Stealing her Sands

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Everything had gone horribly wrong. The plans conducted by Ashlei Clixx were moving perfectly until a factor that she hadn’t predicted got in the way of her experiment with Miku, her Superior Espada Guard. Matthew Hinote was that mysterious factor and used his forceful techniques to rid the third member of the three girls: Miyuki. Miku Zatsune had been given the orders the previous day to bring Miyuki into Espada custody to become their new Guinea pig but as she followed the test, Miku and Ashlei both realised just how much of an asset she was to them. Ashlei found her incredibly interesting where Miku found that she loved the girl. However when Miyuki was taken from the two by her ‘master’ things started to rapidly change into a violent atmosphere as Miku rushed Ashlei up against the wall and screamed in despair. Ashlei however, saw that Miku had started to lose her hollow side and was becoming just like Miyuki was. So, Ashlei took it into her own hands...

Returning the favour, Ashlei grabbed a hold of Miku’s arm and pushed her back. Miku stumbled a little and just as she gained her footing once more, Ashlei was directly in her face with her arm up to Miku’s neck and dashed forwards into the opposing wall of the dark Victorian house. Miku hit the wall hard, but not at the speed Miku had furiously attacked Ashlei, but about 5 times faster. Miku hit the solid bricks, and immediately went through them causing the wall to detonate outwards with powerful force. Ashlei let go of the girl with a sort of throwing motion to send Miku skyward to avoid hitting anything else but the force of Ashlei’s attack caused the wall of the opposite house to fall down. She chuckled to herself about this, but quickly gathered her new position by Sonido right up to the now airborne Miku. The girl had been zooming backwards with a long trail of blood falling from her mouth. Her rib cage had literally been crushed into her organs but this wouldn’t stop the girl from retaliating. Miku bent forwards to get a look mat Ashlei but gasped instead of actually doing anything. Ashlei grabbed Miku’s right leg and yanked her out of her skyward direction. “WHERE IS THE MIKU THAT I NURTERED? GIVE HER BACK TO ME!”

Ashlei swung hard, pulling Miku out of the air and was accompanied by the deathly girls hallowed screams. Ashlei then took the full force of her swing down to ground level as though she was using Miku as a giant baseball bat she wanted to break onto the pavement. The two girls hit the ground, and the entire road was uplifted from their collision. Ashlei dashed backwards out of the flying debris and rubble to see where Miku may have moved to, but her Reitsu signs did not move. However, they did change all of a sudden. The sounds of a mental scream echoed across the city as black and pink Reitsu blasted in all directions from Miku. Ashlei had to lift her arm above her face to stop herself from getting dust in her eyes but that was all she cared about defending from. She knew all about Miku and things were going to get very ugly now.

The dust had barely lifted when all of a sudden, a green and black chain shot from Miku. Ashlei didn’t foretell this move as the arrow tip of the chain dug into her held up arm. Ashlei twitched slightly upon having this weapon stab her in the arm, but she wasn’t worried until a decay effect was placed throughout her entire body through it. Ashlei couldn’t move from this! She stood there with a painful feeling going through her entire body which almost made her wail in pain if it wasn’t for her stubborn attitude towards this battle that had occurred. “Tch... Midknight... you do realise your attacking your Lady!” The dust had subsided now to reveal the girl that was standing there, covered in her own blood, bruises and barely standing. However, her hair had gone a perfect white, her right arm was covered in chains and her left hand held a deadly black and white blade of the devil. Two red streaks from her eyes down to her chin were constantly pouring a mixture of tears, grief and blood.

“Ashlei... Please get out of my way... I need to follow her... I need her...” Miku’s head tilted slightly to show her perfectly emotionless eyes as though she was possessed. Ashlei looked at the girl with keen eyes. THIS was the Miku she had created and now she was going to use it against her master? This isn’t going to be outlived. Ashlei grabbed the chain and pulled the arrow tip out of her arm to stop the pain. She did however yell as she ripped it out of her skin and her own blood splattered to the ground. “You have made a grave mistake today Midknight...” Just then, the air went dead silent as the two girls sized each other up. Then out of nowhere, Ashlei started to emit gigantic amounts of Reitsu that filled the streets with a red colour. The Arrancar that lived around here looked out of their windows and doors to see the two most powerful Arrancar in Hueco Mundo about to have a potentially massive battle. Realising this, the crowds of Arrancar that lived her fled their houses as the red Reitsu began to envelope some of them and cause them to collapse from her Reitsu levels. “MIDKNIGHT! THIS WILL BE YOUR UNDOING YOU STUPID GIRL!”

Ashlei’s Reitsu reached their max for this level of powers and as it did, a large explosion of Reitsu enveloped Ashlei herself making it impossible to see the girl. Then after a few seconds of deadly winds that spiralled like a hurricane around Ashlei, she was complete. The girl walked out of her Reitsu cocoon with a sudden power burst. Ashlei felt overwhelming, even to Miku which made the deathly girl feel very nervous and frightened. Ashlei’s hair had gone back, her teeth fanged and her tail split into three sickled weapons. Four crucifixes hovered around her body, all with a long blade extending from them which was her zanpakuto. Ashlei had entered her Resserecion state as well as Miku had. The combination of blood red Reitsu and jet black Reitsu now filled the streets as Miku gathered her own powers to counteract the pressure her Master was emitting. “Ugh... her power... I can feel it all over me... But... but I can’t give up now...”

