what do you want?"
"Strawberry shake, uh pizza... that's it." Rukia said. Rangiku nodded and went to order the food. "Cookies! If they have any!" Rukia yelled after her. While Rukia was waiting for Rangiku to come with the food, a kind looking lady came up to Rukia.
"Are you Mrs. Hisana?" asked the lady. She seemed to be in her mid-twenties. She had dark chocolate brown hair, light brown eyes, and a beauty mark under her right eye.
"No, I'm Hisana's younger sister. Rukia. Kuchiki Rukia." said Rukia.
"Oh! You look exactly like her! Could you give her a message for me?" asked the lady. "Oh, wait! How rude of me! I haven't introduced myself! I'm Kuroki Kikyo."
Rukia didn't know if she should tell Kikyo that Hisana got killed. "Oh, well um Hisana ... d-died."
Kikyo's eyes widen. "Oh, I'm so sorry! I didn't know! How are you doing? Do you need a place to live now?" Kikyo asked concerned about Rukia.
"Oh, um..." Rukia thought about Toshiro and Rangiku. Should she? "Can I- can I let you know when I..." Rukia trailed off.
"Oh of course! Here!" Kikyo took a piece of paper out and a pen. She wrote something down and handed it to Rukia. "That's my phone number and address. Give me a call or visit me when you've decided, ok?"
Rukia nodded. "Okay, thank you, Kuroki-sama."
Kikyo laughed. "No need to be formal. Kikyo is just fine. Well I have to get going. Bye Rukia-chan!" Kikyo left.
Rukia looked at the paper. Should I?
"Rukia-chan! I have the food!" Rangiku's cheerful voice snapped Rukia out of her thoughts.
Rukia hid the paper quickly. "Great!" Rangiku sat down and they began to eat.
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"Wow." Toshiro was staring at Rukia and Rangiku who had a whole bunch of shopping bags with them.
"Captain, stop staring at the bags and help us take them to Rukia-chans' room." ordered Rangiku.
"Ordering me around, I'm the captain." muttered Toshiro to himself as he picked some bags up. They picked up the bags and went to Rukia's room.
"Finally!" Rukia dropped all the bags she was carrying on the floor. She opened her closets to start putting the clothes in there. "Hitsugaya-sama, can you tell me about the other Princes and Princess?"
"Yeah." Toshiro dropped the bags on the ground and sat on Rukia's bed.
"Captain, you can tell her while I go sleep!" said Rangiku as she walked out of Rukia's room after placing the bags on the floor.
Rukia started putting her clothes in her closet and Toshiro began to tell her about the Princes and Princess. "Well you already know the king and his vice-captain, so I'll go to the second captain also known as Princess Soi Fon. She obeys all the rules and if someone breaks it by the slighest bit, she punishes them. She's in charge of the toruting chamber and that is what happened to your sister and the captain who fell in love with her. Her vice-captain, Omaeda, is well what he eats, to put it nicely. He can be lazy and not want to follow orders but he'll do it, unlike a certain vice-captain." Toshiro mummbled the last part. He stopped for Rukia to take that information in.
Rukia nodded."So basicly she's the one who...?"
Toshiro nodded."Yeah. Captain of squad 3 is Ichimaru Gin." At the mention of a man's name Rukia payed more attention. "He- do you want to know how he looks to?" Rukia nodded. "Okay, he has silver-white hair, he's keeps his eyes closed most of the time and he's slim. He's face is kind of like a fox. He's sneaky, always grinning a creepy smile. He's strong. He likes to play with your head." Rukia got the shivers just thinking about him. She knew that he is definately not the guy Hisana fell in love with. "His vice-captain is Kira Izuru. He has blond hair, looks depressed all the time. He's loyal to Gin."
Nope, not him either. "Okay." Rukia said.
"Captain of fourth is Unohana Retsu. She has a motherly presence but don't get her mad. She's the best immortal healer. Her vice-captain is Kotestu Isane. She's kind and hates fighting." Toshiro looked at Rukia and Rukia nodded. "Captain of fifth is Aizen Sosuke. He wears glasses and has brown hair. He's always smiling and everybody likes him. Something about him doesn't seem right to me. His vice-captain is Hinamori Momo. She's kind, gentle and makes friends with everyone. She also hates violence." When Rukia heard Toshiro talk about her, the way he talked about her, made Rukia feel a pang of jealousy.
"Is she- she important to you?" Rukia asked.
Toshiro looked at Rukia and her eyes held hurt and jealousy. "She's my childhood friend and a sisiter to me." Toshiro was not sure why he added the sister part.
"Oh."
Toshiro did not want to speak about the next captain but since Rukia wants to know. "Captain of squad six is errr let me tell you about captain of squad thirteen. His name is Ukitake Juushiro and he's really nice to everyone. He's like a father figure. He loves children, giving candy and following what he believes is right." Toshiro finished.
Rukia was confused at first why Toshiro changed from one captain to another but when she heard about Ukitake she forgot all about her confusion. He has to be the one! Ukitake-sama sounds like the kind of man Hisana would like!
"It's getting late, you should go to sleep. Tomorrow you're going to school." said Toshiro as he stood up and walked out of Rukia's room.
Rukia was putting the last short away when she saw Rangiku's vice-captains' badge. I better give this to her. Rukia left her room and went to Rangiku's room. She heard voices. Toshiro and Rangiku.
"Rangiku, if she asks you about the captains don't tell her about Byakuya." said Toshiro.
"Captain Kuchiki? Oh, I get it." said Rangiku. They continued talking but Rukia stopped listening.
Her eyes were wide. Kuchiki! Kuchiki Byakuya. He's- he's the one! Rukia ran to her room and closed her door. Should I ask Hitsugaya-sama?
Will Rukia confrot Toshiro about Byakuya? Stay tuned to find out! Haha, that sounds like a T.V. thing. anyways what did you guys think? review please!