CHAPTER 5
I DO NOT OWN BLEACH OR INUYASHA
Ichigo's P.O.V
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
"You've had dreams like that before, haven't you?" Sara asked me.
"What do mean?" I asked her, I was really getting freaked out I had almost convinced myself that it was just a coincidence but I wasn't sure anymore.
"You're dreams; you've seen them sometimes unfold in front of you," Sara said.
"You can't tell the difference you think that you're awake," Tanya said.
"And after you wake up and realize that it's a dream you feel afraid like you're falling apart," Sara said.
"Because your mind doesn't know the difference between reality and fiction," Tanya finished.
"I wouldn't blame your mind though, they both are a reality just in different times," Sara said, I felt rather small and confused, like when your mom tells you for the first time that you shouldn't believe in everyone when before everyone was your friend.
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
"Look," she said, I lifted my gaze to her hand, she was holding the Shinigami Badge that Ukitake had given me but it was a different color, instead of brown it was white. I lightly stroked it. "This is what allows us to see the future."
"What do you mean?" I asked her.
"The dreams that you have aren't really dreams, they're visions of what will happen," Tanya explained.
"But not only the future also the past, this is also a secret of Soul Society," Sara said. "Not even the Captain Commander knows."
"They hide it from him?" I asked clearly shocked.
"No, it wasn't his place to know, Captain Ukitake, just did what was told of him," Tanya said.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"It's a long story and it can wait right now we have to hurry," Sara said but this time when she spoke her voice was less cold. Tanya left first them we made our way back to the school, before we entered she stopped, I turned around.
"What's wrong?" I asked her. Her eyes where looking directly into mine.
"Ichigo, can I trust you?"She asked me, I walked up right in front of her.
"Yes," I said she smiled.
"My name is Sara Rosa," Sara said then she walked into the school, and I followed her, for some reason there was a smile on my face.
Rukia's P.O.V
It had been a while until Sara and Ichigo came back to the school, he acted different. He watched her, like her was protecting her like a friend, at least I thought; we where in gym when I talked to him.
"What are you doing?" I asked him.
"What do you mean," he said, he wasn't looking at me but at Sara.
"That, you look like you want to keep her safe and not do what is right," I said.
"Because, Rukia, things change," he said, the whistle blew.
"Class, gather around," the teacher said we walked towards him. "Alright lazy bums time for you to get some of that energy that you over excited teenagers use to get girls pregnant out of you!" the class laughed.
"Come on coach you know that you did the same thing," Mike said.
"Yeah, and lord knows that I wish my gym teacher would have made me fall down, because I was dog tired," he said, the class laughed again. "In this activity you will chase the fit person around this course while they try to get the heart into the chest; you can try to stop the person anyway possible." The heart was a baton and the chest was a basket, he threw the baton stick at Sara.
"No, way this is abuse!" she cried.
"Stop complaining," the coach said.
"What are you afraid?" a boy asked.
"Shut up you have to be pretty lucky to at least be an arms length near me," Sara said.
"That's the point Kinshi, they can't catch you, makes it more entertaining to watch," the coach said.
"Fine whatever," Sara said standing at the starting line. The coach blew the whistle and the whole class began to run at Sara, she stood there until we where at least two feet close then she shot off like a bullet.
Sara's P.O.V
It was totally unfair I had to run while I was chased by 18 other people, not that they would catch me but still. The basket was right in front I let the baton fall in and stepped to the side as the majority of people that where chasing me couldn't stop and fell.
"Alright you good for nothing bums get out of my class and remember be safe unless you want to be a gym teacher in the near future," he said as we walked away. I stopped half way to my locker, an Arrancar was near. I popped a Soul Candy into my mouth.
"Senna, take care of things," I said as I ran out of the building.
"Where are you going?" Toshiro asked he was right beside me.
"An Arrancar," I said.
"You're joking," he said.
"No," I said as I ran out the building, the Arrancar was near the park.
