A Friend in Need [Sandbox Society]
[Characters]: Hikaru and Susumu
[Summary]: Susumu runs into trouble and Hikaru saves the day.
[Prompt/Inspiration]: Hikaru wielding a bokken and protecting little Susumu from bullies - an idea from gokuma
[Word Count]: 1111
[Finished]: 18.July.2009
[Beta]: not beta-read
[Warnings]: Implied Male-Pregnancy and just some EXTRA fluff.
[Rating]: PG
[Notes]: Hikaru is marianek 's; Susumu and Ren & Yuu are a joint creation of gokuma,
bosska_ak , and me.
sandbox_society:
Of Pink Haori and Twin Zanpakutou | Zaraki Day-Care | A Zanpakutou and a Chocolate Problem by me
Something Right | Sources | The Beginning | Forgivings by gokuma
Art by
bosska_ak
Disclaimer: Do not own Bleach and will not make a profit out of this fic. All characters © Kubo Tite. Save a few OCs product of fangirl brainstorming.
Hikaru skipped down the road, bokken1 in hand, slaying imaginary foes. A humongous Menos Grande. Or the evilest of overlords, just like Aizen. Or better yet, blocking a huge cero from a joint force of many Hollows. And all this easily handled solely by Kuchiki Hikaru.
“Howl and Scatter!” Were his parents’ zanpakutou release words.
Hikaru couldn’t wait to learn the name and release form of his own zanpakutou. Would it take the form of an animal, like his dad’s? Or would it have a strong, albeit flowery, presence like his father’s? Although his father had told Hikaru that Senbonzakura could also take a human form and had, at one time, met and taken care of baby Hikaru, though the Hikaru now didn’t remember a thing, being a baby at the time.
His reverie of zanpakutou forms and names was disturbed by three boys, older by the looks of it, up the road. They stood around something, blocking the view and the road from Hikaru, laughing, pulling and exclaiming over whatever they were surrounding.
“I’d never seen anything like this. It’s got...” one of them said, gesturing over his head and yanking on it.
It growled lowly.
Another of the boys poked it with his foot.
“Yeah! And look there... behind it...” This one, too, yanked at it. “It’s got a tail!!! Really there! Attached to its back!”
“Eww! Gross!”
The growl grew louder and menacing.
“Oh! It’s snarling. Do you think it’s gonna bite us?” the third one, who had stood back a little, asked with an almost trembling voice.
The one who‘d spoke first, mocked again. “You gonna bite us, little freak?”
It must have made a sudden or threatening move because the three boys jumped back, startled and Hikaru could see what they were taunting.
He gasped.
Susumu!
They were taunting little Susumu. Pulling his cute ears and yanking on his fluffy tail. And Susu-chan stood there, brave and bold, ears back menacingly and tail out threateningly, but no match to three much bigger boys.
Hikaru didn’t think. He ran up to the group, passed them in a flash and stood between them and Susu-chan, bokken out in attack mode. Susumu behind him. Protected.
“Hikaru-niichan!” Susumu exclaimed with reverence and stood closer.
Hikaru put a hand behind his back and held Susu-chan close to him. Protected.
The three boys looked at Hikaru, alarm on their faces, as if expecting to see another fox-boy but when they realised it was just another regular boy, even smaller than them, relief showed on their faces.
Just you wait! Hikaru thought. Another taunt at Susu-chan and you’ll regret it all. He firmed his hands on the wooden sword, fingers apart, breathing under control and waited for their next move.
They did what they knew best.
“What?! You gonna protect the little freak?”
Susumu flinched and stood closer to Hikaru but the menacing growl was back in his throat.
“Yeah! He and who else?” They all laughed but kept their distance.
Susumu bared his teeth.
“Aww! The little thing is gonna chew on our legs.”
“HE IS NOT A THING! HE’S KOMAMURA SUSUMU! AND HE IS MY FRIEND!”
“Oh! He is your friend?! Don’t you mean your pet?” They guffawed louder, holding their bellies with the laughter.
His father had always taught Hikaru to ignore taunts. And he had so far. But Hikaru had also been taught to stand up to bullies and protect his friends. So Hikaru bared his teeth, just like Susumu had, and struck forward, growling.
“Aw! The other one wants to bite too.” This one was the first to lose a tooth.
“Oh, you little...” The next one was hit on the knuckles as he tried to reach Hikaru.
The third one didn’t dare to move forward, instead he kept back and grabbed a stone from the road and aimed it at Susumu. Hikaru followed its trajectory and moved into it to prevent his friend from getting hurt. It hit Hikaru on the forehead.
The three boys ran screaming threats and insults.
“Freaks!”
“We’ll tell on you.”
