Heaven in Your Eyes
Chapter IV
Wow, I guess I had more of a muse for this than I thought. Don't know how long it'll last, so enjoy it while it does. n.n
Japanese Vocab.
Doushita? - "What happened?"/ "What's wrong?"
Koishii - Lover/Beloved/Sweetheart, etc.
Yokatta -"I'm glad."
Disclaimer: I do not own the Bleach characters or series, however I do own my original characters and stories.
Ex-Lovers' Quarrel
The day after that night, Komamura spent most of it with Sayuri in his room, talking about everything that they could think of. Since most of the chores had been finished the day before, Tousen and Aizen were off somewhere, and Shinji was busy elsewhere, no one really bothered either of them, so he kept his mask off for a while with the door locked. He still refused to go all the time without it though, no matter how much she pleaded.
"I'm sure the rest of the division will understand, Sajin-kun. Especially Aizen-kun, Tousen-kun and Hirako-taicho. There's no need to hide it." She said gently, sitting on his bed.
"I don't know, Sayuri… I don't feel ready yet to reveal it to everyone just yet. Maybe in time…" He responded with a slight sigh. He stood with his arms crossed, pacing a little. It was kind of a habit for him when he was thinking about something.
Neither of them had changed since the night before, Sayuri still in the new dress with her hair down and Komamura without his mask and shirt. It seemed comfortable in the room as both knew each other a little better.
"I understand." She replied and stood, walking over to him and placing a hand on his arm, which made him stop pacing and look to her. "And I'll be right beside you, supporting you when you decide it's time." She smiled, making him smile.
"I'd like that."
She nodded softly and walked back to the mattress, sitting down on it once again. "Though, I still think you look cuter without that thing hiding your face." She giggled slightly. He blinked and smiled, uncrossing his arms as he sat down next to her. He wrapped his arms around her waist and back in a hug, she leaning up and wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Thank you. For staying with me." He said softly.
"I wouldn't leave you, Sajin-kun. I care about you."
"Yokatta. I care about you as well, Sayuri."
They let go of the hug, Komamura placing a hand on her shoulder as they looked at each other with soft smiles.
"The others will be jealous that I'm hogging your attention like this." He joked.
"They can live without me for a day or two," she waved her hand slightly as if dismissing the rest of the people. "I need some time to relax too. Besides, I haven't seen you for a few days and I like spending time with you." She made him happy by saying those words.
"Me too."
Then, there was a knock at the door. Komamura grabbed the mask that was at the foot of the bed and tugged it on, pulling on his shirt from the night before as well before unlocking the door and sliding it open.
"Konnichiwa, Komamura-kun."
It was Aizen. He looked from Komamura to Sayuri and blinked. "Am I interrupting something?"
They both blushed slightly, getting what he was meaning. "I-iie." They said at the same time. He gave them a look that said "Riiight."
"Well, I've been looking for you, Sayuri-chan."
"Doushita?"
"There's a message for you, out front."
"Message?"
"Hai. Quick, come with me." He said and started to run down the hall, toward the front of the house. Komamura and Sayuri looked at each other in confusion before Sayuri got up and ran after Aizen, Komamura following behind.
Aizen stopped as soon as he reached outside of the front of the house and pointed to a dagger lodged in the wood with a piece of paper attached to it with a string, Tousen was standing next to it. On the dagger was painted "Sayuri" in red. Sayuri stopped soon after him and looked to the dagger, Komamura following soon after. She approached the dagger and took it from the wall, untying the string that held the paper. She held onto the dagger as she unraveled the note and began reading it silently. After a moment, a pained expression came across her face and she clenched the piece of paper in her hands. Before anyone could say anything, she rushed back to her room and picked out new clothes to wear that Komamura had bought for her. She quickly undressed and threw on a black T that showed her midriff and a pair of low-rise jeans that spread on the bottom. She was tying her hair up in a ponytail with the white ribbon as Komamura came in. He stopped for a moment, seeing how good she looked in the clothing.
"Doushita?" He said after a moment, concerned about the note.
"… He wants me to fight him, or he'll destroy Soul Society." She replied with a slight sigh.
"Him?"
"Mori Yusuke, the person who hunted me and murdered my brother."
"You know him?" He asked, confused.
She finished tying her hair up and looked to him, a sad expression in her eyes.
"Gomen nasai, Sajin-kun… I promise I'll explain everything later."
At this point, Komamura was more confused than ever. Was there something she didn't tell him? It didn't matter right now, he wasn't going to let her get hurt.
"I'm going with you."
"We're going with you too." Tousen and Aizen came in a second later.
She looked to him for a minute, then nodded once. "Okay."
She started running out of the room and down the hall to the front of the house again, where she put on her sandals and rushed out of the Shinigami headquarters, Komamura, Aizen and Tousen following close behind until they reached the edge of the forest, where they caught up and ran beside her through the trees.
"Where are we going?" Tousen asked.
"He said to meet him in a large clearing. There'll be red markers on the trees… we've already past three, so it's just up ahead."
They looked ahead and saw an end to the trees. They stopped a few feet into the clearing and looked around, Sayuri taking a few steps ahead. Where was he?
"So you came… and brought friends?… I suppose I didn't mention not to bring anyone." A voice sounded through the trees.
"Enough games, Yusuke! We need to finish this!" Sayuri yelled angrily, her eyes flashing amber for a second. Aizen caught a sight of it and raised his eyebrow slightly.
"But you know how much I love games, koishii! ... But as you wish."
Suddenly, a man appeared in front of the group, a little ways a way. He had medium-length black hair with bangs and brown eyes. He was at least six inches taller than Sayuri and had a masculine build, but small compared to Komamura. He wore black pants with a white button-up shirt and a long black jacket with brownish black boots. He was handsome.
