Disclaimer: If I owned BLEACH I probably would have entitled it 'All My Semes'….but I am not Kubo-sensei so its not gonna happen.
For Ane-chan: Reminding me that cross-over characters are fun to play with.
A/N You'd better be rooting for Gli or else you're reading the wrong fic!
Prime characters
Gli-Grimmjow
Strawberry orangette-Ichigo
Princess/Hime-chan-Orihime
Raven moon goddess/Ruki-bunny~Rukia
Rena-Renji
Keiko-Keigo
Yuya-Byakuya
Kenpa-Kenpachi
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Secondary characters
Shiori-Shiro
Ula-Ulquiorra
Noila-Nnoitra
Tessa-Tesla
Kisuke
Shuhei
Aizen
Ikkaku
Ginna-Gin
Izzy-Izuru
Rangiku
Tousen
Yagami "Kira" Light~Kairi (Death Note)
Ryuuzaki ~ L (Death Note)
Cross over characters featured in this chapter (Winry, Riza) ~ Fullmetal Alchemist~
2 more cross-over characters: TBA
Couples: GlixIchigo, one-sided OthersIchigo, RukiaxOrihime, ShuheixRena, ShiorixUla, KenpaxYuya
Warnings: AU, genderbender (even though I think that should be pretty damn obvious by now, lol) OOC-ness, randomness, spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc…
SpiN Me A HoliDay
6/?
Fresh snow fell to the ground over night and Orihime thought it would be the most perfect day to have a bit of fun.
She wasn't expected at the music studio until noon and breakfast with the girls had been canceled because according to Kurosaki-chan text, they ran into a bit of trouble on their way back from rescuing Asano-chan.
A yawn reached her ears and the auburn haired girl turned away from the window to greet her fellow band mate.
"Morning Abarai-chan did you sleep well?"
The red head, still dressed in the same out fit she wore last night, grumbled out a 'Mornin' before making her way over to the refrigerator and grabbing a carton of milk, twisting the cap and downing the contents.
Letting out a small burp and then excusing herself.
Orihime couldn't find it in herart to lecture her friend especially when she was part of the reason for Rena's foul mood.
"Just so you know Yuya-nee will not welcome you back in our house if she finds out what you did."
The redhead grumbled something unintelligible and then set her purse down on the counter. "Take what ever money you need and leave the purse with Hime, I'm going home." With another small burp and a slight stumble the redhead left the kitchen, scooped up her heels from the welcome mat, pulled the door open and walked out.
Rukia frowned. "She didn't have to leave I was just-
"Don't even think on it Ruki-bunny, Abarai-chan has never been much of a morning person."
"Yeah but it's still sort of dark out is it really safe for her to le-
"Abarai-chan is strong," the princess smiled fondly "Even if something did happen she'd send the bastard running a way with his non-existent tale between his legs."
"My my such language, is this really my Hime-chan?" As she said these words the raven-haired girl closed the space between them, grinning at taller girl and then capturing her mouth in a good morning kiss.
Orihime let out a sigh and curled her tongue around Rukia's-loving the taste of cinna-mint colliding with jasmine tea.
She fisted the dark locks with one hand while she slapped her girlfriends' ass with the other.
Rukia giggled with delight-loving that her Hime-chan was in a playful mood this morning.
()()
Life according to Gli would be a hell of a lot better if the rest of the male species were wiped off the planet. Perhaps when she returned home she'd hire a trained assassin to eliminate the latest thorn in her side.
If this Tousen guy thought for one minute that he was going to win her over with soft smiles, light chats and a tempting looking breakfast buffet-bastard had another thing coming.
Gli wished Rukia were here -her raven-haired friend was the only one who would be able to calm her down right now-make her see that she had nothing to worry about-that there was nothing more to her strawberry wiping spilled maple syrup off the bastards shirt then just that-wiping off the syrup.
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In truth it was her fault to begin with-it was bad enough that before they raced up to the villa in order to rescue Keiko last night her orangette had twisted her ankle and whose arms had she fallen back into-who had conveniently caught her? Not Gli, she hadn't been fast enough-had been distracted by Ichigo's bino cousin-the girl had a rather unnatural talent-could scale the walls with out a cord or rope-
'When Shiori is up there gravity means nothing.' Ula explained.
