Vol. 1: Arc Summaries:
Mar 14, 2024 3:41:08 GMT -6
Post by Captain Juushiro Ukitake on Mar 14, 2024 3:41:08 GMT -6
Reflected Storm Clouds:
(Here's another dense one. It's important.)
The story continues with a bored Sada stirring the pot by waking Azayaka, who has been kept barely alive by Szayel. She, in turn, piques the interest of Alister, who sets Aizen free from Soul Society for the price of her old self but enforces his time limit on any invasions once more. Before disappearing, he returns Vale to Las Noches. From the shadows, Vale unleashes chaos on Soul Society with the Ayakashi, nearly killing Captain Soi Fon and setting up a special dummy in place of Aizen in the Mugen, the substitute soul reaper. Azayaka now calling herself Rena, along with Stark and Sada, attack the shop for some goods. Finally, Loki sets up house with Evita and Orihime in Ichigo’s skin. Almost two weeks of recovery passes by.
The chaos only continues to grow. When Vale grows restless, he attacks Juushiro and the commander for their part in breaking his relationship with Yumiko, she steps in to stop him and tries to reason with him. Alister grows tired of Yumiko’s willfulness and wakens all of the painful broken memories from her imprisonment, letting Vale slip away from Soul Society with her. And at the same time, Aizen reveals his own existence by paying a surprise visit to Kita and Gin, laying down the seeds of a new plan for their destruction. However, as the group worries at the growing danger for Yumiko, Vale goes to Kisuke for one last chance on the same night, attempting to break free from Alister. Or so it seems until conditions are set in place and he won’t accept them, going so far as to persuade Yumiko to disappear with him right back to Las Noches without a word to the others.
The next day Gin and Kita discover the truth but aren’t given time to act on it because the Ayakashi attack Karakura. Loki gives himself away during the attack, but a new ayakashi Kagawa (OC), a telepathic mind reader who can control Sada, kidnaps Kita. Without the goddess, gone on a mission, she’s helpless when Aizen rapes her, and Gin falls to another trap while trying to rescue her, losing in a bloody duel against the same Kagawa.
Events continue to spiral downward for the people captive in Las Noches. Gin is locked in the cells after his loss and though he is healed by Kita, both are stricken at the sight that awaits them soon after. When Sada brings Sojiro to Las Noches. Aizen sets up a trap for Kita, and Sada plays along with show, taking Vale’s form and showing Yumiko a darker form of her lover when she’s already struggling with Kita and Gin’s capture. She rebels and attempts to free them all, but the struggle only results in heartache. Kita kills an illusion of Aizen, killing for the first time, and Vale brutally beats and rapes Yumiko into submission, punishing her for her part. He says he will break her and they will start anew. As Yumiko struggles in the thrall of her lover, Kita battles with the darkness in herself, a fight that grows harder and harder with the involvement of Sojiro and Gin’s own inner conflict. Aizen waits for results.
Meanwhile, Kisuke nearly destroys his lab in rage and grief after Kenji is harmed, when the 13 year old kid was trying to protect his 8 year old cousin from Sada. Vacanze swears he will go in himself to get everyone back, at the cost of his own life, barely held back by Juushiro. And in Soul Society, Sada's hallucinations create disharmony between Ryo and Komamura over her responsibilities in life, to be a captain or a mother.
When Yumiko lays recovering from another assault from Vale, she overhears that Sumi will soon return and uses that hope to attempt one more rescue, breaking the binding on her room and relasing Kita from her own. They run into trouble with the espada but the friends make a run for it onto the dome, relying on leaning on each other and their kido to keep the upper hand for a while. They know that if they fail that they will both suffer at Aizen’s hands. But the odds are against them. In the end, when the espada look to be winning, Kita sacrifices herself and pushes Yumiko to safety — into Sumi’s arms.
As Aizen and Ulquiorra use despair to finally push Kita over the edge, Ishida, Kenji, and Toshiro Hitsugaya, returned from a long absence, trap and nearly defeat Sada. This bolsters Soul Society, enough even for a little romance to bloom in the not so short captain's heart. The commander starts repairing the relationship between Ryo and Komamura set asunder by Sada.
