Hunted
Banned

As much as Yoruichi really wanted to stay in her hoodie and tracksuit bottoms for the comfort factor she ditched them for a less casual look and settled on some jeans and a plain white t-shirt and when Sora arrived earlier than planned in a very smart looking work outfit she was very glad she did since she would have felt very out of place had she chosen to not change outfits.

"Nice car." Yoruichi commented, taking in the metallic blue colour as the driver seat window rolled down and the blond woman behind the wheel who she assumed to be Sora, waved over to Yoruichi who had chosen to wait outside for her arrival.

"Thanks, it's a Honda." Sora stated needlessly since Yoruichi had spotted the logo on the back of the car as she walked round. She climbed into the passenger's seat and expected a handshake or something along those lines of a formal greeting, not the hug she was swiftly pulled into by Sora or the extra peck on the cheek to go with it. "I was surprised you called actually...I erm didn't think you would really remember me." Sora added sheepishly once she released Yoruichi from the embrace and got the car moving again. Yoruichi knew she was referring to the intoxicated state she had been in.

"My friend filled in some of the blanks but it's still a little fuzzy...sorry if I did anything stupid." Yoruichi tagged the apology on quickly just in case it was needed and watched Sora for her reaction, taking the chance to examine her in more detail as well. Her hair was secured tightly in a bun which was different from last night when it had been loose and flowing past her shoulders. She was wearing a plain white dress shirt with a black blazer over the top and a simple black pencil skirt to complete the office type look. It suited her well enough but she defiantly preferred her hair being down.

"What, no, I had no problems with you last night, you were very chivalrous. In fact I'd have preferred it if you had gone a bit more wild." Sora winked back at Yoruichi playfully.

"Be careful what you wish for." Yoruichi answered, wishing she had brought some sunglasses along with her to block the sunrays out of her eyes.

"Oh but I love to play with fire." Sora smirked back at her. Cheesy comment but still entertaining, Yoruichi thought as she grinned back at the woman, "So what do you remember from last night then?" Sora asked with an air of curiosity in her tone.

"Honestly...not much." Yoruichi admitted as she took in the street they were driving through and she recognised the area as the one Soifon's office building was located in and made herself focus back on Sora in an attempt to not think about Soifon.

"That's no big deal." Sora chuckled as she took the next left which took them further away from Soifon's building, something Yoruichi was personally glad about, "It'll be like a first meeting again only this way, we won't have to shout over the music to hear one another." For some reason hearing this made Yoruichi relax, she had been worried that Sora would be annoyed that she couldn't remember much about them meeting but her relaxed attitude about it all helped dispel this. She wouldn't have to try hide the fact that she did forgot or pretend to follow along if she brought something up from before – she could truly enjoy the time out with her.

They exchanging the usual pleasantries during the rest of the car journey though it didn't take too long till Sora parked outside a small coffee shop fitted snugly onto the corner of the street, there were a few people sat at the window seats but it looked fairly empty inside.

"It doesn't look like much, but the food is great. It's got that quaint homey charm that regulars love." Sora exclaimed as she pulled Yoruichi inside and they were immediately greeted happily by the 3 staff members on duty with hello cries directed at Sora and welcome calls to Yoruichi.

"Take it you're one of the regulars." Yoruichi observed as they headed towards the counter, Sora gave her a guilty look as an answer and proceeded to pick several things off the menu, Yoruichi took a little longer to decide on what to have then they sat at one of the open booths to wait for their meals to be ready. They took this time to get to know a little about one another more and ended up playing 20 questions and she learnt that Sora was a personal assistant to some hot shot business leader which suited her just fine since she great organisational skills but lacked the leadership skills along with the desire to take charge so the job was perfect for her. She just turned 26 a few weeks ago and had a sister who she spent every Christmas with since their parents died, her mother died due to illness while her father passed away in his sleep some time after 'almost like he couldn't stand to be apart from her' were her exact words.

"Favourite colour would have to be blue, my car gives that away and I've just realised I've been doing all the talking. Go ahead, tell me something about you." Sora leaned forward across the table, giving Yoruichi her undivided attention.

"Me? There's not much to say, I'm really not that interesting..." Yoruichi took a bite out of her sandwich she had ordered to stall for time; she really wasn't up to making conversation right now and had been content listening to Sora ramble on.

"Whenever someone says that in a movie, it turns out they have been hiding something amazing." Sora countered proudly.

"I have nothing to hide." Yoruichi chuckled.

"Then tell me what you do for a living." Sora pressed her for an answer; Yoruichi rolled her eyes but complied.

"Fine, I – I'm a model."