Gli had willed herself to try and get along with both Shiori and Ula for Ichigo's sake-she was almost starting to like-well perhaps not like them but she no longer felt the need to snarl insults out at the duo.
Which pissed the blue haired girl off even more because had she been paying attention Tousen would have never been able to swoop in and come to Ichigo's rescue.
Gli had felt like her heart had stopped when she saw the look of gratitude laced with another strong emotion shining in Ichigo's eyes.
A part of her wanted to carry out her plan of throwing a crimson parade right now-a large part of her had wanted to send the bastard tumbling down, down, down the same staircase-finding great delight when the only sound to reach her ears was a loud thud followed by deafening silence.
Perhaps her strawberry orangette had a point-maybe her anger and jealousy was getting out of control.
Gli kept the growl out of her tone as she shot electric blue daggers at the man and snatched her Ichigo back into her arms-doing a quick scan of the younger girls' body-finding great relief that her strawberry could walk with out limping-
"I'm not made of glass Gli, the fall back there was nothing compared to the way you sometimes play with me," cinnamon eyes danced "Not nearly as pleasurable though."
With these words Ichigo reached up and sealed their mouths together-letting out a tiny squeak when Gli lifted her further off the ground and carried her the rest of the way inside.
During these moments Gli could almost forget that they weren't alone-could almost forget that they weren't on a mission to save a girl who had locked herself in the attic in order to escape her perverted brother-in law-
Then a cough sounded behind them and she felt the scowl returning to her face.
"Ladies there will be plenty of time to embrace one another later-right now we must not forget our reason for coming here."
Ichigo pulled away from Gli and wiped her lips then turned to bow-to fucking bow and apologize to the bastard-
The blue haired girl clenched and unclenched both teeth and fists as the orangette moved further away from her and set her sights on the staircase leading to the attic-determined to focus on what was most important-
If Gli didn't think she'd be mocked by it by one of the bino queens she would have pouted just then-she forced herself to ignore the jealous green eyed monster that was threatening to consume her and focus her mind on the situation at hand.
Something felt off to her-not only had it been to easy to enter the villa-no guards or dogs in sight but it was also too quiet-she was no expert but she was beginning to conclude that her strawberry might have been played for a fool-not by her band mate-she only met Keiko a few times and the brunette wasn't clever nor cruel enough to pull a stunt like this-
What the hell was going on then?
Electric blue eyes scanned the area completely ignoring her other party members-
She wasn't sure what she was looking for but-
"What is that?"
"It looks like a note."
"Obviously but the question is why is it here."
"I think the greater question here is why is Asano-chan not here?"
Gli's attention shifted to the party of four at the top of the staircase-Ichigo eyes were wide with horror and the paper in her hand was unsteady
"What's it say Ichi?"
"Kou and his men have taken Kei-Keiko to a wh-wh-who-
"A what, speak clearly Kurosaki we can not understand your stumbling and stuttering."
Ichigo collapsed to her knees and buried her head in her hands-Gli felt like mentally kicking herself-none of this would have happened if she'd been paying proper attention to her strawberry-she raced up the stairs-not giving a damn if she had to knock down the two binos and the bastard in order to it and comforted her Ichigo the best way she knew how "Shh, don't cry Ichigo I'm sure things can't be as bad as that note is making it seem."
A powder hand shot out and Shiori grabbed the note and read the words that were written on it out loud.
Such a shame that this is not the modern day version of the girl who cried wolf at least then she would have stood a chance.
Poor Keiko-chan all she wanted was a little bit attention-too bad she went looking for it in the wrong place-not that I can complain-she's just what we've been looking for-the perfect maiden for the ranch
One down and three to go, sleep with one eye open my darling Sugardolls-You're up next!
"Is that all it says?"
"There's also an address here but its 100 miles south of here."
"It's my fault," Ichigo screamed just then as she lifted her head off of Gli's shoulder "If only I had acted sooner but I-I didn't know it was this serious-I didn't realize and now-what the hell are we going to do-taking out one bastard psycho is one thing but a number of them?"
"Snap out of it Ichi! It's not gonna do anyone any damn good if ya panic now."
