Death and Reincarnation (Madison Shecker's Story) pt. 16

"...Aneko Kocamura. Kind, sweet, caring, independent, dependable, and a little short-tempered. A real friend, just like a big sister. Well, that's what I think she is anyway. She always stood by me, even if the situation was grim. That's what I talked Grandpa Yamma into making her my lietenant before I died. Because we worked well as a team, like Toshiro and me. We understood each other and our problems. And when something bad happened to one of us, we would of been worried sick, and scared. And, in my unfortunate case, she was hurt and sad, and completely depressed by my sudden death. Well, that's what Toshiro said anyway. So, now that I'm walking back to the place I called home, I wonder. Will she believe it's me, and, if she does, will she remember the certain things I said to her the day of my death?..."

December 7th, 2010
SOUL SOCIETY
Aneko's Perspective
Aneko sits on the roof of her quarters, watching the sun rise silently in the sky, grasping her legs close to her chest. She yawns, and blinks a couple times as she slumps her head into her knees. Life was slow, especially for her. A mission hadn't come up in at least a month, and her squad members were starting to lose their touch. Her ebony brown hair blows passed her face, the two low pig tails dancing in the soft breeze. Slowly, Aneko hears running coming from the ground below. She turns her head and sees two members jogging below her, trying to get in their morning exercise before the daily duties are assigned. She sighs and looks back at the horizon. Her hand goes up to the choker around her next automaticly. She looks down at the necklace.
The necklace was a simple black ribbon with a clasp at the ends, and from it dangled two simple white moonstones, one layered above the other. It had been a present, from her old Captain.
Captain Yattamori had given her best friends necklaces that she made herself. Apparently, before her parents died, they had given her a pouch of many gems which she had kept hidden. And, when Aneko had told her that her favorite gems were moonstones, Yattamori made her this necklace, as a symbol of their friendship. And, since her death, she never took it off, in memory of Yattamori.
"Lietenant Kocamura!" a voice yells.
Aneko's trance breaks and she looks down below, to see a friend of her's, Haruna, panting.
"What is it Haruna?" Aneko asks.
"Lietenant, a captain-"
"What about a captain?"
"The Head Captain is heading over to Captain Yattamori's old barricks. Apparently, we have a new captain ma'am." Haruna explains.
Aneko's eyes widen. It has been 14 years since Yattamori's death, and no one has been able to find a Soul Reaper that matched her in strength or power. But, now, they've found one out of the blue? They must of had to lower their standards, seeing as how no one, not even herself, could surpass her old Captain. Aneko looks back down at Haruna as she stands up.
"Where are they now?" Aneko asks.
"Um, they should be about two minutes away by no-" Haruna starts to answer.
But, before Haruna can finish the sentense, Aneko is gone, flashstepping as fast as she can towards the abbandoned building. She had seen some men from the 1st Squad going in and out of the barricks with bulckly items, but she thought that they were just cleaning it up and putting stuff in there to store, seeing as how it hasn't been anyone's home for over a decade. But, now she understood. They must of been moving in furniture for the new captain.
Anger begins to bubble inside Aneko. How dare the Head Captain replace Yattamori. She couldn't be replaced. No one was like her. She was impressive, especially for her age, being only a little older then Captain Hitsugaya.
Aneko thoughts suddenly turn to him. Toshiro had been Captain Yattamori's best friend, and since he was a captain, he knew who it was, and had aproved them. The anger builds even stronger. How could he let someone else take Yattamori's title?
Now, she couldn't wait to sock Captain Hitsugaya in the head.
She flys over the trees only yards away from the barricks.
"This is going to change today's plans-" Aneko starts to say.
"Man! This place is so nostalgic!" a familar voice says.
Aneko immediatly takes to the shadows of the trees and hides. And, just for extra procaution, she becomes invisible, one of her five Time Psychic abilities. She looks over her shoulder at the people walking through the barrick gates. The Head Captain is the easiest to pick out, being in the front. Behind him is Lietenant Matsumoto of Squad 10, Captain Hitsugaya's squad.
Aneko becomes confused. Why was she with him and the new captain? Did she know them?
"The outside may look the same, but the inside is completely different. It's been outfitted to fit your current comforts, which Captain Hitsugaya helped with, of course." the Head Captain says to the new captain.
"Really? Awesome! Thanks, now I can relax for a little while before I meet the squad." the new captain says.
Aneko tries to catch a glimse of the person who owned the voice. The new captain was on the opposite of the Head Captain, which made it hard to see. She only saw a little of the person's hair, which was wavy, chestnut brown, like Captain Yattamori's had been. But, the voice was so familar to her. It had been years since she'd heard it. But, who's was it?!
Captain Hitsugaya soon answers the question.
"Yattamori, why would you want to relax, you were just unconscious for the last week." she hears Captain Hitsugaya say as he comes out from behind the Head Captain.
"Oh, shut up, Toshiro." the voice says.
Aneko is speechless, and motionless. The new captain was...Captain Yattamori?!
Aneko flashsteps out from the shadows of the trees and onto the front steps of the barricks. She gasps quietly.
It is Captain Madison Yattamori, her superior that had died 14 years ealier. She looks exactly the same as she did the day she had died, except being a little taller.
Yattamori looks at were Aneko is standing and stops instantly. Toshiro and the others notice.
"What's wrong Yattamori?" Toshiro asks.
Yattamori grins and sighs.
"Why are you invisible Neko? You know that I can see you. Come on, come out." Yattamori says, smiling.
Aneko looks surprised. No one but Yattamori had called her Neko. She quickly disipates the invisibility and begins to walk towards Yattamori.
"Is that really you, Captain?" Aneko asks as she walks closer.
Yattamori grins again.
"Yeah, it's me. I know that you probably weren't expecting me. It's a really long story." Yattamori answers.
Aneko walks closer without saying another word and stops right in front of Yattamori. Yattamori face becomes worried.
"Aneko, what's wrong?" Yattamori asks.
Suddenly, without a second thought, Aneko raises her hand behind her head and wipps it across Yattamori's face, slapping her as hard as she can. Yattamori fumbles sideways after the impact, her eyes wide with surprise. Toshiro quickly reacts.
"Madison!" Toshiro yells as he runs over to Yattamori's side.
He turns back towards Aneko, anger in his eyes.
"Why did you do that. She didn't do-" He yells.
Yattamori's quiet laughter breaks through his yelling.
"Yattamori's why are you laughing? She just slapped you!" Toshiro yells at her, irritated.
"I was hoping you had forgotten about that promise. But, it looks like I wasn't saved. And you certainly did hit me hard. Dang, have you been working up the strength in your hand for that? Man, that stung!" Yattamori says as she holds a hand up to her cheek.
"What are you talking about?" Toshiro asks, completely confussed.
"The day Captain Yattamori died, she and I had a conversation about death on the battle field." Aneko explains, starting the story.
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November 29th, 1996
Captain Yattamori and Lietenant Kocamura sit at their desks doing paperwork. Yattamori suddenly moans and lays her head on her desk.
"Man, this paperwork is killing me! I say we take a break." Yattamori says as she lifts her head and picks up the stack of papers.
Aneko laughs.
"If we take another break, we will have to stay here during the monthly scouting tonight." Aneko says.
"No! I can't miss that. They finally paired me with Toshiro again, I can't be kept here by this!" Yattamori yells, raising from her seat.
"You're really close to that kid, close enough to be his little girlfriend." Aneko taunts.
Blush rises to Yattamori's cheeks.
"Shut up Neko! He's my best friend, nothing more!" Yattamori says, slamming her hands playfully on the desk.
"Whatever you say." Aneko answers, chuckling as she turns in her chair.
Her expression becomes more serious. Yattamori notices.
"Hey, what's up? Something bothering you?" Yattamori asks.
Aneko looks surprised by the question, then looks away.
"Oh, it's nothing."
"No it's not. If it was nothing, you would of told me. I know how you work. Now tell me, that's an order." Yattamori says as she comes from behind her desk.
Aneko smiles weakly. Yattamori liked to use her title to get people to talk. And if that didn't work, she would look through their mind until she could find what she was looking for, which was one of her more annoying abilities.
"Fine. I just don't want to go tonight. That's all." Aneko confesses.
Yattamori looks surprised by the answer.
"Why?"
"Because, you never know if someone will get hurt or even worse, killed."
"You're afraid someone will get killed?"
