Sono Rinjuu
(The Dying Hour)
By- ShinigamiMania91
Chapter 05:
"I think this is her house..." Chiyo said as they found a house outside of Karakura town in the woods. She ran up to the porch and jumped back as a trap was set and a net was thrown up into air. "She's set up..." Chiyo said looking around. "Sotura Keiya-san!" She called, "Please, if you live here, I need your assisstance! My name is Yaya Chiyo of the Yaya noblility house in Soul Society!" She called to the house, not leaving her position.
The door slid open, and Shuuhei grabbed Chiyo's hand in a protective mannor. A girl with light brown hair to her waist peered out to the golden eyed girl. "Nase-chan?" She said, obviously she didn't hear Chiyo.
"No, my name is Chiyo. Yaya Chiyo." Chiyo told her.
"You look so much like Nase-chan..." Keiya said. "You must be her daughter..."
"Yes..." Chiyo said, "She told me you could help me..."
"How did you find out where I lived?" Keiya asked Chiyo.
"His name is Ukitake Jyuushiro..." Chiyo told Keiya. "My mother told me he would know where you reside."
"Jyuushiro..." Keiya said with a soft smile. "Please, come inside." She said hitting a button that released the traps from going off. Once the two were inside, she reset the traps and led them into her dining room. "How is Nase-chan doing nowadays?"
"She's dead." Chiyo said and Keiya's eyes widened.
"How?" She asked shocked written over her face.
"When I was a child, my husband had been controlling everything that happened in my life, and one day, my mother had taken me outside of the Yaya estate and we were attacked by a hollow." Chiyo said folding her hands together on her lap. "She was eaten by the hollow, and the hollow was soon killed afterwards... She survived, but she was locked inside the painting in her secret room..." She told Keiya. "I know it may seem strange, but when I was only three years old in age, my mother told me something, and I remember it clearly..."
"When you grow up and get married, Chiyo. You'll be given a huge responsiblity. It's a power... You're grandpapa hid it before he died, and it is said when the daughter of Kyouya is born, she will gain that power when she is married and has given birth to an heir... She will get the power of a thousand lords, and will live for what seems a thousand years... She will gain that knowledge, and with all this power, she will have to make the choice... to either distroy soul society, or to help it.... But I know that you will use it for good... you won't let any evil be bestowed upon our home..."
Chiyo looked at Keiya. "I cannot bare no child, and that means I am left with two choices, one which I do not want to take..." She said seriously. "I have the choice of releasing the power right now and killing myself, or undergoing training, and gaining the strength so that I can harness the power and distroy Koirukai Saeki..."
"You look so much like Nase-chan... but you act so much like Kyouya-san..." Keiya said with a small smile. "I am here for your help, Chiyo-san."
"Thank you, Keiya-san." Chiyo said bowing her head. She lifted her eyes up to Keiyas, "When do we begin training?"
"As soon as we finish our tea." She said with a smile as she sipped down her tea. "And who is this boy with you? Obviously not Koirukai Saeki..."
"Hisagi Shuuhei..." He said shaking her hand.
"You remind me of someone..." She said with a smile.
"Keiya-san..." Chiyo said getting her attention, "I don't know much about my mother..."
"You want to know some things about her?" She asked and Chiyo nodded. "She was genius in everything she did. Of course, we made the perfect dou, if it wasn't for the fact that she and I were on different squads..." Keiya explained, "She was on the 12th division and I was on the sixth..."
"Urahara was her captain then..." Chiyo said.
"Yep, and she adventurally became his vice captain..." Keiya said, "But Shunsui wanted her to be his vice captain, but Kisuke called her first..." keiya laughed, "Shunsui was so depressed about it, but she took him out for a drink and he felt better..."
"Shunsui... as in Kyouraku Shunsui? Captain of the eigth division?" Hisagi asked her.
"Yep, the one and only." Keiya explained, sipping her tea. "If Nase-chan was not engaged, I am pretty sure that she would have said yes to Shunsui when he proposed to her..." She said laughing, "I felt so bad for Nase-chan and Shunsui..."
"I know that feeling..." Chiyo said as she glanced over to Hisagi. "Having to tell the one you love that you can't be with them..."
"That's who you remind me of!" Keiya said setting her cup down quickly and standing up. "Kensei!"
"What?!" Hisagi said as she pointed at him.
"Muguruma Kensei- he use to be the captain of the nineth division... He was such a sweet heart..." She said, "It's that tatoo of yours!"
Hisagi unintentionally moved his hand up to his tatoo. Chiyo looked over to him. "Muguruma Kensei saved me when I was a young kid in Rukongai." He explained, "And I have it to remind myself of him..."
"That's why you're in the nineth division?" Chiyo asked him. "I should have figured..."
"Hopefully I'll be able to become captain of it too..." He said.
"You really looked up to him, didn't you?" She asked him.
"Yes." Hisagi said nodding. Chiyo let out a small smile before turning back towards Keiya.
"And you remind me a lot of Nase-chan and Shunsui..." She said to the two.
"What!?" The two said looking at Keiya.
"How do I remind you of that.... how?!" He said not able to find words to describe the eigth division captain.
"Nase-chan loved Shunsui... but she knew that they couldn't be together, and so they became really close friends..." Keiya said, "And as they say, history repeats itself..."
"Only this time, history doesn't repeat..." Chiyo said, "This time..."
There was a noise that came from outside, and a loud yell. "What was that?!" Hisagi and Chiyo both said as Keiya grabbed her zanpakuto and headed to the front of the house. Chiyo and Hisagi stayed back.
She opened the door and peered out. "Urahara-san..." Keiya sighed hitting a button causing him to fall from the trap.
"Honnestly, Keiya-san... you don't need to be so protective..." He said landing on his feet and walking into the house.
"If you're me... of course you have too..." She said to Urahara as he walked into the dining room. "This is Yaya Chiyo and Hisagi Shuuhei..."
"Chiyo-san!" He said taking her hand and kissing the back of it. "It's a pleasure to meet you." He said with a smile.
"Ahem..." Shuuhei coughed getting his attention. "This isn't a time to be flirting, Urahara-san."
"I'm sorry Hisagi-kun..." Urahara said with a smile as he pulled out his fan. "I got a request today to come here to meet Yaya Chiyo..."
"That doesn't mean you have to kiss her hand..." Hisagi said annoyed.
"Protective?" Urahara said as Chiyo blushed, looking down at her hands. "Keiya-san!" He called to the women who entered, setting a cup of tea infront of him. "Do you want to train her first or do you want me and Yoruichi?"
"Yoruichi-sama?" Keiya asked him. "Maybe we should have a schedual between the three of us. Two training days a piece, and one day of rest."
"One day?" Chiyo said, use to the two days she would normally get when she was on a squad.