"Shiori's right. We know you're worried but you need to keep a level head or else Keiko's situation could become even more dire."
Gli glared at Ula and Shiori-it was true they had a point but at the same time yelling and lecturing her strawberry wouldn't help matters either.
"Ladies it won't do any of us any good if we continue to stand here-we need to come up with a strategy that can ensure Asano-chan's safe return and-
The strawberry wiped her tears and moved out of Gli's arms-once again smiling at the bastard as though he was some divine being come to save her "You're absolutely right Tousen-san and I'm sorry."
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"You really should eat something Gli-chan (the blue haired girl shuddered-this bastard was really getting on her last nerve-)
"Tousen-san is right Gli I know you're not a big pancake fan but if we're gonna save Keiko we all need to be energized."
Gli gripped her strawberry by the arm, pulling the other girl into her lap "You know what will give me some real energy and it damn sure isn't found on the standard breakfast menu." She purred.
Her heart warmed when the lovely shade of pink blossomed on to the orangette's cheeks-then cooled much to quickly when Ichigo slapped her hand away and scolded her "Now is not the time for that-stop being so selfish, this is about Keiko!"
()()()
It was not in Kenpa's nature to doubt herself but as the events of last night replayed over and over in her head-guilt crept up in her.
What had come over her? When in her right mind had she honestly thought it was okay to man-handle a fragile dove like Kuchiki Yuya?
It did not matter if both had enjoyed it-Kenpa usually had better control over herself than that-far more than her personality and appearance might suggest.
It was not like she could blame it on the spiked eggnog for she had not touched a single drop of alcohol in a good long time-and could she honestly blame it on the holiday itself-a time when no one should be alone.
She felt like she had betrayed Ichigo.
Hadn't she vowed to herself that even if it remained unrequited that her heart would belong to Ichigo and Ichigo alone?
Why couldn't she just be content with pining for the strawberry youth for the rest of her days?
And why now instead of fierce brown eyes and bright orange locks was she picturing thin vanilla-rose cream lips set into a tight frown and a succulent swan like neck?
If she went ahead and tried to call the noble woman what exactly would her opening line be
'Bring your frigid ass over here so I can finish what I started and make you melt even more?'
If she even dared to say such a thing the only slapping that would occur would be the younger woman slapping a restraining order against her.
And while breaking the law certainly had some perks Kenpa had long since put her 'badass' ways behind her-well for the most part.
()()()
"Aizen is not gonna like that she has up and left town when it is so close to the deadline so in order to get him to set the release of the album back another week or two I'll have to offer him something he can't refuse-Ichigo."
Gray eyes grew wide with disbelief-surely Abarai-chan couldn't be suggesting that they-?
"Stop giving me that look. Of course we're not just gonna throw Ichigo into the hawk's nest-give me a bit more credit than that,"
"Well then what are you suggesting Abarai-chan?"
"We'll convince Ichigo to make another solo album-she likes to pretend that what happened back in summer was all a fluke-a momentary bout of weakness but you've seen her when she's singing solo-its as natural to her as breathing. She's like a modern day siren in her own right, in a way its understandable that bastards like Aizen can't help but want a piece of her."
"But what if Aizen-san tries to do something slick and-
"Then I'll stop him before it gets to that point. Ichigo is…as much as that damn girl drives me crazy-there's this you can't help wanting to be around her-can't help wanting to jump to her defense-can't help but-hell half the time I think I might be in love with her (AND DON'T YOU DARE REPEAT THIS TO HER!)"
Orihime cut the redhead off right there-not only because she was mad to think that the taller girl would honestly believe she'd betray her trust like that but also because she too hadn't completely buried her feelings for the orangette. Not that she wasn't happy with Rukia-she loved her raven but its always a bit of challenge to get over your first real love.
"Say no more Abarai-chan I completely understand but I mean Aizen-san is a busy man and although he's very fond of Kurosaki-chan he's never been all that fond of us- a pause "We could ask Ginna-san but-
"Screw asking! I'm gonna barge right in there just like I did the last time and lay down my bargain chip-you just enjoy your morning with Rukia and I'll text you in a few hours."
