The Secret Bounts
Prologue
-nobody's POV-
A sparrow watched with interest as two cats were fighting. It was storming, so it had decided to take shelter in a tree. There were a lot of catfights in this part of the Rukon District, but this one seemed …different, somehow. One cat, a male, was white with black stripes and a skull-and–crossbones shaped spot on his forehead, blue eyes, and a odd black symbol on his right shoulder. The other cat, a female, had the same symbol on her left shoulder. She had a golden-colored pelt with white `socks' on each paw, a black tipped tail, and green-no, emerald- eyes that were almost snake-like. If not for their size, the two would have looked almost like a white tiger and lioness fighting! That is, if it weren't for the she-cat's `water claws' (water molded around the front paws to make deadly extended claws…think shadow claw, only with water.) and the male cat's shadow extending, and then connecting, with the she-cat's shadow, immediately dragging her down to the male's position, unable to move without mimicking his every move ( think shadow-possession jutsu). The male began to move backward at a rapd pace, and then smirking as he heard a loud "thud "as the she-cat's body hit the wall behind her and she fell, limp. The male approached cautiously, releasing her shadow. She smiled. "Big mistake" she thought as she waited for him to draw ever closer to his doom. "close enough" she thought, as she whispered quietly, "Zeige Dich, Mizu". She watched as her watery doll rose from the ground, effectively ensnaring her opponent, rendering him unable to move. She stood up. " your doll was strong, but mine was stronger. Water is the destroyer of the shadows."
"Really!" he asked skeptically." I thought that was light! It's nice to know that my opponent was well educated! I never knew water could harm an object that doesn't even have a physical form!" he smirked. The she cat grinned.
"I find you a worthy-and humorous- opponent. My name is Taiyō. What, pray tell, is yours?" she asked.
"Doku. It is nice to know that I am not the only feline bount in existence. I hope to make your acquaintance, milady" he said, going into an exaggerated bow.
"Huh, you're funny! I think we'll make good friends." She said, leaping to a rooftop. "See you around, Doku!" she said cheerily, walking away. "Hm, Doku huh?" she mused, rolling the name around her toungue. She liked the way it sounded. Kind of ironic, though. A cat that controls shadows had a name literally meaning poison! Then again, her name meant sunburst, so who is she to critique? Either way, she would have to remember his name if she ever saw him again. Oh, joy. Another boring task. Oh, well. And now to try and either a. enter the seireitei, b. find Ran Tao, that stupid soul reaper who created the bounts, or c. be lazy and not do anything untill something exciting, like ryoka, happened. Eh, she was too lazy for a or b, so she chose c. More time to train with her doll, Mizu. Which reminded her, what was the other bount's doll called? He had muttered it, so she couldn't really tell what he was saying. Oh, well. It wasn't like she would see him anytime soon, so what did it matter? But it still would've been nice to know.
Doku watched his new 'acquaintance', not quite friend yet, walk away. He knew he would probally never see her again. " So now I go back to being lonely, huh Kage" he asked his doll, who had made itself into a cat-like shape. It nodded. Kage did not like to talk much, and normally kept to himself. Not at all close to his master's personality, which was joking and sarcastic. Doku turned back to where Taiyō had disappeared into the horizon. He had just met her, so why did he feel a pang of lonliness, regret, and sorrow? No, he must be imagining things. He quickly shook off the feeling and stalked off in the opposite direction. Time to terrorize some poor, helpless souls and start feeding. He was very hungry. His last soul had been three days ago. Well, human soul. He didn't think that rats counted.