Alright here is 15!
chapter 15
Hara found Ichigo standing in the field/park where he had fought Yammy. He was just staring at the hole in the ground where Yammy had landed. He was deep in thought, and didn't notice her at first. Hara had hidden her spiritual pressure so not to be so easy to find. And it was working, as she walked up to Ichigo, he didn't even sense her at all.
"Yo, Ichigo." she said, her arms crossed over her chest. He spun around to face her, surprise and anger on his face. He reached one hand in his pocket to probably use some device to turn into a soul reaper. Hara put up her hands, "I'm not here to fight. Relax." He stared at her,
"What do you want?" his voice was angry, and underneath, Hara could hear fear. But it wasn't of her…it was of something else. Suddenly she noticed that one of his eyes, the one that had gone hollow last night, was still slightly hollow-ish. Tendrils of black were reaching towards the center,
"Whoa…" she said coming close to his face, "What are you?! Are you like half hollow or something?!" He stared at her incredulously,
"What the hell!" he yelled, pushing her back. Hara crossed her arms over her chest again.
"Anyway, I didn't just come here to see you…I need to ask you something." Ichigo stared at her,
"And I'm supposed to answer…why?" he gestured at her clothing, "You're with them! Why the hell should I do anything for you?!" Hara sighed,
"I can see your point…but it's just a simple question…Where did Grimmjow go?" He stared at her,
"What do you mean?" Hara rolled her eyes,
"Where did he go after you two fought?"
"Back to Hueco Mundo, I don't see why you're asking me this-"
"Was he alone?!" she interrupted.
"Uh no…that Tosen guy took him away." he answered. Hara paced back and forth as she gnawed on a fingernail.
"Crap!" she said, "Then I really am trapped here…" Ichigo stared at her, she looked at him. "What?!" she asked.
"They left you behind?!" Hara stared at him angrily,
"It would seem so." she began to turn and walk away, "Thanks for the information. Later-"
"Hey, wait!" he said. She turned,
"What?"
"Who are you?" he asked. Hara sighed; she doubted he'd know who she was, so it was safe to tell him,
"My name's Hara Ayumi." She started to sense some spiritual pressure coming their way, she looked around, and then back at him. He was still staring at her,
"You know, you don't look like someone that works for Aizen." She laughed,
"You're funny, and right. Well, see you later, Ichigo Kurosaki." she leapt up onto a rooftop, waved to him and flash stepped far away from the incoming spiritual pressure.
Suddenly, as she was going, something caught her eye. It was a warehouse. She landed in front of it, curious. As she had been moving, she had caught a glint of something orange and almost invisible around the warehouse. Hara went towards the warehouse; she felt something very faint, something that was pushing her away from it. She thought it might be some sort of barrier. So cautiously, she raised her hand and tried to touch the wall of the warehouse.
Her hand got within a foot of it before being repelled. Hara's eyes widened,
"Well, that's interesting…" said a voice, "It seems you found our barrier…" Hara spun around, one hand one the hilt of one of her blades. There was a strange looking guy standing in front of her, his own zanpakuto drawn and pointing at her. He had blonde hair cut in a bowl like fashion, and was carrying a few bags of what she guessed by smell to be food. He stared at her, "Who are you?" he asked. Hara let go of her zanpakuto,
"Hara." she said, "Who are you?" He smiled,
"Shinji." He eyed her outfit, "Are you an arrancar?" Hara shook her head,
"No."
"Are you with the arrancar?" he asked. Hara nodded,
"Yes…but I'm not here to fight anyone…um…" she smiled, "I'm kinda lost." Shinji laughed,
"Lost? Well, how about having some lunch with us? You look like you could use a meal." Hara stared at him,
"Are you serious?" she asked, surprised, "That's obviously a strong barrier…You just met me…I-"
she continued to stammer. He just grinned widely,
"Oh come on," he grabbed hold of her arm and steered her towards the door, "Its fine." He tapped on the barrier, "Oi, Hacchi let us in!" he yelled. The barrier around the doorway disappeared in a flash, and Hara was dragged inside by the enthusiastic Shinji.
Hara and Shinji walked down the stairs into a strange looking room. It looked almost as if they were outside, because it had trees, a realistic looking sky painted on the ceiling and rocks.
"Whoa…" said Hara as she stared at the room. Shinji turned to her,
"Big, huh?" he laughed. Suddenly a blur ran at them and hit Shinji,
"Shinji! What the hell took you so long?!" yelled the attacker in a girls voice.
"I'm sorry!" he yelled, "The lines were long!"
"Yeah! Well next time-" suddenly she stopped and stared at Hara. It was a young girl with pigtails, freckles across her nose, and angry eyes. "Who the hell is that?!" she yelled, smacking Shinji with her sandal, "She's wearing the arrancar uniform!" Shinji shielded his head from her attacks,
"Hiyori hold on!" he yelled, "I let her in!" She hit him even more,
"I know that, dumbass! But why?!" Shinji jumped away,
"I invited her for lunch!" Hiyori stared at him,
"What!!" Hara stood there uncomfortably; she shifted from foot to foot,
"Excuse me…" she said, trying to get their attention. Beside her, a guy with short silvery white hair and an eyebrow piercing walked up and grabbed the bags of food.
