Chizuru (Singing): I am so lucky, yes I am so lucky
(Tatsuki and Ryo stares at Chizuru blankly, while Rukia glances away, her eyebrow twitching)
Tatsuki: Okay, that's strange, but considering it's you, it's to be expected
Ryo: Maybe we should begin
Rukia: Agreed (Rukia brings up a sign drawn by her, decorated by cute bunnies) as the sign says, Konsu doesn't own Bleach
Tatsuki: Or the creepy bunnies
(Tatsuki ducks as the sign is thrown her way by a seething Rukia)
Ryo: Please enjoy the chapter
Chizuru: Lucky, yeah, who is lucky? Me, yes me
"Y'know, this is your fault Tatsuki,"
"Shut up,"
Ichigo and Tatsuki glare at each other, and then at the gang surrounding them from all sides, a few of which were carrying pipes and knives.
"To think this could happen on the way to the hospital,"
Tatsuki agrees with Ichigo.
"I swear, if Chizuru is in the hospital because of some nonsense, I'm going to kill her,"
Ichigo cocks an eyebrow and smirks.
"Why would you do that? It's your fault we're in this mess,"
"Shut. Up,"
Tatsuki's eyebrow twitches remembering why they were in this troublesome situation.
Flashback
Loud banging at the door jolts Tatsuki from her peaceful slumber. A curse slips through her lips, thinking of the annoying bastard who she was going to kill for the rude awakening. Leaving the couch, Tatsuki groggily makes her way to the door.
"Damn, I really shouldn't have stayed up all night trying out mom's new sake with her, insane bitch,"
Unlocking the door, Tatsuki swings open the door to see Ichigo, he glaring at her, something she returns.
"What took you so long?"
SLAM
Tatsuki slides against the door, holding her aching head. The pounding at the door resumes, and Tatsuki groans painfully.
"Bitch, we don't have time for your hangover attitude," Shouts Ichigo. "Hurry up and get dressed, we're heading to the hospital to see Honsho,"
The door swings open once more, Tatsuki holding her head with one hand in obvious pain, but was now alert.
"What happened?"
"An accident, let's go,"
Ichigo wasn't going to elaborate on what happened, because he felt Tatsuki wouldn't believe him even if he did explain it, because truthfully, he too didn't understand what happened.
"I'll be right out,"
Tatsuki shuts the door once more. For two minutes Ichigo stands in silence, thinking over yesterday's events.
"What exactly happened between Rukia and Honsho?"
Ichigo couldn't get anything out of Rukia. The midget shinigami had been too worried about Chizuru to answer any of his questions. Ichigo didn't push it, knowing she would tell him eventually. But Ichigo was still curious about Chizuru, and how exactly she was able to see the hollow.
"And what's up with Honsho's spiritual pressure? Why was Rukia so concerned about it?"
The door suddenly opens, revealing Tatsuki dressed in her school uniform, bag in hand.
"Let's go,"
Ichigo nods and the two set out for the hospital. The walk was relatively quiet. Few words were passed between the two. There wasn't much to talk about, there never was.
'How frustrating,'
Tatsuki hates tense atmospheres. She especially hates when it involves her.
'Damn, now I want hit something,'
Eyeing Ichigo, Tatsuki grins like a little demon. Ichigo spots the grin and shivers, knowing that grin from anywhere.
'Oh hell no,'
Quicker than the eye could see, Tatsuki's fist shoots out for Ichigo's head, and it was only thanks to years of withstanding his father's crazy surprise attacks, Ichigo was able to dodge it. Tatsuki blinks slowly. First she stares at her right fist, then at the smirking Ichigo, her fist again, and then Ichigo once more, a little more than stun that he was able to dodge so easily.
"Let's see if you can do that again,"
Ichigo sighs and tries to reason with Tatsuki slowly, in his own twisted way.
"Tatsuki...we're in the middle of a crowded area...and you want to fight me, are you insane?"
