Gekkouha
Moonlight flower
Written by: Maru de Kusanagi
Beta read by: Persistence
Started: November 2, 2009
Ended: ¿?
Disclaimer: Bleach it's not mine. I wish it was. I'm only borrowing them for a while.
WARNINGS: Yaoi, weird pairings, weird stuff, crazy writer! character death and child abuse in this chapter (please don't kill me).
PAIRINGS: mainly Renji/ichigo, but there's also some Byakuya/Ishida, some Grimjow/Ulquiorra, Gin/Rangiku (mention), Aizen/Toushirou and I'm still deciding on the Gin/Hitsugaya.
AUTHOR'S NOTE (that nobody care about):
YAY! Chapter 9! I can't even believe it! So, in this one, a pretty silver fox finally enters on scene and I think it will be the last one to be add. I think my Gin will be a sort of tribute to my teacher on the fanfiction matter: Maiuneko. She was the one who wrote the best King of Fighter's fics on Spanish that I ever found, and she did such excellent work on her novel (that story was so well done and long that I can't put it other title) "TAIYOU, TSUKI, HONOO TO BARA" (a KOF – YYHakusho crossover!) over the Iori/Kyo and the Kurama/Hiei pairings, that still, after ten years, I look for it and read it again. I'm a fiction collector, so most of the fics that I have on my favorites are saved on my PC or CD's. The Kurama Youko of her was so sexy that when I look at Gin, I can't avoid remembering that. I mean, I know they're completely different… but the way Youko does whatever he needs to have what he wants… I think Gin it's like that, selfish, don't give straight answers and you never know what he thinks. That doesn't mean that he don't have a heart, but it's hard to see behind the mask he wears. Oh, and a sexaholic too (in my mind, the foxes can't avoid be like that!)
-Terminology for this story-
DEMI-HUMAN: a half animal person, like the nekobito.
NEKO: 'cat' in Japanese.
NEKOBITO: it means 'cat person', and I made up this one. It's the conjunction of "neko" and "hito" (person). The Japanese grammar makes the 'h' change to a 'b' in this.
INUBITO: Dog + person… I don't like how it sounds, so, I don't think I'll be using it too much.
KITSUNE: fox
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Forgive me for I don't know what I gain
Alone in this garden of pain
Enchantment has but one truth:
I weep to have what I fear to lose
Nightwish: Gethsemane(1)
CHAPTER 9
It was a calm night, like usual. The silver fox looked at the moon while sitting on the rooftop of the shrine. It was where he lived, and once in a while other demi-humans would pass by and he would let them stay there. The other day, a hollow possessed a grey nekobito that was living there for about a month and the two shinigamis killed him. He didn't feel sorry for it because it was weak enough to let him be devoured. Gin knew that most of the hollows that showed up there were after him, most likely sent by his ex-master, but he had no problem with taking care of them. However, hiding his reiatsu inside a nekobito was something new. Well, it did make his days a little more fun.
Now, two shinigamis had entered the forest with two demi-humans. The two demi-humans were different to those that he usually saw, these two had reiatsu, so they should be tamed and probably would attract for more hollows.
He waved his tail and sniffed the air.
Sex?
That was something new…
The other two were getting closer to his place and something familiar was with the demi- no, it was a nekobito. From his observation spot he could now see the frame of the female shinigami and the white figure over her shoulder now. Interesting.
Rukia stopped at the entrance of the shrine. She looked at the rooftop where the shape of a figure was just a second ago.
"I think I felt something."
Toushirou jumped down and walked closer, moving his ears and his tail with attention.
"I can feel it. There's something living here."
"Can you call to come out? I would like to talk with it."
Toushirou walked around the entrance.
"I'm not sure. If it's a wild, it won't come out. And if it's a kitsune… well, they only come out when something they desire is offered to them."
"You know a lot about of them, like when you explained it to us at the cafeteria."
Toushirou walked inside.
"No" his white fur shined, like he had his own light source "I knew a kitsune, a long time ago."
Inside it was complete darkness and a few ghosts passed by them. Rukia did a konso on the lost souls while Toushirou followed behind.
Suddenly, the backyard of the shrine appeared in front of Toushirou. He turned to look for Rukia but she wasn't there. The big full moon shined almost like a sun with her cold light.
"Rukia-san?"
"Here" he heard the voice of the shinigami to his right. "Wow that was strange."
