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o1. Opening----» Hello, hello to all! As you can see this is a Bleach roleplay. (Uhh durr) I made this out of boredom, and because I can never can find a good Bleach roleplay. Quite truthfully I'm lazy and I don't like making roleplays, but today or... when ever I typed this up is an exception! So be happy! . . . I also included Cannons, because most Bleach roleplays I see as AU, and I always wanted Characters like Ichigo, Renji, Toushirou, Rukia, and the majority of the Taichos to be in the roleplay, so I made this which includes a small amount of OCs and a lot of the Cannons as well. You may double in this roleplay, it makes the spots fill up more easily.

o2. Literacy----» So as you can see the rules is going to be a pain in the butt to read. Buuut ! You must read it or I shall know (because I have awesome powers like that). So getting onwards with that I must say that this is an Adv. lit - elite roleplay. Which means I DO NOT accept people who are 'semi-literate' or 'literate'. Sorries, but that's the way it goes. Which means if you cannot type up four or more paragraphs (which consists of 5 - 10 sentences each) that means you aren't Adv. Literate or Elite. So leave right now instead of sending in a background check and getting a thumbs down from me.

o3. Posting----» Literacy, as in my last rule I included that you need at least four paragraphs per post. I DO NOT want to see any 'Oh I have writer's block' for the first three weeks of the roleplay. You need good grammar, great punctuation (which isn't too hard), and good spelling. When I say good grammar, I mean good. No one is perfect and of course we all make mistakes. ALTHOUGH, I do not want to see 'Gangster grammar' when you post. Your character may speak with incorrect grammar, but that doesn't mean the rest of your post should be incorrect. Puctuation is obvious, once again we make mistakes blah blah blah. I don't want to see this I dont like dogs One bit me when I was little and ive hated them ever since NO! I don't like run on sentences, nor do I like when people don't put 'apostrophes!'. Spelling, if you have Microsoft word... USE IT. Of course you should reread your post to make sure that you have the right word. It's annoying when you use the wrong there, their, or they're or your and you're. The computer doesn't correct mistakes like that so make sure you double check.

o4. OOC----» Make sure to take most of your OOC to the OOC thread. I don't want to see single posts in the thread just for OOC. That's what the OOC thread it for. But if it is completely necessary for you to include in the IC thread, when you post a post for you character you may use ( ) [ ] { } | | to express your OOC.

o5. Characters----» For OCs there are only going to be the new Espada, the new Vizard Captains, and a few OC Shinigami. DO NOT ask me to add another spot. There will only be so many spots in this roleplay, so bear with me. Once the OC spots are taken or reserved it is not open for anyone else unless the person who had taken the OC spot drops out or leaves the reservation for open. For OCs there may not be any Mary or Gary-sues. You cannot have the perfect character and must respect the Cannons of the roleplay. Just because you may be included in the plot does not make you the most important character. Everyone is equal. Your character may be as much as an a** as you want, but you may not. I do not tolerate people who are rude and naive towards others.

o6. Background check----» Background checks will be put down in the background check post. With that I want you to send in a link to examples you have done, as well as I want you to state what character you want. That will all be put into a code for you to send to me. The tittle of the PM will also be in that post. If I think you are good enough I will accept you to start working on your profile and I will reserve the spot you wanted as well. ALTHOUGH, if I decline I do not want you to whine asking why. That will only make me decline you further. Once I say no, that no is final.

o7. Profiles----» Once your profile is done I would ask that you post it in the OOC thread for everyone to look at and read. DO not PM it to me please, just post it in the OOC thread. When revising the profile I expect everyone to use constructive criticism. I don't want anyone be mean towards the person who made the profile. I and the mods will accept the profile after edits are made and such.

o8. TOS----» Follow the Gaia TOS. Romance is encouraged as well as fighting and blood and guts and stuff. But of course don't go too far with either one. No one wants to hear you describe how you kill someone, and no one wants to read your love affairs with someone else when it goes too far. Gaia is PG-13, just like some of the recent movies I have watched not too long ago. For romance fade to black if needed. Also, swearing. We don't need someone mouthing off every other word. You may swear once in a while or once every few sentences, but there is no need for repeated swearing.

o9. Activity----» I don't ask much more than you posting at least once every two days. Like I had said earlier, I want this to be a long term roleplay. Of course the plot will develop further as we get in, but that can't happen if everyone drops out. Please don't make me reserve a spot to then have you send in the profile and never post. Please be reasonable. If you are going away from a while please notify me so we can NPC your character.

10. Stealing & End----» Well Duckies, I love you all. Sorry for the long and serious rules, but I needed to get it down. Please no flamming or advertising on this thread or I will kill you ten times over again. ALSO! I spent five days making this roleplay in my testing thread. YOU EFFING STEAL ANYTHING AND I'LL KILL YOU! That includes graphics, or any of my material I spent my time making for this roleplay. If you wish to use something ASK, depending on what it is I might let you use it. (But if it's graphics then hell no)

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What is currently happening

----» Currently, Squadron Ten Taicho, his Fukutaicho are in Karakura town. Captain Hitsugaya and Lieutenant Matsumoto are investigating the dwindling number of Arrancar. With him are the 3rd, 5th, and 9th Division Captains are accompanying him just in case of a massive and unpredicted attack. While Toushirou-sama and Rangiku-san are snooping around the other Captains are bothering Ichigo and his friends. Rukia of squadron 13 and Renji Lieutenant of 6th squad are also there as back up, but have found themselves secretly investigating the true identity of the newer Captains (3rd, 5th, and 9th). And only to have found those three at the Vizards' heavily warded base.

What were Shinigami captains doing there? That was what Renji and Rukia would like to know. But on the spot Hitsugaya-Taicho appeared and demanded what Renji and Rukia had been doing following the captains. Of course only having good intentions the two Shinigamis apologized to Toushirou and went back to training with their minds still on the fact that the new Captains were paying a visit to Vizards. It was only to keep a steady alliance, right? But how that the Captains known where to find the Vizards? It was practically impossible to tell where the Vizards' reitsu was since they put up so many barriers where they were. How had they known?

But Toushirou-sama had covered for them... Why? Was there something that they weren't suppose to know? Confused Renji and Rukia sought out to seek answers still without seeming too paranoid or obvious.

But back in Los Noches the Arrancar were plotting for another attack. They had already filled in the empty spots for Espada and were back on their feet. Ready to destroy the Shinigami for sure. They weren't going to screw up this time. Why? Because they were bringing in all of the Espada to destroy the Shinigami and Vizards. Even if there were ten or more of them there was no way they could stand up to all of those Espada. It would be overwhelming and unpredicted. Which was just what they needed. Chaos, especially when the Shinigami were able to release their full power until the Sereitei approved it.

But one thing they had misjudged was that there weren't seven Vizards. There were ten.

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Ichigo Kurosaki ; played by -- open!

Orihime Inoue ; played by -- open!

Uuryu Ishida ; played by -- open!

Chad Sado ; played by -- open!

Renji Abarai ; played by -- open!

Rukia Kuchiki ; played by -- open!

Toushirou Hitsugaya ; played by -- open!

Rangiku Matsumoto ; played by -- open!

Starrk ; played by -- open!

Barragan Luisenbarn ; played by -- open!

Tia Harribel ; played by -- open!

Cuarto (4th) Espada ; played by -- open!

Quinto (5th) Espada ; played by -- open!

Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez ; played by -- open!

Septimo (7th) Espada ; played by -- open!

Octavo (8th) Espada ; played by -- open!

Noveno (9th) Espada ; played by -- open!

Decimo (10th) Espada ; played by -- open!

Squadron 3 Captain ; played by xxP i k a

Squadron 5 Captain ; played by -- open!

Squadron 9 Captain ; played by -- open!

Shinigami from 11th Squad ; played by -- open!

Shinigami from 3rd Squad ; played by -- open!

Shinigami from 4th Squad ; played by -- open!

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Profiles----» Now the profiles are on a separate thread with the background check which in the post ahead of this one. Of course don't start this until I approve your background check. When we get a good amount of profiles in we'll start the roleplay, but until then. . . Make your profiles nice! Kk? When the Mods and I approve your profile I want you to make your own thread in the Ooc sub-forum and send me the link so I may put it up on the thread!

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Dear Friends----» Here is our background check. I've put it in a separate thread with the profile application. Now, when you send it please do not alter it in any way, I want it the way it is. K? Also, all you need to fill in is on the background check sheet. Which includes username, what character(s) you are applying for (I suggest you take one at a time. One OC per person, you may have an OC and a cannon if wanted, or a cannon and cannon. Although for now I only want everyone who wants an OC to only have one to be fair for people who haven't gotten here yet) and a link to you roleplaying samples. I don't want all of you samples to be introduction posts. Please give me other examples. The PM tittle for the background check is Innocent Sorrow Reservation.

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--------✖✖ Our main setting is currently in Karakura town where much of the action and most of characters are currently posted. The temperature is warm and humid, another nice day as the sun rises in into the air casting a bright light down over the town. Nothing much is happening, mainly just lounging around, sparring, and doing whatever feels best to you. But of course the Arrancar have different plans and are plotting to throw an unexpected attack on the Vizards and posted Shinigami. Of course they may be a little surprised that there are more than seven Vizards, but of course it'll only make the pending fight more interesting.

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Squadron 3 Captain
---------♀Short tempered, and somewhat paranoid is the new Squad three captain. She took Gin's old spot and took it within the blink of an eye. She was the Leader of the group of the three traveling Vizards, but now tries to not be as bossy. She hates to admit weaknesses and is a strong woman who is full of pride and hates to lose. Originally from Squad 11 she loves to hang around Kenpachi and his underlings and always looks for a good fight.

Squadron 3 Member
---------♂Peppy and ready to go, he is always up and at it. He stands by his new Captain for anything. After all she was strong, and definitely wasn't going to abandon them like Gin. Although, his eyes are on another woman who probably isn't interested at all. He likes the Squadron 11 member who his captain is always hanging around with, but that woman never seems to be paying too much attention to him. After all he is only eighth seat compared to her 5th seat. He's over protective of his captain, and dislikes the Squad 9 captain for always making fun of her, he knows it's only a game, and yet he doesn't want to lose another captain.

Squadron 4 Member
---------♀She is kind, but jumpy. Always afraid of what may be behind her back. She isn't a fighter at all and resides to take the 3rd seat in her squad. She's an excellent healer, and even though she carries her Zanpaktou around, she never uses it. Only when she needs to defend herself, she could never draw blood. She looks up to the strong and quiet 5th Squad captain, who's great at Kidou as well as being respected. She likes to hover around his side, it makes her feel safer, and she likes the kind of serene feeling that is coming off around him. However, she is dastardly afraid of the Squad 9 captain, who tends to be rather loud and excited all the time.

