Chapter 6 Divide and Conquer
He closed his eyes and imagined her straddling his lap and singing in his ear with her sweet sensual voice. Although she was just outside the window it sounded like she was right there in his office singing in his ear. "What are you singing Chakka Zai?" Her voice floated through the open window.
Let's shake the ground
making love making sounds
take my air no need to breathe
when you're inside of me
He chuckled "with pleasure Chakka Zai, with pleasure" Her voice began to fade as she walked further away.
Captain Gin Ichimaru was sitting at his desk signing paper work, when Denae walked by singing to herself. He began thinking of the day he met her. He was sent to the world of the living by Captain Aizen to observe her and her sisters. His job was to find out if they were powerful enough to destroy a city. He was just suppose to observe and if need be get them to use their powers, but he was not suppose to interact with them. After only watching them for a couple of hours, he could not resist the blonde hair gray eyed fire starter. She was feisty to say the least and everyone around her respected and looked up to her. He thought when he approached her she would give him hell just like the other men who approached her that night. But she melted in his touch and before he or she even realized it they were all but having sex on the dance floor.
Since coming to the Soul Society, he thought they would pick up where they left off but, her death did nothing for their relationship if anything it pushed her further away. He never wanted her to come there, he wanted to keep her from Aizen to keep her all to himself.
Whenever he could he would sneak off to the world of the living to watch the sisters, correction to watch Denae, his little fire starter. He had orders from Aizen and he knew what needed to be done, but when the time came he just couldn't watch her die.
Causing the accident was no problem, what did he care about a happy little family, they were just a means to an end. He watched from a distance as Surreal drove the limo onto the bridge and he smirked to himself when he watched the younger blonde girl jump over the side to save the family. "So predictable" he thought to himself, he knew she would be the first to try to save the family. Although she talked a big game, she was weak in the heart. "Hmph, there goes the other one, so weak that one, what the hell does she hope to accomplish, she can barely control a cup of water let alone a river, two down two to go," he thought. But when Denae jumped in he didn't just merely shrug it off, he didn't laugh at how idiotic she was to try and save her sisters in a raging river when her power was fire. In fact his heart stopped his breath hitched and he froze on the spot. He half hoped she would just stand there and watch her sisters drown one by one. "But you can't always get what you want." He walked over to the frame of the bridge and leaned over to watch the scene unfold before his eyes, he watched the SUV sink with her inside and he waited for her to come up but, she didn't. His job was to make sure they arrived in the Soul Society, all four sisters, that was his job. But fuck Aizen to Hell, he would never let him have HER!
"You don't know everything and you're not mom so stop acting like her!" Alex's breaths were coming in heaves she was so mad. She had her hands at her sides curled up into fists and her face was flushed red. "I'm not dumb, or stupid so stop treating me as such. God! you can be so stuck up sometimes!" A gush of wind nearly knocked Denae off her feet.
"Lex calm down, I just want you to be careful." Denae had her hands up in surrender. She didn't know how this conversation turned in this direction.
"Calm down! calm down! I'll calm down when you learn to stay out of my business Denny, for years we've been connected at the hip because of our little secret and we let you control us, and now we don't have to keep the secret anymore, you're still desperately holding on to us...Let Go!"
"Lex that's not what this is about, I don't trust him, and I just want you to be careful." Denae's voice was even, and she was now pleading with her gray eyes.
"I am careful he's helping me, he's helping us Captain Aizen has been nothing but nice to us since we got here. So do us all a favor and get a life and stay out of our business!" Before Denae could argue any further Alex stormed out of Denae's room slamming the door behind her.
Denae stood in the same spot for a few minutes bewildered and trying to figure out what had just happened. Alex had stopped by to visit her to catch up since they hadn't seen or talked to each other in days. She started telling her about her time living in the squad five barracks and training with the soul reapers, which was fine until she started talking about her developing relationship with Aizen. Denae always prided herself on being the sensible sister. She always gave everyone a fair shake, but Aizen was different. Denae walked over to her bed and sat down, she stared out the window, looking at the people passing by. She had to admit that maybe her separation from her sisters may have turned her into a crazed mama bird, but after having to take care of them for so long, how was she supposed to let go and not worry so much. She let out a long sigh and stood up deciding to go visit Cheyenne. "Maybe she could help" she thought Did she handle the situation with Alex wrong?
