"Considering that if you touched me when like that, you would set on fire. Then its a little strange, but I've grown used to you and your little sexual fantasies." She said with a slight smirk, as he rubbed her arm and gripped her hair lightly before telling her that he lover her. This made her blush as she was then kissed. "Was that to prevent me from saying idiot or something?" She said when he said he liked her demon form. "Good, cause this girl with a demon form loves it and you, so glad you accept it....... How hard are you resisting from making a pun about it?"

Zane620 said
Sieg watched as she shouted a hado and aimed it at his three members which made him grin and shake his head. "What a foolish girl, I told you, its between us." Sieg said as the Hado seemingly covered the three members, while Siegs flame connected with her which she got off her quickly enough. She also started to do something which rose a curious look from Sieg when he suddenly moved his head to the right with spiritual energy firing past him and at the girl. The attack came from the red head of the three members who was holding his knife out. "I would take Sieg's advice, you lose focus on him and you are as good as dead." The male said lowering his knife while Sayuri continued to scribble in the dirt while looking at the barrier. "Quite a master to have made this." She mumbled, while Sieg laughed. "I see you are doing some fancy trick, so I guess i'll go to the second part of this form." And with that his hair burst into flames with what looked to be red marks appearing on his body. He then seemingly vanished appearing above her with a torrent of dark red flames shooting down at her.

Lucy continued to concentrate, blocking out all noise and thought. All she had to rely on was her instincts. As the beam came towards her head, she moved at the last second without thinking, the beam narrowly missing her head. Suddenly, she felt a massive rise of spiritual pressure from Sieg as he began to release intense heats. Regardless, she remained still, waiting until the very last second which all she prepared for was needed. Sieg appeared above, about to send a torrent of flames down her. Before he even sent them out, her eyes quickly widened, letting out a crimson glimmer "Sukuchi" A small sonicboom was let out from where her body was formely at, later being consumed by the torrent of flames. In that moment, Lucy had used all of the strength and reishi she absorbed into her muscles in one burst, her shunpo significantly greater than before. She appeared behind the blue haired girl, not giving her a moment to react. She swung her blade towards the girls neck, aiming to cleave it off"Get away from him!"

As his flames came down to the grounds, something felt off. She wasn't there, and instantly he knew where she was heading, but as he shunpoed over there as well. it was already to late. Before Sayuri could finish out how to remove the barrier, her head was on the ground and he body fell limp with blood spurting out from her severed head. Sieg only got there in time to be able to pierce her through the stomach, and when he saw Sayuri dead, he didn't even look sad. Pulling out his sword he pushed Lucy back and then set Sayuri's dead body on fire and soon it turned to ash. He then returned to normal with his hair going back to its red color and his skin going back to its white color. "Well guess you are a lucky girl. I would just shatter that barrier but I don't want to risk killing the further head of the Oda. Come you two, were going back to headquarters." Sieg said walking away from Hozumi, before turning his head. "Impressive though. If you ever want, feel free to join the Black Hydras. I would welcome one of my own with open arms." Sieg said laughing, as the two males followed behind him which they then shunpoed away.

Zane620 said
As his flames came down to the grounds, something felt off. She wasn't there, and instantly he knew where she was heading, but as he shunpoed over there as well. it was already to late. Before Sayuri could finish out how to remove the barrier, her head was on the ground and he body fell limp with blood spurting out from her severed head. Sieg only got there in time to be able to pierce her through the stomach, and when he saw Sayuri dead, he didn't even look sad. Pulling out his sword he pushed Lucy back and then set Sayuri's dead body on fire and soon it turned to ash. He then returned to normal with his hair going back to its red color and his skin going back to its white color. "Well guess you are a lucky girl. I would just shatter that barrier but I don't want to risk killing the further head of the Oda. Come you two, were going back to headquarters." Sieg said walking away from Hozumi, before turning his head. "Impressive though. If you ever want, feel free to join the Black Hydras. I would welcome one of my own with open arms." Sieg said laughing, as the two males followed behind him which they then shunpoed away.

