Break Bee
Break Bee
Disclaimer: I own nothing!!
Part: 3 of ?
Word Count: 2000
25 years ago
She had ran. As soon as she had regained enough of her senses she had turned and jumped out the nearest window. She had then proceeded to avoid him completely and totally. She thought she was doing a good job too.
Then one day, "Good morning, Shaolin Fon," he whispered next to her ears.
For a moment Soifon suffered a totally and utter temporal displacement. Suddenly she was thrown back to a time when Ichimaru Gin was still a captain of the Gotei 13. Captain Ichimaru loved toying with people. Loved pushing peoples buttons till he garnered a reaction. Captain Ichimaru knew that nothing annoyed Soifon more then his ability to sneak up to her and whisper right into her ears. It always made her jump, just like now, "Kira! What..." she decided anger was warranted in this situation, "What the hell do you think you are doing?"
Kira smiled, no he smirked, "I always wondered why you did that. Jump I mean. Did it disconcert you that he could move too silently for even you, a trained assassin, to detect or was it something more? Was it that he could slip past your guard, get in close. Close enough to do anything he wanted to you."
Soifon staggered back. It was creeping her out, Kira was acting too much like Ichimaru. His smile, those words... "As if he could do anything to me," she had wanted to sound angry. She wanted to sounded offended. She came across meek, a child caught telling an obvious lie.
"O I don't know about that," whispered Kira, his smile widening. Then suddenly he caught her again and kissed her.
Once again Soifon found her brain scrambled. She knew she was kissing back but she didn't know why she was kissing back and more importantly, how to stop herself from kissing back. This was ridiculous! When they finally parted for air, Soifon noticed that for a moment Kira looked like Kira but then the smile was back and Soifon swore she saw the ghost of the face of Ichimaru in Kira.
"Take it off!" cried Soifon as she started to yank Kira's Haori.
"Soifon!" came the voice of Yoruichi, she and Byakuya were walking up the street towards them, "I know Kira is really hot and all and you can't wait to tear his cloths off, but can you at least do it in private!" she said with an amused smile.
"You're one to talk," said Byakuya, "You have no compulsions about transforming back to human in public."
"Don't complain Byakuya! Just be happy that you got to see my sexy naked body!" she said. At the look of annoyance that crossed Byakuya's face Yoruichi laughed again before turning her attention back to Soifon, "So, things must be progressing really well if you can't even wait to get to your room before tearing his cloths off!"
"It's not that!" cried Soifon, "I just want him to take this damn haori off! It's possessed!"
"Hah?" was all Yoruichi managed at that declaration.
"It's true! He's been... he's been acting like Ichimaru! I told them Ichimaru's old haori and other things should be burnt but no one ever listens to me and now Izuru's possessed!" said Soifon, looking and sounding very much like the girl Yoruichi had first taken in and not very much like the fearsome Captain Soifon.
Kira laughed, "You should call me Izuru more often, I like how you say it," Soifon was horrified at the realisation that she had in fact called him by his first name. At her expression Kira's smile broaden, "And as for being possessed by the spirit of Captain Ichimaru, I must confess that I have been channelling him a little," he admitted, "After all, I have no one else to look towards as an example of a man who managed to capture a heart that is all but impossible to capture. I mean, Matsumoto-san was beautiful, sexy, easy going, free-spirited, loving the attention her considerable feminine charms got her... yet for all that her heart was hard to touch. She flirted with everyone and everyone flirted with her but always, always you knew that she kept her heart deep inside and no mere mortal was ever going to touch it," He smiled again, but this time it was a Kira smile, "But the captain managed to touch her heart, indeed he managed to take it and keep it. I want to do that with you, Shaolin Fon," he brought his face close to her and it was then that she realised that she had never actually move out of his grasp. Indeed all the time they had been talking she had stayed enclosed in his arms and had continued to grip him, "I want to touch and take the heart that you keep hidden behind the wall of your pride and honour," he whispered before he kissed her again.
"Awwww, that's so cute!" commented Yoruichi.
