A.N.: This is a request by lasherluke. Zakath1, to answer your question this starts right after Ichigo heads for the Soul King's palace.
Disclaimer: I don't own Bleach.
Warning: Torture! Don't like, don't read!

Chapter Two: The Daughter of Darkness

Silbern; Yhwach's chambers

Yuzu looked up at the mysterious man in fear. She was cocooned in the man's cloak so she couldn't escape his embrace. "Who…who are you?" she asked in a timid, frightened voice.

"I am Yhwach," the man introduced. "I am your king, Yuzu Kurosaki."

"King?" Yuzu blinked. "And…how do you know my name?"

The man looked at Yuzu with a look that made her shiver. "I know much, Yuzu."

The man's second-in-command looked up, confused at this turn of events. "Your Majesty? You summoned Ichigo Kurosaki's sister to the Vandenreich?"

Unwrapping the girl from his cloak, Yhwach set the girl down and stood over her. "Yes. It is clear as day to me that we will never convince Ichigo to join his true family. So instead, we will have his sister join us."

"And what of the other twin?" Haschwalth asked.

"One will suffice."

Yuzu looked from one man to another frightened. She didn't know who these men were but she was scared of them. She didn't like this talk about her brother and sister and could tell from the white-haired man's sinister gaze that they didn't have friendly intentions on her family. Taking a step back, she looked up at Yhwach with scared eyes. "What are you talking about? What's this about my brother, Ichigo?"

Yhwach reached out with his large hand. Yuzu cringed and braced herself as he reached for her. "Be at peace, my daughter," Yhwach said as he put his hand atop Yuzu's head. "You're among family."

"Daughter?" Yuzu couldn't look up because of Yhwach's hand but if she could she'd be looking at him with confusion. "You're not my dad! My dad is-"

"Isshin Kurosaki," Yhwach finished. "He is merely your surrogate father. As is he to your siblings, Ichigo and Karin. Your true father stands before you."

"I don't…I don't understand." Even as she spoke, Yuzu started to feel dizzy. Yhwach's hand felt warm and her head felt like something was trying to pry its way into it. "I…don't...let…go…."

Smiling, Yhwach called to the blood within Yuzu's veins. Her mother's blood. His blood. Unlike her brother, whose blood was tainted by a Hollow, Yuzu's blood was far easier to call to. "Awaken," he said, calling out to Yuzu's blood. "Awaken, my daughter in the dark."

Yuzu's head became foggy as Yhwach awakened her Quincy blood. Lines of red trailed down her face and her body in a gridlike pattern. The girl couldn't move as she felt a rush of power soar through her, her mind blacking out as her world faded to pure white. Before she lost consciousness, she saw someone in the darkness, someone whom she knew very well.

"…Mom?" little Yuzu whispered before collapsing, Yhwach scooping her up in his arms.

Haschwalth watched the red lines recede and knew that Yuzu had been awakened to her full capabilities as a true Quincy. He wondered just what his king had in mind but didn't dare to vocalize his question. He knew his liege well enough to wait until Yhwach explained on his own time.

"It is done." Yhwach turned to his second-in-command and smiled. "I leave her education in your capable hands, Haschwalth. Take care not to do serious harm to her," he warned. "She is our precious new comrade after all."

The man bowed in acknowledgement and took Yuzu from him. "As you wish, Your Majesty. Is she to join the Sternritter?"

"Yes," Yhwach replied while turning away. His heavy footsteps following him as he left the room. "She will be the most important piece for the next invasion of the Soul Society…."

The door closed, leaving Haschwalth holding the unconscious Yuzu. He looked down at the girl, knowing what was expected of him. He was almost a little ashamed of what he was going to do to such a pure, innocent, little girl.

Almost.

Later….

Yuzu opened her eyes and raised her head. She remembered the man she'd fallen asleep next to putting his hand on her head, feeling a burning sensation throughout her entire body and then nothing. Looking around, she saw that she was in a small white room, frost covering the walls. Shivering, the girl tried to rise to her feet but found to her horror that she was bound to a chair, straps around her wrists and ankles. Her fear increased when she saw that there was an IV affixed to her arm, a bag of red blood hanging from a stand next to her. She started to panic and tried to struggle. "Help!" she screamed in terror. "Someone help me!"

