Pretty Rave Girl (Closed Social R)

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In the middle of a hot summer day Vannan found himself happily texting away while sitting down outside in a cafe. “Hey sorry about before I had some work come up and I couldn't make it there.” Vannan's so called work was him having to deal with orders from the Vandenreich and he hated every second of it. However today he was able to slip away and head back to his hometown with only one thing in mind going to see his sister. However he had just missed one of her recitals and she was pissed at him. His phone rang out the special ringtone he had set for his sister's texts picking it up he saw that she was still mad at him. “I HATE YOU YOU BIG DUMMY I HOPE YOU DIE.” These kind of messages were getting more and more common from her ever since he was forced to join the Vandenreich, however he was happy to get them if it meant keeping her safe.

“Oh you don't mean that I know you love your big brother. Hey tell you what I'm in town how about we go have lunch?” Sipping the coffee he had ordered he sighed and looked around to see if there was any cute girls around the area. Even if he was planing on seeing his sister that didn't mean he couldn't take a look to see if he had missed anyone that caught his fancy and that wasn't really hard to do. Any girl who was cute and didn't have a ring around her finger or a guy around her arm was all that Vannan needed for a girl to catch his interest. Once more he heard the ringtone and picked it up.“NO YOU JERK I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU.” More of the same he knew that the only way to get to her was to bring her another nice gift from some random jewelry shop.

Taking one last sip from his coffee cup he placed down some cash on the table and walked away heading towards the shopping district. Vannan knew that he stuck out compared to everyone else around him. Even if he had gotten away for the day he didn't have any other clean clothing so he was wearing his typical Vandenreich uniform without the silly hat. How he hated that stupid hat it always kept messing up his long blue hair. Using his smartphone as a mirror he took a look at himself. I need to get my tips refrosted sometime soon, but that can wait till after I see my sister. As he walked he opened up his coat allowing for his blue undershirt to be seen and smiled as a pair of girls giggled and blushed as he did so. He wasn't ashamed of his body he kept in good shape before donning this uniform and while he hated what he did he had to agree that it was a great way to keep in shape.

Something caught the eye of Vannan as he was walking past a store. It was a silver ring that had a beautiful flower design on it. Should I get that for her? I mean she does like silver, but that flower..... It wasn't the jewelers fault how could they have known that the way they created the flower made it look so much like the Vandenreich symbol. Vannan's uniform had two large symbols one on his left leg and another on his right shoulder. Biting his lip he couldn't decide if he really should buy it or get something else.

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

"Oh my GOD, it's hot! I'm not enjoying this in the least and I simply cannot understand why I'm the one who has to be sent out to buy groceries today. It's utterly embarrassing to be in this heat."

The young blonde was waving her hand in front of her face to act as a fan, in hopes that it may help shield her from the terrible heat of the summer's day. The woman's tightly close-fitting, bright red halter dress was grabbing some attention of nearby people, yet it did not phase her. She chose to dress this way and didn't really mind the stares, though sometimes the people staring in particular could creep her out. The tan, heeled sandles clapped against the ground as she walked dramatically through the marketplace, looking for something specific to add to her collection of grocery items that she had already accumulated and held in a bag in the hand that wasn't currently fanning her face. She waved to a few people who passed, knowing just a few from school or close family friends. Then she sighed. This was just not how she imagined spending her afternoon, especially since she usually just sent out one of the lower classes in Xcution to do her bidding. Or in the very least, buy her groceries for her. Everyone was busy today, though! She couldn't believe it at all. She even offers money! It's not like she isn't somewhat generous. She pays double what they paid for her items. Thinking about the inconvenience alone made her smile morph into a frown.

Finally, it was time for a short break. She couldn't stand to walk another step, and it definitely was not because of her heels. She had gotten use to these shoes long ago, and they no longer caused her pain as one would expect from someone who didn't wear heels as often as she did. Using her free hand to pull out her phone and check the time and any texts she may have received, the young woman found a way to entertain herself, even if just for a few minutes, while she decided where to go next. She only had one more thing to get, and it was a new pair of stud earrings since she had gotten two more piercings done - one in each ear just small distances behind the original holes - so she could feel a little refreshed and new. It's odd how new clothes and jewelry can make a girl feel like a queen, right? Yet, that was her desire. After placing her bag down and putting her phone back in her purse, she scanned the area for any convenient jewelry stores that she could quickly run to before heading home. At first, she wasn't having much luck. Not surprising, seeing as this was mostly just a marketplace for general foods, like street vendors. However, something caught her heterochromatic eyes in the distance. Or really, someone. She smiled, showing small adoration for the style of this man's hair alone. Then she started addressing his outfit and choice of color scheme. Very uniform, she thought. I wonder what it's for?

Curiosity was about to kill her at this point. She walked close to the man, slightly suspiciously, noticing how focused he was on something. She tried being as quiet as she could, as if not to scare or startle him too much since she was just a random girl walking up behind a frosty dude to check him out. Her gaze focused down to match his, and she noticed a beautiful silver ring with a lovely flower on it. Was this something he was looking to purchase? Is it a gift for someone? Luckily this was also a jewelry store, so she could kill two birds with one stone. Ask this man what his deal is, and buy a pair of absolutely precious earrings. Once she got close enough, she accidentally bumped into the guy and quickly apologized, acting as if she was gathering herself again after some embarrassing incident that was much more extreme than just touching someone else with her shoulder.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to bump into you, but I saw something I was interested in and couldn't stop myself! I can be so clumsy!" She said, reaching behind her head with her hand to play with her hair the way she usually does out of habit when meeting new people. "I noticed you were looking at that ring and I was sort of curious about it since, you know, I'm a girl and we love gossip. That, and your hair is pretty cool! Oh, my name is Shizuka Sanamizu. I swear I'm not usually this awkward!"

Mission accomplished. This would give Shizuka a chance to ask a few questions, especially since she was able to notice these weird symbols on his clothing. She was too far away before, but now it has her questioning him a little bit. She'd never seen him, so this new encounter would be fairly interesting. However, if this means he's some kind of Shinigami in disguise, he'd better get ready. She wasn't going to go easy on this guy. Then again, what if he's not a Shinigami? What else is there out in the world? She was always under the impression that it was only humans, some being Fullbringers like herself, and then Shinigami. Well, based on that general logic, he's definitely not a Fullbringer. He didn't feel like one, but he wasn't completely human either. Shizuka hasn't been in contact with many Shinigami, so she isn't really sure how their energy would be, but what if he is one? Doesn't that make him... dangerous?

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Vannan's almost trance like state was broken when he felt something touch his shoulder. It was a quick touch, however it was enough to catch his attention. At first he thought it was someone he knew saying hello and joking about him looking at jewelry, but who actually did bump into him was a better for him at least. It was a cute little blond girl, well no not just a girl but a knock out beauty. It didn't take Vannan long to eye her up and down and he liked what he saw. Her tight fitting red dress matched her curvy body well and her long flowing blond hair just added to how angelic she appeared. He was really taken back and almost felt smitten just by her looks. He didn't know why she bumped into him, but he was glad that she did after seeing her. Well I guess my good luck keeps on going,because I've been bumped into by an angel. Oh shoot she is talking.

“I didn't mean to bump into you, but I saw something I was interested in and couldn't stop myself! I can be so clumsy!” Vannan smiled at her words only because he knew that girls couldn't keep off of him and it looked like this girl was no exception. He was about to say something, but the girl cut him off before he could speak. "I noticed you were looking at that ring and I was sort of curious about it since, you know, I'm a girl and we love gossip. That, and your hair is pretty cool! Oh, my name is Shizuka Sanamizu. I swear I'm not usually this awkward!” Vannan took a step back keeping the smile across his face and took another look at her face. That's when he noticed her eyes they were different from one another. One was a beautiful bright blue and the other one was a deep green. He had heard of people having eyes like that, but he had never met anyone before that had eyes like that.

Well it wasn't exactly what Vannan had though she had come over to find out about Vannan was still happy that she did at the very least she seemed to like his hair which wasn't a rare thing.“It's fine Shizuka although I have to say if you wanted to talk to me all you had to do was ask. After all I would love to keep the company of such a stunning girl.” Vannan took the one hand that she was playing with her hair and kissed it then pulled away and let go of her hand. Vannan never did this unless he wanted to get to know a girl better or if he was forced to by a higher up in the Vandenreich. “I'm Vannan Harper I use to live around here, but there was a job offer I couldn't refuse and I had to move away. However my little sister still lives here and I try to visit her as much as possible, but she's mad at me at the moment so I was debating if I should get her that ring I was looking at.”

The longer he was around her he felt as if something was off about her. Not that she was evil or fake, but something not human. He could feel that she wasn't a shinigami or an arrancar because she didn't give off the type of feeling that they normally did. Vannan did know of other races in the world, but besides quincies,shinigami, hollows and arrancars he had never met another race. He knew of the rumors of what the other races could be. Mod souls were fake souls that inhabited puppets, bounts were just soul sucking vampires according to the Vandenreich, but Vannan thought they sounded more like succubus and incubus than vampires and finally there were the fullbringers the Vandenreich said to be worry of these people because they could create weapons out of nothing and had powers that could even match the strength of the quincies. Vannan did want to know what she was however he would rather get to know her better than find out what she was.

“Well Shizuka how about we go inside the shop? I would like to get the ring for her and I'm sure you could look around after all everything in there would look great on you.” As Vannan was about to open the door he heard it. It was something that Vannan knew all to well the cry of a hollow and it was close by. DAMIT WHY DOES MY LUCK HAVE TO BE SO SHITTY RIGHT NOW. Vannan kept a smile across his face the whole time as he cursed his bad luck in his mind. Vannan knew that letting the hollow walk around in this world was dangerious for everyone because of what hollows did. “Hey Shizuka I just remembered that I have something to do right at this moment want to give me your number and we can meet up later?” Vannan heard the hollow cry out again and this time he saw it above him jumping down from the roof from across the street and towards him and Shizuka. There wasn't any time to think all he could do was act. Forming his bow in his left hand he pulled back with his right hand letting an arrow fly out from his bow hitting the hollow right in the dead center of the mask. The hollow cried out once more, but this time in pain as it crashed down to the ground and died. There was no way that Shizuka wouldn't of seen what just happened and there was no way of him keeping it secret that he was a quincy, still at least this might let him find out more of what she is.

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

“It's fine, Shizuka. Although, I have to say, if you wanted to talk to me, all you had to do was ask. After all, I would love to keep the company of such a stunning girl.”

The frosty man took the hand that Shizuka was fidgeting with and placed a light kiss on the top of it, causing Shizuka to blush quite a bit. She looked away momentarily, allowing some of her hair to cover her face just enough to hide any signs of her pink cheeks. This guy seemed really sweet, but for some reason he just gave Shizuka a weird feeling. It wasn't bad at all, but something about him was off somehow. She couldn't put her finger on it, but she was terribly worried and threatened that it might be a Shinigami in disguise as a human. Did they do that? It's not like Shizuka came into contact with many Shinigami at all. Actually, she was clueless about there being any other races besides humans, some with Fullbring, and Shinigami. No one had ever told her about it, not even her aunt. He just definitely couldn't be natural, since there was something very supernatural going on with him. He was nice, though. Shizuka wanted to give him a chance, and if he really did turn out to be a Shinigami, he'd better watch himself. She was prepared to hunt him down if she needed to, and she wasn't afraid of these stupid things. Actually, she was tempted to ask. She felt something, and she wondered if he was trying to mask his reiatsu. Could Fullbringers even do that? Shizuka never had to since humans were utterly oblivious beings and she was always sent out on jobs to capture or assassinate other Fullbringers. Well, them and some crazy humans who somehow managed to make weird deals with bad organizations.

Shizuka placed her bags down by the outer wall of the store, making sure to keep them all in her sight in case someone tried to steal from her. She wasn't really worried about the person getting away with it, especially since she has a killer weapon hidden in her own shoes. The thought of her powers triggered a memory from her past, one that she held very close to her heart. It was back when her aunt first gave her the heels as a present, saying they could be very important one day. Odd how that turned out, since they hold the very essence of her abilities. It's strange how one can take something so close to them and turn it into a weapon. Shizuka even still had questions about her own race that never got answered. Honestly, that was partially her fault. She never asked. She was afraid to because she didn't want to get in trouble with anyone. Nineteen-years-old and she still worries about getting in trouble. Shizuka giggled to herself, completely lost in her inner thoughts and mind babble. Something caught her attention, though. It was the noise of someone talking, and she quickly focused herself to realize it was the man in front of her introducing himself. Slightly embarrassed, Shizuka grinned and made sure her full attention was on him. Besides, it was impolite and rude to be off in her own planet when someone so nice was trying to be a gentleman.

“I'm Vannan Harper. I used to live around here, but there was a job offer I couldn't refuse and I had to move away. However, my little sister still lives here and I try to visit her as much as possible, but she's mad at me at the moment. So I was debating if I should get her that ring I was looking at.”

Oh, so he's buying something for his sister! That's definitely not what I would have imagined he'd be doing. Never saw him as the good brother-type, but I guess I don't really know the guy well enough to make assumptions, Shizuka thought. She decided, just this once, she would put aside her hatred, for now. If she turned out to be completely wrong about him and he really was just a nice person, she would never forgive herself for any bad actions she committed. She wasn't that type of person, and she always wanted to give someone a chance unless she knew for sure they were a Shinigami. Those jerks never deserve a chance. None of them are worth anyone's time and they're just scum that has plagued the earth for generations. Sighing again, Shizuka collected herself. There was no use in getting worked up over something that didn't concern her just yet, and she wasn't even working today. She didn't get an assignment or have any particularly important jobs, so why not window shop and enjoy herself? Why couldn't she just be a normal girl and have fun like the other girls did who were walking around the market? There definitely wasn't anything wrong with the idea, and she loved shopping. Now she just had a really cute friend who could accompany her, even if just for a short while. Right?

