Friend.. Or Enemy? {Open, Tag: Korosu}

Sia moaned slightly as she began moveing her arms, wipeing the sweat from her head. "What a nightmare..." she muttered weakly. She reached both hands to her eyes & rubbed them both, & before long opened them fully, & darted up in the bed. "Where... Am... I?" she muttered weakly. What she dreamed was no dream. She looked around the room & studyed it, she was laying on a single bed, something she hadn't ever felt. She had always slept on rocks & hard ground, but this was nice, she wanted to lie back down, but at the same time she wanted to get up & explore.

She looked at the door, knowing what it was, but not sure if anyone was going to come in. She sighed gently, moveing around her body parts & happy to see that everything was working correctly, though she did have some aches. She sighed gently, looking at plain air before she held out a hand in front of her, as if she was holding something, & before long, black rose pedals surrounded the area she was holding, creating a brand new dress, exactly like the one she was wearing. Within 5 minuntes, it was complete. She looked at the bed & took a sheet on it, & placed it on top of her head, covering her whole body as she got undressed & dressed herself in the new dress that she had made.

After she was done she began tugging on some tight strings & tightenign some loose strings on the outfit as she studyed it, standing up fully, afew shocks of small pain going through her body every once & awhile.

Ish looked up as the light beside his bed went off, showing that the woman he had recovered earlier was awake and moving. Rising, he put his usual robe on, checking the monitor to make sure that she was indeed awake. After doing so, he walked down the hall, stepping into her room with a smile. The first thing he noticed was that she seemed to have replaced the dress that she had been wearing before, which meant that she probably had a pretty unique ability. He would have to ask about it later..

Finally awake I see... guess three days was a long enough nap. Nice dress, by the way. He walked over to one of the corners of the room, taking a seat while looking her over. I did what I could, but I haven't used a healing Kido in over a hundred thousand years, so you'll have to forgive me if you're still a little sore... how do you feel?

Sia had folded the bloody & cut up dress & placed it on the side of the bed, plannikng to destroy it when she had a chance, & was sitting on the bed at that moment when Ish walked in, brushing her hair with an black hairbrush she made then trying to put some of it up with a razor sharp ribbon. She turned her eyes to him & studyed him, & noticed him as the man who was trying to heal her in the forest of menos. "Three days..." she muttered softly not knowing how long she rested.

She listed to him for a moment, nodding her head softly at his comment about his healing comment. "I do feal alittle sore, but other wise, I'm just fine. I'm able to move every part of my body..." she trailed off for a moment, in though but shook her head softly before continueing, "Thank you, for saveing me; I'm Sia Kaiomi." She stood up after she finished tieing abit of her hair in a bow & bowed slightly. "I owe you.." she muttered softly sitting back on the bed & beging to brush her hair; she didn't like the idea of, 'oweing' anyone, it would allways end up wrong.

Ish smiled, happy that she seemed to be feeling better. He stood, extending his hand to Sai as he spoke. It's very nice to meet you. My name is Ishpaleum, and I head Kurosu, who's base you are now residing in. As for your so called debt to me... well, I'm not too much of a fan of the whole concept of owing someone, so I'll call it even if you will tell me why you were outside my base.

Ish waited for her response, a bit of tension in his body. He knew that if she was an enemy she would probably take the chance to attack him now, while his guard seemed to be down. Of course, he didn't think she was an enemy, and he was rarely wrong, but there was still the distinct possibility..

As Sia brushed her hair she was studying the room, thinking that later she could probally make some more furniture for the so called membered of this, 'Korosu', but it just popped in her head for some reason & she just shook it off lightly & listened to the man as he spoke. "I think it is much safer to sleep & retrive my energy in the forest of menos to rest after a long trip other than in the plain Hueco Mundo where I could be seen from fifty miles away; though, I had no eatherly clue your base was near where I was."

She sighed lightly after she finished, setting the brush becide her & her hands in her lap, looking to them, & listening to his responce.

Ish nodded, accepting this as a valid response. He looked around the room, noting that she seemed to have been studying it with some curiosity. He had already come to a few conclusions, but decided to make sure of them by asking. By this point he knew that she wasn't an enemy, otherwise at the word Kurosu she would have attacked. So tell me, Miss Kaiomi... how did you come by those wounds that plauged you? He paused, awaiting her repsonse with no small amount of curiosity welling up within him.

