She turned the head on the stove down to medium low, but then looked down in sadness. "but you can't be with me forever....because of the angel laws" She said quietly to herself. "We captians have always hated those Angel laws but the head captin and your head angel were the ones that created them so even soul reapers had to fallow them even when we didn't want to" Said a voice from the window. Angel jumped and looked over as she seen the captian of squad ten, Toshiro Hitsugaya. "C-Captian Hitsugaya.......it's been a long time how've you been" She asked. "Good...I heard what happened to your mother....I'm sorry.....it must be hard for you without your mother or father around" he said. "it's alright they're in the soul society now Ichigo used a konso on mother though I don't know what happened to father though I was still young back then" She said. "We've been doing some researching on the car accident that you and your father were in.....turns out that it was caused by a hollow.....but that hollow was being controled by someone......one of the Grim reapers...turns out that that grim reaper is a rare one....she can mannipulate hollows to do her bidding and make them kill her target....or at least try to........we believe that this grim reaper knows you and is trying to kill you at all costs.....you should be careful from now on...it's not safe for you to live alone" he said. "but I'm not alone I have my sister, her husband, and my neice with me here for the time being" She said. "but they won't be here for much longer cause soon they will be heading home" Said Hitsygaya. "Oh yeah....I forgot about that....they're leaving in two days" She said sadly. "You have two days to decide on who you want to live with untill we find this grim reaper and stop her wrong doing....and living alone is not an option.,.....I will return in two days for your answer" he said. "What are her choices" Chad asked. "She can go home with her sister's family, Come live in the Soul Society, Stay at Urahara's, or stay with someone here in the world of the living on her choosing She has two days to decide........Rangiku....let's go" He said just before he left. "Coming Captian" She said as she fallowed him. She turned around and looked at angel and Chad. "But remember this Angel..............A guardian angel must always watch over the one she's protecting at all times................You guys make the cutest couple" She said as her face went from serious to happy. Chad and Angel both blushed madly but Chad hid his eyes as usual as he put his hand behind his head. "See ya round guys" She said as she jumped on top of the roofs catching up to Caprian Hitsugaya. ".......Well Urahara's and goin home with Maria is out cause I don't wanna deal with Rosa and I don't want to be too far away from the one I'm protecting" She said as she stirred the soup. "taste it....is it too spicey or not spicey enaugh" She said as she diped the wooden spoon into the soup then gave gave it to him. He tasted it. "How does it taste" She asked. ".........Needs a little more spice......we don't want to make it too spicey because of your neice" he said. "Ah it's alright she loves spicey stuff" She said as she put some more spice in it then stirred it again. "here now try it" She said as she gave him anouther taste of the soup. he tasted it and his eyes lit up but hid them of corse. "It's........perfect.....it's not too spicey" He said as he looked at her. She smiled. "Gracias mi amigo" she said in spanish. his eyes widened. "You speak spanish too" He asked. "Well I AM part Mexican.....my dad and Jesus taught me while mom taught me Japanese" She said as she put the lid on the soup pan to keep it warm. Then she turned on another burnner to 100 degreese feirinheight. He smiled. "Now I need to make the noodles" She said as she braught out another pan and put some water into it. just then Alejandra came in. "Grandma what smells good" She said as she walked in smelling the aroma of what Angel was cooking. "um....Grandma's still out she wrote me a note saying that Yasutora and I have to take over the cooking" She lied. "ok whatever you say Aunt Angela" She said. "And for the last time my name is Shiki ya little runt now get out of here grandma told me not to let any one of you in while we're cooking" She replied as she gently pushed her out the door. "Sheesh I swear that girl....someday she'll know the truth but for right now shes far too young for the truth" She said as she started to hear the water boiling. She put some noodles in the pan, stirred them a little, then covered it up with another lid. "Since you're the guest you can choose what we'll have to drink.......We've got Water, Milk, Apple juice, Grape Juice, and.............what the hell's this" She said as she skimed through the fridge then came accross a green liquid. She picked it up and smelled it. "Yuck......margarita mix......must be Maria's and Jesus's" She said as she closed it back up and put it back where she found it. "oh well as they say 'she who smelt it delt it'" She said as she laughed a little. His smile grew a little more.
