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5. Yellow As The Sun
"Tadaima! Okaa-san, Otou-san... Eh?"
I stopped on my tracks to see several corpses in our house.
"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"
I opened my eyes. It was just a dream. A dream. Nothing more than that. A dream. Just a dream. I'm sure that would not happen now. Otou-san and Okaa-san are gone. I have tracked who did the murder. I have killed that hollow already. I don't have to worry already. I don't have to keep living in this kind of nightmare. I don't have the need to relive the murder.
"D-Doushite, Yukinobu-san? Is there anything wrong?"
I turned to see a frail-looking shinigami, wait I recognize this guy.
"Hmmm... Yamada-fukutaichou, where am I?"
I asked as I looked at my surroundings. Now that I think about it, I'm not in the Barracks now.
"Eto, Yukinobu-san, you're in the 4th Division. You fainted while you were fighting an Arrancar."
He replied as I nodded,
"Yes. I forgot. I was fighting with an Arrancar. Wait. Who brought me here? Where's my zanpakutou? How was I able to get back?"
"Eto... Chotto matte kudasai, Yukinobu-san. One at a time. First, it was Kuchiki-taichou who brought you here."
He said as my eyes widened for a second.
Kuchiki-taichou brought me here? But how? So meaning the time when I saw Kuchiki-taichou was really not a dream.
"Your zanpakutou is at the side."
He said as I turned to my side to see Kurohime safe and sound.
"Kurohime..."
I said as I took my zanpakutou and hugged it,
I will always feel safe with my zanpakutou. This. Kurohime will always be my partner until the day that I breathe my last breath.
"Yamada-fukutaichou, is it OK if I get off already? I guess I'm fine already. I still have to do some paperwork. Please."
I said as he sweatdropped on a side and replied,
"Anou... Yukinobu-san, are you sure that you're really OK? I mean you fainted an-"
"I'm fine already, Yamada-fukutaichou. You don't have to worry already! I'm fine! Very much fine!"
I insisted as I sighed while standing up,
"But wait, Yukinobu-san,"
"Is there any problem, Yamada-fukutaichou? I still have much paperwork to do."
I said as he gulped and replied,
"I-Iee! There's none! It's just that, I mean, Yukinobu-san, are you sure that you're OK already? I mean, you were impaled in you-"
"I'm fine already, Yamada-fukutaichou!"
I insisted as he said,
"I-If that's the case, then I guess you could be release already, Yukinobu-san."
I smiled and replied,
"Arigato Yamada-fukutaichou."
And I went outside the Yonbantai Quarters, so that I could start to shunpo in somewhere safe, that is until I saw a familiar face,
"AKA-AKA!"
I smiled,
"Kusajishi-fukutaichou."
"How are you doing already, Aka-aka?"
She asked as I replied,
"I'm fine, but then, I would like to apologize for not being able to get a photo of Kuchiki-taichou."
"It's OK! As long as Aka-aka is fine already, then I guess that's fine already! After all, Aka-aka was impaled by an Arrancar!"
She replied as I said,
"Arigato, Kusajishi-fukutaichou."
"Ja, Aka-aka!"
She said as she left,
It's great that Kusajishi-fukutaichou is fine with it. And the best thing is I don't have to take a photo of Kuchiki-taichou anymore! Thank Kami! But then, I still have to thank Kuchiki-taichou for bringing me to the 4th Division and then, it seems he finished off the Arrancar for me. But then, do I really have to go and 'Thank Him', but then, I could just drop a letter or note saying 'Thank You.'. Oh yes. That's what I am going to do.
"Yukinobu."
Shoot. That voice. I turned around while gulping,
"Ara, Ku-Ku-Kuchiki-taichou! Domo!"
I greeted as he stared at me,
"Yukinobu. I see that you're fine already."
"Ah hai. I guess I should say 'Thank You' for bringing me to the 4th Division Quarters, because if you haven't I would've been killed by that Arrancar already. Arigato, Kuchiki-taichou."
I said as he looked at me and nodded,
"Dou itashimashte. But then, why is that you have lost against that Arrancar? You would have clearly won if you used your bankai."
He said as I looked down,
"Could it be that your pride went on its way? If so, you must learn that not at all times should your pride resurface. I am disappointed of you, Yukinobu."
He added as I looked at him,
Wait. It wasn't my pride! It was just that I was so sure that I could win over that Arrancar! I knew that I would have won over it if I was just not tricked! I still haven't used my sankaiki and shikaiki.
"Iee. It was not my pride."
"Then what did you call about you not using your bankai immediately?"
He asked as I looked at him,
"..."
"It's OK to have much self-confidence but there are times when you should restrain it to a limit."
