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So enough about my babbling, here's the promised chapter I'm guessing some of you waited for.
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Where The Wild Roses Grow
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"How do you even move in this thing?" A small sigh escaped Maya's lips as she found herself grumbling under her breath, her arms folded behind her she continued to listen but still yet not pay attention as the short raven haired girl beside her continued to grumble about how uncomfortable the Gigai was, cursing a certain orange haired boy's name under her breath every now and again.
Maya simply shrugged her shoulders and answered in a monotone voice, "You'll get use to it." Sensing her sudden change of mood, Rukia decided to quit her grumbling and stared up at the silver haired girl curiously, last nights happenings flashing through her mind.
Rukia frowned and couldn't help but ask the question that had been swirling through her mind the whole morning. "Are you a Soul Reaper?"
Her hands clenched beside her and Maya couldn't help the disgusted shiver that ran down her spine at the mention of being a Soul Reaper and out right cursed herself for being so stupid. She couldn't just admit she was an Arrancar. Swallowing her sudden distaste, Maya hummed. "You could say that."
The short raven haired girl nodded her head. "I see." Sensing the current discomfort rolling in waves from the tall silver haired girl beside her, Rukia didn't push on the subject and merely shifted the conversation to another topic. "That boy, Ichigo Kurosaki. Is he a friend of yours?"
Shifting her gaze to the petite girl next to her, Maya simply shrugged and shook her head. "Well I haven't known him for that long but I guess you could say he's a friend of mine. I don't know really," she rubbed the back of her head and was at lost with what to say else, so when the outline of Karakura High came in view, Maya couldn't help but sigh in relief. "So your in the same class as me and Ichigo."
What a coincidence. Why am I not surprised? Maya added with a thought in her head as the two entered the premises of the High School, Rukia trailing behind the disguised Arrancar.
Sliding the door open, Maya was met with the site of a semi-full class and groaned lightly, her eyes sweeping over said classroom before landing on the owner of bright orange hair who was currently conversing with the group of friends surrounding him. "There's your target. Try not to scare him off." Maya instructed before walking towards her desk and with a grumble, plopped down.
Flickering her gaze towards Rukia as she approached Ichigo, Maya couldn't help but chuckle. Poor Ichigo, she thought and pushed away everything around her before looking out the window.
Closing her eyes, Maya thought back to what Kisuke had told her last night and couldn't help but wince. His anger, worry and dissapoinment was clear in his voice as he scolded her. And the reason why Maya woke up with tired and burning limbs this morning -cursing Kisuke's name under her breath- was all said man's fault.
"Your hesitating," his voice echoed through her mind. "It doesn't matter how hard you try to avoid the subject. Your an Arrancar. Sooner or later your going to have to accept that fact and eventually learn the name of that Resurrección of yours."
Her hands unknowingly clenched as she gritted her teeth but deep down, she knew that Kisuke was right. It didn't matter how hard she tried to deny it. The fact remained that she was an Arrancar and like it or not, she was going to have to accept it.
Leaning her head against the palm of her hand, she then flickered her gaze towards where she last assumed would be Rukia and Ichigo but frowned once noticing that the two in question was missing.
"Why do I get the feeling that this is going to be one long ass day?" She grumbled, dreading the day to come already.
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Where The Wild Roses Grow
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"Alright you freaky little nutjob-," Maya crossed her arms over her chest as she leaned against the wall for support, her eyes flickering towards an outraged Kurosaki and towards the calm and collective face of the young Kuchiki. "What the hell do you think your doing?" The orange head yelled as Rukia merely stared at him innocently.
"How scary you big brute," she commented in a sweet voice that made Maya cringe. "Jeepers. Your not going to hurt me are you?"
Ichigo, seemingly also thinking what Maya was, pointed an accusing finger at the girl. "First of all, you can knock it off with that goodie two shoes act." He stated and she merely shrugged.
"Well I think its pretty good considering I learned it over night." Ichigo huffed and craned his head to the side, placing both hands on his hips.
"Alright just forget it. Just tell me what your doing here now anyway? Weren't you suppose to go back to your Soul Society or whatever it was?" Maya's hand twitched lightly, her eyebrows pushing together as she glared heatedly at the orange haired boy.
"I can't," Rukia stated as she stared at him. "Only Soul Reapers can go back to the Soul Society," she closed her eyes. "I haven't the power to return anymore."
