Yorusoi chapter 2: tag
"Come on. Try to catch me."
"What the hell are you thinking I'm trying to do"
The sweating Captain shouted out in to nowhere since she didn't know Yoruichi's location.
"I don't know but it didn't seem like you want to catch me, it looks more like you are dancing around."
"Yoruichi-sama, don't take this wrong but just shut up."
The raven-haired woman screamed she tried to catch up with Yoruichi's speed.
"My my, it seems like someone gets angry. But don't blame if you do everything wrong."
The older women said a bit amused while jumping on a huge tree behind Soi Fon.
"I can't change anything if you don't tell me what I'm doing wrong."
Suddenly, the tanned woman appeared behind Soi Fon and grabbed both of her arms. With one slight move, she stopped the younger woman and threw her to the dusty ground.
"Well if that's the case. I will teach you the trick."
She helped the other women to stand up and started with the explanations. Still holding on her hand and pulling her close, too close for a master-pupil relationship in most people's opinion, but Yoruichi didn't care, and Soi Fon was too focused on Yoruichi's explanations to even realize how close they really were to each other.
"Your problem is, your flash step isn't much slower then mine, but you can't follow my movements, and this is because you use your eyes too much."
The younger woman looked at her in disbelief.
"What do you mean 'I use my eyes to much'? Should I just close them and rely on my luck?"
The young Captain was confused, she didn't understand what else she was supposed to do other than using her eyes.
"Well you don't have to close them, they are still useful in some situations, but for now, it might be easier."
"Yoruichi-sama honestly what are you talking about."
Soi Fon tried to cross her arms in front of her body as she suddenly realized how small the gap between Yoruichi an her really was. She was sure Yoruichi was just teasing her, trying to embarrass her with her presence, but she isn't going to give in. This time she won't let Yoruichi have her fun, because this was serious. She must learn this and there was no time for joking around.
"Okay I will explain. Your eyes have to move to see things in another direction, these movements are imitated in speed, connected with the speed of the rest of your body. Since you are slower than me you can't track me down with your eyes. But you have something that's not related to speed and movements. It's your ability to sense spiritual pressure."
Soi Fon eyes grow wide she suddenly understand the point of Yoruichi's speech. She wasn't joking, she was serious the whole time.
"It means, I have to sense where you are!"
"Exactly!"
The voice of the tanned woman appeared right next to Soi Fon's ear and her body was pressed against the younger's back. This time even the smaller woman realized from the start how close her mentor was. Suddenly she felt Yoruichi's Reiatsu overflowing her body making it hard to focus on her task while she was connected to Yoruichi's warm body, the body she had desired for so long and just couldn't reach for over 100 years.
"Now close your eyes and feel my Reiatsu. For now, just try to dodge and block my attacks."
Soi closed her eyes as the warm body disappeared. As soon as the connection broke, the young captain got her grip again. She stood calm and concentrated on Yoruichi's spiritual pressure. 'There, no there on the left. No damn!' And with this thought Yoruichi hit her hard in her stomach. The Captain lost her grip and fell backwards on the cold and dirty ground. She brushed away the blood at her mouth and stood up again.
"Well next try, and focus Soi Fon. You have to trust your feelings."
And the tanned woman disappeared. After two seconds the next strike hit Soi Fon hard at her back. The third strike blew her legs away and the forth hit her face.
The training continued and the raven-haired women tock on strike after the other until the 67th try.
"There you are!" She screamed as she blocked the attack of Yoruichi with only one hand.
"Great one!"
Yoruichi let her hand fall dawn. Soi Fon was breathing hard and she was bleeding all over her body.
"I think you got it. Lets go home for now. I'm starving."
The tanned woman said and felt on her back while holding her stomach. To underline her point.
"But Yoruichi-sama you only taught me to defend myself against you, you have to show me how I can get faster, and how I can attack you!"
Yoruichi grabbed Soi Fon's left arm and pulled her down on top of her. She slowly stroked Soi Fon's black hair while watching her with a serious gaze.
"You're still the same. Always wanting to train until you black out. Sometimes you have to rest! And honestly now is a really good moment to rest. I will teach you the rest on another day. For now, let us go home and eat something."
Soi Fon layed her head on Yoruichi's chest, right under her collarbone. She felt her body shaking in pain, it had been a long time since Yoruichi had beat her up like this.
"Yoruichi-sama?"
"Hum?"