"Yeah, I guess."
"Aneko, we're Soul Reapers, we pledged to give our lives to the Soul Society. To die fighting, death, injury, they're all parts of being a Soul Reaper. "
"But why? Why do inocent people have to die for someone else's cause?"
"What do you mean Aneko?"
"My father was a Soul Reaper. He was caring, compassionate, smart, inocent. But, then, in one battle, he's killed. And for what? Just to retrieve a stupid stollen scroll that was property of a noble family. It's not right, Yattamori. It's worthless."
"It's not worthless if you're fighting for something." Yattamori answers.
Aneko looks up at Yattamori, who's now on the other side of her desk.
"You think that your father was slaughtered for no good reason? Well, try to think about how he might of thought about the situation. Do you think he thought it was pointless?"
"Uh, well-"
"Of course you don't! If your father thought it wasn't worth it, he could of pulled out of the mission and stayed behind. But he didn't, did he? He went through with it, and died fighting for what he believed in. The exact reasons why he did it, you might not ever know. But, you can know one thing. That he did die honorably, because he chose to fight, and in the end, we acomplished what he helped do." Yattamori yells, pounding her fist on the table, but for real this time.
Aneko looks at Yattamori, her eyes wide. Yattamori was only a kid, and she was a goof-ball most of the time. But, when it really mattered, Yattamori was probably one of the wisest people she's ever met. And that wasn't an exageration. Yattamori looks seriously at Aneko for a few more moments, then her expression becomes softer.
"I know you're scared about death. I am too. Everyone is, even if they don't admit it. Just look at Toshiro for instance. He may have a hard exterrior that looks like he's scared of nothing, but inside, he's a scared little puppy, looking for someone to make him forget about his fears. Take that person away, and you might actually get some water-works."
Aneko chuckles. Toshiro Hitsugaya, 4th seat of the 10th Squad, was one of the youngest and smartest Soul Reapers in the entire Soul Society. And, Yattamori told her that he was a nominee to become a captain, just like her. He just had to achieve Bankai, and he'd be set for the title. Yattamori had been helping him try to achieve the goal for the last couple weeks, using all her free time to help him practice and train.
"But, as I was saying, death is a scary thing. I mean, I don't want to be killed on the battle field. I believe it would be one of the worst places to die on the planet. If I could choose where and how I would die, I would pick dying in my sleep, in my own home, in my own bed. But, we can't control fate. So, if you die on the battle field, that's your destiny, and nothing can change the fact that you're dead."
"How cruel." Aneko comments.
"But, if I do die on the battle field, I hope I die because I fought protecting someone I cared about or a cause I believed in." Yattamori says, smiling.
Aneko smiles back.
"That sounds honorable Captain, but I hope that will never happen."
"Me too. And if I do die on the battle field, I give you permission to slap me as hard as you can when you see me in Heaven."
Aneko grins. She then puts her hand out to Yattamori. Yattamori looks confused by the gesture.
"You promise?" Aneko asks.
Yattamori looks surprised, but smiles and giggles.
"I promise. And I keep my promises." Yattamori says, placing her hand in Aneko's.
A few hours later, Aneko is staring at Toshiro, hunched over, crying his eyes out over Yattamori's dead body, which he was clutching in his arms. Yattamori's words run through her head.
"...look at Toshiro for instance. He may have a hard exterrior that looks like he's scared of nothing, but inside, he's a scared little puppy, looking for someone to make him forget about his fears. Take that person away, and you might actually get some water-works..."
Aneko kneels down next to Toshiro.
"Toshiro, how did this happen?" Aneko asks, trying to hold back the want to sob.
Toshiro looks up at her through the tears.
"She...pushed me...out of the way. I...was supposed...to die. But,...she took...the hit..." Toshiro says inbetween sobs.
Yattamori's voice comes back to Aneko.
"...if I do die on the battle field, I hope I die because I fought protecting someone I cared about or a cause I believed in..."
Aneko's eyes widen as the words collide in her mind. Then, she smiles biter-sweetly. Her captain, Madison Yattamori, had gotten the honorable death she had wanted if nothing else was possible. Aneko bet that she was thinking the same thing when she died. Suddenly, she could no longer hold back and she began to sob as well.
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PRESENT
Aneko looks over at Toshiro after the story ends, to see him stunned, his eyes wide in shock. She thens turns back towards Yattamori, to see her probably thinking of the events.
"I died the way I thought was most honorable that day. Even though it feels like just a bad dream now." Yattamori says, breaking the ackward silence.
Toshiro grins weakly.
"It strange, I thought that you did it in the spur of the moment. But, it looks like you somehow knew somewhat what would happen that afternoon. Talk about irony, huh?" Toshiro confesses.
"I can't believe you cried like a little baby," Yattamori says, "I mean, I expected a few tears, but absolute sobbing? Man, that rough. I was scaring you. I didn't mean to-"
"Shut up! Don't talk like that. It's wasn't your fault, it was mine. If I had just listened to you, you wouldn't of had to.." Toshiro snaps at her, but stops.
He remembers getting into this agrument before with her, while she was bleeding out. The words are still fresh in his mind.
Aneko reads the thoughts that cross his mind and looks away, a little shocked. Rangiku had told her the story a few days, thinking that she should know what really happened to Captain Yattamori, but it was still hard to believe.
"I'm...scaring you. I didn't...mean to-" she whispers inbetween breaths.
"Shut up! Don't talk like that. It's not your fault, it's mine. If I had just listened to you, you wouldn't of had to.."
"Toshiro..." Yattamori says.
"Captain Yattamori, why don't Aneko and you go look around your barricks. We'll have a captains' and litenants' welcome celebration later tonight in the Squad T.P. courtyard. All of the members of your squad are welcome to come. I'll be back in one hour's time to introduce you to your squad, although you'll reconize many of them. But, we do have 23 new members, so that's going to be complicated." the Head Captain states, trying to change the disscusion.
"23!! Seriously! That's a lot!" Yattamori says, her attention turned away from Toshiro.
"How about you run over the new members with her inside." the Head Captain says to Aneko.
"Yes Sir." she answers.
Rangiku walks over and leans towards her ear.
"Don't tell Yattamori about what happened after she fell from the tree. She doesn't remember and my Captain doesn't want her to. He thinks it would be too painful." Rangiku whispers.
Aneko's eyes widen, but she nods anyway. Yattamori is about to ask, when the Head Captain begins to speak again
"And Captain Hitsugaya, Litenant Matsumoto, I would like if you would run through the paperwork that you didn't turn in yesterday." the Head Captain says to them.
Toshiro becomes irritated and turns towards Rangiku.
"Rangiku, you told me that you turned that in!" Toshiro yells at Rangiku.
"I forgot to, sorry." she says.
"Ok, you're coming with me, now!" Toshiro yells as he walks away, pulling Rangiku behind him.
"Wait, Captain! Can't we talk about this?" Rangiku yells.
"Nope! We'll see you later Yattamori." Toshiro yells over his shoulder.
Then, they're gone, flashstepping their way to their barricks.
"Well, that's going to be a fun conversation." Aneko says, sarcasim in her voice.
They turn towards each other and begin to laugh. They turn back to see the Head Captain gone, probably following Rangiku and Captain Hitsugaya.
She looks back to see Yattamori walking towards the barricks. She quickly follows. When they get to the door, Yattamori stops and just stands there.
"Captain...?" Aneko says.
"Neko...you don't have to hide it from me." Yattamori says without moving.
Aneko becomes confused.
"What?"
"I know what what happened after I fell from that tree!" Yattamori yells.
Aneko gasps.
"But they said that you didn't remember-"
"I didn't. Until Toshiro told Rangiku the story."
"But why then would they think that you wouldn't know?-"
"Because I was unconscious."
"What?"
"I was hospitalized for a week in a coma after fighting with Kuchiki, I just woke up this morning." Yattamori explains.
Aneko's eyes widen.
"That was you?! You were the one that beat up Captain Kuchiki?"
"Uh huh."
"Wow."
Aneko then looks down at the hand she had used to slap Yattamori. Now she felt bad.
"Don't feel bad. I don't need another person feeling guilty about something that wasn't their fault." Yattamori says, apparently after reading Aneko's thoughts.
Aneko looks surprised.
Yattamori suddenly punches the door with all her might, breaking through it as a result. Aneko gasps.
"Toshiro...you're a complete idiot!" Yattamori says, a tear rolling down her face.
Aneko's eyes widen, then become more calm. Now she knew why Toshiro didn't want Yattamori to know. She's was falling apart.
"Oh, Captain...." Aneko whispers.

