"...My squad. Secret Squad Time Pyshics. Man, I can't believe I'm becoming nervous again. I was there Captain for a year before my death and was never nervous whatsoever. But, since being reincarnated has taken away that, as I've said before, I'm going crazy with butterflies. I mean, I know that you're supposed to feel like this, but before I died, I didn't. Dang, sometimes I wonder how I even got passed this fear, even with Toshiro's help. Well, looks like he'll have to do it all over again. But right now, that's not important. What's important is how I make my second first impression on my squad members..."
December 5th, 2010
SOUL SOCIETY
Madison's Perspective
Madison looks outside as she sits on a new, modern, white love-seat, leaning on a medium, fuzzy, teal pillow. Aneko sits on a larger white sofa next to her, clutching one of the three cylinder lime green pillows. They hadn't talked much since Madison explained how she had returned, what she had been doing for the last 14 years, and why she could hear Toshiro talking a world away about her death that he didn't want her to remember.
She turns her head to look around the room. The walls were a bright lime green, her favorite color, trimmed with white modern molding and touches of teal, her second favorite color, here and there. A white globe chair sits in a corner next to a modern side table where a few books, a phone, and a couple sketch pads sit, lighted by a modern multi-light, multi-colored floorlamp. The opposite wall is a complete media center, with a elaborate flat-screen TV, multi-drawer containment untits and a few game systems that are also in the the other world, including the Wii and Xbox with Kinect. Directly across is a curly-lined, multi-colored, rug, the same design of her kimono. A modern glass coffee table sits behind it, a few drinks on it and the sofa that Aneko was sitting on was behind that. Two of the four walls are floor to ceiling glass windows, looking out over the wooded back of her private barricks, while the other two, opposite to where she was sitting, are solid walls. One is the one the media center hangs on, while the other are where the two doors to the rest of home are. That wall has a whole cut out which is a window into the kichen, a miniture bar on this side of the window with two white swivel chair with black velour cushions sitting there, probably so that you can eat and watch the TV at the same time.
Suddenly, there's a knock at the front door. They both get up and go to the door. Madison enters the great light blue entry hall first. She looks up. A large chandelier hangs beautifully above, an accent to the grand marble staircase opposite of the front door, which remined her of the staircase at Pittock Mansion, a place she had visited with her mom while visiting realitives in Portland. Madison smiles as she passes it and turns towards the door.
She then stops in mid step and looks at the whole in the door. Madison sighs. Now she regretted punching that hole in the door when she lost it for a moment. Aneko nuges her towards the door, breaking her gaze. She nods and opens it. It's the Head Captain.
"Hello Captain Yattamori." he says.
"Hi, Grandpa Yamma." she replies.
"It's time to meet your squad. If you'll just follow me." he says, turning back.
Madison nods and turns her head towards Aneko, who nods as well. They then walk out the door, and Madison begins to get butterflies.
A few minutes later, they're outside the Squad T.P. meeting hall. Madison looks up at it and remembers the last time she did this. Unlike now, she had been totally confident and very strong about what she said. Now, she felt dizzy and could barely speak above a whisper. Aneko notices her nervousness.
"Hey, you ok?" Aneko asks.
Madison turns towards her.
"Yeah, I'm just nervous is all. When I was reborn, I wasn't born with the exact same qualities. I've never been fond of public speaking." Madison explains.
"Don't worry, just tell your story again, then say a couple things you're going to do to make the squad better, it's simple." Aneko reassures her.
Madison smiles weakly and turns back towards the doorway. She sighs and takes a step closer. As she puts her hand around the handle, she hears the shushs of the people inside who apparently noticed her presence. She pulls the door open and walks in, greeted by many gasps and whispering voices. She looks over the members. She immediately reconizes many of the members. Haruna Kigaro, Miyoko Jintu, Haru Timyae, Rikuto Eimetai, they all grin and look happy to see her again. Her eyes pan over the group, seeing happy faces and those in aw. She stops at one familar face that catches her attention. Kenta Shohen, her current 4th seat, doesn't look pleased or sad. To tell the truth, it looks like he's actually smirking at her for unknown reasons that she didn't want to find out.
Aneko pushes her gently on the back, telling her to keep moving. As she comes to the center of mini stage, everyone becomes quiet while some still gasp and talked about in whispers barely audible to her ears. She turns and looks over the members again, then takes a deep breath, silently.
