Hello. ^^ It's been awhile since i last updated. Sorry bout that. uh...so...yeah. The fight between Yura and Mizu happened. so yeah. Here's the next chapter...ok.

Yura opened her eyes to see an orange glow surrounding her. "Yura." She turned her head to her right to see Orihime healing her. Next to Orihime was a bandaged up Toshiro. Yura swallowed, but tried not to show any weakness or too much fear. "How are you feeling?"

Yura couldn't help but to smile. "You're really asking me that as you're standing there bandaged from head to toe? Typical of you." Toshiro was just about to argue, but smiled instead.

Orihime stopped her healing. "Are you better?" Yura slowly sat up. She cringed when she felt pain in her back. "I'm sorry. I didn't get to heal your back. That gash on your back has already scarred, but I could..."

Yura sighed and stood up, ignoring the pain throughout her body. "It's fine. I've had worse. And it'll be a reason for…" She hesitated.

"Is it ok for you to be standing up?" Toshiro asked.

"I'm fine. Trust me."

Toshiro wasn't sure. Yura's back was to him, so he had a clear view of the scar on her back. Her kimono was cut and the scar on her bare back was welted and red. She had fainted cuts on her arms and her blue hair was stained with blood. The way Yura looked reminded Toshiro strangely of Ichigo. He didn't exactly know how, though.

"Where's everyone else?" She asked.

"Kurosaki ran off as did Kuchiki, but they went separate ways. Madarame and Ayasegawa left and Matsumoto went back to Orihime's."

"You could've left, too. Orihime and I would've been on our way."

"I'd never leave you." Yura turned her head to the side and Toshiro could see the side of her face. It was grim. "Yura…"

"You shouldn't worry so much, Shiro. Really. Because if you do that…I'll be too distracted with your own safety." Toshiro's eyes widened. "You have no idea how worried I was when I felt you're Spiritual Pressure drop earlier. I just couldn't…" A tear fell down Yura's face. She turned away so he couldn't see her. "Can we just go? I'm tired." Yura began to walk away and Toshiro and Orihime followed.

When they got to Orihime's house, Toshiro stopped Yura. "Go inside." He told Orihime. She nodded and walked in. Yura sighed and didn't meet Toshiro's gaze. "You can't be worried about me when in battle."

"The same should go for you. I don't like it when you worry about me."

"With all of the trouble you get into, it's hard not to worry about you."

Yura couldn't help but to smile. She turned and looked at him. "You make it impossible to stay mad at you for too long." She walked closer to him and touched the wrappings around his waist. "At least you killed him or I'd have to do it."

"I wouldn't allow it. You shouldn't choose revenge just because-"

"You already know that if it was that way, it wouldn't have just been for you." Toshiro looked away.

Yura closed her eyes. Can't I heal him, Dena?

There was a slight hesitation. Only if you believe you can.

Yura smiled. "You trust me enough, don't you?"

"Why wouldn't I?"

"I just wanted to make sure." Yura set her hand on his torso and closed her eyes. She took a deep breath. "Tensou." A light electric current flowed through Yura's hand and to Toshiro's torso. Toshiro's eyes widened. Yura swallowed before opening her eyes. She carefully began to unwrap the wrappings. "My healing abilities are nowhere near Orihime's. I'm not even sure it's healing, but for me…I know it gives me enough energy to continue on and fight. If it does the same to others…" She finished unwrapping him. She smiled. "How do you feel now?"

Toshiro looked in her purple eyes and smiled. "Better."

Yura took a deep breath. "You should still get some rest though. Like I said, it doesn't exactly heal, but give energy." Yura's head began to hurt and her vision was slowly becoming blurry. She began to look pale and drained. She tightly closed her eyes.

"You don't look too well."

Yura turned her head away. "I'm fine." She opened her eyes. "Go on inside. I need to be alone for awhile."

Toshiro hesitated. As soon as she gave him energy, Yura looked awfully pale and completely drained. Is it possible that she gave me her own energy? Toshiro thought.

