To break is all I know Chapter 5: Microsoft Word Part 1, a bleach fanfic

I do not own Bleach … Microsoft isn't mine either :) and I do not earn any kind of money from this snippet

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To break is all I know

Chapter 5: Microsoft Word Part 1

"Microsoft Office Word is a commercial word processor. Anyone with basic computer knowledge has to know how to use this program … without exception"

Aizen felt that the last part was dedicated entirely to him and his lack of knowledge … the basic one, which is definitely worse. He sent a hateful glare at Karin, which continued undisturbed by the gesture.

"Normally I would begin with a history lesson about the constant progressing of Microsoft software …" he sighed loudly, earning a glare from the girl "But you are an incapable …" she moved her hands in an indescribable pattern "I would say ostrich, but I do not want to offend the poor creature"

… This woman will be his death, literally …

"And of course I could say pig, but he's pink and dirty, and even if you are not dirty, I cannot say the same thing about …"

"STOP!"

Aizen snapped, not caring that anyone could enter the room and see him in this posture of a bad guy, or they could hear him through the door; both of them probable and easy to accomplish.

"You've got one hell of a temper, Samaki" said calmly Karin, sitting on the chair and watching him with amused eyes. This and the smirk that threatened to appear on the girl's face pushed Aizen in a discussion not easy to win.

"I have a temper!" his clenched jaw didn't impress the Kurosaki raven twin in a good way, giving her even more motives to annoy every cell of his body … and strangely she was succeeding.

After the great accomplishment of seducing Ichigo's sister, an important, but simple task, Aizen was experiencing a new level of happiness, which was being gradually destroyed by Karin's constant bickering; she was getting on his nerves and for an unknown reason, he was letting her.

The villain's attention was immediately attracted back to the discussion. Karin finally answered, winning the argument and metaphorically knocking him out.

"Of course … you, me and other 6 billion people"

"You didn't mean it like that …" Aizen clenched the chair's handle, squeezing the plastic in his strong hands "And don't put an equal sign between me and 6 billion average humans" he smiled dangerously, his face acquiring a strange attractiveness.

"God complex" explained Karin "You" she said pointing at his face "Aizen Samakai have a bbbiiiggg god complex"

It was unusual for a normal human to not deny such an affront, but Aizen wasn't a human, and normal wasn't one of his many characteristics either. His eyes were almost closed, but between rich eyelashes the brownish color warned of a malefic intent. Karin ignored the sensation of uneasiness those eyes were spreading in her blood system, collecting her attention on the lesson.

"Next topic is … Word" said the girl smiling at the computer.

This affectionate gesture directed at the metal object, made Aizen realize how much she liked the object … it was strange to say she liked the object … subject was a better word, but the villain was going to exploit the object-human relationship, because it was easier to make fun of. So he smiled innocently, hiding an ulterior motive behind it.

"It's my belief that only this thing will ever reciprocate your feelings … too bad you cannot marry it, because I doubt any sane man would"

The sadness that spread over Karin's face was like sweet hot chocolate for the villain, and he fought with a smirk that threatened to appear on the surface. On the other hand Karin was trying to clear her eyes of any remaining emotion, but even so the unpleasant feeling of anger and grief weren't planning to go anywhere. Still … she won't give him the satisfaction of sowing tears, so she straightened up and continued with a firm tone.

"This is how you open Word … you press the Star button, then choose Programs" she pressed the said button, and when the menu opened, the cursor moved over the item called Programs "Another submenu will open, and here you chose Microsoft Office" she followed the steps literally, her eyes never leaving the screen "And here you have a list of programs … for now you will choose Microsoft Office Word" she pressed the word, and waited for the program to open.

She was inclined to turn around, but only the thought of seeing him again, with his snotty attitude and smug face, made her cringe in disgust. It was a well known fact that Karin wasn't a beautiful or feminine girl and her chances of finding a decent man were practically zero, but to be told bluntly by the one she despised the most, that the only companion she would ever find was the computer … destroyed her. It was a metaphorical destruction and Karin knew that she'll get over it in a matter of minutes, but it still hurt like hell.