When dinner was finally ready and Chad had finished setting the table Angel yelled into their room. "Dinner's ready...........Mom called my cell she said that she met a friend while she was exchanging a shirt and she invited her to go out to dinner with her so she won't be joining us tonight" She lied. "OK We'll be there in a little bit" Said Maria from beond the door. "hurry before it gets cold" She said. After dinner Chad helped Angel clear and clean the table and wash the dishes. "Thanks for your help Tora but I could've done it myself y'know" She said as she looked at him and smiled. "I........wanted to help" He said as he felt a blush coming but hid it with his bangs. As they were washing dishes Ururu appeared at the kitchen window which made Angel jump. "Ok First Captian Hitsugaya and Rangiku now you Ururu....Sheesh why am I so easy to scare" She said. Ururu giggled. "We figured out why Angels have two healing abilities The 'Angel's tears' is where angels allow a tear to roll down their cheecks and onto a person's wound to heal it.....the 'Angel's tears' can work on any person.........but one.....that's where the 'Angel's Kiss' takes place" She explained as she jumped over the sink and landed on the kitchen floor lightly. "Well we know about the 'Angel's tears' so what's the scoop on the 'Angel's Kiss' Ururu" Angel asked. "The 'Angel's Kiss can only be used on the Angel's 'true love'....If the wound heals when an angel uses the 'Angel's Kiss' on it then that person is the angel's true love" She explained. Both their eyes widened. "the angel's......true....love" Said Angel as she remembered when she kissed Chad's wound on his stumich and it disappeared. "But.......that can't be......he's a human.....but.....the law.....He'll be killed" she thought as her eyes began to water without realizing it. "He won't be killed....I promise you that........as long as you continue to protect him he'll be fine.....little sister" Maria's voice was heard inside Angel's. "M-Maria..........H-how can you read my thoughts" She thaught. "I'll tell you guys later....after when Ururu leaves" Maria said using telepithy to her sister. "Angel..........is something wrong.......you're crying" Said Chad as he bint down looking at her worriedly. "huh what....oh.....no I'm fine Tora" She said as she smiled. He continued to look at her worriedly. "I'm fine Tora really I am" She said. He looked at her then sighed then liped the words "I don't believe you" to her. "Alright.......if you say so" He said as he got back up and stood becide her. "We're still trying to figure it out but that's all that Mr. Urahara found out we'll let you know if we find out anymore alright" She said. "Alright thank you Ururu Say hi to Rosa for us" Said Angel. "Alright see ya guys" She said as she jumped out the window and disappeared into the darkness of the setting sun.
