Hocus Pocus

UPDATE: I decided to revamp the chapters because I feel like I gave too much away too soon. Please enjoy the newly edited chapters~

Summary:

While walking home after an outing, Orihime, Tatsuki and Chizuru are caught off guard by a group of hollows, but they are saved by a powerful, but critically wounded vasto lorde with more than a few secrets and a gift to give.


The room was silent as Bast's words sunk in. Even Yoruichi who was usually calm and collected had been shocked to hear everything. Bast had been right, she didn't know everything and to hear it from Bast was still made it hard to believe, but she couldn't help but feel that what she spoke had been the truth.

Chizuru was the first to recover from the shock and immediately began asking questions. "So wait, this Captain Commander guy is the one who killed your old master?"

Bast's fur was beginning to smooth down, but she was nowhere near calm. The demon encased in flesh turned to Chizuru and attempted to calm herself. It would do no good to be angry with one of her masters, she certainly didn't deserve it.

"Yes, red, he did. And let me make this perfectly clear. My old master Kidohana, was no weakling. The only reason that Genryuusai was able to land a critical blow was because she refused to kill her own brother. As much as she hated him for what he had done, she still loved her brother."

Bast's face snarled in anger and disgust.

"But he clearly had no love for her any longer. The moment she turned her back on him to leave and let him live, he took his sword and ran her through. He was severely weakened and missed her spine and heart, but he was able to pierce her lung. We managed to escape to Hueco Mundo, where she gave me her final task. I suspect that's when she set me up to be bound to the person I gave her magic to."

Bast's body sagged as though she had been weighed down by something and her tail had gone limp.

"If only I had gotten to her in time….I'd have gladly sacrificed a life to save hers."

That statement caught Tatsuki's attention. "A life? What do you mean by that?"

Bast perked up and sat down, fur no longer bristled in anger. "Cats have nine lives. Demon cats that is. My master had refused to let me give her access to my lives. She told me that if it was her time, then so be it. She would rather that I live all of my lives to the fullest…."

Her bright eyes dimmed and they could all tell that even over a millennia later, she still missed Kidohana.

"Silly woman….My lives meant nothing if I didn't have my best friend…"

Orihime realized something about those statements and quickly turned to the melancholy feline. "Since we didn't refuse….Do we have access to your lives?"

Bast nodded her head and turned to Orihime. "Yes. Since there are three of you, each of you have access to three of my lives. Be warned, if all of you lose all of the lives I gave you then I die as well. My life is tied to yours now, so you must be responsible and you must be careful."

Tired of listening silently, Yoruichi began to ask questions. If what Bast said was true then that meant that there was a major cover up and that the archives are wrong.

"You said that she started the Kido Corps."

Bast turned to Yoruichi and her tail began flicking back and forth, clearly now relaxed again and ready to set the record straight.

"Yes, she did. Why do you think they are called the Kido Corps? It is derived from the first part of her name, Kidohana. What's insulting was that the same techniques that she taught, were used to hunt, capture and execute Witches."

Yoruichi nodded, that definitely made sense. She had always been taught that Witches were fierce fighters with even fiercer power, and extremely dangerous. Perhaps now that there was a witness to these events, some mysteries in Soul Society could be uncovered and the truth could come out.

"You said that this all happened because one Witch couldn't control her power. What happened?"

Bast scratched behind her ears and Orihime reminded herself to get Bast a collar and a name-tag so that she wouldn't be picked up by animal control….And judging by the way she was scratching a good pet shampoo.

After finally getting rid of the itch, Bast stretched out and yawned then answered Yoruichi.

"Yes. She was a dear friend of Kidohana but she had had trouble controlling her powers. Like these girls, she had two elements but was only known for one. She was the most powerful Ice Witch anyone had ever seen. She had Wind and Ice as elements, and those two combined made everyone around her suffer. As a child her powers had manifested early, so much so that her hair had turned nearly white and at first everything was fine. Until she accidentally injured her younger sister."

Ignoring the sudden gasps, Bast continued.

"From that point on her parents had curbed her from using her powers. They were Royalty and it would bring bad tidings to the family if anyone found out about them. So she tried to repress them, but her magic was so massive that it began forcing itself out. When their parents died, she sent for Kidohana so that she could seal her power. Kidohana advised her against it because it would only make it worse and instead offered to help her control it."

