A Frosty Evening (Frost)

James was sitting atop the hill that overlooked the city; the sun was setting over the horizon causing a crimson blade to slash through the sky. “Ah the sky is set ablaze once more by the glorious splendor that these mortals take for granted, always searching for beauty that is absolute when all they have to do is look up.” Raising his hand he looked through his hands to make himself appear to hold the setting sun.

Leaning against the guard rail he closed his eyes and let his conscious mind roam, to touch everything. James could sense everything around him from the ants that worked tirelessly at his feet to the people walking up the hill behind him. A broad smile stretched across his face as he opened his eyes to look once more upon the setting sun. “If I had my wings it would be a perfect evening for a flight, the air is just right and no cloud cover.”

Looking at his watch he frowned, I got to teach a combat class in a few hours. Guess I better get moving. Walking down the hill James had his hands in his pockets, nothing, absolutely nothing was going to ruin his evening.

Lost, completely lost and not away of where she was, kuro had now been walking around for hours in this strange place, everything was different from the way the sprite world, but it seem that people in this world weren’t able to see her at all, it haven’t been on purpose that kuro had came to this it had all been a misunderstand as she had once again sneaked away from her escort and hidden away between a group of students that was going on a trip and had been mistaken as one of them.

The real world was different from the way the sprite world, it was as Kurama had told her but she had never image it would have been like this anyway. It seems that the People of this world couldn’t see her at all, and as she had let her curiosity take the best of her, it seems that the group of student she had been with suddenly had moved on without her…

And the worst part was come to happen, as kuro was walking down the street or hill path towards the city she could feel how the hunger were getting into her legs, her stomach growled at her as she walked down, she haven’t got anything to eat the hole day and now it was taking it told on her. Suddenly her legs gave in under her as she felt with head first down into the ground and her butt up in the air, she would just keep lie there as the hunger were taking every little bit of energy left in her "...im..so hungry..."

Halfway down the street James spotted the most unusual site he had seen in a decade, a reaper was laying face down in the middle of the road. Stopping he looked around to make sure there was no one watching him as he walked out into the street, crouching down he rested his hand on his knees. Sniffing the air above her he was confused well she doesn’t smell dead. Reaching out he shook her shoulder gently, “Excuse me ma’am but I wouldn’t lay in the middle of the road if I were you. Even reapers can get hit by a car it may not kill you, but it still has to hurt.”

Seeing the look of confusion on the reaper’s face he assumed she was lost, putting on a kind face James spoke like he would to a lost child. “You’re lost aren’t you? If you want you’re welcome to come with me though I would find your gigai so that you can interact with this world.” Hearing her stomach rumble James felt a pang of sympathy, checking his pockets he frowned. Well this is odd I normally keep candy or something to keep up this human charade.

James frowned still not getting a response out of the reaper, “My name is James, and though most people around here refer to me as Jacob the reapers know me for me. What is your name?” Offering his hand to help the reaper up he kept his voice calm, “Come out of the street and I will buy you some dinner.” James grinned, when all else fails bribery works best.

Kuro haven’t really notice the person that had walked over to her and crouched down beside her, before he began to shook her shoulder lightly, As the guy began to shook her shoulder gently, she lets out a moan of pain as she felt the ruse of hunger going though her body once more. As the pain once again passed away she turns her attention to the guy that was talking about something with a car that could hit her and hurt her in some way or maybe kill her…

She looked confused and suspicious op on him as he began to talk to her, as if she was lost and all along in the world... first off he looked like a human but he could be soul reaper in a gigai?! Or maybe a superhuman but it didn’t really gave sense for her as he began to talk about getting her a gigai so he had to be a soul reaper that was stationed in the real world.. right?!

“That would be nice james?” said she as she gently sat up and smile at him with her normal warm smile, she then blush light as her stomach rumbled and looked down into the ground a bit embarrass about the situation as it seemed a bit like she was completely helpless… gently taking his hand and standing up with his help she smiled a little at him again “im..” think! Emh pick a name fast! OR ELSE HE WILL NOTICE “im Yoko for now but if you said it like that then lets go“

James put an arm around Yoko as she stumbled for balance, “Take it easy there is no rush first thing is first, where do you reapers get gigias? In all my years walking on this plane I never have questioned that before.” James smiled and looked at the reaper. “So Yoko why were you laying in the middle of the road like that, you don’t smell of battle?” James kept his voice calm and even as he ran his thoughts over where or who might be able to tell him where he could find a gigai.

