The Meeting

If you asked Kon how exactly he met Rukia’s mod soul….well you’d be disappointed to hear how calm it actually was.
Of course with Kon’s loud boisterous voice, at first glance his story won’t seem that way. He’ll probably add exaggerated tales of how he saved ‘Chappy’, as the group called her, from certain doom. He’ll probably add a fib or two to make himself look good, and then a couple of jokes to make Ichigo look like the moron Kon thought him to be.
He’ll more than likely make the rather uneventful meeting into one big whole mess that resembles more like that of a fairytale.
Then again, if you’re into that sort of thing you might just like his version. But here’s how it really happened, ignoring Kon’s future theatrics.
It was a normal evening in the Kurosaki household. Ichigo was sitting, his head bent over his homework as he mumbled something about math problems and numbers not making any sense.
Rukia was laying stomach-down on Ichigo’s bed, her math book open but her eyes greedily reading over a manga she had forced Ichigo to buy her the day before.
Kon was next to her, satisfied at just watching his lovely nee-san read away. His beady eyes would wander over to Ichigo on occasion, making sure the carrot top wouldn’t get near his Rukia.
Then, Rukia’s phone began to beep, shortly followed by Ichigo’s substitute badge glowing on his desk. This, Kon thought, was also normal routine. The two had hollow duties, and apparently the hollow was a couple of miles away.
Kon then smiled because he knew what awaited. This was the part where Ichigo would ‘attempt’ to use his badge then have nee-san send him such a glare that forced the strawberry moron to reach for Kon and use him instead.
“Oi! What the hell are you doing?” Kon’s stitched smile stretched.
“What does it look like midget?! I obviously can’t fight the damn thing in my human body now can I?” The sarcastic tone didn’t flow well with Rukia.
“Stop being a smartass and change into a soul reaper properly before I obliterate your chances of ever having kids.”
She took out her candy dispenser as Ichigo grumbled about cutting off certain legs as he grabbed the stuffed lion and took out the green pill.
Kon could feel the exchange of souls, as Ichigo emerged in soul reaper form and Kon took over Ichigo’s human body. The boy jumped out the window following after the short woman who had gone ahead. As he left he shouted to the mod soul to not do anything reckless or he’d be having a permanent vacation up in his attic.
Kon ignored the warning and stretched out happily in Ichigo’s body. It wasn’t until a few moments later when he’d gotten adjusted to the boy’s body that he noticed that he wasn’t alone.
Nee-san’s body wasn’t a heaping mess of empty gigai flesh as he had expected, but it was sitting perfectly still on the edge of Ichigo’s bed, overlooking the opened window.
He knew Rukia had regain her power, what he hadn’t expected was for his nee-san to have a mod soul dispenser with her to use. Kon stared at the motionless body of Rukia as it breathed in and out silently, her eyes trained solely on whatever was outside.
His brown eyes focused outside to see if he could see what was grabbing her attention. He found nothing of interest. His expression turned to one of boredom as he stood there watching the mod soul inhabiting Rukia’s body do nothing.
Now Kon was a man of action and spontaneous movement, not this load of crap of standing still and obeying orders, like this one was doing. So, to lighten things up, but mostly to entertain himself, he jumped on the bed and caused Rukia’s body to bounce up in reaction.
He expected a reaction, an angry yell, a squeal of surprise, something. The mod soul just recollected herself and sat right back in the same spot, as if nothing had happened.
He growled, and folded his arms together in annoyance. He bitterly yelled out in his whiny voice “What kind of mod soul are you huh? I swear nee-san’s taste in mod souls is horrible! After she chose my awesome self her tastes have just gone downhill!”
No reaction.
Kon scowled, imitating a perfect ‘Ichigo’ look. “God….you’re so boring! I can’t wait till nee-san gets back so I can have some fun again! Even that idiot Ichigo is more fun than you!!”
Still…no reaction.
Kon was left stunned at how unaffected this mod soul was at his words. Here he was honoring her with his presence and his sultry voice, though he was offending her, and all she could do was stare out a dumb window?!
“Geez…” He mumbled. “You sure are the life of the party. Can’t even say a proper hello.”
He didn’t expect a response to that either, so he entertained himself by looking over Ichigo’s room to see what he could sabotage to cause some ruckus when the carrot top and nee-san came back.
As he stood to leave the other mod-soul alone since he would rather hang himself than try to talk to a statue for another second, he heard her voice.
“Hello, I’m Rukia-sama’s mod soul. My name is Chappy.” Its voice was so sickeningly sweet; it had Kon staring at this Chappy for a good ten seconds.
‘Rukia’s’ face turned to look at him and it smiled softly, kind, a way he hadn’t been smiled at since….well ever.
“Y-You finally talked.” He managed to stutter out.
Her eyes closed in thoughtful cutesy smile and she titled her head to one side. “Yes, it was the only thing I could really reply to since you started talking Mr. Mod soul.”
‘His’ cheeks felt warm at the affectionate way she talked, and he raised a brow at her words. “Huh?’
She blinked and then shrugged her shoulders. “Rukia-sama has me on watch after I nearly broke Ichigo’s arm twice and then jumped on him almost breaking his spine.” She giggled as if her attacks were the most common thing ever.
Kon’s confused look quickly turned to one of glee. Finally! Someone who loved torturing Ichigo as much as he did and she inhabited nee-san’s body as a bonus.
He extended out his hand and grinned sheepishly. “The name’s Kon, Chappy! Nice to meet you!”
She smiled and shook his hand and nodded. “Then you are Kon, and I am Chappy.”
Her smile made the mod soul blush again and he rubbed the back of his head. “Yes, that’s us, and you and I are gonna be real good friends Chappy.”
He hoped she didn’t hear the bit of lecherous tone he had taken at the end of that sentence, and smiled innocently as she seemed to contemplate over his words carefully.
Then she bobbed her head excitedly and said, “Yes! We are friends Kon, forever and ever!”
When Ichigo and Rukia returned from exterminating the hollow, they were nearly blown off their feet by what they saw.
Kon, in Ichigo’s body, was holding Chappy’s, in Rukia’s body, hand and telling her all about his ‘Great Adventures as a Stuffed Lion’.
What shocked the two soul reapers more was the fact of how gentle ‘Ichigo’s’ voice sounded as Kon spoke of his great tales, and how his eyes seemed to twinkle whenever ‘Rukia’ would giggle at the words he spoke, or the way the perverted lion finally seemed tamed from his usual antics.
They were even more shocked at how tranquil and peaceful Chappy made Rukia look as Kon continued to talk. As if her violent attack from just a few days ago never happened.
The two mod souls continued talking and listening to each other, as if the two real owners of the bodies they were in weren’t really there.
Rukia strangled back a choke of laughter as she whispered up at her orange-haired companion. “What the hell do you think happened here?”
Ichigo snorted and rubbed the back of his head. “Beats me. All I know is they better end this soon cause I got homework that needs to be done. “
The two continued to watch the exchange between the two mod souls, both wondering how such violent things as these two could look so calm and in place as they did now.