They could all hear the disgust in her voice as she spoke of this Witch's parents. Because of their pride this woman suffered in silence...

"After a few years it seemed to be working but her anxiety of anyone finding out about her power often made any progress she made fail. It came to a head when she grew agitated and accidentally revealed her powers. So powerful was her anguish, that she actually began to freeze everything around her without her knowledge. She went into isolation but her powers had already gotten out of control and because of her wind powers everything didn't just freeze. It made blizzards and storms."

Bast paused and shook her head in apparent sadness.

"Everywhere her powers reached, people died. People were literally frozen solid. It all became too much for her and her powers attacked her from the inside, and she froze to death. The storms stopped and the land eventually returned to normal, but that was enough for Genryuusai to declare that Witches were too dangerous to exist. Kidohana tried to explain to him that what happened was a product of her environment but he would hear nothing of it."

Chizuru was stunned and more than a bit worried. Would she be a danger to her mother or anyone else if she didn't control her powers? She had Ice as an Element as well and certainly didn't want to turn out like the Ice Witch. She would have to make sure not to make the same mistakes.

Bast turned to Orihime and she could tell that what the demon had to say to her was extremely important.

"Jugs, you have Wind and Water as elements. With the proper training, you have the potential to be as destructive as the Ice Witch. Its up to you if you want that to be a benefit to you or a negative to everyone around you. Wind is the most conductive out of all of the elements. Paired with almost any element it can be deadly. Storms, Monsoons, the works. And paired with your friends, it can become even worse." She turned to Tatsuki and Chizuru, making sure that they were not exempt from her warning. "Wind and Fire can cause Firestorms, and Wind and Ice can cause Blizzards and such, just like the Ice Witch. Earth and Fire with practice can actually summon volcanos. You three paired together are a force to be reckoned with, but you can also cancel each other out.. This is something that you all need to be careful with and control and this is why you three need to stay together. For safety and to prevent one of you from losing control. I'm here to help you all. Right now you three are not at the level to do the things the Ice Witch did, but with practice you won't even need to be."

All three girls nodded and their eyes became determined. They would accept all of the help they could get and learn from mistakes made in the past.

"Now, there's the talk about the powers you got from me."

Tatsuki was about to respond to that when suddenly, Bast looked a lot closer than she was before. Her vision seemed to have zoomed in. Her peripheral vision was slightly hazy but in total her vision was strangely focused. She could see the individual hairs that made up the cat's silky black coat, as well as the tick that was making a meal out of her. She felt her fingernails and palms itch but ignored it in favor of following the insect's movements. She began to speak distractedly, her focus unbroken and uninterrupted.

"…..Oi, Bast….you've got a tick right…." Her eyes swiveled in her head to follow the movements of the fast moving insect and then as quick as lightning her shot out and quickly snatched it from the cat's body without harming her. "There! Got it!"

She had quickly gotten used to the strange vision as it seemed to be adjusting automatically to suit her needs. It was then that she noticed that yes she had indeed snatched the parasitic bug from Bast's skin, but it now rested between a pair of white claws with black tips, similar to what they had seen on Bast's true form. Her palm and fingers had what looked like paw pads.

"E-EW Arisawa get it away!"

Tatsuki seemed to break from whatever trance had a hold of her and realized that she was holding a tick. A tick that was miraculously still alive and struggling to get free of the claws that held it in place.

"SHIT!" She quickly tossed the bug away and with her new vision, saw its little body land in the kitchen and begin to scurry away.

"Arisawa you idiot don't just go tossing bugs anywhere-"

It was then that they saw a streak of amber colored hair and a shadow fly over them that could only belong to Orihime land right in front of the escaping bug in what seemed to be a pounce. She then quickly took off her shoe and smashed the parasite with a loud smack, killing it instantly. Tatsuki quickly noticed that her hands were adorned with the same new features as hers and her eyes…..

"…..Holy shit, her eyes are slitted!"

Orihime looked up at them in confusion as though just realizing they were there and stood up. "Huh? What do you mean?"

"Forget about her eyes, she just jumped over the table and you two. As someone who is very familiar with feline behavior I can say for certain that she just pounced." Yoruichi said.

Chizuru was baffled and as her hand made its way toward her head to scratch a paw stopped its journey.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you."

Chizuru was confused until she looked down at her hand and saw the same claws that her two friends had. "What the hell is going on?!"


