"Have we finally awoken?" A teasing voice asked as Ryia started to wake up. "What in the….where am I?" She asked looking around the dark cell she was chained in. "You're back in the soul society my dear." The voice answered causing Ryia to look up. "And apparently being held captive by a giant rotten banana." She grumbled looking at the man's clothing. "Ryia Hitsugaya, former Captain of the Gotai 13, you are the one nuccense in my plan, and now with you here, it can proceed without any nuisances." He explained. "And this plan of yours is?" Ryia asked not really caring. "You'll find out in due time." He said before turning around to leave. Ryia struggled against the chains "Damn it." She whispered as she tried summoning up her director only to scream out in pain as her wrist started to burn. "God damn rotten banana…" Ryia whispered relaxing her powers to stop the burning. How everyone knew about her weakness was beyond her.
Jerking awake Ryia looked up as the male walked back in. "Back for more you rotten banana?" Ryia asked smirking, the last several times he's entered her cell she's done nothing but criticize him. "You know, your mother would be so disappointed in you right now, kidnapping a helpless woman who wants nothing more then to have a happy family with her husband." Ryia said only to get laughed at. "You are not helpless, I've heard what Captain Kurotsuchi talk about you. "Oh yay, the creep-a-zoid was talking about me, I should feel flattered….but I don't…" Ryia rolled her eyes getting the male pissed. "So, are you going to tell me your name are or you happy with rotten banana?" Ryia asked looking up at him. "My name is Kageroza Inaba. Not that you really care. I know all about how you run former Captain of squad 9 Ryia Hitsugaya." Kageroza explained. "Again, I should be flattered….but I'm not.. How about you let me go and I won't put you over my knee like the spoiled little brat you're acting like." Ryia threatened. "I somehow doubt you can do that, but If you'll excuse me, I have more important things to do as it seems the originals have come back to the soul society." He said as he turned to leave. "Originals?" Ryia questioned. "I suppose I should tell you now. I have created an invading army of all of your little friends, and once I have successfully captured Nozomi Kujo my plan will be complete." Kageroza explained. "And what makes me so damn special?" Ryia asked glaring. "I am unable to make a reigai for you, since you are not of this world." He explained. "Oh right, because I'm just made of shadows, So let me guess, you kidnapped me and plan on keeping me locked up so I won't interfere huh?" Ryia guessed. "That would be correct." Kageroza nodded only for Ryia to burst out laughing. "That's a grave mistake on your part. You see, you attacked a Queen, not only is my realm upset but so is the Queen of hell." Ryia explained smirking. "I already have that half-breed demon taken care of-" Kageroza started then stopped. "You might want to rethink that, Rotten banana." Ryia chuckled as the male felt a tap on his shoulder.
Turning around he was welcomed to the sight of Kit in her true form. "You know, you made a grave mistake, thinking you can take a cat demon hostage." Kit announced smirking. "How are you doing Ry?" Kit asked staring at the male. "Oh you know…..hanging in there." Ryia deadpanned. "Anyway...care to take care of him and help me out a bit?" Ryia continued looking at her friend who moved to attack Kageroza only to fall into a trap and disappeared. "KIT!" Ryia yelled struggling against the chains that kept her in place and the light fibers that started burning through her skin. "God damn it." Ryia whispered as she passed out from the pain.
Ryia winced as her past started to pass through her mind, all of the torture Aizen put her through started playing with her mind. 'No, I'm over this, why is this showing up? Stop it...Stop it!' her mind screamed as her body screamed in the phantom pains that the monster left behind. 'Please, stop...I don't want this…..' her mind sobbed. 'Stop it, stop it…... STOP IT!' her mind yelled as a sudden burst of her spiritual pressure erupted throughout the Seritai followed by a loud explosion. "Must destroy enemy…." She almost whispered before flying away from the group screaming her name.
Looking around Ryia located a green haired male making his way towards the group of originals. "Must….kill…" Ryia whispered as she headed straight towards him as he stopped and looked up at her managing to block her attack. "So, you're the one i've been hearing a lot about. Ryia Hitsugaya, Queen of the shadow realm." He said smirking. "Heh, you're sadly mistaken, that weakling isn't here right now, You're talking to Rani, Her true form and power." She said before kicking the male into the wall. "You see, the little bitch keeps me suppressed, I don't get to have any fun unless I take over, and that hasn't been for a while." Rani purred smirking as she pulled him out only to find him limp in her hand. "Tch…..why are all humans such weaklings? I never to get to fight someone who can match me." Rani complained dropping the male.
