Chapter 38
What They Want
"I have something I want to ask you." Ishida says to Nemu, and she looks up at him with a smile.
"Of course, what is troubling you?" Nemu asks, since she can see he looks quite tense.
"Is it true, that Soul Society has come up with a way to remove Kurosaki's and Kuchiki-san's inner hollows?" Ishida asks, with a raised eyebrow.
"The probability for success was above ninety-nine percent. The biggest potential problem, was how to exterminate the extracted hollows, without killing off any other Shinigami." Nemu answers, and Ishida's mouth drops open.
"So what was with the stuff that was used on them?" Ishida asks curiously, and Nemu sighs.
"That was supposed to just knock them out. According to my analysis, we spooked them too much, at the time we administered the drug. They perceived us to be a threat to their lives, and didn't make any effort to stop their inner hollows from coming out, in order to save their own lives." Nemu answers, and Ishida gives her a strange look.
"Your analysis?" Ishida repeats, as he pushes up his glasses and looks at her with interest.
"I have many unique abilities, since I was designed by Mayuri-sama. I don't only have a brain in my head, but also a tiny computer, which allows me to process things, without an emotional attachment, if the situation requires me to do so." Nemu explains quietly.
Ishida suddenly understands, how it's so easy for her to order him to keep his relationship with Inoue going. She is capable of analyzing a situation, without adding her own emotions at all, simply because she was designed by a mad scientist, and not created by two parents, the good old fashioned way.
Then again, who'd want to sleep with a guy who carries around pictures of dead people on their person. He probably had no choice but to design her.
"Kurotsuchi will be coming here for you, won't he? With a computer in your brain, it's practically impossible to assume that he doesn't have transmitters to locate you, should he ever have a need to." Ishida grumbles, and Nemu laughs at him.
Ishida looks up in surprise, since her laugh is genuine, and beautiful.
"I thought I just told you that I have the ability to analyze! Of course I removed all of the equipment that he could try to track me with, even the one in my head. He never told me about it, but I knew it was there. I destroyed them all with kidou." Nemu tells him.
"I don't want you going back to him." Ishida tells her, and Nemu smiles.
"I'd have to be out of my mind to prefer him over you." Nemu says, and Ishida smiles at that.
"We should go out. Your reiatsu is hidden, so we should just take a train into the next town, and enjoy the day." Ishida says, and Nemu smiles hugely at him.
"Really?" Nemu asks excitedly, and Ishida smiles at that.
"Yeah…you deserve to go on a real date. I'm going to make sure I show you a good time." Ishida says, and Nemu smiles at him.
"When we're out, we should sneak into the men's room and do it by the sink." Nemu says, and Ishida blushes.
"What if someone actually saw us doing that?" Ishida asks, and Nemu smiles at him.
"So what if they did? I wouldn't have any trouble making love to you with a crowded stadium of people looking on." Nemu tells him, and Ishida blushes furiously.
"That had better never happen!" Ishida says, and Nemu smiles at him.
"Thanks for offering to take me on a date." Nemu says with a blush.
"You don't have to thank me, I should have taken you out sooner." Ishida tells her, and Nemu shakes her head and smiles at him.
"I'm just happy to be going on my very first date!" Nemu exclaims, and Ishida can only gawk at that comment.
Now I feel bad that I didn't offer to take her out on a date sooner.
Sado stares, in uncomfortable silence, as Inoue sits in his apartment with him.
"Is it wrong, for me to help Soul Society find him? If I begin to sense Kurosaki-kun, I think it's my duty as his friend to report it." Inoue says, wondering what Sado's reaction would be.
"I think we should just trust in Ichigo, and wait until he tells us he needs something from us, before acting out on our own." Sado says, and Inoue swallows nervously.
"Soul Society wants to help him, Sado-kun!" Inoue says, a bit more anxiously.
This isn't good, Sado-kun is sounding awfully similar to Ishida-kun!
"I don't think we should interfere." Sado says, a bit more bluntly.
"But…what about Kurosaki-kun?! Aren't you worried, that you can't sense him?" Inoue asks, and Sado shakes his head.
"I think…he probably doesn't want us to find him right now. It has been a nice break for me, I've already finished learning three new songs on my guitar!" Sado says, and he grins a bit at that accomplishment.
"How can you be so sure?" Inoue asks desperately, and Sado shakes his head at her.
I promised not to tell…
"I believe in him, don't you?" Sado asks.
"You weren't there…when his hollow came out. You didn't see how he became completely different. It was so scary, and I…" Inoue breaks off. Sado sighs.
"Nobody is perfect." Sado says, as he looks away from her emotional look of distress.
