Chapter 4

You're In My Nightmares

"Ryuuken! They are staying and that's it!" Zaisuki's voice was loud and obnoxious.

Sapphire could hear the arguing of the couple perfectly. Each word they slashed out at each other in a violent tone. She shut her eyes away and drooped her head a little letting the ringlets brush against her cheeks, while dangling with her saddened head. Zaisuki told her to keep in this room until she said it was alright to come out. It was dark and small with no window allowing the moon's light in. It seemed more like a damp prison cell with the cold paved floor and two blankets to serve as a bed. The only seat she had was the bony, devoured wooden one she was already sitting on. She could feel the weight of the world above her. It depressed her spirit and she felt so cold under ground.

"Sa-ph-y." She heard a playful voice creep from behind the door. She recognized it to be Kisuke's, but the two had been separated, just in case they were up to something sneaky. "Sapphire?" His voice continued to pester the sulking girl. She watched the door handle twitch. It was the only door in the house that wasn't a sliding screen, and she was under the impression it had been locked. "Why do ya look so dull?" His cheesy smile seemed to brighten the room.

"Kisuke!" She shouted in a whisper. "You're meant to stay in your room fool!" She snapped, but kept her voice low as Kisuke trotted his way into the room.

"There's sixteen rooms under the shop, all like this one." He stated off topic, wondering away from the words she said. "Five star treatment." He whispered in a sarcastic tone.

"You've been snooping around?" Sapphire's expression was one of which, where she didn't look impressed.

Kisuke nodded his head, continuing in the room, walking around jotting down mental notes about the room. He went on to explaining how the rooms under this shop was amazing, but he could probably extend it and make it into a fantastic training ground like the cave in Soul Society. Sapphire refused to pay attention to his ludicrous fantasies.

"Why so happy?" He questioned, once again sarcastically.

"I feel like we're prisoners. Couldn't we have found somewhere else to stop?"She inquired, glancing over at the Gigai slumped in the corner of the room.

The blonde followed her vision and sighed. "Why haven't you got into it yet?"

"There's no need to if they can already see us."

"That's not the point. We were supposed to be in them as soon as we touched Earth's soil."

"I can do what I want." The damp room had seemed to dampen Sapphire's joy. She was normally the one making sure Kisuke was following the orders. "There's no point to this stupid mission, and I don't want to stay in some gritty prison underground. Besides, what if the alter in spiritual pressure is those Quincies? What if they're the ones we have to get rid of?" Sapphire couldn't bring herself to look at Kisuke. Perhaps it was just the room, but she had fallen into a very stinker attitude.

"They're not." He calmly put his hands in the pocket of his denim jeans. This was when Sapphire first noticed he was already in his own gigai, and had scooped up some clothes. He wore some cheap white trainers with a black rim. Denim jeans and a green long sleeved top, or T-shirt, she couldn't tell because of the clean white jacket that he wore, open at the chest. "Yoruichi sent a butterfly. She said she could feel an out burst of energy. It seemed to be you, but she wasn't sure, and warned me that there are Quincies about, but are under observation by Shinigami." He scratched the back of his head as he glanced over at Sapphire, who was still studying his new profile. "Apparently the odd pressure is definitely leaning towards Hollow."

Her jewel eyes looked him up and down one last time before speaking. "What are you wearing?" Her face was clearly trying to maintain a snicker.

"Clothes." He chuckled in his throat a little before giving a real answer. "Apparently this is what America is all about."

"But we're in Japan."

"Naah really? I thought this was China." Once again his sarcastic tone spoiled the air.

His head was suddenly whipped with the edge of cheap wood. His head twisted to see who hit him, pretending to sob a little.

"Kisuke-Kun!" Zaisuki smiled playfully. "I said not to go near the girl."

"Zaisuki-Kun! I said not to call me 'Kisuke-Kun'!" He altered his voice so he was imitating her jokey high pitched tone.

"I don't speak like that." She cut her eyes at him and frowned.

"Course not." He smirked to himself.

"You can stay in here a while longer if you like, but if Ryuuken catches you, he wont be happy." Zaisuki smiled.

She turned to leave the room but her glance diverted to the Gigai slumped in the corner. She shook her head and thought nothing of it. She left the room, shouting the door behind her. No locking sound was heard, but they could here her footsteps clank off into the distance.

Kisuke eyes the room and picked up the lifeless Gigai. He threw it at Sapphire which made her wobble on the chair and fall off it. She rubbed her arm which she'd tried to break the fall with, and slowly turned to look at the old chair. Two of the legs had snapped and the Gigai was lying over it.

"Get in it already, I wont look." His face twisted into a perverted grin.

