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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Jan 4, 2015 17:34:46 GMT -6
"Turmoil Manifested":Yumiko reappeared deep in the garden below the towers. Sighing in some relief, she pulled a bud out from the violet rose, bringing it up to her face and taking in its scent. Her blue violet eyes were dark with worry. Much had happened in the last few days. Orihime had told her to surrender to her master, Aizen, though it would have been easy, she had refused to follow that path. She still felt the same way. Also, Kita had returned and she was …. pregnant with Aizen’s child. Yumiko's hand tightened around the bud. There was no escape for Kita now. She would always be tied to Aizen, even after - Yumiko pricked her finger and dropped the rose. With a slight shake of her head, she knelt to pick it up, standing again. She ran her fingers through the dark, delicate petals. It was dark. Like her future yet beautiful, like the night sky. She didn't have to give up hope or give in. There had to be another way. Beyond running. Beyond surrendering. And if she wanted to find equilibrium in herself, she needed to find it. A lock of hair fell out of the twist at the back of her hair. She ignored it, letting it drift down her reddened cheek.
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Jan 4, 2015 19:24:08 GMT -6
Vale walked silently towards Yumiko, concealing his presence. He watched as she dropped the rose and turn away from it as it fell. She was lost in her thoughts, her face a reflection of the turmoil burning away inside her. He knelt down, balancing on the balls of his feet. He watched her intently as she paced the garden. Vale untied his zanpakuto from his waist and rested it against a nearby tree.
"I think..." he said, finally breaking the silence. "You...Are enjoying yourself. Being here...In Las Noches, I mean."
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Jan 4, 2015 19:38:25 GMT -6
Yumiko turned around, casually setting a hand on her zanpakuto. "You're wrong," she said in a neutral tone, evenly. "Even if I am in love-" She halted and bit her lip. Hard. Seeing Vale's zanpakuto against a nearby tree, she released her hand from her own blade. "But for a debate's sake, if you believe that," she said in neutral tone, "what do you think I think about the way Aizen treats most people? Do you think I enjoy him hurting others? Planning to destroy the world?" " Yumiko waved her hand, carefully extracting a tiny pale pink rose from its bush with a thread of kido, catching it as it lay in her hand.
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Jan 4, 2015 19:50:50 GMT -6
Vale flashed stepped over to Yumiko, grabbing her by the neck with one hand. He wrapped his other hand around hers, crushing the freshly picked rose. "I don't give a fuck about how you feel about what he does to others. You enjoy being here. I know, because you are still here. Be it out of love or whatever else you feel. You are still here."
He turned and slammed her body against a nearby tree, his hand still around her neck. "Just admit it, Yumi. You don't belong in the Soul Society. You don't belong in the Human Realm. You belong here."
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Jan 4, 2015 20:17:57 GMT -6
Yumiko’s eyes narrowed. “No. I. Don’t!” she bit out, standing firm, despite the grip on her hand and the rose pressing into one of her hands. “If I belonged here, I would accept that I enjoyed defeating you in the desert, and I wouldn’t care about the others. Remind you of someone?” she hissed.
Eyes narrowing further, she sent a warning pulse of Byakurai to her strangled hand and pulled his hand off her neck with her opposite hand. “I don’t run and I don’t surrender because I refuse to fall into a cage. ever. again. With either of those choices, I will never escape him. THAT is why I stay, Vale Tervaden. And I am not heartless enough to leave the others here when my fleeing will certainly hurt them.”
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Jan 4, 2015 20:30:38 GMT -6
Vale took a step back, grinning. "What do you know of me, Yumiko? My history? The life I had before I came to be by Aizen's side here in Las Noches?" He rubbed his wrist as the grin faded from his face.
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Post by Sousuke Aizen on Jan 4, 2015 20:52:47 GMT -6
Aizen appeared behind Vale his hand quickly clasping to his shoulder spinning him to face him. "Your hallucination failed. Kita is gone. Find her! Now!"
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Jan 4, 2015 20:56:51 GMT -6
Vale narrowed his eyes at Aizen. "What the fuck are you talking about? What do you mean she's gone?" He walked over to his zanpakuto and pulled it from its sheath. "What happened?"
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Post by Sousuke Aizen on Jan 4, 2015 21:02:25 GMT -6
Aizen turned from Vale and walked away. "It is your zanpakuto's power. You enlighten me on what happen. She rebelled. Attacked me. Then exited through the gate. Find her!" Aizen turned giving Vale a side glance.
"I want her back here--tonight!"
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Jan 4, 2015 21:31:41 GMT -6
"Where is she?!" shouted Vale as Chinmoku shattered into its release. "Show me now!" Chinmoku swirled around Vale in a violent fury. "Now!" The cloud shifted in form until it took the shape of Kita, as it had done before. He reached out to touch the form when it shattered and whirled around him. "Chinmoku! Where is she?!" The cloud shifted in form again. This time, taking the form of his zanpakuto's spirit. Vale looked down at the small winged figure. "Where is she?"
