Oh my gosh! I updated! Yeah me!!!!!
Well, without further ado(cause I know yall have waited long enough) Here is Chapter 13!
Chap 13
"Captain, where are you staying tonight?" Matsumoto asked her Captain.
"I'll stay at Kusabana's house tonight." Hitsugaya stated dully to Matsumoto with his arms crossed. Ichigo shook his head.
"Sorry, Toshiro, but Jesse's been training with Urahara for the passed 3 days. She's even missed school because if it. You should probably find some other place to stay." Ichigo pointed out.
"I'll just…IT'S CAPTAIN HITSUGAYA TO YOU!" Hitsugaya yelled.
"Whatever." Ichigo huffed while cleaning out his ears.
"Humph." Hitsugaya turned and started to walk off towards Urahara's place.
"Ha! I did it! I totally mastered it!" I screamed while jumping up and down. I felt like I ran a thousand mile run without stops, but I mastered Bankai. Finally!
"Well done, Ms. Jesse." Urahara smiled while he picked up his slightly ripped hat. There was a small bleeding cut on his cheek. "What a unique Bankai you have."
I smiled at the compliment. "Thanks, Mr. Urahara." And thanks, Ruhana.
Honestly, I was only conscious for about 10 minutes. The rest of the time, I was unconscious fighting…whatever that thing was… in my head. It was quite weird.
Flashback
"Where am I?" I sat up to realize I was in a field of beautiful flowers. As I moved, the already fallen flower pedals stirred. After a minute of looking around, I stood up. "Ruhana? Mr. Urahara? Anybody?"
"Silly girl." I jumped at the cold voice. I turned to see… myself. It was like a black and white version of myself, except her eyes were yellow. "Looking for someone in her head. As if anyone would answer you." The…uh…evil me laughed.
"Who are you?!" I almost yelled as I reached for my sword. The same sword that wasn't there. I stared at my empty hand in fear.
"Looking for this?" The evil me held up Ruhana victoriously. Instead of the sword's normal perky rosy color was a blood color. The sword no longer looked beautiful, but scary.
"What are you?" I managed to stutter. The evil me laughed again.
"Can't figure it out, can you?" I shook my head slowly. "Well, aren't you stupid. I'm you. Part of you, at least. And it's your fault I'm awake. Thanks." The woman smiled, revealing her sharp teeth.
"I…let you out?" I asked, quite astonished. When did I do that?
"You let me out when you wanted revenge on what's-his-face." The evil me replied. "I'm the manifestation of that anger and revenge in a way. The hollow-like side of you. Glad to meet you." The woman said the last part sarcastically.
"Do you know who killed my parents?!" I yelled. If this hollow-like me was created from my anger and revenge, then maybe she knew who I was after.
"Maybe I do, maybe I don't." She replied while scratching her back with Ruhana. "But it doesn't matter, because I'm gonna take control."
Suddenly, she was right in front of me with Ruhana pointing at my neck. "I promise I'll take him out, though. Just for you."
"You won't." I replied, with as much force as I could. The evil me lowered Ruhana and began to laugh.
"And what will you do about it, little Jesse?" The evil me replied.
I stomped my foot. "I'm going to learn Bankai. I'm going to go and kill the arrancar that killed my parents after I get the information from you. Then I'm GOING to beat you back down to wherever you came from because YOU'RE FREAKING CREAPY!" I yelled. Even though it was childish and I really didn't believe in what I said, it did feel good to say it.
The evil me didn't seem to like what I said. "I'm going to cut you into two." She stated before raising Ruhana into the air. For some reason, I didn't move. Instead, I stood there, holding out my hand slightly as if to discreetly beckon Ruhana back over to me.
Come on, Ruhana. Come back Ruhana.
The sword started to swing downwards towards the top of my head.
RUHANA!!! COME BACK!!!!
The sword was inches from my head.
"RUHANA!!!!!" I yelled. As if on cue, the sword turned into a bunch of pedals on contact.
And that's when I finally saw my Bankai.
End of Flashback
I found myself sitting in Urahara's house, sipping a drink I don't remember grabbing. I set the cup down and stood up. "I'm going home, Mr. Urahara. Thanks again!"
Urahara nodded before letting me leave. I opened the front door to see Hitsugaya standing there, about ready to knock.
"Captain Hitsugaya." I smiled at the boy. "What are you doing here?"
Hitsugaya seemed a little shy at what he was about to say. "I need a place to stay and-"
I didn't let him continue. "You can stay at my place!" He just nodded and smiled slightly.
"Well, let's go!" I grabbed his hand and began to run off despite the fact that I was so worn out just a couple of minutes ago.
Hitsugaya smiled and mumbled something that I didn't quite catch.
