You know what creeped me out about Itami and him being related to Barrangan...how well it fit. I thought of it before I knew Barrangan and the other espada represented things. Pain fits oddly well in that list. When I first saw the list I was like oh no Pain is going to be on here...but it wasn't. Oddly long chapter this week, I blame confusion.
Thought of the day: This lady randomly came up to the table that I was sitting at while writing this and put three books in front of me. I looked up at her and she smiled and walked away. I was at that table for like two hours she never returned. I guess she was giving me the books? I was so confused. Then I remembered that sometimes they put books on the table I was sitting at to give them away...She could have told me. Maybe I looked busy...
Itami's History
"Well this is an unforeseen development." Aizen admitted smiling at the knowledge that his espada was related to Itami.
"Was it?" Gin wondered making everyone else wonder too.
"How does that work?" I wondered trying to figure out how hollows have parents when they are created.
"You see when a man and a woman..." Gin started but stopped when he was glared at by nearly everyone.
"My father represents death or aging and I represent pain, many times the two are connected." Itami explained cutting Gin off.
"Pain is also something everyone experiences, just like age." Barragan explained.
"So if he is the self proclaimed king of the hollows that would make Itami the prince?" Soi Fon questioned.
"Yes," Itami answered grinning, "And this is my Princess."
"What?" the shinigami questioned.
"Does anyone other than hollows know their history?" Itami pondered.
"What do you mean?" Soi Fon questioned.
"Who is Takumi?" I questioned connecting Takumi to history someway.
"Well, my dear, Takumi is your ancestor." Itami informed me.
"Did you know this Yamamoto?" I questioned.
"Yes I knew of Takumi and your ancestors through Mayuri who was imprisoned at one point for experimenting on a young Aoki clan member.
"Are you telling me that Itami had something to do with that girl's delicious riatsu?" Barrangan asked pointing rudely at me.
"Yes, father, I did. In fact I had everything to do with it." Itami explained.
"Now this is interesting." Aizen said grinning.
"Explain." Barrangan ordered.
"Well I should start with the day I disappeared from Hueco Mundo..." Itami began as everyone got comfortable to listen to his story. I sat down on some air and Wonderweiss sat on my lap while everyone else just stood. So basically I was the only one that got comfortable.
"I had heard a rumor that some shinigami had the gall to continuously enter Hueco Mundo. Many hollows reported seeing him. The real reason that the situation interested me was the fact that whenever he came he took a hollow back with him. I wanted to know where the hollows went and why he was taking them. So I went out an searched for him...
Flashback in Itami's point of view...
"Are you sure the shinigami usually comes here?" I questioned a low level Adjucas class hollow whose name was not important to me.
"Yes, sir. Are you going to kill him? Are you going to eat him?"
"I will question him and based on his answer I will decide whether to kill or eat him. I can't decide right now which I would like better."
"Sir, if you kill him can I eat him?" the Adjucas hollow questioned.
"If I kill him yes." Itami answered.
"What are you going to question him about?"
"What do you think?" I questioned getting annoyed with the stupidity of the hollow in front of me.
"Why he is here?" the Adjucas questioned.
"And?"
"What he did with the hollow?"
"Now if you could figure that out on your own why did you need me to answer?"
"I didn't?"
"Exactly. In fact your presence bothers me. I will call you if I kill him so that you can eat him. Until then, leave." I ordered.
"Yes sir." the Adjucas hollow said before he ran away.
"Now where did the adjucas level hollow I picked up on my radar go?" Takumi muttered to himself as he came close to my hiding place.
"I really hope you aren't referring to me." I said before I boldly stepped out in front of him. I was expecting him to attack me or to run away. I never expected that there was a seal involved in his capture of hollows.
"Ah!" Takumi shouted as I came out of my hiding place as he quickly performed his Adjucas level seal. I felt some of my power become inaccessible to me.
"What did you do to me?" I growled out at him.
"I have sealed you." Takumi said boldly, probably thinking I had been sealed completely.
"Not well enough." I told him rushing at him and grabbing him by the throat causing him not only the physical pain that being held up by there would cause but also the pain that comes with my touch.
"R...re...release m...me." he managed to get out.
"Why would I do that? If I kill you your seal will be gone from me."
"B...blow, K...kaze." Takumi said causing a strong wind to knock me away from him.
"It seems that you are one of the few shinigami whose powers are effective against me." I congratulated him.
"What are you?" Takumi questioned. I assumed he was questioning which level of hollow I was.
"I am what you shinigami call a vasto lorde, what are you?" I questioned sneering at him.
"Aoki Takumi." he introduced himself.
"No rank?" I questioned tauntingly.
"I am the lieutenant of the sixth division, under Captain Kuchiki."
"Not even a captain and yet you dare come to Hueco Mundo alone, how stupid are you?"
"Well I never expected someone as powerful as you to come out here." Takumi told me honestly.
"You didn't think that we would eventually wonder where our underlings were disappearing to?"
"I didn't realize that there was a hierarchy in Hueco Mundo other than strongest survives. I also didn't realize that I was watched."
"It seems that you didn't realize some very important things and now you are paying the price."
"What price is that?"
"Most likely your death." I threatened.
"The seal is designed that as long as an Aoki is alive it will still hold."
"So I will forever be weaker than I should be, unless I go out and kill all the Aoki clan. Sounds like fun." I grinned evilly at him as his eyes widened shocked.
"No!" he yelled at me and attempted to hit me with some wind. I easily dodged it even in my weakened state.
"Yes."
"I will stop you from doing that."
"And how do you propose to accomplish that feat?" I asked.
"Sealing you again." Takumi said before rushing at me. I thought he was going to use some more wind so I dodged accordingly, still playing with him since I never got my answer about the hollows. Unfortunately he recalled the wind at the last moment confusing me for a second as he stabbed his sword right into my stomache.
"Too bad you missed anything vital." I teased as he stood there not touching me but close.
"Not the plan." Takumi said returning my evil grin before with one of his own. He started to do the seal once more but modified it and his sword began to glow. I frantically tried to dislodge it from my body but there was this strange pull to it...
Present back to Eri point of view
...Then I was sealed within Aoki Takumi's zanpakuto where I stayed until I got free." Itami finished.
"Wait, we don't have zanpakuto how come he did?" I questioned.
"One reason is that because of what happened to Takumi's zanpakuto the spirits will no longer serve Aoki masters." Itami explained one reason to me.
"So what happened to Kaze? Where is the sword now that you are free from your confinement?" I questioned.
"I ate him." Itami said grinning evilly down at me.
"What does you being caught have to do with her riatsu?" Barrangan asked once more pointing rudely at me.
"Everything. I think I should let Yamamoto tell this story, you all have listened to my voice enough today. I will fill in details when I see fit." Itami informed us.
Preview from next chapter: Conspiracy
"Aoki Takumi was one of the few royals in the shinigami force that also had great power. He was placed under Kuchiki because they were both royals and because they worked well together. The two of them were good friends and a force to be reckoned with when put together."
"When he developed his seal and expressed his wish to travel to Hueco Mundo and gain test subjects. He wanted to use the hollow's riatsu to create a anti-hollow riatsu that would be able to easily destroy all the hollows that go to earth but also allow all shinigami and people to be unharmed by it. I thought that it was a good idea so I gave him permission to begin his studies." Yamamoto explained.
"You mean to tell me that Takumi was following your orders?" I questioned being unable to keep quiet about what I just learned.