Getting over her moment of depression, Karin was pleased to hear her unaltered voice. With a strong and firm tone she said some unimportant things about the Toolbar and its multitude of buttons, explaining in a detailed way every single one of them, from the save button to the Equation Editor.

After the long lecture, the girl was about to begin another one concerning tables, adding rows and other nothings, when her eyes fell on the red headed retard …

"Aizen …" her tone wasn't foretelling anything good "What are you doing?"

He didn't answer. This unfortunate event happened, because he was ignoring her … well he wasn't really ignoring her, at least not intentionally.

"I asked WhaT ArE YOU DOING?" screamed the girl, wearing a feral expression, the slavers missing from the already resentful scene.

This time Aizen heard her screeching voice, turning around, in order to face the unleashed beast. He seemed unimpressed by her anger, even if he knew how irritated she must be. Who wouldn't if during half an hour long speech about Word's toolbar, the one you're trying so hard to teach would find better interest in looking outside, through the window? Guess that treating her with the back wasn't such a good idea.

"What?" his brown sleepy eyes got her dander up in an instant ... their roles were reversed this round: she was annoyed and he was the annoyer.

"Are you deaf?" asked ironically Karin

He was calmer and ready to make fun … it was his turn to mock the raven head.

"Are you smart?" answered sardonically Aizen

Karin opened her mouth in a last attempt to find a comeback, but she was unable to. Even if every cell of her body was screaming to attack the one that dared to mock her with such an intense force, she was standing still, staring wide eyed at his smug expression. Her feelings were going in overdrive, because she couldn't understand how was someone able to make her feel so many emotions in a matter of minutes: from amazement to anger, from awkwardness to understanding and from disgust to pure annoyingness.

"Please do tell me Samaki-sama" every inch of sarcasm was poured in the unusual honorific "Do you plan to listen and learn every single thing I say in the future?"

Karin wasn't a dreamer, so the answer she expected was a negative one, but Aizen's response came as a surprise … not because he said yes, but because of the way he said no.

"Treating you with my royal ass is way better"

This was the breaking point for Kurosaki Karin, so as any good citizen that was subjected to way too much pressure … she let loose a shock of vexation.

"I had enough" she snapped "You are an insufferable bastard that deserves to burn in hell." Karin continued, while preparing to leave "And I should also add something about your superiority complex, but it would be redundant, because I told you 100 times about it" a loud snap was heard from the table where Karin was gathering her computer science books "And over all these flaws …" she violently closed the backpack's zipper, throwing all her raging nerves on the piece of cloth "You are so stupid, that even to concentrate is hard for your tiny brain!" Karin finished the preparations and when she was at the door, she changed her mind, turning around, facing an amused Aizen.

"And you know what's worse … I really thought you were of some worth … guess I was wrong"

These were the last words she said before slamming the door behind her rushing figure. All the amusement Aizen previously shown, melted on his face, leaving behind a blank stare. For an unknown reason the disappointment he saw in Karin's dark eyes was excruciatingly painful. She made fun, she mocked, she was sarcastic and overly annoying, but disappointed … never. The fact that she looked serious when she said those awful words … was making everything worse.

'I'm not here to please anyone or, to accomplish someone's expectations' thought Aizen, believing his words for two seconds, only to realize that it was just a delusion on his part 'I'm here to please everyone; to create a perfect image of myself and then … to strike when they think they are safe'

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With a killer's face, Karin marched through the school's corridors, bumping in the personnel and sometimes in inattentive high scholars. They weren't pleased by this, but couldn't do a thing, because Karin would disappear behind a corner too fast for them to realize where she went. A tornado was unleashing its brutal and unmerciful power, destroying shoulders and giving ugly bruises.

The girl continued this destructive march until she saw someone waving happily at her. The temptation of ignoring the pest was great, but unluckily for her, the guy was in her path. Another idea came in her mind, consisting in going through him, like a bulldozer. Putting the plan in motion, she approached the person at a high speed, only to stop nose in nose with him.