"So, why are you really here?" I asked. We were rounding the corner and walking down the street with my house on it.
"None of your business." The young captain replied with folded arms.
"It's my business if it has something to do with my friends." I stated.
His eyes widened before he looked down.
I turned around and looked over to him. "Did I say something wrong?"
"No." Hitsugaya stated. "That's the same thing Mrs. Ayame would tell me when I wouldn't tell her something."
"Oh." I looked ahead. "Oh!" I said with more energy. "I've got to stop off at Nana's house real quick. It's right next to mine. You don't mind, do you?"
Hitsugaya shook his head. I smiled and walked past my house and opened the door to my Nana's house.
"Nana? Are you still up?" I called. It was surprising how that woman in her old age stay up so late.
"I'm awake." Nana walked into view, a smile on her like always. She opened her eyes and looked past me to see Hitsugaya.
Hitsugaya stood awe struck.
"It's been awhile, Toshiro." Nana stated. I glanced from her to Hitsugaya and back.
"You know him?" I asked, completely puzzled. How did Nana know Hitsugaya?
"Granny?" the little captain asked. I think my chin hit the floor as I stared at Hitsugaya. Did he just call my Nana Granny?
"Glad you remembered me, Toshiro." My Nana spoke quietly.
"How…? But…? What….? Oh, GRRR!" I was completely lost.
Nana chuckled. "How bout we sit and talk?" Nana led us to her living room and I sat on the couch across from her. Hitsugaya sat next to me.
"How did you end up here, Granny?" he asked.
"I had to take care of Ayame's child of course!" Nana stated with a matter-of-fact tone in her voice.
"Wait, wait, wait." I held up my hand and both people had their eyes on me. "So, you're Captain Hitsugaya's Granny. You were good friends with my Mom and when she passed away, you came and helped me out?"
Nana smiled. "As smart as your father. Your mother was smart, but Kiyoshi was more aware of what was happening around him and he caught on quick."
Hitsugaya frowned. "You didn't tell me where you were going."
Nana laughed a little. "What would you have done? Leave everything behind for me? No, Ayame wouldn't have wanted that." Hitsugaya's eye's widened. "She wanted you and Momo to live happily and save people like she once did. She wanted you to become the new captain once she was gone. She wanted you to visit her and play with her daughter like you played with Ayame and Momo. She even wanted you to be the big brother to her new daughter when you were able to come by."
I looked over to Nana, then to Hitsugaya and back. Mom sure did love Hitsugaya.
"Most of all, she wanted you to be able to come to and from Soul Society unlike her. She wanted you to have the best of both worlds." Nana replied softly.
Hitsugaya just sat there, taking it all in. Nana smile before looking to a clock. "Oh, dear. It's late, you two should head over next door." Nana stood and looked towards me. "Take good care of him, Jess." I nodded and smiled.
"Of course, Nana. Night." I stated before standing and walking out. Hitsugaya followed behind me.
Once we got into the house, I turned to Hitsugaya. "Well, I don't suppose you would like to use my bedroom, since Orihime designed it to be all pink. You can sleep on the couch. I'll get you a blanket and a pillow."
So I left Hitsugaya for a moment and came back down with a pillow and a quilt in my hand. I set the pillow at the head of the couch and laid out the quilt, showing it's design.
"It's Ra." Hitsugaya pointed out. There was a white fiery phoenix on the blanket. It looked proud and strong.
"That's what Mom called the blanket. She had it designed for her in America." I replied. "So, this was her Zanpakutō? It's beautiful."
"Yeah." Hitsugaya stated. His eyes were distant.
"So, what was Mom like?" I asked, causing Hitsugaya to snap out of wherever he was and look at me. "What was she like as a Shinigami? Strong, I bet."
Hitsugaya nodded. "She was different from every other Shinigami captain there was. She was also like a mother to me. When I was younger, she would visit me whenever she had nothing else to do. Together, we would shop or play." Hitsugaya lowered his eyes to the ground. "No one else would ever go near me. Only Granny, Momo, and Mrs. Ayame would even talk to me. Everyone else was afraid of me."
I continued to listen as he continued to speak. "Once I became a Shinigami, she instantly took me in. I quickly rose to the rank of 3rd Seat, although I acted as a lieutenant. She was my mother figure and my captain. I was happy to serve under her.
"Our Zanpakutō were two opposites, so she easily controlled my icy reiatsu with her fire/light reiatsu. I almost did freeze her while training." Hitsugaya smirked at the thought, making me wonder what exactly happened. "Then, one day she brought me over to tell me she was marrying a Quincy. She made me promise to not tell others about it, in fear that the captain-commander wouldn't comply. I wished her the best of luck.
"Then, she mentioned that she was pregnant. Her being married to a human was hard enough for the captain-commander, he actually yelled at her. That was something he never did to Mrs. Ayame. I remember her crying in her office.
