Young Shunsui ran down the halls of his family's manor looking frantically for her, weaving in and out of the workers who just watched the young boy making them smile as they continued with their duties. Looking left and right for her, Shunsui didn't see her at all. He was sure that she would have been in the garden she always was in there, one of her many favorite places to go. But she wasn't, his little feet pounded harder and harder on the wooden floors, turning the corner he slides but regains himself quickly.
He just hoped they she didn't leave the manor, he remember time and time again telling her not too. Even his family for fear of what might happen, even though there have been some with different physical attributes that he's seen, he was sure no one though had seen someone like her. So in order to keep her safe they gave her a rule not to ever leave the manor unless she was attended by someone, but she in a since a free spirit type in a way he came figure it out. It had to due with her wings he was sure, which had been fully healed.
"Eve!Eve!"he yells for her, his voice trailed down the halls, there as no response at all from her. Now he knew he had to find her, she normally would come if her name was called. Opening almost everyone room in the manor, only to find it empty of her. He calls again for her, but still nothing. Making his way back outside, he yells for her again."Eve! Eve! Ev-"
"Shunsui?"a perky cute voice calls to him, making the young boy stop yelling. Turning around he finds her sitting on the roof of the manor looking at him with a confused look as to why he was yelling her name."Shunsui, why are you calling my name?"she asks him, standing up she spreads her glorious which with light illuminated them more, she jumps off the roof and glides down with the help of her wind current, she lands just a few inches infront of him, dressed in a light pink kimono with a flower of the same color that was rested in the right corner of her hair, she would always wear flowers in her hair, which she seem to keep up in a bun.
Eve looked at her out breath friend she arches an eyebrow at him, her bright scarlet eyes blink at him when she started to burst out laughing. Making young Shunsui look at her dumbfounded not sure what was so funny, but she was laughing for reason. Though he was upset at her for her action, he couldn't help but smile at her warmly, shaking his head. He couldn't blame her for being who she was, Eve was just like that always in her own world doing her own thing. So his anger for her always seem to vanish whenever he became upset when she did something.
"Shunsui, I come with me."she tells him, grabbing holding of her friend's hand. Before he had time to say anything she pushes herself up and even though he was a bit heavier than her, she manged to bring him up ontop of the roof despite the struggle. Panting she regains her smile, Shunsui just looks at her. Eve goes and points to a tree, Shunsui looks at the tree. He didn't see anything but a tree. Looking at her strangely."Watch..."she tells him, she puckers her lips together and starts to whistle a harmonious tone. He looks at her in slight awe, she saw him and points back to the tree, which he looks. Next thing a few he saw a little rustle in the tree leaves. As Eve kept whistling the ruffle became more and more. Until something popped out and flew right the two children. Shunsui slightly yelps as he tries to swat it away. Which he received a laugh from Eve.
He looks at her as she tried her best to contain her laughter of him. Making him grunt, he as about to say something when he noticed something perched on her shoulders it looked like a bird but there was something different about it. It had a hollow mask on, knowing what he knew about them. He reacts quickly to it.
"Eve! What are you doing! Move!"he lunges towards the creature, who started to screech back at him, but Eve stops him as she protectively shields the creature from him. Making Shunsui look at her a bit confused.
She lashes out at him in defense of the creature she was protecting"Shunsui what are you doing?"she demanded from him.
"...Eve that thing is a hollow! What are you doing with something like that!"he points at the creature that screeches at him.
"So..."she tells him, as she looks tenderly at the bird like hollow that was no bigger than real bird. She then turns and looks back at her friend angrily."It's my new friend. So don't hurt it."she tells him.
Shunsui was strucken back by the words she just used about the hollow, a friend? He was sure she lost it now. But from the look she gave him, he could tell she was dead serious about this. Going against his normal judgement, he calms down for the sake of her to hear her out. Seeing this, she slowly calms down she still looked at him cautiously. He puts up his hands gesturing that he was not going to do anything. Looking him over once more.
"It's a friend?"he asks her calmly. While suppressing his normal urges.
She nods her head. Looking back the creature as she pets it affectionately, she returns her look to Shunsui, she gives him pleading eyes."I know you don't like hollows, but...Shunsui...not everything is bad...if it has life...then it's bound to be good. Please...don't tell others."she pleads with him, Shunsui kept looking at the creature eyeing it, he scuffs at it.
Looking back at Eve, just as he was about to say something only to be stopped by how she looked at him. She looked so determined yet at the sametime complete effected by her affections for the creature. He noticed she was starting to cry just a bit. Her grip on the hollow had gotten tighter. He couldn't help but think back to when he found her, it was almost the same look he gave his family when he told them about. His heart went out to her, he smiles softly at her.
"Alright."he agrees. Hearing him say those words, made Eve smile. She runs and hugs Shunsui almost knocking him over, the hollow screeches just a bit. Making the two children just laugh.
Over in Karakura Town, night had came. At the Kurosaki clinic the family was home, Yuzu was busy making dinner, while their father was in his clinic, Ichigo stood infront his sister's room door. He knocks on it. Calling for Karin. He waited a bit before she opened it. He smiles down at her, she looks at him.
"Yes?"she asks.
"Hey, Karin...look is everything ok?"he got straight to the point.
She looks at him wondering what he meant."Yeah...why wouldn't it be?"
Ichigo searches her face for any sort of sign she might be hiding something. But he didn't see anything."Well...Yuzu is saying you don't walk with her anymore that much to school, also you leave her when school goes out. And some people had told me they've seen you running through the park. So what's going on?"
Karin did her best to keep her face straight, but Ichigo could see it twinge just a bit. Looking at her older brother she smiles at him."Oh, it's nothing. Nothing at all."she tells him trying to brush it off. Looking over shoulder back at her desk"Look I've got to finish my homework."she tells him, going back into her room shutting the door.
Ichigo glares at the door, he knew his sister was hiding something. Seeing she wasn't going to say anything he made it up in his mind he would find. Inside Karin's room, she stayed quiet as listen to her brother's footsteps leave her door. She sighs to herself, that was close. Making her way back to her desk, she sits back down. Picking up her pencil she taps it on her desk.
In the Soul Society, Renji was squad 4 collecting medical supplies yet again. Thanking them, he makes his leave. Using his flash step to leave making sure no one else saw him. As he ran across the Seireitei, holding onto the medical supplies firmly. When someone called to him, making him stop right ontop of a the wall. Turning around he finds Rangiku smiles flashes him a friendly smile. As she happily goes over to him.
Renji stands to her."Hey Renji, where you off too?"she asks him.
Renji adverts his eyes from her, scratching the back of his head."...No where."he tells her.
She looks at him, she could tell he was lying about something but just played it off."Oh, ok...so what's with all that medical supplies?"she points to it.
He looks at it, then back to her."Oh, just umm low on some supplies for Squad six. So I just thought I should pick them up. Going on a mission. Yeah something like that."He still didn't look at her, but she could tell he was antic about something. He finally turns to her"Look, I've got to go."he tells her, as he turns away from her and just as he was to use Flash Step. She uses her own and ends up infront of her, she looks at him seriously. He could see she was not going to budge. Her sharp eyes on him. He froze.
"Renji...what is it?"she demands from him. Her voice was just as firm as her glare on him.
Renji narrows his eyes at her, but could see she was not going to be pushed aside. Seeing he was not going to win this, he sighs."You just can't say anything...come on."he tells her as he uses flash step, she uses it too and follows him.
