This is another fanfic from me, which means most people here would probably think it is really strange. LOL! This is mostly for Dawn and Pips, but if anyone else wants to read it they are welcome to! This is the the first chapter. I'll post a new chapter every day or so. It won't be too long of a story.
"Damn! This is the third one today!" Ichigo cursed as he threw down his pen. "I'm never going to be able to get this math assignment done!" He let go of the flashing badge attached to his pants and stood up. As he prepared to exit his body and enter the spirit world an ear-grating scream reverberated through his skull and set his teeth on edge.
"PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEASE!!!!!!!"
Ichigo raised his foot so he could stop the screaming stuffed lion the second he entered the room. Kon hit it dead on and flopped back bonelessly. Ichigo couldn't suppress the grin that rose to his lips at the sight of Kon's new costume.
"Yuzu is getting really good at knitting, huh?" he said laughing at the sparkling pink knitted confection that now clothed Kon's plushie body.
Kon just sobbed loudly on the floor. He raised his head and said, "Please! Just for tonight! You've left me stuck in this damn body for weeks now!"
Ichigo briskly nodded not wanting to waste any more time and reached deep into the stuffed lion's mouth. When his fingers closed on a small marble-shaped pill he pulled it out and popped it into his mouth.
Kon breathed a sigh of relief at being able to breathe again and stretched out his long limbs. He looked around for Ichigo, but Ichigo was already gone. Kon got off of the bed and looked at his reflection in the mirror. Ichigo's face stared back out at him. Kon giggled and ran his hands through his spikey orange hair. He looked down at the school clothes on his body.
"I feel like something a little nicer tonight," he grinned as he strode to Ichigo's closet. "He has no fashion taste at all..." Kon mumbled as he pawed through Ichigo's clothes. "Hey, wait a minute."
Yuzu was setting the table for dinner when she saw her brother run outside in black pants and a button down black shirt.
"Um, Ichigo? Is there any reason why you are wearing...?" she began to ask.
"NOT NOW!! There's no time to talk!!!" Kon yelled behind him as the front door closed.
"Uh...does that mean you won't be here for supper?" Yuzu quietly asked the closed door. After a moment's thought she set his place at the table anyway. You never knew with Ichigo...he could be gone until midnight tonight and then be angry that no one saved him any supper.
Mura sat alone at her table in the cafe and doodled on a napkin. When the waitress brought her soup, she quietly thanked her and began to eat slowly. As she was blowing off the steam her eyes were drawn to the young man that was being seated at the counter in front of her. He really stood out with his bright hair and big smile.
"God this all looks so good! I haven't eaten in weeks! Damn Ichigo." she heard him say as he perused the menu. Her eyes widened a little at that and she bent back to her soup. As she ate she had a hard time restraining herself from looking at him again and again. He was so cute and did everything with such happiness and vigor. He didn't seem to care if everyone in the cafe could hear him loudly eating and talking to himself. She looked down at her bowl and sadly realized that it was empty and she had no more excuse to linger and look at the orange-haired teen anymore. Then in a fit of impulsiveness (she had those every once in a while and she tended to later regret them) she stood up and purposely walked to the counter he was sitting at. He turned to look up at her with a noodle hanging out of his mouth.
Mura giggled and said, "Hello there. My name is Murasaki Sougyou. What is yours?"
The boy slurped up the noodle, burped and then stuck out his hand. "Hello! I'm very pleased to meet you. Very pleased..." he trailed off as his eyes leisurely took in her form.
She purposely cleared her throat and said, "Um...you never told me your name."
Kon blinked up at her and stammered at a loss for words. What should he tell her? His real name or Ichigo's? He noticed her frown at the fact that he couldn't cough up his own name and quickly said, "Uh...uh...it's Ichigo...Ichigo Kurosaki."
"Oh." she blinked. "Well it's no wonder you were a little embarrassed to tell me, huh?" she lightly teased.
"Uh...yeah." Kon said while inwardly cursing Ichigo and his unusual name. "But yours is kind of weird as well...pretty, but weird." Kon saw her face fall at that and quickly ammended, "But the pretty part wins out over the weird part in my book." He took another huge bite of noodles and casually asked, "So have you ever seen me around school before?" He hoped he could discern whether Mura went to Ichigo's school or not.
Mura shook her head and answered, "I don't live around here. I come here out of my way to avoid my own classmates."
Kon sighed with relief at that. His chances of screwing up this conversation with her just dropped considerably.
"May I sit down here?" she politely asked him.
"Yeah sure! So you gettin' picked on at school then?"
"Uh...I don't want to talk about it if you don't mind." Mura said soflty while playing with her skirt. When she looked back up at him he noticed tears in her eyes.
Kon cursed and mumbled, "So much for not screwing up the conversation."
"It's ok...really. I...uh...should be going now." Mura started to get up to leave.
"Hey! Where are you going?!" Kon asked and gripped her arm. He heard her gasp in pain and looked down at his hand. "Aw shit, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt you. Sometimes I forget how strong I am." He let her go and said, "Listen...you're really pretty and I'm flattered that you actually came up and talked to me and all, but you should probably forget that you ever saw me. It would just be easiest that way." This time when he looked at her he saw that her tears were now running down her cheeks. Then she quickly turned around and ran out of the cafe almost toppling a waiter in the process. "Shit." he cursed to himself. "I really screwed that up." Yet it probably really was best in the long run. He shuddered to think of the mess it would cause if he actually started a friendship with the girl. He looked down at his half-finished meal and realized he wasn't hungry anymore. He placed whatever money Ichigo had in his wallet on the counter hoping that it was about the right amount to pay for the meal.
When Ichigo came home a half an hour later he was surprised to see that Kon was actually sitting quietly in his room. He had expected that he would have to wait for Kon to come back before he could get back into his body.
"Uh...wow...this is unexpected, Kon." Ichigo told the slumped figure on the bed.
"Just get me out of here already, Kurosaki." Kon angrily mumbled.
"Hey, what's with the bad attitude!? I was trying to do something nice for you!" Ichigo yelled back.
"Don't worry about it." Kon said as he stood up.
With nothing more to say Ichigo stepped back into his body and extended his hand for the pill that fell out of his mouth. He put it back in the stuffed animal that was still lying on the floor. Once it was back inside the lion promptly stood up and walked towards the hallway.
"Hey! Where are you going?" Ichigo called after it.
"I'm going back to Yuzu's room. I'm going to try to be like a real stuffed animal and not think anymore tonight." Kon replied.