Renji was finally noticed her appearance, and blushed slightly. She looked beautiful. Renji continued to stand there, and watched Amaya walk away. Amaya turned around and glared at Renji. "You coming?" She asked irritated.

"Yeah." He said, blushing in embarrassment.

"Aw, Renji likes her!" Ichigo mocked whispered to Rukia. Renji glared at Ichigo and he ignored his glare.

"Hey guys, can I take my body with me?" Amaya asked hesitantly, worrying they might say no.

"Why?" Rukia asked. 'What could she want her body for?' Rukia thought mystified.

"I want to leave it in the open...so my family can find me."

They all looked at her like she was a crazy person. Rukia sighed,

"She's right." The others gave Rukia the same look. "Well they have to find out sometime!" Rukia said exasperated.

"Fine but where is she going to put it?" Ichigo said frustrated.

"Leave it to me, I've got it planned out." Amaya said, happy she get's to take her body, but depressed her family has to find her. She puts her hands around what used to be her waist, and tried to pick up the body. "Ugh, I'm heavy!" Amaya said, frustrated she couldn't pick up herself up.

"Here let me help." Renji offered

"No! I got it." Amaya snapped back. She tried once more to pick up her body. "Man why am I so...heavy? She asked between pulls.

"Because you are very weak at this stage, you'll grow stronger as you get older." Rukia said gently.

"Great." Amaya said dully. Amaya looked at Renji, then back to her body. She sighed. "Renji, can you help?" sounding defeated.

Renji smiled.

"Sure." His tone of voice wanted to make Amaya punch him. But she just gritted her teeth. Renji easily picked up her body. "Up you go."

"Man!" Renji said really annoyed. "When will we get there?"

"Soon." Amaya said very irritated.

"But we've been walking for an hour!" Renji complained.

"I know that! Jeez do you ever stop complaining?" Renji said nothing in response. '

Finally some peace!' After walking for a few more minutes, Amaya spotted what she's been looking for.

"Look we're already here." Amaya said in a gentle voice. Renji looked up to find a small meadow filled with roses, lilacs,tulips,and columbine. Which were surrounded by tall maple, pine, and oak trees.

"Uh...you want to go here?" Renji asked confused.

"Yeah. I want them to find me somewhere...peaceful." Not finding the words she wanted. "Hm..." Amaya stared at her body, and shuddered a little. "I should clean myself up, so I don't look so scary." She said staring at her lifeless eyes. "There should be a stream a mile away from here." Amaya took off her jacket, to use as a wash cloth. "I'll be back in a few minutes." She said walking in the opposite direction from which they came.

"Hey, I should probably go with you." Renji said worrying what her reaction might be.

"Why?" She said surprised.

"Just to make sure you don't get into trouble." It was a pretty lame excuse, but Amaya spared him and bought it.

"Okay." She said walking towards the stream. There was a small dirt trail that lead deeper into the small forest. Amaya played a tune in her head as they walked. Soon they made it to the stream. Amaya dipped her jacket into the water and washed her bodies face, arms, legs, and clothes. She then closed her dead eyes, and Renji brought the body back to the meadow.

"So how will they find you?" Renji asked.

"Don't worry about it, I got it covered." Amaya said, even though she has no clue what to do. "Lets go back to my house." She said sadly. After another hour of walking, and Renji's non stop complaining, they made it there.

"Finally, we're here." Amaya said very tired. Which surprised her, because she didn't know souls could get tired. She was also surprised to find the door unlocked.

"Hm...I guess they forgot to lock it." She said with worry in her voice. Amaya slowly stepped inside, and looked around one last time.

"I'll be right back!" She called while running down the hallway to her room. '

'Everything looks the same'. Amaya thought to herself. 'They must not be home yet.' Amaya walked over to her small, wooden desk, and found some stationary and a pen. She decided to write a note, she didn't have time to think of anything better.

If you want to find Amaya, go to the meadow

near the abandoned school, near party city

in Osaka.

Amaya grabbed a piece of scotch tape, ran downstairs, and taped it to the front door.

"What do we do now?" Renji asked questioningly.

"I don't know, I guess we just wait."

"Great." Renji said sarcastically.

Ichigo's POV

"Hey do you think it was a good idea to send Renji with Amaya?" Ichigo asked.

"Well no one else could have done it. Why do you ask?" Rukia asked curiosity in her voice.

"I don't know, Renji acts weird around her." Ichigo said a smirk forming on his face.

