Welcome To The Wonderful World Of Karakura Sports
WHO: Rukia Kuchiki, Renji Abarai, Chappygami (AKA, Isshin Kurosaki)
WHAT: Rukia and Renji are about to have a chat. And then things just go downhill.
WHERE: Karakura Town
WHEN: October 25
WATCH FOR: Co-Operation!
GateMUSH - Wednesday, October 25, 2006, 9:19 PM
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A yen for his thoughts? God knows if anyone would know what he was thinking about, Rukia would - though when it concerns her, she was as bad as any other anime girl. Still the biggest issues in her own mind, as she walks home from a perpendicular path from Renji were two things at present; the red crystal hanging from her neck, and Ukitake's Big Revelation, in an impromptu meeting no less. She found it worrying that he hadn't brought at least Kiyone with him in the living world to watch his back. She can't be with him -all- the time unless she left the Kurosaki residence.
Rounding the corner, she suddenly appears in front of Renji's path, like stepping out of a mirage and adjusting the strap of her schoolbag. Her dark brows furrow a little bit at the action, but when she looks up, she blinks over at Urchin-head, a look of surprise crossing over her face. Renji had left school quite early, so the fact that she was running into him from the way there was just that - surprising. He must REALLY be walking slow.
"Oi! Renji!" She waves from where she is, giving him a smile. "What's with that look on your face, huh?"
The redhead glances up towards her and raises an eyebrow. "What the hell kinda look ya talkin' bout?" Renji snaps back in that same old predictable flareup of temper. Almost comforting isn't it that he still reacts the same way to most things. A raised eyebrow though and he nods towards her. "Whats with the jewelry?" He asks, not being one to really beat around the brush when it comes to direct questions. At least not with most of the direct questions.
He was walking slow, that was one reason he didn't just run her over when she appeared out of nowhere. However his long legs pick up speed as they propel him closer towards her. Whats with the look on his face, he almost laughs though, she should know that by now. He shrugs though before he actually decides to answer her. "Eh, just got alot of stuff on my mind after that meeting is all."
Understatement, but its true enough.
Dum de dum dum. Nope. No one here but us rabbits! Which is why, with the casual snap of a bit of white captain's cape, tied at the shoulder, there's a Shinigami strolling by, just walking along the sidewalk. Yep. Nothing fancy. Black robes, sandals, a zanpaktou sheathed at the waist, a bag of Delicious Dumplings under one arm, and those big bouncy Chappy ears bouncing along on his head.
Chappygami has obviously been shopping. Or going out for snacks. Or possibly shoplifting from temples. It's really, really, really hard to tell sometimes. I mean...it's Chappygami. Who happens to pause, eyeing Rukia and Renji, and...waves cheerfully.
That's right, because Karakura isn't weird enough!
Cue the trademarked background music on the anime when someone's being a smartass. When Renji goads her into specifying what look he's talking about, Rukia turns to him. "You know. When you do this." She scrunches up her face in a mock-up, girly rendition of the look he was wearing earlier, complete with quirked eyebrow that arches much higher than the other one, as well as the usual scowl that looks absolutely -ridiculous- on her. "It's the 'I'm Thinking Too Hard When I Don't Have the Brain Capacity To' expression that you do so well. It's not exactly what you're known for." Before she....well, sticks her tongue out at him. Yes, indeed, she was MERCILESSLY GOADING HIM like she does when she was a kid. Can the world be so cruel? Him, preoccupied with everything, including her, and she RIBS him about it. For shame!
She straightens up her face, and when he brings up the pendant, her face blanks. "Oh? This? Um...." That was a secret for now, and she fingers the red crystal a little bit. "I promised Ichigo I'd look after it for him," she says. Which was true, and it wasn't exactly a lie. She basically strongarmed him into giving it to her because she didn't want to risk him, though the way she says his name is kind of strange.
Now isn't the time to think about that stuff though. She slips the red crystal back within her collar. She can see something moving at the corner of her eyes, and when she turns around, her eyes go like this: O.O at the ChappyGami waving at them.
"...what...the..."
"...I don't look HALF that stupid!" Renji replies after blinking at her a moment. Obviously now torn between laughing at her and yelling at her face. "Or that /girly/!" He adds after a moment before he rolls his eyes at her. "Oh like you have a better expression when your thinking! Yours is like 'Oh look at me! I'm not thinking about anything! Not me! Nope!', it makes your nose look silly." He blinks at the tounge sticking out before his hands come out of his pockets and he smirks at her. "Don't make me throw you over my shoulder! I can still do it!"
However as her face blanks again his eyes narrow. "...there. That look. Makes your nose look stupid." He says with a smirk before he glances off and away from her. However as he glances off and away he sees...chappy..gammi...
Blink. Blink Blink.
"...hell...?" He finishes for her. o_O
A sign is held up. It's a nice sign. It has writing on it.
'Yes, you do. Get a job!' The Sign is Flipped. 'Also, dumplings are delicious.'
The Chappygami's mask just smiles pleasantly as it keeps on waving to Rukia and Renji. Yep. It's a Chappygami. It's...weird.
'So! How are you kids doing?' Flip. 'Are you staying in school and being all cool?' Flip. 'Eat at Joe's.' Flip. '...How does that keep getting in here, anyways? Oh well!'
The tongue wags and blows a LOUD, wet raspberry at Renji. "Pppppppppppbbbbbbbbbbbbt! I'd like to see you try. I've always been better than you at hand-to-hand when we were kids, that probably hasn't changed considering your miserable learning curve!" She continues to goad him, encouraged by the twitch on his face considering he was so close to laughing. And then....at her look, he looks irritated again. What was wrong with him? And...what? "What do you MEAN my nose looks stupid?!" she flares. "That doesn't even make any sense, HOW can a nose look stupid? It's a NOSE! It's got a bridge and two holes and everyone's got one--!!"
Whoops. Chappygami is still there. She wasn't being delusional. "Oh," she remarks, mollified momentarily as it flips signs around. ".....you can see it too, Renji? I thought it was just me."
She sweatdrops at the signs. ".....oi, Renji. I think it's saying you're a bum," she tells him flatly.
"Oh yeah?! Thats only cause you fight dirty is all!" Renji tosses back as he advances on her. He seems to be on the verge of laughing before her face went flat again. Of course then she flares right back, its an old game of theirs isn't it. "It scrunches up and flattens out! It looks...like a...I dunno! Mouse or something!" Then he waves a hand vaguely in the air. "And don't you tell me what does and doesn't make sence! If your usual logic was a boat, it would sink like a rock!"
