Chapter Five: First Times & Revelations
"Oh, fuck me!" spoke Emilou. "So, Mila" she said to the lion like woman "sung-sun" she addressed the snake like one next. "how did you find me?"
"not too hard really." Spoke Sung-sun. "when you left, we just followed a good distance behind, while keeping our energy low so you wouldn't notice. Then we just followed the energy trail of your garganta a little while after you went through. It led us directly to this house, you were already gone so we've just been waiting for your return."
"did you come here on your own or did our lady order you to follow me?" Emilou asked somewhat nervously.
"both in all honesty." Said the snake woman "we've been wanting to tail you for some time now, our mistress finally gave us the permission to do so. She's become rather suspicious herself of your activities these last few months. She decided it was time to figure just what is was you were really doing." Sung-sun then looked at Yoshiro. "I must admit, I certainly wasn't expecting this."
Then the lion woman Mila spoke with a tone of authority. "the fact of the matter is your coming back to hueco mundo with us right now to explain yourself. This isn't up for discussion." She said as she stepped forward.
Yoshiro on instinct simply put an arm in front of Emilou and stepped in front of her. Mila upon seeing this merely laughed.
"Bahahaha! This is fucking rich; you got a yourself a human for a guard dog while coming here Emilou? Oh man, you take him out for walks. Feed him treats. Brush his hair? Hahaha!"
Now Yoshiro was pissed and proceeded to walk right up to the woman, catching everyone in the room by surprise and angrily said.
"let's just sort a few things here first you wonder woman reject! Firstly, I am no one's god damn pet! Secondly, your breaking into my home and threatening someone I care about! Thirdly, Emilou isn't going anywhere with you if she doesn't want to! Lastly, you can go off and fuck yourself like the tyrannosaurus-rex on PMS that you are!"
In hindsight not the best words of choice.
Before he knew what was happening Mila had him tightly by the throat with her hand holding him in the air.
"you little shit!" she retorted angrily "you fucking think you can talk to me that way!? You have no idea who you are dealing with! I'm gonna rip you apart and use you to repaint this whole fucking room, you bastard! Just wait and…"
She never had a chance to finish her sentence for a fist suddenly collided into her face sending her falling to the floor and dropping Yoshiro in the process. Everyone looked in utter shock as Emilou who stood there now in hollow form in front of the young blond helping him up. As Mila sat there dumbfounded for a moment then angrily stood and shouted.
"Emilou you little cunt! What the fuck do you think you're doing!? That's it I'm gonna beat the shit out of you and drag you to our lady! You've lost your fucking mind you scrawny bitch!"
"Try it Mila! I'll rip your fucking throat out before I let you kill him!"
"ENOUGH!" yelled Sung-sun
Everyone grew quite and looked at the green haired woman as she spoke.
"that's enough of this Mila calm yourself, remember were still in the living world we don't need to alert the soul reapers. Emilou, I'm asking you as a friend. Please come with us quietly so we can resolve this situation without us needlessly killing each other." Then she looked at Yoshiro and hardened her expression a bit. "I'm still not sure how you play into this but, whatever it is. You will need to come as well so we get the complete story of things." She said with a slight edge.
Mila huffed in angry agreement. Yoshiro looked to Emilou, she nodded her head to him, he merely nodded back and said. "alright, let's go then."
"very well then." Spoke the snake woman as she opened garganta and they all stepped into it.
*Hueco Mundo*
As they exited garganta and Yoshiro saw hueco mundo for the first time. He stopped dead in his tracks and surveyed the place. It was vast desert nothing but sand, rocks and more sand. A moon hung in the sky giving off the only light in the realm of darkness. It had an unnatural coldness to it, that made Yoshiro a little uneasy.
"This place really is a bleak as you described it." He calmly spoke.
"welcome to hueco mundo." Emilou replied as they all continued along. As they walked along, he noted the two other women would throw occasional glances at him, especially the one named Mila. He honestly found it kind of annoying.
"you don't have to keep eyeing me you know it's not like I'm going run. Even if I wanted and could get away, where the hell would I even go anyways?" he said with a little annoyance.
Mila growled a little and spoke. "awful ballsy for a human aren't you. I wonder if you're just that brave or stupid?"
"a bit of both at the moment in all honesty." He said without skipping a beat.