"JINTA!" she yelled at the smirking red head "What are you doing here! You don't attend Karakura High School"

Hanakari Jinta grinned proudly at the Kurosaki twin, even if he couldn't forget the rivalry over the Karakura Red place.

"I was helping Afro with an important job" Jinta inhaled, swelling his chest like a turkey; the girl had a moment of doubt regarding the animal he resembled with but decided that turkey was the best choice.

"Oh mighty Jinta, the king of Karakura, what was the important job Urahara gave you?" mockingly asked Karin, already knowing the answer.

The boy straightened his back, cracking a few bones in the process, and answered seriously, like he always did when being in an official mission.

"He told me to give you this" and he reached forward, giving her a bag of supplies; it was hanged by his hand in an unusual position, threatening to spill over its content. Being able to see different objects, she eyed a pink stick that pierced the bag in a strange angle.

"And what's that?" she pointed at the stick

"You can do a Soul Burial, a konso with it" he explained, handing the bag to her, even if her reluctance in touching anything colored that bright and girlish was obvious.

"I thought only shinigamis are able to make a konso with that special sword …"

"Don't ask me … It's one of Urahara's great inventions, but I guess it's possible since you have shingami blood running through your veins …" explained Jinta, nudging her in the ribs with the stick in a failed attempt of annoyingness.

"Oh … hip, hip, hurray" cheered Karin silently, raising the right hand over her head in an act of fake happiness, pushing the foreign object carefully handled by the boy, back in its right place.

"It's good stuff. Believe me. That four eyed freak, Ishida, paid heavy cash for a stick like that"

"But … it … is … pink" stated the girl, watching Jinta's expression change from boredom to anger. It was incredibly easy to annoy the young man, and by delaying his mission, she was achieving the max level of anger possible at Jinta.

However the boy wasn't pleased with the predicament he experienced yet again. It happened every time he interacted with the Kurosaki tomboy, and today he had big plans, which he intended to respect. So the girl had to behave, take the bag and leave him alone.

"Take the bag … I have other things to do"

"Like stalking my sister" guessed Karin.

"I do not stalk your sister" blushed Jinta, fearing that the girl will realize how right her guess really was; but then again, she probably knew before he sat foot on the school's grounds.

"True … you're harassing her" stated Karin, talking the bag from his shaky hand "Are you shaking Jinta?"

Jinta reddened even harder and tried to stop the periphery from the uncontrollable shake, failing miserably. The last time he confessed his undying love and inhuman attraction he felt towards Yuzu, he was rewarded with a reiatsu infused kick in the groin from the overprotective twin, so he was not intending to repeat the experience ever again.

Karin must have guessed his thoughts, because she smirked evilly, which wasn't a good sign, and ushered him closer till they were an inch apart. Some students, that knew her as an antisocial tomboy, were watching the scene in total awe not believing that someone was able to stand so close to her, without being hit, hurt or something along this line.

"I will let you off the hook, if you give me an advice" mumbled Karin as soft as possible, not wanting to attract unwanted attention on their muttered discussion.

"Advice?" asked loudly the boy, but Karin slapped him over the head, shushing him. He rubbed the hurting spot, cursing her and the bruise that will hurt like hell for a couple of days "You need to learn how to use that big reiatsu of yours, because you clearly don't know how to control it"

"I said shush!" screeched Karin, raising her right hand in a silent threaten of an unmerciful beating.

Jinta swallowed a huge gulp of air, coughing immediately after, because he chocked on it. His burst of unstoppable cough came to an end, only when Karin shook him from roots and slapped him forcefully across the back.

"Listen" she continued after Jinta seemed slightly better (not white like a statue) and his ability to breathe was functional again "I'm trying to explain to a total imbecile how to use the computer … and all the methods I've tried aren't working"

The boy's sudden burst of nosy laughter echoed through the empty halls, his hoarseness creating an interesting sound effect. He was trying to stop the fit of laughter by blocking it with his right hand, while the other was resting on the stomach.

