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OK, to be honest, I think I made this chapter CRAPPY! But I'm FAR too lazy to fix it, so yeah, forgive me.
Also, I accept creative criticism =P so if you see something that could be better PARLE MOI! (that says "talk me" in french, it makes no sense but you get the idea) I will make changes but only if people point them out to me, I am rubbish at realizing/noticing things unless they're in front of me and dancing to Chopin.
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"Woah, ok I'm back here…" Lotus sat up in her shinigami uniform.
She heard the cackle of her hollow somewhere ahead of her, clashing swords with something.
Lotus stood up and brushed her red hair back off her shoulders before walking towards the interesting sounds.
"Hey Lotus! Where did you find this guy?!" Leto was practically screaming with laughter as she clashed swords with someone else clad in a white uniform and white sword, his hair was pure white and his tongue was a frightening blue against the black of his mouth, he had black and yellow eyes and his skin was as white at the robes he wore. The unfamiliar hollow was laughing just as much as Leto.
A little ways beside them Ichigo was staring in awe.
Lotus waved to him gingerly, what on earth was happening?!
She felt a sudden desire to be next to him whilst the maniac in white battled out with her maniac.
"Who's he?" She jogged to where he stood, dumb founded.
He looked at her and then looked at the two fighting.
Ichigo, who was just as surprised to see her here as she was; mumbled something she couldn't quite hear.
"What?"
He looked at the ground. "My…Hollow…"
Lotus looked at the white haired boy as he yelled rather rude insults to Leto; who was yelling even worse ones back.
"Oh…I see…" She shuffled her feet, she felt weird now. Ichigo turned to her and looked at her sternly.
"What's going on? Who and what are you? And more importantly, who is that?!" Ichigo pointed to Leto, who was cackling away like a witch.
"Ah, um…well my brain hasn't caught up, everything has gone so fast, I'm, uh, I'm Lotus, and she is Leto, my other self. I am human and I have no idea what's happening or who anybody is."
A sudden scream of what sounded like pain caught their attention. Leto's right hand had been cut clean off, but she was laughing about it, Lotus was almost sick at the sight of all the blood pouring from the wound.
"Hichigo!" Ichigo reached for the sword he couldn't find.
He looked at Lotus sideways, she was gritting her teeth, her features almost animal like, full of rage and ready to attack.
"BASTARD! How DARE you hurt Leto?!" She roared, snatching her sword from her sheath.
Leto's attention was drawn to Lotus now, she quickly dodged Hichigo's attacks, running backwards as her hand started to remorph and grow.
"Lotus! Calm down you stupid Mouse! Your gnomes are making this place crowded!" Leto had lost her blood thirst and was busy trying to fend off the opposing hollow and not trip over the lawn gnomes with their long hats and fishing rods.
"Leto, stop it right now!" Lotus was furious her hollow wasn't taking this seriously. Leto stopped fighting back but continued to defend herself.
Lotus turned to Ichigo and gave him the worst look. "Do something about your friend! Don't you have any control over him?!" She pointed to Hichigo who was enjoying every moment of this.
"Friend? He's not my friend he's a nightmare! I'd do anything to get rid of him! Besides he won't listen to me, all he listens to is a sword." Ichigo proved his point by unsheathing his sword; that had miraculously found it's self upon his person, and pointing it to Hichigo, who stopped automatically and proceeded to attack Ichigo.
"What d'ya want King? Ya not usually one to pick a fight!" The white haired teen laughed horrifically and clashed swords again, whilst Lotus ran to a panting, yet grinning Leto. She grabbed her new hand and made sure it wasn't hurt, Leto tried to yank away but Lotus was so concerned she was near tears. Leto let her hand be examined and then wrapped in bandages that appeared out of no where.
Within moments their worlds disconnected, leaving them both to deal with their own problematic demons.
"Hey do you want to eat with us?" A hand was placed on Lotus's desk, she looked up from her engraved flower, it was a hobby she had during boring lessons.
"Hm?" She looked up at the orange haired boy, she hadn't heard what he said.
He'd taken to talking to her now, she found it odd since no one really talked to her much after the accident, but she didn't tell him to buzz off either, he wasn't horrible and looked genuinely interested in her.
"Lunch. Do you want to eat with us?" He gestured to his group of abnormal friends, Orihime, Chad, Rukia and Uryuu, none of them looked keen for her to join but she had nothing better to do than argue with Leto.
"Oooh, lets eat! Lets eat! Come on Mousey!" as if on queue Leto spoke up. Mousey was Lotus's nickname among others, she had been dubbed Mouse when she lost in the very first fight she and Leto ever had, Leto was the cat, or kitty.
'Leto, your not coming out to eat.' Lotus stood up with a sigh, she did this every time there was a mention of food.
Leto made a 'humph' noise and went away…possibly.
Lotus smiled at Ichigo her traditional fake smile and wandered after him and his friends to a grass patch in the shade of trees.
"Your name is Lotus right? I'm Orihime! Um…we've never spoken before…" The orange haired girl looked at Lotus apologetically.
"Hm, yeah I'm Lotus, I moved from a village a few miles away a couple of years ago." She sat opposite Ichigo, just so she could keep an eye on him, she still didn't know what his intentions were.
"Tralalala! Tralalalala! Hey Lotus are you gunna eat yet? Your clouds turn a funny colour when you eat!" Leto was oblivious to the conversation outside.
'Shush Leto, I'm talking.'
"I am too."
Lotus rolled her eyes and sighed without realizing the others were watching her.
"Are you alright?" Orihime leaned in close.
Lotus ran a hand though her hair and looked a little surprised. "Hm? Oh yeah, fine, just a bit of a headache." She looked knowingly at Ichigo, who, for once, knew what someone was talking about. Orihime just smiled and then fished something that looked like a cross between pizza and a sausage roll…
"Here! Eating always helps with a headache!" She shoved the odd looking food into Lotus's hands.
"Smells nice…EAT IT!" Leto was practically drooling inside the inner world. Lotus rolled her eyes and complied, finding the substance incredibly delicious, she looked up, finding that everyone was looking at her expectantly.
"It's good…" She took another bite, Orihime clapped her hands and nodded, taking another out of her lunch bag and eating it herself, whilst everyone else was a bit weirded out that she actually like the almost sinful lunch.
"So…Why did you come here just now if you moved here a few years ago?" Tatsu looked at the red head suspiciously, her eyes narrow.
Lotus went a little pink, she was too embarrassed to say that she had been working illegally under aged for the past few years to pay for food and such, she had gone 2 and a half years with no electricity and was too shameful to leave the house in that state, but she got paid a high amount, which was why she had so much money now.
"I er…was home schooled, but decided I should have a normal high school life so now I'm here…" She grinned through her lying teeth. Inside Leto was laughing at her silly little lie.
Ichigo looked at her, she still had no idea what his problem was but she'd play along and be friendly for a while.
"Hey! There's a door here!" Lotus's eyes widened when she heard Leto's voice.
'Leto don't-!' SLAM, and through the pretty white door Leto waltzed.