"Then she left for America. I figured I'd never see her again. I then took her place as Captain of the 10th division." Hitsugaya sighed.
"When I found out a hollow killed her and her husband, I worried for the little child. It was surprising to hear that a girl that looked like Ayame was captured." Hitsugaya seemed to struggle with what he wanted to say, so I stopped him.
"Do you know what hollow killed her?" I asked. Hitsugaya shook his head.
"No one does." He stated. "Even though she left Soul Society, no one, not even Captain-Commander, thought her as a traitor. She is marked as such, however. If we knew who did it, we would've taken care of that hollow by now."
I nodded. "I've been training, seeing that I was told the hollow is an arrancar. I don't know if I'll ever see that arrancar, but I hope so. Then we could take him out together!" I smiled brightly. Hitsugaya, although he had a slightly lost look, he gave the smallest of smiles.
Then we sat in silence.
"You should smile more." I stated, bringing him out of where he was. "You have a pretty smile." He looked at me funny. "What?! I'm just saying that it looks nice!" he rolled his eyes at me and turned away.
"Gosh, boys and their hate for the word 'pretty'. Can't they be mature for a change?" I mumbled to myself.
Then I heard the strangest thing come from Hitsugaya. He was chuckling. Almost laughing, actually. "That's exactly what Mrs. Ayame would've said." He stated after calming down.
I looked over and smiled at him. Then, I yawned. "Well, I'm going to crash. You're free to anything in my house. If you need me, My bedroom is the door on left." I then left for my room.
'So you came back to see me?' The evil me smiled and chuckled darkly. I gasped and took in my surroundings. I found myself in the same flower field as before. With the same evil me from before. 'I'm overjoyed. I really am.' She stated, faking a cry of happiness.
'I love you to DEATH!' she said and suddenly lunged at me. It was so quick that I didn't have time to move. The evil me tackled me and started to savagely scratch.
Hitsugaya sat up from his position on the roof at the feel of a burst of reiatsu. He quickly popped out his soul candy and swallowed one. He quickly instructed his gigai to lay low and hurriedly inform Matsumoto, who was at Orhime's. He quickly turned around to see Jesse standing there, with her head down.
"You ok?" He asked, slight worry in his voice. Jesse started to shake, followed shortly by an evil laugh.
"I'm free! Finally!" She squealed, pulling her head up to reveal small yellow pupils. The tale-tale of a hollow.
The difference was there was no mask. No one piece.
Hitsugaya quickly took a defensive stance with his sword out. "What's going on? Who are you?" He demanded.
Jesse stopped laughing and looked over to the small captain. "What's it to you, shrimp?" Hitsugaya fumed at the name and was about to correct her when she spoke up again. "You got a point there. I probably should give myself a name. Hmm, how about Kataki? Yes, I quite like that." She then unsheathed Ruhana from behind her, but the blade was more of a blood-red color than it's previous rosy red color.
"Well, it's my first time to be released, and this world is already too bright for my taste. I much prefer the color blood red." Kataki spoke to herself, leaving Hitsugaya to wonder what was going on. She then quickly turned and pointed at him.
"You there, shrimp! Got any good fighters around here? I need a warm up." She yelled over to him.
Hitsugaya was instantly angered. "It's Captain Hitsugaya to you!" He narrowed his eyes and glared at Kataki.
"Captain? Of the Gotei 13? You mean they let a little shrimp like you in?! Ha! They're getting a little desperate, eh?" It didn't seem to bother Kataki that it was suddenly freezing outside.
"Where's Jesse?" Hitsugaya commanded.
"That little weakling? Gone for good. I took care of her." She grinned evilly. "It was kind of her to part with her body. She didn't put up much of a fight."
Hitsugaya growled slightly while his grip on his weapon tightened.
"Careful, young master. She's only trying to anger you." Hyōrinmaru spoke.
'Well, he's doing a good job with it.' Hitsugaya snapped at his zanpakutô.
"You might have to use your full strength to fight her. This is no mere hollow, young master. Be careful." Hyôrinmaru replied.
Hitsugaya was cut off by Kataki charging at him, Ruhana in hand. Hitsugaya deftly blocked the attack.
I tried to catch my breath as the evil me charged at me again. I was already bleeding from the scratches she caused me. Ruhana was with the evil me again.
I leaned against the tree as I paused to breathe.
'Oh, where are you, little Jesse?" the tree next me blew up as the evil me used koodori pedaru on it.
'Not there, eh?' She chuckled darkly. 'How about here?' I ran from my spot as the tree was destroyed. 'There you are.' She replied.
I took up a defensive position, readying for an attack. I didn't have to wait long for her to charge at me, flower pedals pointing at me.
