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Post by Kita Miyamoto on Dec 6, 2015 23:26:52 GMT -6
Kita entered a hut that the captives had deemed the medical hut, or at least that was Kita's thought when she entered, seeing their injured, exhausted and stressed. Kairo was with one as he sat on a mat next to a young girl that was shaking like a leaf in a hard breeze. Her eyes gazed over the others until she found Tsukiro. Making her way to his side, she kneeled down at his side, placing her hand over him.
"Get away from him. Haven't you done enough to him?"
Kita turned looking over her shoulder at Kairo with his outburst as he held on to the frantic girl next to him. Kita lifted her hand toward the girl she knew to be Zuzu. The girl collapsed into Kairo's arms. Turning back to Tsukiro, Kita spoke softly to anyone that was listening. "She will be fine. When she wakes, she should much calmer." Her full attention then went it to Tsukiro, healing the wound Gin had delivered to him.
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Post by Lt. Kairo Namori on Dec 6, 2015 23:57:11 GMT -6
Kairo fell silent as Suzume fell under the sleep Kita commanded. Looking to Naomi, he kissed her forehead in lieu of speaking and telling her he wouldn't let his temper go. As she smiled weakly, he stood and approached Kita, kneeling at the side of his ailing best friend.
Already, his color was returning. As much as it galled him to admit it, Tsukiro had needed her help. Especially with the confines on their powers.
But would he want to?
His anger surfaced again. "It would be better for him if you had the decency to leave him to the care of others," he grumbled.
"If I did that, he would die," Kita replied. She lifted her head to regard the dark warrior above her. "Is that what you want?"
"After all you have done to him over the years, it could be," Kairo muttered.
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Post by Kita Miyamoto on Dec 7, 2015 0:10:37 GMT -6
Kita would not argue the point on that, but she was not going to turn her back on her first love when he needed more now than ever. Seeing Tsukio stir slightly Kita removed one hand from over him letting it rest to the ground close to the man that knelled next to them. She slowly let her healing powers flow into the knee she damaged in the take over. She knew he would not allow her to heal him if he knew, so she did it in secret.
"I will heal the ones that need my help and if any of you get seriously hurt in the Maze, I will return and heal them as well." Kita informed him as she looked around the hut looking for anyone else that needed her attention quickly. There Byakuya laid on a mat not too far off. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
"I will heal everyone here," she looked to Kairo, "even if they don't want my help." She did as she said and when she had finished she exited the hut back in the courtyard.
Moved
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Post by Kita Miyamoto on Jan 23, 2016 0:38:33 GMT -6
"Revealed": (Continued) The gate opened on the other side as Kita quickly made her way to the medical hut. Once at the doorway she stopped, seeing Ichigo laying on the cot as Isane removed blood-soaked bandages from his head. The group looked over at her as she quickly came toward them. Isane moving out of her way.
Kita quickly placed her hand to Ichigo's forehead making sure what was wrong so to heal and stop the bleeding first. "I am sorry it took me so long I had to deal with a Snake at the gate to get in here. He wanted a favor before he would let me in."
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Post by Captain Tsukiro Ashimitsu on Jan 23, 2016 0:53:11 GMT -6
As the group breathed a sigh of relief, Tsukiro’s eyes narrowed at Kita’s kneeling form, tempted to ask what Ichimaru had demanded of her. But there was something even more pressing to him. “Kita, what did Aizen do to him? Besides bash his head in?”
As Kita sighed and lowered her hand from Ichigo, he pushed on. “A Hollow gave us a message. That he was coming for all of us. But this looks more like he an excess of force than a means of killing the Substitute. So what was he doing with Kurosaki first?”
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Post by Kita Miyamoto on Jan 23, 2016 1:00:45 GMT -6
"I am not sure what Aizen was doing. I know it involved the Hogyoku." She looked up hearing Byakuya mumble about something. "I know what your thinking, Noble." She barked at him. "But I don't know. The Hogykou can do many things. I tried to get Aizen to tell me what he was doing, but he wouldn't. As far as Ichigo's injury..."
She sighed. "He got mouthy with Aizen and Aizen smashed the back of his head into the wall."
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Post by Lt. Renji Abarai on Jan 23, 2016 17:15:06 GMT -6
Renji chuckled and leaned down by his good friend. “So what name did he call him?”
Kita couldn’t help a small smile forming. “He called him a mullet-head.”