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Abarai-chan always had some of the best ideas, thought Orihime but Aizen and Ginna-san weren't idiots and-
"Such a serious expression does not suit you, my Hime."
Lips at the nape of her neck-damp hands resting on the curve of her hips-Orihime turned to fully embrace her girlfriend-Rukia had just finished showering and apparently hadn't bothered with towel-not that she had any complaints.
On the contrary-
"It's nothing Rukia, just thinking about the upcoming album with, we're still so far behind and-
Rukia frowned "Don't lie to me Orihime-first of all I've memorized all of your expressions by now and I can tell when you're lying and secondly-you used my full name, something you hardly ever do-
"I-I didn't mean to-
"Hush now-Rukia pressed her lips to her princess' cheek "I'm not mad just concerned. If something is troubling you, you need to tell me so I can fix it."
The auburn haired girl let out a sigh and shook her head. "Honestly its nothing, just a conversation I had with Abarai-chan."
The raven rested her head on the taller girls' shoulder. "Is this about Ichigo and Keiko? They're supposed to return tomorrow right?"
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Still uncertain of whether or not she should try and give Kenpa a chance, Yuya wished to clear her mind by meditating in her garden-it always gave her a sense of peace and tranquility.
In a sense it could be called her own little private sanctuary and while it was much prettier in the spring or summer months, she'd developed a certain fondness for the little white wonderland.
And every now in then if she was lucky she'd catch a tiny snow- flake in the palm of her hand. It was the little things that mattered most to Yuya in life-and it was exactly what she needed after discovering the empty milk carton in her refrigerator and one of her favorite pairs of slippers mysteriously missing.
If she ever saw Abarai Rena again she might just slap a fine on the girl-a celebrity or not-the girl needed to be put in her place.
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Up until the moment with Zaraki Kenpa, Yuya had never looked at another woman in that way before-had never once considered another woman-
Well okay that wasn't entirely true
Once in her teens she had developed a bit of a crush on her dance instructor Shihoin Yoruichi-thought the woman to be an exotic beauty-had loved to watch those long and shapely legs-imagined tasting her rich mocha-colored skin-
Crap! So maybe Yuya shouldn't be too surprised about being attracted to another woman after all.
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As the tall and slender raven continued to sort through her thoughts as she tip toed to the garden the sound of giggling reached her ears-
Had it been any other day Yuya would have demanded that her younger sister leave at once but…
Not even she had the heart to break up such a scene-two girls-Rukia and one Inoue Orihime playing in the snow as though they were children-children living in a nudist colony that is-
Yuya felt a soft peachy-pink rise to her cheeks and quickly turned away lest she grow tempted to join them.
After all technically it wouldn't be considered incest since Rukia was adopted and-
'I'm going to stop that train of thought right there.'
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Meditating in the garden no longer an option perhaps a nice hot bath would be just what Yuya needed to work up the courage and contact Kenpa.
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A little less than 44 hours later…
Things were more or less back to normal.
Ichigo was at band practice but had agreed to join her later that night for a nice candle light dinner for two at the Dangonobi.
It was Gli's way of making up for her sour mood and short temper as of late-she wished to show her strawberry that she could be a good girlfriend-not that her girlfriend' skills had been brought into question but…
Lately Ichigo had that far away look in her eyes-as though she was thinking or dreaming of something else-someone else-
Gli hadn't reached the panic stage quite yet but she felt she had to reconfirm her feelings-make the orangette see just how much she valued her.
There were many ways she could go about doing this-each thought made her feel brighter and brighter.
"I have always been known for having 20/20 vision but I fear my eyes are deceiving me or could it be that the child of nine lives is actually smiling?"
"Miracles do happen," gold eyes glittered "Ya might just prove your worth after all, Gli."
Not even the bino-duo could ruin Gli's more or less content mood right now-she almost felt in her heart of hearts that she might even be able to forgive Ula and Shiori.
Then again-blue eyes narrowed as the bino with the powder-blonde hair reached for Gli's last box of vizard cereal-and poured herself a bowl with out asking-narrowed even more as the bino with the jet black hair finished off the last strawberry cream cheese flavored non-fat yogurt-bottle green eyes closing as the bitch let out a moan around her fuckin' spoon as though she had reached some kind of orgasmic food-centered paradise!
