Hello dear peoples and welcome to the third chapter of Cursed to forget. I apoligize in advance if it sounds/is written kinda crappily because well, school has been a pain and I had no time to work on this -.- as always, GINORMONGOUS THANKS to all those who have reviewed and I hope that you enjoy it!
also, don't forget to check out TheCatWithTheHat's "Doomed to remember" which is the companion to this story.
DISCLAIMER: no i don't own it...
CHAPTER THREE
Dear _,
I know that you probably can't tell, but it's very, very early in the morning here-not that I would really know. The sky inside the dome never changes, and outside it's always night…so does that mean that if I'm inside the dome it's morning, and if I'm outside it's night? Actually never mind, that's off topic. But yeah, basically, I'm not sure what time it is, all I know is that people are still asleep-so I have to whisper if I want to talk. Ggio-nii and Anónimo-chan still haven't come back, but I did find a little red bean bun on my night stand when I woke up. I bet that it was Anó-chan. It doesn't seem to be in Ggio-nii's character to do something like that, and I don't know Abirama-nii, Findorr-nii, Choe-nii, or Niggre-nii well enough to know if they'd do it…but Charlotte-nii might. But, then again, I doubt that he'd be quiet enough not to wake me, judging by how he greeted me yesterday (^^)".
Anyways, do you like my nickname for Anónimo-chan? I like it, only, it sounds exactly like "ano", like the sound that you make when you don't know what to say. I guess that that shouldn't be her nickname then…what do you think? I kinda feel bad for Mino-chan (actually, no, that doesn't sound right as her nickname either. If I had to pick, 'Anó' is a better one than 'Mino'.). The others seem to treat her unfairly. Brotherly love perhaps? I guess that I'll have to ask her myself, now won't I? What do you think _?
I know that it probably hasn't been that long since I was with the others, but I'm lonely. And…I've had time to think about something. I remember somethings now too. The faces that I had remembered before? Now I remember names: Tatsuki-chan, Sado-kun, Ishida-kun, and Kurosaki-kun. And, and I think that Kurosaki-kun is really special to me. I can feel it. There's…eto…how to explain it. Hmmm…a pull? Yeah, something like that, a pull that I feel when I think about him…it's just it hurts. And it makes me sad when I think about it. There's another girl's face. She's really small-shorter than me!- and she's wearing black clothing, and is holding a sword. Is-is she a shinigami? Tou-san says that they're very bad, is that why I feel a little envious and jealous when I think of her? I'm still really confused.
But, talking to you _, it makes me feel safe. I feel like, like I just drank a whole mug of hot chocolate full of melted marshmallows with wasabi and soy sause drizzled on top! That's how you make me feel :3 I love drinking hot chocolate like that, it's the best way to drink it, don't you agree? Anyways, I hope that you're doing okay where ever you are _. I really miss you! Write back to me as soon as you can, okay?
\(^3^)/
-Inoue Orihime
Orihime rolls onto her back and stretches out, her fingers brushing the headboard of her bed. She twirls the pen around her fingers and looks over the letter she has written in the early hours. She doodles in little sketches of smiling faces, and in the bottom draws a chibi girl with long hair and flower pins at the side of her head. Orihime bites her tongue in concentration as she works on drawing the arms of the girl, outstretched towards another person. She begins to add him into the picture, and gets in a body that is wearing a white outfit similar to her Onii-sans-white hakama, black boots with white details, and a white jacket- but, she stops when she get the point when she needs to draw in the face. The pen wavers uncertainly over the paper, and it ends up sketching a generic face structure that could belong to anyone. Orihime rubs her temples in frustration, as a headache comes to life as she tries to remember the person's facial features. After five minutes of this, Orihime pouts in frustration and results in just randomly doodling in his face, drawing this:
(3w3)
She takes a look at her handiwork and begins giggling uncontrollably at how ridiculous it looks. Orihime is still laughing as someone knocks on her door twice. "C-come in." She says between giggles as she places the pen and papers into the drawer of her nightstand. Ggio walks in, followed by Anónimo who is carrying a tray of food.
"Ohayo, Orihime-chan." Ggio says, sitting down on her bed side.
"Ohayo Ggio-nii! Ohayo Anónimo-chan!" Orihime chirps, sitting up and beaming at the both of them. "How did last night go?" She asks as Anónimo places the tray full of various types of sushi in front of her.
Ggio looks confused for a moment then nods with understanding. "Oh that? Eh, as usual. Aizen-sama just wanted to inform us of some things."
Orihime pops a piece of sushi into her mouth. "Am I allowed to know? Or is it 'onii-san classified'?"
Ggio smirks. "'Onii-san classified.'" Orihime nods understandingly. "But hey, I do have some news for you."
Orihime perks up and leans forward inquisitively, her right cheek bulging as she sticks the piece of sushi there so that she can talk around it. "Whawt ish it nii-san?" She asks.
