Death and Reincarnation (Madison Shecker's Story) pt. 11

"...I was never good at explaining things. I would always get choked up and couldn't finish a single sentence. Luckily, Toshiro used to help me whenever we had free time, so I eventually became an expert at explaining my opinions and orders. But, when I was reborn, that power left me, and I'm once again at the mercy at my own nervousness. I once again stand in terror as my heart beats faster then I believe it should, and my palms become clamy. So, as I stand here, looking at him, hoping that my explanation was enough to convince him that the person in front of him, is the same person that called him "Grandpa Yamma"..."

November 29, 2010
SOUL SOCIETY
Madison Perspective
Madison and Toshiro stand in front of the head captain, who's now standing and wide-eyed. The look of shock covers his face.
"C-Captain Madison Yattamori? Is that really you?" the Head Captain asks as he comes out from behind his desk.
"Y-Yes sir, it's me." she replies, her nerves starting to kick in.
"But how could you be here, you died 14 years ago by being stabbed through the heart with a bow-shot sword."
"I know what happened to me sir, seeing as how it was my decision that sealed my fate. I was able to come back because that was what I swore I would do with my last breath. After, my soul was reborn as Madison Shecker, and for the past 14 years, I've lived a normal human life. But, when I was born, some of my memories of this life stayed with me, and would show themselves to me as dreams. So, I believed they were just dreams, until a few days ago. My power of seeing the future and my ability to understand and talk in japanese came back. I didn't understand at first, but when my visions began to reveal things that were important to me in this life, such as my friendship with Toshiro, I started to become suspicous. Then, yesterday, while I was watching TV with some friends, a TV show came on that reawoke my soul. It was exactly the same as this world and it had the same people."
Toshiro and the Head Captain look at her, their eyes wide.
"The thing that made my soul go nuts and reawake, was hearing and seeing Toshiro."
"What!?" Toshiro says.
"Things then took a werid turn. Within seconds, many of my strong memories started returning, and the speed of their existence becoming reknown to me made me past out. I then reawoke in a red void and my zampakutou, Mamori Koudoutai, was standing over me in her released state as a pegasus. Anyway, Mamori then tried to talk me into believing her about this world. I, at first, didn't believe her, seeing as how most, if not all my memories, were faint or non-existent. But, when she told me the name that I had called myself, I instantly remembered many things from this world. Then, I called her name, and found myself looking up at Toshiro's necklace, which was actually mine." she says as she finishes.
The Head Captain's expression softens and he looks down, thinking.
Madison can feel her heart racing inside her chest, it's patterned pulse running all through her entire body. Toshiro apparently notices and comes from behind.
"Don't worry. Just calm down, everything will work out, trust me." she whispers into her ear.
She turns and grimly grins, not believeing a word he says.
"Captain Hitsugaya, do you believe this girl?" the Head Captain asks.
Madison and Toshiro turn in surprise.
"Are you sure it's not just a illusion from an enemy that's taped into Yattamori's memories and used to gain your trust?"
Madison could feel her sink into stomach and she fell to her knees. He didn't believe her. Toshiro brought her back up to her feet.
"Are you asking me if this girl is the same crying girl I saved in the streets of Jurinon? If this is the same girl that became my best friend and kept my secrets? Or if she's the same girl I gave that necklace to on her 40th birthday?" Toshiro says as he looks away from the Head Captain and Madison.
"Toshiro..." Madison says.
"Well, look around her neck, that should give your answer." Toshiro says as he points at Madison's necklace.
The Head Captain walks closer to Madison. Madison closes her eyes and lowers her head. As he walks closer he notices her lids slightly twiching, probably because she's so nervous. He sighs as moves his hand. He gently places her hand on Madison's head. She opens her eyes and looks up at him.
"My dear, you haven't changed since the day I told you were to be the newest captain. You reacted in the exact same way you did before, lowering your head and squeezing your eyes shut, as if you were about to be hit by a giant bolder." he says as he grins a little.
"Head Captain, does this mean...?" Madison asks.
"Welcome back, Madison Yattamori."
Madison smiles bigger then she can ever remember. She looks over at Toshiro to see him grinning too.
"Madison Yattamori, you've been away from us for a long time. I hope your skills haven't gotten rusty since your "retirement" 14 years ago." Granpa Yamma says.
Madison looks confused. Then she understood he was talking about her time pyshic abilities.
"Oh yeah, I still have total use of all of my techniques." she says as Grandpa Yamma removes his hand.
"But, there's still the memory problem." Toshiro interjects.
"Memory problem?" Grandpa Yamma says, confused.
"Well, you see, Yattamori can't remember a few things from her past. There's a lot of holes in her memory." Toshiro explains.
"That might be hard to overlook." Grandpa Yamma says.
"It's alright. I just can't remember a few things from childhood and my early soul reaper days. And a few battles while I was captain. Other then that, I remember pretty much everything I knew before." she says as she tries to reasure them.
"Really? Well, just to be sure, I would like you to duel a fellow captain to see where if your powers still are at their most powerful." Grandpa Yamma explains to her.
"What? But she just got back, she's not ready to go against any of the other captains. She'll be injured!" Toshiro says,stepping in front of Madison.
