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Shun yawned loudly, sitting on a rock, staring over the area with a bored expression. Her sheathed sword hung by her side, eyes narrowed, mouth in a firm line and sighing. The wind went by gently, her hair swaying to the side, closing her eyes and taking a nice calm breath, smelling the air around the area.
"Kitty!"
Shun turned her head and raised an eyebrow, seeing Yuri and Rio run towards her with bright smiles. She stood up, folding her arms over her chest, watching as the two women stopped in front of her and panted, doubled over.
"What?" Shun grunted, eyes narrowed and mouth in a firm line.
"Look at this!" Yuri yelled, grinning widely and holding her hands out, a flower in her hands.
Shun lowered her gaze to the flower, seeing that it was pink. It was a cherry blossom. Strange. There weren't usually cherry blossoms in the Rukongai.
"Isn't it pretty?" Rio asked, smiling softly.
"Yeah." Shun said, turning her gaze to the mountains.
"Do you wanna have it?" Yuri asked, smiling brightly at her friend.
Shun sighed. "Sure." She said, reaching to grab the small pink flower.
Just when she was about to grab it, the wind picked up and blew it out of Yuri's hands, making the small woman widen her eyes and furrow her eyebrows, looking where the flower was.
"No! Come back!" Yuri yelled, running in the direction of the flower.
Shun folded her arms over her chest and Rio smiled, watching as their friend ran. The black haired woman was about to turn away, before her eyes widened, looking towards her friend, cursing and grabbing the hilt of her sword.
Just when the flower was about to land in Yuri's hands, it was sliced in half, making the brown haired woman widen her eyes. Rio also widened her eyes and gasped.
"YURI!"
Said woman looked up and felt her breath catch in her throat, seeing a large hollow in front of her. She stood frozen in the same spot, unable to move, too scared to even think about moving.
"YURI, RUN!"
She couldn't.
She didn't know how to move her limbs. She didn't even know how to breathe. The reiatsu from the hollow was crushing her, paralyzing her. It raised it's hand, slashing down, making Rio scream for Yuri.
Just when it was about to make contact, Yuri was pulled back, making her eyes widen and see Shun in front of her. She hit the ground and widened her eyes as she looked at her friend, seeing her cut the hand of the hollow off.
Shun turned and glared at her before looking at Rio.
"Rio! Take her and go! I'll catch up with you two later!" Shun yelled, turning towards the hollow with a grin and jumping towards it as she slashed her sword to the side.
Yuri's memory was clear. It went through her mind so clearly. That day was peaceful. She wasn't expecting a hollow to suddenly show and try to eat her. Yuri sighed deeply, tilting her head and furrowing her eyebrows. Something was so wrong. But what was it? She scratched her head and pouted, trying to think what would make her scared? Shun. Something probably happened to her. Tears gathered in Yuri's eyes before she shook her head and closed her eyes tightly. No. Shun was strong and wouldn't easily be defeated and killed.
She was sure of it.
"Yuri."
She jolted and turned, seeing Hitsugaya standing behind her. She grinned hesitantly.
"Hi, Captain Hitsugaya." Yuri said, bowing as she stood up.
"What are you doing all alone?" Hitsugaya asked, looking around the area.
"Because... it's nice." Yuri said, smiling as she looked around the roof of the tenth division.
Hitsugaya smiled and looked at the sky, narrowing his eyes. Something didn't feel right. He looked towards the Sokyoku hill, narrowing his eyes. It was coming from over there. Why?
"Captain Hitsugaya?"
The Captain blinked and looked at his subordinate, seeing her staring at him questioningly, making him smile.
"It's nothing."
"Okay." Yuri said, smiling brightly.
Hitsugaya narrowed his eyes once more and looked towards the hill, mouth in a firm line, looking very serious. Something was happening. He glanced at the woman. And he was pretty sure she felt it as well.
What was it?
-:-
Rio ran towards both her friends, smiling brightly, waving to them. Yuri waved happily while Shun glanced at her and grunted. She stopped in front of them, panting heavily with a smile.
"Where were you?" Shun asked, raising an eyebrow, frowning deeply.
"I went over to a stream and caught this." Rio said, holding a small fish. "It's still alive."
She jumped when Shun grabbed it, walked over to the nearest stream, and bent down. Rio and Yuri furrowed their eyebrows, glancing at each other, looking back at their friend, seeing her place it into the water.
"Kitty! We could have eaten it!" Yuri yelled, flailing her arms with wide eyes.
"Yes! Why did you do that?" Rio asked, confused and tilted her head.
"It was small and wouldn't feed us all. There was no reason to kill it." Shun said, turning around and walking away with her arms folded over her chest and a frown adorning her face as usual. "There's no use to kill something that small."
Rio and Yuri gazed at their friend, looking back at the stream, eyes wide with fascination. Yuri grinned and ran after her friend while Rio stayed where she was, looking at the stream.
"You know everything!" Yuri yelled, grinning widely, running along side her friend.
"Idiot. I don't know everything." Shun said, rolling her eyes with a deep sigh.