"Well you guys sure look like the happy couple" Said Maria as she walked into the kitchen door with Alejandra behind her. Angel jumped once more and blushed madly as she heard her sisters words. "M-Maria why do you say t-that" She said. "Well you guys just look like one that's all I'm saying...................look........I know about mother's death..........you didn't have to lie to me......I've known about mother's death since I first came in......I could tell cause her spiritual pressure wasn't anywhere" She said. "H-how do you know" Said Angel. "Because..........I'm the third angel they're looking for" She said as she loked down in sadness. Angel's eyes widened. "Maria......W-why didn't you tell me this sooner" She asked. "Because if anyone else knew that I was the third Angel then the head captian would order one of the other captians to capture us..........then who knows what he'll do to us afterwords" She explained. "So if you're the third angel.....and if Alejandra's your daughter soo.........You broke one of the Angel laws" Asked Chad. She nodded her head yes. "That's correct Yasutora.....Alejandra's half angel.....and half human" she said. "Mommy knows alot about the Angel histery she's been teaching me" Said Alejandra. "But.......The head captian will-" Angel said before she was interupted by her sister. "The angel laws have changed a little since I was a little girl..........like for instance that book that you have that Urahara gave you..........that was published twenty-two years ago.....the rules have changed a little since then" Said Maria. "but the Rules for that particular law states that if an angel should ever date or marry a human then both the human and the angel will be killed by the Sokyoku" Angel said. Chad's eyes widened as he heard what Angel had said. "But that rule has changed since then...remember what I said.....that book was published twenty-two years ago......The head captian changed that rule just a little after the head angel died.......now angels can date and marry humans AS LONG AS......as long as the angel will continue to protect the human she loves" She said. "And as long as the human will protect the angel he loves with his life just like she is with her life" Said Alejandra. Angel and chad looked on oposite sides as they both started to blush. Maria smiled. "Only problem is no one knows who you have to protect" She said. Angel looked down at her necklace ten griped the bace of it tightly. "Then I.....I guess I'll just have to find out who he is then....huh..............but how will I know" She said as she looked at her. "I have a feeling that you already know who 'he' is sister......that necklace holds the answers you seek" Said Maria as she smiled. "How do you know" She asked. "You know the bracelet that momma wears all the time" Alejandra asked. "Y-Yeah why" said Angel. "Well momma got that bracelet from the tooth angel years ago........She got a note saying that the person that has the same symbol as the one on her bracelet then she has to protect him....and daddy has a tattoo on his back resembling the symbol momma has on her bracelet" She explained.
"It's getting late Alejandra you should get to bed we've got a BIG day tomarrow" Said Maria. "ok mommy" She said as she yoaned. "oh HEY Alejandra.....look on the livingroom floor there's a surprise for you from both me and Yasutora.....but you musn't wake 'them' you can play with them tomarrow morning" Said Angel. Alejandra ran into the livingroom and seen the puppy and the kitten sleeping in the pet bed by the love seat. her eyes widened. "AWww they're so cute how on earth did you get both a pup and a kitten" Said Maria. "They were the runts of their litters and they didn't want to be appart so I baught both for her......Yasutora was the one who found them" She said as she pointed to the big guy. "OH THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU ANGEL THANK YOU YASUTORA I LOVE THEM" she said as she glomped on Angel making her fall backwards tn glomped on Chad which made him loose his balance as she hugged them both tightly. They smiled at her. Chad patted her head. "Maria said that it was ok for me to get you a pet to play with on the way back from here but it's YOUR responcibility to feed and water them got it" She orderd. "Alright Aunt Angel I promise to take care of them" she replied. Angel smiled. "Good....................now get to bed you can play with them tomarrow morning" She said. "Alright" She said as she yoaned then walked into her room. "I hear that you have two days to decide on who you'll be staying with because of that Grim reaper girl huh......Well you can't come with us cause you still have school to finish" Maria said as she crossed her arms. "Good cause I wasn't planing on goin home with you anyway cause your house probibly reaks of rotten food, stale milk, smelly garbage, dirty laundry, and all that good jazz" She said as she pluged her nose with her thumb and forefinger then laughed. Chad only smirked. "I'll have you know that I got rid of all the milk that we didn't drink, we braught some food here, and I finished the laundry" Maria said. Angel continued to laugh. "You know I was only kidding right.....just trying to lighten the mood y'know cause you know mom doesn't want us to mourn her death very much she wants us to have fun with the lives we've got" Angel said. "Mommy.......Angel" Said Alejandra as she walked into the kitchen with her night gown on. "What is it sweety" Asked Maria. "Can you guys sing me to sleep" She asked. "........Fine What do you want us to sing" Said Angel. "'A La Nanita Nana' as long as Angel sings the soprano prat" Said Alejandra. "Alright.......great and the soprano part is the first person to sing......Come on get to bed" She said as she gently pushed her into her room. She ran then jumped on her bed and crawled under the covers. "Ready" She said. Chad leaned aguinced the door as Jesus stood next to him. "wait till you hear both of them sing they're amazing when they sing this luluby together" He said in spanish. "I've heard Angel sing before and she has a beautiful voice" he replied also in spanish. just then they heard Angel begin the spanish luluby to Alejandra. When her part was finished Maria took over with the alto part then when her part was finished they both sang. When they were finished with the spanish luluby Alejandra was fast asleep in her bed. Maria tucked her in and kissed her forehead. "Buenas noches mi precioso peque o chica" Maria said softly. (Translation: Goodnight my precious little girl) Angel smiled then looked at Chad as she saw that is eyes were both showing and were wide with his mouth agap. She smiled as she giggled softly. They walked out of the room.