Madison grins and places her hand on Toshiro's shoulder.
"Toshiro, calm down. I'll be fine, don't worry." She says as she turns him to face her.
"But you just returned!"
"I need to do this, if I don't, then I won't be able to return to my responsibilities as a captain, you know that. Now calm down." she says.
"But, Yattamori..."
"No buts, I'm doing it, and you can't stop me." she says as she steps in front of him.
Grandpa Yamma laughs to himself.
"You're definitly Yattamori. Never taking "no" for an answer and doing everything you can to gain a name for yourself."
"That's me. So, when do I meet up with my opponent?"
"Tomarow at noon. I'll pick the captain at the Captain's Meeting tonight. Because of that, I want you to stay at Captain Hitsugaya's quarters during the meeting."
"Alright."
"Well, I'll see at the Squad 1 training grounds at noon Tomarrow."
"See ya, Grandpa Yamma." she says as she walks out of the room, Toshiro following.
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Later that Day
Toshiro stands in line at the Captain's meeting, waiting for them to start. He looks around. He didn't know why, but ever since that morning, he had been really nervous for tonight. He knew that Yattamori could hold her own and probably win against any of the captains. A few though, got him thinking otherwise. Like Captain Zaraki, for example. Yattamori had never been fond of him, actually, she was kinda scared of him. He seemed to know no pain or any negative emotion other then the lust to fight. Toshiro then looks at Captain Komamura, who hides himself behind a mask. He had always been intimidating, even for him. He then forces himself to glance at Captain Kurotsuchi, who's appearance made his skin crawl. Yattamori used to tell him about how he had tried to make her do strange experiments so that he could analyze her time pyshic abilities, which had always made him tense around Kurotsuchi.
The Head Captain finally walks in.
"Attention, I would like to start this meeting." the Head Captain says as he sits in his chair.
"What is this about Head Captain? To call such a surprise meeting is very uncommon." Captain Ichimaru asks.
Toshiro looks over at him. The lanky squad 3 captain with slitted eyes and creepy smile had never been his friend, and he knew why. He had always been suspicious of him about something, but he didn't know what.
"I called this meeting because a wonderful change in events had taken place. As we all know, Captain Madison Yattamori's position has never been able to be filled. But, I'm happy to say we have found a nominee."
All the captains look surprised.
"Who? I've never come across a Soul Reaper that even came close to qualifying." Captain Ukitake asks.
Toshiro looks across at the long, white haired captain. Toshiro had always liked him and thought of him as being wise and well-experienced.
"The nominee is not to be revealed until tomarrow. Unfortunaltly, I couldn't come up with a good way to test the person's skills. So, to do so, I've decided that the nominee will duel one of you to test their abilities. I, at first, had a hard time deciding who I would want to test them, so I decided I would-"
"I'll test the nominee." Captain Kuchiki interupts.
Toshiro gasps and turns towards the long-black haired captain. He had always been one of the strongest of all the captains, making him a little more imtimidating then all the other captains combined.
"Captain Kuchiki, are you sure? You don't even know the nominee's abilities." the Head Captain says.
"I'm quite sure. Captain Yattamori had always been a type of rival of mine, especially in the mastering of flash step. I just want to see if this soul reaper is worth our time." Captain Kuchiki responds.
"Well then, alright." the Head Captain says.
"What?!" Toshiro says.
Everyone turns towards him.
"Head Captain, I don't think the nominee will be able to keep up with Captain Kuchiki. You know as well as I do that they aren't ready. Please, let them pass this, they defeated me easily outside of East Rukon, that states that they are qualified." Toshiro explains.
"So, you know the nominee? That means that must be powerful, seeing as how Captain Yattamori was your closest friend. We have to duel now." Captain Kuchiki counters.
"Head Captain! Please!" Toshiro says.
"I've decided. The nominee will go up against Captain Kuchiki and that is final." the Head Captain states as he stomps his cane on the floor.
Toshiro could feel Yattamori slipping from his grip. Yattamori would go against Captain Kuchiki in an all-out battle. And, she might not get out unscaved.
He returns to his quarters in a daze. He looks up to see Yattamori scimming through a book. As he closes the door, she looks up, and smiles.
"Hey, you're finally back! So? Who am I going up against? Who?!" she asks, to excited to explain.
Toshiro looks up at her, and her expression imediatly changes.
"Toshiro, what's wrong? Is it that bad? You're starting to scare me."
"Madison."
Yattamori eyes widen as she hears him speak her first name. It was very rare that he called her that.
"Madison, I don't want you fighting tomarrow. You'll be serverly injured. Please, I don't want to see you hurt."
Yattamori sighs and sits him down.
"Toshiro, who is it?" she asks quietly, as if he was a scared child.
"Captain Kuchiki." he answers.
The color in Yattamori's cheecks fades a little.
"K-Kuchiki...? Did you just say Kuchiki?"
Toshiro nods.
She looks down, thinking.
"Madison, it's too dangerous."
"I'm doing it." she responds.
"What?!"
"I can't run away from this fight. I'm not giving up. I got this far. I'm not gonna run. I'm gonna face him, and that's a promise I'm gonna keep."
"Madison, please-"
"No! You don't need to sheld me Toshiro!"
"I just can't lose you again!" he yells at her.
Yattamori becomes quiet. Then grins.
"I'm not gonna leave you again, trust me." she says.
Toshiro looks up at her. Determination is in her eyes. He smiles.
"You promise."
"I promise. And I don't break my promises." she says as she takes his hand in her's.