""Hello. I'm happy to say that I'm your new Captain. And, if you haven't realized it yet, my name is Captain Madison Yattamori, the same person who was captain 14 years ago." Madison says smiling.
The gasps grew once again and eyes became wide.
"But that's impossible! Captain Yattamori died 14 years ago, how could you be alive now?" a man's voice rang in from back of the room.
Madison grins as even more gasps ring out.
"It's true, I did die 14 years ago, but the day after I died, I was reincarnated in another world with no memory of this place. As I grew up in that world, memories of this world began to come to me while I slept. I thought they were just dreams, but on the night before my 14th birthday in that world, many of my memories returned to me. And using my zampakutou, Mamori Koudoutai, I was able to create a passage between that world and this one, allowing me to return to take back my title. But, it wasn't easy, let me tell you. It just so happened that when I was returning to this world, a Hollow with a very wide intelligence had somehow regenerated my body from the grave and was fighting my best friend within me." Madison explains.
Many gasp at her. Madison's eyes drift over to the doorway and finds that someone arrived without her knowing. It's Toshiro. He grins and nods his head at her. Madison does the same back and turns back to face forward.
"And that friend of mine, if you haven't already discovered it, the person I was fighting against was Captain Toshiro Hitsugaya." Madison confesses, pointing at Toshiro.
The members gasp.
"Captain Hitsugaya, is that true?!" Miyoko yells from the fourth row.
Madison's eyes fall on her and she smiles. Miyoko, the over-the-top 6th seat, had barely changed. Her straight, red hair was pulled back into a bob on the top of head and her bangs cut off right above her eyebrows, making her look like one of the secretaries she had seen when she had visited the Capital Buliding in Washinton D.C. a few years ago with her family.
Toshiro nods. The Head Captain gasps, along with most of the squad.
"As the Hollow was about to attack him, I reentered my body and tried to take control. It took a few minutes, but I was able to drive the Hollow out and destroy it with my shikai. After a few hours of reminising with him, we returned to the Sereitei and went to the Head Captain later that next morning. Luckily, he believed it was really me and allowed me to reenter as a nominee for being captain of this squad. But, he wanted to test me. So, he had me go up against a fellow captain to see if I still had the same abilities as I did in the past. And, my opponet was-"
"You were the one that batteled Captain Kuchiki and won?!" Rikuto yells, standing up from his seat.
Madison glances down at him. Now he had changed big time. Rikuto's once short straight black hair is now shagy, and grown out to passed his ears. Bangs fall handsomly over his kind blue eyes, and a single hoop earring hangs from his left ear. His arms had more muscle to them and she was pretty sure he was sporting a six-pack under his kimono. And his zampakutou is no longer around the back of his waist like Rangiku's, it now hangs at his right side, which was very unique, seeing how it was usually worn like that on the right side. Madison quickly turns back before she begins to blush.
"Yes, that's correct. But, it did come with a price. I was asleep in a coma for the last week, but don't worry, I'm fine now." Madison explains.
Many oos and aws come from around the room, and many smiles begin to gleam on the faces of the squad.
"Now that I've explained what happened, I want to discuss my hopeful acomplishments. I've learned that since I left, this squad has been on few to no major missions and that many of you haven't advanced in your abilities. That's something that I can't let continue. So, starting tomorrow, we'll be doing group training for certain types of abilities, starting with those who have the ability to become invisible. You will meet in the squad's training grounds. Lietenant Kocamura will be working with you. While you're training, I'm going to take the one's with the ability to create shields and barriers and train with you." Madison explains.
"But, some of us have both of those abilities." a members yells.
"That's why we'll be switching at 3:00 p.m. And to make it fair, we'll start at 9:00 a.m., go through to 3:00 p.m., eat a late lunch and relax for an hour, then switch and continue training from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Then, you'll get six hours of training each." Madison continues.
The members look at her in ah, seeing as how they hadn't done something like that for a long time.
"What about those who don't have those abilities?" Kenta asks, stepping up from the side.
Madison turns towards him. His blond, military cut hair has grown out to look like her brother's type of hair style. A style kinda like Zac Efron's and Justin Bieber's combined. His gray eyes are still untrustworthy and mysterious, but strong and determined. His kimono's sleeves are cut off at the end of the shoulders, like Lietenant Hisagi's are, showing off his muscluar arms. And his dagger of a zampakutou is drawn close at his side, like Riyoko's is.
