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Rio and Yuri sat down formally, sitting in front of each other, heads lowered, hands in their laps. Their eyebrows were furrowed, hands clenched, having discussed once more how they hated it when Shun wouldn't tell them anything.
"She... always relies on herself. Never letting anyone help." Yuri muttered, sighing, closing her eyes.
"Doesn't she ever know how much it hurts us?" Rio said, looking out the window, both sitting in her room. "It makes me angry when she ignores us and acts on her own."
"And I really hate it when she leaves." Yuri said, looking up, eyebrows pulled together, pouting.
"Me too. She leaves without a word, and comes back, acting like nothing happened." Rio said, shaking her head, clenching her hands. "Doesn't she care?"
"Apparently not, eh, Kyuu?"
Both women turned their heads, seeing both zanpakuto sitting against the wall, Kaen Hebi resting his cheek against his palm, his elbow resting on a little table, Einjero Kyuuseishu sitting with his arms folded in his sleeves, eyes closed.
"Yes. She has left so much I have actually lost count. And she has left while you two have slept." Einjero said, sighing, shaking his head. "But we didn't manifest ourselves to tell you our opinions."
"Yep." Kaen said, smirking, eyes glazed over.
"Then... what is it you want?" Rio asked, tilting her head, furrowing her eyebrows.
"This will be the last time we can manifest ourselves." Einjero said, standing up, sighing deeply.
"What do you mean, the last time?" Yuri asked, standing up, eyes welling up with tears.
"Well, when we first manifested, with yer permission, we realized it takes a shit load of reiatsu just ta stay manifested. Sucks ass, don't it?" Kaen asked, rolling his eyes, shaking his head.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Rio asked, eyes wide, shocked that she didn't know.
"Well, ya guys were havin' a lot of fun when ya found out we can manifest and comfort ya physically... Is it me, or does that sound wrong?" Kaen asked, staring at his fellow zanpakuto, eyebrows quirked.
"It's just you." Einjero said, rolling his eyes.
"Shut up! Anyway, we didn' wanna disappoint ya, so we continually manifested ourselves ta keep ya happy." Kaen said, frowning, folding his arms over his chest. "Took a hell of a lot of work. Ya owe meh." He said, pointing at his master. "But we will be able ta manifest in about... two ta three months, probably."
Rio furrowed her eyebrows, eyes welling up with tears, along with Yuri, both staring at their zanpakuto with saddened expressions. Kaen Hebi quirked an eyebrow, looking to the side uncomfortably, wondering why his master was staring at him like that. Einjero Kyuuseishu smiled softly, staring at his master with a kind expression, knowing what was about to come.
Yuri launched herself at him, wrapping her arms around his waist.
Kaen Hebi had an incredulous look on his face when Rio hugged him.
Both zanpakuto glanced at each other, furrowing their eyebrows, giving their master an embrace, closing their eyes. Kaen Hebi was the first to break it up, backing away, looking to the side with an uncomfortable expression. He patted Rio's head, making her blink.
"Uh... okay... that was nice..." Kaen muttered, rubbing the back of his neck with the same hand he used to pat Rio's head.
"We will still be able to make contact. But it will only be mentally." Einjero said, holding Yuri's shoulders, seeing tears streaming down her face.
"Okay." Yuri muttered, wiping her eyes.
"...Don't worry, bout it. 'M sure Shunny's only pissed that 'er Captain fucked her." Kaen said, only to cry in pain when Einjero Kyuuseishu smacked the back of his head, holding his bruised head with a frown.
"...Are you worried about her as well?" Rio asked, clenching her hands.
"We're yer zanpakuto. We ain't got no choice." Kaen said, smirking, rolling his eyes. "Sides, we're the only people that know our masters the best! And we know... ya view Shunny as family." He said, smirk faltering.
"...She does not seem to view you the same." Einjero said, closing his arms, folding his arms behind his back.
"I... don't think so." Yuri muttered, looking down, still wiping her eyes.