"Welcome," he said, Toshiro got his sword ready. "Take care of things," another Arrancar came by and attacked Toshiro forcing him back.
"What do you want?" I asked the Arrancar, it was really weak; the weakest I had fought yet.
"Nothing, but my lord sent a message, things are going to change and you have to be ready," the Arrancar said, I sighed taking out my sword. "Behind you," I turned around just in time to see an Arrancar coming at me, but not in time to avoid contact, only that it never came. I looked in shock as Orihime stood in front of me, she had a shield of orange light, and Chad was there with Uryū, both had hit the Arrancar. Uryū shot one more arrow and the Arrancar was defeated.
"Are you alright?" Orihime asked me.
"Yeah," I responded I pushed Orihime out of the way as the Arrancar from behind me attacked, it was too easy; my sword had already gone through him.
"Are you okay?" I asked Orihime.
"Yeah, thank you," she said, I smiled, I was found of Orihime she was the kind of person that was sweet and would help you; she smiled back.
"You okay?" Chad asked I felt my eyes widen a little but I composed myself.
"Yeah," I said. "It takes more then a few Arrancar to take me down."
"These where rather weak though," Uryū said.
"Yes, they where, actually they where the messengers," I told them.
"Well what message did they give?" Uryū asked.
"Nothing that made sense," I said.
"Anything that did?" I heard Toshiro asked as he walked back.
"Not really," I said, I didn't know what it meant so I didn't feel bad not telling him what I did know.
"We should head back," Chad said he walked away followed by Orihime then Uryū; I started to follow but Toshiro took my hand and pulled me back.
"You didn't think I would let you get away did you?" he asked pulling me closer.
"No, I just thought that you would give me a warning," I said. "I missed you,"
"I did too," he said
"Can I ask you something?" I asked him.
"You know you can," he said.
"Will you leave me?" I asked he pulled out the indifferent mask that he wore when he wanted to hide something.
"You know that I have too," he said he pulled away to look at me.
"I know, Toshiro, I know what I can do, I know what my Zanpaktō is," I said. "She told me after you left." He was good at hiding any emotion that he might have been feeling.
Toshiro's P.O.V
I sighed, I knew there was no getting around it any more, she knew.
"I didn't want you to find out," I told her, she put her hand at the side of my face.
"I can take care of myself," she said, I felt my eyes narrow.
"You don't know what is going to happen," I said, she laughed.
"I know more then you think," she said; she sat down pulling me with her.
"Oh, really and how do you?" I asked.
"I'm sorry," she said, I looked at her shocked.
"What for?" I asked her.
"I don't think I've been very truthful to you, but I found out most of this after you left," she said.
"Like what?" I asked her.
"My full powers," she said. "Firstly, they will shock you, I can see the future, your Zanpaktō and mine can combine to make the most powerful weapon, and an Arrancar told me to watch out for change, oh, I almost forgot Captain Ukitake is my Soul Society connection," I was looking at her for long time letting my mind slowly process what she had told me, only one of them had been a shocker, but it was big. She was staring at with disapproval in her eyes.
"You can see the future?" I asked.
"Yeah, it's pretty complicated, but basically there is a Council that receives the process of life and they select a few individual to see what will happen as time goes on, those people see what will happen, we can change what will happen sometimes," she said her became lower. "But other times we can't because sometimes the future is set in stone." She showed me the same badge that Ichigo had but it was white.
"What is this?" I asked.
"As you can tell, there are more people like me, Ichigo, Tanya, and someone else we have to find," she said. "MY job is to control the visions that the Council sends us, I can tell when one is coming and I can decide who sees it or not, but I just found out."
"Let me guess you keep most of them to yourself," I said looking away in amusement.
"You know if this where another situation it would be great to see that you find this funny but now it's not one of those times," she said glaring at me.
"You keep all the bad visions to yourself, right," I said looking at her she turned away.
"Well I thought that you would have known that without really me telling you," she said her cheeks where a slight pick with embarrassment.