"Be inside within the hour."

Yura smiled. "I don't always take orders from you."

"You will if I say you have to."

Yura shook her head in disbelief. "Just get inside. I'll be there soon."

Yura watched as Toshiro went inside Orihime's house. On her way up to the roof, Yura could hear Matsumoto telling Toshiro how wonderful it was that he's recovered so quickly and how it was that he was bandaged up one minute and the next he's not. Yura took out her zanpakuto and stuck it in the top of the roof, trying not to plunge it in too deep. She held the hilt, hung her head and closed her eyes. She took a deep breath.

"Let me travel, Denakuma."

The blood in Yura's veins mixed in with the buzz of electricity. Her head buzzed and she could feel the world around her spinning. When she opened her eyes and looked up she found herself in a different world. She was on a dark cloud and other dark clouds hung about three-hundred feet over her head and produced lightning. She noticed Denakuma quickly hurrying over to her.

"You idiot. I knew I shouldn't have let you heal that boy. You could've died, giving him your own energy like that. Don't you know that you can take the energy from me?"

Yura eyed Denakuma. "Yes, I did. That's why I didn't take the energy from you. I purposely gave him the energy I wield from myself."

Denakuma's blue eyes were full of pain and fear, something that never happens. "If you had given him more of your energy you would've died."

"I know."

"You'd risk your own life for him!" Lightning struck everywhere and thunder echoed throughout the atmosphere, perfect to match Denakuma's tone. And her comment was obviously no question.

"You need to understand-"

"I understand perfectly!"

"You obviously don't if you're arguing with me! I don't want to fight with you!" Denakuma stared at Yura for awhile longer, before putting her head under Yura's chin. Yura felt energy, more powerful than her own, flow into her from Denakuma.

The pain in her head subsided and she regained color in her face. Denakuma pulled away. "For once, care more about yourself than others."

"That would make me selfish."

Denakuma huffed. "I've done what I needed to do. You need to go back to the real world and get rest. Understand?"

Yura nodded. Then a lightning bolt struck her and she found herself on top of Orihime's roof. She immediately felt tired and couldn't catch herself before she fell and went to sleep.

"Yura." Yura turned over. "Yura, wake up?"

Yura bolted upright. She squeezed her eyes shut. "What? What do you want? It's still early."

"We need to go. If we want to fit in we have to go to school." "You're kidding. I left that place after two days. It nearly killed me."

When Yura opened her eyes, she noticed that she was in her gigai. She looked at Toshiro. "How are you feeling?"

Toshiro closed his eyes and sighed. "Ok, I suppose."

Yura stood up. "That's not a very convincing answer."

"I'm more worried about you than my own health. Yura, what happened yesterday?"

Yura looked away with a sad look on her face. "Instead of taking energy from Denakuma, like I should have, I took energy from myself and transferred it over to you so you'd regain your strength faster. And yes, I did it on purpose."

Toshiro's eyes widened. "Why?"

Yura only shook her head and put on the mandatory school uniform. "Forget it, ok? Let's get this day over with." Toshiro stood up and followed Yura out. They walked down the street together. Yura felt the sense of curiosity wash over her, but didn't know why.

"I never got to ask you something last night."

Yura furrowed her eyebrows. "What is it?"

"What's that tattoo on your back?"

Yura's eyes widened and she turned to look at him. "You didn't."

Toshiro closed his eyes and shrugged. "It wasn't hard to miss while Orihime was trying to heal you."

Yura sighed and turned back around. "I was trying to keep that from you."

"I thought we trusted each other. You should trust me enough to tell me about a tattoo."

"I didn't think it was important. It's nothing really, ok?" Toshiro sighed and they continued in silence.

Yura had gotten through some of her class, but ignored everything about it. She found it nowhere near amusing and only stared out of the window figuring out these weird and sudden emotions. In the middle of class, she had asked her teacher if she could be excused, and she rushed out as soon as possible. She walked down the quiet halls, swinging her arms back and forth to a melody in her head. She hummed to it as well. When she got bored she stopped everything she was doing and turned to look out the windows. She looked up at the sky and frowned. She pushed herself away from the window and swayed back and forth.

