This is an experiment fanfiction to see if my new style is effective. I rather like it, but it might be too fluffy for the common person. Read on personal risk! The first chapter is very, VERY corny and out of character so read if you dare.

WARNING: Do not read if you have ever experienced a fluffy break down! If you start to feel woozy then take a long break until you are feeling 100 better! If this story leaves you scared for life then you have my sincerest apology, because there isn't anything I can do about it.

Piece's of Love

By Hilary Gentry

Piece one,

Pai had been watching Zakuro for quite a while now. He was supposed to watch her every movement and learn where she goes on a daily base's. It was now midday and Zakuro was at one of her modeling things. Pai was floating near a building keeping an eye on her. He watched with a bored expression as Zakuro moved form person to person signing autographs. She really didn't seem to be enjoying being crowded by so many people, but kept a really fake smile in place that whole time. In all honesty Pai wanted something to happen, like an earthquake. This was incredibly boring. After about twenty minutes she escaped the mass of people and went to her changing room. Pai got up off the building and flew next to her changing room open window. She was already changed and was talking to some guy. A little ease dropping wouldn't hurt. He got a little closer to the window and listened.

"Zakuro, you did wonderful!" The guy said in an excited tone.

"Thanks" she said moving to sit in her chair. The guy sat in the one opposite.

"You did even better then usual"

"What are you getting at?"

"Zakuro, I've been thinking. Maybe you should join a club of some sort. I mean you could earn some extra money and you would draw more attention to yourself." The guy let out a small laugh. "Not that you need anymore money" Zakuro shook her head.

"I'm not joining a club. I already have way to much stuff to do"

"Zakuro you only model once a week. What else do you have to do?" Pai snorted, 'you mean other then fighting for your undeserving life' he thought. He peered back in to the window. That comment seemed to bother Zakuro deeply.

"My privet life is mine alone." The man looked taken aback.

"Well, think about it" He suggested. He then handed her a white envelope. "This is your check for this week, don't spend it all in one place" Zakuro glared at him then muttered a 'Thank you' at his retreating back. She then stood and grabbed a long black jacket. It was torn and raggy, not really something a super model would wear. She rapped it around her thin frame and pulled the hood up. She walked down the back stairs and out the back door, which was right under were Pai was floating. He watched her look right and left then walked down the ally. 'What in the world?' Pai thought. She was obviously trying to hide her identity. He followed her to an old building and watched her go in. The building had no windows from what he could see. Apparently she went in the back door. He could not identify what it was because the building had no title on the back. He hesitantly followed her in. The ceiling was high so as he entered he went directly up and hid in a dark corner. He looked around and found that it looked like a house on the inside. The walls were painted cotton candy blue and the floor was made of oak tree wood. The building was in dire need of a new… everything. Everything looked old and used. He looked back to Zakuro who was talking to a rather large lady. I know not very nice but that's what she was, fat.

"Welcome back Miss Zakuro, the children miss you dearly." Zakuro gave the women a warm smile like one Pai had never seen before. If she smiled like that while modeling, he was sure she would be known worldwide.

"Here, thanks for letting me come back" She gave the women the envelope. The women looked at it curiously then opened it. Her eyes widened.

"Miss Zakuro, this is yours! You don't have to pay me at all for coming here!" She tried to give the money back, but Zakuro refused.

"I have more then enough. That's yours. Get the kids some new close or something." The lady smiled gratefully.

"Thank you." She said. Zakuro smiled again.

"Do I get to see them or not?" Zakuro asked in a playfully voice. The women nodded then opened the door behind them. They both walked in and closed the door behind them. Pai wasn't sure what to do. Open the door? That could be dangerous. She might see him, but that conversation made him really want to know what was going on. He slowly lowered him self to the floor and walked over to the door. He reached for the door handle but it turned before he touched it. He gasped and his eyes widened. He stumbled back a few steps as the door opened to the fat lady. She looked at him once then screamed. It was loud. His hands instinctively flew to cover his ears.

