CHAPTER ELEVEN: Love In Theory and Practice: Pt 2.
DISCLAIMER: I only own Penelope.
AN: Dedicated to Ulquiorra9000. Thank you for the help and the inspiration!
Do you guys remember Hamtaro? I suddenly had the urge to watch the episodes and I remembered my favorite one was Penelope! Weird right? And I realized my Penelope and the Hamtaro Penelope are really alike, and Starrk is like Snoozer! For future reference, I started a reward system. So when we reach 60, 70, 80, (you get the picture) I'll give that reviewer a request! REVIEW PLEASE!
Lonely nights but you still got me.
Starrk stared breathless at what was before him. He and the girls arrived in the human world a while ago. The three went to the home they were gonna stay at for the time being. It wasn't white or gray, it was warm and colorful. With items and things his never seen. He ignored Lilynette and Penelope and stepped outside on the patio. The Primera sat down on the outside porch swing, sitting in his more than comfortable human clothes.
His pebble grey eyes have only seen a dark starry sky but now he can blue skies with puffy, dreamy clouds swaying with the heavens. Dark colored leaves were by his feet, he could see bright colored trees fading into dark and dying foliage. These were things he could only dream of in his cold, dingy room in Hueco Mundo. Buildings towered over his hotel that went on and went on, he could see humans inside the building's room beyond the glass windows. He could feel cold, nippy air all around him but it was different then Hueco Mundo's atmosphere, it was soothing to his nonexistent soul.
Starrk looked down to see tanned feminine feet before him. His stormy eyes follow up thin, toned legs to a petite waist covered in a red dress up to Penelope's face. Her warm freckled face looked at him with a curious gaze. Golden eyes peaked out under her dark locks to pear at her Primera. Starrk let out a small smile and reached out his hand. Penelope took his hand and sat comfortable curled up to him. Starrk let his fingers dance freely on his Fraccion's bare legs.
"Are you okay? You've been silent since we arrived." Her soft voice tickled his ears.
"Yea. Just taking all of Karakura in. It's very different compared to what we're used to." He said, not without removing his eyes from the baby blue sky. Penelope snugly fit her arm around his, leaning her head on his shoulder. While dealing with her conflicting emotions about her relationship with Starrk, she still liked to curl up to him in the silence of the day and night.
"I wanna stay here forever." She whispered quietly enough for him to hear. Starrk tore his gaze from the sky to the little lady next to him. Deep, dark brown locks curled around his arm as Penelope looked up at him. Starrk looked down at his Fraccion, raising a hand to lightly stroke her chin. Penelope smiled and leaned a little into his warm touch. Even with battle-torn hands with scars, Starrk had the softest hands. The Primera noticed an innocent appetite in Penelope's big golden eyes. He knew he couldn't dig into his desires for his Fraccion, but he really wanted to.
"I don't think we're supposed to be this close, Fraccion."
"It hasn't stopped you before." Penelope said with a wolfish grin, making Starrk's blood rush. The two inched towards each other, their warm breath washing over their lips.
"HEY! LOVEBIRDS! KNOCK IT OFF!" Lilynette screeched on top of her lungs. Penelope and Starrk turned to see the small girls head poking out of the doorframe. Starrk grinded his teeth and made a face of rage towards Lilynette. The Primera's other half smirked and stuck of her tongue. Penelope removed herself from Starrk's warm grip.
"Come'on, we have a mission to do." She said, tugging on his strong hand.
The night sky danced over them, the three walked past the Humans as they strolled through Karakura town. Starrk could feel eyes all over them. He could see men's dirty gaze roaming over Penelope and teenager boys gazing at a skipping Lilynette. Starrk had to keep himself calm and collect around humans. He felt a light squeeze from a tiny hand; Penelope smiled and leaned into Starrk.
"Relax, Grouch. When we get back to the house, you can sleep all you want." She whispered in his ear. His eyes flickered over her golden eyes, seeing himself finely detailed in big black drops.
"Fine. Now what are we doing tonight?"
"Trying to see if we can find Urahara and his shop. Gin-sama said Urahara wear's clogs, dresses odd and quite easy to find. And makes a scene anywhere he goes, so hopefully we'll be able to find him." Penelope said sweetly. Lilynette would wander back and forth to see all the different stands or food, toys, magazines and other human items. The trio couldn't help but stop and gaze at the world around them. People were in the streets, walking, talking, and even performing in front of small crowds.
Penelope and Starrk sat down of the nearest bench, watching Lilynette bounce around Karakura. The wolf pair loved to see the little girl act like an actual child, not the hyper-active tom-boyish Arrancar. As much as Starrk wanted to hate her at times, she was like his daughter, or his little puppy. And Penelope was her mama wolf.
"Oh! Look at this puppy!" Lilynette said, holding up a small black dog to Starrk's face. The Husky puppy licked Starrk's face and jumped up on the Primera. Penelope giggled and watched Starrk awkwardly handle the dog. The dog's big brown eyes spotted Penelope and leaped over Starrk's lap into hers. The Husky panted happily and snuggled into Penelope.
"How cute is this little one?" She cooed, Starrk couldn't help but get jealous of how close and snug the dog was getting. He watched as Penelope tickled and curled against the small warm body. Damn fucking dog…
"Can he stay with us for a while, please?" The Fraccion asked with pleading golden drops. Starrk could just stare at them for countless hours. Penelope placed the dog's face right next to hers. Big puppy eyes staring at him with a stare that clenched his absent heart.