Denae made her way through the Sereitei to squad six. She found herself singing Elemental and humming various tunes, which always seemed to calm her down whenever she was upset. Lucky for her family she never had any trouble with her powers. Which was a good thing, because if Denae ever got too emotional and lost control she could scorch an entire city.
Denae walked through the halls of the Kuchiki mansion in search of her sisters bedroom. "Lucky duck" she thought to herself "How lucky is Hime, to get assigned to the rich Captain" she found herself giggling.
"Excuse me miss can I help you?" Denae turned around to see a servant bowing to her.
"Oh, sorry I didn't see anyone when I walked in, I'm Denae I'm looking for my sister Cheyenne."
"Miss Cheyenne is out on the training grounds with master Kuchiki." he nodded his head to direct Denae.
She smiled at him "Alright, I know where that is, I'll just show myself out." Denae made her way out to squad six training grounds.
"I should feel bad that Captain Ichimaru will be without a training ground soon" she thought "but he did insist on training me." She tried to tell him she didn't need training but he was adamant.
"Don't be embarrass little Chakka Zai if you can only make but a little tiny flame." She would swear that she saw him wink at her with his eyes closed "that bastard." She got so irritated by him insulting her powers, that she scorched the earth of the entire area except the land that surrounded him and just because he called her Chakka Zai she disintegrated his white haori clear off his back turning it to ash at his feet. She thought he would be a little frightened or shocked by her powers, or even a little pissed about his Captain's coat but he only laughed. "My my, Chakka Zai, you are a scary little pyro, such precision." he stated dusting his shoulders off of ash.
Denae walked to the edge of the training grounds of squad six, looking down into the pit. She expected to see Cheyenne trying to crush Captain Kuchiki with a boulder, but what she saw made her heart stop. "Another sister lost." she thought. Cheyenne was standing face to face with the Captain her hands in his hands her eyes were closed and he was staring at her intently, talking to her in a soft voice that Denae could barely make out. "Trust me, trust in my voice, the earth is your foundation, I am your foundation, ground yourself to my voice, breathe in and now out, good Cheyenne very good." He leaned in closer to whisper in her ear. Denae couldn't hear him but whatever he said made her bronze skinned sister blush and smile brightly. The earth trembled "Hmm, looks like we still have to work on getting that under control."
Denae slowly walked backwards not wanting to disturb the two. "The last thing I need is another sister pissed with me" she thought. Lost in her thoughts Denae tripped on a rock falling backwards with a rather loud yelp, she braced herself for the hard ground that never came. She opened her eyes to see that she was floating in mid air. She looked around and saw Alex with eyes narrowed and her arms folded across her chest.
"You're welcome, that was your ass a few seconds ago, but thanks to Captain Aizen's training I had no problem catching you." Denae felt the air pushing her back on her feet she turned to her sister.
"Thank-you Lex, Listen..."
"Save it, I don't wanna argue with you anymore, let's leave it."
"Hey guys, what are you doing here." Cheyenne heard the commotion and was now climbing out of the pit.
"Oh nothing Denae here was just coming to tattle on me" Alex said with a wave of her hand her arms still crossed.
"What" Denae was shocked "That's not why I am here Lex"
"Oh so you don't think I'm a helpless naive little dumb ass because I trust Captain Aizen" Alex had an eyebrow raised and her hands were on her hips. Denae began shaking her head side to side and her hands were up in surrender for the second time that day.
"Whoa what's going on here" Cheyenne was looking at her sisters with a confused expression on her face, while scratching her head.
"Cheyenne" Byakuya interrupted "We need to get back to your training, these squabbles are an unnecessary distraction."
"Listen Baklava" Cheyenne said knowing that the incorrect pronunciation of his name would do nothing but piss him off "They are are my sisters and they never fight, so cool it, and just wait for me there we can continue in a minute...Jeez."