Squadron 5 Captain
---------♂Quiet and sullen he likes to mind his own business and doesn't like to fight unless it's completely necessary. He believes to only fight when people are in danger, and is commonly teased by the Squad 9 captain. He's a pretty laid back guy, but doesn't talk all too much, since he doesn't find most things to be worth talking about. He's humble and isn't one to brag, but when he does speak he seems cold despite his always polite way of speaking.

Squadron 6 Lieutenant
---------♂Renji has long crimson hair, usually kept in a high ponytail, and his entire upper body is covered in tribal tattoo work. As far as his personality goes, Renji is about as eccentric as any other Soul Reaper. He varies from smug and cocky in his first appearances to downright angsty and depressed after his major defeats, but shows himself to be an incredibly serious and determined fighter when confronted with an actual challenge. Willing to fight, kill, and die for whatever he believes in, Renji is a dangerous man to those who stand in his way. He is similar to Ichigo Kurosaki in many aspects. A continuing gag is Renji's nick name, red pineapple, referring to his crimson hair kept in a pineapple top-like ponytail.

Squadron 9 Captain
---------♂Cocky and flirtatious is the Squad 9 Captain. He loves to tease he two friends, especially the Squad 3 captain since she gets so angry about it. He's a lady's man and loves to be around people. He's the kind of guy who can make anyone laugh, including the quiet and polite Squad 5 captain. You could call it a gift, but anyone who's around him is always cheered up by his aura.

Squadron 10 Captain
---------♂Tōshirō Hitsugaya is very young by Soul Society standards. Born in Rukongai,he became the youngest ever to reach captain rank. Thus, he is called a "boy genius" or a "child prodigy" by many. Hitsugaya is very short in height comparable to Rukia Kuchiki's. He also has spiky silver-white hair (which tends to draw attention in the human world) and teal-emerald eyes, which evokes his ability of controlling ice and water. He wears standard captain's clothing, save for a green sash around his shoulders which holds Hyōrinmaru, his zanpakutō. Hitsugaya is generally mature and serious, in contrast to his free-spirited lieutenant, Rangiku Matsumoto, although he can sometimes be short-tempered and irritable.

Squadron 10 Lieutenant
---------♀Rangiku tends to be a slacker who does not like paperwork and loves to drink. She is not the slightest bit modest about her appearance, frequently referring or complaining about her large breasts in normal casual conversation much to the embarrassment/amusement of anyone around at the time. She is not above using her considerable feminine charms to get her way, as shown when she tries - albeit unsuccessfully - to bribe Ichigo Kurosaki into letting her stay at his house. Her easy-going and free-spirited personality makes a sharp contrast too the serious Hitsugaya, but the two seem to be quite close regardless. Rangiku met the young boy prior to him realizing his power and encouraged him to enter the Shinigami academy. As a lieutenant she is almost constantly by his side and has shown deep loyalty to him on several occasions, even though he is frequently put out by her laziness.

Squadron 11 Member
---------♀ Weary and bored she wonders why she is here. She really doesn't have much of anything better to do, so she goes around killing hollows for the Sereitei. She doesn't get too much attention, other than from the Squad 3 captain, being that the Taicho was formally from her squad. But something weird has been going on. Those new captains are so odd, and she wants to get to the bottom of it.

Squadron 13 Member
---------♀Initially born into a lower class, Rukia retains her modesty even as an adopted member of the nobility: she is graceful and "clean", yet chooses to talk to ordinary people. However, her cool and lone demeanor often forces her to hide her personal troubles even from her friends. Although she tells Ichigo that she is nearly ten times older than he, she is endearingly clueless about the ways of the modern living world (since Soul Society resembles Japan's Edo period). She is initially unable to figure out how to drink from a simple juice box, and learns to speak modern Japanese through the manga she reads. She has trouble finding clothes that fit her, due to her stealing clothes from Ichigo's sister, Yuzu. She likes to climb high places and rabbit themed items and her favorite foods are cucumbers and eggs.

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Ichigo Kurosaki
---------♂Ichigo is a 15-year-old who attempts to cultivate a detached image, for which he keeps his eyebrows constantly furrowed. Ichigo has natural orange hair, a fact that annoys many bullies in his school, who constantly pick fights with him. Ichigo claims that he does not care what others think and seems to enjoy fighting the bullies. Ichigo's blunt personality, aggressive behavior, and short temper give the impression that he is a rude person. Ichigo is actually extremely kind hearted and sensitive, he could never pass by someone in need of help. He cares for his friends and performs heroic deeds just because he wants to help. In contrast to his seemingly detached persona, Ichigo can actually be quite spastic and awkward at times. He has a tendency to shout excessively, and he overreacts to things that are sexual in nature.

Orihime Inoue
---------♀Orihime Inoue has long light orange hair with bangs behind her ears supported by hairpins. She does not remove her hairpins, except when sleeping, as they are worn in memory of her brother, and the manifestation of her spiritual energy power, the Shun Shun Rikka while her hair is worn long in honor of the promise Tatsuki Arisawa once made to protect her.Orihime is friendly, humorous, sensitive, and kind. She comes off as naïve and rather clueless, which is at odds with her exceptionally high marks in school. Additionally, according to Tatsuki, Orihime has the fighting skill of a black belt. Her cooking style can be described as very bad, disgusting, or, more often strange to the point that aside from Rangiku Matsumoto, no one would think it delectable. Orihime has a tendency to rush into situations without thinking, sometimes leading to embarrassing consequences. She also tends to have an overactive imagination and gets carried away thinking of implausible scenarios, such as initially fantsizing a date with Ichigo, later ending into her becoming a boxing champion prior to being shot.

Uuryu Ishida
---------♂Uuryu Ishida is a black-haired, bespectacled teenager of average height. He is a good student and is sometimes seen as the slightly awkward nerdy type. He has an unusual interest in sewing, as he is in the crafts club at school, and makes excellent grades, coming in first place on exams. Uuryu is generally shy and quiet, but tries harder to act cool when other people are around, such as wearing clothes he likes. Uuryu operates on a moral ethic known as the "Pride of the Quincy" and has a strong sense of justice. He has also shown to be very chivalrous, stating that he enacts justice on men who abuse or treat women badly. Uuryu also has a tendency to prefer to simply incapacitate his opponent, not using lethal force in battle unless thoroughly provoked, especially if he can win without doing so.

Chad Sado
---------♂Chad is a teenager of Mexican descent. He is tall and appears to be much older than he actually is. Chad has a tattoo on his left shoulder which reads Amore e Morte ("love and death" in Italian) and consists of a heart, a snake and angel wings around the heart. During his early years, Chad was extremely violent. Exploiting his advantage in size, he intimidated and hit any children who annoyed him. Chad is a quiet person and is sometimes the subject of jokes or bullies because he never fights back, against ordinary humans, or often hollows and Soul Reapers until necessary.

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Starrk
---------♂Starrk is a lazy and unenthusiastic character who apparently spends much of his time asleep and which no one (in fact, he rarely directly addresses any Arrancar other than Lilynette, his other half), except Lilynette, appears to try and stop him. Despite being the highest-ranking Espada, he is not eager to take a leadership role, shown when he easily allows Barragan to take over at the Fake Karakura Town. He is not particularly interested in whatever is going on around him (although he is surprisingly observant and a capable analyst). Unlike many of the Espada, he is not violent or overly arrogant. Although, he does not seem to care a great deal for his fellows, showing no sign of distress or concern when they are killed or attacked.

Barragan Luisenbarn
---------♂Barragan Luisenbarn has a serious, cold, boastful, arrogant, overconfident, overly proud personality and he doesn't hesitate to impose his authority over others, as shown when he takes the role of leader from Aizen after Aizen was 'decommissioned', even going as far as openly challenging two other powerful Espadas (including one higher in rank than himself) to disagree. Barragan refers to Aizen as "the Boss" and his opponents as "ants"; his Fracción, on the other hand, refer to him as "his majesty". Like a "king", he doesn't bring his Zanpakutō with himself - his Fracción take care of it, as well as of his throne. He's also able to analyze situations quickly and calmly, such as finding the four pillars making the fake Karakura Town.

Tia Harribel
---------♀Harribel rarely speaks, and when she does, she's fairly serious. An example would be when she tells her Fracción that being afraid of an Espada's released form is a natural reaction. She calculated the battle between Ichigo Kurosaki and Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez was more of a fight between two Espada than anything else. She tends to cross her arms when not engaged in combat. Compared to her fellow Espada, who are usually arrogant, boastful, impulsive, battle-hungry, bloodthirsty, and egotistical, Harribel is composed, receptive, analytical, and prefers not to engage in combat; she is content on silently observing both parties until the fighting reaches its conclusion, and actually fights only when she is challenged and attacked by an opponent or commanded to fight by her superiors (though she appears reluctant to take orders from a higher-ranked Espada).

Cuarto (4th) Espada
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Quinto (5th) Espada
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Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez
---------♂Grimmjow appears to be a laid-back and irreverent individual at first glance, but this scruffy exterior hides a brutal, impulsive, excessively-violent personality and lethally-short temper. Grimmjow is blunt, rude, sarcastic, witty, and quite sadistic, revealing a psychotic grin whenever he becomes excited, much like Kenpachi Zaraki. He displays little respect for authority and says whatever is on his mind, regardless of whether or not it is appropriate.Grimmjow is a very rude and disrespectful character. He uses none of the honorifics in the Japanese language, except when addressing Aizen (though he is quick to discard the formality when Aizen is not around), and refers to Orihime as woman in conversation. However, he does appear to have some sort of a code of honor, as he is unwilling to fight an injured Ichigo, bringing Orihime to heal him beforehand so their battle will be a fair one. He also saves Orihime from Loly and Menoly, who were beating her up to repay the debt of restoring his arm, though he immediately asks for another favor afterwards. Despite his aggression and obvious bloodlust in battle, he possesses a feral cunning and has a knack for quickly exploiting any opening his opponent reveals.

Septimo (7th) Espada
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Octavo (8th) Espada
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Noveno (9th) Espada
---------♀[Whoever takes this spot may fill this in]

Decimo (10th) Espada
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Name: Kijo Arashi
DOB: August 19th 1900, Leo
DOD: July 22nd, 1919
Age of Death: 19
True Age: 109 years
Sex: Female
Sexuality: Hetro
Appearance: Kijo takes the form of a cat like hollow. Her pelt is a deep blue, while bony spikes come up her back, sharp and poisonous. She has a long bony tail filled with the same spikes that also seem to poise a poisonous threat, the tail seems to flick or twitch when she's annoyed, similar to a cat. Her head or face is completely made of bone. Unlike other hollows, her mask full extends and covers her head. She had cat like ears that point out, but the snout of her face is long and good for smelling things from a far distance, as are her ears for hearing. Her face looks somewhat similar to a wolf or coyote, while her body is slender and sleek and resembles a cat. Under her eyes each one has a purple stripe traveling down.
In Life Personality: Socially

Muted or Serene

Most of the time it's hard to tell whether Kijo is being quiet on purpose or if she's just extremely serene. For reasons unknown she's known to never talk quite often unless she has a true reason to speak. You could say that she waits to acquire permission to enter a conversation, but if she is intrigued enough she might end up speaking up without recognition. She has a knack for appearing of out thin air sometimes.