“Well Shizuka, how about we go inside the shop? I would like to get the ring for her and I'm sure you could look around. After all, everything in there would look great on you.”

"Aww, have you been practicing that line in your head for a few minutes? Or are you just naturally good at flattery?"

Shizuka's smiling face quickly changed when she heard something off in the small distance, like some cry of someone who was in intense pain or even being killed. It was sad and frightening at the same time, something she really was not used to in the slightest bit. She'd never heard anything like it before, and that fact scared her. The only thing she knew about this noise was that it definitely was not human. She looked over at Vannan, who just moments before had his hand on the door to open it for the both of them to go inside and look around. He looked concerned, worried, and even a little determined. What an odd combination for someone to express after Shizuka heard such a heartbreaking noise. Then it hit her. He heard the noise, too! And the worst part, he knew what it was. All of this commotion came about because he knew what was making that sound and he was familiar with it. That scared Shizuka and, for once, she felt powerless. She didn't know how to handle something that sounded that scared and that big! Usually she was so confident because it never mattered. The biggest things she's ever faced were just fat and she was legitimately terrified. She looked around, hoping to maybe see whatever this thing was, but she had no luck. Then Vannan caught her attention again as he spoke to her.

“Hey, Shizuka. I just remembered that I have something to do right at this moment! Want to give me your number and we can meet up later?”

"Oh, gosh, darling. You know, this is so weird, because I have something I need to do, like, right now. So I can always meet you back here in about thirty minutes or so? I'd hate to be a bother!"

This got ten times more suspicious. Suddenly, the thing cried out again and Shizuka shook a little bit. Her desire to figure out what this thing was outweighed her fear, but her fear still existed. She glanced up at just the right time, though, because she saw some weird thing jump down from a building's roof, heading straight towards the two of them. Just as she was about to grab Vannan and hightail it the hell out of there, something large and bright caught her eye. It was him! And, strangely, a bow? Wait, a bow?? Where did that even come from!? He was definitely not carrying a bow like two seconds ago. This was getting weird, but maybe it was some kind of Fullbringer power! Yeah, maybe he was a Fullbringer! That made the most sense right now, anyway. But in the time it took Shizuka to consider every possible theory she had, Vannan already pulled back, forming a random arrow out of nowhere, and let it fly out towards the monster. It hit right in the middle of its face, forcing the monster to cry in pain and fall, then disappear into nothing. Shizuka's eyes were completely widened. She was surprised and scared and just a whole mixture of feelings. One, in particular, was angry.

Shizuka grabbed Vannan's arm and used all of her strength to pull him away, snatching up her bags in the process. No way in hell was she ever going to forget those. She dragged him off to the closest forest area she could find and dropped his arm as quickly as she could. Then, her shoes started glowing as her own powers activated, with one bright light forming off to the side of her where her bucket usually stayed while the other formed her weapon above her head. She raised her hand, catching the large gun with ease. She then pointed it straight at Vannan and gave him her best glare as she called out.

"Blaize!"

A large, black reptile dropped down from the sky just seconds later, folding her giant wings back against her body. Black slits contrasted against the beautiful lavender color of her eyes, showing that she was in a predatory state and ready to defend Shizuka, if need be. Though this dragon was never used for combat, she did provide Shizuka with an easier way to escape if she was ever in that much danger. Blaize could still breathe fire in the form of acetylene and oxygen-mixed blasts, much like a flame torch. However, one of the major rules Xcution gave Shizuka was that since she was allowed to keep the mutated beast, she could not use her in battle. Shizuka was meant to protect and defend Blaize, not abuse her powerful abilities. Finding those rules to be a bit inconvenient as of now, Shizuka jerked her head to the side, signaling the dragon to appear at her flank, mostly as a means of intimidation. Following such orders, Blaize let out a threatening roar that echoed through the forest they were in. Following the ferocious sound with a growl, she stood by her companion. Shizuka's gaze never left Vannan's, and she was prepared to question him. What he did was definitely not something she had ever seen before, and if he was actually a Fullbringer, what was his purpose here?

"You're going to tell me who you really are. I don't want any trouble, but I swear on my life, I will completely obliterate you if I have to. Who are you, what is your purpose, where did you come from, why do you have those powers, and what in the world was that thing?"

Shizuka meant business now. She didn't want to actually hurt the guy, but she wanted him to know she wasn't fooling around. None of this made any sense at all and she wasn't about to play games. She didn't have that kind of patience.

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Vannan looked over at Shizuka and saw that she was upset more than just upset her face looked as if she was pissed off. He was about to say something when she grabbed him by his arm and started to drag him away. He didn't resist knowing that doing so would cause more of an issue then what was about to happen. She was stronger than she looked still Vannan wasn't in pain he was actually curious about where she was taking him. Could it be that she was so turned on by what he just did that she was taking him back to her place for a bit of fun? Vannan doubted that because of the look on her face. It didn't take long before he noticed that she was leading him into the woods nearby.

Once they were clear of other people and any prying eyes she let him go. Vannan waited and was amazed as he saw her shoes glow and vanish into thin air and in their place a large water gun and a bucket appeared in her hands. Vannan was taken back by this it was his first time seeing a real life fullbringer and he was shocked at the appearance of her weapon. It didn't seem to be as dangerous as the Vandenreich had made it out to be, but maybe that was all part of the real danger that they posed. Vannan remained silent waiting to see what she would do or say. That's when he heard Shizuka say something that Vannan thought was a name and out of nowhere something large and black came down right in front of Shizuka. Vannan couldn't believe his eyes there was no mistaking what had just landed at her feet was a dragon. A real life dragon right in front of his very eyes and it apparently was related to shizuka.

Shizuka finally spoke, but what she said to him was rather strange. She asked what he was why he was there and what a hollow was. Vannan was taken back this girl was clearly a fullbringer not only that she also seemed to have control over a dragon. “Put away your fullbring I don't want a fight Shizkua. Where's that beautiful blushing face you had before that hollow appeared? And to be honest I would much rather go out on a date with you then try to fight you.” Vannan took out his phone and took a quick picture of the dragon around Shizuka's feet. “Relax it's just a picture I mean how often do you see a real life dragon?” Vannan kept his phone in his hands just out of habit there was no way that calling anyone would help him in this situation at all.

“Look Shizuka I told you who I really am I haven't lied to you at all, but I have a feeling that you don't know much about the other worlds if you couldn't even tell what a hollow was. Oh that's what that thing was I killed before a hollow and if you are wondering what they are....well lets just say that it's what humans become after they die if they stick around. Oh one thing about hollows you should know they will hunt you down and try to eat your soul because they have lost all traces of humanity in them and only think about eating others to fill the hunger they have. With hollows it's kill or be killed sadly.” Vannan took a few steps towards Shizuka and with a smile across his face he kept his hands down hoping to get in close to try to pet the dragon, however he decided against trying to touch the dragon when he saw that it still seemed angry.

“As for me....I'm a human well sort of. I'm a sub group of humans called quincies just like you are a subgroup of humans who call themselves fullbringers.” Vannan wanted to tell her more and tell her that he was Vandenreich member, but maybe later after she trusted him better. After all he know that among the other races that the Vandenreich were hated for the purge they were doing. Still this girl had shown that she didn't know too much about other race. I wonder how much she does know about Hueco Mundo and the Soul Society. Does she even know about shinigami. Hmm I should hold off on asking until I figure out how she will act to what im about to do.

Vannan stepped a bit closer and held out his hand to Shizuka keeping a smile across his face. “There's so much more I want to tell you, but I would rather tell you as friends and maybe something more if you want rather then like this. So come on Shizuka sweety please put your fullbring away and take my hand. That mean look across your face doesn't suit you at all. I would rather see your beautiful smile and your amazing eyes. Shizuka I can teach you all kinds of things if you let me.” Vannan took this gamble to see if she would agree he didn't want to fight not today and not with her. Vannan was putting his life on the line being this close to Shizuka and not having his bow out. There was only a foots distance between him and her. She could see the honesty in his eyes.

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

Shizuka was up and ready to go. She didn't want to waste any time with this man and she simply would not believe he'd even try to escape her now. She could sense one particular thing, though. She could easily take him. He was not as strong as she was, but she was wary. Even those who do not appear strong can still win in a battle, as she quickly learned from previous fights. Nothing would surprise her more than for him to turn out completely capable, but she had a feeling he was still relatively new to whatever powers he had. Even if he wasn't, however, he still had the potential to expand on them that he has not yet reached. Shizuka never allowed her eyes to leave Vannan Harper's, knowing all too well that if she did, he may get away. He surely had bad intentions and she was not about to let him go for even a second. Even if he did manage to slip off, though, the young Fullbringer was sure that she could hunt him down and capture him again, especially since she had a reptile with an extremely well-developed sense of smell. Blaize could track anything as long as she had a scent, so Shizuka knew this man was cornered. She was ready to fight him if he posed any sort of threat to her or any other innocent humans. Just because she didn't know who or what he was, didn't mean she couldn't handle the guy.

Something threw her off, though. Vannan looked fairly confused. Shizuka raised one eyebrow and studied him further, questioning how much he actually knew about her and Fullbringers. Which also means he may not be a Fullbringer. So does that make him a Shinigami? Shizuka was annoyed. Why was this bothering her so much, and why couldn't she even figure it out? Nothing made sense to her anymore. None of this was easy on Shizuka's mind, either. She was getting a slight headache from trying to figure this guy out and all it did was confuse her more. He didn't appear to have any desire to fight her, but did that mean he still wanted to hurt people? Wait, of course it did. So why wasn't he pulling out his weapon? Where was that bright bow and arrow from before? Why wasn't he being all threatening and scary and serious the way he was when he killed that thing from before? She wanted to know more about him and question everything about his life. That may sound creepy, but it was the interrogator that she was trained to be from the Xcution as an assassin. She stood there, watching him with her gun raised, just about to threaten him with a blast of hot lava at his feet, when he started speaking defensively.

“Put away your Fullbring. I don't want a fight, Shizuka. Where's that beautiful blushing face you had before that hollow appeared? And to be honest, I would much rather go out on a date with you than try to fight you,” Vannan said, pulling out his phone and pointing the camera towards Blaize.

Wait, excuse me? Shizuka thought.

“Relax, it's just a picture. I mean, how often do you see a real life dragon?”

Shizuka raised her free hand behind her head and brought the other one down to let her gun hang by her side. She started playing with her hair again out of nervous habit since she only assumed he noticed the giant question mark on her face when he took out his phone and said he would rather have a date. So, who exactly did he think he was, again? How on earth did her attack mode give him the idea that she was interested? Sure, he was cute. And his hair was really nice. But Shizuka only turned on the charm when it was necessary in a mission! Honestly, she was nervous because he was coming on to her like that. She didn't have much experience with guys since the last time she was ever in a relationship was with Kento, and that was years ago. She didn't know how to handle this at all, which frustrated her because she was usually the one who made the guys nervous! She knew how to flirt but she was still very worried about coming off as inexperienced as she knew she felt. Actually, with the way she was acting, it was probably extremely obvious. She sighed to herself and leaned on her gun, allowing it to be used as a balance against the ground. There was no way anyone was going to believe her story back at home or in Xcution. But maybe she knew a few people there who could answer her questions instead of bombarding this guy with them.

"Okay, so you have my attention. Does this mean you're going to tell me everything? Or am I really going to have to hurt you now?"

“Look, Shizuka. I told you who I really am. I haven't lied to you at all, but I have a feeling that you don't know much about the other worlds if you couldn't even tell what a Hollow was. Oh, that's what that thing was that I killed before. A Hollow. And if you are wondering what they are. . . Well, let's just say that it's what humans become after they die if they stick around. Oh, one thing about Hollows that you should know is, they will hunt you down and try to eat your soul because they have lost all traces of humanity in them, and only think about eating others to fill the hunger they have. With Hollows it's kill or be killed, sadly.”

Vannan took a few steps towards Shizuka and Blaize, still keeping a smile on his face. He didn't seem that harmful, and he wasn't hurting her at all. Still, Shizuka kept her gun out, just in case. You can never be too careful with strangers, especially when they're extremely interested in something she was supposed to be taking care of. Vannan stepped closer to Blaize and seemed to almost want to pet her, but she let out a threatening growl that basically told Vannan to keep his distance. Shizuka smiled at her friend, placing her hand gently on the dragon's scaly head. Blaize relaxed, but didn't get up from the defensive crouch that she was in. Shizuka started thinking about that thing, that Hollow, and how she'd really never seen one before. He was right, though. She didn't know much at all about the other races, or even that there were any. Does that mean there are other races with humans, too? It was all a little hard for her to grasp, especially since she never even came into contact with these kinds of people. Were they all bad the way that Shinigami were bad? And if not, she wondered if they were after Shinigami like she was. She wanted to know more, but honestly, she was scared. This was a new bit of information that opened up a whole world with her that she didn't think she was ready for.

“As for me. . . I'm a human. Well, sort of. I'm a sub-group of humans called Quincies, just like you are a sub-group of humans who call themselves Fullbringers.”

"A Quincy? Wait, so you're a human? You're not a Shinigami? I thought humans only became Fullbringers. Ugh, this doesn't make any sense."