Ah yes, Chappygami. He settles down slightly, stareing at it. "...uh...yeah. Wierd ain't it..." He glares at the thing before raising an eyebrow at the signs that are being flipped.
"...everyone else does, why not this freak too..."
'Hippie.' Flip. 'Get a haircut!' Flip. 'And possibly a job.' Flip. 'And a girlfriend.' Flip. 'Or do you have one right there?' Flip. 'And her nose looks more like a fox nose.' Flip. 'Totally not a mouse.' Flip. 'Mice noses are wider.' Flip. 'Buy Gilette.' Flip. 'Stupid Freeware Signs.' Flip. 'Like hell I'm paying twenty bucks for the ad-free version.'
That's right. Not only is Chappygami insane, he's also a cheapskate. HOWEVER.../he/ has delicious food. Which Renji doesn't. Which means Chappygami wins on principle!
"...thats it, I'm gonna kill him," Renji growls out as he advances towards the wierd...THING...with the signs. Granted He has a sword and Renji dosn't...but STILL its the principle of the thing. Principles can still win. "What the hell are you talking about?!" He calls...before he pauses and glances back to Rukia, hrmms a moment. "...a fox eh?" He ponders before he shakes his head. "Stop trying to distract me!"
Chappygami's Big Button Eyes GLEAM redly with PURE MENACE as Renji advances on the Adorable Killer Mascot Wearing Shinigami shifts slightly.....and then just /dissapears/, kicking up dust behind him. There's a 'click' noise, and then the Chappygami reappears, crouching, tossing a small black object up, then catching it in one ear. It's a permanent marker, y'see.
'Wise Man Say.' Flip. 'No Mess With A Rabbit!' Flip. 'Also, your hair makes you weak.' Flip. 'It's a well documented fact that you need silly, long flowing hair to attract girls.' Flip. 'And possibly Old Spice.'
As for what Chappygami did? Well...
Renji looks quite fetching with that moustache and eyeglasses scribbled on his face, along with little squiggly lines on his cheeks, don't you think? Right.
Renji has NO CLUE that he's just been violated. VIOLATED in the MOST HORRID WAY POSSIBLE...well alright, maybe not the most horrid, but its still pretty bad! He looks fairly silly like that. One eyebrow twitches mightily as the Chappygami runs off. "I have long flowing hair! I just do it up..." Pause. "AND WHY AM I TELLING YOU THIS?!" He looks around for something to throw at this thing...
'Possibly because you are a very lonely young man who has no idea how to socially interact with your friends and peers because of your horribly hard upbringing and trauma as a child.' Flip. 'Or because you're a dork.'
Chappygami is just standing up, the Chappy mask laaauughing and lauuuughing at Renji.
Chappygami! Current Garb? Shinigami!
Current Mood? :D :D :D
Renji was violated. This scene was just so bizarre that Rukia couldn't help but stare, and be rooted in place. So much that she forgets her worries for a moment to just continue watching this entire thing. It was surreal. It was ridiculous. It was...
And then, Renji turns to blink at her, a drawn mustache on his face as well as eyeglasses ringing his slanted eyes. Her eyes grow big, and then, there's no helping it. She clutches her ribs, and doubles over, LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY.
"Renji!" she gasps, pointing at him. "Your face...he....he.....AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAA!" The bonds of friendship....are COMPLETELY NONEXISTENT right now as Rukia breaks apart in peals of laughter, tears streaming down her eyes and clutching helplessly at her ribs. Oh god. Oh god. It hurts so much but it's SO WORTH IT.
Thats it, thats the ABSOLUTE LAST STRAW. RENJI ABARAI IS NOT A DORK! He twitches, twitches again and reaches for the largest item within arms reach. Which happens to be his childhood friend. With a roar of pent up RARNESS he wraps his fingers around her shirt top and hawls her bodily up, pivioting one hip and tossing her missile-like at his Chappyness of a tormentor.
RUKIADOKEN!
...he is so going to regret this later...
FLYING RUKIA AT TEN O'CLOCK! Chappygami /could/ dodge...but that would be wude to Wukia. Because there is a trash pile behind him. Or the street. As such, RUkia impacts on Chappygami's head, straight on! There is a very faint 'Ow!' from inside the GIANT AWESOME CHAPPYMASK OF AWESOME...still! Before she can deliberate on that, Rukia is hoisted up by the back of her shirt as...
a SIGN is held up and balanced on her head via a string hat.
'Chappygami Secret Technique #1!' Flip. 'FLYING SKINNY SCHOOLGIRL RETURN!'
And that's right, Renji. Rukia is launched right back at you, Chappygami mischeviously aiming to throw Rukia at Renji's face facefirst. OH HO HO HO! ANTICS MAY INDEED ENSUE!
[O-IPA] Rukia Kuchiki SOBS. They're playing DODGEBALL WITH MY BODY.
[O-IPA] Isshin Kurosaki says, "Well, to be honest, Rangiku would be better for that."
[O-IPA] Isshin Kurosaki says, "More mass, y'know."
[O-IPA] Rukia Kuchiki dies.
The first thing Rukia notices is that she's being picked up. And then, she could feel Renji twisting. This has happened to her before. This feeling, was familiar. It was....
Oh no. OH NO HE DID NOT.
"RENJI YOU BASTARD!! I'm gonna KILL---AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" And then, she is launched, the Rukiadoken aimed for ChappyGami as she flies into the air. She was light, so it was easy to get a lot of mileage on her. What IS it with the guys in the series just throwing her like a missile? And then, she lands on Chappygami, a pile of arms and legs. Hey. He's solid. Which means he can't really be a ghost....
And then, she's hoisted back up by the back of her uniform shirt. "WAIT! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Don't you DARE--AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" And she's THROWN. Back at Renji. Comedic tears like back in the Soul Society arc when she's thrown at Renji. "YOU BASTARDS!!!!"
Don't forget the sign attached to the back of your head, Rukia!
[Fac-IPA] Rukia Kuchiki says, "RENJI YOU BASTARD! I'm gonna KILL---AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
[Fac-IPA] Renji Abarai says, "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!"
[Fac-IPA] Superman says, "What."
[Fac-IPA] Turtle Tamer says, "Well, offhand, it sounds like they're playing dodgeball with somebody's body."
[Fac-IPA] Tepet Inatera says absently, "Oh, did they leave the thing on?"
[Fac-IPA] Jyuushirou Ukitake says, "... Kuchiki? Abarai?"
[Fac-IPA] Misato Katsuragi fumble, crash. "Wha...whass goin on?"