Calm and Serious

Kijo is never 'hyper' or outgoing. She's extremely calm and even in the worst positions she ceases to freak out. It can actually be creepy sometimes how calm one can be. Although she isn't the aloof kind of calm, she's more serious. She may seem deeply as if she's calm, but mentally she intakes things seriously. She is ill-humored and find things as of jokes, 'stupid' or 'petty'.

Not Completely Emotionless

As emotionless as Kijo might seem there are time you have to pay close attention to her. Sometimes she might reveal something as if a hint of sadness, or a notion of being worried, but she tends to mask it quickly after doing so. Other than that Kijo tends to withhold her emotions, finding them full of arrogance and weakness.

Loyal

Despite her emotionless attitude, you can tell for one thing is that she is loyal to her comrades and would never not once think of betraying them. She may not seem like the kind of person, and seems more so shrouded in shadows, but in no doubt would she ever think of disobeying the rules of her Senpai or leader.
Hollow Personality: The Usual

Like usually she's emotionless and usually quiet. She keeps herself muted and due to her ability to keep calm she's able to focus. After all her favorite saying herself is 'Fear is all in the mind.' Which is why in battles she never turns them down, because there is nothing to be afraid of when you've seen just about everything.

Sly and Clever

If you haven't already guessed Kijo is a quite clever female. she usually taunts her opponents with her silence and utilizes their battle tactics and then makes a move herself. Most times in battle she uses her ability to move quickly and flexibility to her advantage.

Protective

You might have thought that Kijo was the kind of person who didn't care. She might seem it, with her lack of emotions, but deep, deep, deep, deep, deep down she always feels the urge to have to protect her own kind. If an ally were about to be attacked Kijo would willingly throw her own life away to save them, or at least protect them.
Target Type: Any kind she can get her hands on, after all she plans on becoming a arrancar as soon as possible. She doesn't feel like staying at the bottom of the food chain for too long.
Motto: Fear is all in the mind
Bio: As a young child Kijo was born into a large well known family. They were somewhat rich, and people looked to them as role models of the world. Everything they did was perfect, the rules were always followed and they were one quiet family. In her academy she had put up to high expectations since her brother had paved the way for her, making life only harder. Well actually that was a lie, life wasn't that hard when being sly and clever came easily to you.

In class she had always been tagged as the elite of the class, the high achiever who looked as if they never ever even tried. Kids had always looked up to her as a role model and even older students kept their yaps shut around her, her older brother was well known as well. She was also tagged as the 'cool' and 'aloof' kid who always seemed to be serious.

As years in school flew by her and her brother's relationship became better. Everything was good, her parents often scolded her for not being as good as her brother, but she had never quite cared. She had made hollow promises and it wasn't until her parents were unexpectedly killed one night. It had caused a rather large uproar in the family, and since it was still the early 1900s technology still wasn't quite well developed. In Japan things couldn't have gotten much worse for little Kijo who had been the one who had found her mother murdered in her bedroom. She had only been eleven at the time.

While the only person who was kind enough to give her comfort was her seventeen year old, older brother. He sympathized her and told her it was all going to be ok. He was wrong and she hated how people lied. Telling their children or younger siblings 'everything would be ok' because nothing was ever ok. Her father had been thrown into prison a year later and was the so thought murderer. In school people had stopped admiring Kijo and at that time in her life she went from her cool aloof attitude to a quiet, calm and serious attitude. No longer cocky like she used to be she found herself striving to become a lawyer.

Her brother would praise her for her for her early decision and was her current guardian. Even living in a resident where the whole family lived she still needed someone to watch over her. Her brother had just turned eighteen and took her under his wing. Her father had been sentenced to a twenty years in jail, and Kijo had always been gathering information on a way to free her father from there. Even if she took just seven years off the sentence it would be good enough for her. She'd prove them wrong, prove them that her father had been framed. At least that was what she was hoping had really happened.

On her seventeenth birthday her father was killed. No one had knew what happened, guards had been knocked out and something had gotten past them all and killed him too. When that happened Kijo's hopes were crushed to save her father. The murderer had gotten her mother and now her father. Who would be next? Her or her brother? The thought of that had made Kijo wish it was her. Her brother was twenty four and when it happened he had talked with Kijo for a long time. The little emotion she had had before when her mother died was wiped away. A grimace formed on her face that always seemed to be there.

A letter had been found in the cell her father had been killed in. It had been his will which he had written before he was murdered. As if he knew something was coming for him and he wrote the letter to his two children.
Dear Kijo and Onshuu,
I was expecting soon I would be next. I'm sorry that I'm not making sense, but this is my will. I just want you two to know how much I love you, and. . . That Kijo was adopted. Your mother and I, rest her soul, didn't want you to know until you were eighteen. Which should be another year from now Kijo. You were adopted into our family so you could marry Onshuu on your eighteenth birthday. We knew you two had an seven year difference, but you two were so close to each other. . .I'm leaving Onshuu appointed as head of the family.

Love,
Father

When the two had found the information out it was. . .Stunning. Onshuu her older brother had told her time after time that she could refuse to marry him and go on with her life, but it had. . . Had been the last wish of her father. She hadn't taken it lightly and a year later she married Onshuu. The two of them found it awkward at times, but other times they made due with it. A year later a man murdered her and her brother. Her brother had made it onto the other side, and as time passed he had become a Shinigami and awaited his sister to come and join him. . .She never did. . .She had plans of her own.

Kijo had never thought of what it would be like to be a ghost and it wasn't until things started chasing her, and her ghost life full of agony and hurt wasn't getting any better. One day she went through a change. A change she would never ever forget. Turning into a hollow had been the most painful thing she had gone through. When she had awoken she had become a real monster eating everything she came across. She's become quite a bit more controlled, and has become partners with another hollow, making their chances of survival become higher as well as becoming arrancar and vaste lords more quickly.
How you became a hollow: She felt resent after she died and that eventually led to her slowly and painfully becoming a hollow.
Ambitions: To bring the race of arrancar back.
Fears: Drowning
Relationships: Partners with Lucifuge
Likes&Dislikes: likes
+Tasty souls
+Gloomy Days
+Arrogant people
+Tasty Shinigami
Dislikes
-Complaints
-Annoying things
-People who don't know when to give up
Theme Song: Innocent Sorrow
Natural Weapons and Attributes: Kijo has rather tough skin, since most of her is made of bone. While her spikes on her back and tail are able to be released or flown at opponents and inject a paralyzing vemon that takes affect rather slowly. She's rather agile, but she's not the fastest person around... yet. She has normal strength for a hollow and overall tends to think in riddles and prefers wait before striking.
Other
Username: xxP i k a

[M u d k i p s z]

