Summary: She was making a deal with the devil as she watched her empire fall apart
Disclaimer: Beware of spelling mistakes. I was still waiting for my Beta to send me back corrections, but I got impatient and decided to post it lol. I do not own bleach
meti·cul·ous- taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough
1/2/16: I know this is two months late but I finally managed to add the corrections like I promised. New chapter is coming soon.
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Chapter 10
January 7 , 2015
The weather was warm, iridescent beams of sun poured over her- splashing a pleasant comforting feeling across her body. Her hair blew through the wind, letting the cool wisps crawl down her spine as the trees and grass moved with it. Dancing in the air where the leaves of autumn, an assortment of different hues of reds, yellows and browns, swarming throughout the sky. She followed the motions of the wind, twirling, flying, letting go of everything that was controlling her in that very moment. Alone on a hill, on top of the world, in silence, in control of everything. She closed her eyes and took in the deep scent of nature. She grabbed a yellow dandelion and placed it in her auburn tresses before closing her eyes. The cool, crisp atmosphere of life was like a drink for her soul.
Why couldn't life be this beautiful?
A deep laugh grabbed the women's attention as a man appeared from atop the hill. A smile began to form on her lip and she wondered why. She didn't know this man but something about his laugh was familiar, friendly and refreshing. The man extended his arm out towards her. His orange hair was blowing through the wind as he flashed her a smile.
Orihime
Orihime
Orihime
Orihime
"Orihime, wake up!"
"Huh?"
Orihime let out a breathless sigh she opened her eyes to see an agitated Tatsuki hovering over her.
"Orihime get up, it's almost one in the afternoon", commanded Tatsuki.
Orihime groaned in response while drawing the covers over her head.
The matriarch's best friend threw the covers off of the girl, causing Orihime to shriek before abruptly sitting up.
"As much as I'd love to let you sleep in, you have a meeting today at 5:00pm with the shadows, discussing new projects and status reports. Also Mizurio has a status report on importation of drugs that he would like you to go through. I'll be expecting to see you downstairs in 5 minutes," said Tatsuki before slamming the door shut.
Orihime groaned in annoyance and closed her eyes yet again.
Life seemed to be spinning as her head began to pound due to a minor migraine.
She just didn't understand why her mind kept drifting back to the orange haired bitch. Orihime knew for sure that she hated him, but there was something about him that captivated her. Flipping out of bed Orihime opened her cabinet and pulled out a bottle of vodka. Twisting the cap off, she gulped the drink down before sitting back down on her bed. She couldn't distinguish a dream from reality now a days. Everything was combined into an imaginative world that she had created. She was going mad and to be quite frank, she didn't mind it. Grabbing her phone off of her dresser, Orihime looked down to find one new message from Aizen Sosuke.
"We need to meet."
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January 7, 2015
3:25 pm
Las Noches Estate
Orihime Inoue
"I must say Inoue-San, I'm impressed."
Orihime turned around in her chair before looking up at the brown haired man. They were currently meeting in one of the few buildings in the city that Aizen owned. Seated across the long oak table were Aizen and his Espada. Aizen stared out at the window watching the snow fall across the Tokyo skyline. He glanced back to the Inoue matriarch before continuing.
"You exceeded all of my set expectations Inoue-san"
Orihime rolled her eyes at the man's comment.
Tchh. I'm not sure how I managed to do that. I cursed the bastard out and embarrassed him at his own fucking event. I'm pretty sure that wasn't what you were expecting.
Aizen began to pace in a circle before coming to an abrupt stop.
"Inoue-san, you've made things so much easier for us that it's unbelievable."
Orihime sighed before sinking into her chair.
"Aizen, just hurry the fuck up and tell me what my next assignment is. I have a meeting at five with my shadows and Tatsuki-chan is already pissed at me for leaving."
Aizen walked over to Orihime before leaning face to face to her; his breath gently caressing her face.
"We'll just be updating you on the next assignment that we have for you and that is all."
Aizen motioned Ulquiorra to the front of the room where he began to speak
"Kurosaki is an investor and owner of the Tokyo Racing, an underground racecar driving track for major corporations of the mob world. It's an elite event, where empires come together and race on the fast track. The main event is the car racing in which Kurosaki will be participating in tomorrow at Tokyo arena. You're going to be placed as one of his pit crew members in order to get in close proximity and hopefully gain his attention. Your goal of tomorrow night is to get some personal information out of Kurosaki, get to know about his family, friends and etc."
"And what's in it for me."
It's simple, the better the job done the more money you get. If you recently checked your bank account, you would see that 1 million dollars was transferred into your account last night."
"I-I don't understand."
"You don't need to understand. That's not your job. You listen and do as I say, you do my orders and that's that."
How the hell did you get that money into my account? Who's giving you this information", questioned Orihime.
Aizen let out a deep chuckle
"The more you listen, the faster your answers will be answered."
"No you listen to me. Where the hell are you getting this money from", demanded Orihime."
Orihime stood up and so did Ulquiorra and Stark
They all looked at her waiting for her move.
"Now do you really want us to have to go there Inoue-san. This is all unnecessary tension between you and I and I think you should relax. You saw that we put the money in your account, I'm a man of my word Inoue-san."
Orihime eyes glared hard at Aizen before slowly nodding.
Aizen smirked before turning on his heel
"Very well."