"So how long do you two plan to stick around for again?"
Ignoring her last question Shiori stretched her arms over her head and asked "So what's a gal gotta do to get a spoon 'round here?"
Gli willed herself to breath in and out and in and out before answering "Below the second cabinet in the third drawer."
She cringed at the way the chair made a horrible screeching sound as the bino in yellow banana shorts raised up from her seat and went to fetch a spoon.
And tried to enjoy the rest of her breakfast-
A clang of another spoon meeting the freshly washed table
"I've been meaning to ask you a question for awhile, child of nin-I mean Gli."
Gli swallowed a pink dyed marshmallow and then turned to Ula with a hiss "What?"
"That growl and hiss thing you do-is it natural or?"
What the fuck kind of question was that?
Gli snorted, "Hell if I know-far as I know I've always been this way-tried to ask my father a time or two why I look like this-why I make erm…not quite human sounds from time to time-never gave me a straight answer but I have my theories."
Ula looked thoughtful for a minute. "Hmm."
What the fuck did hmm mean? Gli fucking hated bitches who said hmm!
At was at moments like these were she was sorely beginning to miss her best friend Rukia,
One would have thought that dating two members from the same exact band would mean back to back foursome parties, sleep overs, etc…but in truth Gli hadn't seen her raven-haired friend in quite a while-too damn long actually.
"What exactly do you hope to accomplish by continuously playing a poor excuse for a host, Gli?"
Gli let out another snort. This bitch! "Perhaps if you and your damn girlfriend weren't fuckin' gluttonous, ill-mannered and nosy I could be a better host!"
Fuck!
Why couldn't night fall just hurry up and get here already-at least then she'd be having a good time.
Shiori returned to the table with a wide grin on her face and something not quite definable dancing in her golden orbs "Do ya mean to imply that Ula and me are lousy freeloaders?"
"Think what ever you want-just know it you break anything I'll break you!"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"You have made a few good points child of nine lives and so in order to move forward let us call a truce and start over?"
A truce?
Well…
"Sure what the hell why not."
What did she have to lose? Plus it would make Ichigo happy.
"It's settled than. Off on our first adventure we shall go!"
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The 4 girls of SugaR KingdoM agreed to go out to a tea and cake shop after practice because according to Inoue it had been far too long since they last hung out as friends and not just bandmates.
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Inoue was ordering everything off the menu even though at the most she would only take a few bites out of each one.
Keiko was content with taking the occasional bite out of her cheese and raspberry Danish in between text-ing at what could very well be considered record speed on her cellphone.
Rena was glaring at nothing in particular and stirring her coffee.
And as for Ichigo…
The orangette was looking over the new song lyrics she'd written on the flight back to Karakura Town-the adventure with Keiko had given her the burst of inspiration she had been missing as of late.
A moment later she looked up and addressed the group
"Nice job in practice today girls, I think 'Mistletoe Mayhem' will be a number one hit on its own and should hopefully get us back in Aizen and Ginna-san's good graces."
"Even if it doesn't. I signed a contract agreement with Aizen-he's willing to give us an extension and in return you're going to do another solo album, Ichigo."
Inoue's fork banged against her plate and she looked at the strawberry orangette "Really? You're going to do another solo album Kurosaki-chan?"
Ichigo looked over at Rena-she was trying to figure out why her friend had gone behind her back and made such a deal with Aizen…especially after everything that-
Rena looked away with an eye roll but said nothing.
Ichigo held back a sigh and forced herself to smile on behalf of the other two members in the group "If this is what Hogyokyu Records requires of me then I suppose I will."
"That's great Kurosaki-chan," Inoue was supportive as ever and Keiko as well-the brunette had stopped text-ing long enough to give the strawberry a thumbs up!
"Do you think you'll do a few unplugged tracks too?" Inoue inquired next.
"Um maybe," Ichigo honestly wasn't sure what she would do or wouldn't do.
She was only clear on one thing-it seemed déjà vu had come to pay her another visit.
This time tomorrow she'd be back in front of Aizen and would have to smile and nod and act as though she'd love nothing more than to create another solo album-she'd have to force herself to not flinch as he lightly touched a lock of her hair or accidentally brushed against her shoulder-
FUCK IT!
