White Flower

Chapter 3

Author's Note: Hey guys! I've been really sick lately and I have nothing better to do than to bless you guys with another chapter! Btw, thank you for reading my last chapter! I know my chapters aren't too long but I am truly trying my best this is my first fan fiction ever! So please review if you can and take the time to give advice I will take ALL into consideration! But for now, please enjoy chapter 3.

"Hello" – Thinking

"Hello" – Normal talking

"Hello" – Flashback/Emphasis on a Word

"Hello" – Zanpakuto release/Kido

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Lily panted hard. Her chest was on fire! She had been running literally all night! It was now morning. She couldn't move anymore! She was now on the edge of Seireitei and was leaning against the wall of a building. By the position of the sun it seemed to be around 8:00. She didn't know how long she had been running. Hours, days, it sure felt like weeks! She sat there for almost half an hour trying to catch her breath. She ignored the strange looks she got from Soul Reapers passing by. She could hear the whispers circling around about her.

"Who is she?"
"What's wrong with her? Has she been running away from someone?"

"Stay away from her."

"She looks like a troublemaker…"

"I would stay away with her."

And many more things were going on about her. But she didn't care. They didn't know the situation. They didn't know what happened to the four unfortunate captains back there. One of them may have been their captain and they didn't even know it! They didn't know that the person who did this to them… was her brother.

A broken sob broke in through her panting. Why was this happening to her? Even from a young age… he always found a way to get under her skin and torture her. She felt like breaking down and crying. But no, not with all these people around. Even so, she promised herself ever since that happened, that she would never cry again, she would be strong. She would be cold whenever she needed to be. She still had compassion, but she had turned into a completely different person ever since that happened.

"What am I still doing here? I have to keep going. I can't let anyone find out my secret. I need to go far, far, away from the Sereitei!" she thought to herself.

Bringing herself shakily to her feet, she set off in a steady jog. She went in a steady pace until she heard a familiar voice behind her that made her freeze.

"Now just where do you think you're going?"

(Kisuke's Lab)

Kisuke woke up with a start. He was confused when he looked around the room and saw that he was in the Twelfth Division headquarters. "Did I fall asleep working late last night? I seem to be doing that an l-"Kisuke thought before all of the memories from last night flooded back to him.

(Flashback)

In a flash of lightening, Kisuke, Tessai, and the other eight unconscious people were suddenly standing in the middle of Kisuke's office in the Twelfth Division. Kisuke looked over at Tessai.

"Wow Tessai! That was awesome! How did you do that?"

Tessai cleared his throat and looked at him blankly. "Kisuke, don't you think we should be focused on trying to save these people."

Kisuke looked down towards them and frowned. This was not good. "The hollowfication process is moving so fast…I have to stop it as soon as I can!" Kisuke thought with a serious look on his face.

"So… how do you plan on stopping what's happening to them?" Tessai asked with a hand on his chin.

"It's called hollowfication. It's one of the solutions I found when trying to find out how to enhance a Soul Reaper's soul. It turned out to be too much of a devastation that I never even thought of testing it when finding out what could happen. To think that Aizen would stoop so low…

Anyway, during my research, I created something…something that can completely destroy and recreate the boundaries between Soul Reapers and Hollows instantly."

Tessai was speechless. "Something that can destroy and recreate boundaries? What in the world could do such a thing? I wouldn't have thought such a thing existed!"

Kisuke the looked at him. The hat he wore created a shadow over his eyes, which unnerved him, to say the least.

"I call it… the Hogyoku." Turning towards the eight Soul Reapers, he walked towards them slowly.

"I will use it to treat them."

(Flashback ended)

The faces of hollow masks was what awaited him. Every single one of the eight Soul Reapers' masks-even some who were on their way to being fully formed or halfway- had fully formed. Kisuke was speechless. He…failed? He was more than sure that the Hogyoku would reverse the effects of the hollowfication! He was absolutely sure that it would work! But the truth was staring him straight in the face. The Hogyoku didn't work. What he thought would happen turned out to be the opposite. The Hogyoku sped up the process.

Kisuke's body felt numb as he stood and walked towards the door.

"Kisuke?"

Kisuke's head slowly turned towards Tessai, who was staring at him with worry on his face. Tessai sweated a little when he saw Kisuke's eyes. They were blank. With absolutely no emotion coming from them. It's like they were dead. Like a man who had a dream all of his life, but had been crushed like a bug right in front of his eyes. It was an awful thing to look at.

"Kisuke… are you-?"

"I'm sorry, Tessai…I thought it would work, but," He breathed in deeply.