"Well! We had a great time! Nice ta chat with ya for the last time in a while, Yuri-chan! But now... we are getting so damn tired." Kaen said, sighing, closing his eyes, back slouched forward.
"Yes. I am feeling drained." Einjero said, sighing, rubbing his eyes.
"Good bye, Einjero Kyuuseishu." Rio said, smiling at the zanpakuto.
"Bye bye, Kaen Hebi!" Yuri squealed, waving her arms happily.
Both zanpakuto smiled, nodding. Before they went back to their inner worlds, they bowed down lowly, eyes closed, looking like loyal zanpakuto. Rio and Yuri continued to smile until they were the only ones in the room.
"Should we tell, Shun... that Tora no Yuki won't be able to manifest?" Rio asked, looking at her smaller friend.
"Okay." Yuri said, nodding.
-:-
Rio and Yuri sat down, heads lowered, sitting in their friend's room. Shun was sitting at her table, which was in the middle of her room, facing away from them, resting her cheek on her palm, her elbow on her table, one of her legs bent up, and the other bent on the floor.
"Hmm... okay then." Shun muttered, making both women look up. "Leave."
Both women widened their eyes, flinching, feeling a shiver go down their spines. They sat there for several minutes, wondering if they heard their friend right. She didn't just order them to leave... right? Shun turned her head slightly, her eyes narrowed, staring at her friends from the side of her eyes.
"I won't repeat myself." Shun said, clenching her hands.
The women froze, nodding stiffly, standing up, turning around, about to walk out until the door opened, the fifth seat of the eleventh division standing there. Yumichika blinked, seeing both women look at him, their eyes red, looking like they were about to cry. He smiled, nodding.
"You must be Shun-chan's friends. I am Yumichika Ayesagawa, the fifth seat of the eleventh division." He said, seeing both women smile, though they looked forced.
"We have heard of you. I must say, that I wasn't expecting a man from this division to be so beautiful." Rio said, smiling, arms at her sides, hands clenched.
"Thank you! As much as I would like to chat, you look like you need to do something. So you may leave." Yumichika said, turning to the side, seeing both women nod, rushing by him.
He watched as they walked down the hall, they pace quick, their shoulders shaking slightly. He turned, smiling, leaning against the door frame, staring at the back of the fourth seat. Shun kept unmoved, still staring out the window.
"Why must you treat them like that?" Yumichika asked, delicately raising an eyebrow.
"It does not concern you, fifth seat." Shun muttered, eyes narrowed, mouth in a firm line.
"It concerns me if it just happened in front of me. What happened?" Yumichika asked, walking into the room.
"I said... it does not concern you." Shun said, turning her head, glaring at the fifth seat, seeing him widen his eyes slightly, before they went back to normal, shaking his head.
"Such an ugly temper." Yumichika muttered, not realizing what his words did, not seeing as Shun clenched her hands. "Is it personal?"
"Yes."
"Then I shall not press on any further. But I came here because the Captain wants to know when you will do the paperwork." Yumichika said, raising his eyebrows, blinking curiously.
"Tell him to fuck off." Shun said, sighing, closing her eyes.
Yumichika blinked, quirking an eyebrow. He sighed, shaking his head, wondering why most of the people apart of the eleventh division had such a bad temper. He walked further into the room.
"Okay. Now I'm interested. You usually tell me to tell him you're sick when you're troubled. Why tell him to get lost?" Yumichika asked, poking the back of the woman's shoulder.
"I'm not fucking troubled... I'm thinking... and planning." Shun said, ignoring the poke, opening her eyes, yellow orbs cold. "And I have nothing to say to that bastard."
Yumichika narrowed his eyes, quirking an eyebrow. Thinking... and planning? Planning what? What would be so important that she did not want to see anyone? To go so far as to actually tell her friends to leave. Something was wrong. He sighed, closing his eyes.
"Fine. I hope to see you tonig... Shun... have you been awake all night?" Yumichika asked, having seen the side of the woman's face, seeing dark circles under her eyes.