“Hey,” the redhead exclaimed, “that’s my name for him.” As Ichigo’s eyes flickered open again, he flicked him on the forehead. “Hey, hero, who said you could use my nickname?”
Ichigo groaned.
Kita slapped his hand. “Wait until I finish healing him, ape!”
Renji frowned. “Ape? Kita, you wound me.”
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Post by Karin Kurosaki on Jan 23, 2016 17:36:35 GMT -6
“I’ll wound you if you hurt Ichi more,” Karin growled, kneeling by her brother. “What happened, Ichi? You usually don’t provoke your enemies. Was it …. the experiment?”
Ichigo sighed. “No, he was going to hurt Kita. I tried to prevent that.”
“By getting your head bashed in?”
Kita chuckled and stroked his blood-caked head. “You’re still a big idiot, Ichi. You were in more danger there than me. I had Sumi.”
“He said you weren’t protected by her with him!”
“That was still no reason for you to get involved.”
Karin raised an eyebrow at their little argument. “You’re both keeping something from us.”
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Post by Ichigo Kurosaki on Jan 23, 2016 17:58:04 GMT -6
Kita and Ichigo exchanged looks with each other, and Kita shook her head. “You’re getting to be too intuitive for a hot head, Karin.” Kita helped Ichigo sit up.
Karin had the decency to look away. “I’m not that bad.”
Tsukiro folding his arms, smile all-knowing. “Fucked up Bastard King mean anything to you?”
Karin blushed. “I got scared.”
Laughing, Kita smacked Tsukiro and squeezed Karin’s hand. “I am sorry I was late, but you need to keep the situation in mind. If you break another collar, you’re likely to get the attention of someone you don’t want.”
Karin nodded.
Ichigo’s eyes narrowed, deep in thought. He knew his sister’s temper, but he also knew what had set it up at a new level in the past months. But would his news help? He looked into his hands.
“I’m s-”
“I saw Yuzu today,” Ichigo overrode her.
Karin immediately sat up. “What? Where?”
“In Aizen’s chambers,” Ichigo murmured. He looked to Karin. “She’s alright. She’s a chef and unharmed. Her memories been tampered with.”
As his sister digested that, he looked to the group around them. “I have a favor to ask, too. When we get out, I want everyone to give Evita the benefit of the doubt. She’s still young and …. she’s hurting.” He looked down to his lap. “I challenged Aizen to find out more about my family. That’s the reason Kita got in trouble. And that’s the reason he took me down a notch when able. Vale .... fitted me with a new collar."
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Post by Captain Byakuya Kuchiki on Jan 23, 2016 18:23:01 GMT -6
Silence filtered through the room. Though having a piece of the Substitute’s powers unchecked would aid moral, it could lead to dangerous rebellion before any plan had been designed. And few could blame him for finding out about those he could while being gone. Perhaps this was for the best.
But there was the question of their enemy’s threat. And Kurosakis’ multiple powers.
“Was it your Hollow form that made Sousuke pause?” Captain Kuchiki finally asked.
Ichigo nodded.
“And do you understand the experiment he constructed on you?”
“If you’re asking if I am going to lose control of my alter ego, no, I am not.” Ichigo frowned, running a trembling hand through his hair. “At least as long as this collar remains on me. My energy is very low. I don’t think Kita can restore it in one day and she better not be trying.”
“Glad you’re feeling well enough to be over-protective,” Kita responded in a dry voice.
“Stop it, Kita.”
“I know what I am doing.”
Ichigo chuckled and then sobered. “Aizen took my energy with the Hogyoku, sucked it out as if purposefully trying to dry a well. And it… almost stayed in me. And I’m kind of imbalanced.”
The Noble’s eyes flickered. “That doesn’t sound like something we can allow.”
“We’re not allowed to take our lives, if that is what you are saying, Kuchiki-san,” Nori murmured. “Those that tried were stopped by their collars each time.” She paused. "They decide when we die."
Ichigo shook his head, regretting it and leaning against Kita, though his eyes found the noble's. “Don’t attempt it, Byakuya. This Hogyoku is a hungry beast, and it will rip your insides apart until it finds what it wants."
The noble captain’s eyes narrowed in thought. “We must not allow Aizen to hoard such power for his plans. He shouldn't be able to use it, but if he is collecting that from us and finds a way, it will be even worse for the realms."
