~A Change in Life~
***Where there is a will, there is a way***
-Miki POV-
I opened my eyes. I blinked my eyes, and saw the sun is already shines. "It's morning?" I asked to no one. I rubbed my eyes and get up from the bed. 'MIKA!' I suddenly remembered what happened yesterday.
I hurriedly looked at Mika's bed but Mika isn't there. I'm begun to worry. I quickly change my clothes and go out from our bedroom. I found Mommy and Daddy at the dining room, talking. I run to Mommy and looked at her.
"Mommy! Where is Mika?" I asked her. Mommy is silent for a while but then she smiled to me. "She is alright. Don't worry, Miki." She said while looking at me. I know that look. I know that smile. That is a fake smile. That look is a worried look. I know Mommy just lying to me. Mommy always lies to me if there is something happen. Always!
"Don't lie to me! I know she isn't alright! Where is she?" I asked angrily. I want to know. I don't want to be lied anymore. Daddy looked at me and smiled too. "Miki, Mika is alright. Really. You don't need to worry about-" before he finished his sentence, I cut him.
"I want to know where she is! I don't need your explanation!" I'm impatient with their acting. I don't need it. But in the next minute…
PLAK
"Miki! Don't be impolite to your dad!" Mommy said with anger. I'm shocked. Mommy just slapped me. Daddy shocked too. "Rukia!" he said while rose up from his chair. I turned to looked at Mommy. My tears are falling down.
"Mommy… you just… slap me…" I said not believing my eyes. Mommy seems shocked too. "Miki… Sorry… Mommy didn't mean to slap you. Really." She said, bending down and touch my red cheek where she slapped it. But I quickly parried her hand.
"No, mommy. You just slap me! Fine! I will find Mika alone you don't want to tell me!" I run while crying. I run out from home as quickly as I can. I heard Mommy and Daddy chased me. "Miki! Wait!" Daddy shouted. I know I can't run faster than Daddy, and he could catch me easily. I don't want it. I run to the garden behind this house.
'I want to find Mika! I don't need Mommy and Daddy's power! I don't need their protection! I want to be stronger!' I thought. I cried and cried."I will lend you my power." I heard a voice. The same voice that make my mind peaceful last night.
'Eh?' I confused, but I have no time to think. Suddenly, there is a hole in the air, like a portal to the living world. I run to there and I heard Daddy's voice calling me. "Miki!" I looked at Daddy, but the portal closed before Daddy reaches here. And I can't see Daddy anymore.
I looked at my surroundings. It is black, but not dark. I can see things. Nothing here, no voice, no people, no plants. It just likes a huge room with plain black wallpaper. I can't see the end of this place. "Where is this?" I mumbled. I glanced around but found nothing.
"This way." I heard that voice again. And I saw that man, the one that I met last night. "Who are you?" I asked him. He had helped me, but I don't know if he is an ally or an enemy. "You know who I am." He said calmly. "But I don't know!" I protested.
How can I know someone that I haven't met before? I mean, we just met last night and he said I know him. "Don't worry. Come." He said while walking forward. I just followed him but I was curious where we are going. "Where are we going?" I asked him, hoping that he will tell me.
"To your sister's place." I gasped. Does he know where she is? "Do you know where she is?" I asked him, want to make sure myself. "Yes. Follow me." he said calmly while walking. We walked to something like a portal, maybe the exit door, and I walked through it.
I found myself already at the forth squad place. "This is Auntie Yuzu's place." I mumbled. I glanced at that man before, but he has disappeared. He doesn't there anymore. I don't know where to go. I never had been in here before. Luckily, I saw Auntie Yuzu. I run to her.
"Miki-Chan?" she called me. "Auntie Yuzu!" I smiled. I'm lucky to meet Auntie. If I meet that Aunt Unohana, maybe she will call Daddy. "Where is onii-chan?" she asked me. Maybe she was surprised to see me alone.
For a moment, I was hesitated whether telling her or not that I come alone but maybe I shouldn't lie to her. "I come alone." I said while looking at her. "You come alone?" she sounded shocked.
"I want to see Mika! Where is she, Auntie?" I quickly change the topic. I think Auntie will understand my feeling. Auntie has a twin too. She sure know how worried is me. "This way." She said while smiling. She then led me to a room.
"She is here." She opened the door. I looked inside the room and found Mika sleeping on the bed. "Mika!" I rushed to the side of the bed, looking at the sleeping Mika. I remembered, yesterday she transferred her reaitsu for Uncle Hisagi. "Mika…" I touched her cheek. Sometimes Mika is too kind that she will rather suffer than to looked the other people suffer.
"She is exhausted because of losing so much reiatsu. But thanks to her, Hisagi-san is alright." Auntie said while touching my shoulder. "Uncle Hisagi is still alive?" I asked while still looking at Mika.
"Yes. He is in the next room." she said. I looked at her with confused look. "But he is an enemy, right?" I asked her. "No. he was being control by someone. He wasn't enemy." Auntie explained for me.