Rio looked at her taller friend and smiled, about to walk after her, until she froze and widened her eyes. Sweat started rolling down her face, feeling cold, swallowing thickly. Slowly, she turned around and gasped.
A large snake hollow stared at her, it's tongue flicking out.
Rio's lips trembled, unable to move, even an inch. How could she not have felt it? She wanted to yell for her friends. She wanted to reach out to them and tell them there was a hollow, but she couldn't look away from it. It kept staring at her, almost like it was daring her to yell.
"S... S..."
Rio tried calling Shun, only it couldn't come out. She couldn't even breathe. It felt like she was under water, trying to breathe, and couldn't see clearly. Her breath came out ragged, seeing the hollow continue to stare at her, almost as if it was smiling.
It moved, making her eyes widen a little more, almost going reaching her, before a sword went through it's neck, removing the head from the body and disappearing. Rio widened her eyes and looked towards Shun, seeing her stand straight and turn towards her, scoffing.
"Why the hell did you freeze like that?" Shun asked, narrowing her eyes as she curled her lip back. "You could have called for me, dumbass."
"Rio! Are you all right?" Yuri yelled, running towards the green eyed woman.
Rio continued to stare at her friend, seeing her frown and turn, walking away, expecting the two to follow her. The green eyed woman felt a smile grace her lips, staring at her friend with admiration. She wanted to be strong like her.
Rio blinked several times, furrowing her eyebrows and taking a deep breath. She pulled her legs close to her chest, hugging them tightly and closing her eyes, sighing. Shun was always there to protect her and Yuri, so why did she leave? It didn't make any sense. She closed her eyes.
"Stupid Shun." Rio muttered, clenching her hands into fists.
"Rio."
She jumped before she turned, seeing the Captain walking towards her, making her smile lightly. She stood up and dusted her pants, turning towards the Captain.
"What is it, Captain Kuchiki?" Rio asked, closing her eyes and smiling softly.
"Is there something wrong?" Byakuya asked, gazing at the woman with a soft expression(Can you imagine it?).
"No, nothing's wrong." Rio said, lightly shake her head.
Byakuya nodded, narrowing his eyes and looking to the side. He moved his head slightly and looked towards the hill, sensing something coming from the area. Rio opened her eyes and blinked, tilting her head slightly, seeing the serious expression on the Captain's face.
"Captain Kuchiki?" Rio asked, furrowing her eyebrows.
"It is nothing, Rio. Let's go." Byakuya said, turning around and walking away.
"Yes, sir." Rio said, nodding, following the Captain.
-:-
A growl emitted from the back of Shun's throat, staring at the scene with an enraged expression. Rio was laying down, the bastard kneeling in between her legs, Yuri sitting in the corner with a scared expression.
"The fuck is going on?" Shun growled, clenching her hands so tightly, her knuckles cracked and turned white.
The man had his eyes wide with horror, before a smile graced his lips, making Shun curl her lip back and widen her eyes with rage. Why the fuck was he smiling? She took a step forward.
"Move." Shun ordered, eyes snapping over to the green eyed woman.
"But... Shun-"
"I said... move." Shun said in an eerily quiet voice, one that made all three people in the room shiver.
Rio widened her eyes and nodded, hastily moving away from the man, Yuri moving towards her. Shun walked towards the bed, the man still staying in the position he was in, and kicked him aside. He hit the wall with a grunt and cursed, holding his shoulder.
Shun grabbed the blanket and threw it towards the two other women, facing away from them, eyes narrowed dangerously, glaring at the man with disgust written all over her face.
The man had his eyes wide before a smile spread across his face, actually feeling the need to smile.
"Hello, Shun. We weren't expecting you back so early." He said, tilting his head slightly as he stood.
Shun didn't say anything, or do anything. She stared at the man with narrowed eyes and mouth in a firm line, hands clenched and back straight. Rio and Yuri held hands, eyes wide, holding the thin blanket close to their bodies. Shun's back was straight.
She was serious.
Shun turned her head slightly, looking at her friends with that angry look still on her face, making them freeze and widen their eyes, feeling a shiver go up their spines. She looked back at the man, another growl emitting from her throat.
The man closed his eyes, smiling pleasantly.
"You won't kill me." He said, tilting his head.
Shun gritted her teeth, clenching her hands, her expression turning dark. The man didn't back down. He just kept smiling. She turned her head once more, looking at her friends, seeing them widen their eyes when she looked at them and made eye contact.
"Get out." Shun said, voice still quiet.
"But, Shun-"
"I SAID GET OUT!" Shun yelled, glaring at her friends, seeing them jolt.
They hesitantly nodded before running out of the house with the blanket wrapped around them. Shun watched as they left, making sure they were far enough, and looked back towards the man, seeing his eyes wide with fear. A sadistic grin spread across her face, narrowing her eyes.
"So, did you think you would get away with what you did to them, alive?" Shun asked, licking her lips as she unsheathed her sword.
The man glanced at the sword, looking back at the woman's face, eyes still wide. Shun frowned when he smiled and opened his mouth and closed his eyes, standing straight.
"You won't kill me. I've been watching your friends for two years."
