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'thoughts'
attacks,hado...etc
Hollow speech
I know I don't own BLEACH, but at the very least can I own Matsumoto? PLEASE! 'NO!'
Damn Lawyers.
Chapter 7
In small closet located in the room of a certain substitute Shinigami lay a dark haired former Shinigami starring up at the ceiling in silent thought. Her mind flashing to the events that occured several days prior.
'A Menos appeared...' she thought as a scene of Ichigo blocking a Cero flashed through her mind. 'and he defeated it.'
The thoughts of these events filling her not with pride or relief, but with worry.
'This news will eventually reach the Soul Society.' was her last thought as her mind finally drifted off too sleep.
'Ichigo.'
ZZZ...
"Wake up." said a light voice.
ZZZ...
"Wake up, Boss." said the same voice along with some impatient poking.
"G'way." grumbled the sleeping teenager slapping the poker away.
"That's it." the now annoyed voice said before walking off. The still sleeping teenager slumbered on, content in his own dream world.
"WAKE UP, BOSS!" Screamed the voice before something small and fuzzy latched onto the sleepers face with a plushie body slam. Said action caused James to bolt upright with a scream of his own, grabbing the offending plushie and hurling said item into the wall with force only an awakened sleeper can manage.
"What the hell is wrong with you!"demanded the now awake James. "Who the hell wakes someone by attacking them!"
Across town one Kurosaki Isshin was awoken by a particularly violent sneeze, and decided now was a good time to att...wake up his son.
"What?" asked Sith in Plushie form. A stuffed Cait Sith sans crown. "That's how Kon wakes Ichigo." he explained.
"Rule one..." began James."Never wake me up like that or I will flush you down the toilet. Two. Do not copy Kon. Three. WHY THE HELL DID YOU WAKE ME UP LIKE THAT?" he demanded.
"I woke you up for school." explained the mod soul causing James to look at his watch.
5:00 a.m.
"It's five in the morning why should I get up now?" asked an angry James.
"You need to go to the store and get me a new body." ordered Sith.
"No. It was the best one they had in my price range." said James.
"But..."
"No 'buts'." interrupted James. "It was either this or the Pikachu." he said causing Sith to let out a shudder. "Besides at least I took the crown off."
"Yeah I guess so." muttered the blushie in defeat. He looked up as James got out of bed. "Aren't you going back to bed?"
"Nah. I'm awake now so I might as well get ready." Who needs coffee when you have adrenaline?
While getting ready James allowed his mind to wander (and thankfully didn;t stub any toes). For the past several days he and Ichigo had worked together to slay Hollows and send spirits to the afterlife. At first it was hard work due to his being unfamiliar with a sword but with some coaching from Rukia managed to get the hang of it. Not that anyone would call it an actual style of course. The actual movements being rather frenzied and unpredictable, but this was how James liked it.
Stepping outside into the morning air James couldn't stop himself from breathing deeply and smiling.
'It's going to rain tonight.' He thought with a smile.
With a turn of his key the door was locked and James was on his way. Stifling a yawn he continued on his, by now very well known, path. Looking forward he spotted a familiar length of red hair humming a tune. Jogging to catch up he greeted her.
"Ohayo, Hime-chan." James breeted the busty girl.
"Ohayo, Watson-kun." she smiled. "You're up early."
("Not by choice.") he muttered.
"Huh?"
"Nothing Hime-chan." he waved it off. "Nothing.
After walking for several minutes chatting about various things Orihime looked forward and smiled and picked up her pace. Looking forward James saw Rukia walking slowly with a strange look on her face.
"Kuchiki-san, Ohayo!" greeted Orihime breaking the raven haired girl out of her thoughts.
"Ohayo, Inoue-san." smiled Rukia and blinked as James caught up with the two. "Ohayo, Watson-kun."
"Yo." said James.
"You two are up rather early." commented Rukia.
"Of course." said Orihime excitedly, cutting off James before he said anything. "It's almost summer vacation, right?"
"It is?" asked James having not kept track of the calender.
"Yes." affirmed Orihime. "I kept thinking about it and can't sleep and wake up sparkly." she exclaimed with a twirl.
