Chapter 19: I've been waiting for this for a long time.
So this is supposed to be a continuation of casspia neko's story "Love Can't Be Captured," Its been years since she last updated and I'm honestly tired of waiting. I even tried to give her inspiration by writing bits of my own fanfiction of her fanfiction in her reviews. Yeah that guest person is me. Hi. I'd much rather the original author of this fic finish it, but I'm tired of waiting so going to take a crack at it. I hope you enjoy and be aware that my style of writing is different then casspia neko's.
Masaya shrieked in agony as his voice became deeper and more masculine. A bright light emanated from his body that both blinded everyone around him and attracted the attention of the others inside the cottage. Ryou tried to shield Ichigo with his body, but in her terror for her new found crush's safety she was able to find the strength to throw him off. While blinded, Ichigo frantically scrambled closer to where she had last saw Masaya. "Ichigo!" Ryou called out but she ignored him.
Within minutes the light ceased to be, as the rest of the gang burst forth from the cottage door and was instantly greeted with swords pointed at them. In minutes, Lettuce had stumbled back into the arms of her new captors and was restrained. In minutes, Ryou had picked himself up and unsheathed his sword. In minutes, Ichigo made it to where she was a foot away from her lover boy, but it only took seconds for her to scream in horror and shock at who stood before her now. Only minutes ago, Masaya had been there on his knees in pain and now in the same position was Deep Blue, eyes closed shut as he gripped the soil in pain.
It had been painful. This whole week had been nothing but painful. First, he was broken hearted, then he was replaced in both as the controller of his body and his position as lover. But being put into a position of helplessness, as his heart's desire gets ravished by the blond pig was the worst of them all. Something that, he felt him, and Masaya reach a consensus on, which was why he had no resistance against his effort to regain control. Even if Masaya did resist, he wouldn't be able to match the intense fury that consumed Deep Blue. Now his entire body burned, first as if it was on fire which lessened into the sting of a bad sun burn.
Deep Blue was slowly coming around, until Ichigo's scream quickened that and jolted him to attention to see her scramble to get away from him. Without a moment of thought, he lunged at her and grabbed hold of her ankle. It was then that he realized that he was in full control now. The hand that held her ankle wasn't brown, but white. He smiled maliciously at the realization, finally Masaya was gone. His joy was not at all tarnished from the kick that his beloved landed onto his face. He burst out in gleeful laughter as he grabbed hold of her other ankle, without a care for the mud and dirt that was now on his face, "Yes, finally! Finally, I can touch you! Finally, I have you! At last that worthless wretch I created is gone!" Deep Blue cried out in elation as he climbed his way further onto her.
Ichigo bucked and struggled to get away from him, as tears welled up in her eyes from terror. Terror at the disappearance of her favorite farm hand who had been replaced with her worst nightmare. Her worst nightmare who crawled on top of her, pinned her, and gazed at her with triumphant and lustful euphoria that revealed his derangement. The derangement of a man who went on a military campaign with the main focus of hunting her down and who had gone weeks without sleep in pursuit of his quest. He was truly a creature of nightmares.
However, even the terror at the position that she was in now was outmatch by the dread she felt for her missing Masaya. Deep Blue must have done something to him. This monster had taken away her home, her old life, her parents, and now her first love. So many things dear to her are gone because of him. Her struggles became fiercer with a different motive behind them, to fight instead of run. She ran away last time and she lost so much because of it. She can't let that happen again. She won't let that happen again. "What have you done to him!? What have you done to Masaya you monster!?" she screamed as she beat against him.
Deep Blue grinned with wicked glee, but before he could tell her that Masaya had perished, he was interrupted. "Get away from her!" Deep Blue's head turned to see Ryou armed with a sword as he charged straight towards the couple. Deep Blue's hold on her was still iron clad, as he aimed his hand at Ryou and shot a bolt of blue lighting that struck one of Ryou's knees. Ryou screamed as the lightning tore through and destroyed his kneecap which left him without his lower leg. The now separate part of his leg flew to the feet of one of the soldiers who casually kicked it away from him. Ryou fell face first onto the ground, as his sword slipped out of his hands and slid closer towards Ichigo. Lettuce screamed and wailed as she struggled against the strong grips of Deep Blue's men. Her hands helplessly reached towards Ryou and in a desperate bid to help him, but it was no use as the men reduced her role as to that of a mere spectator to the horror show.