Death and Recarnation (Madison Shecker's Story) pt. 15

"...I can't believe what's happening to me sometimes. I mean, one minute, I'm a normal 14 year old girl with nothing special on my mind, then, I'm the powerful, brave, and caring Madison Yattamori, Captain of Squad T.P. the next. Hard to believe, right? Well, it's my life now, and to tell you the truth, I think I'm loving every second of it. The only problem is my family and friends in this world. Can I tell them? Or am I supposed to keep it bottled up? Man, being a teen is not easy. Well, in my case, it isn't..."

November 30, 2010
OUR WORLD
9:13 p.m.
Madison's Perspective
Madison sits on her bed in her pjs, listening to her top 15 songs on her Ipod, now on number 4, "We R Who We R", by Ke$ha. Random thoughts come to her mind as she lays there, some important, some not so much. She keeps running Toshiro's explanation through her head, trying to make sense of all that they said to one another before she died. A couple things hit her hard, seeing as how while Toshiro described it, it all came back to her in one grewsome memory. She saw herself looking through her own eyes. She couldn't feel the pain she had known at the moment, but she struggled just as hard to move her failing body. She remembers keeping her eyes locked on Toshiro's, especially as he started to cry. The thought of him in pain sends chills down her spin. Then, she finally comes to the conclusion of something. Mamori hadn't called her to come back to the Soul Society yet. She sits straight up in her bed, and can feel her heart begin to beat faster. The fact was, she didn't know how to enter the Soul Society. Without Mamori's help, anyway. Madison trotts over to her door and closes it quickly. She then turns back to face her bed.
"Mamori, where are you?"
No answer.
"Can you hear me Mamori?"
Again, no answer. Madison's becoming irritated.
"Mamori Koudoukai, show yourself!" she yells.
A light breeze suddenly begins to to blow. She looks up, and discovers her fan isn't on. Suddenly, the breeze begins to blow harder, her hair blowing away from her head. A soft glow appears and within is the sound of a horse, neighing and galloping at top speed. Seconds later, the glow is gone and standing next to her bed is her released zampakutou, the white Pegasus, Mamori Koudoutai.
"You called, Master?" she says, her voice ecoing.
Madison stands awe-struck for a moment. There's a 10 foot-tall pegasus in her bedroom, neighing like crazy, and neighter her mom or dad heard her? Man, talk about being death.
Mamori seems to read her thoughts.
"You are the only who can hear me. Only people with spirtual pressure of the Soul Society can hear me in this form." Mamori explains.
"Oh, ok." Madison answers.
Madison clears her throat.
"Why didn't you answer me the first two times I called you?" Madison asks.
"Because, I couldn't hear you until the last time. I'm sorry. But, since you've taken the time to try and contact me, I'm guessing you want my help to transfer your soul back to your body in the Soul Society."
"That's right on the dot. Now what do I do this time?"
Suddenly her mom walks through the door.
"Honey, it's time to go to bed." he mom says.
Madison looks at Mamori. She had been right. To her amazement, her mom didn't seem to see her whatsoever.
"Um, ok, I'll see you tomorrow." Madison says as she slips under her covers.
"Love you." her mom says as she begins to close the door.
"You too." Madison answers as she turns her light off.
Then, for a few moments, Madison lays there in complete silence. She looks over, and in the dim moonlight, she sees Mamori's caring horse eyes look down at her, her wings falling beautifully to her side. Mamori turns and falls a little to lay on her knees, making her face only about a foot away from Madison's. Madison turns over to look at her. She smiles and pets Mamori on the face, as she did with all horses that let her. Mamori makes happy neigh noises and moves her face into Madison's hand, wanting to stay connected with her master.
Suddenly, images race into Madison's mind. She sees Toshiro sleeping next to a bed, his head resting on the bed. His hand is being held by another and she sees that it's herself, unconscious. Her vision suddenly turns towards a calender on the table. December 5th. She suddenly comes back to her body laying inher own bed in her home. Mamori stares at her worridly through the darkness.
"What's wrong Master?" she asks.
"Mamori, how long have I been unconscious in the Soul Society?" she asks.
Mamori looks surprised, even for a horse, then becomes calm.
"About five days, ma'am." Mamori answers quietly.
Madison's eyes widen. Five days?! She had been unconscious in the Soul Society for a whole five days!!? Thoughts pour into her mind. Toshiro was probably worried. What did he think? And what about others? How many others knew she was alive? More and more things filled her brain, overflowing the max of what she thought possible one person could think at one time.
"Master, please, calm down!" Mamori says, rising to her feet.
Madison snaps back to realty.
"I'll take you back to the Soul Society. Grab my horn." Mamori says as she leans her head down so that the horn is only inches from Madison.
Madison quickly grabs for it, and suddenly feels a werid sensation come over her body. Then, she's floating over bed.
"What the-" Madison says, then stops.
Madison notices something in the bed. She looks closer to see it's her, unconscious.
"WHAT JUST HAPPENED!!?" Madison yells.
"Your soul has been seperated from your body. Now get on my back, we need to get back to the Soul Society." Mamori says as she turns and begins to spread her swan-like wings.
Madison nods and floats over to Mamori. She grabs Mamori's white mane and pulls herself to get secured on the great pegasus's back. Seconds later after making herself comfortable, Mamori neighs, opening a great white light, which must of lead to the other world. Mamori begins to run quickly, and within moments, her wings are flapping wildly, both of them leaving the ground. Wind flys past Madison, and slowly she notices her body begin to change, becoming more animated and cartoon-like. She was entering the Soul Society. She was becoming Madison Yattamori once again.
December 5th, 2010
Slowly, Mamori fades, along with the bright white void, the world becoming black. Slowly, her eyelids open, greeted by soft, shining starlight that would fade into the new sun-lit morning. She looks around the room to see she's in one of the Squad 4 hospital bedrooms, and that her body is a little sore, but fine other then that. She finds that her ribs and wrist are no longer broken, probably because of Captain Unohana. She turns her head slightly and gasps quietly. Toshiro is sitting next to her, his head slumped over on her bed, snoring quietly. She looks over at a clock on the side table. 6: 25 a.m. She smiles. Toshiro must of fallen asleep while visiting her. She then notices a pressure in her left hand. She looks over to see Toshiro's hand in her's, gripped tight. She feels blush raising in her cheeks. Slowly, she comes to sit up, letting Toshiro's hand stay in her's. She turns towards him and leans over to be only inches away from his sleeping face.
"Thank you, Toshiro..." Madison whispers as she softly kisses him on the cheek.
As if he knew, his cheeks quickly became red with what seemed to be embaressment. Madison laughs to herself. She takes her free hand and shakes him until he begins to stir.
"Toshiro, this is wrong. Your supposed to be trying to wake me up. Ha ha ha." Madison laughs.
Toshiro becomes stiff as he hears her voice and his eyes become wide. He sits straight up in his chair and stares at her.