(Here's another dense one. It's important.)
The story continues with a bored Sada stirring the pot by waking Azayaka, who has been kept barely alive by Szayel. She, in turn, piques the interest of Alister, who sets Aizen free from Soul Society for the price of her old self but enforces his time limit on any invasions once more. Before disappearing, he returns Vale to Las Noches. From the shadows, Vale unleashes chaos on Soul Society with the Ayakashi, nearly killing Captain Soi Fon and setting up a special dummy in place of Aizen in the Mugen, the substitute soul reaper. Azayaka now calling herself Rena, along with Stark and Sada, attack the shop for some goods. Finally, Loki sets up house with Evita and Orihime in Ichigo’s skin. Almost two weeks of recovery passes by.
The chaos only continues to grow. When Vale grows restless, he attacks Juushiro and the commander for their part in breaking his relationship with Yumiko, she steps in to stop him and tries to reason with him. Alister grows tired of Yumiko’s willfulness and wakens all of the painful broken memories from her imprisonment, letting Vale slip away from Soul Society with her. And at the same time, Aizen reveals his own existence by paying a surprise visit to Kita and Gin, laying down the seeds of a new plan for their destruction. However, as the group worries at the growing danger for Yumiko, Vale goes to Kisuke for one last chance on the same night, attempting to break free from Alister. Or so it seems until conditions are set in place and he won’t accept them, going so far as to persuade Yumiko to disappear with him right back to Las Noches without a word to the others.
The next day Gin and Kita discover the truth but aren’t given time to act on it because the Ayakashi attack Karakura. Loki gives himself away during the attack, but a new ayakashi Kagawa (OC), a telepathic mind reader who can control Sada, kidnaps Kita. Without the goddess, gone on a mission, she’s helpless when Aizen rapes her, and Gin falls to another trap while trying to rescue her, losing in a bloody duel against the same Kagawa.
Events continue to spiral downward for the people captive in Las Noches. Gin is locked in the cells after his loss and though he is healed by Kita, both are stricken at the sight that awaits them soon after. When Sada brings Sojiro to Las Noches. Aizen sets up a trap for Kita, and Sada plays along with show, taking Vale’s form and showing Yumiko a darker form of her lover when she’s already struggling with Kita and Gin’s capture. She rebels and attempts to free them all, but the struggle only results in heartache. Kita kills an illusion of Aizen, killing for the first time, and Vale brutally beats and rapes Yumiko into submission, punishing her for her part. He says he will break her and they will start anew. As Yumiko struggles in the thrall of her lover, Kita battles with the darkness in herself, a fight that grows harder and harder with the involvement of Sojiro and Gin’s own inner conflict. Aizen waits for results.
Meanwhile, Kisuke nearly destroys his lab in rage and grief after Kenji is harmed, when the 13 year old kid was trying to protect his 8 year old cousin from Sada. Vacanze swears he will go in himself to get everyone back, at the cost of his own life, barely held back by Juushiro. And in Soul Society, Sada's hallucinations create disharmony between Ryo and Komamura over her responsibilities in life, to be a captain or a mother.
When Yumiko lays recovering from another assault from Vale, she overhears that Sumi will soon return and uses that hope to attempt one more rescue, breaking the binding on her room and relasing Kita from her own. They run into trouble with the espada but the friends make a run for it onto the dome, relying on leaning on each other and their kido to keep the upper hand for a while. They know that if they fail that they will both suffer at Aizen’s hands. But the odds are against them. In the end, when the espada look to be winning, Kita sacrifices herself and pushes Yumiko to safety — into Sumi’s arms.
As Aizen and Ulquiorra use despair to finally push Kita over the edge, Ishida, Kenji, and Toshiro Hitsugaya, returned from a long absence, trap and nearly defeat Sada. This bolsters Soul Society, enough even for a little romance to bloom in the not so short captain's heart. The commander starts repairing the relationship between Ryo and Komamura set asunder by Sada.