Author's Notes: I seemed to be cursed in all of my stories, that I rarely get any reviews, I mean seriously, I'm not going to stop writing because of this, but it is annoying. Also, I'm going to try to be a bit more 'traditional' with names and stuff, but it's still going to be a pain on the royal butt. Also, this story was rather, I don't know. Sudden? So if it's a bit crappy, don't blame me, much.


Standing Alone

Renji leaned against the wall of a building near the Urahara Shoten, his long fiery red hair rolled down his back like a stream of blood left in his wake. He neglected to tie it back like he always does, and his clothes have been rather unkept. The dirt was never cleaned off properly, stains dotting each part of it. He looked up into the dark sky and noticed the stars dotting the sky, he came so close to grasping one, but he was burned as the star threw him back down onto the ground. Renji isn't the one to normally think of metaphors, but seeing the star of his best friend go off to someone else, made him feel somewhat lonely inside. He felt as if he stood alone again. "Dammit." He swore to himself silently thinking of the days when the two of them were inseparable.

He had no real place to live as of the moment, he could probably be mistaken for a street urchin, or a loiterer outside Urahara's shop who just wouldn't go away. The streets were mucky due to the constant rain that has been falling for the last few days. All in all, he was in a crappy mood, "I wonder if this Gigai can get sick?" He whispered to himself, the obvious feeling of being cold was something he wished that the research and development department was something that could of been left out.

Standing up, finally admitting defeat for the day, Renji looked around for the nearest shelter, the rain was getting to his head and it wasn't making him feel good, not that he was feeling good before.

"Hey, you look familiar." accused a female voice behind him; a rough type of voice, but not as much as from what he's heard from Soi Fong, it had a certain gentle quality to it.

"What is it?" He asked, turning around abruptly. Only to see the girl wearing a sleeveless tank top and shorts, holding an umbrella above her head, keeping most of her body dry. In her left hand were what appeared to be vegetables, raw, but they still looked good. "Oh, hi there Arisawa-san." He commented quickly, dropping his normal attitude.

"Yea, you're that one dude from our class. I Knew it." She looked at him uncomfortably, "What are you doing here standing alone in the rain?" She asked, looking at his drenched clothes.

He just turned around and walked away, "I'm fine." He said resolutely.

She felt the anger just going straight to her head, she hasn't been in one of the best of moods lately, and she was ready to clock anyone, even a new kid who just happened to be a friend of Ichigo. She just threw caution to the wind and kicked Renji in the back of the head, "Idiot." She took his now unconscious body over her shoulder and continued to walk home. "Don't get the wrong idea, I'm doing this just because you're a friend of Ichigo-san."

What kind of friend's does Ichigo have? Renji asked himself, as he soon as he woke up. I dunno if she's scary or if i'm starting to like her.