Chapter 4: The Gathering
Still by DarknessSun and KaizenUchiha
Hola party peoples, I just finished the book A Separate Piece by John Knowles and I must say it was an impressive read.
Kaizen struck his fist through a nearby building "Arashi, Akane" he said and the two teens turned to face him "return to headquarters find all the information you can about this soul reaper" he said and his subordinates disappeared. Two new figures entered the small urban clearing "Eden, Tia" he said and a short blonde-haired girl dressed in black garb who looked around ten years old took a step towards him "prince Kaizen" Eden said. The second figure stepped from the shadows revealing a tall women with yellow hair and a dark tan "Tia Harribel, I see father is toying with the dead again" Kaizen said "the soul society has noticed your presence, probably because of that other soul reaper this Blaine character" she said with a tone of boredom "your father wishes for us to destroy these new foes before they can become a nuisance". Kaizen turned suddenly to face the two females "What has father planned?" he asked suddenly and Eden smiled "he would prefer that secret to remain as it is, after your last assassination attempt" the trio laughed loudly "I can understand his logic" Kaizen said "but unfortunately I can not permit you to follow father's orders, so if you continue with this endeavor I will have to stop you". Eden smiled darkly at the boy's comment "Good, its been a long time since I had a good fight" she said and the girls disappeared "You would think a child would be nice and kind, but she's fucking evil!" he said and flash stepped away to his base.
Taylor laid her messenger bag down on the dark gray couch she and Alex had been resting upon; Blaine had removed them from the battle after she had been harmed, but she still hadn't been healed as Blaine was missing. "You would think that if he was going to send us some place, he would at least tell us where we are" Ichigo said while flipping through channels on the large flat screen television mounted on the wall over a fireplace. The large white door by the couch flew open and Blaine now stood in the doorway "Hello all" he said waved his green aura-covered hand over Taylor and she set up quickly. "I have contacted the soul society and they will be sending assistance ASAP" he said and slung himself down on the couch next to Ichigo "Who are they sending?" Ichigo asked with a bored tone, but they could tell he was really interested by the way he perked up when he mentioned assistance "they didn't specify, but they should arrive within the hour". Taylor pulled the Hogyoku from her pocket and examined it closely "in the times to come you will all need the power the Hogyoku can provide to you" he said Ichigo turned to face him, disregarding the television "the Hogyoku will give you power only if you have the strength to obtain it" Ichigo said and Blaine nodded "this is true, but the Hogyoku possess more power than you will ever be able to comprehend, the Hogyoku's user wields most of its power in the palm of its hand, so as long as Taylor is near you, and you learn how, you will be able to draw power from the Hogyoku" he said and there was a loud knock at the door "it seems our guests have arrived". Before Blaine could open the door it was thrown open and Rangiku now stood, the tall orange-haired woman looked around the room for a moment and glomped Ichigo. Seconds after Rangiku had made contact with Ichigo Rukia appeared beside the two and ripped the woman off Ichigo "Stupid bitches" Blaine muttered and two massive Chappy bats swung at him, pinning his head through the wall. Hitsugaya and Byakuya entered next followed by the well-known green haired girl, "Nelliel" Blaine said and embraced the tall girl. Hitsugaya sat next to Taylor with Byakuya on his other side and Alex on Taylor's other side, across from them Ichigo sat with Rukia on his left and Rangiku on his right a pair of chairs appeared in the small space separating the two couches. The song "Paint It Black" by Victoria Justice began blaring loudly and Blaine reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone "Why the hell do you have that song as your ringer?" Ichigo shouted "Shut up, I got a text" was his response, and the boy began reading the text intently, his face shifting from an amused look to a very serious grimace. "The Espada have returned" Blaine said and showed the picture he had received to all the people in the room, the picture showed a group of 10 people gathered around a table dressed only in black with black numbers on different parts of their bodies "and they know that we are in Karakura". There was an awkward silence following until Taylor placed her left hand on top of her right, and they lined up almost perfectly except for her thumbs that were sticking out straight, her thumbs began moving in rotations like a moving animal "awkward turtle!" Taylor shouted and they all busted out laughing at her antics. "It seems we can never get a break" Ichigo said and stood up "I'm going home" he said and Rukia stood to follow him "No Rukia you are no staying in my closet ever again, I use it for clothes now" he shouted at her and Rukia pouted. "You can all stay with me" Blaine said and moved to the opposite side of the room "I have several rooms prepared incase of an emergency" Hitsugaya nodded his head "it may be for the best if we all stay together, incase the Espada are searching for us" he said and Byakuya nodded. "Tomorrow is Friday correct?" Byakuya asked and Blaine nodded "good then tomorrow we will begin training with the Hogyoku" he said "I'll help you guys get home" Blaine said and before they could respond he flung another small metal ball at them and they disappeared "now to real business" Blaine said "Who wants to play monopoly?" he asked and pulled the board from under the couch.
Oh yeah that's what soul reapers do in there free time when we think something important is going on, they play monopoly