"Perhaps we should leave," said Byakuya, starting to walk away but before he had taking more then two steps Soifon tore out of Kira's arms and shunpoed away as fast as she could.
"She must really like you!" said Yoruichi, giving Kira a hearty pat on the back, "If she didn't, you would be black and blue by now. But the fact that she is not only letting you molest her in public but also running away from you means that she's half way in love with you already!"
"That's the most childish thing I have ever heard," said Byakuya in his calm measured tone, "I never imagined Captain Soifon was such an emotional coward."
"Soifon? What about you? When are you and Yachiru getting marreid? Eh, little Byakuya?" teased Yoruichi.
"Next spring," replied Byakuya in a resigned tone.
Both Yoruichi and Kira were caught off-guard, "What? Seriously?" asked Yoruichi, "That was fast!"
"It is inevitable. She will not rest till she marries me. As it is inevitable I have merely resigned myself to it and therefore I am not particularly concerned how soon the inevitable happens," replied Byakuya.
Yoruichi laughed, "And you dare criticise Soifon! Stop pretending that you aren't looking forward to your wedding! I can just imagine it now, you and her underneath a cherry tree in full bloom! Her hair matching the gently falling cherry flower petals... actually I can't wait for your wedding! What a beautiful scene!" said Yoruichi.
"Congratulations Captain Kuchiki," said Kira, sounding entirely like his usual self, "I am truly happy for you and Yachiru. I am sure you will make each other very happy."
Omaeda was deeply concerned, ever since Soifon had come back she had been hitting her head over and over against the nearest wall and going, "Stupid, stupid, stupid."
"Captain Soifon... are you... are you all right?" he asked when he could no longer keep silent.
"Don't ask retarded questions Omaeda!" barked Soifon, "Do I look all right?" she sighed, "God damn that bastard," she whispered to herself.
But Omaeda had caught her words, "Bastard... no! It's true what they are saying! Kira... I mean Captain Kira kissed you!"
"Hah? Who's been spreading rumours about me!!!" she demanded as she collared Omaeda.
"Who do you think?" came the voice of Yoruichi from behind her. She was perched on the windowsill.
Soifon let go of Omaeda, who wisely ran out of the room and shut the door firmly behind him. "Yoruichi-sama..." said Soifon, tears welling up in her eyes, "Why? Why would spread something like that?" she demanded.
Yoruichi ignored the question, "Soifon, why are you running from him?"
"I am not running form him! I am running from Ichimaru! You heard him! He isn't being himself! He's just being Ichimaru and... and..." Soifon turned away, "If Kira was being himself then he would go for someone... someone like Hinamori! She's sweet and gentle and kind and..."
"Everything you are not, is that it?" wondered Yoruichi, "Soifon, Kira isn't the most assertive person in the world is he? He's gloomy, interospective and easily given to despair. If he is channelling Ichimaru it is because only by doing that can he work-up the courage to try and win you. I doubt he would put in the effort if he didn't really want you."
"But why me?" wondered Soifon meekly.
"Perhaps you should ask him that," suggested Yoruichi, "Just remember one other thing, Soifon, just because I disappeared from your life abruptly, doesn't mean he is going to and don't forget that he too knows what it feels like to have the person you devote yourself to suddenly leave you behind..." as if to underscore her point, she disappeared in a burst of shunpo and all that was a left was an empty windowsill.
Kira was sitting in his garden, no... not his garden, Captain Ichimaru's garden. Kira had kept it just the way Ichimaru had left it, full of persimmon and chrysenthimum trees, with beds of flowers designed to attract nectar drinking birds and a crystal clear pond that reflected the full moon perfectly. He was sitting contemplating his audacity! Soifon! He had set his eyes upon Soifon! He must really be going out of his mind... his train of thought was interrupted when in a burst of shunpo, Soifon stood before him.
"Why me?" she asked quietly, "I mean... I mean there has always been rumours about you and Hinamori..."
