Death and Reincarnation (Madison Shecker's Story) pt. 6

"...Seeing a lost friend can bring on many emotions. For some, it brings happiness and joy, for they can't believe that they can see someone they hold close again. Then, for others, there's pain. This is usually because they feel like they hurt that person by leaving, and after a while, would only think of them when nothing else was their mind. My situation is not really either of those. I mean, of course I was over-joyed, but I also felt pain and sorrow, and a little a something else. Relief? Regret? Curiousity? Who knows what it is, the only thing that matters is that I'm here, with my best friend standing in front of me..."

November 28, 2010
SOUL SOCIETY
Madison's Perspective
Madison stands looking at Toshiro, who's eyes are wide with surprise. As he still looks at her with total shock, she looks at his body to see that he indeed, now wore a captain haori, and that his hair had changed a little. But what surprised her was that he had actually grown taller. Now, he was only about two or three inches shorter, unlike the five or six inches taller she was when she had last saw him.
"You finally grew..." she stats as she starts to grin.
Toshiro's look of shock disappears as he now looks at her with irritation.
"Why do you always have to comment on my height?!" he yells at her, like he always used to.
Well, it seemed a few of his traits didn't change whatsoever, including his temper. A second after saying that, Toshiro stops looking irritated and shocked again. Madison looks at him, confused.
"What's wrong?" she asks.
"You really are Yattamori..." Toshiro says as he stares at her.
Madison stands, confused for a minute.
"What does "Yattamori" mean?" she thought.
Suddenly, it occurs to her that it's her last name. She then smiles a kinda fake smile. She still hadn't regained most of her memories, and some of the things she did remember didn't even matter.
"Yeah, it's really me. Although some things like memories are still a little fuzzy." she says as she smiles, "But I do remember everything about you and Hinamori, so no worries about that."
"Really?"
"Yeah, I guess since I had a strong connection to you two, I retained all I knew about you when I was reborn."
"Reborn?"
"Yeah, it's a long story, I'll explain-" Madison begins to explain, when suddenly, the hollow comes back.
Madison grips her head in pain as the hollow begins to takeover her body.
"Yattamori...?" Toshiro asks.
Suddenly, the blackish/purple light begins to manifest around her and she lets out a bloodcurdling scream.
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Toshiro's Perspective
Toshio stands there, wide eyed as Yattamori still screams.
"What the heck is going on?!" he thinks as Yattamori stops screaming and the light disappears.
"Yattamori...?" he asks.
Yattamori stands with her head bowed, then lets out what sounds like a growl.
"Darn it! I never thought that her soul would return to this body. If I had known that, I would of done someone else." Yattamori says.
Toshiro stands stiff with anger. The person talking was no longer Yattamori, it was the original hollow.
"You monster, get out of her!" he yelled as it scratched her head.
She looked up and laughed devilishly, her eyes now black once more.
"Hehehehehehehe. Looks like my master didn't finish this girl off like she thought." it said in Yattamori's voice.
The hatrid began to boil inside Toshiro.
"What...?"
"Well you see, it was my master who killed your little friend."
"WHAT??!!"
"We were actually suposed to dispose of her by killing you. But, when she took the shot that was meant for you, it was as if she was giving us an easy-day."
"You monster..." Toshiro says as he starts to move closer to her.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. What a bother. It looks like I'll have to be the one to finish her off this time." it says as a sword appears in her hand and she brings it to her chest.
"No!" Toshiro yells as he grabs hold of the sword's hilt.
"Do you really think you can save her? HA! You're still too weak to overpower me!"
"I don't care! I'm not letting her die again!" Toshiro yells as he fights to take the sword.
As he says this, Madison momentarily regains control.
"...Toshiro..." she says, her voice more normal.
Toshiro notices.
"Yattamori, fight it! You can't let this hollow overpower you!"
The hollow resurfaces.
"You can't get rid of me that easily!" it yells in Yattamori's voice as it pushes Toshiro away.
"NOW DIE!!" It yells as it directs the blade at Yattamori's heart.
"NOOO!" Toshiro yells as he runs to her.
Seconds later, the sword plunges into Toshiro's right side as he steps in front of Yattamori. Blood gushes from the wound and coughs some up as well. Toshiro smiles weakly, knowing that he saved Yattamori. He almost paid her back for saving him.

Death and Reincarnation (Madison Shecker's Story) pt. 5

"...To come back to life is an ability that people have tried to acheive since the begining of time itself. I never thought of it as more then a dream that would never be possible to reach. Death is the end, or the begining of life, there's no way you could bring someone back from the dead. And, if you could, I wouldn't even be able to begin with what I imagine that would be like. But, when I discovered my other self, I also discovered what it was like to imagine a new chance at life. And, to tell you the truth, it's too incredible to even describe with words..."