"Sparkly?" questiones James.
"Yup sparkly!"
("Girls.") muttered James.
"Kuchiki-san do you have any plans for the summer?" asked a curious Orihime.
"Not really." admitted Rukia.
"There's a huge fireworks festival coming up and Tatsuki and the others, we're all planning to go together." said Orihime.
"Fireworks?" asked James interested.
"Yup. You and Rukia should come Watson-kun." suggested Orihime.
"Count me in!" said James with a smile."Explosions are my kinda entertainment."
At this Rukia sweat dropped as the excited American went ahead of them to school.
Across the city on top of stood a lone black cat watching over the city with an intellegint eye. The seeming unlucky omen was anything but as it jumped from an impossible height and bounded down the road.
'Maybe it was rude to run off.' I thought James as he slowed down to a walk. His musing was cut short as something small and fast rammed into his legs. Stumbling a bit he looked down and saw a familiar tan lion looking up at him with a scared expression. James had just enough time to notice a pink flower on his ear before he started to climb him.
"Hey! What gives?" James demandes as Kon finally found made his way to the backpack.
"Shut up and hide me!" begged Kon as he worked himself inside the pack. Before he could protest anymore a slightly familiar face turned the corner at high speed and stopped in front of him slightly out of breathe.
"Did you see a stuffed animal run by?" asked Ryo, James vaguely remembered her name.
"A stuffed animal?" asked James feigning confusion." running by?"
Realizing what she had said she quickly denied having said such a thing and walked off with a flush of embarrassment. Waiting a few minutes to make sure she was gone James reached into his pack and pulled out a slightly dirty Kon.
"All right what did you do?" asked an irritated James.
"Nothing!" denied the Mod Soul."I was just lieing on the sidewalk and she stepped on me."
"Why were you lieing on the sidewalk?"questioned James before a look of realization dawned on him."Were you trying to look up girl's skirts?"
"What? No!"denied Kon as a thoughtful look came over his face."Although that might be a good idea."
"Oi! Focus, why was she chasing you?"He asked."And on another note aren't you supposed to be at Ichigo's?"
"That crazy chick chased me because I accidently spoke and ran away." he looked down and suddenly looked up with an angry fire in his eyes."And the reason I'm not at that bastard's place is because of this!"he yelled pointing at his ear flower.
"He kicked you out because you came out of the closet?"asked a confused James. "That bastard."
"No! That evil sister of his put me in a dress and super glued this flower to my ear!"he yelled pointing to the offending item.
"That's it? Sure it's embarrassing but do you really need to run away?"
"That's not all." explained the Mod Soul. "While I'm there I get no respect from him. He's always kicking me around and insulting me." Pretty soon the plushie was shedding tears. How a plushie could cry was beyond James. "And on top of that Neechan barely pays any attention to me." Suddenly the tears cleared up and was replaced by the same fire as earlier. "So I'm running away and striking out on my own."He finished with a raised plushie fist.
'He sounds more like a bullied kid than a soul made for combat.'Thought James.
"Well good luck with that." said James. "Being on your own can be tough so watch out for yourself."
'So far it has been.' thought Kon as he walked off.
Later Free Period
'At least the gym clothes are more comfortable than the (damned) uniforn.' thought James as he leaned against the ball bin.
"Sure kill! Dragon Bazooka Kick!" yelled a familiar voice. Looking up he was just in time to see Tatsuki super punt a soccer ball to a waiting, bat weilding Orihime.
"Here we go!" shouted the red head performing a grand slam on the unlucky ball sending the yellow and white ball sailing away. Wait... yellow? and was it screaming? Writing it off as his imagination James walked up to Ichigo, passing Chad carrying a ball bin on his shoulder, as Orihime began shaking a couple of soda bottles in victory sending interesting things to bouncing.
"What are they playing?" asked Ichigo.
"Dunno." answered the American Shinigami. "But I enjoy watching all the same." Suddenly James got an annoyed look on his face.
"Hey Ichigo." began James. "Take two steps to your right." he finished as he did the same.
