Chapter 1: The King of Hueco Mundo
It was an early Saturday morning, quiet encompassing the living quarters of the Squad Two Captain. The only noise was the resonating beating of two hearts. Suddenly a heavy knock shattered the placid atmosphere causing the darker haired woman to sit up and the darker skinned woman to roll over, not quite ready to start her day.
Soifon rose, catching a nearby yukata that had been discarded the previous night, as well as a sash that'd slithered it's way to the floor. After tying the robe tight around her lithe form she walked to the door, opening it only enough for her to be seen.
"Soifon-taicho," the man bowed. As he explained his being there, she took in his appearance. He looked like any other Shinigami omitting the fact he wore a white cloth vest over his uniform, signifying his being apart of the First Squad.
"We shall be there." Soifon said, her tone strong for how groggy she was. He nodded and flashed away leaving the young captain to close her door tight before turning, collecting Yoruichi's discarded clothes along the way. "Get up, the Soutaicho wishes to see us." She said, throwing the woman's clothes over her.
The Shihouin groaned, "Why does she have to bother us on your day off?" she sighed, sitting up and pushing the various pieces of cloth off of her. The captain shrugged, untying her sash.
"I'm getting in the shower, be ready when I get out." She said before turning on the water. Yoruichi smirked deviously before following after her, wrapping her arms around her bare waist.
"Maybe I wanted to take a shower too?" she breathed against the shorter woman's neck, with a shudder Soifon turned in her lover's arms.
"No Yoruichi, we've got to-" her retort was cut off by the older woman's lips and wandering hands.
"Do you still want to-" She couldn't finish teasing before Soifon cut her off with a passionate kiss. Yoruichi pushed her against the wall, her hands traveling lower, over a pert breast, across a scar under it, over another on her stomach…
"Yoruichi!" Soifon gasped before her voice was lost.
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"You wanted us, ma'am?" Soifon asked as she stood in front of the commander of the captains, Yoruichi at her side. It was an hour and a half later than she'd wanted to arrive.
"Urahara-san has shared his technology to open the Garganta at will, your mission is to infiltrate Hueco Mundo posing as Arrancar and eliminate a leader of a group of hollow that poses a considerable threat to the Soul Society. This requires the skills of assassination you both have. There are your clothes, report to squad twelve, dismissed."
Soifon frowned as she was handed an outfit inverse of the colors she wore now. Yoruichi was greatly dreading her new mission, it was something about the clothes that made her loathe going. "Let's go." Soifon commanded, quietly turning on heel.
"Yes ma'am." The dark skinned woman lilted almost playfully if it weren't for the fact her little bee seemed unusually serious about the current mission. "Hey, are you alright?" Yoruichi asked a little while later. They had changed their clothes into the white shihakushou the more powerful Arrancar wore.
"I'm fine," Soifon answered, looking over her girlfriend with a small frown, she was always very serious about most big missions.
"Soi," Yoruichi breathed, grabbing the woman's hand after they'd stopped in front of the twelfth division.
"I'm fine, Yoruichi… I just don't feel… right, about this mission." The Chinese woman admitted reluctantly, turning to her girlfriend. "Yoruichi, I love you… My heart is, and always will be yours in whatever life we live." She began again after a moment of silence. "No matter what happens, I'll always be right here." She finished, placing her hand to the darker woman's chest.
Yoruichi wrapped her hand around Soifon's leaning in to press her lips to her girlfriend's, "I love you too." The Shihouin breathed, pressing her brow against the shorter woman's before pulling back. "Let's go," She continued after a moment and they walked hand-in-hand into the Research and Development department.
"Ah, so you've come," The twelfth captain said with his horrid grin. "Come along then, I have no time to waste." He continued, trying to hurry the couple along.
"We're going, we're going…" Yoruichi said boredly, though she held Soifon's hand a little tighter.
"You have your cloaks and weapons, yes?" the older captain urged, and the two women nodded, Yoruichi patting the hilt of her rarely used Zanpakuto. "Good, now be sure to bring me back some wonderful specimens." He said with a cackle before hurrying the two along into the Garganta.
Since the technology had been invented, this was Soifon's third time going through, Yoruichi's twelfth or so, having gone in before it was introduced to the Soul Society. "Let's get this over with." Yoruichi said after they'd touched down. Soifon nodded, it was a three day run, non-stop, to the castle of Hueco Mundo, even if they attempted to Shunpo the entire way. "We don't wear ourselves out by running the whole way." Yoruichi said.
The younger captain nodded and they both set of at a steady Shunpo.
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After a very long while of running, the two stopped for the night, even though it was eternal in this realm. "You rest first, I'll keep lookout." The Shihouin proposed, taking a seat next to a dead tree. Soifon dropped the firewood she'd collected and slumped next to her girlfriend, leaning on her shoulder.