Lucy let out a sigh of relief, knowing full well that Hozumi was safe for the time being. As the head dropped on the ground, she turned to fight Sieg. But before she could, she felt a sharp pain go through her stomach. She hesitently looked down, blood dripping from the blade and out of her wounds. Blood began to drip out of her mouth, as she collapsed to her knees "N-no, make the blood go a-away" She said as he pulled the blade out, blood spurting out of the wound. "Please" Her head dropped as Sieg began his speech, her sight fading and strength leaving her body. A voice began to speak in her head Destroy, kill, annihilate, decimate. Let loose, kill everything. It doesn't matter, in the end they all turn to dust. N-no, I can't But you must, you enjoy killing. You love the smell of blood, you love to kill She placed her hands over her ears and yelled as Sieg laughed and began to leave [/b]"ITS NOT TRUE!!!"[/b] Its not true? Then why didn't you stop when you killed your parents? Cause you loved it, you live to die. You are the devil's reincarnate...now...STOP BEING SCARED AND LET GO!!! At that moment, something in her snapped. She raised her head, her eyes being consumed in a crimson light as crimson reiatsu began to rise from the ground in a swirling motion. Her reiatsu began to immensely increase and even began to change, transforming into a black flame like reiatsu. The flames surrounded her body as she let out a final yell, before the fire dissipated. Hozumi opened his eyes, rubbing them and getting up "What happened?" He said looking around. He stopped, his eyes wide as he saw Lucy. The barrier and platform holding him shattered to pieces, making him fall on the ground. "M-Miss, are you okay?" Hozumi asked her. She turned towards him, her precense no longer the same.



She began to walk towards him, the ground under her feet disintegrating. In her eyes, he was nothing more than a body with no face. "In the end, everything returns to nothing She said, extending her hand out towards his neck, ready to snap it. Hozumi walked passed her hand and hugged her, his arms around her waist and his face buried in her stomach, where her wound was formerly at "I can see that sadness in you, I could always see how sad you were but" He moved his head away and looked up in her eyes "Please don't cry!" The entire time, Lucy had unknowingly been crying "I'll take your sadness, I'll do whatever it takes! I'll become the strongest person in the world to fight your sadness! Just don't cry anymore" Lucy smiled, returning to her former self and her conciousness fading. "Thank you...Sentan...Hakuja" A white consumed both of them, flashing for a moment and vanishing, along with Lucy and Hozumi.

Miyume

Miyume continued her onslaught against the Hollows until their numbers began to dry up. "I'm done here, they can handle the rest." She said under her breath. Her facial expression was cold and unreadable with very small strands of white hair on her head. Miyume proceeded back to the portal while killing any of the Swarm that attempted to get in her way.

Kirishin

"Just like I predicted, we can take care of these things so long as we don't get reckles-!!" Kirishin quickly shunpoed in front of an injured Shinigami, shielding the warrior from an otherwise fatal strike. With a sword impaled through the right side of his abdomen, Kiri looked up at the attacking Swarm with a smile in response. "Nice try but having variables interrupt your duel makes it quite frustrating am I right?" Before the Hollow could respond, both of his hands clenched onto its blade tightly. Left without any other options that come to mind, the Hollow began charging a Cero aimed at the two.

"This is goodbye whoever you are but thanks for trying." The injured Shinigami said as the Swarm prepared to fire. At the last second, the Hollow was cleaved into by another who quickly jumped back into the fray. "What are the chances of that happening again? Probably less than 10% of it occurring again." Kirishin thought aloud before turning back to the injured Shinigami. "I'm getting you out of here before your condition worsens so let's go." Kiri removed the blade from his side before picking the Shinigami up and began heading to safety.

Zane620 said
"Considering that if you touched me when like that, you would set on fire. Then its a little strange, but I've grown used to you and your little sexual fantasies." She said with a slight smirk, as he rubbed her arm and gripped her hair lightly before telling her that he lover her. This made her blush as she was then kissed. "Was that to prevent me from saying idiot or something?" She said when he said he liked her demon form. "Good, cause this girl with a demon form loves it and you, so glad you accept it....... How hard are you resisting from making a pun about it?"

Fumio Hari Kouineji

"I wouldn't touch you in that form, but if you wanted me to, I wouldn't mind getting singed~ And you are the cause of my sexual fantasies so you only have yourself to blame~ Heh~" Fumio whispered against Chie's lips, chuckling a little. He watched her blush, finding her ridiculously cute as he also would. "When has anything stopped you from calling me an idiot?~ Heh heh, I've gotten use to your insults... well... It's pretty clear that I like them~ Only when it's coming from you and your fiery tongue~" He chuckled once more, releasing his grip to softly stroke his hand through Chie's hair, still crouched down beside her bed. "Hmhmhm, I'm happy to know that you love me too~ Besides, we all have a little demon in us after-all, some more literally than others~" Fumio sent her a quick wink before continuing to speak. "Well, not very, hot stuff~ You're the insulting one out of the two of us~ I'm not good at that sort of thing~" He smiled charmingly. "Is there anything you'd like for me to do for you my little fire-starter?~".