Death and Reincarnation (Madison Shecker's Story) pt. 10

"...I, being the being I am, have never known if I had grandparents or parents when I lived in the world of the living. Heck, for all I know, I was abandoned on the side of a road, left to wander on my own until some random person took pity on me as they drove by and took me into their family. I hope I had a more normal life, like the one I have in the world I just left. That I would have caring parents and annoying siblings, and friends which I could tell my secrets and beliefs to. But, that's not important at the moment. Right now I need to focuse on how I explain my existence to the one person who was like a grandfather to me..."

November 29, 2010
SOUL SOCIETY
Madison's Perspective
Madison wakes up to the bright sunlight coming in through a window of a bedroom. She yawns and sits up, to discover that she's wearing a white sleeping gown. She looks around the room, puzzled.
"Where am I?" she says.
She then remembers what happened in the forest. Toshiro and she had been on their way back to the Seretei when her soul had been called back to her body in the world where her family is. That was where she woke up and discovered she was in the hospital. Then, she returned here, finding herself in this room. But, as Madison looks around she becomes confused. She had only been in the other world for maybe 15 minutes. Why was it already morning?
Suddenly Madison hears footsteps coming near her room. She gets up from the bed and gets into a stance, ready to strike the intruder. When the door opens, she sighs. It's Toshiro.
"Toshiro, you scared me!" she says as she relaxes.
She looks over him to see that he had changed his kimono to a new one, and he had somehow gotten rid of the bloodstains on his white haori. The make-shift bandage she made was gone and a real one peaked out from inside his kimono.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to. I was just checking on you, that's all." he says as he closes the door.
"How long was I asleep?"
"Hmm, you fell out of the tree around midnight, so I would say 9 hours-"
"9 HOURS!" Madison yells.
Toshiro rushes over to her and covers her mouth.
"SHHH! If anyone hears you, they'll think you're a ryoka."
"Sorry, it's just hard for me to believe that I was gone that long."
"Gone? What do you mean?" Toshiro asks as they sit down.
"Well, the reason I fell out of the tree was because my soul was called back to the body in the other world."
"WHAT?"
It was Madison's turn to cover his mouth.
"Yeah, and you tell me to be quiet."
"Sorry, but that's hard to believe. Wait, what if that happens while we're talking to the Head Captain?"
"Well, then, I guess we'll have to explain that too."
"Alright, well, you'd better get dressed. We're talking to him at 9:45." Toshiro says as he hands Madison her kimono and haori.
"O.K. I'll be out in a minute." she says as he walks out the door.
He smiles back at her then closes the door behind him.
A few minutes later Toshiro and she are walking out of Toshiro's living barricks and heading towards the Head Captain's office. Madison, as to not draw any attentioin to herself, became invisible to everyone except Toshiro. As Toshiro had told her, it was one of her many abilities that had made her a captain 14 years ago. Invisiblity, luckily, had been one of her powers that she remembered from her past, so she became translucent easily. As they walk down the barrick streets together, Madison remembers something unusual about her invisiblity. No one was able to see her when she did this, except for one person. Toshiro. Why he was the only one, they had never been able to figure out.
As they walk on, Toshiro stops Madison.
"Huh? What's wrong?" she asks.
Toshiro shushes her, as someone begins to round the corner.
Toshiro steps forward, then relaxes.
"Rangiku, what are you doing?" Toshiro says as a lady comes out of the turn.
"I was looking for you. No one saw you yesterday and it got me worried." Rangiku says.
"Oh, well, I'm here now. But I have to talk to the Head Captain, so if you'll excuse me. I'll see you back in the office." Toshiro says as he begins to walk away from the women.
"Alright Captain." she says.
Suddenly, Madison remembers who she is. She had been the Soul Reaper who set Toshiro and her on the journey to become Soul Reapers. And what the irony, seeing that Toshiro is her superior now. She looks up to see the women gone and Toshiro staring at her.
"Why are you just standing there? Come, on, we're going to be late." he says, annoyance in his voice.
Madison sighs and walks up to him, then an idea comes to her mind.
"Hey, why don't we have a contest."
"A contest?"
"Yeah, to see who can get there first. We'll flash step our way there."
"That's not fair."
"Hmm, why not?"
"Yattamori, you're the fastest flash stepper in the Soul Society. Heck, even better then Kuchikii."
"I haven't really flash stepped in 14 years. You're probably faster then me by now."
Toshiro looked around, then sighed.
"Fine. But, if I win, I get to give you something." he says as they walked to a line of stone a few feet back.
"Huh? Don't you mean, I have to get you something? Besides, you know I don't like when you give me random presents."
"It won't be random, just promise."
"Fine, now lets get started." she says as they get into a starting stance.
"On your mark."
"Get Set."
"Go!"
As soon as Toshiro says it, they are flying through the air. They flash over numerous houses at a time, trying to be faster then one another. Madison looks around her to see Toshiro catching up with her.
"So, you did get better. But you're going to be faster if you want to beat me!" Madison says as they approach the halfway region.