"Now, why don't you be a good girl and come here? I don't want to have to hurt that pretty body of yours, especially when I haven't taken it as my own… yet."
She was still a virgin? And who the hell did he think he was talking to her like that? Komamura should've just chewed his head off and spit it out after that smart remark. He clenched his fists.
"No chance in hell, you sick bastard." Sayuri retorted with a harsh tone. The three were surprised, not expecting anything like that from her. What else did she have in store?
"Ah, well. I tried." He sighed. Suddenly, the ground shook beneath her feet and she quickly moved out of the way before the shadow creature popped up from the ground with its sharp claws. Immediately, there was a flash of white light in her right hand that materialized into a katana and she swiped at the creature, splitting it in half. Before the creature could literally pull itself together, Sayuri raised her hand out toward it and blasted it with a short ray of white light, making the creature disappear altogether. It seemed she could protect herself better than Komamura had thought. Aizen was interested.
"Perfect. You've given me enough time already." Yusuke smirked. Before Sayuri or the three could react, a large, transparent barrier was raised, encircling a large area around Yusuke and Sayuri, blocking the others out.
"Sayuri!" Komamura was worried. Just what was that man planning to do with her?
She looked back to her friends, who were gripping their zanpakutos. She was going to fight this one on her own, it seemed.
"I'll be okay." She said with a quick reassuring smile before looking back to her opponent.
"I wouldn't say that too soon, koishii."
With incredible speed, Yusuke rushed at Sayuri as he unsheathed his blade. She jumped out of the way in time before the hit connected and swiped at him from behind. Before her blade connected, he disappeared and reappeared behind her. She saw him in just enough time before he slashed at her ribs, ducking to avoid the hit and stabbing him in the stomach. He managed to avoid most of the stab, the blade only going in about a quarter inch. He backed off and put a hand to his stomach that was now bleeding and took it off after a moment, looking at his blood in his hand with an indifferent look. Sayuri took a step back and gripped the sword in her hand in case he tried to pull anything. He looked up to her first with hatred, then a smile perked on his lips.
"Well now. I guess you're the first to draw blood in our little match. Maybe it's time I stop playing around." His tone grew darker as he spoke, the smile slowly fading.
Without warning, he appeared behind Sayuri, his afterimage still tricking her into thinking he was still where he just was. He swung his sword down onto her, and feeling his presence behind her, she immediately looked back and barely dodged the attack that now swung to the ground, splitting the earth where she had stood. He had grown more powerful since a few weeks ago. Again he rushed at her, slashing his sword at her ribs this time. She managed to block with her own sword, but was pushed back a considerable amount. Before she could do anything, he reappeared at her side and swiped right where the wound once was before, reopening it. Fortunately for her, she managed to back flip and dodge another strike that was aimed at her heart. She winced at the pain in her side as the once healed wound started to bleed again.
Komamura watched impatiently outside of the barrier, gripping his zanpakuto so hard it might have bent under his strength. Seeing her hurt by that man was hard for him to take, especially knowing he couldn't do anything to help her because of the barrier Yusuke had put up. All he could do was wait and watch, grinding his sharp teeth as they fought. Aizen and Tousen were more relaxed as Aizen looked on with interest and Tousen read the reiatsu levels and listened for sound.
"Tell me, Sayuri. Why haven't unleashed your potential? Why are you holding back?" Yusuke glared at the brunette and spoke harshly. He knew she wasn't unleashing her powers and it made him angrier. Then, he smiled. "Is it because you still have feelings for me?"
"Feelings?" Komamura repeated out loud, confused about the situation. Yusuke looked back to the large man and smirked, then looked back to Sayuri.
"So you haven't told your friends about us, huh? Are you that ashamed of me?"
Sayuri looked to him with disgust. "That's in the past. I can never forgive you for what you did."
"But we had something so beautiful!" He mocked. "We were even going to be wed in the spring, underneath the cherry blossoms like you wanted!"
"Until you betrayed me! You killed my brother!"
"You weren't so perfect either, you know. Hiding that you were Mitsukai from me. Tsk, tsk."
They were supposed to get married? Why did he betray her, then? It didn't make any sense to Komamura. Sayuri was such a kind and beautiful girl, why would anyone want to give her up? It just made him all the angrier at Yusuke. There had to be a way to get through that barrier.
"But," he continued, twirling his sword around to taunt her, "I can forgive and forget if you can." He opened his arms as if awaiting her to run to him and hug him. "Come back to me, my angel, and we can forget this whole thing ever happened."
"I'd rather die than crawl back to you." She replied harshly. He frowned and let his arms drop to his sides, holding onto the hilt of his sword.
"That can be arranged. You can die, just like your pathetic brother!" He yelled angrily and charged at her. Suddenly, the aura around Sayuri changed as she glared at the charging man. He attempted to stab her in the head, but she caught his sword between her fingers before it could reach, receiving a surprised look from everyone. Tousen nearly gasped, feeling her spiritual pressure spike. She glared at Yusuke with hatred, her eyes now amber.
"Maybe you're right… I haven't been taking this seriously enough." She suddenly unleashed the spiritual pressure she had been holding back, which weighed down him like he was at the bottom of the ocean. The ground around her cracked slightly and the force made Yusuke fall on one knee. He didn't know she had this massive amount of spiritual pressure inside of her. She grabbed onto the blade of the sword and tossed him back with it a considerable amount. He looked up to her in malice; she had unleashed her first form powers. Aizen looked on with a slight smirk and a bead of sweat fell from Tousen's forehead. She was powerful… and a potential threat. Play time was over…
