11. Miracle
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I do not own BLEACH.
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Mortals always dream
In there, the impossible
Is not limited.
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A single pink eye flew open and stared in the direction of the ceiling, the face it was trapped on visibly sulking with a small pout. Her eye stung slightly, but otherwise, Lilynette refused to go back to sleep. Besides, her eye stung from opening it, not from lack of sleep.
Lilynette hated sleeping. She always wished to be in action rather than the other way around. Maybe it had to do with her dominant soul being a child, but it clearly was a particular practice she willingly embraced and annoyed Starrk with. Though there were times when she wished she hadn't been 'born' a child, it had its good points.
With a light grunt, she tossed her legs over the border of the couch, setting it down as she arched back, arms up and stretched. No one could tell her she didn't sleep at least, even though as an Arrancar she didn't need it. Slapping down both hands beside their respectable hip, she stood up and waltzed around the couch, stopping by Orihime first, and freezing in place.
One word summed her reaction to what she saw: fascination.
There was no daylight, no room light, so the room was quite dark with the usual moonlight piercing the shade. She felt like slapping her hand on her head for not noticing before, due to her distractions from her thoughts. The pale moonlight reflected off of Orihime's peach skin and she //shone//. Lilynette couldn't even imagine at that moment of the delicate radiant luminosity's origins and possible purpose; all she could think was that Orihime looked so charming, glowing the way she did. The room illuminated barely with her radiance, coupled with the moonlight for a sort of heavenly glow -- or at least, 'heavenly' in the lime-head's terms.
'She's so… pretty!' Lilynette faltered in an intense moment of feeling from how radiant the human girl looked like. She never felt so moved before. Sure, there were pretty attractive female Arrancar in Las Noches, but Orihime…
While Arrancar's spiritual pressure were hard, solid, and gave off waves of menacing aggression, Orihime's was gentle. Even Lilynette's own small spirit signature didn't even compare.
Did she envy her? Of course not! Not Lilynette! If she had to say it in words, Orihime's gentle spirit soothed the lime-head's -literally- tortured soul.
With one more quick look at the human girl, Lilynette turned and headed towards the green section of the room. A little more pep in her step than the norm, she landed softly on her caretaker's belly. The young looking Arrancar tugged hard on the Primera's tunic as she yelled, "Wake-up, Starrk! Wake-up! You've got to see this!"
She thought about stabbing her elbow into Starrk's stomach, but she was shocked when the brunette took hold of her shoulder with one hand, the other taking hold and lifting off the pillow on his face. One eye opened, and the gray-blue orb locked with the pink sphere floating above.
"Whoa," Lilynette breathed, her sole eye small in wonder. "I think that's the first time you actually woke up so quickly."
"Do I get a reward?" Starrk inquired, as he sat up holding the lime-head against him. His eyes wander off to the sole couch, now glowing such a faint, but glorious orange. Though he knew better, his face showing absolutely no sign of awe (if a raised eyebrow counted at all), he almost thought the actual real world sun which he only thought of seeing in the Human World had suddenly emerged in Hueco Mundo.
"The things that happen while I'm asleep…" he muttered.
"But I was awake for a while, and I just noticed that now, too," The young girl offered. The twp stared at the phenomena for awhile, sharing a rare peaceful moment with one another as they drank in the sight in each other's arms. Lilynette, for one, felt odd as she continued to stare, enthralled by the glowing nymph. Something weighed on her chest, so much her shoulders began to quiver at how heavy it felt. Her body was soon shaking all over against the larger body it cuddled to.
"I don't understand, though," Lilynette's words sounded small, but Starrk heard everyone of them. "I don't sense anything coming off of her."
"No, Lilynette."
"Huh?" She glazed up at Starrk in question.
He contemplated his answer in his head before saying, "Her spiritual pressure is being compressed, not exactly to the point of hiding, but as if it's gathering within herself."
At this, Lilynette stilled in her shivering.
Starrk continued. "You can compare what's developing inside her to a Cero, when you built up its power in one point before releasing it." Starrk loosen his hold on the Arrancar in his embrace as he calculated the glowing wander. "This girl is just one spectacle after another."
"As if that will cover everything."
Even Starrk froze up slightly, whilst Lilynette jumped and shrieked lightly, when the soft-spoken voice came up. The gray-eyed man turned to acknowledge the petite brunette, still lying on his back against the cushions in the same place he was left in the night before. His large mauve eyes were downcast, both figuratively and literally, as he studied the Primera. Both of his small hands were visibly tense, exposed from his long sleeves, nails digging into the surface beneath. Gray eyes didn't miss the small, near nonexistent shivers off the slim body.
"Just what is she…?" The former Sexta growled, turning to his side, to the left, aiming his lost gaze at the sole human across the room.
Starrk perceived it before it happened.
A pillow arrange an unfortunate few inches, Lilynette lean back in pain, clutching her rear end, which had suffered cruel impact with the floor. She didn't give herself time to recover, however and got to her feet, staggering from the dizzy spell. Reminding herself she'll take out her anger of the toss on Starrk later, she focused her one-eye gaze on the other side of the room.
Colors of jade peppered the otherwise dark room, but standing furthermore were the two Espada; one hutched forward in the center of the room, the other towering over the sofa.
Luppi snarled at Starrk from the center of the room, getting to his feet none too easily, Lilynette noticed, vaguely recalling he was recovering from, well, death. Though, at the moment, his face was twisted in such a frightening way, it obscured his outer beauty.
"How can you defend that thing!?" He roared. "That monstrosity!!?" How can that awful thing be standing in the same place as us!!? Ese monstro!!?"
The dark swelling of anger developed inside, as Lilynette's own small face tightened disturbingly.
But if her face shown anger, she didn't know how to describe Starrk's.
The Primera Espada gave Luppi a nasty glare, were it any other situation would've sent his opponent to his knees from the intensity. However, his challenger was equally angry, which was his safeguard, so Starrk merely held their locked gaze for a second longer before he Sonido'd away, scooping Orihime in his arms in advance.
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A/N: I'm not even going to bother apologizing because I say it every chapter. I will say this again, though: Late chapter is LATE!!! The chapter half-sucks and isn't worth y'all's wait (have you SEEN how short it is?????). But it's hard getting on my sister's password-protected computer, intent on chapter typing and later net surfing into the night, but unsure if you need to wake up early to take care of your niece the next day.|C I'll try to update again this weekend, but if I don't, the next one.
ShelbyQueen25: My work was not in vain if I got the desired effect on you.C: Will I be introducing other Espada…?|3 Should I answer that…?X3
Hey, BLEACHBarbie, I'm keeping my eyes on you.;D I want to read your fanfic, so give me the heads-up when you post it!! Thank you for the fav!
Drawg360! Thank you for the alert!:D
Everyone! Thank you for taking the time to read!