Suddenly, Toshiro cuts her off, and Madison gasps.
Toshiro chuckles then keeps on going ahead.
"Now who needs to be faster?" Toshiro says as he smiles back at her.
"Oh, be quiet, that wasn't fair." she says.
Within seconds she flash steps right next to him, taking him by surprise. She takes his hand in hers.
"Now, lets see how fast I can really go." she says as she flash steps once more.
Suddenly the world beneath them becomes a blur as Madison picks up her speed. Second after second, they become faster and faster until she suddenly stops. Toshiro, who was in a blur, gets up and his eyes widen.
They're at the main entrance of the Head Captain's office.
"Wow." Toshiro says.
They look at each other then begin to laugh at each other. As Toshiro laughs, Madison smiles. It was the first time since she got back that Toshiro had really laughed or smiled. Suddenly he stops and looks down. Madison looks down too, to see that they were still holding hands. They quickly let go, trying not to blush. Toshiro then reached around his back and placed something in her hand.
"What's this?" Madison says as she looks down at the item.
It was a small, beautiful, wooden box with a lime green ribbon raped around it.
"It's your present."
"Huh? But, I won."
"Yeah, but this isn't a win or lose gift."
"Then what is it?"
"It's your birthday present, stupid."
"WHAT?"
"Today is your birthday, November 29th."
"My birthday is the same in this world?"
"If you mean your birthday is November 29th, then yes."
"Oh, thanks Toshiro."
Slowly, she pulls the ribbon untied and carefully opens the box. As she lifts the lid, a familar glow peeks out from the cracks. When the box is fully open, she gasps. It's her necklace.
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Toshiro's Perspective
Yattamori stands there, wide-eyed, as she looks down at the gift. She then looks back up at him.
"THANK YOU!" she says as she hugs him tight.
Toshiro stands there, blushing, then finally puts his arms around her.
"Your welcome." he says as she steps away from him.
"O.K., now I need you to help me." Yattamori says as she hands the necklce to him and turns around.
Toshiro looks surprised for a second, then smiles as Yattmori lifts up her long ponytail from infront of her neck. He unclasps the clasp then slips one hand with the necklace passed her neck. He automaticly reaches his other hand around to grab one side of the necklace and pulls back his hands to the back of Yattamori's neck. Toshiro then gently clasped the ends back together and dropped it gently onto Yattamori's skin. Yattamori responds by dropping her ponytail back down and turns back toward him. As he faces her once again, his eyes go automaticly to the lime green charm, which looks perfect with her outfit. He sighs happily, Yattamori now looks exactly the same as she once did. Now she is complete. Yattamori looks at him and begins to laugh.
"What's so funny?" he asks.
Yattamori stops suddenly, then looks around the area.
"Yattamori...?"
Yattamori stops, then looks back at him.
"Wow, that was werid."
"What?"
"Well, it feels like deja vu."
"You mean you've seen this before? Well, you do have pyshic abilities."
"Yeah, that's true, but still."
"Well, lets talk about this later. We need to go in."
"Alright, lets go." Yattamori says as Toshiro opens the door.
The hall reveals the many doors of the head captains office. At the end is the large door that leads to the head captain's main office room. They walk towards the door, and Toshiro turns towards Yattamori. She looks nervous and a little scared. Toshiro stops her.
"What's wrong Toshiro?" she asks.
"Yattamori, don't be nervous, remember, out of all the captains, the Head Captain liked you the most. So don't worry, once he realizes it's really you, you'll be cleared." Toshiro says.
Yattamori looks surprised, and doesn't respond quickly. But within moments, she smiles at him. Suddenly she throughs her arms around him and hugs him close.
"Thanks Toshiro, that's just what I needed to hear." she says, still hugging him.
Toshiro starts to blush again.
"I'm glad that you believed me. I don't know what I would have done if I couldn't convince you. You're my best friend in the world!" Yattamori says as she smiles up at him.
Toshiro's cheecks become even redder.
"Madison..." he says.
"Now lets go in there and receritify my position as captain." she says as she lets go of him and begins to walk towards the door.
"Right." he says as he walks up to the door with her.
They stop in front of the door.
"I'll go in first, then, when I tell you, take down the invisiblitly and show yourself to him." Toshiro says as he opens the door.
Yattamori nods. Toshiro smiles, then enters the room. He turns to see the head captain sitting at his desk. He looks up from the papers on the desk and at him.
"Captain Hitsugaya, good, you're on time. Now, what is it that you wanted to say to me?" he says as he puts his work to the side.
"Head Captain, I have an old friend who would like to take the seat of the Time Pyshic Squad Captain." Toshiro says as Yattamori slips quietly into the room.
The Head Captain's looks changes to surprise.
"Really? Well, seeing as how the deceased Captain Yattamori was a close friend of your's, I guess your friend must be very powerful."
"Yes, well, you see sir..."
"Yes?"
"My friend, is someone you know."
"Hmm?"
Toshiro looks over his shoulder to Yattamori, who's now right behind him.
"Show yourself." he says to her.
She nods as the head captain looks more surprised.
Yattamori steps in front of him. A soft lime green glow appears, and starting from the feet, the invisibility spell disapates, leaving Yattamori sceen.
The head captain stands.
"Hello, Grandpa Yamamoto." she says.