Okay, so that meant she didn't have to kill him right on the spot. She decided it'd be best to give Vannan a chance, especially since he was being so nice to her after she basically almost killed him. Shizuka thought that maybe he trusted her, but she wasn't sure. Perhaps he really did just want to get to know her better and he wasn't as suspicious as she thought he was. She did want to know more, though. She had so many questions about these other races and what everything was. This opened up an entirely new world to her, and aside from being moderately scared, she was intrigued. Never before has she been so curious about something, especially since she was practically kept in the dark about it for so long. She's had her Fullbring for three years now, and never once has it come up before now that anything besides humans and Shinigami existed. Well, Fullbringers and Shinigami, since this Quincy was apparently a human, as well. For just a second, she was reconsidering everything she was told in her life. All she knew was that there were only humans and Shinigami, nothing else. Even just this discovery opened her eyes a lot, and she wondered if everything else was true, too. She still believed Shinigami were evil, but was there something out there that was similar to a Shinigami that wasn't evil? During all of her mental considerations, Shizuka noticed Vannan stepping closer to her, still.

“There's so much more I want to tell you, but I would rather tell you as friends, and maybe something more, if you want, rather than like this. So come on. Shizuka, sweetie, please put your Fullbring away and take my hand. That mean look across your face doesn't suit you at all. I would rather see your beautiful smile and your amazing eyes. Shizuka, I can teach you all kinds of things. If you let me.”

Shizuka glanced over at Blaize who was still in her defensive crouch and patted her head, slowly letting her hand slide back to the short, pointy scales that rose from her back. Blaize let out a soft, crooning purr as she looked up at Shizuka with dilated eyes, showing that she was no longer ready to defend. She was calm now that Shizuka had told her everything was fine using just a simple hand motion. Standing straight up on her four claws, Blaize actually towered over Shizuka by a couple feet. Maybe just one or two, but she was still a very large dragon. She usually kept her head at a lower level, either matching Shizuka's height or being slightly shorter. She no longer looked vicious like she did before, but she could still probably be intimidating because of her size. Shizuka kept her balance by leaning on Blaize, and the dragon responded by trying to keep her up. That was when Shizuka deactivated her Fullbring and held her shoes by the straps in one hand. Then she put one down on the ground and started putting them back on her bare feet. Once they were strapped back on, Blaize nudged Shizuka slightly and helped her back up.

She didn't know if she should trust him completely yet. He apparently meant well to her and didn't want to hurt her, but she wasn't so sure. In her experience, some people can be incredibly persuasive and still turn out to be dangerous later. Although, if he really promised to teach her everything he knew, that was beneficial to her. Right? So that means it would be possible for her to find out more about this world and any other worlds that may exist. She wanted to know about everything, but it still scared and worried her. She's never been in contact with other races before because she never knew about them. Now that she has the opportunity to find out about everyone else, would she have to hunt them down as well? Not all of them could possibly be as dangerous as the Hollow that almost attacked her and Vannan before he shot and destroyed it. She did want to know more about Quincy, though. It was interesting that he used a bow. Did they have different weapons? Was that the only kind? Shizuka sighed and looked at Vannan's eyes. He was being incredibly honest with her, but she knew he would understand how wary she would be about this situation and how new this all is to her. Still, she wanted to know. And apparently, he was the only one who could supply her with the appropriate knowledge.

"Okay, we can go. But please tell me everything you know. As you can probably tell, darling, I'm not very well-informed of these other races. So it would help me a great deal if you taught me about this."

She would agree to go for now. If he acted up at all, she'd be sure to take care of him right then and there. But if he proved to be useful, she would spare him. That was the decision she came to, and the only one that made sense to her. She didn't want to be taken advantage of, and she wasn't about to let some stranger just barge his way into her life. On the other hand, he was nice. So far, anyway. She wouldn't mind getting to know him a little better, either.

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Vannan's smile grew a bit larger when he saw her playing with her hair as he spoke. He took at a sign of flirting, however it seemed like she didn't want to pursue something more romantic with him as she avoided the statement about him taking her out for a date. That wouldn't keep him from flirting after all she was cute and he did want to get to know her better and it seemed that they could share more about who and what they really were then he could with most girls he met. Although the question was where could he take her to talk about all of this. I mean we could talk here however the longer we stay here the more we risk another hollow attack. Still it's odd that she doesn't know about hollows I mean they are really common here in Karakura town and with her power they should be attracted to her.

Vannan could feel a great weight lift off of his shoulders as soon as he saw Shizuka lean on her dragon and deactivate her fullbring. She trusted him and that was such a relief to him that he didn't have to fight, because he wasn't even sure if he could beat her or even get away from her. He had to wonder if all fullbringers had such odd weapons and items that became them, after all Shizuka was the first fullbringer he had ever met, but he had heard of them before. It was quite amusing to see the difference in height that Shizuka had when she did and didn't have her heels on. Still she was beautiful and either way he was still taller than her.

When she spoke her words reassured Vannan that he had made the right choice in trying to stay and talk instead of running away. "Okay, we can go. But please tell me everything you know. As you can probably tell, darling, I'm not very well-informed of these other races. So it would help me a great deal if you taught me about this." Vannan's extended hand grabbed Shizuka's and he held it tightly while he looked her in the eyes. “I will teach you all I know about everything.” Vannan put some emphasis on the last word trying to hint at something more than just him telling her about the world she lived in, but whether she would get what he meant by that would be up to her. Still the question he had before lingered in his mind where could they go that they wouldn't be bothered by other people or hollows.

Vannan gently pulled Shizuka away from her dragon and out of the woods. Standing around in the woods wouldn't solve anything and get them nowhere so he decided that he should at least walk around with her and maybe the perfect spot would show itself or he would think up one. To everyone looking at the two of them it would seem as if they were a couple holding hands which wasn't too far off from the truth except for the fact that they aren't dating. Vannan wasn't being rough with Shizuka at all, unlike she had been with him just a little bit ago. As he walked around the streets with his hand in her's he felt his phone vibrate and ring out with the tone he set for his sister texts. He didn't waste any time at all fishing it out of his pocket he looked and saw the message she had sent him. “YOU BIG DUMMY I SEE YOU WITH ANOTHER FLOOZY. DON'T WAIT UP FOR ME I'M SLEEPING OVER AT A FRIENDS HOUSE TONIGHT." Vannan kept the message away from Shizuka's eyes, his sister meant well, but he had a feeling that Shizuka wouldn't like his sister calling her a floozy.

After reading that message he took a look around to see if he could see where his sister was, but it seemed that she was long gone by the time he looked for her. Vannan with one hand texted back to his sister trying to calm her down. “Hey calm down sis the girl I'm with is just a friend from work and I have to show her around town.” Vannan sighed as he placed his phone back into his pocked “little sisters are a pain sometimes, but keeping her safe is worth it.” Thanks to his sister seeing him with Shizuka he figured out a place for the two of them to talk without being bothered by someone else his house. “I know where we can go now to talk.” Vannan turned around skill keeping Shizuka's hand in his and started towards his house this time picking up the pace at he was walking with Shizuka.

It didn't take long before they were standing outside of the gate of his house. It had seen better days seeing how Vannan was no longer there to fix things when they broke and he didn't want his sister to hurt herself trying to fix something. Vannan pushed the gate open and it let out a large creak as it moved. “Heh sorry about that my work doesn't really give me time to fix things. I hope you don't mind my place I figured it would be better than talking in the woods.” Vannan slowly walked down the path to his house. The cobblestone path was covered in leaves and the shrubs were growing into the path. He sighed even though he should be happy he's walking home the state of it really was depressing to him. Before when he was here he could at least keep it clean and the brushes trimmed somewhat, but now there was no time for that. At least when he saw the outside of the house it looked fine however he wasn't sure if anything had been broken recently or starting to falling apart. Even with that being said it was still an impressive looking house much larger than most places people had in this small town.

Vannan opened the door and held it for Shizuka waiting for her to walk in. Inside she would see that the floors were marble and inside was almost pure white. Vannan never understood why his parents kept the house white, but after he found out about the Vandenreich he understood clearly their choice in color. “Follow me Shizuka we can talk in the study even if my sister comes home she won't go in there so we can talk without being interrupted.” As he walked in front of her Shizuka could see the different adornments around his home that use to belong to his parents. They all had rich taste that really wasn't his style, but they were mostly silver and he didn't feel like throwing them away because if needed he could sell them for some quick cash to help his sister if she ever needed it. Vannan took out a key and used it to unlock his father's study.

Inside there was a set of chairs facing one another and a large silver desk with another larger chair behind it. The walls were covered with bookshelves filled with books each one with a white cover all in German. Vannan knew how to read a bit of German, but he never really ever bothered reading any of the books. “Please take a seat Shizuka.” Vannan sat down in an empty chair facing the door leaving it up to Shizuka to pick where she wanted to sit down. There was always the option of sitting down in his lap but he doubted that she would do that. “So Shizuka what would you like to know about first? Want me to tell you about the other worlds or the other races? I mean I guess we could start with the Shinigami and how they are the supposed protectors of the human world from most of the other races, but it's all up to you Shizuka.” Vannan smiled as he blew a kiss at Shizuka just to see what her reaction would be.

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

“I will teach you all I know about everything.”

Shizuka felt the touch of someone else's hand on hers and quickly realized that it was Vannan. She was confused, especially because she could obviously tell he was coming on to her. It wasn't rocket science. He was sweet, but she wasn't sure about how quickly he was trying to move this whole relationship along. Was it even a relationship? He really was rushing the whole thing. She had only just met the guy today, and he definitely knew how to just get straight down to business. Shizuka glanced around at the forest that enclosed the two humans and the large reptile, questioning whether or not it was a completely safe place to be. She wanted to know more, but maybe not as much as he was implying. It's just that all of this was such new information for her and a lot to take in at one time. Having someone be willing to teach her everything about anything was a wonderful benefit, but she didn't want all of this to just be so out in the open in case there was someone watching them or listening in on their conversations. Although, maybe it wasn't such a bad idea to just stay out in the middle of nature. As much as Shizuka hated nature, she also hated leaving Blaize, and she got the feeling she might have to if they chose to move to another area in town. A dragon is a kind of obvious thing walking around, and it would be hard to hide her.

Unfortunately, before she even got the chance to decide, Vannan held on to Shizuka's hand and pulled her away from Blaize. The Fullbringer looked back at her reptilian friend and whistled, giving her a rehearsed sign that she could fly back home for now. Blaize normally stayed outside unless the nights were particularly cold, in which case she came inside Shizuka's own home and stayed in a fully furnished and updated basement, complete with carpeting and everything so she could be comfortable. Shizuka even gave her a larger version of a dog bed so that she didn't have to sleep on the hard ground, even if there was a carpet down. Blaize was very much spoiled. Once she heard Shizuka whistle, she grunted as a signal of agreement. After grabbing Shizuka's bags for her, the dragon quickly took off with a loud beat of her gigantic black wings. Since she had a very sharp sense of hearing, if Shizuka ever wanted Blaize to meet her anywhere, all she had to do was call. The dragon was incredibly loyal to the girl. Shizuka considered herself lucky that Xcution ever gave her responsibility over Blaize because she truly had such a close friend in a very intimidating animal. Something about it made her extremely excited because it made her feel particularly important, a feeling she very rarely had anymore when it came to her work and social life.

The Quincy and the Fullbringer walked back into town hand in hand. Shizuka didn't mind it all too much, especially since Vannan was quite cute. She felt bad for leaving Blaize all alone, but she also knew that she would be safer back at home. Bringing a dragon into public would raise a lot of trouble. Actually, them holding hands was causing quite a bit of trouble, as well. People were staring at the two of them and whispering things to each other. It was probably gossip, though Shizuka hated being talked about. She loved gossiping about other people, but she just absolutely loathed when anyone talked about her or anyone she was good friends with behind their backs. Rolling her eyes, she followed Vannan's lead to wherever it was he decided to take her. She was fairly clueless, after all. He was a stranger and already dragging her off to who-knows-where. Although, she really shouldn't complain too much. She did the same exact thing to him just a short while ago and then pointed a loaded water gun at his face. She really did only have water in it, too. Not very threatening, but it gets the job done for people who have heard of her. Shizuka noticed a weird noise during all of her mind babble that sounded like a ring tone and looked over at Vannan, seeing that he was checking his phone. That must have been what she heard. Out of curiousity, Shizuka tried glancing over at the screen of the phone to see if she could figure out what he was texting about, but she failed. He seemed to be keeping it away from her eyes on purpose, but she didn't want to make any assumptions. What if he was just holding it that way because he felt like it? Shizuka sighed, forcing herself to go back to looking at everything else around her instead. She'd have to suppress the desire to snoop.

Vannan started looking around, causing Shizuka to awkwardly look in the complete opposite direction of him so he wouldn't get suspicious of her. No sense in starting off on a bad foot, right? She didn't want him to think that all she wanted was to intrude on his personal life. He started fidgeting with his phone, texting back whoever it was who sent him a message in the first place. Shizuka was so curious, though! Was it a girlfriend? If it was, he really shouldn't be holding her hand like this in public. Since he looked around as if someone was watching, maybe the girlfriend said she spotted him with Shizuka and decided to break it off. If that's the case, then he needs to let go of her hand and go make things right! Shizuka only hoped his girlfriend understood that they were just friends and she really had absolutely no intention of ruining their relationship, since she absolutely hates causing drama. Wait, but what if it's not a girlfriend? Maybe it was a guy friend or something that he has saying that he's running errands close by and wants to hang out. Do men Vannan's age even hang out anymore? How old was Vannan, again? He couldn't have been that old. He doesn't look much older than 27 or so, maybe 30. That's pushing it, though. Okay, wait. She was getting on a whole train of thoughts at once and it needed to halt for just a moment while she actually figured out what was going on.

