Kyrie Eleison
Chapter: Normal as normal gets
Disclaimer: I do not own bleach nor do I claim to. Actually, I said long ago that bleach governs over me, lol
Listening to: Dewdrops (By: Yuki kaijura. I'm making an amv for it, and it has such a beaituful violin part...)
Quote of the Day:
Expect the worst. It's the least you can do.
ONCE AGAIN I APOLOGISE FOR THE READERS OF KYRIE ELEISON! I know, I must have made a lot of peoples heads hurt... Well, can't say I didn't try. It was fun torturing my OC's too. So, when that part comes back, i'll torture them some more. So, forget what happened in the chapters before if you read the first couple chapters...Okay? Thanks
Most of this chapter is like a re-cap and follow in. In a nutshell...short
It was a quiet morning in the Seireitei. The sun burned brightly in the blue sky and the sweet air of the season came through the windows of the tenth division office. It was the middle of summer now. A season had passed since the coming Spring, when everything seemed to have begun. It seemed like the perfect day to just sit back, relax, and enjoy…
"MATSUMOTO!"
A sigh was heard nearby, "Here we go again…"
The short brunette mused to herself from her office next door when she heard the inevitable roar of a pissed off dragon chasing a somewhat sober vice-captain. She stacked the finished papers carefully and placed them inside a basket to bring to her Taicho. When Yumi opened the door to his office, she saw him with his hand on his temple while strumming his fingers to a silent beat in his mind.
"Tough morning again, Hitsugaya-kun?" she asked innocently but couldn't stop the grin from forming on her face. He groaned in response but accepted the finished paperwork on his desk with silent gratitude.
"It's Hitsugaya-Taicho, Miyamoto." He sighed deeply and drank from his tea. Yumi sent him a lop-sided grin and leant on his desk with her elbows.
"Is someone having a bad day?"
"No, but someone will if I don't restrain myself from giving her more work." At the threat that she knew he would carry out, she laughed nervously and got off his desk.
"Gomen, Gomen, but really; are you alright?"
"Yes, now go take a breather or something. You're still recovering, aren't you?"
Yumi rolled her eyes, "Sure, okaa-san. But are you sure you want me to leave with this? You're recovering too, y'know." She motioned to the large pile of papers that were screaming of Matsumoto's handiwork.
"Whatever." Hitsugaya ignored her comment and gestured toward the door. "Now go before I change my mind."
After contemplating to herself for a moment, she shrugged and made her way to the Kuchiki Mansion. Hey, if Yachiru could get in and completely avoid the wrath of Senbozakura, then it's possible!
The long walk from the tenth division to the sixth was a boring indeed. Some people were still recovering and reorganizing from the little incident with Aizen. At least this time, the paperwork load was distributed among the functioning divisions evenly instead of going straight to the tenth. Apparently while she was out, Aizen was proclaimed alive and was behind the murder of the Central 46. A part of Yumi was glad he was gone, but she also wanted to know… What exactly happened back there underground? Had it been the effects of Aizen's zanpakto? But she hadn't seen it released yet…
It was too late anyway. Aizen Sosuke had escaped with the surprising help of the Hollows. Not only that, he didn't escape empty handed.
The Hyougoku, a highly condensed form of spiritual energy. Capable of both destruction and creation to a certain degree. Aizen had forcibly taken it from within Kuchiki Rukia, the original host that Urahara chose to be its hiding place. When she heard that, she vowed the next time she was Urahara she would hit the ex-shinigami so hard his head would spin.
Somewhere in the human world, a certain shopkeeper sneezed
Everything had happened so fast in so little time. Just a few months ago, she had joined the tenth division under Hitsugaya Toshiro's care. Never did she think that she would meet so many people. Matsumoto, Ichigo, Rukia, Renji, Archer, and even Hitsugaya… So many people in one lifetime. Something like that can make your head spin!
"Oi, Yumi!" called a voice. Yumi snapped out of her thoughts and looked ahead to see bright red hair.
She waved her hand and smiled, "Yo! What's up, Renji!" The Fukutaicho caught up to her with a broad grin on his face. "Finally I see someone that's not grouchy today."
"Let me guess: Matsumoto and Hitsugaya-Taicho?"
"Hai," she sighed a little, "By the way, where are you going?"
"Oh, I just came back from dropping off some paperwork at the second division. Man, after what just happened here, everyone's busting their butts with papers."
"Especially my captain," she joked and shook her head, "Anyway, I'm going to bug Kuchiki-Taicho. Wanna practice after?"
"Aa, sure—wait, you're not really going to do that to my captain, right…?" he asked nervously and saw her nod enthusiastically.
"But of course! I've been cooped up in a hospital bed for half a month! Even after that I've been on house arrest because of Taicho! You can't expect me not to, Aka-kun!"
