Fanfiction: For You I Will
Title: For You I Will
Genre: Drama/Action/Romance
Characters: Shuuhei, Renji, Kira, Vizards, OC:Kairi
Pairings: ShuuheixOC possibly KenseixOC (onesided...for now)
Spoilers: Pendelum Arc spoilers
Summary: For a hundred years they’ve lived in exile; hating shinigami for what they did to them. How can it be possible then to care so much about one, even though the scar remains of that one night so long ago? Shuuheixoc
Shuuhei stared at her wordlessly. He almost couldn't believe that the girl sitting in front of him was the daughter of the squad 8 captain. Thinking about it the two of them looked and acted like two totally different people. He snapped out of it when Kairi reached out and waved a hand in front of his face
"Sorry, just honestly, I’m having trouble making the connection”
Kairi gave a shrug “I didn’t expect you to. You wouldn’t be the first.”
“So, he’s really-“
“Yes, he’s my father by blood, look I don’t really want to talk about it ok” Her voice took on a harder edge and he decided to let it drop there.
“Sorry, it’s just, this whole thing…”
She cringed inwardly at getting so snippy with him. She knew he didn’t deserve it.
"It's a bit surprising I know; all of it is. I take it they’ve never told anyone about this before?”
Shuuhei shook his head “This is the first I’ve ever heard of it. There were rumors from time to time but no one really believed them.”
“With 9 captain and lieutenant class shinigami gone in one night, I’d be worried if there wasn’t”
They were silent for a moment before Shuuhei spoke again.
“Hey Kairi…you said one of the former Shinigami living here was captain of the 9th division right?’
“Uh huh… I figured you might ask about that.”
Shuuhei looked at her “You did?”
Kairi simply smirked and tapped her left cheek.
“Oh, right.”
She gave a small chuckle “Yeah, he’s around here somewhere. If you think you can walk I can show you around a bit and find him for ya.”
“I’ll try”
“You’re gonna have to. Tomorrow morning I’m taking you to down to Urahara’s.”
“How come?”
She reached into her jacket pocket and handed his lieutenant badge “They’ll come looking for you pretty quickly and we can’t risk being detected.”
Shuuhei nodded understandingly and after a moment spoke again. “I just have one more question. Renji didn’t have a chance in hell at winning at that drinking contest did he.”
Kairi just laughed in response, before shaking her head. “None”
Both of them looked up when there was a knock on the door followed by the voice of Mashiro as stuck her head in.
“Kensei made a late dinner, it’s just about ready.”
Standing she offered to help him up. “C’mon I’ll help you up. Let’s get some food before it’s gone.”
Shuuhei looked at her, a little uncertain at first. From what he gathered none of them were to crazy about Shinigami and he knew most of them probably wouldn’t be thrilled about having someone like him in their home. To be quite honest he was almost afraid to go out there and Kairi picked up on it immediately.
“Don’t worry; you’re not in danger here or anything.”
Nodding Shuuhei allowed himself to be helped up by her and found that he thankfully wasn’t as sore as he thought he would be. Walking around he looked around the main room and saw how bare and run down it was. There were a few pillows scattered about and one lone couch as well as what looked like a cheap piece of exercise equipment in the corner of the room. After hearing what really happened he couldn’t believe how unfair this was.
“It’s crappy I know” Kairi said “But we have to keep up the image of this place being old and abandoned.”
Walking over to a small spot on the ground she lifted it up to reveal a flight of stairs leading down. “We normally hang out down here to train and usually eat since no one wants to keep moving the grill back and forth.”
Shuuhei felt his eye twitch once they made it downstairs. Where the hell were they hiding a place like this? It was huge! Kairi steered him towards the middle of the room where 8 other people were gathered around to get their food. When they approached several looked up and observed the new person that had joined him for a moment before going back to collecting their food. Hiyori glanced over her shoulder and upon seeing them took her food and went to another area to eat. Kairi watched her go before turning to Kensei and smirked.