Death and Reincarnation (Madison Shecker's Story) pt. 9

"...To come back after being gone from a place for so long would probably be an enjoyable occasion. People would be merry, chearful, and the person's closest friends would through a great celebration for the person's reappearance. But, in the occurance that the person returning has been dead, well, that's a different story. They would be suspicious, and would probably not believe the person whatsoever. So, as this being my case, I believe that the chances of everyone believing me and my story is well, less then half..."

November 29, 2010
12:05 a.m.
SOUL SOCIETY
Toshiro's Perpective
Toshiro stirs from a short nap, and finds that Yattamori is carry him on her back, jumping from branch to branch in the high tree line.
Yattamori notices that he's awake.
"You didn't sleep too long, you should get more rest. You've had a rough day." Yattamori said as she stopped on a high branch.
Toshiro grins and chuckles.
"Look at you, you're already pushing too hard on yourself. You look more tired then I do." Toshiro says.
Yattamori looks surprised, then looks away.
"Lets stop here and get some sleep, in an hour well move on." Toshiro says as he gets down from Yattamori's back and flash steps to the ground.
Yattamori looks down at him.
"Alright. But for no longer then a hour-" Yattamori says as she stops suddenly.
Yattamori suddenly faints and begins to fall backwards off the limb. As she falls, Toshiro flash steps right below her and catches her before she can hit the ground.
"Yattamori? Yattamori, can you hear me?!" he says as he holds her close in his arms.
She answers with a relaxed breath and a small snore, meaning that she was completly out. Toshiro sighs, relieved, then, with her still in his arms, walks over to the tree and lays down, laying Yattamori on the right side of him. He chuckles again.
"See, I told you. You were way more tired then I was." Toshiro says as he looks over at Yattamori, who was still sleeping soundly.
He smiles then looks back up at the sky, which was clear this night. The sun had set about five and a half hours ago, but luckily it was a full moon, so they still had light to travel by. He remembers after Yattamori and he talked some more about the past 14 years, Yattamori decided that they should head back to the Sereitei, then go and talk to the head captian in the morning. He didn't agree, saying that it was too soon for anyone to know she was back, epecially not to draw anymore assains to kill them. But, being the type of girl she is, she refused. So, within two hours of the descision, they began to head back to the Sereitei. Though, they had to go slower, considering that his wound could still open if he flash stepped too many times. So, for two more hours, they walked and flash stepped through the woods. Then, he began to become dizzy. Yattamori became worried, so she told him to relax for a few minutes. While resting, he must of fallen asleep, and Yattamori, not wanting to wake him, put him on her back and flash stepped for about an hour before he finally woke up.
Suddenly, problems started to pour into his head. Yattamori had been dead for 14 years, now she's suddenly come back, and she can't remember a couple things that she used to know. How will she make the head captain believe her? What about the other captains? What will they think? And what about Aneko, Yattamori's old lieutenant? Will she believe Yattamori? As he thinks about it, a new thought comes to his mind. Why did he believe her? As he thought, he felt something on his right side. He turns to see Yattamori turned towards him and laying her head on his chest. As she begins to settle, Toshiro feels his cheeks starting to warm up. Yattamori had never done this, not even before her death. She had never gotten this close to him, especially like this. But, as Yattamori starts snoring a little again, he calms down. She was asleep, there was no way she knew what she was doing. He laughs to himself, then, without thinking, put his arm around her, pulling her a little closer. He looks back up at the sky, then remembers something. It was probably around midnight, meaning it was November 29th. November 29th was Yattamori's birthday. He looks back down at her. Her face is calm and peaceful, and her mind seems at ease. She rests her head on his chest still, as if he were a pillow. He thinks. What would be a perfect welcome back and birthday present? As he ponders, his free hand automaticly goes up to the pendent around his neck. He looks down and his eyes widen. He knows what to give her!
