[Title]:Mistletoe Kisses'08 - Chapter 05
[Characters]: Asano Keigo and Madarame Ikkaku. Mentions of some Shinigami.
[Word Count]: 835 words
[Finished]: 15.January.2009
[Beta]:
ginyanote [Warnings]: Fluff
[Rating]: PG
[Notes]: It's kind of a filler chapter, or better, a quick glimpse at what is happening in Soul Society before Aizen gets there.
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Y!gallery account and would like to know how I got hooked up on Ikkaku/Keigo check out
YanaGoya's gallery, she's brilliant. (You'll need an account to view the Mature content material that inspired me, it's really hot and very NSFW )
Disclaimer: Do not own Bleach and will not make a profit out of this fic. All characters © Kubo Tite
Asano Keigo was marvelled by every single thing he had seen since entering the Christmas party. No, every single thing since he’d entered the world he hardly thought could exist. He couldn’t stop jumping up and down with excitement.
He was somewhat aware of the strange happenings that sometimes occurred in Karakura Town, but never really paid them that much attention; Ichigo and the gang seemed to be there to solve things, so he dismissed them most of the times.
But since the arrival in town and at the school, of gorgeous Matsumoto-san, tough Hitsugaya-kun, hot-tempered Abarai-san, pretty Ayasegawa-san and burly Madarame-san, it had been almost impossible to ignore what was happening. Having Madarame-san and Ayasegawa-san camp at his house had been the last straw to his self imposed delusions. Keigo had believed.
So when the invitation to the Christmas party in this world - Soul Society - had been made to those of Karakura town who could sense or observe these events, he had thought it over quickly and jumped on the adventure. Well, the fact that most of his classmates where attending had also made it an easy decision. So, leaving Kojima-kun to his broad-filled Hawaiian party, he had embarked on this journey.
Madarame-san had been his host so far, showing Keigo the sights and costumes of Soul Society and introducing him to dozens of other Shinigami - as they called themselves.
The Captains had been pointed out to him, as well as their vice-captains; Keigo had been incredibly surprised to learn that Abarai-san and Matsumoto-san were fukutaichou and abysmally astonished that Hitsugaya-kun was a taichou. Wonders never ceased.
He’d seen Matsumoto-san entertaining Arisawa, Inoue and a few other girls; Hitsugaya-kun near another white-haired shinigami who was trying to offer him sweets; Renji was with Ichigo, Rukia and a bored, black-haired Shinigami in captain’s robes and Ayasegawa-san - throwing him dirty looks, Keigo wasn’t really sure why - near a huge man with spiky hair and a tiny pink-haired girl hanging on his back.
He’d met a captain wearing a straw hat and a pink haori - Kyouraku, if he wasn’t mistaken - who insisted on having him drink sake even after Keigo told him repeatedly that he was underage and only the arrival of a white-haired man - Jyuu-chan? - and a glasses-wearing woman - Nanao-chan? - had diverted his attention from Keigo. He also met, Hisagi-san and Kira-san, who were a really nice couple. He snickered at the 69 tattooed on Hisagi-san’s face and wondered if they knew what it meant in the human world. Seeing that being gay was completely acceptable in Soul Society, they probably did know and that made it even more amusing. Keigo couldn’t stop laughing for a while, which earned him a few weird looks from all around.
Now, Keigo was waiting for Madarame-san to return with some drinks. When he did, he asked, “you enjoying the party?”
Keigo nodded emphatically.
“Yes.”
And taking a look around the hall, asked, “do you do this often?”
“Ya mean the party?” Madarame-san offered him his non-alcoholic drink. “Yep, every year. There’s been some very ‘teresting stories, throughout the years. Let’s see what‘ll happen this time.”
“What interesting stories?” Keigo’s curiosity was piqued.
“Let's just say, that last year the mistletoe had loads of action.”
Keigo snorted his drink but prodded more information with an interested nod, while wiping his nose.
“First Jyuu-chan, well Ukitake-taichou, surprised everyone by kissing Kuchiki-sama over there.”
He pointed to the black-haired Shinigami, who’d been near Ichigo and Rukia and was now moving towards a small, harried looking Shinigami.
“Then Renji wasn’t happy with that and spent all night trying to get Kuchiki-taichou to kiss him.”
“I didn’t know Abarai-san and... uhm Kuchiki-sama were an item.”
“Hehe, neither did we, then.” Madarame-san laughed. “Kuchiki-taichou spent the rest of the Holidays kissing everyone he could find under mistletoe. It was hilarious seeing Renji mope after him. But I heard he finally caught him under some mistletoe and got his kiss.”
“Ah, that’s good then,” Keigo smiled. “So anything else exciting happened?”
Madarame-san eyed the sweets table and then looked across the room to the table where Ayasegawa-san and the huge captain were and sighed very softly, before responding. “Not really.”
Sensing a touchy subject he tried a change of subject. “So you come every year? To the party, I mean?”
“Nah, it’s more like a family thing or for couples to attend.” Madarame-san still looked distracted.
“Oh...okay. So...hmm...” Keigo was out of words.
“Well I did use to come with Yumichika. But that was then...”
“Yeah... Well...” Still no words; strange feeling, it didn’t happen often.
Madarame-san finally turned back to him. “But this year, I got to come with you, so all is fine.”
Keigo blushed, still not knowing what to say, a warm feeling growing in his belly.
“Hey?” Madarame-san smiled.
“Yeah?” The warm feeling was rising to his chest.
“Maybe you could come next year too.”
The explosion of heat in Keigo’s chest was devastating, but he managed a weak, “that'd be great.”
January2009©MarinLiliz
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