Hello poeple! I've been sobering up on the coffee and I think thats what made me write this as fast as I could. Enjoy . . .
It was before dawn that I woke up. The Sereitei was already preparing for Rukia Kuchiki's execution, especially Squad 13. It was at this time I felt an ominous reiatsu wash over me, one filled with ambition and hate. Aizen . . .
That afternoon, most of the captains of the Gotei 13 gathered around Sokyoku Hill for Rukia Kuchiki's execution. Toshiro didn't bother to attend, he had to go to the Central 46 mmeting grounds because if he didn't stop Rukia Kuchiki's execution, something terrible would happen.
Rangiku followed Toshiro to the ground doors and pounded on them. When they both decided that no one would answer, Toshiro drew his sword and destroyed the door, making a large gap so Rangiku and him could enter. The sight that beheld them next was horrifying. Every single member of the Central 46 was murdered, their corpses lying in chairs or tables caked with their own blood.
Toshiro went up to one of them and fingered the blood. It's brown and flaking, that must mean that they were killed day before. But who did it, Gin, he thought. Suddednly, a vague shadow of one Izuru Kira stood in front of the entrance. "Taicho," Rangiku cried. They both tepped off, chasing the blond soul reaper.
"Shouldn't you be watching Momo, Hitsuguya-taicho," asked Kira. "What are you talking about. Momo's safe in the barrier room." Kira shook his head, "Momo is a kido expert and breaking a barrier like that would be child's play for her." After that, Toshiro turned around and flash stepped towads the other direction. "Matsumoto," he said. She nodded and he was off.
That damn bastard, I thought. Aizen was still alive and I saw it all. He brutally murdered his own fukutaicho without and hesitation what so ever. And that bitch Gin was with him. Normally, I would have just jumped out and slaughtered them both, but Yoruichi-sama must finish her task with Ichigo.
I watched as they walked out Seijōtōkyorin and Toshiro suddenly arrived, a very undistinguishable face. "Aizen," I heard him say, "You're still alive?" Aizen smirked and replied "I am. Aren't I standing in front of you now?" Toshiro still looking confuse, "Where's Momo?" Then he finally got it when he shunpoed inside the Seijōtōkyorin and found the lifeless body of the one called Momo. "Oh, I'm so sorry, Hitsuguya-taicho. I should have chopped her up and hidden the pieces . . "
Toshiro was still standing there, looking at his friend when I heard "How long, Aizen?" I was itching to go out and pummel Aizen's smartass face. "How long? Before I became a Taicho of the Gotei 13, of course . . ." Toshiro's reiatsu dominated the atomsphere, turning it into an icy mist. "Everyone here trusted you. Hinamori, me, and your subordinates and all the other shinigami. You deceived us all!"
Aizen smirked and replied "it wasn't my intention to deceive you. It was just that out of all of you, there wasn't a single person who saw my true face." I tensed when he saw those words. Of course, I saw what he was. A slimy son of a bitch who likes to lie. "Momo admired you." Aizen lifted up his ahnds and said. "That's why I chose her for my fukutaicho. Remember, Hitsuguya, Admiration is a feeling furthest away from understanding.
What I saw next was just baffling. Hitsuguya drew his katana and swung it. The next words I heard was "Bankai, Daiguren Hyorinmaru." When the dust and mist cleared I saw ice everywhere. I saw Toshiro with a pair of ice wings and wsa just shocked. I haven't even tried mastering bankai yet and here was Hitsuguya and his new display.
"Aizen, I'm gonna kill you," I heard him say. Aizen just looked at him and said "Don't say such strong words. They make your weakness that more apparent." Toshiro charged at him and I saw Aizen flick his blade and Toshiro falling to the ground with a spurt of blood. "It's not the season, but I must say that I enjoy the sight of ice at this time."
The bastard irked me and I was sick of sitting on the side and watching the action. I slipped out from my hiding spot and shifted back into my human form . . . right in front of Toshiro.
It hurts, Toshiro thought. But that was irrelevant to him right now as a new comer into this battle arrived. There was a small shadow in the mist that had grown larger. Her hair flew in the wind and she suddenly disappeared from his sight. Wham! There was a groan and Toshiro could make out the shape of the woman hitting Aizen. "Happy to see me again, Aizen. I came back just for you." The woman's voice was harsh and venomous. There were more sounds of a fist or a leg contacting with flesh until Aizen drew his sword and blood splashed to the ground.
I managed to swipe my (razor sharp) fingernails across Aizen's abdomen before I felt a very familiar reiatsu. It wasn't Hitsuguya because I had made sure I'd move fast enough that he couldn't tell who was in front of him. No, I felt this reiatsu almost daily when I was still in the Seireitei. Unohana-taicho and her fuktaicho, Kotetsu, Isane.
Before my next punch hit Aizen or Gin, I reverted back to my cat form and darted past Unohana before anyone can get to me.