xxxI ran twisting through bramble and leaping over bushes. The sun was just rising over the horizon, casting a warm orangey red hue to the dew sitting on grass and green leaves. I licked my lips hastily, the salty taste filling my mouth like salt water. I had to make it. I just had to. Ryan, Noelle, Matt, Jacob, Noah, Lexi and their parents were here. It had been so many years (or at least seemed like it) since I had seen them since they had moved down south, and now they were visiting! I had to make it there before they left, and yet again I would be sitting moping around because I hadn't seen them.
xxxI jumped for out of the thicket of forest and onto a dirt driveway. A large silver van was driving down it, leaving. No! I was so close and not about to let them drive away!
xxx"Wait!" I yelled waving my arms frantically. I probably looked like some crazy psychopath who had spent a day out of the psych unit and escaped to the forest. It had been five years since I had last seen them, and three since I had last talked to them, but I grew up with them in my early years and they still seemed quite important since they commonly haunted me in my dreams.
xxxThe van pulled in reverse and stopped beside me. Jude, the father of the large family rolled his window down and looked at me kindly. "May I help you?" he asked politely. Jude was a very kind man, he was stern, and had a firm belief in God. His family always used to go to Church every Sunday up here, but being that there weren't many Catholic churches down south, I doubt they got to go too often anymore.
xxx"It's me!" I protested weakly. Jude cocked his head, obviously not getting at what I was saying. "Amber!" I said trying to bring back some memories. Couldn't he remember me? I had known them since I had moved to Rhode Island almost fifteen years ago.
xxxJude stared as his eyes grew round. He then smiled widely. "Wow! Amberlin?" he asked astonished as I nodded wearily. "Good God! I just haven't seen you in so long. You look great, who would have guessed they you would have grown up to be so pretty?" he asked obviously stunned from the last time he saw me, which had been when I was twelve, compared to my current age of seventeen.
xxx"Who's that? Why'd we stop?" someone asked from the back of the large van.
xxx"It's Amberlin," their mother Sandy replied as the van shook and someone threw the sliding door open. The door buckled and bounced back slightly almost as if it were going to break from the force.
xxx"Ammy!" Noelle squealed throwing her arms around me. I felt myself awkwardly hugging her back. I was drenched in sweat from running through the nearby forest to get here in time to catch up with them, a let out a shaky laugh. Noelle finally released me taking a long look at me before frowning. "You went totally Lady Gaga on me! You look just like her except with black hair. Did you dye it?" she questioned as she ran a hand through her naturally bleach blonde hair.
xxxI shook my head. "I dyed it brown once, stopped, and it grew back black," I said smiling. Lady Gaga? No one had ever called me that. It must've been my long thick black hair that had the same shape and style that Lady Gaga had.
xxx"Hey look who it is... and you're still as thin as a twig, but you seemed to have gotten more color to your usual completely translucent white skin," the sudden voice made me jolt up as Ryan and Jacob suddenly grabbed my legs from underneath me and hoisted me onto their shoulders.
xxx"P-put me down!" I stammered kicking my feet around. The air felt good, but being up high was never one of my favorite things. The boys swung me around before Ryan pulled me down with large strong hands, as if I were a child. I looked up at him taken aback. I had never thought of Ryan to be the kind of guy who would be super tall and look good like that, but I guess I was wrong. "You're so... tall," I mumbled staring at him. His blonde hair had faded to chocolate brown. It was shortly cropped and messy, sticking up randomly. He looked a lot like some famous actor, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. Not that it mattered.
xxxHe reached out and ruffled my already messy hair. "Hey squirt, how old are you now?" he asked smiling wolfishly as I began patting my hair back down.
xxx"I'll be eighteen in two weeks," I replied as Noelle handed me a brush and she stared picking out the twigs and leaves from my hair like a monkey looking for a bug to eat.
xxxRyan's jaw dropped slightly, but he snapped it up quickly looking away. "I keep forgetting you're only a year younger than me," he replied looking up into the branches of the trees.
xxx"Not even a year, just a few months short of it," Noelle corrected as she took the brush from my hand and started to brush my hair roughly. I winced slightly, but she kept pulling the brush through toughly as if I couldn't feel it. "I loooove your hair. I could play with it for hours, but Ryan has to catch a flight to Hawaii for College," she said numbly.
xxxFlight? I blinked. "s**t! I forgot I have a flight to college too!" I babbled as I took a step away from Noelle pulling my iPhone out. 2:15 PM, I had to be there at 3:30 to catch my flight to "Hawaii?" I snuck a look at Ryan. "What College are you going to?" I asked as I kept checking the time, my parents should have been there already waiting for me and getting my luggage paid for and put on the plane.
xxx"University of Pheonix, why?" he asked studying me closely.
xxxI blinked. Yes! I was going to know someone there, I smiled nervously. "I'm going there too, I think we might be on the same flight too. US Airlines, 3:30PM?" I asked sneaking another look at my phone.
xxxRyan's look of happiness faded from his face. "What?" he asked sharply as my nervous grin was wiped off my face like someone had smacked me. "Aw man, I mean its nice to see you once in a while, but going to college with you is gonna be like hell," he said, now that stung.
xxx"Ryan, what the hell! At least you're going to know someone at school. You don't have to go hating on my best friend!" Noelle snapped, it felt good that she still referred to me as best friend after not seeing her for five years.
xxx"Ah, it's ok. I guess I do get a little annoying after a while. I doubt that Ryan's taking a Marine-biology course anyway, so we probably won't have any classes together," I said waving it off with my hand, yet that did kind of hurt that he still didn't like me after all of the years I had known him. Actually, I thought that we were actually good friends, he had been like the big brother had never had, or was that Jacob? I looked to Noelle. "Do you guys mind giving me a ride? I ran about two miles through the forest to see you guys, my parents should be at the airport now," I said scratching my head. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, but you guys are going to the airport right?" I asked as Noelle nodded.
xxx"Def, I'm leaving today for College too. When Mom and Dad are driving down they're dropping me off in New York City! I'm going into an acting career, or had you already guessed?" she asked excitedly ushering me into the back of the van, there were four rows of seats counting the driver and passenger's seat. The cool air from the ceiling blasted me cooling off my hot sweaty face.
xxxJacob turned to face me. How old was he now? Twenty three? "Wow, you really are hot now. Too bad I have a girl friend, you're too young anyways. Ry can have you, aren't you guys going to the same college?" he asked winking at me. I nodded sheepishly as Ryan slid beside his brother.
xxxNoelle leaned into my ear. "Haven't you noticed something?" she asked me as Jude began driving again chatting with his wife Sandy.
xxx"What?" I whispered back.
xxx"About Ryan, doesn't he look like someone you know?" she asked a smile forming on her face.
xxxI looked to Ryan, all I could see was the back of his head and his broad shoulders. "Uhh, Jacob Black from Twilight?" I questioned confused.
xxxNoelle cocked her head. "Well, the actor of Jacob Black, Taylor Lautner! Taylor's pretty hot, but I can't say the same about my brother, he's an a**," she said grinning ear to ear like a fool.
xxxI nodded. "So the new movie is coming out. What side are you on?" I questioned awaiting her answer. Noelle had been the one who had originally introduced me to the books, and so I'd taken more of a liking to Jacob Black and the werewolves. It would be so freaking awesome to actually be able to be a werewolf, but of course I would never dare to say that aloud.
xxx"Edward and the vampires ftw," she said rolling her eyes as if it was completely obvious.
xxx"What? No Jacob and the werewolves are way freaking better," I replied.
xxx"HELL NO! EDWARD!" Noelle exclaimed.
xxx"Yeah right, Jacob could beat his a** any day!" I shouted back frantically.
xxx"Not if Edward knows what the hell he's thinking!" Noelle argued.
xxx"Well Jacob--" I started but was cut off by Jacob.
xxx"Can you please stop saying my name you Twilight wannabes!" he huffed angrily.
xxxNoelle rolled her eyes and looked to me. "Sooo... Hot guys..." she drawled as if trying to start a conversation.
xxxI bent in towards her ear. "Why does Ryan hate me so much? He hated me when he first met me too, but then he became friendlier," I whispered.
xxxNoelle blinked and then smiled wolfishly and bent back into my ear. "I think he likes you but doesn't want to admit it. Remember our parents always used to make fun of you two getting married eventually?" she asked.
xxxI nodded sheepishly feeling my face burn despite the cold air blowing in my face. "After times like that, he really didn't like putting up with me," I reminded her.
xxxNoelle nodded. "He has an odd way of showing affection, I just think he doesn't want anyone else to know," she said and then winked. "But he hasn't gotten by Jacob and my seeing eyes!" she said.
xxx"But that doesn't explain why he hates me!" I whimpered.
xxx"Of course it does, most guys are embarressed to admit they like someone, so they pick on who they like and are usually mean to them making sure the person they like, thinks that they hate them," she explained.
xxxI nodded for probably the millionth time in the van.


xxxThe rest of the ride seemed quiet. After our little 'About Ryan' conversation we hadn't said much more. Everyone had been rather quiet until we arrived at Providence Airport. The van doors were slid open and Ryan hopped out disdainfully waiting for me. He didn't look too happy, after all I looked and probably smelled bad. I checked the time. It was almost 3 o' clock. If my mom had packed a bag for me on the flight and put extra clothes in them, I might be able to change.
xxxAs I hopped out Noelle popped her upper body out and hugged me tightly. "See you, probably around Christmas or Halloween and good luck Tiger!" she released me and winked before disappearing back into the van.
xxxI looked to Ryan he was giving his last farewells to his parents as they smiled sadly and hugged him goodbye. Ryan grabbed his few bags of luggage. "Do you need help?" I offered hoping to at least make my relationship with him a bit more steady.
xxx"You have bags inside waiting for you. Besides you're so tiny I doubt you have much muscle," he said pulling the rolling bags behind him.
xxx"Excuse me?" I said in disbelief. "I played middle school and high school soccer! I have muscle strength! I played goalie you dingbat!" I puffed angrily at him my cheeks turning a bright angry red.
xxx"Dingbat?" Ryan rolled his eyes at me and headed towards the luggage station. "Go look for your parents and get your ticket," he said disappearing into a crowd of people.
xxxA small pout formed over my face as I turned scouting around the first floor for my parents. There were just so many people around, it would be hard to spot them without taking to long to find them. . . A little whiles off I spotted them with my twelve year old brother. "Amber!" my father shouted motioning for me to come over, in my mother's hand was a backpack, probably filled with my bathroom necessities and a few changes of clothes, and hopefully my few bathing suits and my laptop.
xxxI jogged over. I was no longer sweaty, but my white t-shirt and black sweat pants had caked mud on it. "Hey!" I exclaimed happily.
xxxMy dad smiled. "I'm so proud of you. You got a partial scholarship, and have wanted to pursue the career of a marine-biologist since you first started school. I want you to be careful and stay away from shady people, ok?" he asked filling my mind quickly before I got to say anything.
xxxI smiled. "Actually, I caught up with the Shroaders. That's how I got a ride, and you know Ryan? Well, he's going to Phoenix too, we're on the same flight and.."
xxxA hand clasped down on my shoulder as a shiver traveled down my back. "I'll take care of her," a deep husky voice assured them. I felt myself looking down, partly of exhaustion and the other of being so surprised. Was it amusing to him to always sneak up behind me? It was the second time today he'd popped up from behind my back.
xxxMy dad stared for a moment and then grinned widely. "Wow! Good to see you Ryan, it's been a while hasn't it?" he asked sticking out his hand as Ryan grasped it firmly shaking back. My father's hazel eyes stared at him darkly. "Now I do expect you to take care of her, she's still our little kid," he started and I felt myself groan, after almost eighteen years of life I was still their 'baby'. "I trust you though, make sure nothing happens to her," he ended sternly.
xxxI could hear Ryan chuckle heartily behind me, as I almost reflexively elbowed him in the chest. "I promise," Ryan vowed as I rolled my eyes at the ground refraining myself from muttering some horrible name for him. He definitely knew how to be polite in front of my parents, but not me.
xxxMy parents wrapped me in a farewell hug and a few pecks on the cheek before releasing me to breath. My mother handed me my backpack and smiled that same sad smile that Jude and Sandy had had on their face when Ryan had left. "We love you and be careful," my mother addressed me as her features looked as if they were going to scrunch up and begin crying.
xxx"I'm not going to be gone for forever, I love you too guys," I said as I turned snagging a look at my brother who had looked up from his DS and was staring as I trailed behind Ryan going up the escalator to get our bags and pockets checked before we got on the plane.
xxx"Remember abstinence until your birthday in the next two weeks!" Anthony shouted loud enough for the entire airport to hear. I felt my face flush wildly as I grasped the railing of the escalator. Ryan looked back down to me, his tanned face hadn't a hint of red on it but his face was contorted in a held in laugh.
xxx"Did your twelve year old brother really just say that?" he asked as I nodded steadily still staring down at the moving stairs. "Does he think you're a whore or something?" he asked as I could hear the amusement in his voice.
xxx"No, he thinks you're probably going to pull the moves on me," I replied softly and that shut Ryan up. Which was more than I could have wished for as I stepped off the escalator and headed into the line where they checked your baggage. The line wasn't too long and we had about fifteen minutes until boarding time, which meant we'd probably have to run to catch the plane before they stopped boarding. The flight obviously wasn't one way. It flew over to Los Angeles California and then gave a connecting flight to Honolulu Hawaii, which was great since Phoenix was located in Honolulu.

