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Post by Ichigo Kurosaki on Feb 17, 2015 13:49:14 GMT -6
"Aftermath at the Shop": (continued) Ichigo followed behind Kita as she walked down the hall to the master bedroom. He'd never been this way before to stay far away from the cat lady. "Calm down, Kita. I'm sure he will be alright. We have Tessai and Orihim-" He stopped talking as Kita passed the lab and opened the door to the main bedroom, revealing the pasty-white shopkeeper laid out on his bed. "Damn.... Kisuke, you're a mess."
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Post by Urahara Kisuke on Feb 19, 2015 15:29:27 GMT -6
Kisuke gave a weak chuckle at Ichigo's comment as he extended his hand to Kita. "Thanks Ichigo. You would look like crap too if you had a Bankai like mine." Kita took his hand and sat down on the edge of the bed next to him. He reached up cupping her cheek.
"What's wrong, sweety? Don't be worrying about me, I will be fine."
Kita shook her head as a tear rolled down her cheek. "Release him." She told him.
His eyes widened as he looked on at her, but before he could say anything Ichigo had already spoke up.
"Kita! This is Loki he has trapped!" Ichigo bellowed. "The bastard that kidnapped you, raped and beat you!"
"I don't care. Aizen is dead. Loki is not going to show his face back around here. Release him."
"What did you say?" Kisuke asked pushing himself up in the bed as Ichigo urged him to stay down.
"Gin killed Aizen. He is dead." Kita informed him. "And Loki is not worth your life and health. We need you, Kisuke. We need you now. Not weeks or months from now. Please. Release Loki from your Bankai."
Kisuke fell back in bed and started laughing, drawing his hand to his forehead. "Ichimaru killed the bastard. It's about damn time."
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Post by Ichigo Kurosaki on Feb 19, 2015 17:36:37 GMT -6
“But his timing could be better.” Ichigo grumbled half to himself, mindful of the warning Captain Ukitake had lashed towards Renji in the main room and uncertain about Kita’s mood. “ I mean we could have had both of their asses if not for…” He stopped and sighed. “Kisuke, do you know a way to knock an idiot fox out of a coma? I mean with all your gadgets lying around.”
Kisuke raised an eyebrow, both at Ichigo’s mild name for Ichimaru and the question mixed in between his frustration. “Do you think you can make that a little clearer, Ichigo? I may be scrambled, but my brain still deals with intelligent questions.”
Ichigo rubbed furiously at his hair with a growl. “Ahh! Damn it! I can’t say it without hurting Kita!”
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Post by Captain Juushiro Ukitake on Feb 19, 2015 18:13:53 GMT -6
Kita sniffed, partly amused and partly still hurting, and leaned up to kiss her friend’s cheek for his consideration.
Juushiro knelt between them and looked to his old friend who was starting to get the picture. “Gin has gone into a coma. All he has done, for good or ill, finally came crashing down on that kid,” he explained to Kisuke, voice gentle for Kita’s sake.
Kisuke frowned and gathered Kita into his arms, before looking over her shoulder to the substitute. “And that was difficult how?” he asked with a quirked eyebrow.
Ichigo huffed. “Ichimaru is no kid,” he retorted. “He’s done…. a lot of wrong, and a lot of us feel bad that Kita is stuck grieving … him again,” he muttered, turning away, grinding his teeth.
Juushiro shook his head quietly. “Ichimaru is more a kid than you think, Kurosaki, especially if you consider what drove him into the path."
"He didn't have to drag Kita into it!" Ichigo blurted out.
Juushiro set a hand on Kita's head and looked to the substitute. This point was going to come from one angle or another. "There is something you -and the rest of Kita's circle of friends - need to remember, Ichigo, and I know that it won't be easy after the evil Ichimaru has committed near you. Including nearly killing Rukia." Ichigo took a breath but didn't speak up, which the captain took as a good sign. "If Kita had never befriended Ichimaru, she would be either dead or broken beneath the iron will of Sousuke. And if she had broken, all of us would have been dead, slaves to his will, or in hiding unable to stop the suffering around us when he stood as a god." Ichigo started, but Juushiro held his hand up. "I am not belittling Kita's strength as a person, Ichigo. I am speaking from my knowledge of Aizen. If she had been another captive and not something in between Ichimaru and his master, Aizen would not have waited to secure Kita's powers -- in any way."
Ichigo opened his mouth to speak.... and then shut it. He tried again. "What if Kita had stayed away in the first place and Loki never saw her?"
Juushiro sighed. "Then this war would still raging around us because no one else could get close enough to Sousuke to kill him like that. There might have been hatred there, but the ties between those two were tighter than even parent and child relationships. That... was Azien's weakness."
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Post by Kita Miyamoto on Feb 19, 2015 19:00:43 GMT -6
Kita laid against Kisuke's chest a single tear trickling down her cheek. "Please release Loki, Kisuke. It's not worth it. Not any more. It's over." She pushed up and looked at Ichigo and Juushiro.
"I know you both might think that if this happens Loki might come after me anyway, but you have to remember. I can take care of myself and I am no longer in Las Noches. So if I kill him there is nothing that will happen to me. I had to hold back against the Espada and anyone else in Las Noches that hurt me. Not any more. If any of them come near me. They are as good as dead."
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Post by Ichigo Kurosaki on Feb 19, 2015 19:54:57 GMT -6
Ichigo frowned. The old captain had given him yet more to think more on. And Kita was still distressed. If they let Loki go and Kisuke was back to his usual tricks, would she cheer up? It was the end of the war already. He let out a long sigh and ruffled Kita’s hair, looking to the shopkeeper. “I think she can manage to take care of a washed out freak on her own, Kisuke.”