Within a blink of an eye Byakuya was standing in front of Cheyenne speaking in a cool monotone voice "know your place, and this is not some vacation you're on you have orders all of you." He turned to look at Denae and Alex before turning back to Cheyenne "Training is necessary and until you learn to control your powers and not cause chaos and destruction where ever you are; training is what you will be doing."
"I know how to control my powers. I don't have..." Before she could finish her sentence Byakuaya bent down and blew in her ear causing a massive quake in the area. Several people standing near by held onto whatever was close by others including Denae lost their footing while Alex cooly floated off the ground.
"Like I said you need to learn control...now come." with another flash step both Cheyenne and Byakuya were standing back in the middle of the training pit. Cheyenne was looking at him with her mouth open before it shifted into a soft smile, he returned it with a half smile before looking back at a shocked Denae and Alex. "Don't you two have training of your own to get too."
"I do, laters" Alex gave a two finger wave to Cheyenne before turning on her heels to leave. "Coming Denny, I'm sure Cheyenne wants to be alone with her new favorite person."
"Bye, I will see you later Hime." Cheyenne didn't hear either of her sisters she was still looking into Byakuya gray eyes. "I guess I can go see how Mitchie is doing, I haven't seen her in a couple of days, she has been training so hard."
"Maybe you should let her, seriously Denny let go, I just went to squad ten and her and that little boy were engrossed in what they were doing."
"I'm not barging in on anything, I just miss my little sisters is that so wrong. It feels like every since we got here we've grown further apart, we have never been separated from each other doesn't that bother you?" Denae and Alex were now making their way through squad six back towards the Kuchiki home.
"Hells no, honestly I was getting so sick of spending every waking moment with you bitches...I mean that with the utmost respect" she said slapping her shocked sister on the back. "Seriously don't go messing with Mitchie she is having the time of her life with that little kid...I have to go now Captain Aizen is probably looking for me...hey don't you have training you need to get to." Denae raised and eyebrow and pursed her lips.
"That asshole is nowhere near my level to even handle me." Denae said with a scoff.
"Hmm I seem to remember someone grinding on said asshole a couple of months ago" Alex poked her ass out and started bouncing it up and down and before Denae could reply she took off running. Denae shook her head and started walking towards her favorite hiding spot in the Sereitei the Kuchiki garden.
May the flowers continue to bloom...
He knew that with a little more time and patients Cheyenne would have complete control of her powers. The only thing that was truly holding her back was her raw emotions and her obvious attraction to him. He smiled to himself at the memory of Cheyenne causing the center of his training ground to cave in when he kissed her on the fore head. After two earthquakes and a rock slide he had decided to end her afternoon training. He wasn't sure how much more of Cheyenne's earth power squad six could withstand, the damage she was causing was getting expensive but no matter how expensive it got he was still more than happy to continue her training, because although he would never admit it the flirting part of her training was rather enjoyable for him. So you would never catch him complaining about what needed to be done.
To everyone in the Seretei it may have seemed like he was bored and fed up with her, but it was quite the opposite. Cheyenne challenged him mentally and physically and she was able to dish his crap right back to him, and as an added bonus she was gorgeous (of course he would never admit that out loud). It had been a while since he felt this way about a woman not since his Hisana. So here he stood in front of her memorial asking for her permission to do what he never thought he would have the courage or will to do to allow himself to do, fall in love with Cheyenne MacDowell.
Till the water runs dry...
Toshiro Hitsugaya the boy genius captain of squad ten was sitting at his desk running his hands through his short spiky white hair. He was very wise and smart for someone his age and although he looked like he was no older than twelve, no one dared talk down to him. For the first time in a long time Captain Hitsugaya was relaxed, he took a sip of his jasmine tea before closing his turquoise eyes and reflecting on the days events.
She was getting better, he had to admit but she still had a long ways to go if she was ever going to control her powers. He dealt with ice so he knew how she felt trying to control something so free as water. The element was never meant to be controlled he tried to explain it the best he could. But her argument was always the same "Denny has no problem controlling fire, and nothing is more free and dangerous than fire."
