Dimensional Jump- Chapter 12: Collect.
A/N: Sorry for taking forever... A lot has happened. I'm recovering my hands from their carpal tunnel and just finished this chapter. I had it partially made out several months ago...
When I made the new story 'OPM: Vei Rin', I got terribly addicted to it and got too distracted. Since the story's finished now, I can focus on this sequel more but, slow updates are gonna happen for a while. I have to take occasional breaks so my hands won't hurt as bad. I'm sorry for being so late... ):
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In Tatsibura's view, his eyes opened and all he could see was a cell door. He was seen laying down on a bed on his side, facing the door. As soon as he sat up, his yellow diamond slits searched the area and realized he was indeed, in a cell. No signs of his cross drill anywhere in sight, so he pretty much figured they stowed it away somewhere. Grinning his insane smile, he started chuckling lightly to himself and stood from his spot. "They think they can hold me here...?~ Amusing, heheh.~" He sang insanely, walked towards the door and placed his hand on it. His one tooth poked out when he grinned, all that was shown in the scene was his nose down to his neck.
"So, you're finally awake?" A voice rang and from around the corner came Ikkaku Madarame, having a very strict feature to his face. Along side him were Yumichika, who frowned with disgust.
"Long time no see, Madarame...~ If this cell didn't keep me back, just by the sight of you...I would've grabbed your neck and drained you of all your blood." Haro's words made Ikkaku's eyes twitch from irritation, he kept that serious face and held his zanpakuto on his one shoulder. Yumichika seemed disgusted at the image Haro planted in his head, he couldn't bare that thought...
"I got word from Kisuke that you're still so damn fixated on Kai, why don't you knock it off already? She's my wife now and you can't take her away from me, no man can! He also told us you came back somehow...next time, I'll properly kill you myself..." Madarame grew an irk mark on his head while stating that and gritted his teeth. Man he hated Haro so much...so deeply. His hate was so strong towards the vampire, that he had half the mind to go in there himself and end him permanently. "How're you alive right now?! Last time I checked, your upper half got blown to smithereens!" He was pissed, knowing that he was alive again irked him terribly.
"Honestly, couldn't you go find some other gothic woman to gush over...?~" Yumi complained and kept that frown present, whilst closing his eyes.
"Heheheheheeee, of course not... No other Gothic woman can surpass her beauty.~ Such a pale complexion, black makeup, a scar, the tattoo on her back and her enchanting dragon eyes! I don't care what she is, she is the beauty in the dark world! The everlasting flame in this dull, gray life! She is the flame that keeps this moth fluttering towards her!" He dramatically swerved around with a hand to his forehead and shut eyes.
Both men outside the cell sweatdropped and had a very uninterested expression. "Is that all...? You didn't even consider her past, her personality or anything..." Madarme mumbled with a rather annoyed tone and put his free hand on his hip. "Shit, you really are crazy..." He added, only to hear the vampire giggle to himself disturbingly.
"Heheheheheheheheeeee...~ My darling Gothic Goddess will always be the light in my eyes! I love everything about her! So much, that I don't even care if I have to steal her away from you..." Haro said darkly and lowered his head, allowing shade to cast over his gleaming diamond slits.
Through gritted teeth and with narrowed eyes, Ikkaku became furious and banged his zanpakuto against the bars of the cell. "Like hell I'd ever hand her over to you! You killed her brother and countless other souls in the soul society! Last thing I need is to see her in that state like before! You damn well better understand now, I'll never give up on her... She's my wife! Not only that but, also 'my' fire!" He raged, pushed his face against the bars and scowled dangerously.
"Oh you two, would you stop this already...? Honestly, things would be so much better off, if Tatsibura stopped chasing her and if Ikkaku stopped getting angry over it. She's never gonna leave you, why would she, anyway...?" Yumi mumbled and brushed his bangs to the side slightly, with his eyes averted.
All went silent now, both Haro and Madarame kept eyeing each other. Tatsibura had mocking, confident, and loony narrowed eyes with an open toothy smirk. Ikkaku had that same scowl and not once changed it. "Tch- whatever... I don't have time to deal with this jackass anyway. C'mon, gotta find my old man in-law." Ikkaku said with irritation and walked out of the area with his friend in tow.
"Yes...he could be impatiently pacing back and forth in Kai's old home. I mean, it's 'his' now but..." Yumi trailed off and frowned. His arms folded and his attention went up towards the sky after they fully exited the building. "I can only imagine the panicked state he's in." He grinned and covered his mouth, trying not to chuckle at the image he had in his head. "It would be hysterical if we found him stress eating...~" His words made Ikkaku grin a bit in amusement, as they walked side by side.