November 29, 2010
DREAM VOID
Madison stares at the pegasus, surprised that she knows Toshiro's name.
"How do you know about him?" she asks as she looks up at the pegasus.
"It's because I'm your zampakutou, I know everything that you know. Meaning, that since you knew Toshiro Hitsugaya in your past life, it means that I know him as well."
"I have no past life!"
"Master! You must remember me. If you don't, then you're going to put lives in danger!"
"I'm not putting anyone's life in danger, so leave me alone!" Madison says as she grips her head when the pain of the visions returns
The pegasus stands there for a minute, before she stomps at the invisible ground.
"MADISON YATTAMORI!! Wake up!" she yells
Madison gasps. A sudden memory comes to the front of her mind. She's standing alone on the shore of a ocean. The air is warm and salty and the cool water sides over her feet and slids back to the great body of water before her, and repeats many times over. She looks up at the sky to see that it's not the Sun lighting the world, but a full Moon that shines brighter then she has ever seen it. Around it are far more stars then she has ever seen, or anyone has ever seen. Each shining with their own light and power that makes her feel warm and happy. She then looks to her left to see that a large meadow of flowers streches out from the beach and dissappears into the far distance.
"What is this place?" she asks herself as she steps forward.
Suddenly, a bright light begins to grow and come toward Madison. She sheilds her eyes, and when the light dims, she sees a beautiful white pegasus standing before her.
"Child, did you call for me?"
Madison gulps, but answers clearly.
"Yes, I did."
"So, you can finally hear me clearly enough to answer. Child, I am the power of the 12 zodiac signs and more. Do you believe that you can weild me as my master?"
"I do."
"Then speak my name."
Suddenly, the memory faded, and Madison once again returned to the red void. She blinks and thinks to herself.
"That wasn't a vision. It was a memory, which means...what she's saying is true. Then that also means that I died and left that world. Wow, talk about a sudden death. But, now I have no choice but to believe in her, even though there's still a lot of holes in my memory.
"Master...?" the pegasus says as Madison still thinks to herself.
"What's going on?"
"Excuse me?"
"What is happening to Toshiro at this very moment."
The pegasus gasps, surprised that she asked such a thing.
"Master, do you remember now."
"That's not important. Tell me, what's happening to Toshiro!?" she yells.
The pegasus's eyes widened, then became full of fear.
"At this very moment, a very strong hollow is trying to take his life. And, if we don't hurry, he'll die."
Madison shot up to be floating above the pegasus's head, and grabbed hold of it's horn.
"Well then, we need to hurry. I didn't die just so that he could lose his life to another hollow."
"Master-"
"Awaken and Return, Mamori Koudoutai!" Madison yells as the red void begins to turn white.
Suddenly, they are glowing and disappear from the void, headed towards the exact spot Toshiro is fighting. The only problem was that Mamori didn't tell Madison that her body was, well, already in use.
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November 28, 2010
SOUL SOCIETY            
Toshiro looks down at Yattamori with pain in his eyes. She looks almost exactly like she did when she died 14 years ago. Her black spiral kimono and pink haori lays drapped over her as she lays on her side, as it did in life. And her hair is exactly the same, long, wavy/curly/, and chestnut brown, except that it's down. The only difference is that she actually looks taller then she did when she died, which just makes him all the more shorter.
As he still stares at her, the hollow laughs.
"Hahahaha. Do you like your present. This is your dear friend Yattamori's real body. So, that means that once, this girl was the one who gave her life for you, and died because of it." the hollow says as he picks up Yattamori's body.
"Will you shut up! And put Yattamori down!" Toshiro yells, now angered by his taunts.
"Aw, do you want to see Yattamori alive again?" the hollow asks as he smirks.
Toshiro stands completely still, shocked by the question.
"What?"
"Do you. Want to. See Yattamori. Alive again?" the hollow says.
"Yattamori, Alive?"
"I'll take that as a yes. Hahahaha!" the hollow laughs as he holds Yattamori out in front of him.
Suddenly, the hollow begins to disappear and a purple/blackish light starts to manifest around Yattamori. Within seconds, the hollow's gone and Yattamori is just floating there as the light fades away. Slowly, she floats down to stand on the ground, only a few feet away from him. He steps toward her, causiously, but curiously.
"Yattamori..." he says.
Suddenly, she smiles and begins to giggle darkly. She then turns toward Toshiro and lifts her head.
"Madison...?"
She smirks, then, with great speed, punches Toshiro right in the gut. The impact sends Toshiro flying up into the the air, and when he reaches the highest point. Yattamori reappears and kicks him back to the ground. Within five seconds, Toshiro lays, bloody and in pain, in the middle of a crater that his impact with the ground created. He slowly sits up and opens his eyes to see Yattamori giggling darkly at the top of the crater.
"Yattamori...You aren't Yattamori!" Toshiro yells as he gets up to his feet.
She laughs.
"You're right, I'm not her. But, this is indeed her body, her voice, and her battle moves." She said in Yattamori's familar voice.
"Why you.."
"Now, die!" Yattamori says as she jumps over to Toshiro.
Toshiro quickly reaches and grabs his sword to block her attack. Her fist hits it, and she stands there giggling histaricly at his pain.
"Why do you just stand there, fight back!" she says as she trys to overpower him.
"I can't."
"Why not? Is it because you don't want to kill Yattamori all over again. Or, is it because I can't draw her sword from the otherside, so I'm not a good enough opponet." she as she looks up at him with Yattamori's warm hazel eyes, which were now cold, black, and yearned for his death.
"Shut up!"
"Hehehehe...huh?" She giggles, then stops as she notices the necklace around his neck.
As she stares at it, Madison reenters the body, finally returning from the dream void. She blinks and stares at the necklace.
"My necklace..." Madison says as her body still fights to overpower Toshiro.
"Huh?" Toshiro says, still trying to hold her back.
"You...you've been wearing that for 14 years?..." Madison says as she begins to withdraw her fist.
Toshiro looks at her, shocked.
"This wasn't how she was talking a second ago. And her spiritual pressure's changed somehow. What's going on...?" Toshiro thinks.
"Yattamori...?" he says as she still stares at the necklace.
She looks up at him with different eyes. They're warm hazel, like Yattamori's were when she was alive.
"I hurt you...I'm so sorry, Shiro." Madison says as she looks up at him, guilt in her eyes.
Toshiro's eyes widen. She was Yattamori. No one but Hinamori and Yattamori called him "Shiro". No one else knew their nickname for him. It had to be her.

Pt. 5 Early Release

Seeing as how I was a little late on my last post, I've decided to post the next part of my story early. That, and I want to write it now. :-)

Death and Reincarnation (Madison Shecker's Story) pt. 4

"...Friendship is when two or more people who share some common interests, such as sports or music, come together to learn more about one another and create bonds so that they may become closer. For me, it was easy with some people, and others, well, turned their heads and hoped I wouldn't look their way. When I did make friends, I would make a soul conection with that person, which would stay strong, until something would come between us and we wouldn't speak to each other ever again. I hoped that one day, I would find a friend that would still be my friend, even if the connection had been severed. Well, what I didn't know is, at least until my 14th birthday, is that I already had made that friend..."

