--Chapter 1—
"Tsuyoshi
Takeru, reporting as ordered Captain." Takeru said as he ran up to
Zaraki Kenpachi who was sitting on the porch of his squad's
building. "Hm?" Kenpachi said as he stood up, his mammoth height
having almost two feet on Takeru. "How did it go?" he asked as he
took his zanpakutō
over his shoulder. Takeru stood up straight, his muscles tensed as
his eyes grew confident.
"Captain Zaraki, my month of duty in
the real world showed nothing of the abnormal. The-" Takeru's
report was cut off by Kenpachi who swung his sword down as it slammed
into the floor right in front of Takru's feet.
"I've told
you to quit being so uptight all the time." Kenpachi said with a
glare that shook off Takeru's militant manner.
"Forgive me
captain. All went well. Just the normal hallows appearances, and
that's it." Takeru said as he took a deep breathe; His body grew
more relaxed.
Kenpachi
looked down at Takeru's sheathed zanpakutō
on his waist "Did you find out what its ability is yet?" Kenpachi
asked. "No captain, I've been finding it easier just to go with
demon arts or hand-to-hand combat until I do." Takeru said with a
bit of disappointment.
"Tch. Whatever, you're powerful enough
without it anyways; but find it out, you'll get stronger! Get
strong, strong enough so I can go all out against you!" Kenpachi
said in an excited manner with a giant grin across his face.
Takeru
stood there speechless for a moment and smiled "I'll get stronger
then that!"
"Good." Kenpachi responded as he started to walk
away.
"Well
well, look at you. Mr. Hot-Shot with the captain." Said a bald man
leaning against the wall not too far behind of Takeru.
"Heh, how
have you been there Ikkaku?" Takeru said as he turned around as
Ikkaku walked up to him.
"Since ya reported in!" Ikkaku
snickered as he slapped his hand on Takeru's back then pulled him
in "Me, Mustache and Pretty-boy are going to go drinking tonight,
wanna come?!" he said grinning deviously.
Takeru smiled and took
Ikkaku's arm off his shoulders "Sorry, but I'm going to go
train with Ayaka tonight."
"What?! Again?!" Ikkaku shouted
and grabbed Takeru by the front of his yukata and pulled him so they
can see eye to eye. "Who is this girl?! when do we meet her?!"
Ikkaku asked with a nosey stare.
Takeru laughed and broke free
again as he dusted himself off "Just a friend … for now." He
said, growing happier.
"Hey hey hey! Remember! Love is an
unnecessary emotion for a shinigami! Don't let this screw up your
fighting!" Ikkaku said pointing at Takeru.
"Don't worry.
I'll keep both my world as a member of 11th squad, and my world
with Ayaka balanced, ok?" Takeru said as he finished dusting
himself off and tightened the sash around his waist.
"Good.
'Cause if ya don't, I'll kick yer ass!" Ikkaku said as he
turned around and walked back down the hall of which he came.
Takeru
smiled as he went off on his way to leave Seireitei.
A
girl in a long white gown, with a blue outline on each edge of it
stood against a tree next to a waterfall in the middle of the woods.
Her long, light, blonde braided ponytail reached down to the back of
her knees, as she brushed her hand through the 3 bangs on each side
of her face. She sighed as she held her hand up before her face as
she gathered a few small blue spirit particles around her hand. They
danced around each finger as she watched them, sort of entranced, but
gently blew them away.
"Ayaka!" Takeru yelled as he waved,
from appearing over the horizon as he ran towards her. Ayaka turned
her head slightly and smiled as her brown eyes gleamed with joy
"Takeru!" she yelled as she ran for him. Takeru slowed down as he
neared her, as she did the same and smiled. "You're late." She
said poking his nose.
Takeru looked at her finger poking his nose,
sort of cross-eyed and gently swatted away "I'm late because I
wanted to get you something" he said closing his eyes, grinning in
her face.
Ayaka raised an eyebrow playfully and giggled "Ok what
is it?"
"You know I have to do this the cheesy romantic way,
close your eyes!" he said as he reached into his yukata.
Ayaka
rolled her eyes and smiled "Alright then." She said as she closed
her eyes.
Takeru took out a string necklace with a sliver pendant
of her Quincy cross and his zanpakutō
crossed together. He smiled used a flash-step to appear behind her,
and slowly attached it around her neck. "Open sesame!" he said
happily as Ayaka opened her eyes.
Ayaka placed her hand on the
pendant and looked down at it and smiled warmly "I love it, but"
she said turning to him "You know I can't wear this around
freely. My parents don't even know I have a friend; who is a boy;
who might be more; let alone him being a shinigami." She said
getting an inch closer to his face with each sentence.
"I know,
I know." He sighed "but it's the thought that counts." He
then smiled as got as close to her face as possible without touching
"and you know what my thoughts are now?" he asked with another
big grin.
"What are you thinking?" she said grinning
back.
"I'm thinking about how badly I'm going to whoop your
ass tonight! Takeru said jumping back as he unsheathed his zanpakutō
and held it in front of him, ready to fight.
Ayaka brought her
hands together and then spread them apart as a blue beam came between
the hands as she did. "Men of the 11th squad, always have one thing
on their mind." Ayaka said disgusted but then stuck her tongue out
as the beam formed a bow and arrow of reaitsu.
"This
emergency meeting of the Gotei 13 will now commence!" said
Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsaias he struck the floor with the bottom
of his cane.
All 12 other captains of the Gotei 13 stood in a long
row in front of the Captain-Commander.
"Captain-Commander-"
Hitsugaya began as his ice blue eyes shook slightly "There has to
be another way to resolve this! We just can't simply exterminate
them!"
"Toshiro Hitsugaya, we've already tried to
compromise. They are headstrong. They insist that we shinigami take
too long to respond to hollow attacks." Captain-Commander
stated.
"Hitsugaya." A long black haired man from the other
side of the row started. "Their actions are throwing off the
balance between our world and the real world, and they refuse to
stop; the quincy must be elminated." Kuchiki Byukaya stated with
his regular everyday emotionless face.
Hitsugaya grinded his teeth
as he looked at Byukaya but said nothing for he knew he was
right.
The Captain commander stood up and took several steps
forward. "Very well then, all those who oppose this and have any
other way to resolve this, speak now."
Silence filled the room as Captain commander looked around and then nodded to himself. "Then it's decided, tonight we will wipe the Quincy off the face of the planet!" he commanded.
