Wow, three chapters already, wow. Now, one of my friends pointed out to me that Saki is a bitch because she hit Byakuya's beautiful face, yes, I feel guilty, but my oc is indeed a bitch.
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7:20 am.
Yoshito sat in her sleep clothes from the previous night, she was staring intently at the two electronic devices on her kitchen counter, one was her cell phone, which was awaiting a text from Uryu telling her whether or not the soul reaper had shown her creepy little Hisana clone face. The other was her soul pager which she was trying hard to resist picking up, but she wanted badly to grab it and call Unohana.
''This is ridiculous!'' she spoke out loud to open air,'' I'm just going to get dressed in case I need to go to the school, yes, Uryu's classes don't even start until eight this is silly.'' With that she walked back down the hall to her bed room where she began to change clothes.
7:30 am.
The brown haired woman, now dressed in a scoop neck green shirt and a denim skirt, found she was staring at the phone again, and her hand was steadily inching toward the soul pager, she resisted the urge and decided that eating breakfast was what she needed to do. Yes, Breakfast, that would distract her.
7:45 am.
Yoshito was once again staring at the two devices, her cereal was eaten, all the dishes were washed, laundry was already washing, there was nothing more to do until Uryu sent her the message.
Giving in she reached out and picked up the soul pager, she simply told it to redial for the last call, holding it to her ear; she waited for Unohana to answer.
''Hello? Yoshito is this you?'' the kind woman's voice came over the phone.
''Yes, um…Has there been any more change, did she…'' Yoshito started running a hand through her hair.
''No, she hasn't woken up.'' Yoshito's face fell.
''Has Soi Fon let you know when I'll be able to come back?'' Even Yoshito had to laugh at the irony for years she had wanted nothing more than to be away from the soul society; now, now all she wanted was to go back.
''sometime at the end of this month, have you considered what squad you would like to enter?'' she frowned, she really hadn't.
''I'll think about it when I get there, did you reexamine the reitsu from her wounds? Was it, was it…'' she couldn't bring herself to say the words that had been the source of so many nightmares for her.
''Yoshito, those wounds are over sixty years old, and as I already told you, her body is completely healed, you were the only one who sensed reitsu from those wounds, no one else could. He's not the kind of man to do what you accuse him of.''Though her voice stayed kind the whole time, Yoshito got the direct impression she was being scolded.
''I'm sorry Unohana, but, I know I felt it, you don't have to believe me, But she's my'' Yoshito started only to be stopped.
'' I know who she is, but remember, you're not the only one with a claim to her. 84 years ago Ukitake told you something important, I suggest you remember quickly, goodbye, Yoshito.'' there was a click as the call ended, a rueful smile made its way onto the brown haired woman's face, of course she remembered those words.
'If your whole world focuses' around one person, what's going to happen, when you realize that you're not the main focus of theirs? You have to expand, and adapt, or, you can be left alone and behind. That's the choice you make when you completely wrap your life around one center point.'
That's what Ukitake had said, and he had been right. She would completely immerse herself in one person she loved most, then, she always fell down when they found someone more important to them. She was always in the background, always second best. Then she had found a man who had treated her most important, till he didn't anymore. Just like everyone else, he left her.
'Ya know, you kind of have a sad pattern in your life, and it revolves around getting left behind.' Her zanpactou put in from the back of her mind, it was true though.
'Yeah, they all left, every damn one of them, but at least I can save her.' she smiled lightly and ran a hand through her hair.
'Why the hell should we? You told her, you told her what would happen if she trusted that man, and look at what it got her. Wounds filled to the max with his reitsu, and a bed in squad four, in the ward where the ones who are never going to wake up rest.'
'I'm going to save her, when I was young, I was so stupid, I thought she was a burden, and I'm afraid than when she was growing up I treated her like one. If I left her in that ward, I could never forgive myself.' Yoshito argued with the spirit in her mind.
'What happens when it comes out that she's not dead, or a deserter?' there was an edge to Shadousairen's tone of voice.
'When that happens, all I have to worry about is keeping her father away from her.' Yoshito sighed and propped her chin up on her hand.
'Her father? Don't you mean your'
''That man is nothing to me!'' Yoshito spoke out loud with a sharp and angry tone of voice that would make most people shrink back in fear.
'Fine, but when she leaves you again, just like he did, know this, we can't survive this way. People aren't meant to be alone, always alone without the comfort of another, sooner, or later the pain will be too much. That's the same pain that drives souls to become hollows, and it's the same pain that if it continues on will drive us to insanity.' With that Shadousairen fell silent.
A sharp beep cut through the silence making Yoshito jump in surprise, her hip collided painfully with the counter and she fell to the floor. With a groan the woman picked up her body and what was left of her pride. The front screen on her phone declared that not only was it already 8:02; Uryu had sent her a text.
She showed, leave me alone now. And don't forget, dinner at 7:00 on Wednesday, I have crafts club on Thursday.
That was all the message said, but that was all she needed, Yoshito grabbed the brown purse hanging on a hook on the back of her door and made her way toward Karakura high school, where she was about to enroll herself as the newest member of class 1-A.
Unohana and Ukitake stood side by side looking at the peaceful figure in front of them, she was so still, yet her chest moved up and down, if you didn't know better, it would be easy to mistake her for asleep.
Her skin was pale, no pink tainted her cheeks like it used too, when she was awake. She lay with her arms straight at her sides, and the sheets on her bed pulled up so the top half of her white kimono was visible. Her lips were no longer a pink, but instead just pale, like the rest of her. Her mahogany hair was still shiny though. Ukitake placed a hand on the girl's cheek, she mumbled slightly, but he couldn't make out the words.
''She truly is beautiful, so much like her Mother.'' Ukitake said thoughtfully.
''Yes, it will really be good to have her back when she wakes, but how long can she be hidden from her father? He believes her dead doesn't he, at least that's the impression I got from Yoshito.'' Unohana stated, her voice held slight worry.
''I'm afraid I don't even know who the fellow is, Yoshito never told me. She also never told me her reasons for separating them.'' Ukitake still stared at the girl, her mumbling got slightly louder, but the words were still gibberish.
''Yoshito is hiding something from us, I have no doubt. After what happened, I'm worried for her, she's never been completely stable after that night.'' The healing woman frowned down at the patient, what secret could be held within that sleeping mind that was making Yoshito guard it so fiercely?
''She was my third seat for a long time, I trust her, it's her ability to look past her emotions and make a calm decision that worries me.'' The white haired man admitted as he pulled his hand away from the sleeping girl. Unohana began to leave the room, he followed suit, this ward was always so quiet, because it was the place, where the ones who don't wake up are placed.
''Retsu, it's none of my business, but do you know who her father is?'' Jyushiro asked the woman nervously, she looked at him and gave him a sad shake of her head.
''I don't know, but I do know, that whoever he is, it seems that Yoshito is willing to risk everything she's built for herself to keep them apart.''
Ukitake didn't have to ask to know she was thinking the same thing he was. it was going to be pure and utter pain for Yoshito, when those walls she worked so hard to build and maintain, all came crumbling down, just like a line of dominos.
Unknowingly they were about to push the first one, the second that girl woke up, the truth of the events from 62 years ago was going to come out. The crimes that were committed, the harsh words said, and the love that was broken apart, it was all about to fall, and the first push, was going to come the moment that the eyes of the girl opened.
Oh, just what happend all those years ago? And how the hell is Byakuya involved? who is the girl in a coma? well, all this and more coming up later in the story, please review!