Mila just grumbled a little and stayed quiet. While Sung-sun eyed the young human not sure of what to take him for. Noticing Emilou was nervous, he reached out locked one of his hands with one of hers in order to help calm her. In action that that got raised eyebrows from the two other women present. Soon they reached the entrance to some cave it looked like.
"Here we are." Spoke Sung-sun.
Mila walked in first followed by Emilou and Yoshiro, with Sung-sun taking up the rear. As they walked in Yoshiro noted the inside of the place. It looked as though someone had taken the painstaking time to properly carve out the place to look like the inside of an actual home. 'impressive' he had to muse to himself. Eventually they had were led to a room and instructed to sit on what looked to be couch. Mila kept guard while Sung-sun announced she was going to grab whoever this mistress was. A few moments later Sung-sun returned with the said person in tow. Yoshiro made sure keep a straight face as he studied this new hollow woman as she approached.
She was just as tall as the other woman Mila, the front of her had a blue shading the went from her neck down to just above her waist, the same blue also existed on the middle of both arms. The rest of her body was covered in white like bone material that had all sorts of fin like appendages sprouting from it. One arm looked normal enough but the other at about the elbow down was a giant shark tooth looking blade. In fact that's what she had visage of, some sort of bipedal shark woman. She even had a good sized shark like tail.
He noticed she had very stoic expression that betrayed no emotion. She was a woman who knew very well how to keep her thoughts and feelings in check. It would be difficult to get a read off her, he knew. Then there were her more human features that had survived her status as a hollow. They garnered Yoshiro's attention more than anything else. She had wild blond hair just like his, while not much to see due to her mask that covered the whole bottom half of her face. He could still see enough to note her human skin color was a mocha like his. He also noted her eyes were a teal color. For some reason she felt familiar, but he pushed this thought out of his head. The whole situation at hand was just playing with his head a bit.
As Halibel entered the room she put her focus on the young human man that sat next to Emilou. What she saw perplexed her a bit, not that she let it show. The young man had wild blond hair like hers but had a good amount that went down his back into a braided ponytail. He had mocha skin like hers as well, she noted his eyes were a deep ocean like blue. He had decent height to him, and she could tell he had a well-kept physique. She couldn't deny the young man was quite handsome though that sort of thing mattered nothing to her. What she couldn't understand was why the young man before her felt familiar. She knew she had never seen him before in her hollow existence. Halibel was one of the few hollows who could remember her entire human life, but she couldn't recall having met him in that time to. Especially considering how young the boy was, maybe a little over 16 at most from what she could tell. More or less the same amount of time she had been a hollow.
She pushed these thoughts from her mind for the moment as she now stood before the two of them and spoke in stoic yet firm tone.
"Emilou, you understand that you have a fair amount of explaining to do?"
"yes, my lady I know I do." She responded somewhat meekly and continued. "before me and my boyfriend here explain everything." That comment got raised eyebrows from everyone including Halibel. "know that I wasn't doing anything to betray you or the others. I would never do anything to compromise any of your safety." Halibel merely nodded her head in understanding and Emilou and her boyfriend as she referred to him as began to explain themselves.
They told about their initial meeting on the warehouse rooftop, how it led to them having a conversation, where both bled themselves out to the other. How they spent time together the weeks following and grew closer. The eventful day that was Emilou's birthday and all that took place on it. From the hollow attack to the arrival and misguiding of the soul reapers. The events at the candy shop with its' strange owner and the eventual surprise birthday celebration and gift the boy had prepared for her. They spoke about how their feelings grew in the months following that day until they both came to realize their true feelings for each other. How that lead to them finally confessing to one another and accepting one another, on the beach trip they had just taken before they had been brought to hueco mundo.
When they had finally finished speaking, Halibel took everything in and honestly wasn't quite sure how to take it all. On one hand she was still somewhat upset that Emilou had lied for so long to her and the others but understood her reasoning at the same time. She couldn't deny that what her subordinate and friend had with the young man was genuine. They truly were in love with each other. Speaking of the young man, he was quite the enigma she had to admit. He was just a human who happened to be spiritually aware and yet he had opened himself up so readily and caringly for Emilou despite learning what she was. Halibel found it quite heartwarming.
