OK, more SR! I can't stop writing this, it's fun to write. Plus, nothing else to do. I'm getting a feeling that I'll be done with 3-5 chapters before this week is done. Nothing else to do then watch videos on my computer or just write or both at the same time. I'm weird like that. Either way, I don't have anything left to say. Thanks for all the reviews so far!
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Head Captain's Decision.
Karin slowly opened her eyes, feeling her eyes burning from sunlight it seemed. She couldn't see much, just red from the light.
"Karin, are you OK?" she heard someone say, making her smile a bit.
"Yeah, I'm fine Toshiro." she said, getting up. She felt his hand on her back, helping her up.
"Good, I thought that rough landing would hurt you a bit." he said, Karin being able to see now. She saw he was worried in his eyes, making her laugh a bit.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING, TOSHIRO?" they heard a rather loud roar. They turned and saw a very annoyed and pissed off, orange hair boy who looked ready to kill someone.
"Wait...Ichigo?" Karin asked herself, Toshiro thinking the same. Karin tried to remember what he yelled a second a go, then got really...nervous. "Uh...Toshiro? You might want to get back." she said, Toshiro looking puzzled. But he did what she told him, especially since Ichigo nearly got hold of his head. He jumped back, back flipping in the air. Karin sighed in relief, getting up. "Ichigo, give it a rest. He was just helping me. You need to be less protective." she scolded him, Ichigo having a death glare in his eyes.
"You expect me to calm down after that?" he yelled, making his own sister a bit scared.
"Why are you yelling at her? She didn't do anything." Toshiro said, making him mad.
"YOU SHUT THE HELL UP!" he roared, Toshiro getting pissed. Elizabeth was standing about 20 meters from them, looking at their stupidity. Honestly, how stupid can a person act? She thought, something getting her attention. It was a ominous feeling, like one of those monsters she had seen earlier but stronger. She looked around, trying to pin-point where it came from. She grabbed the hilt of her sword, making sure it wasn't anywhere near the stupid people.
"Your senses are strong, but are they strong enough?" she heard someone, right behind her. She turned, anger in her eyes. She wasn't scared, but she was surprised. Behind her, was a man with blue hair, smirking. "Good enough, I guess. Better then theirs at least." he said, making her growl. "Easy there, dragon girl." he said, Elizabeth being careful and jumped back a bit. While doing so, she stepped on a branch to get the three arguing monks to pay attention. They all looked out, Ichigo's anger going from Toshiro to the man.
"Grimmjow!" he yelled, the man laughing. Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez had light blue spiky hair and light blue eyes, the latter including green lines below them. Grimmjow's attire consists of a white uniform of some sort and a black sash. His white jacket is ragged with an upturned collar. The inner lining is black, the sleeves are rolled up, and Grimmjow wears it open, leaving his muscular chest exposed. The remains of his Hollow mask consist of the right jawbone, and his Hollow hole has moved to his abdomen. His tattoo number, which was 6, is located on his back, near the right side of his Hollow hole. After his first fight with Ichigo, Grimmjow sports a large scar on his torso.
"It's been a long time, Ichigo Kurosaki. Surprised to see me?" he asked, Toshiro grabbing Hyourinmaru. Elizabeth kept her eyes on him, making sure he didn't do anything. "Hm, You must be the dragon girl I've heard of. You sure are careful for a kid. Good to know." he said, disappearing. She widen her eyes, trying to figure out who he would attack. Oh no! She thought, pushing herself backwards and was right in front of Karin. And just in time too. Grimmjow appeared, cutting her arm rather deep. She yelped a bit, but kept in the pain by biting her teeth together. "Tch, you're quick as well." he said, a bit annoyed.
"Hey, you OK?" Karin asked, Elizabeth answering with spitting out a bit of blood from her mouth.
"You're way to cocky. What made you think I would just let you hurt her?" she said, Karin gasping a bit. Grimmjow jumped back, smirking. But it quickly went away and flower petals came in front of him from behind. Elizabeth held her bloody right arm and looked behind him, smirking. "So, we ended up here." She said, very quietly.
"My, my. Now who would attack sweet, young woman like that?" a male voice said, everyone turning to look behind Grimmjow. Behind him was a blond, haired boy, a bit lighter color then Elliot's.
"Who the hell are you?" Grimmjow asked, the boy only smiling.