"It doesn't really matter I trust you," I said getting up I walked away as she followed.
"I know and I'm sorry," I thought she said but when I turned around and asked her, she simply shook her head and smiled and said I was imagining things and walked ahead.
Sara's P.O.V
We had made it back to my house and he still had that emotionless expression that showed me he was thinking about every little detail I had said.
"If you keep thinking that hard I might have to throw a bucket of water on your head," I said he looked at me annoyed.
"I would expect that from Rangiku, but from you, I'm a little surprised," he said I smiled relieved.
"Well if I have to act a little immature to get your attention back I will," I said walking into my house, I stopped.
"What is it?" he asked.
"Do smell that?" I asked.
"Smell what?" he asked.
"Its smoke," I said running out the kitchen door only to find a red haired man trying to use kidō on a little pink haired girl, my flower bush was on fire. I grabbed the Shinigami by the back of his black kimono and slammed him against a tree his eyes where wide.
"What gives?" he asked clearly shocked. An arrow came my way I easily grabbed it I turned to find a young girl maybe twelve glaring at me.
"Let go of him," she said aiming at me again.
"Enough," I heard Toshiro say, the girl was still pointing at me.
"This would have been impressive if you had meant to tickle me," I said throwing it lightly at her.
"Princess Rurichiyo, get away," the red haired man said.
"No, we will not leave," she said, god where none of these people from Soul Society normal?
"Sara let go of Abarai, he only acts stupid," Toshiro said, I let go he stumbled away.
"You know him?" I asked it was getting really hard to control me temper as I pored water on my flowers.
"He's the sixth squad lieutenant," Toshiro said.
"Captain Hitsugaya, who is this woman?" Abarai asked.
"Sara, don't bother me with formalities I don't give a shit how high up you think you are, but if you haven't noticed I'm going to need money for that so hand it over," I said to him, he looked rather shocked.
"Umm," he started.
"Abarai, just do it," Toshiro said he looked blankly at Toshiro, and handed me the money.
"Thanks, and who sent you?" I asked.
"Umm," Abarai began but Rurichiyo interrupted.
"That is not your concern, but it is to make us comfortable," she said I looked at her for a long while then turned to Toshiro.
"I'm almost 100% sure she wasn't talking to me," I said.
"No, we were talking to you, and now we are hungry," she said. "Feed us." I just stared at that chick; there was no way in hell that I was going to listen to a spoiled 'hime' from Soul Society, over my dead and decrepit body.
"Listen, little girl you may give that crap to other Shinigami and they may listen to you but if you haven't noticed I don't even belong in Soul Society," I told her she started blankly at me as I turned around and walked into my house.
"You will not stay here," the little girl said entering my house, I laughed.
"Toshiro maybe you should have a talk with this little girl," I said as I walked upstairs to my room slamming the door shut.
Toshiro's P.O.V
I was not happy; Soul Society really had lost their mind if they thought sending a hime to the world of the living on her whim.
"Abarai why are you Rurichiyo-hime, here?" I asked Renji he looked uncomfortable.
"Captain Ukitake sent us," he said.
"He sent you and a princess alone to the world of the living?" I asked.
"We can take care of ourselves just fine," Rurichiyo-hime said she had that silly habit of talking in plural.
"No you can't," came the reply of Sara who was still upstairs, you think if she left it was for a reason, Rurichiyo just glared at the ceiling.
"Who does she think she is to talk to us like that," Rurichiyo-hime said pacing around.
"I'm waiting Adaria," I said.
"Well you see we really aren't alone," he said I looked behind him.
"You look alone to me," I said.
"Can I ask something," Sara said as she came down the stairs, Renji took a step back. "Who sent you?"
"Captain Ukitake," I told her she sighed.
"Well if that's the case then you're welcome to stay here, actually I advise that you stay here," she said.
"How come?" Renji asked.
"Because I can assure you that you can't take a step out of this house without running into a Hollow or something worse," she said in a matter a fact voice.