I could try and find Junko, she would know how to get a gigai, though I don’t even know if she is still around the city, if I let my beast slip a bit and it isn’t Junko who responds I could be in a lot of trouble not to mention the lost reaper. James frowned a bit and smoke curled up from the corners of his mouth with disappointment at himself. Why couldn’t I have pursued this curiosity earlier in my life, it would sure help now. A dragon is supposed to be curious and I never was I was always cautious.

Looking down at the reaper frowned disappointed at himself, “I don’t have the first iota of an idea as to where to get a gigai. You see for the living it really isn’t that much of a concern.”

Yoko didn’t have anything against him laying an arm around her, it actually felt nice in a way to have some kind of comfort, after been lost for hours in the normal world… and well he seemed nice enough and he even asked her out for dinner so he had to be a nice guy right...? “What?! You mean that you don’t know how to get a gigai?!” said she a bit confused…” but I thought you knew how to get one since you have to be a shinigami……oh.. wait if you’re a living then you’re have to be a… a… emh” said she taking a finger up to her lower lip and gently tapping it as she was trying to remembered what they call the humans, that could see the shinigami´s and hollows..

“so you got to be what they call a superhuman?..” said she asking almost ignoring what he was asking her about before... She smiled a little and gently took a step forward trying to get them walking a little towards the city, since she was pretty hungry right now and need something to eat before the hunger got to her legs again…. “well about laying there… I kinda got lost.. from my study group and I havnt gotten anything to eat the hole day.. ” said and looked a little down into the ground again as her stomach began to rumble once more

James looked down at Yoko, “Well I am not exactly a Superhuman, I prefer the term Spiritually Aware Entity.” James chuckled a bit as he examined the young reaper, She isn’t dressed like a normal reaper either her robes are white and she doesn’t seem to be carrying a sword with her like most reapers do.

James reached into his pocket as he pulled out his cell phone, “Don’t worry as soon as we get you a gigai I promise to remedy the problem of hunger. You’ll have to worry about the pain from a full stomach though think you can deal with that pain, Yoko?” James said with an easy smile as he dialed his phone.

On the third Ring he heard it click as it was answered with polite “Hello?” James looked at the reaper then he started talking into the phone. “Anthony, I know someone of your resources would know where I might find a gigai right? I seem to have run into a little snag that needs one…”

(OOC: Now we wait for Anthony)

Anthony was sitting carefree in his lab while working on some notes, music turned up high to calm his senses , his eyes running over the screen as he was working on the deatails for his next masterpiece, If it wasn't cause of his Screen having been programmed to tell him when he was being called then the music would've kept him from even hearing his phone. With a quick and absent move he put the earphone onto his ear.

He didn't stop reading through the screen on his pc, he allready knew who it was it was just the matter of talking to him. after hearing his voice he quickly replied.
"I'm fast but not that fast, it is underway I asure you, but its delicate..."
Anthony then frowned lightly upon hearing the request, leading his attention away from his screen, the music could possibly be heard in the background as he was silent for a moment.
"A gigai, an artificial body replacement... I might, but it depends what do you need it for?"
In delicasy he was allready preparing for the best ways of attaining one.

“.... Spiritually Aware? What..? ” said she looking a bit confuse at the James, as he chuckled, kuro didn’t really know what to say to that, did he just mean the same as a superhuman or were he something else?!.. that what she had hear about from her teacher.. it only made more questions pop up inside her head, before the hunger came back and made her remember how hungry she were..”i can deal with it “ she said with a smile, as she gently move her left hand down to her side trying out of reflex to feel to take a gently hold in the grid of one of her two zanpakto´s... she couldn’t feel her zanpakto at all..her whip feelt all light with out it as she first now notice it.. “i..iii forgot my zanpakto´s in.. the barracks?!” said she with a whisper as turn her head away from James as he was talking in the cell phone..

“baka baka baka!” said she gently take her left hand up and pounding her forehead with her hand as right now she was comply defense less if a hollow came and attacked them.. even thought she would anyway be more or less useless with the small amount of training she had have with her swords.. not only that she had also her trainings uniform on that looked like a academy student so that must have been why she had been mistake as a student for the trip....

gently turning her attaion back to James she tried to smile as nothing was wrong at all as he was still talking over the cell phone with some guy..