"Well I don't think it will work out between them. I'm not trying to be rude or anything. But she's awfully short." Rukia said sadly, as if she wanted them to be together.

"Well I guess it doesn't matter." Ichigo said, coming to the doors of Urahara's shop. a.k.a 'Mr. hat and clogs.'

"heyy, Ichigo! Rukia! What can I get you two today?" Urahara asked, but tripped on his shoes and did a face plant in front of them. A sweat drop formed on Ichigo and Rukia's head.

"Kiske, I need to get some Chappy soul pills." Rukia said akwardly.

"Chappy? what is up with you and that stupid rabbit?" Ichigo asked. Rukia punched him in the face in response.

"NONE OF YOU'RE BUSINESS! AND DON'T CALL CHAPPY STUPID!"

"Alright you two, you can stop fighting." Kiske sighed. "I have the pills in back." He walked to the back of the store. He came back a few minutes later with a pez with Chappy on it. "Here you go."

"Thanks." Rukia said while giving him 1500 yen.

"I wonder what Amaya and Renji are doing..." Ichigo thought out loud.

Amaya's POV

"Look their here!" Amaya said excited to see them, but horrified at what their about to find.

"Maybe she needed to go somewhere and got lost." Akira said hopefully.

"Well if we find her and she's okay, she's in big trouble." Her mom is obviously upset. They walked to the door and gasped.

"Oh my God!" Akira yelled when she saw the note.

"Who wrote this?" Her mother asked.

"It doesn't matter let's go." Akira yelled while getting back in the car. Her mother took the note off the door, got back in the car, and the two left. Amaya sighed.

"Well it worked." She said looking very depressed. "Let's go find Ichigo and Rukia." Just then Renji's phone started to ring.

"Yo." He listens for a minute. "Yeah we'll be there soon." He hung up. "Ichigo wants us to meet us at his place."

"How far away is that?" Amaya asked, not wanting to walk ever again.

"It's just down the block."

Amaya yawned.

"Okay." When they got there it was getting dark out.

"We'll just go through the window." Renji said.

"WHAT? Are you crazy? Why can't we use the front door?" Amaya said while wondering how sane he really was. Renji laughed at her reaction.

"We can't go through the front door because we don't want his family to see us and it's easier."

"So? It's not like they can see us."

"I wouldn't be so sure about that. Now come on." Renji said while grabbing Amaya's waist.

"Let go of me!" Amaya yelled while Renji jumped up to Ichigo's window and threw her on his bed.

"Happy now?"

"Yes." Amaya looked around, it was a small room, with a little desk and closet. And Ichigo was staring at them like crazy people. And Rukia was laughing.

"Okay so here's the thing." Ichigo said slowley. "You have to leave soon.

"What! Why?" She asked shocked, and slightly hurt.

"It's not safe for you to be here for a long time."

"It's only been a few hours!"

"Yes and you said you only needed one day to say good bye to you're family. So at 12:00 tonight, we have to send you to the soul society."

'Shoot!' Amaya thought angrily. She looked at the time. She still had two hours. Her family should be home by now and going to bed in an hour. She sighed.

"Okay so what will we do to kill time?"

"How about we prank call someone?" Renji said, giving a sly smile.

"You're kidding right?" Ichigo said.

"Nope."

'Oh jeez, I can just tell something is going to go wrong.' Amaya thought.

"How about Uryu?"

"Why him?" Renji asked.

"Because it's hilarious watching him get mad."

"Fine then you call him."

"Fine." Ichigo dialed his number after pressing *67.

"Hello?" Uryu said on the other end. Ichigo made his voice sound deep and said,

"You have 24 hours to live!"

"What! Who is this?"

"It doesn't matter. At 9:00 tomorrow you'll be dead!"

"You don't know where I live!"

"I'm watching you right now."

"Oh yeah? What am I doing?"

'Oh shoot' Ichigo thought. "...Sewing a teddy bear!"

"I really am going to die?" Everyone could hear Uryu run straight into a wall in his panic.

"Uryu are you okay?" Ichigo asked, returning to his normal voice. There was nothing on the other end. Ichigo slowly closed the phone.

"We'll call him back later... he'll be fine."

Renji, Rukia, and Amaya all look at each other, doubting he would actually be okay. Amaya looked at the time again. It was already 10:30.

"Well, I'm going back to my house. I'll be back soon." Amaya said, tacking the end when everyone looked worried.

"Should I come with you?" Ichigo asked.

