Disclaimer: No, I don't own bleach…uh, yeah I can't think of something funny to say lol
Rated: T for language and perverted thoughts (Well, not in this chappy...actually...hm)
-sigh- I'm so gonna hate how it starts
Anyway, this is a present for my sister's now 6th month old dog, Nigel! He's such a cute Papillion. I'm proud of posting this earlier since I'm going somewhere tomorrow lols. The next one I just finished up as well so It'll be up a little after I get back, 'kay?
"Onii-chan...? Where are you!" asked a small five year old girl in the middle of the park. She was crying softly with a few cuts and bruises here and there.
"Hey, what the heck happened to you?" asked a male voice, surprising her from behind. She turned around and he frowned to see tears cascading down her soft pale cheeks. Kneeling down to her height, he took a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped her face," Did he hurt you again?"
The silence was all he needed as an answer. Sighing, he began to check her injuries," It's not too bad, but be careful...Alright?"
"Onii-chan...When daddy hits me again..." She pleaded desperately. Her eyes also showed sadness and fear.
Without her finishing, he knew what was on her mind and smiled a little," Alright, I'll be there, I promise."
Yumi's eyes opened to meet with the morning sun of a new day. Sitting up, she rubbed her eyes and groaned," What was that all about?"
"Miyamoto-san!" called Urahara from outside the door," It's time to eat! And you have to go to school today, too!" he added in a sing-song tone.
"Coming!" getting out of bed slowly, she then began to change into her uniform, That's the last time I try sleeping in this evil Gigai..." Finally going downstairs, she then leaned against a nearby wall," Urahara-san. I'm only staying for five days so I really don't think it's a good idea for me to be going to school."
He pondered the thought," Perhaps you're right. Well then, you should make your rounds then while Kurosaki-san is out at school!" Without letting her even eat, he pushed her outside the shop.
"Urahara-san!!" whined Yumi. But seeing as that would never work, her yelling was in vain as she sighed, holding her stomach. "I'm so hungry. Why is this Gigai hungry all the time?"
Shaking the feeling off, Yumi walked around Karakura town. It had some sort of strange presence about it...Plus there were a whole lot of spirits in need of Konso (In which Yumi has already done over twenty konso's in the past hour). To spend the time, she ended up humming a simple tune. Unfortunately, her hunger did not listen to her brain.
"Darn it, I'm getting Urahara back for this." Yumi groaned and still walked around. After a few hours, it was seriously dark and Yumi was lost as it is! Looking in an alleyway, a black cat made its way up to her," Oh, Neko-chan!" Crouching down, Yumi pet the small feline as it purred, amber eyes closing in delight. She grinned widely at this and picked the small cat up," are you all alone Neko-cha--I mean Kun. Dang, why do I always assume cats are mostly girls?"
"Because most girls don't know when the guys are really out." answered a low voice from in front of her. Turning her attention forward, she spotted bright and piercing eyes glaring down at her. A black trench hid anything deadly but she just barely saw a glimpse of the barrel of a gun.
"Who are you?" Yumi demanded, getting back up with the cat in her arms," Tell me now."
He shrugged almost mockingly," Sorry, but I can't let out any information on that matter. But maybe you can start helping me by coming this way, Yumiko. That would make my job a whole lot easier."
"Go with you...? And how do you know my name!?" she took a few steps back.
"You know," he started before finally getting a little serious and irritated. His eyes narrowed and bore into her frightened violet ones. For a second, Yumi's flickered to amber, matching his own pair before returning to their original hue.
Eyes softening for a mere second, they returned to a hard stare. Surprised at catching it , Yumi was caught off guard when he suddenly disappeared and came up behind her silently. The point of the gun was pushing slightly at the back of her neck and she forgot to breathe," You ask way too many questions." With the pull of a trigger, a shot rang out and a figure fell to the pavement. A small pool of blood formed and the cat was nowhere to be found.
"Hey, Urahara-san. What did you inject into Yumi anyway?" asked Ichigo, curious as to what he did. Nothing about her really changed, so one has gotta be questioning what the shop keeper did to her.
"It's not life-threatening is that's what you mean."
"Life-threatening my ass, Urahara!" he yelled hitting him on the head with a dictionary.