“Little sisters are a pain sometimes, but keeping her safe is worth it.”

"Unfortunately, older sisters aren't much better. I pretty much hate mine since she's a lazy, good-for-nothing loser. I'm the only Fullbringer in my family, and I think my aunt knew that I would have more potential over my sister. She started training me at a young age, you know? So I guess that kind of settles that."

Well, that got ten times more awkward. She never considered it to be his little sister. Actually, Shizuka had a terrible relationship with her own sister. She got teased from a young age and the reason she hates feet so much is because her sister would always shove them in her face when they were kids. Shizuka actually grew up hating her sister ever since she was very little because of all of the trouble she caused. Whenever Shizuka got hurt, her sister would cry instead and say it was her fault. When Shizuka needed something, her sister would always use it first and hog it for a ridiculously long time just to be annoying. Honestly, if she could have anything in the world, she would choose to not have an older sister who does nothing but ruin lives and break dreams in half. Their relationship was rocky from the beginning, and she was fairly certain it would always be that way. She honestly didn't care much at all if she kept in contact with her sister or not. She was a cold-hearted, selfish, lying person. Shizuka got blamed for things she never even did and, after a while, just stopped every form of contact she had with that jerk. Having a sibling was just icing on an extremely terrible cake in her eyes. Nothing could possibly be worse, no matter what anyone told her. Their parents would always say that they had to get along to have a good relationship later in life, but Shizuka wanted nothing to do with that. If it worked out, fine. And if it didn't, well, what was she losing, exactly? An extremely annoying thing? It didn't bother her in the slightest.

Now the only problem was where Vannan was taking Shizuka. She was wondering this along with her own inner hate monologue about her family. Was he still deciding on something for them to do? Or maybe he was actually considering trying something on her, like something much more than just flirting. She didn't think she was quite ready for that yet, especially since they really did just meet. He was nice and all, but not nice enough for that. Shizuka wasn't completely ignoring the option, though. It could still happen, but she wasn't a whore. She wouldn't just hook up with a random guy and then peace out. She wanted something significantly more romantic than that. Shizuka was never the type to even consider doing something like that with anybody after her experience with Kento. Such a nice guy turned out to be so dangerous in her life. Repeating that didn't seem too appealing at all, and she was kind of worried about what new relationships might do to her. Staying single was the best option she could come up with for now, and it was the only one that made sense. Because of that, she really hadn't been with anybody since him. Sure, she flirted. But she never acted on it, and it was almost always used as a means to get more information from men because they could be so easily influenced by a cute face. Now, Vannan seemed to read her inner mind's questions in his own form of answer.

“I know where we can go now to talk.”

"Sounds good to me. Wanna tell me where, exactly?"

All Shizuka got was a tug at her arm as Vannan began walking faster. She wondered where he decided on taking her, but she didn't wonder for too long. Soon enough, they arrived at his humble (and kind of big, ohmigosh) abode. Shizuka allowed her eyes to wander as she inspected the estate, noticing that some of it on the outside of the building was in disrepair. Unfortunate, since the whole place was fairly beautiful to begin with. He may not have hired staff, and Shizuka assumed that just one person was simply not enough to care for such a large place. Back in her own home, her parents had help around the house since her own place was so large. Xcution supplied her with a fair amount of money, so most of it went into college payments or helping out her parents with the house, secretly. If they ever found out that she was replenishing their bank accounts, they would probably question how she got the money in the first place and that would be incredibly hard to explain since they know very little about Fullbringers, if anything at all. Shizuka was sneaky about it, though. So it wasn't even a concern. At least, not yet. Then again, she doubted that it ever would be. She was the favorite in the family, and if they're gaining money instead of losing, it shouldn't be such a huge problem.

Now, her eyes were drawn to Vannan and his home. It was odd how she had never noticed this place before, especially after adventuring all around Karakura Town with Kento all those years ago. She knew the city fairly well, so she was surprised that this area was so new to her. It looked so old, so worn, and yet so new. She assumed that Vannan actually took better care of it than she originally thought, but not too much better. The shrubbery was all overgrown and the gate squeaked and creaked as he opened it to allow the two of them entry into his home. She never would have guessed that he would take her back to his own place, but she should have known better since he was flirting with her pretty intensely. Still, he obviously had somewhat good intentions, if not slightly perverted ones, so she wanted to give him a chance. Besides, she absolutely adored large homes and this one was definitely large. Something about it just made Shizuka excited and super curious at the same time, giving her more desire to enter than she ever thought she would have with some random home she had just been to only once in her life. It was new, yet she felt like it was familiar somehow. Then again, a lot of larger homes have a similar built and structure, much like the gate that Vannan began closing behind them as they walked through.

“Heh, sorry about that. My work doesn't really give me time to fix things. . . I hope you don't mind my place. I figured it would be better than talking in the woods.”

"Oh, you're fine! This is all really simply marvelous. I adore houses such as your own and appreciate the style of architecture. A rusty gate isn't going to scare me away, darling."

The two of them walked down the cobblestone walkway and Shizuka studied the area further. It was truly interesting to her, though she could tell by the expression on Vannan's face that he was slightly disappointed. She only assumed it was because of the plants and the neglect that this area has seen, but he even said he had gotten too busy to take care of the place. Which reminded her. He mentioned he worked, but where exactly was it? He shot down that hollow with whatever power it was he had, and he called himself a Quincy. So did that mean he was in some organization the way Shizuka was part of Xcution? She wanted to ask so badly, but figured there was a time and place for that. It definitely wasn't now. Though, she made a mental note to ask him later. Hopefully it wasn't too personal, because she was very curious as to what it was he did for a living and if it paid well. He sure dressed nicely, so she hoped it helped him much more than just a few dollars here and there. Shizuka thought about everything as she stared down at her own shoes, realizing how close she was to a door. Vannan had opened it and Shizuka looked up, elegantly thanking him for doing so. Once she got inside, the interior of the house was absolutely astonishing. Everything was white and marble and expensive!

"You guys really don't go easy on the designer aspects of architecture, do you?"

“Follow me, Shizuka. We can talk in the study. Even if my sister comes home, she won't go in there. So we can talk without being interrupted.”

Shizuka was too busy looking around at everything in the world to realize that Vannan had unlocked the door to the study and invited her in. Once she finally gathered enough focus to walk inside the room, everything left her mind again as she admired the walls. German, she figured. She could recognize most other languages, but German was something she had the most trouble with. She could recognize a few things, though she definitely had absolutely zero idea what any of it meant. Shizuka knew a few languages, but, sadly, German didn't make it in the cut. She was honestly too lazy to learn it, and she thought it was a terribly ugly language. That prevented her from even attempting to learn any of it in the first place, and also gave her reason not to start now. Vannan sat down in a chair and offered her a seat as well, which Shizuka gladly accepted after moving it just slightly closer to his own chair. She crossed her legs in an elegantly lady-like manner, the way she usually did when she was looking for some attention. She legitimately considered sitting in Vannan's lap to freak him out, but she decided against it because she didn't want him to have a raging boner the entire time they were talking. Truth be told, Shizuka was in quite a "mood' after looking at his house. Not many inhuman objects could do that to her. Most of the time, it was just fancy sports cars or her own Secondary Fullbring that tore off her panties. This house, though, was really something else.

“So, Shizuka. What would you like to know about first? Want me to tell you about the other worlds or the other races? I mean, I guess we could start with the Shinigami and how they are the supposed protectors of the human world from most of the other races, but it's all up to you, Shizuka.”

Did you just say what I think you said?

"Okay, no. Wait just a minute." Shizuka shifted dramatically in her seat, taking on a more defensive position after practically ignoring Vannan's blown kiss. "I want to explain one thing to you. Shinigami are not the protectors of the world. They are the most disgusting, most vile of all the creatures on this earth and have absolutely no purpose being here. For you to even say that they are protectors sickens me, especially because of everything horrible that they do to innocent humans! You can't seriously believe for a second that they're even remotely nice. I know for a fact that they're nothing but scum on the bottom of any homeless man's shoe and deserve to be treated like nothing more. There's no way in hell I'd ever trust a Shinigami with my life, and I would expect you to think the same. I have no questions about them. I just want to know about everything else. I want to know what other races there are and their purposes, NOT about those mistakes."

After crossing her arms objectively, Shizuka gave a slight glare to the side. She wasn't looking directly at Vannan anymore after her short monologue about the most awful thing to ever exist. It was always embarrassing for her to just go off like that, but she really hated Shinigami and nothing would ever change that. She was more surprised that he didn't see them as awful as she saw them, though. They were all terrible, so she thought he would have known that by now. Especially since he was a human! Ugh, this all just frustrated Shizuka further. If anything, she was tempted to call Blaize and get out of there as fast as she could, but she didn't want to act on that desire. She wanted to know more and her spout of anger couldn't take that from her. Maybe he would understand after she explained it to him? Well, she didn't care much about telling him why she felt that way. She just wanted him to see the light and understand. They weren't protectors and they had to purpose. Whatever he was, a Quincy, had a purpose. Shizuka and other Fullbringers had a purpose. Normal humans had a purpose. Shinigami had absolutely no purpose whatsoever. Sighing and rolling her eyes, Shizuka brought her attention back on Vannan. Her little explosion was over, and now they could cut to the chase.

"Okay, sorry. That was honestly pretty rude of me. It's a long story that I'm sure you don't want to get in to now, but I can explain it later. I just want to know about everything else so I'm not being kept in the dark anymore, because I bet you can imagine how clueless I feel right now."

She had the chance to take a deep breath and calm down. Shizuka liked Vannan. She was sure about that. Freaking out about something like how he said a Shinigami was a protector definitely seemed a little rude, even if he was wrong. She felt apologizing may help, but she wouldn't be surprised if he just decided to walk off right now. Even though it was actually his house. Okay, so she wouldn't be surprised if he decided to make her walk off right now. That made more sense. Feeling slight regret and even a little humiliated, Shizuka sank back into her seat and resembled more of a little kid than a nineteen-year-old girl. She was very self-conscious when it came to first impressions, and she really didn't make the best ones at all with Vannan. She wanted him to forgive her, but she was too scared to say much of anything else after all of that. She wanted to just sink into the chair and disappear, maybe completely cutting off all ties to this guy that were officially being threaded into their lives. Shizuka held her hand up to her face and covered her eyes. She couldn't help it, she was just too embarrassed. And she figured, if she couldn't see him, he couldn't see her. Right? Now all she could possibly do was hope for the best and pray that he didn't think she was a total loser.

"Just... I don't know. Don't judge me too harshly. I promise I'm not usually like this," Shizuka said through blushing cheeks.

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"Okay, no. Wait just a minute." Vannan noticed that Shizuka changed the way she was sitting down. Before she was sitting down so elegantly and lady like, just the way she would of assumed he would of, but now she had changed drastically as if he had offended her some way. He didn't understand what he did wrong he had just told her the truth like he said he would. Had he said something wrong about the shinigami? He didn't have to wonder long before she went out on a rampage about what she thought shinigami really were.

"I want to explain one thing to you. Shinigami are not the protectors of the world. They are the most disgusting, most vile of all the creatures on this earth and have absolutely no purpose being here. For you to even say that they are protectors sickens me, especially because of everything horrible that they do to innocent humans! You can't seriously believe for a second that they're even remotely nice. I know for a fact that they're nothing but scum on the bottom of any homeless man's shoe and deserve to be treated like nothing more. There's no way in hell I'd ever trust a Shinigami with my life, and I would expect you to think the same. I have no questions about them. I just want to know about everything else. I want to know what other races there are and their purposes, NOT about those mistakes."

Vannan kept quite as she exploded rather interested by what she had said,Vannan never even thought that Shizuka would hate the shinigami. After all most would say that he had more of a reason to hate the shinigami. What Shizuka didn't know was that a long time ago the shinigami started to hunt down all the quincies killing off hundereds. Vannan had heard that story so many times before, but he understood why they did it. Quincies upset the balance of the world, they were the ones that were the real mistakes. Something must of happened to her for her to hate them so much or someone told her some very elaborate lies, just like the Vandenreich did to all of it's members.

When Shizuka spoke again she seemed like she had calmed down a bit, however she did seem like she was sorry about that and he couldn't blame her. Even though she said he could imagine how clueless she felt, he really couldn't imagine, because he had been told all about the other races since he was little, but he would try to sympathize with her. Hr too had some strong feelings about some of the other race's, but unlike her, he tried not to let his feelings get in the way of learning the truth. I guess the best way would be to try to tell her about the other races first an maybe once I know her better I could try to tell her again about shinigami.

Vannan kept quite as he noticed that Shizuka started to cover her eyes with her hand. Was she ashamed of what she did just before? Vannan really didn't see it as offensive, if anything he felt like he was the one who did something wrong. "Just... I don't know. Don't judge me too harshly. I promise I'm not usually like this," Vannan wasn't mad at her and he couldn't stay mad especially with those blushing cheeks she had. He couldn't help it he had a bad habit of letting cute girls get away with things they really shouldn't and Shizuka was no exception to that rule.

