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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Jan 17, 2015 20:03:15 GMT -6
Yumiko laughed harshly. “You were trying to fuck me, Vale. Not kill. There’s a difference.” She looked down at her rose then turned around to face him. “Maybe means I am giving you a second chance as you wanted. Has that changed?”
Her blue violet eyes were clear and honest. She could stand on her own, and maybe she would be burned for this, but she would rather plunge in then be afraid and alone. She would handle the consequences when they came.
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Jan 17, 2015 20:13:31 GMT -6
Another spike of pain coursed through his body as he laughed. "I wasn't trying to fuck you, then...I think. I don't remember, to be honest." Vale looked to her and smiled. "And, it has not. Though I am not sure what you think of me. Crazy, I'm sure." His words spilled out laced with pain. He tightened his grip on the hilt of Chinmoku.
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Jan 17, 2015 20:29:43 GMT -6
Yumiko frowned again. “You’re in pain and telling me differently won’t make it go away,” she stated. She hesitated then knelt at his side, reaching for his hand on Chinmoku. And pulled it back, pale. “What was that… lash of pain?” she asked, voice shaking. “Why are you…. are you losing touch with your zanpakuto?”
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Jan 17, 2015 20:44:59 GMT -6
Vale shivered as if wrapped in a chill. He said nothing to her as he placed Chinmoku to his side and out of her reach. He turned away from her, lowering his head as he did. How did she...? He looked over his shoulder. "...No, I am not."
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Jan 17, 2015 21:11:03 GMT -6
Yumiko sighed and stood up, turning to leave. She paused and looked over her shoulder at his huddled form. “It you are, I do feel sorry for you. It’s a terrible thing.” Sending a simple wave of warmth his way, she walked back up the path.
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Jan 17, 2015 21:20:50 GMT -6
"Please don't leave..." He looked over his shoulder. "I'm a bit tired of talking to myself, today." He turned back around, his back to the tree. "Please..." He shook his head and smiled. "I've said please twice already. Don't make me say it again."
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Jan 17, 2015 21:32:53 GMT -6
Yumiko chuckled and turned back around. “Then I won’t ask it of you,” she said in a pleasant voice, walking back over. She sat down against the same tree. “What do you want to talk about then?”
Vale chuckled. “I don’t know. How was your night?”
Yumiko stiffened and grasped her blade. She took a breath. “You don’t want to talk about your pain. I don’t want to talk about last night. Fair enough?”
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Jan 17, 2015 21:47:26 GMT -6
Vale glanced down at Chinmoku resting beside him. He looked back towards Yumiko, his eye settling on everything but her. "They were prepared for me, the second time."
"What second time?" ask Yumiko.
"I left part of Chinmoku in the Soul Society. Just to reek havoc." He rose from his resting place and stretched. Every movement slow and painful. "They were prepared for me the second time I attack. Your shop keep managed to capture Chinmoku."
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Jan 17, 2015 22:20:49 GMT -6
Yumiko rose with him. “What if you were to recall him? Reform him completely, leaving nothing behind? Is that not … possible at this point? is your bond not strong enough or is their trap too much for that?"
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Jan 17, 2015 22:26:43 GMT -6
Vale shook his head. "I've tried. This is the second time I've lost him because I did something reckless, Yumiko." Another shudder. This one forcing him to stumble forward. "His voice is a very faint whisper. I am in too much pain to say that he is ignoring me." He looked back to Yumiko. "I need to get him back."
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Jan 19, 2015 21:35:08 GMT -6
Meanwhile: "Communion with Chinmoku":Yumiko nodded. “Soul reapers aren’t meant to separated from their zanpakuto,” she said quietly, turning to look out over the lake, her eyes solemn. She’d learned that fact well over the time of her sealing. Yumiko’s hand moved to the zanpakuto at her side. “What happened?” she asked, “for you the first time it happened?” Vale held up a hand to lean against the tree as he answered then screamed and fell forward. “Stop it, you bastard! You’re hurting him!” Vale held a sightless hand out to her. “You’re hurting him! Chinmoku!” He writhed on the ground. Yumiko covered her mouth, stifling a whimper. This was wrong. It didn’t matter what he had done. This …. was too far. Tears filled her eyes. It was too much… too close. Of all the memories she’d lost she wished she could forget the beginning of her confinement. She’d been warned that she would be blind and she would need to adjust; however, she had not been prepared for the emptiness, loss, and radiating pain from from cutting off most of her connection to Mizue no Kagami. They wrapped her hands the first week … or two. She kept squeezing the hilt to Mizue no Kagami, trying to hear her, and rubbed her hands raw multiple times. It was during that time that she learned she couldn’t cry… and she’d disciplined herself to control her shaking. It was only when Ukitake-san had joined her for weeks on end and had established a change to the sealing that she could finally breathe without the needles. Yumiko rushed forward and knelt on the ground over him. “Where is he? Vale?! Where is he?!”
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Jan 19, 2015 21:45:45 GMT -6
Vale lay on the ground wide eyed. Tears ran down his face as he reached out towards her. His hand fell to his chest. "I need...I need to go, Yumi. I need to go get him." Yumiko shook him gently.
"Where is he Vale?" She shook him again, until his eyes focused on her.
"Mayo has him...Container...Air..." Vale shot up and grinned. "There's air!" He rose to his feet, supporting himself against Yumko as she helped him stand. "I need you to go with me, Yumi."
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Post by Yumiko Ryouma on Jan 19, 2015 22:02:26 GMT -6
Yumiko hesitated in her reply, not because she was arguing or because of who Vale followed or what strengthening him could do for the wrong cause. No, this was more than sides in a war. It was ... personal. She nodded silently, inwardly worried what the consequences to this action could be. Later....
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Jan 19, 2015 22:21:26 GMT -6
Vale nodded as Yumiko knelt down and picked up Chinmoku. She cried out at the sudden shock of pain and paled. She could feel his pain, as if it were her own. Yumiko dropped his zanpakuto closed her eyes and backed away, apologizing as she did. Vale knelt down and picked his zanpakuto. "We need to find Koga." He looked towards the doors of the garden to see Koga leaning in the doorway. "Never mind."
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Post by Eisaku Koga on Jan 19, 2015 22:36:48 GMT -6
Koga waited at the entrance of Szayel's Garden. "Such an interesting turn of events, Soul Reaper." He looked down at Yumiko. "Are you prepared for what comes with assisting this man, Yumiko Ryouma? It means losing your master."
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