"Really?" I can't believe my ears. "Really." She said while smiling. "Thank god. I really happy to hear it." I'm so happy. Uncle Hisagi isn't our enemy. But I can't forgive anyone that has done something like this to uncle.
"You can't stay in here for too long. I will call onii-chan to take you home. Wait here, Miki-chan." Auntie said while walking out. She then closed the door.
'I don't want to leave Mika alone!' I thought. "Then take her away from here." That voice again! 'That voice… you again! Who are you?' I'm really curious. Who is he? I want to know. "You know who I am." He said again.
I'm shocked for a moment. 'Are you… my zanpakuto?' I asked carefully. "Yes." I'm really shocked when hearing his answer. I never thought that I will have a zanpakuto like Mika.
'I have a zanpakuto?' I didn't believe it. "Yes." He said again. 'Tell me your name.' I want to know his name. "You are not ready yet to know my name. Wait. When the time is come, you will know my name." he said with a disappointed hint.
'Then, how can I take Mika from here?' I'm disappointed that he can't tell me his name. Just like what Mika said, you will know your zanpakuto's name when the time is come. "I will help you." He said calmly. 'Help me?' I felt strange. Is he going to open that portal again for me? "Yes." He said.
'How…' I was going to asked when he suddenly cut my question. "Come on. They will be here soon." He said quickly. I hurriedly take Mika, pulled out all things that attached on her body. However, Mika's body is too heavy for me to carry her.
'I can't…' then suddenly, that man appeared again. He carried up Mika easily. "I will help you. Come on." He said. I nodded, and then a portal appeared again. We step inside and the portal immediately closed.
However, I could still look at the room. I saw Mommy and Daddy rushed to the room. "Miki?" Mommy called me. But then they are shocked to see no one is in the room. "Mika! Where is Mika?" Daddy asked, panicked. He turned to Auntie Yuzu.
"Yuzu! Where is Mika? Why she isn't here?" He asked worriedly. I can see that his face is pale. "How can? I just left this room for about 15 minutes!" Auntie Yuzu said with worried voice. "Then how is this happen? Is Mika waking up?" Daddy asked, panicked. "I don't know." Auntie Yuzu is panicked too.
I saw Mommy's body is shaking. "Mika… first, Miki. Then now, Mika. It's my entire fault." She fell down. Daddy saw it and quickly catches her before she meets the floor. Tears are falling down from her eyes. "Rukia! Calm down!" daddy said while holding her.
"How can I calm down if my children are gone missing? It's my fault! If I didn't slap her, she wouldn't go! Maybe she takes Mika too!" Mommy shouted, crying loud. "It's not your fault. You just try to teach her." Daddy tries to comfort Mommy, tighten his hold, and embrace her. Mommy buried her face on his chest, crying and crying. "Tshh… it's alright… we will find them soon…"
I saw all of that happen with my own eyes. "I make Mommy crying…" I unconsciously said. My tears are falling down. I never make Mommy crying before and I never want to. Now I…
"But this is the best thing to do." That man said. I turned to him and looked at him furiously. "The best thing? I make Mommy crying! I make Daddy worried! Why is that the best thing?" I shouted. I regretted what I did.
"You are the one that said you don't need their protection. You want to be with Mika." He said calmly. "But I never think that I will hurt Mommy and Daddy's feeling like this! We should go back!" I shouted. I want to come back. Even if Mommy will mad at me because make her worried. I don't want to see her tears.
"You shouldn't." he said with serious tone. But I didn't notice it. "Why?" I shouted again. "You should see the future if we head back." He said while looking straight at me. I'm confused. "What?" I asked once again.
"See the future yourself." I did as what he told me. I closed my eyes but I hurriedly opened it again. What I saw make me shocked. I looked at him, his eyes is sad. The words slip out from my mouth.
"Both me and Mika will die."
-Karin POV-
I walked at my garden grumpily. I've heard what had happen to Toshiro from Hyorinmaru. Finally, Hyorinmaru trust me now. "I have a bad night." I said while shaking my head. "That is because this stupid dragon!" Suzaku said with annoyed voice. "Oh? Really? And you are smart, aren't you?" Hyorinmaru mocked Suzaku.
"Don't mock me!" Suzaku angrily shouted. 'STOP IT! I'M TIRED HEARING IT!' I'm sick hearing their arguments. They always like that since the beginning.
It's still morning, and I have nothing to do. 'I need to check Toshiro fi-' I was going to check Toshiro's condition when there is someone interrupts me. I narrowed my eyes. "That is…" Suzaku and Hyorinmaru shocked.
'Suzaku! Protect Toshiro!' I commanded her. Within a minute, his room is already shielding with a strong barrier. I looked at the one that interrupt me. There, in the middle of air, stood Aizen with someone that I never met before.
"Hello Karin-chan. Nice to see you again." Aizen greeted with his creepy smile as usual. "What do you want? I thought you just visiting me… three or four days ago… maybe…" I asked boringly. He never visits me to just say HELLO.
"I just come to say hello to you and to the chibi taicho." He said, still with that smile. I'm not shocked. I know that he is the one that did that kind of thing.