"Who else did you say was here?" I asked him.
"Oh, yeah I almost forgot, but maybe I should introduce myself first," he said turning to Sara. "My name is Renji Abaria I'm the lieutenant of the 6th squad."
"Sara Kinshi," Sara said I frowned when was, she going to get ride of that name, she meet my eyes and they something around the lines of soon.
"Umm, like I said they didn't sent us alone," Renji said.
"No, Enryū and Kenryū would never let us leave Soul Society unless three lieutenants came with us," Rurichiyo said I felt my eyes widen in shock.
"Which three?" I asked Renji.
"Umm, well they sent-" he was interrupted by a loud.
"SHIRO-CHAN!" I turned around to find Hinamori standing right behind me as she flung her arms around me, I look slightly to the left at the tense posture of Sara, oh lord what have I gotten myself into?
The room was quite as Momo took in the scene but as usually naïve little Momo made nothing of it.
"Rurichiyo-chan, we were looking all over for you where did you go?" Momo asked Rurichiyo-hime, still the same title less speaker.
"We did nothing, but by 'we' who do you mean?" she asked her Momo turned around almost as if she where expecting someone to be there.
"Ah! No that can't be she was right behind me!" Momo looked around for a bit till she turned to Renji.
"Abaria-kun, please, tell me that you're with her," she said looking at Renji with pleading eyes.
"You lost her!" Renji shouted I stood in between them.
"One of you, please, tell me, what the hell is going on!" I shouted at them.
"My deepest apologies Captain," Renji said.
"Shiro-chan you shouldn't yell people have ears you know," she said no need to point out that they had started the screaming.
"Yachiru-chan came with us but I can't seem to find her," Momo said.
"Hold up just one moment," Sara said. "How many of you came this time?"
"Four of us including Rurichiyo-hime," Renji said, Sara looked like she was going to have a stroke.
"That's it I've had it!" Sara yelled as once again she retreated to her room.
"What was that for?" once again naïve Momo asked.
Ichigo's P.O.V
"Ah! Could you stop, don't you have legs or something!" I complained as Yachiru clung onto my back.
"Shut up, orange head you're going to have to give me a piggy back ride since Ken-chan isn't here, or I'll tell him and you and Ken-chan can play some more," Yachiru warned.
"Hey no need to get aggressive I'll give you a piggy back ride just keep it between you and me alright," I said she smiled no way in hell was I going to fight that sick bastard Kenpachi as long as I could avoid it, even if it meant given the brat a piggy back ride.
"Yachiru-chan why are you in the world of the living anyway?" Orihime asked her.
"Oh, yeah, I almost forgot!" Yachiru said jumping off my back. "I was with red head, peach head, and blond-hime, a few moments ago, I wonder where they went." We started at her for a long time.
"With who?" Rukia asked after a while.
"Look that doesn't matter we have to find them or else I'll be in big trouble when Ken-chan finds out, or actually red head will be in trouble but then who would I bother?" she said running ahead of us. "Come on hurry up I think there that way." She pointed in a random direction I grabbed the back of her kimono and picked her up.
"No, we have to go find the others first before we go looking for who ever it is that you lost," I told her I tucked underneath my arm sure that she would make a run for it if I set her down.
"Icii let me down," she complained but I ignored her and began to walked towards the house the other following behind.
When we reached the house we heard screams of protest.
"What the hell do you think you're doing get the hell away from that no you can't change anything in this house, I don't care who you bring, I don't even care if it's the Captain Commander himself stay away from my room!" came the screaming voice of Sara we ran into the house I froze in the middle of the kitchen was Renji, Momo, and Rurichiyo underneath Sara's arm.
"Put us down now!" Rurichiyo demanded.
"Look do you want my help or not?" Sara asked her setting her down.
"What do you mean?" Rurichiyo asked.
"Rurichiyo-dono, what are you doing here?" Rukia asked she turned to us.