Not just that but the sheer lengths he had shown himself willing to go to for Emilou's sake. The most noticeable of which was when the boy without hesitation engaged and managed to fool three captain level soul reapers at the same time. While full well knowing the sheer danger of it, just to protect Emilou. It was an act that Halibel had to respect and she couldn't deny its' significance. She couldn't help but start to like the young man. Thinking more to herself in silence, soon Halibel had made her decision on the matter. She looked to Mila and Sung-sun to gage their reactions to the tale.
Both Mila and Sung-sun's emotions from earlier had seemingly gone away after hearing the tale. The both shared a shared expression of awe and understanding from all they had heard. They seemed to have reached the same conclusion on the matter as her. She looked to the two individuals sitting in front of her and spoke in her usual stoic tone.
"After taking everything in and thinking about it I've made my decision on this matter and I believe Mila and Sung-sun have reached the same conclusion as me?" Emilou and Yoshiro watched intently waiting for the answer.
"I have decided….." Halibel spoke "to forgive you for your deceit. Seeing as how you had no malicious intentions behind it. My only stipulation to this is that from now on you be completely honest no matter what."
"of course, my lady, I shall. I am humbled by your forgiveness!" Emilou spoke with relief. Then the shark vasto turned to the young man before her.
"what I ask of you is too keep treating and protecting her as you have been doing, is that agreeable?"
Yoshiro simply chuckled a little and responded. "as if you really had to ask. That's a forgone conclusion wouldn't you say?" he said with a bit sarcasm. This earned him a slight smack on the back of the head from Emilou. "be more respectable towards my lady, Yoshiro!" he raised his hands in surrender. "ok, ok I get it." He said sheepishly which got a slight laugh from the others.
"I do apologize for our rude behavior back at your home." Spoke sung-sun.
"yeah, we were just kind of on edge from everything going on. I'm also sorry for almost choking you to death too." Said Mila.
"don't worry about it, I understand. Plus, I did kind of ask for that choking after what I said to you." The blond boy responded. With everyone having relaxed now, Halibel suddenly remembered something that she was surprised hadn't come up yet. So, she asked. "young man, just what is your name?"
"Yoshiro Abe" he calmly replied.
Halbels eyes widened a little upon hearing the name. 'could it be? No that's impossible.' She thought but decided to keep pushing for more answers.
"where were you born?" she asked innocently.
"born and bred in Karakura, Japan." He replied.
She kept herself stoic but steadily had nervousness begin to build and kept going.
"no offense Yoshiro but you don't look Japanese at all."
"none taken." He said and explained. "you see, I get pretty much all my looks from my mother and her side of the family. She was a native woman from Hawaii my father met fell in love with on a business trip to the islands. She herself was actually only half native, with her father having been a blond white guy with blue eyes from California. That where I get my eye color from, atleast from what I was told when I was little. Sadly, I never got to know my mother, she died giving birth to me."
Halibel noticeably stiffened from that statement and said, "is your father's name Rokuro Abe by chance and were you born on April 13th?"
Everyone else in the room suddenly froze at this, wondering where Halibel was going with this. Most notably Yoshiro who was giving a very inquisitive stare at the shark woman and somewhat wearily spoke.
"well yes to both things but how in the world do you know that?"
Halibel steadied herself finally realizing her train of thought was correct despite being completely as insane as it was. There was no doubting it at this point though however she knew it now and calmly spoke.
"I know this because Rokuro Abe was my husband in my human life and April 13th is the day that I died. The day I died giving birth, giving birth to you." She looked directly at Yoshiro with emotional eyes and said.
"Yoshiro, I'm your mother."
The whole room had suddenly gone more silent than a graveyard. Emilou, Mila and Sung-sun had expressions on their faces as if they had just been shot full of horse tranquilizer. Yoshiro mean while thinking as deeply as possible about what he just suddenly heard.
He ran everything through his head, everything she had said, her human features to his own features and more. Trying to piece it all together himself. Eventually he realized there was only one thing he could say that will to him. Without any doubt make or break his ability to accept this news. So, he gently spoke.
"you know, all this time I've actually never gotten your name from anywhere at any point. So, let me ask now." He looked directly into her eyes and said. "is your name Tia Halibel?" she merely looked directly back into his eyes never breaking contact and said almost in a whisper.
