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Post by Kita Miyamoto on Feb 16, 2015 18:51:27 GMT -6
Kita nodded with teary eyes. "I know he will and I will wait for him until my dying day. I just hope he comes back before then. I am only human after all. I can't live forever like a soul reaper." She looked around the room tensing slightly when she did not see Kisuke. She then looked back at Juushiro with fear ridden eyes.
"W...wher...where's Kisuek?" She clutched Shinsou closer to her. She looked to Kyoraku then back to Juushiro. She started to shake her head tears flowing again as her fingertips covered her lips.
"Is he..."
Juushiro shook his head quickly and embraced Kita again as he quickly replied. "Noooo. Kita. He is not dead."
Kita sighed and relaxed in his arms as her eyes closed she did not know what to say. That put a real scare into her.
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Post by Commander Shunsui Kyoraku on Feb 16, 2015 19:07:04 GMT -6
Shunsui chuckled. He was about to answer when the sound of little feet rushed down the hall. Kenji, little face red, ran over to Take-jii and hugged Kita around his legs. "Nee-chan! Dad's all white and stuff in his bed and Mama's not here!" Tears pooled in his eyes. "Did foxy fail?"
Kita quickly looked up at Juushiro, who shook his head again. His best friend knelt down to Kenji's height. "Your dad is resting and your mama decided to visit her family in Soul Society."
"Is he hurt?"
"No, no, Kenji, he is n-"
Shunsui came quickly over and hoisted Kenji into his arms. "So this is the little shopkeeper."
"Who are you, flower man?" Kenji inquired, wrinkling his nose at all the pink.
Shunsui chuckled and grinned. "I am another friend of your father's and another great admirer of the ladies here."
Kita giggled slightly. Kenji tilted his head. "Do you know why dad is all sick and stuff?"
The commander grinned. "He put another bad guy away. It takes energy. He needs rest to recover."
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Post by Kita Miyamoto on Feb 16, 2015 21:41:39 GMT -6
It was nice to feel a little relived even though her heart was still heavy, she still smiled looking from Kyoraku and Kenji back to Juushiro. "Please tell me it was Vale or that bastard Loki, Kisuke got?"Kenji's little head whipped around and looked at Kita. "Nee-chan! I am going to tell daddy you said a bad word!" Kyoraku chuckled and bounced Kenji in his arms. "What do you say you and me go attack the kitchen and see if we can find some of Tessai's yummy cookies?" "OK!" Kenji exclaimed wiggling down out of Kyoraku's arms, grabbed his hand and tugged him toward the kitchen. "It's this way!"
Kyoraku chuckled resting his free hand to his hat to keep from losing it as the two disappeared into the other room.Kita's smile widened and gently took Juushiro's hand to lead them back over to the table. He looked exhausted. Once they sat down she poured him a cup of tea sitting back she waited for him to explain what was going on with Kisuke. After his first sip he looked at Kita with a warm smile."It was Loki. He has him trapped with his Bankai, the Bloody Coffin." Kita's eyes took on a worried look. "But I thought... From what I was told about Kisuke's Bankai it was dangerous for him to use it? Not only for the person he used it on but himself as well."Juushiro sighed wrapping his hands around his cup as he looked down into it. "It is and Loki is a very powerful adversary. I am sure Kisuke is going to be down for awhile." "How long!?!" Kita almost screamed at him. Her eyes starting to tear up once more.Juushiro looked up quickly at her shock on his face. "I don't know Kita. I have never witnessed Kisuke's Bankai before. I just know the reason he never used it was because it was a risk on his life." Kita got quickly to her feet a determined look on her face. "I won't allow him to do this. Kenji and Yoruichi need him far too much." She turned toward the rooms in the back. "Is he coherent?" she asked walking toward the hall.Moved
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Post by Ichigo Kurosaki on Feb 26, 2015 12:15:47 GMT -6
"Old Friends Reunited": continued Ichigo walked into the shop, shocked to see Uryu and Rukia in the main room. Rukia looked peeved. He scratched his head, unsure how to talk to Rukia after their last meeting and a bit unsure about Uryu getting there ahead of him. "You know, Uryu, you could have walked with me if you were headed in this direction." The quincy ignored him. Still the same Uryu.
