Rosario Diaries: Chapter 13
Moka sauntered quietly down the hallway, words from what Shinji told her replaying in her head. She didn't know whether to believe his words, or not. Something told her that Shinji knew of her clan leader, Aizen, because he spoke of him as if, he despised him greatly for some reason. 'How did he know of Lord Aizen?' she pondered in thought as she walked.
Flashback
Shinji just let out a sigh. "Just listen to yourself. You really are just as blind as he is, aren't you?"
"What are you talking about?"
"You think that he cares about you? He only took you in, because of your abilities as an arrancar. You think just because, you're the sweetest angel in his clan, that he's gonna care for you, for the rest of his life? Wrong. He's going to wait, until the moment is perfect to stab you in the back. Then he'll want nothing to do with you, after he's gotten what he wanted. You'll lose all the respect you gained from Ichigo and the friends you made." Moka lowered her zanpakto, shocked from his words. Was he telling the truth, or not? "I'm just warning you, Moka-dear. I'm not trying to scare you, or anything."
End Of Flashback
'Is it true? Am I suppose to take what he says about Lord Aizen true? Although, Lord Aizen seemed to be hiding something, when I first met him. Not to mention, I now know why he's so interested in Hime-chan. It's because of how strong her powers are.' she pointed out in her head. 'More importantly, what did Shinji ment by "arrancar and such"? Does it mean that I'm more than just an arrancar? If so...than what am I?'
"ORIHIME!" shouted an unfamiliar female voice, pulling the pink-haired arrancar out of her thoughts. Quite curious, she followed to where the voice came from. Finally making it to her location, she peeked around the corner to see a petite girl with Orihime. What made her even more curious, was that she had Ichigo's body in hands, by collar of his shirt. She watched as Ichigo stood up, breathing in and out heavlily.
"Are you all right?" Orihime asked, with concern.
Ichigo looked at her, with a blank expression for a moment, before opening his mouth to speak. "Orihime...I..." he trailed off, as if not knowing what to say next.
Moka flinched, when the petite girl forced his head down a bit. "You're sorry that you were so weak! Right?"
Orihime could only stare at them, both in shock and confusion of what was happening in front of her. "Right." Rukia could only look at him, with an understanding look. "I...I'm sorry, Orihime. I'll get stronger. I will get stronger. I promise you...so that next time..." he glanced up at her, with a serious expression in his eyes. "...I won't let them hurt you."
Moka's hand balled up into a gentle fist, feeling a slight pang in her chest. 'Why do I feel jealousy of him, not saying that to me? I mean, I am greatful for promising to protect Hime-chan...but...' No matter how much she didn't want to admit it, she kind of wished she was is Orihime's place, right now.
Not wanting to hear anything else, she sprinted away from the scene. 'So that's it? Kurosaki-kun is going to get stronger, so he could protect his friends? If so, will he go that far to protect his friends...even if it meant that he'd have to kill me?' Moka stopped in her tracks at that thought. 'Why am I thinking like this? Why am I sadden that Kurosaki-kun vowed to protect Hime-chan, and not me? Why?' She mentally kicked herself for feeling this way. Why should she worry about Ichigo not protection her as well? She's an arrancar, christ sake! Moka slightly jumped, when she heard a beeping sound come from her Hello Kitty bag. Searching through it, she pulled out a pink cell-phone, with a Kitty chain attached to it. "Hello? Yes... Understood, Ill be right there." With that said, she snapped the phone shut and looked around her, to see if anyone was there. Seeing that it was clear, she leaped out the nearest window. Landing on her feet, she ran foward.
A petite figure watched as the pink-haired girl jumped the window. "There's something strange about that girl. She jumped out the window, with no sign of fear in her body." He narrowed his eyes a bit. "I have to warn Ichigo and the others about this girl. She could be working for Aizen."
Kurosaki Clinic
Kon glanced towards the door of Ichigo's room, when he heard soft footsteps come closer. Tear droplets begin to form at the corners of his eyes, when he saw his goddess, Rukia standing there in front of his eyes. Overjoyed, he leaped towards Rukia, crying out her name. Rukia stopped him with her foot, with her arms folded. She slammed Kon to the floor, his face kissing the ground. "Same old Kon, I see."
