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Post by +Rinri+ on Nov 16, 2010 22:45:53 GMT -5
As the kidou pierced his body, he bit his lip, rolling his eyes slightly. "That.... stung....." Yoshiro muttered in a slightly pained tone, inhaling a sharp breath. He turned his head to Miku before holding his hand out. He knew it'd probably backfire, but it was worth a shot. He hated this; fighting someone who could use his own ability against him.
"Bakudou no Hachi, Sealing Rings..." with a single hand motion, he released the build up of kidou onto Miku, causing three glowing rings to surround her body, each ready to enclose and bind her. Next, he spoke the second kidou. "Bougyoudou no Roku, Hasaki..." an ivy green reiatsu enveloped his hand. It was a weak reiatsu, but it didn't waver in strength. He swung his hand across the air.. sending two knives towards Miku.
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Post by Nero Maxim on Nov 16, 2010 23:00:48 GMT -5
Miku was halfway through her swing when she felt her hands shoot behind her back and her legs snap together at the ankles. She was stuck in place for only a moment before gravity took her and she tumbled down onto the clay-tiled rooftop below.
Her light frame hit the roof and bounced once, sending her rolling to a stop just short of the edge not much worse for wear but in a really bad place.
Miku had put all her apples into surprising Yoshiro with his own kidou. But Yajuu was too far away to take the new attacks, even if she called for him...
Overhead, she felt more reiatsu pressure building before Yoshiro hurled the kidou knives at her.
Instead of panicking, Miku concentrated. She poured the full force of her reiatsu into her arms and legs, trying to get free...
But the fact remained that a Captain's bakudou was too strong to break, and two knives were about to hit her.
Miku slammed her eyes closed and waited for the pain.
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Post by +Rinri+ on Nov 16, 2010 23:16:14 GMT -5
As the blades neared Miku's body, Yoshiro watched her. She couldn't bring Yajuu over to defend her, and she couldn't break free of the kidou. Perhaps she was too caught in the moment to realize she could roll out of the way or flashstep, but Yoshiro wasn't caught up. She wasn't someone who again challenged him for his captaincy. She was someone who wanted to be in his division and not to be underestimated.
She was someone who didn't deserve upcoming pain, no matter how minimum.
Knowing he couldn't hurl the knives fast enough to clash against the others so they'd be caught off of the path and miss her, or just bounce off her, he simply took another, slightly painful alternative. Flashstepping in front of the binded teenager, he held his arm out towards the knives, stopping them as soon as they entered his flesh. One went into the palm of his hand, the other embedded itself into his arm. They weren't like being stabbed with a zanpaku-to, but they did sting and really fucking irritated.
He looked down at Miku, smiling slightly. "Hey. You can open your eyes now."
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Post by Nero Maxim on Nov 17, 2010 0:24:01 GMT -5
Miku's violet eyes opened slowly when her nerves registered no pain. It wasn't right... Something happened that shouldn't of... She should have been hit!
Miku suddenly glared at Yoshiro ferociously.
"Baka-nii!!" She screamed in anger as tears began to well up in her eyes. "What are you doing!? You think this is what I want? You think i want you to protect me!? I'm trying to prove my worth to you to be in Juuichibantai and you're treating me like a baby!"
She started to struggle in her restraints again, but found it to be to no avail. She was stuck as long as Yoshiro wanted her to be stuck. Fortunately...
A deep shadow rose up around them as a massive red beast became eclipsed by the sun behind it.
'Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr....
"Bite!"
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Post by +Rinri+ on Nov 17, 2010 0:39:23 GMT -5
Yoshiro shrugged. "Pardon me for not wanting to hurt a woman." he muttered as he suddenly felt the air turn slightly cooler, as if hidden in a shadow. He could have dodged it or even attacked the beast by ramming his okatana through it, but he didn't. "Fine, I won't treat you so nicely." he said as Yajuu tore into his wings, sending the bundles of sensative nerves on the two firing, causing immense pain to travel through his body, his teeth sinking into his tongue, his eyes closing tightly.
His eyes opened slightly, only to glare down at Miku as he gripped his okatana tightly, his knuckles turning white. He tore around, tearing his wings from Yajuu's mouth as blood sprayed heavily from the remainder of his wings. He rose his okatana high above his head before bringing it down upon Yajuu's head.
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Post by Nero Maxim on Nov 17, 2010 0:47:43 GMT -5
"WAIT!!"
Miku's voice screamed out in desperation from behind Yoshiro. A thump of reiatsu pelted the Captain as the little girl let her emotions take over. Her desire to move, to act pushed her beyond the limits of her small frame. A loud howl of agony tore through the air before the bakudou around her arms and legs shattered.
A pair of arms wrapped around Yoshiro and pulled him back, keeping him from finishing his swing as the beast hovered in place over the Captain, staring blankly as if it was waiting for instructions.
"Don't hurt him! Please don't hurt him, he's my friend don't hurt him!" A tearful and half-bawling voice begged as Miku was practically buried alive by Yoshiro. Still, she held on for dear life, pressing her face to his back and covered in blood and gore from the wings.