He said as he left,
Damn it. Tears are threatening to fall from my eyes. I feel so guilty with what he said. I was just so sure that I would have won over that Arrancar without using my shikai. I was so sure but then, why am I crying and also feeling guilty as well?
Damn it. I feel so weak with what he said. Why do I feel so weak with just what he said? Could it be because I was hit with those very words that he said? Even though I know that he's somehow wrong, but then why do Kuchiki-taichou's words seem so right?
"Ara, Nadeshiko-san,"
I turned to see a familiar face,
"Ukitake-taichou! Domo."
I greeted as I wiped my tears,
"Why were you crying a while ago?"
He asked as I acted surprised,
"Me? Crying? It was a sting on my eye."
He sighed on my reply.
"I know when a person is crying or just had a sty on the eye, Nadeshiko-san. What's more, you have been one of my subordinates."
He replied as I bit my lower lip.
I can never lie on my former taichou, neh.
I told Ukitake-taichou everything on the reason why I was crying, which was because of the pang of guilt that I felt with Kuchiki-taichou's words, while we were drinking tea at his Division's Quarters,
"Is that so? So, the reason that you were crying was because of Byakuya, neh?"
He said as I nodded while looking down,
"Knowing that it was Byakuya, he might have been either worried..."
Kuchiki-taichou was worried of me???
"...or rather, he didn't want to waste your abilities and let you die because of such an Arrancar."
I'd rather have the second reason.
"And what's more, Nadeshiko-san, your pride was getting ahead. Of course, I know about your abilities and of your bankai, which is why I deeply wonder on why you're still hiding it, but then, you could have died back then. That would be definitely bad now. That would be a total waste."
He said as I nodded and then, sipped on my tea,
"So, do you get it now why Byakuya was worried of you, Nadeshiko-san?"
Ukitake-taichou asked as I nodded,
"Because it would be a waste of my abilities."
I replied as he sighed,
"I guess that would be a good reaction, though. Anyways, I have to go now, Retsu-san might be waiting for me."
He said as I chuckled,
"So, you finally made a move, Ukitake-taichou?"
"Eh? What do you mean?"
I just smirked then chuckled on his question as I went out of his Quarters,
"shitsureishimasu!"
I said before having shunpo,
"Wait a minute first, Nadeshiko-san!"
I can hear my previous taichou's shouts from where I am. I can't believe that he has finally made a move towards Unohana-taichou, which I guess should be fine. After all, he has been hiding it for centuries now.
I stopped for a moment and looked around the surroundings, I was in a garden, wherein there was a tree with Flowers,
"Too yellowish. It's as Yellow as the Sun."
I murmured as I leaped towards one of its branches and took a look on a flower,
"Yukinobu, what are you doing here?"
I turned around to see the very person who I really did not want to see,
"Ara? Kuchiki-taichou?"
"What are you doing here in the 6th Division Gardens?"
He asked as I noticed the insignia of Camellia, meaning that I was indeed, in the 6th Division Gardens,
"Eto, I was straying around and the-"
"So, you just left 10th Division?"
"No! I mean, yes, kinda. But the-"
"No excuses, Yukinobu. I do not accept excuses for slacking."
What? Now he says that he doesn't accept excuses? What the... I do not give a damn on what Ukitake-taichou told me about Kuchiki-taichou worrying about me or so,
"Mind your own business."
I replied as I looked at him straight while he raised an eyebrow,
"I-I'm sorry, Kuchiki-taichou. shitsureishimasu."
I apologized as I shunpo-d away,
K'so... How am I suppose to apologize to him for being so rude? Ughh!!! I'm sure he would be angry at me especially since he's a noble.But wait. I won't have to encounter with Kuchiki-taichou again, after all, I'll make sure that I won't encounter with him! That's it! I stopped as I reached the 10th Division Quarters.
"There's a message for you. Hmph. How unfair. Why do you get to go to the Human World?"
I heard Watanabe's rant as I raised an eyebrow,
Me? Going to the Human World?
A hell butterfly went near me as it draped on my fingers,
"Yukinobu Nadeshiko, 4th Seat of the 10th Division, you are hereby assigned to go the Human World or rather, Karakura Town, due to the reason of being able to be of help towards Hitsugaya Toushirou and Matsumoto Rangiku, who are currently in the Human World, in investigation for the current appearances of Arrancars. You are to go to the Human World as soon as possible."
This voice... Should this be the soutaichou? No way. I never thought that I'd recieve a message from the Soutaichou himself. I feel like so honored to be given an order direct from the Soutaichou. Sugoyi...
"Nn. Wakarimashita."
I said as the jigoku left,
I won't be having an encounter with Kuchiki-taichou again. After all, I'll be going to the Human World. This is too good to be true. Fufu. I won't be able to encounter with him anymore. So, I guess I will never have a chance to apologize to him.
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