And so I went forward. I walked and walked and walked untill I´ve reached the light, that appeared. And with no way back I stepped into the light.
I almost got blind as I came out of the crack, or whatever is was. For a second or two the only thing I´ve seen was light but the clours were becoming clearer. I was standing above Seireitei. I sighed. Okay, what was that good for, exactly? I descended to the ground I headed to the Council. I didn´t care if I am late. I didn´t meet anyone on my way.
When I reached the Captains´ Assembly Hall Iheard voices from inside so I entered. And I had to stop in the door because the Captains weren´t the Captains.
I was silent. Everybody was silent. We were staring at each other, both sides speachless.
„Who are you?" one of them broke the silence. He looked like he ate something sour, like a lemmon.
„Hn?!" I seriously didn´t understand. Or at least I pretended to do so.
„I asked: Who are you?" he said more loudly.
„Who are you?" How can I play dumb so well?
„Yeah, that´s what I asked?" he was definitely angry. God, I love making people angry.
„Captain Zaraki. I think this girl understood your question. She just wants to make you angry," another one said, this one had a pink haori upon the Captain one.
„Ooooh, a clever guy." I just couldn´t resist to say it.
He chuckled and scaned me from my tip-toes to my forehead. „You´re funny, girl. But who are you?"
„I´m Ririko Shariiya. The sixth dividion Captain? Like, you should know that," I looked at them like they were total idiots.
„I don´t think so. I´m the sixth division Captain Byakuya Kuchiki," one man stepped closer. He seemed like he comes from a noble family. Not like me.
„Heeeey, kid! Give it back!" the man shouted at me. I know this is his food but I´m so hungry, I thought. I ran as fast as I could but he was still closer and closer. I glimpsed to the left and right and there was a small hole in one of the houses. The hole looked like an entrance for dogs, but I was so little that I would definitely get through. I had no other choice than to do so.
I snaked through the gap and hid in the darkest part of the room, if it could be called a room. I took a bite of the food I´d stolen and it tasted just awesome. It was the first food in several months.
Well, I suppose that´s going to be a problem," I guessed. The one that spoke the first, I think his name was Zaraki, laughed. I inhaled sharply and suddenly I was so afraid, like I haven´t been for a long time. The laughter... ´The Beast´. I took a cautious step back and the fear in my face was clearly visible.
„Hey, child, what happend?" a woman appeared in front of me. Her face was so caring, but nothing could get my attention away from the laughing Captian. From the sound of my pounding heart.
„´The Beast´," I whispered so quietly, but the Captain-woman heard me and smiled kindly.
„He is not a beast, Captain Zaraki is just a big, stupid man," she told me the most mercifully. I was glaring at her and the tears were pooling in my eyes.
„Hey, Unohana!" he screamed at her.
My concious was dragged inside my mind. Karasu was waiting there for me, as always. She was flying on a sky, a crow too big to be real. She was my Zanpakutou. A feather fell to the ground and Karasu stood in front of me.
„It isn´t him. He is dead, I killed him."
„They´ve sent him," I said quietly.
„Who?"
„Gods."
„Other gods than Death Gods don´t exist. End of disscusion."
I was tossed back to the reality and I my eyes were dry again and the good Captain-woman was watching carefully.
„You´re right," I smiled. „The man I confused him with is dead. We killed him with our bare hands."
„We? Is there more of you?" a small Captain with white hair asked me.
I shaked my head. Only Karasu and me. Karasu is my Zanpakutou," I explained.
„So who are you?" the Captain in the pink haori repeated his question.
„I already said that. I won´t repeat myself. No one ever listens anyway."
„We are listening. Explain, we have time," Captain Kuchiki spoke. All at once I had a logil explanation for what really happened to me.
„I don´t care what her name is. She looks so different from what I´ve examined so far," a creepy Captain appeared on my left side. His head was black and gold and he was either nuts or a freak. Wait, don´t those to things have practically the same meaning?
He came more closely and tried to touch me. And nobody touches me.
He flied to the wall and everybody was taken by surprise.
I made a step towars him and smiled sweetly, but my voice was menacing: „Rule no. 1: Nobody touches me."
„H-h-how? How is that possible?" he appeared so shaken.
„I told you I´m a Captain, dumbass. And I´ve got a rule no. 2 for you: If you don´t want to be dead, stay away from me, you creep." I turned back to the others and everyone´s eyes were coming out of their heads. „What?"
„How exactly did you do that?" a little white-haired Captain asked me. The Captains were apparently waiting for this answer.
„Oh, come on. It was just a simple reiatsu wave."
They were gazing at me like I came from the Sun or what.
„Anyway, I think I know what´s going on here," I said to drag the attention back to the main problem: How the hell did I get here?!
„What do you mean, sweety?" said Captain Unohana.
„Well, from your point of view... I am... from a parallel world." Everyone turned to the creepy Captain.
„Can it be the truth, Captain Kurotsuji?" one with long white hair asked.
„Of course, it can be true. It is quite possible that a bridge opened. Why couldn´t it? But the thing is that thare is not a possibility to open it. Or better said I haven´t tried it, yet. I can start working on it as soon as I leave to the Development Institute."
„No need to rush. I don´t really want to go back there," I said shyly.
„Why not, child?" Captain Unohana asked me gently.
„First of all, I´m not a child, I just didn´t grow up that high," I pouted childishly. „Secondly, nobody would like to go to a world that despises him."