"Yeah, only one person would stop me, without hesitation after we hadn't seen each other for a whole summer. It has to be Rukia~ I'm so happy I could cry!" he wept with joy.
"Rukia, quit fooling around with him and just get in here already." Ichigo said, wanting to get this over with.
"Okay." said Rukia as she looked around the room. "Same old, tiny bedroom of yours, I see."
"Why do you have to go and point out, how small it is?" he asked, as if it offended him in someway. "It's no fair, comparing it to Byakuya's big old house."
Rukia could only let out a chuckle.
Outside Ichigo's room, Isshin as well as Yuzu were leaning against the door, glass cups to their ears. The two of them were practically blushing, listening to their conversation. "You're right, I'm sorry. It just slipped out." Rukia said.
"Yeah right." said Ichigo from the other side. "Hey! Don't sit on my bed!"
"You sure are grumpy today." Rukia commented.
"You shut up. And I don't care what you think, you can sit on the floor." Ichigo growled.
"Oooh, I can't believe how stingy you are." Rukia teased, in an innocent voice.
"I wondered why there wasn't anyone downstairs." Karin said, finding the two of them eaves dropping. "What are you two doing? Eaves dropping?" Karing asked, not surpised by their actions.
Yuzu shushed her sister, not wanting to be given away. "It's an emergency. Ichigo brought a girl home from school with him."
"He's brought other girls home before too, and it was no big deal." Karin reasoned. "Tatsuki, or Moka, that is." she added.
"But this one's not Tatsuki, or Moka. This girl's got...more of a curvy-type figure." Yuzu said, describing Rukia.
"Okay, but maybe since Tatsuki's gotten older, her body's sexier now too."
"Tatsuki's hot, now?!" Isshin exclaimed, getting excited and...well turned on.
Karin put a foot to his face, and none to gently either. "Shut up and stop your slobbering, you old fart!" Karin growled, disgusted with her father's actions. "Anyway, he'd have to bring home someone at least as hot as Orihime, or Moka to surprise me." she said, walking away with her hands in her pockets.
"Wow, Karin. Really?" Yuzu asked, as though she were amazed.
"You're right! Ichigo could never be that popular." agreed Isshin. Suddenly the two cried out in surprise, when the door barged opened to reveal an angry Ichigo.
"What the hell?! Do you ever shut up?!" he growled, glaring at his father and sister.
"I told you he was gonna be mad!" Yuzu pouted.
"We're sorry, Ichigo!" apologized Isshin as Ichigo slammed the door.
"I can't believe how nosey my sisters are. And my father is even worse." he said, irritated with the whole daily routine.
Rukia giggled slightly. "You're family's always been good for a laugh, at least."
"Shut up!" Ichigo snapped, glaring at Rukia, who sat on his bed. "Just tell me about these arrancars. Do you know what they are, and what they want?" he questioned.
"Mhm." Rukia answered, with a smirk.
Ichigo looked at her, with a serious expression. "So then, tell me why I'm being targeted."
"Just a second!" sounded a familiar voice, that Ichigo for some reason knew.
"Huh? I know that voice." he predicted. He stood up and looked around the room, for the person who said something. "Renji? Are you there?"
"If you wanna know about the arrancars, just hang on. We'll tell you all about it." He glanced up, when he heard a slight crack in the ceiling, a few crumbs spilling from above. Ichigo grunted in shock, when he saw Renji, with Rangiku, Ikkaku, and Yumichika in the replacement of his ceiling light. "Hey, Ichigo. It's been a while...or maybe not." Renji greeted, landing on the light shade, followed by the others.
Ichigo stared in shock for a moment, before closing his eyes, his fist balled up. "You jerks, what the hell! Did you forget how to use a damn door!" he yelled, pissed that didn't use the front door, like normal people.
Rangiku giggled slightly. "If you need a new light bulb, here you go!" Rangiku teased, gesturing to Ikkaku's bald, shiny head.
Ikkaku glared at her, for that remark. "That was stupid."
It was now, Rangiku's turn to glare at Ikkaku, before slapping him, making fall out of the ceiling in the process.