"Yes!" he says to himself.
A yawn suddenly escapes his mouth. He blinks a few times before he decides to go to sleep. He trys to position himself so it wouldn't be akward, but, naturally his head leaned to the right, right above Yattamori's head. His eyes began to become heavy, then without any delay, his consciousness drifts away, leaving him sleeping with his best friend.
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November 29, 2010
3:05 a.m.
OUR WORLD
Madison's Perspective
Madison's eyes blink as she tries to adjust her vision to the light. She looks up. Was it morning? Did Toshiro and she fall asleep? She ponders and scatches her face, when she suddenly sees something connected to her wrist. She sits up and discovers that there's a medical IV in her wrist and that she's in a hospital bed. She looks around the small room, discovering that she was in a hospital, and that her brother, Tyler, was asleep in the chair next to her bed. She gasps. She was back in her world.
She leans over and shakes his shoulder.
"Hey, Tyler, wake up." Madison says, her voice groggy and cracking, like it always did when she first woke up.
Tyler's eyes immediatly begin to flutter and he looks up at her. As soon as he sees her conscious, he stands up.
"You're awake! Hey Mom! Dad! Abigail! Madison's friends! She woke up!" Tyler yells as he runs to the doorway and yells out into the hall.
Within 15 seconds, Tyler, Abgiail, her little sister, Mom, Dad, Virginia, Cree, Bianca, and Kayla are all in the room, looking at her.
"What happened?"
Cree looks at her, surprised.
"You don't remember? Dude, you fainted after being overwelmed by that TV show and head pain." Virginia explains as the rest of her friends nod.
"I did?" Madison says, shocked.
Suddenly, she remembers. She began to remember things from her past life, and Mamori had pulled her soul from her body to the void, where she discovered her identy as a dead soul reaper captain. She suddenly gasps. All the things that happened, was it just a dream? Did her brain just make it up? She looks back up at her friends and family, who are staring at her, concerned but relieved.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you guys." Madison says as she smiles weakly.
The others look at her, then smile.
"Honey, it's not your fault." her mom says as she hugs Madison.
Madison doesn't hug her back, just sits there and wonders. Did she really meet Toshiro? Did she really injure him? Was the power that she possessed just an illusion?
"Madison..." she hears whispered.
Madison looks around, reconizing the voice.
"Mamori...?" Madison says to herself.
Suddenly, the transparent outline of Mamori Koudoutai appears in Madison's right hand. She gasps silently.
"It appears that your body in this world called out to your soul and pulled you from the Soul Society." Mamori says.
"But, how do I get back?"
"Hmm, you'll have to use me to transvert your soul back to your body in the soul society."
"How am I supposed to do that?"
"Just do what you did in the dream void. Release me and you'll return."
Madison smiles, but turns back to her family and friends, whio are now talking amonst themselves.
"What will happen to my body on this side? Will I still be able to return?"
"Yes, but we'll explain that at a different time. Right now we want to get back to the Soul Society."
"Alright."
She turns towards her family and friends.
"Hey, guys?" she says.
Everyone stops talking and turns towards Madison.
"I'm pretty tired. Do you mind if I get some rest?" she asks.
Her mom and dad look at each other, then nod.
"Alright dear, We'll leave you alone." her mom says as she kisses her forehead.
The others file out quickly behind. Madison smiles after them until thet close the door.
"Alright." Madison says as she tries to make the sword reappear.
"BLOW ACROSS THE STARS, MAMORI KOUDOUTAI!"
Suddenly, the room begins to vanish and leaves nothing more than a white void. Her clothes begin to change and so does her looks. After she looks like Yattamori again, Mamori appears as a pegasus in front of her and gestures Madison to get on her back. Madison looks up at Mamori and smiles as she jumps onto her back, which is strangly easy. Then, without pause, Mamori spreads her wings and begins to fly towards a great light, the light which leads back to the Soul Society and Toshiro.

