293Title: Two Different Worlds(subject to change)
Rating: T
Genre: Romance. Drama.
Pairings: Ichihime. Renruki. Hints of aihime and ulquihime.
Summary: She was the captain of 14th division squad; an innocent, kind, gentle soul. He, well he was a Vasto Lorde, planning to rule over Hueco Mundo and to destroy Soul Society. He was arrogant, handsome and he wanted her and he would be damned if he didn't have her.
Disclaimer applied.
Italics means either flashbacks/thoughts.
Prologue
Splashing violently into the dry land of a well developed city, crystallized diamonds of rain viciously pounded against the powerful confinements of the earth, tearing apart its raw flesh with pure energy and sinking deep within its richest and purity, swallowing everything up with its ferrous ferocity. The rain was angry; it was cold and it made sure that the world became aware of its anger, poisoning it with its wrath as it enveloped the cold, night of death reeking with lifelessness.
Blood droplets descended onto the concrete ground in a slow manner, staining the once clear, grey floor with its red, deadly aroma as its pain and sadness sprout mercilessly across the course outlines of the solid complexity of the ground before ear piercing cries of pain and despair roared throughout the quiet night.
Round, large eyes begun to pool with icy, cold liquid before cascading down childish, puffy cheeks, these ashen eyes clear vision beginning to blur while blood obstruct its every path.
Blood…Blood…that red, rosy flavored liquid painted her innocent, virgin mind, tinting her of its impurities and bringing death upon her dear, loved one. Why? This just couldn't be happening. This shouldn't be happening. Her tiny, heart was hurting; aching; the pumping of her life; of her emotions was breaking into millions of tiny pieces at the horrid sight. Why? Why? Why now? Why him? Why had he had to try to protect her? It was her who should be protecting him. Why had he done such a stupid act? How could he do this? And now…now she would lose him. No! No she didn't want to lose him. He was all she had left. How could he do this to her? How could he!
"Kurosaki-kun," murmured her shaky, weak voice as she outstretched her tiny hands towards the small figure standing right in front of her, her little hands erupting with various magnitudes of earthquakes, fear continuing to corrupt her inside out.
"Kurosaki-kun…"
Brown eyes glanced back sadly at the small auburn haired girl, blood oozing out of his lips and trailing down his masculine chin. "Orihime-chan, I'm so sorry I couldn't protect you…please forgive me…"
Ashen orbs widened in surprise at the invasion of the memory, trembling mildly at the not so pleasant moment as the owner's body pulsed with small, genuine quakes. "Kurosaki-kun… I haven't dreamed about that night in years," the red haired woman; owner of the ashen orbs mumbled, allowing for a hand to wipe away at the beads of sweat, tweaking with her porcelain, silky skin.
Leaning her head into the wall of the large, wonderfully structured tree, this beauty could feel tears begin to attack her eyes as sadness begun to peel through her. Kurosaki-kun…that night. That was the night she had lost her hero…her protector. He had left her all alone in this world. He had left her… and it was all her fault. He should be living right now…not her! She should be dead! She should have killed herself right after his death but she was only a child then…and she had to live on for him. She couldn't just let what he had done for her to come to waste. But she didn't want it! Damn it! She didn't want to be saved if it meant living without him. She didn't want to live without him. Feeling the water ready to burst through her eyes and trail down her cheeks, she quickly sealed her eyes shut, ceasing the water from producing that very same action which it had every intention of doing. She took a deep breath, leveling out her breathing. That was years ago. She couldn't cry now. She was stronger than this. It was the past and there was nothing she could do about it but live on for both of them.
She shook her head lightly, ushering the thoughts away. It was the past just let it stay in the past.
A ray of light flashed through the green, fleshy trees, hitting lightly against the skin of this red headed woman. Glancing up at the sky, her eyes met with the beaming sun that peeked through the numerous leaves shading her as a smile slowly nourished her rosy, pink lips. She was living for him and her. It was the past… She was happy(at least that's what she thought)… She had great friends, people who cared for her, she was in a great relationship but yet why did she feel that there was some piece of her missing. And only by seeing him; knowing that he was alive and well was the only thing that could fix her. Why was she dreaming of that night now of all the times she could have dreamed about it? No, Orihime burry it…it's the past! Nothing more nothing less! Just forget all about it!