“Nice apron Kensei”
“Shut up, if you’re gonna make jokes I don’t see why I should give you anything to eat”
Kairi managed to snatch two plates before he could do anything about it and handed one to Shuuhei. Together they sat down with the rest of the vizards and despite the awkwardness of it, many of them were curious to learn about their former home and what had become of it. Shuuhei told them what they wanted to know about what had become of their former home and who the current captains and lieutenants were. Eventually after everyone dispersed, Kensei came and sat down with the two of them and looked at Shuuhei. Neither spoke until Kairi finally jabbed Kensei in the side causing him to grunt in pain and clear his throat.
“You seem familiar...” Kensei said, trying to place the younger man. “What’s your name again?”
“Shuuhei Hisagi” Shuuhei replied
“You were the kid from the Rukon district”
Shuuhei nodded “Yes; you saved me from a hollow that was chasing me and my friends. Since that day I trained to enter the academy so I could be a Shinigami.”
“And now you’re a lieutenant and managing the squad on your own.” Kensei observed
“Yes, it’s not easy I admit. Half the time I have to wonder if I’m not just totally screwing everything up… It was pretty bad after Captain Tousen left.”
Kensei thought for a moment while inwardly cursing the man who had once been his subordinate. He couldn’t think of anything to tell him that he probably hadn’t already heard.
“Are things better now?
“Yeah, we’re not 100 percent just yet but we’re much better than before.”
“Then you’re doing just fine.”
Shuuhei managed a small smile at the former captain. “Thank you”
XxXxXx
It was still dark out when Shinji came downstairs to find Kairi and Shuuhei sprawled on the floor asleep while Kensei leaned against a rock, dozing. Reaching out with his foot he gently nudged the injured shinigami awake then turned to Kairi and not so gently kicked her awake. He was greeted with a rock to the face. After a small bickering session (that managed to wake a rather grouchy Kensei) Shinji told her she could take Shuuhei down to Kisuke’s and that two shinigami would meet them halfway to escort Shuuhei down to the shop. Kensei agreed to go with them incase they ran into any trouble. When they got to the halfway point they found the two Shinigami who were waiting for them, it was the red head and blond Kairi met before.
“Damn, what happened to you?” Renji asked “You look like crap”
“Yeah, yeah, I know.” Shuuhei responded before turning to face Kairi
“Thank you”
“Don’t mention it”
Reaching out Shuuhei gave her a hug causing everyone around him to look up in surprise as Kairi returned the hug.
“And don’t worry, your secrets safe with me” Shuuhei promised
Kairi smiled gratefully “Thank you”
With a final wave the three of them began to head down the road.
“What secret?” Renji asked
Shuuhei lightly thwacked him on the head “Nothing, just keep walking”
Kairi laughed as she and Kensei watched them walk away. She had a feeling they’d see each other again.
Chapter 10
Sitting under a tree Kairi watched as people came and went through the park. Silently she pulled up the hood on her jacket as the wind began to pick up again. The air was cooler now, and with winter just around the corner so was the war. Standing up she began to head out before it got any colder.
‘Days like today…if only they could last just a little bit longer’ She thought grimly.
Hearing several squeals followed by laughter she stopped to find the source of the noise and saw several children with their father on the playground. As she watched them she felt so many memories come back to her all at once; memories of a time when things were so much simpler, when she was free to just be a child without a care in the world. They were memories of playing in the Kyoraku manors gardens as a young child, going to work with her father as she got older and on occasion following her dad to the Kuchiki manor when he had errands to run just so she could find Byakuya and annoy him.
She quickly snapped back to the present as she felt a single tear slip down her cheek. Wiping it away she quickly erased all signs of it ever being there.
“I’m such an idiot” She murmured to herself.
“Kairi!” a voice called
She turned to see Shuuhei walking towards her, immediately causing her to smile again. It had been nearly 2 months since she brought him back to the warehouse that night and just like she thought, he did end up coming around to see her, occasionally even spending his day at the warehouse. After his second visit it became clear to everyone else that he was sticking to his promise and was beginning to gain acceptance by the rest of the vizard.