Here is where the fight truly began. Miku was the first to make a move as she dashed forwards with a Sonido to appear right before her Master and swung upwards with her sword. Ashlei however, merely hopped backwards and one of her floating blades blocked for her. The other three, made instant dashes through Miku and sliced both her arms and the side of her face. Miku fell backwards and was followed by Ashlei quickly where the girl placed her boot right into Miku’s chest and sending her flying back. Miku kept her footing though and stood up still with her arms crossed over her chest. The instant Ashlei kicked Miku blocked and didn’t go back as far. This made Ashlei smile as her underling really was the anti-Ashlei. That didn’t mean Miku was going to win...

Ashlei appeared before Miku again but in mid dash, noticed that Miku had launched her chains right forwards at her and they suddenly circled the Cero Espada. “STAY AWAY FROM ME!” Miku’s creamed as the chains shrunk inwards and grabbed Ashlei in mid dash. Ashlei was shocked at how she was just grabbed out of a rapid movement but was also happy to see Miku hold her own. “You’re doing well Midknight...” But Miku didn’t want to hear this. Instead, she screamed at her master again. “DON’T TALK TO ME LIKE IM A LITTLE GIRL!” With that said Miku swung herself around and yanked the chain, pulling Ashlei with it across the sky. Similar to how Ashlei had thrown Miku into the ground earlier, Miku pulled Ashlei into the air above her and forcefully threw her Master into a nearby building causing her to go through the roof and the second floor. Miku pulled her chain back and stood with her hands on her knees. She was exhausted and could barely stand as her Resserecion didn’t fully heal her. She knew very well that Ashlei would survive that attack as she was her Master and didn’t expect her to go down that easily. Miku was right...

“Hello Midkngiht...” Miku looked up suddenly in fear to see Ashlei about an inch away from her. Miku stood up straight and raised her arm to block against anything but wasn’t fast enough. Ashlei placed her fist into Miku’s jaw at a blinding speed and just as she did so, grabbed one of Miku’s pig tails to stop her from going anywhere. Miku was flying sideways by her hair and as she came round, Ashlei spun her own body and grabbed Miku by the face. “GROW UP MIDKNIGHT!” And right there and then, Ashlei slammed Miku right into the floor by her head, uplifting even more road.

The debris was shot into the air again but this time, Ashlei decided to walk away instead of stay. The girls Resserecion disappeared into the wind as her hair returned to its usual red colour and her tails grew back into one and hid back within her dress as they had before the fight had started. Ashlei had decided. “Midknight, this is the end. Get out of my sight...” But Miku had a different idea. Miku’s Resserecion had not gone, and out of the smoke and dust, Miku dashed once again with the same kind of attack as before. Launching herself at Ashlei, the girl desperately tried to stop her from walking away. Miku’s chains shot forwards to grab Ashlei and when she got close, Miku swung downwards across Ashlei’s back causing blood to shoot into the air and the Cero Espada to be caught in the girls decaying chains.

Ashlei had no expected this retaliation so late into their little game. She didn’t yell as she was struck but more groaned in pain and turned her head to see Miku still standing but barely as though her legs could give way any moment. The chains wrapped around the Cero Espada and kept her in place but because Miku was still in her Resserecion state, Miku was the one with the upper hand and could keep Ashlei in check. As Ashlei looked at her underling with a massive wound to her back, dripping with blood, she had to ask her question after Miku took a small lunge backwards to keep some distance. “Why Midknight? What... did you see in that girl that I did not? Something... that would make you turn... against me?” Miku stood in a very weak position but still had the force to keep Ashlei in one place. Miku then started to slowly limp forwards towards Ashlei, groaning at each painful step, wiping the blood from her forehead and spoke. “Everything I have... you gave to me...” Ashlei looked puzzled. What was this she was saying? “Of course I did... So why are you doing this?” Miku walked ever closer with that limp. Amazingly, she just dashed into Ashlei a moment ago but now she could barely walk straight. “Because... You gave me everything except... what I really wanted...”

Ashlei didn’t look confused now. In fact, she looked a little dumbfounded. “Heh... so this is the... girl that I... created?” Miku stopped walking. Something was wrong. Ashlei stopped speaking as though she was mortally wounded before and didn’t look like she was struggling to break free. She knew something Miku didn’t. Suddenly though, the chains around Ashlei just disappeared into thin air, along with her black and silver sword and her white hair returned to their black state. Miku’s Resserecion had worn off which was a terrible sign. As soon as Ashlei realised Miku was at her limit, she put up a false front to make it seem like Miku had won. Ashlei disappeared suddenly and Miku stumbled backwards as she now knew her master was about to put her in the red. Miku took two steps back before she tripped over her own weight and landed hard on her back. Ashlei quickly appeared on top of the girl and held down her arms. Miku however, tried to retaliate again. “G...g...g...get off.... get off me!... please.... I’m sorry! I’m sorry!... I’m sorry for... Defying you... Please!”

