Chapter 11
Rukia was tired of arguing, it was time to shut herself in her closet and call it a night. She jumped off of Ichigo's bed and headed to her own.
"Rukia, what are you doing we are talking," Ichigo said as he watched her crawl up in her bed. "Are you really that tired?"
"Maybe," she said as she looked up at the ceiling and spotted Kon right above her. She pulled him down and threw him out.
"Come on that was a fool proof plan," Kon complained as he tried to get back up on her high bed.
"Kon you can be really annoying sometimes," Ichigo said as he walked over and picked the squirming stuffed animal up and threw him across the room. He leaned against the door and looked in at Rukia who was in the process of sighing. "We aren't done talking about this," he said as he peered in at her.
"I know but let's just sleep on it and see if we come up with anything new tomorrow morning," she said just as her phone started to go off. She flipped it open and there was a hollow attack close by.
"Let's go," Ichigo said turning into a soul reaper and then watching Rukia pop the little piece of candy in her mouth. "It feels like someone is already fighting it," Ichigo said as Rukia was finally next to him and they headed for the window together.
"We should go still just in case," Rukia said jumping on the roof and then to the ground and lead Ichigo to the hollow.
As they approached the spirit detectives were already on sight and just standing looking as if they were just conversing with the demon/hollow woman. Who of course had changed yet again and her hole was completely gone and her features were more striking and less ugly. Her hair was green reached the end of her back but her bangs were completely wild and stuck straight up and then out. Her eyes were sharp and had little scales on the outside edges. Her ears pointed and protruded from her hair and her lips were pure black. Her nails were long and matched the color of her lips as well as her black leather outfit she was wearing.
"I have what I needed, how dare you all keep him from me for so long," She said as Rukia and Ichigo stopped up next to Kuwabara. "I see your other friends have arrived; well it is to late I have Youko so you all can just go home or something."
Everyone looked at each other confused, how had Kurama managed to get himself captured? A moment later a giant black hole appeared and 3 lackeys jumped out and landed bowing down in front of their master's feet.
"Lady Jikaku he refuses to give up any information," the underlying spoke keeping his head down.
"So that is your name," Yusuke said as he stepped forwards, there was no way they had actually captured him they had to be bluffing.
"Silence scum," Lady Jikaku screeched angrily, did they not take her seriously? She had captured Youko and at the moment he was being tortured until he gave up the information on the person who possessed rejection. Once she had that then she would be unstoppable and able to overthrow the entire Soul Society. She wasn't a force to be reckoned with now was the time to teach them that.
"What are you looking for?" Kuwabara asked looking down at Rukia as if she knew what this lady Jikaku was talking about.
"Shut up stupid," Hiei scowled as he was mentally slapping himself for letting Kurama get caught. The only reason she had found out about him was the fact that he had been at the wedding and hadn't concealed his spirit energy. He should have told Kurama this entire time what had been going on but instead he had been stubborn now they had him. But now what sort of information was she trying to get out of him, what was she truly looking for?
"Well maybe now that I know you all know Youko so well maybe you can all tell me," Lady Jikaku hissed as she took a few steps forwards swaying her hips as she walked up to who would answer her question. The goofy looking redhead for sure she could coax the information out of him. She walked over to Kuwabara and looked him straight in the eye and gave him a little smirk. "Will you tell me what I am looking for?" She asked him.
Kuwabara stood still wondering how she had gotten so tall, was she on her tippy-toes? He looked down at her bare feet and noticed that she was really his height; he hadn't met anyone as tall as him well he guessed Ichigo was his height. He glanced over Rukia's head and over to Ichigo who was wearing an irritated scowl with his arms crossed watching him. "What are you looking at me like that for Kurosaki?!" He shouted turning his full attention on Ichigo, who did this punk think he was?
"Idiot why don't you just listen to the ugly lady's question and not worry about me?" Ichigo said resisting the urge to smack Kuwabara in the forehead. If Kuwabara had any sense he would hear her question and then they would know what she was after.