"Stop screaming."

The girl ceased her struggling when Haschwalth stepped from behind her. "Who are you? Where am I? Let me go!" she pleaded, tears running down her face. The look on the man's face told her that whatever he had in store for her, it wasn't good. "I want to go home!"

The man shook his head. "No. This is your home now. You're one of us: A Quincy. Lord Yhwach has demanded that you become ready to join the Sternritter."

"What's a Quincy…and…and what's a Sternritter?"

"I shall educate you on our ways. But there is a matter to attend to first." Haschwalth narrowed his eyes. "Only those loyal to His Majesty may join us. Your ties to your brother and father must be severed. We planned on this education for your brother but His Majesty has decided to make due with you." He walked past Yuzu and picked up an object lying on the table. "Remember, the more you fight it, the greater the damage will be."

Yuzu shook in terror, wondering what the man had in mind for her and what this "education" would entail. Her fears were confirmed when she felt Haschwalth place a helmet over her head, the front obscuring her eyes. "Hey! Get this off of me! Please!" she pleaded.

Putting his hands on Yuzu's shoulders, Haschwalth leaned down and whispered into Yuzu's ear. "Yuzu Kurosaki, you are a Quincy." As he spoke, the helmet began to feed images into Yuzu's mind. She saw men and women dressed in stark white outfits, fighting with glowing blue bows and arrows. "Yhwach is our king. Every Quincy in existence shares his blood, including you, who inherited it from your mother, Masaki."

"My…mom was…a Quincy?" Yuzu asked, feeling lightheaded.

The images started to change. She saw men in black, wielding razor sharp swords attacking the Quincies. "A thousand years ago, the Soul Reapers massacred our people. They are our mortal enemies."

When the images of the Soul Reapers turned towards Yuzu she started to panic. "NO! Get me out of here!" she screamed, struggling only to suddenly scream in agonizing pain. "Ahhhhh!" The helmet sent signals of sharp pain into Yuzu's brain, making her entire body feel like it was being torn apart.

As he continued, Haschwalth reached for the IV stand and grabbed a pump dangling from it. The bag was filled with the blood of Yhwach. Squeezing it, he pumped Yhwach's blood into Yuzu's veins. "They are your enemies, Yuzu. You will fight them for His Majesty. You will kill them for His Majesty."

"No!" Yuzu protested, shaking her head. "I don't wanna hurt anyon-Ahhhhhh!" she screamed as the helmet sent more pain into her. "Make it stop!"

"Don't fight it," Haschwalth chastised. When Yuzu finally stopped resisting he continued. "You will fight for His Majesty. You will fight for the Vandenriech."

"Vanden…reich?"

"That is what we are, Yuzu." He leaned forward into the pained girl's ear and spoke softly. "What are you, Yuzu?" he asked. When the girl refused to answer he sighed. "Very well, the hard way it is."

"AHHHHHHHH!" the girl screamed, her every nerve assaulted by the helmet's torture. Slumping forward, tears began to fall down her face. "Please…no more…please…."

Putting a hand on her shoulder, Haschwalth repeated the sentence, pumping more of Yhwach's blood into her. "What are you?"

The blood of Yhwach brought his voice, whispering into Yuzu's ear while she writhed in pain. "Yuzu. You are my blood. You are my daughter," the voice whispered. "You are a Quincy."

Before she knew it, Yuzu was repeating the words, her mind in too much pain to raise anymore resistance. "I…am a…Quincy."

Haschwalth gave a rare smile, caressing the girl's cheek softly. "Good let us continue."

For hours, Haschwalth furthered Yuzu's indoctrination. Yuzu was treated to all sorts of horrifying images. Images of a crazed man with blue hair looking at her with the intent of cutting her open for dissection and another man with a mane of wild black hair with a wicked grin as he brought his sword down on Yuzu. Haschwalth explained who these men were and that Yuzu was expected to destroy them as well as the other Soul Reaper captains, explaining who they were. All the while Haschwalth continued to pump the corruptive blood into Yuzu, feeding the girl Yhwach's commanding voice.