"Yes"
That was it, that did it for him. It was all he needed to hear for him to believe it. Yoshiro suddenly found himself slumping down to the floor siting there on his knees looking up at the ceiling, staring into the void of space, hands over his mouth. He had never been one to let his emotions run to wild but here and now he had no control. His system was just so overloaded by everything he was feeling at once. Tears of raw emotion started to run down his face, he had no idea as to what to do.
Halibel simply walked over to him and knelt to his level. Reaching out with her non-sword arm, she merely wrapped it around him and pulled him into a tender hug. She quietly spoke, as a few tears of emotion of her slipped down her face. "Ku'a keiki"-note 1
As he was held in her embrace, head resting on top of her shoulder. Still overcome with emotion, he managed to gently wrap his arms around her and somewhat meekly said. "Makuahine"-note 2
They stayed like this for a few moments before separating. They simply looked at each other. While it couldn't be seen from behind her mask, Halibel was smiling warmly, as was Yoshiro in return. Despite all the seemingly impossible odds the universe had considering everything. Mother and son for had been reunited and meeting each other for the first time.
Emilou and the others while still watching the scene before them, still in a somewhat state of shock. All had smiles of their own, looking at the happy scene. Then a sudden thought hit Emilou and her eyes went as wide as possible as she thought. 'Holy fuck! I'm dating lady Halibel's son!'
Mother and son stood up, their emotions coming back into control. Yoshiro spoke up.
"as completely insane as it is that things have come to about as they have. I couldn't be happier with it all at the moment. As much as it all feels like a dream, I know it's real. If someone had told me about six months ago that I would be here, having this moment. I would have called them a damn fool and laughed in their face."
Halibel let out a slight chuckle before saying "indeed, though I am also glad things have worked out as they have. I never imagined I would reunite with my child I sacrificed my life for, so they could have theirs. That day in the hospital all those years ago. To think all it took was one of my dearest subordinates and friends to randomly meet you?"
"yeah" Yoshiro spoke with some mirth and looked to Emilou. He then let out a massive sigh of exhaustion from the day's events. His mother then spoke.
"I understand you probably have much you wish to speak with me about however it seems they day events have completely tired you out. It would perhaps be best to go and rest, we will have plenty time to catch up at a later date." She said with polite concern.
As much as Yoshiro wanted to keep talking with his mother, he knew she was right. He was utterly drained from all that had happened and needed some time to rest and reflect on everything. "sounds like a plan to me mom." He simply said.
She nodded and looked to her subordinates and friends saying. "now that everything has more or less been resolved. I think it's time to let my son and Emilou head back to where they were." Emilou suddenly snapped out of her daze and spoke with surprise.
"really my lady!?"
Halibel simply nodded and continued "yes, I see that what you two have is genuine and I will not be one to interfere with it. I can think of no reason at this point as too why you shouldn't live with him, if you choose to. It's rather obvious you two would prefer such an arrangement."
Yoshiro and Emilou both had dumbstruck expressions on their faces from her announcement. As did Mila rose and Sung-sun. "unless, of course you'd wish for something else?"
"NO!" yelled the young man and hollow woman unintentionally. This brought some snickers from the others. Then Emilou spoke.
"thank you for this my lady, it means a lot to both of us." She spoke respectfully. Halibel merely nodded her head in acknowledgement.
With that said exchanges of goodbyes and brief discussions of when to meet next were had. Then Emilou and Yoshiro strode out together into the deserts of hueco mundo. Emilou opened up garganta and both stepped through.
As Halibel watched Emilou and her son walk out together, she couldn't help but be happy at how everything had ended. While quite shocking and nearly impossible to believe it all ended happily none the less. Suddenly a wave of exhaustion hit her, she let out a tired sigh. The day had proven far more tiring than expected. With that she decided to rest and think some more on everything.
*Karakura Yoshiro's Home*
Once they exited garganta into the living room and letting it close behind. Both Yoshiro and Emilou took a moment to compose themselves after all that had happened. It was almost nighttime, looking at the clock. Yoshiro went to make a quick dinner for the two of them. Meanwhile, Emilou grabbed her gigai and put it back into her bedroom. After the quick dinner and cleaning the dishes, Yoshiro went to take a shower, while Emilou chose to read in her own room in the meantime.