Urahara fell over from the force of the punch and nearly knocked over his tea. His nose and mouth dripped with blood and he was pretty certain that one of his teeth had been knocked loose.

Tessai quickly moved to assist him but Urahara waved him off. Renji quickly stood up as the room's occupants seem to get over their shock and an uproar began. "What the hell Rukia!? What's the meaning of this!?"

Ichigo quickly went to her side and pulled her away from Urahara before she had half a mind to punch him again or worse. "What the hell was that for Rukia?! Did he wrong you in some way or something? I know he can be a pest but he didn't deserve that out of nowhere!"

Rukia looked up at him, eyes furious and brushed passed him and stood where they could all see her. "I have half a mind to beat all of you silly."

Renji had clenched his fists, his eyebrows pinched together in a sharp frown showing some of his forehead tattoos that had been hidden underneath his bandana. "What do you mean? What the hell did we do to you?"

"Its not what any of you did to me, its what you did to Orihime!"

Chad understood immediately and stood up and bent down low enough so that the small angry shinigami could reach his face. "I understand, I accept my punishment."

Ichigo and the others were stunned. Punishment? For what? And what had they done to Orihime?

Rukia clenched her fist and spoke low, her voice still thick with fury. "Glad to see that you're willing to own up to your sins and take your lumps." And with that she pulled her fist back and gave him a powerful left hook, his head whipping away from her from the force and his lip bled.

Uryuu stood up, having enough of whatever was going on and wanting answers. "Hang on! What the hell is going on-"

Before he could even see her move, he felt her fist uppercut him, knocking his glasses off, his head backwards and him off his feet and into the wall.

Renji cursed under his breath and went to restrain her, but she easily evaded him and gave him a punch to his stomach, his back bending from the force and then she moved, avoiding his body falling to the floor. She then turned to Ichigo who was still stunned and walked calmly to him. Chad didn't stand in her way, not wanting to incite more of her wrath.

"And you. A punch isn't enough for you. You need your ass kicked up and down this street but for the sake of the neighbors I'll hold off on it. Here's a taste of whats to come."

Ignoring her bruised knuckles, she punched him clear in face as blood and saliva escaped his nose and mouth. His head had whipped to the side from the force and he fell back, landing on his butt.

She looked down at all of them, her fury nowhere near spent.

"You should all be ashamed of yourselves. Do you have ANY idea what the woman who you all call your friend and ally went through?! She sacrificed herself for all of us, because she didn't feel like she had the strength to do anything else." Her gaze turned to Urahara who had by now sat up. "You….You have no idea just how badly you shattered what remained of her confidence. So haughty, so intelligent. Thought you had all of the answers. What you did drove her right into Aizen's hold. Had she not begged me for training because she wanted to be seen of some value by her own friends, she wouldn't have been captured." She looked all around her at the men who were now giving her their full attention. " 'Stay back Orihime, we'll take care of this.' 'Don't worry Orihime, I'll save you.' 'Its too dangerous Orihime, we don't want you to get hurt.' 'A soldier who has lost his powers will only be a burden…." She said in a mocking voice. The last jab she made at Urahara directly, her fists clenched and knuckles bruised, shaking with her rage.

Urahara had the decency to look down, knowing that what he had done was wrong. Chad and Renji too had heard what Urahara said to Orihime, all but Uryuu and Ichigo who's shocked looks mirrored each others.

"….How soon you all forget that many of us wouldn't even be here if it weren't for her risking her life. Its so easy to disregard her because of her 'gentle nature'. No lets not put Orihime in harm's way, she's too sweet. Too kind, too full of joy to be on the battlefield. Lets let her stay behind so that she won't be CORRUPTED."

Uryuu averted his eyes, Renji doing the same. They understood every word that she said and were ashamed to know that they had hurt their good friend who only wanted to be seen as a warrior in her own right.

"You forget that she is a person! With thoughts and feelings and strength all her own! Its not always the sword that wins that battle! It takes courage, intelligence, and heart! All of these she has in abundance! But you were all so cocky! What was it huh?! Is she only good enough to heal you, be your friend and kiss your asses with sweet words but not good enough to stand side by side with you in battle?! The same things you have at stake she has too! Friends, family, EVERYTHING! She healed you all when you were near death! Brought some of us back from the dead, not once but multiple times! That's more than a medic can possibly do. That's more than ANYONE can do! What is her worth in your eyes?! She is not a doll that you can play with and then put back on the shelf. She is not so fragile that she will break! She's had tragedies but they have only made her stronger!"

