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Twisted and ForgottenChapter Four: I really, REALLY hate you
Shuuhei has now come back from Hell. (A.K.A. Fourth Company)
I now know for a fact that my nose will never feel the same. Never again.
Apparently Reigo decided to punish Shuuhei this time and stuck some thing up his broken nose. And it was certainly not pleasant.
"HELL YEAH! WE GONNA PARTY!" And when Shuuhei turned his head he saw one of his friends, Matsumoto. But if she was going to throw a party, which was not a good thing, it was pretty obvious that she would get drunk and then she would try to hook up with some unknown, unsuspecting guy.
Hitsugaya fortunately agreed with that fact. "And why is the reason that you're going to party?"
"IT'S BECAUSE…hic… BECAUSE…hic…"
"Yes?" Hitsugaya pushed on. Shuuhei winced. Apparently Matsumoto was already drunk.
"Because it's…hic…" Well at least she stopped yelling. "You know how there was that freak that came to Sereitei? You know the suicidal one that somehow ended up being…hic…a shinigami in the seventh company?" Matsumoto prodded through Hitsugaya's memory because he didn't seem to remember. "You know… hic… the one who threw… hic… threw you off a… hic… a wall?
"Oh… yes…Anjyl Komicana. What about her?" Hitsugaya didn't seem to like remembering the mentioned experience.
"Well Yamamoto decided to assign…hic… someone to have her tag along with because she was…hic… such a nuisance. But she's gone through at least five different people and Yamamoto decided he might…hic… assign a vice captain/ captain this time. Luckily some other…hic… poor sap got saddled with her."
"So who's the lucky duck?"
"Uh…hic…Shuuhei…I think…hic…"
"Poor guy. Remind me why she's a freak again?
"Well…hic…" Shuuhei listened more closely to this. "…Yamamoto decided …hic… not to…hic… tell us…hic… I think Komamura…hic… knows…" Shuuhei grimaced. Matsumoto was hiccupping more. God was she drunk! "But she's…hic… different…hic… She was offered…hic… offered the position…hic… the position of eleventh…hic…captain…hic…but she refused…"
Shuuhei's eyes slightly narrowed at this information. Who the Hell did Yamamoto stick him with?
"And…hic… she…hic…can throw…hic… Komamura…hic… into a wall …hic… she does…hic…it every day… hic…the wall normally…hic…breaks…"
"Ah. So that's why there is a mass quantity of walls in the seventh company."
"SO…hic…THAT'S WHY I'M THROWING A PARTY!"
"Something tells me you're going to get a massive hangover in the morning." Hitsugaya replied as he shook his head.
Shuuhei decided to leave and collect his thoughts at this newfound information. But he didn't notice that he wasn't the only the one eavesdropping. If he looked closely he would've seen a pair of slitted gold eyes in the shadows.
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And this is where we find Shuuhei talking to Komamura.
"So why did you want me Shuuhei? I do hope it's not for more tea because that certainly isn't urgent. And I don't think it's that healthy either." Komamura looked at him with a spark of humor in his voice.
"No…it's something else…"
"Good. I realized a few days ago that you had quite a colorful vocabulary." Komamura's eyes had the slightest trace of laughter.
"Actually it has to do with Anjyl Komicana." Shuuhei decided to put it bluntly.
"What about her?" Komamura suddenly lost all humor in his stance. "If this is a complaint I'm afraid I can't do anything."
"No but… Okay let's keep this straightforward. Who is she? Or better yet… What is she?"
"Of what importance is this information to you?"
"Well considering that she's broken my nose at least three times and I'm stuck with her. Oh and my groin doesn't feel quite right either."
"So? Why do you need to know?"
"If I'm stuck with her I do want to know how to not injure or kill myself in the process."
"She's done worse." Komamura looked away with a dark look.
"What could be worse?"
"We'll just put it this way… She's a master of a darker kido. Much darker."
"How does she achieve the level of a captain?"
"She's achieved Bankai if that's what you're asking."
"Do you know the form of her zanpaku-to?"
"Hardly anyone has seen it and those who have aren't alive. Her name on the battlefield is…"
"Yes?" Shuuhei poked forward.
Komamura's voice dropped to a low whisper. "The Grim Reaper."
A wave of nausea flew down Shuuhei. He shook the thought out of his head and pushed on. "Is it true that she throws you at a wall everyday?"
"Eh? You heard about that?" Komamura scratched his head sheepishly. "Yes it's true."
"So…why did she decline the offer of eleventh captain?"
"I don't know… She doesn't like major changes… You'll have to ask her…"
"Or maybe she's just stubborn as she is violent."
"Agreed." They both laughed together. Shuuhei could see how Tousen had to like the man. He was instantly likable. He had a joking end but he commanded a certain level of respect and all of the punishments in the seventh company were reasonable. He saw why Anjyl respected him. Reigo's words echoed back to him as Komamura and him talked.
If you want her respect… earn it.
And the beast/man had certainly earned it. Beyond his gruff looking exterior he had a kind heart that actually cared on what was going on with his subordinates. Very few captains did that.
Shuuhei found himself feeling as if somehow Komamura and him had some bond. Both of them had been betrayed by Tousen and both had placed all their trust in Tousen.
"Well Shuuhei… Why do you want to know what Anjyl is?"
"Because well…"
Komamura smiled. "Be honest."
"Fine, fine! I'm nosy."
Komamura raised his eyebrows. "Well there's an honest answer… This may take a while to explain.
" Anjyl is not… human. Well she's half human but all the same. When she first came to Sereitei she was a shy little mouse. Never outspoken. More meek than rebellious. She was the average kind of shinigami. They were thinking about letting the fourth company take her."
"I can just imagine." Shuuhei dryly replied as he pictured Anjyl sticking pins in voodoo dolls.
Komamura chuckled and then continued. "But then she went missing for two months. And after that she was…changed. You'd have to ask her to find out what happened. But the day that she came back three shinigami of the eleventh company were found dead, hung by their necks with the crows picking their eyes out."
"That's nice to know…" Shuuhei responded a tad disgusted at Komamura's description.
There was a crash and both of them turned to see Anjyl glaring at them clutching a piece of what looked like door in her shaking hands.
"You told him didn't you?" Her voice was quiet, filled with fury. Her hands clenched and the board disintegrated into dust. "You said you wouldn't! Here I was thinking that you could be trusted, here I was thinking that you were to be respected. But I was wrong wasn't I?" Her voice shook with rage and her amber eyes narrowed. "But don't worry! I don't matter do I? No one in the world gives a damn about how I feel! I'm just a piece of dirt you can kick around! People don't bother me because they're scared! But it doesn't matter! Just shows how much I hate family! Because I really, REALLY hate you!"
With that she turned around and left.
Shuuhei turned to Komamura. "Family?"
Komamura grimaced slightly. "She's my niece through law. In other words she's the daughter of my distant cousin who had a weak and feeble mind."
"Had?"
"Yeah. Anjyl killed him."
"Oh…"
"I would like you to keep quiet about our relationship though…"
"Oh don't worry. So what do we do with her?"
"Let her cool down. I'm guessing she had to blow off some steam."
"Oh…"
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Komamura stood up and yawned. "It's getting awfully dull."
"Did I ever tell you about what the fourth company does in their spare time?"