James watched Yoko absently as the phone was silent and music blared in the background, “Let’s just say, I may have found you a bargaining chip with the shinigami, that is if you are interested in possibly making a peaceful agreement to stop the future assault from one side. My kind have a saying ‘When you fight a battle never be in the middle of the fight but stay to the side so you aren’t taken by both flanks.’” James ran his hand absentmindedly through his hair as he waited, a habit he had picked up over the decades when he was waiting for something important.

He eyed Yoko with worry as she began to hit herself on the head chanting something to herself, No matter how long I live I feel as if I will never understand Humans. As soon as you think you figured out the behavioral patterns something new like this hitting oneself comes along. James frowned, Maybe it’s just a nervous habit of hers.

James attention shifted back to the phone as Anthony started speaking, “So where do I go and pick it up?” He said a feral edge in his voice as he continued “Delicate was never really was my style.”

(OOC: Is it just me or do I sound evil here?)

Anthony sighed lightly attaining a gigai in the real world weren't really easy to come around, seeing as Superhumans don't really have any need for attaining one, he didn't really mind the bargain if James could actually pull it through then he would rejoice if not he would just have to figure out other ways.

It took anthony a short while to set up the arrangements and while doing that he was mostly just listening quietly.
"There should be no trouble getting a hold of it, I've send you the cordinations for the delivery go there ask for a package there in my name and you should get it handed to you..."
Anthony's fingers went over the keyboard while talking, sending a text message too James cell with the cordinates.
"Anything else?"
He wouldn't say anything about the whole bargain and all, as he expected if he asked James about elaborating, he would have it difficult when there most possibly could be a person around that would need a Gigai, and that meant a Shinigami.

kuro gently smiled to the guy as she tried to clam herself down again... it couldn’t be that bad could it? Been trap in a world with out a way to get home.. what else could go wrong today? It not like the heaven would come crashing down just because of that, she just had to find a way home somehow soon or later she would find a way home?, but first she had to concentration about her new companion and get some food out of him before she starved to dead or well that was her plan right now...

gently leaning a little in towards him as she tried to hear what they were talking about or who james were talking to in the cellphone, but it didn’t really seem to work the only thing she got out of it was the buzzing sound of the phone and a voice that weren’t even clear enough to spy on..

“so you got one for me? Or?” said kuro looking curies at him as she gently took her hand up and bruise a hair away from her face, that had annoyed her for sometime now, before smiling at him warm as ever "you know you dont have to do all this for me.. i cant really pay you back right now since im still only a studence.." said she and looked a little worried at him, she didnt want to be in deb it other person she allreay owe her life to kurama with she had sworn to herself to pay of by getting stronger and better in anyway she could

“No Rourke that will be all I need, thank you for the help.” James hung up his phone as it beeped with a new text message, flipping it open he smiled to anyone else that hadn’t had the experience he had it would look like a jumble of numbers, but he saw them for what they were, Longitude and Latitude coordinates so accurate that they told you where your target was within 20 feet.

Looking at Yoko he smiled, “Yes, I got you a gigai, and don’t look at it as a debt to be repaid simply an investment of friendship between me and you. Who knows maybe more of our kind will follow suit, you know that is all a warrior really looks forward too, we don’t look forward to the battle and the bloodlust, but the time of peace where we can lay down are weapons and rest our head without worry of waking to a dagger to your throat.” He frowned suddenly looking much older than he had moments before. The day I can sleep with both eyes closed is the day I die.

Looking back at Yoko he smiled once more, “Come on then it is only about a mile’s walk to where we go and get your gigai if we hurry you can be eating in an hour or so.” Then to get the conversation started he asked a simple question, “So what’s it like being a student reaper?”

