Watching Karin
By fate they met in Karakura Town. He helped win a soccer match due to her stubbornness. Luck allowed him to save her life. Now Hitsugaya can't get Kurosaki Karin off his mind. So he watches over her, unfortunately he isn't the only one watching.
Disclaimer: Tite Kubo owns Bleach, I don't. I also do not make money from writing fan fiction.
Before when I published this people complained that I made Karin too powerful. I really hope it doesn't bother anyone because I am not going to change the story. I'm only touching up my grammar spelling and punctuation.
Chapter 37: To Get Her
It felt late but she wanted to sleep, "Wake up sleepy head." She hurt all over like she had been hit by a train. She didn't budge. A smart slap across her face got her attention. Her eyes fluttered open. Her head was in somebody's lap.
The room was bright and white. The walls and floor were like marble. It was cold. That voice it was unpleasantly familiar. A delicate looking hand stroked her silky black hair. He cooed at her. "Good morning, my love." She started to get up. He held her down. She felt weak. He smirked, "Don't move I like you right there." She looked into a face that was so familiar, but she couldn't believe it.
"Souta?" He smiled at her recognition.
"You remember my name, plum blossom," His already wide smile broadened further. He continued to stroke her hair a little harder now. She felt something unpleasant stirring underneath her head.
"How?" Karin looked up from her pinned position.
"I did it all for you," Horror struck her face as Souta spoke, "Aren't you pleased. I think I am quite pleasing to look at. Well except for this," He took her hand and forced it into the black hole in his chest.
She shuddered, 'Why do I feel so weak?'
"Oh that? It's this room it suppresses soul-reaper powers. It is just a precaution Lord Aizen put in place. She gasped at his reading her internal thoughts, 'or was I talking out loud again without realizing it again?' She tested the waters waiting for a response.
"You're testing me, sugar plum," A new variation on an old nickname. "You can't keep your thoughts from me. Most can't. I think I may be able to read Aizen's thoughts too, but that would be very, very dangerous…" The word trailed off as he leaned foward at an impossible angle to kiss her.
She fought; first just for him to get off her, then she started fighting for air. She still needed to breathe. His tongue intruded into her mouth it did not taste foul, but it felt wrong. She started to see bright spots of light flickering in her vision. Her body felt heavy. Then he released her from the death kiss. She gasped desperately for air.
"Come now pet, don't be mean," It was sickening; his eyes were mixed at once with both love and hate. He resumed stroking her hair and started to hum a tune that sounded a lot like a lullaby. He lifted her to his chest and began to rock her. A hidden memory, she was crying to someone, 'Ichigo? No it was an older man; he rocked me when I was hurt.'
"You thinking about that old pervert? The one with the weird hat and those wooden sandals?" He had an evil look on his face. His pale sky blue eyes flickered angrily. She knew it was going to happen before he moved. He dug his teeth into her shoulder, painfully. She screamed.
"Don't ever think about other men you whore," He was cold but at the same time she heard a smile in his voice that she dreaded. He wanted her to give him the excuse to hurt her it got him off. As if to prove that the thing between his legs jumped up and hit her spine.
"You know I didn't remember much when I first woke up in Heuco Mundo. I did remember my name, and I did remember you, every inch of you. Everything is trying to come back. What I allow to come back is strictly the memories I have surrounding you. Like that SOB boyfriend of yours. They've got him here too," He cackled at her frightened face.
"What are you going to do?"
"To him? I don't know, and I really don't give a shit. My only concern now is you," He ogled her like she was a piece of meat and he was a starving wolf. He began rocking her again. He cooed in her ear to, "Shut-up and go to sleep." When she didn't comply he wrapped his arm around her neck until her body went limp. He was stroking her head and he licked the single tear rolling down her cheek.
Captain Hitsugaya awoke in a similar room to the one Karin and Souta were sitting in. Only he was bound by heavy chains. They caused great discomfort, and he could barely breathe under their weight. 'Why do I feel so weak?' He asked himself since there was no one else to ask. He heard someone enter he did not bother to look, "Well, well, well, if it ain't my old friend little Captain of the Tenth." Hitsugaya recognized the voice still he didn't look, "Aren't 'cha going to' say anything?"