"Ittai! Wow, do teachers seriously give you those heavy text books?" he whined, rubbing his head soothingly.
"This is just a dictionary. The textbooks are much heavier."
"Oh my. What do those teachers do to you," Urahara took his fan trying to ignore his pounding head ache," Well, as for Miyamoto-san...You only have one thing to worry about! I'll take care of the rest!"
Ichigo raised a brow," What do I have to worry about exactly?"
"Leaving her alone at night...And I think you should get going, Kurosaki-san." Urahara suddenly grew serious as Ichigo's eyes widened. He was wondering why she hadn't arrived at the shop yet!
"Hat-and-clogs! When did she leave!?" he demanded, holding the shop keeper up.
"Let's see, six hours ago."
"Shit!" he cursed, letting him go and then running out the door. Urahara pat himself off and fixed himself. Tessai came over to him as well.
Urahara whistled once the substitute Shinigami left," Well, Kurosaki is frighteningly similar to Yumiko-chan!"
"But what did we really inject into her?"
"I would tell you but that would just spoil everything! Plus, Akatsu-chan would get mad at me for messing with her work! However, I can tell you one thing," he answered, letting his hat shadow his eyes," She can't come into contact with acertain someone no matter what after what will happen tonight. If she does, then things could get ugly." A playful grin was donned on him and he merely whispered the last few words to himself," Not that I mind."
"Tsk tsk tsk. Well aren't you the popular one lately." said a voice as Yumi's vision opened up. Once again she was in a dark space. Yumi frowned.
"Man, not her again..."
"Who is this, her?" it was another voice though. It was surprisingly familiar as well. In the blackness of the void, the loud flapping of wings and a roar caused everything to light up. The ground became soft with lush green grass and the sky was a cloudless blue. But far in the distance, she spotted a tall snow tipped mountain peak. The beating of wings grew louder and Yumi turned around to see the source.
Her jaw almost dropped and she did not speak for she was in pure shock and almost admiration.
The owner of the voice narrowed its icy blue eyes and seemed to speak. However, its mouth did not move. Telepathy, thought Yumi.
It landed to the grass and whet its large claws touched the ground, a circle of ice and fire surrounded it like yin and yang," Have you forgotten who I am? Or have you become speechless at the sight at me?"
Sudden warmth spread around her body, starting from behind her. A red orange plume fell in her sight as a claw clamped itself weakly upon her shoulder and the comfort returned with a feathery touch.
"Do not blame the girl. Blame only the boy that caused her memories to be lost." Yumi dared not turn to meet with its gaze for she already knew. Maybe not in her mind but her heart.
"Kou," she whispered. Her hand shifted up and softly stroked its wing with a gentle touch," Gomen."
A growl emerged from the first visitor but nonetheless, it was almost like a laugh," It seems that she has remembered something."
It was silent for a moment before the warmth disappeared and the scenery vanished into black.
"Do you remember your true name...?"
A voice sighed and Yumi groaned," Man, you got yourself in loads of trouble this time." Her eyes opened and she found herself on her futon in Urahara's house. Sitting up, a major headache attacked her (lols) and she put her hand to her neck where a long bandage was wrapped around.
"What the heck hit me?"
"That would be a bullet, smart one." stated a voice bluntly as she turned to see spiky brown hair and amber eyes again near the doorway.
Eyes widening, she backed away a little panicking and pointed accusingly at him," ACK! It's you!!"
He rolled his eyes and crossed his arms," Yeah, it's me. What's your point?"
"You shot me, that's what!" she shouted. Jeez, she wished she had her sword to lop his head off at the moment right now. As soon as a green striped hat came into view, her eyes narrowed and even in her Gigai her reiatsu raised a considerable amount," Urahara."
Waving his fan, Urahara beamed," Well, how was your sleep?"
"Let's see, I was shot, brought back by some crazy guy, and woke up with said-guy at the door!" Urahara sweat dropped at this and made a gesture for her to calm down.
The other guy sighed and konked her on the head with his fist lightly," Idiot. I'm the only reason that you're alive at the moment now."
Yumi got out of bed quickly and went up to his face," What the hell!? I should be surprised I'm alive from just getting shot by you!"
