(A/N: Here's chapter nineteen! We just got through the last chapter with it implying that Nina went through a horrific ordeal last chapter. This is the aftermath. Enjoy! Oh, and by the way, listen to 'Ichiban no Takaramono/My Most Precious Treasure' while reading this chapter. It's a song from Angel Beats. I think it fits the theme of this chapter nicely. I was listening to the song while writing it, after all.

Inquisitor: Thanks for the review! Your review was quite long, probably in respond to my overly long author's note/rant last chapter. Hehe. Anyway, I'm making this short and brief to make up for the last author's note. First off, regarding Tatsuki... Sorry, she won't be making an appearance. She would be mentioned time to time, but she won't appear in story. Why? Because if I end up do putting her in, I would honestly, truthfully, unintentionally neglect her character for the most part. I actually like Tatsuki, but I do intend to forget all about her sometimes. Sorry. And I think the reason it was so harder for Scar to come around compared to Uryu was because nobody actually cared about Scar or simply wanted him dead or thrown in jail, not even Ed, Al, or Winry cared about him. They were all hypocrites [and by hypocrites, I mean, they were okay with deaths of hundreds/thousands of Ishavalans, but blatantly refused to allow the deaths of any State Alchemist, even though those same alchemists were responsible in the genocide... They only who Scar targeted who were not responsible were Ed and Al] and were only using him to meet their own ends, good intention or not. All they said was... 'We are not the ones who killed your people, they are', and that's that. The only time I found all the main characters truly annoying, and not the 'funny' annoying. Down right annoying I want to punch all three of them. And I can understand people calling Orihime 'weak' because of her wasted godlike potential. But if you think back, Orihime only had her powers for a few months or a little over a year, if you include the timeskip. She's still learning her powers. And powers like that don't just take a couple months to develop. They take years, maybe decades, if you think about it, realistically. And she's not Ichigo, who go in a few fights and instantly master a new power. And besides, if she did fully master her powers, the plot would have progressed way to quickly and easily, and the main character would have switched from Ichigo to Orihime. But I agree her potential was wasted.

sacke110: Thanks for the reviews! You'll get the answer in this chapter.

Elongation: Thanks for reviewing! Urgh! Don't make me even think about Hughes's death! Loved that family man!)

A Single Friend, Our Thoughts Last Forever

"Good morning, everyone!" Orihime chirped as she entered the living room.

"You're as cheerful as usual," Edward muttered, grumpily as he took a sip of the coffee he was drinking. He held a book lazily in his hands.

"Winry kicked you out again?"

He grumbled something under his breath, and flipped open the book, his golden eyes pretending to read the words written on it.

"I'm going to go fix breakfast," the ginger haired girl informed him as she went inside the kitchen.

Edward let out a small grunt in response as he continued reading his book. He was absolutely bored. According to Dr. Marcoh's clue, his research material over the Philosopher's Stone was located in Central Library. However, he can't get to it until Winry is done repairing his automail.

He was informed that it'll take three days, but knowing that there was a huge chance of getting his and Al's bodies back to normal made him really impatient.

It didn't know how long he was reading until he heard Orihime's announcement of breakfast is ready.

Everyone gathered around the table to enjoy a simple plate of pancakes and scrambled eggs for breakfast. Edward found it quite unusual. Where was weird yet unique touch that Orihime always likes to add to her meals? This was normal, too normal for her standards. He's been eating all her meals, and he has noted that she always likes to put outlandish yet strangely good food combinations in her foods. It's just her style.

Maybe she didn't want to weird Pinako and Winry out. After all, this is the first meal she cooked by herself since she got here. He shrugged, not wanting to deal with the matter too long. Hey, food is food no matter how it's prepared, and he was starving!

"Hey! Where's Nina?" Winry questioned when she noted the little girl's absence. Nina is always the first one to wake up, playing with Alexander and Den while waiting for breakfast to be prepared. It wasn't like her to sleep in.

"Here I am."

The occupants turned their attention towards the tired looking Nina. But something about her appearance seemed off. For one, her long brown hair was braided into pigtails, leaving it to hang disheveling down her waist. There were bags under her usual bright, cheerful blue eyes which were now darkened in glum. And her cheery, innocent smile was replaced with a depressing frown. Overall, it looked like she's just woken up from a bad dream, a really bad dream. A nightmare is more like it, and a horrific one at that.