[Fac-IPA] Tepet Inatera says, "This is why I always take mine off."
[Fac-IPA] Nono says, "Don't know. They're yelling!"
Wait wait wait, what did he just do? He didn't just launch Rukia did he? Yes. Yes Renji just did do that. Lets /hope/ that his Captain didn't hear about this. He seems about to say woops when she threatens to kill him. Of course that gets him to flare up. "SERVES YOU BOTH RIGHT!" He yells back at the two of them. Of course his launch was perfect, he feels a certin amount of pride for that. "GOT YOU!" He crows...right up until Chappygami hoists Rukia up again.
Oh no. Your not...are you?
Yes. Apparently he is. "DON'T YOU DO THAT YOU DAMN CHAPPY...THING!"
Of course he does, and Renji finds himself in the same situation that Chappygami was. He can't /dodge/ that would just be rude to Rukia. So he sets to recieve. And so he does recieve, right in the face. And over they both go in a pile of raising dust and arms and limbs and flying schoolbags.
[Fac-IPA] Rukia Kuchiki says, "....WAIT! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Don't you DARE---AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! *sounds of flying -back- to Renji. People are going to die this afternoon*"
[Fac-IPA] Misato Katsuragi shuffle, shuffle, rollrollroll...door closes.
[Fac-IPA] Tepet Inatera chuckles indulgently.
[Fac-IPA] Shinji Ikari says, "...well, at least she's feeling better..."
[Fac-IPA] Renji Abarai says, "...wait...what...DON'T DO THAT YOU DAMN CHAPPY...THING!""
[Fac-IPA] Rukia Kuchiki says, "DON'T DO THAT?? YOU STARTED THIS YOU JERK!!!"
[Fac-IPA] Renji Abarai says, "I DID?! YOU WERE THE ONE WHO WAS LAUGHING!"
[Fac-IPA] Tepet Inatera says in a deliberately friendly and non-judgmental voice, "If you're making her furious like that, you may be doing it incorrectly."
[Fac-IPA] Rukia Kuchiki says, "IF YOU SAW YOUR FACE RIGHT NOW YOU'D BE LAUGHING TOO!"
[Fac-IPA] Turtle Tamer says, "Hold on."
[Fac-IPA] Turtle Tamer says, "Tepet, let me try."
[Fac-IPA] Turtle Tamer | You equip an item: Flaming Talons
[Fac-IPA] Turtle Tamer | You equip an item: 1337 pants
[Fac-IPA] Turtle Tamer says, "HAY GUYS UR DOIN IT WRONG"
KA-KLICK!
See, that's the noise of a camera! Aren't cameras neat, Wukia and Wenji?
That is why the Chappygami, who is also neat, has a camera! AND A SIGN. The Dumplings, mysteriously, appear to have dissapeared.
'Awwww, how cute.' Flip. 'Twue Wuv.' Flip. 'It's a Kodak Moment!' Flip. 'I love my job.'
Yep. Chappygami is solid feeling. Which means that either he's totally awesome as a Shinigami (True!) ...or, for some reason, he has a gigai that looks like this (MOre likely to be Just as possible, because, well, Chappygami is freaking nuts! And a Chappygami. So very Chappy).
Ah, Blackmail! The Bwessed Awangement!
OOF!!!! The dust cloud explodes around them on impact as both fall in a tangle of arms and legs. And then, silence. This would be comedic, if it wasn't so ominous. And then....even as Rukia slowly extricates her face off Renji's chest. She stares at him. Romantic music plays in the background. The sunset casts a wonderful glow of ambience over both bodies. The violin strings rise into a crescendo....
And stops short, when Rukia's hand reaches out and GRABS Renji by the collar. Her face is dark, and there's nothing but a couple of light glints for eyes on the black visage: +_+. "Renjiiiiiiiiiiiiii...." she growls lowly, and before he knows it, she twists her body, gets on one knee, and, using her shoulder, THROWS Renji at the Chappygami. She never knew she could hurt something that had a bunny's head on it, but it TOSSED HER LIKE A DWARF. And took BLACKMAIL PICTURES!
"DIE!!!!" she hollers. A cartoon bubble coalesces from nowhere, pointing at Renji's physical trajectory arc with the blinking slogan: 'Courtesy of the Kaname Chidori School of Hard Knocks'.
[OOC] Renji Abarai says, ".........."
[OOC] Isshin Kurosaki says, "...OH DEAR GOD!"
[OOC] Rukia Kuchiki says, "^_^"
[OOC] Isshin Kurosaki says, "WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!"
[OOC] Isshin Kurosaki says, "OR, well, Renji is."
[OOC] Rukia Kuchiki DIES
No one even saw if they kissed or not, however the perfect lighting, the backglow of the sun off the concreate. It softens the picture and even adds something to it. She picks herself off his stunned form, the romance plays to a climax in the background and Renji's eyes open to reveal the eyes of his oldest friend stareing deeply into his...
Kira Kira sparklies in the background.
Of course then the whole scene dissipates and Renji, looking rather concerned as Rukia grabs him by his shirt. "...Rukia, what are you going to dooo-- ARRRRRRRRRRRRGH!" And now HE is launched like a dart at Chappygami. Turn about is fair play and all that but this is a bit much!
"YOU CRAZY WOMAN!" He notes the trajectery, and then quite calmly reaches into his school bag, pulls out a flack helment, and places it on his head to cushin the landing...and to of course hurt Chappygami more should he hit.
Always be prepared.
[Fac-IPA] Renji Abarai says, "I AM NOT A BASEBALL!"
[Fac-IPA] Misato Katsuragi says, "I thought you guys were playing volleyball."
[Fac-IPA] Rukia Kuchiki says, "DIE!!!!"
[Fac-IPA] Shinji Ikari says, "Its a wide world of sports, Misato."
[Fac-IPA] Shinji Ikari says, "Um, maybe some...coffee?"
[Fac-IPA] Misato Katsuragi says, "It's a wide world of contact sports."
[Fac-IPA] Natsuki Kuga says, "I never knew baseball or volleyball were contact sports."No
INDEED! Chappygami holds up a sign! It says /THIS/ on it...
'!'
And then...Said Sign is brought around at absurd speeds, and there's a loud KA-KRAK...
As Renji is batted right back at Rukia, baseball style. Chappygami fistpumps.
'HOMERUN!' Flip. 'Score One For The Home Team!'
The KRAK, thankfully, impacts Renji's flak helmet, and the poor vice-captain is spun around in a spiraling missile bearing for Rukia. And does Rukia catch him? HELL NO. The shinigami female sidesteps, and just lets Renji PLOW right into the ground next to her, sending a dust cloud up yet again. And then, she springboards off the fallen Renji, lifting up and skirts flapping as she does one of those gravity-defying leaps.
