"...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.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Toshiro's Perspective
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.
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.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Toshiro's Perspective
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.
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