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Post by Sumi on Jan 23, 2016 18:31:32 GMT -6
Sumi appeared in the hut looking at Captain Mutsu and Captain Kuchiki. Besides Kita they were the only two that could see her. She folded her hands in front of her and spoke to the eldest Captain.
"Please ask them to retreat from the hut." Her eyes looked to Captain Ashimitsu and the still dazed Substitute. "They may stay."
Her vessel turned and looked at her as Byakuya nodded to her. "We need them to know. We lost a vital opponent six months ago. Our key players are down to nothing now."
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Post by Captain Byakuya Kuchiki on Jan 23, 2016 19:00:57 GMT -6
The noble’s eyes narrowed at her but did not ask for more information, turning from Kurosaki’s bed to the others that had crowded inside the small hut. His eyes narrowed further. “You are becoming pathetic,” he murmured. All jumped at that smooth voice. “Leaning on the belief of one man to save you, a human, when you are what remains of the Gotei 13.” Some looked away. “There is work to be done, other wounded to be seen to, and the enemy to watch out for. Your time for idleness is past. Return to your jobs.”
Abarai straightened and smiled down at Kita. “Later, Kita, responsibility calls.” He stepped up to his captain’s side. “You heard the man. Kurosaki’s alive. We don’t have the time to indulge in relief. We’re in enemy territory. We need to prepare.”
As the others filtered out, Captain Kuchiki turned to Ashimitsu. “Stay, boy captain.”
“I’m not moving,” Karin muttered.
“Have you forgotten what you lack that all of us have?” he demanded.
Karin reached for her throat.
Ichigo’s eyes narrowed at him. “I don’t really care what enemy comes to re-collar her.”
“Then you are a fool, even as you grow.” The noble looked to the Kurosaki of fire. “Your brother is a beacon of hope and he’s still weak. How many of the enemy are there?”
“Enough,” she bit out.
“Then, go, and calm yourself. So it appears that your flame has been extinguished and no one takes any more note of your growth.” Karin nodded and departed.
Tsukiro looked to her figure and then nodded to Kairo. His shadow understood and followed her. Tsukiro looked to Kuchiki.
“Was there a reason for that?” he asked, folding his arms.
Captain Kuchiki nodded. He looked to Sumi. “Satisfied?” he asked, voice clipped.
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Post by Sumi on Jan 23, 2016 19:07:19 GMT -6
Sumi moved across the hut looking at the Captain. "You really need to work on your people skills, Captain Kuchiki." She bowed to Captain Mutsu as she past her, slowly she made herself visible to those left in the hut. With a flick of her wrist time around them stood still.
"I am sorry Captain Kuchiki, but your order will not go in to effect while I am visible and we speak." Sumi told him. She smiled softly and looked back to her vessel. "I have many things we need to speak of." Her eyes started to roam the room as she looked at all there.
"I will first start with any questions you might have and work out from there."
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Post by Ichigo Kurosaki on Jan 23, 2016 19:13:39 GMT -6
Ichigo looked from the goddess to Byakuya who had moved to take a seat, half in the shadows. He couldn’t help but chuckle. “I think he’s mad with your kind and has been for a while, Sumi.” He looked back to her. “But I will ask on one’s behalf that I have not been able to hear anything about for him. Since he’s stubborn.”
He paused, hoping Byakuya would speak, but the man remained silent.
“Tell me, how is Rukia?”
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Post by Sumi on Jan 23, 2016 19:19:08 GMT -6
Sumi looked to the Nobel. "She is alive, but struggling. Clinging to what few good memories still remain in her heart. The Espada that claims her will not kill her. So you need not concern yourself with that worry." She crossed in front of them. "Anything else beside the worry for your loved ones?"
"What about Ukitake-san?" Tsukiro asked. "With Aizen moving in his plans, has he suffered for it?"
"Captain Ukitaku is well. Aizen's promise to him will not allow him to die, but to witness the rein Aizen has put into place over the realms. That is the true torture of the ill Captain."
Nori looked to the Goddess with a sigh. "Captain Ukitaku suffers enough and that Bastard has him front row center." Sumi nodded slowly. "May I ask why you are here? The last time we were graced with your presence was during the meeting with Miyamoto and Ichim--" Nori stopped short as Kita's bright blue eyes looked quickly to her. "Before Miyamoto was sent in to join Aizen's ranks."
"I am here to reveal what has been hidden from my vessel. Her lack of knowledge has her endangered and with the loss of our key player six months ago things have not been going as well as we all would have hoped." Sumi informed the group.
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