"Huh? Why?" asked Ichigo but complied nonetheless...
"WATSON-SAAAAN!"
As Keigo jumped on his back instead of James's.
"That's why." explained James. "Air Keigo."
"You bastard." growled Ichigo as Keigo pouted as he missed his primary target.
"Huh Ichigo?" wondered Keigo before looking ahead."What are you guys looking at?" he asked before spotting the girls. "Hey hey hey! You were looking at the girls, weren't you?" he asked with a silly look on his face. "Wow, Inoue-san has such a boobiliscious body doesn't she?" he asked lecherously. Anything else he was about to say was interrupted as Ichigo threw him off of his back and onto his.
"How many times have I told you to never do that again?" asked Ichigo angrily. With barely a pause Keigo jumped up with an angry look of his own.
"What! We're healthy high school boys!" he yelled. "What's wrong with being interested in hot girls!" he demanded.
"He's got a point Ichigo." agreed James.
"Okay, okay. I admit there's nothing wrong with that." relented Ichigo causing Keigo to take on a shocked look before swirching to a smirk.
"I get it." he said. "You prefer the Mizuiro type huh?" he asked before being belted in the head with a soccer ball by said teenager yelling for the three of them to help him finish packing up the equipment. It took only ten or so minutes before the Ichigo and James dropped the last bin of balls into the storage shed.
"There! That's the last of it." said Ichigo.
"Yup." agreed James.
"Thanks you two." said Mizuiro. "By the way do you know what Ishida was doing in the park the other day?" he asked curious. Hearing this caused James and Ichigo to tense up and shoot each other nervous looks. They knew exactly why he was in the park, and one of them was with him.
"Yeah." said Keigo. "He was in the park mumbling to himself and running around like weirdo. Like he was having some dramatic batlle or something." Looking back at Keigo and Mizuiro showed they had matching confused looks.
'Were those two nearby?' Thought Ichigo.
"Maybe he's in some theater group and was rehearsing for something." Theorized Keigo. "Come to think of it there was some other people there two. They must have been his costars." he trailed off talking to Mizuiro.
'Thank god Keigo's an idiot.' Thought James as he and Ichigo released relieved breathes.
After getting everything squared away and settles everybody headed back to the main building in mass. Unknown to James or Ichigo Rukia looked over them from a high window with a pained look in her eyes.
While sitting in class listening to Ochi-Sensei read from a textbook James along with everyone else looked up as the door was suddenly opened revealing Uryu covered in fresh bandages. As he made up an excuse of falling down a set of stairs Ichigo watched with a detached look.
"Don't let it bother you." Rukia said softly. Earning a confused look from Ichigo. "His injuries aren't your fault." She finished, bringing a shocked look from the orange teen.
"He brought it on himself." She continued. "Besides it would have happened anyway." She finished while looking into her book.
"You gotta be kinning." Grunted Ichigo while turning to glare out the window. "Why would I worry about a guy like Ishida?"
"Really? Who said you were worried?" She inquired with a catty look. "I said don't let it bother." Rukia finshed causing Ichigo to turn in anger.
"Why you..." He began causing Rukia to turn back to her book. Unseen by Ichigo she adopted a sad expresion.
"Heh. She got you." Snickered James and poked the back of Ichigo's head with a pencil. And poked. And poked. And poked. Heedless of the growing tick marks developing on his friends head. And po...
"Cut it out!" Ichigo shouted in annoyance causing the class to turn his way. Flushing in embarrassment he turned forward again.
"Geez Ichigo." Began James. "Act your age. We're in class."
"I don't want to hear that from you." Growled Ichigo earning a smirk from James.
Later
"ICHIGOOOO! WATSON-SAAAAN!" Exclaimed Keigo running up with food in his arms. "Ready to have lunch?"he asked after coming to a stop.
"Yup, I'm starving." said James. 'And I finally remembered to get sandwich stuff so I'm all set.' He thought.
"Sure, but can I invite someone else, too?" Asked Ichigo causing Keigo to adopt a happy expression.
