Chapter 5! I'm seriously impressed with myself, I'm updating really fast…
Beware! This chapter contains some spoilers! You have been warned!
So, this chapter will be based off of the first two chapters in the manga, just thought you'd like to know.
Pastry Queen: Heh, I actually found something that kinda works for Writer's Block…Write a bunch of beginnings to stories, over a period of time. They don't have to be great, but good enough that you could add onto it later. Then, when you have somewhere between five and ten, force yourself to write at least a sentience a day to each one. I don't know why, but I do know that it works…XD
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(Italics – English)
(Bold – our little telepathic thing we have going)
(Bold italics – zanpaku-tou)
(Normal – Japanese)
Ageha and I waited impatiently for that day in mid-may when Rukia came, and gave Ichigo his powers. Apparently, because we told Kisuke of Rukia's arrival, he had more time to work on her gigai. We knew, because we, well, I, where total Bleach nerds, that Rukia's gigai would slowly stop responding very well with her soul because the gigai was sucking her power. So Kisuke made it so she wouldn't notice, that it would keep responding perfectly with her soul. This kind of creeped us out, not to mention the fact that a girl we both knew the personality to well was lying seemingly dead on a table, made us both stop going into the back room. Then, early one Friday morning, "Ageha, do you feel that?" I asked.
"Yeah, do you think that it's her? I've definitely never felt this one before. So, it'll be, tomorrow night, right? This part's always confused me."
"No, it'll be tonight. Yeah, I had to look it up. It'll be tonight."
"Should we tell Kisuke?"
"Nah, not only 's't two-thirty in the morning, but I'm sure 'e'll be able to feel it too, once 'e wakes up, that is."
"You're right. Shall we?"
"Yea, 'e have a big day tomorrow."
We went to school as usual, nothing killing my fighting spirit, Ageha covering for me when something went slightly wrong, and when we finally got out of school and to the shop that afternoon, we where so ready for Rukia to get here.
Knowing that we had to wait until at least seven-thirty before we could even consider leaving for Ichigo's family clinic, Ageha and I passed the homework-less Friday afternoon playing Green Day and other famous American bands as loud as our external speakers, which we borrowed from Kisuke, would allow. Which was, as you would expect, pretty dang loud.
After a three-hour long jam fest and using our wooden katanas for guitars, Kisuke suddenly pounded on our door.
"Girls! Do you see what time it is? It's seven-forty! It's time to go!"
We both jumped, and Ageha, who had just put on American Idiot, stopped the music and muted the speakers. By which I mean she completely unplugged them from the wall.
So off we went, to hide in the bushes of the Kurosaki residence's neighbor's front yard, to watch the dramatic first chapter unfold. We heard some thudding, and Rukia's confused voice as Ichigo kicked her, and she realized that he could see her. Then there was a brief pause, before more crashing had signaled the father's entrance. A longer pause took place, then another crash, undoubtedly the table flying across the room. Then a slight yell, and a really long pause, Rukia must have gotten her drawings out and was explaining the Shinigami's job to Ichigo. We all shrunk back further into the bushes, drawing in our reiatsu as best we could, as the hollow named Fishbone D. crashed through the street. We watched, flinching, as the hollow broke through the wall, and Isshin, not knowing what was going on at the moment, fell to the ground after a particularly nasty blow. It managed to hit Karin pretty hard before she made her way up the stairs to warn Ichigo, and, out of lively targets, grabbed Yuzu. That was when Rukia came flying down the stairs, Ichigo tumbling after her, and saw the hollow. Ichigo got to his feet, stunning Rukia, and startling Kisuke in the process, and managed to break the Kido that bound him. Grabbing a bat, Ichigo ran after the hollow. The hollow knocked Ichigo away, breaking the bat, and charged after Ichigo, Yuzu still in its hand. Rukia sliced its arm, making Yuzu fall, and Ichigo caught her. Here was a small dialogue between Shinigami and Half human, which resulted in the Shinigami flying across the road. Then Ichigo tried to give his soul to the hollow, which caused Rukia to sacrifice herself for him. A few interactions, and an internal debate later, and my favorite lines where upon us. Ageha and I, having practiced this so many times, it's not even funny, looked at each other and smiled.