"Yattamori...you're ok...thank God." Toshiro says.
He immediatly looks down, and begins to blush more. He pulls his hand from hers, and her hand fails to keep it locked in place.
"Sorry...I didn't mean...to. I, um..."
"Hahahahaha, It's ok Toshiro, calm down. Seriously, you're so weird at times." she says as she moves the covers back and turns to sit on the side of her bed.
"Well, you're just full of energy, aren't you?" Toshiro kids with her.
Madison grins.
"You've got that right!" Madison says as Toshiro stands.
She jumps off the bed, and as she tries to stand, her feet stumble and she begins to fall.
"I've got you!" Toshiro says as he catches her at half of the fall, on his knees.
Madison feels her hands grab on to the sleeves of his kimono, and she presses her head into his chest because of the the impact. Slowly, she raises her head up to see Toshiro looking down at her, blushing. They raise at the same time, unable to unlock their eyes from each others. Then as they stand straight up, Madison finally releases her gaze, and begins to blush even more then him.
"Um...Thanks." Madison says, trying to change the subject.
"Uh, um...No problem, just making sure you're not hurting yourself further." Toshiro says as he clears his throat.
At that moment, they realize that they still holding on to each other, and quickly let go.
"So...What I miss?" Madison asks.
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Toshiro's Perspective
Toshiro looks at Yattamori and sighs. He doesn't want to tell her that she's been asleep for a whole five days, she would go nuts. But, he braces for the worst.
"Yattamori, you've been asleep for five-"
"Days? Oh, I know." she answers.
Toshiro looks surprised.
"How?"
"When I fell unconscious, I went back to my world. That's why I was asleep for so long. It wasn't because I was injured exactly, it was because my soul was in another body, that's all. But, when I had to go to bed, I came back here, with Mamori's help, of course." she explains as she smiles at him.
"Oh, I see. I guess that makes sense." Toshiro answers.
"And because I was asleep for a week, I'm kinda off-balanced. But don't worry, it'll pass."
"Alright, just don't push yourself."
"Will you calm down. Besides, it's not like I gonna get hurt in the next 10 seconds."
Suddenly, the door slids open, and Rangiku walks in. When she sees Yattamori, she gasps.
"Captain Yattamori! You're awake!" Rangiku yells as she runs over and hugs Yattamori.
The impact of Rangiku sends Yattmori falling into Toshiro, who luckily catches them both. Yattamori begins to laugh histaricly and hugs her back.
"You got to love Karma." Yattamori laughs as the both stand back up.
Rangiku looks at Toshiro, confused. He shrugs.
"It's good to see you, Rangiku." Yattamori says.
"Hey! You remember me!" Rangiku says as she releases her.
Yattamori nods.
"Of course, how could I forget the Soul Reaper that made me want to become one myself?" Yattamori says.
Toshiro smiles. Rangiku had been a Soul Reaper since before he knew her. While Yattamori and he still lived in Junrinon, Rangiku had been going through and had run into them while Toshiro was buying candy from a stand. After a little argument, they had run back to his home. Later that night, Rangiku had snuck into the home and told Yattamori and him that they should learn how to control their spiritual powers and become Soul Reapers. So, they signed up, and now they were her superiors, how ironic.
"So...What do you plan to do now, Yattamori?" Toshiro asks.
Yattamori turns towards him.
"I was thinking of going back to my squad's barricks and see what's changed." Yattamori says as she turns back to a chair in one of the corners.
Toshiro turns, along with Rangiku as Yattamori walks towards the chair. Laying there is a new S. Squad T.P. Captain's Kimono and Haori. Yattamori picks it up and turns back towards them.
"Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to change." Yattamori says as she points towards the door.
"Alright, we'll be waiting outside." Toshiro says as he walks out the door, dragging Rangiku behind him.
As the exit the building, Toshiro sees the Head Captain.
"Hello there, Captain Hitsugaya." the Head Captain says.
"Head Captain, what are you doin here?" Toshiro asks.
"A member of my squad who was watching over Captain Yattamori informed me that she's awake. I came down to escort her to her Barricks and to introduce her to the her Squad." the Head Captain explains.
"Oh, I see. So, do the squad members know that Captain Yattamori has returned?" Toshiro asks.
"No. I've sent another one of my members to tell one of her Squad members. That member will probably pass the information along to Yattamori's lietenant, Aneko Kocamura." the Head Captain answers.
Toshiro grins. Even though the Head Captain was wise, he still liked to mess with people from time to time. A quirk he picked up from Yattamori before her death that apparently was revived when she returned.
A moment later, they hear footsteps. They all turn to see Yattamori walking out. Toshiro smiles. She looked as good as new. Her curly, chesnut brown hair is back in a ponytail, held by a lime green ribbon, the same he had used to wrap her necklace up with, seeing as how her black one had been lost to the wind during her fight with Kuchiki. Other then that change, she looks pretty much the same. Same black and white kimono, same black sash bodice, and same pink haori.
Yattamori notices his staring.
"Toshiro, are you alright?" Yattamori asks as she comes to stand in front of him.
Toshiro blinks, coming back to reality.
"Huh? What did you say?" Toshiro asks.
Yattamori begins to giggle.
"You're such an air-head sometimes, you know that?" she says as she smiles.
Toshiro becomes irritated.
"Oh, shut up." Toshiro says as he turns away.
"Don't be so mean, Captain." Rangiku says.
Toshiro looks irritated at Rangiku, who shuts up immediatly.
"So,...Grandpa Yamma, why are you here?" Yattamori asks.
"I've come to escort you to your barricks." the Head Captain explains.
"Awesome! Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Yattamori says as she begins to walk away.
The Head Captain nods and follows. Toshiro and Rangiku look at each other and shrug, then quickly catch up with the pair.
"I can't wait to see all that's new. All the new squad members, new additions. Man, it's going to be wild." Yattamori says as Toshiro catches up to walk next to her.
"And what about Aneko? What are you going to do when you see her?" Rangiku asks.
Yattamori stops.
"She's...still around?..." Yattamori asks.
"Yes, she's been the lietenant for the past 14 years during your absense. I forgot to tell you. Sorry." Toshiro says.
Yattamori turns towards him and smiles.
"It's ok. I'm just so happy that I'm gonna be with Neko again. She's like my big sis, how can I be mad? It's like a late birthday present." Yattamori says, smiling even bigger then before.
Toshiro looks surprised. Yattamori laughs and takes his hand in hers. Suddenly she flashsteps to a nearby tree, draging Toshiro behind.
"Madison! What was that for?" Toshiro says, irritated.
Yattamori turns towards him and looks more serious. But, before he can say anything, she leans over and speaks into his ear.
"Be careful about what you try to hide from people. It might not be the best idea." Yattamori whispers, before disappearing and reappearing next to the Head Captain.
Toshiro looks down at her confused. What was that supposed to mean? Did Yattamori know something? He thinks back to how she looked. He notices that she looked like she had more to say. Like there was something she wanted to tell him, but didn't want to at the same time. But, what was it?