"Those who don't have those qualities will have the oportunity to train at a later date." she explains.
"But that's not fair, why should those people go first." Kenta asks.
"It's because those two abilities are the hardest to master, so if I give them training first, they'll be able to train their abilities while I'm training others with other abilities," Madison answers, "Besides that, why are you even asking? You have those two abilities, so it doesn't even effect you."
Kenta smirks, causing Madison's temper to rise.
"I just wanted to know, seeing as how many of the members don't have those abilities." Kenta says.
Madison rolls her eyes and turns away from him.
"Anyway, I have good news too." she says.
Madison smiles and raises her index finder up, representing a number one.
"Tonight we're going to a party that the Head Captain is throwing in our honor. It'll be lots of fun and I hope I'll get to meet some of the new members."
The squad members clap, apparently happy that they would be going out.
"All the captains and litenants will be there, so be on your best behavior. We want to show the rest of the 13 court guard squads that S. Squad T.P. is back and better then ever."
The squad members raise from their seats and begin to clap, hoot, and holler happily. Madison grins, then notices something. The butterflies were gone. She was no longer afraid or nervous. Her head was held high and she felt strong. This is what she really was like. And she liked it.
"In two hours, we'll be heading over to the Squad 1 barricks, so be ready to leave." She yells.
"Yes , Ma'am!" all the squad members answer at once.
She smiles and turns to leave, when suddenly a strong spirtual pressure stops her dead in her tracks. She turns back to see it's Kenta, smirking at her.
The world around around them disappears, leaving them in a purple void. Madison gasps as she looks around the area, then looks back at Kenta as he starts laughing devilishly. She snears at him, as he still laughs on.
"You've become weaker Captain. Or is it that I've become stronger? Probably both. Now, lets get something straight. I'm the rightful captain of this squad, and I'm not going to let your reappearance stop me from acheving my destiny. I'm going to change this squad into the most powerful squad in the 13 court squads. Then, I'll take my place as the new Head Captain." Kenta says, pointing at himself.
"Your destiny isn't to take my place or the Head Captain's Kenta. And I swear on my families' blood that I'll stop you from acheving your goal. That's a promise, and I don't break my promises, understand?!" Madison yells back at him, stepping closer.
"Now, I suggest that you don't make an outburst like that again, or I'll have you removed from this squad and put in a jail cell. And, if you leave me no choice, I'll force you." Madison says as she walks up to stand right in front of him, seeing that she's about 10 inches shorter then him.
"I'd like to see you try, Captain."
Madison begins to glow a lime green color, releasing part of her spiritual pressure. Kenta falls to his knees and grabs at his throat as her eyes begin to glow blue. Slowly, the light surronding them, along with the light in her eyes. Kenta is on his hands and knees, breathing great breaths, trying to get air back into his lungs. He looks back up at her, anger burning in his eyes. Madison gets down to his level.
"Don't try me Kenta. I have more power then you think. You're on your hands and knees panting because I released only 18% of my spritual pressure."
His eyes widen.
"18% percent!? That's it?!"
Madison nods and stands back up.
"Now, release our minds!" Madison says as she makes a sign with her hands.
Within moments, Madison and Kenta are back in the gathering hall, staring at each other. Only seconds had gone by here, but they had been in the void for at least three minutes. She begins to walk away again, and smiles when she hears him growling at her from behind, like a dog with ravies.
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Aneko's Perspective
Captain Yattamori and she relax in Yattamori's bedroom sitting area. Aneko looks over at Yattamori, to see she's standing behind the tan, plush, L couch with built in side table she is sitting on, looking out the ceiling to floor windows that line the sitting area's back wall. Aneko looks around the modern room. The once tan walls had been painted a light green color, running along the lines of Yattamori's favorite color, lime green, and had modern works of art hanging around with pictures taken before her death on the wall to her right. And, a no door entry way lead to Yattamori's bed chamber, which was elegant and modern at the same time. The wall right in front of her was hidden from view by a large TV and antique case that took up most of the wall. Then, the wall to her left housed a door that lead to Yattamori's gigantic walk-in closet, a computer base, and a hole that was a little reading and relax nook. And above her was a large crystal chandelier that lit the entire room, including the multi-colored rug on the floor beneath her.
