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Title: For You I Will
Genre: Drama/Action/Romance
Characters: Shuuhei, Kensei, Renji, 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
“Over there! There’s something lying over there!”
A small group of Shinigami ran over to investigate what it was they had found. Immediately they took a step back when they saw who exactly it was.
“It’s Lieutenant Hisagi!”
“He’s not moving, do you think he’s alive?” One of them asked quietly.
Almost immediately they had their answer when Shuuhei began to stir and look at whoever was approaching him, his eyes once again normal as the hollow remained subdued for the time being. He barely had time to react when several swords were pointed at him.
‘Make sure he can’t get away. Someone notify the 1st division that we have him.”
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Kairi sat on a rooftop somewhere in the 3rd division. She had tracked Shuuhei to around this area before she lost him again. It was hard to tell what she was tracking anymore because of the frequency at witch his reiatsu changed between a Shinigami’s and a Hollow’s. It continued to baffle her because she and the others had just lost themselves to their hollows without any hope of fighting back. But somehow Shuuhei was managing it and Kairi could only hope he could keep it up just a little longer. Whatever it was, it was buying time on his life and time for her to find him.
Kairi turned when she heard voices behind her only to find herself face to face with several members of the third. The four of them came at her, swords drawn. Kairi quickly flash stepped out of the way dancing around their swords before landing behind them, a dark aura surrounding her. Within seconds each of the squad members fell to the ground unconscious. Kairi shook her head, she didn’t want to draw her sword against any of them, she didn’t come here to kill anyone but at the rate things were going she had to wonder how much longer she could keep this up before she was left without a choice.
Hearing a sound of metal Kairi turned only to barely have enough time to draw her sword above her head to prevent the other sword from completely cutting her. Kairi pushed away from her attacker to get a better view of who it was. She immediately recognized him as one of Shuuhei’s friends, Izuru Kira.
“You!” The blond exclaimed as he looked at Kairi “Who are you? What squad do you belong to?”
Kairi didn’t respond, she just kept her eyes on him as he began to piece everything together.
“So you’re the ryoka everyone is looking for.”
“Haven’t been caught yet” Kairi shrugged “and I don’t intend on starting now. Look, Shuuhei needs my help, so just let me through before it’s too late and he ends up dead. ”
“Lieutenant Hisagi has been captured and taken into the 1st division already.” Izuru informed her “I have orders to bring you in as well.”
Kairi watched as the younger man drew his sword, a million and one thoughts running through her head. Things had just gone from bad to worse if what he was saying was true. She didn’t know how but she knew she had to make her way to the 1st division before it was too late.
“I don’t have time for this” Her hands beginning to glow.
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Shuuhei knelt on the floor in front of the captain commander, all the captains (minus Kurotsuchi) once again present and standing on either side of him.
“I told you I have no control over this! You know I would never willingly attack my own comrades!” He shouted angrily “You have to believe me. Captain Tousen did this to me! He and the other two traitors are the ones responsible for this!!”
“Your story is doubtful” one of the captains commented
“Why after all of this time would they come after you specifically to turn you into a hollow” Soi Fong asked.
“Because this has happened before” Shuuhei replied “To nine other captains and lieutenants”
Several captains began to talk amongst themselves when Kurotsuchi walked in.
“Captain Kurotsuchi, what do you have?” The commander asked.
Kurotsuchi looked at the commander “Well it would seem the lieutenant’s story is as he said; his behavior matches up with the process of hollowfication.”
“And what is this hollowfication you speak of?” asked Byakuya.
Kurotsuchi gave a grin as he pointed to the middle of the room in front of Shuuhei and brought up a screen that began showing various images of a shinigami with a hollows mask on its head.
“The process in which a shinigami gains the powers of a hollow and can use these powers at their own will. The last known incident in which this occurred was a hundred years ago, some of the captains from back then might remember when we lost 4 captains and 5 lieutenants all in once night. Each of them were victims of this process. Very little is known about them, we only know they are somewhere in the world of the living and go by the name ‘Vizards’.” The captain explained. “However, we did manage collect some information. Former Lieutenant Kyoraku was captured and brought in for a short amount of time.”
The images on the screen continuously changed as it brought up image after image of the female vizard. Shuuhei could only watch in horror as the images switched to a grainy video clip of a younger Kairi on the floor as kidou blasts were being shot at her to try and get her to release her hollow but she simply lay there on the ground, accepting each kidou blast as it came. Ukitake had to look away but couldn’t help but steal a glance at his friend who was staring at the screen with an impassive look on his face, but he knew better, this had to have been agony to watch.
“As I said, not much was found” Kurotsuchi began talking after the screen went blank and the lights came back on “Shortly after that she had escaped with several other vizards, but in the time we did have with her, we learned this much- hollowfication is dangerous and it cannot be controlled. How he is still fighting this is a mystery to me, but he is still only in the beginning stages and if he is this dangerous at where he is now, it will only get worse as he continues his transformation. Should he fight his inner battle and win, he will have hollow powers, something we don’t fully understand just yet.”