"No, I want to do this myself." Amaya said sternly. She slowly walked over to Ichigo's window, and looked down. It wasn't to far of a drop, so Amaya took a deep breath and jumped. She made it to the ground without getting hurt. She then started towards her house. The walk wasn't too long, to her relief, and the moon lit most of the way. Amaya looked up at the moon, and smiled for the first time today. She had always found the moon fascinating, and loved how it brightened even the darkest of nights. After a few minutes, she was already at her house.

'Jeez, time sure flies by when I'm somewhere else.' The lights were off but their car was home. Amaya walked up to the front door, and tried to open it, but it was locked. "Shoot."

'Wait! I have a key in my pocket. Man I can't believe I forgot about that!' Amaya unlocked the door, and stepped into the dark hallway. There was just enough moonlight to light the dark room, so Amaya started towards her mom's room. Her mom was sleeping soundly in her bed, looking just as upset as she was earlier. She looked around her room; her homework was piling up on her desk, and her clothes were all over the floor. Amaya grabbed the chair from her moms desk and sat next to her.

"Hey mom." She whispered. "I just wanted to see you one last time, and thank you. Thank you so much for taking care of me. You're the best mother in the whole world. I love you mom and I'm sorry for leaving you and Akira." Tears were now running down her face. Amaya put the chair back and quietly left the room. Next she went to Akira's room. She quietly opened the door, and saw Akira sleeping, with tear streaks on her face. Causing Amaya to cry more. She covered her mouth to stop herself from sobbing.

"H-hi Akira-a" She stuttered, not being able to hold herself back any longer, she began to sob. "I-I'm so sorry for leaving you like this. I'm sor-ry it had to ha-appen on you're birthday." Just then Amaya remembered she got Akira a present a month before her birthday. She walked over to her closet, and dug got out a red bag that was hidden in a pile of clothes. The gift was a bear holding a smaller bear. She placed it right by her bed.

"You're the best sister in the whole world and nobody could replace you." Amaya whispered, softly kissing her forehead. She quietly stepped out of the room, and took one last look at her home, before she stepped out the door, silently saying her last farewell. As Amaya walked down her drive way she heard footsteps pursuing her. She turned around and saw Akira standing in the doorway, her eyes were wide with shock.

"Amaya?" She whispered astonished.

'How can she see me?' Amaya thought, terrified that her sister can see her.

"How are you alive?" Akira asked surprised. She walked over to her and looked her over. "Amaya I'm so happy to see you!" Akira wrapped her arms around her. "I don't know how this is possible, but we have to wake up mom!" She said excited.

"No!" Amaya yelled, which caught Akira off gaurd. "We can't tell mom, because I'm not staying!" Akira looked at her as if she was speaking a different language.

"What do you mean you're not staying?"

"I have to leave because I'm not alive." Tears were running down her face Amaya's face again.

"So you're like a ghost?" Akira asked surprisingly not afraid of Amaya.

"Yeah, I guess." She sniffled.

"Then why did you come back?" Akira asked gently.

"I wanted to say good bye and that I love you one last time." Amaya said quitley. Akira hugged her again.

"I'll miss you so much Amaya."

"I'll miss you too." They stood there, hugging for a while.

"I have to go." Amaya said, though she would have rather stayed like that forever. Akira all too soon let her go. "Bye Akira, I love you."

"I love you too Amaya." With one last look at her sister, Amaya ran down the street to Ichigo's house. She got there just in time, though she was running so fast she was panting.

"Man, how am I going to get up there?" Amaya complained, just as Ichigo poked his head out the window.

"Hey need a lift?"

Amaya nodded her head.

"Yeah..." Her voice sounded lifeless. Ichigo jumped out of the window, grabbed her waist, and jumped back in.

"Hey look who made it back!" Renji mocked, until he saw her tear streaked face.

"Are you okay Amaya?" Rukia asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Just then the clock stroke midnight.

"Are you ready to go Amaya?" Ichigo asked.

"Yes, I'm ready." Even though she was terrified.

"Rukia, would you like to do this?" Ichigo asked gently.

"Of course." She said just as gently. Rukia took out her zonpokto and turned the bottom towards Amaya. She then stamped her forehead that left a symbol on her. The symbol began to softly glow, and Amaya closed her eyes. She began to feel very warm, and her entire body started glowing. She began to sink down, but came back up as a little black butterfly. She flew away into the night, to the place know as; The Soul Society.