A few moments passed, before Renji started to explain the whole situation. "Arrancars are essentially hollows. But ones that have removed their mask, can gain the power of both hollows and soul reapers." he explained, gesturing to the drawing of Aizen, whom Rukia had created into a rabbit. "Until recently, they were a few and imperfect. But now that Aizen has begun manipulating them with the Hogyoku, mature, fully developed arrancar being born." he explained as Rukia turned the page, showing two bunny version of Ulquiorra and Yammy. "Like the two, you ran into the other day. Are you with me, so far?" Renji double checked, making sure that Ichigo got the whole situation.
"Yeah." agreed Ichigo, not honestly fazed by the kindergarten drawing. "But it'd probably be clear, without the crappy drawings." he added. For that remark, the notebook was thrown at him.
Rukia hissed at him, angry that he insulted her drawing yet again, but adjusted herself. "The Soul Society was willing to sit back and see, if anything developed with the arrancars. But that was before Aizen got involved." he explained, remembering that day in the Soul Society. "We also had to deal with three of our captains, having gone over to the enemies side. Meanwhile, the fully developed arrancars were completed most sooner, than we expected. And that they have been sent into this world, we can't afford to sit back and wait any longer. They selected a team to come here at once; that's us."
"Who made the selections?" Ichigo asked.
"Head-Captain Yamamoto did." Renji answered. "Central 46 has been vakened, ever since Aizen killed all of the leaders. So as of now, ultimate decision making has reverted to the head captain. Rukia was chosen, because she's the one, who knows you best."
"Not true! I was chosen, because of my abilities!" Rukia protested.
"There weren't many officers to choose from. I was closer to Rukia, than most. So they chose me." Renji explained. "After that, I was told to choose outside the captain class, who I most trusted to fight by my side. So that's why I asked Ikkaku to accompany me. So then Yumichika told me he wanted to come, and when Rangiku heard about, she said it sounded interesting and she wanted in too, but then Yumichika said he wouldn't go, if Rangiku was coming..." Renji continued on with his babbling, until he finally came to stop. "And here we are."
Ichigo could only sweat drop. "Is this a mission, or a party?" he asked, not really sure what to call it.
The back window opened, to reveal Toshiro sitting on the ledge of the window. "In any case, we're not sure why, but we know Aizen has his eye on you, Ichigo Kurosaki. And that's not good." Toshiro said, cooly.
"Hey, Captain Hitsuguya, you should've come down through the ceiling with us, we didn't do that much damage, after all." Rangiku smiled.
Renji looked at Toshiro, with suspicion. "Have you been out on the window ledge, all this time?In plain sight? What if the neighbors report a silver-haired, elementary student, burglar?" Renji theorized.
"Shut up!" snapped Toshiro, slightly offended. "It's true enough, that an arrancar is born, when the mask is removed from a hollow. But simply taking a mask off another male hollow, wouldn't result in anything partially dangerous. Anyone, who was serious about declaring war on the Soul Society, would need something big. Something strong. Menos level and above."
"Menos?" Ichigo questioned, slightly confused. "Hold on. Are you trying to tell me, that there are hollows out there, that are even stonger than the menos?"
"Yes." Toshiro answered, making Ichigo grunt slightly. "Well, actually to be more specific about it, there are three different classes of beings." Toshiro said.
After more minutes of explaining, Ichigo looked on, not knowing what to say. "That...was a foot soldier?" As Toshiro explained everything about different types of hollows and Vasto Lordes, Ichigo could only panic a little, when he heard him say the Soul Society maybe doomed.
"But's not all, I have to say."
"What is it?" Ichigo asked, a bit more curious.
Toshiro looked at Ichigo, his expression serious. "Do you know a girl, who has long, flowing pink hair?"
Ichigo seemed quite confused for a bit, but realized, who exactly Toshiro meant. "You mean Moka?" Ichigo guessed, not noticing that he was saying her actual name.
"Is that her name? If so, do you know where she lives?" Toshiro asked.
Ichigo seemed uneasy to know why, Toshiro wanted to know of this girl. "Yeah, she lives across the street to me? Why?"
"Because I'll only warn you just this once..." Toshiro paused for a moment, before he spoke up. "...She's not the ordinary girl, you think she is."
Ichigo grunted a bit, stunned that he heard those words about Moka. "What...do you mean? How so?"
