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"Uh..?" She was both confused at the sudden reaction from the celestial. She looked distressed. The shinigami rolled over onto hands and knees, watching the celestial's back."

"Sure, Lumine, come along,"Ochiba waved a hand signalling for her to start to follow,while she put her glasses on once more," And stay away, shingami. I won't be so nice next time!" The rabbit promptly lead the rest of the way out of the forest and to the Human Village's outskirts. The entire journey took about, maybe an hour, give the old rabbit had to stop to catch her breath now and again. Who knew what she had in that bags of hers.

The shinigami stood on her knees and hands for a while.Lumine that was the Celestial's name. Why she cared so much about her distress she did not know.

"You better not follow us, you hear?! B-Because I'll be alone then!"

She was asking of her to follow? The thought hit her suddenly, and she clawed to her feet, running to take the scythe and begin to stalk after this odd celestial that seemed so familiar.

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There stood an old hut, next to the door frame, a small burnt marked... Ochiba had never quite figured out what it was or how it was made, and honestly, something told her she didn't want to know. The door was wooden, and the entire building looked a bit weak, but at the same time capable of weathering whatever came it's way.

The rabbit went over and pushed the door open, as it had no owner, the door was always open. "I would come this way if there is ever a strong storm. Buuut I think you will find a better use for this than me~" Inside it was a single roomed house. A simple cot, apparently kept cleaned, most likely by Ochiba, who had already mentioned being the only visitor.

On farthest wall there was a chimmey, next to it the bed. A small desk parallel to the bed with a candle and that was just about it. Other than that, the room was plain, though, next to the door on a small hook was a cloak, heavy, yet of an elegant raven black, the brim of it was decaled with intricate curves of silver. Though celestial in apperance, the cloak had belonged to the polar opposite. On the side walls there was a pair of windows parallel to each other. "It's not much, but you can always make it more like home with some time," Ochiba said, with a sheepish smile.

Already outside, the shinigami was watching through on of the windows, far away and crounched behind a bush, waiting for that old rabbit to leave.

"Haha, thank you,"Ochiba smiled a bit, and then her smile widened as Lumine seemed to find the home appropiate to her taste. "Glad it befits you."

"Ah, the previous owner ?" The rabbit looked towards the cloak,"They are long gone. This place has been here for quite some time, and all that realy remains are a few stories. Back when the owner was here, I think they said it was a witch that lived here or something like that. One day she just disappeared, maybe taken to the Sanzu, who knows."

The youkai came up next to Lumine looking at the cloak,"Yep, it belongs to the home's owner. I never really touched it, it gave me a bad vibe I guess you can call it, much like the burnt mark outside the door." Ochiba smiled though,"But I am a supersticious being, so don't pay heed to that!"

Ochiba snickered lightly as Lumine shied a bit away from the cloak. "Perhaps she will return in a new body, this place has been empty since I found it, and that was quite sometime ago! Reincarnation may have reached its owner by now." The rabbit's ears lowered and popped up as Lumine patted her head like she was some sort of child looking for a reward. She liked being patted, so the action didn't bother her like any other insult to her childish appearance. "It was nothing, dear. I hope you like it."

As Lumine begun to make herself feel at home, Ochiba smiled,"Yeah, I am heading home now. I have a couple rabbits who love to munch of me."  She turned to head out the door before stopping and reaching into her bag, she pulled out a loaf of bread, a small piece of cheese and a canteen, she hurried and set it on Lumine's desk,"Here, it's not much, but it will keep you till morning." The rabbit hopped over back to the door, waving to the celestial with a smile,"I am off now, I will visit you now and again, Lumine, rest well!"

With that the glassed youkai left.

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The shinigami's eyes trailed after the rabbit as she left and ran back into the forest. She waited a bit, before standing and resting her scythe across her shoulder blade went to the door. She thought of bursting in but that'd be rude, so she knocked. 

Whether Lumine open the door or not, it was probably not fast enough, as the Shinigami was raising her scythe to bring it down and cut the door into two.

The door opened suddenly, and the Celestial's sudden appearance at the frame startled the shinigami. Having already had the scythe over her head poised to bring down on the door, when she saw Lumine there was a huge "Abort Sequence" going through her mind. Suddenly unfocused on keeping the weight of the scythe up, the blade at the tip dragged her down. Shinigami and scythe hit the floor with a small,"Wah!"

 She begun to sit up rubbing the back of her head. "Sorry Didn't mean to scare you--" Wait, she was here for her soul, she did mean to scare her! She quickly jumped to her feet, taking the shaft of her weapon,"What am I talking about?! I am here for your soul! Be terrified!"

Just saying that made her feel stupid. Her pose relaxed as she was weighted with her lack of experience and bad word choice. She dropped the scythe back down with slumped shoulders,"You wanted to talk to me....?"

"Maemi? Whose that?" The shinigami looked confused at the celestial. 

"I am not called Maemi or Shini, my name is Hanari, please call me by my name..." She said, "What is it with everyone naming me... I know I didn't have a name when I woke up, but one name is more than enough don't you think?" She let go of the scythe, having successfully  stabbed  it into the earth. "W-wah? Are you crying..?"

The shinigami looked around a bit unsure of how to deal with a crying celestial,"Please don't cry--!"

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Hanari looked helplessly at the celestial, unsure of what to do or say, she silently watched hesitating to react much. "Yeah, Name's Hanari."

And then she was insulted. Wonderful, just to make the day better. "HEY, I am new at this! I have a perfect excuse to not know how to use my scythe! " The challenge sparked a light in her eyes, perhaps all the more familiar to Lumine," Well great, cuse if there is something I got, its time! I can chase you to the end of the world, celestial! Your soul will be mine!"

Angered, the Shinigami takes a grasp of the scythe and quickly swipes at the door frame, stabbing the scythe into it,"I only need to train! Then You will be easy to take down!" She withdraws the scythe and leans it on her shoulder,"So you better get used to seeing me, because I won't rest until you have been judged by Akira-sama!"

"You are on, celestial! " The shinigami yelled back, red from both emberrasment and a tad from rage, though she was not well acquantiance with such emotions, it was somewhat excitiing to feel them,"You will be sooo emberassed when I stand by you and Akira-sama judges you! We will see who is useless then! AND MY NAME IS NOT SHINI!"

Hanari ran out breath, she herself had to stop for a breath. "I ... will.. DOn't count on a ... Shinigami forgetting!" She straigthened out at last.

"Of course I will come back." Hanari grinned,"I have to prove myself as good as the other Shinigami, if not better! If I bring in a celestial, they will respect me!"