And so, Ayame moved in with the Kurosaki family. Rukia was in the room with Yuzu and Karin, so Ayame slept on a spare futon on Ichigo's floor. Ichigo protested...strongly,but in the end Ayame won by telling his father that she may make her son a man and Ishinn might get his grand babies. Low,she knew, but it needed to be done. She could never sleep on a couch, the damn things were always to hard.
The first night was easy, she talked with the girls and picked on Ichigo before falling asleep on Ichigo's bed. The next day she had gotten dressed in black basketball shorts and a red tank top that matched her Renji-red hair. Almost. After all, almost nothing could match the perfect blinding red of her hair. Nothing. Seriously, one time she went to Home Hardware and told them to get paint the colour of her hair, and it failed. Horribly.
Anyway, Ayame headed downstairs,tieing her hair in a high ponytail while calling for Karin. "Oi,Karin! We gonna play Soccer or what?" She called loudly,her voice echoing through out the house. She heard something move behind her, and she turned just in time to kick the ball heading for her head high in the air.
"Nice try,short stuff. But I haven't lost my touch." Ayame said, a wide smirk dominating her face,amber eyes gleaming with mischief.
"We'll see about that when we get to the field!" Karin said, a grin upon her face.
"But first we need to get some teammates. Any ideas who?"
"Sorry,but I don't really have any friends in Karakura. Except for you crazy Kurosakis. We'll just gather a bunch of your friends,and if I recognize anyone on the way through, I'll drag 'em into the game, deal?" Ayame asked,holding out her hand while tossing the ball back to the younger female.
"Deal." Karin replied,catching the ball with one hand and shaking the red head's hand with the other. The two girls left the house, heading towards the field. Karin had already called some of her friends,and they were waiting. On the way though, while Ayame was listening to music on her I-Pod, Karin stopped dead in her tracks. Ayame bumped into the teen,scowling.
"Oi,what gives short stuff?" She called almost everybody that...mostly because everyone was short compared to her 5' 9" body that towered over all. Heck,even Ichigo was just taller than her. But only by an inch. Just one inch.
Karin dropped the soccer ball,running ahead and tackling a certain white haired male. A white haired male Ayame knew well. With a sigh, Ayame picked up the ball, heading towards the two 'teens'. When she reached them, she noticed Karin and Toushiro holding hands. She grinned widely.
"Hey,Shorty...long time no see 'eh?" She said, smiling slightly at Toushiro whom went wide eyed at the site of his old friend. He cleared his throat before speaking to the older girl.
"First of all,Its Hitsugaya-Taichou to you, Yamamoto. Second of all...Where have you been?"
Before Ayame could reply, Karin intervened.
"Wait...Toushiro, Ayanee-chan, you two know each other?" The black haired girl asked, eyes wide.
"Um...well...Do you know...about Shinigami?" Ayame asked,looking down at Karin and biting her lip.
"Yeah,I got Toushiro to tell me...why?" Karin said,eyes narrowing. Ayame sighed.
"Well...I"ll tell you this much. I am the granddaughter of the head Captain in Soul Society...and I used to be Lieutenant of Squad 10...before I became a Vizard. A half Hollow, Half Shinigami monster..." She said, head bowed. It was silent,before a voice spoke from behind her.
"So...that's what happened." The voice said, and she twirled around, surprised when she saw none other than...