"...Yeah... been thinking since I got back yesterday." Shun said, making the fifth seat surprised.
Thinking... and planning... since she had gotten back?
He nodded, walking towards the door, closing it silently behind himself. He walked down the hall, heading for the office, eyes narrowed. What had the Captain done? Or what had happened in the World of the Living?
So much stuff was happening.
-:-
Rio pulled her legs to her chest, sitting on top the building, knowing that Shun liked sleeping on buildings. Shun was being distant, Yuri was too sad to see anyone, and Byakuya... she couldn't see him. Or rather, she didn't want to. What the Captain of the eleventh had said made her mad.
She had no control. If she had been in control, she would have not done anything. At all. She did not want to see her Captain because she was ashamed. Ashamed at being... such a slut.
She closed her eyes tightly, grabbing at her hair, her lips trembling, remembering all those times he had called her such demeaning names. When he would slap her when she didn't want to do something. She hated him. But the one that probably hated him the most... was Shun.
She hated him, ever since she walked in on them.
And killed him mercilessly.
Before she could think further into it, her eyes widened, hearing a sound behind her, turning her head, seeing Starrk walking towards her with a tired expression.
"Rio." Starrk said, nodding.
"...Starrk." Rio muttered, smiling, wiping her eyes.
The man stopped, seeing that Rio's eyes were red, as if she had just finished crying. Ignoring it, he sat down, relaxing beside the woman. It was strange. He had not been able to connect with anyone since he had graduated the academy, immediately gaining third seat. Why this woman?
"Why... are some people so cruel?" Rio asked, closing her eyes, continuing to smile.
"It's just the way they are." Starrk said, seeing the woman open her eyes and look at him, eyebrows furrowed.
"My friend is like that. Maybe because she never really had anyone close to her." Rio said, looking ahead, eyes soft, a saddened expression on her face. "She... gets confused by other people's feelings so easily."
"Confused...?" Starrk asked, staring at the woman questioningly, looking so, very tired.
"She doesn't really understand other people's feelings that well. She doesn't know what love feels like... neither did I." Rio said, smiling softly, having to get everything out, even if it was a new friend.
"Not know love... I do not know that emotion." Starrk said, sighing, laying back, folding his arms behind his head.
Rio looked at the man with an incredulous look, seeing that he was serious. Sighing, she looked at the dark sky, wondering how her friend was still not able to know love. She was easily confused when trying to understand peoples feeling towards her.
She was confused when her and Yuri said they were her friends.
"...I wish... I never knew that emotion." Rio muttered, holding hand to her chest, furrowing her eyebrows, lips trembling.
"Why?" Starrk asked, closing his eyes.
"I have feelings for a man... that I have nothing in common with. And we had done something... I wish we hadn't done." Rio said, curling her feet, pulling her legs to her chest, wrapping her arms around them, shoulders shaking.
Starrk opened one eye, staring at the woman, seeing something roll down her cheeks. Curious, he reached over, wiping the woman's cheek, making her look up and stare at him. He looked at his hand, staring at the wet part of his finger. Tears.
"Why did you..."
"Just curious." Starrk said, folding his arm behind his head once more.
He shocked Rio further when he moved, forcing her legs down, resting his head on her lap. Rio continued to stare at him in confusion, eyebrows furrowed, wondering where he had the confidence to do something like this. Hesitantly, she touched his head, seeing that it didn't disturb him, and ran her hand through his hair, liking how soft it was. She caressed several strands of his hair, a smile spreading across her face.
Byakuya would never let her do this to him, right?
-:-
Yuri's shoulder shook, sitting on top of the roof of the tenth division. Kitty was so mean. Why did she say that? Why did she stare at them with such cold eyes? Yuri's eyes stung, eyebrows furrowed. And Einjero Kyuuseishu wasn't even there to comfort her.
He was still resting from having used his reiatsu.