Toushiro looked at her when she came closer.
"Do you feel it now? I lost its trace…"
Rukia extended a hand to touch him but Toushirou hissed.
"Who are you?" Toushirou fur rose and he flinched, pulling his ears down. He started to shine with his cold power radiating off of him and Rukia looked at him in confusion.
"It's me. What happens to you?"
One icicle crushed in the ground in front of her.
"I won't fail again. Reveal yourself!"
Rukia looked at him in silence and suddenly her face contorted in a strange grin. Her eyes closed and two pointy ears appeared, followed with a fluffy tail.
"Well, you are no fun." The half form of Rukia stated. "I thought I could have a little more fun with ya, Shirou-chan."
And then the frame changed completely to a silver fox.
"But you are a cute chibi!" said the fox with his playful tone "You shouldn't be so serious!"
"Don't call me that!" yelled Toushirou and sent a wave of ice towards the fox who jumped towards the other side of the yard.
He hated being called by that word. It was the word that man called him back then. Running after the fox, he didn't see that passing a bush that was precipice and he nearly fell on it. He tried to catch a branch, but it was hard to regain his balance.
"Such a hot headed, even when you have the power of the ice" said the fox from above, looking at him with those closed eyelids. "Want me to save you?"
Toushirou made an ice path and ran over. The fox laughed.
"Good, good Shirou-chan." congratulated the kitsune.
"Where's Rukia?"
"Oh…her? I eat her."
The fox again avoided an icicle.
"I don't think that you can eat her in six seconds!"
"Oh, you realized it?"
Then a strange energy crept again and a monstrous figure appeared. It howled like it was in pain and a hole in the middle of its body was visible.
"Why can't I ever have any fun?" asked the fox and his frame changed again. Now it was a man, a thin figure with short silver hair. It had the pointy ears and the tail and wore a sky-blue yukata. It stood in front of the creature with his imperturbable grin.
The monster roared and lurched itself against the kitsune, who jumped gracefully and with a touch of his hand the head of the monster exploded.
Toushirou was speechless, how could this creature be so powerful and yet hiding his presence so well? The fox fell to the ground without making a sound and turned to look at Toushirou.
"Behind you."
Toushirou barely covered his body with an ice shield, but one of his legs was scrapped by the paw of the second hollow. He called upon his ice again, but his energy wasn't enough to freeze it.
"Don't be stupid, use your human form." called the fox. "In that size you can never use your full power."
"Never!" yelled Toushirou panting. He avoided the attack again and threw another icicle at the hollow's head, leaving it blind. The wound and the amount of energy he was using were leaving him dry. When he tried to move, his legs gave up and he fell to the ground. Damn, damn, dam!
"So stubborn." said the kitsune and went ahead. With a swift movement, he cut the hollow's head off.
"That was unnecessarily reckless, you know." said the fox, getting closer to the tired form of Toushirou.
Toushirou only glared from being too tired to come up with an answer. The kitsune crouched next to him and his grin disappeared for a moment. Then, he took one of Toushirou front legs and picked him up. Toushirou yelped and then saw that his body had changed. It was the same body he had back then.
"What have you done?" he screamed, looking at himself and then discovering his nudeness and quickly covered his private parts with his hands.
"You were cursed by a fox. That's why, when I touched you, your human form was retrieved. That's why you couldn't call back any clothes to cover you."
The kitsune made a snap with his fingers and a cape appeared. He gave it to Toushirou, who took it with anger.
"Turn me back." said Toushirou.
"What?"
"I said turn me back into a cat! I don't ever want to go back to this body!"
"Well, Shirou-chan..."
"My name it's not Shirou-chan! It's Toushirou!"
"And I'm Gin, nice to meet ya!"
Gin held out his hand and Toushirou reject it.
"Turn me back!"
"I can't." said the fox, and Toushirou looked at him with wide eyes "You smell like Ran... She was the one who could do that stuff, I don't have the power. And you can call back your cat form by will... But I think it will take some time to learn to do it."
Toushirou eyes closed when the tears started to flow. He felt so much anger! He hated this form; it was the reason why that man put his hands over him on that occasion. He clutched hard on the piece of cloth that covered him now. Yes, sometimes his human form appeared in the past, but only when he was annoyed. But now, living again like this...
"I'm going to kill you..." shouted the nekobito, drying the tears of his face.
"Now, now, chibi..."
Toushirou grabbed the upper part of Gin's yukata.