Gently smiling to him as James hung up on the phone she gently tried to look over his shoulder a little as she was trying to see what stood in the messages, but as she saw the numbers she didn’t understand a heck of what it meant, and she properly never would do, she had never been good at math… all thoughts numbers never had a meaning really… always so confusing is almost made her whole world begin to spin as she when so confuse over all the numbers in the text messages…
Numbers… why did it always had to be numbers… kuro hate numbers... they were always so confusing, if a person were to ask her under a serious fight and she was comply unpaired for it would comply take her off guard and she would turn her attain to calculations as she would get a trip back her study as she was a horrible math person…

Slowly getting back to herself as she was almost savaging from side to side from the Meer confuse meant the math had cause her, as she got herself together she tried to smile to James as pretended as nothing happed as he looked over at her…

Blushing at bit as he smiled to her and said it was a kind of investment in a friendship. I it would be nice with a friend in this kind of world and well it was better that be alone that was one thing she knew, she mostly understood what he said and the meaning of it “thanks its really sweet of you James.. i will make it up to you somehow” said she and gently would try and hug him hiding her face in his chest more or less as she tried to hide her blush…

Slowly she would let go of him and then look down into the ground before she turn around so she didn’t have to look at him, as she began to walk with him towards the place where her gigai would be “ its complicated.. and it’s hard, and special.. and in the same time nice in a way.." she said slowly and not every loud as she gently follow after him

James smiled a little as Yoko hugged him, so much for being a dragon, hell most people who know that wouldn’t even touch me. And here is this little reaper in training hugging me. James backed away a little embarrassed himself, “Come little reaper we got to get a move on if we want to get your gigai we have to make it to the pickup point before we miss the deadline.”

“So being a reaper isn’t all reaping spirits and slaying hollows?” James chuckled at his misguided thoughts on reapers. “Sounds like you enjoy being a reaper, the way you describe it is the same way I felt about flying.” Felix said with a little remorse as he reached up to rub away a phantom pain from his shoulder. Looking back down at his phone he saw the time, then stuffing the phone in his pocket he turned to Yoko.

“Please forgive me, but we must hurry.” James reached down and scooped the little reaper up in his arms he jumped the guard rail on the path deciding to take a shortcut. His feet acted as they were driven by a mind of their own finding impossible holds as James worked his way down the incline and into the city. A little ways in James stopped outside a warehouse like building. Setting Yoko on her feet James kept an emotionless face, “This is the place Yoko, come with me.”

Once inside James was stopped by two armed guards, “Easy on the trigger finger Rourke sent me to pick up a package for my friend.”

kuro smiled up to him a bit embarrassed as he began to back away from her, blushing lightly she would look down into the ground trying to escape his gazes since he would properly be shocked over the hug or was it okay? Once again kuro got drawn out of her thoughts as he began to talk to her, it was more or less getting to be a bad habit for her to suddenly get comply swallow by her own thought..

“its a bit different then what your talking about... we don’t reap souls like in the mortals stories, we guide spirits to the spirit world, and we slay the hollows to purifier there souls.. that more or less the real story, and I also got told that when ever a hollow kills the soul that gets killed by it is forever lost.. and will never be reborn.. I don’t know much yet about the all the things so don’t take me on my word okay?...” she said a bit sad as it was a more depressing subject... slowly flowing back into her own thoughts kuro was still missing a lot of puzzles in her own memories..

as she still was walking forward in her own thought she accidentally ignore James as he said something to her.. his words just seem to be so clued as she was digging deeper into what she could remember before her legs suddenly was scooped away under her and she was laying in the arms of the guy...

her face flushed in a shade of deep dark red as she was comply cough by surprise be his sudden acting but she didn’t do anything to resist him.. as he was racing down the hill, her heart was racing as if she was the one running right now.. in a way he remember her of kurama... but before she even take a moment to enjoy it it was already over and she was sat down on her legs again.. gently following right behind him she would still be blushing a lot as her heart was still making a race of its own

James knew these guards weren’t able to see Yoko as they were simple grunts, but still he placed himself between her and them. Knowing Rourke he would give them bullets that could pierce a spirit, best not to take chances. What is wrong with me a few centuries ago, I would have killed the reaper now I am helping a reaper to try and make peace. James frowned frustrated with himself for no real reason other than his own arrogance.

One of the guards stepped forward, “Do you have any proof that you are on an assignment from Mr. Rourke.”

“Yeah somewhere, just a sec it’s here somewhere.” He said as fished in his pockets hunting his phone, it took him a minute to find it, but after pulling it out he showed the email from Rourke to the guards. After being motioned through and led to the back where the gigai was being kept James dismissed the guards.

