I looked to the door to my right, I was scared to death about what I was going to face inside.
Aizen pushed the sliver and blue hilt of the sword that I had been using for practice into my hands and frowned, "I'll be watching." I nodded making not to show my fear to him. I fastened the sword inside my belt-loops on the uniform. I opened the door with confidence and stepped inside.
Aizen stepped in behind me and closed the door but when I looked back he was gone and I was alone again. I couldn't even see the door anymore, it blended in with the sand like colored wall. I looked down and inspected the ground it was also sand like.
I started slowly walking forward inspecting the room as I went. Other than the walls and the ground the room looked mostly like a garden. Lush green trees grew here and there scattering the landscape, flowers and bushes grew around them. The sweet smell of springtime in Karakura wafted to me like the scent of Yuzu's home-baked pies.
The ceiling of the room was a dark blue like the night sky I had grown so fond of. I could have stayed in the room for as long as I lived and still be comfortable. I admiration of the landscape was interrupted by a loud shout which made birds fly from the trees, "Where the hell are we?! We're going in circles!"
I mentally laughed at my brother's frustration. I felt the hilt of the blade at my waist as I thought about what I'd have to do. Ulquiorra said a group of eleven. Who were those eleven? Who was with Ichigo? A lot of the Soul Society wouldn't think twice about killing me if I showed resistance to them. I wondered where Aizen had gone. And who was watching me with him. I thought of maybe calling out so they would find me and it would make this so much faster.
No. I had to think of this as an actual battle and plan it out as I would if I were actually fighting against them. My first strategy would be to sneak up on them. How did I get myself stuck in this mess again? My heart was fluttering and my stomach felt like it was going to explode. I honestly had never been that nervous before.
What if it was Toushirou with Ichigo? It most likely was. Aizen was out to get Toushirou after all. I didn't know if I could keep up my act if I saw him though. Everything was so different now. Even if I hadn't been kidnapped I wouldn't be able to look him in the eyes anymore, being in love with your best friend was pretty difficult.
I realized I had stopped walking when I snapped out of thought. The ground had turned to grass and a sea of purple flowers. I had walked a long way. Maybe too long...
I sighed in frustration and prepared myself for a complete turnaround. Right before I turned I saw orange coming through the jungle like trees toward. Ichigo came into the clearing first. Then Rukia. And lastly Toushirou. They all stopped and stared wide eyed at me, I'm sure I looked just as shocked.
Ichigo started to take a step forward but Rukia stopped him, "Wait. Don't you think it's a bit weird that she has a weapon. I don't think they'd give her a weapon if she was the real Karin."
I glanced at the hilt of my sword, maybe I had already screwed up the plan. They didn't even think it was actually me. Great just great. I was so dead for this.
"Guys really? I don't think a fake Karin would've been through the crap I've been through."
Ichigo looked down at Rukia, "Look I think it's her. She's my sister."
Rukia sighed. Ichigo started walking towards me like he wanted a hug. My heart beat frantically as I realized this is where I had to act. I grabbed the hilt at my waist and rapidly swung it out of the sheath and at Ichigo.
Rukia and Toushirou both grabbed the hilts of their zanpakutos. Rukia muttered a soft, "I told you so."
It made me smile. I twisted the smile to look demented, "I said I was Karin I didn't say I was on your side. You ask Aizen. I am the real Karin...I just switched sides." They all looked bewildered. Like they didn't know what to do now. I remembered Keisuke's first lesson, "Stay calm."
I did by best to follow this rule. I was pretty difficult when I was facing off against my friends.
Ichigo squeezed his eyes shut and opened them again. I made sure to make it look like I was actually against them, "When you got here I shouted for you. I was right there but did you see me? No. There's no question about why I switched sides. I don't even know how long I've been here I just know that I made my mind up a long time ago."
Rukia charged forward and swung her sword toward me. I easily blocked it with my own. She was the only one I had to worry about. I didn't think the other two would hurt me. She looked angry, "You're not Karin. Karin wouldn't mess with our emotions like this."
I rested my blade on my shoulder, "If you'd been through half the crap I've been through you'd understand."