"It's you! From television, the one that was at the rock concert!" She was screaming and it was hurt his ears more then he would ever thought. He had been expecting this kind of reaction from a human but he never imagined them to be this load. There was this huge ringing in his head that was making him dizzy. He narrowed his eyes at her. Her whole body shook with effort to put as much space between them as possible.

"Stop yelling" he cried over her screaming. Zakuro rushed out of the room and took in the predicament. She ran over to the fat lady and tried to calm her down.

"Miss Hisaka, it's ok this guy is (She grimaced) my friend" Zakuro said shaking the fat lady slightly. She stopped and started taking in sharp breaths.

"But this is that alien that started the earthquake at the rock concert" Miss Hisaka said.

"No, no that was a different alien. That one had brown hair remember?" The fat lady looked at Pai's hair.

"Oh your right! So this one's your friend?" She asked Zakuro. Zakuro nodded. "That's wonderful! Well I'm going to take a nap, you two watch over the kids" She walked up the stairs and turned left. Zakuro let out a sigh.

"I'm not your friend" Pai said rubbing his agitated ears.

"No your not, but she wouldn't stop if I hadn't said that would she?" She turned to walk back in to the door again then stopped and turned to Pai. "However as long as you are here, you're my friend. No fighting here." Pai just stared, then shook it off and followed her in to the room. As soon as she opened the door about twelve kids toppled forward on top of Zakuro. They were all different ages from four to eleven. They slowly got off Zakuro.

"I think we squished Zakuro-neesan." A brown haired girl said. They all nodded in unison then ran back in to the room. Zakuro blinked a few times then got up and went through the door. The room was colored a deep violet there were two rows of beds around the walls. Two or three were made, the rest were harboring blankets at the ends of the beds or on the floor. There were toys spilled on the ground near a wooden box. This room was carpeted and had a few stains on it. This room had a high ceiling with rafters' going horizontal and vertical patterns. There were two windows on the opposite wall they were cracked and need cleaning. Upon entering the room Pai noticed there was one boy that was sitting by him self in the corner. He couldn't be older then six he seemed to have a sad aura around him but kept up an impressive look of indifference on his face. The child looked strangely similar to Pai when he was wearing that face. All the kids, boys and girls alike, ran and jumped on Zakuro. Effectively knocking her over again. She was laughing as the kids started tickling her. She tried to fight back, but she was out numbered. She just gave in and let them tickle her. Pai couldn't help but look back to the kid in the corner. He watched the children play with her longingly but went back to playing with his toy car. The kids surrounding Zakuro seemed satisfied that they had got her good enough and turned and noticed Pai for the first time.

"Hey look!" a little boy said pointing at Pai. Everyone looked at him, some with interest, and others fear.

"Everyone, this is Pai. He's my, cough friend and he came with me today." Zakuro announced. Now everyone looked interested.

"Zakuro-neesan you never brought anyone here before! Is he your boy friend?" a little girl asked. Zakuro shoot a disgusted look at Pai then shook her head.

"Just a friend" Not sure what to do everyone just looked between Zakuro and Pai. Then that little boy from the corner stood and walked over to Pai.

"I like your ears" He said. Zakuro gasped, then burst out laughing. As if that gave everyone the right to do the same, they sprinted over to him and started shooting questions and complements. The little boy grabbed his car and sat back in his corner. Pai overwhelmed by the attention just started backing away from everyone else. Once they had cornered him he jumped and landed in the rafters, safe from the little monsters finally.

"Everyone! Outside!" Zakuro demanded. They all did as they were told and went outside. Zakuro smiled up at Pai then yelled up to him, "You try to rule the world and you get defeated by a bunch of kids?" Pai frowned and jumped down.

"Why does that boy refuse to play with the others?" Pai asked nodding towards the child that had caught his attention. Zakuro's smile faded and she suddenly looked solemn.

"Pai do you know where we are?" Zakuro asked. Pai slowly shook his head. "This is an orphanage" Pai looked shocked. An orphan? These children are orphans? "In a fire, about a month ago. When he said that he like your ears was the first time I've heard him talk to anyone but me. He's a sweet heart but never comes near me when all the other kids are around" Zakuro giggled.

"What's so funny?" Pai asked. Zakuro blushed.

