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So, after I re-read this chapter I almost fell off my chair, laughing so hard at all the stupid grammatical errors it had. I cleaned it up a bit so it should be better now! I wanted Ichigo to be somewhat of a potty mouth to depict his desperation.
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A Captain's Journey
After all this time, after all the blood, sweat and tears, he finally found it. He knew where it was. And he was going after it.
Ichigo Kurosaki was pacing up and down his office like a trapped lion in a zoo. His head was about to explode and the ideas of the big heist where coming to him in drafts. He had already gathered up a team to investigate every nook and cranny of the place, so in just a matter of seconds he would have the information he needed in his hands. But he couldn't wait. Seconds where just too long to freaking wait.All he's ever done is waiting,and he was tired of it.
He slammed the door open and went into the investigation headquarters. People dressed in white robes where walking all over the place. He went up a flight of stairs where he found his partner and captain of the investigation team.
"Just tell me you have something"-Ichigo said impatiently
"Ah, Kurosaki-taichou, to what do I owe this honor?"-responded the captain
"Don't mess with me Ishida. Tell me what you got"-he demanded
"Well now whoever said that you could get away with things by being so rude"-Ishida teased. But by seeing Ichigo's look on his face, he decided maybe it wasn't a good idea to mess with him.
"Listen, we just got the information regarding the exact location, but we still need to confirm. We can't just bust into a place and be like 'hey I think you might have something I want, but I'm not sure'"- explained Ishida-taichou.
Ichigo sat in a chair and buried his face in his hands. The desperation he felt was too big and he didn't know how to control it. He stood up again and started pacing
"How long do you think it'll take to gather enough information?"-he asked
"Well, it shouldn't take long, but I ain't doing shit if you keep pacing like that behind me"-Ishida exclaimed.
Just when Ichigo was about to leave, a small white dot was running towards them. As it grew closer, you could tell it was a boy and he carried some documents in his hands.
"Taichou-dono, taichou-dono…I…have…some…information…"-said the small investigator, gasping for breathe
"What is it Hanatarou-san?"-asked Ishida
But before he could answer, Ichigo had already grabbed the papers and spread them on the table. It was blueprints.
"Are those…?"-asked Ishida
"Yes. These are the blueprints from the Kuchiki Kingdom"-said Ichigo, a crazed smile spreading across his face.
He busted open the doors to another room (apparently he likes doing that) which was full of guns and gadgets. There was a girl with a helmet kicking and punching the air, apparently using a virtual helmet.
"Hey, Tatsuki-taichou, I'm convoking an emergency meeting. I need all the other captains to meet here."-Ichigo ordered
The raven haired captain sent the message across to the other divisions and in a minute there were five captains gathered around Ichigo.
There was Ishida-taichou, captain of the investigation team, Tatsuki-taichou, captain of the weapons and arms lab, Chad-taichou, captain of the Physical Force and Inoue-taichou, captain of the Healing and Medicinal center. Ichigo stood before them, since he is the general captain. They were all looking at each other, asking themselves what was wrong with their captain.
"Captains, we have gathered the last piece of information required. We are able to enter the grounds and retrieve the treasure. There is no reason to delay this now. We must act without haste. Chad-taichou, I want you to gather all your men. They will be our cover while we are breaking into the castle"-
Everyone looked at each other at this point
"Kurosaki-taichou, are you sure you want all of us to go?"-asked Inoue
"Yes. This is not a fucking playground where entering. It's the Kuchiki Castle. I'm sure that they will have a lot of soldiers guarding everything"-he explained
"Yes but…"-Chad started to rebut but Ichigo slammed his hand on the table
"No buts. This is happening today. I am going to end this today. If any of you have anything to say against that, then you should stand up and get the fuck out of here, am I clear?"-Ichigo glared at his captains as daring them to make a word. After he calmed down, Ishida ventured a word
"OK Kurosaki-taichou, we will go with you, but are you aware of today's date?"-he asked
"Yes. What about it?"-
"In my reports it states that today's is the Hime's 19th birthday. They are scheduled to have a ceremony honoring her today. If they are the place is going to be packed with all kind of socialites and that means tighter security"- he explained
Ichigo stood there, thinking. He had forgotten about that piece of information. The freaking princess's birthday. Who gave a damn, he loved crashing parties anyway.
"Doesn't matter anyway, we'll go through with it"-he said
"At the expense of losing our men?"-Chad asked
"Yes"-Ichigo simply answered
After the meeting was done, Ichigo went back to his room. He could feel it. He could even taste it. Revenge.
He never forgot that day. It was raining so hard he thought the earth was going to split open. His mother and father where whispering outside his door as he saw lights approaching his house through his window. His mother came into his room and grabbed him. He saw his dad with a rifle in his hand going downstairs and then he saw his mother put him inside a closet.
"Ok baby, I need for you to be very quiet ok? Can you do that for me? Don't come out until you see the sun. Promise me you won't come out"- his mother had pleaded
Without knowing what was happening, he nodded his head and his mother closed the door, and he could only see through the tiny slots of the wood.
But he had wished that she would have covered his ears instead. He heard the gunshots and the screams. He could smell the dirt and blood and the stench of death covered his nostrils.