And, oh dear, her palms start to glow red.
Oh snap.
She flings the kidou missile, and another, at the Chappygami, sailing over the rooftop. "GIVE ME THAT CAMERA!" ........oh, so instead of taking care of her poor childhood friend, she goes after the blackmail material. She looks at the bigger picture, Renji! She's trying to save your life by making sure those pictures don't get to Byakuya (and Ichigo).
Sousuke Sagara (sgt) pages: And then the scene takes a break to get Kanonji's autograph.
GAME: Save complete.
Oh Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho! The Chappygami skips backwards, and then dives forwards, grabbing the nearest available shield against that hail of Kidou missiles.
Oh, c'mon. Guess.
It's red-haired.
And foul-mouthed.
And being interposed between kidou missiles and Chappygami! Still, there is one unknown. WHERE DID CHAPPYGAMI'S DUMPLINGS GO!?
The answer, of course, is UP. Dumplings From Above, Rukia~!
A sign is also stuck out from behind RenjiShield's back that reads, 'No!'.
FOOM! FOOM! FOOMFOOMFOOMFOOMFOOM!
Renji, still slightly stunned by the batting practice, and is happily hawled to his feet. "...bwa...wha...RUIKA! YOU IDIOT! YOUR SHOOTING ME!" He roars at her as he finally comes too, noteing the blasts of Kaidou that impact all around him. "You F***! LET ME THE HELL GO!" Then a pause..."Pictures?" PICTURES?! Oh god, he'll be so dead!
So, as he is heald, he reaches behind himself and headlocks Chappygami! NOOGIENOOGIENOOGIE! "Get the damn camera! Hurry up idiot!" a pause again before he adds. "...THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" Shakeshakeshake the Chappy.
Of course as she sprungborded away, he did notice that the color for today kids was white.
He won't be mentioning this in the official report.
[OOC] Rukia Kuchiki LAUGHS
[OOC] Rukia Kuchiki says, "YOU JERK ;)"
[OOC] Isshin Kurosaki says, "It's REnji!"
[OOC] Isshin Kurosaki says, "He knows what color your underwear is!"
[OOC] Renji Abarai LAUGHS!
[OOC] Renji Abarai says, "I couldn't resist!"
"I WOULDN'T BE SHOOTING YOU IF YOU WEREN'T SO SLOW!!" Rukia hollers in mid-air once she's leapt up again. She was always good at mid-air attacks, must be because she keeps getting THROWN by people bigger than her!
Even as Renji reaches to grab Chappygami in a headlock, Rukia is...suddenly there, on the side, doing that voodoo that she does so well. If she knew what Renji had noticed, she'd kick him in the face, but for now, her hand reaches up to try and snatch the camera away from the Chappygami. She was going to EAT the film and make sure the thing doesn't see the light of day!
[Fac-IPA] Rukia Kuchiki says, "Get off your ass, Renji! If he sends that thing to oniisama, you're DEAD!"
[Fac-IPA] Misato Katsuragi says, "Well now, this seems to be getting interesting."
[Fac-IPA] Tepet Inatera says, "My goodness."
[Fac-IPA] Renji Abarai says, "STOP SHOOTING ME YOU IDIOT!"
[Fac-IPA] Rukia Kuchiki says, "I WOULDN'T BE IF YOU WEREN'T SO SLOW!"
The sign is held up as Chappygami is HEADLOCKED. And it has one thing written on it!
'!'
Oh dear. Context Sensitive Sign. Who knew?! The Chappygami throws the camera straight upwards, then whacks Renji in the face with the sign, Chappygami bursting loose, and then vaulting high after launching himself off of Rukia! And what is Chappygami reaching towards!?
It's that camera, falling in an arc right along the sack of delicious dumplings! JUMP-OFF FOR THE WIN, SHONEN JUMP CHARACTERS!
Renji staggers backwards. "I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SLOW IF YOU HAD COUGHT ME!" He tosses back at Rukia before he's moving again. Well if she wasn't so damn SMALL she wouldn't get thrown so often! DID SHE EVER THINK OF THAT ONE?! HUH?! He's got a violated face, bloodied and battered, and...MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD. Yes. Very much mad.
Mad enough to reach out, grab hold of the sign that Chappygami just smacked him with, and swing it at the flying Shingami's rear to propel him facefirst into the street.
REVENGE!
You paged Renji Abarai with 'If you guys ever corner my Chappygami Gigai and start pulling that mask off? It's going to have an ENDLESS SUPPLY OF MASKS, worn one underneath the other!'
As Renji grabs at the Chappygami, almost in slow motion, Rukia continues to rise up with that aerial arc, snatching the camera even as she coils her body to flip away from the bunny in shinigami clothing. Hooking it around her neck, her palm braces on the roof, and she twists her body to rest on one knee, already popping the thing open and dragging the film out and shredding it. Hah hah. AH HAH HAH! For ONCE in her life, she was victorious in something that mattered!
Unless of course the shinigami-bunny did a switcheroo, and in which case she'd be mad.
In the other side of Karakura, something ominous waves out, rippling over her like a stone cast on the cool, smooth surface of a water. The roar of a Hollow was unmistakable, and while she finds herself enjoying this little exercise, she is reminded that she is still a shinigami, and despite the Arrancar threat, she had duties to perform.
"Renji!" she calls urgently, even as her cellphone beeps. With everything that's happened, this feels normal. So normal. She clings onto it like a vise. "Stop playing around with that thing! We got a Hollow!" And off she goes, running along the roof and leaping to cross the high gap onto another one. Still in her uniform.
Mmmmm. Hollow. Chappygami's ears stand straight up, and his face goes from being all :D :D :D to :E :E :E as Chappygami enters...well...Go Off And Do Something Else mode. The Chappygami holds up a sign, nodding quite seriously at the pair of crazy kids.
'Go Go Power Teenagers! For Everlasting Peace of Death! Defeat The Thingy With A Silly Mask~'
Course, Chappygami holds out a hand, catching his bag of dumplings and wandering off. And, idly, wondering if he should tell that nice young stick girl that the camera was empty.
Nahhhhhh. She'll figure it out later. And, lo, Chappygami starts strolling off again, humming to himself, idly wandering down an alleyway and dissapearing.
The Fact that Isshin Kurosaki arrives home with an eaten bag of dumplings and throws them in the trash is COMPLETELY COINCIDENTAL. Really.