"Good morning, everyone." Even Nina's voice loss it's usual cheeriness as quietly took her seat, lacking any peppiness in her step. The ginger haired girl tentatively set a plate in front of Nina, which she began to eat in a painfully slow manner.

Orihime could feel the extreme amount of guilt gnawing away at her. This was what she was afraid of! She couldn't believe Nina's spiritual energy has developed so much that she attracted a nearby Hollow. Granted, it also may be coincidence and that the Hollow was really after Sarah's soul, and Nina just happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Either way, Nina narrowly escaped death for a second time. The first time was when her father turned her into a talking chimera, but she doesn't remember that nightmarish incident.

Nonetheless, the little brown haired girl just went through an extremely terrifying ordeal that would scar her for the rest of her life. Not only did she watch her friend die in a horrifyingly gruesome way that no young child should witness, she barely managed to escape with her life. The auburn haired girl made it just in time before the Hollow could devour her, too. She easily managed to heal her wounds and defeat the Hollow, her 'big sister' instincts kicking in all the way.

That doesn't wash away the anguish that squishes her heart in its iron grip at heart when staring at the little girl's empty blue eyes. She wondered if she accidentally and unintentionally subjugated Nina to a fate worse than death? Was dying as a chimera be better than the otherworldly, twisted future that was store for Nina that was filled with life or death traumatic events at every turn? Especially in a world like this? A world where the existence of Soul Reapers and Hollows are nothing more than a make believe, dark fairytale?

Yes, in her world, it could be considered such by the majority. But besides her group of friends, she has met a few people who could see spirits, and as such see Soul Reapers and Hollows. But in this world, it means nothing more than complete isolation from society. A world where one has sacrifice oneself without being acknowledged for what they are sacrificing themselves for. A world where they suffer alone, fight alone, and might end up dying alone simply because no one understands the self sacrificing job their doing and the physical and mental strain and burden it puts on them.

Orihime could feel the unshed tears forming in her grays. By god, what had she done to Nina?!

The ginger haired girl ached every time someone tried to cheer Nina up or get her to tell them why she looks so depressed. She knew why she kept silent. This wasn't something the brown haired girl could tell just anyone. They wouldn't believe her as she had told her last night, making sure to keep the incident just between the two of them. Plus calling her delusional would only worsen her already emotionally fragile mental state.

When Edward made an offhand comment about Sarah that's when Nina had a complete breakdown, startling the occupants in the room. Ignoring their attempts to her cheer up, Nina left her unfinished breakfast and ran out the door.

Winry whacked Ed with her trusty wrench, angrily scolding him for saying something extremely insensitive to make Nina cry like that.

A few guilt ridden, anguished tears flowed down the auburn haired girl's gray eyes.

This was something she has got to fix!

But what could she do to cheer Nina up? What could she say to get her to smile again?

"Um, Orihime? Why are you crying?"

Everyone's curious, shocked, and uneasy gazes turned towards her in response to Alphonse worried question.

"I'll fix this." Her quiet statement just confuses them, but she doesn't dwell on the matter. She simply sits up from her chair, the rest of her breakfast forgotten as she leaves the dining area, wiping her stray tears away.

Orihime's gray eyes burned with a firm resolve. "I will definitely fix this!"

Nina walked sluggishly across the field with Alexander by her side. Her face was still wet with dry tears. Knowing how upset his human owner is, Alexander doesn't initiate any playful behavior instead staying quietly and loyally by her side.

The brown haired girl didn't necessarily have any destination in mind when she stormed out the house. Just that she wanted to be alone. She felt awful about running of like that. It's just that… When big brother Ed mentioned Sarah all the tears to tried to keep in, not to make anybody else sad, burst through full force.

She eventually noticed that she came subconsciously came to the spot that she and Sarah always played together. Nina couldn't believe her friend was dead. And even though, she only knew her for a short while, it really hurts inside.

So this is what death is like? Never waking up, never playing with them again, or even hearing their voice or feel their touch? This was her first experience with death, and she didn't like it. She really didn't like it one bit! This pain and sadness… It's all too much!

Noticing his owner's distressed tears, Alexander licked her hand to get her attention, making a small whine sound.

"I'm okay, Alexander," Nina sniffled, furiously wiping her tears away. The large dog ducked his head, ears pressed against his head as if not believing her words, but going along with it anyway.