"Since you mentioned hell, maybe you want to take a trip to visit it for a long time." another voice said, a lot more sinister then the other kids. Elizabeth looked over to the right from the corner of her eye, seeing a man in a cloak hiding in the shadows. "Or maybe you should get away before I drag you down to it." he finished, Grimmjow biting his teeth to hide a growl. But he didn't stick around for long, since a dark portal opened right underneath his feet. He fell down, the portal closing rather fast so no one could follow him.
"Well, that didn't take long. I wasn't expecting that." Toshiro said.
"And we weren't expecting to see you falling from the sky, young man. Now, would you be so kind to tell us who you are?" the blond one said. He hadn't noticed Elizabeth just yet, since she was behind Grimmjow all this time.
"So, you don't recognize me. That's not nice, Marel." she said, the boy, Marel looking at her. He had blue eyes, a bit darker skin then Karin, fancy, black traveling clothes and a shoulder bag on his left side. On the left side of his face, bangs from his hair was covering his eye.
"Well, if it isn't Elizabeth. Good to see you again." he said, bowing at her. Elizabeth got a quick, annoyed look in her eye.
"Do that again and I'll burn you." she said, Marel smiling.
"Who is he?" Karin asked, Elizabeth turning to her.
"My full name is Marel Rilater, and I used to travel along with Elizabeth before she disappeared. It's a pleasure to make your acquittance." he said, Karin nodding and Ichigo still annoyed.
"My name is Karin Kurosaki, and this is my brother, Ichigo Kurosaki." she said, Ichigo scratching his head.
"And my name is Toshiro Hitsugaya. I'm the Captain of Squad 10 in the Soul Society." Toshiro said, the man in the cloak slightly moving his head.
"My name is unknown to everyone, but people call me The Reaper because of my power over the dead." he said, Karin feeling a shiver down her spine when he said that.
"Captain!" they heard a voice say behind him, making him turn his head.
"Rangiku?" Toshiro questioned, the lazy Lieutenant making an appearance.
"I found her in the forest before coming here. I must have been to fast for her to keep up." Reaper said, Rangiku gasping for breath.
"This stupid forest was to thick with branches to use Flash Step." she moaned, seeing Marel and Elizabeth.
"Hey, who are they?" she asked, pointing at them both.
"Marel Rilater and Elizabeth." Karin said, Marel nodding and Elizabeth closing her eyes.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Rangiku Matsumoto, Lieutenant of Squad 10." she said, Reaper turning back to the rest. Rangiku looked closely at Elizabeth, seeing her right arm. "Hey, are you alright? What happened?" she asked, Elizabeth sighing.
"Just forget about it. It's nothing big." Elizabeth said, Rangiku not believing her for a second.
"So, you're name was Elizabeth, right?" Toshiro asked, turning to her. She nodded, wondering why he was asking. He narrowed his eyes a bit, making Karin curious as well.
"What's up, Toshiro?" she asked, Toshiro closing his eyes for a second. When he opened them again, he was smirking.
"I knew it." he said, making everyone confused. "Your last name is Skysilver, isn't it?" he asked, Elizabeth narrowing her eyes.
"Yeah, but what's it to you?" she asked, Rangiku screaming. Reaper groaned a bit at the sound, nearly hitting her by accident.
"Wait, she's Captain Skysilvers sister?" she yelled, Reaper, Marel and Elizabeth looking at her.
"Captain Skysilver? Sister?" Marel thought, Reaper answering for him.
"What she means is that Alice Skysilver is a Captain and Elizabeth Skysilver is her sister. You know about Alice Skysilver, don't you?" Reaper asked, Marel nodding.
"Of course, who doesn't know about her?" he said, Ichigo getting to curious to not ask.
"Just what did Alice do here to make everyone know her? I don't think she ever explained." he asked, Reaper looking around.
"This isn't the place to talk about that. We should go back to Marles. It's too risky to talk here." he said, Elizabeth nodding.
"OK, so Alice used to be something called a Protector of this world and was very known for it. She had two Spirits, making her a target all the time and being unable to avoid a fight. She left about 6 years ago, and you haven't seen her since then." Ichigo said, trying to sum up what they had told them as little as possible.
"Yes, but how on earth did she become a Captain?" Marel asked, Ichigo shaking his head.
