The Mysteries of This Life
Chapter 23: Time to Reveal my Secret
It had been three days since I had gotten my powers back with the help of Urahara. I hadn't told anyone. It was my little secret. I was the only one in my group that knew about it happening and I hoped to keep it that way. So far things were going according to plan. To make it even better, Yoko and Kariya were nowhere to be seen. It was enough to make me a bright and happy person. The safety rules were still in place and there was an added one of alleys and places that had hardly any people being off limits. That might I was going to stay at Orihime's house. It was going to be an all girls event and I was excited. We were all walking there together. Tatsuki had joined us and was going to go home later that night. It was a beautiful day. For me that means that it looked like it was going to rain later on in the day. We were all walking and talking. We were having a good time together.
"So how far has your relationship gone exactly?" Ichigo asked.
"Stop being so overprotective. You can get really annoying with that." I answered him in a calm manner.
"Well I have to make sure that nothing too bad happens."
"Keep your mind rated T for teen."
(Yeah. I don't wanna change the rating for this story.)
"It is!"
"No it's not. You're thinking at the rating of "mature audiences only." I actually find it infuriating that you don't trust me and Uryu."
"Well after I saw you two kissing in the middle of the street, it's hard to tell."
"Uryu, can you believe they gave us extra time for the projects in the crafts club because you were the one that didn't finish? I mean Orihime and I were so excited about being done that it was a real disappointment when we had more time. My stitches are sloppy because I wanted to get the projects done in time. This is so unfair. It's only because you're the crafts club president."
"It is not!"
"Yes it is. So don't start an argument with me. You know that you're going to lose."
"Good point. I never win against you. No one does."
"Exactly my point. It's cause I'm awesome like that." Ichigo made a noise as he tried not to laugh. I turned and saw that. I elbowed his side and he held it in pain.
"I hate you."
"You know that's not true."
"It is now."
"Lies!"
"Ok. Fine. You're right."
"I know. I'm always right. You should know this by now Ichigo." He glared at me. I just smiled. "Don't make me sing it."
"I'm sorry! Just please don't sing it."
"Ok. Good boy Ichigo." I patted his head and walked in front of him. "Do you guys want ice cream? I do."
"No. I'm fine," Rukia answered. Everyone nodded in agreement with her. I frowned.
"You guys are downers."
"Because we don't want ice cream?"
"Exactly Rukia. It's so sad. Oh well! I wonder when it's gonna start raining." I stared up at the sky. The clouds were dark and they seemed to be heavy with moisture. I smiled as I thought about the rain that was going to come. "I like rain." Uryu looked at me and smiled. "What?"
"Nothing," he said quickly.
"Hmmmmmmmmmm. Ok. Well when it turns into something let me know."
"Of course. You will be the first one I tell."
"You seem nervous about something."
"There's nothing that I should be nervous about."
"True. Yet you seem very nervous. Is something wrong?"
"No. Nothing. Nothing's wrong."
"Hmmmmmmmm. Ok. Just wanted to make sure." He smiled at me again. As he did so I felt a strong spiritual pressure coming towards us. I closed my eyes and focused on it. I recognized it. I smiled evilly. "Kariya is coming. He's saving me the trouble of tracking him down." I felt him coming closer. Everyone was getting ready to protect me and Tatsuki. I saw him appear before us. "You're finally here Kariya. I was getting tired of waiting for you. You're so slow."
"You seem confident today. I hope you know that your friends can't protect you forever." I smirked at his challenge.
"I don't need them to. I can defend myself now and easily kill you." He looked angry as I gave him my own challenge. Everyone looked at me as if I was crazy. "It's true. Let me prove it." Everyone moved to stop me from moving. They grabbed a hold of my arms and held me back. I let my soul fall out of my body. They stared in shock at my soul reaper form. I pulled Yami out of her sheath. I felt her power flow into me. It was amazing to feel her power harmonizing with mine again. I took a moment to smile at the feeling. No one moved as I did so. They just stared at me. "Are you ready to fight Kariya? It's time for you to die." His eyes showed a fire of anger. I just smiled coolly at him. I floated into the air and stood in front of him.
He came straight at me and I dodged in a simple side step. He turned around and tried to blast me with wind. I blocked it with Yami. I could feel her anger surging through her blade. I could also feel her resonate with determination at killing the bount that deserved to suffer. I decided that I would try my own style. "Bakuro 4, Byaku Rai!" The lightning shot out at him and his doll protected him. "I guess this won't be as easy as previously thought."
"Are you giving up already?" Yami asked me with a hint of disappointment in her voice.
"Of course I'm not." I raised her above my head and brought her down with a surge of my spiritual pressure rippling through her. It sent out a blast of it.
"That can't be all you know how to do now that I'm new and improved."
"How do you propose I do something different?"
"I have an attack in mind. You can figure it out through our connection."
"That could hurt innocent people! I won't do it."
"Well if you'd go high enough in the air, we wouldn't have this problem."
"If what you're feeding me through this connection is true, then it will just shoot out from the bottom of the attack too. That is just as bad as doing it in a highly populated area."
"What are you doing?" Tatsuki asked in a shout. I ignored her and continued to talk to Yami as Kariya stared at me with a blank expression.
"If you keep suggesting stupid things like that, you probably aren't as improved as you thought."
"I'm going to kill you, you little brat."
"You forget that I'm the one that has control over you."
"You are such a stubborn person."
"And you're a stubborn zanpakto. Isn't that why we were matched together so easily?"
"You have a good point. I have an idea though. It allows you to do the attack."
"That's brilliant unless she can't hold it."
"If you're higher up, it won't be as powerful when it hits her shield."
"You are a genius. Orihime, can you put a shield over you and the building behind you?"
"Yes." She put up the barrier. I floated higher in the air and Kariya followed me up. Once we were high enough, I faced him and raised Yami over my head.
"Say Yamido as you do the attack." I nodded.
"Yamido!" As I brought her down, I sent out a black blast. It caught Kariya in a dark path where she went straight through a spot on his body. Luckily, I aimed right and it went through his heart area. He died from the powerful attack. I looked down and everyone was unharmed. The building was in tact too. I floated down to them. "You guys aren't hurt at all right?"
"We're fine. If you hadn't have told me to put up the protective barrier we would have died though."
"That attack was amazing," Uryu and Ichigo stated in shock.
"Yes. It was truly amazing." I turned around slowly. Yoko was standing there smirking at us. "It looks like you got powers after all. I guess I underestimated you. It won't happen again though."
"Here goes another fight. At least I don't have to track you down though. This is much faster."
"Let's tear her to bits!"
"That is another great idea Yami." I smiled evilly at Yoko. "It's your turn to die Yoko. You have been alive for far too long."
(A/N: "So that was chapter 23. Yamasorrowichi and Yami are evil in this chapter."
"We can hear you!"
"I'm sorry! Please don't kill me!" *Hides in corner*
"Relax. If we killed you, we'd be stuck like that forever. You're the one that makes us act the way we do. Now write us as a nice partnership!"
"Yes ma'am! Please review. If you do, you get 30 points. I don't own Bleach or its characters. I only own Yamasorrowichi, Yami, and Yoko. The song for this chapter is Unknown Soldier by Breaking Benjamin. I don't own it. Hopefully this was fast enough for Yami and Yamasorrowichi. Have a great day!)