[bgcolor=000000]He had been watching this man's body language for a time (well for the little while they had been speaking for anyways), and he was starting to get an understanding of him, or so he believed. This Kaito was uneasy and a liar. And those wrappings on his face, along with the sword at his hip.. He had not meet many Rukon Citizens since they departed, this was true, but for some reason he couldn't fathom, he doubted this one was one of them. However without proof, he could not act.

Besides, what if he were wrong? Stories would spread and any future relations between the Rukongai and Shinigami would be forever a tarnished and unreachable dream. No, Malik would just have to see if this one slipped up and proved the Taicho right.

Smirking, he turned his back on Ryuu and firmly placed his hips on his side and gave Kurisuna and head shake. "As if I would ever conceive such a burden. The chances of it are so high I dare now speak of the odds! His eyes would turn to stone then, and he would mouth a silent warning to his Fukutaicho. 'Be careful.'

He trusted Kurisuna had sharp instincts and doubted she would act before he would. As such, he assumed she could see Malik was on edge about something and surely she would get the gist of the silent message.

Smiling brightly afterward, he took two large paces and turned on a heel so he could see both the Fukutaicho and Ryuu in full and then laughed a bit as he cupped the back of his head. "You know, I forgot to bring flowers for the second grave I wished to visit." He forced his cheeks to turn a soft shade of pink (imaging a rather graphic image to do just that, of whom he would dare not announce so neither shall I) and then laughed again, sounding sheepishly embarrassed. All the while unaware he was being watched by another set of eyes.

Suddenly, some manner of business caused Kurisuna to leave the group. She left in such a way that it did not seem strange or rude to any of the others, letting them continue on with their business.


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Malik would find that his assessment of Ryuu wasn't completely accurate. While Ryuu did lie a lot, and by a lot it would be more accurate to say about eighty percent of the time, the lies he was currently telling could technically be called half truths (well some of them anyway). However Malik's true mistake in his assessment was that Ryuu wasn't uneasy. However Ryuu was apathetic to Malik's conversation regarding parenting. It was simply a topic that held no interest for Ryuu, although it did bring up some fond childhood memories. Violent and song filled memories. In fact there was that one time when Ryuu... actually we'll just focus on the situation at hand.

Noticing that Malik was suspicious of something, Ryuu also took note of the fact that Malik had completely turned his back to him. "Is he planning something?" Ryuu thought to himself. However before he could ask anything, Kurisuna had decided to leave. Giving her a wave goodbye, Ryuu's attention was then turned back to Malik who was...blushing? Yes it was definitely blushing of some sort. Well that and terrifying.

Barely managing to succeed in repressing a shudder at the sight of the shinigami, Ryuu gave him a warm smile and said, "Well I'll leave you alone so you can go visit this other grave. Have a nice day." Did Ryuu truly believe Malik's story? The answer would be no, however he was getting tired of putting up with how rudely the shinigami was treating him (not that Ryuu had been much better). "Is this how most rukon citizens are treated? No wonder they don't like the shinigami." Ryuu thought to himself as he gave a wave goodbye to Malik and went off on his merry way.


[Exit]

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"Well I'll leave you alone so you can go visit this other grave. Have a nice day."

"Well that's my que," and so without finding much interest in the conversation he went to find a nice house to take a shower in.

[exit, sadly]

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[bgcolor=000000]Almost like swatting flies, they all left him (the latter being the second masked creature whom Malik had been grossly unaware of). He wondered if only for a moment if it was because of something he said. He frowned, bid his farewells to both Kurisuna as she left, and to Kaito as he departed.

With the knot in his gut gone, he returned to his scapegoat of a gravestone, mouthed a few words of thanks to whom the grave actually belonged to, kissed his fingers and then touched the stone and left. There was nothing more for him here. The day he had marked as his parent's death (even though the latter died a few days after the other) was given homage. And while he would have preferred to visit their own graves, he did not wish a confrontation with hollow on a day of remembrance.

Still though, that knot in his gut.. It caused his mind to dwell on darker thoughts as he ventured home. While he had no proof to back up his claim, at least nothing substantial, Kaito was not what he seemed. Was he an Arrancar? Possibly. Was he simply up to no good? From Malik's point of view, obviously.

Exit and end

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