"Head Captain Yamamoto had let her come to the Soul Society to try and live a more peaceful life. But she couldn't feel safe without being able to defend herself, so Head Captain Yamamoto offered to train her. Once her training was done, she trialed to become a Captain of one of the three open Captain spaces and she became the Captain of Squad 9. But, she has only been a Captain for over a year now. She's earned the respect of nearly every Captain, including myself." he explained, Reaper nodding.
"And the girl? How did she get to know her?" he asked, Toshiro sighing before explaining to them what had happened 17 months ago.
"The man, Merlik, had gone to the World of the Living to find her, knowing she had the power of a Master inside of her. But Karin wasn't aware of this, so she was an open target. He pulled her to the Soul Society through something Captain Skysilver called a Gate of Worlds. When he did, he made Karin lose control and nearly burning the Sereitei. But we were able to calm her down, and make sure she didn't get in more trouble. I was the one in charge of her, but Captain Skysilver was the one who trained her. Later, both me and Rangiku gained power over a Spirit as well. So she started training the two of us as well. Then Merlik tried to make Karin a ''shell'' for his Spirit. We defeated him and banished him from the Soul Society, but we had hoped he was dead." he explained, Rangiku throwing in a comment at the end.
"For some reason, she said Karin's Spirit was important for this worlds survival. What did she mean by that?" she asked, Marel and Reaper looking at each other.
"Her Spirit is the Fire Wolf, FlameWolf. She was the reason Darkness was split in two. And to keep it that way, she needs to be alive and have a Master. If her Master had died, so would she. Then Darkness would only have one said, Spirit and humans couldn't live together in peace and this world would go into war for the third time. FlameWolf may not be the strongest fire type, but is one of the two most important." Elizabeth explained, Karin looking at her.
"I'm guessing the other one is yours." she assumed, Elizabeth nodding. "What's your Spirit called?" she asked, Elizabeth closing her eyes.
"Marthera, also known as the Flame Protector. She was one of the two dragons to stop the first war, the other being my sister dragon Cyrilia." she explained, Ichigo jumping in.
"Wait a sec, that's the name of her Zanpaktou! How did it go from being a Spirit to a Zanpaktou?" he asked, Elizabeth sighing and opening her eyes.
"Because, Cyrilia is a Spirit who will die if she left this world. Lucky for Alice, she was reborn as a Zanpaktou." she explained, standing up.
"Where are you going?" Marel asked, Elizabeth turning her heels on them.
"To see where everyone else disappeared to." she said, walking out the door. Reaper nodded, Rangiku looking at Ichigo.
"By the way, how did you get here in the first place? From what Shuhei told me, you and Rukia were looking for someone." she asked, Ichigo explaining.
Flashback
Ichigo and Rukia were jumping through the trees, thinking Flash Stepping could make them miss who they were looking for.
"Man, how hard can it be to find one girl?" Ichigo asked, Rukia sighing.
"This is a big world, Ichigo. You can't expect to find someone as easily here as it is in the Soul Society. Besides, the Spiritual Pressure of this place is very different, making it even harder." Rukia said, Ichigo sighing.
"Well, we didn't get a lot of help from that kid either. Blazing, red hair and flaming eyes? That's not gonna help much, is it?" Ichigo complained, hearing swords clashing a bit from them. He quickly tried to figure out how many people were there, but there were to many to count. He focused a bit more, feeling two, familiar Spiritual Pressures. "Hey, do you feel that?" he asked, Rukia nodding.
"Yeah, there's no doubt about it. It's Kisuke and Yoruichi." Rukia said, the two running. But they didn't get far before they both fell down a cliff, rolling into a pile of sand. It made a big smoke, Ichigo getting sand in his eyes.
"Man, what the hell?" he said, Rukia coughing. She opened her eyes, seeing many humans getting kicked by one human. Who is that? She thought. She looked closer, seeing two more people coming out of the trees.
"I think I found them. And they seem to be with someone else." Rukia said, Ichigo getting the sand out of his eyes. He looked over to where she was looking. He noticed them as well, but the person who was jumping into a group of people and kicking them in the air with one swift kick. Ichigo couldn't see much, but he was sure he saw blazing, red hair.
