The Princess and Her Best Friend

"So…. Can you tell me now why you have my pictures and even trading cards back then 60 years ago?" Xin said, looking at the closet full of his own photo and even signature when he was still playing doctor.

"Well, I just want to collect it, that's all, I… think there's nothing wrong about that right?" Rurichiyo embarrassingly said.

"Yes nothing wrong about that, and you even have all the modern magazines of mine here, you pretty hard collector are you?" Xin said taking the stack of the magazine from when he first started to be a model until the latest this month.

"I ask Enryu to buy all of it, some are from Orihime and Tatsuki, they also have a collection of this, some are from the girls at school….. And I trade your photo back then when you're small as me."

"It seems that trade is pretty good, you got a scratch of memorabilia and collectable items from them."

While looking at the past photo, he notices that some of the photos are taken while he is unaware, some are while he is sleeping and some are while is taking a bath.

Xin can say that the photo here is all the picture and memory he has in this world, and it is most detailed until 60 years ago to the day he came back to the human world.

"You really rich young lady, if I'm not wrong, this photo is priceless, it's almost impossible to get this form the black market,"

"Of course," Rurichiyo proudly said." Each of the photos cost me 20,000 Kan to 30,000 Kan, the most valuable to the collection is the sleeping figure and the bath that cost me 1,000,000 Kan and a trade."

( Kan = Soul Society Currency )

"By the way, how did you know?" She asked.

"Of course i know, after all, my job when I'm just starting is making Trading Card of the Captain and Vice-Captain of Gotei 13, I always help auction every month to the men and women division,"

"You even sell your own pictures?"

"Of course not, I never sell them, I don't even know that I have my own Trading Card at all, I only discovered it when I came back last time seeing the content of the black market."

Rurichiyo gri nat him and said," Do you think we can make a good business with this?"

"Business?"

"Yes! We can sell your own photo with your signature on rich nobles at high prices, for sure, we will be rich after a month."

"Is my photo really that expensive?"

"For your information, you have a fan club here in the noble district, each of the members is a young and single lady, we even made an annual trading and auction of our own collection."

Xin thought that her idea was pretty good, so he accepted her offer and prepared a couple of pictures with a signature on it.

And who thought that is pretty prepared, she already has a camera, pen and even frame for the item that they are going to sell.

And it seems that Rurichiyo gets the biggest bargain of all, becoming Xin's non-official photographer making Xin pose in a different embarrassing position.

This young lady even had a nosebleed a couple of times before they even finished.

After that eventful night, both of them sleep on their own bed, Xin sleeps on the vacant sofa in her room while Rurichiyo sleeps while feeling content on her bed.

...

"So.. where are we going this time?" Xin asked while yawning, he was awakened by Rurichiyo this morning saying they will attend a tea party for her friend.

And for a tea party, well Xin doesn't want to attend those parties, after all, the tea party is classified as the boring party in Xin's dictionary.

Rurichiyo is sitting in the palanquin being carried by her family retainer while Xin is walking beside them as of course her bodyguard.

"I just got the invitation this morning, it seem to deliver last night that's why i only know it this morning,"

"But, can you just go by yourself? After all, the Tea Party is to boding,"

"Hmmph, just follow me, you're my bodyguard after all,"

"Well never mind."

"Princess we arrive." One of her retainers said.

"Very well."

"Lady Rurichiyo Kasumioji has arrived." The retainer announced and the door of the mansion slowly opened.

Inside of the door is a small lady with her own retainer waiting for their arrival, she then slowly walks in front of the palanquin and says." Welcome Lady Rurichiyo"

The other retainer opens the door of the palanquin and Rurichiyo comes out, she reaches her hand to Xin asking for help.

Xin took her arm gently and pulled her up, she said." Thank you."

Then she faced the other girl and said," Thank you for your invitation today, I hope I'm not late."

"No Lady Rurichiyo, the others just arrived like you.

Rurichiyo nodded and looked at her retainer," All of you wair me here, and Xin follow me."

"Yes."

"Yes~" Xin lazy said.

Rurichiyo and the girl with Xin behind enter the house, the girl dismisses all her servants leaving only Rurichiyo and Xin.

The girl then chuck and playful said," Rurichi~"

"Sachi~"

Then they both hug and said," It's been so long."

Sayori is a young girl, approximately the same size as Rurichiyo, with long brown hair and blue eyes. She has a short fringe on above her forehead and she has her long hair tied together in intricate patterns; sitting atop her head is a small lavender headband with a golden ribbon-like ornament. She wears a long, decorated indigo kimono.

Xin felt that this lady is fast-changing while ago they are pure noble lad and now they both become little girls who are excited seeing their best friend.

"This gentleman is?" Saori asked.

"Hsi Xin."

Then Sayori fainted.

"..."