“You wait and see. You won’t get away with this!”
Susumu stepped from behind Hikaru and snarled loudly as Hikaru tried to run after them, yelling, “Just you try it again. You chicken!”
Susumu held onto his arm preventing Hikaru from chasing the three boys.
“It’s okay, Hikaru-niichan.”
“It is not. They were making fun of you. They could’ve hurt you.”
Susumu lowered his head and bit his lower lip. “I know. I’m sorry, Hikaru-niichan.”
Hikaru stopped looking at the retreating form of the three boys, now far enough that they no longer posed any threat, and looked at Susu-chan.
“Silly! You don’t have to apologise.”
Susu-chan nodded but didn’t seem in better spirits.
“Sorry I yelled at you. Friends?” Hikaru hugged his friend, tenderly tugging on his ear.
Susumu relaxed with the hug and in no time was purring contently and giggling.
“Why were you alone?” Hikaru demanded to know. They weren’t too far from the Komamura house, but even so Susu-chan shouldn’t be out on his own. He needed to be at least as old as Hikaru to do so.
“I was chasing butterflies like we do with Ken-chan! And I was following them and ended up here. And then, I know you come home this way, everyday, so I was looking at butterflies and waiting for you to pass by when they showed up and started pulling on my tail and ears with force. Not tickling and playing like you and the twins do. Or Masaki-chan, even though she sometimes hurts me, but that because she’s still a baby. And then you got here and chased them away.” Susumu said in all this in one go and then smiled up at him, adoringly.
Hikaru nodded in understanding. “Well, next time wait by the house. I’ll come by and visit.”
“Next time, I’ll join you and we’ll fight them together, just like you did!”
Hikaru admired his braveness but Susu-chan was still too little. “But you don’t know how to fight poperly! You’ll get hurt and...”
Susumu interrupted him and explained, “my daddies said it was okay for me to go and train with you. So I can start learning how to fight and stuff!” He beamed at Hikaru.
“That’s great!” Hikaru squealed.
“Isn’t it?”
Both boys jumped and mocked played till a trickled of blood flowed down from Hikaru’s forehead into his eye.
Susumu pulled Hikaru down and licked the blood and the wound until it stopped bleeding.
At Hikaru’s dazed look, Susumu explained with a bloody grin, “my papa always licks my hurts better.”
July2009©MarinLiliz
1Bokken - is a wooden Japanese sword used for training.
[Summary]: Susumu runs into trouble and Hikaru saves the day.
[Prompt/Inspiration]: Hikaru wielding a bokken and protecting little Susumu from bullies - an idea from gokuma
[Word Count]: 1111
[Finished]: 18.July.2009
[Beta]: not beta-read
[Warnings]: Implied Male-Pregnancy and just some EXTRA fluff.
[Rating]: PG
[Notes]: Hikaru is marianek 's; Susumu and Ren & Yuu are a joint creation of gokuma,
bosska_ak , and me.
sandbox_society:
Of Pink Haori and Twin Zanpakutou | Zaraki Day-Care | A Zanpakutou and a Chocolate Problem by me
Something Right | Sources | The Beginning | Forgivings by gokuma
Art by
bosska_ak
Disclaimer: Do not own Bleach and will not make a profit out of this fic. All characters © Kubo Tite. Save a few OCs product of fangirl brainstorming.
Hikaru skipped down the road, bokken1 in hand, slaying imaginary foes. A humongous Menos Grande. Or the evilest of overlords, just like Aizen. Or better yet, blocking a huge cero from a joint force of many Hollows. And all this easily handled solely by Kuchiki Hikaru.
“Howl and Scatter!” Were his parents’ zanpakutou release words.
Hikaru couldn’t wait to learn the name and release form of his own zanpakutou. Would it take the form of an animal, like his dad’s? Or would it have a strong, albeit flowery, presence like his father’s? Although his father had told Hikaru that Senbonzakura could also take a human form and had, at one time, met and taken care of baby Hikaru, though the Hikaru now didn’t remember a thing, being a baby at the time.
His reverie of zanpakutou forms and names was disturbed by three boys, older by the looks of it, up the road. They stood around something, blocking the view and the road from Hikaru, laughing, pulling and exclaiming over whatever they were surrounding.
“I’d never seen anything like this. It’s got...” one of them said, gesturing over his head and yanking on it.
It growled lowly.
Another of the boys poked it with his foot.
“Yeah! And look there... behind it...” This one, too, yanked at it. “It’s got a tail!!! Really there! Attached to its back!”
“Eww! Gross!”
The growl grew louder and menacing.
“Oh! It’s snarling. Do you think it’s gonna bite us?” the third one, who had stood back a little, asked with an almost trembling voice.
