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Post by Kita Miyamoto on Apr 14, 2024 17:49:24 GMT -6
Kita nodded, “Seto. It’s been a long time since I have heard that name. Can I ask…” she looked at him waiting for the nod. When he did she continued.
“Does this have to do with the young man I was told about? Ide, I believe was what I was told what his name was.”
Vale chuckled. "Ide...No, this doesn't have anything to do with him." He looked up at Kita, catching the concern in her eyes. "I left Las Noches. And, I'm not going back." He looked away. "I am not entirely sure why. But, I am done with it. I was talking to Aizen. Then...Then, I don't know. I just didn't want to be there anymore."
Kita smiled warmly, "Good, I am happy to hear that. Does that mean you will be moving back into the flower shop?" Kadaj pulled from her breast as she adjusted them covering herself and handing Vale his son. "Be sure to burp him good. He only gave me a small one with the first feeding." She finished buttoning her shirt. "It will be nice to have you close, Kadaj will get to see you more often." She stayed seated in the rocking chair as she watched him burp his son.
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Apr 14, 2024 18:51:15 GMT -6
"To be honest with you," Seto gently but firmly patted the infants back. "I gave it no thought. I knew where I didn't want be. I..." He looked to Kita again. She smiled at him. "I want to go home, Kita. Karakura is not my home."
"You can't go back, Seto. You know that."
"I know...That doesn't stop me from wanting to go back, though. It's been so long. But, there is no doubt that Kyoraku would have me bound and thrown in the nest as soon I set foot in the Soul Society. Even if we ignored the things I did while aligning with Aizen...What I did before all of that earned me a place in prison. That would be fair." He continued to pat Kadaj's back.
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Post by Kita Miyamoto on Apr 14, 2024 19:03:43 GMT -6
Kita sighed casting her eyes down not looking at anything in particular. She looked back up at Vale. "What if we could get you pardoned like Kisuke did Gin?" She held her hand up stopping Vale from speaking as he sighed heavily. "It will take time to do this and you will have to make your residents here in Karakura for a while, but," she gave him a stern look.
"you're going to have to tell someone about your past and what happened. You're as bad as Gin in that area, but he is getting better."
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Apr 14, 2024 19:11:13 GMT -6
Seto shook his head. "Why are you so easily moved?" he questioned. "I've done nothing to worthy of a pardon. Neither did Gin, for that matter..." Seto felt himself growing angry. He took a deep breath. "I did not come here to argue with you. Or to talk about Gin or pardon. I want to go home. And, I can't. There is no amount of begging that would sway Kyoraku to do that for me. And, I don't want him to."
"Then what is the problem with you staying in Karakura?"
"I don't exactly have a choice, now do I, Kita?!" Kadaj hiccuped in his arms. Seto sighed. "Never mind..."
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Post by Kita Miyamoto on Apr 14, 2024 19:22:40 GMT -6
"I am not trying to upset you or start a fight." Kita sighed and stood from the rocking chair. "I just don't understand what you are so afraid of, Seto? From my understanding you were setup in this mess you call your past, which is what caused you to snap, and only the Gods know how long that asshole Alister has been using you as a vessel."
She stopped at the window in the nursey and looked out at the street below. "I don't know the whole story only bits and pieces from what I have overheard." She turned and looked at Vale. "So if it's true. Why wouldn't you want to be pardoned. You were not of your right mind or your mind at all."
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Apr 14, 2024 19:32:37 GMT -6
"What are you talking about?" questioned Seto. He looked at Kita. He was confused. "Alister had nothing to do with anything...I killed men and women of my own division. I swore to protect and lead these people...And, I killed them...Hunting for Gengyo..." Seto shook his head. "And, if that's not enough, I'm sure they think that I killed my..."
"Your what?"
"Nothing. I..." He was getting angry. "I wasn't out of my mind. I was just angry. Those aren't the same thing."
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Post by Kita Miyamoto on Apr 14, 2024 21:41:40 GMT -6
Kita nodded, saying no more. The whispers she had overheard about Vale's past were wrong. She turned back to the window and looked out across the street.
"Well, I'm sorry you can’t go home, but glad you'll be closer to your son."
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Apr 15, 2024 10:50:06 GMT -6
Seto sighed and looked down at his son in his arms. “It’s alright.” He smiled. The small wonder in his arm yawned and stared back at him.“How is Yumiko?" he whispered. Seto looked to Kita then back at his son. "I assume she is in the Soul Society right now. Do you know when she's coming back?” He looked up, his smiling fading just a little. "If she's coming back..."
Seto looked to Kita, his face clearly marked with concern. "Kita, be honest with me for a moment." He waited until she returned to the rocking chair and sat in front of him. "I know that I am undeserving of her and that she deserves better than me. And," he looked away for a moment. "She still loves Aizen. I don't think she would ever admit that to me. But, it's easy to see...and to feel...I love her enough to let her..." He fell silent.
"Seto..."
"To let her go..." he said, snapping back from a thought that had drawn him away. "I love her enough to let her go. So, I suppose I am asking if I should. I want to be selfish, Kita. I do. But, to what end?"
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Post by Kita Miyamoto on Apr 15, 2024 17:06:49 GMT -6
Kita sighed, leaning forward she patting Seto's hand that rested across Kadaj. "She does love Aizen, but she loves you as well. Now when weighing those two loves against one another..." Kita feel silent sitting back in the rocker, her attention going to the window as she watched the tree branches dance in the gentle breeze.