"I didn't say that…" Inoue says, even as she suddenly realizes that she always believed Kurosaki-kun would in fact be perfect, if he didn't have that inner hollow.
"We should wait before acting." Sado says again, and Inoue stands.
"Thank you for talking with me." Inoue says, and she quickly hurries over to the door.
Sado watches as she hurries away from his house.
If Ichigo hadn't made me promise not to tell you, I could have told you he was safe. But at least now, I can tell him what Soul Society wants to do.
Training with Love is a hell of a lot different from training with Hiyori. Ichigo is forced to take him much more seriously, since he uses his powerful zanpakutou, instead of a shoe, to attack during training. Ichigo is also quite impressed by Love's power.
"It's hard to believe you've only been alive for under two decades!" Love shouts, as Ichigo defends himself against another insanely strong attack from Love.
"I don't even want to know how many centuries you've already lived!" Ichigo shouts, even as he feels himself growing very tired.
"Don't be rude!" Love shouts, before he sends another powerful attack Ichigo's way.
"Shit!" Ichigo yelps, as he only barely gets out of the way, thanks to his shunpo abilities. "Quit trying to kill me you cocksucker!" Ichigo shouts, and everyone begins to chuckle.
Ichigo doesn't even notice that Rukia's taking a break from her training, since she can tell he's going to lose his mask soon. The moment he does, she'll need to take more reiatsu.
Everyone holds their breath, as Love uses a very strong technique to surprise Ichigo, and his mask shatters into pieces. Ichigo drops to the ground, and Rukia runs over to him, while everyone else claps.
"You're up to twelve hours! You're almost there!" Mashiro calls out, and Rukia nods.
"How are you able to have so much reiatsu, after having your mask on for so long?" Rukia asks, in wonder.
"I need you to lower it, then? Ichigo confirms, and Rukia nods her head.
"I don't really want an audience when we do this, I liked it when we were hidden behind the rock." Rukia informs him, and she shudders when she hears her inner hollow speak up.
You know what his hollow would do if we were out there? He would slam us up against the rock, and he would do his best to really fuck our brains out. I'm beginning to think he may even be more fun than Ichigo. Why don't the two of you let us out? I'll lower his reiatsu, and enjoy getting fucked at the same time! You know I'd be getting a lot more action, if I were the one in control.
"Okay…we'll go in private then." Ichigo agrees.
Let me out to fuck his hollow!
"Thanks." Rukia says, in a relieved voice, and Ichigo nods.
"I'm the one who should thank you. We wouldn't have this extra time, if you didn't have that ability." Ichigo reminds her, and Rukia smiles.
"Ichigo…tonight…I think I'll be ready." Rukia whispers, with a blush, as they head for the large rock nearby, that will give them the privacy that they're seeking.
"I can't wait." Ichigo murmurs, as his heart thuds in excitement. He's been waiting anxiously, for her to tell him that.
"What's this?! I can't find any trace of her anywhere! Has she been killed?" Mayuri wonders, as he tries to figure out how Nemu could have been killed.
Impossible! Even if she died, I should be able to locate her body, and bring her back to life! Even if something tried to eat her, it would instantly die, and her body should be accessible to me!
"Captain Kurotsuchi!" A female voice calls out, and Mayuri groans. He walks over to the door of his lab, to open it. When he sees Nanao there, he sighs in frustration.
"What do you want?" Mayuri asks, with his irritation apparent in his voice.
"I am here to see if there is anything new to report." Nanao says, and then she puts her hand on her glasses. "I am also here to offer my help." Nanao says, and Mayuri scoffs.
"How could an imbecile like you, help me?" Mayuri snaps at her.
"Oh? And here I thought you needed an assistant. You don't have to help him out then, Nanao-chan." Captain Kyouraku says lazily from around the corner, and he steps into view after speaking.
"Why in the hell are you here?" Mayuri snaps, with his aggravation evident.
"I thought for sure, you'd grab the opportunity to have such a talented lieutenant offer to assist you. I only came to make sure you understood, that if you left one mark on Nanao-chan's lovely skin, or treated her anywhere near the way you've treated your own lieutenant in the past, I'd kill you. Seems like it was unnecessary though, since you turned her down." Kyouraku says, causing Mayuri to glower at him.
"There's nothing to report, and I don't need any help!" Mayuri says in a clipped tone, before he shuts the door on their faces.
The nerve of Kyouraku! Why does he coddle the women who are under him to such an extent? I would never allow Nemu to treat me the way that woman treats him…
"I'm going to call Sado." Ichigo says, once he and Rukia have finished eating the dinner that Rose went to get them.