"Okay … I know it's funny, but take a break" commanded Karin, her tone mirroring killer intents if the boy was inclined to disregard her order "That's better" she continued immediately after the boy stopped the annoying sound "And take some pills … I bet your throat is sore"

When he heard Karin's statement, Jinta cringed "I had a little cold …"

Karin sighed, but aborted the subject of Jinta's health, and came back to the topic of computers; the teachers were always so good at explaining things, but of course they had the pedagogic module and experience, while she had an abusing father …

"Look" said seriously Jinta, while glaring at her "To attract a guy's attention …" Karin crooked her nose "You have to show him the usefulness … you have to show him the object, in this case the computer, in a light that would advantage him. Make from Excel something that would interest him …"

By a miracle, Karin's apprehension towards the subject of teach Samaki how to use the computer didn't raise, however it couldn't be said the same thing about her annoyance over Jinta's stupid explanation. He clearly despised theory, yet he was preaching the same theory to her. With a bored face, the raven twin asked, knowing the answer, but not wanting to tire her mouth over nothing.

"One last question … Who chose the color of this … stick?"

"Can't you guess …?"

"Ururu"

The red head nodded. His eyes were pointing subconsciously at the door, asking for permission to leave. Karin rolled her eyes, and finally let him go, with a flick of her wrist. He mumbled something, but from fear, he withhold a swear that was lingering on his tongue, threatening to spill out.

The school's guardian, a big, ugly and nosy police officer, saw the intruder and as any good guardian, he screamed at the top of his lungs some well aimed GTFOs.

"YOU!" roared the guardian "You're trespassing the school's grounds!"

"He's molesting me!" screamed Karin like burned, waving her hands at the police officer in a desperate gesture of help.

The man obviously believed her (who wouldn't) and dashed like a madman at the poor boy, with a concentrated face, that suggested nothing good. In the mean time, Jinta was trying to shake the policeman off his tail, and succeeded when a truck stopped at the gate, blocking his tracker.

Having one of the finest hearings in Karakura, Karin was able to distinguish an "I'm gonna kill you Kurosaki!" over the driver's swears and the guardian's yell of anger; the voice coincidently resembled Jinta's.

Without a care in the world, the girl left for her first hour … math.

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Entering through the front door, Karin was welcomed by a kick aimed at her face. However the act wasn't surprising, the girl being prepared for this infantile behavior her father was acquiring every time she or Ichigo was coming home. It was obvious why his comportment towards Yuzu was different from her and her older sibling, but at times like this her jealousy over the other twin was arising above the surface, talking magnitude.

She even dodged the leg with easiness, thinking about Yuzu and the preaching she had prepared for the hazelnut twin. The annoying creature came at her again, like a boar in heat, but Karin stepped aside with grace, while her father crashed in the fridge due to the force of inertia.

"Father …" apostrophized Yuzu "We replaced the fridge last week … and you destroyed it again"

Isshin detached his head from the top shelf, along with a greasy sausage wrapped tightly around his neck, the view humoring Karin like nothing else. The hazy fog that covered his eyes, told in a subtle way, that he was still in the daze provoked by the violent hit.

"I'm fine … Don't worry I'm fine. Thank you for asking, my little princess" said the man, stumbling from one leg to the other, with the piece of meat still hanging from his throat, dangling when hitting an aluminum button.

"I haven't asked you anything papa" stated seriously Yuzu, not realizing that maybe her father was being ironic; luckily for her, the older Kurosaki was just as bad when it came to sarcasm, irony or anything that described a sardonic intent.

"Really?" exclaimed Isshin, genuinely surprised.

"Sorry … but I was being preoccupied with the fridge and I forg …" began the silent twin, without being able to finish, because a big body enveloped hers in a suffocating hug.

"My little, beautiful, princess" cried the loving father, embracing Yuzu with passion and dedication "I understand my dear …" he tightened the hold, chocking the girl "You have so many things on your mind … being a cook, a housemaid and a high scholar isn't easy" he finally released her from the unwanted hold "And you have so many suitors … I cannot choose one of them to be my son … It's too hard …" he cried melodramatically, faking a faint.