The guy whistled and even smirked a little," Wow, looks like that syringe did more than you bargained for, Urahara-san."
Next up, Yumi's death glare of doom was concentrated on the shop keeper and held him up by his robes," Urahara Kisuke, you have some explaining to do..."
A Cheshire grin played on his lips and he pulled her hands away with seemingly no difficulty," Let's just say I left you a small little present for you. Who knows, you might just find it a life-saver one day!"
"Then what did Mister I'm-gonna-pull-a-gun-on-you mean by what he said!"
"What the hell did that come from? I have a name too by the way." he noted, turning around," It's Archer and don't forget it." That was the last thing he said before leaving Yumi and Urahara alone.
"Now that he's gone..." Urahara then checked a nearby clock on the wall," I think it's time you went and met a certain someone before a Menos appears!"
"Menos...?" questioned Yumi before realization hit her head on," Menos Grande!? Ugh, Urahara you idiot!" ignoring her pounding headache, she ran out the room and outside where she felt an enormous amount of spirit energy building up near the park. The sky began to crack slightly and hollows filled the air. "Oh Kami I better not be too late..."
Ichigo and apparently the last Quincy on earth, Ishida, were back to back and surrounded by thirty plus or so large hollows. A large blue bow was kept in Ishida's hands as he shot a few more homing in.
"Ishida, after all of this I'm personally going to kill you for using that damn bait!" shouted Ichigo, slashing a couple more in front.
He smirked nervously," What? Can't handle--" Ishida stopped to see all the hollows stop all signs of movement and turn to the sky.
"What the hell...?" asked Ichigo, seeing a large crack in the sky widened into a large hole. To make things even worse, large black claws ripped the edges of the hole open and a large hollow mask peeped though. Empty eyes, huge body, and a very...VERY long nose. It was like you could skewer five planes on that thing for kami's sake!
The cry of a hollow broke both boy's thoughts as they turned to see a short haired girl with violet eyes holding a recently used pipe (and looking very abused)," Menos...Grande."
"Yumi!? What are you doing here?" asked Ichigo running over to her. Seeing her panting must have given him the hint that she ran the whole way and fought hollows with just with that pipe. Heck, with it so being bent, it was a wonder how it didn't break yet.
She almost smirked," Couldn't let you have all the fun. Anyway...Menos it's THE Hollow. It was created from a whole lot of hollows put together and only the stupid would fight it head on without some idea."
Ishida and Ichigo held panicked glances before growling. Ichigo spoke first," So, what say we do then, Yumi?"
Yumi grinned almost recklessly before popping a soul pill in her mouth and allowing herself to take on Shinigami form (You gotta wonder why she didn't do that earlier);" We beat the crap out of it, that's what!"
Ichigo's jaw dropped when this happened. Want to know why? Well, Yumi's shihaksho was now...Very different from before let's just say...
The usually long sleeves were now cut off near the shoulder, but were tied by a string so than they could be taken off if needed. Instead of hakama pants, it was something like a skirt just a little above her knee with white shorts underneath. Around her wrists, ankles, and upper left thigh were something like black buckles or straps. The sandals on her feet were now dark grey with the same strap pattern and no white tabi socks. However, the most important piece in her whole ensemble was her blade that was now safely on her back, the white sash crossing her left shoulder to her right hip much like how her current captain held his own.
Drawing her sword, a smirk came upon her lips as if ready to call out the name of her blade. Flicking it like liquid silver, Yumi then kept it in front of her horizontally and cut her thumb slightly letting the blood drip and flow onto the steel.
"Soar across the heavenly sky..."
Omake Theatre
Mana: Man, I left you all on a good cliff huh?
Yumi: Aw, Mana! You left it on the best part!
Archer: It's coming out on the next chapter anyway.
Hitsu: Miyamoto
Yumi: What
Hitsu: …never mind
Mana: -smirks- something tells me he was taking a look at your outfit
Hitsu: I was not!
Yumi: Taicho…?
Hitsu: I'm out. Bye.
Ichigo: Oi, Toshiro! -Runs after him-
Hitsu: -not stopping- That's Hitsugaya-Taicho, Kurosaki!
Mana: Where did you come from? Anyway, click review and I'll get the next chapter out sooner!