Nina made her way towards Sarah's house. The stench of blood made her feel sick as she walked through the empty walls. Unlike yesterday where the halls were filled with simple grime and dust, there are fallen debris, shattered holes, and broken glass and furniture scattered throughout the ground, another confirmation of what happened last night wasn't just an awful dream.

That 'thing' that attacked them last night was super scary. She's never meant anything like it. It had a long tail almost like a snake with a humanoid torso and a head of a horse. What was most horrifying about the monster was the eerily white mask it sported and the terrifying hole in its chest. Big sister Ori called the scary monster a Hollow, Nina recalled.

She has never seen or heard about Hollows before until last night, and her daddy never talked about. She wondered if he even knows those monsters exist? Monsters, Hollows… Keeping all this in was too much!

The brown haired girl felt horrible for running off like that. She knew that she was only big brother Ed, big brother Al, and big sister Winry sad, but she promised big sister Ori she wouldn't tell anyone what happened and she wanted to be a good girl and good girls keep their promises.

She stalked into the room, the very same room that Sarah played her piano before they were attacked. The once dusty yet perfectable playable piano was now crushed and torn apart with large splinters protruding from it and its keys broken and scattered about.

Nina collapsed onto her knees, bawling her eyes out, the full weight of everything hitting her tenfold. The only thing she could feel was immense grief and sadness. It hurts, it hurts so much!

"I'm sorry for being so helpless! I'm so sorry!" Nina cried out in anguished pain.

Alexander let out a sad whine as he helplessly watched her cry her eyes out.

It was awfully quiet at the Rockbell house. How could it not be? Nina ran off somewhere in unexplained hysteria without telling anyone, and Orihime locked herself in her room ever since Nina left. They tried various attempts to get Orihime to come out of her room with no success. Edward couldn't find Nina anywhere either. They all wondered what happened to the girls to make them so depressed.

Ed and Al had a vague idea on what was causing Nina to be extremely sad. She must've regained her memories of the time her father transformed her into a talking chimera. And Orihime obviously figured it, which explains why she became uncharacteristically distant.

Edward's deep frown penetrated his face. Even if Orihime knew that Nina was distressed over the trauma over being forcibly transformed into a talking chimera, why try to keep it a secret from them? This was something they had to help the innocent little girl with together. After all, they were all there to witness it.

Ed's snapped when he heard a door open and Orihime finally emerging into the living room. Her gray eyes drifted towards him, giving a him a second glance before gazing towards the door.

"I'm going to go look for Nina," she announced. He could hear the tiredness and the apparent sadness in her voice.

Ed immediately stood up from his position on the couch. "I'm going with you."

The usual peppy girl shook her head, solemnly. "No, it's better if I go alone."

"Why?" the blond alchemist shouted in both anger and frustration. He couldn't help but to be a little angry. This morning's incident left him in a sour mood. And neither her nor Nina would tell him or Al anything. It was frustrated! Don't they trust them?

She wasn't fazed by his small outburst. "This is something I've got to do alone," she said, quietly.

"This isn't something you have to do alone, dammit!" he retorted. "We were all there, Orihime! We should help Nina go through this together!"

Orihime could feel her resolve crumbling, the guilt overwhelming her. Ed and Al think the reason for Nina's sorrow has to do with her father's experiment?

"That's...not it...at all," she spoke, choking back her tears.

Edward seemed confused by her vague confession. "What's not it?"

Luckily, the ginger haired girl was saved by Winry announcing that his automail was ready. Golden eyes glanced between the entrance of the workshop and the healer in front of him.

Begrudgingly, he let her go, not saying a word as she silently made her exit.

"Stubborn girl," Ed thought, irritated. "Why must she always try to deal with things on her own?" He really didn't like how secretive she was being lately, especially since it almost got her killed by that homunculus. Granted, he almost died as well, but that was because she wouldn't tell him what the fuck was going at the time.

He blew out an exasperated breath. He better get going or else he'd be met with a wrench to the face by an impatient and demanding mechanic.

Following Nina's spiritual pressure, Orihime track her in the place of the previous Hollow's attack. She saw Nina sluggishly walking out of the door with Alexander following quietly behind her, the usual happy dog seeming as sad or distraught as she is.

The auburn haired girl immediately took notice of the young child's red eyes and puffy cheeks. She's been crying. Of course. She just loss a friend in the most cruelest way possible. Why wouldn't she be crying? It pained her heart to see her like that.

