Well I know Im A Day early but tommarow I'll be out all Day so i wont have time tommarow.

*smiles* Im so proud of myself!! I updated not just on time but early! *grabs a cookie* :]

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Our were locked in a steady gaze that left me completely breathless. His eyes were teal orbs that starred at me with such intensity that it was impossible to look away. I felt drawn to them somehow, suddenly feeling like only I could wash away the coldness that reflected in them. I was getting hooked, and that scared me.

My body was paralysed and I was caught in his hypnotic star. I knew people were looking, I knew I should stop. I should look away. But I couldnt. So I did the only thing i could think of, I slapped him. The sound seemed to echo across the dank walls of the cave and I could hear the room went silent.

I expected him to yell, i expected him to glare at me or turn me to ice with his mean but beautiful eyes, and I expected him to say something. But I was wrong. He did none of what i thought he would do. Instead, He stood there, a smirk pasted in his pale face. He did that for what seemed like forever before he finally turned around and walking away gracefully.

"What was that about?!" Haineko growled, her auburn ears beginning to flatten. At this point i wasn't sure whether she was mad about us starring or because I slapped him. I wasn't actually sure I wanted to know.

"It's nothing. It's just weird when people you don't know come up and star at you. Don't you agree?"

"But you do know him!" Haineko growled. "You said so yourself"

"Not well!" I hissed. "He's never even talked to me before today." I looked over at the cat girl next to me, hoping she would flash me one of her cheesy flirty smiles she gives. She instead starred at me with a cold glare.

"He doesn't star like that at people he doesn't know" she sneered. "You're a liar and i hate liars" she flipped her hair with the back of her palm before turning around and strutting off. I swallowed back the bile that was inching up my throat. I could feel the tears pricking at my eyes. I'm here for ten minutes and i already lost friends...

It's because of him, none of the other zanpactous dared to talk to me after that. It's because of him; I lost my first and only friend i had made. It was because of him, that i hated him. It was the same reason I felt drawn to him.

I thought I could fix it. If I went up and apologized maybe I could fix things and make Haineko and the others forgive me. I wanted to just be Tobuime, not "the girl who slapped the mean guy". I hoped that the others would talk to me again and Haineko would come up and hang out with me again so I didn't look lame standing there alone.

So i walked straight up to Hyourinmaru and blurted out. "I need to talk to you". He looked at me with his amazing eyes and smiled coldly. He nodded and started to walk outside. I followed him.

"Ah yes so your that girl. The one from earlier." He did not face me as he spoke. It made me wonder if it was because he was afraid I would slap him again.

"Ah well...a-about before" The words tumbled out of my mouth before i could stop them. "I wanted to say that I'm very-" A deep chuckle erupted from the usually stoic dragon. Was he actually laughing at me?

"So you're not here to slap me again? Darn, I was looking forward to it" I rolled my eyes, disregarding his sarcasm.

"I want to talk to you" I growled testily. "Dont ruin it"

"So wait, First you star at me drooling for twenty minutes, Then you slap me and now your being all serious?"

"I wasn't drooling!"

"So you admit that you couldn't stop looking at me though"

"Well yes... Wait! What?! No! You were staring at me!"

"No actually I was just starring back...your very hilarious to look at you know"

I could feel a vain pop on my forehead. "Are you saying I'm funny looking?!

"Well that wouldn't be right...more like

"gah!" I threw my hands up into the air. That's it! I'm leaving! I can't stand even being around you!"

"But you can't leave if were partners you know*" (A/N: yes they have the "buddy system". Cant go places without someone else there)

"I don't care! You're just so...so"

"So what?" a smirk was evident on his face.

"Just..Grrr!"

"Well if I'm grrr then what do you do? Besides drooling"

"I SAID BEFORE I DIDNT DROOL!"

"no, you drooled all right. You are a very wet drooler too"

"Ugh! Well you know what?! I WAS going to apologize but if you're just going to be rude then I take it back."

"What, you can't take that back after you've already said it"

"But I haven't said it yet!"

"You know something." He turned to look at me with his intense teal eyes. "You're annoying"

We walked through the deepening forest, the trail barely visible underneath our feet. It had been silent for the last half hour, the only noise was the crunching under us as we walked through leaves and broken branches. When I could no longer stand the silence, I piped up with a question.

"Hyourinmaru?" I glanced up at him waiting for a response. When he said none, I knew I was safe to continue. "What was your life like before you came here?" I asked him curiously. After a minute of waiting, he still had said nothing but instead kept walking. A nerve pulsated on my forehead. "Hey! I'm talking to you!" Nothing. Not even a small movement telling me that he even heard me. "Hey!"

"I don't remember..." his answered finally. His voice was low in a hushed whisper, barely audible enough for me to catch it. He sounded sad. Sincere almost.

"You don't remember?"

"No..." he answered. I tried to think of something nice to say but I couldn't seem to form the words.

"I'm sorry..." I replied lamely.

"It's fine. I plan to find my true master soon anyways." I stopped walking and starred down at the ground.

"What then?" I asked. "After you find him I mean."

"Then I will get stronger and I can protect those who need me." There was a long silence before i spoke, hoping my voice didn't betray how I felt.

"I'll help you then!" He stopped and starred at me, his icy demeanor leaving as he starred at me with shock. Realizing there was no going back now, I continued. "I'll help you find your master!" A ghost of a smirk gently formed over his well sculpted scarred face.

"It will be a tough journey, are you sure?" For the first time in a long time I smiled.

"Positive."

There it is. Chapter 2.

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