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The morning after the incident with my Uncle, I stayed inside with Yoruichi. I told her that I knew the way to Aunt Kukaku's because.......well I am living there. So now I am there guide! While we were talking, everyone else waited outside. Ichigo still looked mad about yesterday and was the only one still inside. Just then, we heard Uryu yelling at Ichigo. I don't know what they were yelling about, but I'm pretty sure that it was early in the morning still.
"Huh?! What do you mean, not going?!"
"That's what I said. You three can just go on ahead without me. I'm staying here to finish my battle with that pinhead from yesterday!"
"That's not an option!! You're coming with us even if I have to drag you myself!!!" I started to walk to the front to see what was going on. Now I kinda regret coming here to help them.......Uryu was pulling onto Ichigo's ankles.
"If I don't show up, he'll think I'm a chicken!!"
"Who cares what he thinks!"
"What's going on here? It's time to go." I said. These kids have no idea what they are getting themselves into. 'They are so weird.....there worse than Uncle.' I sweat-dropped.
"Get over here and help me!" Uryu yelled to me.
"Leave me alone! I'll beat that bull-riding punk quick and catch up to you guys before you know it!" Just then Yoruichi severely scratched Ichigo's face. After a while, Ichigo finally yelled.
"What's wrong with you? Have you forgotten why we came here in the first place? Lives are at stake. Rukia's life in particular is in your hands. Surely you haven't forgotten about that? You don't have time to waste on foolish grudge's with strangers! Are you ready for the task at hand?!" yelled Yoruichi. 'Why haven't I heard anything about this?! Just what the hell is going on?!'
"Wait, what's going on with Rukia?! What happened?!" I said, suddenly panicing.
"I'll explain when I talk to Kukaku. Let's go." She began to walk off. I turned to face the others. I looked at them and noticed that I had their full attention.
"Slow us down Ichigo and I swear I will cut you up and feed you to the boars! Not that I don't know about the whereabouts of the boars.........yeah." I walked out, following Yoruichi.
Later.....
We finally began our way to my aunt's house. I hung out in front with Yoruichi with Orihime behind me. She kept looking at me oddly, but never said anything to me. 'This is so irritating......' I knew she had something to ask, but must not have the guts to say anything. I mean if she had anything to say she should just spit it out already.
"Looks to me like we're heading out towards the empty countryside. Are you sure this is the right way errrr.........what's your name anyway? You know all our names, but we don't know yours."
'I told you but you obviously weren't listening!!!!' Without turning around to face Ichigo I said, "My name is Sachi Shiba. And I'm pretty sure we are going the right way seeing as I live there."
"Why are you wearing that mask? Why are you so small? You seem much older than we are....." A vein-popped out of my head, head fuming. 'No one and I mean NO ONE calls me SHORT!!!' I turned around slowly, anger showing on my face.
"..Short!! Got it?!" I breathed out and continued calmly, "And yes I am older than you."
Ichigo dead-panned. "You never answered my other questions........."
I stopped walking. "I wear this mask to hide my identity. I ran away the day I was to graduate from the Soul Reaper academy. The day when I lost everyone dear to me........And anyway, why does height matter? Shorter people are awesome. I mean come on..........I can kick your ass anywhere, anytime." Ichigo got mad, but stayed put.
"Your a lot older than we are. Shouldn't you at least be a lot taller?"
"Let's just drop the subject. I hate talking about my shortness." I put my head down. 'Damn.........I never thought that my height would get to me like this.'
"Sachi?" Huh? I looked up and saw Orihime next to me. "Can we see your face? We aren't from here, so we won't tell anyone about you." Was she serious? I have no problems showing my face, but why would she care? Is she just a caring person? No, that can't be it..........
"You mean......you really want to see?" They all nodded, including Yoruichi. "*sigh* There's nothing to see really.......but, alright." I took off my mask and shoved it in my pocket. I looked over at Orihime and the others and did a pose. "Ta-Da!!" Orihime ran towards me and pinched my cheeks.
"Your so adorable!!" I grabbed her hands in hopes of getting them off my face, but I couldn't
"Owie!! My cheeks hurt! Stop pinching them!!" Ichigo and the others began to laugh. I stopped moving and so did Orihime. I slowly turned to face Ichigo and smiled. "We'll see who's laughing after I kick your ass!!" I ran after him. "Stop running scaredy cat!!"
"I'm not gonna let you cut me up and fed me to the boars!!" Everyone watched amusingly. 'She is just like she was when I saw her last time...........You haven't changed much, Sachi.' Yoruichi thought.
After a while, I stopped chasing Ichigo and started to walk again. I wasn't that exhausted, but Ichigo looked like he ran a marathon. I guess you can say he did.............
"How do we know what house it is?" asked Ichigo.
"You'll know when you see it." Yoruichi said.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"You'll see soon enough. Just wait....ahhhhhh it looks like we've arrived." I could see the house clearly from the distance. Two giants arms were in the front holding a banner with "Kukaku Shiba" written on it.
"What?" Ichigo said astounded.
"No way!!" yelled Uryu.
"It's fantastic!!" said Orihime. 'Fantastic? This girl is reallllllyyy weird.......'
"Like I said, you know it when you see it."
"What kind of person would want to live in a house like that?!" yelled Ichigo.
"I don't know, but whoever he is, he sure doesn't care about keeping his identity a secret! And building houses like this one, it's no wonder he doesn't live in town anymore!" said Uryu.
"Maybe he's not allowed to live in town anymore!!"
"So this time, the banner is held up by giant arms? It's actually quite clever, don't you think?" asked Yoruichi.
"Yeah, I'm the one who suggested to use the arms." I said, looking down at Yoruichi.
"That is one word for it, I guess." said Uryu.
