Okay, Chapter Two. I only got one review for Chapter One, but it was a wonderful review (by InvisibleInk14, BTW!) so I'm still pretty happy.
I don't own Bleach. If I did, Mayuri would get more screen time.
Enjoy!
The curtain had opened. Nemu was now visible to the wedding guests. Letting out the breath she had been holding, Nanao and she started to slowly walk down the aisle. Japanese wind pipes were being played by Omaeda, Lieutenant of Squad Two.
Nemu saw Akon and Hiyosu in one of the middle rows ahead.
At least some of my division came, she thought happily. Now taking a look around, she noticed most of the twelfth division was there. Almost everyone, in fact. The only one missing was…
No. Nemu told herself sharply, passing some Squad Four members, including a sharply dressed Hanataro. I will not think of him. Not on my wedding day.
Taking a quick look around, she distracted herself with observing the guests. Yachiru had been right; it WAS like the whole Seireitei had come. Head Captain Kyoruka was smiling warmly at her from the very front row, along with Captain Ukitake. Captain Soi Fon was avoiding everyone's gaze.
That's right, she disapproved of this, Nemu recalled silently.
When she had announced her engagement, three captains had expressed their disapproval. Captain Hitsugaya, Captain Soi Fon, and, of course, her own father. Surprisingly, they all held different reasons for their displeasure.
"The boy is nothing!" Captain Soi Fon spat. Nemu flinched a little at the woman's tone. She wasn't supposed to be listening to the captain's meeting, but this was something she had to hear. Still, Nemu was just getting used to going behind the captains' backs. She jumped at the slightest noises, and she felt something that could be described as fear, except a lesser form of it. Nervousness, she decided.
"Now, Soi Fon – " Head Captain Kyoruka tried to soothe her, but Soi Fon was just warming up.
"Lieutenant Kurotsuchi is just that! A LIEUTENANT!" Captain Soi Fon hissed. "And what is Uryu Ishida? Simply a boy with a rich father!"
"May I add to that?" Captain Hitsugaya interjected. Nemu heard the Head Captain sigh, and she assumed that he nodded, because the younger captain continued. "Ishida is a human, correct? And Lieutenant Kurotsuchi is a Shinigami. This is just unnatural, Head Captain! A marriage between the living and the dead?" He snorted. "It would never work."
Head Captain Kyoruka waited, then asked, "Is that it?"
"Yes."
"Well then. Anyone else want to complain? Captain Kurotsuchi, you've been unusually quiet."
"Hmmph. Well, you all know my opinion. The boy is a quincy. I've already told Nemu it would be better if she just let me experiment on him," the man sneered. Nemu winced at the sound of her father's voice, like putting salt on a fresh wound.
"That's right, she doesn't follow your orders anymore, does she?" the slightly amused voice of Captain Ukitake joined the conversation.
"And calls you 'Father'," Captain Kuchiki added.
"Nemu-chan says that you hurt her!" the squeaky, angry voice of Yachiru (recently promoted to Captain Kenpachi) yelled.
Nemu could practically see her father's face twist into a ferocious scowl.
"YOU KNOW NOTHING!" he shrieked. Nemu heard the stamping of feet, moving faster than walking, but not quite running. Quickly stumbling to her feet, she prepared to shunpo away. But as the door opened and closed, a hand reached out and grabbed her wrist at lightning speeds. Falling to the ground, Nemu cried out as she felt a bone in her arm break. Staring up, she met the golden eyes of Mayuri Kurotsuchi defiantly. Like a viper, the hand around her wrist was suddenly around her neck, lifting her off the ground.
"What were you doing?" he hissed.
"I was…..listening…." Nemu gasped.
"Oh really?" her father's eyes narrowed. "You are going to come with me."
"…no…I won't…." Nemu choked out, clawing at her throat.
"I'd like to see what you can do about it," he smiled an evil smile.
Suddenly, Rangiku and Renji, the lieutenants of Squad 10 and 6, respectively, appeared with their zanpaktos drawn.
"Put her down," Rangiku said in a steely voice, so different than her normally bubbly one.
"You can't tell me what to do," said Captain Kurotsuchi, taken aback. "You're just lieutenants."
"Put Nemu down. Now," Renji used the same tone of voice as Rangiku.
"You can't tell me what to do!" the scientist repeated angrily. "She's mine! My daughter! My lieutenant!"
My daughter.
Nemu kept repeating the words in her head.
"I can do whatever I want with her!" Mayuri Kurotsuchi screeched. "We share the same name! The same blood! SHE IS MY DAUGHTER!"
The scientist's voice was a tad uncertain, Nemu noticed. Almost like he's trying to convince himself.
I am his daughter.
Nemu shook her head, ridding herself of the memory. They were about halfway up the aisle now. Nanao was looking at her strangely, as she had grasped her hand tightly. Feigning a smile, Nemu tried to pay more attention to the altar.
Uryu was smiling at her. She smiled back, a real one this time. To the right, Uryu's left, Ichigo wore a dark gray suit with a tie the color of his hair.
Nemu and Nanao finally reached the altar, and Omaeda finished the wind pipe music. Nanao handed Nemu's hand to Uryu, who nodded at her(Nanao). Then she went to the left.
And so the wedding began.
Some might argue that the wedding began when Nemu started walking towards the altar, but it made a good ending line, and I'm not going to argue with anyone about that.
The guests: All the captains and their lieutenants are there, along with all the seated officers and such. Only Mayuri isn't there. But that might change…(grins evilly)
Also, Urahara, Yoruichi, his three assistants, as well as Orihime and Chad are there. And, of course, Ichigo's family. And Uryu's father…reluctantly. But it is his son's wedding, so I made him be there.
Hope you liked it! Please review! I might update sooner! :)
As inspiration strikes. ~Spottedmask77