She continued to look to her hands that were sitting on her lap, thinking to herself & listening to the man. She sighed gently before she answered, "I was simply traveling around Hueco Mundo, far away from her, very far. & ran into some rather rude arrancar. Before I had time to heal after killing them morw would come senceing my spiritual energy, if not arrancars, hollows." she could feel the corners of her lips pull down as she thought of this, nonstop fighting. "DimWits..." She murmmered under her breath thinking this.

"Though, when I had a chance to go to the liveing world, I was somewhere much, diffrant, where the shinigami gave me much more difficulty, but the food there, was not all that bad." it was usually odd for a arrancar to try human foods, but she liked it, an arrancar had no purpose to eat or drink, but they could taste. She thought it was fair, she would never gain any weight anyway.

Ish nodded, understanding the problem that those who had power but prefered not to use it faced often. He smiled when he heard her comment about human food. It was unusual for an Arrancar to have a taste for it, and he thought that it might point to er trying to maintain some sense of humanity in this endless sea of quartz and sand. It was an aspect that Arrancar could achieve that drew respect from Ish.

Coming out of his thoughts, he smiled at her as he spoke. Well, since I'm assuming that you are no friend of the Espada, all I can really say is feel free to rest here as long as you like. Of course, if you wish to escape battle I wouldn't wait too long... trouble tends to find it's way to our doorstep. He stepped over to the wall, placing his hand on it and revealing a panel hidden within it. If you need anything simply place your hand on this panel and request it... you'd be surprised at what we have here.

A small explosion rocked through the base. Tomix came flying through the door of the base, in his Humonculas Form. He blasted a cero, and a fading scream could be heard. Tomix reverted to his normal form, and dusted the rubble of his black jacket. He could hear muffled voices from the room the girl was staying in, and he knocked on the door, and entered.

Ish had just finished saying that trouble usully found it's way to the base, whn Tomix walked in. He nodded to the girl and Ish.
"Ish is right...Trouble found it's way today. Oh, Ish, I'll fix the door later."

Sia listened to the man, studying & watching his every move as he spoke & nodded after he was done. She was about to speak before she turned her head to the door, not jumping the slightest bit & studying the man who arrived at the door. "DimWit." She muttered weakly listening to the arrancar. It was an bad habit of Sia's to call someone an 'dimwit', she can't exactly remember where she got it from, but she calls almost everyone it at ceirtain times. "If you would like, I can help.. I need to wake up abit, more." she said to Ish trying to pick out her words correctly.

Ish chuckled a little as Tomix entered, noting the scream from afar. Perfect timing, I suppose... we can take care of it later. He turned to Sai, smiling. If you wish to aid us, I will gladly accept you. Of course, don't think that it's going to be easy... you'll need to be a bit more than awake to keep up with us. He seemed to become thoughtful for a moment, then allowed his smile to grow as he spoke. Tell you what.. if you wish, you may come with us on one of our patrols, and stretch your legs. He turned to Tomix. Who has patrol today?

"Perfect timing? What do you mean?" Tomix said suspiciously.
Tomix nodded when Ish suggested she assist Korosu. Tomix tried to come up with an excuse not to go on partrol.
"Well..uh...Well, I was planning to go to Karakura Town to...uh..." He had nothing. The real reason was because he wanted to go and find Yuki.

Sia continued to listen to Ish, nodding softing after he was done talking, then looking to Tomix as he spoke, wanting to see his response. As she listened, she stood up, standing at probally only 5 foot 3; Though the odd thing was when she stood up was that, she didn't have a zanpaktou by her side. She held her hands on her sides & listened to the arrancar as he spoke, almost wanting to laugh. Before anything else, she turned to the bed & dug under the pillow, as if for search for something, & sook out something wrapped in a white cloth from under it. Ther was a slight sparkle of hope in her eyes as she looked at it, then soon held it to her side, watching the two again.

Ish smiled knowingly as Tomix squirmed before him, obviously the one who had patrol. He assumed that he wanted to go to Karakura Town to see Yuki, as usual. He nodded as he finished, speaking in a calm tone. To uh huh? Sounds good enough to me. I'll take patrol for today.. but you owe me. Oh, and tell Yuki I said hi. He winked at him before turning to Sai, who had produced something from under her pillow, her eyes sparkling with hope as she gripped it. Ish tilted his head as he saw this, smiling at her. Now what might you have there?