Aneko looks back at Yattamori to see her smiling.
"Why are you smiling Captain?" Aneko asks.
Yattamori turns towards her and looks surprised, then grins.
"Just thinking about stuff."
"Like what?"
"Well, I feel happy and relieved for one thing." Yattamori says as she over the back of the couch to sit on the other end.
"Why?"
"Because, I feel like my own person here." she explains.
Aneko looks confused.
"I don't get it."
"In the other world I live in, I have a family. There's my mom and dad, who've been married for about 20 years. Then I have two sibblings, one sister, one brother. My sister, Abigail, is 12 years old and a little bit of a weirdo at times. And she's a total whiner and a little bratty if she's not in the best of moods. But then, she can be really serious or absolutly hilarious, a truely remarkable imaginator and a awesome companion. I mean, sometimes I wish I wasn't related to her if she was doing something that was not age-appropriate. Though, then again, it's that inocence that makes her imaginative and the person she is, so, I guess it's to be expected.
Then, there's my older brother, Tyler. He's going to be 17 soon. He's a total jock, and underneath, trust me, he's stronger then he will ever comment. He's got a bold personality and can be a little bit of a idiot at times, especially when messing with Dad or playing with our dog, Hoosier. Though, he can be a little tempered and can be mean at times, especially if he's irriatated. I don't blame him, he's just the type of person that likes to be right, which gets him in trouble with Mom and Dad all the time. But still, he's smart, fun, a little over-powering, and an awesome big brother."
"Your family sounds very happy and fun. But you still didn't answer the question."
"In that world, I'm not much of a jock like my brother. Because of that, I've kinda been second fiddle. Mom and Dad spend a lot of time on Tyler. Going to his games, volunteering at his school, and who knows what else. Another thing is that since I don't like sports all that much, I've never been really close to Tyler. I'm closer to my little sister cause we aren't that far in age and we like some of the same things. Tyler and I are complete opposites. He's sports, I'm the arts, He's strong physically, I'm strong academically. I love art class and hate gym, Tyler loves gym and hates art class. Tyler's popular, I'm around the middle. That, and the fact he's almost never home. He's either at school, soccer practice, football practice, playing basketball with friends, with his friends or his girlfriend.
Anyway, while Tyler was preocupied with all his sports and friends, I really wasn't living up to his standards. Then, I finally struck gold when I discovered my talents for art and school. So, I was finally able to feel like my own person. But, it faded quickly, seeing that Tyler was getting better and better at everything he tried. So, I decided that I should go out for a type of sport too. The problem was and still is that I'm not very good at any sports. Then, I finally found something I was good at. There's this thing called color guard in the high school where I'll go next year. It has to do with dancing and flag work. I auditioned and was one of the best there. Everyone thought that I would get in. But, when they gave out the names, mine wasn't there."
"I'm so sorry, that must of been hard for you." Aneko says.
"Actually, I didn't really react negativly, I was disappointed, and a little frustrated, but not angry. I was sad though, because I was the only one from my school who didn't get in. That just made me feel like a complete loser, seeing all the girls that would go to school bragging about making it, leaving me with absolutly nothing but the solid fact that I didn't cut it.
And, it wasn't even that that made me feel like crying."
"What was?"
"It was that I finally thought I found something that I was good enough at that would take me out of the shadow of my big brother. Everyone who knew Tyler never called me Madison, they called me Tyler's sister, the kicker's sis. I thought that if I made it in, I would be my own person, that I would finally stack up to Tyler. But, in the end it wasn't meant to be."
"That sounds really complicated."
"I guess it is if you're not experiencing it for yourself. But, within a couple hours, I was completely fine and decided that I should stick to what I'm good at. Academics, writing, the arts, and pursue my hopes and dreams to become an anime artist and create my own top-ranked anime. And, then I discovered this world and my old memories. Here, I'm strong and powerful. People look up to me and ask me to be their friends. It's everything I've ever wanted and more. I'm so glad to be back that I can barely keep still!" Yattamori says as she smiles.
Aneko looks surprised, then smiles.
"I'm glad you feel that way, now let's go." Aneko says as she stands up.
Yattamori now looks surprised.
"Go where?"
"Where else? The party to celebrate your return, of course!" she says as she pulls Yattamori out of the chair.
"Oh yeah, man I spaced that out big time." Yattamori says, laughing.