"Wait, could that be...?" he asked, concentrating on her face. She looked mad, surprised and had flaming eyes. "Yeah, that's the girl the kid was looking for!" he yelled, running towards her. Rukia sighed and ran after him, the people she was fighting noticing them. The girl saw them too, getting annoyed. Damn, can't people just stay hidden while their enemies don't know where they are? How stupid have people gotten since I was here last? She thought, sending fire towards the people who noticed them. The two people who came out saw them, the man smiling very carelessly.
"Hey, Ichigo, Rukia! It's nice to see you!" he said, rather cheerfully despite being in the middle of a fight,
"Kisuke, are you crazy! You need to pay attention!" Rukia yelled at him, Kisuke only smiling. The woman behind him, smirked as well, kicking a few people as well.
"Just who are these folks? I wonder why they attacked us." she said, looking over at the girl. She was ignoring her, taking care of the last few people.
"They were solders, sent by someone to take care of anyone who was suspicious. They were just following orders when they attacked us." she explained afterward, Ichigo looking at her.
"Then...why did you kill most of them?" he asked, looking at all the bodies.
"Even though they were following orders, they were still planing on attack innocent people if we weren't able to fend for ourselves. That's why. Plus, their part of a group that have been ruining this worlds peace for some time now. At least from what I understand." she explained, Rukia closing her eyes.
"I guess. Hey, can I ask you something?" Ichigo said, the girl looking at him. "Do you know
A boy named Drew?" he asked, the girl narrowing her eyes.
"What's it to you?" she asked, Ichigo smirking.
"Yeah, he asked us to look for you while he showed Alice and Shuhei where my little sister was." he explained, making the girl widen her eyes at the mention of Alice. Easy, we can't let them know just yet. We don't even know where she is, so don't get your hopes up. A voice said in her head. I know, Marthera. But still...She said, Marthera sighing.
"So, who are they?" she asked, clearly seeing they hadn't payed attention to her change in behavior.
"Alice is a Captain, who I usually call Captain Skysilver. And Shuhei is her Lieutenant, Shuhei Hisagi." Rukia explained, the girl looking down at the ground for a second. Then she looked up, trying to pin-point the sun for some reason. She narrowed her eyes afterward, starting to walk towards it.
"Hey, where are you going?" Yoruichi asked, the girl turning to them.
"Ironal. I've got a few friends to catch up with. And I've already helped you, so I don't need to be here anymore." she said, starting to walk again.
"Well, we'll come with you. We need to get to Ironal as well anyway. By the by, what's your name?" Ichigo asked, the girl making sure she was a bit ahead of them to be safe.
"Elizabeth. Elizabeth Skysilver." she said.
"And then we had no choice but to follow her and make sure we kept up with her. She didn't say much after that, so we kinda forgot about it after a while." he explained, everyone listening to what he was saying.
"Still, I didn't think Alice's sister would be like that. I thought she would be as nice as her or something." Karin said, Rangiku nodding.
"If you knew how she was before, you would have guessed it on the first try. She was a clod hearted which back then." Reaper said, making Karin mad.
"Sorry to say this, but it's true young lady. She never let anyone near her, unless they wanted to become frozen to a wall." Marel explained, Ichigo closing his eyes.
"Well, she's not like that in the slightest now. So, how about we don't talk about how she was before?" he said, everyone else agreeing. Reaper looked outside of his window, seeing the small cliff. Elizabeth, just how much do you remember about your sister, since she left you behind? He thought, feeling her presence on the cliff.
Elizabeth sat on the edge of the cliff, letting the wind blow through her long hair. She looked up, seeing the sun set over the mountain. Wow, a sight like this is like once in a life time for those who are careful. She thought, Marthera chuckling. Or to people who don't know when to wait for the sun. You know, making it very common for you if you bother watching it. Anyway, how come you didn't think to much about seeing your sister again? I thought you hadn't seen her in 6 years. Marthera asked, Elizabeth just staring at the sun. Because, if you think about it, she left without saying a word to me. And when I came here, people expected me to do the same thing as her. Protect everything. I hate it when people try to make me go in other people's shoes, even my own sister. She explained, Marthera nodding. I guess your right. But, you don't hate her...do you? She asked, Elizabeth shaking her head. Of course not. I have no reason to. She said, looking at the moon on the other side of the sky. I just hope she's hasn't changed too much. She said, laying back on the grass. Not planing on going back, are you? Marthera smirked. Nope, I'm just fine here. Where I can see the sky, is where I belong. She said, making Marthera laugh. A new motto? She asked, Elizabeth smiling. One thing you could call it. She said, holding her hand up over her head.