"Honestly I'm to tired to move, and my body God damn hurts. Maybe you are right."
Soi Fon felt how exhausted she was now as she laid on top of Yoruichi. She was even to tiered to blush about the situation.
"And you wanted to train longer. Your a silly one!"
Yoruichi laughed.
"But since I'm the one who hit you so many times I will have the duty of carrying you home."
The tanned woman stood up, already having the younger one in her arms.
Soi Fon started to struggle and tried to break free, not wanting someone from her squad to see her like this.
"Yoruichi-sama, please, I didn't mean it this way, I'm surely able to go home on my own."
"Come on, you're not even able to break free, how do you imagine to go home? Crawling on the floor? And don't worry nobody is around, I can't feel any Spiritual pressure."
Soi Fon realized that Yoruichi wouldn't let go of her since she tightened her grip. So she decided to accept it and enjoy her mentor's closeness. She felt Yoruichi's chest rise and fall slowly in the rhythm of her breath and heard the steady heart beat. Surprisingly, she was very fast and Soi Fon wondered what it was that made Yoruichi's heart beat as fast as it did, but she suddenly felt the fatigue and she fell asleep before she even thought of it.
The smell of an onion frying in some soy sauce, and boiling rice, woke the Captain of the second squad up. She pulled the blankets away and slipped out of her to find that she was only wearing her underwear. As she tried to remember how she reached her home and when she undressed herself she suddenly blushed. If she fell asleep as Yoruichi carried her, it would mean that she brought her home and it would also mean that Yoruichi tock off her clothes. Then she realized something and suddenly put a hand on her stomach.
"Damn it."
Soi Fon whispered to herself. She dressed herself and made her way to the kitchen where the smell came from.
"Oh hello, you're finally awake! I thought I should let you sleep until I made dinner."
Yoruichi turned off the hot-plate and took the pan way.
"You can cook?"
She started with something trivial, hoping if she placed the important question somewhere in the middle of the conversation, Yoruichi wouldn't gave it mush attention.
"Well not really, its just some fryed rice with eggs and vegetables."
Soi Fon put the plate and the chopsticks on the table to help her mentor.
"Eh, Yoruichi-sama did you took off my clothes?"
Soi Fon still hopped that she did it on her own and just couldn't remember it.
"Yes..."
Yoruichi already knew what Soi Fon was up to.
"... Ehh, Soi Fon... This giant scar on your stomach. What happened?"
Yoruichi faced the table like she already knew what her little bee would tell her and was scared of looking in her eyes.
"I prefer not to talk about."
Soi Fon took the a bit of rice.
"It's an old scar isn't it?"
Soi Fon watched away.
"Yoruichi-sama, please just…" The Captain tried to stop her mentor, to change the subject.
"That means... That means it's all my fault!"
Yoruichi smashed her hand on the table.
"Damn it!"
I wasn't there to protect you! You got injured because of my absence!"
Her voice was full of regrets and she hold back some tears.
"Yoruichi-sama... It's not like that... It... I... Can't tell you. You wouldn't understand."
"Soi please you can trust me! I won't be upset or anything believe me."
"Yoruichi-sama I already told you, I prefer not to talk about it."
The younger one said, trying to appear calm. But in the same breath she stood up and walked in the direction of the exit. A hand grabbed her wrist, pulled her back and turning her around in one single move.
"Soi Fon, please... please tell me."
Yoruichi's golden orbs looked deep in Soi Fon's eyes, desperately searching for an answer.
The young Captain suppressed her tears and turned away, not able to face her former mentor, in the current situation. She couldn't tell her, she couldn't burden her Goddess with the past.
" I'm s-sorry..."
CLACK CLACK CLACK! The alarm of the soul society resounded through the streets. Footsteps of running Shinigamis were sounding in the air. A hell butterfly appeared next to Soi Fon.
"A Vaste Lorde appeared in the west of the Rukongai. The head Captain orders Captain Soi Fon to eliminate the target as fast as possible to avoid any civil damage "
The raven-haired woman changed her hurt expression into a ready-to-kill-everything expression.
"Sorry Yoruichi-sama, I have to fulfill my duty."
"I can help you."
"Don't worry I'm not a little girl anymore, I can handle this by myself."
And the younger woman disappeared with no other word. A bit relieved that she could run away from the situation.
'Well I guess she will be fine. She did very well in the Training session. Seams that I have some time to visit Kisuke.' Yoruichi thought and headed out to the huge portal.