hello fanfiction world! Moony is back with a new story-squee!-! ANAKIN WHOM I HAVE CHARACTER-NAPPED! THE BALOONS AND STREAMERS!
Anikin: yaaaaaaay...-throws baloons and streamers up into the air half-heartedlly-
anyways, this is a VERY special fiction for a VERY special reason: it is a collab that I have written with the wonderful TheCatWithTheHat, whom you may recognize as the author of "Lost and Forgotten' as well as "My Espada Boys"...which is going to get updated soon. Right?
anakin: and you're asking who?
ANNIEWHO, ENJOY!
DISCLAIMER: I don't own anything, but I have character-napped anakin, for more details of that story, check out MorganBanner's "Beyond the Veil" there is an omake chappie that explains that whole ordeal ^^"
CURSED TO REMEMBER: Chapter one
She never though that she'd feel safe here. In the palace of the night, in the vast desert of white sand. Away from her friends, whom she regarded as family. Away from the people that she had sworn to protect. She didn't think that she'd ever feel love, or safety, or comfort, or compassion. But she had found it. Given it to the Espada who once didn't believe in the heart. He made her feel safe. Wanted. Protected. He was the one who chased away the blue men, and the monsters that threatened to hurt her. Being perfectly honest she wasn't exactly sure what had happened, but all that mattered was that she was with him, and he was with her, and nothing would ever change that. She wanted to hold onto him and never, not ever to let go. Never wanted to forget the dark hair, the porcelain skin, not the vibrant, exhilarating green that streamed from his eyes and down his face. But the safety, the love, the protection that she had felt just a few moments ago vanished. And a new feeling rippled through her body
Orihime was scared. Very scared. It all started when he left. When that arrancar came to summon him. She knew. She knew that something was wrong. Very, very, very wrong. The presence of the cruelly sneering arrancar only justified that thought. Orihime stiffened, shifting her weight, turning ever so slightly away from the other girl.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't Aizen-sama's poco mascota." Loly bared her teeth threateningly at her. "Where's Ulquiorra-sama, poco mascota?" she spat, grabbing Orihime's arm and yanking her up roughly. Orihime flinched as Loly's fingers dug into her skin. A soft whimper escaped her lips, and Loly's sneer became a feral grin. Loly's face twisted into a gross parody of a sympathetic face. "Is the poco mascota hurt? Is the poco mascota in pain?" She spat, digging her unnaturally sharp nails into Orihime's skin. "Ohhh, sorry poco mascota, are you going to go crying to Ulquiorra-sama now? Are you going to go crying to Aizen-sama?" Loly's grin only widened when she saw Orihime's clenched jaw and closed eyes.
"Loly stop that." Melony muttered from the doorway, looking around warily. "Just get her out of there so that we can get our job done." Loly turned to snap at her when someone cleared their throat from the hallway.
"What are you two idiots doing here?" A male's voice drawled. Stepping into the room the lithe arrancar smirked at Loly, who was gritting her teeth in anger as she glared daggers at the feline arrancar.
"Ggio. What the hell are you doing here?" The thirty-third arrancar snarled angrily as the sabre-toothed arrancar sauntered into the room like he owned the place.
"Barragan-sama convinced Aizen-sama that an arrancar of sufficient competence," Ggio smirked down at the furious arrancar who could only gnash her teeth in rage, "To lead this operation."
"What operation?"
The two arrancars looked at the human girl in surprise. Orihime looked at them, defiance in her eyes. "What operation?" She repeated, the pins in her hair glowing threateningly. Ggio smiled down at her, and Orihime felt her brief spark of confidence flicker for a second.
"You see, princessa, Aizen-sama has decided that you're to be moved. Today. Right now." Ggio explained, his hand snaking into his pocket. "Your guardian is to be changed as well."
Orihime felt fear stab her heart. No. No. NO! "Is Ulqui…Schiffer-sama not sufficient enough? Who is to be my guardian other than the Quatro Espada?" She asked quietly.
Loly and Ggio shared a look, and a flash of understanding went through the former's face. Ggio smiled at her. "You see, princessa, Aizen-sama has decided that you are to be moved to another location and placed under the care of another Espada. Barragan-sama to be specific." Ggio explained.
Orihime stared at him in disbelief and horror. "N-NO! I refuse!" She shouted without thinking, then clapped her hands over her mouth when she realized what she had said.
