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"What the-" Sayuri started. She looked at her kidnapper bewilderedly and dropped the bag of soccer balls. She must have been seeing things because she could have sworn that Hitsugaya Toshiro stood before her, almost a foot taller than her and more masculine than the last time she saw him. "Toshiro? W-what are you doing here?" she said, wide-eyed.
"Come with me," he simply stated. He took her by the hand and pulled her along behind him. God knows where he was going.
"H-hey, now! There's no need to rush. You could've at least said hello..." Sayuri said. She remembered the last time she saw him two years ago, before he went back to Soul Society after the battle with Aizen. Toshiro's hand felt warm. She squeezed it a little, and he laced his fingers with hers.
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"Sayuri! Don't run from your opponent! You must face your opponent and attack!" she said. Sweat dripped down the young girl's face, and her shoulder bled from a gash that Rai-Joshin gave her a few hours before. Her knees buckled from underneath her as she blocked her zanpakuto's attack. "Get up Sayuri!" She struggled to get up. "Get up! You can't do this in a battle!" Rai-Joshin pressed harder. Sayuri got up and her reiatsu increased. The zanpakuto attacked again, but she dodged and countered with her own attack.
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"So will you do it?" Toshiro asked again. Sayuri looked at her brother for an answer, and he shrugged his shoulders.
"Give us some time to think about it," she said.
"Very well then. I will be waiting for your answer at this shop tomorrow after you get back from school," Toshiro said.
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They were sitting on the rooftop eating lunch. Sayuri played with her rice ball that Yuzu packed for her, and Nayuki poked her side. Sayuri smiled sadly at her best friend.
"What's wrong with you, Sayuri? You've been acting strange all day," Nayuki said. Her black bangs partially covered one eye, and her hair was pulled back into a long ponytail.
"It's nothing, really."
"Then why aren't you eating your rice ball? You love Yuzu's rice balls." Sayuri stayed quiet. Nayuki grew angry with her for two reasons: one, Sayuri hardly talked to her about what happened anymore, and two, every time Nayuki asked what was going on, she would avoid the question. "Why don't you trust me, Sayuri?! You're my best friend. We should be able to tell each other everything! Why do you keep shutting me out?" Tears began to form in her eyes.
Sayuri sighed heavily. "We need to talk, Nayuki," she said.
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"You mean you're...?" Sayuri trailed off. Isshin nodded. The thought never crossed her mind that her own father could be a Shinigami, but it only made sense. Sayuri wasn't given her powers like Ichigo was in the beginning. They were discovered by Urahara Kisuke. Isshin wasn't really the goofy, oblivious father that he pretended to be. He just used that as a cover. He had been watching over them all along like a guardian angel.
"Don't worry, I'll tell everything to Yuzu and Karin," he said. The two teenagers started to leave their father to his own business, but he stopped them. "Oh, Ichigo, take good care of Rukia. She's a sweet girl, and Sayuri, bring that young boy home sometime. I'd like to have a little chat with him," he said with a wicked smile.
'Note to self: don't let dad get his hands on Toshiro. It might get bloody,' she thought.
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That's all I'm putting up! XP Haha, I'm not giving it all away just yet. So those were just a few snippets of the first two chapters of SOTS. It won't make sense now, but it will in due time. I think I can try to put up the banner I made for the story in here.
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