By this time, her eyes had filled with frustrated tears and she paid no mind to them as they fell.

"An abusive father and a whore mother! Her brother and sole provider dead in a car crash! Isolated by others! Bullied by jealous girls who cut her hair! Seeing her brother suffer as a hollow because he had been too worried about her to pass on! Seeing her friends get pounded into the dirt over and over and over and over and over!" She wiped her eyes and looked down at Renji.

"Its so easy to grow up with nothing, because no one can take anything from you…..But to have everything snatched from you is tortuous. Her friends are her everything! She comes into school everyday with a smile, happy to see us and know that we're okay. And if we're not she tries her best to correct it because she can't bear to see any of us unhappy. She could care less about herself, so its our job to care about her. And that in no way means making her feel like she's unworthy or a burden!"

She gently wiped away anymore tears that had managed to spill and straightened her clothes. "I'll go see how Orihime is doing. ALONE. I don't even want to see any of your faces right now. You all destroyed her confidence in herself and you all are terrible friends. But I'm willing to bet my life that she would never think that way of any of you. Its your job to fix it and I'm gonna be on all of your asses to make sure you do."

Rukia turned on her heel and proceeded to walk out of the candy store, then stopped and turned to them one more time.

"One more thing, don't any of you dare to ask Orihime to heal what I've done, because I'll just dish out even worse later. Let that pain continue to remind you of how much you all need her, and how much you miss it when you can't just be instantly healed. You've got a lot of making up to do for her, so you all better pucker up and get your lips ready for kissing her ass on a daily basis."

She gave them one more glare just to instill her point into them and then finally left, making sure to slam the door hard enough so that they could hear multiple items fall off of the shelves and crash to the floor.

Everything went silent then as the gravity of what happened settled onto every remaining occupant of the room.

After a few minutes of more silence, Urahara stood up and smiled, his face swollen and a tooth missing from Rukia's punch. "Well then, more tea?"


After a slight freakout, all three girls had been sat down next to each other and sufficiently calmed. Their claws and the paw pads on their hands had receded and Bast was fully prepared to explain everything so long as they kept calm.

"Now, I know that you have questions and you are entitled to answers. But I will only be answering one at a time and only if you raise your hand. Before you ask any questions I will explain my abilities. Is that clear?"

The three girls nodded their heads.

"Excellent. Now, the claws. They are like my own in my true form. Besides being razor sharp there isn't really anything special about them. The paw pads are for cushion when you jump, like jugs did. Your eyes are enhanced so that you can judge your movements in accordance with your new reflexes. There's also my influence over your personalities and moods. Don't fear it, embrace it. Cats are confident and free, and freedom is power. Although, there are a few things to watch out for. All animals go into a 'heat'…Its about the same thing as when you get really horny before your menstruation cycle comes except that this is about ten times worse. When I experience it, you all will."

All three girls blushed furiously, their faces as red as a tomato.

"One other thing."

Bast looked around and then spotted the couch. She then walked behind it into its shadow and disappeared. Yoruichi looked curious and then felt something brush past her and saw Bast hopping back onto the table.

Tatsuki looked amazed and so did Orihime and Chizuru. Bast had disappeared and reappeared out of nowhere.

Yoruich grinned. "I know what you did. Kyoraku Shunsui has a technique like this. Its called-"

"Kageoni. Its what my kind with these powers were called in the old days. We manipulate the shadows to our will. With practice you all will be able to do this to a degree."

Tatsuki raised her hand ramrod straight into the air, her muscles almost straining from how hard she was pushing it up.

"Yes girlie?" Bast said, clearly amused at Tatsuki's actions.

Tatsuki put her arm down, happy that she was finally gonna be able to ask the questions that had been burning in her mind. "What the hell do you mean we're gonna go into heat?! We're not animals! And what the hell is up with this stuff about claws and paws and shit?!"

Bast flicked her tail slightly in annoyance at Tatsuki's rapid fire questions but understood where she was coming from.