xxxI was right in front of Ryan in line for boarding the plane. The airport smelled quite different from most places I had been. It no longer had that 'fresh' smell and seemed to also be enveloped in a restaurant smell from the nearby places to eat while you waited for a flight.
xxxI stepped up as my stomach burned with anticipation (or hunger, I couldn't tell) as I handed my ticket to the woman. "Off for vacation? With your . . . friend?" she asked as she went to scan the ticket.
xxx"No, I'm going to college in Hawaii and he," I jerked my thumb backwards. "Just happens to be going there as well and it just so happens that I grew up with him, but you can't quite call us friends. We're more so... acquaintances," I informed as she stared at me blankly and handed me my ticket. Hopefully, just for a few hours I could escape the frowning face of Ryan. Maybe I'd fool around on my laptop or take a nap, either one would be great.
xxxI entered through the open door and headed down towards the plane. It was rather big, luxurious and I looked at my ticket once more to confirm my seating at E6, woo window seat! Quickly I headed to the back of the airplane scouting the numbers. E6 already had two people on the other seats, besides my seat, the window seat. Letting an excited smile fall from my face I grabbed my laptop from my bag, and hoisted it onto the upper shelves and closed the door to it.
xxxI quickly squeezed by the other two people and sat down in the large comfy seat and looked out the window. The only thing out the window seemed to be the wing and the pavement of the airport landing space as well as the gates where the planes docked. I looked back around the plane noticed that most of the people on the plane were either tourists or business people, not much other than that.
xxxI awaited for the plane to take off, after a while I'd be able to turn on my laptop and begin working on a few things that I had begun a while ago and had yet to finish. "Excuse me sir, but may I switch seats with you, you're sitting next to a good friend of mine," I looked back from the window to see Ryan addressing the man sitting next to me. The man looked up from his laptop to Ryan and then to me.
xxx"Of course, since you asked so politely," the man said standing up gathering his things and leaving the seat. I narrowed my eyes as Ryan took a seat next to me. I thought I had gotten away from him, but I guess he was just like a lost puppy who always came back to me despite whatever I did to make him angry or upset.
xxx"Great," I muttered, I felt already fed up with his poor attitude. And he called me annoying.
xxx"What's wrong with you, are you PMSing or something," he asked as he stared down at the laptop on my lap.
xxxI rolled my eyes. "I wish it were that simple," I mumbled and glared back out the window.
xxx"What the hell did I do to piss you off so much?" he asked as if he were completely innocent and free of everything he had done earlier.
xxx"I don't know... Maybe you act like a jerk to me, but towards everyone else you act like we're best friends when you seem to hate me deep down and I try to brush it off, but you know it gets hard after a while. And that's hard to believe since I've only spent about an hour around you and I'm already fed up with you," I explained as I stared out the window frigidly.
xxxRyan flinched. "How the hell am I suppose to know how you feel," he asked sternly.
xxxI turned my head looking at him through his dark brown eyes. "Get a clue," I said a little bit too sharply as he looked down at the hands in his lap. I looked away flustered at the eyes on me from the side, the other stranger sitting next to Ryan. "I'm sorry, I'm just not in a very good mood. I'm hungry and tired, maybe I should just take a nap until we get to California," I replied a bit more softly.
xxx"Ok," Ryan replied numbly as he leaned back letting a deep breath out. "You know, I never noticed you had blue eyes, when we were younger they were always so dark they looked black, but I've noticed when you get angry they turn a deep blue and when you're happy they turn a light blue. . . Just thought I might say that," he murmured.
xxxI rolled my eyes. "Dork, who the hell notices stuff like that?" I questioned before buckling my seat and closing my eyes.

xxxThe quietness of the plane faded into the background as I felt myself fall asleep almost as soon as I closed my eyes. It felt relaxing and good, but the odd part was that the only thing in my dreams that I saw was Ryan (or Taylor Lautner, because they do look quite a bit alike). I stared at his sad face and frowned looking down. I had been rather harsh hadn't I? But anyone can be a b***h when they're hungry or tired, right? It still hurt to see the sad face of someone I had known most of my life. I looked away, but in the other direction was a black wolf.
xxxThe creature was large, maybe the size of a small horse. It looked at me curiously with large blue eyes and a brown wolf padded up beside it. The black wolf turned and nuzzled its nose into the neck of the brown wolf. A sign of affection maybe? I inched closer to where the wolves were as the black wolf stared at me curiously as I went to touch it.
xxxBut as my hand reached over to touch the wolf, the brown one lunged out snapping its powerful jaws. I stepped back as the brown wolf looked up and howled and bunched up its haunches. It was going to jump, but where? On me? I covered my face with my arms and scrunched down as I waited for the wolf to hit me hard. Something was thrown on top of me, but it wasn't the wolf. I didn't feel it scratching of biting.
xxx"Are you alright? Amber are you ok?" Ryan's voice felt soothing for the moment as I uncovered my face and opened my eyes, but I found myself back on the plane, the only lights were the lights of the plane and the fading light of the sun as it dipped over the horizon.
xxx"Are you alright? You were making noises when you slept," Ryan said as I looked up tiredly. Where were we? Almost in California? I leaned up off of Ryan's shoulder.
xxx"Yeah I'm fine," I mumbled thinking back to the brown and black wolf. And why had Ryan been there, it made no sense? I looked at him my eyes crusty as I wiped them with one hand. "Sorry about leaning on you, I didn't do it purposely. Although your shoulder was pretty comfortable," I admitted before letting out a long yawn stretching my arms, I reached for my laptop. "How close are we to California?" I asked.
xxxRyan stared at me for a moment. "Ah, it's ok... Um, we're landing now I think," he said, which meant I had slept through the whole plane ride. Great. Which also meant if we were landing that I couldn't check my cell phone or my laptop. I looked back over to Ryan he looked flustered.
xxx"Hey, when said I was making noises, what kind of noises was I making?" I questioned as I fooled around with the laptop on my lap.
xxxRyan looked back at me as if taken aback from my question. "Oh, you were calling my name..."
xxxHis name? Why would I be calling his name? I had only seen him for about three seconds in my dream, when the majority of time I had seen the wolves rather than him. I shrugged it off.
xxxThe plane eased slightly as I reached to make sure my seat belt was buckled. I looked out the window again as the sight of the bright lights of the city looked like millions of tiny fireflies. "Wow, look how pretty," I murmured pointing to the window. The sun was still setting, but it was still pretty high. Time looked as if it had turned back since we had left the East Coast. I blinked, but it had. That was right! As the plane flew the time went back a few hours, which meant in Rhode Island it was probably already night time by now. How long had we been flying? A flight to California shouldn't have taken so long.
xxx"We were delayed for two hours, you were already asleep by then, I didn't get much sleep, so I'll probably fall asleep on the flight to Hawaii," Ryan informed as if reading me like a book.
xxx"Mmk," I said watching as we descended lower and lower towards the ground.

[M u d k i p s z]

xxxI finished typing the rest of the data on the Sharks section I needed just as the announcement came on to shut off all of electrical units. Quickly I shut off the laptop, maybe now would be a good time to change, after all thanks to the delay, we had to run to catch this plane to Hawaii. So I hadn't had much of a chance to change.
xxxI poked Ryan hoping to wake him up so I could get past him. "Ryan?" I asked as I unbuckled my seat belt to get up. "Ryan, the plane is landing soon," I prodded softly poking him again as I stood up trying to slid by him. The plane lurched as I wobbled over his foot. Luckily I hadn't lost my footing and fallen on top of him, if I had he'd wake up grumpy and of course I wouldn't want that to happen. He'd been sort of nice after the plane ride to Los Angeles, and I didn't plane of ruining that, so I let him sleep.
xxxI headed over to the overhang and opened the cabinet door grabbing my bag and heading for the nearest bathroom, which was at the end of the plane. As I headed towards the back, I snatched a look at the green spot on the door and opened it making sure that no one was in there. I slid in and opened my bag searching for clothes. I grabbed a cute tank top looking Fox Rider tank top and pulled my dirty white t-shirt off replacing it with that tank top. I grabbed a pair of jeans as well tearing my muddy sweat pants off and replacing them with the denim. I slipped my sneakers off replacing those as well with flip flops and ran my brush through my hair a few times before putting deodorant on hoping to mask the forest scent that had seemed to envelop me.
xxxStuffing my belongings back into my bag, I turned and headed out of the bathroom hoping the putrid smell hadn't clung to me as well. I stalked back down towards my seat where Ryan was still sleeping. I rolled my eyes as I threw my bag back on my seat and headed to squeeze by him again. The plane lurched as I went to grasp the nearest thing. The armrest, and yet I toppled over hitting heads with Ryan and falling on his lap.
xxxMy forehead screamed in pain as I reached to grab it rubbing it quickly. His head had been so hard! All I could feel or think about was the throbbing as Ryan woke with a start. "Hey what are you--" Ryan start as he leaned up and reached for his red forehead. I could feel the anger seething from him as I shakily tried to stand up and go back over to my seat.
xxxMy legs ached more than my head as I ended up sitting back down on his lap. "S-sorry, I went to change and I-I came back and fell and I hit heads with you and now I'm just really dizzy," I apologized quickly keeping a hand on my head as liquid trickled down my forehead.
xxxRyan blinked. "Hey... You're bleeding!" he hissed before reaching for something quickly. He pulled out a napkin and handed it to me as I fumbled it in my hands before pressing it to my forehead. He looked away. "You're an idiot... A clumsy one," he muttered shifting uncomfortably beneath me.
xxx"Sorry," I murmured before bringing myself to plop down on my seat next to him, I moved my bag and slid the laptop in shakily before leaning back, the napkin still pressed to my forehead. Only about 10 hours in from being away from home and I had already managed to get one injury. What would the rest of the year bring?
xxx"It's ok," Ryan breathed obviously trying not to blow up at me. He looked at me and then down at what I was wearing and then back to the ceiling. "You changed?" he questioned, I didn't answer. "You look nice," he said still not looking back towards me as his face had a slight hint of pink on it.
xxx"Are you using my injury as an excuse to hit on me? Just because I hit my head doesn't mean I'm oblivious to what you say," I said blandly staring at him. A weak smile formed over my face. "You're pretty horrible at hiding it too Mr. Pink face," I teased.
xxxRyan sat up quickly. "S-shut up!" he growled his face turning a deeper shade of red, he refrained from looking at me as well.