"Ichigo save me from this loser," Rurichiyo said jumping on me.
"Hey, get off me what the hell do you think you're doing I'm already caring one brat I don't need another," I complained trying to get one of them off me.
"Get off Icii, blond-hime, I was here first," Yachiru said trying to push Rurichiyo off.
"No way if anyone has to get off it is you, not us," Rurichiyo said pushing right back thank the heavens that Sara grabbed Rurichiyo and walked out the door.
"I'll be right back," Sara called.
"Umm, Sara, wait," Toshiro called.
"Don't worry I need to talk to her that's all," she called back he looked rather irritated but let it go.
"Lieutenant Kusajishi what are you doing in the world of the living? And where is Captain Zaraki?" Toshiro asked her.
"Shiro-chan, Yachiru-chan came with us," Momo said.
"Damn it Hinamori how many times do I have to tell you call me Captain Hitsugaya," he said clearly irritated I never got the point of the whole last name sooner or later someone would have to call him Toshiro.
"Shiro-chan now is not the time," Momo said. "Who was that that just dragged Rurichiyo out of the house?"
"Her name is Sara, you could say that she's a Substitute Shinigami like me," I said.
"There are more like you?" she asked.
"Yeah, and apparently Soul Society just doesn't get tired of sending more and more interference," Tanya said she was sitting on the staircase railing her knees where also on the railing.
"Who are you?" Renji asked shocked.
"Tanya, and you?" she asked.
"Renji Abaria," he said.
"I'm really getting sick and tired of the crap that Soul Society is leaving behind you figure they would be happy by destroying one life instead they always come back for more," she said jumping of the railing as Yachiru jumped on her.
"Oh, look I have a new playmate," Yachiru sang at least it wasn't me.
"Hey get the hell off me you pink freak," Tanya said trying to push her off I had to admit I felt a little bad.
"Enough!" came, the cold command of Toshiro, but that seemed to grab the attention of all the Shinigami from the 13 Court Guard Squads.
"Yes Captain?" Rangiku asked.
"Just shut up you're all giving me a head ache and I nee to know exactly why Soul Society sent more Shinigami over," he said his face held a passive expression.
"We can answer that question but for now, you just need to know that it is because of us," Rurichiyo said as she walked back in with Sara.
Sara's P.O.V
I put Rurichiyo down and looked at her straight in the eyes.
"I know that you looking for someone to train you, because you know that you have special powers and that only someone like yourself could train you," I said she looked at me shocked. "I know these things I have dreams and I dreamt that you would come, because I'm exactly like you." I held my hand over the air; I called forth a hidden power that had never really been trained only learned. A silver colored bow formed in my hand and a quiver with arrows appeared on my back.
"No way you too have the same power as us?" Rurichiyo asked.
"Yeah, you two are special, the hawk I believe," I said.
"How did you know that we where the hawk?" she asked.
"I read your spiritual pressure, I'll help you train, my power lies in the ice dragon," I said, the power we both held was to take out spiritual pressure and it was combined with and animal that allowed us to shot arrows that help spirt pressure to crush out enemies.
"We will train with you it is what we must do," she said her emerald green eyes shown with a resolve that I had never seem in someone as young as herself.
"Good I don't train someone who doesn't want to learn," I said as we walked back into the house at the right moment Toshiro was asking why they had sent more Shinigami to the world of the living.
""We can answer that question but for now, you just need to know that it is because of us," Rurichiyo said she turned to me. "You have our gratitude and our sincerest apologies."
"It's alright, forget about it I go through much worst on a daily basis," I said the whole room fell quite probable due to the fact of how quickly our relationship had changed.
"Alright then since you're all staying her I have only two things to say," I started. "I can house all of you that I can do, what I can't do is feed all of you I don't have that kind of money and honestly even if I did I still wouldn't feed you Soul Society has enough money then making me have to pay for your food."
"But we don't have that money know and anyway not all of us are from Soul Society," Uryū said I smiled at him.