"Ryia!" Toshiro yelled as the group ran up to her. "Oh, if it isn't her little plaything." Rani hummed smirking as Kit pushed Toshiro back behind her. "Kit what are you doing?" Toshiro demanded. "That isn't Ryia, I've only seen her a couple of times. Who is standing in front of us is Ryia's inner darkness, her lust of blood and battle, she's worst than Zaraki when it comes to fighting. She is the one that killed Aizen, why Ryia's wound over her eye never healed properly." Kit explained looking at the Ryia impersonator. "Oh, well if it isn't the little queen of Hell, come to fight me huh?" Rani asked smirking. "All I ask is you return Ryia to us." Kit said looking at her. "That weakling? She has no right to rule over the shadow realm, I am the true queen." Rani laughed. "So I take it you're Rani then. I've heard about you from Takashi. Every queen of the shadow realm has an alternative personality that holds her realm powers. You call Ryia weak when in reality she's the only queen able to keep her darker self suppressed for years at a time. All of the others lost themselves ending in their death." Kit explained looking at the dark angel. "Very good, yes, I am Ryia's dark powers, annoying as it is, the little bitch keeps me under a pretty tight lock. But thanks to that weakling over there I'm free now." Rani smirked before attacking Kit.
'Knock knock bitch.' Ryia's voice echoed in her head causing Rani to frown. "I thought you died bitch." She snapped glaring at her counterpart. "You know as well as I do if I die then so do you." Ryia explained. "Now how about you give me back my body and we can call this a day?" She continued getting annoyed with the pain pounding in her head from having Rani take over. "How about no? Why would I want a weakling like you to have control of my powers?" Rani asked looking at Ryia. "Are you forgetting that I'm in charge here? I'm not going to have you control my body and get both of us killed because of your bloodlust. That's how the other Queens died, I don't exactly plan on doing that just yet." Ryia explained. "What are you planning on doing? Talk me into submission?" Rani asked getting annoyed. "As much as I'd prefer that I don't think you'll comply, you're the type I have to defeat for you to listen to me." Ryia sighed running a hand through her bangs revealing the scar on her eye. Rani frowned at the scar, she had that reminder to, proof of how weak her counterpart is. "You still say I'm weak, but just now, you flinched when you saw my scar, the scar we both received when we killed Aizen." Ryia commented.
"It's because you're weak we got this scar, if-" Rani yelled. "If what? I don't know if you've forgotten, but we got this scar when you decided to fight for control during that battle. If this is anyone's fault it's yours." Ryia announced frowning. "You bitch, how dare you blame this on me!" Rani yelled attacking her. Simply dodging Ryia looked at Rani. "You know, I feel bad for you, all you know is the darkness of my heart, all of my torment and unpleasant feelings are directed into you, but that's the way we have to work, you take all of my darkness and sorrow and never get to feel what it's like to be loved and happy." Ryia said softly. "I don't need your sympathy!" Rani yelled attack Ryia again only to be enveloped into a hug. "I'm sorry Rani, I wish I could show you happiness." Ryia whispered as Rani held her stomach as Chiya pierced it. "Tsk, Like I would want to..Just remember bitch, when the time is right, I will take control again." Rani whispered before she disappeared into the shadows. "Until then, Rani." Ryia whispered before her mind blanked and her body fell.
"Ryia….." A soft worried voice echoed. "Ryia please…..wake up…" It continued begging her. "Dad….Captain Unohana said it'll take time, she'll wake up when she's ready." Another voice broke through. "How about you go home and rest, we'll watch over mom." A gentler voice suggested. 'No, she didn't want Toshiro to leave…' "I guess you're right." Toshiro sighed as he moved from his chair as Ryia's fingers twitched. "Ryia?" Toshiro questioned looking at his wife. When they finally found her after her and Kit's fight Ryia was unconscious. From what Kit said Ryia must have battled Rani for control again. "Please wake up Ryia, It's already been a week." Toshiro begged only to get another twitch in response. Yuuki leaned into her brother, ever since they could remember their adopted father always loved their mother. They knew she loved him back by the way she would talk about him when they was children. While it took the two of them a while to get over the lost of their real father Toshiro welcomed them with open arms. Looking down at his sister Yudai smiled softly at her, there was only a handful of people that had seen Yudai show emotions, those was only limited to his parents, sister, aunt and his childhood friend. "Come on Yu, let's go, you know Dad's too stubborn to leave mom." Yuuki suggested and started pulling her brother out of the room.