Maria and Jesus went into their room as Angel and chad went upstairs to her room, but when she opened the door she had forgotten that the intruder had completely ruined her whole room. "I guess I had my door shut for a reason eh heh heh heh..........Well I guess I better get to work" She said as she started picking up her dresser. "Here......let me do the heavy lifting" Said Chad as he gently picked it up and set it the way it was. "A-Are you sure........I don't want you to strain yourself" She said. "I don't mind" He said as he picked up her nightstand and set it where it belonged. "I wonder what he was looking for here" She said. when they were finished organizing and cleaning things up they sat on her bed. "Whooooh that was some mess huh Tora" She said as she leaned back to lay down. He looked at her and smiled. then he noticed her yoaning. "I should go.........You're getting tired" He said as he stood up. She sat back up looking at him with a puppy look. "Please stay just a little longer Tora" She asked. He looked at her trying to resist her puppy face.....but it didn't work. "Alright I'll stay a little longer just enaugh with the face" he said as he sat back down. "Just admit it you can't resist it can you" She said as she did the face again. "it's you I can't resist" He thought to himself as he looked at her and smiled. They talked for a while untill she started dozing off. "You should get some sleep........You had a rough day" He said. "no.....I don't....wanna......not yet" She said as her eyes began to get droopy. He smiled then laid her down and tucked her in her covers. she started to fall asleep. "You need to rest Angel" he said as he stroked her head softly which made her fall completely asleep. He smiled. "Buenas noches........mi ngel........dulce so ar" (Translation: goodnight my angel sweet dreams) He said softly as he kissed her forehead without realizing it. He jumped to his window quietly then looked at her though his and smiled softly. "so......The big guy's actually smiling" Said a voice from behind him. "Never thought I'd see the day this is exciting" Said anouther. Chad turned around to see Ririn Kurodo and Noba in their plush forms. "What're you guys...............doin here" He asked. "Urahara sent us.......he said that someone's spiritual pressure has been slightly changing and getting stronger over the days and he thinks it's one of you two" Said Noba. "one of..........us" Said Chad. Ririn noded her head yes. "He thinks it has something to do with their emotions so judging by my hypothasis and the information I gathered up it's your spiritual pressure what's been changing" said Noba. "M-Me" He said. Noba noded his head yes. "I'm thinking that it's that Angel girl next door I mean her spiritual pressure's gone down a little but earlier it was way up almost off the charts it was so high" She said. "That's because from what Ururu told us Angels can ajust how much spiritual pressure is realeased throughout their body by their mood for example if she was sad she would give off very little spiritual pressure but if she was happy then she would give off alot of it" Said Noba. "How much would she give off.........if she were ever crying" chad asked. "If she were crying or scared then she would give off a massive amount of spiritual pressure...............maybe enaugh for a hollow to find and attack her" said Noba. Chad's eyes widened. "But maybe it's BOTH of them ever thought of that I mean Chad's been more talkative and he's been smiling alot recently and he rarely ever smiled before since we met him" Said Kurodo. "That's true it's as if Angel's Spiritual pressure......is effecting Chad's somehow" Said Ririn. "Hmm......That is possible.......but we don't have any proof of it" Said Noba. "wait a minute............how can Angel's spiritual pressure..........effect mine" Asked Chad. "Well Noba and I have been doing some investigations and judging to our analasys You only smile and talk more when it's just the two of you together............I think I might have a hunch on why this spiritual pressure changes are happening to them" said Ririn. "Tell us Ririn" Said kurodo. She noded her head no. "not untill tomarrow it's already three in the morning and I'm pretty sure that Chad wants some sleep let's go Noba, Kurodo" She said as they started to walk out of his bedroom door. Chad watched them as they left the room. When the door was shut he looked back at Angel with a little worry in his eyes. "Could what Ririn and the others say is true......Is Angel's spiritual pressure......effecting mine" He thought as he looked at her as he sad down on his bed. "If it is.......how is it effecting me......is it my feelings for her.........What is it........I have to know" He thought as he laid down and closed his eyes.