...Fine. Throws the BAG in the trash. Not the dumplings. Which were eaten. And tasty.
WHAT: Rukia and Renji are about to have a chat. And then things just go downhill.
WHERE: Karakura Town
WHEN: October 25
WATCH FOR: Co-Operation!
GateMUSH - Wednesday, October 25, 2006, 9:19 PM
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A yen for his thoughts? God knows if anyone would know what he was thinking about, Rukia would - though when it concerns her, she was as bad as any other anime girl. Still the biggest issues in her own mind, as she walks home from a perpendicular path from Renji were two things at present; the red crystal hanging from her neck, and Ukitake's Big Revelation, in an impromptu meeting no less. She found it worrying that he hadn't brought at least Kiyone with him in the living world to watch his back. She can't be with him -all- the time unless she left the Kurosaki residence.
Rounding the corner, she suddenly appears in front of Renji's path, like stepping out of a mirage and adjusting the strap of her schoolbag. Her dark brows furrow a little bit at the action, but when she looks up, she blinks over at Urchin-head, a look of surprise crossing over her face. Renji had left school quite early, so the fact that she was running into him from the way there was just that - surprising. He must REALLY be walking slow.
"Oi! Renji!" She waves from where she is, giving him a smile. "What's with that look on your face, huh?"
The redhead glances up towards her and raises an eyebrow. "What the hell kinda look ya talkin' bout?" Renji snaps back in that same old predictable flareup of temper. Almost comforting isn't it that he still reacts the same way to most things. A raised eyebrow though and he nods towards her. "Whats with the jewelry?" He asks, not being one to really beat around the brush when it comes to direct questions. At least not with most of the direct questions.
He was walking slow, that was one reason he didn't just run her over when she appeared out of nowhere. However his long legs pick up speed as they propel him closer towards her. Whats with the look on his face, he almost laughs though, she should know that by now. He shrugs though before he actually decides to answer her. "Eh, just got alot of stuff on my mind after that meeting is all."
Understatement, but its true enough.
Dum de dum dum. Nope. No one here but us rabbits! Which is why, with the casual snap of a bit of white captain's cape, tied at the shoulder, there's a Shinigami strolling by, just walking along the sidewalk. Yep. Nothing fancy. Black robes, sandals, a zanpaktou sheathed at the waist, a bag of Delicious Dumplings under one arm, and those big bouncy Chappy ears bouncing along on his head.
Chappygami has obviously been shopping. Or going out for snacks. Or possibly shoplifting from temples. It's really, really, really hard to tell sometimes. I mean...it's Chappygami. Who happens to pause, eyeing Rukia and Renji, and...waves cheerfully.
That's right, because Karakura isn't weird enough!
Cue the trademarked background music on the anime when someone's being a smartass. When Renji goads her into specifying what look he's talking about, Rukia turns to him. "You know. When you do this." She scrunches up her face in a mock-up, girly rendition of the look he was wearing earlier, complete with quirked eyebrow that arches much higher than the other one, as well as the usual scowl that looks absolutely -ridiculous- on her. "It's the 'I'm Thinking Too Hard When I Don't Have the Brain Capacity To' expression that you do so well. It's not exactly what you're known for." Before she....well, sticks her tongue out at him. Yes, indeed, she was MERCILESSLY GOADING HIM like she does when she was a kid. Can the world be so cruel? Him, preoccupied with everything, including her, and she RIBS him about it. For shame!
She straightens up her face, and when he brings up the pendant, her face blanks. "Oh? This? Um...." That was a secret for now, and she fingers the red crystal a little bit. "I promised Ichigo I'd look after it for him," she says. Which was true, and it wasn't exactly a lie. She basically strongarmed him into giving it to her because she didn't want to risk him, though the way she says his name is kind of strange.
Now isn't the time to think about that stuff though. She slips the red crystal back within her collar. She can see something moving at the corner of her eyes, and when she turns around, her eyes go like this: O.O at the ChappyGami waving at them.
"...what...the..."
"...I don't look HALF that stupid!" Renji replies after blinking at her a moment. Obviously now torn between laughing at her and yelling at her face. "Or that /girly/!" He adds after a moment before he rolls his eyes at her. "Oh like you have a better expression when your thinking! Yours is like 'Oh look at me! I'm not thinking about anything! Not me! Nope!', it makes your nose look silly." He blinks at the tounge sticking out before his hands come out of his pockets and he smirks at her. "Don't make me throw you over my shoulder! I can still do it!"
However as her face blanks again his eyes narrow. "...there. That look. Makes your nose look stupid." He says with a smirk before he glances off and away from her. However as he glances off and away he sees...chappy..gammi...
Blink. Blink Blink.
"...hell...?" He finishes for her. o_O
A sign is held up. It's a nice sign. It has writing on it.
'Yes, you do. Get a job!' The Sign is Flipped. 'Also, dumplings are delicious.'
The Chappygami's mask just smiles pleasantly as it keeps on waving to Rukia and Renji. Yep. It's a Chappygami. It's...weird.
'So! How are you kids doing?' Flip. 'Are you staying in school and being all cool?' Flip. 'Eat at Joe's.' Flip. '...How does that keep getting in here, anyways? Oh well!'
The tongue wags and blows a LOUD, wet raspberry at Renji. "Pppppppppppbbbbbbbbbbbbt! I'd like to see you try. I've always been better than you at hand-to-hand when we were kids, that probably hasn't changed considering your miserable learning curve!" She continues to goad him, encouraged by the twitch on his face considering he was so close to laughing. And then....at her look, he looks irritated again. What was wrong with him? And...what? "What do you MEAN my nose looks stupid?!" she flares. "That doesn't even make any sense, HOW can a nose look stupid? It's a NOSE! It's got a bridge and two holes and everyone's got one--!!"
Whoops. Chappygami is still there. She wasn't being delusional. "Oh," she remarks, mollified momentarily as it flips signs around. ".....you can see it too, Renji? I thought it was just me."
She sweatdrops at the signs. ".....oi, Renji. I think it's saying you're a bum," she tells him flatly.
"Oh yeah?! Thats only cause you fight dirty is all!" Renji tosses back as he advances on her. He seems to be on the verge of laughing before her face went flat again. Of course then she flares right back, its an old game of theirs isn't it. "It scrunches up and flattens out! It looks...like a...I dunno! Mouse or something!" Then he waves a hand vaguely in the air. "And don't you tell me what does and doesn't make sence! If your usual logic was a boat, it would sink like a rock!"
Ah yes, Chappygami. He settles down slightly, stareing at it. "...uh...yeah. Wierd ain't it..." He glares at the thing before raising an eyebrow at the signs that are being flipped.