"You guys are way to stressed out" She stated before pushing herself up off her sword, bringing it up onto her back so it was not hitting the ground. "It is the action that is important to me, though I guess we should report that it is done, but I ent doing any paper work on it unless asked too" Looking around for a moment she had yet to see any of the smaller hollows around, so maybe they really did deal with them all, which was good. "Right then, I have nothing left to do out here so let us head back, I am hungry anyway." With that she started to use Shunpo to make her way back

Well while he may no have done any puns about what he saw, he was certainly creating new nicknames by the second of what she did do. This just made her frown at him as she continued to blush. "Hey, you make me sound like a foul mouthed........" She then glared at him. "What kind of gentlemen insults his girlfriend like that? You are just as insulting as I am and you know it." Chie said pouting a little as she shook her head. "Nah, I just need rest and I will be back at one hundred percent before you know it."

Rio Okotaru Darishimo

After patiently waiting for the healing to be finished, Rio promptly pulled her top back on before checking over to Captains to be sure they both were fully healed. Luckily, they were. The second she confirmed that they'd be fine, she left the room and the barracks immediately without another word to anyone. Her mind was focus on one area that she suddenly wished to go to, to help let her emotions go...

Leaving the Seireitei, Rio made her way to the very place she first met Kaizo and where she wanted to first test out her Shikai...

"Huh?!... ... Oh no... Wh-wha..." She could believe the sight that she was met with.... That small cabin that held the first memory of her and Kaizo had been... annihilated... Along with a part of the bamboo forest near it. Rio took a few steps forward in utter shock before falling to her knees. Bending over, she looked down, eye wide as both clear and bloody tears met with the soil beneath her. "Wh-why... why... I..." She slid her eyes closed before squeezing them shut and balling her hands into fists. She shook gently before releasing a trembling breath that she didn't know she was holding. "I... ... I!" Lifting her right fist, Rio banged it onto the hard dirt floor before banging both fists into the floor. "I CAN'T DO THIS ANYMORE!" She screamed, unable to bottle up a year's worth of emotion. "KAIZO! WHY DID YOU COME BACK IF YOU WERE JUST GOING TO LEAVE AGAIN!... h-huu..." Her eye shot open as her teeth gritted while her body shook violently with each breath. "Why?... AFTER A YEAR!... WHY DID YOU... LET ME SEE YOU! I'M FED UP OF THIS!... I-I'm.... fed u-up... of being left behind.... u-uh-huu..." She whimpered and stayed still for a while, calming her shaky breathing. After a moment, Rio pulled herself to her feet and wiped her face, looking at the spot the cabin used to be while gritting her teeth harder. "... I don't need you anymore.... Kaizo.... Clearly... you don't need me..." She told herself that but didn't believe it one bit... However, she just couldn't think of Kaizo anymore... It was hurting her way too much, especially now to know that she wasn't far off from simply touching him... yet he disappeared without a trace before she could. It was clear that whatever happened hurt Kaizo immensely, the worry alone was killing her... But right now, Kazuhiko's plan...

Abruptly turning from the sight, Rio walked back to the Seireitei, resetting her emotions to neutral. She needed an outlet otherwise she knew that her feelings would get the best of her, that was the whole purpose of this trip. Right now there were bigger things to concern herself with and she was ready... Ready to take them all head on with no remorse or regret.

Zane620 said
Well while he may no have done any puns about what he saw, he was certainly creating new nicknames by the second of what she did do. This just made her frown at him as she continued to blush. "Hey, you make me sound like a foul mouthed........" She then glared at him. "What kind of gentlemen insults his girlfriend like that? You are just as insulting as I am and you know it." Chie said pouting a little as she shook her head. "Nah, I just need rest and I will be back at one hundred percent before you know it."

Fumio Hari Kouineji

Fumio chuckled darkly at Chie before rolling his eyes. "Now why would you think I'm insulting you?~ I love fire~ I think it's undeniably beautiful~" His tone dropped an octave as he spoke the last part of his sentence, making his voice sound sultry before returning to normal. "I believe you are the most insulting one out of us both but lighten up~ I don't hear any complaints, and I'm certainly not making any~ And Okay, rest for now~" Fumio stood up and straightened his clothing out before walking to the sink to fetch himself a glass of water. 'Hmm, I wonder how Hozumi is doing with Leaf... She better be looking after him well or else she'll have to deal with me.' He thought idly.