xxxThe sun was down but it was warm and welcoming here. I . Loved. It. I had my backpack thrown over one shoulder and my two rolling bags pulling behind me as well as my large Nike back hanging on my opposite shoulder. It was heavy, but I could deal with it, I had to show Ryan I wasn't the little girl he sometimes took me to be.
xxxMy head was feeling a lot better and I took another step out further into fresh air. I had always wanted to live here, and beginning College here would be the best way to start. I looked around, it wasn't as tropical here in the city as much as I thought it would be, but of course I had to get further away from the city to actually feel and see the real Hawaii.
xxx"Amber! I've got a taxi, let's go!" Ryan called as I turned, teetering slightly to the side before quickly walking towards the taxi Ryan had gotten. It was one of those van taxis that had two rows of seats in the back rather than one like a car. "Here I'll take this," he said grabbing my luggage and throwing it into the back of the taxi van.
xxxI quickly slipped into the back seat of the van and buckled up. The van smelled like tropical fruit, but surely didn't look like it. The inside was shabby and the seats look old and ragged. The drive turned and smiled a toothless grin at me. "So where are you two going?" he asked.
xxx"Phoenix University," I answered automatically as Ryan hopped into the back of the van. He slid into the seat next to me and buckled up as well.
xxx"Ah, freshmen huh?" he asked as he pulled out of the airport and started driving through Honolulu. The man seemed kind, but there was something odd about him that just sent shivers down my spine. Ryan looked at me as if sensing my uncomfortableness.
xxx"Yes sir," I replied cheerfully trying not to let his appearance get to me, making me judge him before I really knew him. After all you were never suppose to judge a book by its cover, no matter how shady a character looked.
xxxThe man looked in the rear view mirror. "You two... together?" he asked.
xxxI opened my mouth to answer him, but Ryan was a step ahead of me. He slid an arm protectively around me and squeezed. "Yes," he said sternly looking down at me firmly in the eyes. What was this all about? A while earlier he hated me and now he was claiming we were together. I wrinkled my nose disdainfully, but decided against saying anything and stared out the window.
xxxThe sun had set casting a dark night over Hawaii. Yet the darkness made the area seem prettier. The lights of the city shone brightly and I looked towards the sky, trying to get a glimpse of the starry sky, but was out of luck. But still, Hawaii was just as magical as I had always imagined it. I couldn't wait until I'd be walking out there during the day, heading towards the beaches. I felt myself quiver excitedly as the taxi pulled to a halt.
xxxI quickly pulled my wallet from my back pocket and handed the driver a twenty and quickly told him to keep the change. I slid Ryan's arm off my shoulder and opened the door jumping out. Despite the fumes of the cars around me, the fresh air smelled great. Sweet, almost as if I were up close to a Hibiscus smelling it.
xxxI headed to the back of the van where Ryan had already managed to unload all the luggage as he shut the trunk and the taxi sped away. "What was the whole 'We're together' thing about?" I asked darkly reaching for my bags. Slinging my Nike duffel back on one shoulder and my back pack on another, while pulling the two suitcases behind me.
xxxRyan chuckled a deep hearty laugh. "I did promise your father I'd protect you from shady people," he addressed as if it were almost completely obvious. I kicked at the ground. That was his reason?
xxx"You didn't have to touch me," I mumbled staring down at the ground pulling my bags behind me as my ear burned.
xxxRyan was silent for a moment. "Why do I have cooties?" he asked trying to suppress a laugh.
xxx"Shut up," I growled letting go of one of the bags and punching him hard in the shoulder. I doubted it would do much damage, but still I couldn't let him go on teasing me. I guess sometimes, I just had too much pride to admit the truth about things. Not doing anything to him after he teased me, would be like letting him win.
xxx"Ow that hurt," he mocked rubbing his arm.
xxx"I hope it did," I replied sheepishly as Ryan quickly grabbed the door into the dorms and opened it. The building reeked of perfume, cologne, and other kinds of body sprays. I blinked away the tears from my eyes, suppressing a cough. "Who the hell decided to spill a bottle of Axe in here? It smells like Abercombie and Fitch," I grumbled sourly.
xxxRyan didn't bother trying to suppress his cough. "Some guys just don't know when to stop spraying," he replied.
xxx"No kiddin`!" I wheezed pulling my bags behind me. A woman appeared clicking her pen against the clip board she had with a piece of paper on it.
xxx"And who might you be?" she looked older, maybe late twenties, with a dark brown curtain of hair. Her eyes were a cold hard emerald green as she stared at Ryan and I darkly.
xxx"I'm Amberlin Hatchet, I'm a Freshman here from Rhode Island," I replied holding in the urge to cough. The woman didn't seem to be bother at all. Instead she stood there her head held high as she stared down. The scent around her, probably some new kind of perfume wafted off of her burning my nose more than the other fumes combined.
xxx"Rhode Island?" she asked skeptically. "Never heard of it," she grumbled sourly flipping through the pages attached to the clipboard. "Here you are, room 6B. You're rooming with Katlin Parker," she said pointing down the hall as if telling me the direction to go.
xxx"Um, thanks..." I started waiting for the woman to reveal her identity.
xxx"Vivian," she said popping her gum noisily and handing me a key.
xxx"Thank you Vivian," I said scooting down the hall casting a glance back at Ryan who was talking to Vivian. The hall reeked worse of the perfume and cologne. I only could wonder what the rooms themselves smelt of. Beer? Cigarettes? I sighed and headed for 6B which faced 6A on the opposite side of the hall.
xxxI took my key and stuck it into the hole twisting. The door opened and a rather fresh smell greeted me. I inhaled closing the door quickly behind me, hoping not to contaminate the room with the odors outside the door. The room was clean, an empty bed on one side with a mattress, but blank of any sheets, comforters, or pillows. The other side revealed a bed with a pink bead spread. The room was decorated sleekly, with band posters and HardRock Cafe` items. The closet light was one. "Hello?" I questioned into the fresh open air.
xxxA blonde head popped out of the closest. "Oh! Hello, you must be my roommate... Amberlin? ... I love that band, but I think it's a good name too," the girl said as she came out of the closest adorned in gray pajama bottoms and a bright pink tank top. Her blonde hair was pulled up into a high long ponytail as she smiled a full happy white grin. "I'm Katlin!" she stuck her hand out for greeting.
xxxI took her hand and shook. "Um, hello Katlin. It's nice to meet you," I said awkwardly. I hadn't expected to room with someone with such a peppy attitude. Releasing her hand the tall petite blonde gracefully swept over to the window and cranked on the air-conditioner sitting in it. "It smells so nice in here compared to out there," I blurted aloud.
xxxKatlin looked at me and chuckled as I laid my bags down. "Mmhm! I came here and sprayed Frebreeze everywhere. 'Spray one freshness lovers. Spray on!'," she mimicked the commercial perfectly.
xxxIt was nice to have someone so welcoming. "Yeah, I nearly choked out there. And that woman Vivian... she doesn't seem too nice does she?" I asked pulling open my duffel bag and taking the sheets out, feeling the cold air from the air-conditioner tickle my arms.
xxx"Oh, yeah. That woman always seems like she's got a rat stuck up her a** around other girls, but when she find a good looking guy she flirts all over the place with them," Katlin admitted. "Hey, do you need help?" she asked as I was taking the soft blue bed sheets trying to even it out.
xxx"Um, yeah thanks... So you from around here?" I asked as I tucked the sheets in. Katlin already had the dark blue comforter out handing the bottom half to me.
xxx"Yeah, I grew up around here," she said as she pulled the top of the comforter to the bed post lying it down. "I can already guess you come from the main lands. Boston maybe? You sound like you have a Boston accent."
xxx"Close, I live in Rhode Island, the state below Massachusetts," I said grabbing my three pillows out and throwing them onto my bed. I then grabbed my old worn out Pikachu stuffed animal and laid him out on the bed, his yellow fur sticking out on the blue of my bed spread.
xxx"Cool! I've visited the main lands before, they're so cool. Everything's a lot cheaper there too, the subways are pretty fun as well," Katlin replied excitedly looking into my duffel bag. "What about this carpet?" she asked pulling out the dark blue mat with pale pink circles within it.
xxx"I guess we could lay it out," I suggested, but Katlin was already a step ahead of me, lying it out between the two beds. She stepped back and observed.
xxx"Perfect! It matches both sides of our room perfect!" she said excitedly clapping her hands together. "I'm sorting things out in my closet, if you need me call. By the way, want to go to the beach tomorrow? I can show the best spots where the hottest surfers are," she said winking at me.
xxx"Sure, I surf myself. My parents gave me money to pay for a new surfboard, since I couldn't take mine on the plane without paying a crap load of money," I said as I grabbed my laptop hooking it up to the wall for it to charge.
xxxKatlin popped her head out of the closet again, a worried expression. "You should be careful though, surfers aren't too fond of new surfers taking the good spots. They probably won't care if you're a girl or not," she forewarned.
xxxI nodded as I began unpacking my things. "Where do I put my clothes?" I asked.
xxx"In the burro and the closet. We're both probably the same size, but since we probably don't want to mix, we can each have one side of the closet. I call dibs on left side," she said.
xxx"Then I call right."

xxxJust as I was finishing hanging my clothes in the closet my phone rang. The tune of 'Beautiful Lie' by 30 Seconds to Mars started to play as Katlin started to sing along. i quickly grabbed it fumbling it up to my ear before managing a mangy "Hello?"
xxx"Oh hey Amber, it's Ryan," Ryan stated as if he could just call me cell phone at any time. Especially at 11PM.
xxx"How the hell did you get my cell phone number?" I asked rubbing my head from the frustration of trying to organize my clothes by color, like Katlin had done.
xxx"Doesn't matter, what are you doing tomorrow since classes don't start yet?" he asked.
xxx"I don't think that's any of your business, but..." I had paused as Katlin had managed to pop up out of nowhere listening in on our conversation. "...I'm going to the beach with my roommate Katlin, I'm going to the surf shop too to buy a new board..."
xxx"I'm coming too," he stated.
xxx"Whaaat? You're not my babysitter! I can take care of myself," I grumbled.
xxx"I don't care about you, I just want to go to the beach. I might as well go with you, so stop complaining. Meet up with you guys tomorrow," he finished disconnecting before I say another word.
xxx"UHG! He makes me so angry!" I huffed throwing my phone back onto my bed and finished hanging the last of my clothes up.
xxx"So that guy, who is he?" Katlin asked curiously, back on her bed.
xxx"A childhood friend, he's a jerk though," I muttered.
xxx"Is he hot?" she questioned.
xxxI blinked. "Um," I stood there for a moment. "I guess, I don't really pay too much attention to what he looks like since he's being mean to me most of the time," I finished before flopping down on my bed pulling the comforter over me, it was chilly in the room, but it felt good compared to uncomfortable heat.
xxx"Sounds like he likes you," Katlin admitted.
xxxI laughed before looking towards Katlin who looked completely serious in the darkness. "Well, it doesn't seem that way. Good night," I said hoping to bring the conversation to a close.
xxx"Good night," Katlin agreed.

xxxThe same dream appeared again. With the two wolves, one black and one brown. This time it felt as if I were looking over them rather than being right in front of them. The two wolves actually seemed very close even though the brown wolf always seemed quite eager compared to the collective and calm black wolf. When I looked in the black wolf's eyes, it looked almost like a reflection of my own eyes, calmly staring back at me.
xxx"A cruel smile, a broken heart, and a new way of life," the voice echoed around me as I looked around, wondering where the voice was coming from. The wolves were gone and suddenly I felt as if I were falling through air. I took in a sharp breath waiting for the falling to stop and a sickening thud to come.
xxxBut it never did.

