Save Your Smile For Me (Ichigo Kurosaki) Ch. 8
Chapter 30 : Save Your Smile For Me (Ichigo Kurosaki) Ch. 22
On to chapter 22! For my lack of pics in the last chapters, I've put like 3 in this one, for your viewing pleasure ^^ BLEACH
>>Ichigo's bedroom>>
I lay quietly in Ichigo's bed, alone, everyone left, on their way to their 'sleeping arrangements.' Ichigo and Rukia went downstairs, Rukia was trying to persuade Isshin and Yuzu to let her stay here, which, knowing her, wouldn't be too difficult. Kon suddenly broke the peaceful silence I made, "What's wrong, Yasu-nee-san??"
"Nothing..." I lay on my chest my face on the pillow, facing left at the wall.
"C'mon, you can tell me! I bet I can make you feel better...!" He jumped onto my back.
"Kon."
"Yes~, Yasu-nee-san~~!?" He asked in a hopeful voice.
"Fuck off..." I sighed, grabbing him and throwing him into Ichigo's closet. Ichigo and Rukia walked in, arguing like old times.
"Hey Yasu, are you okay?" They stopped to see me there, lying limply.
"Get into Soul reaper form. Now." I sat up, pushing myself into shinigami form.
"What?! Why?--" They finally got a hold of the arrancar's spirit pressure, "We have to go!!"
"Both of you, calm down, we have to head off to Chad's, he won't be able to take them on in his current condition." I leapt out the window, clutching KageRyuu, with Rukia and Ichigo tailing me.
>>FF>>
Well, look here~ You ain't a shinigami, but still!" An arrancar had his hand to Chad's chest, ready to bore straight through it. I shot my hand out, stopping him.
"Ah, shinigami~" He was obviously amused by our sudden appearance and snatched his hand away, jumping back a few feet.
"Chad, get away." Ichigo appeared behind me.
"Ichigo, if this is---" Chad tried to protest.
"Chad, I can handle this." Chad left in a hurry, not even trying to stay.
"Who are you?" I asked, Kage still in my hand.
"D.Roy, arrancar number 16." The blonde haired arrancar spoke, his head wrapped in a cloth. We were about to move forward, when Rukia stopped us.
"Ichigo, Yasu, let me handle this." She spoke, swallowing a mod-soul, Chappy the bunny...
"But, Rukia!" Ichigo tried only to be held down by the mod-soul.
"Stay still! pyon! [hop]" I looked at Rukia and nodded, stepping aside next to Ichigo and her body.
"Get offa me!!" Ichigo yelled, while 'Chappy' twisted his arm behind his back.
"13th division--"
"Eh. I don't need to know the name of every person I kill--too troublesome."
"Fine. Then at least know the name of my blade. Sode No Shirayuki- beginning dance." Rukia took out her zanpakuto, and called it's shikai, a white circular beam of light shining upon the ground where D.Roy stood. Ice started to encase his feet.
He leapt into the air, "That's fine! I prefer fighting in the air--" The ice followed him, completely freezing over his whole body.
"Anyone, who is in Sode No Shirayuki's light has sealed their mortal fate." Rukia let down her zanpakuto. Chappy was telling us about Rukia, at least, the things we didn't already know.
"Get off of him." I told Chappy, "There's another arrancar coming, much stronger, than that one." I faced the direction of the spirit pressure, it didn't affect me in the least bit, but to Ichigo and Rukia, it was stunning.
"So you're the ones who killed D.Roy? Then I'll have to make your deaths extra bloody." A blue haired arrancar spoke, the remnants of his hollow formed a jaw of teeth and a hollow hole was on his abdomen, "So which one of you is stronger?" He flashed over to Rukia, raising his fist.
"Rukia!" Ichigo yelled, finally gaining control. He turned to see me standing there, my blade stopping the arrancar's fist from moving straight through Rukia. The Espada put on this sadistic grin, "Then, I guess you're the stronger one!!" He punched his fist again and I moved, blocking easily.