He chuckled slightly and then turned to Rukia. "H- hey, Rukia," he murmured. "Are you still angry with me?"
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Post by Lt. Rukia Kuchiki on Feb 26, 2015 13:31:31 GMT -6
Rukia unfolded her arms. “I wasn’t angry at you, baka. Well,” she muttered, “I take that back. You were acting kind of blindly.” Ichigo winced. She sighed. “I got over it. Now, I am considering how to best roast a rabbit.”
“A rabbit? Well, I haven’t had rabbit, but pork is good with -“
Ichigo’s face slammed into the wall as Rukia punched him in the face. “Not that rabbit, you idiot! The espada who keeps leaping around.”
Ichigo’s face hardened. “Koga is here?”
“Here and gone. He took Ryouma.” She folded her arms again. “Ishida was attacking Ichimaru, so I focused on him, and he slipped behind me. I’m pissed.”
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Post by Ichigo Kurosaki on Feb 26, 2015 13:35:34 GMT -6
Ichigo blinked and then turned to Ishida. "Didn't you hear me when I said Kita's a close friend and in love with him, Uryu?"
Rukia sat down. "He knows. She threw up a barrier keeping us out of the room."
Ichigo sighed. "Uryu, you're lucky that's all she did if you threatened Ichimaru." He sat down at the table too. "We can get Ryouma back when we get Orihime back." Ishida finally looked to him. Ichigo blinked and then made a face. "What's that stare for?"
"Since when have you finally started calling Orihime by her first name?" the quincy asked.
Ichigo blushed and slammed a hand into the table. "None of your damn business, and it doesn't matter when the bastards in Las Noches have her brainwashed."
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Post by Uyru Ishida on Feb 27, 2015 21:42:36 GMT -6
Uryu pushed his glasses along his nose. "How long has she been there?" he asked. "Not everyone has a will strong enough to resist something as strong as the call of Las Noches. Her being brainwashed shouldn't be shocking, if she has been there so some time."
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Post by Ichigo Kurosaki on Feb 27, 2015 22:11:15 GMT -6
Rukia started to say something but not before Ichigo growled like a beast, reiatsu whipping around him as he grabbed the collar of the quincy’s white cloak and hauled him closer. “She is NOT weak. She was still herself last time it happened. She …. she was still smiling.” He trembled, recalling their embrace when he had found her outside of the shop and she had confessed to being… “She was BEATEN, RAPED ... Things were the WORST they could be! It’s NOT HER fault and I am STILL getting her back!”
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Post by Uyru Ishida on Feb 27, 2015 22:19:13 GMT -6
"Go ahead and waste your efforts saving someone who will undoubtly be ungrateful for it!" stated Uryu. "And, despite what you have managed to convince yourself is the truth about her, she may very well be lost to you. What if she doesn't want to come back?"
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Post by Kita Miyamoto on Feb 27, 2015 22:29:47 GMT -6
Kita entered the room as Ichigo shoved Ishida back from him with force. "Ichigo?" Kita called to him as she stopped just in the entry way of the room. Her hands were folded in front of her as she looked to the enraged Ichigo.
"It was an act on her part. Yes, all those things happened to her, but because of what happened she caved and gave up. She caved to Vale and became part of what Las Noches is. Koga was the one that planted her here to gather information. She was playing on your sympathy she knew you of all people would believe her faster than the rest of us." Kita looked down to the floor shaking her head. "She went back willingly with Koga. She was happy to see him and gratefully took the kiss he gave her when he came to get her."
She looked up at Ichigo his eyes starting to blacken as she stepped toward him. Once in front of him she rested her hand to his shoulder. Her eyes sad as tears pooled there. "I am sorry Ichi." She let her head lower. "I failed you and Hime. I could not protect her from Vale."