"Don't YOU EVER CALL ME THAT!"
Then, the red color showed. Two gems burning in the silver. Gin punched Toushirou and made him fall.
"I think you have no right to give me orders on my home, and less when you are so weak."
Toushirou cleaned the blood on his mouth and then he could see the numbers carved on his wrist. Rangiku.
"You said Ran... You mean Rangiku?"
He didn't hope for an answer but the fox did.
"Yes."
"Then, why didn't you save her? Why did you leave her there?" the fox face lacked his grin but the eyes were closed again "She's dead now!"
"You will never understand it, cat."
Gin went to his side and placed a hand over the wound on Toushirou's leg. The silver fox's reiatsu shined. After a while, it was healed. Then, without any warning, Gin kissed Toushirou's forehead.
"Sleep."
***=^..^=***
"Did you ever fight a hollow before, Ichigo?"
"No."
Small hollows came from nowhere just when he and Renji were having some fun. Ichigo only had time to put his pants back on and Renji had the upper part of his uniform open, letting the hard muscles show. Ichigo was annoyed that he wanted to get this done so he could caress them again.
"But I think I'd like to learn." said Ichigo, baring his fangs and his claws.
Renji took his zanpakutou and said, "Remember, try to cut his head off, it's the fastest way to get rid of them. Howl, Zabimaru!"
Ichigo jumped on one of the hollows and sank his fangs into its neck. With a strong hit, he cracked the mask and later scratched its throat with his claws. He turned to see Renji and Zabimaru, cutting the hollows down with no trouble. Ichigo felt proud of his man and walked over to him, but something made him stop in his tracks.
"Ichigo? What's wrong?"
Ichigo face was muted in fear. He turned back and saw the figure of Grimmjow behind him and the tall figure of Aizen showed up.
"Who are you?" asked Renji, going next to Ichigo.
"Good day, my name is Sosuke Aizen and I think that creature belongs to me." said the man with perfect etiquette and signaled to the orange cat.
Ichigo instinctively put a hand over the numbers of his arm. Seeing this, Renji pointed Zabimaru at Aizen.
"So it was you who did that to Ichigo?"
Aizen looked at him, amused. "Yes, because I purchased him when he was a child. Isn't the right thing to do when you purchase a pet is to let others know that it's yours if it ever escaped or got lost? This one showed to be a very mischievous."
Ichigo grabbed Renji's arm. Don't let him take me away from you.
"Ichigo is not going with you."
Aizen smiled. "Young shinigami, I think you should avoid unnecessary trouble and let us be. I'm just here for what belongs to me. Come on, Ichigo." said Aizen "It's time to go back."
"I'll never go back to you." said Ichigo.
"Get him, Grimmjow." said Aizen.
"Roar, Zabimaru!" Renji launched his attack at Aizen while Ichigo dealt with Grimmjow.
"Why are you with him?" Ichigo asked the blue haired cat.
"This is your fault. He found us after we killed the hunter, and because we were with you two, he took us as a replacement!"
"So, Ulquiorra is alive?" Ichigo asked, holding off one of Grimmjow's hits.
"Yes. But we are his pets because of you two!"
One of Grimmjow claws dug a deep cut into Ichigo arm.
"Don't hurt him too much, Grimmjow." said Aizen and with a swift movement he caught Zabimaru on his bare hand. "Even as I am now, you still need at least another century of training, shinigami."
Aizen pulled Zabimaru and with a fist covered of reiatsu he pierced Renji's stomach.
"Renji!" yelled Ichigo, but Grimmjow jumped over him. Renji coughed up blood and Ichigo roared and bit Grimmjow's shoulder, ripping a piece of flesh. Grimmjow yelled and when he tried to attack him again, Ichigo gave him a hard punch that broke his nose. The gold was again shining in his eyes and he ran at Aizen.
"Stop right there."
The numbers on Ichigo's arm burned and the nekobito yelled in pain, falling to the ground. His fur looked less orange now; maybe it was effect of the moon light? Ichigo showed his fangs to Aizen while he still held the broken figure of Renji in his arms.
"Such a beautiful creature." said Aizen, almost marveled by the ferocity that Ichigo was showing "You have been too naughty, Ichigo."
Ichigo tried to get up, but the marks burned again.
"That marks are a seal made with my own power. You can't disobey me when I use it and less now that you've already reached your maturity. It was my first present to you as your master."