"…Maybe." He muttered under his breath, smiling a little as he heard Penelope and Lilynette squeak with joy. The little Husky dog must have sense something, plopped onto the Primera and continued licking his face.
"I think he likes you…surprise." Lilynette said surprise that anything can like Starrk. Her other half glared at her with a dirty glare.
"Ya know, your lucky that-"
"Aw! What an adorable dog!" A peppy voice jarred the three Arrancars. They looked up to see a Auburn haired women smiling at them. An orange haired man stood next to her. Penelope nervously smiled and awkwardly waved.
"T-thanks, he is a cutie."
"What's his name?"
"U-uh…his Coyote Jr." Penelope said on the spot. The young woman smiled at the name and Starrk groaned.
"I love that name! Isn't he cute, Kurosaki-kun?" She exclaimed to the orange haired man next to her. He nodded along, smiling to the pretty lady. He bent down to scratch the small Husky, grinning at the reaction of the dog.
"Coyote Jr.? Then who's the first Coyote." He asked.
"The first one is someone very important to me, of course." Penelope smiled, peaking out of the corner of her eye to see a smirking Primera.
"Aweh! How romantic!" The girl yelped with joy and romantic look was in her big eyes that seem directed to the orange man.
"I hate to bother you two, but do you know where the Urahara shop is?" Penelope asked, planning to use the two teens to hopefully find Urahara without the hassle.
"Ah, we were gonna head over there! You guys can come." The young men said, standing up and began to walk into the other direction. Penelope and Lilynette began to follow the two till Starrk stop them.
"What are you doing? We're not supposed to talk to humans." He asked. Starrk didn't want Penelope to get in trouble for interacting with any humans.
"Don't worry, they know where Urahara is. It will be easier then searching through all of Karakura for this guy." Penelope whispered to him. It took a bit for Starrk to understand what she meant. This could work, but the smallest thing could blow it all up.
"Oh, fine. But be careful with these two. And Coyote jr.? Couldn't pick Spike, or something better?"
"No! I like Coyote Jr., besides his named after a cute guy." She said, following after Lilynette and the strangers.
"Cant argue with that." Starrk said to himself.
"Hello Ichigo, Orihime-chan! Oh, you bought new costumers!" A hat wearing man yelled as the five enter the small store. The digested Arrancars stared at the blonde haired man in green robes and brown clogs. It was kinda hard to believe that this man was a threat to Aizen.
"H-hello, Mr. Kisuke." Penelope waved with the other hand that wasn't holding Coyote Jr. Urahara popped up in front of the small women, awing at the small dog.
"Hope you don't mind Coyote Jr." Penelope said, realizing the doggy probably wasn't allowed in.
"Don't worry, Darling! I welcome all pets." He said as a black cat with big yellow cat eyes. Urahara picked up the cat to cuddle up with the furry creature. The cat curled against his neck and meowed lightly into his ear.
"Oh~ Little Byakuya! Please take Yoruichi to the back!" The shopkeeper called out. A black haired man appeared, seemly out of nowhere, in a formal clothes compared to Urahara.
"That's Kuchiki to you, Urahara." He said with a noble tone, glaring at the hat man. Starrk watched the man carefully. Byakuya Kuchiki. The Primera knew that name. He was one of the captains in the Shinigami world. Starrk knew to be careful with him and not to blown their cover.
Byakuya stared at the three strangers. The small blonde haired girl seemed harmless. The tall, thin looked kind of suspicious but too tiny to hurt a fly. But the man, seemed to lazy to do anything bad but something about him turned Byakuya off. He could tell if he was Hollow or not. He was too human looking to be a Hollow. But the very tiny sense of slight evil hovered around them.
"Feel free to look around and let your dog run around! We don't find!" Coyote Jr. jumped out of Penelope's arms to run, and started to jump up at the large man in the store.
"…His not gonna hurt him, is he?" Penelope asked, frighten the large man might harm Coyote Jr.
"Tessai couldn't hurt a fly!" Urahara said, skipping around the store. Penelope and Starrk saw a red haired man with a short tiny black haired woman. Grey eyes wandered to golden orbs, talking to each other without words. Shinigami's. Penelope strolled off with Lilynette around the store. Byakuya stood next to Starrk, quietly judging him.
"His lazy, bored and very laidback. Sounds like Shunsui. Hopefully don't a drunk like him" The sixth division caption talked to himself mentally.
"What cute girls ya got there, sir! Especially the dark haired one!" Urahara said, smiling at Starrk. The Primera Espada stared at the shopkeeper, not amused. Kisuke realized he shouldn't have said that and tried to explain himself.
"W-what I meant was, t-that she seems l-like your-"
"You should stop talking now, Urahara." Byakuya said, cutting off the former captains rambling. He nodded and walked away from the two intimidating men.
"Is he insane?" Starrk asked Byakuya, watching the creepy shopkeeper.
"He says he isn't but I know better than that." Byakuya answered him. Starrk smiled and laughed abit. Shinigami's weren't that bad as he thought.
"COYOTE JR.! Stop doing what you're doing to Tessai-kun!" Lilynette yelled, bring everyone's attention to the Husky dog's inappropriate position on the huge man.
"Oh holy Aizen…" Starrk muttered to himself. Byakuya couldn't help but smile when he heard that. Knew it.
WOO! Long one~ Hope you like it, More Byakuya, Ichigo, Orihime, and Coyote Jr. in it soon. Please review it! And hope you like this chapter Ulquiorra9000! Thanks for the help and motivation!