It seemed that Shizuka was finally done talking and was now just waiting for him to do something. He really didn't have a clue what to do next. Honestly she had flipped out when he talked about shinigami's, so what's to say that she won't do that when he goes on about quincies and the other races. Especially when she learns about what he does for a living. Well it seemed like she really didn't like shinigami's so maybe he would be safe about talking about the Vandenreich. Wait a second someone of her strength should have already been approached by someone of another group, and she did know about fullbringers. Vannan bit down on his lip because something was starting to form in his mind about Shizuka that he didn't even think about before. Could she be working for another group? Vannan didn't know to much about the groups of the human world, however he was told that there were some around. For now he couldn't do anything about it because well she was a lot stronger than him and he was in his house he didn't want anything to happen inside because he couldn't afford the time it would take to fix it or explain anything to his sister what happened.

For now he would have to keep acting as if nothing was wrong and when the time came he would ask her how she knew what she did. Slowly getting up from his chair he walked over to where she was sitting down. He gently placed his hand on her's that was covering her face and moved it away gently. He leaned down and kissed her forehead and smiled. “Come now don't hide such a pretty face I'm not mad at you Shizuka, it was my fault for not knowing how you felt about the Shinigami.” Vannan let go of her hand and walked back to his chair. “How about I start with what happens to a person when they die. A person when they die three things can happen to their soul. One is they go to the soul society, that's kinda like heaven. Another is they are eaten by hollows and their soul is lost forever, and the final thing is that given enough time they become hollows, being a hollow is a horrible thing they lose almost all sense of who they were and only think about eating. We Quincies when we kill a hollow we leave nothing. We destroy a human's soul that's been twisted by hunger.”

Vannan let those words float in the air a bit without saying anything else letting them sink in. That's when he heard a noise coming from inside of the house followed by his sister yelling out in joy."I KNOW YOUR HOME BIG BROTHER.” Vannan's eyes opened wide as he heard those words. She had said that she was going to sleep over at a friends house so what was she doing here. Before he could even get up out of the chair the doors to the study flung open and she jumped towards him sitting in the chair wrapped her arms around him. “I hate you for missing my game you jerk.” Sarah was shorter than Vannan only standing around five foot three, but she was only sixteen. It would only take one look at the both of them to see that they were siblings. She had the same colored hair although her's was much longer and didn't have the blond tips that he did. She also had the same teal colored eyes he did.

It took her a few moments before she noticed that Shizuka was even there. She looked at Vannan still holding onto him as if she was his girlfriend. Vannan was use to this whenever he visited his sister she got really clingy, he allowed her to because he felt bad because he couldn't tell her the truth. In a sweet tone she spoke to him.”So where did you pick up this one?” Vannan placed a finger on her lip to keep her from saying anything worse. He knew his sister and she was always one to mouth off when she ever saw him with a girl. “Sarah this is Shizuka she is a friend from when I use to work at the cellphone store. I ran into her when I was coming home so we wanted to catch up.” Vannan hated to lie to his sister, but he had gotten so use to it, it became second nature. He just hoped that she would buy this lie and allow Shizuka and him to keep talking by themselves.

“Hmmmmmmm ok hey big brother go make me some tea you make the best tea and besides you owe me for missing my game.” Vannan would of normally argued with her about that, but she was right. Lifting his sister up off of him he smiled at Shizuka. “I'll just be a moment we can talk when I get back and when Sarah goes and does her homework.” Sarah stuck her tongue out at Vannan as he walked out of the room and to the kitchen. The moment He was out of the room and out of ear shot Sarha dropped the happy attitude and put on a serious look directed towards Shizuka. “What do you want from my brother? You aren't a normal human and my brother isn't that stupid so what's your deal?” What Vannan never knew was that his sister was a lot more aware of his actions than she let on. “Don't even think about it my brother may be a pushover, but I'm not. Oh and don't get any ideas about telling my brother about this or trying to run, because I might just have to kill you.” Sarah said the last part with a smile across her face as if this was something common to her.

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

How embarrassing. . .

Shizuka couldn't believe she just went off like that. She immediately felt horrible, but she couldn't hold back what she wanted to say at all. It just kind of came out of her like word vomit and there was no stopping it. She knew immediately that he would just think she was entirely too weird to be around anymore and probably ask her to leave, which she was honestly about to do. There was no point in sticking around if she embarrassed herself every two seconds just because this guy was spouting lies about the Shinigami filth. Although, truth be told, she really did enjoy staying with him for some odd reason. So even though she desperately wanted to leave because she felt there was no reason for her to remain there any longer after her slight explosion, Shizuka also felt as though she should probably keep him company. He did promise to help her learn more about all of these other races, and she fully intended to know everything she could. She hated the thought of even talking about Shinigami, and she really wasn't open to hearing about how they're supposed to be protectors or whatever. They were useless to her and she assumed the same of him, especially if he was really a human like he said he was. She still wasn't even sure about that, either. She needed to know more, but she was worried about just blowing up again and she didn't want that to happen.

Vannan actually began standing up and walking towards her. Shizuka still held her hand over her eyes to shield herself from his gaze since she felt unworthy of showing her face after acting out the way she did. He was probably getting up to invite her to leave, and she couldn't blame him in the least. She was being a terrible guest and could barely face herself, so she wasn't surprised that he wanted her out. She started feeling a little sad, though. Sad because she wanted to learn more, to spend time with Vannan and to be taught about what he was and what the world was really like. She felt so sheltered and secluded from reality now that she knew there were other races that she felt weak and useless. She was a part of a huge organization that never even took the time to tell her any of this stuff. And what about her aunt? She never mentioned any other race, which made Shizuka think that maybe she didn't know about the others. Come to think of it, she was confused at how her aunt could see Shinigami in the first place. She was never told that story, either. She was just raised to believe that a select few could see them and no one else could, but Shizuka was able because she had her Fullbring. Nothing made sense to her anymore and she felt stupid. Then to make it worse, Vannan took her hand. Probably a signal to get up and move, she thought. As he moved it away, Shizuka prepared herself to stand. Instead, he surprisingly kissed her forehead and just spoke to her with a kind voice. She stayed in her seat, astonished.

“Come now, don't hide such a pretty face. I'm not mad at you, Shizuka. It was my fault for not knowing how you felt about the Shinigami.”

"You had no way of knowing, so I don't blame you. I just don't really like them, I guess. I still want to learn more about everything else, though. I don't want you to peace out on me because I got a bit upset. Would you be willing to teach me?"

“How about I start with what happens to a person when they die? Three things can happen to their soul. One is, they go to the Soul Society, which is kinda like Heaven. Another is, they are eaten by Hollows and their soul is lost forever. And the final thing is that given enough time, they become Hollows. Being a Hollow is a horrible thing. They lose almost all sense of who they were and only think about eating. We Quincies, when we kill a Hollow, leave nothing. We destroy a human's soul that's been twisted by hunger.”

So a Hollow is bad news, huh? Was that why he just up and killed the poor thing back in town? Shizuka kind of felt bad for it because it sounded so sad and so hurt, like it was in some sort of pain. She was scared, though. She wasn't sure if she would be able to even take it on herself. She hated the thought of having to kill a creature like that when it never did anything personally wrong to her, but even then, her life kind of revolved around such actions. Her targets never did anything personally wrong to her but it was her job to take them out. So was it the same with Quincies and Hollows? Couldn't there be another way to take care of them than just shooting them in the face and watching them fall to the ground and disappear like that? She sighed and looked down at her hands in her lap, noticing she was fidgeting with them again since Vannan had let go a while back. Shizuka couldn't shake the feeling, though. She thought that Hollows didn't seem as bad as he was making them out to be, but if they were just killing machines, then she didn't want to take any chances. She let her feelings get in the way of work before and dreaded the thought of that happening again. She hated the way she felt when she was vulnerable and didn't want to allow that to ruin her again.

But before she could even ask another question, Shizuka heard something. Someone called out and the noise rang through the house, echoing against its walls as a young girl, maybe just a few years younger than Shizuka herself, came barging into the room. Surprise and humor both struck Shizuka's face at the same time as she desperately tried holding in a laugh. She still let a giggle or two out, though. She couldn't help it! Vannan was a big brother and this must be his little sister. They looked very similar, but she didn't have the same tips done on her hair as he did. Shizuka wasn't really shocked, though. She assumed beforehand that he did his hair that way himself, since there was no way it could possibly be natural. Keeping to herself as much as possible during this time, Shizuka held herself back against the chair to attempt to conceal herself away from the girl. It's not that she particularly wanted to avoid talking to her as much as it was that she just really hated kids. It was unfortunate, but anyone younger than basically seventeen years (with some exceptions) were considered a major annoyance to the Fullbringer. She complained to Vannan about him missing some game. Shizuka only assumed it was some type of sport she played or something that wasn't really important enough for her whole attention, and she was the reason he missed it. Then to make matters worse, she spoke nearly directly at Vannan's guest, causing slight unease with the specifically disappointed tone. Shizuka was only slightly amused with the way she clung to Vannan, all protective-like, as if Shizuka was really planning on doing something remotely dangerous or scandalous.

"So where did you pick up this one?"

I already hate you.

“Sarah, this is Shizuka. She is a friend from when I used to work at the cellphone store. I ran into her when I was coming home so we wanted to catch up.”

Yeah, 'friend.' Really makes a lot of sense, Vannan. Shizuka smirked to herself. Vannan was obviously lying to his sister for a reason, and she only figured it was probably because he brought home random girls frequently. That would explain why she was so protective of him when they honestly weren't even sitting that close to each other. She must have seen Shizuka as a threat, which meant she had to go on full little-sister-mode to protect her sweet older brother. These types were the absolute worst. Shizuka had dealt with them before, knowing all-too-well that they were the most obnoxious kinds of kids in the world. Shizuka knew she couldn't even pull her own trigger because this kid probably didn't know what Fullbringers were. Shizuka knew at her age, because that was how old she happened to be when she developed her powers. This girl, though, was about to seriously be the bane of Shizuka's existence. She already acted like a little brat and Shizuka could easily sense the hostility in her voice whenever she said anything. Giving the young girl a slight, angry glare, the Fullbringer rolled her eyes afterwards and faced her head in the complete opposite direction from the two siblings. She could barely stand her own sibling and hated being around kids. All it did was annoy her for some reason and she absolutely loathed bratty teenagers. This girl seemed exactly like that type.

“Hmmmmmmm. . . Okay. Hey, Big Brother, go make me some tea. You make the best tea, and besides, you owe me for missing my game.”

Great, so now she thinks she can totally control her older brother like that? Who the heck does she think she is, some queen of the world? First of all, Shizuka was the queen if there ever was one. Second of all, Vannan wouldn't take orders from some bratty little kid just like that. She didn't even say please or anything! She was just being the BIGGEST pain in the butt. Shizuka was so ready to pop this girl right in the head. She was already literally clawing at the arm rests of her chair, causing some small damage to the fabric since her nails were actually pretty sharp. Fashion comes first, though fashion is always better when it has a function. And this fashion definitely had a function, which she was about to functionally use all over this completely dysfunctional child. Still, Vannan would tell her to take a hike or get lost or go away or something, right? He had to. The two of them were in mid-conversation, and it was absolutely pointless to keep her around when the adults were talking. Shizuka just really couldn't stand teenagers at all. She really just couldn't stand any kind of child, though. That's why she never wanted any. Well, that, and she wanted to keep her body. She was proud of the way she looked and she didn't need some baby ruining that for her and using up all of her money in years to come. Even so, Vannan wouldn't actually get up, right?

“I'll just be a moment. We can talk when I get back and when Sarah goes and does her homework.”

NO DON'T LEAVE M--

“What do you want from my brother?"

Balls.

"You aren't a normal human and my brother isn't that stupid so what's your deal?”

Please stop talking to me. Shizuka shifted, uncomfortably.

“Don't even think about it. My brother may be a pushover, but I'm not."

I wouldn't even dream of it. . .

"Oh, and don't get any ideas about telling my brother about this or trying to run, because I might just have to kill you.”

Shizuka's ears perked up and her eyes widened. No way in hell was this little prick of a sister going to threaten her. Shizuka stood in front of her, being a good seven or so inches taller, which means a lot for a girl, since she was in her heels. This girl thought she could threaten a member of the Xcution Seven Guns? Not only just that, but a Rifle? Yeah, okay. Shizuka knew it was on now. She hated this girl for a reason and it's only getting worse every time she opens her mouth. If she thinks she can just waltz right up here and say that she can kill this Fullbringer with a smile across her face like a sadistic piece of trash, she had another thing coming. Shizuka's glare was intense, never even letting up for an instant. She wanted her to feel this anger and hatred. She wanted Sarah to understand just how much of an inconvenience she was. It would be easy, too. Shizuka knew just what to say to make her super uncomfortable, and then she'd leave so Vannan could finish telling his story and Shizuka might actually learn something today. One thing was for sure, Sarah had to go. Like, now. So as if mimicking her, Shizuka also had a smile grow across her face. The major difference, though, was that hers was extremely intimidating. It was the kind of smile you would expect to see coming from someone who had just killed, and liked it.

"Listen to me, sweetie. I came over today because I wanted to fuck your brother. I had every intention of doing it right in the middle of your house, in his bedroom, and maybe even your own room. You hardly even seem threatening to me because I've fought people who were at least ten times worse off than you." Shizuka leaned in over Sarah. "You wanna know why you don't scare me? It's because you're pitiful. You're insignificant. You're an idiot. You're a disgrace. And to make it all even better, it would hardly take me ten seconds to absolutely massacre your body. So unless you want that to happen, I suggest you shut up and stop talking. Understand? Because if you even say a single word about this to Vannan, I'm going to be sure to make your life a living hell."

