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8. Orange as the Sunset

I sat down as I stared at the sky, which had a very bright sun. It was still early afternoon and it was my shift. Ugh... I'm so tired already. The sweat on my skin is starting to stick on my clothes. I feel so greasy. If only I could change, or nonetheless, do something similar to it.

"So hot... Ughh..."

I muttered as I stared at the bright sun. It's too bright. But, I wonder when Kuchiki-taichou would be coming to shift with me... I must say, I am tired. And most of all, I feel sticky. The clothes are sticking too much and it's very hot, especially since it's early afternoon. Argh. Damn it... Kuchiki-taichou.... Where are you...

"Nadeshiko."

I jumped as I heard my name called, while I turned around. Oh... Speak of the devil,

"Kuchiki-taichou. Good afternoon."

I greeted as he nodded and handed me something: A bottle of water.

"Ah. Arigato."

I said as I opened the bottle and poured the water all over me,

So Refreshing...

I turned to him as I noticed that he was looking at me, raising an eyebrow,

"Eto, my clothes were sticking already and then, it was so hot... Hehe?"

I said as I chuckled nervously while he nodded at this. I hope he wasn't mad that I made a waste on the bottled water that he gave me, which was supposed to be drunk, not to be use for pouring over the body slash bathing. Oh well. He did a nod, so I guess it's just OK.

I looked at the watch that was in my right wrist. The time was: 6:00pm. Wait a minute. Why is it still sunny as if it's just after noon? Something's fishy...

"Kuchiki-taichou!"

I called as he turned around,

"Doushite Nadeshiko?"

He asked as I felt uneasy. Weird. Why is Kuchiki-taichou not calling me by my family name? And there's something that's happening... Why is it still sunny when it's six in the evening. Shoot. I unsheathed my zanpakutou as soon as possible while I pointed it to 'Kuchiki-taichou'.

"Where is Kuchiki-taichou?"

"Doushite? It's me."

"Stop it. You're not Kuchiki-taichou. You're an Arrancar, aren't you?"

I wish he'd say yes, because then again, it would be creepy if Kuchiki-taichou was like that. Calling me by my first name and such... Meanwhile, I set my eyes on the other person, who was chuckling. This really isn't Kuchiki-taichou. I tell you.

"Good guess and you're right! The person who I'm impersonating right now is at the outside of this place, fighting with another Arrancar. He won't stand a chance."

He said as I gritted my teeth in anger. How dare he insult Kuchiki-taichou? Is he insulting the other taichous as well? Tsk. Tsk. Tsk.

"Underestimation is always a hindrance, Arrancar. Don't you dare underestimate, Kuchiki-taichou!"

"Underestimate? Me? Underestimate? It's obvious already. Don't you get it why he hasn't arrived yet and why I was the one who got here?"

He mocked as I narrowed my eyes while I proceeded to shikai,

"Satsu, Kurohime!"

My zanpakutou turned to full black while I changed my position to a fighting stance,

"Kurohime? Death Princess? A nice name. Too bad that princess won't be able to fight against me! For I am Beni de Tez! Fuhahahaha... I shall now turn to Resurreccion state, so that your death will be of worth! Furai, Aoi No Tori!"

The Arrancar suddenly had blue wings on his back while his figure seemed to grow bigger as I bit my lower lip. I am not going to give up on this. I don't care if that's his Resurreccion state. I have my bankai, anyways. I can always switch to bankai mode if I cannot do it.

"Ara, you did not run away while I was changing to Resurreccion state?"

"Only a cowardly fool would run away during a fight."

"A fight? More likely it's a one-sided match."

"With you losing that is."

I said as he gritted his teeth in anger while I smirked,

"Is that so, shinigami?"

I nodded at this as he narrowed his eyes,

"Well then! I won't go easy on you!!! Haha! Fight me with all you can!"

He said as he went near me and punched me while I blocked it with Kurohime,

"That's no good, shinigami. Always using your zanpakutou on fighting!"

I narrowed my eyes on this and kicked him on his gut,

"Always, eh? Put that to 'usually', Arrancar!"

I said as I spat some saliva on the ground,

"So, is that all that you've got?"

I smirked on my remark as he narrowed his eyes and gritted his teeth,

"I'll show you what I can do and I'll make you pay shinigami!"

I smirked on this as he fired a cero while I shunpo-d away from i- ah, shoot.

"Itaii!"

I exclaimed as I got hit by another cero,

"Thought that you could get away from my cero? Unluckily for you, I have control over my cero! I can fire it anytime I want!"

Damn it. K'so. How was I supposed to know that he's like that? Argh,

"Ikkaiki!"

I said as I focused my zanpakutou on the Arrancar and off, black rays tried to hit the Arrancar. Unluckily, amongst the number of rays that Kurohime shoot, none of them hit the damn arrancar...

"Maa, maa, shinigami, you seem to be on the losing edge now... Why don't you just give up?"

He said as I touched my wound. I am so not going to end up losing. I've had enough. I won't just rely on my ikkaiki, as always.

"Nikaiki!"

jychan: Hmmm... Cliffhanger, perhaps? Sorry for not updating for a while... I've been too busy... Very, very busy with school and stuff.. I hate school... hmph! Thanks for the reviews by the way!

m: I'm so sorry! next chapter i'll try to be short on japanese words!

XxHeartbreakRomancexX: Thanks Crystal/Ariaic-san! And also to Emmy-san.. Thanks for liking my story, despite the very many problematic parts concerning how I write... LOL

Cantata: No! I don't find that as a harsh comment. I'd rather found it good and pleasant because that would really help me a lot with how I write stories, not just Kurohime but to the others as well. Thank you very much! I'll try to improve for the better.. ^_^

Supaspazxluv: Ah. 4 is shi in japanese. probably you're talking about chinese... if i'm not wrong, it's ichi-ni-san-shi/yon. while concerning chinese, it's tsit-nang-sa-si etc... oh... so that's how kuso is spelt... i've always heard the word, but never knew the spelling.. thanks by the way!

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