Cuisine of Death
Chapter 4
Author's Note: Wah...so sorry for not updating for a while...uh...long time...Here it is, Chapter 4!
Orihime whimpered and stepped back from the massacre scene. She slowly glanced around the room. Fear trembled down her spine at the sight of everything that was fallen on the ground.
The Espada.
Fallen.
She shivered and looked to her feet. There he was, Aizen Sosuke. Dead. His body sprawled by her feet. His face was pale, and his eyes were wide open, obviously not contented with his death. So many plans, so much power, so many lives to wipe away. All destroyed. Destroyed by a weak, useless girl who was thrown aside during preparations of what was to be the greatest war of all.
Orihime tightened her fists. She was scared, "Wh-what is going..."
Orihime raced around the room, checking for any signs of life. But the only life was the enlarged hollow plant that ate Barragan. The Espada were dead, Orihime was sure of it. But it was weird; she didn't know whether to be overcome with joy...or sadness...
She plopped down onto the ground. What do I do? She asked herself.
Just as she was staring into space, she heard a sound that made her heart jump.
BAM!!!
The doors bursted open, and Ichigo Kurosaki, Rukia Kuchiki, Renji Abarai, Uryu Ishida, and Chad Yatsutora came running in.
Ichigo, Rukia, and Renji had their Zanpakutos pointed at the Espada. Uryu and Chad were also ready to battle...battle...the...huh?
"What the hell?"
A wave of confusion swept through Ichigo and he moved his eyes along the room. Where was the threat? He looked down. Oh, there it was. Their greatest threats were lying on the ground. Sleeping? Unconscious? Dead? No way, they couldn't be dead...If they were dead, who killed...
"Ichigo!" Rukia shouted
Ichigo turned and finally saw Orihime cowering in a corner.
"Inoue!" Ichigo and Rukia ran towards her.
A smile immediately lighted up on her face when she saw Ichigo.
"Kurosaki-kun! Kuchiki-san!"
Uryu pushed up his glasses, "What happened here? Inoue-san? Are you alright?"
Orihime smiled widely and nodded furiously.
Rukia leaned down where Aizen was, "He-he's dead!"
Everyone looked shocked.
"H-how did he?" Ichigo stuttered.
Orihime giggled nervously, "Well, it's a long story..."
Orihime began her very descriptive and long story of what happened over the last few days, "And so, they all took a bite and had really weird expressions on their faces...and then..."
But guess what? Orihime left out a few important details; since she was too busy describing the Espada's reactions. She forgot to mention that it was HER cooking and Aizen told HER to make it, and the SHE is the one responsible. So, everyone thought that it was just some Arrancar who hated Aizen that poisoned him.
Ichigo shook his head, "Well, whatever happened, we got to get back to the Soul Society and report it."
Rukia sheathed her zanpakuto and said, "This is going to be extremely unbelievable..."
Uryu looked out the door, "We'll have to just tell the shinigami that there was an accident, and that Aizen was killed by his own."
Ichigo stood up, "Yeah...his own..."
Ichigo balled his fists at the thought of what Aizen had done.
Orihime suddenly remembered, "Oh wait!" She ran to the food cart, "Here, you must be hungry..." (Author's Note: EEP!!!)
"They're here!" Chad called.
Byakuya Kuchiki, Unohana Retsu, Kenpachi Zaraki, Mayuri Kurotsuchi, Nemu Kurotsuchi, Isane Kotetsu, Hanataro Yamada, and Yachiru Kusajishi came walking into the room, all armed.
"WHAT THE HELLL????" Kenpachi roared at the sight of the dead Espada. He was especially mad after hearing the story, which Orihime once again left out some rather important details. Kenpachi continued to rant about "stupid" and "fighting to the death" and "waste of time"
It seemed as if no one was willing to believe that Aizen was murdered by something so...so...trivial.
Unohana smiled though, "But this is rather fortunate for all of us, isn't it?"
Byakuya looked up towards the eternal night sky of Hueco Mundo.
"It seems so. We have avoided a war that might have destroyed the world. A war that we thought," Byakuya closed his eyes, "A war that we thought was inevitable..."
As Orihime and the others caught up on what happened, Mayuri walked over to the front of the room, and within a few minutes, he unveiled the Hougyoko. He carefully placed it in a small sealed barrier and turned around to...