Aneko smiles back at her as they keep running, then looks away, worried. Yattamori thought of this world as a getaway from her family in the other world. Especially from the shadow of her older brother. But, when the time might come for her to choose one of the worlds, would she choose the other?
December 5th, 2010
SOUL SOCIETY
Madison's Perspective
Madison looks outside as she sits on a new, modern, white love-seat, leaning on a medium, fuzzy, teal pillow. Aneko sits on a larger white sofa next to her, clutching one of the three cylinder lime green pillows. They hadn't talked much since Madison explained how she had returned, what she had been doing for the last 14 years, and why she could hear Toshiro talking a world away about her death that he didn't want her to remember.
She turns her head to look around the room. The walls were a bright lime green, her favorite color, trimmed with white modern molding and touches of teal, her second favorite color, here and there. A white globe chair sits in a corner next to a modern side table where a few books, a phone, and a couple sketch pads sit, lighted by a modern multi-light, multi-colored floorlamp. The opposite wall is a complete media center, with a elaborate flat-screen TV, multi-drawer containment untits and a few game systems that are also in the the other world, including the Wii and Xbox with Kinect. Directly across is a curly-lined, multi-colored, rug, the same design of her kimono. A modern glass coffee table sits behind it, a few drinks on it and the sofa that Aneko was sitting on was behind that. Two of the four walls are floor to ceiling glass windows, looking out over the wooded back of her private barricks, while the other two, opposite to where she was sitting, are solid walls. One is the one the media center hangs on, while the other are where the two doors to the rest of home are. That wall has a whole cut out which is a window into the kichen, a miniture bar on this side of the window with two white swivel chair with black velour cushions sitting there, probably so that you can eat and watch the TV at the same time.
Suddenly, there's a knock at the front door. They both get up and go to the door. Madison enters the great light blue entry hall first. She looks up. A large chandelier hangs beautifully above, an accent to the grand marble staircase opposite of the front door, which remined her of the staircase at Pittock Mansion, a place she had visited with her mom while visiting realitives in Portland. Madison smiles as she passes it and turns towards the door.
She then stops in mid step and looks at the whole in the door. Madison sighs. Now she regretted punching that hole in the door when she lost it for a moment. Aneko nuges her towards the door, breaking her gaze. She nods and opens it. It's the Head Captain.
"Hello Captain Yattamori." he says.
"Hi, Grandpa Yamma." she replies.
"It's time to meet your squad. If you'll just follow me." he says, turning back.
Madison nods and turns her head towards Aneko, who nods as well. They then walk out the door, and Madison begins to get butterflies.
A few minutes later, they're outside the Squad T.P. meeting hall. Madison looks up at it and remembers the last time she did this. Unlike now, she had been totally confident and very strong about what she said. Now, she felt dizzy and could barely speak above a whisper. Aneko notices her nervousness.
"Hey, you ok?" Aneko asks.
Madison turns towards her.
"Yeah, I'm just nervous is all. When I was reborn, I wasn't born with the exact same qualities. I've never been fond of public speaking." Madison explains.
"Don't worry, just tell your story again, then say a couple things you're going to do to make the squad better, it's simple." Aneko reassures her.
Madison smiles weakly and turns back towards the doorway. She sighs and takes a step closer. As she puts her hand around the handle, she hears the shushs of the people inside who apparently noticed her presence. She pulls the door open and walks in, greeted by many gasps and whispering voices. She looks over the members. She immediately reconizes many of the members. Haruna Kigaro, Miyoko Jintu, Haru Timyae, Rikuto Eimetai, they all grin and look happy to see her again. Her eyes pan over the group, seeing happy faces and those in aw. She stops at one familar face that catches her attention. Kenta Shohen, her current 4th seat, doesn't look pleased or sad. To tell the truth, it looks like he's actually smirking at her for unknown reasons that she didn't want to find out.
Aneko pushes her gently on the back, telling her to keep moving. As she comes to the center of mini stage, everyone becomes quiet while some still gasp and talked about in whispers barely audible to her ears. She turns and looks over the members again, then takes a deep breath, silently.
""Hello. I'm happy to say that I'm your new Captain. And, if you haven't realized it yet, my name is Captain Madison Yattamori, the same person who was captain 14 years ago." Madison says smiling.
The gasps grew once again and eyes became wide.