The head captain thought for a moment, deciding how to deal with the matter. While he knew the lieutenant had no reason to lie, it didn’t change what was happening to him now. He was dangerous and he would only continue to be unless they could stop this and if not, then there was only one option left.
“Lieutenant Hisagi is to be placed in a maximum security cell until further notice. During this time he is to be monitored and I would like to ask Captain Kurotsuchi to look into a possible cure for this, however should he continue his transformation with no chance for a cure then we will have to look into another way to handle this.”
Shuuhei’s eyes widened as the rest of the captains kept their heads down, no one said anything but they all knew the true meaning behind the commander general’s words.
“Commander, please, rather than kill me let me fight my inner battle to the end.” He begged
“How can you even think to ask such a thing!” Soi Fong snapped “You would then gain the powers of the enemy. Your duty is as a shinigami, not as a vizard.”
“You don’t even-“
“Enough!” The commander brought his stick down to the ground with a loud bang to regain order. “I will say this only once more, the lieutenant will be monitored for the time being and if we cannot find any way to stop this then we will look at our options, no sooner.”
Shuuhei hung his head, trying to comprehend what had just happened.
“You should have known by now, these people fear what they don’t understand.”
Shuuhei whipped his head around, it was distorted, but he recognized that voice. He’d know it anywhere. All of the other captains immediately began scanning the room trying to find the source of the voice.
“And what they don’t understand, they choose to simply eliminate”
From the pillar up above, a figure emerged from the shadows up above; on its face was a white and red hollows mask. Reaching up the person moved the mask to the side of their head revealing a feminine face, one Shuuhei knew all to well and many others never thought they’d see again.
Kairi simply looked at Shuuhei from her perch
“Hey”
It was almost as if time stood still. No one in the room moved as Kairi looked down at them while she surveyed the room. Some familiar faces, others she didn’t recognize, and through it all she refused to meet her fathers gaze, to afraid at what might happen if she did. Finally someone broke the silence.
“Who are you!” Soi Fong yelled at Kairi while the other captains remained silent, studying the intruder who had yet to move from her spot.
Shuuhei looked up at her. ‘Idiot, why did you come here…after what they did to you, there’s no way anyone can take on 10 captains…’
His thoughts were interrupted by the head captain’s voice.
“Kairi Kyoraku, the strongest kidou master of her time and the only child of Shunsui Kyoraku.” The Head Captain looked up at her with his eyes half cracked open.
“I’m not surprised that you managed to break in and make your way here so easily.”
Kairi shrugged impassively “I am, the academy doesn’t train ‘em like they used to.”
“But no doubt you are aware of the powers of a captain.” He replied “Surely you do not intend to fight each and every one of us to rescue one Shinigami.”
“Well, no. That would be suicide.” She responded.
‘And yet, I can’t see any other way to go about it.’ She mused to herself. ‘Even with my mask I would only be able to hold them off for so long before I got captured as well…unless…’
“These are the forbidden techniques Jikan Teishi and Kukan Teni. Pay attention, I will only show you this once…”‘Of course…it’s a long shot…but I might be able to at least move us away from this place and give us a head start…’
Reaching behind her she brought her hand to rest on the hilt of her Zanpakuto.
“But you must understand; this isn’t just any shinigami.”
Almost immediately the captains reacted by grabbing their own Zanpakuto but by the time they had them drawn, Kairi had released hers sending down a mass of powerful reiatsu at the captains below causing a small explosion. Her blade had shortened slightly and surrounding it was a black and blue mass, her reiatsu, which flowed off end of the blade. With a flick of her wrist she released the mass of reiatsu down at the captains as it circled around Shuuhei, creating a protective barrier. Moving quickly she landed on the floor beside him.
Shuuhei stared at her. “What are you-“
Kairi shook her head “I'll explain later, but right now let’s just get out of here”
Closing her eyes she began chanting the spells incantations. She had just finished when the barrier broke.
Shuuhei looked around not exactly sure where he was. It looked like they were around some division barracks but he couldn’t place which ones they were. Looking next to him he saw Kairi who was trying to catch her breath.
“Kairi”
“I’m alright.” She assured him with a smile. Leaning over she took his bound wrists and undid the spell to release them.
“but-“
“Never mind, c’mon, we need to get out of here before-” She stopped in mid sentence when she felt Shuuhei’s hand grab her arm.
Turning her head she looked at him “What?”
“Why didn’t you tell me? I saw what they did to you, the whole room did.”
Kairi shook her head “It’s not important anymore so don’t worry about it, really.”
Shuuhei frowned “But what they did…”
“Is in the past” Kairi finished
“Kairi, why did you come after me? That room back there was full of captains, what if that kidou you did didn’t work? They could have…they would have killed you.”
