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Black.

She looked around herself, it was all black. Well this sucks. She thought to herself. Trying to place her hand on her forehead she was surprised to find she couldn't. What the hell? She tried again. At first is was a tingle, then it was like an explosion in her head, she opened her mouth the scream but no sound came out. Blinking tears from her eyes she silently pleaded for it to stop. Very slowly it did. Closing her eyes she willed it all to just go away.


"What happened to her?" Shunsui looked down at Noashi, next to him Jushiro stood absolutely still. Watching as the girl curled into a tight ball and visibly shook in agony. Rukia who had been with Noashi the whole time, sat next to the bed, biting her thumb nail nervously. This was not the time to have her unconscious, they needed help with a certain Zanpakuto problem.

"W-Well," She started. "Noashi and I were walking back to my fukutaicho room to have some tea, and the hell butterflies came, but when she touched her she quickly pulled back and told me not to go."

"She knew he was here." Jushiro concluded. "But that doesn't explain how she got like this."

"Then she grabbed my arm and shunpoed to the top of the arena. She sensed you guys gathering and I heard her swear. Then a strange man appeared behind us, he was smirking, at Noashi. He held out his hand, and some strange Reiatsu shot out. Noashi jumped in front of me, muttering something about 'keeping her safe'. The force of the Reiatsu pushed hard against her and it pushed us off the building, but she threw me onto a different roof and shunpoed back behind the guy. She dealt a kick to the left side of his head," Both men chuckled at this. It sounded perfectly like Noashi. "he flew to the side, but he just shunpoed away chuckling and saying 'it'll start soon.'" Rukia finished breathless. "She grabbed her head, she must have been in so much pain, but that's not it when she looked at me her eyes were changing colors, fading between red and blue."

"Well Damn." Shunsui frowned scratching the back of his head. "Where is Unohana?"

"She just woke up," Jushiro stared at Noashi for a moment then turned to the door. "Let's go help the other, there's nothing we can do here."

"Hai." The other two agreed in unison and followed him out. Shunsui though gave one last look to Noashi and scanning her Reiatsu narrowed his eyes. He'd have to look into this. And soon.


Standing silently next to his Zanpakuto, SenbonZakura, Byakuya felt at ease, despite the tight knot in his stomach. Turning to SenbonZakura he sensed the troubling thoughts brewing in his head.

"Is something the matter, SenbonZakura?"

"Master," Senbon addressed him carefully. "She is at war with herself."

"Who?"

"Noashi." Senbon sighed, his mask giving none of his worried expression away. "His presence here is going to slowly tear here apart."

He was right, because of what Noashi was, she couldn't stay here. Sighing he shunpoed to where he felt her Reiatsu flaring. No one was with her now, and slowly he walked towards her shaking form. Something in his chest ached.

"Can we reach her inner world?" Byakuya asked calmly. He had heard of it before, people being bound being able to reach each others inner worlds. Toshiro and Karin had certainly done it, but Noashi and he were different.

"Hai."

With that Byakuya closed his eyes and entered his own consciousness. He was surprised when he opened his eyes, he was standing in front of a door. Running a hand over the surface he felt indents curving and twisting. Upon closer inspection he found the etchings were Japanese kanji. メタルハート. The words for Metal Heart. He narrowed his eyes and this and pushed the door open.

At first he couldn't see, then he realized that it was just pitch black, he thought of just leaving then he heard it. A whimper. Following the sound he found her. Looking at her the aching in his chest increased, ignoring it he sat next to her form. Just as it was in the real world she was curled tightly into a ball, her knees pulled to her chest and her hands gripping the sides of her head. Her Reiatsu flared again, he noticed the change in it. It seemed more like a Zanpakuto's more than a shinigami's.

"Noashi." He placed his hand on her shoulder, it was cold. "Noashi you have to wake up."

"I-I can't." She shut her eyes tight. "It hurts."

"What hurts, Noashi?"

"Make it stop." She pleaded, only now did he notice she was crying. "Please, Byakuya make it stop."

"I will."

"Promise?" She suddenly turned her head to look at him. The desperation in her eyes scarred him. She suddenly wrapped her arms around him, slowly he hugged her back ."Promise me, Byakuya."

"I Promise."