Shizuka leaned back and laughed with an evil little smirk on her face. If this girl thought she could be scary, Shizuka could be worse. She was hardly worth her time, though. Shizuka didn't use her Fullbring as a threat because she was worried Vannan might actually completely hate her after that. At least now she would have a chance to explain if Sarah did totally rat on her, but she planned on keeping her word. So that girl had better stay quiet. After the whole degradation session, Shizuka all but skipped pleasantly into the kitchen to look for Vannan. When she found him making tea, she was thankful when she realized that she and his sister were far enough away and she spoke softly enough to where he most likely didn't hear either of them. Shizuka poked Vannan's back to get his attention and smiled nicely instead of the evil grin she had just moments before. She wanted him to trust her, to understand that she really wasn't a threat, but she didn't want his little sister around at all. Though a couple of the words Shizuka first said were probably untrue, she meant everything to a certain extent. That along with her absolute hatred towards his sister made this whole experience that much harder to forget. Nothing was going to make this easier, and Shizuka wasn't in the mood to deal with her.

"Hey, Vannan? I think I want to help you make some tea, if that's okay with you? We'd be able to catch up some more and talk about a little bit while your sister is waiting for us."

She hoped maybe he would take her seriously, and she could stall a little bit. She highly doubted Sarah would come back and disrupt them, but she wasn't ready to deal with the girl yet. Shizuka started hunting around for tea cups, and maybe a beverage that wasn't tea since she wasn't a huge fan of it in the first place. She hated water, too. She only ever drank it if she was feeling extremely dehydrated, which usually happened on super hot days when she had a mission assignment. Maybe he would have some soda or something that she could switch out with the tea so she could enjoy something a little carbonated. She hated totally dissing Vannan's hard work putting the tea together, but something about it just wasn't appealing unless it was pure green tea. That stuff basically tasted like leafy water instead of super bitter nothingness. Still, she wanted to be polite and help out as much as she could since he was nice enough to offer to tell her everything about everything. Even if he didn't need it, so what? It was a way for her to try to be friendly after being so rude for basically the entire day. She hated thinking that he thought she was weird.

"So what exactly do you do for a living, if I may ask? I was kind of wondering it this whole time since your house is so nice. Is it anything like Xcu-- Uh... ex-clu-sive work? Or do you have a business?"

That was close. . . Shizuka bit her bottom lip a little and breathed out heavily. She almost completely let slip what she did, and she wasn't sure if he was totally ready to know about that yet. Or really, if he knew about Xcution in the first place. If he didn't and she almost exposed herself, she'd be in some major trouble. Still, she wanted to know. He dressed nicely, so maybe it really was something business-related. Either way, she hoped he wouldn't mind answering her rather direct questioning. Shizuka just wanted to know a little more about Vannan.

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Sarah was shocked at Shizuka's smile, she didn't think that this girl actually had it in her to be as calm as she was. She was expecting for Shizuka to freak out or even do something stupid, but no instead she heard a calm and somewhat cruel rant. Nothing that she took offense to. She knew her brother had sex before in this house she had caught him in bed with other girls, he had always tried to cover it up what they were doing, but she knew, she wasn't as naive as her brother thought she was. She knew something that Shizuka didn't that her brother thought the world of her after all she was the only family he had left. Sarah wasn't going to tell her, but she rather liked Shizuka's outburst, she was at least fighting back unlike her brother, so she let her go off without saying anything.

While that was going on Vannan was busy at work getting the tea ready for his sister. Just like the rest of his house, his kitchen was covered in silver and the counter tops were pure white marble. His parents seemed to have money to just throw around, because even though his mother never really cook she wanted to have an amazing looking kitchen, so much so that the cabinets were made out of silver. Still that meant that he didn't have to worry too much about replacing any appliances because when they were alive each year they would always get a new model of everything. It really made him sick the fact that his parents seemed to just throw away money on things that they really didn't need.

Vannan while over the stove top felt a poke on his back and turned around to see it was Shizuka behind him. He was rather surprised by her being there. He would assumed that she would stay in the study and talk with his sister about fashion or makeup or something along those lines, but he found out that his assumption was wrong. He had no real clue about what happened just moments before with his sister and Shizuka. She had a sweet smile across her face that he liked it fit her better than the angry face she had showen him in the woods. This was the Shizuka he wanted to get to know better. Still nothing could of prepared him for what she said next.

"Hey, Vannan? I think I want to help you make some tea, if that's okay with you? We'd be able to catch up some more and talk about a little bit while your sister is waiting for us."

He was shocked at the offer, Shizuka didn't seem like the kind of person who made tea, she seemed more of the kind that ordered others to make tea, however if she wanted to help he wasn't going to deny the help even though he had already got the kettle on the stove and was just waiting for the water to boil.”Sure Shizuka, I'd love your help. Sorry about my little sister I kinda let her boss me around, because I'm not really here for her anymore.” Shizuka had no clue as to what the relationship between him and his sister was, if she did she might understand why he lets her get away with being a brat at times. Vannan took care of his sister since she was little, to him she was just more than a little sister she was his only real family member even when his parents were alive.

Vannan noticed that Shizuka was looking around for something in his cabinets. If she was looking for the tea cups she wouldn't find them there, he was the only one who really ever drank tea so the cups were always in his father's study. “Shizuka don't worry about the tea cups they are already in the study I'm just going to take the kettle on a tray to the study.” However she would find a can of soda in her search that she could easily grab and Vannan wouldn't be the wiser, because it wasn't his. It belonged to his sister, Vannan didn't like to keep too many sweets in the house knowing that his sister would only eat them instead of real food.

The hot water was boiling and Vannan was putting in the tea leaves as Shizuka spoke again."So what exactly do you do for a living, if I may ask? I was kind of wondering it this whole time since your house is so nice. Is it anything like Xcu-- Uh... ex-clu-sive work? Or do you have a business?" Damn it he had hoped that she wouldn't ask what he did for a living because he really hated it. Although he was curious about what she wanted to say instead of exclusive work. Still he was going to avoid telling her for now that he was a member of the Vandenreich he didn't feel as if it was the right time to let her know that all he really was, was just a hired hand for a genocide machine. “This is... was my parent's house. They died when I was only seventeen right in front of Sarah's eyes. She was only nine years old at the time when it happened.” He took in a deep breath trying not to think about his parents. “Ever since then I have been raising her by my self. As soon as I could I took on a full time job to help pay for our expenses. My parents had some money, but it seemed like they spent most of it on this house. I know I wouldn't have to work so hard if I sold it, but part of me doesn't want to part with this place. There are too many memories here I don't want to lose.”

Vannan hugged Shizuka from behind and kept silent as a few tears rolled down his face. He didn't want her to see he was crying, he took pride in the fact that the only person that ever really saw him cry was his sister after his break down. “Sorry about that you just looked so cute I couldn't help my self.” Shizuka would be able to tell he had cried a bit as a few tears fell on her shoulder, however his face had the bright smile he always kept on when he was talking to a superior officer. He could only hope that she wasn't too mad at what he did.

Vannan didn't notice his sister was standing in the doorway with a smile across her face“Well excuse me I didn't mean to interrupt you two love birds.” She stuck her tongue out at her brother and walked over to the refrigerator grabbing a can of cold coffee.”You take too long to make tea big bro, I'm just going to have this instead. Oh one thing I like this one bro you should keep her.” With that being said she turned around and vanished from the kitchen. “SARAH WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT USING HIRENKYAKU IN THE HOUSE AND IN FRONT OF OTHER PEOPLE.” Vannan's words would echo through the house. He was upset not at the fact that she had just forced him to make tea that she wasn't going to drink. He would just drink it with Shizuka instead, no he was mad that she was recklessly using her powers in front of other people without even knowing if they were normal people or not. He would let it slide this time because Shizuka did know that there were people with powers, but he was more worried about the next time she would do it.

Lowering his head he sighed, “sorry about that she likes to show off to people she likes. Consider yourself lucky not too many people get on her good side so easily and before you ask” she is a quincy too oh and I'm not a player. I maybe a flirt, but I don't ever go much further than that unless I generally like the girl.” Vannan wasn't lying believe it or not he actually believed in true love even though he liked to flirt. "I guess before we do anything else I should tell you what quincies are. According to what my father told me we quincies are a race of people who can tap into the spiritual energy that is all around us and inside of us. We were born from a common ancestor, so each one of us is related in one way or another. Both of my parents were pure blooded quincies.” Vannan pulled the tea kettle off of the stove and onto a silver tray. “Come lets go back into the study so we can talk more. You still have to learn about arrancar and about the other things that live in our world.” Grabbing the tray he started to walk into the main hall of his house.

Just at that moment he saw his sister coming down the stairs in a waitress's outfit. “Oops hey there bro...hehehe I gotta run to work .” Before he could even say something she used hirenkyaku to get to the front door. Vannan placed the tray down on a table next to Shizuka. “Hold on a moment I need to talk to her for a bit in private go ahead and go into the study I wont be long." Vannan ran after his sister to try to find out when and where she got a job.

If Shizuka did walk into the study she would find a gift left by his sister. On the desk was a brand new box of condoms with a note on it that read as the following. “Hey at least be safe if you are going to screw with my brother. I don't want any little accidents around here, besides with my brothers line of work he doesn't have time for raising a kid. Working for the Vandenreich is a full time job, but hey it's up to you if you want to do it without protection. “ At the bottom of the note there was a post script note “P.S. My brother likes to do it raw, but you didn't hear that from me Oh and ask my brother his age it gets him all worked up it's soooooooooo funny” Sarah didn't know the real detail behind Shizuka and her brother, but she at least hoped that her brother was getting something out of talking to this girl. If she didn't Vannan would see the box of condoms that his sister left after he finished talking to his sister.

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

“This is - was - my parents' house. They died when I was only seventeen right in front of Sarah's eyes. She was only nine-years-old at the time when it happened.”

The Fullbringer stood before the Quincy, suddenly feeling a bit of sadness. She had never lost anyone close to her before when it came to deaths because she was always able to protect them. That, or they were never in any real danger. Villainous people never attacked Shizuka's family or friends, which she found odd at times. Many of the members of Xcution have some sad story about how their family was killed or how they lost someone they absolutely adored. She had no way to relate to any of them because she never had the same experiences. Not that she was complaining! Shizuka enjoyed not having to deal with whatever grieving they were going through all the time because of their own problems. She never had to deal with stuff like that and liked the fact that she still had a rather normal life. She just felt bad because she felt as if they didn't take her as seriously or they put her down because she didn't know what they were feeling. The thing is, they were right. She didn't know. But she was trying to, and that matters to her. She didn't take their pain for granted at all and she tried being as sensitive as possible when she could. She never wanted to hurt anyone's feelings and desperately tried to make them feel comfortable around her. So she was doing the same exact thing with Vannan. Shizuka wanted him to know that she cared and understood, even if she'd never been through the same kind of loss as he had.

“Ever since then, I have been raising her by myself. As soon as I could, I took on a full-time job to help pay for our expenses. My parents had some money, but it seemed like they spent most of it on this house. I know I wouldn't have to work so hard if I sold it, but part of me doesn't want to part with this place. There are too many memories here that I don't want to lose.”

"I didn't realize this place was that important to you, Vannan. I'm really sorry about all of this..."

That seemed really unfortunate. Shizuka looked down at her feet and shifted uncomfortably. She wasn't really sure how to take in the fact that he cared for his little sister as if he was her parent since he lost both of his. Shizuka was pretty spoiled, to be honest. She always had her own parents to look after her and she appreciated it more than they would ever know. She never had to deal with losing anyone in her immediate family like some of her coworkers did. It was definitely something she wasn't exactly hoping for, though. Shizuka enjoyed having people around who were so close to her. Actually, as she stared at Vannan, she wondered what kind of impact it really had on him. He seemed to handle it so well. He was able to still be pretty sane without going crazy or dark the way most people she knew did. She was thankful of it, though. Finally it was like someone had a real handle on their own life, or at least as much as they possibly could. She wondered what exactly went through his mind sometimes. He didn't look like he was particularly upset, but she didn't question it too much. She loved gossip, but not if it was something that could potentially being back horrible memories. Suddenly though, Shizuka felt arms wrap around her as Vannan held her close to him from behind.

“Sorry about that. You just looked so cute. I couldn't help myself.”

She still felt the tear. She knew he was crying, and she felt horrible. She really did end up bringing back harsh memories and she felt absolutely terrible. Shizuka momentarily broke the hug just so she could turn around and hug him properly. His arms felt strong against her body and she kind of liked it. He felt secure, and she didn't mind the closeness. To Shizuka, hugs were always a very calming and comforting thing. She loved giving and getting them because they were just such great acts of kindness. It was something warm that she could give to someone without it being overly sensual, and it was a good gesture, as well. She thought he needed a hug from basically the minute she saw him back in the market. Something about him just begged her for it. That, and his constant flirting. Shizuka noticed it, she just didn't really acknowledge it at all. She didn't think it was very professional, especially since they just met and all. But she was starting to reconsider it. Only starting, though. She honestly didn't always appreciate the flirtatious attitude, but she'd be a hypocrite if she asked him to stop solely based on that. Shizuka was a flirt when it came to getting information out of people, so she couldn't completely blame him for practically doing the same thing. Unfortunately though, she sensed someone else was nearby. And she wasn't a huge fan of it.

“Well, excuse me. I didn't mean to interrupt you two love birds.”

Mother of God. Shizuka winced.

”You take too long to make tea Big Bro. I'm just going to have this instead. Oh, one thing. I like this one, Bro. You should keep her.”

Too bad I hate you. Ugh. Just ugh.