"I don't know, I guess I like your ears too" Pai looked at her incredulously. This whole thing was going crazy! I mean first, Zakuro calls him her friend. I have no idea where that came from. Second, since when has Zakuro been so trusting of Pai? And now she's telling him that she likes his ears. Has hell frozen over? Pai watched as she started laughing some more. Yes, hell has most definitely frozen over. Once the room was cleared of kids the little boy came back to Zakuro and tugged on her shirt. Zakuro looked down at him and smiled. "Yes?"

"Can you hold me?" he looked like a lost puppy. Zakuro felt a great swell of affection toward the boy and knelled in front of him. The boy ran in to her arms and hugged her.

"Of course!" Zakuro said picking him up and hugging him to her chest. "Introduce your self" The boy looked at her and smiled.

"My name is Joey" He looked a little scared as if he wanted to say something but wasn't sure if he should. "Umm,"

"Is they're something else?" Zakuro asked.

"Could I call you mommy?" He asked unsure of himself. Totally forgetting about Pai she smiled brightly.

"Of course you can call me mom, Joey!" Joey smiled then frowned.

"Do you think mommy up in heaven would be mad at me for getting a new mommy? If she would, then I won't call you mom. 'Cause my old mom might be sad that I call mom someone else" Zakuro shook her head.

"I think your old mom would be happy because now you'll have some one new who cares for you." Joey's face brightened.

"Does that mean you will adopt me?" He asked excitedly.

"I'm sorry I can't adopt you, I'm only eighteen. You have to be twenty to be about to adopt."

"He looked saddened by this but replied quietly, "Can I still call you mommy?"

"Sure you can"

"Ok mommy" He cried latching to her neck.

"Now I want you to go play with the other kids ok?" She lowered him to the ground and he bounded down.

"Yes mommy!" Joey scampered outside with the rest of the kids. Pai glared at Zakuro as she straightened up. She gave him a questioning look.

"What is it?"

"It's cruel to lead children on like that. I know, how... I guess that just goes to show how humans are." Zakuro chuckled. "It's not funny. It's evil"

"You apparently don't think that I would not adopt him if I could" Zakuro said. Pai continued to glare. "I know you don't trust me but I will adopt him when I'm older. If there's one thing I've learned all my life it's never break a promise if you can help it." She tilted her head toward Pie "But even though I want to adopt him doesn't mean I'll be able to."

"Why?" Pai asked wondering why he cared.

"Because you and your alien friends plan on killing us all off anyway. And even if you don't succeed in killing us all, I might die trying to stop you." Pai couldn't say anything to this. It was true if all went according to plan, neither of these two would have a chance. "You started saying something about you knowing how Joey would feel if he was left alone. What did you mean?" This question caught him off guard. How had he let that slip?

"It's nothing," he said turning his eyes down cast.

"It's something!" Zakuro said firmly.

"I'm not aloud to tell you"

"Why not?"

"Because it's one of the many rules Kish, Tart and myself are suppose to follow"

"There are rules to conquering the world?" Zakuro asked raising an eyebrow.

"Yes there is a big book of rules. I've been breaking one for about an hour now"

"What? No socializing with humans?"

"Yes"

"Why aren't you aloud to be near humans?"

"You don't want to know"

"Yes I do!"

"Well, as much as you might no want to believe it, but we have conciseness too. And we get attached to things just as easily as humans do"

"Oh?"

"Yes and unfortunately all three of us have broken that rule. Everyone knows that Kish loves that Ichigo person and Tart seems to like that monkey girl"

"What about you?" Zakuro asked. And yet again Pai found himself in another problem.

"I have been around humans to much that I've started spilling personal information."

"You can tell me." Zakuro urged.

"The last time I've told anyone about myself," he flinched. "Bad things happened" He said standing up. "I must leave now" He turned to leave.

"Hey wait!" A little voice called. Joey stepped into the room. "Mr. will you come back again with mommy?" Pai seemed to be considering his words but he shook his head.

"No I will not" he said and left.

End of Piece One

How did you like it? I know it was corny and probably very painful to read. Please review so I can continue. I already have the next chapter ready so if I get one review I'll update.

Thank you,

Llamachick