Awareness slammed into her with all the subtlety of a freight train. One moment she was out, and the next she was bolting upright on her bed with a full body shudder, a gasp of pain- and a weird pounding in her skull that made the world tilt and spin dangerously.
"Shit, again?" She wheezed as she reached out blindly and felt her fingers brush against something cool and metallic and promptly knocked whatever it was over with a loud clatter that echoed in her ears like thunder. Causing her to flinch and recoil a little bit.
Blinking her unfocused eyes in an effort to bring the world back into focus, everything suddenly came to a stand-still when she felt something familiar slither through the subconsciousness of her mind. What the? She wondered as the word Threat pounded through her.
Her awareness shifted, as her instinct took over and the dam that she used to hide her power behind so that she appeared more normal and human- cracked ever so slightly as she reached out with her senses.
Not many people with the exception of a very select few even knew that she could use her senses in such a way. It was meant to be a secret after all.
Besides, what was the point in telling one's enemy that she could not only find them, but track them by using an imprint of the very foundation of their being, over great distances with the single minded purpose of destroying them? If her enemies knew even half of what she could do- of what they had all had a hand in creating- they would run and never stop.
The first threat that she sensed, wasn't really a threat at all. It was Chad. She could feel how physically close to her he was, and frowned before searching out the others that she could feel. Several of the 'threats' that she felt close by were oh-so-very-familiar in power.
One was Kisuke, another was Yoruichi, and another was Rukia.
She knew this as surely as she knew that she was still breathing. The moment that she sensed them, all three had sent her a special hello of sorts. Which was normal for them during times of trouble since it eased their nerves a bit while keeping her calm.
What wasn't normal however was the fact that she could almost feel the three wrap their power tightly around her as if they were trying to shield her senses from something painful.
Only Kisuke had ever done this. And that was on the day that her dad and sisters had been killed.
So if they were all making an attempt to shield her from something, then whatever it was had to be detrimental to her well being and her sanity.
Sending them back a small pulse of warmth that was laced with a small greeting and her worry- she got the mental image of all three stopping what they were doing at that moment, and smiling faintly. Before she slowly and reluctantly moved her senses away from them in an effort to find the real threat.
After all, she wasn't so stupid as to think that they would hurt her. No- they weren't the threat to her. Never had been and never would be. But someone else on the mountain was. And she needed to find them ASAP.
Shouta was torn between keeping an eye on Sado and returning to Ichigo's bedside and remaining there until she awoke. However as much as he wanted to be next to his not-daughter when she finally opened her eyes. He couldn't take his eyes off of a possible villain. Not when doing so could cost him greatly in more ways than one.
Self preservation was a funny thing.
And right now, his was telling him to stay put and keep a close eye on the boy. Ichigo would be fine for the moment. Especially now that she was in a safe place that he could easily reach her if he needed to.
He wasn't sure how long he'd been standing there glowering at the boy when he suddenly came awake with a full body jerk and nearly scared the hell out of him. He moved away from the teen so that he wouldn't be able to attempt kicking him or anything should they wind up tussling and narrowed his eyes as the boy let out a ragged half groan half laughing sound.
"Fuck, Ichigo's never going to let me live down being taken out by a little kid."
Shouta cocked his head a little bit, wondering about the boy's words for a moment when he let out a string of foul oaths, upon finding his hands bound. And rolled himself over so that he was onto his stomach for a moment before managing to get his legs underneath his large body and pushing himself up so that he was sitting instead of lying down.
If nothing else, Shouta felt a tad bit impressed at what he'd seen so far. After all, it wasn't easy for someone Toshinori's size to basically turn themselves into human pretzels just so that they could maneuver themselves a specific way. Bending one's body in such a manner was uncomfortable and pulled at the muscles and tendons in one's limbs almost to an agonizing degree.
And if a person wasn't careful, they could hurt themselves quite badly.
Seeing the boy take a moment or so to look around the room that he was in, before his dark eyes settled on him, Shouta mentally prepared himself for...whatever. When the boy simply asked, "Am I still at the camp?" He didn't sound angry, or upset or even bothered by the fact that he'd woken up bound or anything. He simply wanted to know his exact location.
"And if I said that you were?"
The boy didn't respond. He just nodded his head for a moent and then asked, "Where's Ichigo?"
Shouta visibly tensed, though he managed to hide that fact well enough thanks to his scarf and his clothing. Still...he got the weirdest feeling that the boy knew that he hadn't liked being asked about his not-daughter.
"I have questions." Shouta finally said, his tone taking on a dark razor sharp quality that did little to hide his agitation.
"I'm sure that you do," The boys said before finding the clock on the wall and then tacking on, "You should ask them quickly. Time's running out and I don't know how much longer I have until dark."
Curious, Shouta cocked his head and demanded, "What happens at dark?"
The boy just sighed and gave him a grim look and simply said, "Nothing good."
Toshinori's phone had died at some point, so he wasn't able to message Shouta and let him know that he had finally reached the camp.
He did however jump out of the vehicle once it was slowed down enough, and let it drive itself right into a tree. While he hurried inside in his muscle form and nearly mowed down Ragdoll and a few kids in the process.
"All Might!" Ragdoll gasped as she stumbled back away from him a little bit.
"Where is Shouta?" He asked- well, more like demanded really. He needed to see if his friend needed him for anything before he went to check on Ichigo.
"Aizawa-sensei is upstairs with the villain that Izuku and the others caught earlier." One of the kids said helpfully. Totally missing the eerie stillness that settled over the large blond as he asked in a dangerously low voice.
"What. Villain?"
"The one that came into camp." Another kid said.
Toshinori let out an angry sounding hiss and then asked where both Shouta and Ichigo were exactly. Oh sure he understood what upstairs meant, but the building had two floors and over twenty something rooms. And an exact location would be nice since it would keep him from searching in unnecessary places.
Ragdoll seemed to pick up on what he wanted and was easily able to tell him. After which, he simply nodded to her in thanks and told her to keep the students away from the room were the 'villain' was located before walking off.