"She is frightened and her eyes are closed. There is nothing to be seen."
"Where is she going?!"
"I am not a mind reader, Vale. The woman is in a state of turmoil and chaos. She will go where she feels the safest."
"And, that is?!"
"I am not a mind reader. You will know where she is, when exits the gate."
"Don't be a dick! Bring her back now!"
Chinmoku's wings flapped, sending a pulse of spiritual pressure at Vale sending him backward. "Do no try me, Vale. I am not Sousuke Aizen. Demanding things of me has never gotten you far."
Vale grunted and bit his tongue. His eyes shifted quickly to Yumiko, who stood there watching in silence. "Kita."
Vale's voice echoed inside of Kita's head. "Go away!"
"Where are you going, love?"
"Nowhere."
"You can't stay in there forever, dear. It's time for you to come home."
"No! I will not have his baby!"
"He is your master. I would count it as a privilege to bear his child."
"I will not have his baby!"
"You're being stupid and so fucking emotional right now! Stop it! Come home."
"Fuck you, Vale!"
"You stupid fucking pregnant bitch! Come. Home. Now!" Vale looked to Yumiko. He cursed and hung his head. "Yumiko...Please...She needs to come home. Can you convince her?"
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Jan 4, 2015 22:12:48 GMT -6
Yumiko paled and leaned against the tree. She had never seen Aizen that mad. She turned her head to Vale as he talked to Chinmoku, trying to find her.
“She will go where she feels the safest.”
“And that is?!”
“I know what happened,” Yumiko whispered. Vale whirled around, his eyes flashing, but at the moment, the noble could care less about whether she was in danger or not. She looked down at her hands, at the crushed rose. “Kita felt the baby was threatened. That fear…. would have been greater than any of your actions or hallucinations. It was .... for my mother when... "
Vale grimaced and turned on his zanpakuto spirit again, but the spirit couldn't help. Yumiko started to walk away, sick to her stomach, but stilled as Vale turned to her next. She didn’t know what to do. What was the safer choice for Kita? But the void between gates was dangerous. She closed her eyes. Aizen cared for Azayaka.
The noble hesitated a moment later then walked forward, reaching out to Kita. “Kita, it’s not safe there. I don’t know if even the goddess’ powers can protect you there. It's a transitionary place. The void supports nothing.” She hung her head, a bitter taste in her mouth. “Kita, think of the child.”
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Jan 4, 2015 22:15:48 GMT -6
Kita said nothing and Yumiko said nothing more. "Yumiko, please!" shouted Vale. "She needs to come home." Yumiko remained silent as Vale went on. His anger was reflected in the shifting of Chinmoku's form.
"Calm yourself, Vale."
Vale looked to the child-like form of Chinmoku. He closed his eyes and inhaled deeply. "I will take you to your teacher. I will take you home, myself. If, and only if you help bring her home."
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Post by Kita Miyamoto on Jan 4, 2015 22:18:53 GMT -6
Hearing Vale speaking to Yumiko she finally spoke, but only to calm Yumiko. "I am safe, Yumiko. Please do not worry about me. Nothing can enter the gate without me assisting it. Nothing! I am not coming back." She opened her eyes and looked around. Darkness surrounded her. Not a sound could be heard.
She shook her head and started to cry again. "I won't come back. I won't."
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Jan 4, 2015 22:25:58 GMT -6
Yumiko's head swung to Vale and heard Kita. "It doesn't matter what I want," she snapped, tears blurring her eyes. She tossed her head, clearing her vision. "She won't go anywhere now. Not as long as Aizen is a threat to her and hers." She looked over his shoulder to where Aizen was storming away. She had to. Kita had done so much for her, and she wouldn't let anyone be shut away in darkness like she had. Not if she could help it. "Watch her. I will be back."
She shunpo'd in front of her former lord and quickly bowed. "Aizen, you have to let her -"
She gasped as Aizen grabbed her throat and squeezed. She closed her eyes. "Unless you want that child to die, you have to swear to not touch her until she has given birth," she hissed. "It is the only way." She cursed in her mind as her eyes blurred again. She was terrified for Kita. "Do what you want with me, anything, but don't kill an unborn child, my lord. Please."
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Post by Sousuke Aizen on Jan 4, 2015 22:35:09 GMT -6
Aizen flung Yumiko from him, releasing her. He turned looking at Vale. "I do not care how you get her back here. Just do it. Promise her the world if you need, but bring her back here. Now!"
Aizen turned looking at Yumiko who was now on the ground. His eyes narrowed at her. "You will hold your tongue with me unless I am speaking to you, and if you ever adresse me common again--you will find out what it is like to taste blood drawn by the back of my hand."
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