Woot! Chapter two is finally up! Everyone, will warn you now that this will probably not be one of these stories that progress quickly.

This is the (mildly) edited new chapter.

Chapter 2

As I sat there, munching an onigiri and minding my own business while watching the clouds float by, this kid with a broom showed up. He had red hair and angry looking eyes, and as he was sweeping he noticed me and looked up. The only acknowledgement I gave him was to blink and take another bite of my lunch.

"Hey!" he shouted, pointing an accusing finger at me. "No loitering! Get lost!"

Oh, no he didn't! "Excuse me, you little brat, but I got permission to sit here!"

"Oh yeah? By who?"

"Cool-Hat Guy!"

"What?"

I jerked my thumb over my shoulder, "That gu-!" Only to have it crash into something. Looking up, aforementioned Cool-Hat Guy was standing almost right next to me. The something my thumb had been unexpectedly introduced to happened to be his shin. "Whoa, ninja status."

"Jinta!" he chided, smile gone but still not sounding completely serious, "That's no way to treat our customer! Please apologize."

The Jinta brat grumbled a bit, then looked at me. "Sorry," he muttered, then stalked off to, I assumed, sweep something. Where was a fricking rock when I needed one?

"Sorry about that, Miss."

"It's okay," I replied, flexing my thumb, "I'm sorry for smacking you in the shin."

He laughed, whipped out his white paper fan, and sat down next to me. Translated: "Don't worry about it!" I think.

"So, judging from how you handled the kid, you're Urahara-san, right?"

"Yep!"

I put the now empty riceball wrapper in my pocket and opened the small pack of dango. As I did, I happened to look up and see a black cat approaching the store.

"Ah!" Urahara exclaimed, "Yoruichi-san! Welcome back!" He waved his fan as he had done to me.

"So that's your cat?" I asked, watching the creature.

"No, she just lives and eats here."

I twitched. Smart-ass. I continued watching her, though; something about the cat just seemed... Off, I guess. I pushed that thought to the side, however, and decided to make friends. I was an animal lover, after all. Breaking off a chunk of the Styrofoam container for the dango, I took one of the chewy balls of messy goodness and plopped it onto the improvised plate, then set it on the ground in front of me.

"Yoruichi, huh?" I asked, talking more to the cat than Cool-Hat Guy. Yes, I'm still gonna call him that. "Cool name, kitty."

Yoruichi looked at me, flicked her tail, and approached the peace offering. Apparently, the cat was gonna size me up, too, because she just stared at me as she bowed her head to eat. Maybe I shouldn't be surprised; I know animals are quite sensitive to spiritual things and whatnot that normal people are unaware of, so maybe they can tell when someone can pick up on that kind of thing.

What's that? What am I talking about? I guess I forgot to mention it earlier. My bad.

I see dead people. You know, ghosts and shit like that.

Did I mention that having a cat stare at you is kind of creepy? It is. Especially when you can tell it's not an ordinary cat, and when it seems like it's looking at you as if it knows something. So, I did the first thing that came to my mind; I stared right back with an air of "Oh yeah? Well I know about you, too!" Even though I kinda didn't... Mostly. But I wasn't about to just sit there and whimper about being stared down by a cat!

After quickly finishing the dango ball, Yoruichi licked her chops and turned her gaze to Urahara. A look passed between them -that sounds so weird since I'm talking about a cat like that- and the black feline turned and walked into the shop.

'Weird...' I thought, and started eating again. Yeah, the meeting with the kitty had weirded me out a bit and I wasn't expecting Urahara to be a cat whisperer, but I still didn't feel that any harm was gonna come my way for staying there, so I wasn't in a big rush to leave. On the contrary, I liked weird stuff, so there. "I think I'll be shopping here more often."

Cool-Hat Guy laughed.

After lunch I walked back home. After looking at the map briefly, I discovered that I lived in the Sakurabashii district.

"Oh!" Mom exclaimed, seeing I had some stuff with me when I walked through the door. "You found the supermarket?"

"Um... No?"

"It's just across the train tracks Sai-chan, how could you miss it?"

"Maybe because I went the other way?"

She sighed and told me to go arrange my room to how I wanted it. I hopped up the stairs three at a time and opened the door. The bed was still dismantled and leaning against the wall, as was a tall black bookshelf. In the middle of the room was a simple black desk with a couple drawers, a nightstand, and my mini-fridge. Yes, I had a mini fridge; it was pretty much the only thing I had shipped over from the States, and I had insisted on paying for it myself. Which turned out to be a mistake 'cause I had to sell a kidney to do it...

Just kidding, but it was still expensive as hell.

Anyway, after a while I stood back and admired my handy-work. The bookshelf was to the right of the window. Thank God it was one of those cheap, easy-to-assemble ones, too, 'cause I'm not exactly good at puttin' stuff together. My bed -which I also assembled all by myself thank you- was to the left of the window with the head board toward the window. The nightstand was at the foot of the bed, and the writing desk was situated near the wall the door was on, except to where my back would be against the wall when sitting at it. Lastly, the fridge was in my closet, because whoever built this place was a genius and put a socket in there. Fricking awesome!

"Saika-chan, are you done yet?" my mother called from downstairs.

"Yeah!" I replied, leaving my room and walking down to the first floor. I found Mom in the kitchen, cutting stuff up or dinner. From the looks of things, it was gonna be curry. I loved curry, any kind of it, as long as it wasn't spicy. "Want help with anything?"

"Not with this, but get some money from my purse and go get yourself a bed set, would you? I was going to get one for you as a present, but didn't know what you would like. Since I have to go see my new boss tomorrow, I don't know if I'll have time to take you shopping."

I looked at her. "Thanks, but you know, I could just use the blankets we brought."

She tossed me a look over her shoulder. "We only brought two with us, and those are spares for when it gets colder. What would you expect me to do if I needed another blanket during the winter, take one from you?"

Seeing her point, I grabbed her purse off the counter and rummaged around in it, getting what I needed. "Alright, I'm heading out!"

"Do you know where you're even going?"

"Across the train tracks?"

"Yes, but specifically?"

"It's a small town, Mom, can't be that easy to miss."

"But what if you do miss it?"

"Hopefully I'll notice the signs telling me I'm about to leave town so I know when to turn around." At this I heard a distinctive, worried choking noise from her and laughed. "Bye!" With that, I sprung out the door and was on my merry way toward the adventure of a lifetime. Shopping.

Ah, and here's chapter two. Hope y'all liked it! I also hope y'all have a good imagination, because with my drawing skills being equivalent to those of a blind warthog I have no pictures of Saika for you to refer to. Also, thanks for the follows and review!