Finally! Not a Hollow! [Yuki/closed]

It had been a long week. She had slain eight Hollows, three of them yesterday. I deserve a break today, I think. My body most certainly deserves one and if I don’t give it that break then it is only going to hurt my development. The little Shinigami’s body had been healed up the day before by someone from the medical division after she’d slain the last Hollow. Only a few broken bones really needed to be fixed. Despite the kill count none of the Hollows were what she would classify as being dangerous. As usual she was able to win her battles without the use of her shikai.

Now Yuki was taking her well-deserved break. She wore her gigai today. It was completely the same as her except that its ears were replaced with human ears and the tail was missing. Even her teeth and fingers were normal. After all, humans didn’t have such unusual features. Her one good eye was also different. Instead of red the sclera was a normal white, the pupil was a normal black, and her iris was a golden color, the same color as her mother’s eyes.

She also wore her favorite outfit with the gigai. A pair of black hiking shoes, a set of knee high black and white horizontally striped socks, a black and white plaid skirt over a pair of black bicycle shorts, a white button up t-shirt with a black bow tie, elbow length fingerless black gloves, and a black eyepatch on her left eye with a white blooming flower designed neatly dotting the center. Okay, so it wasn’t typical human fashion but it was a look that she actually enjoyed. If anything she could pass herself off as a somewhat eccentric teenage girl due to her figure.

The little Shinigami skipped along the streets, quite happy to enjoy her break! Skipping wasn’t a normal thing for humans to do, sure, but she was trying to pass herself off as an eccentric young girl, so skipping still fit in and she really didn’t care much because she really just wanted to skip! Anyways, here she was now moving through the street when something caught her attention. The scent of a new food she had never tried before. Rarely did she have a chance to actually take a break within the Human world because she spent so much time on her patrols. I wonder what that is. It certainly smells delightful!

Yuki’s nose led her to a restaurant with strange arches of gold. She couldn’t really understand the sign out front. Regardless, she entered and moved over to stand in the back of one of the lines. Curiously she peeked around those people ahead of herself to look at what they were ordering. By the time she made it to the front she already had something in mind. She pointed towards one of the trays that were being handed out. Upon it sat a cheeseburger, a small carton of French fries, and a soda pop. When she looked back up over the counter to the person opposite her eye caught something else. Is that strawberry!? Bouncing up and down in place she frantically pointed towards the picture of the strawberry milkshake. She was informed of a price for the food and remembered at that point that Humans wanted payment for these services. Opening her little black purse Yuki pulled out what she believed to be an appropriate amount and handed it over. The Human in turn handed her back some of her payment and, soon enough, she was handed her tray of freshly prepared food!

She took her seat in one of the back corner booths, sliding up against the wall. Her eye darted from one delicious piece of food to the next as she tried to decide upon what she would try first. Ultimately she decided upon the fries, picking one up, bringing it to her nose to sniff at it. Salty. Hot. It is certainly fried food. A bite was taken. Yum! I think I like this! The rest of the fry was devoured and she moved onto the burger, picking it up carefully with both hands. She brought the morsel to her lips and took another sniff. A much different smell. Many different smells. Meat, lettuce, cheese, some sort of sauce, and tomato. How strange! Her mouth opened and she was about to take a bite when suddenly a Human took a seat next to her, boxing her into the corner.

Her single eye glanced over towards the meal that he had. He had some sort of chicken sandwich and it too looked kind of yummy. For a brief moment she wondered if he was some sort of pervert who desired her gigai. Thankfully he spoke up about Shinigami. I really wanted to try this sandwich.

He seemed to know that she was a Shinigami so there was no point in hiding the fact. She would introduce herself normally. “I am Yuki Kameko of the fifth division” she stated quietly though calmly, a neutral expression spread across her face. Now that she had introduced herself it would no longer be rude to eat. The burger was lifted again to her mouth and then she remembered that he had asked her a question. She decided not to take a bite just yet.

“I was taking a break from patrols. This week I have saved eight Hollows. Yesterday there were three. If you do not take a break after intense physical activities then your body will break down. It is good for development. Also this food tastes good. I have never had anything like it. I doubt I will need to worry about getting fat either. Most of my time is spent partaking in especially grueling training or combat scenarios.”

Finally the little girl took a bite from her burger, carefully chewing upon the piece she tore off, exploring the flavors held within it. Not bad. I like the other thing better so far. I can’t wait to try the strawberry one though! Maybe the bubbly one will be good too.