Kitsune said
"You guys are way to stressed out" She stated before pushing herself up off her sword, bringing it up onto her back so it was not hitting the ground. "It is the action that is important to me, though I guess we should report that it is done, but I ent doing any paper work on it unless asked too" Looking around for a moment she had yet to see any of the smaller hollows around, so maybe they really did deal with them all, which was good. "Right then, I have nothing left to do out here so let us head back, I am hungry anyway." With that she started to use Shunpo to make her way back

Giovanni simply sighed. Now that their mission was over all that was left was to report it. There was still time left in the day for him to relax and enjoy what was supposed to be his day off. He still wanted to visit the Academy but really he just wanted a shower and a nap. He sheathed his sword and followed Ko loosely. If he chose to he could follow closer but he hung back to let his mind wander. The fact there were 2 menos began to bother him. Menos attacked in groups.. 2...was strange

~Timeskip~

A week had past since the Arrancars attacked the Human world and Soul Society, many Shinigami died in the battles and some greatly wounded, even those of great rank and power suffered. Still in such a state they were still recovering. The Head Captain however managed to recover just enough to resume his duties however his power and pride damaged he threw into action a plan of extreme measures, Shinigami everywhere would be notified of the fact that they would now have to work harder than ever for if the Arrancar chose to attack again, as a course of this a few Shinigami positions were changed in order to kick things into shape.

(For those in the fight, Points awarded = 30)

~Promotions/Demotions~

(this will be updated over the course of a few days)

Squad 10 - Ryota (Retired), Hikari = Lieutenant

Squad 11 - Shiro = Captain

Kirishin

- One Week later -

Kirishin rose up from his bed as usual, acting as if the incident never happened. He jumped into the shower before putting on his normal Shinigami attire upon getting out. Once finished, Kiri left his room, proceeding to complete his average duties as usual. Injured Shinigami seemed to be coming in more frequently in the past few days, probably overworking themselves in preparation for the next attack. He shunpoed to the most busy part of the medical so he could lend a hand. "Who's not being attending to that needs it?" Kirishin asked a nearby Shinigami who then proceeded to point in the direction of a blonde old man.

Walking over to the man, Kiri put a smile on his face before speaking. "Looks like I'm going to be your doctor for the time being. So tell me, where is the pain coming from because I don't see anything?" The man took no time at all in replying. "It's coming from this red bump on my neck you see?" The man lifted his head up, revealing a glowing red bump on his adam's apple. "Hmmm...well that's not good, it seems you may have contracted something pretty rare. Tiponastrues if I'm not mistaken but seeing how it's in its lesser stages, you should be ok. May I ask how you are feeling, outside of the bump of course?" Every day, a different problem, luckily, days of sickness could occupy his time without worrying about the next.

Shou finally graduated from the Academy, and in great time. Within a year Shou had passed the Academy and was easily the top of his class which frustrated people as Shou was so young compared to them. Shou immediately wanted to see what each Squad had to offer in terms of their higher ups and duties, recently the Soul Society had come under attack from Arrancar and thankfully the Academy was untouched but still the thought of the Shinigami's defences being so weak was worrying...then again, they were deceived.

Shou wandered around in the small crowds and made his way around the barracks, he had passed a few barracks and they seemed somewhat empty however he checked out a few that seemed a bit busier. One was filled with a dumb guy with a big sword beating his subordinates up, another was filled with a big loser hitting on some women in his Squad. All Shou did was shake his head and mumble to himself "His love life must be such a string of misery" Shou moved on to other barracks. The 12th seemed to freaky, 9th was a bit to...meh, 8th was just filled with weird women and some rather camp looking guy, 7th was near on empty, the 6th had a pole dancer and a cold captain, the 5th was to...odd, 4th was to healy and sick people weirded him out a bit, 3rd was in a bit of turmoil, 2nd was not his style and the 1st....well...they weren't accepting as they wanted to encourage other Shinigami to join the other squads.

