The Mysteries of This Life
Chapter 21: The Haunting Laughter
"Don't do it Uryu! Don't fight her!" He didn't listen to me. He attacked her with his quincy powers. They had practically no effect on her. She laughed at his constant striking. I watched him and her with worry. Orihime seemed like she was ready if something went wrong. I hoped that nothing would. My hopes were proven wrong as Yoko got close to Uryu and sent him flying back. I felt so useless and helpless. It reminded me of the day my mom died. All I was able to do was watch as the evil being had killed her and just laughed. That laugh still haunted me at times. This was one of those times.
Ichigo was attacking now. He was dressed like that Renji soul reaper guy. There was a major difference though. His sword was very different. It was long and wide. It had no hilt and it was covered in a white bandage looking thing. He tried to hit Yoko with his sword. They were regular attacks though. She laughed at him in response to his efforts. He used more force in those attacks as she laughed on. I watched in hopes that he wouldn't get hurt like Uryu had.
"Getsugatensho," Ichigo shouted. He sent out an amazing attack. I felt the strength and spiritual pressure that was inside the attack. It was intense. I felt it crushing the air around us. She dodged his attack easily. He seemed very angry about it and his face turned serious. "Bankai!" His sword changed. It was shorter and much thinner. It was jet black and it had a hilt. His clothes changed too. He started moving faster. He was swinging at her and she was just dodging. "Getsugatensho!" She dodged again and hit him. He went flying back wards. He fell to the ground.
"None of you are a real challenge. I haven't even taken out my doll yet. If I can defeat you without my doll, it means you are too weak to be worthy of living. The only one who's spiritual pressure is enough to even hurt me has no powers." Yoko scoffed and turned to me before continuing. "You're all very pathetic and deserve to die. I'll fulfill that right now." I was angry that she said those things to them. So I stood up. Orihime put up a shield in front of everyone. "This won't hold me for long. I have less spiritual pressure than Yamasorrowichi, but it's still stronger than what any of you have. That's one reason you deserve to die."
"Shut up Yoko! You're the only one that deserves to die!" She turned to me and laughed. "Stop laughing! The only reason you aren't dead is because I have no powers to kill you!"
"Is that so? Well I'm sure I'd be able to kill you even if you had powers. You wouldn't know how to control them well enough to defeat me. If we fought and you had powers, it would just end in your death and my victory."
"I don't believe that. I will find a way to get powers and I will kill you."
"How will you do that if you can't leave?"
"I'll get out of here some way."
"And how do you think you'll do that while still being alive?"
"I'm not sure yet, but I will find a way. I'll get out of here alive. Everyone else will too! Then I'll get powers and track you down. Once I do, I will kill you without hesitation!"
"That will never happen. I will never die! You can't kill me! No one can!" I heard it again. I heard that haunting laugh. It must have been real because everyone looked to the direction it was coming from. Yoko looked enraged. "You dare to laugh at me? I will kill you Kariya! You don't laugh at me! No one does! If anyone tries, they die before the sound escapes their throat," she said in a threatening tone. I stared in horror at the person she had been talking to. The person was wearing a black cloak with the hood on. It offered no sight of the person. The person was dressed exactly like he was the day my mom died.
"Is that the woman I killed so many years ago?" he asked. The opening of the hood was pointed in my direction. "It can't be. The eyes are a different color. Oh well. I might as well kill you too." He had ignored Yoko completely.
"You monster."
"What was that?"
"You monster! You killed my mother! You killed her in front of my very eyes! You made me watch her death! You're nothing but a monster!"
"You're voice is strong for someone that looks as if she is about to cry. You're very brave to call the person that wants to kill you a monster. I think I want to savor the way it feels to kill you." He shot a blast of wind at me. I shut my eyes waiting for the feeling to hit me. I never felt it. I slowly opened my eyes to see someone's back. It was Chad's. He had taken the hit for me. I felt like a child again. My mom had taken the hit and stood in front of me the day she died. I gasped ass I realized that he had tried to kill me instead of her. Chad crumpled to the ground in front of me.
"Chad are you alright? Chad?" I asked quietly. He didn't answer so I started shouting out to him. "Chad! Chad wake up! Please wake up Chad! I can't let anyone else die for me! Chad!" He didn't move or answer. I could feel tears in my eyes. First it was my mom and now my friend. I heard the laugh again. I looked up with tears in my eyes.
"I remember you now. I tried to kill you but your mother stepped in the way. She was a very thoughtful woman. But her spiritual pressure was nothing compared to yours. I wish I had gotten you instead." A flood of memories came back at that statement. All the memories I had lost flooded my mind. I remembered everything about the soul society. I remembered the royal family and my request. Another thing I remembered was Kariya and the bounts I had met as a child. I looked up at him in anger and resentment as I remembered who he was.
"Kariya," I spat out his name with disgust.
"Only one person has ever said my name in that way. It's nice to see you Yamasorrowichi. I'm glad that I get the opportunity to kill you."
"You just keep wishing. That will never happen. I won't allow myself to be killed by someone like you. You're just scum to the world."
"I'm going to enjoy killing you. Yoshino isn't around to try and protect you which makes it even better."
"What happened to Yoshino?"
"I killed her. It felt so good too."
"You evil monster. I will kill you! Yoko will be the second one I come after. First I want to kill you!" He laughed and clenched my fists.
"I'd love to know how you intend to defeat me."
"I'm still working on that part."
"Then I will just have to kill you here and now." He shot another blast of wind at me and I dodged it. He tried again, but Yoko stopped it this time.
"Leave her alone Kariya! I'm the one that gets to kill her!"
"Why does everyone want to kill me?"
"I'm the one that gets to kill her. I have to finish what I started almost 12 years ago." They started literally fighting over me. There were two bad parts to it. The first is they were fighting over who would get to kill me. The second is that they were endangering me and everyone else. I guess there was a giant sign only they could see that said KILL ME in giant flashing letters. Either way they really wanted to kill me.
(A/N: So that was chapter 21. I hope that no one wants to kill me. Everyone wants to kill Yamasorrowichi and I don't want to end up like that. Anyways… Please review. If you do you get 70 points and a chocolate chip cookie with a side of sprinkles. I don't own Bleach or its characters. I only own Yamasorrowichi and Yoko. I don't like Yoko anymore and I haven't for a while. The song for this chapter is Wake the Dead by The Used. Have a great day!)