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Squad Six...
The office was quiet. His Third seat had just dropped off some paperwork. Now see this normally wasn't a problem. Captains had all sorts of paperwork to do, it was part of a bigger system to make sure everything ran smoothly. At the moment he could feel his eye brow twitching with annoyance. That was why the office was silent. No one dared enter to bother the Captain. Not when he was like this. A stack of paerwork? Fine no problem. But this was too much.
His whole office was filled with paper. It covered his Lieutenant's desk, as well as several places on the floor. Now just how did Byakuya Kuchiki end up with this work you ask? Why his loving mentor had done it.
She had told his Third Seat that they would be taking Hitsugaya's work load since he and his Lieutenant would be in the World of the Living. Why? Because she was trying to kill him that's why. Yes he made a mistake, yes he admits to it. But this. This was taking it to another level. He'd rather train with her than been doing this. And it wasn't only for now. It was for the whole month.
Because Yamaoto agreed with her.
"Captain?" His Third Seat called out.
"Enter." And he imideatly wished that he hadn't answered at all.
The two Third seats enter the room, both with two tall stack of paperwork. PLacing them in front of him the female smiled.
"Thansk for agreeing to take the Captains work! He's sick again!" THen they both ran out of the room. The brush in his hand snapped.
Why was he being punished so much?
In the World of the Living...
What the hell were these people wearing? Ruby orbs looking at everything, and everyone. What that a bunny on that girls shirt? How the hell did it get on it? Holy shit! That kid has hair the color of the rainbow! Was he born like that? The buildings looked so different too! Some tall, some short, hell some in different shapes!
Angel scanned the city as she tried to get a hold of herself and what was going on around her. The world changes so much in three centuries, well to humans that was a really long time, so maybe it shouldn't surprise her. She shoved her hands into her pocket in the front of her sweatshirt. Now she didn't go into the gigai willingly but after a debate with the Chibi Captain, and Kisuke she was tricked into it. Pulling out a piece of candy she popped it into her mouth. Sugar was one of her mundane weaknesses.
Matsumoto demanded that she was to come shopping with her and Yumichika. So she was currently sitting on a bench outside a store eating the sinful candy that caused her discomfort. She hated to be constricted, any form of it. She was made to be free, or atleast she chose that. If not she'd still be with her numerous siblings at home. Speaking of which, she wondered how they were fairing without her. Two millenniums must have changed then a little bit. Well the younger ones anyways, her elder siblings weren't going to change within the next five millenniums. Maybe Michael had taught Edward that new move he wanted so badly to learn. Or maybe-
"Angel-chan!" She looked over to the strawberry blonde calling her name. Waving one hand in the air like they couldn't see each other. "You have to come on and try some clothes on!" Shrugging her shoulders she got up and joined them in the store. The other three from their group had gone their own ways. Chibi Captain went to see his grandmother (?), Ikakku was running around with a bamboo sword attakcing random people and the other two went to see that Ichigo kid.
Ichigo Kurosaki Substitute Soul Reaper.
She sneered, what is that kid thinking? He's risking his whole living life for hunting Hollows? Rangiku found several outfits for her, making her try them on. She bought only one of them. A goddess style sun dress. The trim was in a shiny gold fabric, the main material of the dress was an ivory colored light silk in away. Only to be dragged to a shoe store, trying her best not to give the shoes she showed her some weird looks.
Insisting that she wear some gold wedges. Only problem? She had no clue how to walk in them. They spent about an hour alone teaching her to walk in the damn death traps. After fooling around for a majority of the day, Yumichika received a Hell Butterfly summoning them to the local park. After stopping at some girl named Orihime's house to drop off Rangiku's stuff, they went to said park.
Who puts bean paste, chocolate, peanutbutter, and sesamies over rye wheat?
Upon arrival they could see that all three of them weren't in their gigais. Lieutenant Kuchiki was missing. That sent red flags to Angel right away. She scaned the area once, before settling her eyes on the other Captain of the group.
"You rang Hitsugaya?" They were equals, well in rank anyways, so she said his last name forgetting the rank. If not he would have another hissy fit like he did when they were arguing about her gigai.