She made a small bird out of flame, a massage in it's claws. What's that for? Marthera asked. I get the feeling this Soul Society will be worried if they don't hear anything, so I plan on letting one of Toshiro's friends know what's going on. Or is that too risky? She explained, her dragon shaking her head. No, no, it's a very good idea. Let it rip. She said, the bird flying to who knew where. All Elizabeth knew was it was on it's way to the Soul Society. She smiled and laid her head on her left arm and falling asleep very quickly.
In The Soul Society...
"We have received no word from anyone who left the Soul Society, and we've felt a strange Energy from the world." Captain Mashio said, reporting what they had figured out the last few days.
"I do hope they're all OK. I wonder what has happened to them all." Captain Unohana. "What should we do, Head Captain Yamamoto?" she asked, The Head Captain opened his eyes, looking a bit pissed.
"Every Captain who's able to, figure out as much as you possibly can about this place and do it however you want. Find out how it works and look for the others while you're at it. Any other Captain, send Lieutenants in the library or in the world to make sure you find something out as well. Dismissed!" he yelled, everyone leaving in quite a hurry. The Lieutenant of Squad 5, Momo Hinamori, was staring out the window.
"Don't worry, Momo. I'm sure they're all just fine." The Lieutenant of Squad 3, Izuru Kira, tried to comfort her.
"I know, but...I can't help but worrying. We haven't heard anything from them in some time." she said, as she heard a sort of tapping on the window. She looked over, but didn't see anything. She went over and opened it, looking for whatever made that noise. Then, a very unusual, red bird came flying in, flying around in the room. When it stopped in the air, Momo could see the bird was made of entirely flame and was holding a note in it's claw. "I wonder who sent this bird." she said, taking the note from the bird.
''Dear whoever is reading this.
I guess since you found this bird, you must know Ichigo Kurosaki, Karin Kurosaki and Toshiro Hitsugaya. If not, then you won't understand a word of this. Anyway, if you're worried about them then don't be. They're all OK, the same goes for every other reckless person I met from the Soul Society. Right know, I don't really know where the others are, but I can feel their presence and know they're in one piece. So, quit your worrying, it won't help anyone.
From: The younger sister of Alice Skysilver.''
Momo gasped at the last thing she read.
"What is that you have there, Momo Hinamori?" they heard someone behind them. The bird started chirping, making the person annoyed.
"Captain Mashio!" Momo said, Izuru widening his eyes.
"Stupid bird, get lost." She said, nearly hitting it. When she did, it did a back flip and turned into a small wild cat. She growled at the Captain, annoyed for some reason. "What is this?" she asked, looking the the two Lieutenant.
"I'm not sure, Captain. But it came with this note." she said, Karina seeing the note in her hands.
"Let me see that." she said, holding out her hand. Then, The wild cat went and bit her in the hand, growling more at her. "Ow, that burns!" she yelped, another person coming in.
"Is everything OK in here?" the person asked, the wild cat calming down.
"Captain Unohana!" Izuru said, the creature taking the note from Momo and pounding towards the Squad 4 Captain. She patted it on the head and read the note, sighing in relief.
"I'll go and tell the Head Captain right away. Lieutenant Hinamori, I'd like you to come with me if you could." she said, Momo nodding. "Lieutenant Kira, you should go and see your Captain now. He might want to talk to you." she said, Izuru nodding. He quickly left the room, Momo going ahead of her.
"What did the note say?" Karina asked, Retsu looking at her.
"I got a feeling you shouldn't know. Either way, you should do what I'm doing, following orders." she said, Karina narrowing her eyes and left, rather annoyed. Retsu looked down at the creature, smiling. "Could you tell her that this message has been received? I wouldn't want her to worry either. And, I want you to give her an explanation about her sisters new job as Captain." she said, the creature nodding, jumping out the window and turning into a hawk. I do hope she gets the message safely. She thought, walking towards Yamamoto's office.
OK, I'll stop here. Sorry again about the last week. I won't let it happen again if I can stop it. Also, I'm writing as much as possible before next week. Then I'll be very busy. But, hopefully I'll be able to post some chapters. If not, I'll have to do dubble the week after that. Just so you're aware of it. Either way, please review if you Liked this chapter! See ya all next Chapter!