Hunt the Hunter (Revised Version To Be Uploaded)

Deep And Engraved

(Above: blade known as a tanto mentioned later in the chapter)

~Shika~

"I can't help you with that." Cameron said and walked away.

And he had the guts to smile while saying it! He was just being difficult and confusing as always.

I sighed deeply just as a wave of golden light washed over me. Lifting my head, I watched as the sun dipped beyond the horizon in a beautiful spectacle of gold, orange and red. It reminded me of the sunsets I used to watch back on the bridge in Norrham, given they weren't as clear as this. It was so peaceful, anyone could've slept like a baby in it.

-Yet sadly, we don't have that leisure-

Must she ruin all my rare beautiful moments? I sighed.

What do you mean?

-Forgive me if I'm the only one between the two of us who cares about where the locket came from-

From Mother Rachel.

-Yes, but who did she get it from?-

I couldn't be sure. I knew there was a reason I had for wanting to own a locket and Mother Rachel knew it too. I just had some unknown connection to them. But I doubted anyone else knew.

Hey Rukia?

-What~?- she asked apprehensively

Is there anyone from back at the orphanage who'd have known about my uh... "liking" for lockets?

-Hey look, I was only activated a few months ago, and that was after you came here. I can't be expected to know about your weird liking for them, and I'm a part of you! How much more for someone a complete stranger to your head?-

No need to make me sound demented.

-I know-

I rolled my eyes at her. Rukia could be a hand full... Not even I was this sassy... I think...

-Mmmh. So cozy That's warm-

What is?

-The jacket-

What jacket?

-Back to the main point, we need to figure out where Mother R got the locket from, and to do that, we need to go back to Norrham.-

"Shika?"

I cracked an eye open, I didn't even know they had closed. I was bathing in golden light, but it came from a sunrise and not a sunset. I really need to get my sleeping timetable in check.

"Earth to Shika."

I turned my head and found Katy sitting next to me.

"Earth to—"

"I'm here earth." I replied while playfully rolling my eyes.

She smiled at my joking and then stared at something on me.

"What?" I asked and looked down when she pointed at a jacket, "Where did that come from?"

"How am I supposed to know?" She countered.

The jacket was big for me, black leather on the outside but comfy cotton on the inside. I could sleep all over again.

So warm~