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Chapter 10- Dawn of My Awakening
Sosuke's POV
"It's starting to spread around even the academy that Captain Kimura of squad ten almost died." I look at Gin from his seat next to Kaname.
"I heard from Captain Muguruma that she isn't in critical condition anymore." Kaname adds.
"She's getting better each day; hopefully we'll get everything done before she is completely healed." I tell the both of them.
"Why do you not want Kimura-san to get involved?" Gin asks with a hint of curiosity in his voice.
"It's all part of the plan. She'll soon become a part of it, but not yet."
"So she's just another pawn?" Kaname asks.
"No, she's worth a lot more to me." I say getting up and walking over to the door. "We can talk more about this later." I glance at them once more before leaving our meeting room in squad five's barracks.
Emiko's POV
"Master can you hear me?" The calm quietness in my mind was interrupted by the familiar childlike voice.
"We have been assisting your body during its healing for the past week." Tsumi's deeper voice echoed in my head.
"Why?"
"We think something bad may happen soon and you need to be prepared Master Emiko." Sukui added.
"What happened to me, how did I get back?"
"Last week during the battle with your half-sister Kaori Matsuko and your mother Hitomi Kimura you let Kaori live, but Hitomi wasn't as lucky. When the whole thing was over you passed out from all of your wounds and loss of blood." Tsumi begins to explain.
"Captain Urahara carried you all the way here to squad four. For the past week they have been working on healing you but their methods aren't as efficient as ours. When no one is around we let the power of our bankai consume you but instead of killing you it heals." Sukui finishes.
"I really did kill her." I speak out loud. My words come out raspy and quiet from not talking in so long. I open my eyes suddenly and I quickly sit up in the bed I was lying in. I can feel my chest tighten as my breathing become short and panicked.
"Please calm down Emiko. Your body might not be ready yet for the sudden movement."
"I didn't mean for it to turn out this way." I bury my face in my eyes wanting to keep the guilt away.
"Don't get so upset Master. She would have killed you if you didn't." Sukui tries to assure me that it had to be done but I knew there was another way.
"I let her go from my bankai like I did with Kaori before it would kill her, why didn't it work for my mother?" I wondered out loud. Then a bunch of questions started to fill my head such as; are Kisuke and Mayumi all right or where is Kaori now?
"We will tell you the reason Emiko, so please for now lay back down and pretend to sleep while we do." Tsumi pleads which is something he usually doesn't do.
"Why does it matter?"
"Aizen comes here every day to check on you. He must not know how close you are to fully recovering." He starts to tell me as I settle back down in the bed.
"And what time does he usually get here?"
"It's usually around this time of the day." Sukui answers and I let my eyes close once again being surrounded by darkness.
"You might even one day become frighten by this darkness, but you should now you will always be welcomed by it Master Emiko." Sukui tries to comfort me in her own way.
"You already know that our power can consume people in darkness for the sins they have committed. And when they are killed by it they are either given salvation or lost in the darkness for eternity. Hitomi Kimura had done many wrongs in her life, when you released her she still died because by then most of her soul was already consumed." Tsumi explains to me.
"How did she even know about it though? I remembered she said that the power I had was unfair. I haven't shown it to anyone until that day and she left me before I became a soul reaper so how did she know?"
"We think someone else who knows about it told her, but right now we're not sure who would or why they would tell her." Sukui tells me their theory.
"Not many people know about my past and her. Only four people but three are here in the Seireitei with us. We can forget about Chiyoko being a suspect because I know she would never do something like that."
"Of the three you should already know who we think is most likely to be the culprit."
"Yeah I know you guys think it's Sosuke but what reason would he have for doing this."
"We will keep telling you this until you understand; Aizen is a man you shouldn't trust. You've said before he's a man that keeps many secrets so why do you keep getting closer to him. Nothing good will come out of it Emiko!" Tsumi's raises his voice annoyed that even after their several warnings I've remain friends with him.
"I have tried to distance myself but..." I'm finding it harder to explain why I can't.
"Maybe today when he visits you will find out the reason why it's hard for you to stay away." Sukui whispers but her voice is hinting to something more.