Chapter 2
Hey y'all! Well, here's chapter 2, enjoy. Oh, and don't be afraid to comment!
"…Life can go in many directions. North, might be a place where a Hell on Earth resides, and you know nothing but pain and enguish. South, might be a place where hope and happiness are found and you will live forever in peace, like Heaven. Then, there's East and West, in the middle of Heaven and Hell, which is an area of happiness and joy like in Heaven, but where there's still the greif and pain of Hell. Which direction I'm heading is still a mystery to me, like tomorrow and the day after that. But, I will keep on going, no matter what the case, to try to find where I belong and which direction my fate seeks. But, what came on my 14th birthday changed that frame of mind forever, and if it was you, it would of changed you too…"
November 28, 2010
OUR WORLD
Madison, Virginia, Cree, Bianca, and Kayla stand outside with many other middle schoolers, who are dressed head to foot in warm clothing, waiting for their bus to arrive.
"Where is it? It's already been 15 minutes since the other buses left." Bianca complains as she cuddles herself in her coat.
"And it's freezing out here, even for November. What is it, 30 degrees?" Virginia also complains as she rubs her hands together.
"Actually, it's 27 degrees." Kayla says as she holds up her Ipod for her friends to see.
Virginia and Bianca moan to Kayla, not in the mood for her usual cheeriness.
"I don't see what the big deal is, I feel perfectly fine out here. You two just need to grow up some and get over it." Madison says, wearing only a jacket and hobo gloves.
"Well, excuse me, it nots my fault it's so cold out here. I don't see how you do it, you're acting as if it's 70 degrees out here. It's like you were born with a built-in barrier." Virginia says to Madison, apparently annoyed with Madison's stubborn directions.
"It's not my fault, I've always been like this, besides, you don't see Cree or Kayla whinning now do you?" Madison asks, now just as irritated as Virginia.
"They both have on like 4 layers of clothing! You're only wearing a t-shirt and a jacket!" Virginia comes back with at Madison.
"Will you two just stop butting heads! Get over it!" Cree yells at both of them as she wacks them both over the head.
"HEY! You didn't need to do that!" They yell at the same time, now annoyed with Cree.
Cree sighs hopelessly at the two as finally their bus arrives.
Being as cold as they are, Bianca and Virginia rush for the entrance, while Kayla, Cree, and Madison walked slowly behind them.
"You know Madison, I do have to agree with Virginia with one thing she said. You do have a strange way of never getting cold. It's like, well, you were around something that was really cold all the time and some how you've been able to become imune to anything cold by like having like a self barrier around you, like she said." Cree explains as Madison and she walk onto the bus.
"I guess, but, to tell you the truth, it feels more like, someone's like hugging me. like close and connected to my skin." Madison explains as she sat in seat 7 behind Kayla and Virgina with Bianca at the side in seat 6.
"Well, that's an odd way to put it." Cree comments as she slids into the seat too.
"But, that's what it feels like, not lie." Madison says as she gets out her sketchbook from her bag.
"Alright, if you say so." Cree says right before Virginia draws her into a conversation.
Madison smiles, happy to see her friends cheerful and talkitive, then turns back to her sketchbook, and to a fresh page. Suddenly, as she begins to draw the girl with the hair over one of her eyes, she has a vision, a thing that has never happened before.
She sees Toshiro, the boy she's dreamed about and drawn standing in front of her in front of giant wooden door which had a strange line symbol on it. But, this time, he looks different. His hair has become more well kept and his bangs have somewhat dissapeared. He's taller and looks more mature then in her dreams. And over his black kimono now is a white over-coat type thing, but with no sleeves. But, a sword still is swung over his shoulder and hung from a long, mild width piece of cloth, and a serious scowl still is plastered on his face.
She laughs and he seems to turn towards her laugh.
"Why are you laughing at me?" He askes her.
Madison stops, shocked and surprised by the fact that he responded to her.
"Wait, you can see me Toshiro?" Madison asks, still shocked.
Toshiro seems to become irritated and walks towards her. When he comes close to her, she finds that she's only one or two inches taller then him.
"Of course I can. It's hard to miss you, being in that pink haori and all. And, don't call me Toshiro while we're here, call me Captain Hitsugaya." Toshiro orders, annoyed by Madison's ignorance.
"You…You became a captain?" Madison asks as she tries to comprehend what he said.
Toshiro's scowl forms a little smile and he chuckles.
"Duh, that's why I wear this white haori, and you wear your pink one, Yattamori." he says as he smiles bigger.
"Yattamori…?" Madison recites to herself.
"Why does that name sound so familar to me?" she thinks to herself.
"MADISON!" Virginia's unforgetable voice screams into her ear.
"AHHHH!" Madison yells, startled by Virginia's voice.
Madison looks around, hoping that she's still with Toshiro. But, unfortunatly, she's back in the bus, being stared at by all of her friends.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?" Madison yells at Virginia, now mad beyond words.