Shuuhei opened his mouth to say something when he saw the distant look on her face.
“You ok?” He asked
Kairi nodded “Yeah, I’m fine.”
“You didn’t look fine…” He muttered
Kairi heard him but decided not to comment on it. To be honest she really wasn’t sure why she was letting this bother her so much, it never did before. Silently the two of them began to walk back towards the warehouse when she was brought out of her thoughts by someone taking her hand. Looking up she locked eyes with Shuuhei who smiled back down at her. She really was happy to see him. He was always so busy with his squad that lately he hadn’t been around as much as he used to be.
Walking down a road the two of them noticed a lot of commotion going on near one of the small temples. Approaching it they discovered it was a small swap meet taking place that evening. Interested in what was going on Shuuhei lead Kairi in to check it out. They ended up using up another hour down there eating and looking at the different stands. Kairi had gone to get something to drink and upon returning, she noticed Shuuhei seemed pleased with himself about something.
“What are you smiling about?” Kairi asked suspiciously as she handed him his drink.
Shuuhei just shook his head “Nothing”
Shrugging Kairi looked at her watch. “It’s getting late, we should probably get back before they send out a search party”
Nodding in agreement the two continued on their way to the warehouse. By the time they got in, everyone else had already eaten and was busy sparring. Several of the vizard shouted out greetings to the two of them before going back to what they were doing. Hiyori still kept her distance from Shuuhei but it didn’t bother him, to be honest he actually preferred it that way after what Kairi told him about her. He didn’t want to do anything to get on her bad side. Turning to Kairi he looked down at her, a mischievous glint in his eye. Kairi returned his look with a smirk on her face, sword already drawn. Sparring with him was never dull because he relied on Kidou almost every time, never bothering to release his zanpakuto. Launching himself directly at her, Kairi braced herself for the impact. Swords colliding together with a loud clang the two of them remained that way for several moments before Shuuhei switched over to hand to hand combat forcing Kairi to quickly dodge his kicks.
Several of the vizards gathered to watch the two of them.
“It looks like Kari’s getting a tad rusty” one of them commented as Kairi barely dodged a Kidou strike from Shuuhei.
Kensei, who had been watching from the beginning, shook his head
“She’s just playing with him” Risa said. “If she really wanted to she could end this sparring session right now.”
The two of them continued to spar for several more minutes until they both shot strong Kidou blasts off at the same time causing a mini explosion to occur. When the dust settled both of them could only grin and agree to call it a draw since they were both too tired to keep going and neither really wanted to hurt the other.
As it got later many of the vizard began to disperse to their own rooms for the night while Kairi got up to walk Shuuhei out since he had decided to head back to “his side” as he referred to it.
“Oh yeah, before I go…” Shuuhei rummaged through his pockets in search of something “here, I picked this up earlier today for you”
Taking it from him Kairi looked at it. It was a bracelet, woven in several different shades of blue. “Oh wow, I love it”
“I know you already wear several bracelets to begin with, but I thought you might like one more” Shuuhei explained as he fastened it on her wrist
Kairi smiled at him “Thank you”
Returning the smile Shuuhei hesitantly leaned down and placed his lips on hers. His actions surprised Kairi and for a moment she just stood there before finally leaning into the kiss and returned it. Breaking apart Shuuhei held onto her for a moment more before pulling back.
“I’ll try to come back as soon as I get the chance”
Unable to find the words Kairi could only nod as she watched him walk away.
“Do ya really think this is necessary? We already know tha effects this had last time we tried it”
“Yes, however I have had it modified again. Should this work, we could easily wipe out the Captains and Lieutenants without them ever knowing what happened to them. However, we need to test this first before we proceed.”
“Lord Aizen, I believe I have a candidate suitable enough to test this experiment on.”