"...everyone else does, why not this freak too..."
'Hippie.' Flip. 'Get a haircut!' Flip. 'And possibly a job.' Flip. 'And a girlfriend.' Flip. 'Or do you have one right there?' Flip. 'And her nose looks more like a fox nose.' Flip. 'Totally not a mouse.' Flip. 'Mice noses are wider.' Flip. 'Buy Gilette.' Flip. 'Stupid Freeware Signs.' Flip. 'Like hell I'm paying twenty bucks for the ad-free version.'
That's right. Not only is Chappygami insane, he's also a cheapskate. HOWEVER.../he/ has delicious food. Which Renji doesn't. Which means Chappygami wins on principle!
"...thats it, I'm gonna kill him," Renji growls out as he advances towards the wierd...THING...with the signs. Granted He has a sword and Renji dosn't...but STILL its the principle of the thing. Principles can still win. "What the hell are you talking about?!" He calls...before he pauses and glances back to Rukia, hrmms a moment. "...a fox eh?" He ponders before he shakes his head. "Stop trying to distract me!"
Chappygami's Big Button Eyes GLEAM redly with PURE MENACE as Renji advances on the Adorable Killer Mascot Wearing Shinigami shifts slightly.....and then just /dissapears/, kicking up dust behind him. There's a 'click' noise, and then the Chappygami reappears, crouching, tossing a small black object up, then catching it in one ear. It's a permanent marker, y'see.
'Wise Man Say.' Flip. 'No Mess With A Rabbit!' Flip. 'Also, your hair makes you weak.' Flip. 'It's a well documented fact that you need silly, long flowing hair to attract girls.' Flip. 'And possibly Old Spice.'
As for what Chappygami did? Well...
Renji looks quite fetching with that moustache and eyeglasses scribbled on his face, along with little squiggly lines on his cheeks, don't you think? Right.
Renji has NO CLUE that he's just been violated. VIOLATED in the MOST HORRID WAY POSSIBLE...well alright, maybe not the most horrid, but its still pretty bad! He looks fairly silly like that. One eyebrow twitches mightily as the Chappygami runs off. "I have long flowing hair! I just do it up..." Pause. "AND WHY AM I TELLING YOU THIS?!" He looks around for something to throw at this thing...
'Possibly because you are a very lonely young man who has no idea how to socially interact with your friends and peers because of your horribly hard upbringing and trauma as a child.' Flip. 'Or because you're a dork.'
Chappygami is just standing up, the Chappy mask laaauughing and lauuuughing at Renji.
Chappygami! Current Garb? Shinigami!
Current Mood? :D :D :D
Renji was violated. This scene was just so bizarre that Rukia couldn't help but stare, and be rooted in place. So much that she forgets her worries for a moment to just continue watching this entire thing. It was surreal. It was ridiculous. It was...
And then, Renji turns to blink at her, a drawn mustache on his face as well as eyeglasses ringing his slanted eyes. Her eyes grow big, and then, there's no helping it. She clutches her ribs, and doubles over, LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY.
"Renji!" she gasps, pointing at him. "Your face...he....he.....AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAA!" The bonds of friendship....are COMPLETELY NONEXISTENT right now as Rukia breaks apart in peals of laughter, tears streaming down her eyes and clutching helplessly at her ribs. Oh god. Oh god. It hurts so much but it's SO WORTH IT.
Thats it, thats the ABSOLUTE LAST STRAW. RENJI ABARAI IS NOT A DORK! He twitches, twitches again and reaches for the largest item within arms reach. Which happens to be his childhood friend. With a roar of pent up RARNESS he wraps his fingers around her shirt top and hawls her bodily up, pivioting one hip and tossing her missile-like at his Chappyness of a tormentor.
RUKIADOKEN!
...he is so going to regret this later...
FLYING RUKIA AT TEN O'CLOCK! Chappygami /could/ dodge...but that would be wude to Wukia. Because there is a trash pile behind him. Or the street. As such, RUkia impacts on Chappygami's head, straight on! There is a very faint 'Ow!' from inside the GIANT AWESOME CHAPPYMASK OF AWESOME...still! Before she can deliberate on that, Rukia is hoisted up by the back of her shirt as...
a SIGN is held up and balanced on her head via a string hat.
'Chappygami Secret Technique #1!' Flip. 'FLYING SKINNY SCHOOLGIRL RETURN!'
And that's right, Renji. Rukia is launched right back at you, Chappygami mischeviously aiming to throw Rukia at Renji's face facefirst. OH HO HO HO! ANTICS MAY INDEED ENSUE!
[O-IPA] Rukia Kuchiki SOBS. They're playing DODGEBALL WITH MY BODY.
[O-IPA] Isshin Kurosaki says, "Well, to be honest, Rangiku would be better for that."
[O-IPA] Isshin Kurosaki says, "More mass, y'know."
[O-IPA] Rukia Kuchiki dies.
The first thing Rukia notices is that she's being picked up. And then, she could feel Renji twisting. This has happened to her before. This feeling, was familiar. It was....
Oh no. OH NO HE DID NOT.
"RENJI YOU BASTARD!! I'm gonna KILL---AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" And then, she is launched, the Rukiadoken aimed for ChappyGami as she flies into the air. She was light, so it was easy to get a lot of mileage on her. What IS it with the guys in the series just throwing her like a missile? And then, she lands on Chappygami, a pile of arms and legs. Hey. He's solid. Which means he can't really be a ghost....
And then, she's hoisted back up by the back of her uniform shirt. "WAIT! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Don't you DARE--AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" And she's THROWN. Back at Renji. Comedic tears like back in the Soul Society arc when she's thrown at Renji. "YOU BASTARDS!!!!"
Don't forget the sign attached to the back of your head, Rukia!
[Fac-IPA] Rukia Kuchiki says, "RENJI YOU BASTARD! I'm gonna KILL---AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
[Fac-IPA] Renji Abarai says, "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!"
[Fac-IPA] Superman says, "What."
[Fac-IPA] Turtle Tamer says, "Well, offhand, it sounds like they're playing dodgeball with somebody's body."
[Fac-IPA] Tepet Inatera says absently, "Oh, did they leave the thing on?"
[Fac-IPA] Jyuushirou Ukitake says, "... Kuchiki? Abarai?"
[Fac-IPA] Misato Katsuragi fumble, crash. "Wha...whass goin on?"
[Fac-IPA] Tepet Inatera says, "This is why I always take mine off."