"No! Stop it! Leave him alone!" Ichigo cried, as she tried to attack him by going for his nuts with her knee. He flinched but didn't let go nor doubled over in pain. He turned his attention back to her, with that sinister smile still on his face, while it did affect him, he refused to show it, nor allow that to interfere with his grip on her through sheer force of will. The same trick wasn't going to work twice.
"Its not going to be that easy this time, my dear. I refuse to allow anything to ever get between us ever again. I promise you that," he said in a low, sinister and determined tone, before he turned his attention back over to his recent victim. "Now then my dear, what to do with this miserable, pathetic wretch who should have known his place?" he asked with his voice coated in eager bloodlust.
"Ichigo," Ryou gasped out in agony, as blood made a river from his leg. He managed to conscious through sheer force of will.
"Please no! Leave him alone! Please I beg of you! He didn't do anything to you!" she cried, her free hand grabbed hold of the front of his robe, which brought his attention back to her. Waterfalls fell from her eyes, as she looked up at him in desperation. She couldn't bear the thought of losing someone else because of her.
Deep Blue was a bit puzzled by this. He had seen during his stay how Ryou and Ichigo interacted. She had even vented to Masaya about how irritating Ryou was. Why did she care what happened to him, or more of how could she care? After all, he assaulted her and would have probably raped her if the spell on Deep Blue had not been broken. Why would she want to protect her assailant? "But he did do something to you! Do you not remember how he was assaulting you earlier? Why beg for his life? If I didn't get free from that stupid, fucking puppet -."
"Masaya?" she gasped, and his face contorted with seething rage. It made her tremble, but she had to know, "W-what did you do to Masaya?"
"He is -!"
"Fuck off!" a voice cried out as Kish materialized in midair behind Deep Blue with daggers sparkling with electricity that were pointed to his back. The soldier closest towards him, lunged into action and stabbed Kish in the back, which caused him to vanish in a puff of smoke. Another Kish appeared, and then another, and another; all were stabbed, and all vanished in a puff of smoke.
"Kish, please, save the others and get out of here!" Ichigo cried.
"I've had enough of this," Deep Blue growled as he stood up, with ichigo pulled up along with him. With one hand held high above his head, blue lightning flew forth and zapped each Kish clone before his soldiers could touch them. Suddenly Kish emerged behind Deep Blue with a dagger close to his throat.
"Now then why don't you let –"
"Stop!" Ichigo cried and with all her strength pushed herself and Deep Blue backwards to the ground. She saw the magic about to spill forth from his raised hand and knew that he was about to strike. She couldn't let that happen. They fell almost completely onto Kish, who nimbly avoided such a fate as he sides stepped with his quick reflexes. Deep Blue's glare was matched by her scared, desperate eyes and their stare down only lasted briefly before he noticed Kish was torpedoing towards his chest with his electrified daggers. Deep Blue took aim with his hand, that currently glowed pitch black. Ichigo, with all her strength ripped herself from his grasp to become a living shield for Kish just as the spell shot from his hands. Now a large singed hole was in her stomach and poured blood onto Deep Blue's legs.
"Ichigo!" Lettuce and Kish screamed, as her lifeless body fell forward onto her assailant. Her assailant who watched in horror at the blood that poured onto him, at the hole, and at her dead body upon him. This wasn't supposed to happen. He needed to fix this now! This can't happen! He can't let this happen! To hell with himself if she dies! Especially like this, by his own hand. Both of his hands launched into action and pressed against the hole as a white light emanated from them. Flesh grew back. Damaged tissue repaired and blood no longer pouring out of her like she was a fountain decoration. Life returned to her. He held her tightly to him, eyes squeezed shut, as his heavy panic breathing slowly evened itself out.