"What? A new girl? Who? Who?" Asked Keigo, mind already leaving him. While Keigo's mind was drifting James watched Ichigo walk up to Uryu.
"Ishida." Began Ichigo awkwardly. "Do you want to eat lunch with us?" Asked Ichigo. James held back a full force chuckle at the looks on both their faces. Unfortunately this was the moment Keigo's mind decided to check back in.
"W-What!" he asked in shock. "W-Why Ishida? Eating with a guy like that can't be fun at all!" He exclaimed.
"He's not so bad." Defended James. " Once you get past all the things that make him on asshole you'll see he's a pretty cool guy."
"Anyone but Mr. Bandages" wailed Keigo ignoring James. "Ichigo have you gone insane."
"You might be the insane one." commented Mizuiro.
"Is anyone truly sane?" asked James. Once again ignored by Keigo. "At the very least not you."
"No thanks!" said Uryu harshly.
"How Rude!" Exclaimed Keigo indignantely.
"C'mon Uryu. Keigo's buying." Said James trying to convince him.
"Why me?" Gasped Keigo in shock.
"Well if you insist." Agreed Uryu.
"You cheap bastard!" Wailed Keigo.
"Maybe Sushi would be good." Joked James.
"You're not helping!" he yelled angrily.
"Not trying to."
On The Roof
'Awkward.' thought James looking from face to face.
This simple word very accuratley summed up a normally simple and routine school lunch. The five teens eating in near painful silence.
'T-this is such a painful lunch' mentally whined Keigo. 'It's like eating in a graveyard.'
Suddenly a looming shadow appeared over him causing Keigo to freak out.
"What's wrong?" asked Chad in his deep voice.
"Oh. It's just you Chad." said a relieved Keigo.
"You seem on edge Keigo." observed the giant teen.
"(Understatement of the week.)" muttered James.
"Shut up! I am not!" exclaimed Keigo childishly as Chad shifted his attention to Uryu and sat doen with the group. Annoyed with the silence Ichigo turned his attention to the excitable Keigo.
"Hey Keigo, If you're done eating then tell us a story." ordered Ichigo causing Keigo to gape in shock.
"N-no way I'm not in the mood!" argued Keigo.
"Then get in the mood." warned the irate teen scaring Keigo.
"Come on Keigo." urged James. "Either tell a story or for the love of God somebody throw a pie."
"A pie?" asked Chad.
"Comedy classic." explained James.
"So there I was out on a saturday night trolling for sushi..." Keigo began entertaining Chad and Mizuiro unheeding the other three teens.
"Kurosaki, why did you invite me?" questioned Uryu with a piercing stare. "Out of sympathy? If so then your concern is misplaced."
"Come on Uryu, at least be a little nice." urged James.
"I don't want pity." Uryu turned his stare to James. "Or his friendship."
'Brrrrr. That's cold.'
"Eat your lunch and shut up." responded Ichigo with a small glare. "I just felt like it... that's all. It had nothing to do with pity or because I like you. Consider yourself grateful." he said taking another bite.
"As if I'd be grateful to you." quipped the spectecled teen. "Especially since I prefer eating alone."
"I prefer eating alone too, so why don't you just look the other way?" growled Ichigo.
"Why should I be the one to look away?" Uryu asked angrily. "This whole thing was your idea anyway."
"I feel left out." whined James, interrupting the vocal feud.
"Shut up." growled both arguing teens.
'They're so alike.' James and Mizuiro thought together as the two continued their argument. After a few minutes and several bites between words James had had enough food and arguing.
"Allright if you two are just going to bite each other's head's off I'm going to take nap until lunch is over." James told them.
"Nap?" asked Uryu.
"Yup. Nap." smiled James. "I even brought a napping pillow." he said pulling out said fluffy item.
"Why would you bring a pillow?" asked Ichigo confused.
"Why wouldn't I bring a napping pillow?" asked James just as confused.
"You can't take naps at school." said Uryu.
"I take naps all the time." rsponded James.
"At school?" asked Mizuiro.
"Yeah."
"Where?" responded Ichigo.