"The food's getting cold!" he yelled at the two who were still at it. He suddenly noticed Hara.
"Huh? Who're you?" She gave a nervous smile,
"I'm Hara." she said. He stared at her; "Um…Shinji said I could come to lunch…but…" she looked at Hiyori who was yelling at Shinji who had climbed up one of the trees to avoid her. The guy eyed them,
"Well, if Shinji let you in…then you're okay…" he turned and looked at her, "I'm Kensei." she smiled at him, "Come on, if you want some lunch…" Kensei walked away, back towards one of the large rocks. Hara followed him, and was surprised as she walked around the rock. There were five other people. A very large older looking man with pink and black hair, a long haired blonde guy, a dark guy wearing sunglasses, a girl wearing glasses and a school uniform, and a girl with green hair and goggles on her head. They all stared at Hara in surprise, Kensei looked at them,
"Don't worry 'bout her, Shinji let her in." They relaxed slightly,
"Who're you?" asked the green haired girl. Hara sat down near Kensei, he reminded her of Renji and Ichigo, and he seemed to tolerate her.
"Hara Ayumi." she said. They all introduced themselves one by one, the green haired girl was named Mashiro, the blonde was named Rose, the dark one was named Love, the large one Hacchi, and the girl in glasses was named Risa. They were all polite to Hara, but suspicious.
Hara ate her lunch slowly, and soon Shinji and an exasperated yet tired Hiyori joined them. Hiyori sat on top of the rock, glaring at Hara angrily. Shinji meanwhile sat beside Hara, and talked a bit. He didn't ask her many questions, only where she had come from and why she was there. Hara told him little bits, but was careful with what she said. Soon, it was her turn.
"So who are all of you?" she asked, putting down her plate.
"We're vizards." said Shinji. Hara turned to him,
"You're what?" He smiled,
"Vizards are shinigami that gained hollow powers." Hara thought about it,
"Kinda like opposite of arrancar?" she asked. Shinji nodded,
"Yeah, kind of," He stared at her, "So what are you? You're not an arrancar or shinigami…" Hara shook her head,
"I was supposed to become a soul reaper, but things kinda turned out differently. Basically I'm a rebel shinigami…I guess."
"How's that?" asked Love. Hara turned and looked at him,
"Well, I became a soul reaper, but not the normal way. You see, my brother passed on his powers to me…" it was obvious she didn't want to delve any further. Kensei nodded,
"I think I get it-"
Hacchi suddenly went tense.
"What's wrong Hacchi?" asked Shinji.
"Someone's here." he said.
"Is it a soul reaper?" asked Hiyori. Hacchi nodded,
"Yes." Everyone got to their feet. Hara tensed and looked around nervously, Shinji looked at her,
"I can see you're not on exactly friendly terms with the soul society, right?" Hara nodded, he smiled, "Don't worry about it. We're not either." He went up the stairs, as did the others. Hara slowly followed, dreading who she might see. At the top in the warehouse part of the building, everybody spread out,
"Hacchi, open the barrier." commanded Hiyori. Hacchi did, and in walked Ichigo Kurosaki to Hara's relief. Shinji stepped forward,
"Well, well…it seems like you finally found our hiding spot, Ichigo. That look on your face," he said, "Seems like you've been searching for us for days, haven't ya? So are you determined now…to become one of us?" Hara stared at Shinji and then Ichigo. Ichigo's expression went from serious to plain angry,
"Hell no!" he yelled,
"Ahhh?!" cried Shinji in shock,
"Me become one of your flunkies? Give me a friggin break! The only thing I want to do with you guys…is use you." Shinji's eyes narrowed,
"What's that?" he asked.
"I won't join up with you, but... I'm sure you guys can teach me how to quiet down the hollow inside of me." Shinji grinned,
"Well, listen to you talking so big like that. And just who do you thinks gonna teach ya?" Ichigo grinned back,
"I'll just rip it out of you."
"How's that?" asked Shinji. Ichigo got a wild look in his eyes,
"By force!" he yelled, pulling a strange badge out of his pocket and turning into a soul reaper before lunging towards Shinji.
"You're a crazy one, alright," he said, pulling out his sword and meeting him in a blaze of sparks. Hara walked over to Kensei, he looked up at her from the battle.
"Hey, I'm gonna get outta here now." she said. "Tell Shinji thanks for lunch." He nodded,
"Sure, later…" he muttered looking back down at the two guys fighting. Hara turned to Hacchi, "Could you let me out, please?" she asked. He nodded and the doorway opened. "Thanks." she said, leaping towards it. Shinji noticed as he was fighting,
"Hey! Hara you're leaving?!" She turned and glanced at him,
"Yeah, thanks for lunch!" she called. He smiled as he dodged Ichigo,
"Sure!" She smiled back,
"See ya around then!" and she walked out into the sunlight.
okay, i had to throw in shinji and the gang, they're just too cool to pass up XD Oooohhh be ready for the next chapter! devious grin drama comes soon muhahahhahahaha cough i need to work on my evil cough!