Yuzu tried to fight it. She didn't want to do this, to hurt or kill anyone. She'd been raised to be sweet and gentle. But even the slightest thought of dissent made the helmet inflict pain on Yuzu, her voice going hoarse from screaming in sheer unadulterated agony. As the hours rolled by Yuzu was forced to repeat line after line. With each recitation she said the words with less and less hesitation.

"I am a Quincy."

"I will fight Soul Reapers."

"I will kill Soul Reapers."

"I exist to serve His Majesty."

Just when Yuzu thought that things couldn't get any worse, they did. The next image forced into her brain was that of her brother, Ichigo, who was in the garb of a Soul Reaper. "Ichi…go?"

"Your brother is a Soul Reaper, Yuzu. He will not bow before His Majesty. Like those he follows he will be crushed." He neared Yuzu's ear again and started to whisper menacingly. "Your brother is far more than a Soul Reaper. He is a monster. Within him dwells a beast known as a Hollow."

Yuzu couldn't help but scream when she saw the image of her brother warp and become horrific. Ichigo was now a white-covered monster, a horned mask on his head and a hole in his chest. He looked at Yuzu with bloodlust in his eyes. "No! Not Ichigo! That's not my brother!" she shouted, crying out when the helmet attacked her.

"He is your enemy, Yuzu. Say it," Haschwalth commanded, squeezing the pump to send more blood into Yuzu. He had to be careful and not overfill Yuzu with blood or she might die.

Once again, Yhwach's voice drifted into Yuzu's mind. For a moment it felt like the man was right behind her, his hands on Yuzu's shoulders. "Your brother is my enemy. He is my son trapped forever in darkness. He must be destroyed."

"I…chi…go…."

"He is our enemy," Haschwalth repeated.

"He is your enemy,"

"You must kill him."

"You will kill him."

Over and over again Haschwalth and Yhwach fed those lines into Yuzu's brain. She struggled and pleaded, screaming in agony the entire time. She didn't want to hurt her brother more than anything. But the horrifying image of Ichigo in his Hollowfied state loomed over her and she felt a clawed hand at her throat. The Hollow pulled his mask off, revealing the face of her brother who's black and yellow eyes stared down at Yuzu.

The scream Yuzu let out was inhuman. Haschwalth was taken aback when Yuzu's spiritual pressure suddenly skyrocketed, making him step backwards in alarm. Yuzu glowed blue as she instinctively lashed out at the apparition, trying desperately to kick or push it away. The Sternritter Grandmaster stared in amazement as Yuzu broke the straps around her ankles and started kicking at air, screaming at the horror the helmet was showing her. 'I understand why you were so interested in her, Your Majesty,' Haschwalth noted as he turned off the machine, knowing that Yuzu was on the verge of having a complete mental breakdown.

Yuzu slumped in her chair as the image of the demonic Ichigo vanished, the pain in her head clearing. When Haschwalth pulled away the helmet Yuzu sobbed, unable to figure out what was what anymore. She didn't want to believe that was Ichigo but the face was unmistakable.

Releasing her wrists, Haschwalth unplugged the IV and knelt down, wiping her eyes with a rag. "Yuzu," he addressed, looking at her with a stern gaze. "Who are you?" he asked one last time.

"I am a Quincy."

Nodding, the man continued. "Who are your enemies?"

"My enemies are the Soul Reapers."

"Whom do you serve?"

"I serve His Majesty, Yhwach."

Narrowing his eyes, Haschwalth asked the final, most important question. "What is your brother to you?"

Tears running down her face, Yuzu said the words Haschwalth had been hoping for.

"My brother is my enemy. My brother is a monster!"

Standing up, the white-haired man nodded. "Good. It seems your education is complete. Now on to the next step…."

Yuzu looked up when she saw Haschwalth reach into his pocket and offer her something. She saw that it was a star-shaped cross with a circle running around it. "What step?" she asked as she took the pendant.

"Your training."

To be continued