…Peaceful Green Days…
Chapter 14: Kimochi
4th division building…
"The body itself is not really serious but his zanpaktou is greatly damaged." Said Unohana.
"Hmm… since Kurotsuchi's Ban Kai has its movement, Midori attacked directly at his zanpakotu. With this state it will take time to recover. For now, Rokuda will be safe." Beside Kurtsuchi's bed is Ukitake, observing the damage he received from the fight last night.
"Come to my office, Joushirou-san." Said Unohana in her usual soft voice.
"Eh?" puzzled Ukitake.
"You need your daily check up. Your body is weak so I advice you to have check ups everyday." Unohana leaves the room.
Ukitake follows Unohana to her office. The door to Kurotsuchi's room closes.
In the 10th division building… "Can I speak with you for a while, Toushirou-kun?"
"What is it, Momo?" Hitsugaya stands under a tree shade.
Hinamori stands in front of Hitsugaya, "I-I heard from Midori-chan…"
"I don't know if she's dense of she really did that on purpose. I can't really tell what she feels for me." Hitsugaya leans on the tree behind him.
"… Toushirou-kun?"
Hitsugaya closes his eyes, "I wonder what is her reason…"
The soft breeze blows some dried leaves; autumn has come. The winds become cool but still humid. Watermelons had finished fruiting while grapes and other autumn fruits start to become productive.
"Nee Midori-chan… taichou said…" Matsumoto didn't continue her dialogue.
Kunogi looks into Matsumoto's face. "Yeah, I know. I hope he will give up on me." Said Kunogi.
Matsumoto's face shows that she is shocked. "So you reject him…"
"No it's not like that. I don't want to hurt him. That's why I acted like I don't know anything." Kunogi takes off her eye contact from Matsumoto.
Matsumoto looks at Kunogi. "Midori-chan, you just confused taichiou. He will wait for no matter how long it will take."
"No… It's not me who should love Toushirou-kun the most. Momo-chan deserves for him. If Momo-chan is happy with Toushirou-kun then I will be fine." Said Kunogi in an extra soft voice.
"Happy? Then why do you look so down?" asks Mataumoto. "He loves you more than Momo-chan… you love him too, right? Why don't you care for him? I'm sure Momo-chan feels the same with you. She thinks that if taichou is happy with you and you're also happy with him then she's happy as well."
"I won't be happy with Toushirou-kun…" said Kunogi. She looks up the sky; they are still sitting at the outer hallway. "I felt betraying when he said he loves me." Kunogi started to shed tears, "why do we have these feelings just because we are close to each other? I both love Toushirou-kun and Momo-chan. I like to be normal best friends with them… as much as possible, I don't want anyone of us falling in love with each other."
Matsumoto shares her chest for the helpless captain. "It's not like your dreamland will continue. Face the fact that you love him. You can't do anything about it…" whispered Matsumoto. Her warm breath touches Kunogi's right ear.
"You're completely wrong… Rangiku-neechan." Kunogi's voice faded.
6th division office…
"Kuchiki taichou, Kuchiki Rukia has returned." Entering from the office door is Abarai.
"Well? I don't need to know such useless information." Said Kukichi while reading though his papers piled up on his desk.
"It may sound trivial but the important matter is Rukia's report." Said Abarai.
Byakuya takes off his glance from the paper.
13th division office…
"Come in"
The door opens; Kuchiki and Abarai enter the 13th division office. Currently in the office are Ukitake and Rukia only.
"So what is the report?" asked Kukichi.
"Nii-sama… Vasto Lord's presence… something is fishy." Said Rukia.
"Vasto Lord? Impossible! All the Espadas and Aizen are dead. What is going on?" Abarai starts fusing from the report.
"Please report this to the commander immediately." Ordered Kuchiki.
10th division building…
Walking in the hallway is Hitsugaya. He plans to go back to his office and finish his paper works. At least make his mind busy with the paper works instead of thinking about Kunogi.
From faint to distinctive sound, Hinamori's runs towards Hitsugaya. "Toushirou-kun!"
"Momo? Are you not supposed to be back to your office?" Hitsugaya stops then looks at the panting girl.
Hinamori pants, "Emergency meeting! Calling all captains and vice captains!"
"Okay… let's go, Hinamori" Hitsugaya walks swiftly while Hinamori follows him behind.
The door to the meeting hall in the first division building opens. Hitsugaya and Hinamori enter. All vice-captains are present while ten captains are present. Kurotsuchi is presently still in the 4th division recovering his wounds. Ukitake is resting since his body suddenly weakened, Unohana watches over him.
"So let the meeting begin!" said the commander.
"The last espada? I believe Aizen has 10 espadas. There's something to this." Said Kyoraku.
"Since Kuchiki Rukia and Kurosaki Ichigo haven't encountered the espada, we don't know why there's an extra espada." Said Byakuya. He sweeps his hair off from his shoulder.
