I do not own anything bleach, only my OC.
This story takes place before TYBW, but after the end of the original anime.
Chapter 11 –
PREVIOUSLY
"You can finish after you eat some lunch, even genius' need food, and I won't let you get lost without food." Kimiko instructed him, grabbing his hand and pulling him to follow her up the stairs, she smiled as he didn't resist.
"Lunch, than I can come back?" he asked softly, still not removing his gaze from hers.
"Yes, lunch than you can come back, until I come find you again." She replied, smiling.
Kisuke sat at the table with everyone, he watched them from under his hat, watching how the others laughed and joked, his eyes drifted to Kimiko who was smiling and laughing as she watched Ichigo, Rukia, and Renji.
It was a strange sensation he was feeling, this just felt so domestic. Suddenly a loud crash was heard outside the shop. Kisuke narrowed his eyes.
'Why didn't I feel a disturbance?' He thought to himself standing slowly, noticing that Ichigo, Rukia, and Renji were already making their way to the door.
Kisuke looked at Kimiko as she stood, "stay here." He told her as he made his way after the trio.
Kimiko watched the four of them walk outside, she looked back at Jinta, Ururu and Tessai. Jinta and Ururu cowering behind Tessai.
"Tessai, keep them safe, add another barrier." She told him, grabbing Surio.
"Mistress, Kisuke said to stay here." Tessai argued as Kimiko smirked at him.
"Come now Tessai, when has that ever worked before?" She winked at Jinta and Ururu, before making her way out the door.
Kisuke stepped outside behind the trio, his eyes covered by his hat, he narrowed his eyes when he saw the Arrancar standing there once the dust cleared.
"Now was that necessary, we just cleaned this front area." he asked sarcastically, watching the Arrancar laugh.
"Oh, there's more of that coming, hand her over and I won't kill everyone." He replied shrugging.
"Who the hell are you anyways?" Ichigo yelled, now in his soul reaper form like Rukia and Renji.
Kisuke finally had the opportunity to study him, he was dressed in an all-white outfit, his long haori blowing behind him. His hair was dark and his eyes a bright silver, he noticed the hollow hole through his left thigh.
'Hhmm, he's a Numero, but not one we've seen, where did he come from, without Aizen.' Kisuke thought to himself, trying to piece information together. He sensed her before she stepped out of the shop, 'she never listens.' He looked over his shoulder narrowing his eyes as Kimiko stepped out the door, meeting his gaze.
"Yea, yea, I know, you're thinking 'she never listens', are you shocked?" she told him, moving to stand next to him.
Kisuke's eyes widened, sometimes he wondered if she could actually read his mind, he sighed and shook his head, turning back to the Arrancar.
"Hey! Dumbass! I asked you a question, who the hell are you?" Ichigo shouted again, pulling Zangetsu out and pointing it at him.
"Humans are so rude. I heard you the first time." He replied rubbing his head. "My name is Gituku Semele, Lord Aizen's protégé and heir." He smirked sadistically, his eyes finally falling to Kimiko. "Ah, so I see what the fool in the hat stuck in you revived your old abilities, perfect, now I don't have to do it."
Kimiko narrowed her eyes at him, her hand tightening around Surio's hilt, she took another step forward, Kisuke reaching his hand forward to stop her.
"What the hell do you want with me you freak?" she asked, raising her eyebrow.
"Name calling? Very rude and inconsiderate. You are needed to help me complete my plan, I need to you help restore Lord Aizen to his full strength, after we destroy the soul society to retrieve him. He told me all about you." Gituku sneered. "He will be happy to know that his assumptions were correct, that he did get that reincarnation kido off before he skewered you.
Kimiko gasped, narrowing her eyes at his words, "impossible, there's no way he could have known I even knew that kido!" she yelled, pulling her arm from Kisuke's hand.
"Lord Aizen knew everything, how else do you think he was able to outmaneuver and outthink even the genius Kisuke Urahara?" He taunted her, laughing.
Kimiko looked over her shoulder at Kisuke, capturing his gaze before she shifted her eyes to the side, telling him to look. Kisukes turned his head and saw Benihime.
He wondered how she had gotten her out here, she was in his lab, but decided not to focus on that right now, slowly making his way to where Kimiko had placed his cane against the door, watching as she kept Gituku's focus her.
"Aizen was a psychopath! He destroyed hundreds of lives and for what? He wasn't even strong enough; he was rejected by the Hogyoku in the end." She retorted, stepping closer to him, finally reaching the earth. She watched as Gituku sneered, he was getting angry, good, he would lose focus when he lost control she determined, watching his movements.