November 29, 2010
DREAM VOID
Madison Shecker's eyes open and blink as she wakes up after fainting. She feels her head, dazed and unaware that she is no longer in her basement with her friends. Finally she looks up, afraid and confused.
"Where the heck am I?" Madison says as she looks around the unfamilar surrondings.
All that she can see is nothing but red nothingness, not even a speck of dirt. Her eyes widen and she looks down, to find that she floating in mid-air. She looks back up, now more frightened then before. Suddenly, she flinches in pain as another vision pops into her head.
"What the heck is going on? Where am I? Why are these dreams coming to me?" she says to herself as she grasps her head.
"It's because your time of your return is approaching..." a voice from the nothingness says.
Madison looks up and stares into the nothingness, relived that she isn't alone, but still scared.
"Who..Who's there?" Madison says right before a shining light begins to appear.
Suddenly, a great animal comes bursting out of the light and comes to stand above her. Madison quickly identifies the animal as a snow white horse with beautiful swan like wings, or, in other words, a Pegasus. She gapps at the pegausus' beauty, and it's height. It's at least 9 feet tall, or even 10, for all she knows. The Pegasus' eyes gleamed a beautiful green, and an lime green over-ear bridle was on it's head, with very elegant reins perched perfectly right between the withers and back, as if it's rider had just put them there. And around it's neck and shank of the legs, are a beautiful ivy choker. But, the necklace is decorated more, with an opal pendent sticking out of the front and a smaller looking necklace, which looks like a choker which would fit her, hanging from it. The pegasus looks down at her and gives her a gentle look.
"It's been quick some time, master." the pegasus says as it bows it head.
"Master? I'm not your master, I think you have me confused with someone else. And what does "my time of return is appoaching" mean?" Madison says, surprised by the pegasus name for her.
"No, you are definitly my master, I wouldn't be able to manifest in this place and show myself to you if you were not. And, your appearence hasn't changed since the last time I saw you, so how could I make that mistake?" the pegasus says, a little surprised herself.
"But, I've never seen you before in my life, not even in my dreams-"
"They are not dreams."
"What?"
"They are not dreams, they are lost memories that have come back to you in the form of dreams."
"That's not possible, there's no place on Earth like that. And it looks drawn out, like a picture."
"The Soul Society does not exist in your dimension, it exists in one all it's own."
"Ok, so what about the time "time of return" thing?"
"It will be when you return to the Soul Society and begin your journey again to uncover your destiny as a soul reaper."
"Huh?"
"The Soul Society is where you lived in you lived in your past life, and later became a soul reaper captain."
"Wait, if your telling me that, that was my past life and all my dreams are memories. Then, does that mean that my nightmare is-"
"How you died? I'm saddened to say it, but that was indeed your fate."
"No way..."
Madison shrinks and hides her face so that the pegasus cannot see her tears.
"I'm so sorry."
"I..It's ok, I just, never expected that my nightmare was actually an actual event. It's hard to believe. I mean, no girl my age wants to see themselves die, especially a girl like me. It's too incredible now that I think about it. I'm probably just dreaming this whole thing, and in a couple minutes, I'll wake up to see Virginia and Kayla laughing at me because I was either snoring or talking in my sleep. So, I'll be ok."
The pegasus steps back, completly shocked by what Madison is saying. Then, within seconds, it looks more serious and  looks back down at Madison.
"Madison, do you know my name?"
Madison looks at the Pegasus with confusion as it steps closer.
"How would I know your name? I just met you. And, how did you know mine?"
"I am your zampakutou, I will never be able to forget your name. And if you did not know my name, I would still be sleeping within your soul."
"Ok, one, I don't know what a "zampakutou" is, two, what you said doesn't make sense, and three, I don't know anything or anyone from the "Soul Society", so leave me alone!" Madison yells as she turns from the pegasus.
"Really? Madison, do you know of a young boy named "Toshiro"?...
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November 28, 2010
SOUL SOCIETY
Toshiro sits under a tree outside of the East Rukon District, alone. He's starring down at Yattamori's necklace once more, still repeating memories they shared repeatedly in his head. Suddenly, a crack of a fallen branch stirs Toshiro from the past and he looks up. He sees nothing, and gets up. Stealthily, he walks out into the meadow of tall grass and wildflowers and looks around.
"Who's there?" he asks.
No answer. Then, running is heard, then disappears again. Toshiro is now becoming a little irritated and begins to reach for his sword.
"Stop running around around like a coward and show yourself!" he yells.
Suddenly, a blast of fire from behind starts barreling towards him at great speed. Luckily, Toshiro is able to flash step before it hits. He's now in the air, looking for the attacker below. Suddenly, five fire balls from all different angles are shot from the trees.
He flash steps past all of them, one or two of them grazing his kimono. As he lands back on the ground, a large hollow steps from the cover of the trees. It's about 30 feet tall and has a body that's similar to that of a gorilla, with orange fur and huge, muscular arms.
"Hehehehehe, it seems that I've finally found you." the hollow says in a low voice.
"You were looking for me? Who are you, what do you want?" Toshiro asks as he pulls out his sword from it's seath on his back.
"No questions, it's time to play!"
Suddenly, eight more fire balls began to be fired at him. They come at him quickly and he barly has anytime to dodge. He flash steps out of the way of them, to see more rushing at him.
"What the heck?!" he yells as he dodges the rest of them.
"Hahaha, yes, dance soul reaper, dance!"
Ten are fired, then 12, then 15, and at last count, Toshiro counted 23 balls of fire being thrown at him , the numbers continuing to rise. Still he dodges, though everytime getting slower and slower.
"Dang it! He won't stop firing, which gives me no time to counter-attack. Foruntaly, they're still slow enough that it's easy to dodge. If I can just keep this up, I can probably-" Toshiro thinks before his thoughts are shattered by being hit by a burning pain from behind.
With seconds, he's back on the ground, panting and holding his back, scroched by a rouge fire ball that had come from behind.
"Hahahahahah! How fun, toying with a high ranked offiaer as if they're nothing more then a rag doll." the hollow laughs as Toshiro stands.
Toshiro snears at him with disgust and the hollow begins to laugh again.
"Hahahahaha! And that look of hatrid on your face just makes it all the more fun. But, it looks like it's all just an act, seeing how on the inside your torn with pain and sorrow."
Toshiro's eyes widen in surprise.
"I can see four people that mean a lot to you. Your lieutenant, a happy and care-free soul, but serious when need-be. Another lieutenant who's an old chilhood friend. A dead man who you shared a sword with. And-"
"Shut up..."
"Hmm?"
"Shut up."
"What, is the pain of even bringing up the fourth person that hard for you?"
"I said shut up!"
"Well, I can see why, seeing as how she died for unhonorably-"
"Shut up! Don't you dare say anything that disgraces Madison!"
Toshiro stands for a minute, unable to move. Then the hollow once again begins to laugh.
"Hahaha! So, you do feel like bringing her up. What a beauty that girl was. Must of been horrible to see her die in front of you, and it being your fault must of made it all the more worse."
Toshiro stands, shaking with anger.
"Tehe, lighten up. Hey, you know what, let me give a little something."
Suddenly, off-white shapes fell from his hand and landed about six feet from Toshiro. As they fell, he realized they were human bones, and that they were falling perfectly in the places they would of been in when the person had been alive. Seconds after the last bone fell, a weird looking type of substance started to form and cover all of the body.
"Whats happening?" he says to himself as they subtance begains to smooth out.
suddenly hair begins to grow out of the head and clothing starts to form. Toshiro gasps and steps back as it stops morphing. His eyes are wide with agony and disbelief as he reconizes the person.
It's Yattamori...