Renji frowned, "I swear…if I end up on the wrong end of Senbonzakura instead of you I'm going to kill you."
"You can try!" she stuck her tongue out for a second and began to skip away.
Despite himself, Renji chuckled to himself and put his hand on his head, "That girl…"
The female Daemon sighed, allowing her body to relax for a bit while lying in the shade of the cherry blossom tree. A few petals landed softly on her black hair, which had grown from its original shoulder length down to the center of her back. It's been a while since she had the chance to at least take in all that happened up until now. Sure, meeting with the annoying kid again was the highlight but so much more had happened.
Hundreds… No—thousands of times she asks herself the same damned question.
'Is this really the right thing to do?'
"Oi, think fast," Called a voice as she instantly caught the projectile hurtling towards her face. It was a wooden container full of water. Raising a brow, she lifted her head from her comfortable position to glare at whoever disturbed her well-needed nap. She wasn't surprised to see the only Daemon in the whole world that had the balls to irk her to an extent. His spiky brown locks swayed with the wind and his gleaming amber eyes shone with mischief.
"Ah, Prissy Stray. How is it that you always find a way to annoy me?" the girl asked as she took a sip of water.
"Hmmm," He hummed in thought and joined her beneath the blossoming tree. Then with a playful grin he replied, "How is it that you always find a way to care, Reisha?"
"Urusai…" she rolled her eyes to the heavens and closed her eyes momentarily.
All was quiet for those precious moments of silence. There was no telling how long this peace would last. No doubt it would be gone soon. The three Taicho have already left Soul Society, leaving a large gap in the Gotei 13. On consent of Miyamoto Yumiko, the two Daemons were allowed to remain for a brief period of time before they had to depart. Of course, no one apart from Hitsugaya Toshiro and Matsumoto Rangiku really knew what exactly those two were. Heck, if Kurotsuchi Mayuri ever found out, he would go at no end to hunt them down to 'play'. Nevertheless, security was tight in Soul Society. The captain positions would have to be filled fast, lest there be enemies ready to jump the gun at the opportunity.
"Hey…" Archer's ears pricked at the sound of her voice and he turned towards her. "Don't forget. I'm still on orders. So don't expect this…'whatever' thing between us to continue. After tonight, we're enemies again. Understood?"
His eyes hardened for a brief moment before he smirked and nodded his head. "Agreed. Anyway, it's not like I'm really a part of Aeon anymore, right? Hunt me all you want, but you still won't find what you're looking for…Adachi-san." Archer got up and walked away, leaving her with those parting words. Reisha scoffed and smiled bitterly at the endless sky.
"Yeah, just keep talking to yourself."
-Later that night-
The room buzzed with electronic equipment as the large screens were filled with cryptic text. As always, Kurotsuchi Mayuri's lab was filled with a wide range of machinery and tubes.
A faint sound stood out from the mechanical hum in the room as two shadows made their way to the main computer. One of them went straight to the keyboard, punching in codebreakers as they quickly made their way to the top secret files. Meanwhile, the other covered the area and made sure it was clear.
"Are you done yet?" an impatient female voice asked. Her amethyst eyes shone with annoyance as she flipped her dark black hair. The other scoffed and shook his head.
"If you want to get something done without getting caught then be quiet!"
As soon as he had finished his sentence, the screen flashed and a red light illuminated the once dark lab.
-INTRUDER ALERT! INSTRUDER ALERT! SYSTEM HACK ABORTED-
"God damn it!" he cursed as the female rolled her eyes.
"Who's the one that tripped the alarm almighty silent one?" Her tone dripped with sarcasm but her eyes hardened at the sound of footsteps closing in. "Get the data and hurry up. The mission is done."
"Already done," he said and he took out the data sphere. "After you, Adachi."
"Shut up," she whispered under her breath as both of them disappeared long before the authorities had appeared.
-:Omake Theatre:-
Hitsu: So what is this, take two?
Mana: Urusai...I know I suck badly
Yumi: Oh c'mon. At least we get some more action already in the first chapter! Cheer up!
Mana: True, true. I don't wanna waste anymore time that I already did... Instead of making another story bin, I put this in the old one cuz it was on Shiro's b-day. hehe
Hitsu: Don't remind me...
Yumi: Oh yeah! Man, that was hilarious...
Mana: Eh? What happened?
Hitsu: Let's just say on Kuchiki Taicho's birthday, he won't waste any time putting up a barrior of at least 3 Danku this year...
Yumi: -whispers- Taicho almost lost his--
Hitsu: Miyamoto, you say another word of what conspired and I will personally make sure you never go to the human world ever again...
Yumi: -teary eyes- No pocky...?
Hitsu: No pocky, no ramune, and no Kingdom Hearts... None of that 'Monster Hunter' crap either
Yumi: OH HELL NO! -tackles-
Mana: -sweat drop- ...