The truth of the matter was that her sister Denae did have more control than her. He often wondered was it because she was older or was it something else. He felt like Denae should be struggling at least a little just like Cheyenne but that was neither here no there. His focus was on the sister he was assigned, the sister whose powers was closes to his own.
Mitchie had a sweet disposition, and everyone in his squad had taken a liking to her. She also had a way with words, made the best cup of tea he had ever tasted, loved watermelon just as much as he did and God bless her got Matsumoto to do work. He smiled at the thought of Rangiku finishing her stack of paper work. "She might be beneficial to have around." he quietly said.
"Captain Hitsugaya, are you ready to get back to my training." Mitchie stood at the doorway to his office with a big smile on her face and her jade green eyes twinkled in the sunlight.
Captain Hitsugaya stood from his desk and walked over to the young girl grabbing her hand as he exited his office pulling her along "Hai."
69 way to want you...
Lieutenant Shuhei Hisagi was a tall lean man with short black spiky hair and piercing gray eyes. To all but his friends he was thought to be the calm and reserve lieutenant of squad nine, the one with a stick up his ass but his friends new better. Today he was on his way back to his office, he had just return from lunch with Rangiku where he did more drinking than eating. "I really need to say no to her when she invites me out for lunch" he said to himself. He continued walking until he ran into his secret crush Alex MacDowell. Nothing like a feisty woman to spice up your life. He had only tried to approach her once and that had been a disaster.
"What is that shit on the side of your face anyway?...you perv." Alex was two inches away from his face staring at his tattoo.
Normally Lieutenant Hisagi would be offended, normally he would've made a snappy come back, normally he would've just turned around and walked away. But this woman was something special, so this time instead of his usual smart ass remark he just chuckled, which only served to piss Alex off.
"What the hell is so damned funny 69?" She moved her head so that she could look him squarely in his eyes "Are you touched in the head or something?...shit everybody here is fucking nuts."
"Do you always say the first thing that comes to your mind little one?" He smirked at the last comment knowing it would only piss Alex off further.
She huffed forcefully sending Shuhei flying ten feet in the air. But being the talented Lieutenant that he was he landed gracefully on his feet, this time laughing out loud. "I've never had so much fun asking a woman out, you are amazing; so what do you say to a you and a me?" He ended that last part with a wink.
Alex rolled her eyes and walked up to Shuhei, grabbing the front of his robes pulling his 6"2' down to her size "Listen here Shu Shu if you think I'm going anywhere with a guy that has 69 written on the side of his face you are truly out of your fucking mind and another thing if you ever approach me again you and little Shu Shu are going to be permanently separated." She glanced down at his crotch and then pulled him closer to her face "catch my drift." Shuhei nodded his head in agreement while a huge stupid smile graced his face, he sighed in relief when Alex let him go.
He should have been worried about the little threat, he should have said to himself no woman is worth the trouble after all he was very fond of little Shu Shu. But life had been boring lately and he was always up for a challenge. "Hey where are you off to Alex?" She turned around with a smile on her face which quickly faded when she noticed who had asked the question.
"YOU" she began growling "what's the matter don't you like having balls Shuhei?"
"Actually it's Lieutenant Hisagi if you don't mind and I'm actually very fond of my balls thank-you very much."
Alex rolled her eyes and turned to continue on her way "I don't have time for this."
"Well, see you around beautiful." With a lazy wave Shuhei took off in another direction towards his own squad leaving a fuming Alex.
"Honestly the nerve of that guy. I wonder if I could actually get away with chopping off his balls, hell I would settle for just one." She turned on her heels stomping off to her destination.
Game Set Match...
"Chakka, Chakka, Chakka Zai come out come out where ever you are." Gin chanted throughout the Sereitei. He hadn't seen Denae in a while and he was getting very bored "doesn't take much getting a rise out of her". If he took a moment he could focus on her spiritual pressure and find her but where was the fun in that. This game was more fun and more arousing. Oh the things he wanted to do to her when he finally found her, if she finally let him. "Chakka, Chakka, Chakka Zai I have something for you." he lowered his voice so only he could hear "something I know you'll love to play with." He stopped dead in his tracks when he felt a surge of her spiritual pressure "So you're there my little fire starter, Hmm you like to go there a lot don't you." He began walking in her direction.