Tomix gave a calm breath. Wow, I can't believe that worked. I get to see Yuki on patrol day!
"Sure Ish, I'll take the next two patrols." As he left his ears were noticbly redder, and he was walking faster.
"See you later"
Tomix left, quickly repairing the front door with Alchemy before vanishing into a Garganta.

--EXIT--

Sia continued to look back & forth between Ish & Tomix, & watched at the arrancar walked off, but turned back as the shinigami began talking to her. She looked down to the wrapped item she had in her hand & sighed gently. "It should help both of us; I hope I just have it right..." she rubbed the rag softly before she looked up to Ish, who she was just now reconizeing abit taller than her. "Should we get going then?"

{Sia Is usually looked down {No pun needed} for being a small arrancar sence she is just 5ft 6in; so yea...}

Ish chuckled a little as Tomix left to enjoy his day, before returning his attention to Sai, whom he had just noticed was somewhat short for an Arrancar of her power. He smiled at her as she talked about the object in her hands, gently rubbing it as she said that it would help. He nodded, gesturing towards the door. After you then.

Sia watched him for a moment & once again studyed him throughly, but this time studying his spiratual wavelength as he spoke. She nodded softly as she placed both hands to her side & walked from the room but waited not too far from the door, not exactly knowing where to go. In the short few seconds that she was alone she remembered seeing Kazuma in almost all of the faces of the arrancar that she fought before she was in this place. She shook her head softly just as he came from the room, but soon looked up to him.

Ish moved out of the room after Sia, heading outside the base as he passed her. When he moved past her, he thought he saw her shake her head for a moment, but wasn't certain of what she would be thinking of. He looked around at the quartz forest that surrounded them, deciding to check the southernmost point of their territory first since it was the closest to Las Noches. He turned to Sai, his usual smile returning to his face. We'll head south first, and check around there. If we don't find anything, we'll start moving west, and circle around. Sound good?

She quetly followed Ish, thinking again about Kazuma again, but she soon looked around the Forest Of Menos, not so happy to see it; But soon looked to Ish, studying him & nodded softly, beging to walk south; but at the same time, still thinking about Kazuma. She began looking around as she walked, studying the forest carefully & also studying the spiritual energy output around them.

Ish moved quickly through the forest, observing his surroundings with a bored look in his eyes. He doubted if he was going to find anything interesting out today, and knew that he could probably destroy anything that happened to come across his path.. no, what he was more interested in was the woman following him. She seemed to be observing the surrounding area with interest and precision, but also appeared to be a little distracted. Without turning around Ish spoke. What's on your mind?

Sia continued to study the area as she walked, only turning her eyes as Ish talked to her. "Just an old human friend of mine." she muttered weakly. Not wanting to make up a lie like Tomix. But it was true, unlike most arrancar, she remembered her human past, & missed someone who she thought hated her untill she saw her own wake. She closed her eyes for a second thinking of that moment & opened them looking back into the Forest Of Menos & studying's it's spiritual pressure, looking for anything un-usual.

Ish kept moving, noting a slight pressure nearby. He doubted that it was anything significant, but he started heading that way. An old human friend huh? So you remember your human life... how interesting. It was highly unusual for an Arrancar to remember being human, and it only seemed to add to the mystery that was Sai. Got any favorite moments that you remember?

Sia looked towards him as he changed directions slightly & began following his trail. She nodded softly, & sighed gently before she began speaking, "I remember I was sitting on a roof of a small corner store eating some pocky, & he came around with acouple of his friends, & began screwing with me... I don't know, most of them were like that, they ended up in a fight, & I allways won..." she sighed again looking up from the dirt, thinking that she might burn a hole in the ground if she stared at it any longer & studyed the forest again looking in the direction of the relatsu she senced.

Ish smiled when he heard this... it sounded like she had had a nice life. It was a shame that it had come to an end... Out of the corner of his eye he noticed that she seemed to be staring at the ground, so he instantly stopped and turned to her, lifting her face with his hand softly. Don't waste your sight on the ground, when the rest of the world is begging for your attention. He then turned and resumed his course, noting that the pressure seemed to belong to a weak Arrancar.