Death and Reincarnation (Madison Shecker's Story) pt. 14

"...To sacrifice yourself to save another is a honorable act in my eyes. It shows your bravery and how much you care for someone or a cause. It's hard for me to comprehend sometimes that I myself did it. That I was that willing to save Toshiro that I gave my own life for him. I think it's pretty incredible. But, as I lay here, unable to open my eyes or even whisper a single word, I learn that for Toshiro, it was indeed honorable, but a curse as well. I want to gasp at what I'm hearing. I can't believe that these events really happened. It's almost too much to take..."

November 30th, 2010
SOUL SOCIETY
Toshiro's Perspective
Toshiro sits in a chair parraell to Rangiku and right next to Yattamori's head. He breaths a deep breath, then looks at Rangiku.
"Alright, well, as you know, Madison had pushed me out of the way of an arrow-shot sword, which hit her in the heart. And the impact of it sent her flying into a tree a few yards away. Then, it disappeared, and she fell to the ground. All of that is true-" Toshiro starts to explain.
"I know that, I want to know what happened after!" Rangiku says impatiently.
"Fine, here's what happened." Toshiro says as he looks back on the past.
NOVEMBER 28, 1996
Toshiro Hitsugaya, 4th seat of Squad 10, rushes over to Captain Madison Yattamori of S. Squad T.P. as she lays limp on her chest, bleeding after being stabbed through the heart.
"MADISON! Madison, are you ok? Answer me!" Toshiro yells as he turns her over and pulls her into his shaking arms.
He looks over her frail body. Blood trails run from the corners of her mouth, and her original head injuries are bleeding again. He forces himself to look at her fatal injury. The slim gash was pooling blood from both sides, and the puddle became bigger by the second. Madison coughs and tries hard to pull in air into her failing lungs. She opens her eyes and looks up at him.
"Toshiro..." she whispers.
"Madison...stay with me! Back up will be here soon. Just hang on!" Toshiro yells.
"Toshiro, I'm..sorry." she says.
Toshiro looks down at her.
"I'm...scaring you. I didn't...mean to-"
"Shut up! Don't talk like that. It's not your fault, it's mine. If I had just listened to you, you wouldn't of had to.." Toshiro snaps at her and fades out, thinking about what just happened.
"It's not your...fault."
"How's it not?!"
"It was my choice, not yours."
"But-"
"No buts, I wanted to save you." she says.
She coughs, blood splating.
"Madison!"
She breaths heavily and looks back up at him.
"Toshiro, I think I'm gonna-"
"Don't give up on me Yattamori! Ya hear me!" Toshiro says as he holds her closer.
Toshiro sees a single tear fall onto her face. He imediatly wipes his eye dry and keeps anymore from appearing.
"Toshiro...I'm gonna make you a promise."
Toshiro loosens his hold so that he can look down at her. She's smiling, ironicly.
"I'm leaving this world with the known fact that you're alive. I'm happy."
"Madison.."
"But, you haven't seen the last of me Toshiro, trust me. I also know that this hurts you a lot. Which is why I'm going to be back. And then, I'll never leave you alone again. I promise." She says.
Toshiro looks shocked by her words. Then he brings her to sit up and pulls her into a hug. He's shaking more then before. He can't lose her.
"Madison you can't go. You're my best friend. One of the only people who ever made me feel like I was a normal person. You gave me strength, you gave me the will to fight for what I believe in. YOU CAN'T LEAVE ME!" Toshiro yells as he pulls her closer.
Madison gasps quietly, followed by another coughing up of blood.
"I...didn't know that I meant that much to you...I'm so sorry. But...I feel the same way..."
"What?"
"I couldn't...live with myself if I let you die...and I could of saved you. You've saved me...so many times since we first became...friends. I couldn't...let you down. That's...why I did it..." Madison says as she loosens his grip and looks him in the eyes.
She raises her hands up to his chest and takes a tight hold of his kimono. She presses her head against his chest, and starts to shake.
"Madison...?" he says.
"I can't believe it, but I'm actually scared." she confesses as a single tear rolls down her cheek.
"Oh, Madison..." Toshiro says as he puts his arms back around her.
Suddenly, another arrow-shot sword shoots from the shadows. Toshiro covers Madison from being hit again, but a barrier kicks in and stops the sword in it's tracks. Toshiro gasps and looks down at Madison, to see that she was making the barrier sign with her hand, and was preparing the offensive sign. As she makes the sign, the barrier disappears and another reappears, firing at least 100 swords into the darkness of the shadows. Toshiro gaps at the wall. She had saved him again, as she was bleeding to death.
"Madison...why?" he whispers as she lowers her hands.
"I've given up my life to protect you. If you die, my death will be meaningless."
"Yattamori, please-"
"Promise me you'll acheive your goals." she interupts.
Toshiro looks surprised.
"Oh course, but-"
"Good. Then don't go dying for nothing. And become a great captain. You have the potential to be a great one-"
"You can't be serious Yattamori."
"I am..." she whispers.
Toshiro can't hold back anymore. He pulls her closer and begins sobbing. Madison gasps as the tears fall onto her face. She then uses her remaining strength to pull herself  back up to a sitting position.
"Please Toshiro, don't cry. I've never seen you in so much pain..." she says as she rests her hands on his soaked cheeks.
Her hands are freezing.
Suddenly, she goes into a coughing fit, blood splating everywhere. Toshiro holds her away a little as he trys to help her breath better. As she stops, she falls into his chest.
"Madison...Madison!" Toshiro yells.
She opens her eyes slightly and he gasps. Almost all of the life was gone. She was about to die.
"No, Madison, no!" he yells.
"Toshiro...be happy..." Madison says her eyes close, never to open again.
Within moments, Toshiro hears her breathing come to a halt, and her body becomes limp. Toshiro sits there, his eyes wide and pouring out tears.
"Madison...Madison..." he says as he pulls her limp body tight.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!" he screams louder then anything he's ever screamed.
His screams are so loud, that Aneko Kocamura, Yattamori's lietentant, hears from over 1700 yards, almost a mile.
Suddenly, he hears maneical laughing coming from the surronding shadows.
"Finally, the great captain is dead, leaving the little boy to cry over her bloody body. How rich, makes me want to spit." a low voice says.
Toshiro immediatly stops crying and begins glowing a light blue color. Gasps from the shadows fill the night.
"How dare you..." Toshiro says as he rests Madison's body on the ground.
"What?" the voice says.
"HOW DARE YOU TAUNT MADISON!!!" Toshiro says as he turns towards the voices.
Suddenly, ice forms around Toshiro, encasing him. Within seconds, it cracks and breaks into millions of ice shards, revealing Toshiro in bankai.