“Well Yoko, your gigai awaits then as I promised Dinner is my treat.” He smiled a little confused on how a gigai was supposed to work. “So would you like some privacy or something I can leave the room if you want Yoko.”

Gently following right behind James, she would almost be hugging him from behind so close were she walking after him inside the building with the guards, she didn’t knew if they could she her but she didn’t wanted to take any chances already one had been able to see her today and she was sure that he wasn’t just one of a kind.

As they got lead inside the building and into the room were the Gagai was stored, yoko didn’t say a word as they were walking through the different room of the store house until the finally reach the room with the Gigai and the guards were dismissed.

“Thank you again James its really nice of you..” said she and smile a bit to him before she turn around and walk over to the, so call Gigai, it was a construction of flesh, an artificial body. its appearance was of a muscled Human with no unique characteristics or features you would be able to even tell the gender if it had any, it mostly looked like a corpse that had gotten its skin cutoff which grossed Yoko a bit out as she gently lean in and tried to touch a part of its muscle her hand slide through as if had been air but still it felt like it was almost sucking her hand inside

gently leaning more towards it she slowly felt how she phased through the body and somehow got stuck inside it.. in a blink of a eye the flesh construction began to assumes the appearance of its hosts as skin in a way regenerated and slowly began to form itself.

a pair of blue eyes meet his as she finally open up her eyes once more, standing naked infront of him she took at deep breath getting air down into her new lungs, slowly she looked up on him as she began to notice what was happening, blush red in every shares of dark red there could be.. she made a small scream and tried to cover her naked pale hvide skin “DONT LOOK” she scream as she tried to cover her more exposed parts as her waist length blue hair that hang down over her shoulder, her figure was slender and that of 18 years old woman or girl “PERVERTH”

James couldn’t help but stair as the lifeless body melded with Yoko to become one being, it was so intricate so fascinating he knew he probably shouldn’t stare and yet he couldn’t help it. What was once a lifeless, formless body had started to take Yoko’s shape, as soon as her eyes opened James realized this gigai was now her. It was when she started screaming that James realized the one flaw in this plan.

Turning his back so that he wasn’t looking at Yoko James smiled slyly, “I am so sorry Ms. Yoko; I swear I am not a pervert!” James started tugging off his long duster and turning he handed it to Yoko keeping his head down so that he was forced to stare at the floor, She has no clothes and yet I am the one that feels embarrassed? I am centuries old, and have walked among tribes of mortals that didn’t even wear clothes for certain rituals. I really am going soft living with these humans.

“I guess dinner is off, at least till we can get you some clothes.” James said with humor evident in his voice, “I don’t guess you got anywhere you can go, so if you want you’re welcome to join me for the evening. I can just tell my students at the dojo I got sick so no classes today.”

still blushing heavily Yoko was still trying to cover herself as he turn around, not only because of the look she had gotten from him, but also because of the sudden cold air that her naked skin was exposed to... gently walking over to him she would gently take the warm duster and in a swift motion she would have taken it on.

It was nice and warm, cuddling a bit into it she would sniff to it, it had the scent of a man in it or well his scent in it and it was almost druggy how strong it was like with a sweet scent of fresh cut grass but with a hint of hickory smoke in it. It was special in it own way and yoko was almost forgetting were she were right now as it almost took all focus away from her “ thank you..” she said a bit quite and close the jacked around her as she looked down into the floor

Gently scraping her foot against the cold hard rock floor trying to get her thoughts away from what had just happen “i would be nice to join you... but I dont mind looking at you and your students having a class maybe It could even be fun?” said she with a little smile and gently walk around him so she came into his sight

James looked up at Yoko now wrapped in his duster, “I don’t think you sitting in on my class would be the best idea at the moment, seeing as the certain predicament you’re in.” James smiled, “I doubt with you there I could get any of the young men in my class to focus on their lesson.” Still to ashamed to look her in the eye he stared down at the floor, staring down at her bare feet. That was when the annoying little voice in the back of his head chimed in, How is she supposed to get around barefooted?

I will have to carry her; if she will let me otherwise I will have to steal a pair of shoes from one of the guards though I doubt their stuff will fit her. I should have put a bit more thought into this and picked her some clothes up before we got here. James frowned angered with himself for being so short sighted.