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Post by Ichigo Kurosaki on Feb 28, 2015 12:16:57 GMT -6
A calming aura cleared the black and crimson rage trying to take over Ichigo, pushing the hollow back. Ichigo nearly heard a verbal complaint with his hollow’s whine of resignation but another voice in his heard overrode the hollow. “Anger won’t serve you here, Ichigo Kurosaki. Remember what you carry and the responsibilities that come with it. Even in your depression, you returned to it. Remember why. Are you only here for yourself?” Ichigo blinked as the voice and presence left his mind, leaving Kita with tears in her eyes. Blaming herself. What I carry…. He sighed. The badge. He had grabbed it before chasing after his friend. That’s right. His friend. His shoulders slumped, and he pulled her into his arms.
“You did all you could, Kita,” he whispered in a broken voice. “We both did. It… wasn’t your fault.” Kita started crying and he held her, letting her get her emotions out, breathing deeply to control his own.
They’d lost Orihime just when he had started to realize that she was more than a friend.
He looked over to Uryu. "Sorry, I shouldn't have done that." The quincy nodded, pushing his glasses up.
Ichigo's eyes narrowed as looked back down at Kita. He could do nothing to prevent this loss, just like when his mother had died.
Ichigo closed his eyes. Come back, Orihime, please. You’re not forgotten.
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Post by Lt. Kairo Namori on Feb 28, 2015 15:43:41 GMT -6
"Facets of Reality": continued Entering the shop, they found that Rukia had taken Ichigo somewhere else, leaving the main room empty, as Ishida had left shortly after Ichigo's apology. As quietly as he had entered. As Kairo and Kita helped Yumiko to take a seat, the lieutenant's eyes narrowed in thought. The noble had gone silent after he had appeared, staring at nothing in particular but still holding onto her blade, the hilt of which was also tainted with blood. It seemed she had burned her hands. Kairo sighed and pulled out the item he had been sent to give her. He pressed the bracelet to her opposite hand. "Miss Ryouma, this is a protective measure that was just completed. I was ordered to give it to you by Captain Ukitake."
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Feb 28, 2015 15:50:59 GMT -6
Yumiko jolted from the trance she'd slipped into and looked at the lieutenant. Letting go of her blade and looking at her slightly hurt hands, she closed her hand around the slim bracelet with a shimmering stone. "Thank you," she said. "What does it do?"
"It will prevent another attempt from Koga," Kairo stated, rising to his feet. "If a hollow touches you, a barrier will open up and wrap around you. It will push him back, giving you or someone around you time to retaliate."
Yumiko smiled slightly. "That will help," she murmured. "Thank you, Lieutenant." She looked back up at him. "What happened in Soul Society?"
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Post by Lt. Kairo Namori on Feb 28, 2015 16:00:51 GMT -6
Kairo nodded and crossed his arms. "The espada Koga returned Lieutenant Hinamori .... tied to the roof of first division, unconscious and naked." Yumiko stiffened and Kita's eyes narrowed. Kairo continued. "The espada Loki wrecked havoc nearby before he, too, vanished." He paused. "In addition to delivering that to prevent another kidnapping - which I apologize for being too late - I am to wait for Urahara or Yoruichi and deliver this news directly to them. Las Noches has not disbanded. They attacked to deliver a message. They're still here and can take what they want."
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Post by Kita Miyamoto on Feb 28, 2015 16:11:13 GMT -6
"NO!" Kita practically screamed as her clenched hand hit the table top causing Yumiko and Kairo both to startle slightly. "I won't allow them to harm another person! Not now! Not ever! Not as long as I have Sumi! I WON'T ALLOW IT ANYMORE!"
She stood from the table and looked to Kairo and Yumiko her head shaking slightly. "I am going after Orihime. I don't care if I have to gag her and drag her back here kicking and screaming. Then keep her that way until she comes to her senses. They have taken too much from us all. Destroyed too many lives. IT ENDS TODAY!" Her hands clenched so tightly her hands white from loss of blood flow.
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