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Post by Urahara Kisuke on Jul 9, 2015 14:57:18 GMT -6
Kisuke nodded agreeing with Gin as he then turned to the monitor. "If he wants to go the flower shop then let him. I will have him watched as I did before." He then looked to Vale.
"Your Aeronite is gone. I destroyed it. If you are looking to get rid of your unwanted companion I have something better for you, but we have to get him to show his face and become solid matter if you expect it to work on him. You carrying it on your person will not work."
His eyes drifted to Kyoraku. "Send his zanpakuto down, but not with him. I will have Sumi seal it to the point he can only talk with Chinmoku, not use his powers." Kisuke glanced at Vale with a smirk. "No one will be able to break that seal. Not even Alister."
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Post by Commander Shunsui Kyoraku on Jul 9, 2015 16:28:29 GMT -6
The Commander nodded. “I will do that.” He turned to the others in the room with him and then focused on Vale himself. “Earn our trust back and you can wield your powers again. Until then, be patient." He turned to Juushiro. "Shall we send Chinmoku with you since you are still one of the opponents he least wants to-"
He halted as someone spoke up.
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Jul 9, 2015 16:30:09 GMT -6
"This isn’t right,” a voice whispered. It took a moment for Yumiko she had spoken aloud, but when she did, she looked up and looked at her teachers and Kisuke. She shook her head. “I'm sorry, but no one should be separated from their zanpakuto. Vale's trying to redeem himself, too.” She paused. “Isn’t there another way to safeguard against more destruction without breaching that connection?"
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Post by Urahara Kisuke on Jul 9, 2015 16:49:50 GMT -6
Kisuke looked to Yumiko. "He will not be shut completely off from his zanpakuto. He will still be able to talk to him, but the powers themselves will be sealed. That way there is no need to worry about him using it against us." Kisuke adjusted his hat and looked to Vale from under it.
"Or we take it a step above that--" Kisuke paused, "Sumi goes to the Soul King and tell him of his enhanced powers granted to him by Alister and he is returned to normal. Your choice, Tervaden. Either way. I will not take my chances with you again. I will let Kita kill you this time around."
The look on Kisuke's face and in his eyes were beyond serious, he meant what he said and there was no getting him to think twice about it.
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Post by Alister on Jul 9, 2015 18:47:21 GMT -6
"Now now, gentlemen." said the god, appearing in the space between the Captains and the monitor. "I've had my hand on this man's life far longer than you all will believe." He laughed, placing a finger to Vale's forehead. "You think driving me out will stop the influence I have over him? You think the chaos burning inside of him is something I have cause? No. I merely pulled it out of him. I showed him the man he was always meant to be. And, he chose to walk the path."
Turning to Ryouma, the god smiled. "The same fire that burns in him, burns in you."
"Leave her out of this." snapped Tervaden, stepping in front of Ryouma. "You want me, remember. Focus on me."
The god looked to Tervaden, a smirk growing on his lips. He raised a brow. "And, I've got you, Tervaden. Remember?"
Ryouma pulled on Tervaden's haori until he turned to face her. "What's he talking about, Vale?"
"Yes, Tervaden." grinned the god. "What am I talking about?"
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Jul 9, 2015 19:07:00 GMT -6
"Don't spoil all the fun, Alister." Vale grinned, tapping his empty hip. He looked over, winking at Yumiko. "I had hoped to get rid of you, Alister and spend my days with my Rose. But, you have a nasty habit of interfering and bringing out the worst in me."
With the fire returning to his eyes, Vale looked over his shoulder at the god of fire. "My zanpakuto, please." Alister nodded, looking to the Captain Commander. A flame erupted at the Captain Commander's side, burning his haori and causing Vale's zanpakuto to disappear. Chinmoku appeared in its proper place on Vale's side.
"I do love you, Yumiko." admitted Vale. "But, they've only given me two options. Die. Or, let them take something as precious to me as you are. Neither of those things are going to happen." Vale took Yumiko's hand in his. "I'm not going to let you go, Yumiko." As the Captain Commander and Ukitake moved toward him, Vale raised a hand opening a gate and stopping time.
He placed a gentle kiss on the back of Yumiko's hand. "Come with me?"
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Jul 9, 2015 20:52:43 GMT -6
Yumiko looked to the frozen captains and monitor, head spinning from both Alister and Vale’s words. She pulled her hand away. “Vale… I….” She shook her head. “I don’t want this. And you don’t want Alister. He’ll only destroy you.” Brushing back his hair, she stared into his fire-rimmed eyes and lowered her hand to his heart. Her other hand found its way to Mizue. As she chimed, a tear slipped down her cheek. She wasn’t sure why, the topic of sealing or losing Vale.