"This espada may threaten the living world. All captains and vice-captains are dispatched to search the espada!" shouted the commander.
In a split second, all captains and vice-captains left the meeting room. The commander looks out from the open window. The weather had changed; the sweet breeze of summer had left. The wet cool breeze of autumn swept the old man's face.
In the living world…
"I-CHI-GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" shouted Isshin. He attempts to kick Ichigo but this time it's a failure.
Ichigo dodged his father's attack without action; he simply went in the house without a word. "Yuzu, I'm staying at my room till dinner." He disappeared from his family's view.
"Ichi-nii… what is happening this time?" muttered Karin.
Ichigo opens the door to his room. His room is as usual plain; just simple furniture like bed, study desk and closet. He sat on his bed with a frown. He takes a glance at the window beside him; the clouds slowly flouts with the wind.
He takes off his eyes from the window and shuts his eyes. His body suddenly releases its strength and falls into the soft bed. 'That reiatsu… it must be an espada. But it's impossible. There are only ten espadas and we beat them months ago… how…' Ichigo's deep thoughs were broken.
Something stepped on him… or rather somebody. "Konnichiwa, Ichigo-niichan!" greeted Kunogi.
"Mi-Midori! Hey! Get off me!" he immediately sits up. Kunogi hops off Ichigo and lands on top of his study desk.
The window opens; Hinamori jumps in. She stands in front of Ichigo and gives him a shallow bow. "Konnichiwa, Ichigo-san."
"Momo… why are you guys here?" asked Ichigo.
"Of course! We came to find the espada." Said Kunogi.
"I know you guys are here to find the espada. The question is… Why are you guys here in my room?" asked Ichigo. He sighs. "Okay… what do you want?"
"Tell us everything." Plainly said Kunogi.
"Maui, could you sense any strange reiatsu?" asked Matsumoto.
"Over there! At the tallest building!" shouted the cow. He points at the tallest building in Karakura town.
Hitsugaya and Matsumoto quickly go to their destination. The building is approximately 10 km. They entered the town from the Karakura eastern forest.
Kuchiki and Abarai enter the town from the west. They caught the presence of the espada but found him beside the town fountain.
"Kuchiki taichou! It's him!" shouted Abarai.
Kuchiki stares at the enemy. "Are you the last espada?" asks Kuchiki in a low voice.
"Last espada? Am I the last espada?" the hollow looks at the two shinigamis. "Where's Aizen?" asked the hollow in a freaky voice.
"Aizen? He's dead." Said Abarai.
"Dead? You killed him?" the hollow asked.
"He was killed by us shinigami." Abarai grips his zanpaktou and draws it. "You will die as well! Hoero, Zabimaru!" He swings his zanpaktou then the shikai form shows itself. His blade cuts through the hollow's right arm.
"You killed him? Why did you kill him?" the hollow raises his voice. "The one who's going to kill Aizen is me!!!" shouted the hollow.
The body with detached arm quickly returns into its original state. The hollow attacks Abarai from above. Abarai quickly defends himself with Zabimaru. Due to the strong clash, the ground has a large crater.
The town's people around the vicinity began puzzling. Is there a meteor? Impossible. There was no meteoroid fell. The people around try to find out what is happening. Since they couldn't see the danger, they fearlessly come closer to the battle site.
Kuchiki draws his sword. "Chire, Senbonzakura" his blade scatters into thousands of sakura like blades. Senbonzakura attacks the enemy.
Abarai quickly notices Senbonzakura approaching in his way. He jumps off from the huge crater as Senbonzakura come closer. Soon, Senbonzakura encloses the hollow into its thousand pieces of blades. For some reason, the hollow is defeated.
"Is he finished? Is he the espada?" fell into puzzlement, Abarai asked questions.
"It must be a bunshin (clone). A real espada won't be easily be beaten like so." Said Kuchiki in his usual calm voice.
"Taichou, he's there!" shouted Matsumoto.
Both Hitsugaya and Matsumoto encounter the hollow. The hollow takes form like a human. His descriptions are pale bluish skin, half silver and black hair, fragment of the hollow mask covering his right eye and the number 0 tattooed around the hole in his chest.
Kimochi means feelings so I explained why Midori-chan didn't accept Hitsugaya's feelings. It's all up to Hitsugaya to chose who will he love... so don't bully my Midori-chan anymore, ok? Bully Chibi-Hitsugaya instead! Oh yeah... The pronaunciation of Maui is stiff... as in MA (short A), U (short U) and I (stiff but long E... that how the Japanese pronounce it).
The next few chapters are going to be mostly action and no romantic scenes... but I decided to update almost everyday so I can upload love scenes sooner. Actually, I already started my 17th chapter so it's ok to update everyday. I just got a problem with uploading last night (I think all the authors had the same problem uploading for the last 2 days.)
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OTANOSHIMI NI!