Putting on a brave face, Orihime called her over. "Nina…"

"Huh?" Nina was confused when she suddenly heard her name being called. When she glanced up and spotted her ginger haired big sister, her blue eyes widened for bit before tears threatened to spill again. She instantly threw herself at the older girl, crying on her chest.

"Why? Why did she have to die?" Nina choked out in between sobs.

"I'm sorry," Orihime responded, running soothing circles around the younger girl's back. "I'm so sorry, Nina," she repeated, feeling her heart ache for the heartbroken little girl.

This was all her fault! If only she wasn't so careless. She thought the first Hollow was only a coincidence. That it just happened to feel into the this world the same way she did. She never thought of the possibility of there being more Hollows out there. If she knew that, she wouldn't have left Nina alone or without the supervision of her Shun Shun Rikka. And Nina wouldn't be suffering as she is now.

"I hate it! I hate this!" the brown haired girl screamed. "Why does it have to be that way? Why can't we just live forever?"

The ginger haired girl doesn't know what to say. All she could do was listen to the heartbroken brown haired girl vent out all her pain, anger, and sadness.

"Everytime I-I close m-my eyes, a-all I could see is S-Sarah dying in front of me. Just thinking about that… It hurts! It really hurts! I don't want to go through this again, big sister Ori! It's just too sad!"

They stayed like that for what seemed like hours. Orihime simply held the depressed Nina as she continued to grief and cry her pain away. The sun was already setting over the horizon by the time the tears stopped as both girls settled onto the grassy floor, legs too tired to keep standing.

There was a small, anguished pause.

"Listen, Nina," Orihime finally spoke.

"Hmm?" Nina glanced up at the older girl, curiosity shining through her red, puffy eyes.

"I want you to stay here with Winry."

The brown haired girl shook her head, vigorously. "I want to stay with you, big sister Ori! What if another monster comes? I'm scared!" she declared, fearfully, tears threatening to spill once more.

The ginger haired girl smoothly wiped the tears together. "No more crying, okay? It makes your big sister sad to see you cry."

The small girl sniffled a bit, keeping her tears in. "Oh… I don't want to make you sad. I-I won't cry anymore, if it makes you sad."

Orihime smiled gently, which Nina returned.

"I need you stay here, Nina," the auburn haired girl repeated once more, this time more firmly. "What your big sister and big brothers are doing is very dangerous. You would be in constant danger, if you stay with us."

"B-but what about the monsters?" the brown haired girl inquired, her lips trembling, the terrifying fear of being left alone and unprotected in her blue eyes.

Orihime placed a gentle hand on her head. "Then I need you to stay here with Winry and Pinako, so you can protect them from the awful monsters. After all, you are Super Nina!"

The older girl felt her heart swell slightly when she heard a genuine giggle escape from the younger girl's mouth. Good! She was making progress with getting Nina back to how she used to be. A cheerful, innocent, playful girl.

"Super Nina?" Nina said, trying out the sound of the name with another giggle escaping her lips. "I like it! Okay! Super Nina would stay here and protect big sister Winry and granny Pinako from the awful monsters!" she chirped, pumping her fist in the air with great enthusiasm.

Orihime giggled, feeling happiness and joy at getting Nina to laugh and becoming cheerful again.

"Just remember, Nina, you made Sarah's last moments very happy memories. I'm sure she was glad to be your friend. You made her very happy, Nina. Don't forget that. Don't forget those feelings of happiness you two share," the auburn haired girl smiled tenderly at the younger girl, who sniffled a bit, trying to desperately to keep herself from crying again.

"I won't," the brown haired girl declared, wiping some stray tears away. "I won't ever forget Sarah, and how much fun we had!"

Orihime grinned slightly at the brave yet innocence little girl.

"Let's head back, okay?"

Nina smiled, happily in agreement. "Okay!"

Edward was tasting his new automail the way he always does… By sparing with Alphonse. He blocked an incoming armored fist coming his way by putting his arms up.

He threw a punched towards Al's helmet, which he dodged by leaning back slightly. The blond alchemist quickly followed this by kicking his leg out in an attempt to tripped the armored giant.

"Huh? Is that Orihime an- Whoa!" Alphonse ended up, falling flat on his ass when he was distracted at that mere second.

