Flashback
Ruby glanced at the clothes Kisa had given her and sighed. She remembered wearing these clothes once before and felt nervous about wearing them again. Stepping out to see her friends, Kisa let out an excited-but quiet-squeal of excitement and jumped in place. Break and Akira were left speechless. Ruby was wearing a black tank top under a white long sleeved shirt buttoned halfway with the sleeves rolled up, a pleated black skirt, black tights, dark gray lace up boots, her choker, a bracelet with a star-like charm on her right wrist, and her hair clip on the left side of her head. "Hmm... Wait." Kisa said as she ran off again and returned with a dark blue zipless hoodie that reached her mid-thigh, it was lighter blue, almost white on the inside and had an arrow pointing upward in dark blue on the back. The arrow was mirrored on the inside as well and made her look mysterious. "There. Now you're done. What do you guys think?" Kisa asked Break and Akira, who were still not talking and staring at Ruby.
Feeling uncomfortable with the silence Ruby took off her hoodie hung it before turning back to the two. "You know it's rude to stare. Kisa, would you mind helping me pack? I'm thinking of staying with the Rainsworths' for a while like promised." Ruby stated as she and Kisa began packing for another month. Akira blinked and finally moved, going over to Ruby and leaning tiredly over her shoulder. "What are you doing?" Ruby asked curiously. "I'm tired. Too much excitement in one day." Akira replied, finally drawing Break's attention and watching him laugh behind his sleeve with Kisa. "How cute~. You seem to be almost as close as Justin, Akira." Kisa stated with a small laugh and watched as the boy shrugged his shoulders before disappearing in a cloud of black smoke and reappearing as a small, black puppy with a blue streak on his head, sitting adorably at Ruby's feet.
Looking up at her tiredly, Ruby's heart melted at Akira's new form and she scooped him up into her arms and hugged him carefully. "You're so cute! Akira~ you go ahead and take a nap if you want. But you'll miss out on all the fun." Ruby stated with a cheerful smile at Akira, making him wide awake at the words miss out and fun. When they walked back into Ruby's room an argument had ensued between Justin and Earnest. "Stop being so damn curious! If you keep prying into people's lives you'll meet your end faster!" Justin yelled angrily. "Be quiet! You're just a servant! You knew the mansion was here all these years and didn't say anything!" Earnest yelled back, a drawing of a smiling woman in his hand. "I swear, if you ask her anymore-" "Will you shut up! If I have questions, I'll get answers! Even if I have to resort to interrogation!" At that moment, Earnest took the drawing and tore it to shreds, earning a look of pure shock from everyone in the room. Justin turned when he noticed Ruby and saw her staring the paper on the floor. Sharon had her hands over her mouth in shock and watched as Ruby slowly walked over to Earnest, her eyes darkening with every step.
When she was directly on front of him, she raised her right arm and suddenly punched him the face. "That... Was a drawing of my mother... You inconsiderate bastard!" Ruby yelled, her voice rising when she spoke. She was absolutely livid. Kisa, Sharon, and Break winced at the hit, but Justin and Akira simply shrugged and muttered "idiot" under their breaths as Earnest took the brunt of her rage. "Get out." She said through clenched teeth as a threatening aura began to glow around her, and Earnest, though not one to set aside his pride, walked to the door and stood in the hall to Break, Justin, and Akira's prompting. Before this Elliot and Leo had gone to Ruby's library, and weren't aware of what was happening as the two were lost in books of adventure and history. Ruby picked up the torn picture and left it one her table before going back to her closet and set out her suitcase before lying on the bed tiredly. "We won't be here long, so you'd hold rest before we go." Ruby said as she stared at the ceiling from the end of her bed. Break left the room to explore the library as well and found Leo sitting by a bookshelf with Elliot at a nearby table.
Passing the two quietly, he picked up a black book with white writing he could not understand. When he opened the book, however, he became able to read it. 'ZanpakutÅ Spirits?' Break thought and began to read. Back in Ruby's room, Kisa was telling her about how she met Sharon and Break.
It was a bright sunny day. Break had been sent on a mission about strange tiger sightings. Apparently, whenever the tiger appeared, something went missing. Of course, Break set himself a time limit of two days and waited for the tiger to appear. He didn't have to wait long because five minutes after he left the inn he was staying at, the tiger appeared. It was a white Siberian Tiger, yet this one had green eyes that were bright with playfulness. The tiger then ran off in the direction of a house, people screaming about how the tiger was even scarier in daylight. Break followed after the tiger when he realized that the tiger stopped periodically to turn and look at him, then continue running. When the tiger jumped through a window, the townspeople began to panic and back away from the building, leaving Break to enter alone. What he saw didn't surprise him, but he was still taken aback by the sight before him.
A girl of about thirteen wearing a yellow dress with white frills, shoulder length brown hair and cheerful green eyes was playing with the tiger, who began to purr contently as she played with its fur. "Excuse me miss. Might I ask you your name? I am Xerxes Break from the Rainsworth dukedom. How would you like to come and meet the young mistress?" Break asked politely as the girl turned to him. Blinking she answered with a curious tone of voice. "My name is Kisa Gold, nice to meet you. This is Ariah. Everyone thinks that she's behind all the missing items, but she really gives them back after finding the real thieves. If I go, so does Ariah." Kisa stated as Ariah changed her size to a small kitten. Break cocked an eyebrow before nodding as though it were obvious and explained that he had to carry her out as everyone saw Ariah enter the building. Kisa agreed reluctantly and hid the now kitten Ariah in her coat that Break put on her before he carried her out.
Pretending to be asleep was easy for Kisa since she was a well known prankster, but not bad enough that the people would be angry at her. Seeing her "unconscious" body made them more angry at Ariah, but since they were leaving the tiger didn't care. When they returned to the Rainsworth mansion Sharon was indeed delighted to meet Kisa, and declared her to be her little sister. "Sharon?" Kisa asked curiously. Sharon turned to her with a cheerful smile while holding open a book she was showing her. "Yes, little Kisa?" She asked back. Kisa blushed slightly as she remembered that she was supposed to call Sharon "big sister". "Big sister Sharon? Do you like cake?" Kisa asked again. Sharon nodded happily and watched as Kisa pulled out a cake from the cabinet next to them and said "I snuck this here without Break noticing from the kitchen! Would you like some?" In a playful voice. Sharon laughed when Break ran in and saw the two eating the cake and slumped his shoulders in defeat. Kisa smiled at the memory and laughed with Sharon, Justin, Akira, and Ruby while in the library, Break sneezed after putting his third book back on the shelf. "Ah, someone must be talking about me. Might be them, since I'm not in the room. Oh, well." Break muttered to himself and decided to make his way back to Ruby's room.