"But that's impossible! Captain Yattamori died 14 years ago, how could you be alive now?" a man's voice rang in from back of the room.
Madison grins as even more gasps ring out.
"It's true, I did die 14 years ago, but the day after I died, I was reincarnated in another world with no memory of this place. As I grew up in that world, memories of this world began to come to me while I slept. I thought they were just dreams, but on the night before my 14th birthday in that world, many of my memories returned to me. And using my zampakutou, Mamori Koudoutai, I was able to create a passage between that world and this one, allowing me to return to take back my title. But, it wasn't easy, let me tell you. It just so happened that when I was returning to this world, a Hollow with a very wide intelligence had somehow regenerated my body from the grave and was fighting my best friend within me." Madison explains.
Many gasp at her. Madison's eyes drift over to the doorway and finds that someone arrived without her knowing. It's Toshiro. He grins and nods his head at her. Madison does the same back and turns back to face forward.
"And that friend of mine, if you haven't already discovered it, the person I was fighting against was Captain Toshiro Hitsugaya." Madison confesses, pointing at Toshiro.
The members gasp.
"Captain Hitsugaya, is that true?!" Miyoko yells from the fourth row.
Madison's eyes fall on her and she smiles. Miyoko, the over-the-top 6th seat, had barely changed. Her straight, red hair was pulled back into a bob on the top of head and her bangs cut off right above her eyebrows, making her look like one of the secretaries she had seen when she had visited the Capital Buliding in Washinton D.C. a few years ago with her family.
Toshiro nods. The Head Captain gasps, along with most of the squad.
"As the Hollow was about to attack him, I reentered my body and tried to take control. It took a few minutes, but I was able to drive the Hollow out and destroy it with my shikai. After a few hours of reminising with him, we returned to the Sereitei and went to the Head Captain later that next morning. Luckily, he believed it was really me and allowed me to reenter as a nominee for being captain of this squad. But, he wanted to test me. So, he had me go up against a fellow captain to see if I still had the same abilities as I did in the past. And, my opponet was-"
"You were the one that batteled Captain Kuchiki and won?!" Rikuto yells, standing up from his seat.
Madison glances down at him. Now he had changed big time. Rikuto's once short straight black hair is now shagy, and grown out to passed his ears. Bangs fall handsomly over his kind blue eyes, and a single hoop earring hangs from his left ear. His arms had more muscle to them and she was pretty sure he was sporting a six-pack under his kimono. And his zampakutou is no longer around the back of his waist like Rangiku's, it now hangs at his right side, which was very unique, seeing how it was usually worn like that on the right side. Madison quickly turns back before she begins to blush.
"Yes, that's correct. But, it did come with a price. I was asleep in a coma for the last week, but don't worry, I'm fine now." Madison explains.
Many oos and aws come from around the room, and many smiles begin to gleam on the faces of the squad.
"Now that I've explained what happened, I want to discuss my hopeful acomplishments. I've learned that since I left, this squad has been on few to no major missions and that many of you haven't advanced in your abilities. That's something that I can't let continue. So, starting tomorrow, we'll be doing group training for certain types of abilities, starting with those who have the ability to become invisible. You will meet in the squad's training grounds. Lietenant Kocamura will be working with you. While you're training, I'm going to take the one's with the ability to create shields and barriers and train with you." Madison explains.
"But, some of us have both of those abilities." a members yells.
"That's why we'll be switching at 3:00 p.m. And to make it fair, we'll start at 9:00 a.m., go through to 3:00 p.m., eat a late lunch and relax for an hour, then switch and continue training from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Then, you'll get six hours of training each." Madison continues.
The members look at her in ah, seeing as how they hadn't done something like that for a long time.
"What about those who don't have those abilities?" Kenta asks, stepping up from the side.
Madison turns towards him. His blond, military cut hair has grown out to look like her brother's type of hair style. A style kinda like Zac Efron's and Justin Bieber's combined. His gray eyes are still untrustworthy and mysterious, but strong and determined. His kimono's sleeves are cut off at the end of the shoulders, like Lietenant Hisagi's are, showing off his muscluar arms. And his dagger of a zampakutou is drawn close at his side, like Riyoko's is.
"Those who don't have those qualities will have the oportunity to train at a later date." she explains.
"But that's not fair, why should those people go first." Kenta asks.