He found her sitting on a stone bench under a blooming Sakura tree, her eyes were closed and her head was tilted back. She looked so peaceful and relaxed and if he wasn't such a bastard he would have left her alone but since he was. "I've been looking all over for you Chakka Zai... why do you come here? is my little squad three not good enough for you?"
Denae's calm demeanor quickly faded and she had her eyes narrowed, if looks could kill. "I told you my name is Denae not Chakka Zai and it's none of your business why I come here."
"Ah but it is my business since you are mine to control (coughs) train"
Denae heard the mix up of words but assumed that Gin was being his regular ass of a self "look I don't know what you want with me, but I don't need training I have complete control of my powers and it's been that way since I was three; now if you don't mind I would like some peace."
"You can get peace, at my squad, or do you not want me anymore." he said with mock hurt in his voice poking his lower lip out.
"WHAT, what the hell are you going on about. I never wanted you."
"So, you've been using me then, you're such a tease Chakka Zai."
"IT WAS JUST A DANCE."
"What are you talking about? What dance?"
"Oh so now you wanna play dumb" Gin threw his hands up and shook his head from side to side like he had no clue what Denae was talking about. "Toma ring any bells, club Sesenta y Nueve" Gin shook his head "Oh my God seriously, you're gonna play dumb you don't remember grinding on me."
"What's grinding Chakka Zai and why do I have the feeling that I might like that." His grin grew wider. She stood up and walked over to him.
"Why are you such an ass I know you remember dancing with me in the world of the living."
" I don't dance, it's too exhausting and I don't have time for such energy taking things." He said this so matter of factly. Denae just wanted to punch him in the damn face.
"So you don't remember" Denae spun around so that her back was to his chest, she began rolling her hips enticingly against his front before dropping down to the ground and slowly bringing her body back up to grind on him "that" Gin began to breathe heavily. Grabbing a hold of Denae's hips he bent down to whisper huskily in her ear only after he controlled his breathing.
"Oh of course I remember, I just wanted to see if I could get you to do that again." He licked the outside shell of Denae's ear sending a shiver up her spine, and a sharp breath escaped her lips "my little Chakka Zai."
"Ooooh ooh, I hate you" Denae yelled stomping off leaving Gin. To say she was mad would have been a serious understatement but Captain Ichimaru was happy.
"I wonder if that is going to damage our relationship, oh well I bet she is in the mood for training now. What a pity too I just got this new Haori" He chuckled to himself as he set off in the direction of the fuming fire starter.
Elsewhere in the world of the living...
"I know this is not what you want to hear Tasha and Daniel but they are not getting any better and they probably won't, do you think they would want you to continue holding on to them when there is really no hope." Barbara Robinson the sister of Tasha had flown in to stand by her sister's side since the day she found out about her nieces. She did what she could to help them deal with everything from the double funeral to their daughters fans, she even told them the things they didn't want to hear.
Doctor Cullen had come in earlier that day to give his prognosis of Denae and Cheyenne's condition and it wasn't good, and to the parents dismay he had left them with paper work on organ donation. Tasha had a complete melt down and Daniel stood by his daughters hospital room window for hours not speaking.
"I can't, we can't there is still hope, it's only been two months we have to give them time, just a little more time." Tasha was sitting next to Cheyenne's bed holding her hand tears steadily streaming down her face. Daniel was looking out the window his breathing was even but there was a look of pain on his face. He chose to say nothing.
"The doctor said there is no improvement, there should have been some sort of change in their condition by now but there hasn't been any. I'm not saying you have to decide anything now. But you can't leave them like this forever, it's not fair to them and it's not fair to you." She turned to look at her brother-in-law "both of you."
"WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE US DO BARB" Daniel yelled his first words in hours he dropped his head and lowered his voice "they are all we have left." He buried his face in his hands, he wanted to cry, he wanted to scream some more, but no tears came he shuttered and turned to look at Barbara "they are all we have left."
Barbara stood up from where she was sitting next to Denae's bed she walked over to Daniel and placed a hand on his shoulder "But they're not here, not anymore."