With a quick 'ding', the scene changed and showed both buddies standing in the doorway of 'Daomig'rah's home, gawking in astonishment. Apparently Yumichika jinxed the old ruler, the dragon lord himself was seen ravaging a large ice cream bucket of bone shards... They were both chibified, staring wide eyed at the ruler as he ferociously crunched down on the bone shards like chips.
The old ruler looked like some rabid animal tearing apart meat, out of sheer starvation... "Um...sir?" Yumichika mumbled to gain the dragon's attention and as soon as he did, the old man literally froze in mid-chew as he went to grab for another handful of shards. Not once did he turn to see them, the man gradually let go of the handful back into the ice cream bucket and stood from his seat. Quickly he left the room, leaving the two there to ponder in confusion.
Yumi began to hold back giggles that threatened to escape by covering his mouth and Madarame, his mouth was agape. "Sir? What's up with you?" Ikkaku asked and walked out of the room, only to see the said elder himself throwing away the bucket into a trash can. The thing is though, that trash can was full of ice cream buckets... "Alright, nothin' good's gonna come out of stress eating." He frowned, put a hand on his hip and positioned his zanpakuto a bit more on his shoulder.
"Stress...eating...? I am not 'stress' eating, I am simply hungrier than usual." Dao lied and moved his slits over to the two, who stood in the doorway of the kitchen.
"Come now lord Daomig'rah, we all know that's a lie.~" Yumi stifled his giggles by putting a hand over his mouth and closing his eyes. All he got in return were simple grumbles from the elder dragon, which made him stop.
Ikkaku walked up to his in-law and placed a hand on his shoulder reassuringly. "Hey, she's comin' back, don't worry. I bet, what ever world she's in, the people in that world are trying to find out how to send her back since she'd probably be driving them crazy.~" he said humorously and faintly smiled at the ancient hollow dragon, whose eyes were pinned on his frame. "C'mon, let's head over to the hot springs. Chilling with family doesn't sound like a bad idea, right now." he added, walked off and had Daomig'rah's lava eyes trail after him.
"Very well... Relaxation is important, I must 'chill' at the hot springs. Who else will join us?" Dao questioned and followed after Ikkaku, as both he and Yumi left through the front door of the home.
"Hm, just the three of us, really. I can ask my Captain if you want but then again, you two might get in an argument since he likes fighting strong people..." Madarame replied and rubbed his neck, groaning all the while. His friend to his side chuckled lightly before descending the stairs; Ikkaku followed after and next was Dao.
"Alright..." That was all the old man answered. Thoughts of his 'daughter' came to mind and he just grumbled beneath his breath before shutting his eyes. He was trying to stay patient and relaxed, what better way than the hot springs, right?
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"Do they truly think, that simple bars like this can hold me in...? Hmhmhm, it's hard to contain a vampire lord. They've tried in the past numerous times and failed! What makes them think it'll work this time...?~" A muscly voice rang through the air and soon were followed by insane giggling. Haro Tatsibura appeared in the scene and only showed his parted, ominous, smirking lips. Blood trickled down his mouth as the scene slowly zoomed out to expose a dangling corpse outside of the bars, in his grasp.
A simple soul reaper had came along to give him vampiric food on a platter, unfortunately the poor soul reaper fell victim to the vampire. Their feet dangled above the floor, their neck had two small holes with blood seeping from them and staining their robes. By the throat they were held, a dead look in their eyes and their skin were as pale as a ghost. Haro dropped the body and let it lay there. His inverted vampire, golden, diamond slits lingered on the fresh corpse that got drained and in his other hand were a single key. "It was so easy to control this one; As easy as commanding a dog to fetch me a stick, hahahaha!~" He manically laughed out, lifting his head towards the ceiling, and had his eyes closed.
The scene showed his hand now, reaching to unlock the door to his cell. Once he did, as smooth and slick as a snake, he slid through a small crack before closing it behind him. He twirled the key around his finger in a carefree manner, after locking the door. Now...he was free. The sweet scent of blood wafted up to his nose and he nearly moaned at the smell, lightly throwing his head back with a slow shut of his piercing eyes. "Time...to collect.~" He added, chuckled darkly to himself and leisurely sauntered out of the building with no care at all. As long as no Captains were around, he wasn't afraid to get his hands dirty, even if it meant killing a few lieutenants and other lesser soul reapers.