"Really?" Sora seemed to perk up at hearing this, "Would I have seen you in something?"

"I doubt it; I just moved back here a couple of months ago and recently got a new agent. I haven't done anything major here yet." Yoruichi explained.

"With how stunning you look I'm sure it won't be long till your picture is on the front cover of every magazine." Sora purposely brushed her leg up against Yoruichi's underneath the table as she spoke, although it caught Yoruichi off guard, she made sure not to show it.

"Thanks." She grinned back at the blond woman and made a show of leaning back against the chair to be more comfortable, it also allowed her to move her leg away from Sora's without it coming across negatively. "You ever thought about modelling? I'm sure you would be very popular with both male and female readers." Yoruichi added on playfully in order to get Sora talking again so she wouldn't have to. Her plan worked and with a few well placed compliments now and then she was able to get through the rest of meal without saying much which meant she could focus on listening to everything said in hopes of it distracting her mind from thoughts of Soifon and why she had stood Yoruichi up after she agreed to the date and why hadn't she made any attempt to contact her about it. If she wanted any answers, Yoruichi knew she was just gonna have to get in touch with Soifon again and decided to go straight to her office building after her meal with Sora and since it was still during office hours she would have to be there.

They squabbled jokingly over who would pay the bill and ended up halving it between them when it arrived and after the staff members waved goodbye to them, they left the little coffee shop and headed over to Sora's car.

"If the traffic's not bad I should still be able to drop you off home, or at least close to it." Sora commented as she glanced at her phone for the time.

"Nah it's ok. I got some things I need to do around here but thanks for the offer." Yoruichi said, glancing in the direction she had to take to get to Soifon's building and began working out the short cuts to get there.

"Erm I was wondering...did you hear back from that woman you were meant to meet up with yesterday?" Sora asked, the bright gleam in her green eyes seemed to fade slightly and Yoruichi couldn't help but wonder how long she had put off asking that question.

"I-I told you about that?" Yoruichi was startled at first though remembered Kukaku had said she mentioned it a lot.

"Yep...you went on about it quite a bit but it did allow me to play the comforting stranger roll very well...You should call her." Sora stated simply, surprising Yoruichi further, "Let me know how it goes ok. I would like to do this again some time." It was the first time Yoruichi thought the woman standing in front of her looked cute with her face titled down and how she hesitated in stating that fact.

"I will. I did enjoy this by the way." Yoruichi reassured her and smiled when the bright gleam in Sora's eyes returned and braced herself as Sora literally pounced on Yoruichi and planted a kiss on the side of her face again, her senses temporarily overpowered by the scent of coffee until Sora released her from the embrace and retreated to her car, wishing her good luck with the phone call. Yoruichi waved Sora off as she started her car and watched her drive off before she set off at a light jog. The building was roughly a 20 minute car journey from the coffee shop which meant it would take just under an hour's walk to get there, she was certain she could shave off a good 10 minutes off by cutting through some buildings so long as she was careful.

As predicted and thanks to her athletic skills it took a good 40 minutes to reach the building which still managed to look as oppressive in daylight as it did at night. It was right in the centre of the city but it stood out from the rest of the skyscrapers due to a car park leading behind the building and the giant metal statue of the yin yang symbol that stood proudly in the front courtyard with the company's name 'Balance' engraved into a golden plaque just below it. She'd seen this logo around on a few other buildings now and then but they all had the logo on a signpost which made her believe this was 'home base' of the company, not that she had any clue as to what kind of business 'Balance' was but she did know they were quite popular. Yoruichi moved past the statue, taking note of the 6 cars parked in the reserved priority spaces right next to the building and wondered which one belonged to Soifon since she vaguely recalled her saying she owned the building or was at least in charge of it.

Yoruichi wandered right up to the automatic doors and entered into the wide open lobby with a round receptionist desk situated right in the middle of the white tiled room. She remembered where everything was from her previous midnight visit only this time, the place was populated with people and all of them were dressed up in expensive outfits, even the people sat in the waiting area were wearing suits. She could tell a lot of eyes were on her, watching her every move though this was something she had gotten very used by now as she advanced towards the receptionist's desk.

"Hi there, could you tell me where Soifon is, thanks." Yoruichi asked the brunette behind the desk who had sat watching Yoruichi's advance in disbelief. When she had got the memo in the morning she thought it had been some kind of office prank she didn't understand but sure enough, there was the woman standing right in front of her with long purple hair leaning casually against the desk.

"N-name please." As she frantically searched through the pile of papers before her for that note to make sure she followed it correctly.