[Fac-IPA] Nono says, "Don't know. They're yelling!"
Wait wait wait, what did he just do? He didn't just launch Rukia did he? Yes. Yes Renji just did do that. Lets /hope/ that his Captain didn't hear about this. He seems about to say woops when she threatens to kill him. Of course that gets him to flare up. "SERVES YOU BOTH RIGHT!" He yells back at the two of them. Of course his launch was perfect, he feels a certin amount of pride for that. "GOT YOU!" He crows...right up until Chappygami hoists Rukia up again.
Oh no. Your not...are you?
Yes. Apparently he is. "DON'T YOU DO THAT YOU DAMN CHAPPY...THING!"
Of course he does, and Renji finds himself in the same situation that Chappygami was. He can't /dodge/ that would just be rude to Rukia. So he sets to recieve. And so he does recieve, right in the face. And over they both go in a pile of raising dust and arms and limbs and flying schoolbags.
[Fac-IPA] Rukia Kuchiki says, "....WAIT! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! Don't you DARE---AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! *sounds of flying -back- to Renji. People are going to die this afternoon*"
[Fac-IPA] Misato Katsuragi shuffle, shuffle, rollrollroll...door closes.
[Fac-IPA] Tepet Inatera chuckles indulgently.
[Fac-IPA] Shinji Ikari says, "...well, at least she's feeling better..."
[Fac-IPA] Renji Abarai says, "...wait...what...DON'T DO THAT YOU DAMN CHAPPY...THING!""
[Fac-IPA] Rukia Kuchiki says, "DON'T DO THAT?? YOU STARTED THIS YOU JERK!!!"
[Fac-IPA] Renji Abarai says, "I DID?! YOU WERE THE ONE WHO WAS LAUGHING!"
[Fac-IPA] Tepet Inatera says in a deliberately friendly and non-judgmental voice, "If you're making her furious like that, you may be doing it incorrectly."
[Fac-IPA] Rukia Kuchiki says, "IF YOU SAW YOUR FACE RIGHT NOW YOU'D BE LAUGHING TOO!"
[Fac-IPA] Turtle Tamer says, "Hold on."
[Fac-IPA] Turtle Tamer says, "Tepet, let me try."
[Fac-IPA] Turtle Tamer | You equip an item: Flaming Talons
[Fac-IPA] Turtle Tamer | You equip an item: 1337 pants
[Fac-IPA] Turtle Tamer says, "HAY GUYS UR DOIN IT WRONG"
KA-KLICK!
See, that's the noise of a camera! Aren't cameras neat, Wukia and Wenji?
That is why the Chappygami, who is also neat, has a camera! AND A SIGN. The Dumplings, mysteriously, appear to have dissapeared.
'Awwww, how cute.' Flip. 'Twue Wuv.' Flip. 'It's a Kodak Moment!' Flip. 'I love my job.'
Yep. Chappygami is solid feeling. Which means that either he's totally awesome as a Shinigami (True!) ...or, for some reason, he has a gigai that looks like this (MOre likely to be Just as possible, because, well, Chappygami is freaking nuts! And a Chappygami. So very Chappy).
Ah, Blackmail! The Bwessed Awangement!
OOF!!!! The dust cloud explodes around them on impact as both fall in a tangle of arms and legs. And then, silence. This would be comedic, if it wasn't so ominous. And then....even as Rukia slowly extricates her face off Renji's chest. She stares at him. Romantic music plays in the background. The sunset casts a wonderful glow of ambience over both bodies. The violin strings rise into a crescendo....
And stops short, when Rukia's hand reaches out and GRABS Renji by the collar. Her face is dark, and there's nothing but a couple of light glints for eyes on the black visage: +_+. "Renjiiiiiiiiiiiiii...." she growls lowly, and before he knows it, she twists her body, gets on one knee, and, using her shoulder, THROWS Renji at the Chappygami. She never knew she could hurt something that had a bunny's head on it, but it TOSSED HER LIKE A DWARF. And took BLACKMAIL PICTURES!
"DIE!!!!" she hollers. A cartoon bubble coalesces from nowhere, pointing at Renji's physical trajectory arc with the blinking slogan: 'Courtesy of the Kaname Chidori School of Hard Knocks'.
[OOC] Renji Abarai says, ".........."
[OOC] Isshin Kurosaki says, "...OH DEAR GOD!"
[OOC] Rukia Kuchiki says, "^_^"
[OOC] Isshin Kurosaki says, "WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!"
[OOC] Isshin Kurosaki says, "OR, well, Renji is."
[OOC] Rukia Kuchiki DIES
No one even saw if they kissed or not, however the perfect lighting, the backglow of the sun off the concreate. It softens the picture and even adds something to it. She picks herself off his stunned form, the romance plays to a climax in the background and Renji's eyes open to reveal the eyes of his oldest friend stareing deeply into his...
Kira Kira sparklies in the background.
Of course then the whole scene dissipates and Renji, looking rather concerned as Rukia grabs him by his shirt. "...Rukia, what are you going to dooo-- ARRRRRRRRRRRRGH!" And now HE is launched like a dart at Chappygami. Turn about is fair play and all that but this is a bit much!
"YOU CRAZY WOMAN!" He notes the trajectery, and then quite calmly reaches into his school bag, pulls out a flack helment, and places it on his head to cushin the landing...and to of course hurt Chappygami more should he hit.
Always be prepared.
[Fac-IPA] Renji Abarai says, "I AM NOT A BASEBALL!"
[Fac-IPA] Misato Katsuragi says, "I thought you guys were playing volleyball."
[Fac-IPA] Rukia Kuchiki says, "DIE!!!!"
[Fac-IPA] Shinji Ikari says, "Its a wide world of sports, Misato."
[Fac-IPA] Shinji Ikari says, "Um, maybe some...coffee?"
[Fac-IPA] Misato Katsuragi says, "It's a wide world of contact sports."
[Fac-IPA] Natsuki Kuga says, "I never knew baseball or volleyball were contact sports."No
INDEED! Chappygami holds up a sign! It says /THIS/ on it...
'!'
And then...Said Sign is brought around at absurd speeds, and there's a loud KA-KRAK...
As Renji is batted right back at Rukia, baseball style. Chappygami fistpumps.
'HOMERUN!' Flip. 'Score One For The Home Team!'
The KRAK, thankfully, impacts Renji's flak helmet, and the poor vice-captain is spun around in a spiraling missile bearing for Rukia. And does Rukia catch him? HELL NO. The shinigami female sidesteps, and just lets Renji PLOW right into the ground next to her, sending a dust cloud up yet again. And then, she springboards off the fallen Renji, lifting up and skirts flapping as she does one of those gravity-defying leaps.
