Chapter 10

Orihime stood in front of a full size mirror as she put a light blue sleeveless dress up against her body only to shake her head from side to side as she let out, "No that one won't do either."

She then put the dress back onto the rack that was next to her and continued to look for that one dress that stood out. To the girl's surprise though after turning down a red, purple, and light green dress she soon found the one that she wanted as she pulled out of the rack and put up against herself in front of the mirror. The dress was a sliver color and it somehow reminded the high school student of the gown that she wore while at Hueco Mundo since it had the same type of sleeves and it also had a cloak connected to the back of it. The only big difference between the two was that it seemed to go out more towards the bottom part of the gown as she turned to sale clerk and asked, "Um excuse me, how much is this dress?"

The older woman looked up from the front counter and replied, "That dress? Hmm, you know I didn't even know that we had that dress here."

Orihime then placed it onto the counter as she asked, "Really? Well, that's certainly strange so how much do you want me to pay you then?"

The blonde haired woman crossed her arms in thought for a moment as she suggested, "Tell you what about you pay me about fifty dollars for this dress and I'll let you buy something else for half price. How's that sound?"

"What oh no I couldn't do that." Orihime protested with, as she took out her wallet. She then put on about eighty-five dollars on the counter.

But instead of putting that down for the dress the woman just took fifty away and smiled at the high school student and stated, "Okay now that you have bought the dress now all you have to do is buy something else." The girl was going to protest some more, but before she could the woman added, "Please don't worry about it, dear. I just happen to be the owner of this shop so it's like I'm going to get in trouble or anything for just doing this one time."

Orihime nodded knowing that she could not win as she then looked around thinking of a gift for Baron. "Maybe I could get him a new suit or something." Orihime thought to herself, as she walked passed another rack of clothes.

She stopped dead in her tracks though when she saw what looked to be a golden cane lying up against the wall as she exclaimed, "Oh, that's a perfect gift for Baron."

She then grabbed the item and placed on the counter and when the owner of the shop saw what she had picked out she replied, 'Good choice, since it's half off it comes to thirty dollars."

After the woman had put the money into the register Orihime asked, "Um I hope this won't be much trouble, but could please put that in a box and wrap it? I kind of want to give to a friend of mine as a thank you gift."

"No problem dear, I'll be back in a minute." The woman answered, as she took the cane and headed towards the back of the shop. After about five minutes or so the woman came back out and handed Orihime the dress and the box that had blue wrapping paper on it along with a pink bow on top of it as she added, "There you go and I hope that you're friend will like the gift that you have gotten him."

Orihime smiled as she thanked the woman and then left the shop with excitement because of her dress and of how Baron meant react to the gift that she had gotten him.

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Three people continued to walk down one of the busy sidewalks of Tokyo as a young man with glasses asked, "Rukia, are you sure that Orihime is somewhere here in Tokyo?"

The raven haired girl just let out a sigh as she answered, "Yes Uryu, I'm certain that I felt Orihime's spiritual pressure somewhere around here." She then looked at another taller young man with unruly short brown hair as she added, "Didn't you feel it too, Chad?"

The young man to Rukia's left nodded as Uryu just adjusted his glasses and thought, "I know that I felt Orihime's spiritual pressure too. But how are we going to find her with all of these other people around here? It's almost like finding a needle in a hay stack."

The three then came to crossroads and as the three sat down Rukia stated, "Alright we'll rest here for a while before we start looking for Orihime some more."

The group unfortunately was only able to rest for a minute or so before they heard Orihime's voice as she said to someone, "Hey, Muta guess what? Not only did I find myself a dress, but I also found a gift for Baron too."

This caused Rukia to turn sharply around only to see Orihime standing up in front of a large white cat who replied, "That's great kid, so what did you get Baron anyway?"

The orange haired girl just giggled as she jokingly shot back, "Sorry Muta, but you'll just have to wait and see."

When the three saw that she was about to leave both Uryu and Chad slowly got up along with the raven haired girl. And as the three approached their friend Rukia asked, "Orihime?"

This caused the high school student to stop dead in her tracks and turned around to see her three friends smiling at her as she asked in surprise, "W-What are you three doing here?"

Uryu was the first to speak as he answered, "We've been worried about you Orihime, so we just wanted to see how you have been doing."

"That's right..." Chad said, agreeing with the Quincy. He then saw Muta as he added, "Do you know this cat or something Orihime?"

"Oh this Muta, his one of the three people that I met while at the place that I'm staying at." Orihime explained. She then started to run down a road as she went on with, "Come on you guys, I want to introduce you to someone."

"Orihime, wait!" Rukia shouted, but before she knew it the girl was gone. She then turned to the two young men as she ended with, "Come on, let's try to catch up to her."

Both Chad and Uryu as the three then made their way down the same pathway that Orihime had taken before. Once they had reached the trash cans however, all three of theirs widen when they saw their friend become smaller. They then watched as that same large cat now was standing on his hind legs as Orihime turned and waved as she asked, "You guys aren't you coming?"

Rukia sighed as the three made their way under bridge and after they had this all three of them shrunk. But they did not let themselves become to surprised by it as Uryu looked around and asked, "Where did Orihime go?"

"Over there." Chad informed him, as he saw the girl run up to a green two story house and knock on the door.

Rukia's eyes widen as she ran up to her friend to try and stop her from knocking on door. But she was too late as the door opened to reveal a humanoid cat wearing a light gray suit with a matching top hat. Seeing this caused the group to stop and Orihime had hugged him she turned and said, "Baron, these my friends from Karakura Town." She then pointed to each one as she added, "This is Uryu, Chad, and Rukia."

The green eyed half cat then removed his top hat and placed it over his heart as he greeted them with, "It is a pleasure to meet you, gentlemen and madam. Welcome to the Bureau."

To Be Continued