"The difference is like daylight and dark."
Seto shook his head. "I'm not questioning her love for me. I am asking if I need to let her go. And, this lack of an answer...serves as an answer. You know her just as well as Ukitake and Kyoraku know her. You know this won't work..."
"I didn't say it would not work, Seto. It's just going to take some work between the two of you." Kita reassured him.
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Apr 15, 2024 17:42:59 GMT -6
Seto lifted Kadaj, handing him to his mother. As soon as the boy was in her arms, Seto fell back to the floor. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes. He felt burdened no matter the realm he was in. Whether it was the weight of having pledged his loyalty to Aizen, or having a son...two sons with women he had no healthy relationship with, or the instability of his relationship with Yumiko...The weight Seto carried was heavy. Right now, it felt immovable.
"Would you like to know..." Seto whispered, lifting his head slightly to look at Kita. "Would you like to know what follows me? What I run from?" He dropped his head to the floor again and closed his eyes.
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Post by Kita Miyamoto on Apr 15, 2024 17:49:13 GMT -6
Kita was silent for a moment with his question. She did want to know what Seto was running from. Why he turned against the Soul Society and killed like her did. Not so much for her own mindset, but for their son. One day he would ask about his father, and if his father was not there to answer those questions it would fall back on her. She did not want to lie to the boy.
"If you want to share that withe me. I will listen." Kita replied.
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Apr 15, 2024 18:05:30 GMT -6
Both were silent for a while. Only the sound of Kadaj yawning broke through the quiet. "I was married once. Her name was Erise. I often wonder what she'd think of me now..." Seto mumbled to himself. "Disappointed, I'm sure." He grew quiet again. No more than a handful of sentences into his history and he already deemed the task hard. "She was killed by my former Lieutenant. I came home to it. She was still warm when -"
Seto exhaled loudly. "I went looking for him that night. And, the longer I looked for him...The angrier I became. When I finally found him, I killed him. Only it wasn't him. Then , I saw and killed him again. And...And then everyone started to look like him. So...I had to killed them too. I need to be rid of him." Seto laid his hands to his chest and sighed again. "Then Ukitake came. And, I wanted him to kill me. I did. I really did...But, he didn't. And I hate him for it."
Sitting up, Seto looked at Kita who hadn't made a sound since he began. "I walked away with a damaged eye and very much alive. I sat in my anger....So long I learned to love and need the chaos at the tips of my fingers. I thrived on it. I wanted more of it. Aizen offered it to me...And, I took it."
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Post by Kita Miyamoto on Apr 15, 2024 18:59:57 GMT -6
"I am sorry to hear that, Seto. Do you know why your lieutenant killed your wife?" Kita asked.
Seto shook his head. "If I ever find him, I'll be sure to ask."
"So..." Kita's eyes widened. "You were never able to get your revenge for what happened to your wife?"
"No..." he continued to shake his head. "And, I didn't care in that moment. I didn't care until long after the chaos and bloodshed came with bitter taste. If I am to be honest, I don't want revenge. Not anymore. It is exhausting."
Kita's head nodded slowly as she looked down at the little bundle in her arms who was fast asleep. She smiled warmly and stood from the rocker, walking over to the bassinet to lay him down. Once he was in his bed she turned and looked at Seto.
"That's good to hear, and if not for you at least for your son," she smiled warmly, "sons. I am glad you are away from Aizen and out of Las Noches." She fell silent in thought, her head tipped to one side. She could not get what Seto said about his wife's death off her mind. "Not to hit a nerve, but are you sure it was your lieutenant that killed your wife? What you told me just seems odd. It feels like someone was making your lieutenant a victim as well."
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Post by Seto Tetsuya on Apr 16, 2024 17:00:13 GMT -6
"Before this, I found that Gengyo no longer stood of the same principles as the rest of the Gotei. Hell, even Aizen would have considered him an extremist." Seto shook his head as he ran a hand through his hair. "In the days leading up to it, I called for his resignation. And, he vowed to ruin me. I wish now I had believed what he said."
"I will never understand why people are like that. If you have an issue with someone take it up with that person not their family. Not their friends, and not someone else." Kita shook her head and offered her hand to Seto to help him from the floor. "Would you like to stay for dinner. I am sure Sojiro would like to visit with you."
"He would like to visit...with me?" Seto asked in disbelief as he rose to his feet. "Why?!" he chuckled and scratched at his beard.
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Post by Kita Miyamoto on Apr 16, 2024 17:12:41 GMT -6
Kita giggled at Seto, "because you were there to help raise him and protect him. Contrary to what you and/or others believe, Sojiro does not hate you, Seto." Kita looked at him once more. "So are you staying? You'll be able to spend more time with your son if you do~" she tempted him with.
"Maybe some other time, love." Seto raised a hand and parted the hair that covered her forehead. He left a gentle kiss on her forehead and smiled. "Enjoy your family. I am going to seek out the rest of mine..." He sighed. "Even at the risk of my own freedom."
Kita smiled warmly with a nod, "alright then, maybe next time." She patted his chest tenderly. "And you'll have to bring Ide over so I can meet him, and let him know he is welcome to come visit Kadaj whenever he likes, and his mother is welcome to come visit with him as well so she can see we are a norm---not weirdos." She giggled softly.
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