"And about me and Captain Ichimaru," Kira pointed out, "Indeed, according to the word on the street you are head over heels in love with Yoruichi-san. So if we are going by rumours, why are you here Shaolin? Something tells me you are not here to tell me that I stand no chance because your heart belongs to Yoruichi-san."
Soifon looked away, then she started pacing, finally she turned to him and demanded, "Were you in love with Ichimaru?"
"Are you in love with Yoruichi-san?" he wondered.
"Stop that!" cried Soifon, "Just... just answer my question."
"I have no doubt that I felt... no feel for Captain Ichimaru exactly what you feel for Yoruichi-san. That alone is reason enough for me to pick you over Hinamori-kun. But I am not picking you over Hinamori-kun. Once I wanted Hinamori-kun, but it has been decades since I have thought of her like that. You on the other hand I have had a strong affection for since I was a child and you were just Shaolin Fon, the sister-in-law of my beloved cousin. While you were ahead of me, I couldn't even contemplate loving you. But the moment I became a captain my affections started to morph and I could not restrain my emotions. I have loved you for a long time now, Shaolin Fon," he got up and pulled her against his body, hugging her to him in a tight embrace, "And being the good subordinate that I am, I intend to do exactly what my captain ordered me to do, should I ever find a woman I loved as much as he loved Matsumoto Rangiku."
Years later, Soifon learnt the exact words and part of the context of Ichimaru's command,
"I always wanted to be like you. Ever since you and captain Aizen rescued us that day I have wanted to be like you. I wanted to have confidence like you, have power like you. Just be like you. But you know captain, after I got to know you I started to envy you because there was something you had that I could never have. You had Matsumoto-san... the way she looks at you captain... if someone ever looked at me like that..." Kira trailed off.
Silence. "Ya don' wanna be like me, Izuru," said Ichimaru after awhile, "Trust me on that one. But if ya ever find someone like Rangiku... ya should hold on ta 'er."
Author's note: The last bit is from my story September (chapter 6). Soifon's sister-in-law being Kira's cousin is from Truth behind the smile (chapter 22).
Disclaimer: I own nothing!!
Part: 3 of ?
Word Count: 2000
25 years ago
She had ran. As soon as she had regained enough of her senses she had turned and jumped out the nearest window. She had then proceeded to avoid him completely and totally. She thought she was doing a good job too.
Then one day, "Good morning, Shaolin Fon," he whispered next to her ears.
For a moment Soifon suffered a totally and utter temporal displacement. Suddenly she was thrown back to a time when Ichimaru Gin was still a captain of the Gotei 13. Captain Ichimaru loved toying with people. Loved pushing peoples buttons till he garnered a reaction. Captain Ichimaru knew that nothing annoyed Soifon more then his ability to sneak up to her and whisper right into her ears. It always made her jump, just like now, "Kira! What..." she decided anger was warranted in this situation, "What the hell do you think you are doing?"
Kira smiled, no he smirked, "I always wondered why you did that. Jump I mean. Did it disconcert you that he could move too silently for even you, a trained assassin, to detect or was it something more? Was it that he could slip past your guard, get in close. Close enough to do anything he wanted to you."
Soifon staggered back. It was creeping her out, Kira was acting too much like Ichimaru. His smile, those words... "As if he could do anything to me," she had wanted to sound angry. She wanted to sounded offended. She came across meek, a child caught telling an obvious lie.
"O I don't know about that," whispered Kira, his smile widening. Then suddenly he caught her again and kissed her.
Once again Soifon found her brain scrambled. She knew she was kissing back but she didn't know why she was kissing back and more importantly, how to stop herself from kissing back. This was ridiculous! When they finally parted for air, Soifon noticed that for a moment Kira looked like Kira but then the smile was back and Soifon swore she saw the ghost of the face of Ichimaru in Kira.
"Take it off!" cried Soifon as she started to yank Kira's Haori.
"Soifon!" came the voice of Yoruichi, she and Byakuya were walking up the street towards them, "I know Kira is really hot and all and you can't wait to tear his cloths off, but can you at least do it in private!" she said with an amused smile.