"I... I can't... I thought I could, but I can't... I don't want to see Doro-kun get hurt... He didn't do anything wrong... Please Yoshi-nii-kun... Even if you don't let me in, it doesn't matter!"
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Post by +Rinri+ on Nov 17, 2010 1:07:38 GMT -5
As the blade neared the demon dog's head, it stopped.... inches away as Miku's arms held Yoshiro tightly, stopping him. She pleaded for him not to harm the spirit...
He sighed, looking down at her. She was so young still... she still cared deeply about her zanpaku-to. Even someone as mediocre to it like her would've let the captain behead their spirit... she was unique though. She cared. The okatana dropped, piercing the ground far beneath them. He'd suffered having possibly the most sensative part of his body while in this transformation torn apart, having a Raiden blasted through his body and taking his own kidou to his arms in Miku's defense. Normally, he'd be pissed. And I mean piiiiiiiiiiissed.
But instead of anger, he turned, wings disappearing as he sealed his shikai. He held Miku, sighing slightly. It could've been a disappointing sigh, or a sigh of relief, or just a sigh. Who knew? Who cared. "He won't be hurt..." he said as he gently stroked her hair, his hand becoming red almost instantly. Perhaps he was too kindhearted. "I'll let you into the division."
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Post by Nero Maxim on Nov 17, 2010 1:22:27 GMT -5
Instead of hugging it out and saying thank you and all the stuff one would have expected the shy and reclusive bookworm to do, Miku practically shoved Yoshiro away and ran past him before hugging the neck of Yajuu Dorobou tightly, practically disappearing inside the massive crimson mane.
And yet, even from Yoshiro's distance and all the muffling, it was fairly obvious that Miku was in tears as the beast stood still and stared with all twelve of it's eyes into Yoshiro's two. It almost seemed to be analyzing him, or at least curious about him, but it interrupted it's staring to lower it's head and nudge Miku slightly with it's ginormous nose.
Stepping back, Miku rubbed her eyes - losing her contacts in the process - and hicupped a couple times before reaching into her pocket to put on her old pair of glasses.
"You were right... I shouldn't be in this Division. I'm too soft... Too weak... Even my own Taicho can't help but patronize me out of pity. I should go bury my head in the library where I belong." She said dejectedly as her shoulders slumped.
She reached up and pet Yajuu Dorobou's snout and earned a cheerfull chuff in response before the animal disappeared in a puff of smoke. Miku kept her back to Yoshiro.
"Juuichibantai doesn't need me. I'm sorry for wasting your time, Taicho..."
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Post by +Rinri+ on Nov 17, 2010 1:36:40 GMT -5
As Miku ran past him and back to her zanpaku-to, Yoshiro disappeared in a flashstep, appearing back inside of his office. He placed his wakizashi on the floor, sighing. "You're right. You should go back to your little library. You should keep your head in the books. You're too weak to even be here." he said as he turned his head and glared towards her. "If you want to be in this division, don't be so soft. You're strong enough to deal someone of my strength serious damage........ but if they so much as attack your friend, you break down and cry?! I love my friends too... if this same thing happened to them, I'd attack the person that did it! I'd tear them limb from limb and beat them with their arms! I'd make them pay and regret ever doing it! But you solve that problem by just HUGGING the enemy and begging them to stop!?" he bellowed, turning around fully. Darakushita's echoing voice sounded off in the room.
"Don't be so mean, Yoshiro.."
"Shut up! She's too soft! If I was attacking her and giving her my all, she'd be dead! She can't hope to solve problems by asking them to stop!" he shouted, pointing towards the sixteen year old. "She should have hurt me! She should have done all she could have to stop me from attacking her zanpaku-to! The only reason I stopped is because I'd hate to tear her heart apart by completing the deed!" he shouted, glaring at his zanpaku-to and then back at Miku.
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Post by Nero Maxim on Nov 17, 2010 1:46:35 GMT -5
Miku stood still, keeping her head bowed down towards the ground as she could hear Yoshiro's words coming from inside the office. Every one felt like a stab into her heart. By the time Yoshiro got to the word hugging, her eyes were already filled with tears that streamed freely down her face and her hands were tightly clenched at her sides.
She heard nothing beyond that. Before Yoshiro could even respond to his zanpakutou, the deed had already been done. Miku's heart lay shattered on the ground around her. She'd been humiliated and torn apart by someone who she thought was her friend... At least, she'd always liked Yoshiro... She wondered if maybe he didn't feel the same now...
"I....I tried my best..." She whispered weakly, so much so that Yoshiro probably didn't even hear her at all. She fought back sobs and sniffles and simply let the water flow off her cheek.
"I just wanted to try and live up to Ka-nii and Yoshi-nii's expectations... I...I... Nnn..."
Her lip quivered and she stopped talking. She simply reached down and picked up her sword before turning and walking away in utter rejection.
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