She took a breath. Looking back up in his sunset eyes, her eyes flashed violet. I can’t lose him. I won't.
“Vale, you don’t know how long you will be separated from Chinmoku. Give Kisuke a chance to free you. Take the risk. Please.” She took his hand again. “Kisuke’s stood by Ichimaru. If you wait, he could choose your side, too. Please,” she repeated. “With me, you can weather the wait, but this….” Her throat caught. “Chaos… isn’t the answer. That road never ends and it will tear you apart.”
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Jul 10, 2015 5:04:11 GMT -6
"And, how long am I supposed to wait?" asked Vale. "Until they trust me? You know that will never happen. I spent eight years among them and it never happened. Even with you at my side. They will never trust me, Yumiko. They will never leave me alone. You saw Chinmoku when he couldn't sense me."
Vale shook his head. "I won't go through this again. I won't be in prison. Not here or in Karakura. Not when a man who has done far worse walks around freely. Even you know it's not fair..."
"You're not Ichimaru, Tervaden." spoke the god. "Yes. Your crimes are greatly out weighted by his. But, consider who he has fallen in love with. The daughter of Kisuke Urahara. The man raped his daughter...The man who stood by Aizen for decades longer than you have. The man has forgotten the true color of his skin, it's so covered in blood. Yet, he is free to do as he please."
"They said, Kisuke tried to kill him..."
"It is Kisuke Urahara! Ichimaru is still alive, which means he didn't try at all. It was illusion. But, they genuinely want to kill you. And, will do so, if you fall for this. Either through the madness that stems from your separation from Chinmoku. Or, one day, you will find one of their blades at your throat with no time to react."
Vale looked to Yumiko, eyes seeking a rebuttal to the god. He sighed, closing his eyes. "He's right...You know he's right. I can't go with you...Going to Las Noches or back to Karakura...They are both death sentences. But, at least I have my freedom in Las Noches...Come with me, please."
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Post by Alister on Jul 10, 2015 5:17:28 GMT -6
The god narrowed his eyes, placing a hand to Ryouma's back. Grabbing ahold of her kimono, the god lifted the woman from her feet. He turned her until she faced him. "I lack the patience for this, today, Ryouma. Chaos will always be his answer. Hate will always be yours." The god listened to the cursing of Ryouma and Tervaden as he placed a finger to Ryouma's forehead. "Remember, Ryouma. All they've sealed away. Remember."Looking to Tervaden, whose clenched fists and narrowed eyes were meant for the god, he smiled. "Into the gate, Tervaden. Go home." He placed a now unconscious Ryouma in the man's arms. Watching as Vale stepped into the gate, he spoke. "The Seraph's presence within Miyamoto has granted the human woman powers of her own. So, in essence, the Seraph gave her power." He looked to Tervaden with a nod. "If they take your given power, then I will take hers." With that, the god closed the gate and faded from the room.Meanwhile: "Home":
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Post by Commander Shunsui Kyoraku on Jul 10, 2015 13:24:26 GMT -6
Juushiro and Shunsui stumbled as time resumed and cast their eyes around the room. “Damn,” the Commander hissed. He slammed his hand into his desk, knocking ink to the ground. “Be it Vale Tervaden or his pet god Alister, that was taking it too far.”
“Taking what too far?” Kisuke called out from the other side of the monitor. “The screen is still messed up. Hey! I heard something. Hit it again, Vacanze. Just like that. There we go. Kisuke’s image scrolled before settling and hardening." His eyes narrowed. “You're missing two people. What happened when time was stopped?”
“They took Yumiko with them through the gate and made their exit,” Shunsui growled, clenching his hand. He looked back up at the monitor. “I am getting tired of that trick of his and -- starting to wonder how often it's been in use in the past." He sighed. "But that's not the priority now." His eyes narrowed. "How long were we frozen?”
“A good ten to fifteen minutes," the shopkeeper replied, his eyes hard beneath his hat. “Too long for a simple kidnapping.”
Shunsui nodded in agreement. “My guess is, with no interruptions, Vale tried to persuade her and failed.” He shook his head. “But we can’t be sure. We also don’t know-”
“If Alister did something in the interim,” Juushiro murmured. Shunsui turned to his best friend.