"Onna…" a monotone voice said, startling the beauty in the process, interrupting her from her thoughts and causing for her to nearly fall of off the tree branch where she was sitting on. And she would have if she hadn't quickly shot out her feet and wrap it around the branch.
Blinking rapidly, the gorgeous woman gazed down curiously at the voice, her eyes meeting with icy, cold, green eyes. "Ulquiorra-kun?" she whispered with confusion.
The green eyed male regarded the woman with uninterested eyes as he gazed with boredom at the long haired woman. "What are you doing hanging upside down onna?"
"Eh! Ulqui-kun you scared me that's why I'm hanging from a tree! It was your fault!" she exclaimed, pushing her tongue out at him and giving him her childish, most innocent look, all her previous thoughts of the past washed away and beginning to be replace with a sudden warmth.
The man's eyes lowered, showing he was not at all amused. Turning around, he begun to walk away from the large tree within the huge, gorgeous garden, his black kimono mimicking his calm movements. "I really will never ever understand why you had a garden placed inside 14th squad grounds nor will I ever understand how you became a captain and I you're lieutenant." She pouted at his words before dropping to the ground, landing gracefully on the flushed green land, a few dirt combined with pieces of grass fluttering around gently at the impact. Her white haori shook lightly at her sudden movements before stilling itself.
She hastily jogged after her lieutenant. He was always so mean to her but even though all he showed her was unkindness, she knew that somewhere deep, deep down inside him was a good, kind person. And all she had to do was bring it out. "Eh Ulqui-kun that wasn't very nice!"
"Onna I'm not nice."
She frowned playfully. "Can't you at least address me by my real name? This has been years now since you were calling me onna.-she mimicked his voice when she said onna; his dead and lifeless voice- Don't you think it's time to start calling me by my name!" she exclaimed excitedly, her cheerfulness seething out of her large reitsu and dancing merrily around the slightly annoyed lieutenant. "Onna instead of pestering me with your annoying attention instead don't you think you should save it for a problem which we just received."
"Eh?"
"I just got a hell butterfly. There seems to be some serious activity occurring in Karukura Town." The auburn head's playful expression soon melted into one that of seriousness; an expression designed only for when it was time to play her role as a true captain. "Tell me the details Ulqui-kun," she stated, walking in front of him as she carefully fixed her white, vanilla tinted haori, back straight and posture flawless. "Some of the members I dispatched to the real world to take care of some low level hollows sent back an sos requiring the need of some help. It seems like there are some adjuchas hollow there. Reports say that some of these adjuchas are very powerful."
Her color coated eyes glanced back at him with a hint of shock. "Adjuchas? In the real world…well that's strange," she said before averting her eyes back to the pathways intersecting with each other within her mansion. "How many adjuchas are there Ulqui-kun?" "The butterfly did not state onna…"
She paused in her movements, turning around to lock eyes with her subordinate, her face expressionless and as blank as a stone. "I'm having a funny feeling Ulqui-kun…this doesn't sound right…We have to hurry."
The green eyed shinigami eyes bore intensely into the red head before he slowly nodded his head, hands planted deep into his pockets. "Then lets go onna," he quietly said, allowing for his eyes to drift close, a soft silence engulfing both powerful shinigamis. "Yeah." And within a blink of an eye both disappeared, heading towards their destination with speed beyond that of a mere being.
Blood poured into the nightly sky, the owner of the blood letting out a painful cry as his black kimono clothed body crashed onto the ground. "Amistoso!" yelled a masculine voice to his fallen comrade before his eyes sent daggers at the large, masked creature before standing up and facing the demon. "Arghhhh! You bastard!" he yelled, running towards the beast, zanpakuto raised and ready to strike just as a battle cry emitted from his lips.
The large creature roared loudly, turning its attention towards the shinigami and raising its arm, ready to eliminate the annoying pest but before the beast could materialized this action, a long sword suddenly sliced through the head of the hollow. As soon as its skin was sliced open by the blade, the creature begun to disintegrate into tiny pieces, flowing wildly throughout the wind.
The young shinigami's eyes widened as he ceased his attacks, staring in shock at the scene carved before him. "Taichou! Fuka-taichou!" he exclaimed in shock and happiness prompting a disappointed look from the green eyed vice-captain as he shielded his sword while receiving a bright, genuine smile from the captain herself. "You did a good job, now just sit back and relax for me and Ulqui-kun will take care of everything kay?"
