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Sakura ran for a good ten minutes thinking of nothing but breathing. A movement on the power lines above her caught her attention. A figure was running along them. He was a bit ahead of her and the sun was making it hard for her to see what he looked like. She picked up her pace to try and find out who he was. But he sped up as well.
'Oh no you don't.' Sakura sped up and smiled as she gained on him. Then he turned a corner.
Sakura followed him for about fifteen minutes before she lost track of him as he entered the park. She leaned against a tree as she caught her breath. "Dang it. So close."
"You kept up pretty well." Sakura looked up and saw someone lounging in the tree branches. The white hair and coat gave him away. "It's nice to see you again, Sazumi-san." Jushiro smiled at the girl. She was much more fit than she had let on while dressed in the kimono.
"Ukitake-san? You were the man running on the power lines?" Sakura looked up at him curiously. He didn't even seem to be out of breath.
"Yes. Sorry if I went a bit too fast. I was surprised you could keep up." Jushiro knew it was probably because of her reiryoku levels. It was almost equal to the lowest seated officer in his squad.
Sakura smiled and laughed. "I surprise a lot of people often."
"Mommy. Why is that Onee-san talking to the tree?" Sakura looked over to see a small boy pointing at her. Then him being dragged away by his mother.
"Are you invisible or something?" Sakura began climbing up the tree. She could see other people starting to stare at her.
"Probably to them. Shinigami can only be seen by people with a certain level of reiryoku." Jushiro laughed as the girl climbed out of the sight of other people in the park. "Sorry. I should have said something soon-" Jushiro covered his mouth as he began to cough.
Sakura sat quietly as he coughed. She was used to sick people. She volunteered at a local hospital quite often. His coughs stopped after several minutes. "How long have you been sick?"
"Most of my life. But it hasn't killed me yet." Jushiro smiled as he answered her. There was no blood covering his hand, this time.
"Do shinigami have doctors?" Sakura couldn't see any civilization not having a doctor.
"We have healers. But they haven't found a cure for it." Jushiro sighed as he leaned back against the tree.
"I'm sure there is one." Sakura liked giving people hope. It always made them smile. "Maybe they just haven't looked hard enough. Maybe you should try a doctor around here."
"Maybe." Jushiro smiled at her optimism.
*ROAR*
"Another monster?" Sakura looked out towards where the sound came from. It sounded close.
"Hollow." Jushiro corrected her as he locked down on the Hollow's location. It was heading towards them. "They're called Hollows. And it is a shinigami's duty to purify them so that they don't harm anyone. I'll see you around Sazumi-san."
"See you around, Ukitake-san." Sakura smiled as he jumped out of the tree. She watched as he moved towards the increasing roaring sound. 'He moves quickly.'
'And beautifully too. Did you see his-' The voice cringed as Sakura blushed madly. 'Wow. Girl got some issues. Got a problem saying a guys butt can look hot?'
'It's the fact that a voice inside my head is saying that, that I am having trouble with it. Where did you even come from?' Sakura jumped down from her branch. She landed lightly on the ground and stretched her stiff muscles. She really shouldn't have rested for so long after running like that.
'I came from your soul. Where else would I have come from?' Sakura nodded as the voice spoke calmly. "And you have finally stopped ignoring me." Sakura turned and found herself face to face with a large black horse. There wasn't one spot of the horse that wasn't pitch black. Even the ground beneath it was starting to turn black. "Listen to me!"
Sakura shut her eyes as the horse hit it's head against hers.
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