Death and Reincarnation (Madison Shecker's Story) pt. 3

"...Death can be called many things. To some, it's called the end of life's cycle, and when you join your creator in Heaven. To others, it's the rebirth of the soul. And, now some call it the thing that happens when you're too old and wrinkled to be able to do anything. To me though, I still have yet to decide. I want to believe that it's God that I will be with when I pass on, but with what I've learned about myself and my past, i'm now puzzled by the very question. But then, I smile and find a truth somewhere deep down in my heart. I know then that when I die, I won't come back to this world, for my mission will probably be over by then, hopefully..."

November 28, 2010
SOUL SOCIETY
Toshiro Hitsugaya {(Captain of Squad 10) Age: 139} walks alone down a grass path outside the East Rukon District. The area gives him familar chills, being the same area Yattamori died 14 years ago. As he still walks, good memories come to mind. Especially the memory of the day Yattamori and he first really talked to each other...

SEPTEMBER 12, 1904
Toshiro Hitsugaya (Age: 39) walks through the familar streets of Jurinon, District 1 of the Rukon District and sighs. As usual, all the people at least four feet away from him are trying to keep their distance, as they always had.
Suddenly, there's a scream that comes from nearby.
He turns to see a girl his same age running out of the alley, with a man with a whip chasing her. But, as he looks closer at her, he realizes it's the new girl in the area, Mariya Yattamori.
"Come back, theif!" the man yells as he still chases her.
"I'm sorry! I didn't know! Please, leave me alone!" Mariya yells, tears streaming from her eyes as she runs.
Suddenly, she trips and falls. The man then closes in on her, and stands over her.
Toshiro, without thinking, starts to run towards them.
"Now I've got you!" The man yells as he lifts the whip over his head.
"Please, spare me!" Mariya screams as she cowers on the ground.
"Now, PAY!" the man yells as he began to throw down the whip.
"STOP!" Toshiro yells as he pushes the man in the side.
The man topples over with surprise as Toshiro runs to Mariya.
"C'mon! We need to get out of here!" Toshiro yells as he takes her arm and helps her up.
"O-Ok." Mariya calls after Toshiro as they run away, Toshiro still holding her arm.
As they round a corner that leads to the outskirts of town, the man began to call after them.
"Stop you nuisances, stop thief!" the man yells after them.
Within a few minutes, the man stops chasing them and they slow down. For a few minutes, they do not speak and keep walking.
Mariya then stops.
"Why...?" she asks as Toshiro stops a few paces ahead of her.
"What?" he asks, confused by her question.
"Why...did you help me? If we hadn't got away, you would've been whipped as well." Mariya asks.
"I knew we could get away, and besides, you looked scared out of your mind and crying, how could I not help." Toshiro answers, grinning.
"I was not! They were...just alergies." she says, blushing out of the embaressment of being seen crying.
"Sure they were..." Toshiro answers, a little annoyed now himself.
Mariya and Toshiro stay like that, until Mariya untenses and smiles.
"Thank you, Toshiro Hitsugaya, for saving me. You have my gratitude." Mariya says as she bows and starts to walk away from him.
"Wait! How did you know my name?" Toshiro asks, surprised that she knows his name.
"Why wouldn't I know your name? We live in the same village outside the little town." Mariya says, surprised herself.
"Yeah, but we've never talked before, or even hung out together." Toshiro says.
"Hey, that's not my fault that we've never hung out or talked to each other, seeing as how everytime I try to invite you to play with my friends and me, you say no and end up walking away from us. So don't be blaming your unsocial status on me." she says, irritated.
"Wait, I never been invited to do anything with you and your friends-"
"Yes you have! Whenever you looked like you wanted to play with us, and I was in the game, I would ask one of my friends to invite you over, but when she would come back, she would always say that you had said no and that there was no way you would ever join us."
"She didn't ask me if I wanted to join!"
Mariya stops, surprised.
"What?"
"Your friend never would ask me to join the game. She always told me that you wanted me to leave because I urked you!"
Mariya stares at him, her eyes now large.
"I never said that..."
"Well, apparently, your friends wanted me gone, so they-"
"Why does everyone do that to you?! I mean, it's not like you did anything to them." Mariya asks, now irritated with her friends.
Toshiro stands there now, surprised.
...No one has ever said something like this to me...I never realized that she noticed how others treated him...And she's angry about it?...
This is all new to him.
"What?" Mariya asks, noticing that he doesn't answer her.
"Uh, nothing." Toshiro answers.
"Ok, well, let me appologize for making you believe that I didn't like you."
"It's...It's ok."
"But, now knowing that. Why did you save me if you thought that I hated you." Mariya asks.
"Uh...?Um, I guess, I thought that if I saved you, you might changed your mind about how you felt about me." Toshiro answers, blushing.
Mariya's eyes get even bigger, shocked.
"Really...?"
"Yeah, I guess."
