Disclaimers, etc.: See chapter one.
Opening Theme: Sheep (Alan Walker Relift) by Lay (Yixing Zhang) (feat. Alan Walker)
Ending Theme: Black White (AB) by Z. Tao
Chapter five written 08/12/2023.
Bleach: Cross
Another Shinigami Part 2:
The Reincarnation
By Eugena
Rated M Version
Chapter Five: Memories of a Master
天国的白雪公主
LOCAL UNIVERSITY - FLORIDA - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (FLASHBACK)
"So, you're the Kung Fu master?"
Samantha Hawthorne turned around to face a tall, muscular man sporting an over-confident smirk.
She rolled her eyes and blew hair out of her face.
"Stereotype much?" she asked.
"Well," he said, obviously looking her over and taking his time doing, "I would, but you're not Chinese, are you?"
"I'm American," she shot back.
"No such thing," he insisted. "Unless you're Native. You gotta be African, Hispanic, or just plain White."
"You're infringing on my American right to be American. So, shut up or get out."
"I like a woman with a good tongue."
"Yeah, you lech, really get going."
"Laoshi?" A man called from down the hall.
A young man came in. "Is this man bothering you?"
"You'd believe it," she said, "but it's nothing this master can't handle."
天国的白雪公主
SHIRAHIME'S INNER WORLD - THE PRESENT
"Alright, you," Shirahime turned on Kail, "back off and let this child go!" She indicated Ichigo looked back and forth between them.
"You're me," Ichigo said to Kail, "now, what's this about? Let my wife go."
"What the hell?" Shirahime muttered. "I am not the wife of a child, you moron!"
"Come now, my love," Ichigo said, "that's just the pregnancy influencing your emotions. You're carrying a great burden for both of us."
"You have no idea!" she snapped. Looking back to Kail, she tried to ignore Ichigo. "The boy is delusional, Kail. Now, let him go back. He's confused. Please let him go."
Kail smirked. He laughed.
"What did I not give to you?" Shirahime asked. "What more?"
Kail caressed her face then grabbed her wrist and pulled her to him.
天国的白雪公主
LOCAL UNIVERSITY - FLORIDA - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (FLASHBACK)
That annoying man found all this funny. She could tell just by looking at him that he was used to having what he wanted, including the exact relationship he wanted.
"Leave now, and I won't humiliate you," she offered.
"Bold words from the little Kung Fu master."
"You are such an idiot," she seethed. "Who or what even gave you the idea that it was Kung Fu anyway?"
"Well, I thought you were Chinese, so obviously."
"Why me?" she asked rhetorically, her eyes upward as if asking some sky god for an answer.
"So, let's date."
Her gaze cut to him and without delay she insulted him in Mandarin. She paused. "Oh, yes," she admitted, "that was why you thought I was Chinese, right? Of course, it was. I even have Chinese people here - as in from the Mainland or elsewhere or those American born - who don't like me for it. But most just compliment me if they share an opinion."
"Laoshi," her other man said to her, "can I punish him? He is disrespecting you, and he deserves it."
"Oh, by the way," she said to the man, "that would be perhaps the second reason why you think I'm Chinese. I'm often called 'Teacher.' For your sake, allow me to inform you of the other title I get sometimes: Shifu."
天国的白雪公主
SHIRAHIME'S INNER WORLD - THE PRESENT
Kail saw the expression soften in her eyes, her lips turned up in a slight smile. He won, surely.
Shirahime looked over to Ichigo her expression now neutral.
"Listen to me, Ichigo," she said in English.
Kail gripped her tighter. He hissed a disapproving "Uh-uh-uh" in lieu of a straight "No."
"Now, now, princess," Kail admonished. "Little Ichigo here doesn't know who you were in the human life, so no telling. Or else. None of that mother tongue of yours or he dies."
She fixed a defeated look on her face then gazed at Kail. She looked back to Ichigo.
"Say goodbye to Ichigo, dear," Kail instructed.
"I've tried to say goodbye to him," she complained. "He won't leave."
"Well, he can die," Kail announced.
She pushed herself away from Kail. "I'll convince him," she vowed.
She walked over to Ichigo. Her expression changed again. She became a master looking down at a fool. "You will leave now, boy child. You will leave and you will put aside these inappropriate feelings you have for me. I have chosen my punishment. I chose it to protect you. You will not make all my sacrifices in vain by staying to die."
"I will protect you," Ichigo vowed.
"Protect yourself."
In a flash, she was at his ear. She leaned into him, ignoring the inevitable fact he was probably fantasizing that she would kiss him now. She brought her mouth close to his ear. "I tell you now."
Ichigo's expression morphed into confusion. He didn't understand. Just as she knew he would not. But it was not her mother tongue, so he would not die. Yet Kail caught on, his fury rising.
She didn't stop. As slow as she would dare, she continued her confession.
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