Each bite taken from the oddly delicious meal was savored and chewed upon for at least five seconds. It generally was like this whenever she’d first tried something. Food was one of the things she cherished most during her time off after all and she had a lot of different foods to catch up on now that she was in a financially secure position.

The Human seemed not to know what her division entailed but he did recognize that their divisions had separate specialties. Yuki lowered the half devoured burger from her mouth, licking her lips briefly before she turned to face him again. “That is okay. I would not expect a Human to know as much as you already know. Fifth division is the warriors. The infantry if you’d like to call us. Most Shinigami are expected to learn how to properly fight. Our division is expected to be the front line during a large scale engagement and for that reason we are expected to be the best warriors” she replied quietly. After all she was wearing her gigai and that meant other humans could hear her.

Once more she listened to the man while she took another large chunk from her delicious meal, chewing upon it carefully. She certainly didn’t need to worry about her weight or heart problems but that was due to her level of activity. He started to speak about death and for the most part she agreed with him. It was kind of silly that they feared death but, at the same time, she too could understand why. The man wondered how old she was as well and if people in Soul Society had any recollection of their past lives. He also delved into the idea of family being lost. She pushed away the memories that clawed to the top of her mind and responded to him after swallowing the food she had been chewing upon.

“I do not need to worry about my weight because most of my time is spent training or fighting. As for my age I believe that I am one hundred and three years. Outside of my gigai, the vessel that I am wearing right now, I do not appear any older. I was born within Soul Society completely new to the cycle so I cannot really tell you if I had any past memories or not. So far as I know people generally end up losing the memories they had of their past lives.”

The final few bites of her burger were devoured. After licking her lips clean she took a few fries and ate each one individually. The tastes were savored and then she finally moved on to the main event: the strawberry drink! Carefully it was slid closer. Her lips parted and took in the end of the straw. As she suckled upon the device the cold, sweet, milky strawberry drink flowed into her mouth. Her eye shut closed and for a moment she was in a state of bliss. It’s so sweet and creamy! And the strawberries! Oh! That was a chunk of strawberry! Yummy! Human food is so good!

Yuki was snapped back to reality when the man started to speak up again. She listened politely while she sipped upon the strawberry milkshake. He questioned their hunting methods and he wondered about how much time off she got. The milkshake was already halfway finished when she released her grip upon the straw, licking her lips once before she replied to him. “My method of hunting is simple because I generally like to hunt alone. I suppress my reiatsu as best as I can and I present to them a solitary tiny exotic target. They chase after me and I lead them into a battlefield of my choosing. Then I turn and fight. It usually works well and with that method I can draw them out of hiding and away from population centers. As for my time off I generally spend all of my time patrolling. We are required to perform a certain amount of patrolling each yeah but I find it to be something that I enjoy. For that reason I can generally take a break whenever I wish unless there is an emergency. On my time off I will continue to train my body and my skills. Rarely do I actually take a full break as I am right now.”

She turned her head again and latched back onto the straw, sucking away at the delicious dessert drink. Unfortunately she enjoyed it a little too much and found the rest of it disappearing in a flash! With that finished she licked her lips and continued to work upon her fries. She already sort of missed the milkshake. Well, maybe later I can get something else that is strawberry.

One by one the fries on Yuki’s tray disappeared while she listened to the Human speak. Her eye darted down and a slight frown briefly escaped her lips. “I don’t know for certain if you remember things or not. I hope that I am wrong. It is also sad that Humans spend their entire lives like that. Hope is fine and all but you can’t spend your entire life on it. Nothing will get done.”

Her frown disappeared as the man described his method of hunting. See! I knew that was a good method for hunting! Jian was totally wrong. Even Humans do it.

By the time the man asked her about training her fries had been completely finished off. The little girl relaxed back in her seat, hand idly rubbing her belly while her gaze returned up towards his face. Training would not be bad. Then again it would be risky here on Earth. What if a Hollow shows up? I don’t even know how strong this guy is and even so if we are caught off guard that would not be good. Plus I am on my break! The body needs to rest. Still, the idea of training gets me excited.

The man mentioned that not all spiritualists were kind and Yuki instantly returned to frowning. Memories of the Human sorceress popped up into her mind. Boy is he right about that.

“If a Hollow attacks us while we are worn out it could end poorly. Also I am on my break. Still, it sounds exciting and if you are up for taking that risk then I would not mind. Do you know of any good place for it? We would need somewhere that is unoccupied.”

I’m sure everything will be fine. He might even be stronger than I am. That would be kind of cool. Her golden eye glanced up towards the empty milkshake. Later I will totally get more strawberries.