Negirau Atashinchi (Bleach Fanfic)

Stress

Upon leaving Urahara's shop, Karin simply began to walk home. This day had been more stressful then it had the last ones. She didn't like the way that she was being treated, but she also didn't want to worry her brother. Then again, sometimes she wondered if her brother would even begin to listen, something she had doubts of as of late.

She arrived home and walked up the front path, her hand brushing up against the cool knob, twisting it open so that she could enter the house. Stepping in, she kicked of her shoes, then nudged them so that they were neat. She then stepped into the living room area where she could hear Yuzu working in the kitchen.

She headed for the stairs in an attempt to avoid her twin, however, the other Kurosaki twin stopped making sound and came to confront her. Well, confront was possibly not the right word, as Yuzu wasn't out to get her. She simply always wanted to help, despite the fact that most of the time she simply got in the way. At least though, she didn't make the situation worse.

"Karin?" her sister asked, which caused the female to turn around.

The black haired twin put on her best fake smile. "What's the matter Yuzu?"

"I saw what happened to your desk today. The whole class saw," the girl stated, her hands on her hips. "Something isn't right. I know that someone is being mean to you."

"What are you going to do about it?" Karin asked, watching her sister carefully.

At that, Yuzu puffed out her cheeks. She then came to a conclusion. "I'll tell one of the teachers."

"And what are they going to do? Yuzu, it's my word against their word, and there are more of them then there are me, plus, I don't have the best reputation. The teachers will say I probably brought it on myself," the girl stated.

"Then tell Ichi-nii," the brown haired girl folded her arms across her chest.

"Ichi-nii... he kind of has his own problems right now, remember?" Karin stated, smiling at her sister, this time not a fake one as Yuzu's attitude and determination brought a little bit of cheer back into her life. "Plus, he's working at a full time job."

"Oh yeah... he's abandoning us and planning on moving out," Yuzu pouted, puffing out her cheeks. "What about daddy?"

At that, Karin's face turned into a major scowl. "Yuzu, that's where this all started. They all took notice of me because dad decided to be an idiot at school."

Again, the other twin began to ponder this. "But that isn't nice. I could say something."

"Don't worry about it," Karin waved her hand. "It isn't like they said anything really bad." She watched her sister's face twist up. "At least what was scribled on the desk wasn't as bad as the letters or what they've said to me privatly to my face."

"Not bad?" Yuzu blinked a couple of times. "They wrote that you were a witch on your desk. Why did that happen?"

"Why do you think it happened? You think seeing spirits is a cake walk when it isn't," the girl stated, then turned to head up the stairs. She heard a soft sound of her twin finally getting something, if at all.

She then moved over and crashed onto her bed. Truth of the matter was, if Toshiro hadn't done what he had with the shoelaces, then she wouldn't have had the word witch written in pen on her desk, frustrating the teacher when he saw it. Of course, she also knew he hadn't intended for that to have happened.

As she was thinking about him, she felt an icy rietsu and sat up straight. Her mind was filled with a buzz, something she hadn't felt in a long time, and not because she happened to have felt an over powering rietsu. This was more like another felling she had long forgotten. It was choking, and pressed at her temples.

The vision that sprang into her head was a shadowed figure launching a kick into Hitsugaya Toshiro's stomach. She could feel the pain that he was in from the kick, not to mention the pain he felt when h crashed into something, she wasn't sure what. All she knew was that he was fighting someone and she was picking up his emotions.

It wainted for a bit as she clutched onto the sheets, but she found herself wincing as a few more strinkes came into her perview. Except, she couldn't make out who was doing it to him. She just knew that he was hurting, and that something wasn't right. She could feel a great deal of fear rising in her chest and she couldn't breathe well.

She was brought out of it when Yuzu hugged her tightly from behind. "Karin... if the kids bullying you are making you this upset..."

"It wasn't them," the girl sputtered out. "It wasn't them... a friend was in trouble, big trouble."

"What do you mean? We can go help them..." The brown hair made to go to the door, possibly to gather first aid supplies, however, Karin grabbed her arm.

"Yuzu, you can't see this friend," the girl stated firmly.

"But..." Yuzu's face suddenly became down ridden. "Can you do something?"

Karin thought about it for a few minutes. "I don't..." She thought about it carefully, then shook her head. "If something is hurting this friend, I can't help as this friend is a lot stronger then me."

"You aren't going to just leave it as it is," the small female asked.

"I don't know." Karin closed her eyes. "I'm going to call Urahara."

At that, she got up and went to the phone, dialing the number she had come to know very well, but doubt that her brother actually knew in all the time he had been an actual shingami. The phone picked up. "Hello. This is Urahara's shop."

"Urahara-san... I felt Toshiro's reitsu," the girl stated.

"Hold on. I feel them bringing him into the shop. I'll need to get back with you," the man stated, then hung up the phone. After a few minutes, he called back. "He's safe. I think for now it will be best to leave it at that, as we don't know much detail wise yet. I'm sure word will get to you eventually."

At that, the phone clicked of after a quick goodbye. Karin then hung up the phone, while Yuzu looked at her expectidly. "Well?"

"I don't know..."