Kitty meant the whole world to her, but it hurt her when she would act cold. Just telling them to leave... made her want to cry right in front of her. But she was sure her friend would order Rio to drag her out of the room.
"Why is she so mean?" Yuri muttered, closing her eyes.
"Hikari, do you know what time it is?"
The woman screamed, eyes wide, jolting, a comical scared look on her face. She turned, staring at the pale man, seeing his annoyed look. How long was he there?
"U-Ulquiorra! You scared me!" Yuri yelled, pouting, giving the man a cute glare.
"Hikari, it is past midnight, Captain Hitsugaya has not seen you, and you are probably tired, so get to sleep." Ulquiorra ordered, narrowing his eyes, frowning.
Yuri widened her eyes, staring at the man with a shocked look, wondering where he got the nerve to speak to her like that. Even though he was her superior, he had no right to talk to her like that. She paused, furrowing her eyebrows, thinking for several seconds.
"Ulquiorra... did you just care that I wasn't asleep yet?" Yuri asked, tilting her head, blinking curiously.
"I did not say I cared. Do not assume things." Ulquiorra said, turning around, walking away.
Yuri blinked several more times, smiling brightly, standing up. She ran after the pale man, jumping, wrapping her arms around his waist with a grin, making Ulquiorra widen his eyes in shock.
"Thank you!" Yuri chirped, standing back.
She bowed, a smile still on her face, happy, making the man confused. What had he done to make her happy? She stood straight again, saluting, turning around and running towards the edge of the roof. Before she jumped, she turned, waving with a happy expression, disappearing when she turned around.
Ulquiorra blinked several times, looking at his hand, eyes narrowed.
What...?
Yuri skipped down the hall, smiling brightly, excited. She knew that he wasn't worried about her, but she wanted to believe he did. That's why she hugged him. She paled, closing her eyes, furrowing her eyebrows.
She can only imagine all the glares she will receive from him.
Making it to her room, she reached for the handle, only to stop, turning her head, seeing Hitsugaya standing ten feet away from her, his eyes narrowed. Yuri widened her eyes, remembering how they had parted.
"...Good evening... Captain Hitsugaya..." Yuri muttered, swallowing hard.
"Yuri." Hitsugaya said, eyes narrowed, hands clenched.
"I... have to go to bed... good night." Yuri said, walking into her room, closing the door behind herself, eyes wide.
Hitsugaya closed his eyes, sighing. He was trying to apologize for what Zaraki had said, but he couldn't. He just couldn't. She didn't even want to look at him. He put a hand to his face, taking a deep breath. What was he going to do?
Yuri leaned against her door, eyebrows furrowed, mouth in a firm line. Everything was so complicated.
"I hate being confused." Yuri muttered, walking further into the room, getting ready for bed.
Walking around the room, she got her sleeping kimono, getting undressed. Hitsugaya... he was not meant to see her body. She wrapped her arm around hr waist, eyes narrowed, seeing a long scar. Well, where a scar was supposed to be.
Ever since that war three years before, the Captain of the fourth healed it, making Yuri grateful. Now she wouldn't have to think of those times whenever she looked at the scar. She smiled.
Everyone was so nice.
Unlike her friend.
-:-
Shun still had not moved, having sat in the same spot, eyes still narrowed. She had been in the same spot for almost an twenty nine hours. But she was still thinking. Something was making it's way towards her. Sighing, she turned her head, just in time when the door slammed open.
"What do you want?" Shun asked halfheartedly, eyes narrowed, frowning.
Her expression didn't change when the Captain picked her up and slammed her into a wall, the door already closed. She looked at the door for several seconds before staring at the Captain, seeing his pissed off expression. She raised her eyebrows lightly, blinking once. Well, he looked mad.
"Yumichika told me what you did. You must be really fucked up if you actually kicked your friends out." Kenpachi growled, eyes narrowing, tightening his grip on his hand.
"They had interrupted me while I was thinking." Shun said, eyebrows pulled together, curling her lip back.