"Taichou!" he exclaimed again with a nod, ready to burst into tears at his savior while Ulquiorra give the man a bored look. "Trash."
She smiled again before turning her back to him, her smile vanishing as a blank look attacked her face. This was the structure she always allowed her body to take every time she prepared herself in ending the lives of these murderous hollows.
Orihime allowed her eyes to drift through the mess before her, her eyes lowering at the battle partaking. Dozens of shinigamis and hollows alike battling violently against each other corrupted her vision. A few buildings were damaged and blood laid wasted everywhere. Blood… Flashes of blood abruptly invaded her mind, lightly and gently trying to destroy her. Blood… In the past if she had seen so much blood like this, she would have literally freaked out. She was once afraid of blood and she would have still been afraid of the deadly substance if not for the captain of 5th squad. If it wasn't for him, she probably wouldn't have become a captain nor be able to help people like she did now. She wasn't afraid of that disgusting liquid anymore… She couldn't be not when everyone depended on her. She took a good look at the area surrounding her yet again. At least no humans were hurt. Nothing she couldn't handle.
"I'll end this meaningless battle now," she muttered, taking a few steps forward, face still as emotionless as ever. Lazily drawing her blade, Orihime took a defensive position just before disappearing from every single person's eyes; all except pitch black, golden beaming eyes.
Within minutes all the hollows begun to disintegrate, their particles drifting off lazily into the air as Orihime appeared right beside her lieutenant, eyes closed and blade fully sheathed. "Well then I guess I should get to healing everybody. Ulquiorra please see fit to let Soul Society know that the hollows have been taken care off." But before the green eyed lieutenant could nod his head or even carry out the instructions from his superior loud clapping suddenly erupted throughout the cold night, causing for all the shinigamis to turn their attention towards a building, their eyes bulging out of their frames as it met with a human looking figure leaning against the wall except that this creature was no where near human.
Amused golden eyes stared at the shinigamis before a small smirk enveloped his lips as his eyes trailed up from the female captains body to her face, admiring her heavenly figure. Instead of the usual uniform most shinigamis wore, this woman wore a white haori which was cut lowly down to her chest, exposing some of her succulent, corpulent skin of her two breasts, a black kimono hidden within the features of the white haori and a large, black bow wrapped just below her genuine assets. A brown, leather collar was situated around her neck, where a single silver chain engulfed around the collar laid hanging down in between her huge bosom. And if he had to be honest, he was most definitely enjoying the scene. He never admired any female shinigami before until now and boy was he taking all of her in. "I didn't know captains were allowed to wear such revealing outfits, I like it."
Orihime's hands quickly fled to the hilt of her sword, her eyes taking in the strange male lying right before her.
He had long orange hair, white skin with some interesting black tattoos snaking all over his body, a torn, half of a black kimono which covered his lower body and…and a human face? A very handsome face formatted with curved jaws and a perfect chin, carved with two pitch black eyes dotted with gorgeous, golden, sparkling pupils. He was breath taking and was that a mask on top of his head. She would have dwell more on his beauty if not for the mask. A mask…
Wait! Was…was that a vasto lorde! A vasto lorde that was an arrancar! What the hell was going on? She quickly glanced back at her members, her eyes wide with horror as sweat begun to tweak with her porcelain skin.
"Everyone pull back! He's a-" Her eyes widened, ceasing her from completing her command as she quickly pulled her sword out just as it met with the hand of the human looking hollow. The collision caused for a sphere of energy generated from the two to push all over their surroundings; hitting away a few shinigamis and even Ulquiorra had trouble staying in the same position as he was pushed back a few feet from his captain, his green eyes slightly widening in surprise.
Orihime gritted her teeth as she glared at him, however this seemed to amuse him even more for his amused smirk seem to intensify. "I've never come across a gorgeous shinigami who could take down so much of my hollows so quickly. This should be interesting."
To be continued...
IMPORTANT NOTE: Hime's uniform is my avatar, but instead of the brown kimono it's black and she doesn't have that huge sword but the design of her uniform is the same, the bow is black. BTW I don't own any picture which I may have as my Avatar. The uniform for Hime was inspired/ created from the picture which I have as my avatar:D
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