'Koodori pedaru!' I managed to roll out of the way at the last minute, but the evil me smirked when suddenly the flowers came back to her, cutting my in the process. She held out her hand and the pedals formed there. It formed a sort of scaly sword with no guard that was attached to her. 'You see, I can use Ruhana better than you. I deserve this! To be the Queen of this place!'
I stood up, hiding the pain as I did so. I quickly took a defensive position once again. She was right, though. I never thought to do that before.
She charged at me with a battle cry and I stood there. She swung horizontally and I ducked under, coming up with an uppercut. I knocked her in the chin with all I had, but she hardly moved. I froze in fear as her other hand gripped my wrist in a vice hold.
'Thought you could actually hurt me?!' She picked my up and threw me across the field, then followed by the pedals.
I landed ungracefully onto the ground. Before I could even start to stand, the sharp pedals stabbed my in every place possible. I cried out in pain as my eyes watered.
'That's more like it.' The evil me called back the pedals and formed the scaly sword again. She then licked the blood off it.
'Mmm. You blood tastes pretty good, little Jesse." She stated.
What is she?! A freaking Vampire?!
"Jesse! Come on, I know you can hear me!" A voice boomed though the area.
I slowly stood. "C-Captain Hitsugaya?" I called out.
Hitsugaya was still in one piece, but he had a gash on his right shoulder and a cut on his left cheek.
"I love the color of blood." Kataki stared at the blood that was on the sword. "So pretty."
Hitsugaya had yet to attack. All he ever did was defend himself. He had to even reveal his Shikai to do so.
"Jeese! Come on, I know you can hear me!" He yelled at the girl. "Snap out of it! Fight back! Something!"
Kataki laughed. "It's no use. She can't do anything. She's dying. Soon, she will be gone and all that will be left will be me." Jesse's body had paled to white color that a hollow had. Her hair had turned completely black, contrasting to her white skin.
"Snap out of it! Fight back! Something!" Hitsugaya's voice called to me.
"Captain Hitsugaya." I whispered. I suddenly found a way to stand up and took a defensive stance once again.
The smirk that was once on Kataki's face faded a little, but wasn't completely gone. "Silly little shrimp. He can't do anything. It's not even worth the time. Just a waste of energy."
She quickly charged at me again, readying for the final blow. I, with the somehow newfound speed jumped back onto one of the few standing trees left. I pushed off the tree and punched the evil me in face. Unlike before, it seemed like to have an effect and she went flying back.
I didn't give her a time to stand as I quickly jumped up and flipped, falling with a kick. When the dust and flower pedals cleared, the once beautiful field was revealed as a bloody and destroyed field with a crater in the corner.
"AHHHHH!" I heard the evil me scream. "Blood! My blood!" she held her face as a black liquid slowly leaked down out of her hand. "How dare you make me bleed! You witch! I'll kill you now."
"Time for you to go, shrimp." Kataki smiled as she readied the final blow. "Koodari…." She suddenly gasped in pain. "What?! What's going on?" She cried.
Hitsugaya watched in amazement at the scene. "Jesse… Keep fighting!" He cried. He then took that chance to release his Bankai. "Daiguren Hyōrinmaru."
"Time to finish this." He stated.
"I won't let you win! I won't!" I yelled at the bleeding evil me. That's when the pedals that had fallen formed into my hand and made Ruhana.
"Ruhana." I whispered. Just then, a snowflake landed on Ruhana and looked up at the cloudy sky. "It's snowing. Captain Hitsugaya." I didn't know what was going on, but I knew that Hitsugaya was in trouble, so I quickly took a fighting stance with my sword.
The evil me stood straight and lowered her bloodied hand. Her yellow eyes pieced though my mixed-matched ones. "Now you die." We both held out our swords in a vertical position. "Bankai! Mitsukai Ruhana!" We both screamed. The pedals and flowers(with a little bit of snow) gathered around us and mixed with our reiatsu.
When everything cleared, there we stood, in our Bankai. My Bankai was quite cool. The pedals sprouted from my back, forming white feathers for wings. On my head, a flower necklace was on my head, like a lazy halo. My clothes also changed. It was shorter white kimono, similar to Nemu's Shinigami outfit. In my hand, was slightly wider version of Ruhana, except the hilt had a red sash tied to it. Lastly, there was a gold band on my upper right arm.
The evil me's Bankai was the same except with contrasting colors. The wings were black and the halo was worn and tilted. Her outfit was the same except it was black instead of white, and Ruhana was still a blood red color. The sash tied to the hilt was black instead of red, and the gold band, although it shined like gold, was pure black.
I readied myself to fight, my wings twitching with excitement. The evil me smiled maniacally. "Now you die." She repeated.