xxxI woke up with a start, looking around as Katlin was staring in the mirror at herself in her bathing suit. It was a two piece. "Do I look fat in this?" she asked turning to me. She had the perfectly flat belly, the curved hips and the perfectly straight and not chunky legs. Her wavy blonde hair fell down her tanned skin.
xxxI shook my head. "You look great," I said as I sat up stiffly. At the end of my bed was my bathing suit.
xxx"I got it out for you, I thought the white bathing suit would look best on your mocha tan skin. I love that color, not too tan, not too pale, but a warm yummy color," she said as she grabbed a sun dress and slipped it on over her pink and white bathing suit. She slipped on a pair of pink flipflops. "Want an Iced coffee? I'm going out to get one now," she said.
xxxI nodded. "Yeah, French Vanilla, extra light, extra sugar," I told her as I slowly pulled myself out of bed. Katlin grabbed her keys and Coach purse and waved her hand as she pulled her white round sunglasses over her face holding her nose and laughed as she left.
xxxI grabbed my bathing suit. The one she had picked out of the few I brought was the creamy white one, a halter bikini top and a slender creamy bottom. On the left breast was a dark blue hibiscus printed on the top. I slid my pajamas and underwear off before slipping on the bathing suit and dared myself to look in the mirror.
xxxThe mirror reflected my warm tanned skin, smooth and warm like Katlin had described. The creamy white looked stunning against my skin, and the blue of the hibiscus matched the deep cerulean of my eyes. My hair looked oily though as I ran a hand through it. I needed a shower. I slipped on a sundress of my own, a bright happy blue, and white flip flops, before taking two towels with me and heading out of the room, my large straw weaved bag (by coach) which held a change of clean clothes, a towel for the beach, my cell phone, and my keys.


xxxThe showers had been open, which meant every girl would shower together. It made me quiver as I had quickly taken a shower feeling more naked than every as the other girls had gone on minding their business. Although, I couldn't help but feel as if there had been unnecessary stares as I had decided to change inside one of the bathroom stalls, instead of out in the open.
xxxI quickly slipped by bathing suit back on, and the sundress over it as I tried to dry my hair as good as possible. A girl stood looking in the mirror before her eyes drew to me. "Want to use these? Your hair is frizzing up like a poodle," the girl said pointing out the blow dryer and flat iron.
xxx"Thanks," I said sheepishly before grabbing the blow dryer and turning it on high blowing it through my hair. At least I hadn't met anyone extremely cold like that Vivian woman last night. I could still remember her hostile glare, and quivered as I set the blow dryer down and picked up the already heated flat iron.
xxx"Amber! There you are!" Katlin exclaimed carrying the three iced coffees in her hands. She placed mine on the counter beside me, and the other one next to the girl who had lent me the blow dryer and flat iron. She took a sip of her own coffee. "Hey Momo, feel like going to the beach with us?" Katlin questioned the other girl.
xxx"Sure, but who's us? That girl over there?" Momo questioned flicking a thumb at me.
xxx"Mmhm! She's my new roomie," Katlin said happily as I set the flatiron down and took a sip of my iced coffee. Perfect.
xxx"Thanks," I murmured meaning it to the both of them as I took a shallow sip, tasting the utter perfectness of the sweet light coffee. I unplugged the two objects and coiled the plugs around both of them before pushing them over to Momo.
xxxKatlin clapped. "Anddd, Amber's hot friend is coming with us too," she twittered excitedly as I managed to half suppress a groan, a weird squeaky noise came from the back of my throat.
xxxMomo looked at me. "What the hell was that?" she asked as I shrugged hoping to draw the attention away from me as I hungrily sucked down half of my iced coffee.
xxx"Well we better meet up with that hunk! k?" Katlin addressed to me as I nodded pitifully. "Oh don't do that, you look like a sad puppy," she murmured before stalking out of the bathroom / showers.
xxxMomo looked at me, the two of us ebbing away at the silence by staring at each other sipping at their coffee. Momo's iced coffee was black and looked as if it had no sugar in it. She then grabbed her appliances. "I'ma gonna put these away," she said disappearing as well. I sighed before grabbing my bag and slinging it over my shoulder.
xxxI stepped out of the bathroom and almost at once was attacked as someone wrapped their arms around me and lifted me up from the ground. I felt myself spit the coffee in my mouth all over the carpet (luckily not getting any on me). "Well look who it is!" Ryan cackled evilly. Third time. Third fricking time he'd decided to scare the hell out of me. Very time each one become more and more intimate as if he actually might like me.
xxx"What the hell! You made me spit out half my coffee!" I barked kicking around in his grasp. Ryan only tightened his grip.
xxx"You'll never escape!"
xxx"Put me DOWN!" I roared angrily, and that sent heads turning as everyone in the corridor turned their head to look down at the two of us. Ryan only tucked me under his arm and proceeded with carrying me out of the dorms, making me look like a small and bratty child.
xxxWhen we arrived outside the bright blue sky captivated me as Ryan set me back down on my feet. I felt myself too captured in the sight to notice Ryan staring down at me. "Oooh, is that coffee for me?" he questioned bending over and taking a sip before making a face as I snatched it away.
xxx"That was mine!" My limbs felt light and I couldn't help but wonder if I were sugar high. How much sugar did they put in the coffee? Let alone adding the caffeine into the picture. I stared at Ryan before shoving the coffee at him. "You can have it now," I huffed as he gladly took it and began to finish what I hadn't managed to.
xxxWhy did he seem so different? He just seemed itching to piss me off today. He seemed quite a bit more playful, was it that he had been grumpy yesterday and had come to his senses today? Yet, he'd never been like this in all the years I'd known him.
xxx"Woah, this is your friend?" Katlin asked exiting the dorms with Momo right behind her. "I'm Katlin, Amber's dormie," she said giving a dazzling smile at Ryan, and yet he seemed unfazed. He returned a wolfish grin that almost knocked the socks off of Katlin as she tilted slightly to the side, luckily Momo was there to catch her.
xxx"Yes, unfortunately that's him," I grumbled glaring at him like a three year old.
xxx"Is that your coffee?" Momo asked blandly staring at Ryan but definitely directing the question to me.
xxx"Yes, Ryan thought he'd be funny by taking a drink out of it while I wasn't looking, so I gave it to him," I replied sheepishly admitting my easy defeat to the red headed Momo who stared skeptically at Ryan who was staring intensely at me with a heated gaze, as well as drinking my iced coffee.
xxx"Well! Let's get going, I'm hoping to pick up a surf board soon before we go to the beach!" I started on another note hoping to bring my cheerfulness back into the picture, but the coffee that loomed in Ryan's hand seemed like a dim reminder that I had let him win, flushing what pride I had left from last night, down the drain.
xxxKatlin nodded but was staring at Ryan. Eesh! She could have him for all I cared. Yeah, he was gorgeous, but he was freaking annoying! Stealing my coffee and finding it funny to pick me up like a child and carry me out of the dorms. "Let's go," she said more subdued that before.
xxxMomo grabbed her arm and started tugging. "A good surf shop is on the beach we're going to, I advise you try to stay away from most of the other surfers though. Most of them won't be too welcoming to new comers, although I don't doubt that you aren't good at surfing," she said looking back at me with a faint smile.
xxxI nodded as I looked back to Ryan who was staring skeptically at me. "When did you start surfing?" he asked.
xxx"After you guys left for NC, it passed the time more easily since I didn't have much of anyone to fool around with," I admitted, five years I'd been surfing, but was Hawaii's famed pipe surfing too much for me? Only one way to find out.
xxxRyan kept a steady gaze on me. "But isn't it dangerous?"
xxx"What and you think I don't like extreme sports. You know I also ATV, dirtbike, snowboard, and skateboard. I hope you know as soon as you guys left I got in to extreme sports," I snapped, he didn't think I was capable of taking risk now did he? Well, he had another thing coming. I'd live it up surfing in the summer, dirkbiking and ATVing during the fall, snowboard during the winter, and skateboard whenever I felt like it (despite snowing days, since I can't do much other than snowboard in the snow).
xxx"Hmph, thought you were only into soccer," he mumbled finishing my coffee before tossing it into the nearest trash can.
xxxI rolled my eyes feeling his dark and hostile personality coming back into play. My legs had begun to feel heavy again, the sugar rush probably had already left and was leaving me slightly defeated. I dragged on, I'd probably have to walk everywhere in Hawaii until I got a car or something.
xxx"Want a piggy back ride?" Ryan spontaneously asked as if reading my mind.
xxx"What?" I asked baffled at his questioned. I quickly shook my head. "No."
xxx"I'll take one!" Katlin took up the offer.
xxxRyan grinned widely before hauling Katlin on his back. She gave me the thumbs up as Momo stepped back into pace with me shaking her head. "At least someone here likes me!" Ryan grinned as he kept walking, Katlin's happy expression never leaving her face. I knew what she was thinking. 'I get to ride on a seriously hot guy's back. Thank you, thank you Amber for introducing me to this seriously hot guy who happens to be your friend!' I could just imagine her thinking that, not that I felt angered towards it.
xxx"Mm, that is good. For a moment I thought you'd be all alone on this trip!" I replied back cheerfully as Ryan turned his head boring a glare into my forehead.
xxxThis time his grin was more irritated. "You cheeky little-"
xxx"We're here!" Momo suddenly called out breaking the tension between Ryan and me. "Hey, Amber I'll go in the surf shop with you and we'll wait for Ryan to cool down and we'll leave Katlin with him. Ok?" she asked, I liked her thinking.
xxx"Yes," I smiled widely, obviously happy with her choice.

[M u d k i p s z]

Ryan's POV

I skittishly set Katlin back down on her feet ignoring the pout covering her lips as Amberlin had turned and disappeared into the Surf Shack without another word to me or her friend. When had she gotten into extreme sports. She had always seemed like a Cali girl who loved the ocean, and surfing seemed logical, but all of those other things too? My mind bubbled over. Amberlin was practically the same tomboy she had been ten years ago, despite her new discovery of makeup and fashion, while her natural good looks probably gave her a good spot with other kids in high school.

Katlin elbowed me. "Hey boy, so give me the update! What's up with you, you've been zoning out at the spot where Amber disappeared," she brought my sudden lack of attention to my surroundings as I turned thrusting my head up to the bright blue sky hoping not to draw too much attention to the bright red color that seemed to burn my face.

"It's Ryan, not boy," I pointed out as Katlin nodded rolling her eyes. I knew Amber had probably told her that much. But instead the thought of Amber only brought more color to my face. "It's really hot," I muttered the obvious, Hawaii was obviously going to be hot. It was hot year round. The sparkling blue water seemed familiar as I shook the dazzling cerulean color from my mind. Why had I wanted to come to Hawaii for college. I had never quite thought of something that I really wanted to do. I mean, I liked music, but I could become an artist without going to college.

Something had seemed to pull me here. I guess maybe it was that I wanted to go to college despite my disliking for doing work. I had never thought of ever meeting Amber again in my life, at least until she had gotten my father to stop the car and then blew the cap about going to Phoenix. But why did I always have to be so mean to her? It was as if whatever I said seemed to piss her off so much. I seriously was horrible with girls. Most were just flattered to be around me because apparently I was 'good looking' or 'gorgeous' in most girl's eyes. Although since Amber had know me for so long she seemed to be able to see clearly through my looks, which actually made me somewhat happy to be around her since I could consider her much more of a friend than most of the actual friends I had back in NC who would be around me for the publicity with the ladies. (Although I'm not sure if Amber acts that way because she hates or likes me)

I stepped underneath a palm tree feeling the slight difference of drop of temperature. Just then Amber and that other girl (Momo I think) came out of the shop, under Amber's right arm was a long board, she turned her head catching slight eye contact with me and I felt lost. The same blue of the water seemed to be swimming in her clearly excited eyes as she turned away and headed towards the water.