The one who‘d spoke first, mocked again. “You gonna bite us, little freak?”
It must have made a sudden or threatening move because the three boys jumped back, startled and Hikaru could see what they were taunting.
He gasped.
Susumu!
They were taunting little Susumu. Pulling his cute ears and yanking on his fluffy tail. And Susu-chan stood there, brave and bold, ears back menacingly and tail out threateningly, but no match to three much bigger boys.
Hikaru didn’t think. He ran up to the group, passed them in a flash and stood between them and Susu-chan, bokken out in attack mode. Susumu behind him. Protected.
“Hikaru-niichan!” Susumu exclaimed with reverence and stood closer.
Hikaru put a hand behind his back and held Susu-chan close to him. Protected.
The three boys looked at Hikaru, alarm on their faces, as if expecting to see another fox-boy but when they realised it was just another regular boy, even smaller than them, relief showed on their faces.
Just you wait! Hikaru thought. Another taunt at Susu-chan and you’ll regret it all. He firmed his hands on the wooden sword, fingers apart, breathing under control and waited for their next move.
They did what they knew best.
“What?! You gonna protect the little freak?”
Susumu flinched and stood closer to Hikaru but the menacing growl was back in his throat.
“Yeah! He and who else?” They all laughed but kept their distance.
Susumu bared his teeth.
“Aww! The little thing is gonna chew on our legs.”
“HE IS NOT A THING! HE’S KOMAMURA SUSUMU! AND HE IS MY FRIEND!”
“Oh! He is your friend?! Don’t you mean your pet?” They guffawed louder, holding their bellies with the laughter.
His father had always taught Hikaru to ignore taunts. And he had so far. But Hikaru had also been taught to stand up to bullies and protect his friends. So Hikaru bared his teeth, just like Susumu had, and struck forward, growling.
“Aw! The other one wants to bite too.” This one was the first to lose a tooth.
“Oh, you little...” The next one was hit on the knuckles as he tried to reach Hikaru.
The third one didn’t dare to move forward, instead he kept back and grabbed a stone from the road and aimed it at Susumu. Hikaru followed its trajectory and moved into it to prevent his friend from getting hurt. It hit Hikaru on the forehead.
The three boys ran screaming threats and insults.
“Freaks!”
“We’ll tell on you.”
“You wait and see. You won’t get away with this!”
Susumu stepped from behind Hikaru and snarled loudly as Hikaru tried to run after them, yelling, “Just you try it again. You chicken!”
Susumu held onto his arm preventing Hikaru from chasing the three boys.
“It’s okay, Hikaru-niichan.”
“It is not. They were making fun of you. They could’ve hurt you.”
Susumu lowered his head and bit his lower lip. “I know. I’m sorry, Hikaru-niichan.”
Hikaru stopped looking at the retreating form of the three boys, now far enough that they no longer posed any threat, and looked at Susu-chan.
“Silly! You don’t have to apologise.”
Susu-chan nodded but didn’t seem in better spirits.
“Sorry I yelled at you. Friends?” Hikaru hugged his friend, tenderly tugging on his ear.
Susumu relaxed with the hug and in no time was purring contently and giggling.
“Why were you alone?” Hikaru demanded to know. They weren’t too far from the Komamura house, but even so Susu-chan shouldn’t be out on his own. He needed to be at least as old as Hikaru to do so.
“I was chasing butterflies like we do with Ken-chan! And I was following them and ended up here. And then, I know you come home this way, everyday, so I was looking at butterflies and waiting for you to pass by when they showed up and started pulling on my tail and ears with force. Not tickling and playing like you and the twins do. Or Masaki-chan, even though she sometimes hurts me, but that because she’s still a baby. And then you got here and chased them away.” Susumu said in all this in one go and then smiled up at him, adoringly.
Hikaru nodded in understanding. “Well, next time wait by the house. I’ll come by and visit.”
“Next time, I’ll join you and we’ll fight them together, just like you did!”
Hikaru admired his braveness but Susu-chan was still too little. “But you don’t know how to fight poperly! You’ll get hurt and...”
Susumu interrupted him and explained, “my daddies said it was okay for me to go and train with you. So I can start learning how to fight and stuff!” He beamed at Hikaru.
“That’s great!” Hikaru squealed.
“Isn’t it?”
Both boys jumped and mocked played till a trickled of blood flowed down from Hikaru’s forehead into his eye.
Susumu pulled Hikaru down and licked the blood and the wound until it stopped bleeding.
At Hikaru’s dazed look, Susumu explained with a bloody grin, “my papa always licks my hurts better.”
July2009©MarinLiliz
1Bokken - is a wooden Japanese sword used for training.