"Well, then, you got what you wanted."
"Huh?"
"Now, after you saving me and explaining your side out the story, I can tell you that I like you a lot more then I did before." she explains, smiling as she talks.
Toshiro's eyes widen now, surprised.
"From now on, I'm going to be your friend. How does that sound?" Mariya says as she takes his hand in hers.
"Uh, ok. Thanks." Toshiro says as Mariya drops his hands.
"Awesome, and you know, call me Yattamori or Mariya, whichever you're more comfortable with." she says as they begin to walk again.
"Ok, I'll call you...Yattamori."
"Cool, and I'll call you...Toshiro or Shiro."
"Please don't."
"What?"
"Don't call me Shiro."
"Ah, why not?"
"Because I don't like it and Hinamori calls me that all the time."
"Oh, ok, just Toshiro then." Mariya replies as she smiles once more and begins to giggle.
Within seconds, they're both laughing at the ideas that might one day become their adventures.
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November 29, 2010
OUR WORLD
1:16 a.m.
Mariya and her friends are relaxing in Mariya's basement, talking about boys while Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal or Justin Bieber's new song plays on Madison's iTunes playlist. Mariya, Cree, and Bianca lay on the couch as Kayla and Virginia play a champion round of Sorry on the ground in front of them. As they play, Cree flips channels on the huge TV in front of them.
"Man, there's nothing on." Bianca says as Cree flips passed channel 26.
"I know, it's completly boring, and it's even worse because I'm not tired." Mariya says through the pillow covering her face.
"Exactly, there should be a channel that just reruns all the shows that were on during the day." Cree says as she passes channel 34.
"Yeah, but not grown-up shows, then it would be just as boring as anyother channel that's on at that hour." Mariya responds through the pillow.
Cree and Bianca nod as Cree flips through more channels. Suddenly, they stop and Mariya can hear is a strange crashing noise.
"What the heck did you pick? It sounds like something is-" she says, but stops when a familar voice from the TV stops her in mid sentence.
She quickly sits up to see the show and gasps.
The person who's on the show has white hair and turquoise eyes. He wears a black kimono and white over-coat looking thing with no sleeves over it. And a bluish/green sash hangs around his chest, and from it is held the case of a sword, which is being held by the boy.
And Mariya reconizes him instantly, as Toshiro, the boy she's dreamed about since she can remember and now draws.
"No...way..." Mariya trails, speechless as she still watches him.
"Wait a minute, I thought that you said you had came upwith that guy in your dreams over 11 years ago. So, how could he be in this show?" Kayla asks as Toshiro attacks a man in the same attire as him.
"I don't know, but it-" Mariya starts to say before the scene in the show stops her.
Toshiro has pierced the man with his sword, but it turned out to be just a piece of ice. Then, suddenly, Toshiro's whole right side is cut and a lot of blood gushes from the wound.
"Well, that must of hurt." Virginia says as Toshiro fell to the floor.
"Damare!" Mariya snaps at Virginia.
They look at her again.
"There you go speaking Japanese again!" Cree says as she pauses the show.
"I already told you, I-"
Suddenly, dozens and dozens of visions and memories began to pile high into Mariya's brain. Enough to the point that it's painful. She shrinks in her seat from the pain, and grasps her head to try to stop the memories from entering her mind.
"What's going on? What's happening to me?" Mariya says to herself as the pain increases.
"Mariya, are you ok?" Bianca asks as the pain becomes even stronger.
"What are these memories?" she whispers as the world around her starts to fade out.
"Guys, I think she's gonna faint." Kayla says as Cree tries to shake Mariya to her senses.
"I'm sorry, you guys, I'll be fine..." Mariya says as her body becomes limp.
Even though it looks like to her friends that she has fainted, it actually happens to be that her soul has left her body and heads for the world where Mamori Koudoutai lays dormant, waiting for Mariya's arrival.

SORRY!

Hello,
If u have been on my blog and wanted 2 read pt. 2 of my story on Wednesday, and u saw it wasn't there, I just wanted to say sorry. I had been busy all day and had completely forgot until around 10:30 Wednesday night, and seeing how tired I was, I didn't get it done til Thursday.
So, to make up for that, I've decided to post pt. 3 early. I hope u enjoy.
Maddy

Death and Reincarnation (Madison Shecker's Story) pt. 2

"...Life can go in many directions. North, might be a place where a Hell on Earth resides, and you know nothing but pain and enguish. South, might be a place where hope and happiness are found and you will live forever in peace, like Heaven. Then, there's East and West, in the middle of Heaven and Hell, which is an area of happiness and joy like in Heaven, but where there's still the greif and pain of Hell. Which direction I'm heading is still a mystery to me, like tomorrow and the day after that. But, I will keep on going, no matter what the case, to try to find where I belong and which direction my fate seeks. But, what came on my 14th birthday changed that frame of mind forever, and if it was you, it would of changed you too..."