"I know that but I'm not charging those who aren't from Soul Society only the Shinigami have to pay," I said.
"Hey that is so not fair, I'm not even a full Shinigami," Ichigo protested.
"I don't care you still count," I said.
"But then shouldn't you also charge her?" Renji asked pointing to Tanya.
"Not really this is kinda like my house and anyway, I was here before you so there," Tanya said sitting in the railing that was a habit of hers.
"It doesn't even really matter I already talked to someone from Soul Society I'll be getting an income for taking care of you all just giving you a heads up in case it's not enough," I said. "Oh, I almost forgot since we're all staying here I have something to tell you my name is Sara Rosa." And with that I walked out the kitchen door and onto the porch leaving the shocked Shinigami inside. A few moments later and after a few punches Toshiro stumbled out. He sat down next to me on the porch swing.
"That was something," he said I smiled.
"Yeah I know," I told him.
"Why did you do it?" he asked after I didn't answer right away he added. "You don't have to tell if you don't want."
"It's alright it's just that well I know things that may not happen tomorrow but that will happen soon and I base my decisions on that," I said.
"It must be hard," he said I looked up at him he was looking straight. I leaned forward to press our lips together but he pulled slightly back, I looked into his and what I saw made my heart break. String back at me where two fearful ice eyes.
Toshiro's P.O.V
I pulled away as she came closer to me I wasn't sure why but she overwhelmed me with how she knew exactly how to act around me. It wasn't the same around other people I could easily see what they where planning for me but not with her.
"It's alright I understand," she whispered sitting back down.
"What are you talking about?" I asked she almost smiled.
"You're scared," she said I opened my mouth to protest but no sound came out. "Like I said no big deal, I know that you haven't always been open with your emotions and I think that you still aren't."
"I still don't understand," I told her she looked at me and gave a weak smile.
"You're afraid of what you feel for me you never felt this strongly about someone and had them return the feeling, maybe once but it never went well," she said I started at her blankly I had never told her that never even hinted at it and yet she knew. With everyone else I could keep them at arms length and they where happy with it, it was easy it was comfortable. With Sara, it was different, she was different, I felt differently towards her but I had never before let anyone inside the walls of ice that I had built around me. And yet here came this girl with golden eyes and she just casually waltz right through my walls of ice not even so much as a warning and yet, I hadn't complained it had felt nice for a while to have a warm light so close to me; so then why had this fear started now?
"Because when you feel such strong emotions they leave in shock for a while but after that goes away you who you truly are, begins to come back I understand I won't force you to do anything, I'll give you time to think things through," she said she was looking away from me. "Until then, until you're ready to handle what you're feeling I'll just be your friend." I wanted to tell her no, I wanted to tell her that I was ready but part of me, the larger part was happy, relived that I could go back to being cold indifferent, to being me.
"Thank you," I whispered not even sure why she leaned forward again and claps something behind my neck I pulled away slightly. Her hands left and I had a feeling of confusion was over me, I wanted her touch but then I didn't I wasn't ready to open everything I was to her. I looked down at what she had given me it was a black chain with a small sliver cross that had a circular web around the top part, other then that it was plain, and something that I would wear.
"It's a late Christmas present like the one you gave me last time, I would like it if you wore it but if you want you don't have to," she said she got up. "I have to go make dinner see you later. She walked away and part of me wanted to call her back the other part of me relaxed as she walked farther away, and yet above all this was that empty feeling in my chest that I had grown so comfortable in my past, the walls of that I had built growing back faster then I thought possible. I did not call her back but instead let the cold air blow on my face a most welcomed feeling.
Author's Note: I was reading the past chapters and realized that I wasn't telling the story as I should so this is just me fixing that mistake I know that I said that Inuyasha and the gang would be introduced in this chapter but I was horrible mistaken but by next chapter or chapter 7 they should be active participants. Hope you enjoy it so far tell me if I need to fix anything sorry for the long wait.