So here is the next chapter! Enter plot line here! Disclaimer: Bleach belongs to tite kubo, but the OC's and ideas surrounding them are mine.

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Chapter 4

Creeping Fate

Pyanfar scribbled on the sheet on the desk before her. It was paperwork; a boring and long task required to be done by the captains and lieutenants. Of all the things about being a captain, this was the one thing Pyanfar hated. She sighed and brushed a strand of hair back from her face.

It had only been a day since she, Byakuya, Renji, and Izuru had apprehended Riyan and turned him into the special forces. The mission had been a quick and easy one and there had been little activity in hollows and Arracanar and Pyanfar had found she was incredibly bored. The captain liked action and adventure in her life, not paperwork and sitting around doing nothing all day.

As she thought of the mission, another memory came back to her. One of love and anger. It was an odd thing to think about and Pyanfar hardly believed it had happened. The girl was transported back to a day a few years ago when she had disobeyed Byakuya Kuchiki. She had always been getting into fights because the others in the squad teased her and taunted her for being weak and anti-social. She had, after all, graduated with the lowest grades in the history of the Soul Reaper Academy.

It had been after one of those fights when Byakuya had had enough with her. Both of their tempers had flared and she had challenged him to a duel where she had soundly defeated him. It was the upset of the ages. Then, she had been wounded in a battle shortly after and had been forced to be watched over by the Captain. He had taken care of her, but the two were always bickering. Finally, they forgave each other, and had become friends. Pyanfar was then made the Captain of Squad 3 shortly after and they had seen little of each other for months. Then on one summer night it happened.

It was on that warm night when she had run into Captain Kuchiki. He had seen her walk passed his house, and he had joined her. They had talked and he had asked her if she was doing ok. Pyanfar had responded with "it could be better". He had then asked her if she would meet him again the next night and it had surprised the girl so much she had tripped over a rock. Byakuya helped her up smiling the entire time.

"Do-are you asking me on a date?!?!" She exclaimed. Byakuya chuckled,

"No, no. I just want to talk. We hardly see each other anymore."

Pyanfar had thought that suspicious, but agreed to meet him the next night. And the night after that. And after that. Eventually, he really did invite her on a date. Pyanfar sighed as the memory entered her head of their first kiss.

The captain's thoughts were interrupted by a soft voice calling,

"Pyanfar…"

The captain glanced up, but no one was at the door or in the room. She turned and looked out the window, but no one was there either. Scratching her head, Pyanfar returned to her seat, and began to write again, but then she heard her name again.

"Pyanfar…"

"Izuru! Quit playing games! I'm not in the mood!" She called out thinking that her lieutenant was playing some trick.

"Pyanfar…"

"That's it!" The captain rose from her seat and walked around her desk, and was about to storm out the door when she suddenly felt faint. Her vision began to darken and before she realized what was happening, she collapsed on the floor and blacked out.

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Izuru, having heard his name called a few moments earlier, hurried into the captain's office. As he entered he said,

"Captain you wanted me- Captain!"

Izuru raced to his captain's side and turned her over. She was unconscious and the lieutenant nearly panicked. He cradled her in his arms and called out loudly, "HEY! SOMEONE! COME HERE NOW!"

A subordinate raced in and seeing the captain limp in the lieutenant's arms, froze. He continued to stare blankly as Izuru issued a command.

"Get Squad 4 in here!" he stated quickly. The other Soul Reaper didn't move and continued to stare. Izuru snapped angrily, "NOW!"

That command got to the subordinate and he raced away quickly. Izuru looked back down at his captain, and he checked her pulse. It was still strong and the lieutenant began to relax a little. He whispered softly, "Captain, what happened?"

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Pyanfar was standing on a single green hilltop that was surrounded by a sea of blackness. Silence was all that she could hear and it seemed to be deafening.

"Hello?" She called out. There was no answer; there was no response, not even an echo. She sat down on the hilltop, not daring to leave the light. Suddenly, she sensed she was being watched. She whipped around and tripped on her feet…or what she thought were feet. She gasped in surprise to see that her hands had become rounded paws, one leg with a black stocking. She had been transformed into a very large, mostly white feline.

"Surprised? You must have never been this deep into your mind before." Said a voice from the darkness. Pyanfar looked up and whipped around. There was no one in sight.

"Who are you!?" She yelled. There was no response. There was nothing but the awful silence. Then, the grass at Pyanfar's feet suddenly burst into flame. Yelping in surprise, Pyanfar darted off of the small hill as the fire consumed it. Turning back she saw two blood red eyes peering from behind the curtain of flames. The captain stared in horror, right back at them. Evil laughter filled the darkness and echoed back to the girl's ears and she shut her eyes, trying to wake up.

"You want to know who I am? I won't tell you unless you can defeat me!" said the voice from the flames. Suddenly, the echoes began to chant a haunting melody.

"Vit tew notere gh baloshu. Vit tew notere gh baloshu."

To terrified to take it any longer, Pyanfar raced away into the darkness the chanting voices following her and surrounding her.

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"Vit tew notere gh baloshu…"

The last echo faded into silence and Pyanfar opened her eyes slowly. Looking down at her with a worried face was Izuru, his blonde hair hanging low over his eye. The captain's head began to ache horribly and she asked quietly,

"Izuru…what happened?"

The lieutenant responded, "Thank goodness you're awake, Captain. I heard you call my name and I rushed in here and found you unconscious on the floor. I sent a subordinate for Squad 4. That was seven minutes ago."

"Seven…" she repeated. She remembered the strange dream she had and she shivered. It had seemed she had run for eternity there.

"You okay?" he asked.

"Fine." She tried to sit up and Izuru helped her. After a moment, Pyanfar put a hand to her head and closed her eyes. "Am I ill?"

Izuru did not respond, and Pyanfar didn't want an answer. She quietly thought to herself, Yes, I'm sick. That dream was just a product of it. It wasn't anything to worry about.

Suddenly, four Soul Reapers burst into the room. They all wore a green belt across their chests that were connected to a satchel attached to their back. It was the Squad 4 relief that Izuru had called for. Pyanfar sighed; she hated being ill.

Sigh….so on the last two posts I TRIED to put links to pictures. But it appears fanfiction doesn't like that. So here let me try one more time! So in ur URL bar put my user name from this site. Dot. Then deviant art. (one word) Dot. Then paste the rest from the other chapters. Hopefully this way will work. If not…I will be even madder than before!!