Hey, soooo, sorry this took so long to get out! My first try got deleted and I didn't have a back-up, sooooo… My B! Any way just wanted to say that, to those reading this on Wattpad, I am currently writing an original story. I've decided to call it 'Polarity', and that's all you're getting out of me! To those of you reading this on , ignore everything I just said. Now that's over, back to the story…
"SORRY!" Like a scene straight from a cheap cartoon, the girl skidded to an abrupt halt mid-air. Promptly, she spun around and began flying in the correct direction. I really did feel a teeny bit sorry for the girl as she tried and failed to hide the enormous blush on her face. Poor girl. As she became smaller upon the horizon, a silence settled on the group. Everyone was glancing at another, most likely trying to restrain their curiosity toward our newest arrival.
"…..What just happened?" Tatsuki asked with a confused glare.
"I do believe, we just found someone who is just as directionally challenged as Captain Zaraki!" Well, couldn't leave her hanging, could I? A soft snort came from my left; to my surprise, when I turned my head, it was Ichigo smirking softly. However, after sneaking a glance my way, he caught my eyes and coughed lightly. A light dusting of pink came to his face and he shifted his gaze elsewhere.
Awwww. Though, because I was the only one looking I was probably the only one who noticed. Yet again the group moved to yet another silence, however being the genius I am, I had quickly come up with a plan to kill two birds with one stone. It was simple, so much so that a child could have thought it:
"Soooo, Miss Inoue, due to the lack of enthusiasm to ask, do tell us how you became so familiar with this subject." See, my plan was to get the girl to do what she does best: talk. This way, another silence was unlikely, as well as being able to satisfy my nosey urges. What? Don't act like you don't get those urges too. Or those perverted thoughts. I know just had one. I'm right, aren't I? Hm, thought so.
At the sound her name, the auburn-haired girl seemed to re-enter the real world, looking fairly confused. Orihime looked left, then right. Seeing she was the only one there, she pointed at herself. Tatsuki smiled at the display,
"Yes, you are the only Orihime here" she said in a teasing tone, "so, how come you found out first?" She placed her finger on her chin in thought, then proceeded to begin.
"Well, I guess it all started about two months ago. I had just left school…"
Flashback. Orihime P.O.V:
"… La, la, la. Oh, wow! This place is really messy!" I said as I entered the room. I had rushed to the shoten to try and get into the training room first, however when I got here, explosions could be heard. Wait, weren't Yoruichi and Ichigo up for a match today? After peeking through the hatch, I concluded that they would be done sooner or later. So, after wandering around for a while I entered a room filled with, well, stuff. Weird stuff. And books too, lots of those. I stepped further into the room, carful to not make too much noise, and glanced over my shoulder at the hatch. More explosions could be heard as well as the shouts of a none-too-happy-Ichigo. 'It couldn't hurt to look…' At that I began rifling through pages of books, not caring if I made any more of a mess. Now, not many would guess it, but I happen to be a professional snooper, kinda like that English detective with the funny hat. I even have a certificate from that pizza place to prove it! And, yes, I know I shouldn't have been looking through Urahara's stuff, but I had a feeling that I would find something cool. I noticed a shelf in the far-right corner; it looked old and dusty, therefore it made total sense to investigate. The room was small so it only took a few steps to get there. Running my fingers over the spines of the old tomes, I finally moved to pull one out. Or at least tried, as the shelf shifted with the book, sending something falling off the top. Lucky for me, I happened to be stood right where that something was going.
CRACK! Defeated, I lay crumpled on the floor debating whether or not to burn my snooping certificate. The evil something sat jammed under my arm; I think it was mocking me, at the very least it was celebrating it's brief victory. My head rolled to the side, '… I want to see the face of my nemesis…' and it was a…. book. Yet another friggin' book. It looked far older than the others I had looked at and, if the dent in my skull was anything to go by, a lot heavier too. I moved to sit up, my legs outstretched, and set the monst- I mean book in my lap. 'Yep, defiantly a hefty one.' The book had a thick, brown leather cover with swirls of dark and light brown littering it. Each swirl's tail converged at the centre where a large stone was set, gold embossing bordering it. Of all this treatise's features, the stone at centre was what drew my attention the most; the stone was a curved oval shape that slightly protruded from the flat surface. Its' colour was midnight blue, so deep I swear I could have got lost in it, but from the surface to the core were thousands of flecks. Every particle was unique; red, orange, gold, green, purple, violet, flecks fine as dust and shards like bolts of lightning.
I don't know how long I sat there, but the next thing I knew, Yoruichi was leaning against the door frame.
"Huh… I guess it's' that time again." My head snapped up to her face, I was about to start apologising for snooping, beg for her not to kill me and vow to burn that dumb certificate. Then I saw her expression, it was a mix thought, relief, realization and… sadness? The purple haired woman took confident strides towards me and crouched down my level. Her fingers grazed the surface of the gem, slowly sliding to the edge before slipping under to pry it loose. Compared to her hand, the gem sat snuggly in her palm.
"Follow me." One moment Yoruichi was in front of me, the next she stood in the doorway, the book under one arm and the gem in the hand of the other. When brain finally caught up with my eyes, all I could was make a small noise not too far from a squeak. To this, she snorted and flashed a mocking smirk. 'Now that's there's the cocky cat I know.'
"Well, aren't you interested to see what's in here?" she said in a lilting tone, gesturing to the book of the hour. I stood, dusting off my skirt and made my way over to the soul reaper.
"Good choice."
Flashback end.
"…. And that was how I learned about the Shin no Tamashi!" Well, this was puzzling.
"Strange, I don't recall a book of that nature being here." Fingers crossed she would elaborate, now I was interested. She sighed,
"Well, without going into detail, you had the book all along. It's just that it didn't show its self till now." Huh?
"I do believe you are mistaken, I know about all the items in-" Ever one to connect the dots, Uryu directed his attention to the cat, effectively cutting me off.
"Yoruichi, it can't be a coincidence that that the book and Yosei appear within such a short time. I must ask, is there any reason she is here?"
Throughout the exchange the feline had remained relaxed, however the blunt question made her tense ever so subtlety. In fact, it seemed that the change was so small that only I noticed, only because I was looking for it. Her eyes hardened, yet seemed to stare at nothing. Seconds had passed when she finally relaxed.
"… Possibly."
"Possibly?" She gave a quick nod.
"Yes, and that is all you need to know." The Quincy didn't seem satisfied with that answer and opened his mouth to retort.
"But-"
"Oh, Yoruichi! Why do you do this to me?! I thought you said I was the mysterious one!" What? He cut me off first! I threw myself on my knees in front of the rock she sat on and began crying fake tears. Maybe she would take pity on such a sorry sight?
An anger tick pulsed on her forehead, "No, I said it's a mystery that anyone listens to you!"
*Sigh*, no such luck then. Before I could start another round of crocodile tears, I was cut off AGAIN by a young girl's voice.
"FOUND IT!"
HEEELLLOOO! Es tut mir leid! I took SOOOO long to finish this chapter. I'll try to get them out quicker now, buuuut I'm lazy so no promises. Well, other than that, 'Go forth, and READ!'