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Post by Makino Tori on Oct 5, 2016 7:43:07 GMT -6
"Returning to Chaos":Returning back to the Academy campus with the escort of two of her brothers, Kin and Hakuryuu; Makino and Allura bid them farewell and continued on through the gates of the Academy to their dorm rooms. However, what they found once there was not a pretty sight. Gotei members from the Fourth Division and Stealth Force were scurrying around taking care of injured, and the south side of the Administration building had a huge hole in it.
The two blinked as their heads turned looking at one another. “I wonder what happened,” Allura questioned. Makino looked back at the building in awe as one of the Gotei members rush past them, Makino quickly grabbing him and stopping him.
“What happened here?” Makino asked, releasing him once she had his attention. “An Espada,” he told her as the two girls eyes widened. “Excuse me, I need to get back to work. There are still inju--.” Before he could finish his sentence, Makino disappeared, she had to find Sojiro. As she shunpo’ed toward the boys dorm she saw Etsuya, one of their friends, sitting at a bench as one of the medics treated him. As she stepped closer she heard Etsuya complain to the guy about his lack of gentleness.
“OW! Damn it!” Etsuya growled as he looked to the guy. “Can you be a little more careful?! That shit hurts!” “Sorry,” the medic replied. “Are you alright, Etsu-kun?” Makino asked him as she stepped toward him. He looked her way and smiled nodding slowly. “I guess not too bad considering I was clawed by that damn Espada.” “What happened?” She looked around as she spoke to him, hoping to see Sojiro somewhere and hopefully uninjured. She wanted to ask Etsuya where Sojiro was, but she did not want to seem inconsiderate to his situation, so she waited for the right moment to ask.
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Post by Allura Araki on Oct 5, 2016 18:43:13 GMT -6
Allura had looked at the chaos for a moment, hearing that an Espada had been there she looked to Makino, who wasted no time to disappear.
She shunpo’ed after her and arrived beside her moments later, just as the brunette male mentioned that he was clawed. Her eyes darted to the wound almost immediately and she half shook her head before looking around them again, deciding to just stay silent and listen to the conversation.
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Post by Etsuya Tanimoto on Oct 7, 2016 11:36:22 GMT -6
Etsuya groaned, cursing the medic as he bandaged him. "I said leave me alone!" Etsuya pushed the medic away from him as he rose from the bench. "Get the hell away from me. Go get the Captain Commander. They took Sojiro. Dammit!" Etsuya grabbed the medic by his kimono. "They took him. And, you're standing here staring at me like I'm speaking some foreign language."
Etsuya stumbled around, his hand holding his side. "Someone go get the Captain Commander!"
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Post by Makino Tori on Oct 7, 2016 11:59:07 GMT -6
Makino's heart fell to her feet when Etsuya announced Sojiro was taken, and by the hands of an Espada. She had to stay calm though, Etsuya was upset enough for the both of them. "Etsu-kun calm down." Makino urged him as she placed her hand to his shoulder. He shrugged her hand from him as he spun looking at her.
"Stay calm! Did you hear what I said?! That damn Espada and one of his sidekicks took Sojiro!" Etsuya exclaimed.
Makino nodded slowly as worry filled her heart and she wanted to cry, but she fought them back. "I...I'm sure someone has went to tell the Commander. That is his grandson after all. Now just...just sit down and let the man do his job."
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Post by Lt. Kairo Namori on Oct 7, 2016 16:13:39 GMT -6
As the boy growled, Lieutenant Kairo approached them both, his eyes hard jade. “Aizen won’t kill Sojiro, and there is nothing you can do about it from here,” he stated tonelessly.
“That’s what you fools said about Commander Kyoraku and Captain Ukitake!” Etsuya snapped.
Kairo’s eyes narrowed. “That was a different scenario than this, and you’ll just have to accept my word on that,” he declared. He pause deliberately before pointing back towards the campus. "I need all three of you in the Assembly Hall now. Sojiro’s already gone, but you’re his friends. We’re not giving Aizen any leverage than we must. You'll be safer inside."
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Post by Makino Tori on Oct 7, 2016 17:45:29 GMT -6
Makino looked to the lieutenant, she was worried, so worried she was trembling. She folded her hands in front of her to keep the others from noticing. "Lieutenant Namori, correct?" He nodded with a soft hum as his head nodded.
"I... Won't...I mean Soji-kun...he told me about Aizen. He told things. Are you sure he will be safe?" Tears started to pool again as she lowered her head biting at her bottom lip. "Please tell me he will be safe and come back in one piece."