Once I ran back to the outside world, I sensed Soi Fon's reiatsu . . . along with Yoruichi-sama's reiatsu. Was she all right? All of a sudden, I remebered that Unohana had walked in there. I hoped she was all right because as soon as I felt Aizen's reiatsu disappear from the Seijōtōkyorin, Kakushitsuijaku I ran back in there.
"Unohana-taicho, are you ok?" Isane turned around to look at me. "A talking cat? Who are you and what do you want?" I sighed and went up to the both of them. "My name is Kurohime Hinamoto, the soul reaper captain who died 93 years ago, Unohana-taicho. Please forgive me for scaring you, Kotetsu-fukutaicho," I whispered. I was not taking any chance that Toshiro was unconscious and I trusted Unohana-taicho not to reveal my secret. I glared at her fukutaicho until she got what I meant.
"Isane," said Unohana. Isane nodded and got out an ink pad, she then drew black marks over her arms. "Heart of the South, Eye of the North, Fingertips of the West, Heel of the East. Gather with the wind and scatter with the rain. Bakudo 58, Kakushitsuijaku! I watched as the sign on the ground fluttered and moved. "East 332 and North 1566. It's Soukyoku Hill!"
Unohana nodded and said "I will now commence on Hitsuguya-taicho and Hinamori-fukutaicho's emergency operations." I sane nodded and cotinued chanting another kido. "Black and white net! Twenty two bridges, sixty-six crown stings. Footprints, distant thunders, mountain peaks, valleys, night shadows, cloud sea, cyan line. Fill up the circle and zoom to the edges of the sky! Bakudo 71 Tenteikuura!
I immediately remarked on the speed and the flawless quality at the kido cast. "Taichos and fukutaicho of the Gotei 13 and all ryoka. This is the fukutaicho of Squad 4 speakking what I have to say is the truth . . ."
I hurried away from the Seijōtōkyorin and to Soukyoku Hill. Yoruichi was no where to be found and I could see Gin keeping everyone else besides Ichigo at bay. I couldn't take a swipe at Aizen because that would blow my cover, but I couldn't be selfish and let the boy die. In the end, I chose to stay quiet because I thought it was not worth risking my life for a dying man.
I watched as Aizen stopped that fukutaicho and Ichigo. I watched as the entire Gotei 13 came to apprehend the traitors and I watched as the three defected reprobates rise into the heavens with Menos Grandes. And yet, I was to cowardly to move a finger.
It ended in a different way that I never expected. I thought I would kill Aizen and save the Gotei 13 a whole lot of trouble and here I was sitting in the hospital room next to Hitsuguya's unconscious body.
"Don't blame yourself, Hime-san. You fought too," said Shirobarakaze.
"I haven't heard your annoying, blabbering voice in a while, Shirobara. How are you doing?"
"Don't try to change the subject! I'm trying to make you feel better!"
I smiled, something that I haven't been able to do for a while (unless it was to get Hitsuguya under the radar) and stroked Hitsuguya's white hair. It felt soft and smooth. I just remebered that I haven't had a proper shower since day one. He stirred and my hand flew from his head and onto my lap. Yoruichi poked her head in and asked "Done yet?" I nodded and said "I would like to go home now, Yoruichi-sama. If its okay with you . . ." She beamed and said sure.
It was a couple of days later when Toshiro woke up. He saw the various gifts people left him (Ukitake) but one stood out form the rest. A single blood red lily in a glass vase on his nightstand.
It's been a couple of months since I've returned to the soul society and frankly, I had no desire to go back there again. I've enrolled in the local high school in an attempt to fit in with the general popularity and guess who I found there. Ichigo Kurosaki. I already stood out as much as possible with my style of dressing and mannerisms, so why this?
Also, I've noticed more frequent hollow attacks lately, I really hope that won't spell trouble for me, but unfortunately it did. A few weeks after, Ichigo was attacked by two humanoid creatures that could both use the powers of the shinigami and hollow. I helped save him (at the cost of him knowing my true identity then my alias Sunade Iryina)
I wasn't worried about that until after lunch a group of new transfer students that included a white hair boy that I never wanted to see again.
"Class, today I have good news. You have new classmates and five to boot!" The teacher than rose from her seat and knelt down next to Hitsuguya and cooed "Would you like me to help you find a seat?" He tried very hard not to explode as the teacher pointed him to a desk next to Ichigo and another girl. "Bad luck ehh, Toshiro?" It was no use in scolding him to call him Hitsuguya-taicho because they were in the world of the living.
He hoped the girl next to him wouldn't be such a bother. She had her nose in a book. Her hair was done in a lolita style and she wore a large number of ruffles and a corset over the normal school uniform. "Her name is Sunade Iryina. Don't look at her too much. She's scary when she wants to be," said Ichigo. She flinched when she heard this.
After school, Ichigo walked home and found his home in its usual chaos. In his room however, that chaos had turned into an obnoxious brand of chaos. "Oops, sorry Ichigo. We'll get you a new light bulb. How about Ikkaku's shiny head." said Rangiku. Ikkauku said something that made Rangiku hit him to the side. "Stop fooling around all of you or I'll have you shipped back to the Seireitei," said a voice from his window.
