NEW STORY

A kind of AU story. Set is still in Soul Society, same characters. Maybe some I make up. A Yoru/Soi

Story. Basically it's the same, just cooler outfits & animal noble houses.

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Scary night in Soul Society:

THUMP!!

Soi snapped up in her bed rim rod straight. 'What was tha'? Her mind was still clouded with sleep.

THUMP!!

Soi was now fully awake.

THUMP!!

What ever was making the noise was outside her door. It was to loud to be something small. And was not anyone in the home because the noise sounded like someone or something was throwing itself at her door.

THUMP!!

Panic came to Soi's heart. She didn't know what was at her door. She didn't really care to find out.

THUMP!!

Soi got the courage to slip out of her futon. She had a small black shirt with small leather shorts on. So it was easy for her to silently slink to her closet.

THUMP!!

She slid her closet door open and crawled inside. She left the door open so a small sliver of moonlight pierced through. And just in time.

THUMP!! CRACK!!

Soi's door crashed open. The room was silent for a moment. Then a shuffling noise filled the air. Soi held her breath. A figure moved into her line of sight. It was tall and a little bulky. It walked on all fours. It moved to her bedding and tore into it. It groaned when it realized she wasn't there. It shuffled around her room some more and then left after a few minutes of searching. What ever it was it wasn't smart.

SKRCH!! SKRCH!!

Soi heard it move down the hallway, and the heavy slumping sounds of it moving down the stairs. Soi was to scared to leave her closet, and to scared to go to sleep. She waited for daylight to split the darkness.

5 hours later

Quiet Sunday in Soul Society today:

Soi crept silently out of her closet. She was still scared. "Jack?" She called quietly. No response. "Jack?" She tried again. And again…no response. Then something small and furry brushed against her leg. She almost jumped a foot off the floor. She looked down. Jack was staring back up at her. "Jack!" She reached and scooped him up in her small arms.

"Jack, did you hear those noises last night?" She asked quiet and frantically. The thing that tried to get into her room could still be in the Fong home. 'Yes. I didn't think I would ever see one in person.' He answered. "What do you mean?" Soi questioned him. 'Your parents were asleep when it came.' He continued. 'It came from the darkness. Huge and lumbering. Hungry and angry.' Jack paused and looked up at Soi. 'They had no chance. No one did.' He said solemnly. Soi looked confused," What do you mean?" She asked worriedly. What was he talking about. 'You are all that's left Soi. And myself and some of the other monkeys.' He responded.

Soi had to find out what he meant. "Is it gone?" 'Yes.' Soi walked out of her room. No need to open or close the door anymore. She wander down the hall to her parents room. Jack hoped up to her shoulder. 'Go on. We need to find anyone who is alive.' He said. "If there IS anyone." He thought. Soi slid the door open.

Blood.

That was the first thing she noticed. The bright red color. She moved forward slowly. The fear in her heart refused to leave her. She couldn't blame it either. "Mama?" She whispered. No answer. She moved to her mama's side. Her head was turned away from her but Soi could see. She could see the torn skin. The ripped clothes. The bright red color that covered her almost completely. "Mama?" Again…no answer. Soi knew she wouldn't get one.

She moved to her Papa's side. "Papa?" She hoped with all the life in her little body that her Papa was still in this world. "Papa?" She called again. She couldn't see her face. She was under the blankets. Soi lifted her small hand and softly nudged the lump under the blanket. It shifted. 'It's her Soi!' Jack stated. Soi pulled the blanket away from her Papa. "ughh." "PAPA!" Soi shouted. "Hmm?" Came the response.

Ichi opened her eyes. She was in pain. That thing had gotten her good. 'Not as good as Suzume though.' She thought bitterly. She looked around to see her daughter's frightened face. Tears came to Soi's eyes. She lurched forward and latched herself onto her Papa. Ichi groaned in pain. She had knew she had some broken ribs. "Papa, Mama is…she…." Soi couldn't finish. Ichi understood. What could she say that she didn't already know. Admitting it was the problem. "Come on…" Ichi sat up and moved to the edge of the bed. "We have to find others." She got up and lifted Soi into her arms. Jack now jumped onto Ichi's shoulder instead. As Ichi walked out her bedroom door she didn't look back. See…admitting her mate was dead would be the greatest problem she had ever faced.

As Ichi walked down the stairs she held her daughter tightly to her. "She shouldn't have to see this." Ichi thought solemnly. Everything was a complete mess. Ichi pushed some of her rietsu out to detect any signs of life. There were none. "Wait…" She thought. She felt a familiar rietsu push back at her own. It was her own monkey. Or ape as he insisted on being called. 'Monkey's are children and I am no child.' He had said once. Go, was still alive. He had always taken pride in his name. Always said they were a perfect fit as fighting partners because of there names together. Ichi meant #1 and Go meant Hero. And that's what they were. A number 1 hero together.

Ichi moved to the living room of the Fong home. "Go?" She called. Soi finally looked up. She remembered Go. He had always been with her Papa. Maybe longer than her Mama had been. "Mama…" Soi whispered. "Go!" She called again. She ignored her child's mention of her wife. She didn't want to think about it. "Here." Came a gruff voice above them. Go came slamming into the floor. He was black furred and had a scar from his left eye to his chin area. His eyes were charcoal black. Soi had asked what charcoal was once before. She got the same answer from her Papa," Never you mind." And she had always left it at that. She trusted her Papa completely.

Go lumbered up to them. He was about a foot shorter than Ichi. Being a 5'11 woman that didn't surprise most people. But he was a bit smaller than his brothers. It never bothered him. His fighting skills backed him up. "I've checked the rest of the home." He said. "And?" Ichi questioned. She wanted to know what had become of the rest of her family. "No one left but us. We should consider ourselves fortunate. We survived, we can carry on the Fong name." He said. Ichi nodded. "Come on." She said as she turned. "We need to enter Seireitei. We need to get help here to clean this up, and get ourselves fixed up." She finished as she walked out the living room doorway. They carefully made there way to the front of the home. Trying not to move anything out of place.

They walked out to the courtyard. The Sakura trees were still and silent. The small pond with the bridge that led to the front door was still. Not a sound was heard. Ichi, Soi, Jack, and Go continued to walk. They never glanced back at the Fong home. Not that it was much of a home now. Soi would never call it that again anyway. She realized she would never see many of the things the loved most about her life ever again. The number one thing, her Mama. She would never get to see her smile, hear her talk, smell her Sakura blossom scent again. "It's true wha' they say…isn' it Papa?" Soi asked. Ichi looked down at her. "What are ya talkin' about?" She asked. What was she talking about? "That ya don' know wha' ya got till its gone." Soi answered. Ichi looked surprised by her daughters statement. "Deep one my kid is." Ichi thought with a small smile despite all that had happened so far. "Yeah lil bee. I guess it is."

They continued to walk keeping there gaze straight ahead. There was nothing for them behind anymore. Nothing good. Just a empty house with empty bodies now. See…admitting it for any of them would be the biggest problem. The biggest ever. And they would never be able to share the pain with anyone but each other and those who had suffered as much as they had tonight.

Admitting it would be the biggest problem.