Loly looked like she was going to murder her, but Ggio just smiled, almost sadly. Then he disappeared. Orihime's eyes widened and she took a step back only to bump into a sturdy body. "Sorry princessa, you don't have a choice." Ggio whispered into her ear, pressing a piece of cloth to her face. Instictively, Orihime inhaled whatever was in the cloth, and immediately she began loosing consciousness.
'Ulquiorra…!'
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"I have brought her to you as you have asked Barragan-sama."
Orihime felt her eyelids flutter. What was going on? Wh-what had happened? Loly had came again to harass her…then…then the tiger-like arrancar came in. Grivo? Helio?
"Good. You there!"
Orihime heard the sound of flesh hitting flesh, and sound of someone's body hitting the ground. She was confused. So confused. What was going on? There had been something in the cloth. Yes, the arrancar had pressed a cloth to her face. A cloth of what? Orihime's head hurt. A soft wimper rang through the otherwise quiet room, as well as a soft ruffling noise.
"You! Get up!" The second voice snapped, low and gravelly. Barragan. Barragan, that's who the voice belonged to.
"Oi. Ggio. Go easy on the damn chloroform next time, will you? Princessa isn't showing any signs of waking up anytime soon." A third voice grumbled, and Orihime felt her body being shook slightly.
"But she is still be-ea-UTIFUL, even unconscious. I only thought that only the greatest, I, the beautiful, spectacular-"
Orihime knew that something was wrong. She was hearing things weirdly. Everything echoed. Pulsed. Her head hurt. Her head hurt.
"Someone, PLEASE shut him up…"
"You're one to talk Ggio."
"Silence!" The voice of Barragan roared, and the echoy voices immediately stopped. "Now, does anyone else feel pain in their heads?"
Why were they silent? Why was he asking that? Why couldn't she answer. 'My head HURTS! It HURTS!' She wanted to scream. Why couldn't she scream?
"Che. It seems like your abilities aren't all talk, now are they brat? Release. Use your powers."
"She must be awake." A softer, feminine voice whispered softly. Orihime knew that the person was whispering but it sounded like she was screaming into her ear.
"Abirama. Wake her up."
"Wakey, wakey princessa. We are in need of you…"
Orihime's eyes finally fully opened to see eight people standing around her, all men except for the whispy pale girl, with a white circlet around her head. "Hurts…head…hurts." She mumbled weakly, her arms reaching up sluggishly in an attempt to rub her temples.
"Well? What are you waiting for brat?" The elderly man growled, shoving the lone female arrancar towards Orihime.
"I…need an image of who or what she needs to forget. Ideally the actual person or object." There was the sound of snapping fingers, and one of the male arrancars-the biggest and tallest- left for a moment, only to come back dragging a slumped body with him.
"Will this suffice?" The elderly man-Barragan Orihime realized- asked in a mocking tone.
"Vanish, Recuerdos Perdidos."
Orihime's eyes flew open and she let out a terrible wail, clawing at her head frantically. "It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, IT HURTS!" She felt the person holding her flinch in surprise, but she didn't care, she just wanted it to stop. "My head! It Hurts!" she screamed, her vision tinting red, the sensation of hundreds and hundreds of knives stabbing into her head.
"Do not scream. It will end. I promise." A soft voice whispered into Orihime's ear and the human girl froze feeling two things suction onto the side of her head. "It will all end…when you forget. Raise his head." The phrase was a command.
Orihime's felt her body lean forward against its own will, white trendlils hanging from her temples. Eyes snapping open Orihime saw dark hair, a circular hole in the base of a person's throat, a single ebony white horn, and finally green tears, streaming down the person's face. Green. Green. Green. The brightest colour, the most memorable colour amongst the white and the black. The colour washed through her mind, even as the same soft voice whispered.
"Borrar…"
'Green…' Orihime thought, as her body fell forward, and her mind went blank.
ehhhh short ish, but oh well...
some helpful notes:
poco mascota: little pet
princessa: princess
borrar: erase
sooo yeah. REVIEW PLEASE! BECAUSE THEY ARE LOVED! hope that you liked it! check out its counter part "Doomed to remember" by TheCatWithTheHat, READ IT! ITS AWESOME! anyways, see you soon!
-moony