'Wow. He admitted it.' The criminal admitted his own crime. No criminal will admit his own crime if he is not force to admitted it. "Then that mean that Kurosaki, I mean that fake Kurosaki Karin is his subordinate!" Hyorinmaru added. 'Right.' I agreed with him.
"Chibi taicho?" I acted stupid. Even though I know what is that mean. "You don't meet him?" he gave me an I-don't-believe-you look. I thought for a while. 'If I lie, he will know it. Should I say yes?' I asked myself.
"I don't know. What is the best answer?" Hyorinmaru asked back. "Just fight him!" Suzaku is always wanted to fight. But I think the best way is not to give him any answer. "Why should I answer it?" I asked him back.
Suddenly, without noticing it, someone attacked me from behind. It makes me fall down and my head is really hurt. I turned my head and saw someone that I never met before.
"THAT IS A DIRTY TRICK!" I shouted. I looked furiously at Aizen. "Ooh… I never told them to attack you." He said with his normal voice. "Aizen… you bastard!" I shouted. I'm furious. I shunpoed to him and attacked him with high speed. Not really high. Because I don't want to show him all my strength. I should save it until the war ahead. "You are fast." He commented while dodging my attacks.
He then attacked me, his attacks is fast, really fast. I can't dodge all of them. "Ugh!" I yelled. "Use me!" Suzaku shouted in my inner world. 'No!' I won't use her.
My full strength just will be show in the war. "WHY?" she asked angrily. 'I don't want to.' I just simply answer her. I'm not focusing at dodging his attacks when suddenly I felt something stabbed my chest. "ARG!" I yelled in pain. He then kicked me to ground.
"You are weaker than before." He said. But his guard is down. I attacked him from behind. He can't dodge it. "wha-" he is surprised I think. "That is just a doll." I pointed at the one that is lie down on the ground.
"A doll." He said furiously. Maybe now he will be seriously fighting me. "Aizen-sama!" the man that is come with him called him. His face is worried. "Go away!" Aizen shouted. I never heard him shouted before. This is the first time. "But Aizen-sama!" that man tried to protested.
'Come. I don't scare. I will kill you.' I glared at him. I will fight seriously too if he do the same. "I withdraw. For now." He said unemotional. I'm speechless. I blinked my eyes for almost 4 times in a minute.
"EH? WHAT IS THAT MEAN! OUR FIGHT HAVEN'T FINISHED YET, AIZEN!" I shouted at him. "I just come to say hello. See you again, Karin-chan." With that, they are gone. "What the hell is that?" I angrily asked no one. I never imagine that he will say HE WITHDRAW.
"He is awake!" Suzaku said. 'Toshiro!' I quickly go to his room. I opened the door and saw him in a sitting position. "Toshiro?" I walked in. I'm really happy. I hugged him.
"You are awake! I'm really happy to see you again." I said happily. But I get an attack from him. "YOU!" he shouted. "TOSHIRO! WHAT IS THIS MEAN! WHY DID YOU ATTACK ME?" I shouted back.
"Why? I'm the one that need to ask! Why are you healing me? You are the one that attacked me and injured me!" he shouted furiously. "I'm not! The one that injured you is a fake one!" I tried to explain to him.
"Don't lie! You just want to make me trust you and then you will use me for something! I know it!" he shouted and then he standing up.
"It's not like that! I'm Karin, Toshiro! See this? This necklace. The one that you gave to me at my birthday 10 years ago." I show him a necklace with a crystal. That crystal was made from Hyorinmaru's ice.
"I don't remember! I never know you! I just met you yesterday!" he shouted. I'm startled. "What… what do you mean? We have been best friend for years! We have known each other since I'm 11! Don't you remember? The first time we met…" I shouted back.
I'm confused. Why doesn't he remember me? "Of course I remember! You make a pure innocent face and you attack me! How can I forget it?" He snapped. He opened the window. "No! It's not that!" I tried to make him trust me.
"Where is Hyorinmaru? You take it right? Give it back!" he shouted while walking to my way. He stopped right in front of me. "You can't fight yet! You still need to take rest!" I protested. I can't let him fight in this condition.
"I'm not asking for your help! I will ask other's help!" he shouted. What did he said make me mad. What did he said make me cry in my heart.
"Right. You are not asking for my help." I whispered. Then I punch him out from my house. "Arg!" he yelled in pain. "GO! GO AWAY! FIND SOMEONE THAT COULD HELP YOU OUT THERE! GO AND SEE IF THERE IS SOMEONE THAT COULD SEE YOU!" I shouted while dragged him out from the gate.
I throw him to the street. I get Hyorinmaru out from my inner world and I throw his zanpakuto to him. "THIS! I GIVE BACK YOUR ZANPAKUTO! DON'T EVER COME BACK!" I shouted and I closed the gate. I run back to my house and closed the door with force.
BAM
I stood behind the door. "Stupid Toshiro!" my tears running down. "Why… why do you forget about me…? WHY?" I shouted, letting all my sadness and my anger out. I cried. I cried for him.
"My Lady…"
~To be Continued~
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