Tatsuki falls in a stance, answering Ichigo's question.
"Who the hell fights so randomly?"
"I do,"
Tatsuki charges Ichigo, but somehow (which Ichigo finds really odd) trips, and rolls pass him, screaming. Tatsuki rolls into a cart full of fruit, stopping her, but setting the cart in motion. The cart crashes into a man holding an expensive vase, knocking him down, but somehow sending his vase in the air. The vase then falls, locking on a familiar black cat that happens to be taking a peaceful stroll.
"Kitty, look out," A random girl holding an overly large lollypop shouts.
Yoruichi glances up and pales seeing the large vase about to crush her. For a moment, Yoruichi considers smashing it, but decides against it, and in a movement too fast for any normal human to see, she was behind Ichigo walking away. Instead of smashing into her, the vase smashes near a dog, scaring it silly, and it runs off from its master, barking like crazy.
Tatsuki groans watching all of this, and stands, rubbing her aching head.
"That was random,"
Tatsuki turns to face Ichigo, only to bump into a thug who so happens to be holding a cake for his boss's daughter celebration today, and it drops. For a moment, all was silent, not even the crazy dog from before was barking. The silence was soon broken by a random man.
"Oh my God, it's Yoshiro from the Small River Gang, run,"
The people quickly flee and Tatsuki found that it was only she, the gang, and Ichigo left.
"Well shit,"
Flashback End
"So your fault,"
"QUIT TALKING LIKE THAT ASS HOLE! BESIDES IT'S YOUR FAULT, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE DODGED!"
Ichigo stares at Tatsuki blankly, and speaks in a low deadpanned manner, something Tatsuki notices he's been doing quite often.
"I wasn't going to let you hit me, your punches hurt,"
The gang watches the two argue back and forth. Yoshiro's eyebrow twitches at the sight, the two were taking his men and him as fools. No one ever does that.
"Teach those bastards a lesson,"
Ichigo and Tatsuki stops arguing at the cry. Casting the other a small glance, they nod, an understanding passing between them.
Kick ass first, argue later, and then pig out on sushi later for a gang beat down well done.
But what the two didn't know, was that this beat down would come back to haunt them later, but that wasn't until much later, days before another memorable event.
XxXxXxXxXx
- Karakura Hospital -
- Thirty Minutes Later -
Tatsuki and Ichigo stood next to Chizuru's bed, both covered in bruises, scrapes, and a bit of blood. Strangely enough, the two were grinning, they looking strangely satisfied.
"Did you two fuck or something, because you're beaming like crazy, and you look strangely satisfied?"
Ichigo and Tatsuki turns red and looks a bit sick at Chizuru's words; Ryo, Rukia, and Orihime looks disturbed, while Keigo, Michiru, Mahana, and Mizurio looks interested. Ishida, who had walked in the room with his father at that moment, turns a bright red, while his father face palms in irritation. Chad shakes his head slowly, not saying a word, knowing Tatsuki and Ichigo wouldn't do that, knowing there was no attraction between the two.
"Chizuru, I can list hundreds of reasons why Ichigo and I wouldn't do that, but I won't, it's not worth it," Tatsuki shakes her head. "And you're lucky you're in this bed and that glaring Ishida Clone Doctor is standing behind me or I would have hit you for that offending comment,"
Ryuken Ishida shakes his head, a headache forming.
'The faster this girl heals, the faster this headache will be gone. Damn Kurosaki, you could have taken her in,'
Ryuken watches on silently as Tatsuki and Chizuru bicker like a married couple/sisterly team.
"How the hell did you get these injuries anyway?"
Chizuru makes a face.
"I don't know, but my mind's split in two over it," Rukia stares at Chizuru intently. "On one half I remember being attacked by this strange monster, and on the other, I'm strapped to a bed about to be seduced by this BDSM Queen with a whip, a lighter, and a lot of shit that just screams pain,"
While Chizuru blushes in ecstasy, the others make faces, some sick, others in disbelief, one amused and one in complete indifference.
