I adverted my gaze from the sixth squad captain's penetrating stare. "How did you get that?" he asked a bit coldly. I shift some what uncomfortably. "You would just laugh at me," I say. My anger suddenly bubbling up inside of me. He sighs and places a calming hand on my shoulder. "I promise I wont laugh," I give up and let out a defeated breath. "Okay... it was a nightmare that felt so real. I can still feel his long, slinky fingers around my neck." I explain. I look into Kuchiki Taichou's eyes and he seemed to be thinking. "Let's go to squad twelve for this. He would have an explanation for this." I nod and we leave the Kuchiki manner.
When we arrived, Nemu greeted us and led us to his lab where he was working. "Excuse me Taichou, but you have visitors." She said as she stood there. He turned to us, and I try to keep my normal appearance. "Ah," he said dully. "Leave us Nemu," he ordered. She did as told and left us. "So, what is it that you want from me?" he leaned back in his chair and I sigh. I explain everything to him and his eyes light up in interest and grins like mad.
"This is going to be fun," he said to himself. I shift uncomfortably as Kuchiki leaves. After he was done doing what needed to be done, he said I could go and so I did.
When I was outside of the Research and Development Department, Jyuushiro came walking up to me. I grin up at him whole he smiles at me. "There's a captain meeting Hitsugaya Taichou." I nod and we head over to the conference room. There, we saw all the captains lined up. Me and Jyuushiro take our spots and halfway through the meeting, usually Jyuushiro started his coughing fit, but I felt lightheaded and started to sway.
Everyone but Yama-jii noticed. "Hey, Hitsugaya Taichou, you alright?" I look up at who was speaking to me and saw Shunsui. My gaze suddenly fogged up and I clutched my head as my brain started to pound against my skull painfully hard. I groan in pain and this got Yama-jii's attention. My gaze was turning white to red to black within seconds. Everything around me turned in to a colorful blur. But where I was looking, it was red. I look to my hand and saw black.
Well well well... I thought you would never visit me again a voice inside my head said. I felt a hand on my shoulder and I bared my teeth at it and realized it was Retsu's. But something inside of me hated her and everyone else around me. Then I heard voices around me and I could not help my grit my teeth to keep from screaming in pain. The next thing I knew, I was laying on my back and I found myself in the squad four barracks.
Then my vision went black and I found myself with Hyorinmaru. "Hi," he greeted. I nod and I lean forward. "Hyorinmaru, what was with the sudden pain?" I looks away and I tilt my head just the slightest and wait for an answer. "i cant really say." I sigh and rest my head on his shoulder. "It's alright, you don't have to tell me if you don''t want to right now." I sighs and I close my eyes. I open my eyes and saw Unahana. "Unahana Taichou, what happened?"
She looks to me and smiles. I narrow my eyes and she walks over to me. She pulls up a chair and sits down. "Well, we don't know exactly. You started to groan in pain and you lashed out at us in the middle of the meeting we had three days ago. We had to knock you out to get you here."
"Why don't I remember ever doing that?" I ask her. She surges her shoulders and I close my eyes. "Kuchiki Taichou mentioned you had a nightmare four days prior to the attack. I nod. She pulls the bandage from around my neck that I didn't even know was there. "I guess that explains the hand mark around your neck and I also noticed scars from where sharp claws have dug into your skin." I nod and she takes her hand away.
"Can you explain your nightmare?" she asked. I look at her with slightly narrowed eyes. Then I softened my glare to a blank stare. "Well, in my nightmare, I woke up to a light breeze ghosting over my pale cheek, I sat up to see what is was, but nothing was there. I looked around and saw an end table with a steaming cup of tea on it and when I looked up, there were many shelves and there were red and white skulls on them. I got out of bed and there was a desk under a very large window. There was an open book, well, diary on it so I sat down and started to read."
"Were there any pacific lines you remember from it?" Unohana asked gently. I think for a few minutes and nod. "It read 'Cold. Abandoned. Betrayed. Why did I wake up in the middle of nowhere where the sun is just setting and I am in tall grass?' and I don't remember anything else." she nods and gestures for me to continue. I sigh and look to the white ceiling. "After I finished reading, I heard laughing behind me. I turn around and what my eyes saw, chilled me to the bone. His eyes were black but the pupils were blood red and his skin was deathly pale. He had long fingers that had sharp nails that were grown out like Mayuri's own, but they were covered in blood. He was wearing a suit as well but he was bald but I couldn't help but shiver when he sent me a toothy grin."
I avoided her eyes and knew she wanted me to continue, so I did. "He wrapped his long, pale boney like fingers around my neck and he started to dig them in and my body felt cold. I woke up in my office to see Kurosaki and Matsumoto there with me. I haven't seen Hyorinmaru since then either."
"What you experienced was called Zdeseny Hruzou Nocni Videni. Meaning Horror-stricken Night Vision. It is a very rare case that has no cure. The only other person who had this was called Roham Varjopuoli. He was a lieutenant in squad seven at the time. Which was long ago. He goes by Mephiles now but he always said that they meant something. That something in the future will go horribly wrong. He met up with a girl named Membunga Cealaigh. She was a captain of squad 11 at some point in time but left her squad and everything else behind because of her Zdeseny Hruzou Nocni Videni. She now goes by Trisun Falconwing. They live in the world of the living now." Unohana explained. "Thank you Unohana." I say.
She nods and takes her leave. I sigh and think over all the things she said.