"Its not as bad as I made it sound before. I just said that to make sure that you all got the point. However, your attitudes will change because of it. If you didn't have an active interest in the opposite sex before, you will certainly start too when the heat kicks in. Maybe even before that. As for the claws and such, it is a part of the contract. It is to make sure that all benefit from the partnership. In exchange for your protection, housing and feeding me, you have access to my power and such other things. Housing a demon has always difficult and is a high risk to the one housing it, so its only fair that you share my power. In the old days those who were suspected of such a thing were put to death. If you three were put to death with my powers specifically the three lives each, you would be able to escape. The risk of consorting with a demon is well worth the price of their power. This is especially true since you cannot wait for hollows to come to you in order to fill your obligation to feed me. You will have to hunt them and with your human reflexes and normal attributes you won't be able to do that. That is where my abilities come into play as well as your magic. You will be able to defend yourselves sufficiently and feed me. It is all equal within the contract."

Tatsuki nodded after a bit and realized that everything Bast said made sense. She may have been extremely skilled in Karate but that won't take down a hollow. Especially when it came to Chizuru. These new abilities were a way to make it so that everyone would benefit and be able to fight with equal ability and be able to fulfill their part of the partnership.

Chizuru's hand went up soon after Bast was done and Bast turned to her calmly and without worry, like she had experience in answering a student's questions. "Yes red?"

"I'm afraid it won't be possible for me to be a affected by this 'heat' thing."

Bast's eyes took on an amused glint. "Oh? And why is that red?"

Chizuru spoke the next words without remorse or shame, quite the opposite.

"I'm a lesbian. I'm only sexually attracted to women."

Bast's expression became even more amused as if she knew something and they didn't. They soon would.

"But I'm not. So when I go into heat, you're gonna have to suck it up because you will be liking men during that time."

The sound of Chizuru's jaw hitting the floor would forever resonate within everyone's minds. She tried to speak but the words were stuck in her throat, but soon enough she was able to speak what everyone had been thinking.

"W…What the hell?! How can I suddenly like men!? I've been a lesbian all my life!"

Bast gently groomed herself through everyone's shock and disbelief, then gave Chizuru a look that quickly stopped her ranting.

"Don't worry. If anything, its more about being attracted to their genes than actually liking men themselves. All animals including cats look for a mate that has good genes to pass onto their offspring. The most basic standards are health, strength, color and size. And when I say size I don't mean below the belt. Well, not always anyway. It may not be necessary but I would be lying if I didn't say it would be nice to have. " Bast said, and they could hear the amusement she got from the girls' flustered and embarrassed reactions to their discussion.

Yoruichi remained silent most of the time, just listening in on the new problems that the three young women would have to deal with together. This was certainly something that no teen magazine could ever offer advice on, but she knew that they would be okay. They were able to survive the Winter War, stood up to Aizen and his minions and came out of it alive and stronger than ever. They would get through this and it would empower them as warriors as well as women.

Orihime was embarrassed by some of the changes that they would experience, but most of all she was fascinated by the new power they would have. With the right training they wouldn't have to be swept aside to let others protect them. They wouldn't have to run for cover. They could join into the battle with confidence and skill. She, Tatsuki and Chizuru would prove their worth. Friends stayed together, and they now had the ability to keep up with their friends. Her thoughts were interrupted by Yoruichi speaking.

"After hearing everything, I'd like to help you all with your training."

Bast glared at Yoruichi and gave an angry hiss. "Your interference could possibly interrupt our contract. I cannot allow it."

"W-Well…."

All eyes turned to Orihime as she began to express her opinion. She blushed in embarrassment at having everyone look at her but then she steeled her nerves and began to speak.

"Well, I think that Yoruichi-san's help would be really beneficial. She can give us an entirely different point of view than you can. She's the former Captain of the Second Division, who has power over the Stealth Force. You may have more experience when it comes knowledge of magic but Yoruichi-san has known us a lot longer than you have. So in both ways knowledge is power and it would make things a lot easier and benefit on both sides."

Bast wanted to argue her point but she knew that she was right. Yoruichi did know them better than she did and her assistance would be reassuring. When she was given the task she thought that at first that she would only have to pass the magic on to one person, but instead it proved that it would be too much for one person if they weren't as powerful as Kidohana. So in the end it was divided into the three girls. Combined with the fact that she hadn't even planned to stick around and was now forced to, made the task of training three new Witches extremely difficult. She supposed that as long as Yoruichi's help didn't make the contract unequal by giving them more help than her, that she could be allowed to assist.

"….When you put it that way I suppose that is a sensible idea." Bast sat down, fur no longer bristled and looking as though there hadn't been a problem in the first place. "I accept your assistance, but only when approved by both parties and only when I can be there."