Katlin had left my side to the other two girls' sides. In the distance you could hear a boom box playing music, it sounded more like pop rock than anything else, but of seemed a bit too profound for younger people under the age of sixteen. Most of the people on the beach looked as if to be college students or high school students in the later grades. Most of the people in the water consisted of surfers though, the water had a dark color underneath it, as if the shallow water suddenly dropped to be deeper. No, that can't be it, I though silently as I stared at the curling waves as the more experienced surfers only dared to go over there. It must be a shallow reef.

I peeled my sticky t-shirt off, leaving myself in my swimming trunks and sandals. Amber and Momo were heading towards the darker blue water as a surfer came onto shore from the water, his messy blonde hair sopping wet. He took his surfboard and stuck it in the sand. "Hey, hey little lady where do you think you're going?"

Amber's POV

I had just managed to throw my sun dress over to Katlin who was on her towel putting sun tan lotion on. I was heading for the water, at least until a blonde lanky surfer appeared before me. Squinting in the sun it was easy to tell he was quite good looking. He wasn't broad like Ryan, but he did have a six pack which obviously meant he worked out here and there.

"To the water, I'm going surfing now excuse me," I said as I tried to brush past him Momo throwing me a warning glance as the surfer stepped in front of me again a warm smile over his face. I already knew that Ryan was skulking somewhere behind me watching the blonde to make sure he didn't do anything inappropriote.

"You're not from around here are you?" he asked, I could hear the patience drawing away in his tone. I narrowed my eyes as him. "I'll take that as a no," he assumed his dark green eyes watching me like as hawk as I stared back defiantly. He turned and pointed at the water. "You see that, I don't want to see a pretty girl like you get hurt, but there's-"

"A shallow reef which creates the pipe surfing which Hawaii is famous for. Of course only pro surfers dare to bother with it since if you wash out there's a chance you could easily hit the reef and be sucked down or get hit hard enough that you get hurt badly and maybe even drown or die. I know, I have surfed before you know," I interrupted not feeling like listening to his rant about how dangerous it could be.

The blonde raised a brow. "Looks like someone did their homework, so you've pipe surfed before?" he asked clearly intrigued.

"No, but there's always a first," I concluded as I stepped around him heading for the water. Compared to Rhode Island the waves were quite a bit bigger. Easily topping some of the big waves in Rhode Island, making them look like ripples in the water. Although, I had spent some time in California and down in the Keys of Florida surfing, so I hoped that that would have conditioned me for this.

I grabbed my board and headed into the water. It was pleasantly cool, but warm compared to the water back home. Lying down on the board as I got out farther I headed for the next up coming wave. My eyes darted back to the shore where the blonde surfer was watching sketchily, and Momo watched her eyes blank of any emotion that were to of hint me of any up coming danger. paddling off back into the water, I pulled myself up to crouch slightly on my surf board. The wave drew closer as I felt the tide rippled beneath me, I took a deep breath bracing myself for the worst.

Ryan's POV

I hadn't bothered much to pay too much attention to what the others were doing until Amber had set off into the water. Katlin lowered her sunglasses looking straight towards the wave that Amber was about to catch and smiled slightly to herself. Momo and that blonde guy were staring, the blonde mildly amused by Amber's on going attempt to try to surf here.

The brunette was already crouching on her board as the wave came as Amber quickly brought most of her body to stand on the surf board. Her knees were bent as she kept her arms out for balance. She had managed to catch not too big of a wave, but by the looks of it, she was taking advantage of the smallness of it as she quickly turned her board towards the wave, jumped up and curved around back down to ride the wave back. She had gotten about a foot or two of air off of the top of the wave and obviously the other surfer didn't look quite amused anymore.

I half expected her to pump a fist into the air, but instead she kept her eyes steadily on the water as she looked back over sitting back down on her board heading back further into the water.

Katlin raised a brow. "I didn't expect her to know how to do a frontside air trick in the water. Chris definitely isn't going to like female competition," she murmured half to herself as she peered back into the magazine of hers. I looked over to Momo who looked beyond smug as she crossed her arms chatting with the blonde surfer.

"I bet you didn't expect her to be good did you? She's not a beginner," Momo warned as Amber redid the trick she had done before, but in a somewhat different style. "Have you seen any beginners that can do frontside and backside air? The girl's talented," the red head smirked at Chris's angrily contorted face as Amber washed up onto shore with her surfboard under one arm.

"Hey can you do fins out?" Chris asked Amber as she tilted her head to one side letting the water out.

"You mean frontside off the lip, right? I mean that's what we called it back home... Yeah, but I'm not too great at it since the waves aren't nearly as big as the ones here," Amber admitted humbly as Momo rolled her eyes at the small brunette's reluctance. "I could try," she added heading back for the water.

"Honey if you can do air then you can do fins out," Momo called out to her as the brunette waved off back into the bright blue water. Momo looked back to Chirs. "How much you want to bet that she'll make it," she asked looking at him with cold emerald eyes.

"I bet she'll wash out, she's not too used to waves this big. You heard her," Chris bet as the two looked at each other and then shook off. I felt myself grow warmer as Amber headed for a large wave, not as small as the other two she had begun with, it easily topped ten feet maybe more as she looked small compared to it crouched on her surf board.

Amber came up from the wave as it started to curl over she came up the wave, but obviously looked slightly confused to what she was doing as the wave came over her head falling, as she missed her opportunity to go off the lip of the wave and instead washed out. Chris looked over at Momo his eyes filled with satisfaction as Amber rose to the surface clinging to her surfboard gasping for breath as she turned and headed back for shore.

"Once a main lander, always a main lander," he said as Amber came back onto shore her hair sopping wet. Chris looked to Amber. "Better luck next time," he smiled cruelly at her.

Amber narrowed her eyes. "Don't act like you've never washed out, no one's perfect," she snapped at Chris her surfboard under her arm as she headed over to where Katlin was plopping down next to her where the blonde had set down her towel. Amber drew a deep breath and then exhaled. "I had that," she hissed below her breath.

[M u d k i p s z]

xxxxxxx →{ S H O W } ;; _____________________me how to lie
xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ✖ - - - - - - - - [ you`re getting better every time | ♥
And all turning against the one - - ♥
xxx [ is an art that`s hard to teach ]
Another clever word - - ♥
xxx [ sets off an unsuspecting herd ]

a mob jumps to their feet.
now dance, ******** dance, dance
Man, he never had a chance
and no one every knewxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Cameron was fast asleep. She loved to sleep in, dream about personal things and enjoy herself where no one else would know. But she also loved surfing. Surfing was her life as well as marine biology. She didn't have any college for a while, she'd already been going for a few years, yet she was hoping to get a doctorate, so that she could be called 'Dr.Lynn' when the time came for that. After all she couldn't live in her apartment without having a job! She was currently working at an Aquarium not too far from Perdido Beach, she loved it there as well as the animals seemed to love her equally. Most of the time she worked with training the dolphins and sometimes got the chance to star in a show when the tourists came. What she was truly hoping for eventually was to have her own boat and lab to study things, but she had a while before that wish to come true. She still had to finish college. Her main priority right now was keeping Perdido clear of the Kai group. She was usually a nice and fun person, but those people... The blonde was disgusted with them. They were trying to steal Hibiscus's beach. No, she wouldn't have minded if they were paying a visit to try out pipe surfing, but they were trying to chase her and the others out. Hell, like that'd ever happen.

Something buzzed softly next to Cameron, but the blonde was fast asleep and the buzzing only seemed like something farther in the back of her mind. The constant buzzing of it made her turn and reach for it on the burro near her bed, about a foot away. "Mom, make the bee go away," she murmured and a larger buzzing noise made her leap from the bed and fall to the floor. She opened her ice blue eyes and stared sketchily at her alarm clock and sat up with a groan. Today there was no work, but she must've forgotten to turn her alarm clock off. The blonde clasped her hand down on the buzzer as the clock silenced itself. She grabbed her beaten up iPhone with a cracked screen (but somehow managed to work) and viewed her text messages to see Skye's message. She smiled slightly to herself before replying groggily.

I'm awake... But I'm still tired.
My alarm clock just woke me up.
Breakfast? Are you making it?...
Maybe we should go over to your Uncle's on the Beach.
Breakfast does sound good though.
Be there in a little bit, I just woke up.
ily Sharky

Without taking a second glance Cameron sent the text and stood up nearly tripping over her own feet. She turned and looked at the assortment of swim suits she had hanging on her balcony that were drying or already dried. She slid the door open, welcomed the the familiar scent of he ocean, sand, and palm trees. She inhaled deeply before grabbing the driest one, which was a white green, blue, and black Fox technologic triangle top and she grabbed the nearest matching board shorts and swimsuit bottoms. Cameron slipped back into her apartment and slid the door behind her heading for the bathroom to take a shower.

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Cameron stepped out of her bathroom in her full attire. Her swim top and board shorts, as well as a pair of white flip flops. She had tied her long bleach blonde hair up in a pony tail and grabbed her cellphone stuffing it in her old straw woven purse which she had bought at a store a few years back. She also had a few other womanly necessities including deodorant, a towel, a change of clothes, and her keys to her apartment as well as her wallet, which only had forty dollars in it. The rest of her money was stashed around her apartment, most in her mattress since she never had trusted banks. Cameron turned and grabbed her long board, which measured to be around seven feet, maybe a few inches taller. She preferred the long board over the short. After all you could go faster and carve harder turns with a long board, so she found them easier to surf with. The board itself was white, with blue and silver paint splatters decorating it, while at the edge you could see a dark blue painted Hibiscus flower was painted. Which stood for her group, Hibiscus Nalu. Which was a surfing group made up of pro surfers and Kitty who was Bone's girlfriend. Cameron had never minded her, to tell the truth the blonde actually liked her a lot. After all Cameron was a person who could make friends with just about anyone. Except for members of Kai.

Cameron turned and started to walk down the street her surfboard still under her arm. She got a few 'Hey's and 'Hi's, after all in Hawaii everyone knew everyone. It was pretty small and things traveled faster than you could imagine. Most of the people who lived her had grown up together which included her and her friends. The people in the neighborhood were always kind, they had always been, and not because she had been attacked by a shark, they were just the kind of people you could always rely on. Like in those movies that were on the mainland and how the southern belles were always kind to others and hospitable. Cameron smiled brightly to the neighbors and stopped in front of Skye's house. She had always been proud that she had decorated his house as well as her, Kitty, and Harp. She set her board up against Skye's house and knocked on his door waiting for him to come to answer it. If she knew any better he'd probably be a mess when he came to the door.