Ichigo scratched the marks, trying to rip the skin.
"Stop it. You can't erase them; they are carved on your reiatsu."
Aizen threw the wounded Renji next to Ichigo, who crawled to his side. Renji was barely breathing.
"This is your fault, Ichigo. If you weren't so stubborn, he wouldn't be so hurt now." said Aizen "And I can kill him so easily now..."
"No!"
Ichigo covered Renji with his body. He could feel the labored breath of the red head against his naked skin.
Aizen grabbed Ichigo by the hair and made him stand.
"Then obey me as you should."
Ichigo looked with hatred at this man who only cared for his own pleasures and never felt the less piety to the ones he used. He felt tears run down his cheek and lowered his eyes.
"Yes..."
"Yes what?"
"Yes, master Aizen."
"That's better, cat." Aizen released him and Ichigo fell to the ground. "Hurry and get up, we need to go."
Ichigo looked once more at Renji, and then got up to follow him.
"Aizen-sama" said Ulquiorra, who appeared next to the fallen figure of Grimmjow. "Grimmjow is wounded. He needs attention."
"Kill it." said Aizen.
"What?"
Aizen turned to look at Ulquiorra, who never questioned his orders.
"Kill it. It's useless."
Ulquiorra's eyes suddenly showed his surprise. He looked at Grimmjow and then to his master.
"Why? You let him be when he did worst things..."
"He couldn't fulfill my orders, and this has been his last chance. I don't need something so useless. I got tired of you coming at my bed for my mercy towards him."
"Ulquiorra..." said Grimmjow in ragged breaths "What the fuck is he saying...?"
Ulquiorra looked at him with is stoic face, but in his eyes shined.
"I can't obey that order, master."
Ulquiorra suddenly fell to the ground over Grimmjow clutching his hand against his heart. The usual expressionless face was contorted in pain.
"Is almost a pity that you, being such a good servant, decided to do this. Don't forget that my seal was written on your heart."
Ulquiorra's mouth opened in a silent scream and then his body fell limp over Grimmjow's chest.
"Ulquiorra...?"
"Useless." said Aizen "Come on, Ichigo."
And without looking back, Aizen left, dragging Ichigo with him.
"Ulqui... orra..."
Grimmjow had to use all his remaining strength to sit up straight and raise the inu's face. The eyes looked at him with something odd.
"Why...?"
"You always been like that..." said the inu "You never been able to see more than what you desired... But you made me realize that my heart had been always yours..."
"Stupid dog... Why didn't ya say it?"
"As I said: you wouldn't understand. Even I don't know why I feel for you."
Grimmjow squeezed his teeth and felt the odd warmness on his face.
How could he be crying?
"Live, Grimm..." (2)
***=^..^=***
"Toushirou?"
"Yeah?"
"What happened today in the master's office?"
"Nothing… why do you ask?"
"Something bothers you."
Actually, after that meeting Toushirou felt a strange anxiety that told him to run away from that place because something bad was going to happen. Tomorrow Aizen said he was coming to see him in private.
"Nah, don't worry." He saw Ichigo scratching the inner part of his left arm and decided to take a look.
"What's this?" some numbers were carved in the soft skin, still red.
"The masters sent somebody to do it meanwhile you were in his office. He said it was necessary."
Toushirou swallowed, trying to get the knot out of his throat. It was the same number that Aizen marked in his wrist this afternoon! So he and Ichigo were given to that man?
No. He would do anything to avoid his little brother being hurt.
"Toushirou?"
"It's late, let's go to sleep."
"And Grim?"
"He will come back when somebody kicks him in the ass."
Ichigo laughed at this.
"I'll go for him" said Ulquiorra with his bored voice and left the dormitory. Who could understand that dog?
The morning came, but the sun hid behind the grey clouds. It threatened to rain. The boys hated those days, usually they were sent to learn some boring for their future owners. Rangiku called Toushirou in mid morning to her side. It was time to get him ready for Aizen.
She bathed him with extreme care, even when he wasn't a child anymore and did not need help in that. Even when he blushed and tried to push her away to leave him alone. She gave him some oil to pass on his pearly skin which smelled like sandal wood. Toushirou complied with her request and let her to dry his hair with one towel. For a moment, Rangiku felt like she was getting her son ready for a wedding… nothing farther from reality.