"But not the word I was thinking of." replied Ichigo.
"Let's go everyone! Let's just hope they aren't too worried about me." I said. 'But I highly doubt they care about my whereabouts.' We all started walking, leaving Ichigo and Uryu behind.
"What's the matter with you two? Let's hurry it up!" said Yoruichi.
"Alright......." they both said. 'Is the house really that embarassing?' I looked back at the house. ' Well, it's pretty weird, but I got used to it so...........'
Once we approached the front, two guardians jumped down on the fists. They were Koganehiko and Shiroganehiko, the only two still loyal to the remaining Shiba family.
"Halt strangers!" they both yelled.
"Who dares to trespass here?" said Koganehiko.
"Foreigners from the looks of them. And one of them is a Soul Reaper!" said Shiroganehiko. They both jumped off and landed in front of me and Ichigo. "I, Koganehiko and Shiroganehiko can not allow you passage inside this building!"
I leaned out from behind Icihgo, holding Yoruichi in my arms. "Uhhhhh......guys......Hello!"
"Sachi?!" they both yelled. 'I guess I don't have my mask on so they couldn't really tell. I never take it off........man, I am so stupid.'
"The foreigners are with me, as well as Lady Yoruichi." I held her up. She looked back at me and I just smiled. 'She is mad at me for doing this...................but she's to small be seen so I thought about it and decided to hold her. I have to make a note: Never hold Yoruichi.'
"Master Yoruichi?!" they both yelled. After seeing Master Yoruichi, they finally let us through the front doors.
"A descending staircase right from the front door? Now that's just weird." commented Uryu.
"Kinda makes you wonder how you get upstairs, huh?" I sweat-dropped and almost tripped. 'What kind of girl is she?!'
"A thousand apologies Master Yoruichi for not recognizing right away that it was you. We had no idea that these trespassers were your servants." said Koganehiko. I snickered and looked at Ichigo.
"I never knew you were her servants!" I laughed and laughed until I couldn't breath. "Ichigo, why don't you rub my feet for me?"
Ichigo looked pissed. "Shut up. And who are you calling servants?!"
Ignoring Ichigo, Yoruichi said, "It's my fault. I should have sent word ahead that my companions and I were on the way here."
"Ha! Your too kind. Such generous words from such a great person. Please wait here while I announce your arrival." He walked to the paper door, I followed him.
I yelled through the paper door, "Hey Aunt Kukaku!"
"Master, we have visitors! Now, please enter!" Koganehiko opened the doors. We all walked in.
"Well, it's been a long time hasn't it, Yoruichi? Sachi, we need to talk about you staying out too long. I was waiting all morning."
"I know, I'm sorry!!" I smiled at my aunt.
"Alright, shut up already...........Your worse than your damn uncle."
"Ku-Ku-Kukaku........" Ichigo stuttered.
"A women?!" they all yelled.
"You assumed it was a man, but I never told you that." said Yoruichi. 'Leave it up to her to tell you every single detail.........'
"Hmmmmm.........what's this? You seemed to have brought a bunch of brats along with you!" said Aunt Kukaku.
"I shall explain that. First though, I have a favor to ask of you Kukaku."
"That is usually the case when you look me up, Yoruichi. Is it dangerous?" I sat down next to Aunt Kukaku.
"Probably......."
"It's been a long time since we talked like this. Well, well my friend lucky for you I enjoy danger."
"Are you gonna tell me everything now?" I said, irritated. I looked over at Aunt Kukaku who looked at me irritated. "What?"
"Your in trouble for not coming home first. I have to keep a close eye on you and you go and stay the night in Rugonkai again!"
"I know, but they needed help finding this place. Although I may never really help anyone, I recognized Yoruichi and decided to."
"We are talking after this, got it?"
"I'm still in trouble?! No way!"
"Actually, I need to talk with you on a different matter......." I nodded. "Alright Yoruichi, explain."
Later........
"Alright, I think I get the picture. Ah, what the hell I'll take the job."
"Excellent!"
"I have some reservations, but with Urahara involved how can I say no. However, while I trust you completely Yoruichi, I do not trust these kids accompanying you. So I'm going to sent two overseer's with you just to keep an eye on them for me." 'Better not be talking about me.' I looked over to my right and saw Aunt Kukaku looking right at me. She looked back at the group. 'NOOOOOOO!!!!' Damn you Aunt Kukaku!'
"Overseer?" asked Ichigo.
"Yeah. Well, I call him that but he is my kid brother. He's still kind of a dofus, not at all that useful, but he'll have to do."
"Whose the other one?" asked Orihime.
"This lazy butt over here." Aunt Kukaku pointed her left thumb at me. I kept moving around, but her finger followed me everywhere. "I knew it!! Man this sucks.......hey wait a sec I'm not lazy I just don't like working is all. And I hate helping you with your damned explosives!!"
My aunt walked over to the door to my left and yelled through it. "Hey in there! Are you ready?"
"Yes, yes I'm ready." said a voice.
"Alright, I'm opening the doors so behave yourself."
"Okay, I promise." Aunt Kukaku opened the door. The man on the other side had his head down, hands on either side of his head. "It's an honor to meet you. My name is Ganju Shiba and I'm please to be of service." He lifted his head and looked around.
"Oi! Hey Uncle Ganju!!" I waved my hands dramatically in the air.
"UNCLE?!" everyone yelled. Uncle and Ichigo looked at each other. Just then, they both stood up and pointed fingers at each other.
"It's you!!" they yelled at each other.
"You two already know each other?" asked Aunt Kukaku.
"Long story actually..........heh heh." I sat criss-crossed and grabbed my legs. I rocked back and forth, smiling at everyone else. 'Uncle don't do anything drastic............' I realized that I had spoken or thought too soon.