Yoruichi nodded and grinned. "I accept. We can have a set day for when I'll help with training to make it easier. Besides, its about time I had something to do besides flush the toilet while Kisuke's in the shower."

The room erupted into laughter while Orihime was trying desperately not to laugh and scold Yoruichi at the same on Urahara's behalf. As Yoruichi began to go into detail about just how high Urahara's voice can go when he screamed like a little girl, they heard a knock on the door.

"Its Rukia." Yoruichi said.

Orihime nodded and went to the door and opened it for her. "Rukia-chan! Hi please come in! Yoruichi-san's here too!"

Rukia came in repeating the same process of ridding her shoes of snow and removing them like Yoruichi had when she came. While doing so Orihime noticed Rukia's hands and immediately went into a fit.

"Oh my goodness Rukia-chan your hands! What happened?"

Rukia looked at her hands and realized that they had been bruised when she was teaching Urahara and the others a lesson. "Ah, don't worry Orihime, I was just beating a pack of dogs that were being bad."

"O-Oh…Well are they okay?"

Rukia grinned. "I think they got the message."


After sitting down with Rukia and healing her hands they all decided to have a late dinner together after assuring that the meal hadn't been made by Orihime. Rukia had been shocked at Bast's ability to talk and true nature but after having a talk with her, she agreed to keep it a secret from everyone else. They decided not to tell her about Kidohana's relationship with the Captain Commander, just so Rukia wouldn't feel betrayed by the place she believed would always do the right thing. Yoruichi contacted Kisuke letting her know that all three girls were safe and together and that she and Rukia would stay the night with them. She was wondering why Kisuke's voice sounded like he was suffering from a toothache but that wasn't on her list of concerns.

"Arisawa your mom's an amazing cook. If she teaches you how to cook you can be our chef."

Tatsuki looked up from her food to Chizuru in confusion. "What do you mean 'our'' chef?"

"Orihime and I's chef of course when we get married."

"Oi!"

Everyone laughed at the two girl's antics and after a bit more talking decided that it was time for bed. Yoruichi would sleep in her cat form on one of the large throw pillows from the couch. Tatsuki and a loudly protesting Chizuru would sleep on the pull-out couch and Rukia would stay with Orihime in her room.

"Thanks for letting us stay the night Orihime." Rukia said while getting ready for bed.

Orihime looked up from her drawer at Rukia and smiled, handing her the extra sleeping clothes. "Its no problem at all Rukia-chan! Its nice to have all of the girls over especially after what happened. We had a nice dinner, and we had so much fun! Its nice to have you all over since I'm usually by myself."

Rukia nodded and smiled sadly. Orihime would never want to ask for her friends to visit her because she believed that she would be a burden to others. Rukia wanted to go back to Urahara's place and beat the snot out of them again but she would let it rest for now. She knew that Orihime wouldn't approve of someone fighting on her behalf. She would only think that she was troubling someone and she would rather keep it to herself if it meant that. She's so willing to give up everything for everyone but if she did that there would be nothing left of her. It was time that she thought about herself more.

"We're gonna be here for a while so we should definitely get together sometime." Orihime nodded and smiled, happy to spend time with one of her best friends. "That sounds great Rukia-chan! Its nice to spend time together, and with our situation, things definitely won't be boring."

Rukia had to agree, and when everyone had settled down for the night she couldn't help but agree even more. No, spending time with a coven of witches and their demon cat familiar wouldn't be boring at all.


After making sure everyone was asleep, Bast slipped into the shadows and appeared out onto the streets and began to walk. Within two days everything had changed for her and her three new masters. With the added assistance of this 'Yoruichi' person and a shinigami in on the secret, Bast was sure that everything would be less than peaceful. Her ears twitched at the familiar sound of a hollow nearby and she grinned. She could hunt on her own but with her new obligations it will be difficult to find the time. This is why she needs the girls to feed her. They can start tomorrow but for tonight, she would obtain her own meal.

If someone were to watch carefully, they would see the shadow of the cat begin to take on the likeness of the demon within with its mouth stretched into an impossibly wide grin.

It was time for dinner.


Please review! I am anxious to write more but I'd love to hear your opinions more! If you have questions please leave them in the review and let me be able to respond back. I hate to answer questions on the actual chapter.

*Kageoni = Shadow Demon.

*This is actually one of Shunsui's abilities when he's in Shikai. He used it against Starrk.