"Grimmjow! Get a different opponent, this one's mine." A voice spoke from the shadows.
"Whatever you say, Kagami-sama." He spat out the words, reluctantly leaving me to go after Ichigo and Rukia. An anger swept into me, 'Damnit...I can't take on Kagami while protecting them...' She stepped out, bearing her Espada uniform and a white headband, the remains of her hollow mask.
"Ichigo! Rukia! Stay on guard!" I yelled, keeping my eyes on Kagami, "What is it this time? Are we interfering with Aizen's plans? Or are you just here based on some sadistic pleasure?"
"A little of both. Aizen-sama finds you troublesome, and I want to kill you." She took out her zanpakuto, "Let's not waste time, Yasu-chan."
I gritted my teeth, raising Kage to eye-level, "We're finishing this now, Kagami."
**3rd P.O.V.
Kagami threw 3 kunai knives in Yasu's direction, as customary with the 2nd division's battle style. Yasu raised Kage, deflecting the first one,and flash-stepped out of the way of the other two. Kagami came rushing forward, pushing her zanpakuto towards Yasu, who blocked in good time. The sharp clanging of their blades pierced the air, thousands of times. Both opponents backed away, blood dripping from the several cuts that were landed.
Kagami took both hands, the red cero blast charging and growing to immense proportions, "Why don't you show your true face, Yasu-chan?" She snickered.
Seeing the cero continue to grow, Yasu didn't have another choice, but to call out her mask, she pulled her fingers across her face and the white and black mask started to form, hanging off the side of her head. Yasu pulled the mask to cover her face when the blast finally hit; she held her hands out, completely blocking the attack, while everything next to her was destroyed into pieces.
"You're too predictable, Kagami." Yasu scoffed, launching a cero blast in return. Kagami dodged the blast, countering with a bala blast, they flew like bullets toward Yasu; but being so weak, she crushed them in mid flight by raising her reishi. Kagami's spirit pressure became untracable for a moment and reappeared behind Yasu; it happened to quickly for her to react, Yasu's knees buckled and she fell to the floor. Kagami slashed her back in that free opportunity to attack. Yasu began to dissolve away on the floor, a look of surprise splattered on Kagami's face.
"What the--?!" Yasu reappeared behind her, slashing down on her shoulder, "Ack! What the hell was that?!" Kagami grabbed her shoulder, which went limp and dripped with blood.
"Yoruichi taught it to me, like it?" Yasu shunpo-ed away again. She gritted her teeth, grabbing her zanpakuto with her free hand, she was about to call her resurrecion form, but a tear in la garganta stopped her. It was Kaname Tousen, former captain of the 9th division.
"You are both here beyond the command of Aizen, your punishments will be decided upon in Hueco Mundo." Kagami went off into the garganta behind Tousen and Grimmjow.
"This battle isn't over, Yasu." She still bled and panted, while looking at Kagami who disappeared, when la garganta closed.
**1st P.O.V.
I panted and bled walking over to the equally hurt Renji and Ichigo, "How were your first battles with the arrancar?" I panted the words out.
"It sucked..." They both started walking in parallel directions.
>>FF>>
"Jeez! What kinda car was it that ran the three of you over?!" Isshin yelled, while clipping the bandages on my arm.
"It doesn't matter..." I thought quietly to myself about Kagami, and lifted myself off the table following Ichigo and Rukia out of the clinic. The three of us walked upstairs and we each went into our separate rooms. Ichigo's bedroom door almost closed, but I stuck my foot in.
"Huh? What is it, Yasu?" He turned around, holding his door open.
"Your hollow, it's bothering you again...Are you still taking my help?"
"Yeah, I don't really don't have a choice, do I?"
"Okay, well, tomorrow morning, early, that's when we'll start, don't worry about any details."
"What? You can't train me like that!" He protested.