"You're one to talk," said Byakuya, "You have no compulsions about transforming back to human in public."
"Don't complain Byakuya! Just be happy that you got to see my sexy naked body!" she said. At the look of annoyance that crossed Byakuya's face Yoruichi laughed again before turning her attention back to Soifon, "So, things must be progressing really well if you can't even wait to get to your room before tearing his cloths off!"
"It's not that!" cried Soifon, "I just want him to take this damn haori off! It's possessed!"
"Hah?" was all Yoruichi managed at that declaration.
"It's true! He's been... he's been acting like Ichimaru! I told them Ichimaru's old haori and other things should be burnt but no one ever listens to me and now Izuru's possessed!" said Soifon, looking and sounding very much like the girl Yoruichi had first taken in and not very much like the fearsome Captain Soifon.
Kira laughed, "You should call me Izuru more often, I like how you say it," Soifon was horrified at the realisation that she had in fact called him by his first name. At her expression Kira's smile broaden, "And as for being possessed by the spirit of Captain Ichimaru, I must confess that I have been channelling him a little," he admitted, "After all, I have no one else to look towards as an example of a man who managed to capture a heart that is all but impossible to capture. I mean, Matsumoto-san was beautiful, sexy, easy going, free-spirited, loving the attention her considerable feminine charms got her... yet for all that her heart was hard to touch. She flirted with everyone and everyone flirted with her but always, always you knew that she kept her heart deep inside and no mere mortal was ever going to touch it," He smiled again, but this time it was a Kira smile, "But the captain managed to touch her heart, indeed he managed to take it and keep it. I want to do that with you, Shaolin Fon," he brought his face close to her and it was then that she realised that she had never actually move out of his grasp. Indeed all the time they had been talking she had stayed enclosed in his arms and had continued to grip him, "I want to touch and take the heart that you keep hidden behind the wall of your pride and honour," he whispered before he kissed her again.
"Awwww, that's so cute!" commented Yoruichi.
"Perhaps we should leave," said Byakuya, starting to walk away but before he had taking more then two steps Soifon tore out of Kira's arms and shunpoed away as fast as she could.
"She must really like you!" said Yoruichi, giving Kira a hearty pat on the back, "If she didn't, you would be black and blue by now. But the fact that she is not only letting you molest her in public but also running away from you means that she's half way in love with you already!"
"That's the most childish thing I have ever heard," said Byakuya in his calm measured tone, "I never imagined Captain Soifon was such an emotional coward."
"Soifon? What about you? When are you and Yachiru getting marreid? Eh, little Byakuya?" teased Yoruichi.
"Next spring," replied Byakuya in a resigned tone.
Both Yoruichi and Kira were caught off-guard, "What? Seriously?" asked Yoruichi, "That was fast!"
"It is inevitable. She will not rest till she marries me. As it is inevitable I have merely resigned myself to it and therefore I am not particularly concerned how soon the inevitable happens," replied Byakuya.
Yoruichi laughed, "And you dare criticise Soifon! Stop pretending that you aren't looking forward to your wedding! I can just imagine it now, you and her underneath a cherry tree in full bloom! Her hair matching the gently falling cherry flower petals... actually I can't wait for your wedding! What a beautiful scene!" said Yoruichi.
"Congratulations Captain Kuchiki," said Kira, sounding entirely like his usual self, "I am truly happy for you and Yachiru. I am sure you will make each other very happy."
Omaeda was deeply concerned, ever since Soifon had come back she had been hitting her head over and over against the nearest wall and going, "Stupid, stupid, stupid."
"Captain Soifon... are you... are you all right?" he asked when he could no longer keep silent.
"Don't ask retarded questions Omaeda!" barked Soifon, "Do I look all right?" she sighed, "God damn that bastard," she whispered to herself.
But Omaeda had caught her words, "Bastard... no! It's true what they are saying! Kira... I mean Captain Kira kissed you!"
"Hah? Who's been spreading rumours about me!!!" she demanded as she collared Omaeda.
