Chapter 12: It Doesn't Rain, It Pours

No…no…NOOOO!

Soi Fong was tossing and turning in bed. The movements caused Yoruichi to wake up.

"Soi? Soi, are you okay?"

"SOI?"

"Unohan-san! Unohana-san! Unohana-san! There is something wrong with her!"

Yoruichi flashed step out of the room. In her hurry to search for Unohana, Yoruichi didn't see the storm grey eyes opening for the first time in 3 months.

Where am I? What am I doing here? Why does it hurt so much? Who brought me here?

Soi fong winced in pain as she tried to recall the events that happened.

"Soi Fong!"

Yoruichi burst into the room and rushed to the bed side.

"You are awake! How are you feeling? Are you okay? Does it hurt?"

"Is she okay?" she asked turning to Unohana abruptly, scaring the woman with the intensity of the question.

Make it stop. Make it stop. Make it STOP! Soi Fong grabbed her head in her hands, squeezing her eyes shut.

"Please lower your volume Yoruichi-san" she gesture to Soi Fong while crossing the room to check on the patient.

"Tell me what you remember"

"Unohana-taichou…?" Soi Fong looked at her puzzled. Taking stock of her surroundings, her storm grey eyes landed on the distressed figure of one Shihouin Yoruichi.

"Gundanchou-sama!" her eyes widen in distress. Is she the one that brought me here? Have I failed her? What a failure I must have seem to her, unable to defend myself properly; muchless defend her. You should have trained harder.

"Soi?" so deep was she in beating herself up for failing Yoruichi that she did not notice the goddess had crossed to her side of the room and was currently lifting her face to face hers. Gold clashed with grey. A thousand and one emotions swirled in Yoruichi's eyes as she met Soi Fong's gaze head on.

What is this confusion that I see in her?

What is this feeling that is burning so brightly in her eyes? Is she blaming me for being weak? No. it doesn't seem like. Why do I feel my face heating up?

Soi Fong was the first to break the gaze, blushing a little she looked away and lifted her chin away from the slender fingers that was holding it in place.

"Gomenasaii Gundachou-sama. I'm still not strong enough to protect you. I'll work harder. I won't let you down again" she said seriously, flashing stepping away from the bed and kneeling in front of Yoruichi with her head bowed.

"Soi Fong-san, what year is it?"

Yoruichi cocked an eyebrow at the weird question posted, she didn't even have the time to react to Soi Fong's weird behavior and now even Unohana is off her rockers?

"1589 Unohana-taichou"

Yoruichi's eyes widened when she heard the answer. That is…even before she left Soul Society, when Soi Fong was promoted to be part of her bodyguards.

"Soi Fong, what is the last thing you remember?" she asked in a strangled voice.

"Gundanchou-sama…I…"

The pain kicked in and she let out a cry before blacking out.

"SOI! Unohana-san, what is wrong with her? Why does she still think this is 1589? Why is she still calling me Gundanchou? What is wrong with my Soi?"

"Calm down Yoruichi-san. I have taken a part of her blood for analysis but initial observations have shown that she might be suffering from a case of amnesia. At the moment I can't tell you for sure if the memory loss is here to stay. But we will know more once we take a look at her blood. It might be from the remnants of that sicko Mabashi's poison or a reaction when Soi Fong injected Suzumebachi's poison into herself to neutralize Mabashi's. Either way, only after we have done the blood analysis that we can tell for sure if this thing is here to stay."

"What am I going to do? She thinks she is my bodyguard. She thinks I'm the captain of both second squad and the Omitsukido. How is she going to go back to work? What am I to do? Soi Fong…"

"For now, all you can do is watch over her and make sure nothing happens."

"Soi Fong…my poor Soi. I should have been there. I should have been there when you fought that bastard Mabashi and his sick puppet. I should be the one protecting you and not the other way around. Why? Why shit always happen when we are just a touch away from happiness? Kuso!"

Yoruichi mumbled to herself as she sat at Soi Fong's bedside, keeping vigilant for any signs that something is happening within her beloved's body.

Unohana sighed. She had never seen Yoruichi looking so down in the dumps. Despite knowing the purple haired woman for her entire life, she had never once seen that lost and haunting look on her face when the number 1589 came out of Soi Fong's mouth. It looks as though the entire world came crashing down on her at once. She had once thought that nothing can shake the carefree and couldn't-be-bothered attitude from the Goddess of Flash, nothing in the world could get a genuine, soft smile out of the ever cheeky woman. Looking at the broken figure by the bedside, she knows better. Little by little, Yoruichi was changing after she met Soi Fong. So tiny was her changes that she herself did not realize but it was as clear as day to anyone who knows her. The warmth that accompanied the teasing, the caring tone, the subtle lighting up of the eyes whenever the petite woman walks into the room and the subtle change in Yoruichi's mood.

For her sake as much as yours, Soi Fong-san, please wake up. She can't take this. You might just be the first one to break the "unbreakable" Goddess of Flash.

AN: I know I know. I'm late! I swear I did wanted to post or write something. But my initial idea seems crappy. So I was sitting around and the idea hit me as I was about to sleep last night; would have wrote it all out 24hrs ago if it wasn't for the paper that is due this morning. Anyway, here it is an update of The Secrets We Keep. Thank you all for your constant support! Please read and review.

Be still my heart...why is it that you never listen to me when it comes to her?