Death and Reincarnation (Madison Shecker's Story) pt. 8

"...To have the power to heal someone is something that I believe anyone would desire. It would mean that you would be able to revive someone or even yourself from death, which is always a desired idea. But, even the healing of a wound still cannot take away the would of the heart, emotionally. You still remember it, play it back in your head, and regret everything that happened. So, in reality, how are you really healing someone? You might be able to patch the body back together, but the soul? That's another story..."

November 28, 2010
Madison's Perspective
Madison runs over to Toshiro's side and pulls him into her arms, finding that he's still unconscious and bleeding. She sighs sadly.
"I'm so sorry..."she said as she moved his bloddy haori to see the wound.
At first, she couldn't see anything, but when she used some of her own haori to wipe the blood away, a big gash revealed itself. She gasps, then tightens her hold on him. She looks down at her hand, when suddenly, something comes back to her.
She sees Toshiro and herself running down a deserted dirt street in Junrinon, laughing and playing when they were little. Suddenly Toshiro trips over a rock, and falls to the ground. Madison's smile fades, and she runs to Toshiro's side as he grasps his injured knee. Madison helps him sit up and inspects the wound. She puts her hand over it, when suddenly a glow starts to appear. After a moment, the light fades, and she moves her hand away to see the wound is gone. They look at each other amazed, then they smile, happy that they discovered Madison's new power. After, more and more memories of her healing abilities took surface. Within seconds, Madison came back to reality.
She looks back down at her hand and grins. She quickly put her hand above his wound and began to concentrate. Slowly the yellow/orange light appears and she can see the wound begin to heal a little. She sighs of relief as she notices his breathing begin regulate.
"Oh thank God." she says as she hugs him with her arm holding him up.
As she repositions him on the tall grassy ground, the guilt of her hurting him reenters her mind. She cringes, eliminating the healing for a moment. She imediatly returns her attention to the wound, and the glow reappears. She grins, then turns when she feels something warm in her hand. She looks down to see Toshiro's hand in her's. Blush comes to her cheeks and she begins to smile. She grips his hand tight. As if he knew that she blamed herself, he instantly reacted, like he always had. She looks back up at his content face, and notices that there's a scartch over his left eyebrow. She takes her hand out of his and gently presses it against his scratched skin. Slowly the glow appears, then quickly disappears. Madison lifts her hand slightly to see that the scratch has disappeared, as it always has. She giggles then looks back at Toshiro's face. He's grown older from the last time she saw him. His bangs are almost nearly gone his a scowl it set in his face, instead of a just plain bored frown. As she moves his bangs from in front of his left eye, then slides her hand down to his cheek, his look becomes more relaxed and natural. She then slowly withdrew her hand from his face, then looked back at the wound. It was almost comepletly healed. All that was left of it was what looks like he had been grazed with scissors, which was never serious. To quicken the pace, she brings her other hand up and the light strengthens and the wound suddenly starts to patch back together, then slowly vanish from sight.
"All done." she says as she puts her hands down and the light fades.
She then takes grasp of the bottom of her haori and rips a long strip to wrap around the once wounded area. She then loosens the top of his kimono and slips the cloth strip around his lower chest a few times, then ties it tight and firm in a bow. Madison knows that he would at least be sore and that it might reopen while they're moving, so it would probably help later on.
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Toshiro's Perspective
Toshiro's eyes blink a few times before he can see clearly. He discovers that he's on the ground, facing up and on his back. He listens close, but doesn't hear swords clashing or any type of violence nearby. He hopes this means Yattamori won, but he still worried in the back of his mind. It was then that he notices that the shirt part of his kimono is being readjusted to how he had it. He quickly sits up, pain shooting up his side.
"Toshiro! You idiot, lay back down!" he hears a familar voice say.
He looks to his left to see Yattamori sitting next to him, looking irritated.
"Yattamori..." he says as Yattamori gently forces him to lay back down.
"You're so stupid. I just got done healing your wound, you shouldn't move until we have to! That or it will reopen!" she yells at him.
Toshiro looks away.
"You're right...I'm sorry..." he says.
Yattamori's irritated face automatically changed to a content grin.
"It's...ok. I just don't want you in more pain then you already are, that's all." she says as she smiles.
He turns back towards her and smiles back.
"So, you killed the hollow?" he asks.
"Duh. In one shot actually. It looks like when I forced it out, I apparently sucked out all it's strength." she says as turns to pick some grass.
"Really? How did you force it out?"
"Uh, I don't really know. I guess that I got so upset and furious that it couldn't withstand my rising spritual presure."
"Hmm, sounds possible."
"Yeah."
"So, what are you going to do now?"
"What do you think? I going back to take back my spot as captain of S. Squad T.P."
"What?" he asks, seeing as how he has always forgotten what it's meant.
"Secret Squad Time Psychics or just Squad Time Psychics, remember?"
"Oh yeah."
Secret Squad Time Psychics or S. Squad T. P. was a covert squad created after Central 46, the main judicial system in the Soul Society, discovered that some soul reapers, like Yattamori, had special abilities such as the ability to quickly heal wounds, create special barriers far stronger then kido, become invisble and completly erase all their spirtual pressure, see the future, and even stop time when need to. In fact, Yattamori was the first one that had all the abilities, and more. After studing Yattamori and others more, they decided to create a group made only of people with at least three of the abilities that ranked them as different. And, they decided that the one who was the strongest, had a strong zampakutou, including a bankai, and had the most abilities out all of them would become their captain. It just so turned out that they thought that person was the youngest of the group, Yattamori. So, she quickly lept from 5th seat of Squad 10, to Captain of the newest squad. And the way we could always pick those special people out was by their kimono's looked. Their kimonos, instead of being all black with white trim, were all black with a curly-line pattern trim. And Yattamori's kimono was all curly-lined patterned with black triming and a black cloth bodice that she had done right below her breasts by wrapping and very long piece of cloth about the width of the his sash many times until it wraped around her hips and tied into a bow, and her light pink haori, of course, marked her as the squad's captain.
But, when Yattamori died, Central 46 could never find another soul reaper from Squad Time Psychic that could do anything close to what Yattamori could. Not even Yattamori's lieutenant, Aneko Kocamura, had enough power to surpass Yattamori. So, they decided to run the squad without a captain until they found someone that at least came close to Yattamori in power or strength. No one ever has, and it's been 14 years.
"So, you want to take back your title?" he asks as she still picks grass.
Yattamori looks back over at him. She has power and determination in her eyes. That means yes, she wants it back, and to tell you the truth, she'll probably be able to do it. The only problem that was in the way now was, how was she going to reappear in the soul society, and take back her position, after being dead for 14 years?