"Fine what do you want to know?" Kuwabara said turning back to the tall woman with a uninterested look on his face.
"Now it just looks like you are trying to use me, if your silly little friend isn't willing to give up the information how is it that you want to give it up so easily?" She spoke as she sharpened her eyes on him trying to figure out the way human brains worked.
"Because I want to know what the fuck you are looking for," Kuwabara shouted as if she was the stupid one and not him.
"Interesting, but the thing is if you agree to answer my questions it will not be around the others," She said looking on the people on either side of him. Did they think they could play her like that? Her questions would be for his ears only and he would have to answer or else she would dispose of him. Who was he anyway, just human scum? Yes, that was all he was human scum to use of and then throw away when done with.
Yusuke wasn't paying attention to anything that was happening he was watching in the distance as a dark figure approached. He watched her hide behind a trash can in the road as she watched intently. His brain began spinning, Inoue; it was Inoue that was what she wanted. He smacked his forehead and everyone turned to him but he paid them no attention. Now he understood what Koenma meant when he told him to keep both Kurama and the girl out of it. But what did the girl have that this monster could possibly need. She was just human wasn't she? Didn't Lady Jikaku want just to absorb Kurama or did she need to find him to get information out of him?
"What is his problem?" Rukia asked quietly as no one took theirs eyes off of Yusuke. Rukia looked at his eyes and noticed he was looking forward, she let her gaze follow his and noticed the shadow in the distance. She covered her mouth as she gasped, was Lady Jikaku looking for Inoue's rejection?
Hiei being the only one who saw Rukia's little act of surprised looked at the figure in the distance. Why was that red headed big breasted woman hiding in the dark? Stupid human, did she have some sort of power of her own though? Hiei knew Kurama had known something special about that girl that was the reason he had stayed close, or at least he thought that was the reason Kurama had tried to stay close to that woman.
"What are you all looking at?" Jikaku spun around on the balls of her feet and spotted the object most of them had been concentrating on. Now who was this little visitor? She began to walk over to the hidden Inoue who you could tell was shaking.
When Lady Jikaku was far enough away Rukia turned to Ichigo, "She wants the rejection technique from Inoue."
"Shit," Ichigo spit out as he grabbed his sword and was ready to charge when Yusuke jumped in front of him and held him back.
"Wait, she doesn't know who she is," Yusuke said knowing that if they blew Inoue's cover then that woman would know that Inoue was something special.
"What if she is going to kill her," Ichigo said trying to shove his way past the smaller man but with no luck.
"Just watch," Rukia said grabbing a hold of Ichigo's arm assuring him that it will be okay. If Inoue is attacked she will just block it and then they could grab her out of harms way before Lady Jikaku even realized she had found rejection.
"You are the girl that was with Kurama today," Lady Jikaku said as she stopped only a few feet away and Inoue stepped out behind the trash can. She studied the thin red head up and down, she was a adult and yet she wore snowflake clips in her hair like a child? "Why do you still put childish things in your hair?"
"Because they are special," Inoue said as she put on a brave face to show the woman that she wasn't anyone to be messed with. Earlier she hadn't seen Kurama with the others; she prayed that Kurama was safe at his house still changing or something.
"I see," Lady Jikaku turned just her head to face the others behind her. Why did they seem so agitated? Was this girl the person she was looking for? Well there was only one way to find out. Quickly she whacked her tail and a flash of green light shot at Inoue but the blast was suddenly thrown in a different direction.
As Lady Jikaku turned around she saw the orange triangle that the girl was now hiding behind. This was it? This was rejection at work, and now she had seen it for her own eyes. She reached out for her but the orange haired man had grabbed her and ran out of sight. The black warp hole appeared and she climbed into it with a devious smirk across her face.
A/n: Awe man, Kurama's been caught! and now Inoue has to be scared for her life!! Sorry it took to long to update, work is gay and wont give me the hours i need off for school so im working 30 hours and going to school full time!!