"If I were Shiro, where would I be?" She walked down the hall a little further and stopped when she found a doorway that led to the roof. She smiled. "Of course, where else would he be?"

She opened the door and began to walk up the stairs. She opened the door at the top of the stairs and walked out into the open space. "Freedom at last." She muttered. She walked out further and stopped when she noticed Matsumoto covering Toshiro's eyes.

She shook her head and sighed. She walked over to the two. "You're going to suffocate him." Yura said.

Matsumoto let go of Toshiro and ran over to Yura to give her a hug. "Yura!"

Yura tensed up. "Please let go of me."

Matsumoto jumped back and smiled. "Sorry. What are you doing up here anyway, Captain?" The two girls turned to Toshiro.

"I'm giving my report."

Matsumoto's face seemed to brighten even more. "Did you say how we kicked their butts when our limiters were removed?"

"Matsumoto, bring it down a notch. Ok?" Yura said.

"Those guys were weaklings." Yura looked at Toshiro. "They weren't Vasto Lordes. They weren't even Adjuchas. Not even me, a Captain, could defeat a Gillian without releasing my limiter. Their level is that high."

"I hate how you doubt yourself." The two turned to Yura.

"You were nearly killed. Don't talk to me about being doubtful."

"I didn't doubt myself when I was in battle. And, as much as I hate to say it…you were nearly killed, too." Yura looked away. "If you had let me stay by your side, your wounds probably wouldn't have been as grave as they were. When I fought that Arrancar and lost…I felt that I let everyone down."

Toshiro stared at Yura for awhile in the silence and realized the similarities between her and Ichigo. They both admitted defeat when others tried telling they won. They both took the blame when others were terribly injured. They always try to prove their strength to others. And the always want to, or in their case need to, take on the opponent that's more of a threat. It was in their nature to protect others and not care if they die, as long as their friends are ok.

"She was too strong, even for me. Her power…it's different. Stronger. I felt helpless as soon as I saw her Cero. Silver. A silver Cero…" Yura was deep in thought about the battle she had the previous day. Was it only yesterday? Or was she in such a deep sleep that it felt like it was yesterday? Yura didn't know, nor did she want to.

Toshiro closed his eyes. "Now look at who's doubting herself."

Yura glared at Toshiro. "Who asked you, anyway?"

"Hey, hey, no fighting, you two. You aren't supposed to fight in the relationship you're in." Toshiro and Yura both glared at Matsumoto. Matsumoto laughed nervously. "Oh look, I think I see uh…something shiny over there." Matsumoto ran off.

"Yura, those Arrancar weren't easy to fight. Stop blaming yourself for everything. We all fought our own battle. At least you got to experience with that Arrancar so you know how her power will be the next time you meet her."

Yura crossed her arms and huffed. "I don't care about her and how strong she is. I care about how everyone will be whenever Aizen's plan will go into action. It's going to be way harder and…I don't know. I care too much for you guys."

"That's a bad thing?"

Yura smiled. "To Denakuma it is. But seriously…Ichigo has run off. Who knows what he's doing! The only thing left is to get stronger, right? And make sure we don't die."

"Yeah…"

That Night

Yura snuck out of the house in her Soul Reaper form. She was careful not to wake up anyone. When she got outside she jumped up on the roof and found the spot she plunged her zanpakuto in. Careful to not make any noise, she dug the tip of her sword into the roof. She got on her knees, holding the hilt, and closed her eyes. "Let me travel, Denakuma." When she opened her eyes she was sitting on a dark and cold cloud. She smiled.

"What are you smiling about?"

Yura looked up to see Denakuma walking toward her. "Nothing really. I needed to talk to you about something."

Denakuma sat in front of her. "What is it?"

Yura took a deep breath. "Today I've been…feeling strange. Like a change in my emotions all of a sudden."