Shizuka rolled her eyes. This kid was seriously getting on her nerves, big time. She was heavily considering just leaving, especially since she knew that if she stuck around with Vannan, she'd be stuck around this kid, too. There was no way in hell that was going to happen. Actually, Shizuka had been wanting to leave for a few minutes now because she thought she was over-staying her welcome. Now she had a legitimate reason to use, and it might work. Although, he seemed to really care about his sister, so Shizuka knew Vannan would be a little salty if she said the reason she wanted to bail was because his little sister was pissing her off. She couldn't help it, though. Shizuka really, really hated kids. And something about this one just seemed off. Actually, she seemed off the same way her brother seemed off before he revealed that he was a Quincy. Did that mean Sarah had powers, too? Shizuka doubted it. Although, she was the same age when she found her own Fullbring. It would make sense, but it wasn't something Shizuka wanted to think too much about. But as she even questioned it, Sarah was gone in a matter of barely even a second. In fact, the movement reminded Shizuka of her own Bringer Light technique that allows her to move faster than normal. The only major difference was that this girl didn't emit any light the way Fullbringers did. That was when she heard Vannan scream, which was honestly fairly hard to miss since she was right next to him and it was basically in her ear.

“SARAH! WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT USING HIRENKYAKU IN THE HOUSE AND IN FRONT OF OTHER PEOPLE?”

Hirenkyaku? So this kid could use abilities, too. Yet she was still human? She must be like Vannan if she's using those weird techniques but not giving off any other major signals that Shizuka could sense on her own. She remembered what it felt like to be in Sozen's presence back when she was with Kento (ugh), and how he felt as a Shinigami. She would never forget that feeling. He was intimidating and horrifying when he released his powers. Sarah and Vannan were both rather normal, though. They didn't seem any more different than when Shizuka was around other Fullbringers. It made her question them and their purpose a little bit, though. She wasn't sure what exactly they were meant to do, but Vannan told her that they take down those Hollow things that he was talking about earlier. So they must be kind of good, right? As long as they weren't going after Shizuka, she didn't particularly care. She also knew she could easily take the both of them if they ever did turn on her, so she wasn't concerned. Vannan sighed and Shizuka looked over in his direction. She was fairly good at reading people and assumed that he was frustrated with Sarah because Shizuka didn't really know much about their family. Using powers like that in front of strangers was never really a smart idea, anyway.

“Sorry about that. She likes to show off to people she likes. Consider yourself lucky. Not too many people get on her good side so easily. And before you ask, she is a Quincy, too. Oh, and I'm not a player. I may be a flirt, but I don't ever go much further than that unless I generally like the girl.”

"It's not a big deal, dude. I've dealt with kids before, so I know they can get a little rowdy. I just simply cannot get over that she's so open to using her powers in front of me like that, you know? What if I was dangerous? Well, more so than I already am? Though, I guess I should have known better. I figured she was one of you guys from the start since something about her felt off. But since she decided to leave or something, can you tell me what, exactly, the purpose of a Quincy is? Or do you want to focus on another topic?"

"I guess before we do anything else, I should tell you what Quincies are. According to what my father told me, we Quincies are a race of people who can tap into the spiritual energy that is all around us and inside of us. We were born from a common ancestor, so each one of us is related in one way or another. Both of my parents were pure-blooded Quincies.”

"So I guess that means this kind of power is genetic, huh? That's pretty different from what I can do."

Vannan picked up the kettle as Shizuka was speaking to him. She was super curious about his world and his life since she was never exposed to any of this before. She'd never even known what a Hollow was, and she got to see one alive and dead all in one day. But if he could do that, was his sister on the same level as he was? Or was she weaker? Shizuka actually wondered if it even mattered in the first place. Training is what makes a difference, not the amount of time you have something. She remembered starting out with her powers. Having her aunt teach her everything was interesting enough, since Shizuka believed her aunt lacked any Fullbring of her own. She always worked with them, though. She even knew Kento would be a good partner for Shizuka when she started in Xcution. So, to an extent, her aunt had to pretty much be an honorary Fullbringer. Since Vannan's parents were both Quincies, did that mean they taught him everything they knew? Or did he have to learn on his own? All of these questions flooded to Shizuka's head as she looked at Vannan. He didn't look like a bad guy, so she decided to trust him. For now, anyway. He didn't pose much of a threat to her, so she wasn't too worried about him turning on her and becoming that dangerous. At least, not yet.

“Come, let's go back into the study so we can talk more. You still have to learn about Arrancar and about the other things that live in our world.”

"Arrancar? Ugh, this talk is starting to feel like it's going to take forever."

Vannan's sister suddenly showed up after running down the stairs in some perverted waitress outfit. Could be worse. Shizuka stifled a laugh as Vannan placed the tray of tea down on a table and told Shizuka to go ahead into the study. His sister had long since vanished, again, and Shizuka was already over her antics. So instead, she slowly made her way into the study like she was told. Vannan seemed to be getting annoyed with his little sister, which Shizuka couldn't blame him for. She always got annoyed with her own sister, but that was because she absolutely hated her. There was always a fight or an argument or whatever that would always be Shizuka's fault, even though it never was. Like, ever. Sadly, her sister was still alive. Yeah, that sounds horrible. But Shizuka legitimately hated her. She could see the same kind of annoyance in Vannan's actions as he went to talk to Sarah, so Shizuka decided that leaving would be the best option. Plus, there were chairs in the study. Nothing could ever go wrong with chairs! She was already so tired from practically doing nothing all day that she wanted to sit down and stay sitting down. Unfortunately, something caught her eye off to the side. It was a piece of paper that seemed to have some writing on it that definitely wasn't there before. As Shizuka picked it up, curiosity got the best of her and she began reading it.

“Hey, at least be safe if you are going to screw with my brother. I don't want any little accidents around here. Besides, with my brothers line of work, he doesn't have time for raising a kid. Working for the Vandenreich is a full time job, but hey, it's up to you if you want to do it without protection.“

"I really hate this girl. Why the hell is there a box of condoms on this table?? Ugh, wait. Is there more?" Shizuka groaned, looking near the bottom of the paper.

“P.S. My brother likes to do it raw, but you didn't hear that from me. Oh, and ask my brother his age. It gets him all worked up. It's soooooooooo funny!”

Shizuka rolled her eyes again. She wasn't in the mood to play these kinds of games, but Sarah did bring up a few more personal questions that Shizuka wanted to ask Vannan. Also, who does this girl thing she is, saying all of these totally inappropriate things? Shizuka wasn't a ho! She wasn't about to randomly get up on this guy's man meat. That's just nasty! Not only that, but it made her think that maybe Vannan wanted a little bit more than just a talk. Shizuka had the thought that maybe he had other intentions, but this just completely proves it. Part of her felt bad, especially since he was a pretty cute guy. But she didn't think she was really ready to just have that kind of relationship with another person. It seemed like it was too much work, even just being some casual thing. Shizuka just desperately wanted to know about the rest of the world and she didn't want to leave until her questions were answered, so she crumpled up the note and threw it to the side. When she couldn't hear the soft mumbles of their talking off in the other room, Shizuka called out to Vannan. She wanted to ask a couple of things, starting with the particular question that Sarah mentioned in her note.

"Hey, Vannan? How old are you? And what on earth is this Van-den-reich?" Vannan would be able to hear Shizuka completely butcher the word since she didn't know German. "And I have a few other things I wanted to ask you."

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Vannan chuckled a bit at what Shizuka said, it was rather amusing that he hadn't even gone over half of what he had to tell her and she was already complaining about it. Maybe it would be better to have this conversation over a few days so she wouldn't get overloaded on information, but what else could he tell her today, after all she seemed so eager to learn everything. If she really did want to learn everything he knew she would have to sit down for a while, actually come to think of it, it would get pretty late if she did listen to everything he had to say. Hmmm I wonder if she would want for dinner, I could order some pizza, ehh I'll just ask her when the time comes. For now I have someone else to talk to and find out why she is wearing that uniform.

His sister could see that he was upset his face showed it. There was no way that he was going to let her off of easy, because he wasn't happy at all that she had gotten a job behind his back and worst of all her uniform that was a bit too reveling for him to even see his sister in. Vannan wasn't going to let her run off to god knows where looking like that. Even though Vannan knew his sister could run away he was taking his time as he walked to her each step carried his weight and his anger. He knew she wasn't going to run, because she knew that it would just be more trouble for her later on so she just kept on her sweet smile as he finally reached her.

Without saying anything he lifted his hand and booped her on the head lightly. He didn't want to hurt her, but he wanted to show that he was upset enough to actually lay a hand on her. Something he had only done once before when he threw her out of his room when he was depressed about his parents dying. “Ok you have thirty seconds to say explain yourself and as to why you are wearing such a trampy outfit.” Vannan hated seeing his sister in this outfit more than anything else. He was fine with her having a job, but not wearing something like that it seemed so demeaning to her and he didn't want it.

Sarah tilted her head to the side and pouted her lips at her brother and gave her brother a puppy dog eyed look trying to fake some tears. She wanted to look as cute and as adorable as possible hoping that will earn her some leeway with her brother. She raised her tone to just the perfect pitch and batted her puppy dog eyes. Before she answered his question. “Big brotheeeeeer you always leave me alone and and and my friends all got a job at this cafe. It looked like fun so I got a job there. You have to let me keep it please pretty pretty pleaseeeeeee?” Sniffling a bit before she continued speaking “Besides the dress makes me feel pretty just like the girl you brought home today. So pretty pretty pleaseeeee let me go to work.” She grabbed onto his shirt and started to fake cry. She knew that her brother hated seeing her cry and that this was the best way for her to get away with anything. She knew her brother far to well for him to even stand a chance against her.

He stood no chance at this assault from his little sister, he was taken back as she cried, he didn't want to make her upset. Now he felt like the bad guy here just because he was upset at her getting a job behind her back. Which normally he wouldn't have an issue with it's just her clothing was far too reveling for him to be ok with. He placed a hand on her head and sighed, he wasn't mad at her anymore he was more worried about keeping her from crying more. “Hey hey stop crying sis, it's ok you can go to work. Just try not to let guys do anything.” More than anything he worried about guys mistreating her because of how sweet and innocent she made him think she was, which was so far from the truth.

Sarah pulled away from her brother and wiped away the fake tears she had made. She silently smiled and just nodded as she skipped away off to work. She knew that she had won and her brother wouldn't bring it up again while he was here and his visits were so erratic that it could be another month till he came back and by that time he could of forgotten all about her getting a job. Vannan didn't really know how to feel at the moment about what just happened. He wanted to be upset at his sister and yet at the same time he couldn't chastise his sister for wearing that kind of clothing, because he would normally go flirt with girls who wore more promiscuous clothing than what her uniform was. Even Shizuka wore something that was a bit more scandalous than his sister so he didn't want to be a hypocrite.

Vannan heard his name being called by Shizuka, well at the very least there wasn't going to be any more shocking surprises from her. Without giving the tray of tea a second thought he walked into the study where he was bombarded by questions he didn't want to really answer. First off it was his age, while he didn't really care about telling people his age the way she asked it really threw him off, what had brought up this random question. However the next thing she said really threw him off. Even though she butchered the word he understood it, the Vandnenreich. Where in the world did she pick that up. He never said anything about being a Vandnenreich member and how she said the word it sound as if she had never heard it being said before.

Placing his hand behind his head he laughed as he answered her first question.“Ummm well I'm twenty four Shizuka, I hope that you don't think I'm to old for you.... Hmmm speaking of which how old are you Shizuka?” Vannan didn't have a clue how old Shizuka was, he had hoped that she was at least older than his sister, but given how she carried herself she could easily be his own age and he wouldn't even doubt it. He really didn't want to talk about the Vandenreich, he didn't know her that well and really there was no reason to destroy their relationship, over what his job was. However she did have a hate for shinigami.

Vannan looked around the room trying to avoid the question of what was the Vandenreich. That's when he saw it a box of condoms sitting on the desk. His face turned bright red,”um Shizuka I-I-I-I don't think that we should do that just yet. I mean I do like you Shizuka and you are really attractive, however I don't do one night stands. Believe it or not I actually do believe in true love.” Vannan tried to look Shizuka in her eyes and not anywhere else. He hoped that she would understand that he wasn't a playboy looking for a string of one night stands, and not get the wrong impression about him.

He wanted to change the direction of this conversation as soon as possible and he guessed that the best way to do this was to talk about the Vandenreich.“Vandenreich.” He slowly said the word so Shizuka could see how it was pronounced. If she was going to learn about it, the first step would be how to say it. He sat down in one of the chairs and looked away from Shizkuka. “Don't get the wrong idea Shizuka, but that isn't something I can really talk about. Not just yet, I do want to tell you, it's just I don't know how you will react.” Shifting in his seat he looked out the window. “I can't tell you exactly what we do, but I can tell you that I've personally killed at least twenty shinigami's in the past year.” Vannan threw in that last part especially for her after her rant about shinigami, he knew that it might make her happy to know that he was killing them off. “So what else did you want to ask me?”

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

“Ummm, well, I'm twenty-four, Shizuka. I hope that you don't think I'm to old for you. . . Hmmm.. speaking of which, how old are you, Shizuka?”

"Me? I'm nineteen. I hope that isn't too young for you, darling."

Vannan slowly walked towards the room and towards the girl. She laughed to herself momentarily, thinking it was funny how much older he was than she. Although, even if it does sound a little weird, Shizuka was used to flirting with guys who were older than her, and having them flirt with her, as well. She never really questioned it too much, since she just assumed that the guys saw her as a pretty young thing and let her do and say whatever she wanted because she was cute. It made sense, right? Shizuka was not one to judge, though. If she saw an attractive man, she would often lose herself and start fantasizing relentlessly. She was too shy to ever approach anyone, though. Even if it was a girl she just wanted to be friends with at school. Shizuka hated the fact that she could only open up when it came to a mission since she was practically forced to. Now that she was dragged all the way to a stranger's house, she figured that she was at least a little over her crippling shyness. Still, she found it difficult to relate to the man. He appeared to have so much more life experience (and relationship experience, apparently) than she did. Shizuka didn't have much to go off of, and she didn't want him to think she was just some child looking for attention. That was the absolute last thing that she wanted.