"EEEE!!!" Mayuri almost crashed into Hanataro when he turned around.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING STANDING SO CLOSE TO ME???" He hollered.
"My b-bad..." Hanataro gulped, "just curious..."
Mayuri was about to proceed yelling, but then he felt a cold stare coming from Unohana, who was ironically smiling. He mumbled angrily and walked away, sealing the Hougyoko carefully in the barrier. It was going to have to be locked away in Central 46 when they returned to the Gotei 13.
Hanatato walked around the room, not really knowing what to do. Then, he spotted a large bowl with bubbling food in it. Hanatao ran over and peered into the bowl. It looked really weird, and he took a sniff. Hanataro suddenly doubled over and bgan choking and gasping for breath, "AHH.........." He coughed. Something probably would've went really bad if Isane hadn't seen him.
"Yamada-san!" Isan quickly ran over tp help the choking Hanataro. Nemu stared at them with the same blank look on her face.
"What happened???" Isane tried to pull Hanataro up. Hanataro gacked and pointed at his open mouth. The smell was so strong it sort of entered through into his mouth. Hanataro wheezed and coughed, while Isane struggled to find out what was wrong with him.
"Wah???" Isane couldn't tell what happened.
Nemu walked over and bend down towards them, "He requires mouth-to-mouth CPR."
"Eh????"
Yachiru then came pouncing over and, "HAHA!!! Hana-chan's playing charades!!" She then jumped on top of Hanataro, who then spewed out a puff of purple smoke, "ah....." Hanataro coughed and then sighed with relief.
A while later, Isane walked over to the pot and looked inside. She stuck her finger in it and took a sample. "What is this?" She was about to taste it until, "Ah! Kotetsu fuku-taicho! Don't eat that!!" Hanataro then tackled her. "EEP!" They fell to the ground.
"S-sorry..." Suddenly, a large shadow covered the both of them and there stood Kenpachi, "Well, well, are you two fighting?"
"N-no!"
"You are? Well lets have some FUN!!!"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!"
Unohana truned around and saw Kenpachi chasnig Isane and Hanataro in circles.
"My, my, aren't they having fun..."
"Taicho!!! Help!!!!"
Unohana smiled, and shaking her head, she walked over to pummle...er...pull back Kenpachi.
The shinigami left the buildings of the land of the white desert. As they left, they noticed several Arrancar staring at them, not knowing what to do. As they got farther away, Mayuri flicked a switch.
An explosion.
The buildings were no more.
An explosion that would destroy off the dangers of the Arrancars.
But unknowingly, it also set off something else.
There you have it. The end of Aizen. The end of the Espada. The victory of the shinigami. The safety of the human, shinigami, and their leader's world.
It was the end of the greatest threat in the history of Soul Society.
But it was not the end.
An even greater and unknown danger was approaching Soul Society as the shinigami inched closer and closer to their homes.
An even greater danger that threatened everything it shall encounter.
An even greater danger that may as well be known as the TRUE destruction of the Soul Society.
Orihime Inoue watched happily as they proceeded though the gates. She smiled as she watched Ichigo struggle to walk and Rukia constantly trying to pull Nel off of Ichigo legs. The gates opened, and Ichigo and his friends waved goodbye.
In her mind, Orihime also said goodbye to the lonely desert. The gates closed.
"Let's move!" Ichigo and everyone else began to run through the passage way.
Rukia shifted towards Orihime as they ran, "Nice to have you back, glad that you're okay..." Rukia smiled at Orihime.
Orihime smiled back and nodded. Her hand clutched onto a small box in her pocket.
A box as a souvenir.
The box contained something.
After all, the Espada wouldn't be able to use it anymore.
Something for just in case someone got hungry on the way...
Author's Note: AHHH!!! Orihime's cuisine of death is moving towards Soul Society!!! Scream!!! Panic!!! Call a doctor!!! LOL. Yes, we know that this chapter wasn't as funny as the other chapter, since there was no funny reaction of a poor victim of Orihime's cooking. (except for Hanataro...poor hana-chan) But it is, after all, the introduction of death to the Soul Society. Don't worry; someone WILL eat it in the next chapter. Who should be the first shinigami to accidentally get their hands on Orihime's little souvenir...Hmmm.....Go on, take a guess...Hope you enjoyed and please review!