Kairi shrugged. “I had to try.”
“You shouldn’t have risked it, I would have been alright. I would have convinced them to let me fight the inner battle so I-”
“So you could become a vizard?” Kairi looked up at him “why the hell would you want something like that” she hissed.
“It’s better than being here where nothing even makes any goddamn sense anymore.” Shuuhei replied while clenching his fists.
“You’ve seen what happened to us after we became vizards. This isn’t a life you want; it’s a life I didn’t even want. I’ve accepted it but you, you still have so much to live for.”
“What is there to live for?” He half yelled. “They wanted to kill me! I’m better off with you than waiting around for a possible cure only to learn there isn’t one and to have them execute me like a hollow!”
She shook her head “Shuuhei your life is here in the soul society as the lieutenant of squad nine; not with us.”
He growled in response and opened his mouth to say something when he heard the distinctive laugh of his hollow in his head as it once again. Feeling as though his head was splitting in two he crumpled to the ground again, unable to stand anymore when this happened. Kairi knelt down beside him to make sure he was alright when she sensed two presences behind her. Turning around she came face to face with the lieutenants of the 8th and 10th division, Ise Nanao and Rangiku Matsumoto.
Kairi locked eyes with Nanao who was a bit taken aback by what she was seeing “You’re…”
“Nanao, how long has it been since I’ve seen you.”
Kairi looked over 8th lieutenant who she now noticed had a very similar appearance to Risa, the former lieutenant of the 8th division. Kairi watched as Nanao’s expression went from surprised to a hardened glare that was aimed directly at her.
‘Boy if looks could kill…’ Kairi thought. ‘She’s definitely changed from the shy and inquisitive little girl she once was.’
“Risa would be glad to know you’ve taken her place as the vice captain.” Kairi spoke.
The glare Nanao was sending her faltered momentarily at the mention of Risa’s name, but it immediately hardened again as she finally spoke.
“All reports stated you and the nine other Shinigami from that night were killed in action.”
Kairi shook her head “Nope, I and the other 9 are very much alive and now living in exile on earth.”
“So there are more of you here then.” Rangiku finally spoke.
“No, it’s just me.” Kairi replied “I’m here to help Shuuhei, what’s happening to him right now is the exact same reason the eight other shinigami and myself were sent into exile.”
“And that is?”
Sighing Kairi looked down at Shuuhei who was still on the ground barely moving. “He’s becoming a hollow.”
Both women looked at each other, neither quite sure what to make of Kairi’s statement.
“How is something like this even possible?” Nanao asked
Kairi wasn’t sure why she should bother trying to reason with them, but something told her they might just listen. “Please, I don’t want to fight you two, I’m just trying to help him.”
After listening to Kairi explain about what was going on, Rangiku sighed and shook her head. “Your story just seems too incredible. And Shuuhei doesn’t even look like he has the beginnings of a hollow transformation on him.” Reaching behind her, she grabbed the hilt of her zanpakuto. “Shuuhei will be brought back to the 1st division until this mess is sorted out”
Kairi sighed, she should have known. She reached up to grab her zanpakuto when she heard a cough and gag come from Shuuhei. Glancing down at him she didn’t have any time to react as she felt claws rip through her flesh and heard the roar of a hollow. Lying on the ground Kairi looked up to find a figure standing in between her and the two lieutenants. His hollow mask was half formed on his head and one arm was completely hollowfied. The hollow gave another shriek before it took off though oddly enough without harming Nanao or Rangiku
‘Shit’ A million thoughts raced through Kairi’s head. Now there really wasn’t much time left and with his hollow in complete control, restraining it would be twice as hard. Looking down at her chest she looked the wound over. It was deep, but it didn’t look life threatening. Slowly she got up and looked over at the two lieutenants.
“Are you two alright?” The two women nodded yes in response.
“You’re bleeding.” Nanao commented
“I'll live, Look I know I’ve given you no reason to trust or listen to me but please, I need you to find Renji and tell him to follow my spiritual energy. I’m going after Shuuhei before he gets any worse or causes any more harm to other shinigami.”
“But-“
“Just go!” Kairi yelled before taking off after Shuuhei. Kairi managed to trace him to outside the 12th division before she lost him again. Closing her eyes she tried to once again sense his reiatsu that was now mixed completely with the hollow reiatsu now. Sensing him near the 13th division she opened her eyes she took off down a small ally way where she knew it would lead out to her old squad. Rounding another corner she skidded to a halt, her eyes widening as two familiar figures stood in front of her.
Shunsui just stared at his daughter whose expression had now hardened while she reached behind her to grab her zanpakuto. He almost couldn’t believe this was the same child who he cared for all those years go, who was always so happy and carefree.
Was this really the same child who nearly lost her life trying to find him and came so unexpectedly into his life so long ago?