"While you and Rukia, were having a little chat with your friend, I decided that I take a look around, to see how this world of yours work. But as I was just coming around the corner, I saw her talking on her cellphone and leaped out the window, without having any sort of problem with it. That is why...I'm asking of her, because she didn't seem like an ordinary person. But if she's working for Aizen, then-"
"Whoa! Wait a minute!" interrupted Ichigo, not wanting to hear anything else about his pink-haired friend. He didn't know, if he should believe or not, but he didn't want to. "Don't you think you can make sure that she's working for Aizen, before reporting her to the Soul Society? I mean, c'mon, you don't have any proof, that she might be!"
Toshiro closed his eyes in thought. "You're right, I don't have proof that she may be, working for Aizen. Come to think of it...I've never even thought of that as well." He turned his towards the other house, beside him. "But that house over that, might be enough proof, for us to know for sure." Toshiro looked towards the group. "We'll need to check it out, before we do anything else."
Ichigo stared at him, as if he were saying "are you serious?". "You not thinking about going over to her house, while she's not there, are you? I mean, we could get arrested for that, especially if were not invited in, without permission."
"I know. That is why you're going over there, in your soul reaper form, so you won't cause suspicion to yourself." Toshiro said.
"WHA! Why me? Why the hell do I have to go over there?" To be completely honesty, Ichigo didn't want to go over Moka's house, and sneak in her stuff behind her back. It will like violating her personal business.
"Because you seem to be the only person, that knows her well. That's why." Renji growled, irritated that Ichigo was complaining like a little kid.
Ichigo opened the window of Moka's house, and peaked around to see, if she was home, or not. Seeing that coast was clear, he finally snuck inside, followed by Rukia. He looked around and had a sweat drop in formation. Around the room there were stuffed animals and posters of Hello Kitty, not to mention...Chappy the Rabbit. Even her bedspread had Hello Kitty on it, but had Chappy the Rabbit on one of her pillow cases. He smiled at how girly she was. "Very interesting." said Rukia.
Ichigo glanced over his shoulder, to see Rukia reading a notebook in her hands. "Hey. What are you reading over there, Rukia?" Becoming quite curious, Ichigo leaned over and peered inside the notebook. He could only sweat-dropped, once again, when he got a good look at what Rukia was looking at. Instead of words, he found a drawing of Hello Kitty and Chappy, fighting each other, with swords in their grasp, clad in armor. "You have got to be kidding me." For once in his life, he had prayed to himself that Moka's drawings wouldn't be so bad as Rukia's. But now that he has seen her drawings, he could only think of one thing; another Rukia. "Her drawings are even worse, than yours, Rukia."
A tick mark appearing on the side of her head, Rukia knocked over the head, with a glare. "Don't insult her, like that! Her drawings are great." she growled, as if she were defending her and Moka's honor, as "good" artists.
"Easy for you to say. You two practically draw a like, it's like you two should be twins, or something." Ichigo muttered, trying to state the facts.
"Whatever. Stop messing around and start looking." Rukia demanded.
Ichigo and Rukia checked, every place they could find. Under her bed, on her desk, or even under her pillows. There were only a few more place left to check. Ichigo checked the drawers and blushed ten shades of red, when he found what was in it. A pile of different color bras and panties, were buried within the drawer, making Ichigo extremely nervous. He looked away, not wanting to face "them" any longer. He took a glance back, to see a small pink book, sitting in it. Without looking, Ichigo hesitantly picked it up. He stared at and instantly knew what it was. Moka's diary. Ichigo gulped slightly, not knowing if he should take it as evidence, or not. IF he did, he would be violating her privacy. "Ichigo, come look at this!" Curious of what she wanted, he walked over to where Rukia was and found her looking at something, that looked like a Soul Candy. The Soul Candy was pink, instead of a rabbit, or a duck, he saw a Hello Kitty head, instead.
Ichigo could only quirk an eyebrow. "She must be really obsessed, with this animal."
"I'll say." agreed Rukia. "Just what exactly is she? I know she just can't be an arrancar, if she's carrying around something like this."
"I don't know. You think Kisuke might know?"
"Probably... And if so, we'll be able to find out more about her." Rukia said.
To Be Continued...
I know you all are going to flame me, for making Hello Kitty a mod soul, just like Kon, and Chappy, but I don't care. I just thought it'd be pretty cool to have Hello Kitty as a mod soul, instead, right? If you want to see what her room, looks like, it's on my profile. Before you all ask, if Moka is an arrancar, or not. Yes, she's an arrancar, but just an ordinary one.