"Go to hell, espada!" He smile for the pain would now come. He was not disappointed. The man picked the boy up by his chains and began hitting him in the face. It only hurt until the third time, than things started to go hazy. He was dropped to the floor bruised bleeding from his nose and mouth.
"You are lucky, brat," He spat the words at the soul-reaper, "Lord Aizen wants you alive for some reason."
He didn't like that. That probably meant they were going to use him to get something from Karin. Yammy left the bleeding captain to think about his situation. There was not much to think about he was in a soul suppressing room. It only seemed to affect soul-reapers not the hollows. His chains were probably designed to suppress spiritual pressure also. He couldn't escape, not rescue her, and really now not do much of anything.
He was glad he had, had a light breakfast. He might have thrown up if he had eaten more. He would have not minded vomiting onto that disgusting hollow. The thought gave him some satisfaction.
Now his thoughts turned to her, 'Is she chained up like this?' That thought frightened him, 'Is someone in her cell working her over?' He supposed with some small hope that she would somehow escape harm. "No I think she is too important to them for Aizen to risk her being severely injured," He said this out loud to reassure himself. It did not make him feel any better.
'Have they been doing things to her? Would she cooperate in exchange for my safety,' He hated that he knew she would. 'And it would be folly for her to trust Aizen. Is she still alive?' He could not sense anything. Suddenly the door opened again. Yammy was carrying something, "Aizen told me to bring you some company." he laughed. He had a limp figure wrapped in a blanket. He set the thing down in front of him. It slumped to the side and a lifeless hand fell out. He saw her lifeless face peeking out.
Toshiro gasped, "You can relax she ain't dead. We just brought her body back here for insurance. Szayel wanted to try some experiments on the body, so I thought she'd be safer in here with you," He looked down lustfully, "You know I can release your chains. If you want to...you know have...some fun with the girl's body. She's not going to argue." Toshiro growled. The espada left chuckling, 'that hurt him more than any of the punches I threw.'
Karin was stirred awake none to gently by her would-be arrancar lover. "Sugar plum, it's time to go meet your new master." She was being shaken forcefully. He got up and she went up with him since he had his hands on her shoulders.
"Come my pet, let's go say hello to Lord Aizen." His eyes mingled love, jealousy, hate, and fear.
'Why are you afraid?' She asked herself. She expected him to answer her. She had decided to limit her thinking.
"No time for that nonsense," He nibbled on her ear. Unpleasant shivers went down the girl's spine. He stuck his vile tongue in her ear. Then he took her waist and forced her to walk. She had a nauseating feeling then they were there, "Lord Aizen, I brought the girl." He bowed than took a place toward the back of the throne room.
"I thought I instructed you not to harm the girl," Aizen sounded irritated. He had noticed the blood stains on her shoulder.
"M-my apology it was just supposed to be a little love bite I guess I got carried away." He said unashamed but still fearful. Karin felt enough shame for two anyway. She blushed completely red.
"Please be more careful with our new friend. She is very precious. I expect the same respect given to her as is given to Orihime."
Karin finally spoke, "Orihime?"
There she was sitting next to Aizen. She looked so ashamed to be there, but when Aizen looked toward her she tried to smile and look sweet, "You traitor! That's why Ichigo disappeared again! And you dare smile at that monster!"
Orihime looked down. Karin saw she had hit a nerve. Tears were splashing down onto the marble floor below her. Karin did not care she was pissed. She felt she had gotten some of her power back. It was returning slowly, it felt like when you press your finger into your skin. The blood slowly goes back into its place. Her powers were slowly flooding back into her. Plus she still had that bracelet on. She was afraid to take it off. If they wanted her power then she would be better off pretending she weren't so powerful.