'Maybe I'll just put on a pair of old faded blue jeans-one of goat faces flannel shirts and not bother to even shower-there's no way he'll hit on me th-
"Don't even think about fucking this up Ichigo! You have too much-no we have too much riding on this-just grit your fuckin' teeth and bare it-if that bastard tries to come on to you again just holler and we'll come runnin' right girls?"
"Right!" Keiko and Inoue echoed in unison.
Ichigo couldn't help but smile. Sometimes (and she knew it was wrong of her to think this way but she was only human) she forgot just how great her bandmates/friends were.
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"Welcome to Goldihawkes!"
The name sounded like some tavern or bar out in the country or a restaurant/grill where they serve 'western' style food.
But it looked like a regular gun range-a wide open space with plenty of hitting targets and blondes?
Yes everywhere Gli looked…tall blondes, short blondes, young blondes, middle-aged blondes-
"What the hell is this-an all blonde convention or something?"
The blue haired girl did not receive the answer she was hoping for-instead she looked down to find some chubby faced brat with sunshine blond hair tugging on her pant leg. She never had much patience for children-especially since she herself had just left her teens but it was kind of impossible to say no to the bright, innocent eyes.
"Heh, would ya look at that, I think Bry-kun likes ya, Gli."
"Keep the child steady and I'll take a picture."
Gli didn't have the energy to protest-so she kneeled down to 'Bry-kuns' level and said "Do you want to take a picture with me, brat?'
The little boy blinked rapidly before giving Gli the uber glomp of the century.
Then he started babbling at a mile a minute about 'hybrids' 'television' 'fairy tales' and his 'mama.'
"That's nice brat now about that picture do you wan-?"
The sound of a gun click reached Gli's ears-stopping her mid-question and turning her somewhat happy mood sour.
She turned around to glare at the bitch who had dared to interrupt her moment with this unknown brat
Dark brown eyes were narrowed into needle point slits as the stranger continued to point the gun at her "You've got three seconds to tell me who you are or I'll start firing off bullets," an evil smirk "It won't kill you but it will scar that pretty skin of yours."
Gli pulled away from the brat completely and sized this 'gun-crazed' bitch up-standing at her full height-
The woman looked to be in her early 20's-she had finely textured sunshine blonde hair framing her heart shaped face, which at the moment was twisted into a combined glower/scowl/glare of suspicion, curiosity and annoyance-dark eyes burning holes into Gli's electric blues-
The woman's broad shoulders suggested that she might have a bit of military training or something that required a fierce amount of exercise but her hips-
Gli cocked a brow-those were Grade A child baring hips-she looked down at the brat again only to find that he had run off-
Blue eyes followed the direction the boy had run in and landed on what she presumed must be the husband-over by the shed, wiping sweat from his brow with a dirty bandana, an inch or two shorter than the wife, twirling some kind of metal instrument/tool in between girly-ish looking fingers.
With another snort-Gli concluded that it was one of 'those relationships' the kind where the husband was pussy whipped-bastard's growth had probably been stunted because his wifey kicked him down s-
"Shiori, Ula is your friend mute, why the hell is she just standing there when I can easily blow her brains out?"
A hand was on her shoulder now. Gli turned to find Shiori at her side while Ula answered the woman's question.
"This is Gli. We had no idea that the child would take such a liking to her-but that is neither here nor there-you know why we have come."
Gli looked from the blonde woman to Shiori to Ula and back again and then she furrowed her brows-
Wait a minute-back up-just now Ula had not spoken Japanese-nor had the brat-and yet Gli had understood every word-maybe because her father had insisted that she learn 6 languages-
'Hn well weirder things have happened-still what do they mean by 'you know why we have come' have they been planning this for awhile-no they haven't even been here that long or-
Brown eyes were back on her-the woman's expression softened a little as she lowered her riffle and held out her hand in order introduce herself "Riza Hawkeye-Shiori and Ula tell me you have some anger issues," here the woman smiled, "You've come to just the right place-give it a week-2 weeks tops and I guarantee you that Goldihawkes will turn you into a brand new woman!"
TBC