The next morning Chad woke up to a silent cry. Then he heard his door open. In the doorway was Ririn, Noba, and Kurodo. (They slept over at Chad's cause they were too tired to go back to Urahara's Shop) Chad sat up in his bed and looked over at Angel's window. "I wonder why she's crying" Asked Ririn. Chad quietly hoped on his window seal. "Where are you goin Chad" Asked Kurodo. "To see what's wrong" He said. "but you can't jump from one window to the other that's reckless" He said. "I wanna go with you Chad.....I wanna find out what's wrong too" Said Ririn. Chad picked Ririn up and laid her on his sholder. Noba hoped on his head as Kurodo held onto his other sholder. "We're all going" said Kurodo. ".....Hold on" Said Chad as he jumped to Angel's window. When he landed on her window seal with a quiet tap he saw her sitting in her bed crying silently whispering the word 'mother'. Ririn jumped off Chad's Sholder and hoped on her bed. "Hey Angel What's wrong" She asked. Angel looked up noticing Ririn and the boys sitting on her bed. "Where did you guys.....it's nothing Ririn.....I'm fine" She said as she dried her tears but more just kept coming. "if it was nothing then why are you crying" Chad asked as he put his hand on her sholder. "it was just a bad dream......that's all" she said. "looks to me like it was more then a bad dream" said Kurodo. "I heard you kept on wispering the word......'mother'......Did something happen to her" Asked Ririn. Chad looked at her and shook his head no telling her that she shouldn't talk to her about that just yet. "sorry.........that sliped out" She said. "No.......it's alright Ririn..............my mother died yesterday......no....she didn't just die..........she was murdered" She explained. Ririn, Noba, and Kurodo's eyes widened. "We're sorry for your loss" Said Noba. "how was your mother killed" Asked Ririn. "An intruder broke into the appartment while Tora and I were out shipping for Alejandra's birthday and Maria and Jesus took Alejandra out for lunch........mom was the only person in the house at the time when he broke in........I did have a dream last night......but the dream was about What had happened yesterday while all of us were gone" She explained. Now everyone's eyes widened. "but how can you have a dream about an event that you weren't even there to see it happen" Chad asked. "I...........I'm not sure.......but..........I think there was someone or something else in the room where mother died......I think someone was with her when she died...Something that not even soul reapers or angels can see" She said. "Who or what could it be" Asked Noba. "I'm not sure why but......I have this odd feeling telling me that it was my father that was with her" She said as she looked down holding her necklace tightly in her hands. "Do you think that your father wasn't sent to the Soul society afterall" Chad asked. "He was cause my captian was the one that sent him to the soul society" Said a voice that entered through Angel's window. They looked over and saw that it was Rangiku. "but it's posible that some of his spirit ribbon was left behind.....maybe part of him wanted to stay with his family to protect them somehow...eventhough it isn't possible" She said. ".....THAT'S IT......I was looking at what happened yesterday though HIS point of view" Said Angel. "It is possible that the remains of someone that's already been sent to the soul suciety can give a living person the memories of what happened to their friend or family member just before the person they were trying to protect died" Said Rangiku. "that's probibly what Angel's father tried to do...and so last night he gave her his memories on what happened to her mother before he went to the soul society" Said Chad. "but here's something we don't know......how DID her father die" Asked Noba. "Car accident caused