Ichigo glanced at her confusedly as Maya pushed herself from the wall before standing next to the raven haired girl, her eyes intently focused on Ichigo. "What do you mean?" He questioned as Rukia remained with her head down.
"Last night I lost almost all of my powers as a Soul Reaper. I'm afraid they have all been absorbed into you Ichigo."
Said boy merely made a confused gesture under his breath. "Huh? I wouldn't know anything about that." He stated and flickered his eyes towards Maya.
"Thanks to you for the time being I'm stuck in this ridiculous Gigai form." She muttered as Maya yawned lightly, slapping a hand over her mouth she stretched.
Ichigo ignored the odd happening and frowned. "Huh? What do you mean by Gigai?" He questioned and before Rukia could answer, Maya did for her.
Pointing a finger at herself and Rukia, Maya explained. "Its temporary body that serves as a vessel in an emergency. If a Soul Reaper is drastically weakened, they reside with inside of a Gigai until their powers come back." Ichigo nodded as he finally understood how everyone else could see Rukia.
"Precisely and so," Rukia trailed off before extending her hand towards Ichigo. "Until all of my powers come back, its up to you Ichigo to perform the duties of a Soul Reaper."
Ichigo's eyes widened comically as the question marks floated in the green background behind him, his eyebrows scrunched together as Rukia went on. "Its only natural. You now posses the strength of a Soul Reaper. You do not have the right to refuse your calling-," that seemed to snap him out his haze and he quickly crossed his arms in a 'x' shape over his chest.
"No way!" Rukia stared at him in disbelief and Maya merely sighed and rubbed the back of her head.
"My monster fighting days are over. That was a one time deal. Maya's a Soul Reaper so why can't she do it?" He asked and Maya's hands clenched and Rukia, ignorning the suggestion leaned forward.
"Don't be ridiculous, Ichigo. You did just fine yesterday." She consulted and Ichigo merely dropped his hands, a sudden serious expression falling on his features.
"That was only because my family was in danger. But its not like I'm ready to go and fight for complete strangers or anything. Sorry to disappoint you." He said and turned around, casting a last glance at Maya before walking away.
Sighing, Maya outstretched her palm and tapped Rukia on the shoulder before snapping her fingers. "I do believe you have this thing called a Gokon Tekkō?" Rukia merely blinked and took the red glove from her jacket pocket and handed it to Maya. Said girl blinked at the white skull and sighed before putting it on her hand.
"Hey!" Rukia yelled for Ichigo's attention just as Maya took off. The orange haired boy turned around, his eyes widening as he saw Maya sprinting towards him, her hand swinging forward before said hand connected with his chin, forcing his soul from his body.
Standing beside Rukia with her arms placed behind her back, Maya watched with an amused expression as Ichigo stared wide eyed at her and then towards his body who was currently laying face first on the ground. "Crap! What happened to my body?" He yelled and glanced at his hands. "What the hell did you do with me?" He demanded and Maya simply smiled.
"Follow me." Rukia instructed and Maya glanced at the petite raven haired girl and gulped. Not even she dared defy that order and watched as Ichigo too gulped and obidiently followed behind Rukia.
"Don't worry," she waved at the two. "I'll make sure to look after his body!" Ichigo went to retort but Rukia swiftly grabbed him by the collar and dragged him to wherever.
Huffing, she glanced at Ichigo's body. "You know strawberry, I think this is a start of a good friendship." And with that being said, the silver haired girl merely hooked her arms underneath his armpits and procceeded to drag him to a hide out. "Wouldn't want to raise any suspicions." She stated and glanced down, her eyes widening and a blush adorned her cheeks.
And only then did she realize that Ichigo's face was comfortably nuzzled in between her breasts and she almost dropped him and it was at that moment, she was grateful that Ichigo wasn't here to see this or otherwise she would have crawled into the deepest corners of Hell.
"Well thank Kami that he's not here."
But all though she rejoiced the he wasn't here to see the embarassing moment, Maya didn't think that this image would ever, ever leave her mind and she cursed under her breath. "Not a single word."
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Where The Wild Roses Grow
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A/N: I know its a little short but I promise the next chapter will be a little longer and finally, we get to see some flashbacks of Maya's past and a shocking revealing of our disguised Arrancar.
What will happen next? That's what I'm wondering and thanks to all those who have read and stayed with this story. Please review and tell me what you think.
Oh and before I end it, I have been busy with a ByakuyaxOrihime story and have been wondering whether I should Publish it.