Unfortunately, Shizuka completely forgot to move the box of condoms she saw. She had only picked up the note to read what that dreaded little sister of his had written. This girl was even more of a pervert than Shizuka was, and that's an impressive feat. Shizuka was never one to act on her desires, but she loved to let her mind wander elsewhere if she had the ability. She had frequently allowed such thoughts during this interaction with Vannan, though she refused to ever pursue any of her thoughts because she was too worried of rejection. It's a tough world when it comes to seeing if a guy liked a girl, and even though Shizuka had a pretty solid guess that he liked her, she didn't want to risk anything. Especially not her proper nature. She enjoyed being the innocent assassin of Xcution. No one really suspected much of her, and it was easier for her to gain access to major facilities or dig information out of the heated older men. Sadly, Vannan was probably going to have a completely different series of thoughts than Shizuka truly wanted. At least, right off the bat. He saw the boxed condoms and immediately showed slight discomfort and worry. His face became as red as a tomato, and as he began to defend himself and his own desires, Shizuka realized fairly quickly that he avoided the other question she had been dying to learn about.

”Um, Shizuka, I-I-I-I don't think that we should do that just yet. I mean, I do like you, Shizuka. And you are really attractive; however, I don't do one night stands. Believe it or not, I actually do believe in true love.”

"Oh, darling, I simply wouldn't dream of it. I don't doubt you at all. Your sister was the one who left these here, along with this weird note. This is the reason I asked you those questions. You don't have to freak out about the condoms, though."

Shizuka giggled again and turned her head in the opposite direction, holding her hand behind her head to play with her hair again. It was true. She did feel uncomfortable at this time. Even though the Fullbringer did heavily consider doing something with this Quincy, she wasn't so sure now was the right time. She was here to learn, not to flirt. He still seemed to be avoiding something, but now Shizuka wasn't so sure it was the questions she asked. He was being super awkward about the condoms, and it made her laugh a little bit. Maybe he wasn't used to a girl being so straight-forward? Even though it wasn't really Shizuka who left this box there. Besides, she hated the way a condom felt and knew that the guys typically hated it, too. There's so much feeling just completely lost there that the guy can't experience unless he does it totally bare. Ugh, wait. Shizuka shook her head and refused to imagine anything inappropriate. She didn't want to get too carried away just because of a stupid box with a stupid note written by a stupid girl. Why did she even hate his little sister so much? It didn't completely make sense, especially since Shizuka had dealt with kids like her before. She guessed it was because she tried acting like a perfect little angel while she was still an absolute swear word. Suddenly though, Vannan totally interrupted Shizuka's mind babble and fantasizing by saying a weird German word.

"Vandenreich."

"Bless you." Shizuka paused. "Oh, shoot. That's how you say this word, isn't it?"

“Don't get the wrong idea, Shizuka. But that isn't something I can really talk about. Not just yet. I do want to tell you, it's just, I don't know how you will react.”

"Wait, why not? Is it something super secret?"

“I can't tell you exactly what we do, but I can tell you that I've personally killed at least twenty Shinigami in the past year.”

"Well, that's rather exciting for me. You listened to my little burst earlier, so I'm sure you know how I feel about you killing Shinigami."

Shizuka approved. This guy knew what was up, and he even killed Shinigami! She smiled and sat down in her seat once again, folding her legs on top of each other as elegantly as she possibly could. Thankfully he thought the same as she did when it came to Shinigami. Even if he did kill that Hollow thing, he was obviously going after the real enemy. Shinigami were just filth and Shizuka couldn't stand them at all. The more she thought about it, the more she realized that he was helpful to her own personal cause. Glancing off to the side, she considered for just a moment what it would be like to team up with him. If he killed that many Shinigami, he had to be good at his job. Shizuka was always very cautious when it came to hunting them down since the only Shinigami she ever came into full contact with was Sozen, and he absolutely terrified her because she always remembered what it was like to watch Kento get beaten. The thought still hurt her and made her extremely wary when it came to confronting these creatures. Something about them just worried her. Once she heard Vannan talking, though, she instantly felt relieved and more confident in herself. She managed to stay out of harm's way for this many years, so she could definitely keep at it. And if he was by her side, she wouldn't have to worry about lacking the strength to continue anymore. The only problem was if she really wanted to enlist him into something that difficult, and she wanted to know if this job of his at that weird German thing kept him from helping her. The issue with that is that he didn't want to talk about it. So how was she supposed to get it out of him?

“So what else did you want to ask me?”

"Actually, I wanted to see if maybe you could tell me about the other races? Unless, of course, you're all out of lessons for today, Professor."

Shizuka had an idea. This ploy always worked on younger men, and she felt that perhaps he would fall for it, too. She slowly raised herself from her seat and approached Vannan, staring at him directly in his eyes. Her heterochromatic irises reflected his face, and he would be able to see that she really meant to get something out of him, whether it was a 'lesson' or not. This whole game was one of the reasons why Xcution sent her out to do missions with male targets, though. Shizuka wasn't about to sit around and disagree when it came to the compliments regarding her looks, since she knew that she was attractive. She was never full of herself for it, though. She hated being arrogant or cocky when it came to herself, even if it involved her powers. Still, she smiled at Vannan as invitingly as possible and turned slightly once she reached him, allowing herself access to the arm rest of his seat. As she slowly bent down to rest her body against the furniture, she softly brushed the side of her hip against his shoulder so that she was even closer to him. After leaning up against the height of the chair, Shizuka took her hand and ran it through his hair very gently, inspecting his frosted tips and the contrast it had with his teal hair color. Her other hand lightly touched his shoulder so she could balance herself.

"Your hair is so unique, Mr. Harper. It almost reminds me of a winter's evening."

She smiled and giggled seductively into his ear, hoping that would convince him to tell her what she wanted to know. It worked on almost anybody, and she didn't want him to be any different. Shizuka would be lying if she said there was no shame in this act, because she hated being known as anything other than a lady. But she also understood that if he didn't want to talk about something, she was going to treat it as nothing more than a mission given to her by Xcution. She knew how to get information out of her targets and she intended to do what she could to get him to tell her exactly what she needed to hear. Although, something about this made it particularly fun. She couldn't quite place exactly what it was, but she desperately wanted to see more of him. Maybe even experience more, too. Why did this suddenly have to turn into something so complicated? She only wanted him to talk to her, but she was getting no where just on her own. Having to resort to something like this was her last hope, but now it seemed to be something she was starting to enjoy. Like, weirdly enjoy. Basically to the point where she was almost ready to touch him right then and there. She had to stop herself, though. Shizuka didn't want Vannan to think any less of her, even if she was heavily flirting. Although...

"Perhaps there's something you'd like to tell me, sir? You don't have to keep anything from your student, especially if it's confidential. My best quality is keeping a secret, so no one has to know. I wouldn't be another one of your one night stands."

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"Me? I'm nineteen. I hope that isn't too young for you, darling."

Vannan heard her age and was happy that she was at least older than eighteen, god knows that he didn't need to find out that the girl he had been flirting with this entire time was underage and was now in his house. That sounded just like a horrible set up for a TV show to catch pedophiles, all that he needs is a swave thirty something year old man to come out of nowhere and say something along the lines of do you know why you are here Mr Harper? That would really make this just a horrible day. Still while hypothetical's are fun to think about the truth is that Shizuka was old enough to make her old decision about what she wanted to do. Nineteen though Vannan remembered when he was that age. He was happy to just work away keeping his safe and in school. Those were the days before he became a member of the Vandenreich, a monster pretending to be a holy solider. Shizuka's comment about her hoping that she wasn't to young for him was funny to him while age was something he considered, at their age five years difference wasn't something to be worried about.

"Oh, darling, I simply wouldn't dream of it. I don't doubt you at all. Your sister was the one who left these here, along with this weird note. This is the reason I asked you those questions. You don't have to freak out about the condoms, though."

Inside of his mind Vannan rolled his eyes at her comment about his sister leaving the condoms on the table and a note that she didn't have. To him it seemed as if she didn't want to be blamed for bring out the box of condoms and for his reaction to them. It wasn't her fault how could she know how he would of reacted to seeing those things. He didn't carry himself as someone who didn't sleep with every woman he met. While it was true he had a flirtatious nature, he wasn't a man whore. He could actually count the number of women he had slept with using both of his hands. He didn't treat women like they were trophies or conquests he tried to treat them with the most respect he could and Shizuka was no different no she was he wanted to get to know her better, to find out more about her life, more about her. He didn't know why, but he was attracted to her in more than just a physical way, there was something about her that he just wanted to see more of. If it ever came down to it and they ended up sleeping together he wouldn't want a one night stand he would rather tell her no and see her another day then just be with her for one night.

Still even if he wanted to get to know Shizuka better he couldn't help but be upset at her blaming his sweet innocent little sister for the box of condoms and this so called note that she didn't have on her nor did she give a reason as to where it went. It kinda rubbed him the wrong way after all he did tell Shizuka that he had been taking care of his little sister for seven years all by himself. Even if he didn't tell her all the details she should of gotten that he did love his sister a lot and cared for her. She was the reason that he was in the Vandenreich, if not for her he would most likely be dead and burred in the ground.

"Well, that's rather exciting for me. You listened to my little burst earlier, so I'm sure you know how I feel about you killing Shinigami."

Her reaction to finding out that he killed shinigami was almost dead on to as he imagined it. She was happy about it, he didn't know what her reason was for wanting shinigami dead, but he hoped that it was a good one. He hated the fact that he had to kill shinigami he hated the fact that he had to kill at all. Only once was he happy that he killed someone that was the only time he felt joy from ending that perverts life how dare he even think that Vannan would of let him get away with what he planned on doing with his little sister. That pervert was now burred in the ground under the ground in the backyard not that he would tell Shizuka that, at least not at this time, maybe sometime in the future. Still he could feel himself losing his humanity each time he killed another living creature. He didn't like that feeling he feared that he would one day lose all of his humanity just by working for the Vandenreich.

"Actually, I wanted to see if maybe you could tell me about the other races? Unless, of course, you're all out of lessons for today, Professor."

Vannan raised his right eyebrow and looked puzzled as to why Shizuka would call him that it made no sense. He wasn't a teacher and she wasn't his student at all. This puzzled him there was no real reason to call him that, but it seemed strange. However Vannan couldn't say that he didn't like it. That's when she got up from her chair and started walking towards him.Vannan did like that he could stare into her beautiful eyes as she got closer to him. As soon as she sat on the armrest of his chair and started to play with his hair he knew what she was up to. She was flirting with him he liked it, however this seemed so different than the Shizuka he had met before. This seemed so much like an act, he didn't mind the attention from her, he just liked the real her better, but if she was going to flirt with him he wasn't about to be the only one who was receiving such sweet words and attention.

"Your hair is so unique, Mr. Harper. It almost reminds me of a winter's evening."

“My dear sweet Shizuka and if we are talking about uniqueness it is your eyes that are the real gems here. One such a beautiful shade of green it makes even emeralds look dull when compared and the other such a stunning blue that even the sky has to be humbled by it. Compared to your eyes my hair is nothing special at all.”

"Perhaps there's something you'd like to tell me, sir? You don't have to keep anything from your student, especially if it's confidential. My best quality is keeping a secret, so no one has to know. I wouldn't be another one of your one night stands."


Oh Shizuka was good at this, apparently this wasn't her first time with flirting with someone, but he wasnt about to be upstaged. Though he had to say that he did really enjoy the fact that she giggled into his ear. Being so close to her and those words that she said he couldn't help himself from doing his next action. Placing one hand on her right cheek he gently tilted her face towards his as he leaned in and kissed her soft lips.It was a simple kiss nothing to fancy however he took his time before he pulled his lips away from her's. Moving his head to her ear's he gently whispered into her ear. “Sorry I couldn't help my self from my cute little student.”

If she was going to go with him being a teacher then he would just play along after all this way it was more fun. Still even after he pulled away from the kiss he could still feel her lips on his. How soft and warm they were, it was strange yet very enjoyable. The only other time a kiss felt like this was his first one with the girl he thought that was the one, however she ended up cheating on him, he never forgave that girl and to this day he could never forgive another person who would dare cheat on someone they love. Still this feeling couldn't be love could it? It was crazy he knew almost nothing about her besides the fact that she was a fullbringer and had a pet dragon. Yet he could feel for some strange reason that he could trust her.

He smiled as he wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him and off of the arm rest and onto his lap. He couldn't say that he wasn't happy about doing that Shizuka was a beautiful woman and there was no way that he couldn't help but being excited about having her in his lap. Yes she could tell that he was in that sort of mood there was no way that she could avoid that fact that she had made him like this and he wanted her to know this.Keeping that smile across his face he gently moved one of his hands down her back and rested it upon her rear end. He didn't grab down on it or squeeze her ass he just rested his hand there keeping a smile as he looked into Shizuka's eyes.

“So my lovely little student where should I start? Should I tell you about arrancar's? Or maybe Mod souls? How about the mythical bounts? Or do you want to learn more about Quicnies, because if that's the case I know of a few ways to help you better understand all about my people. So tell me what do you want your teacher to teach you?”