-1Chapter 6.
Tala tried to catch Renji's eye but he wouldn't look at her, his gaze was fixed upon Raiden, she looked between the two wondering what was going on, Raiden looked as confused as she felt. She frowned as Renji raised his sword and pointed it at Raiden, "Renji what are you doing?" She asked in a strangled voice. She saw him shift to move forwards, Tala tried to act but Raiden pushed her away, she staggered backwards and Renji raised his sword and brought it down over Raiden's head. Tala's eyes widened, she tensed, ready to attack Renji but Raiden had moved. She blinked looking around for him, Renji looked startled as well and looked around for the boy.
Turning around a shadow fell across Tala's face, looking up she saw Raiden standing on the edge of a roof. Her face creased into a frown, how had he moved so fast? He leaned forwards and tumbled through the air, her eyes widened, he landed on his feet and swayed, she saw that his eyes had clouded over. Tala looked over at Renji who had noticed all of this, she saw him tense and launch himself forwards, Tala kicked herself off the ground and barrelled into Renji. They both crashed to the floor, Tala attempted to roll free but Renji held onto her arm. "What are you doing?" She asked, her voice was strained, she had no idea what was going on.
"Go home, you shouldn't be here," Renji grunted.
"Why? What's goi-" She was thrown through the air before she could finish her question, twisting in the air she landed in a crouch and skidded backwards. Rising she prepared to attack Renji again but he was gone, she frowned, Raiden was gone as well. She looked around, where had they gone? She closed her eyes and searched for their spirit power but she couldn't find it. Sighing she looked at the ground and closed her eyes, putting her hand to her head she murmured, "what is going on?"
Shaking her head she headed back towards home, she frowned and stared at the ground as she moved, she couldn't figure out what was going on, she wanted to know why Renji had attacked Raiden and where they had both gone. Pushing open her front door she kicked off her shoes and headed into the living room, dropping down onto the sofa she closed her eyes. When her dad came home she would ask him if he knew why Renji had done what he did, if he didn't know then she would have to go and see Urahara, she didn't want to but she knew that he would know, he always knew what was going on. She opened her eyes and let her head fall against the sofa, she hoped her dad knew, she found it hard to trust Urahara as he seemed to keep so much to himself.
The door opened and Tala looked over the back of the sofa, she saw her dad walk in looking extremely tired, his shoulders sagged and his eyes were bloodshot. Getting up she padded over to him and asked, "are you ok?" He closed his eyes and nodded, taking hold of his arm she guided him into the living room and onto the sofa. Heading into the kitchen she flipped the switch on the kettle and grabbed a mug from the cupboard. She dropped some coffee into the cup and leant against the cabinet with her arms folded, he was to tired, she couldn't ask him what was happening, she'd have to go and see Urahara. Sighing she turned around, the kettle reached boiling point and clicked, she poured water into the cup and stirred it. Grabbing the milk from the fridge she poured a little into the steaming cup before carrying it into the living room.
Handing the cup to her dad she headed for the front door and stepped into her shoes, "I'm going out for a bit dad, I'll see you later." She heard him grunt as she stepped out of the door, the wind caught her as she left the shelter of the house, zipping up her jacket she set off at a run. Her feet pounded a steady tattoo on hard concrete. She slowed as she reached the store and jogged around the back, she pushed the door open a fraction and peered inside, no one was around. She slipped inside and closed the door behind her, keeping to the shadows she made her way through the shop, she could sense Urahara nearby, this was strange as she had never been able to sense him before, he always kept his spirit power under control. Keeping low she peered around a door frame and froze.
Urahara was standing looking down upon a still body, Renji was stood beside Urahara, his sword was gripped tightly in his hand. Shifting to the side Tala confirmed that the body was Raiden, she could just about make out the rise and fall of his chest, he was alive. The two men were talking in hushed whispers, Tala strained her ears but she couldn't hear them, she desperately wanted to know what was going on. Glancing around she saw that she was alone, Renji and Urahara were focused on Raiden and she hoped they wouldn't notice her. She took a slow step forwards into the room, keeping low she shifted sideways until she reached the corner of the room. There was a window beside her, it stood open giving her an escape route, a small set of shelves partially hid her from view.
She found that she could hear them a little better from her new vantage point though she still had to strain her ears. "So I have to stay here until this is over?" She heard Renji ask.
Urahara nodded, "yes."
"And how long is this going to take?"
"It take as little as a day or it could take up to a week."
Renji sighed and looked down at the boy, "great," he muttered.
Tala frowned, she still didn't know what was going on but she knew that she couldn't do anything about it at straight away, she had to find out what was going on first and that would probably prove to be difficult.
Pressing herself against the wall she slowly stood up, she was careful not to move quickly, she didn't want to attract any attention. She carefully stepped onto the windowsill and hopped down, she landed silently and crouched down. Creeping away from the window she stood up straight and jumped up onto the wall that surrounded the store, dropping down onto the other side she headed along the street. Stopping she leant back against a wall, she slid down a little and stared up at the sky, she wondered what they were doing with Raiden, she felt bad for not getting him away from them but she knew that she wouldn't have managed it. Pushing herself away from the wall she walked home with her eyes firmly fixed upon the floor, no matter how hard she tried she couldn't get Raiden out of her mind, she wanted to help him but she knew that she had to find out what was wrong with him first.
When she reached her house she went straight upstairs, and fell back onto her bed. Staring up at the ceiling she found that her eyes were closing, she hadn't realised how tired she was but it was catching up with her. Closing her eyes she allowed sleep to consume her.
/Please review so I know where I'm going wrong, thanks./