"Alright, visiting hours are over," said Ryuken making his presence known. "It's time for you all to head to school,"
Mahana grins at Ryuken, making the man's frown deepen.
"Ishida-san, my mom has a message for you," Mahana places her hands on her hips, and takes a deep breath, and then proceeds to release a lot of air. Nodding, she stares in the man's cold eyes and speak, her voice cold, she impersonating her mother flawlessly, right down to the tick in her right eye when angry.
"Ryu-chan, it's been two years already, I want my bracelet back, don't have me make you a target practice,"
Mahana coughs and grins at Ryuken. There was a slight twitch in his eye, but it was gone as soon as it came.
"Message received, now leave,"
Mahana gives Ryuken a mock salute and leaves after the departing Michiru. Ishida stares at his father for a moment and leaves also. One by one the kids leave, leaving Chizuru with Ryuken.
The air was thick with tension, something Chizuru didn't like at all, and she tries to break it.
"So Doc tell me, how bad am I, will I ever be able to use my shining fingers again?"
If possible, the air grows thicker as Ryuken turns his cold eyes on her. Laughing awkwardly, Chizuru glares out the window, she breaking out in a cold sweat.
'And I thought Ishida-kun had a scary glare,'
Ryuken shakes his head once more, and speaks lowly.
"I'll take my leave, if you need any assistance, buzz a nurse,"
Ryuken leaves, the door shutting with a slam, making Chizuru jump in fright.
'Okay, what's his problem?'
Not knowing or really caring as long as the old guy wasn't in her room any longer, Chizuru decides to buzz a nurse for some food. The door opens, revealing a very, very beautiful nurse, she smiling pleasantly at Chizuru. A small perverted, yet, very cool and alluring smirk rises to Chizuru's giggling form.
'Oh wow, I think...I'm going to enjoy myself,'
XxXxXxXxXx
- Urahara Shop -
- Same Time -
Yoruichi enters the shop through the window to find Urahara reading through some files, mumbling under his breath.
"She's reacting, but not the other, this is quite troubling and interesting,"
"What is?"
Urahara answers without looking from his files.
"My Little Project of course,"
Yoruichi's eyes darken a bit.
"So how is she?"
The question came unexpectedly, catching Yoruichi off guard. Quickly composing herself, Yoruichi walks to Urahara's side and answers.
"I caught her molesting a nurse, two of them,"
Urahara laughs full heartedly.
"So full of energy, I wonder where she gets it from,"
Yoruichi grunts and decides to take the subject in another direction.
"Chizuru's power, it feels very familiar Kisuke, and yet, it feels very different from that one's, why is that?"
Urahara was silent, his eyes slowly falling on his long time friend. There was something in the man's eyes that made Yoruichi nervous, something she didn't like.
"Kisuke, what exactly is going on?"
Urahara suddenly smiles, and stands, placing the files next to Yoruichi.
"You'll find everything you need to know in those files Yoruichi-san; I believe it's time you knew. While you do that, I will prepare my little game,"
Urahara leaves the room, leaving Yoruichi with the files on the X Lilith Project.
XxXxXxXxXx
- Karakura High -
Rukia sits on the railing of the roof, she staring at the rings Urahara gave her curiously. The things were practically useless yesterday. All they did was blow up the hollow and her, plus Chizuru. What use were the things if all they did was explode in her face?
"Things like this should only happen to Renji,"
Obviously she was using the rings wrong, but how exactly was the question. Rukia rubs her chin thoughtfully, trying to figure it out, when a memory from her time in the academy suddenly comes forth.
Listen class, the best way to use kido efficiently, is by thinking in terms of separate entities. For example, if you want to use hado, think of using your right hand as a base, and if you wish to use bakudo, think of using your left hand as a base. Remember this saying, it'll help you in the future, Bakudo on the left and Hado on the right. Hehehe, if you think about it this way, it may even be possible to fuse these two powers together into something new.