Angry Yattamori, Pt. 7

Picture of Yattamori in pt. 7. She's pretty mad. I forgot 2 add that she injured herself, oops!

Death and Reincarnation (Madison Shecker's Story) pt. 7

"...To injure someone that you know has a cruel and almost demonic heart is ok in some ways, for you are vanquishing that evil from the world. Afterwords, there would be once less demonic heart in the world. That, or you might at least change that person's way of acting. But when you injure someone who is inocent of anything demonic, you yourself then become the one with the demonic soul. But, I my case, where it wasn't even my soul who hurt him, it was still my body, which aches with guilt, anger, and fear..."

November 28, 2010
SOUL SOCIETY
Toshiro's Perspective
As Toshiro stood there, still coughing up some blood, he grinned. He had finally been able to save Yattamori. Pain suddenly shot up from his side, where the random sword was. It was rattling inside him, meaning that Yattamori hands had to be shaking as she held the hilt.
"What...did I...do?.." Toshiro heard Yattamori mutter, guilt in her voice, as well as some fear.
Toshiro looks up at her and sees her eyes are hazel once again, wide and full of confusion and pain. Little tears begin to form at the rims of her eyes.
"Please Yattamori...don't cry..." Toshiro says as he reaches his hand up to wipe away the forming tears.
As his hand reaches to her face, the sword suddenly disappeared from Yattamori's hand ans he fell to the ground.
"TOSHIRO!" Yattamori yells as she kneels at his side.
"I'll be ok...don't worry..." he mutters.
"Have you seen that hole in your side! You'll die-" she yells at him.
"It's worth it..."
"What...?"
"It's worth it...you've already died once, I...don't want to see you be...put in the ground again..."
"Toshiro...." Yattamori says, her voice filled with sadness.
"And I won't die...I know you'll beat...him..."
Slowly the world around him began to darken and become nothing but a black hole.
"Toshiro!" he hears her yell as his consciousness begins to slip away.
He can looks up at her, as he nows being held in her arms. Her eyes are filled with sadness, confussion, and fear. Tears once again begin to form, but much faster now. The drops fall silently on his face, the feeling of it meeting his flesh and the sound of her sobs directs his attention away from his side. He feels his heart drop. He's always hated to see his friends cry, especially Yattamori. He wants to tell her so many things. "I'm sorry I couldn't save you", "I'll be ok", "Don't give in". But he can only get out one thing.
"Madison...don't cry..."
Then the darkness takes him in.
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Madison's Perspective
She sits there, Toshiro unconscious in her arms, bleeding internally, close to death, Hyourinmaru, his zampakutou, still griped tight in his fist. She stops sobbing, but tears still roll slowly down her cheeks. Toshiro said her first name. From all the memories she had, he almost never called her "Madison" unless it was important. She clutches him tighter in her arms. Then, sudden rage begins to build up inside her. She then starts franticly searching for where the hollow is hiding in her body. In luck, she quickly finds it, hiding in the evil thoughts of her mind.
"GET OUT!!!" She screams as a lime green light began to manifest around her and her eyes begin to glow light blue.
As the light grows stronger, the purple/black suddenly escapes from her body and the hollow reappears as what it was before, but more frantic.
"How?! How was she able to pull me out of her body?!" it thinks as Madison sits Toshiro on the ground and gets up.
"You'll pay..." she mutters hatefully.
"Uh, uh, uh..."
"YOU'LL PAY FOR HURTING HIM!!!!" she screams as she turns and the light grows so powerful, it begins to flash and surround the hollow.
"WHAT?!" the hollow yells, scared and surprised.
She raises her arm in front of her.
"BLOW ACROSS THE STARS, MAMORI KOUDOUTAI (Zodiac Charmer)!" Madison yells, calling and releasing her zampakutou.
Suddenly a sword a little longer than Toshiro's appears in her hand. It has a lime green candy-cane looking hilt with a pearl hooked to a teal ribbon and another pearl on the end attached to the bottom of the curved hilt. Along with the sword appearing, a middle width, lime green piece of cloth appeared with a sheath hanging from it on her back, like Toshiro's. She then slid her right hand down the blade from the point as if it was an arrow being shot from a bow. Then, the light completly incased her, revealing her only seconds later with swan-like wings on her back and a bow in her left hand and an arrow in her right, already set and ready to fire.
"SAGA BOW!" She says as she pulls the arrow back even further.
The hollow staggers back.
"No..."
"GO!" she yells as she releases the arrow from the bow.
It flys dirrectly toward the hollows head.
"Adament Spear!" she yells as the arrow is about to plunge into the hollow's head.
Suddenly the arrow reshapes and turns into an arrow made of adament, or diamond. It hits the hollow's mask dead on, shattering it into millions of pieces.
"NO!!!!" the hollow yells as it disappears.
As the last speck of the hollow loses it's life, Madison's shi-kai fades away, her wings disappearing and the bow and arrow returning to it's orginal katana form. She stares at the sword for a moment,  and grins.
"I'm glad I have you back." she says as she returns Mamori to her sheath.