CHAPTER 7
'Where…am I?' Mizuno's voice echoed through the nothingness, she felt herself in a place with no light, no shadow, no sound, no feel and no presence.
Lifting her right arm in front of her, she couldn't see anything, neither can she feel her arms being raised. She opened her mouth to call out for someone but no sound could be heard out from her tongue. She wanted to call to someone but……who?
Her mind was filled with……nothingness? She couldn't remember anyone, anything or even her self. How long has she been in here? What's this longing feeling in her heart? Who's out there calling her when there's not a single sound could be heard?
She closed her eyes though it won't make a difference for both closing and opening her eyes were still a pit of blackness.
"Mizu-chan!!!!!" Snapped open her eyes to see an enlarged portrait of Yoruichi in front of her, her right hand reflexively slapped this intrusion of her sight. "Woh, be careful who you are hitting!"
Mizuno realized at the back of her head that whatever had happened awhile ago was just a dream. "How long have I slept?"
"Eh? I don't really know coz I went to the old crooks' family meeting two days ago." Yoruichi shrugged her shoulders. "Mizu-chan, you are going to graduate next week. Where is your zanpakutou? Kisuke and I want to see it!"
You mean to experiment on it. "I still haven't sense it as yet."
"……" Yoruichi's face turned serious all of a sudden.
"What?"
"You know Mizu-chan, I don't mind you to stay longer in the academy and graduate along with me. Ah! I know, then we'll go to Division 2 together! As much as I want you to be the taichou those old crooks will make a BIG fuss about it; so I'll be the Taichou while you will be my vice! Doesn't that sound great?! "
"……" Mizuno rubbed her still sleepy eyes at the excited Yoruichi. "No."
"EH!!!! Why!!?!?!??!" Yoruichi shook Mizuno's shoulder hard as soon as she heard the word of refusal. "Although you are not as fast as me, not as inventive as Kisuke, not as cold and tease-able as Byaku-yaa, not as high reiatsu as old man, not as fun as Soi Fong, not as……"
Mizuno sent Yoruichi flying with a kick and said to her empty room. "I don't need that much reasons, not going means not going."
(Old man – nick name given to the head of Gotei 13 who is also the taichou/captain of Division 1)
Yoruichi was back in a flash of eyes "ne Mizu-chan, I'm serious, graduate with me."
"I……"Mizuno suddenly felt something, she quickly turned to Yoruichi's left and stared behind her.
"Mizu-chan……………………………!" Mizuno shunpo off before Yoruichi realized what was going on.
"Mizu-chan, where are you!?" As expected from Shunshin Yoruichi, she reached the spot where the last second Mizuno was but couldn't find any trace of Mizuno.
As soon as Mizuno reached the area where she was pulled to by an invisible string, she turned around to look for Yoruichi whose voice was like right behind her but couldn't see no one but a pitch of blackness.
"Call out my name……" a brush of cool breeze passed her right side followed by a warm breeze passed her left side. "Call out my name……"
"Your name?" Mizuno had a feeling that her zanpakutou is calling for her, but she has no connection whatsoever for this……zanpakutou soul.
A moment of silence then groups of distant voice rang:
"あなたは私のストウリイズAnata wa watashi no sutooriizu
呼んだ事のない物語、Yonda koto no nai monogatari
あなたは私のストウリイズAnata wa watashi no sutooriizu
呼んだ事のない物語。Yonda koto no nai monogatari
その瞳を見つめるとSono hitomi o mitsumeru to
見知らぬ国が見えたMishiranu kuni ga mieta
問いらが開いたストウリイズTobira ga hiraita sutooriizu
二度と輪閉じない物語Nido to wa tojinai monogatari
扉が開いたストウリイズTobira ga hiraita sutooriizu
二度と輪閉じない物語Nido to wa tojinai monogatari
運命は変えられないUnmei wa kaerarenai
見知らぬ国へ行こうMishiranu kuni e ikou
あなたを守りたいAnata o mamoritai
ただその想いだけでTada sono omoi dake de
漆黒のこの世界にShikkoku no kono sekai ni
光あふれるときまでHikari afureru toki made"
(Please look under Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion insert song – Stories for translation – it's a beautiful and meaningful song)
Ripples of water sounded its way in the darkness, Mizuno could feel something silky surround
her. Why is she afraid to call out his name…wait, his?
All along the voice belong to a female, why did she think that it's a 'he'?
As soon as Mizuno had that thought, she could see a slim lean male figure rose from the ripples. Strangely enough in this place of absolute darkness, she could see 'him'.
"Call out my name, master." The figure bowed.
Mizuno's mouth unconsciously shaped the sound. "……"
"Your wish is my command, master." A midnight blue hair in layers of robe appeared as the darkness retreated behind his back. His silver eyes attracted Mizuno's eye and drawn her in inside those endless pools. He lifted Mizuno's hand and gave proper bow. "I have waited for too long master, ever since you achieve power, I have been calling you. Do not discard me this time master, or else I'll……"
His rest of the sentence left unheard.
"Ah……Setsuna…" Mizuno's reply became a sigh.