"You were completly zoned out for like three minutes, and we couldn't shake you out of it. You were starting to scare us." Cree explains as she takes Madison's sketchbook from her.
"But, while you were zoned out, you drew this." Cree says as she turns the picture towards Madison to see.
When Cree turns it to her, Madison gasps.
It's Toshiro, but as she had seen him just now, in her vision. He's standing in front of a dead, ugly creature, and his sword is covered in blood. But, he as well is covered in wounds. And in off in the distance, you can see a girl, sitting in the grass, uninjured. It's the girl with the hair over her eye.
"How did…when did I?…How could I?…" Madison mutters, words lost by the picture.
"Yeah, we didn't get it either." Bianca says as she takes the picture from Cree.
Madison looks away as her friends talk about it.
What's going on? This has never happened to her before, not even when she was little. But, Madison does know one thing. The vision and the drawing tell her that she will get the answer to why she's dreamed about this boy since she can remember really soon.
November 28, 2010
SOUL SOCIETY
Toshiro Hitsugaya (Captain of Squad 10) walks to his office inside the Sereitei. He is not in the best of moods, seeing how it's the anniversary of an incident he wishes never happened. He stops and looks up at the sky. The memory of the incident floods his mind and he shudders, completly pained by the sights that return to his mind. He then continues and finally reaches his office quarters. Inside, snooring can be heard from the sofa. He becomes irritated when he finds that it's his lieutenant, Rangiku Matsumoto, sleeping.
"Rangiku, get up! You have work to do." Toshiro says, angry.
Within seconds, Rangiku opens her eyes and yawns.
"Oh, come on. Give me a break, Captain. You had me up till midnight last night doing paperwork. Can't I have a day off." Rangiku whines, yawning once again as she gets up from the sofa.
"No, you can't. Now get to work, so that you won't have to stay late tonight." Toshiro says as he sits at his desk and pulls out a few papers.
Rangiku sighs as she begin to walk to her work, but stops when she notics something around Toshiro's neck. Toshiro notices and looks up from his work.
"What wrong Rangiku?" Toshiro asks, a little less irrritated now.
Rangiku moves to the front of Toshiro's desk and takes grasp of the charm he's wearing around his neck.
"You're wearing it out today…" she says quietly as she looks at the circle charm.
"Yeah, it's the anniversary, so I thought I should…" Toshiro explains as she lets go of the charm.
Toshiro then takes the charm in his own hand and sighs. The lime green circle charm is about the size of a quarter, and on it is a beautifully painted arrow, which is the symbol of the zodiac sign Sagittarius, which had been Yattamori's zodiac sign. That's why he had given it to her on her 40th (4 years in our years) birthday, because well, of course it was her sign, but she had always had a fasination with the zodiac calender. And later, it turned out that her zanpakuto had the powers of the zodiac signs.
Toshiro smiles, remembering all the memories that he had shared with her. But, once the anniversary's memories flooded his mind, he shudders again. He can't ever shake the incident from his mind, even if it had happened 14 years ago. Yattamori had been his best friend since they were 34 years old (3.4 years in our years). She had been closer to him than Hinamori, seeing how their birthdays were only 21 days apart. And they had never left each other for any reason, even if death was inevitable. But, then, 14 years ago, when they were both 125 years old, she died. And the worst part of it wasn't that her birthday was the next day or that she had only just become a captain a year before. The worst part for him, is that she had died, protecting him. If he had only just known that the arrow had been a trap, he would of never left Yattamori's side and she wouldn't of had to push him out of the way of arrow-shot sword, and…she wouldn't of died. It's his fault, all of it, and that's why he can't excape the memories.
"Captain…?" Rangiku asks as Toshiro thinks still.
Rangiku's voice brings Toshiro back to the present, and he sees that he's clutching Yattamori's necklace tight in his fist.
"Sorry, Rangiku, I lost my concentration for a minute." Toshiro reassures, trying not to make Rangiku worry.
Rangiku watches him for a minute, then sighs and takes the papers away from Toshiro. Toshiro looks up at her, surprised.
"How about you take the day off, you can never concentrate on this anniversary. Don't worry, I'll take care of these." Rangiku says as she walks over to her desk.
Toshiro watches her, speechless, then grins as he gets up.
"Thank you Rangiku." he says as he walks out of the room.
"Your welcome Sir." she answers after him.
BONUS Funny ^o^
*Rangiku looks down at the stack she just took from Toshiro*
'Ugh, I'm not gonna get much sleep tonight by the looks of it' Rangiku comments.
*She has an idea*
'Hey, a girl like me can't work on an empty stomach! Yeah, I'll go get something to eat, then come back!'
*She runs to the door, and runs the opposite way of Toshiro, forgetting to close the door behind her*
To be continued ;-)