"Yoruichi." Yoruichi stated as she watched with a raised eyebrow as the woman sighed in relief after finding a yellow posted note.

"I-I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to leave." The brunette told her as she re-read the yellow note again.

"What?" Yoruichi exclaimed, a little louder than she had meant it to be and noted a security office look over at them both.

"I have strict orders to not let you into this building and I request that you do not to call Miss. Fon anymore." The brunette repeated in more detail and didn't know what to think about this situation, it was the first time something had happened like this in a long time.

"What the hell – this some kind of joke?" Yoruichi spat out at the woman. The receptionist handed Yoruichi the yellow posted note so she could read it for herself and hoped she wouldn't have to call security over to deal with the woman. Yoruichi glared down at the note, it was all there in neat handwriting.

'Do not let a woman with purple hair going by the name of Yoruichi into the building and remind her to not call Miss. Fon further.'

"I don't believe her..." Yoruichi hissed angrily under her breath as she clenched her fist around the note, crumpling it up.

"Miss I have to ask that you-" The brunette started again only Yoruichi cut her off.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm going. You can relax." She spat out, throwing the security guard a death glare as she headed back towards the doors to leave, toying over the idea of making a run for the stairs to confront Soifon about this note, knowing full well she could easily get past any security guard in her way. She chose not to though and settled on pulling out her phone once she was clear of the building and practically punched the buttons to bring up Soifon's number and she called her. It went straight to voice mail which only infuriated Yoruichi further.

"If you really didn't want to see me again have the decency to just say so instead of throwing me out the dam building!" She ended the call promptly after yelling into the receiver and stomped off down the street, ignoring some of the looks from passer-bys who had witnessed her outburst.

I just don't get it! Yoruichi thought as she continued to wander aimlessly through the busy crowds. It was like she was two different people. The two times she had been with Soifon in person she was certain the Chinese woman had been genuine in her advances on Yoruichi, why else would she have reacted so strongly to thinking she had been used as a one night stand and Yoruichi thought back to the time they had been stuck in the lift together.

"I don't think I could stay mad at you for long." Soifon admitted truthfully before she could stop herself with a slight blush consuming her face yet again.

"W-what?" Yoruichi found herself caught off guard by that revelation though quickly recovered, "I dunno, you managed quite well for a couple days."

"That's only because we had absolutely no contact." Soifon pointed out, "Even when you did find me I kept engaging you instead of ending the call like I should have done...It felt more like I was fighting to remain angry at you than it was to give in to my feelings."

"Feelings?" Yoruichi asked encouraging Soifon to keep talking.

"This will sound crazy but when I saw you at that club I-I felt drawn to you and when I was with you it felt-it felt right..."

Yoruichi ran her fingers through her hair out of frustration; she was certain that had been no lie which then brought up the question of why Soifon would be acting this way and the only way to find that out would be to talk to her and Soifon was making sure that was impossible. Urgh! This makes no sense; it's like some demented power play which I really don't want to deal with anymore. I don't want to play games I want a normal relationship with someone! She couldn't help but realise that nothing about her meetings with Soifon had been normal when compared to her first date spent with Sora, who had called her back as soon as possible, voluntarily picked her up and although she hadn't smothered her with affection, Sora had made sure to let Yoruichi know that she was interested in her with subtle hints. To top it all off, she had actually told Yoruichi to contact Soifon and find out what was going on which showed that she was understanding.

Sora was kind, understanding, affectionate and available the only thing going against her was...she-she's not Soifon. It was true, nothing had been normal about them meeting and it's what made Soifon stand out the most, Yoruichi had felt an instant connection to her.

She flopped down on a nearby bench and sighed out of frustration. She knew that if she continued to obsess over Soifon, she risked closing the door on what she could have with Sora and logically Sora was the better option since she had shown up to the first date, actually answered phone calls and didn't ban her from a building just to avoid seeing her again!

Strengthed by her anger and hurt feelings at the way Soifon was acting and before she could second guess herself further, Yoruichi pulled out her phone and scrolled through the list of names and pulled up Soifon's number, clicked the menu and highlight the delete option. She told herself that whatever she was feeling towards Soifon was simply a crush and could be forgotten as she deleted the number.

It's just a crush, Yoruichi firmly told herself.

A/N: I like to try and get a chapter out per weekend and I missed last weekend and I'm busy next weekend so I managed to get 2 chapters out this weekend and hopefully I'll be able to get the next one done during the week or soemthing. Either way, I hope it continues to be a good read and thank you so much for all the reviews!

Does anyone else want to slap Soifon and tell her to stop being an idiot 'cause I do! XD