Shou ended up sat on a bench kicking his feet in the air as he was to small for his feet to touch the ground "Where do I go? all these Squads seem weird...none of them seem to have anything that good. Maybe I should look again?" Shou then let out a sigh as his head dropped, Shou then looked up and noticed a tumble weed roll by which made him raise an eyebrow "Why is there a tumble weed in the Soul Society? " Shou then heard a voice come from behind him which made him jump off the bench and turn to look at the man who spoke "Calm down. I'm not going to hurt you...but it's pretty neat that isn't it? the tumble weed I mean." Shou blinked at the man then spoke "Hmm...it does look like it could be fun. How did you get a tumble weed though?" The man clicked his fingers causing the tumble weed to go up in a small poof of smoke "It's one of my custom Kido's...sure it's silly but as you pointed out, it's a bit of fun. I just retired from my position as Lieutenant of Squad 10 to open up a shop that sells fun little Kido's like that one...well...that and a few serious ones. I only sell the fun one's to people I like. The name is Ryota just to let you know, in case you were wondering" Shou nodded at the man then spoke "Well this seems awesome! I think it's a great use of Kido, can help make it fun!" Shou said with a smile on his face "Well then, this one is on the house...but make sure to come visit my shop, directions will be on this paper." Ryota then handed Shou a small piece of paper with instructions for the Kido then he vanished himself in a cloud of smoke leaving Shou holding a small piece of paper looking confused however a smile soon formed on his face as he held the paper up in the air "YES! That guy is awesome! I wonder what else he has created!? Oh I've got to learn this as soon as possible!"

Shou's expression then turned to that of a serious one as he thought for a second "But first...I need to get into a Squad..." Shou tucked the paper away into his uniform then jumped back up onto the bench and began thinking once again, he just needed some help with this...he needed a sign or something...someone to point him the right direction

Angelo watched as the week after the attack rolled by, he was still a member of squad two however he was considering temporarily being a part of another squad till he can be considered for at least second in command of squad two. He knew it would take a very long time to become captain of the squad but he didn't care as long he kept working towards that goal. Since the attack however his skills aren't much use to anyone since he was trained as assassin and was no doctor so it has been hard to find a good mission. He sat at a table drinking some tea to relax in the morning before going over to squad six to see if that old guy wanted anything from him. He was still annoyed from that last mission of taking that loud mouth mizurik to him that guy was really annoying. However it was a job so it was still something, he relaxed in the squad two barracks just to be ready for whatever mission he can get

Rio Okotaru Darishimo

"By the end of today, I should have another part of it done... Hopefully Kazuhiko or Souta won't need me while I'm working... I have no time for distractions." Rio muttered to herself, thinking aloud as she began strolling down one of the many pathways of the Seireitei. Her hands were stuffed in her pockets and eye pointed down. 'I wonder where Patrika's gone off too? I haven't seen her since she stabbed me...' Rio wasn't angry about what happened, more annoyed if anything. Why couldn't Patrika just co-operate? What did Rio do that was so bad to cause this amount of hatred towards her? The reality of this was that Rio still gained no access to any past memories... You'd think that being with Kazuhiko and Souta would trigger something... but no... nothing.... Still that blurry fuzziness that only frustrated Rio. "... Maybe I won't get any of my memories back.... But... What Kazuhiko said..." "We'll just have to make new ones" "... Hm" She continued to wonder the streets, almost as if on auto-pilot as she knew the way to her destination well, however she was equally oblivious to her surroundings.

Miyume

- Time Skip -

Miyume sat down on a plain filled with life, outside the protection of the Seireitei. Her Zanpakuto was stabbed into the grass beside her as the sun slowly began to rise. She could feel the heat and warmth being expressed from the burning star while watching it closely. "Such a beautiful sight, now I should be heading back." She ripped her Zanpakuto before standing up on her own two feet. Miyume sheathed her weapon and proceeded to shunpo back to Squad 3 shortly after.

AbigailTenshi said
Rio muttered to herself, thinking aloud as she began strolling down one of the many pathways of the Seireitei. Her hands were stuffed in her pockets and eye pointed down. Rio wasn't angry about what happened, more annoyed if anything. Why couldn't Patrika just co-operate? What did Rio do that was so bad to cause this amount of hatred towards her? The reality of this was that Rio still gained no access to any past memories... You'd think that being with Kazuhiko and Souta would trigger something... but no... nothing.... Still that blurry fuzziness that only frustrated Rio. She continued to wonder the streets, almost as if on auto-pilot as she knew the way to her destination well, however she was equally oblivious to her surroundings.