"If I told you, you'd be able to find me." said James matter-of-factly as if talking to children. Irritating the two teens. "Well see you after lunch." he said bidding his fare well and descending the stairs, just hearing Keigo end his story.
"...rectum? I damn near killed 'em! Hahahaha!"
Schoolyard
After walking for a few minutes James had decided on one of his many napping spots. It was near the fence and under a tree beside some bushes. The bushes effectively hiding him from a passing viewer. After getting comfortable he slipped into a light doze unaware of several class mates approaching his spot.
Rukia, Orihime, Tatsuki and several other classmates soon arrived and set up their lunches near the dozzing teen. While everyone else pulled out fairly normal lunches Orihime pulled out a large vaguely cake looking item.
"TADA! Today's lunch is a Choco-Jelly Sugar Death Tart!" she exclaimed happily holding the food item aloft. "It's eggplant cream sponge cake, green bean jelly filling and chocolate frosting will please any sweet tooth!" she said taking a large bite while Tatsuki made a digusted face at the food and it's consumption.
"How can you eat stuff like that Orihime?" she asked as Orihime took another big bite.
"How she can eat so much and not gain weight?" wondered Michiru.
"Because all the food goes to her boobs." explained Ryo gesturing at the girl's robust figure.
It wasn't long until Mahana turned to Rukia with a curious expression.
"Kuchiki let me ask you something, do you like Kurosaki?" she asked curiously causing Rukia to do a rather violent spittake, the chocolate milk arcing through the air and over the bushes dousing a certain bandana wearing teen.
'Huh? I'm wet.' his mind groggily processing what was happening.
"W-what?" Rukia asked very confused and slightly shocked at the question her mouth covered in chocolate milk.
"I'll take that as a 'maybe'." said Mahana. "But what exactly is your relationship with Kurosaki?"
'It wasn't supposed to rain today.'
"Well, he's just my friend." responded Rukia while wiping her mouth.
"Okay but what about Watson? You hang around him too."Mahana continued to prod.
'Wait, this rain smells like chocolate.'
"Mahana, that's to bold a question to ask like that!" scolded Michiru with a blush.
"Why is that?" asked Mahana. "You're the one who wanted to know, so I asked for you." she explained causing Michiru to blush harder with embarassment.
"Just who said I was interested?" she asked.
'Somethings not right.'
"I still wanna know the answer." Piped up Chizuru.
"What do you have against Ichigo and James anyway Michiru?" questioned Tatsuki feeling slightly protective of her male friends.
'Wait. I hear voices.'
"It's not that I have anything against them. James is funny and all, but something about Ichigo's face is kinda scary."
"Really?" asked Orihime. "Because I knida like his face."
"Really? You must have changed your mind because I know you used to be afraid of him too." replied Michiru.
'Lunchtime. Chocolate liquid. Voices. That means...'
"Well?" interrupted Mahana. "What's the story Rukia?" she asked putting the youngish Kuchiki on the spot.
"Kurosaki and James are..." she began and popped up with a smile."Kurosaki is just a friend and James is..."
"EWWW! BACKWASH!" yelled James popping out of the bushes covered in chocolate backwash. The action causing a few of the girls to let out frightened shrieks.
"...in the bushes." finished Rukia with a surprised expression. The entire group now focused on the lone male teen.
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Yo" greeted the chocolatey teen with a light wave.
"What were you doing in the bushes?" Growled Tatsuki, ready to pound the boy for spying.
"Napping." he answered simply.
"Napping, Watson-kun?" asked Orihime.
"Yup. This is a good napping spot." explained James.
"How do we know you weren't spying?" questioned Tatsuki still suspicious.
"Why would I spy with a napping pillow?" He asked with a raised eyebrow while holding up his now chocolatey and soggy pillow.
"Napping pillow?" asked Mahana.
"Yup. For my school naps."
"You take naps at school?" asked Tatsuki.
"Yeah."
"Where?"
"If I told you, you'd be able to find me." he explained with a smile making Tatsuki develop a tic spot.
"That makes sense." smiled Orihime.
"Orihime." said an annoyed Tatsuki.