"It's because those two abilities are the hardest to master, so if I give them training first, they'll be able to train their abilities while I'm training others with other abilities," Madison answers, "Besides that, why are you even asking? You have those two abilities, so it doesn't even effect you."
Kenta smirks, causing Madison's temper to rise.
"I just wanted to know, seeing as how many of the members don't have those abilities." Kenta says.
Madison rolls her eyes and turns away from him.
"Anyway, I have good news too." she says.
Madison smiles and raises her index finder up, representing a number one.
"Tonight we're going to a party that the Head Captain is throwing in our honor. It'll be lots of fun and I hope I'll get to meet some of the new members."
The squad members clap, apparently happy that they would be going out.
"All the captains and litenants will be there, so be on your best behavior. We want to show the rest of the 13 court guard squads that S. Squad T.P. is back and better then ever."
The squad members raise from their seats and begin to clap, hoot, and holler happily. Madison grins, then notices something. The butterflies were gone. She was no longer afraid or nervous. Her head was held high and she felt strong. This is what she really was like. And she liked it.
"In two hours, we'll be heading over to the Squad 1 barricks, so be ready to leave." She yells.
"Yes , Ma'am!" all the squad members answer at once.
She smiles and turns to leave, when suddenly a strong spirtual pressure stops her dead in her tracks. She turns back to see it's Kenta, smirking at her.
The world around around them disappears, leaving them in a purple void. Madison gasps as she looks around the area, then looks back at Kenta as he starts laughing devilishly. She snears at him, as he still laughs on.
"You've become weaker Captain. Or is it that I've become stronger? Probably both. Now, lets get something straight. I'm the rightful captain of this squad, and I'm not going to let your reappearance stop me from acheving my destiny. I'm going to change this squad into the most powerful squad in the 13 court squads. Then, I'll take my place as the new Head Captain." Kenta says, pointing at himself.
"Your destiny isn't to take my place or the Head Captain's Kenta. And I swear on my families' blood that I'll stop you from acheving your goal. That's a promise, and I don't break my promises, understand?!" Madison yells back at him, stepping closer.
"Now, I suggest that you don't make an outburst like that again, or I'll have you removed from this squad and put in a jail cell. And, if you leave me no choice, I'll force you." Madison says as she walks up to stand right in front of him, seeing that she's about 10 inches shorter then him.
"I'd like to see you try, Captain."
Madison begins to glow a lime green color, releasing part of her spiritual pressure. Kenta falls to his knees and grabs at his throat as her eyes begin to glow blue. Slowly, the light surronding them, along with the light in her eyes. Kenta is on his hands and knees, breathing great breaths, trying to get air back into his lungs. He looks back up at her, anger burning in his eyes. Madison gets down to his level.
"Don't try me Kenta. I have more power then you think. You're on your hands and knees panting because I released only 18% of my spritual pressure."
His eyes widen.
"18% percent!? That's it?!"
Madison nods and stands back up.
"Now, release our minds!" Madison says as she makes a sign with her hands.
Within moments, Madison and Kenta are back in the gathering hall, staring at each other. Only seconds had gone by here, but they had been in the void for at least three minutes. She begins to walk away again, and smiles when she hears him growling at her from behind, like a dog with ravies.
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Aneko's Perspective
Captain Yattamori and she relax in Yattamori's bedroom sitting area. Aneko looks over at Yattamori, to see she's standing behind the tan, plush, L couch with built in side table she is sitting on, looking out the ceiling to floor windows that line the sitting area's back wall. Aneko looks around the modern room. The once tan walls had been painted a light green color, running along the lines of Yattamori's favorite color, lime green, and had modern works of art hanging around with pictures taken before her death on the wall to her right. And, a no door entry way lead to Yattamori's bed chamber, which was elegant and modern at the same time. The wall right in front of her was hidden from view by a large TV and antique case that took up most of the wall. Then, the wall to her left housed a door that lead to Yattamori's gigantic walk-in closet, a computer base, and a hole that was a little reading and relax nook. And above her was a large crystal chandelier that lit the entire room, including the multi-colored rug on the floor beneath her.
Aneko looks back at Yattamori to see her smiling.
"Why are you smiling Captain?" Aneko asks.
Yattamori turns towards her and looks surprised, then grins.
"Just thinking about stuff."
"Like what?"