"The event is tomorrow at 7 at the Tokyo Dome arena. Neliel will be at your estate by 3 so be prepared."
Orihime rose from her seat.
"Whatever, let's just get to the part where I can kill him. The sooner that asshole is dead, the faster I can get away from you."
"Patience is a virtue Inoue-san."
"Time moves too quickly for patience Aizen, You should know that." Orihime strode past Aizen while walking towards the door.
"Youre brother would be so proud of you Inoue-san", AIzen called out after Orihime.
Orihime froze, her body coming to a complete stop. Her hand tightly gripped the door knob as she gritted her teeth and squeezed her eyes shut.
Onii-san
How could he be proud of the monster that she had become?
Sora was a distant memory of the past, a person who was no longer recognizable in time itself. She couldn't waste time grieving on someone who doesn't exist anymore. He couldn't beat time at its own game and paid the price. Orihime couldn't relive that moment, not again, not ever.
Orihime opened the door before looking back to look Aizen in the eye.
"Time moves in one direction, memory in another."
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January 7, 2015
5:35pm
Kurosaki Estate
Ichigo Kurosaki
"Ladies and gentleman. A time of chaos brings us closer and I feel like this has been the closest that the Kurosaki empire has ever been. We use times of chaos, of madness to grow and in strength as a whole, not to shrivel up and die. And at a moment where the enemy thought we were the weakest, we triumphed and showed them that we are strong."
"After the attacks that the Kurosaki Empire has faced in the last 72 hours I think that we shouldn't only see this as a threat but as an attack directly aimed at us. This was to get our attention and to make a return statement. And I think we should make a statement back. Although the attack was traced back to the United States I doubt they would want anything to do with us. The American mob and the Kurosaki mob already have an alliance so they wouldn't do this. Since we can't trace it back to its original source, we are going to make a statement. A statement that will showcase our strength and power and as a mobster gang. We will be buying the Inoue Empire", Ichigo turned to Urahara.
"Urahara-san the floor is yours".
Urahara cleared his throat before speaking.
"The Inoue Empire was once the top of the drug world industry, taking in a net worth of a net worth of 31 billion dollars of revenues a year. They had ties to one of the most notorious drug lord in El Salvador, Mexico and Guatemala. They were in control of over 10 thousand factories that produce and trade over 300 million dollars of drugs a year. However after the passing of notorious drug lord Sora Inoue, the empire has become one of the lost weakest and more powerless empires in the industry. If the Kurosaki empire were to control the amount of land, and connections that the Inoue empire has then we would be able to become unbeatable. No one would be able to stop us from reaching worldwide monopolization of the drug industry. By simply buying out the Inoue Empire and destroying its existence, we would be able to achieve this goal."
Urahara paused before continuing.
"The current holder of the Inoue empire is Inoue Orihime, Sora's sister. However Inoue-San hasn't been in contact with anyone in the drug world since she was crowned owner when she turned 18 years old. Ever since the empire has been in her hands the Inoue Empire has been nothing but merely a laughingstock. By having the wrong management and advisers, Inoue-San has been making ridiculous decisions which as a result have destroyed the Inoue empire to the point of no returns. Their revenues have dropped over 400 million dollars and are expected to be on the verge of bankruptcy this year. If we offer the Inoue empire money and take it from their hands then we would have the connections that they have in their turfs in the world. The expansion and control of the Kurosaki Empire would be incomprehensible to mankind as we would control everything."
An unpleasant silence filled the room. Ichigo stared at Urahara who had a look of uneasiness on his face. Ichigo turned to face his audience only to find blank faces of investors and shadows staring back at him. Ichigo, adjusting his tie, fidgeting uncomfortably hoping that someone would break the silence. Ichigo knew that such an idea sounded crazy, something a mad man would propose and maybe he was over his head. But Ichigo had confidence in his team that this could be done. Ichigo closed his eyes and began to rub his temples. A vivid image of his father flashed across his mind causing the man to sigh in discomfort.
Why did he always haunt Ichigo?
This was the next step that the Kurosaki Empire had to take in order to accomplish his father's dream. The dream that Ichigo had been raised his whole life to achieve. The Kurosaki Empire would have power in their hands and would take over the drug industry.
A slow hard clap drew Ichigo from the audience and caused him to open his eyes. A smile planted across his face, Shinji got out of his chair and began to applause his boss. Soon others in the large conference room joined the blonde haired an as they cheered for their leader and for the next huge step that the corporation was taking.
Ichigo looked at Urahara who was also clapping with the others.
"Your father would be proud."
Ichigo winced, the words stinging like venom before slowly nodding his head in agreement. The head of the Kurosaki Empire reached down to grab his glass of champagne, lifting up for a toast.
"Long live the Kurosaki."
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Authors Note:
I wanted to give a quick shout out to be Betas Pastasaurus and avtorSola who have helped me a lot with my story. Now that I have found two amazing Betas, chapters should be coming out way more quicker. This chapter was intended to be out from early November but the process of finding a Beta can be very long and tedious. Also, like I said before, the more reviews equal faster chapters. I just need to know if people are still interested in this fanfic, because if you are then I could start putting chapter out every two weeks. But if not, then maybe every month so please leave a review so I can make my decision. Also I wonder what is going on with Ichigo and his dad? Where is Isshin? And what was with Orihimes weird dream in the beginning? Next chapter is going to have Ichigo and Orihime both present so stick around.
Until next time!
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