"Who do you think?" came the voice of Yoruichi from behind her. She was perched on the windowsill.
Soifon let go of Omaeda, who wisely ran out of the room and shut the door firmly behind him. "Yoruichi-sama..." said Soifon, tears welling up in her eyes, "Why? Why would spread something like that?" she demanded.
Yoruichi ignored the question, "Soifon, why are you running from him?"
"I am not running form him! I am running from Ichimaru! You heard him! He isn't being himself! He's just being Ichimaru and... and..." Soifon turned away, "If Kira was being himself then he would go for someone... someone like Hinamori! She's sweet and gentle and kind and..."
"Everything you are not, is that it?" wondered Yoruichi, "Soifon, Kira isn't the most assertive person in the world is he? He's gloomy, interospective and easily given to despair. If he is channelling Ichimaru it is because only by doing that can he work-up the courage to try and win you. I doubt he would put in the effort if he didn't really want you."
"But why me?" wondered Soifon meekly.
"Perhaps you should ask him that," suggested Yoruichi, "Just remember one other thing, Soifon, just because I disappeared from your life abruptly, doesn't mean he is going to and don't forget that he too knows what it feels like to have the person you devote yourself to suddenly leave you behind..." as if to underscore her point, she disappeared in a burst of shunpo and all that was a left was an empty windowsill.
Kira was sitting in his garden, no... not his garden, Captain Ichimaru's garden. Kira had kept it just the way Ichimaru had left it, full of persimmon and chrysenthimum trees, with beds of flowers designed to attract nectar drinking birds and a crystal clear pond that reflected the full moon perfectly. He was sitting contemplating his audacity! Soifon! He had set his eyes upon Soifon! He must really be going out of his mind... his train of thought was interrupted when in a burst of shunpo, Soifon stood before him.
"Why me?" she asked quietly, "I mean... I mean there has always been rumours about you and Hinamori..."
"And about me and Captain Ichimaru," Kira pointed out, "Indeed, according to the word on the street you are head over heels in love with Yoruichi-san. So if we are going by rumours, why are you here Shaolin? Something tells me you are not here to tell me that I stand no chance because your heart belongs to Yoruichi-san."
Soifon looked away, then she started pacing, finally she turned to him and demanded, "Were you in love with Ichimaru?"
"Are you in love with Yoruichi-san?" he wondered.
"Stop that!" cried Soifon, "Just... just answer my question."
"I have no doubt that I felt... no feel for Captain Ichimaru exactly what you feel for Yoruichi-san. That alone is reason enough for me to pick you over Hinamori-kun. But I am not picking you over Hinamori-kun. Once I wanted Hinamori-kun, but it has been decades since I have thought of her like that. You on the other hand I have had a strong affection for since I was a child and you were just Shaolin Fon, the sister-in-law of my beloved cousin. While you were ahead of me, I couldn't even contemplate loving you. But the moment I became a captain my affections started to morph and I could not restrain my emotions. I have loved you for a long time now, Shaolin Fon," he got up and pulled her against his body, hugging her to him in a tight embrace, "And being the good subordinate that I am, I intend to do exactly what my captain ordered me to do, should I ever find a woman I loved as much as he loved Matsumoto Rangiku."
Years later, Soifon learnt the exact words and part of the context of Ichimaru's command,
"I always wanted to be like you. Ever since you and captain Aizen rescued us that day I have wanted to be like you. I wanted to have confidence like you, have power like you. Just be like you. But you know captain, after I got to know you I started to envy you because there was something you had that I could never have. You had Matsumoto-san... the way she looks at you captain... if someone ever looked at me like that..." Kira trailed off.
Silence. "Ya don' wanna be like me, Izuru," said Ichimaru after awhile, "Trust me on that one. But if ya ever find someone like Rangiku... ya should hold on ta 'er."
Author's note: The last bit is from my story September (chapter 6). Soifon's sister-in-law being Kira's cousin is from Truth behind the smile (chapter 22).