Although, Edward heard his younger brother's announcement, and tilted his around to see that Orihime was making her way towards them with a smiling Nina holding her hand.

"Orihime! You're back! And you found, Nina!" Alphonse piped up as stood up and greeted both girls.

Nina let go of the older girl's hand, and raced up to give Ed and Al a tender hug, surprising both boys at the unexpected show of affection, especially after the incident this morning.

"I love you, big brothers!" the brown haired girl whispered softly and so much affection, slightly stunning the Elric brothers.

She stepped back, offered them once last smile, before running inside the house, Alexander hot on her trail.

"What did you say to, Nina? She's acting totally different than she did this morning?" Edward asked, curiously, golden eyes trained on Orihime.

Orihime let out a soft smile. "Nothing really. We just had a little chat between girls," she said simply, although, there was bit of wistfulness that shone in her eyes, though it quickly disappeared. Her gray turned away from the front door of the Rockbell house and towards them. "What are you guys doing?"

"Winry finished my automail," Edward stated with a proud smirk, showing her the automail limb.

The ginger haired girl's eyes glowed with awe and fascination. "Oh, wow! She did a great job!"

"She is the best mechanic that I know." He then frowned. "Don't tell her that though, or it'll go straight to her head. And she's already annoying enough," he grumbled.

"Brother!" Alphonse scolded him. "Don't say that! Winry is nice!"

Edward snorted. "Yeah, nice. Only when she's not complaining about her automail or whacking me on the head with her wrench." He turned his attention back at Orihime. "Al and me were just doing a little sparring to whip ourselves into shape."

Orihime brightened up at that. "Oh! Can I join?" she asked.

Edward and Alphonse both stared at her with odd and incredulous looks. The latter seemed extremely unsure and reluctant to let her spar with them while his older brother crossed his arms, looking at her skeptically.

"You can't spar with us, Orihime," Ed finally answered. He didn't want to hurt the girl.

The girl pouted. "Why not?"

"No," the blond alchemist said, firmly.

"Please?" she begged, her already big, gray eyes becoming wide and pleading.

Just staring at her childlike, puppy dog eyes made Edward's resolve crumble. Just like every other time she gives him that look.

He sighed. "Okay, fine… But going crying in the end when we-"

He stopped mid sentence as his golden eyes wide in stunned silence as he saw Orihime charge at him with a flying kick, completely connecting with his gut and knocking the wind out of him as flew towards the ground, still dumbfounded by what happened.

"Brother!" Al yelled in surprise as Ed hit the grassy floor, quite hard actually.

"Don't lose focus, Al," Orihime advised him.

It was the soul bonded suit of armor's turn to be shocked as, despite her small stature, the auburn haired girl flipped him over and threw him on the ground next to his older brother.

"What the hell just happened?" Was the only thing going through both brothers minds as they laid there absolutely stupefied and perplexed.

"You back from damaging my automail, Ed?" Winry asked, annoyed as she glanced towards the opened door. Her blue eyes widened in concern when she saw the bruises and beaten and messy state both brothers were in. "What happened to the two of you?"

"We...don't know," Ed and Al responded simultaneously, looking at a peppy Orihime with complete confusion, causing the blonde mechanic to raise an eyebrow.

Then realizing the connection, Winry snorted in laughter. "Don't tell me you guys got your asses kicked by Orihime? That's hilarious!"

Edward glared at his mechanic. "Shut up, Winry," he growled, but this only caused her laughter to increase.

"Oh? Did I hurt you, Eddie?" Orihime questioned, her gray eyes staring at him with concern and a little bit of guilt. "I'm sorry."

He stared at her, surprised once again. Was she always this soft hearted? He felt his face heat up slightly at her concern, even though she was one who caused his injuries and his hurt pride.

"Hmph, it's nothing," he scoffed, turning away from her to hide his pink stained cheeks.

"When did you learn to fight like that, Orihime?" Alphonse asked, curiously.

"Tatsuki taught me," she answered as she beamed, brightly.

"Who's Tatsuki?" Winry asked.

"She's a very dear friend of mine," the auburn haired girl answered, smiling fondly. "She taught me all sorts of martial arts skills. She said that I was at the black belt level, but I...don't know what that means. Recently, she became the assistant instructor of her own martial arts dojo. I'm so proud of her!"

