Disclaimer: This story is made completely from request from a friend which means the OC, Voltaire, is not mine. I am writing this story for Red Cr0w and I do hope it is to their liking and to everyone else's as well. I do NOT own Bleach or Voltaire.
Summary:Byakuya Kuchiki, a stoic noble and Captain of the 6th Division, for all important pretenses, holds back any and all objects of his past from anyone. Aside from Hisana, not even Rukia knows about the life he spent with a woman whom claimed his heart for nearly 8 years. Even as he stands alone as the leader of the Kuchiki clan, his heart still aches for the person he truly loved. He is able to keep up this façade until he is sent with a recon team to Zaraki to investigate a sudden surge of reiatsu. When they arrive, what will Byakuya do when he finds the woman who disappeared all those years ago beaten and broken and without any memory of him at all?
Castle Of Glass
Chapter 6: Past The Black Where The Sirens Sing
"Nnngh...Byakuya...!" A raspy pant escaped the slumbering woman, attracting the two observing captains.
"Voltaire...?" Ukitake called out quietly.
"She's still asleep." Hirako-taicho noticed as her previously knitted brows had begun to soften. "Looks like she's havin' a dream."
"Byakuya...!" Voltaire moaned audibly.
"A damn vivid one, too!" Shinji finished.
"It seems she's dreaming of Byakuya...do you think she's remembering something?" Jyuushiro asked the piano-teethed captain.
"Dunno. We'll have ta wait til she wakes up ta get any information. Looks ta me likes she doesn't wanna be woke up, though." Hirako replied, witnessing the rose-colored cheeks Voltaire sported. A wide grin erupted as another moan escaped Voltaire's lips.
"Bya...kuya..." She whispered, breathing deeply. "Aishteru yo...Byakuya..."
Both men and Isane gaped. Did they all just hear her say what they think they heard her say? Another deep breath and call of her lover's name drew them out of their incredulous shock and prompted Shinji to approach the sleeping woman and observe her vulnerable, agitated state.
"Hirako-taicho? What is it?" Jyuushiro stood behind the blond man and waited.
"It's nothing." Shinji replied, turning to leave. "I'll be back in about an hour, watch her til then and if she wakes up before I get back, come get me." A confirming nod lets the 5th captain depart, leaving the 4th's lieutenant and the captain of the 13th with, in the words of Kurotsuchi-taicho, an 'interesting specimen'.
Shinigami Research and Development Institute Headquarters
"Oi, Kurotsuchi! You in there?!" A loud crack against the 3 inch concrete doors rang through the Institute's corridors and into the main office. Another loud banging and shout for attention prompted Akon, lieutenant of the S.R.D.I. to answer, after a series of curses and groans of laziness.
"The hell do you want?" Akon growled, pushing the thick entrance open. "Oh, it's you, Hirako-taicho. What can I do for you?" His tone changed to a lightly irritated but respectful one.
"Is the robot here?" Akon scoffed at Shinji's nickname. Well, to be honest, Mayuri was slightly akin to an anthropomorphic cyborg. "I've got a couple of questions fer 'im and I don't feel like waitin'. Is he here?"
"The captain is in his room conducting reanimation experiments. I'll take you there but good luck gettin' in. He's been in there for a few hours with lieutenant Kurotsuchi without letting anybody in." The horned assistant explained, motioning for the older man to follow his lead.
"If that guy stays cooped up fer too long, he'll start sproutin' 'shrooms." Shinji commented.
"Right?" They stopped at two steel doors, Akon pressed the large red communication button above a speaker and the two awaited a response. After a moment passed, then another, then another and then another, simultaneous groans of frustration flooded the hall.
"Sorry, captain. Looks like he still busy. If you want to come back later..." He suggested.
"Dammit! I don't have time for this!" Shinji huffed, pushed Akon aside and held down the button before barking into the speaker. "Kurotsuchi, answer me, dammit! I don't have time for this! I need all the information you have on Voltaire. Now!"He released the button and waited to no avail. "Kurotsuchi, you fuckin' idiot, if I don't have what I need, her memories will never return!" He released it again and waited for another silent moment. "Kuros-
"Enough of your incessant babbling Hirako. Nemu will be out momentarily."
