The open pet-store *dark*

Kaiyo trudged through the streets of Rukongai, her head low as she kicked up swirls of dust in her wake. Sure, the majority of Soul Society had great respect and in most cases practically paralysing fear of the 11th squad Captain, but Rukongai was always a lot more aggressive. It was a good change of scenery sometimes though, and it amused the girl to no end to watch the rugged forms of combat around.

It was just reaching midday, so the bustling streets were filling up, and spilling over into the backstreet taverns and stalls around. It was sad that most people couldn't see the beauty in such a place, but Kaiyo couldn't help but smile as she looked around. Her mere presence parting the sea of citizens, a mixture of disgust, anger and awe were met with the girl's usual polite smile. Deflecting away all other thoughts beyond her own. Kaiyo just wandered along aimlessly, drifting around in her thoughts and absorbing the ever-changing atmosphere around her.

Kuroi was about to do something illegal. Not his brightest idea, but he was desperate. He was standing on the rooftop of water vendor's house.

And he set his plan into action. He jumped down, grabbing the runt of the water pouch. It was a glorified waterskin really, a loop of water just small enough for him to wrap around his shoulder.

as he came down he drew his sword, slicing through the wire that held it to the table, it helped the vendor display it and prevent theivery. The vendor was an older man, but he wasn't stupid, as soon as he saw the shadow over his head he was in motion, trying to catch the feline form that was Kuroi.

But kuroi's plan succeded, he cut the wire, and the waterskin fell to the ground, Kuroi slid the waterskin over his shoulder and sprinted on all fours away. Well that was great and all, but there was a serious traffic jam on the side of the road, and he couldn't quite slip through the crowd without getting kicked. So when he was kicked into an EMPTY street, he got worried. the street was empty down the middle, parting as if someone were doing it on purpose...

Kuroi turned to see what was there to see a human girl, about 10 feet away, he turned in awe, he could feel... Something about her, something he respected and feared, but also craved. he stood in that stupor for about a second, before he was tackled from behind, a hand closed in around his throat, and despite his clawing and sword waving, the old man and his son pinned him, "FRAKING THIEF, YOU'LL PAY FOR TRYIN THIS STUNT!"

Kaiyo slowly lowered her gaze, amused momentarily by the clouds above as she caught sight of the scampering cat ahead of her. The girl squinted slightly as the small animal was pounced by two larger men. A thief none the less, or so it would seem. Whilst Kaiyo didn't agree with such actions, she couldn't leave the cute cat to face such a death. The Captain flash stepped in front of the men as the elder of the pair was about to start beating the animal. Her small hand holding up his fist with what appeared like no effort at all, the snarling shop owner averted his glare to the small smiling girl in front of him.

'My business is nothing to do with you shinigami, and n'or does how i deal with this thievin little bugger ' he growled, beads of sweat rolling down his forehead as he tried to fight against Kaiyo's hold. It didn't work. The girl's blue eyes gave an odd sense of innocence as she replied, as politely as she could. 'Well as far as i know, i'm the one enforcing the law, so it kind of is' she grinned. Glancing down t the cute cat, it even had it's own little sword. With her free hand, Kaiyo picked the man's son up off Kuroi, slinging him back up to his feet as she dropped her hold of the shop owner. 'How much does he owe?' she added, sincerity and kindness practically dripping from her words.

Kuroi was writhing on as the son choked him. The son had him alright, his sword, about the size of a tanto, was behind him. As he tried to pry the hands away, the girl came and... wait, rescued?

Kuroi felt the hands leave his throat, and he gasped for the much needed air. He didn't grasp his throat, but raised his forelegs above him, grasping for his blade. He couldn't quite get up, so he simply observed the people around him, The girl looked innocent, black robes and a white drapey, thingy.

Kuroi found his bearings and got up, he put the waterskin at the shop owner's feet, and sat behind it, he could kneel if he could, but being a cat, that was impossible. "Take it sir..."

Kaiyo glanced down at the cat-being as he spoke; her eyes twinkling in adoration of the cuteness when the cat sat down behind the little water-skin. The blonde girl raised her gaze back up to the man with a cute smile, her eyes wide with an innocence that almost betrayed her combat sense. The gruff man glanced from the floor to the Captain; even if she looked sweet, he knew better than to mess with a Captain of the Gotei 13. 'Fine' he snarled, snatching up the item with some dust splitting through the cracks in his fingers; shading the ground with a murky gleam. 'But next time 'e looses his tail' he snapped, turning in fit as his son's lingering gaze broke off and he followed like a good citizen.

Kaiyo took a short step back to get a better look at the cat, gazing at it in complete silence. What do you even say to a talking cat who'd just stolen some water. Clearly the thing was a warrior, his sword was enough of an indication for that one. Eventually, words managed to tumble from the Captain's mouth. Her blue eyes still glistening the light of the day as she grinned. 'Want to get a milkshake with me?'

Kuroi got up from the ground. The back of his robes dabbled with dirt, and his amber eyes alert from fear. He didn't trust this person, he didn't know who it was, and quite frankly he didn't care. The innocence in her eyes told the whole story. She was in power, and she wanted to give him a milkshake...

"Absolutely! Yes!" Kuroi agreed to her statement. he nodded his head vigorously. He hopped to his feet, sheathing his sword Baldric style across his back. his smile was clearly one, and his tail waves slowly as he stood on his hind legs, and his ears perked high. Almost jumping in excitement, he dropped to all fours again and raced around the girl's legs before calming down at her side. "Thank you so very much!"

Kaiyo wasn't sued to looking down to people as she spoke but she figured the cat's cheerful response was a good sign. Though usually even the most ignorant of people realised the short girl was a Captain of the Gotei 13, and this cat seemed completely oblivious. As the pair walked along slowly, Kaiyo grinned down at the cat, it had a Zanpakuto; she could tell enough with the energy radiating the blade that this cat wasn't just a normal soul. Trying to be as tactful as possible, the girl darted around a direct question. 'I'm Kaiyo by the way, Captain of the 11th squad, what's your name?' a cheerful tone matched her smile. Both opposing the still parting crowd that followed with distilled looks of anger awe and shock. She could always ask why he'd stolen the water later, for the time being, he seemed have about the same length attention span as her.

Kuroi was racing around, excited as all hell to get, of all things, a milkshake. He turned when the question struck him, raising a mini cloud of dust as he spun, and the stupor that he was in.

"Oh Captain of 11th squad? whats that? Some sort of club?"

But the second part of Kaiyo's question struck a chord, his eyes lost focus... And for a moment, he lost contact with the concious world.

He shook his head and began walking calmly beside Kaiyo...

"My name, is Kuroi Sora..." He thought for a moment that he had a rank and standing to go along with it, but he couldn't think of it, as if it was just out of his reach, in the fuzz that was his memories.

Kaiyo scrunched up her face in confusion; uncertain if this cat was trying to play a joke on her or something- he seemed deadly serious. The Captain opened her mouth to try and explain, before Kuroi seemed to fade a bit, disconect sprawling through his eyes as he answered his name. Kaiyo stopped walking, her own smile fading slightly as that single tone pinged through her body. 'What happened to you?' This man wasn't a cat, and he should definitely know what the 11th squad is, and what a Captain is. She just didn't know he didn't. The short girl pursed her lips together gently, crouching down to the cat's eye level. 'You were a shinigami before' Kaiyo knew a lot of people, and this mans name seemed to spring out in her mind as well, regardless of how she knew him, she was fairly certain this was not his original form. Even if it was utterly adorable.