"Remember how Aizen-sama said that you were going to get to know the rest of your-our siblings?" Ggio corrects himself at the last second, but Orihime doesn't notice, distracted by the Hello Kitty that Anónimo skillfully made out of the different types of sushi. "The Findorr and the rest have other things that they have to attend to of course, but I will be accompanying you around as you meet the rest of our family. Barragan-sama specifically entrusted myself with this task." Orihime smiles as she hears the pride in Ggio's voice when he says it.
Then Orihime's eyebrows furrow, and she glances at Anónimo. "Matte, what about Anónimo-chan?" She asks, reaching out and clasping the girl's hand in her own, even as the Arrancar girl ducks her head.
"She'll be staying here."
Orihime pouts. "Does she have to stay? Why can't she come?" But she lets Ggio help her out of her bed and accepts the fresh clothes that he pulls out of the closet at the other side of the room.
"Help her change. I'll be waiting outside."Ggio simply says, more to Anónimo than Orihime and exits.
Silently, Anónimo takes the folded clothes out of Orihime's hands and helps her put it on. "You know, I kinda want to give you a nickname, Anó-chan." She says casually, testing out the first nickname that she thought of. Anónimo's eyes widen almost comically and Orihime winches. "No?" She gets a head shake back. Orihime concentrates for a couple of seconds and Anónimo sweatdrops (metaphorically) as a (metaphorical) lightbulb pops up over Orihime's head. "Alrightie…well…In Spanish, 'a' makes something sound feminie right? So…Ammonia?" In response she receives an extremely confused and a half insulted, half amused look.
"The thing that you use for cleaning?" Anónimo asks, pinning the cape into place.
Orihime's mouth drops open and she waves her hands out in front of her. "NO! wait, gomen! I didn't mean it like that!" She apoligizes frantically. The girl smiles and straightens the cape that rests on Orihime's shoulders. Anónimo hesitates then looks up at her.
"The others call me nada…"
Orihime opens her mouth to agree, but then freezes. "Wait a second, doesn't that mean nothing? Why would they call you that?" She asks in disbelief.
"Because that is what I am. That is what I do. What I create. Nothing." Anónimo says bluntly, as if she is completely fine with it.
"But that's wrong!" Orihime protests, but Anómino waves her off.
"Ggio-sama is probably getting impatient." The arrancar just says and leads her out of the room. She bows when she sees Ggio and he doesn't acknowledge her, instead offering a hand to Orihime.
"Ready to go Imouto-chan?" he asks, and Orihime takes his hand reluctuently as they walk away. After getting out of ear shot, Orihime glares at Ggio angrily. The Arrancar notices and looks at her in confusion. "What? Did I do something wrong?" he asks.
"Anónimo-chan told me what you guys call her. Why are you so mean?" She demands, turning her head away from him.
"What?"
"She told me that you call her nada. As in nothing. Why?"
Ggio stares at her in disbelief. "And why did she tell you that?"
Orihime whips her head around, her sunset orange hair flying around her, "Because I wanted to give her a nickname, and she told me that that was what you called her. That's unfair! How can you call out little sister that? She's the baby of the family, isn't she? We should be encouraging her, not calling her names."
Ggio's gaze hardens. "You don't know what you're talking about Orihime." He says cooly.
Orihime steps in front of him and forces him to come to a stop. "Well from what I can see, I do know what I'm talking about, and if I'm wrong, please explain to me so that I understand!" she ends with a shout.
"Yare, yare, I'm trying to sleep here…" The tall brown-haired man that introduced himself as Coyote Starrk sticks his head out of a door across from them and glares at them lazily. "Could you keep it down-ULP!" his sentence is cut off as a young girl whacks him upside the head and sneers at him angrily.
"BAKA! AIZEN-SAMA SAID THAT HIME-NEE IS SUPPOSED TO VISIT, OR DID YOU FORGET DOBE?" She shouts at the top of her lungs, punching him in the gut.
"A-ano, please don't fight!" Orihime stammers after getting over her initial shock. The Espada and his fraccion stare at her for a moment, then the girl speaks up.
"You're…Hime-nee…aren't you?" the girl says slowly, and Orihime nods hesitantly. A tick mark appears on the girl's forehead.
"WHAT DID I TELL YOU BAKA-DOBE! NOW WE'VE MADE A BAD IMPRESSION ON HER!" Lillynette shouts angrily, punching him again.
"You're the one who jumped me…"
"Fine, true, BUT THAT'S IRRELEVANT!"
Ggio looks awkwardly onwards then clears his throat. "I have other duties that Barragan-sama has entrusted to me. I'll come by and fetch you in an hour…" he says before turning on his heel and walking away. Orihime smiles nervously and waves at his retreating back.
"Finally, I was waiting for that jerk to leave…" Orihime turns in surprise to see the blonde girl all calmed down with her arms crossed and a satisfied look on her face. "Gomen. I don't always act like that, it's just I wanted to get him outta here. Him and the rest of Barragan-sama's fraccion. Ugh, they're all so stuck up…"
Starrk looks down at the girl. "Lilynette…you always act like that…"
Lilyette scowls at him. "Do not." She says sticking out her tongue at him. Orihime giggles quietly and Lilynette turns and plants a hand at her hip and sticks it out to the side. With her other hand she raises it and makes a peace sign. "Hiya! I'm Lilynette Gingerbuck, pleased to me ya! That lazy idiot is Starrk." She says stabbing her thumb in his direction.