She cut her eyes at him and scooped up the dummy body, taking it out of the room on a hunt for clothes. She shut the door gently behind her, leaving Kisuke alone to think. He dropped himself down onto the blanket made bed. He crossed his legs and took off his white jack staring out it for a moment. He was bored. Very bored. Overwhelmingly bored. He continued to wait in silence, till the door clicked open.

"Well?" He heard Sapphire's voice and shot his head up to look at the entering female.

"Well what?" He stared at the white heals first, not the best to fight in, but he knew this girl would most likely avoid fighting anyway.

"About my outfit?!" She pestered, giving him a little twirl.

His eyes crawled up her legs to her knees where she wore a white and blue skirt that was tight fitting to her thighs. "What outfit?" His eyes widened even more so.

"The one I'm wearing!" She murmured, a little disappointed that he didn't notice.

He continued to slowly study the new Sapphire in front of him. His eyes meeting with a blue ribbon serving as a belt going around her 'perfectly' sized waist. Kisuke's eyes were stunned at the matching t-shirt that had a box shaped open area around the chest, showing just a tiny bit of cleavage. His eyes stayed there for a moment before looking at the silver and blue locket she had around her neck in the shape of a cat face.

"Meh, you don't look so great." He smiled and through himself on his back on the bed, holding back a blush.

"W-What?" She rushed over to the bed, looking down on him, a saddened face. "R-really?"

"You don't look great Sapphy. You look stunning." He smiled, allowing his blush to crack through a little more.

"Th-thanks." Sapphire gave out an innocent grin before shoving him off the bed.

The two stayed up for a long while talking about different things. Mostly about what sort of mission that they had been assigned. Sapphire gave out a huge yawn and lay down under one of the blankets. It was so cold so Kisuke tried to use the white jack to warm her up. After awhile he got very cold himself and took the jacket back. Despite the depressing freezing, they both fell asleep, Kisuke's hand softly placed on her arm. No snores came from either of them.

Sapphire's eyes flickered open. She looked around her. Her back was against the bark of a pink blossom tree. Petals were falling around her. She couldn't hear anything at all, it was complete silence. This was strange since she could see two Captains talking in the near distance. She rose only to find herself dressed in her normal uniform. Sapphire dragged her feet a little while walking to the captains engaged in talking.

"Oh. Captain Ukitake, Shunsui."

This was very weird. She could swear she said that, but she couldn't hear herself say that. The two continued to talk as if she wasn't there. Her lips pouted a little as she pulled Jushiro's cloak. She remained ignored.

"Having trouble are you?"

She heard a male voice and sighed in relief. Her whole body twisted in the direction of the calming voice. Her eyes laid upon the 3rd seat of the 5th squad. She ran through her memory as she remembered meeting the brunette glasses wearer before.

"Aizen."

She mouthed, still not being able to hear her own words.

"I can't hear anyone but you! What's happened?"

He did not reply to her and she dangled her head, thinking he couldn't hear her words either.

The scene suddenly changed. Someone had an arm around her neck and he hands were trying to free her from the tight grasp. She could hear herself struggling to breath and an insane chuckle climb down the canal of her ear. A zanpaku-to's point was slightly pushing into the side of her stomach, and she began to feel light headed, even though she wasn't actually feeling any of that at all.

"Ukiuno-Chan?"

Aizen was still there.

"Help!" She could hear herself plead.

"What would you do if I killed Urahara-Kun?"

His voice spilled from his sick smile and Sapphire blinked for a moment. As she reopened her eyes,they shone all blue, just like the earlier battle with Zaisuki.

"I'd send you to hell where you belong."

Her tone was rough and low. With each syllable she turned more serious and disgusted at the question she was just posed with.

"Oh. OK."

He didn't seem surprised. It was almost like he expected those exact words.

"What if Urahara-Kun were to kill you?"

"He wouldn't"

She snapped.

"Wouldn't he?"

Aizen's smirk grew as he clicked his fingers. The person holding blue eyes pushed her to the ground, spinning her body to make her look at them. Her eyes widened as she studied all the facial features she knew only too well. From Kisuke's lips came an inhuman laugh, wanting to kill.

"Awaken, BENIHIME!"

He rammed the Zapaku-to into the girl onto the ground. Her flesh splitting as her best friend's weapon dug deeper into her soul. Everything fell into silence again and she could no longer hear her screams, nor Kisuke's insane chuckle. Everything faded to a flash of white.

She shot up opening her eyes, sweating like never before. She was shouting his name and he awoke with a jump. She turned her head creakily to look at him, her whole body shivering at the half sleeping blonde.