I'm going to have to write an AN for my other fanfic as well, but for this one I'm going to say it before starting the chapter. My family and I are moving again. Hopefully this time we'll be staying in this new house a lot longer. So, I'll probably only work on 'Natsu Hates it When Zeref is Bored' until we move into the new house. Should take about a little over a month. Onto the chapter! :)
22
Ichigo was working on his homework at his desk and Tenebris was reading a book on the bed. It had been a week since the event of the fullbringers, and not much happened in between. The shinigami had shown up as they were leaving the school building and said that they were there to take care of the fullbringers. Ichigo had mentally laughed, almost having done it outloud, when he heard that. Tenebris handled the situation pretty well.
She had told them with a big smile on her face, "Man you guys are slow. They have already been dealt with. Ginjo is in the World of Darkness, Tsukishima is dead, and the rest of them have gone home. Don't bother them because they are no longer a threat to you. Oh, and you're welcome, by the way. I was more than happy to take care of another mess you made."
Kenpachi looked disappointed, but Toshiro, Rukia, Byakuya and Renji looked fine with it and welcomed Tenebris back and greeted the rest of them - minus Byakuya - and Ikkaku and Yumichika said that they want to have a spar with Ichigo and Tenebris later to make up for them going on the mission only to find it to be a complete waste of time.
The soul siblings had agreed, and watched the shinigami all leave. Other than that, Tenebris had gone to the Darest, her territory in the World of Darkness, to check in with the darklings there and take out her anger on their newest victim, Ginjo. She never forgot what he did to her soul brother.
Ichigo shook his head with a tiny smile on his lips and went back to doing his homework.
"ICHIGO, TENEBRIS! I NEED YOU HELP WITH SOMETHING!" Ichigo spun around in his chair to face the owner of the voice and saw Tenebris fall off the bed when she jumped.
There was a shinigami with pale blond hair and dark blue eyes. Ichigo recognized him easily, which was why he felt dread enter his heart. "Akio, what are you doing here?" he asked suspiciously.
Before the blond shinigami could answer he got a feathered wing to the face. "Darn it, Akio… Couldn't you have knocked?" Tenebris growled frustratedly.
Akio chuckled and waved her off. "I could have, but I have something I really needed to tell you."
"What is it?" asked Ichigo.
Akio came into the room and sat on the bed next to Tenerbis, who was no longer glaring at him. "Okay, so I had just recently found out that this plant I have always wanted is still alive. I've been looking for it for years now, but this one book I came across said that they were extinct. Now I found out where they grow, and there is no way that they are all dead."
"So why come to us?" asked Tenebris.
"I came to you, because I needed your help in getting it."
"Let me guess, the plant is poisonous," said Ichigo.
"Well, yes it is. It's really big, man eating, and can move. It is the perfect plant to have in my collection," said Akio.
Ichigo and Tenebris turned to meet each other's gaze. Ichigo could see that his thoughts were mirrored by his soul sister - they both thought the shinigami was insane. They returned their eyes back to Akio.
"Yeah, absolutely...NOT!" both Ichigo and Tenebris said.
"If you think we're going to help you get a big, man eating, poisonous plant that can move, then you are out of your gaia darn mind," said Tenebris, while Ichigo nodded his head in agreement.
Akio smirked, making the soul siblings nervous. "Who said anything about you having a choice in the matter?"
Ichigo didn't notice it, but Tenebris did. {Ichi, he's got something up his nose.} He looked to see what she was talking about, but before could he felt woozy. He noticed Tenebris feeling the same way.
'What is going on?' Ichigo decided to voice his thoughts.
"Oh, I'm using this." Akio pulled out a small flower with yellow, green, and pink petals. "The effect takes a bit of time when there is only a small opening, but when it takes hold your body feels more relaxed. Now it will be so much easier to drag you both to where we need to go. Oh, and the effect will last long enough for me to get to where we need to be." Their insane brother/cousin knocked Ichigo's soul out of his body, and grabbed them both. He dragged them out through the window and flash-stepped to who knew where.
TBC
This is a very short chapter, but I hope you all enjoyed it. I decided to have Akio in this arc, because I'm not going to have him in any other parts of the story. So after this arc is over, we won't be seeing him again. ...Maybe…
Ichi: Where is he taking us?
Enj/Dark: If I told you, I would be spoiling it.
Shiro: I wasn't in this chapter at all. What was I doing? :(
Ichi: Sleeping. -_-
Enj/Dark: You find homework boring. Don't worry, I'll have you come out again in the next chapter.
Shiro: Okay fine. Please review! XD