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Post by Captain Juushiro Ukitake on Jul 10, 2015 13:51:30 GMT -6
Juushiro went on to explain. “Alister wants Vale in Las Noches and he wants him to embrace his darkness. But Vale’s brand of darkness is chaos, as we’ve seen before. He needs to be led. And Alister as much as told us that Yumiko was that leader in the past eight years. Before that, it was Aizen.”
“But neither Vale was exactly what the God wanted,” Kisuke surmised from his side. “His destruction had no purpose or limitation without Aizen. He would have torn the realms down, so he shut him down. And Yumiko - who seeped in at Las Noches - came back.”
Juushiro nodded. “Instead of leaving. And Vale keeps coming for her. He keeps wavering.”
Kisuke lowered his hat. “So Alister can’t have his way unless either Vale drags Yumiko with him or that relationship is completely broken. She’s the anchor on either side, keeping him from the madness he's fallen to before."
Juushiro nodded, falling silent.
“This really isn't something you guys can allow,” Vacanze said from off-screen. “Right?”
“It’s not that simple,” Kisuke muttered, still beneath his hat.
Shunsui’s expression was grim, but Juushiro, verdant eyes dark with understanding, was the one who shook his head. “We can’t make a move immediately, no matter how much we wish to. A God can’t kill - not directly. But Alister can do anything but kill. We don’t know what happened when time stopped. There's Aizen to use, too. He would be a fool not to still wish for her powers. Therefore, any move we initiate here, it can become a tool against Yumiko. She's become the final piece to shaping Vale, one way or another."
He lowered his head. “And Las Noches already marked her before.”
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Post by Urahara Kisuke on Jul 10, 2015 14:49:26 GMT -6
Kisuke adjusted his hat over his eyes. "I want to know what is going on in Las Noches. Maybe if we can get lucky enough we can get Yumiko out of there as well. That is if she did not go of her own free will."
"I doubt that," Vacanze growled from against the wall.
Kisuke tuned and looked at him from under his hat. "Maybe, but Kita is not the only woman strong enough to handle the shit the ones in Las Noches throw at her. Yumiko is willing to face anything to save the man she loves. Just as Kita was and still is willing to face the darkness to save Ichimaru. Yumiko will face the chaos that dwells within Tervaden."
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Post by Byleistr Vacanze on Jul 10, 2015 15:33:44 GMT -6
Vacanze pushed off the wall, "I will go in. I know the ins and outs of Las Noches like the back of my hand. If anyone can and will find Yumiko I can." He turned looking at Gin when he laughed aloud at him.
"The second you set foot in Las Noches you're a dead man." Gin told him.
"No more than you, you slithering Bastard. The price on your head is just as high as mine in that God forsaken palace." Vacanze's head and tone then lowered, "not to mention, if something were to happen to you Kita would be a wreak. She needs you; as does Little Man." His head shook, "I can be spared if I am caught. I will be gotten over easily enough." He looked to Gin, "you not so much."
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Post by Gin Ichimaru on Jul 10, 2015 19:16:07 GMT -6
Gin chuckled. “Yeah, you’re right. You’re expendable.” He stood and in one swift step, leaped out and slugged Vacanze in the gut, throwing him back against the wall. His hand clenched and his eyes glowed with fury. “You’re a fucking idiot, Vacanze, if you think that. You’re a damned fool and worse than Kurosaki.”
Before Vacanze could rise, he swung his leg out and threw him into another wall. “You’re needed. Kita needs you. Soji needs you. And you’re one of the group. You think Kita is going to heal if your ass becomes grass?! IT WON’T. She may have chosen me as the one to give her heart to, but damned if I am the only the person she needs to stay together. Think about that before running off on a suicide mission.” He turned around to keep himself from punching the hollow in the nose - for another reason. “Furthermore,Sojiro needed all three of us to calm down after Aizen scared him. You chose this family. It’s too late to run out now.”
He looked to Kisuke and left the room in a burst of shunpo, shoulders still hunched.
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Post by Urahara Kisuke on Jul 10, 2015 19:24:31 GMT -6
"He is right. The loss of you will impact Kita as badly as the loss of Gin. She loves you both very much." Kisuke sighed and adjusted his hat. "I will find a way to get someone in there to see what's going on." He turned, looking at the monitor once more as a soft chuckle escaped him as he heard Vacanze cursing Gin.
"Asshole, he did not have to knock me around to get me to see that shit. My name is not Grimmjow," Vacanze grumbled under his breath.
Kisuke shook his head with a humorous grin across his face. "It's never a bore here. Even in the down periods."
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