"No, you should rest." She whispered in the tranquility of the night, casting a quick Kidou to light a fire. Yoruichi shook her head, both women were stubborn.
"I'll wake you up in a couple of hours. We don't have masks; otherwise I wouldn't mind both of us sleeping." Yoruichi said; after a long staring contest the Chinese woman folded with a heavy sigh. It was rare she let her girlfriend get her way.
"Fine," she huffed, pulling her cloak tighter around her lithe form, leaning closer to the warmth of her lover. "Keep your hood up and wake me in two hours." the younger woman ordered.
Yoruichi playfully saluted, wrapping her arm around her paramour's shoulders. "Sleep well love." she whispered, pressing a chaste kiss to the woman's lips. Soifon kissed back softly before relaxing in the embrace, closing her eyes lightly before she fell asleep, lulled into unconsciousness by her lover's heartbeat. Yoruichi held slightly tighter, her fingers running softly over Soifon's cheek before she trained her eyes to the horizon.
It was nearly three hours, Yoruichi surmised, until she decided to wake Soifon up, knowing that the younger woman would be cross with her if she did not do what she was asked to. The captain sat up groggily, rubbing at her eyes in a very adorable manner, though Yoruichi kept this thought to herself. She looked around to see her girlfriend smiling back at her before she cracked a small grin. "You rest now." Soifon said, looking around the expanse of desert, there had been no sign of life at all so far.
"Fine," Yoruichi breathed, yawning slightly before she stretched the arm Soifon had fallen asleep on, and suddenly she felt a spike of energy. "Looks like I'll have to wait for that nap." She said, frowning slightly as she stood, and Soifon put out their fire which was already dwindling.
They waited as a group of three or four Arrancar made their way toward them. They were clearly surprised to find two Vasto Lorde out in the desert. "Who are you two?" one of the Arrencar asked, looking over the taller one.
"What's it to you?" Soifon asked, glairing at the man before her, her hand on the hilt of her blade.
"What are a couple of beautiful Vasto Lorde like you doing out in a place like this?" a kinder voice said, and the group parted allowing a very regal looking Arrencar to emerge from them. He was handsome, very defined facial features with stripes of red and white painting his face. His eyes were a fierce silver like the moon, but darker than Soifon's. His hands were covered in gauntlets, though his blade like nail's protruded from the tips, and he had a very small kodachi on the front of his belt. Yoruichi assumed this was his Zanpakuto.
"We enjoy the quiet of the night out here." Yoruichi said, a majestic air of her own flaring up around her, so that she was on equal terms with the man before them. "My partner and I enjoy it out here." She finished, clapping her hand around Soifon's shoulder.
"It's much warmer in the palace, I shall escort you myself. Kazu, Soutei, go inform the castle of our guest's arrival."
"My lord, we cannot allow you to do that!" One said, bowing low at the man who was clearly their leader.
"I am the king now and you shall do what I say, or suffer the consequences." The leader said, an angry glare flashed across his face for a fraction of a second before the two quickly left to do what they had been told to do.
"So what is your name, my lord? We have not been to the castle in such a long time, politics eludes us." Yoruichi said, giving the man a bow, as though she were lower than him. Soifon followed suit just to fit the charade, but despised it all the same.
"King Iolas," The man said, bowing to Yoruichi before continuing. "At your service." He smiled up at the beautiful woman before him.
"Shunshin," Yoruichi supplied before patting Soifon's shoulder. "And Shaolin." She finished introducing them. The man laughed heartily, smiling at the two.
"It is a pleasure to meet you. It's been quite some time since I've had someone intrigue me. There used to be another king, Barragan, and my brother Ggio was apart of his fraccion. Sadly some disgusting Shinigami killed him, but it is not the Shinigami's fault he's dead. It was his own weakness." He frowned lightly at the memories before his silvery eyes sparkled with glee. "Shall we get going?" He asked, extending a hand to motion toward the castle.
"Lead the way." Yoruichi said before walking off behind the King, Soifon trailing behind her.
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"So, my lord," Yoruichi began after a while of walking, looking toward the regal man before them. "May I ask what the King of Hueco Mundo is doing meeting desert wanderer's?" she asked. The man looked back and grinned lightly.
"I heard there was a beautiful woman, so I decided to give you my full hospitality." He said with a smile at Yoruichi. Soifon held back a snort, glairing at the ground. In this situation she was just the lowly servant girl, something she had been brought up to be.
"That's very kind of you my lord." She said back to him, smiling lightly herself. 'Two days of traveling… we have one day to carry out this mission…' Yoruichi thought darkly, looking back to Soifon who was deep in thought before turning her attention back to the Arrancar that was trying to romance her.
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AN: So this is the first chapter of my new fanfiction, I know I've been putting out a lot of bits and pieces recently. ^^; Anyway, I hope you like this, and that it won't disappoint in the future. I just had to set things out for the beginning.
~Bishimimou