Hearing her father's rant, Karin suddenly remembered the conversation between Aizen and Yuzu she eavesdropped that morning. Not being too happy with the snipped she heard and not being sure if what she had in mind was the real solution, the girl was ready to inquire her sister over the problem that was bugging her. A part of Karin was sure that Samaki asked her twin on a date and that her twin accepted, and the other part was still seeking an explanation.

"Yuzu" called Karin, her grim face alerting the twin of a serious matter that needed to be discussed "Can we talk … upstairs" her dark eyes traveled towards her father, adding reticently "without any spies"

"You are being ungrateful, my little cactus, with me … your beautiful, young, dynamic, gorgeous…" began the father another dramatic act, when a voice from the door announced.

"I'm home … what do …"

BANG!

"Welcome home my son!" yelled the flying father, as his feet dug in the inattentive teenager's face, sending him back in the wall "HAHAHA! You lost your touch Ichigo. University doesn't suite you!"

"Let's go Yuzu" whispered Karin in her sister's ear, as she was watching the fight between father and son with indifference, their bonding time being necessary every single day. The raven tomboy had to drag the girl upstairs and only when the dorm's door closed behind them, Karin sighed loudly, throwing herself on her unmade bad.

"What did you want to discuss, Karin-chan" her innocent face betraying the uneasiness she felt inside; her right hand was playing with the other's fingers, in a last attempt of stopping the erratic emotions she felt inside.

"Jinta cam today to give me something from Urahara" stated calmly Karin, like nothing happened

"Really?" mumbled the girl, thinking that if Jinta was the problem they were going to discuss here, she was off the hook.

But when Karin continued with a rhetorical question, Yuzu instinctively knew that the Jinta-information was just an innuendo, and that the true motive behind the girl talk was uglier, and one she wasn't eager to find.

"So … do you have plans tomorrow after school?" explored Karin the possibility of a date with Samaki. Her scouting eyes were searching for any sign of hesitationin the twin's eyes.

"I will be … kind of busy tomorrow after school" a stripe of red covered Yuzu's cheekbones, going down the cheek, coloring the entire face in a bright shade of red.

"… busy going on a date with him?" growled Karin, her eyes mirroring a verity of emotions, two of the predominate ones being disgust and fear.

Yuzu rose her head, glaring at her twin. The expression painted on her face wasn't the usual one of kindness and innocent love for everything … this time, she was showing anger, pure anger, and it wasn't a pretty sight.

"That was the issue? My date with Aizen-san isn't your problem Karin!"

Karin cringed from the forceful verbal attack and realized that her sister forgot the 'chan' for her name. She had never forgotten the chan … never until that day.

"Please Yuzu … just listen" and she continued only after Yuzu nodded, avoiding any eye contact "Samaki isn't … normal … he's a creep"

Yuzu sniffed, attacking Karin again with unmerciful words "He can't be creepier than you … I'm sure of that"

The girl clenched her jaw, trying to stop some awful swears from coming out, damaging the already fragile relationship she had with her twin sister. Finally she commanded, her attention begin on Yuzu and Yuzu alone.

"Yuzu … I don't care that you see that bastard as the fucking savior of the world" the other girl tried to comment, but Karin didn't let her, shushing her with a pointed glare "He is dangerous and bad … and you ain't going anywhere with him … especially on a date"

"If you won't let me … I'll go to dad" mumbled Yuzu, showing signs of fatigue and nausea; fights with any member of her family did that to her already poor health and week psychic.

"And he'll tell you to go fuck him so he could have some fucking nephews" her anger rose above the surface, showing to Yuzu her worst language.

At high levels of annoyance, the raven head was acting like an unleashed volcano, and at that moment she was presenting a full variety of unwanted swears her sister wasn't very found of.

"Stop it Karin …" begged Yuzu, but she didn't listen.