Gituku screamed in frustration at her words, jumping back further a red ball forming in his hand.
"CERO!" Gituku yelled, launching the attack.
Kimiko watched as Ichigo, Rukia, and Renji leaped out of the way, understandably, there's no way they could stop that, she looked back and realized Kisuke wasn't going to make it in time.
'Suiro, we still have it?' she asked her zanpakuto.
'Yes, just one for now.' Suiro replied.
Kimiko leaped towards the cero, she held Suiro vertically in front of her body, releasing her spiritual pressure letting it expand to create a barrier, catching the cero engulfing it so it exploded on itself in a contained space.
"What!" Gituku shouted stunned as he watched his cero disappear, "impossible!"
Kimiko smirked at him, "Guess Aizen wasn't all knowing after all, or maybe he just didn't tell you about me completely." She mocked him, letting herself land on the ground.
'We aren't strong enough to repel another one Mistress.' Suiro informed her mentally.
'I understand.' She replied to him.
Gituku snarled, getting ready to try and release another cero. Kimiko looked and saw Kisuke flash in front of her to block the attack when it came.
"Dance, Sode no Shirayuki!"
"Howl, Zabimaru!"
Kimiko watched as Rukia and Renji released their shikai at him, she smirked as Renji looked to be taking her advice from the other day, he looked like he got faster. She watched as Ichigo pulled his hollow mask and launched at Gituku with Zangetsu slashing.
Gituku dodged the attacks but not without injury, he was hit on his right shoulder. Kimiko watched as he watched the blood flow from his wound.
"Hhhhmmm, that is frustrating." Gituku muttered before looking back to the group, leaping backwards, "now that I have collected my information, I'll be on my way. I'll see you soon Kimiko." He said, laughing manically before disappearing through a garganta.
Kisuke looked around, not sensing anything, he was actually gone. He turned back to Kimiko watching her closely.
Kimiko was staring at the ground, her brows scrunched in concentration, she didn't even feel Rukia, Renji, and Ichigo land next to her.
"This guy is a crazy as Aizen, is he really going to try and free him from the Soul Society?" Renji asked, sheathing his zanpakuto.
"We need to figure out more about this Gituku Semele." Kisuke said, keeping his eyes on Kimiko. "Rukia, Renji, can you get Shunsui and Jushiro to see what they can find on this? Let them know what his plan is." He looked over to Ichigo before continuing, "Get a hold of Nell, find out who this Numero is, and where. He has to be in Hueco Mundo."
Ichigo nodded, leaping away to get a hold of Nell in Hueco Mundo. Rukia and Renji turned as a Senkaimon appeared, walking through it back to the soul society.
A few minutes passed and Kisuke and Kimiko were the only ones left standing outside. Kisuke tried to read the woman standing in front of him, she was stock still, he remembered that was never a good sign.
"Kimiko…..." Kisuke said softly, watching her clench and unclench her hands. "Talk to me, muse." He whispered to her, if she lost control, he wasn't sure how her abilities would react with a combination of two souls in one body, her powers were amplified, so he could only assume her innate abilities were as well.
Kimiko closed her eyes tightly, trying to focus on her breathing, she needed to calm herself, she couldn't lose control, she felt the space around her start to change as she gritted her jaw, she was having trouble controlling her spiritual pressure combining with her innate abilities.
"Kisuke…." She whispered, breathing deeply. "I need you to contain me, if I lose control." She told him, knowing he would be able to control her.
Kisuke grunted in response to her, pulling Benihime out of his cane, just in case. "I don't want to do this Kimiko, try harder." He told her, his tone demanding, the same tone he used as captain, trying to let his Spiritual pressure over power hers, to push it down.
Kimiko smiled, still not looking up, "don't you think I'm trying…. You're plan B." she replied.
'Suiro…. Help….' She begged her zanpakuto, feeling him try and control their spiritual pressure.
'I'm trying mistress… breathe, I'm not at full strength.' He responded.
Kisuke watched as she was enveloped in her spiritual pressure, narrowing his eyes, he really did not want to bind her, he only had to do that once before.
FLASHBACK
Kisuke flashed to where he felt her spiritual pressure, he looked around and saw her standing in the center of the field, breathing heavy, she was engulfed in a dark blue and purple spiritual pressure, her eyes closed tight, and fists clenched.
"Kimiko…" Kisuke said, slowly approaching her, "what happened?"
"Hollows, but not normal ones, stronger, charged as one, planned attack, losing control" she replied her voice shaking as she tried to regain control of herself.
