dont walk alone at night

"Ninety.... Nine..." a sweat drenched Zeus pulled himself over a tree branch. "One hundred!" he drops from the branch on to the forest floor. He sits down at the base of the tree breathing heavily. His whole body was on fire from his workout. He took his shirt off, revealing his not quite muscular frame. The cool night air was doing a good job of cooling him off. "That was a pretty good workout." Zeus then flexed his right arm and looks at his bicep. "Yep, that's progress." When he was done admiring himself, he put his arm down and looked up at the sky. From this spot, you could see all the stars in the sky perfectly. There were so many stars out tonight. It was unbelievable. Each one lit up a small corner of the night sky. Zeus would've loved to spend all night looking at the stars, but it was getting late and he needed to start heading home. He picked up his shirt and began walking through the dark forest. This wasn't his first time walking through a forest at night, but he felt awkward tonight. He had a creepy feeling someone was following him. Zeus assumed that it was only his imagination. He kept walking, but the feeling still didn't go away. He started walking faster. That only appeared to make the problem worse though. He started hearing leaves crackling as if someone was walking behind him. If someone was following Zeus, he wasn't going to lead them straight to his house. So Zeus thought of a plan. He ran, attempting to put some distance between him and whoever was following him. He then hid behind a big tree. He was going to hide there until someone came by. Then he would jump out and bust the person for stalking him. It was a full proof plan. Zeus smiled as he imagined his plan working perfectly.

Miraya had been watching this man for more then a little while now. She was out hunting for some souls. It was more then a bit risky to wonder so close to karakura as she well knew but sometimes the risk was worth it. She wasn't expecting anybody to be out by themselves at this hour but she had happened upon this man who was working out. She didn't approach right away but decided to observe him. When somebody was by themselves it usually meant that they were capable of protecting themselves. This guy didn't look like much but she didn't know if that was true or not. She was cautious about things like this or at least tried to be. No reason to put yourself in harms way if there wasn't a reason to.

The man finished working out and looked toward the sky for some reason. If he was smart the first thing he would have done was check his surroundings again to make sure there wasn't any threats there, like she herself was. Not that he would immediately think of her as a threat. Her white dress covered the hole in her chest that would give her away. The only thing to really go off of was her bit of mask around her eye and down her cheek. From a distance it would be difficult to see them and there were a few that ignored it even after getting close enough because of how small it was. Her other accessory was her gloves that covered her arms but only the back of her hand being tied around her middle finger. This left her palm and fingers exposed which for her was excellent.

When the man started to walk away she decided to follow him. She wouldn't let him leave the forest but a bit of extra time to observe and plan wouldn't hurt. Unfortunately she wasn't exactly silent moving through the forest. There weren't many trees in Hueco Mundo and the few that existed were all but dead. So naturally this man would hear her following if he was paying attention. She thought about everything she had seen of this man so far. He was working out and seemed to praise himself after doing so by looking at his body to see how far he had come. He might be the type to ignore the threat of a woman because she was a woman. If he did the worse for him. She infused the chemicals on her skin with her reiatsu changing it so that if she could touch his skin with hers he would slowly start to fall in love with her. Such useless things emotions were. Always getting people in trouble and hurt. Luckily she didn't have to worry about it though he certainly would if he was foolish enough to let her touch him.

She saw him start to run which she thought meant he had finally decided that somebody following him was a bad idea. Maybe this man had some sense in him after all. She picked up her pace but didn't run knowing that if he got to far she could always use sonido to catch back up. She saw him turn but not come out he other side of the tree he went behind. What was this man up to? She knew he must be hiding behind the tree or there was some hidden path she didn't know about. She rounded the tree and at least acted surprised by him waiting for her. She took a step back as if startled but she was using this time to look at him closer trying to see if he had any hidden weapons or features that she needed to be aware of. She tried to think of what he would do. Based on his actions so far he was probably planning on asking her about why she was following him. Her response to any of his questions along those lines would be "Oh, I'm so sorry. I was watching you and I was kinda to nervous to approach you. I'm sorry."

The excitement was building. The adrenaline was pumping. Zeus could hear the unknown follower getting closer. Each foot step getting slightly louder as they approached. As soon as she was in front of the tree, Zeus tackled her to the ground. "Gotcha creeper! oh wait..." he realized he had just tackled a girl. A pretty girl at that. Something else was coming over Zeus also. As soon as he tackled the girl, he felt a funny feeling go through him. It was just like butterflies in his stomach. His heart was beating fast. "Sorry about that. What are you doing way out here anyway? It's not safe to be out here on your own. Someone could snatch you up. It's dark. You could trip and hurt your self. A scary animal could come and eat you. All sorts of bad things could happen. "

He listened to the girl explain that she was watching Zeus. It was pretty late to be out staring at boys, but Zeus couldn't help but believe the girl. " Oh so you are a creeper." Zeus smiles trying to make the girl feel more comfortable. The girl was probably lost and needed help getting home. Zeus lived alone and wouldn't have anyone worrying about him if he stays home late. So this was the perfect opportunity to help a citizen of karakura. So as the partner of karakura, Zeus had to help. "Um you must be lost. I'll gladly help you find your way home." He then helped the girl up. "Lead the way". Zeus was completely oblivious to any danger or threat the girl could pose. Zeus felt good about her. She made him feel good. Zeus didn't know where these feelings were coming from, but he wasn't going to fight it. What could possibly go wrong, meeting a strange woman in the woods?

Miraya had been thinking about how this might turn out when she had to run to catch up to him but the last thing that he had expected was for him to turn around and actually tackle her. She would have tried to force herself to stay up despite that but she was actually taken a bit by surprise by it all. She did know how to take advantage of a good situation though. When he tackled her he did manage to touch her directly which was exactly what she had wanted to happen. Things seemed to actually be going her way this time around. There had been plenty of times that it was very difficult for her to touch someone. Either way it appeared that he was starting to fall under to power which meant that he would be less likely to suspect anything wrong about her for a while.

She didn't really say anything that would lead him to believe that she was lost but she certainly didn't bother to correct him. He wanted her to lead the way home that was certainly fine by her. When she got up she was certain to stumble into him just a little causing them both to turn on the spot just enough that when she started to lead him not towards the city but parallel to it he wouldn't be likely to notice anything wrong about it. After all she couldn't risk leading him back there where it would be dangerous for her. She pulled him along and only walked at a fair pace being sure not to move to fast. "Well at least I know I don't have to worry about what is out here with a big strong man like you with me." She wasn't all that great at flattery and flirtation but still it should be enough for this man.

She decided to simply lead him along for a bit trying to figure out how to tell exactly what this man was capable of. She wasn't sure how he would react when she finally did turn and attack even with him under her ability. People and their emotions were so unpredictable at times. Those emotions were troublesome things really. They got people into so many situations that they simply couldn't get out off. Lead them to acts that would get them killed nine times outta ten. Even now this man was following his emotions in letting her lead him on like this even if the emotion wasn't real. Life was simple without them. "So my big strong protector, I am curious just how strong are you anyways? You have any tricks up your sleeve to pound on bad guys with?" she would ask him in her most innocent voice she could muster. A little direct of an approach but it could still easily be seen as her trying to flatter and praise him.