The Suicidal And The Sacrificial

Reaping Your Soul

Karakura High- Rooftop

Orihime and the rest of the crew are gathered on the rooftop except Kurosaki Ichigo who lost his Shinigami powers after battling with Aizen. Orihime had a worried look in her eyes so she stood and decided to confront the alarming scenario. 

"Then, how are you able to see hollows and me? Is that a Quincy last night? Why did you kick the creepy looking monster?", Nozomi kept bombarding Sumire with questions. Since Orihime worked at the same bakery shop that Sumire does, the orange head felt responsible. "That's weird. I was sure she looked at my eyes", Nozomi placed her hand on her chin. 

"Yoru-chan. Are you alright?", Orihime tried to approach her and looked at her bandaged head. There almost at the same height having Sumire slightly taller. The raven head is holding bread which she probably received from their workplace. "Just fine, I guess", Sumire felt obligated to answer seeing the glare from Tatsuki who might throw her on the ground if she decided to ignore her upperclassman. "Feeling tired or sick? You can always visit the clinic", Orihime was told that Shinigami hover around humans whose life spans are on their brink. They are to monitor the souls in order to be purified as soon as possible. With the kind of life Sumire has, there's a large percentage of her harbors negative feelings that would cause her to be hollow. 

"About Kurosaki Ichigo-san", Sumire paused upon seeing some girls entering the rooftop as well. She was told by the soul that the orange head wasn't able to see him. The soul ran on the street and bumped into Ishida Uryuu, the Quincy. "I still have some things to do", the raven heard and excused herself.

"Shinigami-san. Is there anything about Yoru-chan? I hope you're not here to fetch her", Orihime said with a worried tone. "Oh, finally. You can see me as well. I've been looking for someone to talk to. Well, you do have some odd presence", Nozomi was slightly taller than the orange head so she patted her head. Tatsuki came to the rescue and threw her to the ground. "You can touch me as well. Humans have become fearless. Are you not scared thag I might reap your soul? ", Nozomi was stunned. "I believe all the Shinigami were told about our existence. Also, you're not allowed to do so unless the person's time is over", Orihime turned to Chad and Ishida who both shrugged. Nozomi sat and pointed at Ishida. "It's the Quincy!", she exclaimed. Ishida felt embarrassed by Nozomi's expression of excitement. "Are you tasked to monitor here? You should be doing your job instead of pestering humans", Ishida wanted to shift the focus. 

"I was trying to get back to Soul Society but I had no idea how", Nozomi's statement let the group feel dumbfounded. "I talked to some souls along the way and kept mentioning Kurosaki Ichigo. That name rang a bell so I decided to follow their direction. I met that raven head girl last but she kept ignoring me", the girl sighed. "Not all humans can hear or see you", Ishida tried to explain. "She can. I just don't understand why she kept ignoring me", Nozomi lay down on the ground and look at the widely spread sky above. 

School Backyard

"Eih?Bread again. If you were to be the legitimate child, you won't be able to deal with this", the girls mocked and circled around Sumire. "If you tell this to any of the upperclassmen, we'll ransack your place and there's nothing you can do but just watch all your things get burned into crisp", second-year upperclassmen were pissed off with her calm demeanor and an oozing pride coming from Sumire. "The next time you see us, you have to bow your head very low and treat us with respect", the leader of the girls pushed her to the ground and grabbed Sumire's wallet taking whatever is left. Nozomi tripped off the one who took the wallet. "What was that?!", one felt cold breeze creeping on her spine. They suddenly felt cold and the garbage can was thrown on the wall. They ran and dropped the wallet.

Her bread was stepped on. Sumire picked it up and throw it in the garbage can. "Why didn't you fight back?", Nozomi picked her wallet and threw it to the raven head who caught it. "If I do, I will just be bending to their level", Sumire dusted off the dirt of her skirt. "That's no pride compared to her. You're just fed up and don't want to lengthen your conversation with them", Nozomi commented. " You hungry, I was able to collect bugs and worms from the nearby park", Nozomi peeked through the walls and received a ball on her face. "My bad, are you alright?", Ichigo appeared on the scene wearing his soccer jersey. He noticed that the ball stopped before the wall even hit it. "A hollow?", he mumbled under his breath. "Excuse me? How can someone as adorable as me be hollow?", Nozomi massaged her face. Sumire noticed that Ichigo cannot see the Shinigami in front of him. "Anyways, you have to stay away from this place. Ishida or maybe Chad will deal with this later", Ichigo had a painful expression on his face.