"No … You need to hear from someone that this guy is very bad. I can see it in his eyes … he's merciless, and I don't want you anywhere near him" gestured wildly Karin, knocking the lamp from the post it was fixed in. The object rolled on the carpet, being ignored by the engaged twins, even if its light wasn't blessing the room with shiny rays.

"If he's so dangerous, why did you let him in your team, why did you accept to teach him computer science? … Why?"

Yuzu found a week spot in her sister's story and abused it at maximum, not realizing that for the first question, Karin had an appropriate answer.

"Those mother fuckers from the school's committee stuffed him in our team and I couldn't decline their offer … my position as the soccer team's captain was on the line"

"And the computer lessons?" insisted Yuzu with vehemence, this style o talking and acting being unusual for the always caring twin.

For the first time, Karin was speechless. This was a question she didn't have an answer for, because nobody bothered to ask it before. It was a simple situation: a boy needed help and she was able to give this helping hand, so she did. It had a simple beginning, yet when did all this mess take unrequited amplitude, destroying her relationship with Yuzu?

And to confess that one of the reasons she accepted to teach him about the boring subject of computer science was his alluring personality and unique character became impossible the moment he asked her twin sister on a date. She found him interesting … it was a plausible explanation, but at the same time, one she couldn't accept either.

When these thoughts passed through her erratic conscious, the Kurosaki realized that her feelings towards Samaki weren't platonic … and this scared the shit out of her.

"I don't know … mercy I guess … But you're not going with …" tried Karin, as a last resort to ignore the conclusion her mind came up with.

She couldn't like that ass. He practically told her, between the lines, about her inability to catch a man's attention and that she would be lucky if a computer liked her. Her heart was screwing with her again … At least he wasn't giving her false hopes, like Toshiro once did.

"Yes I am"

"No, you're not" the tone being merciless

"Yes …" one tear rolled on the rosy cheek, being followed by a river of them a moment later.

The pressure that enveloped the room slowly dispersed its wings, being replaced by calmness.

Yuzu found the hidden strength to command, or something that wanted to be a command, sounding more like a silent cry of pain "Don't lurk in my life … and get out"

Every painful sound, created in that room by Yuzu, broke her heart in a million pieces … and since Karin knew to be the source of this suffering, her every single cell was screaming in a last attempt of comfort. She heard a concealed hiccup and another bursting cry, but preferred the banging door hitting the frame behind her rushing figure.

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Soft steps echoed on the tiles, reaching a closed door. The person on the other side seemed to hesitate for a second, only to dash in the silent room a moment later.

"Ichigo?" asked Karin, looking at the teenager lounged comfortably on the bed.

The said boy rose from the bed, wearing a bored expression, but when he saw his sister's distressed face, his expression changed in a concerned one. He immediately asked with care and kindness.

"What happened?"

"I had a fight with Yuzu … and she cried, because of me" stated calmly Karin, trying to stop her own tears from falling … her dark blue eyes were glistening like two bright stars, so Ichigo invited her on his bed with a rushed hand sign.

"Come here Karin"

Karin approached the bed, and when she was finally sitting on it in a rigid position, Ichigo hugged her in a rare sign of lovingness. He cushioned her in his bed, carefully tucking her in it, deciding to join her later, after he switched the lights off.

It became a habit … when Yuzu was upset she was going to Isshin, who was comforting her with sweet words and soft caresses. While Karin chose her older brother as a source of comfort … he was more like her, able to realize that actions speak louder than words.

The girl drifted in a peaceful slumber, dreaming of a world where stupid retarded Samakis didn't ask her sister on a date complicating the already complex situation.

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Thanks for the vast amount reviews … all of you

Again I have to apologize for a lame chappi …. Lame but necessary … I had some troubles writing this one, but strangely her discussion with Jinta and with Yuzu had gone smoother than expected.

The next update will probably be postponed, because I am in need of a little break from my computer (and I have to weed the garden … that's the real reason … sue my mother) :)) but I cannot wait to write the next chapter, because I have an evil plan + a similar discussion with Aizen … Muhahaha … Be warned.