The three didn't know whether to feel frightened, stunned, or impressed. This airheaded girl was a martial arts expert? That's a lot take in, giving her personality, suggestion anything but. So wonder she beat the crap out of them.

But it was still unbelievable that this gentle and sweet girl has some martial arts skills. She wouldn't even hurt a fly as far as the brothers have known her. It was harder to take in than Ed's delusionals of his 'tall'' height.

Hey! They are not delusions!

The blond snapped of his temporary anger to address Orihime. "How old are you anyway?" Edward asked out of the blue.

Orihime tilted her head, confused by the question. "Me? I'm sixteen. I'm about to turn seventeen in a few months."

"You're about a year older than us," Winry commented.

"And yet you don't act it," Ed grumbled, only to receive a whack on the head by Winry's trusted wrench.

"Don't mind that idiot, Orihime," Winry said, giving Edward a sideways glare. "You've been out all day. Do you want anything to eat?"

An unexpected yawn escaped from Orihime's mouth. "No thanks. It's been a long day, and I'm really tired. I'm just going to go to bed. Goodnight." She left the trio as she headed towards her room.

Orihime was woken up early the next morning by Alphonse, saying that they needed to head off and take the next train to Central since their business here was done.

The ginger haired girl joined the brothers outside dressed in a long flowing, faded blue skirt and a long sleeved, button down, yellow shirt with ankle length, white socks and mary jane black shoes adorning her feet.

"You all set?" Al asked her.

"Yep!" Orihime chirped, adjusting her pink bag.

"Well, granny, we're off," Edward announced.

"You boys better come back here once in a while for dinner," Pinako requested. "And you are welcome here as well, Orihime."

"Oh, thank you, Ms. Rockbell," she smiled.

The elderly woman smiled back at her. "Just call me 'Pinako'."

"Okay, Pinako," the ginger haired girl beamed, happily.

"You want us to come back just for some dinner," Ed questioned, skeptically, raising a yellow eyebrow.

Pinako chuckled, smirking a bit.

"Big brothers! Big sister! Don't leave yet!" a childlike voice piped in.

"Oh, Nina," Orihime called to the approaching girl.

The little girl appearance was different. And by appearance, meaning her hair was different. She chopped most of it off, leaving it short and bob cut. The ginger haired girl believes Sarah had something to do with it. Was Nina trying to look more like her? It was obvious she was still grieving over Sarah's death, and it's understandable. She can't just get over that in a couple of nights, but at least she's healing.

"Nina? What happened to your hair?" Alphonse asked, surprised to see the little girl's long hair cut so short. It seemed that Edward was equally surprised as his brother.

"I cut it because I'm Super Nina!" Nina chirped, giggling. She hugged each one of them. "Goodbye, big brothers Ed and Al! Goodbye, big sister Ori! Stay safe! And don't worry! I'll protect big sister Winry and granny Pinako from any bad people while you're gone,"she promised, enthusiastically pumping her fist in the hair.

Both brothers chuckled at the little girl's overly peppy chant.

"Stay safe and be good, Nina," Al said.

"We're counting on you," Ed replied, giving her a small smile.

"Edward, Alphonse, Orihime!"

The trio, who's names were called, glanced up at the balcony to see a tired Winry, waving at them.

"Have a safe trip, you guys," the blonde mechanic said, biding them farewell.

"Bye, Winry! It was nice meeting you!" Orihime said, cheerfully.

"Likewise," the blonde mechanic smiled at the girl.

"See you later, Winry," Alphonse said as his shorter brother simply offered a small grunt as a farewell.

The three travelers, including the overly emotional Armstrong, then left Resembool and headed towards Central where their next clue on the Philosopher's Stone awaits.

(A/N: Here's chapter nineteen! I hoped you enjoyed it. There's nothing really to say here, except I feel bad for putting Nina through her first experience with death. But I also felt that it was necessary to build some character since now Nina would somewhat develop a desire to protect her loved ones, so something like that won't ever happen to anyone close to her again. Nothing motivates a character to become strong than a sense of loss they had in the past. And the part where Orihime kicked Edward's and Alphonse's asses is merely comedic, but she is a black belt martial artist. That much is true. She's just too pacifistic to use any of her karate skills. Well, leave any comments, suggestions, and questions in a review and thanks for reading! Oh, and the next chapter would be another small snippet of what's happening in the Bleach world! So, yeah! Or yeah... Which one? I don't know how you guys feel.)