"I didn't think it would happen so soon."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"This is why I was angry at you for healing the boy. You're connected with him now."

"What? Like…"

"A bond."

"A bond? You're losing me."

Denakuma sighed. "You're bonded to him. When you healed him and transferred your energy to him you formed a bond. You were probably feeling his emotions."

"But how? If that's true, and it must be since you're telling me this, why do I feel his emotions?"

"Some of his energy must have transferred into you when you opened that connection. So you feel his emotions and he feels yours. You feel his pain and he feels yours."

Yura's eyes widened. "Did you just say pain? Like…physical pain?" Denakuma nodded. "No. No. You know I get hurt a lot. I don't need him feeling my pain."

"I thought that was the point in relationships."

"Yeah. To share it emotionally, not physically. I can't stand to see him in pain because of me. I can't stand to see him in pain at all."

"Yura, you gave him your energy. Even if some of his didn't flow into you he still would be feeling your emotions and pain. There's no one to really blame except yourself."

"You let me heal him."

"Only because I expected you to take energy from me. Not yourself. You need to tell him."

Yura sighed. "Alright fine. I will."

She was struck by lightning and found herself back on the roof. She pulled out her zanpakuto and put it in its sheath. She jumped down and quietly walked into the house. She walked into the room they were staying in and quickly got in her gigai. She grabbed her sweater and slipped it on. Then she walked over to Toshiro who was fast asleep. She knelt beside him and shook his shoulder.

"Wake up." She whispered. When he didn't wake up she shook him a little harder.

Toshiro's eyes snapped open and he bolted upright. He was about to yell at Yura, but she covered his mouth with her hand. She put her finger to her lips. She removed her hand and Toshiro sighed. "What is it? It's the middle of the night."

"Exactly. Come take a walk with me."

"Why?"

"Just take a walk with me. I'll explain."

"Fine. I'll meet you outside. Give me a chance to wake up a little." Yura rolled her eyes and stood up. She quietly walked out of the room and the house. When Toshiro came out, still tired, she turned to him.

"Ready?"

"I don't know if I should say yes or no." Yura rolled her eyes and took his hand. She walked farther away from the house with Toshiro in tow.

She finally let go of his hand when they got to the park. She walked over to the swings and sat down on one. "It's nice out here." Toshiro walked over to her and stood in front of her.

"Hm?"

Toshiro looked up. "There's a full moon tonight," he looked at her. "It's beautiful." Yura smiled. "Are you going to tell me what's going on now?"

She stared at him. "Maybe if you move out of my way."

He smiled back at her then sat on the other swing. "So?"

Yura sighed and began to slowly swing back and forth. "I don't know how to explain."

"Just say it."

"Um…have you been feeling…strange? Like your emotions change out of nowhere?"

Something flashed across Toshiro's eyes. "Yeah. Why?"

"Uh…funny story, really. When I healed you the other day…I kind of made a strange bond between us." There was an awkward silence. "You're not laughing. Why aren't you laughing?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"Uh…some of our…energy, I guess, flowed into one another also causing our DNA to mix, or maybe I'm making this up. And because of that it gave us an emotional and physical bond….Does that make sense?"

"No."

"Well…maybe I'm over-exaggerating about the DNA thing, but there's some kind of bond that formed between us somehow when I healed you. We can feel each other's emotions and physical pain. And it's all because of me."

"And you're sad because of it?"

"Well yeah. You know how reckless I am. And with that Mizu person still around who knows what I'm getting myself into."

"So you're more worried about me rather than yourself?"

Yura smiled and looked at him. "Of course. What kind of question is that?"

He shook his head. "Nothing." Yura looked up at the night sky and stared into the face of the moon.

A/N: And so, a bond forms between two powerful Shinigami. What consequences will be paid? Just thought i'd say that. Don't know why. I hope you liked it. I know it was kind of...yeah. Not much going on. But it's only the beginning people. So you have to wait. please Review. Bye