Seireitei Gardens

'Murmuring?Argh,not again...I hope I didn't say anything about it..' Sitting up she shifts backwards until her back touches the trunk of the tree,leaning on it. "Yeah,sorry about that.I have a tendency to do that sometimes..when a dream is particularly..vivid.." Holding back a shiver she chases the last remains of the dream away,rubbing her eyes again.'I wish I could stop having those replays during sleep..'

~with Loki~

Cora clings to Loki's shoulders as he flash-steps around, "Weeeeeeee!"

~With shin and Altria~

Shiro is sleeping peacefully again, and doesn't notice Altria talking to shin.

Finally tired out Loki appears near Shiro.Lifting Cora off his shoulders he twirls her around couple times,sitting her on top of Shiro."Alright kiddo,big brother Loki needs a little break." Seeing Altria awake he tenses getting ready to take off if needed.But surprisingly she looks like there's something on her mind,rubbing her eyes.

Noticing Loki she sighs,waving her arm at him."It's fine,I forgive you already. Actually,I may have overreacted a bit...sorry.It's just that,you know how much grief it caused me.Still,that's not an excuse..so,my apologies." She smiles," I see you made friends with Cora already.Having fun?"

Cora giggles happily, and nods. she starts bouncing on sleeping Shiro. "Niichan!" Shiro wakes with a start and catches her before she lands on him for a fifth time. "please.... no bouncing." he seems to have gotten the wind knocked out of him. Cora just smiles at Shiro and laughs.

Seeing no hostile intent or immediate threat on his life Loki relaxes,sitting down. "She's a cute kid.Reminds me of Miaka a little." He rubs his head."It's ok.I out to watch my words more too.If you want I'll help you get Niwa."

She laughs as Cora uses Shiro to bounce around."Yes,Cora is cute beyond belief." At Loki's comment about getting Niwa she shakes her head negatively. "You'd get in trouble if something were to happen to him or if he disappeared. Besides,the fellows has been having horribly bad luck lately.It's the strangest thing,"she smirks.

Cora squirms out of Shiro's hands and runs over to Loki and tackles him playfully. "Roki-ku!!!" ^^

Shiro stares at Cora with surprise. O.o

Horrible luck?Riight.Man,she sure can be scary.But the guy deserves it.Better remember not to get on her bad side.Laughing nervously he's cut short when Cora tackles him."Woah.." Loki pretends to flails his arms trying to balance then falls comically."Ow..Cora-chan is strong!I'm gonna get you now.."

Cora laughs at Loki," Catch me if you can Roki-ku!" She dashes off and almost seems to be flash-stepping at an incredible speed.

Shiro stares dumbstruck. "... Holy.... Co.. Co.... Wow...." He's to shocked and doesn't know what to say.

Laughing at Loki's acting she's surprised by Cora's speed."What in the worlds..." She looks at Shiro questioningly."Shiro??Is that...normal for her??"

Loki watches her appearing and disappearing from view with a thunderstruck look.Holy sprocket!The kiddo is faaast!Rai,could she be? It's possible,I can not tell for certain.Alrighty then.Better catch her but I need to lose some weight first. He pulls up his hakama up to the knee.On each leg weights a strapped on.(Kind of like what Rock Lee in Naruto was shown wearing during his Gaara fight.) Pulling zippers down he takes them off from both legs,dropping on the ground carelessly.They make a fairly large dent.Loki gets up and does a stretch before dashing after Cora.Without the weight his speed is tripled.Picking up Cora he yells "gotcha" spinning her around couple times.Flickering out he suddenly pops up near Shiro,sitting her in his lap."Judging by that dumb look on your face her incredible speed is something you were not aware of?"

Shiro nods, and just stares at Cora. "how... in the world?"

Cora looks at Shiro strangly,"Did Cora do som'thing bad?" she has a confused look.

Shiro just smiles trying to hide his own confusion, "N-not at all. that was amazing cora."

She smiles at him and tugs at his hair playfully.

"You know,Cora-chan here is showing incredible potential.Me and Rai think she could become a pretty powerful shinigami in the future.Have you had any signs yet?"

Cora looks up and loki in confusion. "Nani?"

"You know,of spirit energy?Come on Shiro,she's with you all the time.Noticed anything strange?"

Understanding were Loki is going with it she stands up.'I hope it's not what it seems.Cora deserves a normal,peaceful life..not chasing monsters.' Walking up to them she looks at Shiro seriously."I haven't noticed anything but I'm not around Cora as much.And you two have been together for a while,so you'd know.Have she shown any signs of rising spirit energy?" Sitting down she smiles at Cora."Tell me Cora,have you ever heard a voice trying to speak to you?Someone only you could hear?Or have a strange dream?"

Cora looks at Altria and shakes her head, "no... nobody talks to me, but Siro and Aldria." She smiles and seems carefree.

Shiro just stares at her.

Altria looks relieved.'Whew,thank goodness.' She pats Cora's head."Shiro?Stop sitting there looking dumbstruck and answer my question please."

Shiro snaps to attention," um... no actually... I haven't noticed anything like that." he seems lost in thought trying to figure out why cora is so fast.

Cora hops off Shiro and then tugs at loki, "Tag!" She dashes off again and seems to have disappeared into the distance.

Altria looks amazed."I..don't understand.She's perfectly normal..except for that speed.."

Shiro watches as Cora becomes a speck in the distance. ".... no kidding."

"Who cares.Cora-chan's fast,good for her." Grinning he yells "gonna getcha" and dashes after her,catching up.

Cora looks back to see loki catching up, she smiles and stop suddenly then turns around and runs right past him.

Watching them play speedy tag she can't help but laugh."I see Cora really took a liking to Loki-kun.And I haven't seen him smiling like that in a while."