Finally managing to look her in the eye James said with a edged voice, “I don’t mean for you to take this the wrong way, but to get back home I am going to have to carry you. Otherwise your feet are going to get cut up from the gravel and concrete without shoes. So if you will allow me to I will gladly carry you wherever you want to go.”

After a bit of a pause he frowned again, “Since I won’t be able to take you somewhere to eat, how about I cook you a dinner and then when you can get some clothes I will take you out to dinner…That’s a promise.”

“awww… maybe I could join your class one day, I could really use some training..? please..” said she with a small smile still blushing a lot as she began to think about her own training, she had in fact been a little too easy on herself, she had take a lot of time off to walk around seireti, to explore her new home and world and of cause she had gone without her guard

Looking up at him with the biggest eyes she could manages to make “if we get some cloth? Can I join then?!” said she still looking up on him trying to get his eye contact as if she was a little child trying to get something she really wanted!

It was kind of weird but well it looked like she had already forgiven him, maybe there were a catch later on. As he looked into her eyes she smiled a bit cheek as if she had something plan in the back of her mind “its okay… just don’t try anything okay?!...” said she and blinked to him before she turn around and made a small spin while holding her arms around herself as if she was hugging herself “its really warm… your jacked i mean.. thank you!... and I don’t mind tasting your cooking perv..” said she with a cheeky voice

James smiled at Yoko when she looked up at him, this isn’t fair how am I supposed to say no to that? I don’t even know her all that well and it seems I can’t say no to her. He shook his head disappointed with himself as he rubbed his eyes, James, I do believe she has you wrapped around her little finger. “I promise, that when you get the proper clothes that I will enroll you in my Dojo if that is what you really want.” James smiled.

Then gently he scooped her up in his arms trying to take care not to touch her anywhere that could be perceived as inappropriate. “Are you okay like this Yoko?” He asked nervously, but had already made his way to door. The guards only nodded him through when he passed them caring Yoko in his arms. As soon as he was outside James started heading north away from the crowds of the city and towards his home, after about 30 minutes he came to high antique gate that guarded his home.

My keys to the gate are in my jacket, well guess I get to do this the hard way. James took a few steps back then looking down at Yoko he smiled, “Don’t be scared okay?” With that said he jumped clear over the gate. Landing firmly on the ground he smiled, “Welcome to my home Yoko.”

“Thank you!” she said like a little child that had gotten what she wanted! Making a little spin in joy she smiled happy with her arms stretched out to the side as the wind slowly played with the jacked that was covering her slim body, her long hair gently follow the wind as spine around… as he gently scooped her op in his arms she didn’t resist at all, the only thing she really did was to hold the jacked in place so it didn’t suddenly blow open and flashed her bare skin to the world

“yea I’m fine James” she said with a smile as she creep a bit together into his arms as they passed the guards, blushing a bit as it had to seem a bit ode that he came to pick up a girl, as they got out on the streets yoko did her best to make her as small as possible as a lot of the people that were out on the streets would properly look at them.. Blushing lightly she gently fell into her own world as he was heading north

It felt like 10 seconds as he spoke to her again “yea I wont” said smiling a bit nerves over what he suddenly would do, as he jumped it felt like she was sitting in a small rollercoaster her stomach turn op side down for a small minute and she could feel how the gravite were pulling in them… she knew that he was a superhuman but she actually didn’t knew what his powers was but right now she could feel her stomach growling..

James smiled hearing frost’s stomach growl, hurrying up the vast lawn that circled his home James couldn’t help but be a little happy. His visitors were few and far between and though his house was very big it was much to large even for him to live in without getting a little bit lonely. As he made his way to the porch that surrounded his home he sat frost down gently on her feet, “Yoko why don’t you go see if you can find something wear while I prepare dinner, you are free to search the entire house except for the kitchen. I don’t want you peeking at what I am cooking before it is ready.” he said with a chuckle. I am sorry if the female clothes I have are out of style, but well the last time I had company was ages ago.”

Artemis’ expression went dark as the horrible memories of the last woman he had saved flooded back to the surface. Sometimes a beautiful face hides the blade at your throat. Wiser words were never spoken. It was after that incident that I promised never to kill a woman again for when I saw the look of hatred tainting that beautiful face. “You’re also welcome to clean up if you want you will find the master bathroom at the very back of the house connected to the bedroom.” With that he turned and walked off towards the kitchen to start preparing dinner for his beautiful guest.