November 28, 2010
OUR WORLD
Mariya, Virginia, Cree, Bianca, and Kayla stand outside with many other middle schoolers, who are dressed head to foot in warm clothing, waiting for their bus to arrive.
"Where is it? It's already been 15 minutes since the other buses left." Bianca complains as she cuddles herself in her black coat.
"And it's freezing out here, even for November. What is it, 30 degrees?" Virginia also comments as she rubs her hands together.
"Actually, it's 27 degrees." Kayla says as she held up her Ipod for her friends to see.
Virginia and Bianca moan to Kayla, not in the mood for her usual cheeriness.
"I don't see what the big deal is, I feel perfectly fine out here. You two just need to grow up some and get over it." Mariya comments, wearing only a jacket and hobo gloves.
"Well, excuse me, it nots my fault it's so cold out here. I don't see how you do it, you're acting as if it's 70 degrees out here. It's like you were born with a built-in barrier." Virginia says to Mariya, apparently annoyed with Mariya's stubborn directions.
"It's not my fault, I've always been like this, besides, you don't see Cree or Kayla whinning now do you?" Mariya answers, now just as irritated as Virginia.
"They both have on like four layers of clothing! You're only wearing a t-shirt and a jacket!" Virginia comes back with at Mariya.
"Will you two just stop butting heads! Get over it!" Cree yells at both of them as she wacks them both over the head.
"HEY! You didn't need to do that!" They yell at the same time, now annoyed with Cree.
Cree sighs hopelessly at the two as the bus finally arrives. Being as cold as they are, Bianca and Virginia rush for the entrance, while Kayla, Cree, and Mariya walk slowly behind them.
"You know Mariya, I do have to agree with Virginia with one thing she said. You do have a strange way of never getting cold. It's like, well, you were around something that was really cold all the time and some how you've been able to become imune to anything cold by like having like a self barrier around you, like she said." Cree says as Mariya and she walk onto the bus.
"I guess, but, to tell you the truth, it feels more like, someone's like hugging me. like close and connected to my skin." Mariya answers as she sits in seat 7 behind Kayla and Virgina and Bianca at the side.
"Well, that's an odd way to put it." Cree comments as she slids into the seat too.
"But, that's what it feels like, not lie." Mariya says as she gets out her sketchbook from her bag.
"Alright, if you say so." Cree says right before Virginia draws her into a conversation.
Mariya smiles, happy to see her friends cheerful and talkitive, before turning back to her sketchbook, and to a fresh page.
Suddenly, as she begins to draw the girl with the hair over one of her eyes, she has a vision, a thing that had never happened before.
She sees Toshiro, the boy she dreams about and draws, standing in front of her, right in front of giant wooden door which has a strange line symbol on it.
But, this time, he looks different. His white hair has become more well kept and his bangs have somewhat dissapeared. He's taller and looks more mature then usual as he does in her dreams. And over his black kimono now is a white over-coat type thing, but with no sleeves. Weird.
But, the same sword is still swung over his shoulder and hangs from a long, greenish/blue sash, and a serious scowl still is plastered on his face.
She laughs at his expression and he seems to turn towards her laughter.
"Why are you laughing at me?" he asks her.
Mariya stops, shocked and surprised by the fact that he responded to her.
"Wait, you can see me Toshiro?" Mariya asks, still shocked.
Toshiro seems to become irritated and walks towards her.
When he comes close to her, she finds that she's only one or two inches taller than him.
"Of course I can. It's hard to miss you, being in that pink haori and all. And, don't call me Toshiro while we're here, call me Captain Hitsugaya." Toshiro says, annoyed by Mariya's ignorance.
"You...You became a captain?" Mariya repeats as she tries to comprehend what he said.
Toshiro's scowl forms into a little smile after a moment or two and he chuckles.
"Duh, that's why I wear this white haori, and you wear your pink one, Yattamori." he says as he grins bigger.
"Yattamori...?" Mariya recites to herself.
...Why does that name sound...so familar to me..?...
"MARIYA!!!" Virginia's unforgetable voice screams into her ear.
"ACK!" Madison yells, startled by Virginia's voice.
Madison looks around, hoping that she's still with Toshiro.
But, unfortunatly, she's back in the bus, being starred at by all of her friends.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?!" Mariya yells at Virginia, now mad beyond words.
"You were completly zoned out for like three minutes, and we couldn't shake you out of it. You were starting to scare us." Cree explains as she takes Mariya's sketchbook from her.
"Seriously?" Mariya asks as her eyes widen.
"But, while you were zoned out, you drew this." Cree continues as she turns the picture towards Mariya to see.