"What should I do?" Kisuke asked, for once not knowing what to do.
"You need to contain me, use Benihime." She ground out to him, tears flowing down her face, "Do it now Kisuke, please." She begged before she screamed out in pain, her spiritual pressure starting to flare.
Kisuke shut his eyes tightly, swinging Benihime at her, "Shibari, Benihime!" He launched a red net at Kimiko landing on top of her, trapping her to the ground and reducing her spiritual pressure.
Kimiko screamed as the net trapped her, she felt her powers recede when it touched her. Her tears flowing freely now, the pain too much.
Kisuke pulled Benihime back when he felt her spiritual pressure recede, he flashed next to her, kneeling beside her body.
"Kimiko, please, say something." He said, his voice straining.
"Thank you… Kisuke…." She whispered, her eyes closing.
END FLASHBACK
Kisuke watched Kimiko closely, trying to decide the best course of action, he hoped she would be able to regain control.
Kimiko screamed, falling down to her knees, she refused to lose control. She pulled the spiritual pressure back into her body, she felt the tears start to flow down her cheeks.
"Do I -?" she heard Kisuke ask, but he cut his sentence off.
She knew he didn't want to have to contain her again, she was trying to spare him.
"Not yet…..." she ground out to him, still trying to handle it herself, she screamed again, feeling more spiritual pressure return to her body.
Kisuke watched, his eyes widening as she pulled her spiritual pressure into her body, the dark blue and purple vanishing as she continued to scream, her hands clenching the ground beneath her hands, he wanted to approach her but knew he couldn't, finally after a few more moments everything vanished, and she collapsed to the ground.
Kimiko groaned as the final remnants of her spiritual pressure returned to her body, panting she collapsed to the ground, crying out in pain.
Kisuke ran to her, turning her body over, his eyes trailing over her. He started using Kaido to try and heal her, "hang on, I got you." He said, focusing all of his energy.
Kimiko slowly opened her eyes, looking at Kisuke before trying to smile, "It's ok… I'm okay…." She mumbled as her eyes closed, her head falling to the side.
Kisuke's eyes widening, "NO! TESSAI!" He yelled, losing his focus.
Tessai ran out of the shop, seeing Kimiko on the ground and Kisuke trying to heal her. He quickly pushed Kisuke out of the way, taking over. Tessai immersed her in his kaido ability, surrounding her whole body.
Kisuke watched helplessly, from where he landed after Tessai pushed him away. His breathing rapidly increased.
"Not again…" he muttered, not realizing he said it out loud.
Tessai looked over his shoulder at Kisuke, "She's going to be okay boss. Just give me a minute." He responded, turning back to Kimiko.
After a few moments, Tessai sat back, sighing, she was no longer surrounded by his spiritual pressure, and her breathing became steady.
Tessai took a deep breathe before saying anything, "she needs to rest, she will be okay." He told Kisuke, trying to regain his energy, he gave a lot of his reitsu to her, for healing.
Kisuke stood and made his way over to Tessai, kneeling next to him, placing a hand on his shoulder, his head bowed.
"Thank you, my friend." He muttered, his voice shaking, his eyes closed.
"I'd do anything for her, like I would for you." He replied, falling backwards, as Kisuke caught him, laying him down gently.
Kisuke looked between his good friend and the other half of his soul, his shoulders shaking, unable to stop the tears from falling from his eyes. He breathed deep after a few moments, before standing, he pulled Tessai into the shop first.
"Jinta, Ururu!" he called out, the two running to the front, "Take Tessai, he needs to rest." He explained as they took Tessai to his room. Kisuke ran back outside to Kimiko, he picked up Benihime and Suiro in one hand before he lifted her body, carrying her inside.
Kisuke took her to their room, laying her on the bed, turning his head as Ururu appeared in the doorway.
"How's Tessai?" he asked her.
"He's okay, we have him in his room, Jinta is watching him, he overexerted his spiritual pressure." She explained softly, looking down.
"Good, let me know if anything changes." Kisuke replied, resting his hand against Kimiko's cheek, he heard Ururu walk away from the door.
"Come on muse. Give me a sign." He demanded, narrowing his eyes, examining her body, he briefly saw her hands clench, before relaxing. Kisuke sighed, his shoulders dropping, shaking again. "Wake up…. Please…." He whispered, his head falling against their bed, one hand clasping hers, while his other buried in her hair.
A/N: Finally got this one out, hit some serious writers block, please review, and let me know what you think! I'm starting to wonder if I should continue this fic…...