"Ichigo, I told you not to worry about details. Now shut up and go to sleep." I glared at him, until he went into his room and then I fell onto the bed again, "Ow~~!"
>>Morning>>
I stood over Ichigo, who was still sleeping in his bed, the sun had barely even rose.
"Hey, get up." He groaned and turned on his side, grabbing my leg in the process.
"Ack! I-ichigo, get up! I'm gonna fall over!" He woke up, his eves fluttering, "Yasu, What the hell do you--" I clamped his mouth shut with my hand.
"Shut up. Get dressed and meet me outside." I jumped out of his window, waiting on the street.
>>FF>>
"Why are we going in our bodies?" He asked while we ran down alleyways.
"Because, at the very least, training takes a month to finish." We came to a stop in front of an abandoned warehouse.
"Why the hell are we here?!"
"Stop being so chatty!" I climbed up a pile of things, and tapped on a window, then jumped back at the door, gesturing to Ichigo.
"Hey, you found us!" Shinji opened the door, "Then, again, I shouldn't be surprised, you're an expert at hiding spirit pressure, Yasu-chan. And look who you've brought!" He said, seeing Ichigo behind me, "Ready to join us?"
"Hell no."
"He needs help Shinji and you're the only ones who can do it."
"Wait, what makes you think we'll help him?"
"You aren't helping him, Shinji."
Ichigo and Shinji yelled, "What?!"
"You're helping me, now move over."
"What makes you think i'll help you?!"
"Fine. You don't have to help me, I can ask Hiyori, Hachi, Kensei, Lisa, Mashiro, Love, and Rose to, certainly they won't refuse." I said shoving him back into the warehouse, he fell down the stairs, "Ichigo, these are the vizards." I said gesturing to the 7 of them, besides Shinji.
Mashiro gasped, coming running at me, "Yasu-tan!! You're back! I missed you soooo much! How come you haven't visited me?! Where were you!? Who's that?! Is that Berry-tan?! Are we gonna help him with his h-o-l-l-o-w?!" I was surprised she didn't run out of breath, asking all those questions.
"Um, in that order, I am back, I missed you, too, Mashiro, because I was busy, at home, that is Berry-tan, and you are going to help him with his h-o-l-l-o-w." She was taking a deep breath ready to fire another set of questions at me.
"Give it a rest, Mashiro! So this is the guy..." Kensei, being her former captain, stopped her, and started looking at Ichigo.
"Yep, that's him."
"Hey, Yasu-chan, did you get it?" Rose came up to me.
"Yeah, I wouldn't forget something so near and dear to you~" I mocked him, taking out the newest issue of Weekly Shounen Jump and handing it to him.
"Hey, Yasu-chan.---Oh, I read that one!..." Love spoke, spoiling another manga for Rose...
"Yasu, do you have it?" Lisa approached me, looking for her 'magazine'...
"Yeah...and you owe me big for that..." I took out the 'magazine' handing it to her and she walked off, very engrossed in it's contents, "Your welcome~!"
"Hello, Yasu-san." The big, pink-haired vizard spoke, very formally.
"Oh, hey, Hachi!" I said waving.
"Hey, Yasu!" Hiyori came, sliding down from a pile of stuff.
"Hi, Hiyori, you wanna do the honors?"
"It'd be my pleasure..." She said in a menacing voice, unsheathing her zanpakuto.
"Ichigo, Get into soul reaper form!" I ordered him, throwing him my badge. He nodded pushing it to his face, then throwing it back to me.
"So, Yasu, how are we starting this thing?"
"Like this!" Hiyori jumped out at him slashing, "Call out your hollow!!" I was climbing up, sitting at my 'usual spot'.
"How long are you staying, Yasu-tan?~" Mashiro came over, ready to ask more questions.
"However long it takes for Ichigo to get control of his hollow."
"And then you're gonna go~!?" She whined.