When Cree turns it to her, Madison gasps.
It's Toshiro, but as she had seen him just now, in her vision. He's standing in front of a dead, ugly creature, and his sword's covered in blood. But, he as well is covered in many non-serious wounds, causing her breath to cut short for unknown reasons. And in off in the distance, you can see a girl, sitting in the grass, uninjured.
It's the girl with the hair over her eye.
"How did...when did I?...How could I?..." Mariya mutters, losing the ability to find words by looking at the picture.
"Yeah, we didn't get it either." Bianca says as she takes the picture from Cree.
Mariya looks away as her friends talk about it.
...What's going on? This has never happened before, not even when I was little....
But, Mariya does know one thing.
The vision and the drawing tells her that she will get the answer to why she has dreamed about this boy since she can remember...really soon.
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November 28, 2010
SOUL SOCIETY
Toshiro Hitsugaya {(Captain of Squad 10) AGE: 139 or 13.9 in our eyes} walks to his office inside the Sereitei. He is not in the best of moods, seeing how it's the anniversary of an incident he wishes never happened. He stops and looks up at the sky, which is clouded over for today, making him feel that much worse about this day.
The memory of the incident floods his mind and he shudders, completly pained by the sights that return to his mind one by one. He then continues and finally reaches his office quarters. Inside, snooring can be heard from the sofa. He becomes irritated when he finds that it's his lieutenant, Rangiku Matsumoto, sleeping in snugly on one of that sitting couches in the room.
"Rangiku, get up! You have work to do." Toshiro says, angry.
Within seconds, Rangiku opens her eyes and yawns, streching for a moment before another yawn escapes her lips.
"Oh, come on. Give me a break, Captain. You had me up till midnight last night doing paperwork. Can't I have a day off." Rangiku whines, yawning once again as she gets up from the sofa.
"No, you can't. Now get to work, so that you won't have to stay late tonight." Toshiro says as he sits at his desk and pulls out a few papers.
Rangiku sighs as she begins to walk to her work, but stops when she notics something around Toshiro's neck.
Toshiro notices and looks up from his own papers of work.
"What wrong Rangiku?" Toshiro asks, a little less irrritated now.
Rangiku moves to the front of Toshiro's desk and takes grasp of the charm he's wearing around his neck.
"You're wearing it out today..." she says quietly as she looks at the circle charm.
"Yeah, it's the anniversary, so I thought I should..." Toshiro says as she lets go of the charm.
Toshiro then takes the charm in his own hand and sighs.
The lime green circle charm is about the size of a quarter, and on it is a beautifully painted arrow, which is the symbol of the zodiac sign Sagittarius, which had been Yattamori's zodiac sign, as well as his own. That's why he had given it to her on her 40th (4 years in our years) birthday, because well, of course it was her sign, but she had always had a fasination with the zodiac calender. And later, it turned out that her zanpakuto had the powers of the zodiac signs.
Toshiro smiles, remembering all the memories that he had shared with her.
But, once the anniversary's memories flooded his mind, he shudders again.
He has never been ever to shake the incident from his mind, even if it had happened 14 years ago. Yattamori had been his best friend since they were 34 years old (3.4 years in our years). She had been closer to him than Hinamori, seeing how their birthdays were only 21 days apart. And they had never left each other for any reason, even if death was inevitable...
But, then, 14 years ago, when they were both 125 years old, she died....
And the worst part of it wasn't that her birthday was the next day or that she had only just become a Captain a year before. The worst part for him, was that she had died, protecting him.
If he had only just known that the sword had been a trap, he would of never of left Yattamori's side and she wouldn't of had to push him out of the way of arrow-shot sword, and...she wouldn't of died.
It's his fault, all of it, and that's why he can't escape the memories.
"Captain...?" Rangiku asks as Toshiro thinks still.
Rangiku's voice brings Toshiro back to the present, and he sees that he's clutching Yattamori's necklace tight in his fist.
"Sorry, Rangiku, I lost my concentration for a minute." Toshiro says, trying not to make Rangiku worry.
Rangiku watches him for a minute, then sighs and takes the papers away from Toshiro.
Toshiro looks up at her, surprised.
"How about you take the day off, you can never concentrate on this anniversary. Don't worry, I'll take care of these." Rangiku says as she walks over to her desk.
Toshiro watches her, speechless, then grins as he gets up.
"Thank you Rangiku." he says as he walks out of the room.
"Your welcome Sir." she answers after him.