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Post by Lt. Kairo Namori on Oct 7, 2016 22:21:33 GMT -6
Kairo's expression remained the same, wondering what secrets Sojiro had divulged but he did not ask. That would alarm her further.. "He has survived Las Noches more than once. It may be uncertain when, but he will return, Tori. And he will not be killed."
Makino wiped her tears before she looked up at the lieutenant again. A weak smile crossed her lips as she nodded slowly. "I will trust your word since you--" she cut herself short not sure if she should go any further with that statement. She bowed to him. "Thank you, Lieutenant Namori." She turned to face Allura so they could go to where they were told to go.
Kairo nodded again. That meant that one point of trouble had been dealt with without much confrontation. He turned to the male student again. "Any further complaints, curses, or- He halted as the ground shifted around him.
Then shoved both the youth and lady to the side as he drew his blade as another gargantua opened. Sojiro came stumbling out, blood on his sleeve.
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Post by Sojiro Ichimaru on Oct 8, 2016 0:07:27 GMT -6
Sojiro glowered as the clawed hand disappeared back into the void, leaving him back in Soul Society, his threats unanswered or unacknowledged. Like a pawn on a giant chessboard. His reiatsu rose around him, cursing his naivety and his helplessness. As well as fresh wave of grief Aizen had stirred up in an instant. Did his experiences there mean nothing now?
Sojiro was so lost in his dark musings that he slapped away the first hand to touch him. "I'm fine," he hissed, eyes sparkling with violet fire.
"You're bleeding," came the stoic mutter from Kairo.
Sojiro scowled. "And compared to certain taps by the demon or his favorite chew toy, this is nothing." He looked down, hands clenching and unclenching. "Hurting me wasn't the point. It's not that game anymore...."
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Post by Makino Tori on Oct 8, 2016 0:16:59 GMT -6
As she watched Sojiro her heart leapt, both in relief and joy that she was seeing him in one piece. She wanted to dash to his side wrapping her arms around his neck and take care of him all at once, but he did not seem to be in the mood for either.
Taking a deep breath then exhaling slowly she smiled. He was safe. She visually confirmed that before she walked away as she then slowly turned back to Allura which was still waiting for her. She smiled at her but Makino's heart still ached as she walked slowly away toward the Hall were she was told to go.
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Post by Lt. Kairo Namori on Oct 9, 2016 18:40:36 GMT -6
Kairo glanced behind him as the the girls started to move towards the Hall, glad they were following instructions, even if it seemed that Tori wanted to linger.
He looked back to Kita’s son, watching him take a deep breath. “How is Etsu?”
“I’m alright,” said Etsuya, biting his lip. “I’ll ask for your help when I need it. Thank you.”
The medic glared. “We will be the judge of that, not you. Or would you prefer being sent to Fourth Division and staying on bedrest for a MONTH because the gouges festered and we had to dig into the muscle and fat to clean them?”
Kairo tuned out the student’s shocked reply. “He’s noisy. What message did Aizen use you for?”
Sojiro nodded. "I need to get to Karakura, or in 72 hours, the Ayakashi are coming back."
Kairo’s own eyes narrowed. "On your own? No, you're not."
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Post by Sojiro Ichimaru on Oct 9, 2016 20:32:36 GMT -6
Sojiro’s eyes narrowed further. “If he wanted me now, he would have kept me. Like he has my father, mother, aunt and others. I only have three days to find something I almost forgot existed and stop a new disaster from striking Soul Society. We’re not ready for the Ayakashi - especially Sada again! And if I don’t have something for him, he’ll come for Mom, Maki, and the school. I did not join the academy to bring Aizen or his monsters to this place again. And I won’t!”
He looked to Makino for a moment and then disappeared in a flash of shunpo.
Kairo cursed and grabbed a member of his division. “Send a message to Tsukiro and the commander.” He followed Kita’s son.
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Post by Makino Tori on Oct 9, 2016 20:44:57 GMT -6
Makino and Allura stopped and turned, looking back at Sojiro with his out burst. Her heart dropped when he added her name to that list and her blood ran cold. He already knows about me? How? She thought to herself.
First the thugs in the Noble section of town and now this? Aizen. Aizen knew about her and Sojiro. Wait! She blinked a few times, and relaxed. Sojiro and I are not longer a couple. Wouldn't he be coming for Riku and not me, but he did say Maki, right?
She was shook from her thoughts with Allura's hand on her shoulder trying to get her attention."Makino, Maki-chan. Are you alright?" Allura asked her shaking her lightly.
Makino shook her head reading herself of the thoughts as she turned and looked at Allura with a weak smile. "Yeah. Yeah, I am alright." She started to walk toward the hall again. "Come on, we need to check in before someone starts to panic."
The two started on their way once more. A hundred things now racing through Makino's head.
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