"Give me the sword, Soul Reaper!" I whispered at exactly the same time as Ichigo. "We'll try your plan."
Ageha smiled, exactly like Rukia, and whispered back, "It's not 'Soul Reaper.' I am Rukia Kuchiki."
"Oh, Ichigo Kurosaki, nice to meetchya. Let's pray this won't be our last meeting," I mumbled.
"The hollow's coming. We must hurry," Ageha continued.
There was a pause in the dialogue as the hollow approached and Ichigo grabbed Rukia's zanpaku-tou.
"Ready?" Ichigo and I said together.
"Yes," Ageha and Rukia replied.
Then Rukia stabbed Ichigo with her zanpaku-tou, and Kisuke looked back at us, and mumbled something about that being really creepy. Ageha and I smiled at each other, and just sat back and watched the rest of the fight in peace.
When the hollow was defeated, Ichigo passed out. That's when we stepped forward. We had planned this before, knowing that Rukia knew Kisuke, but not us. Kisuke walked up behind Rukia, and when she turned around, her wounds where not a pretty sight. He talked to her for a second in a hushed voice, and then called to us. We stepped out into the view of the de-powered soul reaper, ready to help her to the store, where Tessai, Ururu and Jinta where waiting, and would begin healing her before giving her the gigai. Supporting the injured girl between us, we began working our way back to the store, leaving Kisuke behind to replace Yuzu's and Karin's memories, heal the whole family, carry Ichigo back to his room, and explain some things to Isshin, who would want to know what happened.
When we made it back to Urahara Shoten, Rukia had already passed out, and Tessai was waiting to heal her. We waited for either Kisuke to come back, or Rukia to wake up, which ever came first. It so happened that Rukia's violet eyes jerked open the second Kisuke opened the door, so we didn't have to wait too long. Here was when Kisuke gave Rukia her gigai, and enrolled her in our school. She was given a bed in our room for the time being, and Ageha, Rukia and I all knew that this was the last time she would use it in a while. Slowly falling asleep, we waited excitedly for the next day.
Ageha sat surrounded by our normal friends, talking, looking concerned when Mizuiro told everyone about the "truck" that crashed into Ichigo's house last night. I have to admit, that girl is a damn good actress. Rukia and I waited toward the back of the class, where no one could hear us talking. We talked about the Soul Society, zanpaku-tou, other Shinigami, and Rukia was surprised at how knowledgeable I was. Then, Ichigo walked in. He sat in his seat, and Rukia tapped him on the shoulder, and an amusing scene unfolded.
I snuck up behind him and whispered in his ear in a really bad British accent, "Ageha and I know what you are, Ichigo, Substitute Shinigami. We watched the hollow you called fish face become fish food!" Ageha groaned, put her head in her hands, and shook her head. Ichigo though, looked downright freaked out, mostly because of what I had said and the fact that Rukia's here, but also because Ageha was half way across the room, and still seemed to hear exactly what I whispered in his ear.
Ichigo lead our little group out to the courtyard, where no one could hear us talking. There, Ichigo questioned Rukia about why she wasn't gone, and Ageha and me about how much we knew. Ageha, Rukia and I heard Rukia's soul pager go off, but Ichigo seemed not to notice. There was a slight pause, where Rukia looked at us, and through an unspoken promise, we all nodded. Rukia yelled at Ichigo, and knocked him out of his body. We waited until they where gone, and I carried his body, which was surprisingly light, and Ageha grabbed her cell phone, in which a text from Kisuke displayed the location of the hollow named Hexipodas, one that was not a huge threat, but still needed to be taken care of. The importance of this scene was not the hollow itself, but Ichigo's pledge to help Rukia. This took place, I gave Ichigo his body back, and we all went to the park, to help Ichigo train.
Whoa! This one is almost twice the length of the other ones! I'm happy with this one.
Expect the next one sometime between early tomorrow morning, and this Thursday!