Late Night

A Short NaruSaku One-shot.

The sink was clean of plates, the plates were dry and placed in their appropriate spot, and the leftover food from her dinner was already packed in the fridge. The dining table was cleared, and the lights in the kitchen were turned off.

All in all, it was a typical evening for Sakura Haruno, but...something was missing.

Sakura's hand dangled off the side of the couch she was laying on, her fingers twitching from time to time. Her green eyes twinkled with the relfection the moonlight made off of the ceiling fan above her. Her hair lay all over the small pillow that held her head.

Her lips seem to move soundlessly, singing a song she didn't know the words to. The window feet from her laid open, and let in a cool breeze that faltered her strange focus on the ceiling of the apartment.

Her lips stopped moving and her head turned to stare at the curtains as they flowed back and forth like smooth satin waves. Her lips formed a tight line and she scowled at the wind.

"Playing games with me are you?" She spoke to the wind as it momentarily stopped. "You know that's the noise he makes when he comes back...so stop joking around." She mumbled angrily as the wind picked up again and continued its dance with her curtains.

She placed her arm over her face as she let out a heavy sigh. She realized how stupid she sounded...talking to an inanimate object. Her lips curled into a small smirk as she pondered on her sanity.

Then...she heard it. A small seize of the blowing wind as a large object seemed to block its flowing path. She quickly rose from the couch and her green eyes stared intently at the window that she yelled at only minutes before.

Her eyes narrowed as the wind's howls could be heard outside, yet the curtains stopped moving.

A shadow appeared then, hanging carefully on her windowsill's edge. It was the shape of a human, with too much weaponry on its back, and unruly spiked hair.

She smiled then, and walked over to the window to move aside the curatins that obscured her view.

"Sakura-chan..." Was the husky and breathless response she recieved as the curtains revealed an anbu with blond hair kneeling on her window.

His grin was wide, his azure eyes bright and shining in the darkness of the night, his whiskers nearly hidden in the dirt and smudge surrounding his face, and some clumps of dirt clung to his messy locks.

She raised a fine pink brow and questioned him, "You come home late and expect me to let you in, especially looking like some giant dirt-ball?"

His grin faltered and his pout took its place as he spoke with hurt feelings. "Ne, Sakura-chan! That's cruel! I worked on this mission all day...I promise to take a bath as soon as I get in...please??"

Sakura rolled her eyes and punched his tattoo-clad shoulder. "Naruto, whining like a little baby won't get you anywhere, you're twenty for god's sake!"

She tried to contain her laughter as he watched his eyes water with the tears he's learned to use over his years as a prankster. "B-But Sakura-chan...I'm not whining, I just wanna get inside and out of the cold."

She shakes her head and steps aside to let him in. He grins and jumps in; proceeding to engulf her in one of his huge bear hugs as he covers her in his dirt.

She growls at his action and stomps her foot on his toes. He yelps in pain and releases her. "Look what you've done now Naruto! Geez, learn some restraint moron!"

Before he can pout and whine again she pushes him toward their bathroom with an upset look. "None of your retarded excuses Naruto, get in there and get cleaned before I kick you out for good!"

Naruto waits until he's pushed inside the bathroom to turn and give her a warm smile. She's caught off-guard and waits for him to say what's on his mind.

"I'm home..." he whispers lovingly as he kisses her forehead and closes the door behind him with a soft thud.

Sakura blinks as she lets his words sink in. Then she lets a small blush dust her cheeks as she smiles with slight embarassment.

"Baka." She whispers endearly as she makes her way back to the kitchen to make him some ramen.

It's just another late night, she thinks as she pours water into a pot.

Please help.....someone....?

I'm so confused right now. Version Vibrant is awesome and all, but I have no idea how to submit pictures, where all my fav fan manga and fan art went. I just need some help, if anyone else has had enough luck to have figured out everything on this new The Otaku.com please PM me and explain....I just don't want to hate coming here cause of my lack of figuring things out.

(EDIT)- SO I figured out how to post images -laughs nervously- kinda feel retarded for not seeing it before, but anyways....just gonna see if my dumb luck will keep working and I can figure other things out