"What's wrong with you Yu? You seemed distracted in there." Yuuki asked once outside. "It's nothing Yuuk." Yudai told her as he turned. "Yudai…" Yuuki called. Turning Yudai saw his twin sister, while she looked like their father she held herself like their mother. "Yudai what's wrong? You're distracted, you're not normally like this." Yuuki asked as her expression and body relaxed into worry. "It's just, while we was in there, I felt something off about mom, I don't know what it is either, but it felt as if there was another presence mixed in with hers." Yudai tried to explain. "You don't think Mom's pregnant do you?" Yuuki asked. "Captain Unohana would have found out when she examined mom." Yudai explained. "What else explains what you sensed then? It's not like I can tell." Yuuki pouted. "Yuuk, I'm sure there's a reason for that, maybe someone thought it would be unfair for you to get the beauty, smarts and power." Yudai suggested trying to cheer his sister up. "Yea right, you're far more smarter than I am." Yuuki told him. "Totally not, remember, you are the one who kicked my ass in Kido during the academy, along with complete all 6 years within 2." Yudai reminded her. "He is right Yuuki, you're just like your mother when she was in the academy." Kit said walking up. "Seriously?" Both twins asked looking at their aunt who nodded. "She's a kido master and was one of the few captains who could handle the advanced paperwork. You remind me of her when we was younger, I'm just thankful you two didn't get her hyperness." Kit explained.
Inside the room Toshiro stared at Ryia. He wanted her to wake up, he needed to know if she was ok after her mental battle with herself. "Ryia…." He whispered again worried. "Please tell me you haven't been sobbing over me the whole time…" Ryia mumbled. "RYIA!" Toshiro yelled causing the three people outside to come bursting in. "God Toshiro, I'm right here you don't need to yell." She hissed rubbing her ears only to feel a body press against hers. Looking down Ryia smiled softly at Toshiro as he hugged her. "So anyway….does anyone know what happened?" Ryia asked looking up at her friend and two children. "You don't remember?" Kit asked frowning a bit. "Not really, I remember getting kidnapped then arguing with Rani." Ryia explained. "There was a guy who tried destroying the soul society with imposter captains and lieutenants. Rani managed to take control and killed him." Kit explained. "Afterwards you fought her mom, you've been out for a week." Yudai explained. "That explains why your father is acting like a child who just found their lost favorite toy. "Shut up will you." Toshiro grumbled as his ears got red. "Come on Toshiro...what would Rangiku think if she saw you like this?" Ryia asked chuckling a bit. "I'd instantly freeze her if she said anything." He threatened causing his wife to sigh and shake her head as Unohana walked in. "It's good to see you're awake Ryia." She said as she started checking everything. "Good to be up….although I don't remember much." Ryia said trying to remove Toshiro from her lap only to end up unsuccessful. "Toshiro will you please get off of me, remember, you're not in your little kid form anymore." Ryia grumbled finally pulling off her husband as he glared at her.
"You sure you're fine Mom? I can talk to Grandpa Jushiro about me staying with you and dad for a while." Yuuki suggested looking at her mother in Toshiro's arms. "I'm fine honey, besides I have a feeling when we get home your father's going to try to keep me in bed for a while." Ryia explained looking at Toshiro who held her protectively before they walked through a shadow portal. "So, what happened to Nozomi?" Ryia asked as Toshiro laid her on their bed. She ended up being a mod soul, after Rani killed the guy behind everything, she disappeared." He explained as Ryia leaned against him. "It was nice, having a little girl in the house again though." She hummed smiling softly causing Toshiro to look down at her. "Ryia…" He whispered causing her to look over at him. "Maybe some day we'll get luck." She smiled softly. "Yea, someday.." Toshiro mumbled.