"BANKAI! DAIGUREN HYORINMARU!" Toshiro yells. 

The ice suddenly shapes into a great ice dragon, the form of Toshiro's zampakutou. It roars and charges into the trees of the surronding forest. He hears screams and cries. But, seconds later, all becomes calm and the enemy is gone. Slowly, the ice disapates, leaving no trace of Toshiro's outburst. As it still fades, Toshiro walks back to Madison's body. As he walks over, he picks up her necklace and puts it in his kimono. When he comes to stand at her side, he silently drops to his sword and falls to his knees. He takes her body in arms and cradles her close as he raises, her hair ribbon falling out and releasing her long, chesnut hair as he turns.

"I'm so sorry, Yattamori." Toshiro says as tears slide sliently down his face and onto her emotionless, white cheeks.

As he goes to take a step, Aneko appears, panting. As soon as she sees Yattamori in his arms, the color in her cheeks disappears.

"Captain..." she says as she rushes over to him.

"Aneko..." Toshiro says as tears start to form in Aneko's eyes.

She looks up at him and gasps, and he knew why. He never cried or showed pain. He was always serious and got on Madison's nerves, a party-pooper she called him. But she wouldn't call him that again, she was gone. He began to sob again.

"Aneko...I couldn't save her!" Toshiro says as he falls back down to his knees.

Aneko's eyes widen, tears falling down her cheeks, as she watches Toshiro cry his heart out over the loss of Madison, holding her lifeless body close.

2010

Toshiro takes a firm grasp of Yattamori's hand as she lays unconscious on the bed, breathing normally. He looks back at Rangiku to see she's stunned by the story. He knew he probably shouldn't of told her the truth. She would probably find some way to tell Yattamori what happened without breaking her promise. She was good at it. Suddenly she starts to grin.

"What?" he says, seeing as how nothing in the story was positive.

"She kept her promise." Rangiku confesses.

"Huh?"

"She said she would come back. She did." she explains.

Toshiro's eyes widen and looks back over at Yattamori. It was true, Yattamori had kept her promise. She had somehow overcome death and returned to him, and with all her memories of him and their friendship. He smiles and tightens his grip on her hand. Now that she was back, he wasn't gonna let go of her again, and that was his promise to her. Toshiro stands and releases his grip. Then, something takes grip of his hand before he can move it. He turns back to see it's Madison's hand. Rangiku notices.

"I don't think she wants you to leave yet, Sir." Rangiku says as she smiles and begins to walk away.

Toshiro looks surprised. Rangiku opens the door, then looks back at him.

"I'll go ahead and get some of the paperwork done. You stay a little longer." she says.

Toshiro nods then turns back towards Yattamori and sits back down. Rangiku silently closes the door behind her and disappears. Toshiro sits there, motionless for what seemed for an eternity, staring at Yattamori's hand, which still clutched his tight. He sighs.

"Yattamori, I know you probably can't hear me. But, I promise, that you'll never have to be in that situation again, and if you are, I'm going to save you. And I'll never leave you alone, so then I'll always protect you. Then, you'll never cry again." Toshiro says aloud.

Yattamori's grip on his hand tightens. Toshiro smiles.

"I missed you Madison, I really did."

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November 30th, 2010

OUR WORLD

Madison's Perspective

Madison sits quietly at the table as her family eat their lunch. She stares at her lunch, her mind in another place. She couldn't believe what she had just heard. Somehow, about 20 minutes before, when she was on her way to the Outback with her family, she could suddenly Toshiro talking. It went on like that for about 5 or 6 minutes, and what she heard wasn't happy at all. He told Rangiku a story about what happened after she fell from the tree. Then, on top of that, he told Rangiku not to tell her, just so that she wouldn't worry. She felt so bad for him. She remembered many occasions where she had told Toshiro that she couldn't wait for him to reach bankai. And when he did, it had been because she died in his arms. Talk about irony. She hated it. Her family noticed that she was out of it, so ever since, they had been staring at her like she was a puppy they were debating on adopting. Annoying.

"Madison...?" she hears her mom say.
Her trance breaks and she turns towards her mom, who looks worried.

"Dear, what's on your mind?" her mom asks.
"She's probably thinking about boys or something." her sister, Abigail, comments as she eats a piece of steak.
Well, Madison was technically thinking about Toshiro, so she was thinking about a boy. She then notices she's blushing.
"Ooo, Madison, who's this boy you're thinking about?" Abigail asks.
"That's enough Abi-" her dad starts.
"His name is Tomas. Tomas White." Madison blurts.
Her family look at her, wide eyed. Madison couldn't believe what she said. Tomas White? Was that the best fake name she could make for Toshiro? I mean, it sorta fit, well, the White part did anyway. But Tomas? Toshiro doesn't look like a Tomas. He looks like a, well, a Toshiro. Or a Nathan, maybe. Oh, nevermind, the point is that Toshiro doesn't look like a Tomas, definitly. But, she ws going to have to deal with it.
"Tomas White? When did you meet this boy, dear?" her mom asks.
"Years ago."
"Really?"
"Yeah, we're old friends."
"Then why haven't you talked about him before?"
"Because...he moved."
"Really? Where?" Tyler asks.
"Japan." she answers.
She can't believe what she's saying.
"Wow, why?" Abigail aks.
"His dad's company moved there."
"I see. What was the company?" her dad asks.
"Um...I think it was...um, a, uh...car company."
"Cool." Tyler answers.
"Yeah, he moved back because his dad couldn't take biking everywhere anymore."
"That's a fail." Tyler interjects.
Abigail nods, agreeing, like she always did. No matter the situation, Abigail always took Tyler's side, and agreed with everything he believed was right. To her, it was just annoying to watch, and she sided with whoever she thought was right, like a normal person. Which in this case, was her brother. Her dad rolls his eyes and slices another piece of his steak.
"So, how did you meet back up with him?" her mom asks.
"I ran into him during P.E."
"When? As you were waiting to be called?" her mom asks.
"No, while we were running laps. I literally ran into him. I was talking to Virginia and didn't see him in front of me. Then, smack, I ran into him as he slowed down. He turned to say sorry and reconized me instantly." Madison explains.
Man, even though it was a believeable story, it sure made her sound like a complete klutz. Tyler and Abigail begin to laugh. Her dad looks at her with his weird side-ways glance, which was pretty much another way of saying "That was a fail on your part, honey". Perfect. She then thinks up a perfect plan to discuss what just happened.
"Yeah, he told me that he made a friend there in Japan named Manami. Aparently, she was the first person that he really connected with, seeing as how she was the only one who didn't see him as an outcast. They were in each other's class all elementary school, and most of 6th grade. But, in the summer before 7th grade, while they were playing in the wooded area outside his house while their parents were out, the house was robbed. The robber was armed too..." Madison explains.
"That's horrible." her mom says.
"What happened?" Tyler asks.
"They went back into the house during the robbery to get a drink, seeing as how they didn't know he was there. And it just so happened that the robber was digging through the living room directly across the kichen. So when they walked in, the guy saw them and fired randomly. A bullet was headed straight for Tomas, but Manami, pushed him down, and it hit her in the heart instead."
"Oh no!" her mom says.
"The robber fled as soon as he shot her, leaving him to sob over Manami's body. But, since it had barely hit her heart, Manami wasn't dead yet, so, until she bled out, Tomas tried to keep calm and keep her comfortable. He blamed himself for what happened, but Manami told him that it had been her descision, so it wasn't his fault. Then she died. But Tomas told me he still blames himself. I feel bad for him."
"So do I. But he shouldn't blame himself, it'll just make him and everyone around him depressed. He should move with his life, and he shouldn't blame himself anylonger. He wasn't the one who decided to pull the trigger, and he wasn't the one who decided to save his friend. That was Manami's choice, not his, so she was right, it wasn't his fault." her dad explains.
Madison stares at her dad for a minute, then grins.
"That's what I'm gonna tell him." she says as she takes a sip of her Pepsi.
"When?" Abigail aks.
"Tomorrow. And I hope he thinks about my reasoning. It might save him from himself."
"Good, now, who wants dessert?" her dad asks.