"Yes, it would seem that there have been weird things going on after we left." Yup red flags were high in the sky.
"It's only been like two days, how weird could it get?" Blonde eye brow cocked.
"According to a local Quincy some things other than Hollows have been showing up." Most giving questioning looks, ruby and turquoise clashed.
"Let me handle those things." Her voice full of command, and authority. Telling him to back down on the matter. There was no way he could take them down, he'd be a fool like Kenpachi and almost get his limbs ripped off. She suppressed the urge to roll her eyes on that thought, it took alot to put him back together.
His anger spiked, "And why should I do that? I don't trust you."
Her eyes narrowed at him. "You don't know anything about me than what they barely managed to gather in one simple file." She had taken to the library to learn about her fellow Captains, noticing they had files on everyone who had ever been a Captain. Her and her counter-part had next to nothing in it.
As he was about to open his mouth an ominous pressure came down on them. Not wasting a second the remaining three popped out of their gigais. Ikakku looking around her hips to see if there was a Zanpakuto, she gave a faint smirk when his eyes bulged slightly. Guess no one really thought she wandeered around without one.
"Let's split up in groups of two. Kuchiki must be with Kurosaki. Ikkaku, Yumichika go east. I and Mastumoto will go west-"
"Me and Renji will take the north. Kuchiki is in the south already." Both Captains gave each other narrowed looks, but all disappeared simultaneously.
Angel arrived to the scene must faster than Renji, since she could flash step faster than him. Surveying the area carefully, she deduced the area was safe for the moment. Looking east she could sense that Ikkaku and Yumichika were already in battle. Just who were they facing?
"How the hell are you so fast?" She turned to look at the out of breath Lieutenant behind her. Slightly hunched over, and hands on his knees as he looked up at her.
"Years of running." The flatness in her tone making him give her an odd look. She turned back to surveying the area. Something had changed in the past seconds she was talking to him. Something nagging her in the back of her mind to stay on her toes. Something agnonizingly famailiar seemed to appear in her surroundings. Taking a look to the sky she stared at the clouds willing it to come to her. After a minute or two she realized something.
"Lieutenant. Is it me or are those clouds not moving?" He came to stand next to her, so close she could feel his warmth.
He squinted his eyes and watched the seemingly motionless clouds. Noticing she was right he looked down at her, but she was looking around. The trees were rustling, showing that there was a breeze. Instincts kicked in.
She used her left hand to shove Renji, hard, away from her. In the few seconds he had climbed back to his feet, she already in front of him grasping a humanoid looking hand. Its katana raised high above its head.
"Be on your guard Lieutenant." Her tone hard as steel, seething the words between her clenched teeth.
The human looking Hollow vanished from her grasp, and was about 40 feet in front of her. The black mop of hair on its head and rown eyes made it look human. As well as the limbs, and clothing that it wore. The oblivious this was the gaping hole in its chest, the sure sign that it was a Hollow, also the one horn and mask that cover its left side of its face. The Hollow looked between her and Renji, seemingly sizing them up.
"Are you the one they call Skywalker?" Its mouth spread in a maniacal grin.
"What's it to you?" She stood stock still, fists balled at her sides. Renji coming to stand her right, Zanpakuto drown ready to strike.
"I have been given the duty to distract you as my Master speaks to the Lieutenant Shiba." Her eyes widened a fraction.
"Well. I'd love you see you try." Flash stepping to him she aimed to throw a punch at him, he blocked it with his hand. Breaking bones could be heard echoing in the area. "I'd say that you just broke about 12 bones in your hand." Hearing the cry of a Hollow, she risked looking back to see Renji fighting three large sized ones.
"What are you going to do Skywalker? I have more than that waiting if you plan to take me on leaving him by himself." His grin never faltered, even with newly broken bones.
"Roar! Zabimaru!" Feeling his reishi flare, and the Hollows disappear.
"I'll kill you quickly." Grasping onto the limb holding hers. That was its only mistake.
It let her grab on to it.
Renji turned to see how Angel was fairing. He saw he grab its arm. In the matter of seconds it had been ripped from his body. Flying past him and landing on the ground with a thud. The Hollow gave a shriek falling to the ground in front of her.