by a hollow............or so Rangiku and Captian Hitsugaya said" Said Angel. "how old were you when he died Angel" Asked Kurodo. "I was nine.......we were on our way home from his tattoo shop when there was an explosion becide us which made our car fly sideways which then made him ram into the back of a semi.......he died instantly but my wings protected me so that's why I'm here today instead of dead.......at first people thought that it was a miracle that I survived a crash as brutle as that I mean no one would've survived that one....I only came out with minor injuries and most major ones were on my wings" she explained. "So that's why I saw scars on them when you protected me the first time I saw them" said Chad. "that's right....Those scars will never go away.........every time I see those scars I always remember the day father died............Ever since then I'd always thought that I was the one responcible for taking my father's life.......but By the time I met Rukia......she told me that it wasn't my fault" She said. "It's no one's fault but the hollow's that your father died" Said Chad. "I know that now.....idiot I don't need some adorable muscular genious to tell me that" Said Angel without realizing she has just said 'adorable' to him. Chad blushed madly but tried to hide it with his bangs. but they were too short. "Damn I need longer bangs" He thought. "OOOOOOOOH Did I hear what I think I heard" Said Rangiku as she got close to Angel's face. "You just said the word 'adorable' to Chad didn't you" She said. "huh.......OH SHIT DON'T TELL ME I JUST SAID THAT OUT LOUD" She said as her eyes widened then hid her face under her covers as she blushed madly. Everyone but Chad laughed. Even Noba laughed slightly. "Just admit it Angel you like him come on everyone knows that you do" Said Rangiku. She didn't answer. "Hey Rangiku....do you guys here something" Asked Ririn. "I don't hear anything" said Kurodo, Noba, and Chad at the same time. "I definutely hear something Ririn" Said Rangiku. "I HEAR WEDDING BELLS" Said Ririn and Rangiku at the same time. Chad and Angel both blushed even more. "Oh yes now I'm starting to hear them" Said Kurodo. "WAAAAAAH NOT YOU TOO KURODO" Angel whined shockingly. "That's enaugh Rangiku get back to work" captian Hitsugaya's voice was heard from on top of Angel's roof. "Alright Captian....You guys are coming with us" Said Rangiku as she picked up Noba, Ririn, and Kurodo then jumped out the window. "Are they gone yet" Angel asked. "Yeah....they're gone" said Chad. "FINALLY.....They were getting annoying" She said as she sat back up with her covers where they were before as she sighed in relief. Just then she heard Chad laughing quietly. "What's so funny big boy" She asked teasingly. "You've got static bed head" he said as he calmed down and looked at her lovingly. She tried to streighten her heair but the static just gets worse. She began to get mad, then he heard him laugh again. "now what's so funny" She asked. "It's funny..........how you change your moods.......so quickly.........it's cute how you do that" He said. She blushed. "c-Come on....W-We'd better get ready for school....We've got a half day.....R-Remember from ten till school's out" she said as she got out of bed to grab her hair brush. "Yeah I remember....Meet you outside the appartments.....alright" He said as he got up from her bed. "Alright.....hey....Tora" She said. "Hrmm" He said as he looked at her. "Never tell ANYONE what happened this morning promise" She said as she blushed. He smiled then walked over to her and kissed her forehead then nodded his head. "I promise" he said just before he walked over to the window and jumped back to his own room. She blushed madly realizing what he had just done. They shut their blinds and curtins but kept their windows open for air and to talk to eachother.