When Emilou heard him finishing up his shower, she got up and walked to his room. He was just finishing getting dressed into some pajama pants and a plan grey t-shirt. She noticed it was now nighttime, she also felt that while tired. Not quite tired enough to go to sleep just yet. Yoshiro seemed to be on the same page but was just decided to lay in bed anyways. Emilou why still in her hollow form decided to join him in his bed, simply laying down and snuggling against him.
They laid in bed for a while just taking in the peaceful quietness of the it all. Emilou then looked at the person she loved so much and planted a somewhat forceful and inviting kiss to his lips. Yoshiro got the hint and returned a kiss of similar nature of his own. This triggered something in her mind, perhaps it was all the emotions of the day's events getting the better of her? Ultimately, she didn't care and pushed those thoughts aside as to focus solely what was in front of her. As a hunger suddenly welled up within her. Not a hunger to feed but something of a completely different nature. Yoshiro had apparently allowed his instincts take control, as he leaned over his hollow girlfriend and he began kiss and touch her more intimately. Before either knew it, they had their bodies intertwined with each other.
They twisted and turned, moaned and cooed, touched and rubbed, and practically anything else they could think to do for their pleasure. This carried on for a length neither knew nor did they care, both were too focused on satisfying each other and themselves with their intimacy. Eventually, they found themselves on the edge of the bed. Yoshiro sitting on the edge, with Emilou with arms and legs wrapped firmly around. Both moving their hips to the rhythm of the other.
Eventually, Emilou felt a sensation begin to raise inside her. She leaned her head against her lovers' shoulder as it continued to build. She began to move herself faster and Yoshiro responded by doing the same. She opened her mouth wide as moans escaped and planted her open mouth on his shoulder in order to muffle them. Then it suddenly hit her a sensation that racked her body like nothing else had ever before in her whole existence.
She spasmed and jerked her whole body as she was flooded by the feeling of it. She unintentionally during her climax flared her hollow energy just a little, though no one outside would be able to feel it. As this happened, in uncontrollable reflex from her release of pleasure, caused her to bite down somewhat harshly into Yoshiro's shoulder drawing some blood from the bite. As this happened unknowingly to the both of them, some of her hollow energy was passed directly into Yoshiro's body through the bite.
Yoshiro was already close to his peak when the sudden sensation went through his body from the bite. It was unexpected and sent him over his edge, he jerked and stiffened as he held his lover as close to him as possible. While his own feelings of pleasure washed over like tidal waves. Emilou could feel the sudden rush and heat between her legs when Yoshiro released himself inside her. It was a very satisfying feeling.
Both just sat there panting for an unknown amount of time. Emilou finally noticed the bite mark and blood on Yoshiro's shoulder from her actions. She instinctive lowered her head and licked off the blood and licked the wound, like an animal would for a wounded mate. He simply allowed her to do it, until she was satisfied. Soon, they both slumped into the bed holding one another and allowed sleep to take them.
When Yoshiro woke the next morning, he noted a few things. For starters he took notice of a soundly sleeping and very satisfied looking Emilou next to him. Next, he noted he felt better and stronger than he had ever before in his life. He didn't dwell on it simply thinking his good mood was due to last night's activities. He quietly slipped out of bed and threw on his underwear and pajama pants from last night. As he went to the bathroom to freshen up a bit, while still shirtless he failed to remark while standing in front of the mirror. The minor bite wound he received from Emilou had remarkably healed almost completely overnight.
He then strode out of the bathroom to go cook breakfast, completely unaware. That the slight amount of hollow energy that had been unknowingly passed into him. Was already starting to steadily take hold and spread in his body.
Soon enough it would start to change him in ways no one could possibly predict.
A/N:
Note 1- "Ku'a Keiki" means "My Son" in Hawaiian.
Note 2- "Makuhine" means "Mother" in Hawaiian
Author: "Hello everyone!"
Emilou: "What the hell is this?"
Yoshiro: "Good question. What the hell is this?"
Author: "I decided to add something new, by having myself, yourselves and others swing by for post and maybe eventually pre chapter banter talks."
Yoshiro: "Sounds like your ripping someone off with this idea?"
Author: don't judge me! Presides, they say imitation is the best form of flattery.
Emilou: "Doesn't make it any less of a rip off dumbass."
Author: "I hold your lives in my hands you know?"
Both: "FUCK!"
Halibel, Mila and Sung-sun: "Please review!"