"Grimmjow take that bracelet off the girl," Aizen spoke up as if he could also read minds. Aizen smiled in amusement. Espada number six walked over and grabbed her wrist. He ripped it off. It left an angry red mark and a few droplets of her blood. The bracelet was wiggling around it went for Grimmjow's face. He danced around screaming obscenities trying to pry the angry thing off his face. He finally got it off and stomped on it until it stopped moving.
Then he drew Panthera and proceeded to stab the thing over and over. Aizen chuckled at the display. Grimmjow finally remembered where he was. He glared at Aizen for just a second then he took his place on the side lines.
Now that that is out of the way let's see your full power. She instinctively reached for her zanpaktou, it wasn't there.
"I believe you are looking for this," Aizen held up her zanpaktou, "I had heard you had a beautiful zanpaktou. That word doesn't seem to do this justice. He held it up and admired it. It caught the light.
She screamed "Blinding light of virtue shine down from the heavens!" She hoped that she didn't have to be holding the sword to give her commands, and it worked. The room went white. She dashed to the man's throne. She took her sword back. It was pointed at his throat when the light finally dispersed, but she could not stop him. He had drawn his own sword to defend. He blew her off himself she flew back keeping her zanpaktou. She managed to land on her feet. She had waves of her own power rolling off of her.
Gin spoke up, "Hey Yammy try and take her sword."
Yammy laughed, "Yeah sure, this'll be easy. Come on puny give me your best shot." He was too cocky. He didn't even draw his sword. She jumped on him. Her power grew exponentially. He staggered at the weight of her power, and this was only a portion of her true power. She sliced through his left arm and then his right. Then she turned back to face the bleeding giant.
"You bitch!" He charged her. She shrugged, and finished what she started. As her anger grew she decided she was going to take them all down.
"That's enough," Aizen said patiently, "Congratulations, Souta you are now the tenth strongest espada. I know you worked very hard to accomplish so much in such a short period of time." Karin was ignoring Aizen.
"Karin please put away your sword," again Aizen sounded bored but there was a threat in his voice. She felt his power rise so she increased hers also, "If you value his safety you will put your sword away now."
"Whose safety," She saw the silver haired guy holding Toshiro. He was bound in chains, and he looked pretty beaten up. His head was down on his shoulder, but she saw his breathing was shallow, "No!"
She was about to charge at them mindlessly. The silver haired guy drew his own sword, and held it to Toshiro's neck. She dropped hers and stopped charging, "So now we understand each other," Aizen smiled. She nodded, still looking at Toshiro.
"Well I think that was a good demonstration of her power, but she may have been holding back some I doubt it though," Gin spoke still holding the black blade against Toshiro's tanned neck.
"Karin you and I are going to be allies," Aizen spoke up again, "If you behave, the young Captain over there will stay safe."
"Don't listen to him Karin!" Toshiro looked up his eyes were clear though his face was black and blue, "He's a liar; he's going to brainwash you!" Gin's blade got closer to his neck and slid up a bit, producing a bright red stream of the soul-reaper's life blood. The boy's conviction didn't waiver, "I'd rather die than see you in his clutches!"
"Oh Toshiro," She looked down at her blade. She didn't know what to do, 'Think, Karin…no don't think he can hear my thoughts. I don't know what to do! I know they are not going to keep him safe, if Aizen can brain wash me than why would he need to keep a hostage. They need one now because I really am too powerful to control.'
She shut off her mind as best she could. She got on one knee. Toshiro screamed, "Karin, no! Don't do this. Run!"
She touched her sword and started to speak, "You know Toshiro, I told you to run that time you looked so overwhelmed...But you stayed anyway. What in the hell makes you think I would betray you like that!" She was angry. Her power spiked and suddenly she was in Gin's face, "Give him to me." The man didn't look surprised, but he had to move his own sword to block hers. Karin took her love back. She carried him like he weighed nothing.
'What now Karin,' Shina Mitsu.
"We wing it I guess?" She shrugged as she held her boyfriend on her shoulder.
I like that idea, Shina smiled.