Orihime beams at him. "Uhhun, we've met, at the last meeting, right Starrk-san?" he grunts and heads back into the room, flopping down onto the pile of pillows and blankets, and promptly clocks out.
Lilynette rolls her eyes. "See what I have to deal with every day?" Orihime laughs and steals a pillow, hugging it to her chest.
"So are you Starrk-nii's fraccion?" She asks the young girl curiously, grey eyes shining.
Lilynette sits across from her and kicks her feet up onto her own pillow. "Ehh, I guess that you could call me that. But I'm more like his partner in crime!" she adds at the end with a mischievous grin.
"What do you mean?"
"Well…before, we were actually one hollow. A very powerful one. And really lonely too…" Lilynette says nonchalantly , but Orihime could hear a sad undertone in her voice. "Where ever we went, everyone would vanish…too scared or something." She scoffs half-heartedly. "So we split into two…that way, we'd always have company…"
Orihime frowns sympathetically, then crawls forward and hugs the younger girl. Lilynette freezes then relaxes. "I know how you feel. I lost my biological nii-san in a car accident when I was young…" She says, unsure why she is just remembering this, but knows that it is true. "We were each other's family. So, I guess what I'm saying is that I know how you feel. But, you have a really, really big family now ne? It's not just you and Starrk-san, but you have Halibel-san, and Jeagerjaques-san, and, even though you don't seem to like him a lot, Ggio-nii and everyone else, and me!" Orihime throws her arms out grins cheekily at Lilynette, who grins right back.
Standing up, she offers her hand to Orihime who takes it, and she stands as well. "Did you eat yet? Because I'm hungry."
Orihime shakes her head. "No, not yet."
Lilynette grabs her hand and pulls her out of the door, "Oi! Starrk! We're going to the kitchens! And we're not gonna bring anything back for you!" She shouts over her shoulder, as she pulls the human girl along.
"N-nani? Are we even allowed?"
Lilynette shrugs, "Well, it's not like there are guards to the kitchen. It's honestly mostly for Aizen-sama, Tousen-sama and Ichimaru-sama, but Espada and their Fraccion are allowed as well. . Like, if someone ever feels like eating human world food." She explains as she pulls Orihime through the corridors, finally ending at a large open concept kitchen with an island in the milddle. She lets go of her hand and pushes Orihime towards the fridge. "Go ahead, help yourself. Pots and pans and the like are in the top shelves." Lilynette points, then hurries off to loot around the lower cabintes.
Orihime opens the fridge curiously and claps her hands happily when she sees that it's fully stocked with various items. "Hmmm, what should I make…" She muses aloud. Suddenly she snaps up and a (metaphorical) light bulb appears over her head. "I know!" Orihime begins snatching thing from the fridge, moving over to the cabinets, taking the ingredients that she needs and piling them into her arms.
"What are you making Hime-nee?" Lilynette asks, coming up to the grinning girl, who is shifting through the various pans that are stacked in the higher shelves.
"Lilynette-chan, do you know if you have a square pan?" She asks, "Oh wait! Found it!" Orihime bring the pan down and puts it on the stove, adding some oil and putting the heat on high. "As for what I'm making," Orihime pauses and dramatically cracks an egg into a bowl and begins wisking it with some chopsticks. "You'll just have to find out."
Lilynette pulls up a chair and watches her in curiosity as Orihime adds all of the ingredients that she had taken, then pours half of the mixture into the pan. After letting it cook and repeating the process, she places the two rolls on two separate plates and cuts them into several pieces. "Taadah!" Orihime says proudly, holding one plate out to Lilynette, "Inoue Orihime's specially made, original recipe, tamagoyaki!"
Lilynette laughs, and Orihime sits beside her, handing her a pair of chopsticks. "Itadakimasu!" They say in unison and the begin eating. Lilynette pops a piece of the tamagoyaki into her mouth and her eyes begin sparkling, as she gasps in awe.
"O-orihime-neesama, this, this is amazing!" She says in a reverent tone, her eyes glued to her plate. "What did you use to make it?"
Orihime grins, "I'm so happy that you like it Lilynette-chan! And I used coriander, red pepper, bacon, sugar, mirin, salt, pepper, oyster sause, mustard, cinnamon, ketchup, cheese and red bean paste!"
Lilynette's eyes widen and she looks at Orihime like she grew an extra head. "N-nani?" She asks weakly. "Did you actually?"
"Yup! …Is something wrong Lilynette-chan, you look a little green…"
hehehehehehe, the ending was fun to write XP
RANDOM FACT OF THE DAY: Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) is the voice actor for Zazu. I don't know about you but for me: mind=blown
and if some of you don't know who Zazu is...-shakes head disapprovingly-
anyways, hope that you liked it, and please review!