Title: Hatred
Theme 21: Violence
Rating: T
Genre: Angst
It was Soifon's edge, her stimulant to keep her alive. Her rabid hatred fed by cold years of loneliness and violence. She was made captain of Squad two after Yoruichi had left. The decision had been put into question constantly during her first month as a captain. Through a bit of violence, the questions had stopped. Through the cold years of loneliness, she was made numb, and therefore, she was made strong. The pain that would make most men scream in agony caused her nothing but a slight flinch in movement, so small that it was barely noticeable. Insults in battle no longer angered her, she was wiser now, and knew how to use that taunting to her advantage. Wood to throw into the intense fire that was her hatred. It empowered her, and with but two strikes, her opponents would always fall.
But there was one she could never have brought down, not because she was not physically strong enough. No, Soifon was beyond strong enough, but she felt love for her no matter the times she muttered curses of her name. And that was why she hated her the most.
And when she would see her again, over a hundred years after her abandonment, that twisted feeling of hatred and love would flourish and with that she would fight. And deep in herself, she would know that it would be useless, because she would not strike to kill. She would strike to love.