Pieces of Treasure

R-Rin visited? They accidentally what? Ways to enter?

She...She didn't need to die to go? She could stay alive and still go? That...If...If that were the case then...then she'd accept going, but still-!

"I-If I don't need...need to die to get there...then..then fine." She still seemed...unsure about the whole idea, but she was wavering.

"Of course not! There are special portals for shinigami, and arrancar could just garganta you there." A butterfly, the same lazy one she'd always had, floated out of her clothes and moved to the grass a bit away at the unspoken signal. Doors appeared in air, glowing as Aoi pointed. "This is a regular one, I don't think you could enter it but I won't summon a special one without at least telling Masaru first. As a Captain, one of the 13, I have special privileges now so it should be no hassle as long as I don't cause him any headaches."

"R...Right." Muika said with a small nod as Aoi explained the portals, watching as the butterfly left her clothes before she opened on of them right where they were. That one...was meant for shinigami only, from what Aoi said anyway.

When she mentioned needing to get special permission first, Muika gave another nod. That would be fine...

"Yep, no worries. You'll be fiiine. You won't even leave the Seireitei, so it won't even be dangerous at all. Rin went out into the Rukon, where the regular souls live." Aoi laughed and the butterfly closed the gates, the light fading as she smiled down at Muika. "Aaand you'll have a story for Iyuki when you get back. Imagine his face when you get to tell him where you get to go~"

"M-Mm..." Muika gave another nod, she...it wouldn't even be dangerous then, so there wouldn't be any worries of...dying for real. "As long...as it won't be dangerous."

When she mentioned a story for Iyuki she...how was she supposed to tell him about...Just casually say she went to the afterlife!? How would that even work out!? Still, she...She'd definitely have something notable to inform him of...she supposed Aoi was right...when it came to that.

Aoi just smiled and nodded. It seemed like Muika would go then! Aoi could show her her house and get her fitted! Someone, someone would get to see it that she knew really well. Ah this was exciting, a girls date and she could show her so much! It would be cool and she was sure Muika would like to see some of it!

Sparkling, Aoi spun in another circle.

Muika watched as Aoi seemed to brighten, happy that they seemed to have a plan of going to the Soul Society sometime soon. She..was still a bit on edge about it, but as she'd said...as long as it wasn't dangerous she'd be fine with it.

Blinking, Aoi turned to Muika as she remembered something very very important. "You've been careful riiight? No more accidents?"

Detention would be required if so. Aoi's smile was bright as she thought about that. Finally... a detention...

"H-Huh!?" Accidents... "N-No! Of c-course not! I-I'm on medication for...for that now!" Muika answered, her face returning to the red shade she'd had earlier. That...There hadn't been any accidents like that! There hadn't been!

Aoi grinned a bit teasingly. "Well thats news~ Whats some other things that have gone on recently? I...told you some of mine but some of it...would be complicated to explain unless you wanted a long explanation."

"Rin did agree to try and tie me up though!" Aoi exclaimed, having forgotten to tell Muika this before!

"Th..There hasn't been...that much...I..." What was there to really say? That...There weren't that many things that had happened, were there? "D-Did he...that's good."

She almost attempted to throw the attention off of her with that, but...Aoi would probably catch on to that...

"A..h...the apartment is nice." Muika replied, "I-I got better at cleaning, I got my chain repaired, I-Iyuki and I c-confessed....and..." No. No she couldn't tell Aoi that....that that damn advice had worked. No way!

Aoi did not believe that for one second! This seemed different with Muika and at Muika's happy response to the tying up, Aoi gave her a grateful grin. Listening, she smiled before that smile became confused.

Uh... Wait what? More context. "Cleaning is good! Um....what your chain broke?! You two CONFESSED?! No waaay! And...what?"

She needed more. What had even happened while she was too busy?!

"A-Ah w-well...I my chain...ah, wait...you might get mad about that...U-um, y-yeah we did, w-we've been able to say it though, p-pretty often to each other...a-and t-that's it!" There was nothing else! Absolutely nothing else! Definitely not!

"...Mad?" Aoi's voice became utterly curious, her head tilting as a confused smile once more appeared. What was going on? Muika was stuttering so much... and hiding something and...

Aoi felt it. It shot through her. She felt... envy. Saying...I love you...often!? The...The Nerds...

They were beating them! Aoi's eyes widened, she flipped open her phone and sent Rin a text.

[THE NERDS ARE WINNING RIN ;-;]

For the moment she seemed distracted with her furious texting.

"Y-Yeah..." Mad might be the right word, or maybe it was somewhat of an understatement. Mentioning Seiya actually showed up on their doorstep, walked inside their apartment, cut them off from her weapon...though she could always soften the blow with saying Iyuki sent him tripping down the stairs...

For now though, it seemed she was saved from explaining that...as Aoi moved to texting. What?

[...What?] Was the reply Aoi received.

Aoi glanced up, she'd ask more in a moment. She sent Rin another fevered text with a frown.

[Muika and Iyuki say I love you a lot and Muika admitted to me they confessed and I can't even tell her what I said to you. Rin we are losing. ;-;]

Aoi blinked and then looked up at Muika. "...Muiiiika. Stop evading things. You aren't telling me something, that you were gonna say and now you won't tell me how your weapon got broken? These are important!"

She was pretending the confessed words didn't happen. If they didn't, then Rin and her were not losing.

[It's a competition? Wait, are you in town?]

"B-But..." Muika, one thing would make her angry...the other would make her probably smug beyond belief... "I...My weapon got broken because...because Seiya broke it." She finally explained. "He came over and out of precaution, I guess, he used a pair of pliers to cut it off of me...I-Iyuki got mad though, and with his soul pulling he kept Seiya from moving any. Ah...and after he'd sent him out and noticed I'd gotten cut he tripped him down the stairs..."

And...And there. That...The other thing could not be spoken of! In the end she decided the anger triumphed over the embarrassment she'd receive by even trying to admit it.

[...Maybe...]

Aoi closed her phone with a fakely amused smile. Oh whooops. She was going to surprise him... but now whoops...

Listening to Muika though, that fake amusement and rather any amusement disappeared. A dark aura surrounded her... "Ehhh? Seiya... went after you two? After I warned him? Its good he fell down the stairs. Mmm, I might have to go...pay him another visit."

Her one eye tinged yellow, the schlera turning black. "He broke your weapon too... Bet he thought he was smart. He really isn't if he did that when I said not to~"

Maybe someone needed a visit before the probably angry Rin.

What...Muika wasn't sure if her vision was fooling her or if she was actually seeing what she thought she was. Aoi's eye...? That dark aura surrounded her too, just what she'd expected from telling her that.

"He said he came to...see? He mentioned having come to see himself because Aito wasn't reliable anymore. I guess he meant he came to check in? I didn't let him stick around long enough to ask, though I didn't really care to begin with."

"Of course Ai-Ai isn't. He's not a miserably fucked up person like Seiya. Even Seiya beats me out for that~" Aoi's eyes leaked away from the yellow as she laughed, wanting nothing more than to put her daggers through Seiya's gut now.

"...Oh. I see. I seee...thats what he did. He used what he had used to confirm he hadn't hurt you two to make sure to trace you two back. I almost killed him, he made sure to find out you two were fine. I'm sorry Muika, that's my fault. I lost my temper..." Deflating, her anger left her as she ruffled the side of her head without the bun on it.

Hopefully Rin would be fine with that maybe...

Aoi had mentioned beating him up...so that's how he'd figured it out. Still...no harm had really been done. Iyuki had kept Seiya from even moving and pushed him out, they'd both been fine after that...her anger was mostly directed at Seiya...for showing up in the first place, and for making Iyuki waste his energy like that.

"It's alright, he got pushed out. Other than to cut my chain he didn't get near me."

"Okay good." Aoi smiled, a bit... it wasn't fake but there was a hint of something rather bad in it. She planned on a visit to the smug asshole in her day now. Rin could wait just a bit longer for the news~ It wasn't as if Seiya needed to see her for her to cause him hassle...

Her smile turned just a bit darker as she nodded. "I am glad you both are safe then."

"Mm...We're both fine, he hasn't shown up since." Muika explained, "The last visitor we had over was...Aito, I-Iyuki's trying to befriend him."

Still...she couldn't see why, but Iyuki wanted to so she wouldn't argue on it.

"...Aito is friends with Iyuki? You let him in your house? Is...he...free now too?" Aoi blinked, another dangerous smile appearing on her face. Ai Ai... had not contacted her. He had been in contact with Iyuki and Muika and not thought to tell her?

She blinked more.

"I-Iyuki is trying to be friends with him, and...I-I didn't want him there but...Iyuki wants to be his friend for some reason so I won't argue. A-Apparently Iyuki told him he should contact you...he gave him your number." Muika blinked, that smile of Aoi's didn't seem very friendly. "I don't know the whole story, just that some woman helped him out and he's got his own apartment now."