After a while there was silence. He thought he would go outside when he heard footsteps stepping hard on the wooden floor.
"Yer, we did what we needed to do, let's get the fuck out"-a man said
"Come on, let's raid this motherfucker. There must be some jewels or somethin'"-said another man
"The king's orders were clear. Let's get out of here before someone comes"-the first man said
He felt them leave the house. He felt them drag the bodies. But all he could think of was 'the king's orders were clear'.
Those memories had haunted him for his entire life. Since he no longer had a home, he wandered, and learned many things, amongst them, how to kill.
When he turned fifteen he stumbled into a gypsy park. He had heard that the gypsies where dangerous, but since it was circus season, they presented no harm.
He walked into a tent that caught his eye and there he saw a beautiful woman with large yellow eyes. On her lap there was a big black cat snoozing and purring.
"There must be something you want to know, if you walked in here"-she said in a low, mysterious voice
"I want to know how to kill the person who killed my parents"-he said
The gypsy looked at him in the eye and said:
"Boy, there is adventure in your life to come. You will encounter a crossroads. You will be faced to decide between your heart and your mind, your soul and your memories. You have not forgotten, you have not forgiven, and your heart is being consumed. Slowly, but surely."-she said
"I don't give a fuck about that. I want to know how I can find the person who killed my parents"-he said
"The truth is only given to those pure of heart that deserves it, and you my boy, are not pure of heart. You must find the treasure that will purify your soul. Once you find it, you will know the truth"-she said
"What does this treasure look like?"-he asked quite calmly
"A smiling moon"-she answered
And that's how Ichigo became who he is, a treasure hunter. He found this corporation through his many travels and got involved. Over the years he had become the best of the pack, earning him the position he had today. But he only revealed his true intentions to become a treasure hunter when he became general captain. And Ishida Uryuu was the one that helped discover the cache.
Ishida had told him about the jewel that was passed from generation to generation of women in the Kuchiki Royal Family. It was legend that this jewel had extraordinary powers, even though no one ever saw them being displayed. But he knew. When he saw the picture he knew. And that's why today was the perfect day to enter the castle, because today, another Kuchiki woman was about to be given the jewel…His jewel. And if he had to rip her neck off, well, so be it.
They prepared everything and went right to it. They disguised the getaway van with a catering service logo and got into Royal grounds without troubles. They unloaded there soldiers through the back as the captains entered through the sides.
They were already inside the castle when they heard the gunshots and the commotion started. They knew they had to hurry. They saw how the castle soldiers marched in front of the back crystal door to stop anyone from getting into the castle.
"Kurosaki-taichou, where is this treasure?"-Tatsuki asked
"Go through all the bedrooms and capture whoever is in it. Go, now!"- He ordered.
He was the one that was going to find it, and he knew exactly where it was.
He busted the door open and looked straight ahead, but was momentarily blinded by the light of the sun augmented by the crystal window. When he was able to focus his eyes, he was paralyzed by what he was seeing.
In front of him was who he assumed was the Hime. Her dark hair shinned under the sunlight and her eyes had a slight shimmer. The sun kissed her pale skin and her body was silhouetted against the sunlight. She looked at him straight in the eye and he didn't seem able to move. But it was only for a second, because he caught the glimpse of the necklace around her neck. There it was, at last.
"Listen, I don't want to hurt you, ok. I just want that thing on your neck, so if you give it to me, will be on our way"-he asked. For some reason he couldn't help being polite.
But she was defiant. She wasn't about to just let go of the damn thing. She asked him who he was and what he wanted. He could sense that she was strong.
"That doesn't matter, just give me what I'm here for"- he said
The thought he had earlier of ripping her neck came to mind, but he felt he couldn't do that, so he reached to her neck just to pull the necklace off when Chad-taichou came in
"Taichou, we must go now"-he said
Crap, what the hell am I going to do now?-he thought. They had to go, fast, but she wouldn't just give up the necklace. Fuck it, I'll take her too-
He grabbed her wrist and dragged her out of the room. The other captains were right behind him when, reaching the top of the stairs, he saw the king.
He was waiting for him, sword drawn out and everything. But Ichigo wasn't scared. He threw the girl to Ishida who was behind him and told them to leave. He would do this alone.
"I would like to ask you why you are here. Why have you come to disturb my kingdom?"-the king asked him
"I'm here looking for the truth. And it so happens to be hanging off the princess's neck"- he answered.
He saw a woman kneeled on the floor crying. He didn't pay mind to that. The king drew his sword in front of him and Ichigo took out his. They were ready to pounce on each other when he glanced at the woman again and heard her say, as if there was no other sound around"please take care of my sister. She will find the truth". After that he blacked out.
He opened his eyes again (though they didn't fell as if they were closed) and saw the tiny princess in front of him. And under him he saw a circle being formed and some sort of portal being opened. The girl grabbed his hand and looked towards her brother and her crying sister
"Arigatou, nii-sama, nee-sama. I apologize for any disturbance this may cause you"-
"What the…"-
But before he could say anything else, the light swallowed them both, and they disappeared.
Well there you have it. I hope you can read it better!
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