Death and Reincarnation (Madison Shecker's Story) pt.13

"...Answering the same questions over and over again is annoying. I mean, maybe 2 or 3 people is acceptable, but 10 or 11 is too much at anytime. You keep saying the same things over and over and now I'm sick of it! How about 1 person asks me, then they go on their merry way and tell others so they don't have to ask me when they come to visit me. Oh yeah, did I get the chance to mention that for the first week of me being captain, I'm going to be in the hospital unconscious?..."

November 30th, 2010
OUR WORLD
Madison's Perspective
Madison wakes up to find herself being surronded by her friends and family. She looks around the room to discover she's back in the hospital, meaning that she was back in her orginal world.
"Madison, thank God, you're awake!" her mom says as she leans down to hug her.
Madison looks confused at them.
"What? What happened? I just took a nap. What was wrong with that?" she asks.
"Well, it wasn't just a nap. You were out even longer then you were last time. And no matter what medicine we gave you, you wouldn't wake up! And on top of that, about 3 hours ago, you started screaming and sweating more then I think any of us have seen!" Tyler interjects leaning over from the other side of her bed.
"Really?" Madison says.
She remembers her fight with Kuchiki. It appears that when he threw her into the ground, her screams must of carried over from the Soul Society. Man, talk about embaressing.
"But, we're glad you're awake now. Now, since nothing is imediatly wrong with you, let's go home." her dad says as he hands her a pair of jeans, one of her coke t-shirts, her black jacket, and her black converse stuffed with red ancle socks, which matched her shirt.
She looks back at her dad and smiles.
"Thanks Dad, now if you excuse me, I need to go to the bathroom." Madison says as she steps out of the bed.
Suddenly her feet give out beneath her and she falls into Virgina's arms.
"Dude, are you ok?" Virginia asks as Kayla and Cree come around her to help Madison stand.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I think I just need to walk around for a little while, seeing as how I was unconscious for so long." she explains.
"But still, your ability to walk shouldn't of been shaken, seeing a how you weren't awake for only a day at max. You would only be unbalanced if you hadn't been moving for at least 3 days to a week." a doctor says as he comes into the room.
Madison thinks about it, then comes up with an answer. In the other world, it's been at least 4 days, meaning that she wasn't in this body for 4 days in their time. So, it fits perfectly into the 3 day to a week asumption the doctor said. But, she stays quiet, seeing as how they'll think she's crazy if she suggests it.
"Well, I don't know, I'm just going to put on my clothes and enjoy the rest of my Saturday." Madison says as she stumbles to the bathroom.
"It's Sunday, Honey." her mom calls after her.
The news sends Madison sprawling on the ground, her feet giving out again.
"What!" Madison says as she stands back up.
"Sorry Honey, but it's 9:47 on Sunday Morning." her Dad restates.
"You've got to be kidding! You mean I spent my entire weekend sleeping!"
"Pretty much."
"Yep."
"Sorry Madison." Cree, Bianca, and Kayla say at once.
"That's just perfect." Madison says as she closes the door.
20 minutes later, Madison is walking outside with her friends ahead of her parents.
"Man, I absolutly hate this. My whole weekend down the drain." Madison whines.
"I guess it's our fault. We shouldn't of let you see that TV show. Then you never would of-" Cree starts.
"No! Thanks to you, I feel a lot better about myself." Madison interjects as she smiles.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Kayla asks.
"It's hard to explain. Let's just say that-" Madison starts.
"That you're a frail little baby." a voice ends.
They all turn to see Kimmi Joice, the most annoying 8th grader in Woodrow Wilson Middle School.
"Why are you here Kimmi?" Madison says as she turns to face Kimmi.
"I'm here to see my newest cousin."
"Well, I hope they don't grow up to have your atitude." Bianca says as she steps in front of Madison.
"What empty taunts. You're so patheic Bianca." Kimmi says as she walks passed her.
As she passes Madison, she sneakly pushes Madison in the side, sending her toppling to the ground. Madison lands hard on the ground, skining her palms and knee, ripping her jeans.
"Madison! Are you ok?" Virginia says as she helps her to sit up.
"Kimmi, that was dirty! How dare you! She was just released, she doesn't need you to put her back in!" Cree says as she walks up to Kimmi.
Kimmi smirks and chuckles as she turns towards Cree.
"You really think you scare me? You're even more pathetic then I thought." Kimmi says as she stares down Cree.
"Shut up Kimmi. Ki tameni kouchin tame iki sa maro." Madison says.
"What? Now your talking crazy." Kimmi taunts.
"She's talking in Japanese. But I don't know what she said at all." Cree says as she turns back towards Madison.
Madison slowly stands and walks towards Kimmi. As she comes to stand right in front of Kimmi, she takes a strong hold of Kimmi's colar. Kimmi's expression turns worried.
"Pei iyoku maro." Madison whispers as she looks up at Kimmi.
Kimmi gasps.
"What the heck! Why are your eyes glowing blue! What are you!?" Kimmi says as she tries to break free of Madison's grip.
Madison lifts her hand and brings it to rest on Kimmi's forehead.
"What are you doing?" Kimmi yells.
"Haydo number 53, forever parlized!" Madison yells.
Suddenly, Kimmi stops struggling and and her body becomes limp. Madison lets go of her collar and Kimmi falls to the ground.
"You werido, what did you do to me?!" Kimmi yells, trying to move any muscle in her body, but failing.
"Madison, what did you do?" Bianca asks as she runs to stand in front of Madison.
Bianca gasps.
"Dude, your eyes are glowing blue. Madison, snap out of it! Wake up!" Bianca yells as she shakes Madison.
Madison's head suddenly wipps up, and her eyes are back to being hazel-brown.
"What? What happened?" Madison says as Bianca lets go of her.
Madison turns to see Kimmi getting up from the ground. She looks scared and confused.
"Why were you on the ground?" Madison asks.
"Oh, shut up! I'm on to you Shecker!"
"On to what?" Madison asks, confused.
Kimmi answers with a slap to the face. And, to Madison's luck, her parents and brother saw.
"Madison! Hey, you little brat, get away from her. She just got out." Tyler yells as he runs over to Madison's side as Kayla helps Madison sustain her balance.
"That sister of your's is more twisted then you think! She somehow paralyzed me and her eyes were glowing to top it off! You will get what's coming to you Shecker, I promise." Kimmi yells as she runs through the doors of the hospital.
"My eyes glowed blue? I paralyzed her? What was she talking about?" Madison asks.
"Wait, you don't remember?" Virginia says.
"What?" Madison asks.
Her friends look at her in disbelief. Madison's eyes widen and she looks down. What had she done?
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November 30th, 2010
SOUL SOCIETY
Toshiro's Perspective
Toshiro sits impatiently in a squad 4 waiting room outside Yattamori's hospitalization room. He looks at the clock. 3:41 p.m. Yattamori has been unconscious for almost 4 hours now, which is never a good sign. Toshiro suddenly hears footsteps growing louder, the pace at a run. The door of the waiting room swings open, revealing Rangiku panting.
"Rangiku? What are you doing here?" Toshiro asks as he gets up.
Rangiku looks up at him, still gasping.
"I heard..that you were...in the hospital...after an incident with Captain...Kuchiki. I rushed over...as fast as I could..." Rangiku says as she falls to her knees.
"I'm sorry Rangiku, I'm not injured. A friend of mine is, I'm just waiting to hear if she's alright." Toshiro says as he gets on his knees to look her in the face.
Rangiku imediatly reacts.
"She? Oh, might this friend be a secret girlfriend or something?" Rangiku says, smirking.
Toshiro blushes.
"Oh course not! If you knew who it was, you wouldn't be saying that." Toshiro snaps back.
Rangiku laughs, then looks down, which is when she stops suddenly. Toshiro notices.
"Rangiku, what's wrong?" he asks.
"You're not wearing Captain Yattamori's necklace anymore." Rangiku says as she looks back up at him.
Toshiro becomes quiet, and as he begins to answer, a squad 4 member rushes in.
"Captain Hitsugaya, Captain Yattamori is out of critical condition. She's just in a temporary coma, nothing more." the squad member reports.
Rangiku's eyes become huge.
"Yattamori?!" Rangiku yells.
Toshiro nods.
"You mean she's come back?" Rangiku asks.
Toshiro nods again.
"Captain Hitsugaya?" the squad member says.
Rangiku and Toshiro turn.
"Would Lieutentant Matsumoto and you like to see Captain Yattamori?" she asks.
"Yes." Toshiro answers.
"Then follow me." the squad member says as she opens the door.
Toshiro follows her out the door with Rangiku behind him. He looks over at her. She's shocked and seems to be thinking about more then one thing. He turns back to face front. They turn down 2 more hallways before they come to be in front of a lone door. The squad member slides it open quietly and steps to the side. Toshiro rushes in and stops right in front of the single bed at the other side of the room. Rangiku looks in  and gasps as she steps into the room. As she steps closer, the squad member shuts the door silently behind her, giving them privacy. Rangiku's eyes are big. On the bed and under the covers, lays Yattamori, unconscious. She walks closer to be on Toshiro's left side. Rangiku looks over Yattamori. There's a bandage around her forehead and her upper right arm. She can see more bandage underneath her sleeping gown, implying that she must of had tremendous chest damage. Rangiku looks back up at Yattamori's nastalgic face, which had a smaller bandaid on her cheek, probably protecting a cut or scratch. As she inspects it, she notices dried blood in her hair.
"Why...?" Toshiro says.
Rangiku turns towards him and gasps quietly. Toshiro is shaking, and his hands are clenched in tight fists.
"Captain?" Rangiku says.
"How could she say that?" he says.
"What?" she asks.
"The last thing I said to her before she lost consciousness was that I couldn't live with myself if she died again. But, right as she went out, she answered with "You idiot, it was never your fault." But..." Toshiro explains.
"Sir.." Rangiku, her voice changes to worry.
"...But how could it not be my fault? She died because she was protecting me from dying. She pushed me out of the way of the sword. It's my fault!" Toshiro says as he slams his hand on the side table.
The lillys falls to the floor, the vase smashing to pieces. Rangiku stands there in shock, not believing what she's hearing. Her captain never almost never lost his cool, especially in a instance like this.
"What's worse is what happened after she was stabbed." Toshiro says.
"After she was stabbed?" Rangiku says, puzzled.
This was new to her. In the reports, it stated that Yattamori had died just seconds after hitting the ground. Then, the enemy retreated, leaving Toshiro to sob over his best friend body, what he was found doing by Yattamori's lietentant, the first on the scene. Rangiku turns Toshiro towards her and puts both hands on his shoulders.
"Captain, did more happen after Yattamori was stabbed." Rangiku asks.
Toshiro looks surprised by the question, then looks her straight in the eyes.
"Yes...Madison didn't die when she hit the ground. She died 6 minutes later in my arms. And, the enemy didn't retreat right after they hit her. They retreated after I released my ban-kai for the first time right after Madison died." Toshiro confesses.
Rangiku gasps.
"What did you just say?"
"I didn't unlock ban-kai through defeating my zampakutou. I did it because I wanted to kill the enemy for killing my best friend!" Toshiro says.
"Captain, get a hold of yourself! You need to calm down!" Rangiku yells at him.
Toshiro looks surprised.
"Do you really think that Madison would let you talk like that? Heck, if she was awake, she would of slapped you into next week!" Rangiku yells at him.
Her face becomes calmer.
"I knew that you didn't gain your ban-kai through the usual techniques. But, the way you just described sounds very painful. Especially seeing as how Yattamori was the one that wanted to see you reach ban-kai." Rangiku says.
Toshiro turns towards Yattamori.
"But still, Yattamori wouldn't like to see you blame yourself for her decisions. You didn't force her into sacrificing herself, so it's not your fault in any way. And you know as well as I do that Yattamori would say the same thing, so give it up. Blaming yourself won't just hurt you, it'll hurt Yattamori most."
"That's why I don't want you to tell her." Toshiro says.
Rangiku looks surprised.
"Why? Doesn't Yattamori know what happened after she was stabbed?"
"She told me that her memory of her death only goes as far as when she was thrown into the tree after impact and falling to the ground. Then, she wakes up, that's it."
"You mean she doesn't remember?"
"Exactly. That, and memories from our childhood and our early days as soul reapers."
"I see, which is why she was so injured by Kuchiki. She didn't remember her usual techniques." Rangiku says as she looks at Yattamori, who was still unconscious.
"Rangiku."
"Yes Sir?"
"You are never to tell Yattamori about what happened after she fell from that tree. That is an order!" Toshiro says.
Rangiku looks from Toshiro to Yattamori, then back to Toshiro.
"Alright, but on one condition."
"What condition?"
"Tell me exactly what happened after Madion fell from that tree."
Toshiro looks surprised again, but then his face becomes serious.
"Fine, I'll tell you. But, it's a complicated story, just to warn you."
"I'm all ears." Rangiku says.