Madison Yattamori

This is Madison Yattamori. This is how wounded she was before her death. Nothing too serious.

Come back next week for the next part of the story!

Death and Reincarnation (Mariya Shecker's Story) pt. 1

"...Reincarnation is believed to occur when the soul or spirit of a certain person, after the death of their body, comes back to life in a newborn body. Many believe this happens because the soul might not have acomplished an important quest or mission in the last life, so they come back to our world, in different skin or gender so that their mission can be completed and they can rest in peace. There are many people who don't believe in this, and I was one of them, at least, until my 14th birthday..."

START OF THE STORY
November 28, 1996
Toshiro Hitsugaya {(4th seat of squad 10) age: 125) and Mariya Yattamori {(Captain of S. Squad T.P.) age: same} stand back-to-back, alone in the forest outside the East Rukon District, in a fight with what seems to be a seriously powerful Hollow. Mariya and Toshiro are both wounded, but luckily with non-major injuries.
Mariya looks around, puzzeled and on-edge.
...Where are the Hollows? Their spiritual presure just vanished...
Suddenly, a vision comes to her mind.
She sees Toshiro standing a few feet in front of her, normal. Then suddenly, an arrow shot sword flashes past her face, and stabs into Toshiro's back, hitting him through the heart as an unworldly sound escapes his throat. He falls instantly to ground, dead to the bone as a pool of scarlet forming around them.
She stands there now, frozen in fear at the sight of his dead corpse.
"Yattamori?..."
Mariya suddenly snaps back into reality when she hears Toshiro's voice.
"Are you ok? Remember, we're in the middle of a battle." he says as Mariya's heart rate slows down.
"Shut up! I'm the head officer here, I know what I'm doing." Mariya replies, now irritated.
...You're the one I'm worried about...
Suddenly, the sound of a arrow is heard. They both turn to see nothing dangerous coming.
...Was that the arrow? No, it missed and it was shot from the wrong angle...
Toshiro started stepping away from Mariya.
"I'm going to go investigate over there." Toshiro said as he walked farther away.
Mariya turns.
"Huh? Wait. Toshiro, come back!" Mariya yells, irritated once again
She suddenly gasped.
"Wait a second, that's where Toshiro was standing in my..." Mariay trials, tears starting to come to her eyes, "No! Toshiro can't die."
She drops her hand holding Mamori Koudoukai, her zanpakutou, to her side.
"Toshiro, forgive me," she says to herself as she makes Mamori disappear.
She starts running towards Toshiro.
"Toshiro!" she yells as ran closer.
Toshiro turned toward her, surprised to hear her so desperate.
"Mari-" Toshiro starts.
"MOVE!" She snaps as she pushes him to the ground.
Within seconds a sword shot like an arrow comes hurling at Mariya and hit her dead strait in the heart. The momentum from the from the impact sends Mariya flying into a nearby tree and tears a necklace she's wearing right from her neck.
Toshiro, still on the ground, looks at Mariya with horror, still in shock that she saved him.
"Yattamori..." Toshiro said as he tries to stand up.
Suddenly the sword through Mariya's heart disapears, and now motionless, she falls to the ground.
"MARIYA!!!" Toshiro yells as she lands on the ground, now unconsicous and half dead.
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November 29, 2010
Mariya Shecker wakes up from her dream, shaken and frightened.
"That dream again..." Mariya Shecker whispers as she tries to slow down her breathing.
"Ms. Shecker?..." a familiar voice says, shaking Mariya back to reality.
She looks up, to see her favorite teacher, Mrs. Gleiner, looking down at her, concern in her eyes.
"Are you alright?" she asks.
"Oh, yeah, yeah, I'm fine. I'm just excited for a party tonight, that's all." Mariya answers, trying to make Mrs. Gleiner feel less concerned.
...Wow, I'm pathedic...
Suddenly, the bus bell rings and Mariya runs from her seat to the door.
"See you Monday!" Mariya calls over her shoulder as she runs from the room.
As she run out, she sighs, relieved that she was saved by the bell.
...That dream...I've had since I was little...That, or a dream about that boy...
As she comes to stand in front of her locker, she stops, now thinking of the boy from her numerous dreams.
"Toshiro..." she trails to herself as she begins to zone out into her dreams.
Behind her, her friends sneak up.
Her friend, Virginia, reaches her hands around Mariya's sides and begins to tickle her.
"EARTH TO MARIYA!" Virginia calls as she still tickles her.
"ACK!" Madison yells, shocked out from her dream state.
"VIRGINIA! Why did you do that?" she asks as she whips her head around, now fuming with irritation.
"You were completly zoned out, I couldn't pass up the oppurtunity," Virginia answers as she and Mariya's other friends laugh at her reaction.
"It still doesn't give you the right to scare the hell out of me!" Mariya yells, now angry.
Her blood begins to boil as she watches them laugh at her reaction, anger rising with each of their chuckles. And, without even thinking, she yells something to allow some of her infuritation to escape.
"DAMARE IMA!!!" she yells as they still laughed.
They stop, surprised and confused by what Mariya had said.
"Mariya, since when do you know Japanese?" her friend Cree asks, apparently aware of the language.
"Huh? I don't, what are you talking about." Mariya asks, confused herself.
"Hello? We're talking about how you just yelled something in Japanese. You must know some Japanese." Virginia says, now irritated herself.
"Well, I'm sorry, but I don't. I just said whatever popped into my head and it just happened to be that. Now, are we going to catch the bus or not!?" Mariya replies.
"Oh yeah, that's right. Get your stuff, we need to hurry, or it will leave without us." Mariya's friend Kayla says as she pushes Mariya back to her locker.
"Fine, jeez, calm down." Mariya answers as she opens her messy locker.
Luckily, they don't have homework, so all she has to grab is her private sketch book. As she puts it in her bag, her other friend, Bianca, grabs it and begins to flip through it.
"Hey, what do you think your doing?!" Mariya yells as she tries to take it back.
"Wow Mariya, you're a good artist. But all you draw are the same 3 or 4 people." Bianca says as she shows Virginia and the others.
"Give it back!" Mariya yells, now angrier then before.
"Bianca's right, especially this boy. Why does he have white hair?" Cree asks as she flips through the many pictures of the boy.
"Because that's the color it is in my dreams, now give it back to me!" Mariya answers as she finally snaches it from Kayla.
"You dream about that boy? What's his name?" Virginia asks as Mariya begins to blush.
"His name's Toshiro." she answers.
"He's Japanese? I thought you didn't know anything Japanese." Cree says.
"I don't, it's just what I call him all the time in my dreams, so I'm guessing that's his name." Mariya explains as she closes her locker.
"Oh." her friends sigh at the same time.
Madison looks away as she starts walking towards the bus exit, still trying to make sense of how she knows anything in Japanese. She has never really been around anything Japanese. She's lived in Terre Haute, Indiana her whole life and has gone to Woodrow Wilson Middle School for the last three years of her life.
The closest she came to Japan was Milwaukie, Oregon, where she had been visiting some realitives who live there. And she's never heard Japanese, not even when she used to watch a show named Sailor Moon when she was little. They talked in normal english, that's it. She's confused, but, at the same time, it seems, well, natural, like, she used to know it very well.

Intro to Death and Reincarnation (Mariya Shecker's story)

As we all know, Bleach is based on the imagination of Tite Kubo. But, you have to wonder, what if that world really exists, and is just in a different dimension. Well, this idea inspired me to make a type of run-off of the Bleach series, which takes place about year and a couple months before we met Rukia and Ichigo, and during the time of the actual show. I haven't exactly finished it yet. But this is the 1st part of the series. I hope you enjoy.

Pic #1



This is a picture that I drew a couple weeks ago. Comment if you like.



My Drawing Story

When I was younger, I would only communicate with drawings. My parents couldn't make me squeal at all. But, they were impressed that I could draw a fully dressed person by the age of 3. By the age of 7, I could draw people with hands and feet. My teachers and friends noticed, which was why I was asked in 5th grade, along with 4 others, to design and paint a mural in our school cafeteria. After I began middle school, I became very interested in writing and Anime. I then began watching BLEACH in 8th grade, and have adapted the drawing style, and still draw today.

HELLO WORLD!

Hey everybody!
Welcome 2 my blog. Just 2 warn u, this is my first ever blog, so bear with me. In this blog, I'll be sharing some of my drawings and ideas for some of my hopefully future animes. So, enjoy and comment if you can.
THX!

Maddy