What she can’t take is not having you around now.
Awwww, look at you, King, all worried and thoughtful.
Can you shut up?!
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Post by Urahara Kisuke on Feb 19, 2015 21:11:22 GMT -6
Kisuke smiled and patted Kita's hand gentle. "Fine I will release the bastard, but when and if he comes for you I want a piece of him as well."
Kita giggled softly and hugged his neck. "I promise. I am sure I will be here anyway. So it won't be hard for you to jump in and chop off a limb or two before I remove his head." She then leaned toward Ichigo and kissed his cheek softly.
"Thank you, Ichigo. I know you don't think too highly of Gin, but I do appreciate your restraint on voicing your opinion over all this."
Kisuke reached out toward Juushiro as he walked over picking Benihime up from her resting place, he then walked back over and placed her in Kisuke's hand. With a simple release word Benihime released Loki. Kisuke fell back into the bed still holding tightly to Benihime as he looked at the ceiling. His color returning slowly and the look on his face was as if someone had lifted the weight of the world off his chest.
"It's done."
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Post by Byleistr Vacanze on Feb 20, 2015 20:40:36 GMT -6
Poking his head in the door Vacanze looked at the small group sitting around the bed. "Everything alright in here?"
When Kisuke nodded Vacanze entered the room closing the door behind him. "So tell me? Since the bastard is dead what now?"
He sat down on the foot of the bed his eyes going from Juushiro to Kisuke then to Ichigo, finally the rested on Kita as he smiled warmly at her.
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Post by Ichigo Kurosaki on Feb 20, 2015 21:41:53 GMT -6
Ichigo looked around the room too, blushing from Kita's little kiss - again. Suddenly he sprang up. "That's right! The war's over. Karin's asleep, but I'm sure Orihime will be happy to know it's over. She's free. She can go buy all her crazy foods and go shopping for clothes with Rangiku and-"
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Post by Kita Miyamoto on Feb 20, 2015 21:53:34 GMT -6
Kita quickly came up from the bed as well grabbing Ichigo's hand as he stepped lively toward the door. "Ichigo," she spoke in a soft tone her eyes cast down at their hands. "Orihime...she...she." Kita could not tell him as a tear dropped from her cheek to her arm. She started shaking her head, her hands tightening around his one she was still holding.
"I am sorry Ichi. I tried to save her, but Vale... he... he did more damage then I could save her from. They broke her." Her hands tightened more around his. "I am sorry." She sobbed.
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Post by Ichigo Kurosaki on Feb 20, 2015 22:01:40 GMT -6
Ichigo’s smile faltered. “Wha-“ he started laughing nervously and scratched his head. “What are you saying? I mean, I know she’s hurting, but she’ll be okay. She’s still the same gir- I mean woman - we all know. Hair as bright as her golden spir- Kita!”
Kita fell back to Kisuke’s bed, sobbing harder than ever and shaking her head.
Ichigo’s eyes narrowed as he felt the first warnings of foreboding. It couldn’t be…
It just couldn’t.
“I’ll go get her. You’ll see!” He leaped towards the door but was halted in the doorway.
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Post by Urahara Kisuke on Feb 21, 2015 12:59:01 GMT -6
When the door opened, Tessai was standing in Ichigo's way. Kisuke was pushing himself up in the bed as he wrapped his arms around Kita pulling her closer to him as she sobbed. "Whats going on Kita? What happened to Orihime?"
Ichigo spun on his heel and looked at the two on the bed. "Nothing happened to Orihime! She is home! Safe!" His hands clenched at his sides.
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Post by Kita Miyamoto on Feb 21, 2015 13:21:02 GMT -6
Kita shook her head against Kisuke chest. "She is gone," came the muffled voice of Kita.
"She left willingly with the new Espada." Tessai added resting his hand on the young boys shoulder. "There was even an exchange of a kiss between them."
Ichigo's head whipped around as he looked at Tessai. "THAT'S A LIE!!"
Kita gathered herself and sat up as she wiped away her tears, her head shaking slightly. "No. It's not. Somehow someway they have broken Hime." Kita's sorrowful eyes looked to Ichigo. "What we saw here with her was an act. Koga even said he placed her here to gather information." She lowered her head tears falling again. "I am sorry. So sorry... I failed Gin... I failed Yumiko," she sniffled wiping away a tear. "I failed everyone."
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Post by Ichigo Kurosaki on Feb 21, 2015 15:17:35 GMT -6
Ichigo stared at her and then he spun around. “This - this is a big joke, isn’t it?” he said slowly, rubbing his head. “It - it has to be.” He took a step backwards. “You - you didn’t fail anyone.”
There’s no way Orihime ran off with the espada who cut his kid sister down.
There was no way-
“Fun- funny. I get it. Time to get Orihime.”
Tessai got in his way again.
Ichigo’s eyes blackened. “GET OUT OF THE WAY!” he hollered, face white, arms trembling. He nearly drew Zangetsu but his rage shifted to brute force and pushed the older man backwards into the wall.
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Post by Byleistr Vacanze on Feb 21, 2015 16:41:10 GMT -6
Vacanze stepped in the way of the substitute as he stormed out the door, his hand firmly clasp to his shoulder. "Why in the hell would Kita joke about something this serious?" He looked the kid in the eyes seeing his rage building.
"But if you want proof of it," his hand slid from his shoulder. "We can go check out her place if you want? But I am afraid you're going to find it empty."
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