Pt. 13 Early Release

Hey guys!
I'm not going 2 b able to access my computer on Thursday, So, I'm releasing this part early so that it won't be late.
I hope you enjoy!
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Death and Reincarnation (Madison Shecker's Story) pt. 12

"...Who would of guess that I would have to fight for what was mine 14 years ago. I thought that as soon as they it was me, they would through a big party or something. Then, they would just reinstate me as a captain, and that would of been the end of it. But, no, I have to duel against one of the strongest captains of the 13 court guard squads. And not only is he he strong, he's, well, lets just say that when I was in my hay-day as a captain before I died, I could seriously whoop this guy's butt. And I mean that literally..."

November 30, 2010
Toshiro's Perspective
Toshiro stands with the fellow Captains at the top of the Squad 1 training grounds. He's nervous, and scared for Yattamori. She stands alone at one end of the training ground, waiting for Captain Kuchiki to appear, and she's invisible, only visible to him, no one else. She stands tall and brave, but Toshiro could tell that she was a little anxious. She shifts her weight from her left leg to her right, which she would normally do when she wanted something to end. Then, Captain Kuchiki appears from behind the captains and begins to decend down the steps to the grounds. Yattamori stiffens, but relaxes moments later, probably trying to come up with a strategy in her head. Captain Kuchiki stops at the other end of the grounds and turns in Yattamori's direction.
"So, where is the nominee? Did they decide to not show up?" Captain Kuchiki says aloud.
"Not in your dreams, Byakuya. I'm not one to run away from a fight." Yattamori says, unsensoring her voice so that he can hear her.
Captain Kuchiki turns towards her voice and his eyes widen. The other captains' react the same.
"Nominee, show yourself to your opponent." the Head Captain instructs.
Yattamori nods and within moments, the invisibilty disipates. Captain Kuchiki, as well as the other captains react in surprise. Toshiro can hear a few gasp and whisper amonst themselves. Yattamori steps closer to Captain Kuchiki.
"Why hello, Byakuya. I bet you didn't expect to see me." Yattamori says.
"You may start the duel whenever you're ready." the Head Captain says as he sits in a chair brought for him, "If the nominee stays battle active for 15 minutes, she will be able to take her position back as Captain."
"What type of trick is this? Making a illusion fight me. Don't make me laugh." Kuchiki says as he turns away from her.
Madison smirks, then without hesitation, pulls Mamori from thin air, flash steps to face Kuchiki, then slams the sword down to be met by his Senbonzakura.
"Not so fast Kuchiki. I'm not letting you leave until I've gained back my title. So turn back around and fight me." she says, keeping Kuchiki from raising his sword.
"Impressive, you were able to catch me off guard and you can keep my sword from rasing or pierring your attack. But it will take more then that to defeat me!" Kuchiki says as he frees his sword and tries to stick Yattamori.
Unfortunatly, Yattamori flash steps out of the way, then quickly returns with a return attack. They clash like that for about 3 more minutes, and Yattamori starts to gain.
"Why aren't you releasing your zampakutou? You could of made this a lot more interesting by now." Yattamori says, pierring his sword.
"Who says I just wasn't gathering information about your attack patterns." he says.
"What?" Yattamori asks, her eyes widening.
"I let you stay on top, to see how you attack and swing your sword." Kuchiki says, suddenly pushing Yattamori back.
"Now, I know exactly how to beat you." Kuchiki says as he lets some of his spiritual pressure flow out.
Within seconds, he's glowing with spritual pressure. Yattamori jumps away from Kuchiki and holds her sword in front of her, bracing for any type of attack. Captain Kuchiki holds his sword straight up and it disappears. Toshiro gasps and runs to the edge over looking the training grounds.
"MADISON, PUT UP A BARRIER NOW!" Toshiro yells.
Yattamori looks up at him, confused. Toshiro gasps again. Yattamori didn't remember her ability to put up barriers to block attacks. But it was too late, Kuchiki points his hand at Yattamori and the flower petal-looking blades begin to swarm and gain on Yattamori.
"Ah, CRAP!" Yattamori yells as she flash steps out of the way.
She appears a few yards away, but flash steps again when the blades immediatly return. She keeps doing so, just to trapped by the blades. With each pass, Toshiro can tell Yattamori begin to slow. Then, Yattamori is grazed. The impacts sends Yattamori flying into the rock side of the opposite cliff, sending rocks flying.
"MADISON!" Toshiro yells.
Fortuanltly, Kuchiki doesn't send his blades toward her, but with all the dust in the air, Toshiro can't see if she is ok or not. Toshiro looks at the other captains to see Captain Ukitake, Captain Unohana, Captain Aizen, and Captain Kuoraku staring at the dust cloud in horror.
"Head Captain, Madison Yattamori is hurt, we need to-" Captain Ukitake starts to say before being inturupted.
Suddenly, three arrows shoot out from the cloud, made from crystal. Kuchiki dodges all of them, one of them barly grazing him. After the arrows hit the wall behind him, Lime green light begins to surrond the ground, all centering from the place Yattamori hit the cliff. Within seconds, the light grows stronger and Yattamori flys out from the cloud. She has taken on shi-kai, in which she sprouts wings and can change her sword into a weapon that represents that month's zodiac sign. And seeing as it was the month of the Sagittarius, Yattamori's sign, Mamori turned into a bow n' arrow. On top of that, seeing as how it was Yattamori's zodiac sign, she grows stronger because of it.
"I'm not done yet. Trust me." Yattamori says.
Toshiro examines her for injuries. A cut on Yattamori's forehead was dripping blood and a blood trail ran from one of the corners of her mouth. There was a minor gash on her right arm and a bigger one of her right leg. As she took a step on the air, which was an abilitiy of soul reapers, her face was come over with a pained look. She was servirly injured.
"Head Captain, stop the fight. Madison is injured!" Toshiro yells over to the Head Captain.
"Shut up Toshiro!" Yattamori yells down at him.
Toshiro turns towards Yattamori, surprised.
"I have to fight. If I don't, I can't take back what's mine, understand! I have to prove that I can do it!" Yattamori yells as she throws herself down, Mamori changing back into a sword, and meeting Kuchiki's Senbonzakura with a mound of sparks.
"Madison-"
"Stop, Captain Hitsugaya." the Head Captain says.
Toshiro turns toward him.
"Yattamori will be fine. Remember, it's already been 11 minutes, so she just needs to stay in for 4 more and she'll be in. Besides, Yattamori believes that she needs to prove herself to the other captains. She knows that many, like Captain Kuchiki, don't believe that she is truly who she says she is. So, she thinks that is she can beat the clock, some of them might change their minds." the Head Captain explains.
Toshiro looks back at Yattamori, fighting on equal ground with Byakuya Kuchiki. Firing arrow after arrow, destroying all the of Kuchiki's attacks, then going in for an attack with Mamori's sword form. That tactic was one of Yattamori's best, one that she had used before her death for years. He smiles. It truly was Yattamori down there, and, with hope, he felt she actually had a chance.
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Madison's Perspective
Every draw of her bow brings striking pain to Yattamori's arm. If she had been in the other world, she would of been crying and screaming in pain. But, with all her past strengths returning to her, she felt no need to cry out or shed a single tear. She was in control, and she was going to beat the clock.
Kuchiki was striking back hard, and with each blow, Madison could feel herself losing strength. But she could see the same in Kuchiki's eyes too.
She smiles as the meet in a sword lock.
"Why are you grinning, you're the one covered in blood." Kuchiki remarks.
"I'm smiling because I know that I'm going to beat the clock. Then, I'll be a captain again, just like you." Madison says.
"We'll just see about that." Kuchiki says as he pushes her back.
Thanks to Madison's wings, she doesn't hit the ground, but when she looks back up, she doesn't see Kuchiki.
"Where did he go?" she says to herself.
Suddenly, a shadow blocks out the sun above her. She looks up and gasps. Kuchiki was above her and was sending a powerful attack.
"MADISON, use a barrier!" she hears Toshiro yell.
Suddenly, an image comes to her mind. She sees Toshiro standing in front of her, his arms spread out wide, as if he was trying to defend her. A bigger boy stands above him and is about to punch him. Without thinking, Madison draws her hand up in front of her face. And, to their amazment, it wasn't Toshiro the hand hit, but a glowing wall. Madison and Toshiro look around them to discover that Madison had created a box barrier, making it impossible for the boy to hurt them.
Madison is then drawn back into realty, and looks up to see the blades only yards away. Quickly she draws her hand in the same position as in the vision, and to her amazment, a great barrier forms, and the blades smash into it until they all vanish. She looks at Byakuya to see him stund. Madison, exhausted, calls off the barrier and quickly makes another sign wioth her hand. Suddenly the same type of wall appears, but seconds later the millions of blades that once were after her shot out in all directions towards Kuchiki.
She hears all the captains gasp as Kuchiki tries to dodge all the direct attacks. Miraculously, he escapes, but he has a few gashes on his arms and legs, resulting from the attack. Madison smiles.
"I told you I wasn't done." Madison says inbetween breaths.
"TIME! Madison Yattamori has requalified her title of T.P. Captain." the Head Captain says as he stands from his seat.
Madison smiles and falls to her knees, panting. She did it, she won the duel. She was a captain again.
Suddenly, Madison sees a shadow. She looks up to see Kuchiki jumping on her like a lion, his sword over his head. Madison quickly counters with Mamori, which sends her flying into the other cliff. Kuchiki flashsteps after her, and grabs her by the neck.
"What are you doing...Kuchiki?! The duel is...over!" Madison says as she tries to take in air.
"Captain Kuchiki, let go of her!" she hears Toshiro yell from above.
"I still don't believe you. Anyone can copy a shi-kai. Show me your Ban-Kai, NOW!" Kuchiki says.
Without hesitation, he throws her into the air then meets her at the highest point. Madison takes the chance to flashstep out of the way, but is quickly followed.
"Quit running imposter! Show me your Ban-Kai!"
"I can't!" she yells.
In truth, if she could, she would of shown him her ban-kai without thinking. But, theres a problem. She didn't remember how to release her ban-kai. Just one of the many memories that had been erased with her rebirth. That, and she had a bad feeling about what would happen if she did.
Right now, her only option was to run. But, when wasn't paying attention, Kuchiki came to be in front of her.
She gasps.
"Now I've got you." Kuchiki says as he flings his sword from behind his head.
Madison meets it with her own, and the impact sends her flying down to meet the ground with a boom. On impact, Madison could feel her entire body rattle with pain. It was now that she let out a blood-curdling scream, more rigid and off key then anything she had ever heard come from her body. Blood spats out from her cough. She struggles to sit up as Kuchiki comes to stand over her.
Suddenly, rage and hatrid begin to boil inside her, and slowing the lime green glow around her begins to become bright and clear. But, moments later, a darker purple glow begins to envelop her as well. Without hesitation or regrets, Madison jumps to her feet, and without even looking, hits Kuchiki with a full force punch to the cheeck, sending him flying. Madison follows with a flash step, and meets him halfway with a diagonal bicycle kick, sending him flying up. then, she meets him at his highest point, and hits him in the middle of his gut, sending him flying even faster then she her.
Madison floats over the gigantic dust cloud that envelops him as he meets with the earth. Her mind is cloudy and she can't remember what she's done. A red filter is glossed over her eyes and she can feel her weakness and pain returning. She looks over at Toshiro, who's now rushing over to her. There's worry in his eyes.
Slowly the glow around her fades and within moments shes only being suspended in the air by the rythemic beating of her own wings. Before he can get to her, Kuchiki rushes up from the clouds and takes hold of her collar.
"What was that? You didn't have that power before. What are you?" Kuchiki says.
Madison looks over him to see he isn't serverly injured like she is, just a few more gashes and maybe a broken arm. She's confused and scared.
"What did I do to you?" she asks.
"You don't remember?! You're kidding!" Kuchiki yells.
His hand raises from behind his head, prepared to smack her. She closes her eyes, but when it doesn't come, she opens her eyes to finds Ukitake and Kuoraku holding him back and releasing his grip.
"Captain Kuchiki, stop, can't you see she's serverly injured. She doesn't need more!" Captain Ukitake says as he finally releases her.
She falls slightly, but is caught by Toshiro, who holds her close to his chest. She closes her eyes, but can feel Toshiro brushing his hand across her cheek, checking for any other injuries under the the dried blood.
"Are you crazy Kuchiki! You could of killed her again!" she hears Toshiro yell at Kuchiki.
"Now's not the time for this. We need to get Captain Yattamori to the squad 4 barricks imediatly, or she'll bleed to death." she hears Captain Unohana say.
Carefully, but quickly, she feels Toshiro cradle her in his arms and pick her up. She rests her head on his chest, hearing his heart beat going crazy with panic. She frowns. She was scaring Toshiro.
"Toshiro..." She says.
"Don't speak Madison, we're going to make you feel better, I promise." Toshiro says back to her as he begins to flashstep.
"Toshiro, I made you a promise. And I'm going to keep it." she says, the world around her growning dim.
"Good, I don't need you dying on me again. I couldn't live with myself."
"You idiot, it was never your fault..." Madison says.
Suddenly, the world becomes black.

Pt. 12 Early Release

HEY PEOPLE!
OMG! I"M SOOOOO SORRY about pt. 11. I've been really busy, so I never got to publish it. So I'll release pt. 12 early.
THX
Maddy

Mentioned Captains

Head Captain Yamamoto

Captain Konamura

Captain Ichimaru



Captain Kurotsuchi

Captain Kuchiki

I couldn't find a good picture of Captain Ukitake, SORRY!