"I don't know if the Soul Reapers have gotten weaker than those from my time. But make no mistake. No matter who is in my presence, if you are my enemy I will rip you to shreds with my bare hands." The cold, ruthlessness in her voice gave him shivers. He turned to look at the disconnected limb several feet behind him. Just who was she? Even though they had spent a good amount of time together in the last few days, he didn't really know her.
The Hollow gave a senile laugh. "There she is. I heard that you were more ruthless than any Soul Reaper. I've heard of your battles with us, but no mistake I will end-." If it had anything else to say it didn't get the chance.
A sickening snap made its way to Renji's ears. She had gotten behind it and snapped its neck swiftly. Her eyes were empty. He could see that well when she looked up at him. It was like she was seeing right through him, but he had seen that look before. It was the same look that his Captain wore when he had slain an enemy that wasn't entirely Hollow. It was how they separated themselves from their humanity for moments to cope with the life they took.
"We need to find Shiba." He could see the blood in her shirt from ripping the arm off of the Hollow. Her voice void of any real emotions. He simply nodded to her.
Both flash stepped until they got back to the urban area. The sky had still not changed. Skidding to a halt next to Captain Hitsugaya, Angel looked at what they were seeing.
The human boy was in his Soul Reaper form taking on a man with green hair. She clenched her jaw together tightly. Looking past them she saw the younger Kuchiki with a black haired woman. Familiar hands grabbing at her hair, a wild look in her dark orbs. She was in what seemed to be a gigai. The white shirt, and blue jeans were covered in red, and green. Blood flying caught her attention.
The orange haired boy had a look of pure pain on his face. A huge gash ran from his top right to the bottom left of his torso. Blood excessively pouring from the fresh wound, as he feel to one knee.
"ICHIGO!" Kuchiki screamed.
Springing into action Hitsugaya clashed Zanpakuto with the man. Angel grabbing Ichigo and bringing him over to the dark haired women. Renji, and the others coming with her. Spacing themselves from the enemy that the other Captain was parying with. None of them took their eyes off of the other Captain though, just in case he needed help from one of them.
"Suzuki." Dark orbs looking at her. Tears forming in her eyes. Grasping her shoulder harsh, "You need to get your shit together and heal him. He will die." There was a time and place to be soft with her and now wasn't that time. She could deal with it later, but for now she needed her up and running.
"Angel…" She choked on a sob.
"No." Firmness was the key here. "You need to heal him." Giving her a hard shake or two the light came back to her dark eyes. A nod, and she was at work. Healing kido already being transferred to the human boy.
A statically voice came to her ears.
"You asked for the limit to be removed Lieutenant Mastumoto?" The strawberry blond was about to open her mouth when Angel reacted. Grabbing her hand, and giving her a hard look. She ignored the scared look in her ice blue orbs, as the woman slowly nodded to her out of fear.
"I'll handle things. Do not lift the limiter." And she vanished into the battle.
Appearing behind the green haired man she delivered a swift kick to his side, sending him flying.
"Stand aside Hitsugaya." She told him as he came to her side, now that it was seemingly safe.
"No way! If I can't take him on my own there's no way you can! You don't even have a Zanpakuto!" He looked at her with a hard expression trying to reason with her on some basic level.
"Tōketsu, Jikan kanri!" The world stood still. "So you are still kicking are you?" His raspy voice reached her ears.
"Daisuke." Her voice flat.
The green haired man stood only paces in front of her. His short green hair still had that one long strand that was currently tossed over his right shoulder. Bright brown eyes taking her in, looking ather now white Hiori, he squinted a bit at it. Zanpakuto tightly gripped in his hand. He knew her too well, in some cases it seemed. He still wore that damn Soul Reaper uniform, after all this time. Even that damn Squad 5 Lieutenant Badge. It was fitted against his left arm, he'd never taken it off since he was given the seat. His top was opened slighty, and his hakuma stopped just after his ankles.
"Still as emotionless hm?" He chuckled.