"I think I need a little bit of fresh air."

Kisuke calmly opened the door. The light of the sun made him shield his eyes.

"Where had everything gone wrong?" he breathed out. Everything had started off so well! First, being stated as a Captain of the 13 Court Guard Squads. Meeting his new squad for the first time. Getting kicked in the face by his very determined, but also very violent lieutenant. All the fun times he had getting used to his new job. He could've said he had no regrets in his life. Until last night…

His inner monologue was interrupted by two guards appearing beside him. Getting over the initial shock, he put on the best smile that he could in his rough state.

"Oh gentlemen? How may I help-"

"Captain Kisuke Urahara, you are under arrest by the orders of Central 46."

(Back with Lily)

Lily put her hand over her heart in shock. After she felt her heart settle down enough, she bowed down to her superior.

"Captain Ukitake, you scared me!"

Her captain bowed his head in greeting to her. Then he put up a serious face.

"You didn't answer my question, Lily."

She kept her eyes to the ground, her hair creating a shadow over her eyes. She slowly looked up at his weary, but handsome face and smiled sweetly. One thing she had always been good at, was lying. "Courtesy of my brother, I guess."

"Well?" He questioned.

"You see, sir. I was looking for Lieutenant Aizen. I seem to have lost him.

"Lieutenant Aizen? What business could you have had with him?"

"He promised to train me later on today!"

"Oh, in that case, Captain Kyoraku spoke to him last night."

Now this made her curious. "When, if I may ask."

"Right around the stroke of midnight. He seemed to be in his office the whole night. He didn't leave once."

"Probably with the help of his Kyoka Suigetsu." Lily thought spitefully.

"Hmm, I see."

"Would you like help finding him?"

"No sir, I'll be fine. He could not have gone far."

"You know what makes me curious, Lily"

Lily could tell that her captain was starting to get suspicious of her on-the-spot-lie. He was pacing back and forth slowly in front of her.

"N-No sir." She stuttered. "Darn it! Why am I stuttering?"

"It's the fact that I think your bluffing."

"I knew it. What do I do now? Well, maybe I should just go with the flow here."

Lily put up the sweetest smile that she could muster.

"Captain, are you accusing me of lying? Now why would I do that?"

Captain Ukitake frowned. What was she hiding from him? Did she not know that her lies were obvious?

"Why yes, I'm accusing you of lying because of two reasons. First of all, I don't think you would ever ask Lieutenant Aizen train you."

Lily had a small frown on her face. "Now why would you say that, captain?"

"That's because every time myself or someone else mentions his name, you get a murderous aura around yourself, and don't you dare try to deny it!" He said as she opened her mouth to protest that statement. She looked down at her feet. She knew it was true. Though it was very hard for her to hide her emotions from people.

Another thing her brother thought was a weakness.

"The second reason… captain?" she mumbled.

"The second reason would be, that I don't see why you would go train when you have a horrendous wound like that on your shoulder, which I know wasn't an accident."

Lily gasped. She looked down at her shoulder to see that it wasn't bleeding as bad as it was before, but it was still oozing blood. Grasping her shoulder tightly, she started to recall that she was suddenly feeling very lightheaded. Like she could pass out at any moment. But she couldn't afford to do that.

"Now, since we are done with the lies, can you tell me what's really going on before I force you to…Lily?"

Lily was now panting as she felt the lightheadedness fully take effect. She was now on her knees. Her hair was once again creating a shadow over her eyes, she slowly looked up at her captain. No…not after she had gotten this far. She was going to kill Sousuke. She just needed somewhere to heal and to clear her mind first. And she knew she couldn't do that here.

Captain Ukitake extended a hand towards her. "Now, let's go heal that wound."

"Hado #31 Shakkaho (Red Fire Cannon)!" Lily screamed as a small ball of red compressed energy hit the ground. The explosion it made wasn't big, but it was loud enough to gain the attention of everyone in the immediate area, perhaps a little farther.

However, it also a made a great smokescreen for Lily to get away.

Lily panted as she flash stepped as far away as she could. She felt herself about to fall away into the darkness that was unconsciousness. But she couldn't. She still had not found Sousuke…

She still had not gotten her revenge…

She still hadn't…

Silent tears fell as darkness soon overcame her.

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A/N: Oh no! What's happened to Lily? Don't you want to know? Well… I'll leave that to your imagination! MUAHAHAHAHAHA! I'M SO MEAN! But don't worry! I'm already starting on chapter 5! So you won't have to wait too long! Anyway, I would really appreciate if you reviewed what you thought of this chapter and any advice you could give me on how to make this chapter better! Goodbye!