She swung again and I stepped away. She shouted at me now, "I don't understand it. Why would you switch to the side that put you through the crap?!"
I snorted, "Being a pawn in their little game isn't as bad as being their prisoner. At least as a pawn only people who have permission to can enter your room. That's not saying the same for being a prisoner."
They didn't seem to catch the drift, and I was glad for that I didn't even want to hint at it myself. Rukia looked like she was about to cry. I sighed and pointed my blade towards her, "Are you really going to cry over this? I was looking forward to a fight."
She looked down and I saw the tears running down her face and as she threw herself at time after time. It was a wonder she got put on so many missions. I could easily block her. I wasn't sure whose teachings I was using to block the hits: Keisuke or Gin?
One of her hits that I blocked made my wrist pop very loudly and painfully. I knew they saw me wince. The more hits I blocked the more my wrist hurt. I knew I couldn't block much longer without breaking it, so I slammed my weight into my sword and disarmed her making her zanpakuto land farther back into the forest.
Rukia scrambled backwards tears still falling down her face. I was rubbing my wrist with concern when my sword was hit with a another weight. I looked up into turquoise eyes and immediately shouted, "Toushirou! What the hell!"
He winced at his name and jumped back from me in an offensive stance. I blinked. Fighting Toushirou...how nice.
He looked like he was about to move but I moved first, on instinct. I rammed my elbow into his stomach and then swung my sword toward his face. He easily blocked the sword but had been hit pretty hard by my elbow. I hadn't even meant to hurt him.
It was the same fight as it was with Rukia. None of them wanted to hurt me but they had to fight if I was going to be persistent like I was.
I remembered the plan halfway through my fight with Toushirou. I slammed by body forward so that I was close and said, "This is..."
About thirty swings at each other I got did it again and said, "just an..."
The last time I did it I found myself choking out the word, "act."
I was dragged backwards with a mighty and painful jerk from my chest. I dropped the sword and it landed softly in the flowers. I looked down very slowly and shocked. I had a zanpakuto rammed through my chest and sticking out my front. It was suddenly jerked backward and out of me.
My knees hit the ground before the rest of me. I coughed and spluttered up blood watching it stain the purple flowers. My vision was going black at the edges and I felt sleepy. I knew what was happening. I was dying.
I was positive of it when I felt a foot slam into my back and Aizen's voice echoed in my ears, "You should have done your job better."
I ached. Everything about me hurt like hell. My fist was pulling pulling up grass in front of my face...until it relaxed and I slowly closed my eyes. I didn't want to that's why this was called murder.
I don't know how long I sat alone in the darkness of death before I reappeared as a whole. I realized when I opened my eyes back to the field of purple flowers that Ulquiorra had run in right before Ichigo had a chance to attack Aizen.
"Aizen-sama! The espada are rioting against us! We're going to lose everyone with without your help."
Aizen looked pissed off that his minions were rioting against him but he turned and left anyway. Ulquiorra's eyes traveled from my dead body to me as a whole.
I still felt sleepy because everything had happened so quickly. It was clear of that when my first action as a whole was looking at Ulquiorra and saying, "I'm sorry."
He kept a straight face but his eyes looked like they were saying "You stupid girl." Then his eyes took over a confused look. It took me a while to figure out why. He could only take one of the two without help: Injured Grimmjow or Resistant Rumi.
He would have to choose. Ichigo pointed his already drawn blade toward Ulquiorra like he was protecting me from him. I knew he was about to swing so I sprung to my feet but fell back down on my wobbly legs, "Don't do it Ichi-nii."
He looked at me- suprised- but sheathed his sword.
I hadn't realized Toushirou was right in front of me until he said, "Look up at me.'"
I sleepily looked up and the hilt of Hyourinmaru was pressed to my forehead and I started sinking in a blue light like I had seen before.
The last thing I saw was the purple flowers.
Okay guys. I've had fun with this story nut this is the last chapter. There will most likely be a sequel to it but for that I need your guys opinions. I want every one of you to review this last chapter and tell me how you liked this story. Goodbye for now I will see you again.