"That's it, Bakudo on the left and Hado on the right, how could I forget something so basic,"
Bakudo and Hado, while being Kido, were actually two different ways of converting spirit energy in power. While Bakudo were binding spells, Kido was the destructive, and if the two happened to activate at once, the powers conflict with each other, resulting in disaster.
"To think it took me this long to remember this, I am a fool,"
Rukia slips one of the rings on her left hand's middle finger, and slips the other on the right.
"Didn't catch you as the jewelry type Kuchiki,"
Tatsuki leans against the rail, drinking a soda.
"I'm not," Tatsuki grunts. "An acquaintance gave me these as a gift, and it would be rude not to wear them,"
Not a lie, well, not really, Urahara was an acquaintance, and they were a gift, so she wasn't lying at all.
"What are you doing up here anyway?"
Tatsuki makes a face.
"Came searching for Ichigo to talk with him about earlier, but he's not here, and you are, so yeah,"
The air suddenly grows tense, something Tatsuki never liked, but she honestly didn't know how to break it. Rukia frowns, wondering where the tense atmosphere came from. Taking a chance glance at Tatsuki, she saw her glaring at the sky, eyes soft, with an unusual embarrassed blush decorating her cheeks.
'Okaay, what is this about?'
Tatsuki scratches her head, wondering how to say it.
"Spit it out,"
Tatsuki flinches at Rukia's impatient shout, and laughs a bit.
"I wanted to know if you were gonna finish your juice,"
Tatsuki points to the apple juice resting next to Rukia's feet. Rukia glances at it and then at Tatsuki. Opening her mouth, she went to answer, when her phone goes off. Glancing at the message, Rukia's eyes darken, and she smiles at Tatsuki.
"Sure you can have it, I have to go," Rukia runs off, and Tatsuki watches her go.
Tatsuki's eyes grow dark at the sight of the red glow surrounding Rukia. She didn't know what it was, but all she knew was that Rukia and Ichigo had the same glow, though Rukia's was fainter than Ichigo's overly bright one. Rubbing her eyes, Tatsuki grabs Rukia's unopened juice and leans over the rail, staring at the tree where Orihime and the others were sitting eating lunch.
"This...isn't normal,"
XxXxXxXxXx
- Karakura Hospital -
"Didn't we just leave this place?"
"Shut up,"
Rukia hops off Ichigo's back. The two were on the roof on the hospital. And on the roof, smoking a cigarette was a Ryuken. For a moment Ichigo thought the man's eyes fell on him, but thought better of it, knowing normal humans couldn't see him. Rukia however was a different problem altogether.
"And where exactly did you come from?"
Rukia answers honestly and points to the sky, amusing Ryuken.
"The sky,"
Ryuken grunts, no longer interested, and continue speaking to the girl.
"If you don't wish to tell me its fine, I don't care either way, but let me give you a few words of warning," Ryuken's eyes narrow behind his glasses. "Do not, under any circumstance damage my hospital, I won't be responsible to what happens to you after that," Ryuken spits out his cigarette and stomps it out. "Have a pleasant visit," Ryuken walks off not sparing the spooked Rukia another glance.
"That was...scary,"
Ichigo who had broken out in a cold sweat nods slowly.
"Yeah, let's try not to damage this place,"
"Right,"
Rukia and Ichigo runs through the open door leading to the stairway.
"Which floor?"
"The sixth,"
Ichigo grunts and runs down the stairs to the sixth floor, Rukia trailing close behind. As she ran, Rukia stares at her rings.
'Will they work this time or will they blow up again? This is my chance to test them out,'
Ichigo opens the door leading to the sixth floor and cautiously peeks inside. All was clear, there were no nurses in the halls, no patients, no one at all.
"Wow, doesn't this give out some kind of creepy vibe?"
Ichigo resist the urge to smack Rukia around with his zanpakuto.