Kanda grumbled with a scowl on his face, on his way to his division. He just got back from training, had gone to a ramen shop just outside of the seireitei, and was on his way back now. "Shit he's tough!" Ayzuko, whose name got incorrectly spelled and was supposed to be 'Ai'zuko...mumbled to himself as he strode along the pathway. A curled upper lip plastered, narrowed irritated eyes, and his hand rubbing the back of his neck. He could still barely feel the stinging sensation where Ikkaku had hit him, the pain had died down after waking up an hour or so, ago. The sun was setting and night was nearing, so home seemed rather nice about now. He was passing up the building that held a very dangerous vampire lord, or so he had heard... What he didn't count on was to round a corner and come face to face with a beautiful girl. His eyes widened and light pink tints dusted his cheeks, before stepping back a bit.
This girl had lovely light blue hair, dark blue eyes, a light blue raindrop painted on one cheek and her expression seemed careless. Her dark blue eyes were squinted and her lips were in a thin line, she didn't look the least bit surprised. Her hair went down to her shoulders and her bangs just barely covered her right eye. "Lieutenant Kanda..." Her soft but emotionless voice met his ears and he saw her bow lightly, before rising back up.
"Sixth seat, Mira Shusho...I-I mean Shuso...!" He fumbled over his own words and blushed even deeper now, finding his mistake embarrassing. His hand went up to hide his features, but had his eyes peek through his fingers. "The hell you doing out of our division, eh? I mean...why?" He couldn't find himself to be mean. Who could blame him? Mira was completely emotionless and expressed no fear around him... He hated it. Sadly, he couldn't bring himself to even mock or torment her, it was rather pointless. He didn't understand why he stumbled over his own words either; Ever since he met her a year ago when she joined his squad, every time she was in the area, he'd catch himself staring at her.
"I'm visiting Captain Unohana for personal lessons on healing. Combat isn't everything, so I figured learning at least the basics of healing would benefit our squad." With a straight stare and still no emotion on her face, Kanda closed his eyes and grumbled angrily.
"Fine, whatever! Just don't go whining about it being late when you get back!" He rose his voice, stuffed his hands in his pockets, and averted his attention to the side. In pure silence, Mira walked past him without a care in the world. He could practically smell the scent of blueberries when she did and he quickly continued onward to try to ignore It. "Fucking, emotionless brat..." he mumbled and once Mira was out of sight, he saw a quick blur of pink, red and light gray zip past his view.
His eyes widened after nearly getting a short glimpse of his appearance, before the person climbed over the wall and gone out of sight. "What the...?" he trailed off, lifted a brow, and bolted after the odd blur of a person who ran past. He jumped over the wall, gave chase, and just for a moment he saw an odd cross-drill being held behind the person's back. He kept up as much as he could with his shunpo, the person seemed quick on their feet much to his surprise. "Who is this?" With annoyance clear in his voice, he crouched on top of another wall and watched him from above. An innocent girl from squad four got pummeled to the ground by the male, in which he found out it was after he stood still long enough.
Haro, when he pummeled her to the surface, heard a shrilling scream of terror and watched her scoot backward on her butt. Her face held utter fear and she stood back up, went to try and flee, only to run into a hard chest. She quivered in her shoes when she peered up to see who it was. Haro had flashed before her and grinned darkly down at her small frame, his one fang poked out to express his desire. "Little darling, care to spare your life...? I promise you...it would be worth your while.~" He mumbled seductively and watched her back away, with her hands up in defense. Before she could even run away, he grabbed her, held her down to the ground after piling on top of her, and sank his teeth into her skin. She screamed in agony...it filled his ears and his eyes shut in delight.
Kanda could barely watch, his teeth were clamped tightly into view, and his eyes were wide in horror. That man...looked familiar... "Is this...the vampire lord that they were holding captive?!" he mentally exclaimed in shock, only to find himself staring into inverted diamond slits. Haro finished drinking and maliciously grinned at him from below, still holding the new corpse in his arms.
"Well well, I never thought anyone would have good enough eyes to see me.~ Especially lesser soul reapers under a Captain's level." Tatsibura hummed playfully and let the fresh body drop to the ground. Kanda was still awestruck, his feet felt like thick ice had frozen over them and his pupils shrunk in fear. "Hmhmhm, you seem to be a little experienced in battle, I can see it on your face. Come and follow me...if you want to stop me that is!~" he laughed manically with his words having obvious signs of insanity in them and soon he disappeared.
"Tch-!" Kanda clicked his tongue and followed after, rushing and breaking out of his fear-struck, frozen position. "Is this really him?!" he panicked in his mind. He could feel the eerie vibe radiating off his distant frame ahead of him as he trailed after the said vampire.