Shun tightened her grip on her hilt.
"Let me ask you a question."
"What is it?"
"Two years. I've left so many times I've lost count. How many times... have you raped them?" Shun asked, narrowing her eyes and curling her lip back.
The man blinked before looking up.
"You know what? I seemed to have lost count as well." He said, smiling pleasantly.
Shun flinched, widening her eyes with rage, her reiatsu starting to rise dangerously, making the man widen his eyes and take a step back when he saw Shun's eyes turn white and the air starting to get cold.
"This is where," Shun looked at the man, seeing his eyes widen with horror. "You DIE."
At the Sokyoku hill, a garganta opened up, a man standing with five people and smile spreading across his face, arms folded behind his back, walking out of the black portal.
"Well, that was interesting."
"Quite."
"Now, what are you going to do, brother?"
"Well," The arrancar began. "Let's make our presence known." He said, smiling, raising his hand and snapping his fingers.
Nothing happened at first, the sound resonating throughout the area.
But then hundreds of garganta opened, all around the Seireitei, all the shinigami widening their eyes and looking up, seeing hollow after hollow jump out of the gargantas. Rio and Yuri widened their eyes, seeing all the hollows flying through the Seireitei.
"What the hell?" Hitsugaya yelled, taking a step forward, eyes wide.
"Captain Hitsugaya!" Yuri yelled, grabbing the Captain's sleeve with a worried look on her face.
"W-What happened? How did they get in?" Rio asked, looking at the Captain with wide eyes.
"I'm not sure." Byakuya said, narrowing his eyes.
He held his hand up, muttering a kido, white lightening going toward a hollow and hitting it, everyone seeing it dissolve into the air. He looked over the courtyard, seeing everyone narrow their eyes and nod, silently ordering them to attack.
"What are you waiting for? Attack!" Hitsugaya yelled, pointing forward, seeing everyone in his courtyard nod and run forward.
He unsheathed his sword, narrowing his eyes, and jumped forward. Yuri widened her eyes, also unsheathing her sword and jumping onto the courtyard. She had to get Rio!
All six people standing on the hill smiled.
"My, my. Look at them scatter."
"Almost like ants."
"And you have to kill ants, right?"
"Yeah. 'Cause they're such pests and they piss everyone off."
"Now, where are these two pets?"
"I don't sense them. All the other shinigami are getting in the way."
"It's only a matter of time before they sense me." The arrancar said, smiling.
He held up the arm band, looking at it, a smile spreading across his face. At least he got rid of one nasty pest. And one he hoped he would never see again.
-:-
Yamamoto narrowed his eyes, standing in his office, seeing the hollow rampaging through the Seireitei. They were not supposed to be in the Seireitei in the first place. How they got in was beyond him. But if he had to guess.
He looked towards the Sokyoku hill.
It was probably due to the reiatsu that appeared there.
He sent out a hell butterfly to all Captains, telling them all to go to the hill. The rest of the divisions could handle the hollow. He disappeared, his lieutenant right behind him.
All the other Captains got the message, all heading towards the hill at the moment, all their eyes narrowed, and all questioning how hollows got into the Seireitei. All the Captains went, except for the Captain of the eleventh, not caring in the least.
"Stay here, Yuri." Hitsugaya ordered, turning around and using shunpo to get to the hill, his lieutenant following him.
Yuri nodded, about to continue attacking hollow, until her eyes widened, looking towards the Sokyoku hill, lips parting. She shook her head lightly. No.
No.
"Make sure you stay where everyone can see you." Byakuya said, eyes narrowed, seeing the woman nod, and turned, disappearing.
Rio looked at the hollow and held her hand up, about to use a kido, until her eyes widened like Yuri's, looking in the direction her Captain went. She stood still and shook her head in denial.
"No. No. No, no, no, no." Rio muttered, walking towards the Sokyoku hill, shaking her head.
Yuri had her eyes wide, using shunpo to get to her friend, sensing that she was heading for the hill. She had to stop her. That reiatsu, it couldn't be him. Tears gathered in her eyes. It couldn't be him! It couldn't be him!
She stopped, widening her eyes, looking up, seeing a hollow land in front of her. She narrowed her eyes, jumping up and kicking her legs out, hitting the hollow's face, hearing a loud crack, and sent it back.
She was not going to be weak anymore!
Yuri stood straight, and widened her eyes, seeing Rio using shunpo, going towards the Sokyoku hill. She shook her head, running after her friend. She was going to see if it was who she thought it was. She just knew it.
"RIO!"
How all this happened in such little time seemed unlikely, yet there it was. The Seireitei was under attack by hollows, and they had no idea how they got there. But Yuri knew what she had to do. She had to stop Rio, which would probably scare them both if they saw who it was standing on top the hill.
The arrancar felt the smile on his face widen, looking in front of him, eleven Captains standing in front of him. Yamamoto stood in front of the group, his eyes narrowed, all the Captains, except for one, glaring at him.
The five people standing behind him smirked, narrowing their eyes.
"Oh? I was not expecting the shinigami to already locate me so fast." He said, tilting his head, closing his eyes and smiling pleasantly.