"Still finding humor in the midst of battle hm?" Her tone mocking him. Taking a small step to the right she looked down as his Zanpakuto was stuck in the ground with him holding it. Grabbing his arm, he flashed step away.
"Oh I don't think so. You're notorious for ripping off limbs love." Tsking her.
"Why are you here?" She inquired him.
"Maybe if you beat me I'll tell you." He raised a green eye brow. Brown eyes tempting her.
"5." They both knew what it meant. And she vanished.
One. Her fist greeting his face, sending him flying.
Two. Then feeling of her gripping his head tightly. Smashing it into the ground.
Three. Pulling his arms, to the point that both they were ripped out of his shoulder socket.
Four. Flipping him over, delivering one more hit to his face.
Five. She put her hands on his head, preparing to snap his neck.
"Why are you here?" His vision swam. He had fogotten how powerful her hits were. She was settled on his on the middle of his torso. Hands ready to end his life in the matter of seconds.
"To get Suzuki." His voice sounded distorted even to himself.
"Why?" God were they going to play 20 questions?
"For Master." His voice was escaping him now.
"Who is that?" She glared at unfocused eyes.
"You know. You know very well." He strained thorugh his teeth.
"No I know two of his pawns. Who is your master?" Her grip getting tighter around him skull.
"YOU ALREADY KNOW!" He snapped his full attention on her.
She sighed. She could feel him disappearing from under her.
"Where is your base?" She had to get something out of him before he was gone.
"A place you would never bother to check…" Then he was gone.
The world returned to moving. She sat in the slight crater she had created. Falling back on her ass, legs part, arms resting on her knees. Hitsugaya was in front of her in seconds. Hands balled at his side, and eyes looking at her with a bewildered look.
"Where did he go?!" The small Captain demanded.
"His Zanpakuto Jikan kanri, has a command where he can set a limiter in the world. Stopping motions inside a specific area. When he wants to flee he can simply dissolve back into the moving real world, outside of this area." She gathered her wits and stood up.
"So we were in a world he created?" Looking over at the fashionable 5th Seat.
"Not so much as a world, but rather a place where he manipulated time." She explained. Looking over at the now almost fully healed boy. "Ya know, Yama-jii is going to want to talk to you." Looking at his healer.
She looked up at her. Only nodding then paying attention to where she applied the kido. Angel sighed. There was no use talking to her while she worked.
She then turned around and looked up at the sky, somewhat relieved when she saw the clouds moving about the sky. It had ment that they're temporary hell was over, the enemy had left and they were safe for the moment.
Angel…
The voice sent shivers down her spine, but she didn't let it show. It had once gave her solace, had once chased away her demons. But now it was just a reminder of how foolish she was, that she wouldn't make that mistake again. She had bigger problems to deal with now though. She had to find the remainder of the Originals. She had located two, making three herself, which were going to be in the Seiretei. Daisuke, was in some place that she would never look she guessed.
"Oh come on Captain, we are exhausted let's just stay the night please!" Turning back to the group it seemed that some had mixed feelings about staying. Ikkaku looked like he was going to kill someone, Yumichika was trying not to laugh at him, Rukia was indifferent, as was Renji, and Hitsugaya looked like he wanted to kill himself.
"Captain Skywalker?" She looked at the child Captain.
"I guess, it would give us some time to search the area for more clues as to where Daisuke went." She had a nagging feeling that Kisuke had a good idea as well. "You coming with me Suzuki?" Said woman looked at her, then the now healed boy.
"Um…" There was uncertainty in her eyes.
"I think you should come with me." The human spoke up. "He'd be so happy to see you again." The seemingly infectious smile on his face made its way to hers.
"I'm going to go with him. Come by in the morning." A look of hope was in her eyes. Making to impossible to say no to. After agreeing, everyone parted their ways once again. Both Renji and Angel made it to Kisuke's greeted him and promptly passed out on the shared futon. Angel forgetting to interrogate the ever knowing man.
While shouts of happiness could be heard round town from the Kurosaki household.
Welllll therer's chapter 8, I'm starting to bang these out since Mid-Terms are over and now I have some time to really get them done in the way I'd like them to be done.
