Hello to all my readers, this story was previously known as A New and Tainted Love.
Just some stuff to tell you,
this story was written because I am not satisfied with all the JushiroxOC stories out there.
-Katuzie
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(Rewritten)
"Yearning to be free"
______________Jushiro______________
My brow was scorching, the fever swallowing me in fiery pain. My skin was slick with sweat and I squirmed uncomfortably on the futon. This was the result of tuberculosis, it developed when I was still young, when I was physically in my 20s. I had lived with the cons from this insufferable disease for years, no, not years... centuries. Tuberculosis ravaged my body, feeding on my strength, weakening my soul. Nights were often long with bloody tissues and sky-rocketing. Life without suffering free TB was a dream... just a dream...
______________Next Day______________
I woke up to my chest being constricted and wrenched, my torso was bursting with fiery pain. Along with wiping my scalding brow, I coughed bloody fluid onto my sheets and blankets. The pain sky-rocketed, rising along with the fiery burn in my lungs! I couldn't breathe. This wasn't just the result of my illness! There was another cause, it was a large massive outburst of concentrated reiatsu, as strong and vibrant as Captain-Commander Yamamoto's. With my body in such a state, the strain of a sudden release of reiatsu trembled throughout me in waves of intolerable pain.
Such immense reiatsu was a hazard! I struggled to crawl before once again collapsing onto the futon beneath me. The ghost of a hoarse cry fell from my lips, not reaching the ears of any other. My whole squad was in danger. Such titanic spirit pressure, they would surely be suffocating. Time seemed to slunk on slowly, dragging itself, not willing to continue. It seemed like never felt a new soul's spirit, they were always too weak. Finally the pain relieved into a deep numbing, I quickly ran down the corridor looking for my lieutenants, there they were collapsed on the floor. Rushing to their side, I checked their vitals. Their heartbeats were steady and intact.
A blur of pink flashed into the room, I immediately recognized it as Shunsui. He stood there, his eyes holding a tired glassy look, unfazed by the waves of reiatsu emitting throughout Soul Society. How could he stand? Was the pain as great as I though it was? Or was it just the combination of the reiatsu and the disease that lived in me? "Shunsui! What's happening!" ,I hissed, every word was pure agony, my lungs felt like they were being wrenched and pulled. Surely he would know!
"You don't need to worry, handsome! It's just Yuki remember!" ,assured Shunsui. He rushed to my side and helped me up. I staggered backward trying to recall who was this Yuki that he talked about. Was she responsible for everything?
Who was she? Seeing my troubled and confused face, he tried to explain."You know, Yuki!! Don't you remember the last captain's meeting we had? You know 2 days ago!!! It was about the soul in Karakura Town that apparently had a high reiatsu level, some precautions had to be made before she could be transferred to Soul Society."
"Damn it! I wasn't there, I was sick!" Realization hit Shunsui, and a goofy grin played on his face."Oh... Gomenosai!! I see⦠well I guess I should have gotten Nanao-chan to tell you...", he apologized dryly.
"Kyoraku... This soul, she's dangerous... what'll happen to the civilians!!" ,I yelled, before releasing a series of bloody coughs. I fell back down onto the, scarlet paint splattered the wooden floors. Shunsui helped me up again, keeping me steady while leading me back into the room.
"Precautions have been made already, so don't worry! She'll be confined for a few days. Central 46/AKA Yama-jii gave her 30 months to be trained to control her reiatsu and complete the courses, if she doesn't, then she'll be executed."
"Wait... What!!! But it's impossible! Just 1 month!! Even Toushiro and Gin took an entire year to complete the academy!! There's no way! It's impossible! She'll surely be executed!" ,I protested. My sudden outburst left me light-headed and swaying back and forth before being steadied once again by Shunsui.
"I know... that's the purpose of the requirements. We need her to be executed, Yama-jii says she's dangerous and can't be trusted. She probably is going to be executed."
"But... But that's not fair to her!" ,I argued. A poor innocent losing her life, she didn't choose to have a high reiatsu. Nobody did, how was it an act of justice to punish her for something she had no power over? This... Shunsui couldn't really accept this could he?
"Jushiro... We can't protect everyone, she won't be able to control her reiatsu if she's just left like she is. It could easily suffocate the people living in Rukongai, and even if she does come to Seireitei, weaker shinigami will suffer too! Nanao-chan couldn't handle Yama-jii's, this reiatsu is on our level, there'll be no difference. Either she dies or the civilians and weaker shinigami dies... It had to be done."
"Shunsui..."
"Well, come on cheer up. She was quite the looker, ya' know! Kuchiki and I were assigned to inform about Soul Society and everything before she was escorted! You want to take a hit at her!" ,joked Shunsui, I sighed and nodded my head no, he was trying to lighten the mood but the thought of executing an innocent soul still dominated my thoughts.
"Shun!!! I'm not interested!!"
"Fine... See you later. The reiatsu pressure will end soon. Don't worry..." ,muttered Shunsui before disappearing.
Thoughts swirled through my head as I laid back onto the futon. This girl was going to be executed, it wasn't her own fault she had a high reiatsu!! But it was like Shunsui said, letting her live would put the civilians at high risk, but was it really an act of justice to kill her?
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It's pretty short at first... but it will get longer. Yuki's going to be pretty strong, in the next few chapters, you might start thinking she's some mary sue.
But like 20 chapters later in the story, she won't be as strong anymore for some reason... hint* hint*
Promise!!
