AN: School is starting... Sorry I haven't been updating as much as I would like. I've been watching/reading D. Gray-man. D. Gray-man is pretty awesome, it's an amazing anime. I swear I finished it in five days, including the manga. Kanda is so cool...
Kage Kurai: In a good way or a bad way?
Chapter 9: Darkness
Aco's POV
Three days have passed since the meeting. Not much has really happened, other than tension from the soul banishers. A lot of soul reapers have been found dead during patrols, now each patrol has to have a captain with them. Captain Zaraki has been having fun for these past couple of days. I've been trying to visit Hunter as much I as I can, but it's not easy with all this chaos.
Yujin is starting to worry me. He's been oddly quiet and has been sitting around drawing all day. He doesn't say anything, unless you speak to him. I wonder if it's because all the things that are going on. Another thing worrying me is that Yujin's power as been odd too. His reiatsu seems like hollow lately, not only that, but I've been sensing something like soul banisher. I wonder if he's spy for them. I don't know, everything is so messed up right now.
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"Little brother," I cooed walking into the squad ten's office. He groaned instantly, avoiding eye contact. I frowned, "That's rude." He said nothing, going quietly back to his reports. I sighed, walking over to him. I sat down some papers on his desk. "Don't worry, I'm not staying long. Just here to deliver these." He looked over to them, grabbing a sheet of paper and looking it over. "Shouldn't Kira be doing this?" He asked, looking up at me.
"I got bored, so I decided to do it." Was my response. I laid both my hands no the desk, looking at the room. It seemed oddly quiet, but I realized Matsumoto wasn't in the room at the moment. "How's Hinamori doing?" I asked, standing straight up again. "I haven't been able to see her lately." He sat the sheet of paper down and laid is brush down. "She's been doing fine, but with Hunter being one of them. I think that had shocked us all." I felt a heavy weight of sadness suddenly fall onto my chest.
I still didn't know if Hunter was going to executed or not. The head captain was still deciding and it was starting to become tedious. I heaved another sigh. "Well, I have to get going little bro. See you later." I waved good-bye and he waved back. I walked out of the office, closing the door slowly behind me. I leaned my back against the door, looking up at the ceiling.
I wonder what else is going to happen? All this... Hunter imprisoned I still don't know who or maybe even what Yujin is, and to top it off we have crazy enemies that want to kill us. I swear, peace here lasts for only two months. I broke myself out of my thoughts, walking out of the tenth division. Along the way back to my own division were a couple of soul reapers saying hello. I would smile and wave, then start walking forward again. I was stopped by a familiar voice.
"Captain Aco!" I turned around seeing Renji and Rukia running towards me. They faces were in a hurried and it looked like something bad was happening. "Hi guys! Ummm, is there something wrong?" They nodded their heads as they approached me. Rukia instantly grabbed my arm, pulling me, who knows where. "Is Matsumoto drunk?" I asked, letting Rukia pull me away. "Worse," Renji said. I felt a sick feeling crawl into my stomach.
"What the heck is worse than Matsumoto getting drunk, AGAIN?" Renji looked away. I guess he didn't want to tell me what was happening. I looked at Rukia, hoping she would give me an answer. She sighed, giving me a face. "Yujin is fighting Captain Zaraki." I stopped in my place. That was worse than Matusumoto getting drunk for the one hundredth time. "Lead me." I said, knowing this was not going to be fun.
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We soon arrived at Squad 11. My two friends were right, Yujin was fighting Captain Zaraki. Expect, he was actually doing pretty good. His zanpakuto wasn't released yet. Good thing Yujin was fast. We walked into their training grounds, seeing the two going at each other. Yujin was panting harshly and so was Captain Zaraki. Both had their weapons drawn, I was only happy to see no blood.
"Come on. Is that *Huff*all you can *Huff* do old man?" Yujin taunted, smirking devilishly as he raised his swords, pointing it at the barbaric captain. Zaraki smirked, raising his sword. "Just getting started, squirt." The both charged at each other, clashing blades back and forth. Like what Yujin did with me, he was moving only inches to dodge any attack. He kept dodging each attack, instead of actually attacking. "Go Ken-chan!" I could hear Yachiru shout. The small lieutenant was waving her hands in the air, cheering on her captain.
"Shatter the moon and the heavens above, Boshoku!" The scythe came into place, making Zaraki have to jump back from the reiatsu exploding all over the room. Yujin jumped in the air, slicing horizontally at the captain. I could see Zaraki was having a lot of fun from the way he was smiling. The kinda made shivers go up my spine. "How long have they been doing this?" I asked Renji. He seemed to know what was going on. He shrugged, "I really don't know. Maybe a couple of hours."
I looked back at the fight, seeing Yujin get thrown to the side, but he got right back up, avoiding the rugged blade. I could see from this fight Yujin had gotten better from the last time we fought and in such a short amount of time. He was getting better by the day. I was suddenly broken out of my thoughts as I saw a sword coming at me. I ducked down as Zaraki's sword went through the wall behind me. It felt like my heart had stopped for a couple of seconds.
I glared up at the taller man, narrowing my eyes. I got up, brushing some dust off my clothing and walking over to Yujin. "That's enough lets go." I said, grabbing his arm and pulling him away. As we walked out it was pure silence.
"Aww, why did you pull me out?" Yujin demanded, crossing his arms. "That fight was just starting to get tense." We walked side by side. "You were overworking yourself," I replied. "Over fighting is bad." Yujin looked away, starring at the ground. He quickly returned his zanpakuto to it's normal state and sheathed it. "You sound like a mother. Don't do this and don't that."
I gigged, patting his head." I am an older sister. We women are just born like this." He narrowed his eyes giving me a funny look.
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? - Middle of Night
I took out my zanpakuto, looking at the blade. I laid down on my bed, closing my eyes and opening them back up. I smirked, seeing the usual steel gray color turn into black. "Not much longer," I whispered quietly to my zanpakuto. "If only the organization would attack sooner. To bad I can't tell them what to do. They still don't know who I am." I laughed to myself, sitting back up. I ran my finger down the flat side of the sword.
"You''l taste sweet blood soon. We don't have to wait too long..."Akuma hantā(Demon Hunter)." I put the sword back into it's sheath, suddenly feeling a deep weight in my chest. "Not much longer, little sister. And don't worry I haven't forgotten." I opened my mouth and began to speak.
"Come here for the shadows are coming close,
Hold on tight to what you cherish the most,
I won't let them hurt you,
They'll have to take me too,
Your my shining light,
So I'll clutch you tight,
I just wish,
That you'd miss,
My,
Last,
Words,
"I'm sorry."