Who was she?

So familiar,

yet so unknown.

~.~

Toshiro tightened the bandages around his left arm while sitting on the couch, a certain strawberry haired assassin in front of him.

"That was a close call," grumbled Ichigo, running a hand though his orange hair. They had been sent together to kill the sadistic and organized boss of a high ranking company, Ulquiorra Cifer, and he had been expecting them.

It seemed like they wouldn't have won until...

~.~

"Get down Kurosaki!" yelled out the voice of Toshiro as another round of fire came upon them. Four guards were left, along with the boss, Ulquiorra Cifer. Both quickly ducked down behind a large wooden yet solid desk.

Toshiro's left arm was heavily bleeding and staining the jacket he was currently wearing.

"Damn it." Ichigo growled as he tried to find an opening to shoot back the guards. A loud shout quickly followed by the sound of choking temporarily stopped the shooting. Ichigo took the moment to get up to shoot, only to see Ulquiorra Cifer on the ground, his throat slit wide open. A feminine figure stood not far in front of Ichigo, brown hair in a tidy comb and a bloodied knife in her hand.

"Go, and don't worry about the guards, I've got them," was all she said, her voice cold and like steel. She quickly ran up to one guard and used one of her knives to block his close attack, pulling out another with her free hand to thrust it deeply into his stomach, and then quickly pulled a gun out from under the sweater she was wearing. The man doubled over in pain and the other guards began to aim towards her.

Ichigo ducked back down.

"We gotta get out of here."

"I heard her, Kurosaki," growled Toshiro. A small voice in his head noted that the voice of the woman sounded somewhat familiar to him, but all he cared about right now was stopping the blood flow.

~.~

"Who the hell was she anyways..."

"She wasn't part of the gang, that's for sure Toshiro. I would have known."

A knock on the door startled both of them.

"Shit. I forgot she was coming," hissed Toshiro as he grabbed a random long sleeved shirt and slipped it on.

"You invited someone Toshiro?" questioned Ichigo, curiously looking over to Toshiro.

"Not exactly, she told me she would come over for a cup of tea this week, but I forgot all about it."

"Another one of your temporary girlfriends?"

"No. She just lives in the same apartment as me," Toshiro snapped at him before he opened the door. Resu stood there, a slightly annoyed look on her face.

"Lemme guess, you forgot all about me coming over?"

"Yeah... sorry Resu. I also had a close friend visiting today."

"Oh... I can come later if I'm interrupting-"

"It's perfectly fine, Resu. You can just step inside and take a seat, I'll actually go and get the tea ready." Resu nodded and Toshiro held the door open for her as she stepped inside. He closed the door and quickly went into his kitchen to start the tea. Resu sat down on one of his couches and looked over to Ichigo.

"And who might you be?" he asked. Resu raised an eyebrow, her scowl returning to her face.

"Resu Sosora. And you Strawberry?"

"Tch, Ichigo Kurosaki."

"Nice name Berry," giggled Resu. Ichigo narrowed his eyes at her but quietly sat there.

"So you're close friends with Toshiro?"

"I guess you could say that."

"Partners in crime?" laughed Resu. Ichigo slightly stiffened at her words but then relaxed as he realized she had said that in a joking kind of way, before laughing along with her. Toshiro came back with 2 cups of tea in his hand, setting them down on the table before going to grab the last cup.

"How did you two meet?" questioned Ichigo.

"You could say he "rescued" me from some idiot teens."

Ichigo faked a small gasp before dramatically saying, "The cold hearted prince had saved a young and beautiful damsel in distress? That's something new!"

Both of them burst into laughter once more.

"So I guess I'm the cold hearted prince now?" frowned Toshiro, the last cup in his hand.

"Aww c'mon Toshiro, we were just having a small laugh. There's nothin' wrong with that, now is there?" sighed Ichigo.

"Kurosaki..."

"Leave him be 'Shiro, no one's gonna die if we laugh," giggled Resu. Both the males slightly flinched to themselves at the prospect of dying anytime soon, and also at the memory of what happened earlier in the night. Toshiro set the last cup on the table and sat down next to Resu.

Soon, all 3 of them were having various conversations among each other.

~.~

"Ah damn, gotta go guys. See ya later." Resu stood up from the couch and sighed to herself.

"Okay then, see ya Resu!" chuckled Ichigo.

"Night Resu."

The sound of the door shutting was heard a few moments later.

"You sure you're not having a fling with her?"

"Yes I'm sure of it," huffed Toshiro.