"Way to state the obvious?"
The two slowly makes their way through the hall.
"Ohh," "Ahh," "Noo," "Yess,"
Ichigo and Rukia stiffen at the moans and groans. Ichigo casts Rukia a glance, and she returns it, the two nods and takes off for the source. The moans grew louder as they turn a corner. A growing realization builds in Ichigo. He somehow knew what they were about to bear witness to, especially when he saw who's room the sounds were originating from.
"Wait Rukia,"
Ichigo reaches out for Rukia, but it was too late. Rukia had already burst in the room and screams. Ichigo's whole body turns red at the sight. There was Chizuru naked with an equally naked nurse laying on her. They were both covered in a thin layer of sweat. Chizuru was ignoring their stares, she trailing her tongue down the nurse's neck, she moaning in ecstasy.
Blood shoots out of Ichigo's nose, he trying and failing to turn from the sight. Rukia wasn't fairing any better, and it was Chizuru who spoke, she stopping her current activity.
"Rukia-chan, how would you like to join us? Kurosaki-kun, I don't like guys, but this nurse here wouldn't mind if you give her a little pleasure, she seems to like you, right?"
Chizuru grabs the Nurse's right breast roughly, she kissing her collar bone, and the Nurse lets out a shuddering moan as she answers.
"Ohh yes,"
Ichigo nearly falls over at this, and before he can give the proper, obvious, and very appropriate response any guy would give in this situation, a roar is heard.
"Shit, let's go Ichigo,"
Rukia drags Ichigo out the room, leaving Chizuru along with her playmate. Chizuru's pupils shrink momentarily, but they return to normal once the nurse pushes her breast together and sucks on her erect nipples, and Chizuru moans out.
"Ohhhhhhh, taking the initiative are you, good girl,"
Over with Ichigo and Rukia, they confront the hollow in the hall. Ichigo grabs his zanpakuto, but Rukia stops him.
"Hold on, let me handle it,"
"Huh?"
Rukia doesn't give Ichigo the chance to question her and she holds out her left hand, the ring sparking to life.
"Bakudo 9: Geki!"
The ring releases a spark of energy, and a red aura covers the hollow, it roaring, but not moving.
"I did it, it actually worked,"
Rukia cheers happily, doing a victory dance for thirty seconds, and ends it with giving a blankly staring Ichigo two thumbs up. Ichigo blinks once, and then twice, trying to comprehend what he just witnessed. He didn't know what to address first. The idiotic dance or the fact Rukia had her powers back. Ichigo decides on the obvious one.
"What the hell was up with the stupid dance?"
Five seconds later, Ichigo was on the ground with Rukia doodling on him with a black marker, she grinning evilly. Placing the top back on the marker, Rukia turns to the hollow to see it beginning to break free of the bakudo spell. Nodding, Rukia holds out her right hand, and begins chanting.
"Ye lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of man! Inferno and pandemonium, the sea barrier surges, march on the south!"
A red ball of energy was forming through the incantation, and when she finishes, it shoots out with her crying loudly.
"Hado 31: Shakkaho!"
The red ball shoots from her palm and strikes the hollow with a powerful bang. An explosion rocks the hospital. The windows crack, the ground trembles, and the hollow bursts to nothing.
"Hell yeah,"
Rukia cheers loudly, and once more does her stupid dance. Ichigo's eyebrow twitches at the sight, and he considers leaving Rukia to her dance to check on Chizuru and the nurse again. It wasn't that he was a pervert, no, far from it. The opportunity was something that didn't come up too often, and he would admit, it was tempting, very tempting.
'But as a man I must resist such temptation, and besides,'
The more he thought about it, the more his head hurt, and then an image of Ryo appears, she drawing a sword about to cut him in two. Shaking his head, Ichigo groans, and wonders when the girl began ruling his thoughts. Oh right, the kiss because of his crazy sisters and idiot dad.