"You can't use my phone! Soul Society can trace that! I've had it off for precisely that reason!" Rukia says, in an agitated voice.
"Chill out, Rukia. We have a prepaid cell phone here. Mashiro gave it to me earlier, when you first worked on your bankai training today. Soul Society doesn't even know we got Sado a phone, so I think we're safe." Ichigo says, and Rukia breathes a sigh of relief.
"You scared me for a second there." Rukia says, as she takes a few more deep breaths.
"I told Sado to make sure he doesn't assist Soul Society, when I talked to him earlier." Ichigo admits. Rukia's eyes widen.
"Do you think he got a chance, to talk to Inoue?" Rukia asks, and Ichigo sighs.
"He may have a hard time convincing her. I made him swear not to tell her or Ishida that we spoke. Since she shouldn't be able to feel me, I figured it was better for her not to know anything, since she's already associated with Soul Society in our absence. We know that much, for sure." Ichigo says, and Rukia nods her head in understanding.
"Well, go ahead and call him." Rukia says, and Ichigo leans over to kiss her on the cheek, before he goes to walk to the spot in the hideout that has the best reception.
Rukia stays put, and picks at the leftovers that Ichigo left on his plate.
"I have a question for you." Risa asks, as she plops down next to Rukia, so that they're practically touching. Rukia glances at her, and pulls her hand away from Ichigo's plate.
"Sure, what is it?" Rukia asks, hoping it's not an uncomfortable question.
"When you're using your hollow's ability, and biting someone, does that feel good for you?" Risa asks, and Rukia is surprised by her question.
"I haven't really thought about it, since I was kind of hung up on how weird it all was. I guess, if I think about it, I feel good when I do it, but sometimes it's overshadowed by feeling weird when I'm doing it." Rukia explains, slowly.
"I want to experience it again…if I bring you breakfast in the morning again, will you bite me now?" Risa asks hopefully, causing Rukia to blush as she remembers the last time she bit Risa…the girl went into convulsions from her orgasm.
"I don't know…" Rukia mutters, completely unsure of how to handle this situation.
What the fuck?! She's offering you reiatsu! You need to take it!
Rukia's eyes widen at her inner hollow's voice, practically shouting in her head.
"Please?" Risa asks, in a near whine. Rukia bites her lip, as she tries to figure out the best way to answer Risa.
"I don't think Ichigo would like me giving you an orgasm…" Rukia mutters, and Risa laughs.
"Yo! Ichigo!" Risa shouts, and Ichigo puts his hand over the phone to replay.
"What?" Ichigo yells back from a few floors up.
"Is it okay with you if Rukia bites me?" Risa yells back, and Ichigo instantly replies.
"Quit harassing Rukia!" Ichigo shouts, and Risa smiles.
"She'll only do it if you're okay with it!" Risa yells back.
"I'll think about it!" Ichigo shouts back.
"If you don't let her do it, then I'm going to come over by you and pleasure myself, right in front of you!" Risa shouts up. Ichigo quickly responds.
"Don't even think about it!" Ichigo roars, and Rukia smiles at that. After a few more moments, Ichigo arrives next to Rukia, through his use of shunpo.
"I knew you'd want to watch." Risa says, with a wink. Ichigo ignores her, and looks at Rukia.
"If you're going to do it then hurry up. We need to talk." Ichigo tells her, and Rukia's eyes widen.
She doesn't especially like Ichigo's tone. It's like he has bad news to give her.
"I'd rather we talked first." Rukia says, causing Risa's face to fall.
"Just finish it. Our talk may last awhile." Ichigo tells her, and Rukia leans in, to bite Risa very quickly. Risa gasps and moans erotically, and Ichigo's hollow begins to stir, in his head.
Oh yeah, this is what I like waking up to! You're learning King! Isn't this hot?
Once again, Risa finds a terribly strong release, after Rukia only bites her for a few seconds. This time though, Rukia is able to scoot away quickly enough, that Risa can't grab her.
Rukia and Ichigo walk away to gain privacy, while Risa is still reacting to Rukia's bite, on the floor.
"You have bad news, don't you?" Rukia asks, the moment they're alone.
"Inoue went to Sado's apartment today, and he was able to learn what the plan for Soul Society was." Ichigo says, and Rukia gulps nervously.
"So, what is it?" Rukia asks.
"They want to extract our hollows, and then exterminate them." Ichigo says in a low voice. Rukia's eyes widen at that statement.
Their inner hollows are rendered speechless for a minute, and Hollow Ichigo can't believe he was asleep when the King was learning this important fact. After a few moments of silence, their inner hollows speak up with in their heads at the exact same time, and say the same thing.
What?!