And, oh dear, her palms start to glow red.
Oh snap.
She flings the kidou missile, and another, at the Chappygami, sailing over the rooftop. "GIVE ME THAT CAMERA!" ........oh, so instead of taking care of her poor childhood friend, she goes after the blackmail material. She looks at the bigger picture, Renji! She's trying to save your life by making sure those pictures don't get to Byakuya (and Ichigo).
Sousuke Sagara (sgt) pages: And then the scene takes a break to get Kanonji's autograph.
GAME: Save complete.
Oh Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho! The Chappygami skips backwards, and then dives forwards, grabbing the nearest available shield against that hail of Kidou missiles.
Oh, c'mon. Guess.
It's red-haired.
And foul-mouthed.
And being interposed between kidou missiles and Chappygami! Still, there is one unknown. WHERE DID CHAPPYGAMI'S DUMPLINGS GO!?
The answer, of course, is UP. Dumplings From Above, Rukia~!
A sign is also stuck out from behind RenjiShield's back that reads, 'No!'.
FOOM! FOOM! FOOMFOOMFOOMFOOMFOOM!
Renji, still slightly stunned by the batting practice, and is happily hawled to his feet. "...bwa...wha...RUIKA! YOU IDIOT! YOUR SHOOTING ME!" He roars at her as he finally comes too, noteing the blasts of Kaidou that impact all around him. "You F***! LET ME THE HELL GO!" Then a pause..."Pictures?" PICTURES?! Oh god, he'll be so dead!
So, as he is heald, he reaches behind himself and headlocks Chappygami! NOOGIENOOGIENOOGIE! "Get the damn camera! Hurry up idiot!" a pause again before he adds. "...THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" Shakeshakeshake the Chappy.
Of course as she sprungborded away, he did notice that the color for today kids was white.
He won't be mentioning this in the official report.
[OOC] Rukia Kuchiki LAUGHS
[OOC] Rukia Kuchiki says, "YOU JERK ;)"
[OOC] Isshin Kurosaki says, "It's REnji!"
[OOC] Isshin Kurosaki says, "He knows what color your underwear is!"
[OOC] Renji Abarai LAUGHS!
[OOC] Renji Abarai says, "I couldn't resist!"
"I WOULDN'T BE SHOOTING YOU IF YOU WEREN'T SO SLOW!!" Rukia hollers in mid-air once she's leapt up again. She was always good at mid-air attacks, must be because she keeps getting THROWN by people bigger than her!
Even as Renji reaches to grab Chappygami in a headlock, Rukia is...suddenly there, on the side, doing that voodoo that she does so well. If she knew what Renji had noticed, she'd kick him in the face, but for now, her hand reaches up to try and snatch the camera away from the Chappygami. She was going to EAT the film and make sure the thing doesn't see the light of day!
[Fac-IPA] Rukia Kuchiki says, "Get off your ass, Renji! If he sends that thing to oniisama, you're DEAD!"
[Fac-IPA] Misato Katsuragi says, "Well now, this seems to be getting interesting."
[Fac-IPA] Tepet Inatera says, "My goodness."
[Fac-IPA] Renji Abarai says, "STOP SHOOTING ME YOU IDIOT!"
[Fac-IPA] Rukia Kuchiki says, "I WOULDN'T BE IF YOU WEREN'T SO SLOW!"
The sign is held up as Chappygami is HEADLOCKED. And it has one thing written on it!
'!'
Oh dear. Context Sensitive Sign. Who knew?! The Chappygami throws the camera straight upwards, then whacks Renji in the face with the sign, Chappygami bursting loose, and then vaulting high after launching himself off of Rukia! And what is Chappygami reaching towards!?
It's that camera, falling in an arc right along the sack of delicious dumplings! JUMP-OFF FOR THE WIN, SHONEN JUMP CHARACTERS!
Renji staggers backwards. "I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SLOW IF YOU HAD COUGHT ME!" He tosses back at Rukia before he's moving again. Well if she wasn't so damn SMALL she wouldn't get thrown so often! DID SHE EVER THINK OF THAT ONE?! HUH?! He's got a violated face, bloodied and battered, and...MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD. Yes. Very much mad.
Mad enough to reach out, grab hold of the sign that Chappygami just smacked him with, and swing it at the flying Shingami's rear to propel him facefirst into the street.
REVENGE!
You paged Renji Abarai with 'If you guys ever corner my Chappygami Gigai and start pulling that mask off? It's going to have an ENDLESS SUPPLY OF MASKS, worn one underneath the other!'
As Renji grabs at the Chappygami, almost in slow motion, Rukia continues to rise up with that aerial arc, snatching the camera even as she coils her body to flip away from the bunny in shinigami clothing. Hooking it around her neck, her palm braces on the roof, and she twists her body to rest on one knee, already popping the thing open and dragging the film out and shredding it. Hah hah. AH HAH HAH! For ONCE in her life, she was victorious in something that mattered!
Unless of course the shinigami-bunny did a switcheroo, and in which case she'd be mad.
In the other side of Karakura, something ominous waves out, rippling over her like a stone cast on the cool, smooth surface of a water. The roar of a Hollow was unmistakable, and while she finds herself enjoying this little exercise, she is reminded that she is still a shinigami, and despite the Arrancar threat, she had duties to perform.
"Renji!" she calls urgently, even as her cellphone beeps. With everything that's happened, this feels normal. So normal. She clings onto it like a vise. "Stop playing around with that thing! We got a Hollow!" And off she goes, running along the roof and leaping to cross the high gap onto another one. Still in her uniform.
Mmmmm. Hollow. Chappygami's ears stand straight up, and his face goes from being all :D :D :D to :E :E :E as Chappygami enters...well...Go Off And Do Something Else mode. The Chappygami holds up a sign, nodding quite seriously at the pair of crazy kids.
'Go Go Power Teenagers! For Everlasting Peace of Death! Defeat The Thingy With A Silly Mask~'
Course, Chappygami holds out a hand, catching his bag of dumplings and wandering off. And, idly, wondering if he should tell that nice young stick girl that the camera was empty.
Nahhhhhh. She'll figure it out later. And, lo, Chappygami starts strolling off again, humming to himself, idly wandering down an alleyway and dissapearing.
The Fact that Isshin Kurosaki arrives home with an eaten bag of dumplings and throws them in the trash is COMPLETELY COINCIDENTAL. Really.
...Fine. Throws the BAG in the trash. Not the dumplings. Which were eaten. And tasty.