The icy captain of Squad 10 faced Ichigo and slid down from his uncomfortable position on the window ledge. "Why are you all here again" asked Ichigo. "Well, the Sou-taicho picked Rukia to go to the world of the living because she knew you the bes-" Rukia whacked Renji on the head and exclaimed "No, he picked me for my skills!"
Renji continued. "I was picked because I knew her the best, but Yumichika here wanted an adventure and Ikkaku heard do he wanted to join and naturally Rangiku didn't want to miss out for the action so she came. But Hitsuguya-taicho insisted on coming to keep an eye on her and us."
Toshiro shook his head and continued. "A couple of days ago, you faced of with two arrancars or hollows who gained the abilities of a shinigami. There are three types of hollows in Hueco Mundo. The gillians or what you know as a Menos Grande. A captain can easily capture and kill one of them. The adhuchas the second class of hollows. They are highly intelligent but weak. Lastly, the vastas lordes, or the hollows you fought the other day. The more human like they are, the stronger they can be. Even a captain would have trouble killing one of these and who knows how many Aizen has."
A sudden sound echoed through the room and Toshiro looked out the window. Someone with a lacey, black parosol was walking through the streets with a shopping bag in her hand. When she turned around, Hitsuguya could see blood red lips curled in a smirk. Then she turned around and walked away.
Renji looked at Ichigo and proclaimed "As part of duties as a substitute soul reaper, you'll have to find us a place to stay. Ichigo suddenly fidgeted and said "I can't. Sorry, but there are too many of you." And as expected, Rangiku whined and said "Pretty plesae?" Then she lifted her skirt as an attempt to convince Ichigo, but that just made him shy away more.
"No, you'll just have to find somewhere else to stay." Rangiku sighed and said "Oh well, I'll just ask Orihime!" Toshiro was suddenly dragged along with Rangiku as she waved goodbye to Ichigo and Rukia. When they arrived at Orihime's apartment, he climbed up on the roof and was quite stubborn about staying there.
Sunade Iryina, he thought. That sounded like the correction officer he met during when Ichigo's group invaded the Soul Society. What a weird girl, he thought.
It was later that night, after I ate dinner that I picked up Shirobara again.
"Ready to fight again, my old friend?"
"You bet, when are they coming?"
"Soon, very soon."
Then we felt a large amount of unearthly reiatsu sound its announcement ot us.
"Let us see who is stronger."
Matsumoto was fighting an arrancar, he didn't know its name but he didn't care. "Oh my, I've found a captain. How fortunate," said the helmeted arrancar. "My name is Shawlong Qualong. I am the 11th arrancar. Pleased to meet you."
Toshiro responed with a rough blow that hit the arrancar's zanpaktou. "Hitsuguya-taicho of the Tenth Company." It was then did they begin to spar. This went on for long time until Shawlong decided he didn't want to toy with him any longer. "Awaken and snip, Tijereta!" Toshiro had long released his bankai and Shawlong noticed something. "Those ice flower in the air. They represent the energy you have left to continue your bankai. Right?"
Toshiro nodded and continued to try hitting him. Shawlong countered by moving his arm a bit, which in turn caused a large wound that injured the center of his chest and face. Shawlong continued with this torture until a woman's voice yelled out "Gentei Kaijyo has been approved!" A flower blossomed on his chest and he yelled "Gentei Kaijyo!" With two others yelling it with him.
"What is this Gentei Kaijyo," asked Shawlong?" Hitsuguya snorted and answered back. "Gentei Kaijyo is seal that every captain level shinigami has to wear in the form of a company badge. It severely restricts our power up to eighty percent. When that seal is removed, then our power is quintupled." Toshiro aimed his blade at Shawlong and cried "Ryusenka!" But unfortunately, the arrancars had already started to flee in the other direction before the soul reapers had a chance to fire their attacks.
Suddenly, all the fleeing arrancars convulsed and turned around and ran straight back into the powerful attacks. Their dying screams echoed in the cold night air. "What the hell? They committed suicide," said Renji. "No, said a quiet voice behind them.
All at once they turned around to face a distant figure standing in the sky like them. "I merely killed them. That's all." Toshiro was immediately sickened by that grin she wore on her face. "Who are you? Are you a soul reaper or hollow?" A cold laugh rang through the air. "Who am I? I am a soul reaper," she laughed. "Then where is your zanpaktou," asked Toshiro. "Silly boy, I've been holding it the entire time." The girl twisted the handle on her parasol and the fabric and wires suddenly dissolved of of the parasol, revealing a mid length gray scabbard with a purple guard. Toshiro immediately recognized as a certain zanpaktou he saw many years ago. "You're not Sunade Iryina, are you?"
"That's right, my real name is Kurohime Hinamoto."
He knows now! mwahahahahahaha! If you don't get it or just love it, oh well . . . reviews!
