White Flower
Chapter 6
Author's Note: Hey guys! Last time you got to decide who Akari was! Wasn't it a nice little shocker there for you? (: Sorry it's been a while! I literally have so much going on in my life! I'm so over school! -_-
And thanks for reviewing my chapters! It gives me great pleasure to introduce to you all chapter 6 of White Flower! I hope you enjoy it! OH! Before I forget, EVERYONE PLEASE READ BELOW! So you won't be confused later on in the story!
"Hello" = Thinking
"Hello" = Flashback, Emphasis on words, or TALKING ZANPAKUTO!
"Hello" = Kido or Zanpakuto release
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Recap:
Nothing else was said as she walked out the door in a haste. Kisuke looked over at Yoruichi.
"How do you think she took it?"
The cat gave a purring sigh. "I don't know. I don't read minds."
More silence came upon them. Kisuke sighed.
"She used to be so different back in the day. So sweet, gentle, yet stern."
"After what happened with him, anyone would change."
Kisuke stared into space for a moment. "Well, I hope things will get better for you… Lily."
Present:
Heels clicked along the pavement in the dead silence of night. The owner of the heels was currently walking on an empty street. The once usually noisy shopping center was now without a soul. There was nothing heard besides the clickity-clack of the woman's shoes.
Akari yawned. "What time is it? How long have I been out here?"
She looked towards a store window and peeked inside. On the far wall was a clock. From what she could see, the time read ten o'clock. Wow. That was much later than she had wanted to be out here. She started thinking back to why she was out so late anyway.
Flashback
Akari walked stiffly away from the Urahara shop. No emotion was showing on her face, but in her mind, she was in turmoil.
"So he's a captain now, huh? It seems even the 13 Court Guard Squads even fell for his little trap. No, his Kyoka Suigetsu.
She didn't notice that she had been aimlessly walking through town, not noticing anything around her. She was completely lost in her thoughts.
Akari soon found herself standing on a hill. That hill sloped down until it met a huge river that ran through the middle of town. She stared at the water, as if it mesmerized her.
"Darn it! How did things progress this far?! He should have been dead a long time ago! But I was too weak…"
She then looked towards the sky. It was a cloudless night. The full moon reflecting off the surface of the water.
"I wonder how things are going up there. How is Captain Ukitake? Does anyone miss me?"
She was interrupted from her thoughts by the sound of a twig snapping. She looked around and saw no one at first. Then she heard obnoxious laughing. She looked to her left and saw three men. Three drunk men to be exact. They were stumbling and swaying back and forth, looking like they would topple over at any moment. One would have thought they would since they were standing in top of a hill.
It wasn't long until one of them spotted her. He blinked at her tiredly, like he was wondering what he was staring at, then he smiled toothily at her.
"Well, lookie 'ere boys!"
That was when the two other men saw her. They also threw ugly grins towards her.
"Aye babe! You," hiccup "Look lonely."
"Would you like," hiccup "Some company?"
Akari scoffed. She didn't have time to deal with these idiots. She was also too weary to go about teaching them a lesson.
"I'll just flash-step away when I'm out of their sight. I'm not wasting my energy on men who aren't worth my time."
She turned quickly on her heel and walked briskly towards town.
"Now where you think you goin'?"
She didn't reply, but she could hear the sounds of shuffling behind her and she quickened her pace.
"Come on back, darling! We can show you a real," hiccup "Good time."
Again, she ignored their vulgar language and kept going. She felt them following her for a while. Again, she ignored their vulgar language and kept going. She felt them following her for a while. She slowly started to get annoying at their persistence.
"Screw this! I don't care if they see me! They will probably be too drunk to remember it anyway."
Suddenly, before the men's' very eyes, the woman disappeared.
"She's gone!"
"Where did she go?"
"Aye darling! Get back 'ere!"
Their startled cries caused them all to back up into each other. The stumbling now turned into falling. One fell into the other, and they all, very comically, rolled like a bowling ball back down the hill and into the very cold river.
Present:
Akari giggled as she remembered the scene. Those idiots got what they deserved.
She saw that she was getting closer to the outskirts of town, and her home.
She sighed in relief. "Finally."
She then felt another presence behind her. And she was more than sure that it wasn't the drunken idiots again. The one felt stronger. Much stronger…
It felt much stronger than any normal human's. It definitely did not feel like a Soul Reaper. It felt like…
A hollow.
What should she do? Did it feel her spiritual pressure influx when she flash-stepped away from those men? It must have. Though something seemed off about this hollow. Usually most hollows give off overwhelming killing intent, which acts like a beacon to most Soul Reapers hunting them.
"However, this one isn't giving off any killing intent at all. That's strange. From what I know, don't all hollows have some amount of killing intent? That said… I don't think this is even a hollow at all! Either that, or it may have some special power to hide its intent. I know a lot of hollows have powers."
She suddenly heard footsteps close behind her. At the same time, she also felt the hollow-presence getting closer. It seemed that the closer the footsteps got to her, so did the presence. Was the hollow following the stranger? Using that person to get closer to Akari? Or was the hollow and person one and the same?
"There is only one way to find out." She thought.
She turned sharply towards an alleyway. She forced her body to relax so she wouldn't tip off the person who was following her. It was getting closer…closer…closer…
NOW!
Her left hand suddenly started to sparkle. The sparkles gathered together and started to spin downwards. They started to form the blue hilt of a sword. It was a beautiful royal blue with golden designs engraved all around it that looked like thorns. The sparkles then kept going down to form the long blade of a zanpakuto. The blade seemed pretty normal except for an intricate drawing of an eye in the middle of it.
Akari spun quickly and was fully prepared to strike down her opponent. However, what she was expecting to hit was a hollow. Instead, her blade connected with another blade. Her eyes widened when she found herself staring into the eyes of…
Shinji Hirako.
"Well, well. What an unexpected surprise. How have you been Lily?"
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Author's Note: Hey guys! Thanks for reading! I have had so much going on in my life I have had almost no time! And I'm so sorry that the chapter was short! I will try as hard as I can to make the next few longer and a little bit more detailed! But for now, please review and happy reading! (: