Eyes Like Fire
Chapter 2: Maneater
Theme Song: Maneater - Nelly Furtado (I think that's how u spell it...)
Ikkaku's eyes widened. Unohana's serious expression didn't waver an inch.
"A... demon?" Yumichika stood beside his friend. "Captain Unohana... surely the girl can't be that dangerous."
"Oh? Have you ever fought her on a bad day? Have you ever seen her flaming spiritual pressure change from fiery to black as hell before you see no more? No. Or you'd not be here. Those that have angered Kyohaku to that point don't live to tell of it. Her Spiritual pressure alone is the third most frightening thing in the entire Seireitei, only Kenpachi Zaraki and Nokana's Zanpakuto, Deddokage, are more frightening." Unohana closed her eyes in worry. "It was only out of kindness that General Captain Yamamoto allowed her into the Gotei 13. She is very dangerous, so be careful. Only Kenpachi and Nokana would stand a chance against her on a bad day." With that, Unohana ushered the two Eleventh Company Shinigami out of her hospital as quickly as possible.
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Kyohaku smiled widly as Renji introduced her to Nokana, her idol. Instantly she spoke up enthusiastically.
"Nokana-sempai! I'm honored to finally meet you! Renji was my favorite sub teacher in the Shinigami Academy and has talked of you often, and at the academy you are used often as an example for strong female Shinigami to look up to!" Nokana smiled and her rainbow eyes swirled gently.
"Well, so you're the new girl in Eleventh. Kyohaku is it?" Kyohaku blushed and nodded vigorously.
"Y-Yes! Sempai, I'm honored you know my name!" Renji smirked at Kyohaku then nodded as Yumichika entered.
"Kyohaku-chan, may I talk to you outside?" The firey-eyed girl glared but sullenly nodded and followed him outside. "Kyo-chan... I have a question... Unohana said something about you being a demon and how your fire sometimes turns black... mind clarifiying?" At the mention of such things, Kyohaku visualy shrank and nodded.
"I... Sometimes... When I get really, really mad... I get out of control... There was an accident... when I was a little girl... Ever since then... I've been living in a sort of symbiosis..."
"Symbiosis? What do you mean?"
"I was... tortured... a demon carved into my body... and my very soul... It provides me with my power, my life... and I give it life and a body to call it's own... yet it's not always easy to live with a violent demon in me... Sometimes it starts to taint my Spiritual pressure, thus turning it black. And it poisons those around me. But if it weren't for the demon I would have died anyway."
"Why?"
"I was sick. I had a terminal illness that was incurable. I only had one, maybe two weeks when I was tortured and the demon accidentally implanted in me."
"And... does it have a name?"
"Yeah... And it's not an it... It's a she. Her name is...Agh!" Kyohaku clutched her body and doubled over in pain.
"Kyo-chan!"
"I'll be fine... she dosen't like me telling strangers about her..." Giving a small smile, she stood and turned. "I'll tell you when she tells me it's okay." With that, Kyohaku walked back into the company headquarters.
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"Renji-kun... It's been awhile since we've talked. What's up?"
"Not much... Nokana-okaasan... I have a favor to ask."
"Ask away."
"Please... look after Kyohaku-chan." Nokana raised an eyebrow.
"Is there something wrong with her?"
"No... not really... She just... has a demon in her that could possibly destroy everyone and everything." Nokana's eyes widened. "Don't worry, it can't do anything just yet. It was put in Kyohaku to contain it, and in turn also save her. She was going to die from an illness, but the demon saved her." Renji looked at Nokana pleadingly. "Please, make sure Ikkaku dosen't pull off any stupid shit that could get us all killed. I'm asking you because I care about Kyo-chan and I know I can trust you."
"I'll look after her, Renji. Don't worry." They both turned as Kyoohaku entered.
"Sorry about that Renji-kun, Nokana-sempai. Asegawa-san just had something personel he had to ask me." Nokana smiled kindly at the younger girl.
"Why don't we get you settled?" With that, Nokana led Kyohaku to see the rest of the compund.
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Ikkaku starred disbelivingly as Yumichika recounted everything that Kyohaku had said to him. Nokana wasn't really a demon herself, she had a demon in her. And that is what led to the terrible transformation that Unohana had referred to.
"I've got to tell you Ikkaku, you sure pick the wrong women to fight."
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
"Well, you had your ass handed to you by Nokana-san the first day we arrived and every day since, and you almost get mauled to death by Kyohaku-chan who just so happenes to be almost as dangerous as Nokana-san and Captain Zaraki. And you do know that she hates you now, right?"
"Like I give a flying fuck!" Ikkaku stood and brandished his Zanpakuto. "That little girl don't scare me any!"
"Just... Be very careful. Kyohaku is very dangerous."
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Kyohaku sat beside Nokana, who sat beside Kenpachi, and ate her lunch. She did her very best to console the older woman, since she did know what it was like to lose your sister. Her own older sister had been killed not three days before Nokana's was found dead, and had been killed in exactly the same way. Which was odd, and raised quite a few eyebrows...
"Kyo-chan... Would you like to come with me to see the bodies? I... I want to confirm something. Captain Unohana will be coming with us to help me." The younger woman nodded wildly.
"Of course, Nokana-sempai! I'd love to come with you!" The older woman smiled.
"Thank you." She turned to Kenpachi. "Kenpachi-koi, Is it alright if I bring her?"
"Yeah. Nothing interesting is going on lately, so go ahead." Ikkaku entered the room and grabbed Kyohaku right out of her seat. Ignoring the protests of everyone, he dragged the girl out of the room and pinned her to the wall outside of the company barracks.
"Let's get one thing straight, girl. I don't care it you are some demon or shit, I ain't scaired of you!" She merely burned a hole into his head with her eyes.
"Are you done?" He didn't answer. "I'd like to finish my lunch, so please put me down."
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Ikkaku starred down at the girl he had pinned to the wall. She was angry, glaring at him with hate... she was fucking hot. Her eyes looked like the pits of hell. What happened next surprised both of them. With out thinking, just acting on instinct, he crushed his lips to hers. She stiffened beneath him.
"Ikkaku! What are you doing to poor Kyo-chan!" The bald man broke the kiss to look at Yumichika starring at them... and soon found himself slapped clear across the training grounds.
"YOU BASTARD! NEVER DO THAT AGAIN!" He sat up to yell back, but Kyohaku was already stomping back into the mess hall, her red face hidden by a wall of equally red hair.
"You ought to be ashamed of yourself." Yumichika stood beside him. "You call Kenpachi a womanizer, but you're worse."
"How is that, Yumi?"
"For one, you're still trying to get with Nokana, even though she is clearly in love with Kenpachi. And now you're trying to get with Kyohaku-chan, who is both sweet and completely innocent... Just to warn you, she doesn't seem to be the type into the whole romance thing." Ikkaku made to retaliate, then stopped. Yet again his beauty obsessed friend was right.
"Awwwww... Shud up."
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A/N: Okay, so, thoughts? Ideas? Something? Yeah, this, along with Rainbow Eyes, is gonna be a Kenpachi x Nokana x Ikkaku x Kyohaku fanfic. Just to warn you all, there will be a ground breaking discovery next chappie.