Artemis: deep breath Ava is a shiniquincy, a Quincy when she was alive and now a Shinigami, or Soul Reaper. She's met Ichigo, Uryu, and Inoue after she got attacked by the arrancar that had killed her when she was human and Ichigo came and saved her and took her to Inoue, who has a crush on Ichigo and just asked him out when we left off. gasps for breath Did I get it all?
Aletta: You forgot to mention the bit about Ava discovering her Zanpakuto's shikai, Kelchblute. Otherwise, yes. Oh, and reminders, please review! It's getting lonely here without reviews.
Artemis: pouts
Aletta: You know what I mean. hugs alter ego anyway
DISCLAIMER: Did you ever notice that the disclaimer thing is all caps? Why did you do that, Aletta? (Aletta: BECAUSE!) ...She likes to use all caps. uh oh runs away
During my wandering of the afternoon, Kurosaki managed to find me sitting in a tree. His face seemed much more serious than normal, which didn't seem possible from my impression of him. I knew he'd been thinking hard about Orihime, and I'm guessing he wanted to talk to me about it.
"Kurosaki, what are you doing here?" I asked, tilting my head to one side.
"I wanted to talk to you."
"Well, you are." I smiled, trying to be friendly, but he scratched his head and looked a little angry.
"Why does Inoue want to go out with me?" Kurosaki said after a long pause. I hung upside down on a branch, shifting so I was still facing Kurosaki
"Well, from what I guess, it's because she loves you." Kurosaki didn't seem happy to know Orihime loved him.
"But why me? She could have fallen for anyone else."
"She could have, but when you start trying to make sense of love, it just makes less sense." I explained, and Kurosaki stared at his feet for a long time and when he looked up he gave me a funny look that makes me think that he hasn't completely grasped my point.
"I just think she deserves someone better." He finally said. I sighed dramatically, groaning a bit.
"How can she get better than you? She's have to mix Captain-Commander Yammamoto's strength, Vice-Captain Abarai's easy-going manner and Captain Ukitake's protectiveness to get something close to your personality. And I don't know where she'd find your cute hair and the past you two have been through together. And next time you tell me you're not good enough, I'm gonna smack you. If you weren't good enough, Orihime-san wouldn't've fallen for you and in saying you aren't good enough, you are insulting Orihime-san's intelligence." I said, getting off the branch and ending my speech an inch from Kurosaki's face. He back away instinctively, raising his hands in defeat.
"Okay. So, what do I do now?"
"It's obvious. Go tell Orihime-san yes." I said, turning Kurosaki around and giving him a slight shove. He turned around to give me another look before walking away. Back to wandering.
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I managed to sense a Hollow in the area, but as soon as I felt it, it was gone. I ran to where the Hollow was and found Ishida in his goofy white and blue outfit and a blue bow that started from his wrist and shot up and down. The image was fairly familiar, to no surprise to me.
"Yo, Ishida-kun! Is that your Quincy bow?" I yelled, stopping right next to Ishida.
"Yeah. Shouldn't you have a Quincy bow as well? You, being a past Quincy." Ishida said. I shrugged.
"Kelchblute is being cryptic again. Maybe she just likes to remind me of my past, not hinting toward anything."
"I doubt it, Miura-san."
"Whatever you say, Ishida-kun."
"Orihime-san told me she asked Kurosaki out." Ishida said, trying to make some kind of small talk. I laughed
"Yeah, I've heard only a billion times today."
"Oh."
"I'm rooming with Orihime-san." I explained
"Oh. Have you tried her food?"
"Once, the rest my gigai ate."
"And?"
"I'm still here, and my gigai seemed to like it, though I'm getting the impression she'll eat anything so long as it's covered in something sweet or fattening." Ishida laughed. It was a good look for him, with a smile on his face at least. And within seconds, his face was all seriousness again. I decided to wander and left with a quick goodbye.
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Tonight Orihime didn't even get home until late at night today. Even much later than I thought Kurosaki's curfew was, glancing up from my book to check the clock. It was nearly eleven at night, really late for a school night. Well, a little late night fling is good for a girl, and being such a big-chested girl living by herself, you'd think she would normally be out this late.
"Miura-san! Are you still up?" Orihime yelled, closing the door behind her. I closed my book, attempting to put on some kind of an 'upset parent' look on my face as I snapped my book shut and turned to face Orihime.
"What are you doing out so late?" I asked with my sternest face. It must have been pretty convincing, because Orihime looked very guilty and started stuttering and mumbling apologies. I collapsed back into the chair, laughing until Orihime's confused babbling got to be too much, "Orihime-san, relax. I'm not your mother. I'm not going to ground you or anything." I said, laughing, and Orihime joined in with nervous laughter.
"Sorry I came home so late. Are you hungry?" I shook my head.
"Where were you?" I asked.
"There was a big hollow tonight. I almost died," Orihime said, gesturing largely to make her point, "but Ichigo came and saved me. He got that hollow and walked me home."
"And that's why you're home so late?"
"Well, Kurosaki-kun took a while to get there..." Orihime said, and I smiled.
"Because Shunpo actually makes Soul Reapers go slower..." I nodded, grinning very wolfishly for my cute looks, "I get it. Good night."
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Orihime seemed to enjoy whatever happened last night, because when I woke up, she was beaming, cooking something in a frying pan. I swear I could hear my Soul Candy's groaning and begging for food just then. I obliged to the begging and popped the Soul Candy into my mouth and telling Orihime where I'm going.
Where I told Orihime I was going, I probably lied. I've forgotten. Maybe I just told her I'm leaving, but who knows. The city looked lovely today, maybe I'll just let my gigai go to school without me again and just sit on the bridge and stay there forever. Can't fall off and drown now that I'm already dead. I think I'll stay here for now.
The local Hollows didn't seem to like this idea. When I felt like I was really relaxed here, I sense a Hollow in the area. With a groan, I pulled myself and ran off after the Hollow's reaitsu.
Aletta: Next time we're heading back to Soul Society (Not Ava tho. She needs to stay in Karakura town until I've decided who to pair her with... if I will...)
Artemis: You have to pair her with someone! You just have to!
Aletta: Then until I decide who's she good for...
Artemis: Too bad you made her related to Uryu, they'd be a cute couple
Uryu: Who are you two? Where am I?
Aletta and Artemis: URYU! fangirl glomps
Aletta: This is new... I'm Aletta, this is my alter ego, Artemis.
Uryu: Right... Later runs away before Artemis can glomp him again
Aletta: Ooookay...
Artemis: He'll be back. See ya next time!