'Stupid kiss, crazy sister, idiot dad,'
Focusing his attention on Rukia once more, he saw her still cheering. Becoming fed up with her, he interrupts her dance with a somewhat scathing remark.
"Cut the stupid dance out Idiot Shinigami and let's go already, I really don't have the will to put up with your nonsense any longer today,"
Not a second later, Ichigo was once more on the ground, with Rukia drawing on his face once more. The clown face Rukia made earlier was now sinister and very disturbing in nature. Rukia steps off Ichigo's back and grins brightly.
"Alright it's time to go,"
XxXxXxXxXx
- The Urahara Shop -
- Two Hours Later -
"Looks like Kuchiki-san put in another order, guess she likes the rings," Urahara rubs his chin thoughtfully. "Now what exactly does she want?" Urahara reads over the order in his phone and he smiles. "Oh, a Chappy Gikongan, hmm, that girl has a strange bunny obsession," A sigh escapes him remembering Yoruichi's reaction to his project an hour earlier.
Kisuke, what in the world? How could you do such a thing? I never thought you would go so far
Urahara smiles coldly.
"Sorry Yoruichi-san, but the X Lilith Project is my counter measures against him,"
Urahara suddenly laughs.
"Well, hopefully she'll forgive me, but there's no time to worry about that, my game is just about ready; all I need is the gamers, who to choose, who to choose?"
XxXxXxXxXx
- Arisawa Residence -
Tatsuki was fixing dinner for her family and some for Orihime, knowing the girl was probably eating some crazy dish that would put a normal person in the hospital.
"Man, she really needs to learn how to cook,"
Laughing a bit, Tatsuki continues chopping up the onions, when the phone suddenly goes off, breaking her concentration.
"Shit,"
Staring at her hand, she saw a large cut going down her forefinger. Blood seeps heavily through the cut and Tatsuki winces a bit as the air hits it. Cursing again, Tatsuki brings her finger to her mouth and sucks on it, licking the blood away.
'Great, I've been jumpy all day, and look what happens; I cut my finger because of a ringing phone. Tch, I need more focus training,'
Pulling her finger from her mouth, Tatsuki stares at the gash. Cursing once more, Tatsuki knew a trip to the doctor was in order for stitches. But the only place close enough was the Kurosaki Clinic, and she curses yet again.
'I haven't been there in awhile, I hope Old Man Isshin don't go bat crazy over such a little wound,'
Okay, the cut was anything but little, but every time she was injured and went to the Kurosaki Clinic, Isshin would make a big deal over it. All the fawning wasn't right, and it didn't help he treats her life a five year old every time it happens.
'Geez, those giant lollypops of his are ridiculous, I swear they get larger every time I visit,'
Sighing at the thought of her Self Proclaim Super Uncle, Tatsuki glares at her finger once more.
"This is your fault I have to go there. I guess it isn't too bad, I get to see Karin and Yuzu, I wonder what kind of trouble they've been cooking up lately,"
Laughing, Tatsuki went to grab the bandages from the cabinet below, when she saw steam rising from her cut. To her astonishment the cut begins closing. It was slowly at first, but within seconds in completely closes. There was no scar from the cut; it was as if she never cut her finger open in the first place. Stun, Tatsuki stumbles back, eyes wide, not sure what was happening.
"First the trouble with my eyes, and now this; what the fuck is happening to me?"
Yuzu: Alright, things are moving along quite nicely
Karin: I know, even I'm a bit surprised
Tatsuki: Should you two really be in this story?
Yuzu and Karin: Why?
Chizuru: Because if you haven't noticed, things are moving passed where kids such as you should be involved
Tatsuki: That's surprising; you actually care about the kids
(Chizuru ignores Tatsuki and shouts to the heavens)
Chizuru: Come back when you're eighteen and then you're free game
(Yuzu stares at Chizuru blankly, while Karin lifts a bent metal bat from the ground, murder in her eyes)
Ryo: Look forward to next chapter, the Games Begin