"Yeah, but i'll visit..." I said to make her happy.
"That's what you said last tiiiiiiiiimmmmmeee~!" She started rolling around, whining loudly.
"Shut up, Mashiro!!" Kensei barked from not so far away. I looked out towards Hiyori and Ichigo.
"It never was your choice to be with us or not, we choose you, it's as simple as that. If you have the power, you're in."
"I refuse."
"You still don't get it. The goddamn decision. It isn't yours." Her hollow mask formed on her head.
"Oi, oi, oi! Hiyori!" Everyone yelled from their spots. I stood up, arm folded.
"Yasu, you aren't seriously goin' to let her do that, are you?"Love looked up at me.
"If Hiyori wants that hollow to come out, fine. But, she has no idea what she in for...Just keep watching and stay on guard because whenever Hiyori succeeds she'll have hell to pay..." I put one relaxed hand on HikariRyuu. Hiyori lunged forward clutching at Ichigo's stomach, the mask covering her whole face, "You are seriously gonna die."
>>FF>>
I stood in the same place, everyone relaxing, Ichigo was at his edge already and Hiyori didn't even get a single scratch. "Hurry up and call out your hollow already. If you don't i'll kill you right here." She moved forward again, slashing her zanpakuto at him again.
"Watch it, HIyori!!" I yelled.
"Shut yer' trap! He's never gonna call his hollow out!!" She shouted back, not paying attention to Ichigo, whose eyes started turning black.
"Hiyori!" I jumped closer and everyone followed. Ichigo's hollow took Hiyori by the neck, choking her against a wall. Her mask broke apart and her eyes lost the darkness in them. In her last moment, we all jumped onto Ichigo, Kensei holding Ichigo's hand down with his boot and the rest of us keeping our zanpakuto angled so Ichigo couldn't move.
[Picture was colored by OniCrono at DeviantArt]
"I told you." I said smugly, looking at her gasping for air on the ground.
"Shut up, ya' smartass!" She retorted, while standing up.
Shinji broke Ichigo's mask, "That's enough. The only way to supress your hollow, isn't through body and mind, it's by pushing it down to the very core of your soul."
We all eased up off of Ichigo, "So how was your first day of vizard training?" I asked, jokingly.
He spat out some blood, before answering, "Great. Just great."
>>FF>>
*Pant*
Everyone was sitting around talking, laying about, while Ichigo stood in the corner walking on the "Super Hiyori Walker."
*Pant*
"Hm, I'm hungry..."
*Pant*
"Go make something to eat."
*Pant*
"Why don't you do it?"
*Pant*
"Like hell I will!"
*Pant* The Super Hiyori Walker went flying to Hiyori, who, as a reflex, used Shinji for a shield, "How long do I have to walk on this stupid piece of shit?!"
"Shut up, and get back on that thing!!" Hiyori threw it back at Ichigo, almost dislocating his jaw.
"We're back! I bought bento, but do you wanna eat it now?" Mashiro and Hacchi walked in. In the distance a series of loud screams from Hiyori, Ichigo, and Shinji.
"Yasu-san, here's your lunch." Hacchi approached me with a bento on hand.
"Thanks, Hacchi-kun." I slid open the top and pulled out chopsticks, eating like everyone else.
"I'll tell you now that I could run on that piece of shit for 5 days straight without collapsing, I don't have time for this!" Shinji turned to me for clarification.
"Shut the fuck up." We all swerved our heads in their direction, "Don't give me that crap about, 'you don't have time', you have no idea how long it takes to awaken Hougyoku, we've known about this way before you jumped on stage." Shinji was about to continue, but I stoppped him.
"Think about it, Me and Ichigo, we both achieved our soul reaperfication, our bankai, and hollowfication in a ridiculous amount of time." I stood, walking to them, "If he wants to do this, let him, but one more thing" I said pointing to Ichigo, "Consume your hollow, before it consumes you."
To be continued...
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