With those words, the barrier slid open to reveal the assistant to Mayuri Kurotsuchi holding a small stack of papers.
"Is this it?" Shinji questioned, taking the thin collection in his hands. "It's not that much."
"It is all the data Mayuri-sama has acquired. If she consented to experimentation, there would be more information. However, it seems she has lost consciousness and you haven't the slightest idea why."
"Tch!" Hirako scoffed at her insult.
"It seems the next encounter will be one where the subject's experimentation will be sanctioned." Nemu bowed and returned to the darkened room as the doors slammed shut behind her.
Shinji growled lightly before exhaling heavily and taking his leave. "Thanks for the help, Akon." He waved his thin palm nonchalantly behind him as his figure slowly disappeared in the length of the hall.
"Right." Akon sighed and headed back to the main office room.
Squad 5 Captain's Quarters
Shinji shifted through the sheets and sighed in frustration. He flipped through the last two sheets repeatedly, knitting his brows together when he noticed a gap in the description section on the front of the second page. Where the information stopped on that page, a large symbol was inserted, obviously taken from a papyrus-like cloth. Shinji inspected the paper in front of the second, it was shown in the section for personal history that there were many sentences and single words blacked out.
"What the hell is this?" He spread out the sheets across his oak desk as sifted through them in an attempt to find any more anomalies.
When he spotted a paper with almost every line blacked out, he read what was visible.
DAY 17, 07:43 AM
SUBJECT 43685, STATION 7, CELL 9, BED 6
"Subject 43685? The hell?" Shinji continued reading.
SUBJECT 43685 SCHEDULED FOR _ PROCEDURE 4592: _TO DISCOVER THE _
_ PROCEDURE COMMENCED _/_/_ AT _:_ AM, TO BE CONDUCTED BY _
SUBJECT 43685 _ RESPOND TO PROCEDURE 4592, ABRUPT _
_ PROCEDURE SCHEDULED FOR _:_ AM, TOMORROW
DAY 18, 09:27 AM
SUBJECT 43685, STATION 7, CELL 9, BED 6
SUBJECT 43685 SCHEDULED FOR _ PROCEDURE 4596: _ IN RESPONSE TO THE _ REACTION OF _ PROCEDURE 4592
_ PROCEDURE COMMENCED _/_/_ AT _:_ AM, TO BE CONDUCTED BY _
SUBJECT 43685 _ RESPOND TO PROCEDURE 4596, ABRUPT _
DAY 18, 23:51 PM
SUBJECT 43685, STATION 7, CELL 9, BED 6
SUBJECT 43685 DEFECTED 2 HOURS AGO, INVESTIGATION LED BY _
DAY 27 , 17:15 PM
SUBJECT 43685, STATION 7, CELL 9, BED 6
SUBJECT 43685 HAS _ BEEN FOUND, _ OTHER SUBJECTS, SUCH AS _, _, _, AND _ HAVE ALSO DEFECTED
_ LEADS, EXPERIMENTS AT A STANDSTILL, _ HAS NOT CONDUCTED ANY MORE PROCEDURES ON ANY SUBJECTS SINCE SUBJECT 43685'S DEFECTION
DAY 32
_ HAS DEFECTED, ALL _ HAVE STOPPED PROCEDURES.
THIS WILL BE THE LAST ENTRY
PATIENT ZERO-SUBJECT 43685, HAS RETURNED
_ HOSPITAL WING EVACUATED
LOCATION UNKNOWN
SUBJECT 43685 HAS RETURNED
SUBJECT 43685 HAS RETURNED
SUBJECT 43685 HAS RETURNED
SUBJECT 43685 HAS RETURNED
VOLTAIRE HAS RETURNED
"What the fuck?" Shinji read the last three words, took up the sheet at the top of his newly formed stack and gaped. "Voltaire is...?!"
Sorry I know its a short chapter but i think this cliffhanger is a good one, leaves ya wonderin' what the hell is going on and what all the 'SUBJECT 43685' is about. Its getting good and the next chapter will be longer maybe 2,500-3,000 words. REVIEW!