"Well, I feel happy and relieved for one thing." Yattamori says as she over the back of the couch to sit on the other end.
"Why?"
"Because, I feel like my own person here." she explains.
Aneko looks confused.
"I don't get it."
"In the other world I live in, I have a family. There's my mom and dad, who've been married for about 20 years. Then I have two sibblings, one sister, one brother. My sister, Abigail, is 12 years old and a little bit of a weirdo at times. And she's a total whiner and a little bratty if she's not in the best of moods. But then, she can be really serious or absolutly hilarious, a truely remarkable imaginator and a awesome companion. I mean, sometimes I wish I wasn't related to her if she was doing something that was not age-appropriate. Though, then again, it's that inocence that makes her imaginative and the person she is, so, I guess it's to be expected.
Then, there's my older brother, Tyler. He's going to be 17 soon. He's a total jock, and underneath, trust me, he's stronger then he will ever comment. He's got a bold personality and can be a little bit of a idiot at times, especially when messing with Dad or playing with our dog, Hoosier. Though, he can be a little tempered and can be mean at times, especially if he's irriatated. I don't blame him, he's just the type of person that likes to be right, which gets him in trouble with Mom and Dad all the time. But still, he's smart, fun, a little over-powering, and an awesome big brother."
"Your family sounds very happy and fun. But you still didn't answer the question."
"In that world, I'm not much of a jock like my brother. Because of that, I've kinda been second fiddle. Mom and Dad spend a lot of time on Tyler. Going to his games, volunteering at his school, and who knows what else. Another thing is that since I don't like sports all that much, I've never been really close to Tyler. I'm closer to my little sister cause we aren't that far in age and we like some of the same things. Tyler and I are complete opposites. He's sports, I'm the arts, He's strong physically, I'm strong academically. I love art class and hate gym, Tyler loves gym and hates art class. Tyler's popular, I'm around the middle. That, and the fact he's almost never home. He's either at school, soccer practice, football practice, playing basketball with friends, with his friends or his girlfriend.
Anyway, while Tyler was preocupied with all his sports and friends, I really wasn't living up to his standards. Then, I finally struck gold when I discovered my talents for art and school. So, I was finally able to feel like my own person. But, it faded quickly, seeing that Tyler was getting better and better at everything he tried. So, I decided that I should go out for a type of sport too. The problem was and still is that I'm not very good at any sports. Then, I finally found something I was good at. There's this thing called color guard in the high school where I'll go next year. It has to do with dancing and flag work. I auditioned and was one of the best there. Everyone thought that I would get in. But, when they gave out the names, mine wasn't there."
"I'm so sorry, that must of been hard for you." Aneko says.
"Actually, I didn't really react negativly, I was disappointed, and a little frustrated, but not angry. I was sad though, because I was the only one from my school who didn't get in. That just made me feel like a complete loser, seeing all the girls that would go to school bragging about making it, leaving me with absolutly nothing but the solid fact that I didn't cut it.
And, it wasn't even that that made me feel like crying."
"What was?"
"It was that I finally thought I found something that I was good enough at that would take me out of the shadow of my big brother. Everyone who knew Tyler never called me Madison, they called me Tyler's sister, the kicker's sis. I thought that if I made it in, I would be my own person, that I would finally stack up to Tyler. But, in the end it wasn't meant to be."
"That sounds really complicated."
"I guess it is if you're not experiencing it for yourself. But, within a couple hours, I was completely fine and decided that I should stick to what I'm good at. Academics, writing, the arts, and pursue my hopes and dreams to become an anime artist and create my own top-ranked anime. And, then I discovered this world and my old memories. Here, I'm strong and powerful. People look up to me and ask me to be their friends. It's everything I've ever wanted and more. I'm so glad to be back that I can barely keep still!" Yattamori says as she smiles.
Aneko looks surprised, then smiles.
"I'm glad you feel that way, now let's go." Aneko says as she stands up.
Yattamori now looks surprised.
"Go where?"
"Where else? The party to celebrate your return, of course!" she says as she pulls Yattamori out of the chair.
"Oh yeah, man I spaced that out big time." Yattamori says, laughing.
Aneko smiles back at her as they keep running, then looks away, worried. Yattamori thought of this world as a getaway from her family in the other world. Especially from the shadow of her older brother. But, when the time might come for her to choose one of the worlds, would she choose the other?
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