As Shou sat on the bench thinking he saw a women walk infront of him, this caused his head to shoot up as he looked at her, he then Squinted and leaped off the bench and ran up behind her, his tiny feet making pitter patters as he got closer before he hid behind something. He then pulled out the piece of paper and read it quickly then instantly began trying to form the Kido that made a tumble weed and with great succession or so he thought he had formed the tumble weed, now to guide it. Shou guided the tumble weed towards the women and made it bounce into her then roll back a bit and stop, just far enough away that she couldn't reach it however it began to warp slightly which caused it to suddenly explode into a big cloud of smoke, Shou then gulped as he ran around the corner and towards the smoke cloud and stood there looking about a bit trying to see what happened, however when the smoke cleared he'd be seen clearly, this meant his cover was blown which caused him to jump a little when he looked at the women

As expected the week was filled with non stop work. due to the incident with the arrancars he caught a lot of hell about the senkaimon. It was the Kido corps Job to open it, and they did. it was squad 12's job to monitor the Dangai Precipice world and make sure Shinigami arrived at the three locations simultaneously. while thankfully no one was lost in the Precipice or obliterated by the Cleaner a couple people did wind up at the wrong location. Giovanni cursed a lot of people out on behalf of the Corps because they were being falsly blamed for a fuck up in squad 12. One that wasnt even that detrimental. Suddenly he found himself in a strange position, some of his squad members realized that his temper, though well managed, wasnt something they wanted to see ever again. Productivity in both Squad five and Kido corps picked up a bit.

Gio had to step away from normal paperwork for a bit to facilitate a blended training, another effort to better the cohesion between squad 5 and the kido corps. Blended groups of five were sent out on smaller extermination missions. It gave the kido corps field experience that they desperately needed while it also gave the squad 5 members a change of pace and higher paced experiences and training. While overall it was a success and no one died, thanks in part to kido corps members being present and knowing there way around some Fancy Kaido. There was one incident of yet another Menos. this time on its own. While Giovanni and his Small group dealt with it the fact that it was alone bothered Giovanni endlessly. They attack in groups. They are drawn to each other, and are beastial. one acting on its own is beyond rare. so he made sure to make note of it when he finally sat down yesterday to write his Monthly update to the head captain. He wasnt sure the man even read these things but he continued to write them for the sake of keeping records.

Now today, unfortunately, is not a day of rest for the man. Its a day of a whole lot of thinking. Aside from the usual complaints he was now somehow tasked with updating and organizing shinigami profiles for the members of both squad 5 and the Kido corps. The corps records however were completly up to date thankfully but since squad five had no acting captain or liuetenant for a while their records were lacking. Everyone was ordered to fill out a brief form that pretty much asked their name, Birthday, rank, specialty. zanpakuto name (if known) Z. Type and their amount of years in service as a shinigami. Most had been returned but he still had to update the official records of all of them..and compile a list of Confirmed dead as well as MIA....jeez

Kurisa said
As Shou sat on the bench thinking he saw a women walk infront of him, this caused his head to shoot up as he looked at her, he then Squinted and leaped off the bench and ran up behind her, his tiny feet making pitter patters as he got closer before he hid behind something. He then pulled out the piece of paper and read it quickly then instantly began trying to form the Kido that made a tumble weed and with great succession or so he thought he had formed the tumble weed, now to guide it. Shou guided the tumble weed towards the women and made it bounce into her then roll back a bit and stop, just far enough away that she couldn't reach it however it began to warp slightly which caused it to suddenly explode into a big cloud of smoke, Shou then gulped as he ran around the corner and towards the smoke cloud and stood there looking about a bit trying to see what happened, however when the smoke cleared he'd be seen clearly, this meant his cover was blown which caused him to jump a little when he looked at the women

Rio Okotaru Darishimo

Rio continued to walk, getting closer to her destination. 'I wonder when Crimson would like to star-' "... Hm?" Something softly bounced into her from behind, causing Rio to stop and look over her shoulder. Her left eye slightly widened. '... How did a tumble-weed get into the Seireitei? Or better yet, where did it even come from?' Raising a confused eyebrow, Rio was about to look behind the tumble-weed before it suddenly exploded into a puff of smoke. "Wha-... Huu, silly trick no doubt. Can't waste anymore time." As she was about to turn back and continue walking, a glimpse of brown hair being uncovered by the smoke caused her to look back into the smoke. As it cleared, a young boy was revealed from behind the smoke. 'Huh? I've never seen him before...' Was he lost? Probably. Straightening up, Rio finally turned her body around to face the boy who jumped a little. This made Rio's eyebrows raise a touch in slight surprise. "Are you lost?" She asked politely, crossing her arms as her face held it's neutral nature.