"Well its true." said James pulling out a fresh bandana and cleaning his face.
"So you and Rukia don't have anything going on?" questioned Mahana.
"Well now that you mention it..." pondered James, causing the other girls to lean in and Rukia to look at him strange."...She owes me a new napping pillow." finished James.
-CRASH-
'I'm getting good at this.' he thought with a smile seeing the group of girls perform an all female facefault. Coincidently getting a nice view of their skirts. 'Nice.'
"That's it?" demanded Mahana rubbing her nose.
"Yeah. We're just friends." he confirmed.
"What about her and Ichigo?"
"I already said He and I are friends." interrupted Rukia.
"That's too bad for us girls." said Orihime. "If Kuchiki-san liked Kurosaki-kun, then I'd have to start liking him too." she began to explain. "That would make two of us and we'd have so much to talk about, And then Tatsuki-chan can start liking him, and then all the girls could start liking him, and that would be a sure win for the girl's team." she finished with smile.
"Someone stop her before her rambling starts to make sense to me." said Tatsuki and blinked when James put his hands on Orihime's shoulders.
"That's a great idea!" he exclaimed with a smile. "You should totally go with that plan Hime-chan. It would make so many people happy." he told her. 'Not too mention it would be cartoon-level funny.'
"You really think so?" asked Orihime.
"Of course." said James. "In fact an idea like that would make a great TV show and..." he never finished his sentence as he ducked down as two fists soared just over his head, grazing his bandana. With a few quick movements he was looking down upon the girls from a sturdy tree branch.
"What was that for?" he demanded from Tatsuki and Chizuru who pulled back from their failed punches.
"Don't go putting strange ideas in her head!" Tatsuki yelled at him.
"Don't be putting your hands on my Hime-chan!" yelled Chizuru. "Hime-chan's first Happy face will be mine!" yelled Chizuru launching herself at Orihime while unbuttening her shirt.
-POW-
Until Tatsuki's fist stopped her. Crumpling around her fist Chizuru fell to the ground.
"That was a good parry." groaned Chizuru.
"It was a punch not a parry." corrected Tatsuki and kicked Chizuru as she reached for Orihime again. Figuring it was safe enough James jumped down next to Rukia and Orihime.
"I know. Tomorrow I'll come with some of my other yummy desserts like my bean jam pudding and we can eat it together." said Orihime with a happy smile.
"I'll think about it." said Rukia.
"That's the same answer you always give." complained Orihime.
"She's right Rukia." said James taking a seat.
"Oh Watson-kun would you like some of my dessert?" asked Orihime.
"Sure." accepted James not paying attention, taking the offered piece and popping it into his mouth. Everyone watched in shock as he once again ate some of Orihime's 'cooking'. And everyone had am even greater shock as he swallowed it without a problem.
"Hey, that wasn't too bad." said James making Orihime beam a smile. "Was that chocolate and...greenbeans?" he asked the shocking sight actually making Tatsuki stop beating on Chizuru. Everybody watching as Orihime talked animatedly about the various foods she makes to James.
'This is nice.' Thought Rukia with a sad smile. 'But I know I don't belong here.'
Wow. It's been a long, LONG time since I've updated. In truth the only reason I finished this chapter is because I work graveyard shifts and the internet was out at work.
Anyway sorry to have kept my (few) fans and reviewers waiting but life has a habit of knocking you down and kicking the s#!t out of you. I've Moved into my new house but unfortunately my new room is a very large downsize compared to my last one. (I don't even have a closet)
~OC PROFILE~
Name: Sith
Species: Mod Soul
Gender: Male
Age: unknown
Height: 1'2''(plushie form) 5'11''(James' body)
Hair: Black plushie fur
Eyes: Plushie eyes
Physical Quirks: He's a freakin plushie! Crownless Cait Sith
Personality: Easy going for the most, however he will fight if he needs to
Preferred Attire: Red cape(Plushie form) Whatever James is wearing
Powers: Able to fire his energy into a Cero like blast or shape the energy into simple forms(blade, shield etc). Relatively weak when he's in plushie form, but his powers greatly increase when he's in James' body
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