"You've been acting like such a bitch since we returned! Why?!" Kenpachi growled, seeing the woman narrow her eyes, clenching her hands.
"It's no one's business!! Is that so fucking goddamn hard for you all to understand?!!" Shun yelled, gripping the Captain's wrist, trying to get him to let go.
"What the hell has you fucking scared?!!" Kenpachi yelled, smirking, seeing the woman widen her eyes.
Unknown to both, a crowd started to gather outside, listening. Shun had her eyes wide, shocked, until she narrowed her eyes dangerously, tightening her grip on the Captain's wrist, curling her lip back.
"I'm not scared!" Shun yelled, looking really, really, really, pissed off.
The Captain opened his mouth to yell back, only to groan and roll his eyes, raising his reiatsu to a high level, almost causing Shun to cough. The crowd outside passed out, the reiatsu too much for them.
"You fucking are!"
"I'M NOT!!! You really wanna know what's fucking bothering me?!!" Shun yelled, eyes wide with rage, her pupils dilated. "That everyone can't fucking stay out of other people's business! And that you always have to fucking bother me!!"
"Oh, so this fucking has to do with me as well?!"
"You bet your ass, it does!! How could it not?! You fucking had sex with me when I didn't even want it!!"
"How the hell could I fucking resist?!!"
"I never had sex before, dumbass!!"
The Captain opened his mouth to say something, only to stop, and widen his eyes. What the fuck did she just say? Shun widened her eyes as well, looking to the side, shocked at herself. Deciding that she couldn't undo what she did, she turned back to the Captain, lip curled back.
"Yeah! You heard me! I never had proper sex! And when I say that, I mean I had already lost my virginity! To some bastard who wanted to rape me! He only got so far as to put his fucking dick inside of me, but that's when I woke up! He came up behind me and knocked me out! I killed him when I fucking regained consciousness! That's why when you go so fucking far as to actually kiss me and touch me, I don't fucking know what to do!!" Shun yelled, eyes closed tightly, eyebrows pulled together.
She was breathing harshly, eyes opened again, eyes narrowed, seeing the shocked look on the Captain's face. She tensed when he lowered her, unable to hold herself up from being weak, not having eaten, and sat down, staring straight ahead. Kenpachi sat down, leaning against a wall, covering his face with his hand, making Shun's attention go to him.
"...Fuck... Shun... I didn't know... I... how the hell was I fucking supposed to know?" Kenpachi asked, eyes narrowed, voice quiet.
"You weren't. I wasn't expecting anyone to know." Shun said, hands clenched, eyes closed. "Leave. I want you to leave me alone."
"No."
Shun opened her eyes, looking at the Captain, seeing him glaring at her, his mouth in a firm line. They stared at each other for several minutes, the woman wondering what he meant.
"I ain't gonna leave you. I fucking claimed you, and I intend to keep you." Kenpachi said, standing up, sighing.
"I'm not an obje-"
"An object. Yeah, whatever. I'll stay away, for now. But you better fucking clean up your act. Get whatever the hell it is off your mind off. Pissing everyone off, probably including your friends." Kenpachi said, opening the door, walking out, closing the door behind himself.
Shun stayed against the wall, starting to breath harshly again, eyes stinging... Bastard.
-:-
The arrancar stood in Hueco Mundo, eyes narrowed, arms folded behind his back. The wind blew by gently, making his hair sway to the side gently, his wounds still adorning his body from his brief battle with the Captain.
Shinigami.
He hated them. But to actually hear that they had become shinigami... made it all the more amusing.
He stood quietly, not able to hear any roars from any hollow for miles. It was quiet, the arrancar staring at the moon, blue eyes shining in the darkness. It was mostly quiet all the time. It has been like that everywhere he walked.
Shinigami killed hollows. It was their job to end his life. It was how it was supposed to be.
Slowly, a smile started spreading across his mouth, narrowing his eyes.
"I will see you soon... my pets." He said, smiling pleasantly.