She gave him a pretty yukata in cerulean color, with white cranes in the lower part. He was so beautiful. She couldn't avoid hugging him hard to her chest.
"Rangiku… I can't breathe…"
"Sorry, Shirou-chan." She said and found a lonely tear on her cheek.
"Are you ok?"
She didn't answer. She took the dirty clothes and put it in a basket. Later, she took Toushirou to the costumer's dining room. It was noon already.
"I'm sorry" she said in such a low voice that Toushirou almost couldn't hear when he entered the room and the door was closed behind him. Aizen was already there.
"Hello, Toushirou." Aizen eyes shined again with that strange light. It was desire. His instincts screamed for him to run, but he didn't chickened. Stubborn kid. "Come, sit and eat. It's already lunch time."
Toushiro got closer and sat in front of Aizen and watched the young nekobito eat. The food was delicious and he forgot his fears while he got distracted by this. When he finished his plate, he looked back at Aizen.
"Chibi, it was good?"
Toushirou blushed hearing that name.
"Yes, sorry..."
"Don't be, chibi. You're so pretty."
Aizen hand went to his face and the other to his leg. Toushirou found this very uncomfortable and tried to get away.
"Want to know what's for dessert?" said Aizen very close to his face "Ice cream..."
Toushirou could be innocent, but he then realized that letting his guard down was a mistake. The hand in his leg moved to his inner thigh and the other went inside of his yukata.
"No...!" Toushirou called for his cold power and Aizen's hand got covered by ice. The man frowned and Toushirou felt the mark on his wrist burn, his senses be overwhelmed by the pain. He yelled.
"Bad chibi, I need to teach you to respect your master." said Aizen and he loosened the obi of Toushirou, with it tied his hands on his back. He then opened the yukata and found the cat's erection.
"Such a cute thing, chibi."
Toushirou trashed, but Aizen fastened his legs with his weight and licked the tears that now ran down Toushirou's face. Delicious.
It didn't take too much to make the cat come in his hand, and Toushirou never felt so drained and ashamed. He only saw white spots on his eyes and then heard some noises, like robes being removed. Then, his legs were grabbed and separated and now a hand was touching his entrance, fingers pushing inside him shamelessly.
"No!"
The fingers didn't stop until they found something inside him that made him yell again in shame and pleasure.
"Cute chibi..." said Aizen, his voice husky on desire. He caressed that without any hesitation, making the white voice his excitement.
The fingers were removed and then something else pushed his way in.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Toushirou ran until the sun blinded his eyes and the stopped next to a sakura tree. He leaned down and threw up.
Panting, he wiped his mouth. He felt like he had a fever.
"Always so noisy in the morning?"
Toushirou turned fast to see the thin frame of the fox looking at him. That fucking grin made his blood burn. He blindly launched at him but the fox grabbed one of his arms and kicked the back of one of his knees, making him fall. The cat struggled until broken sobs could be heard.
"I hate you! Why you did this to me?" Gin didn't know if the cat was talking to him then "Why I was even born...?"
The cat stayed silent for a moment and then lifted his eyes to Gin's.
"Why didn't you kill me?" said Toushirou "This is your territory, right? You could have killed me and nobody would complain about it..."
Gin released the nekobito and Toushirou crumbled on the ground.
"Be a man. Ran should have seen something in you worth of saving."
He's just like him, Gin. Like the baby that died... I saw him in a dream...
I can't leave him like that, Gin.
***=^..^=***
1-I wanted to put this lyrics from a while, I think this suit well the story.
2-please, don't kill me! But this was the thing I had planned for this two, I even was never show Ulquiorra alive in the beginning, but this turned like this. What's going to do Grimmjow now?
3-Didn't I ask to not desire me death? I must give my thanks and apologies to Persistence for still being with me after this chapter. I know I have been very mean here.
4- somebody said that I sound too insecure and lazy. Well, I am both. I'm just human and sometimes I have a lot of things to deal with, and I don't want to sound too arrogant by saying "I'm the best at this", nothing farther from the truth. I understand that I made many mistakes when posting the links to this fic, but if nobody read this, well, I had bad luck. Don't get me wrong, I'm very happy to see that some persons came, read and answered me and gave me their support, and I wouldn't be publishing this if I didn't want to share it. I like to share personal thing like this because I think it gave more sense to why an story ended like that.
BTW, next week I'll have a new pc, so the next update surely will delay a little. My big bro is going to give his and I'm going to sell my old one!