Ashlei had heard enough. Her prime guard was in this kind of a mess for absolutely trivial reasons. Miku couldn’t even form sentences as her entire body was shaking. Ashlei thought for a moment before deciding on the next course of action. Ashlei reached to her thighs and pulled two Crucifixes out from straps she had on her legs. Pulling the bottom off each one, she revealed a blade and then looked at Miku. “Midknight, this will be your undoing...” Miku couldn’t speak nor move. Her eyes looked around furiously in all directions for some kind of escape but all she saw were the blades, Ashlei’s bloody face and the dark night sky. Ashlei knew that she was probably screaming inside, but this had to be done and seeing as she was pretty much paralysed it was the perfect time to do so. Ashlei lifted the two blades above her head, and in a swift movement, slammed both blades through Miku’s biceps and pinning her to the floor.

Suddenly, Miku’s voice and movement returned as she opened her mouth to scream. However she had little time to do so as Ashlei swiftly removed two move blades from her arms that were hidden beneath her sleeves. Miku was a moment away from screaming as two more blades pierced her lower legs to keep those in place too. From there, Miku couldn’t scream. Her mouth was open but no noise came out. She could move her body but every inch she tried to move and struggle caused more pain and blood to spurt out of her new wounds. Ashlei moved back so she was lying on top of Miku and so she could see her face. Ashlei did not smile, but kept a perfectly emotionless face as she gazed into Miku’s now pale eyes. She looked kind of funny with her mouth and eyes wide open, no blinking but no noise that Ashlei actually expected. However next to occur would be true pain.

Ashlei sat there for a moment and looked at Miku. She knew what she was doing to her and knew exactly how this was going to end. But Ashlei needed her death machine back and couldn’t wait any longer. Ashlei waited still for Miku’s body to calm down. She needed to at least get a sentence out of the girl so Ashlei continuously tapped her on the cheek asking her the same question: “What is your name?” After about 3 minutes had passed, Miku managed to squeeze out an answer underneath her dying breath.

“M...m...Miku....Zatsune....” Ashlei looked at her with a disappointed look. She raised her hand, and violently slapped Miku across the face. “Wrong... What is your name?” Miku didn’t understand. Her eyes were streaming tears and her body had completely stopped responding except for her mouth and eyes. “WHAT IS YOUR NAME?” Miku could only think of one answer Ashlei wanted to hear but she didn’t give in to say it. “Miku....Zatsune...”
Ashlei sat back up instead of being hunched over the girl and looked to the sky. “I can’t believe this... Forgive me Midknight... but I... have... to do this!” Ashlei wanted to hear Miku say her codename as it was the link between the two. Ashlei have her that codename and if she wasn’t going to say it, then she needed to force it out of her. But Miku wouldn’t claim to be called Midknight today. Miyuki called her Miku... Miku was how she wanted to stay. But she didn’t know that Ashlei was going to follow up with something like she did.

Ashlei sprung back down like before but this time held her right hand over Miku’s face and her left beside Miku’s ear to hold herself up and hold Miku’s head in place if she moved it. “MIDKNIGHT! YOU HAVE DEFYED YOUR LADY AND FOR THIS, YOU SHALL BE PUNISHED TO THE FULLEST!” Ashlei then shot her hand downwards towards the scared stiff girl as sweat trickled down both girls foreheads at what Ashlei was doing. Ashlei’s soft fingers tickled the socket of Miku’s right eye before suddenly puncturing her eye. With one fierce movement, Ashlei reached beneath her eye, and yanked it clean out. Miku couldn’t give much of an expression after that as her entire face was now covered in blood and Ashlei’s arm up to her elbow was also drenched. Miku did however, scream louder than ever before. All of Hueco Mundo would be able to hear the wailing cries of this desperate girl as Ashlei threw her now removed eye across the road. Ashlei then bent down once more with her bloody hand and did exactly the same to Miku’s left eye. Fingers in, under the eye, and then one powerful yank to remove the entire thing and cause even more blood to come gushing from her.

Miku continued to scream and couldn’t stop as the pain was so intense it could kill her. The girl wouldn’t stop screaming as she even started to move her body and making the wounds in her arms and legs bigger from her struggling. Ashlei stood above the girl, now dripping in the blood that Miku poured out and looked down at the now blind girl. Ashlei herself had tears rolling down her cheeks but it’s not certain if Miku was crying or not as her face was covered in red. “Midknight... you were such a good girl for me... but now... You aren’t fit to stand beside me...” Ashlei bent down and yanked out each of her four blades, one after the other as the girl still screamed her life away. Ashlei stepped back from the girl and looked from a meter distance. “Midknight... I want you as a last favour, to find that Miyuki girl and Matthew... find them... and kill them...” Miku could easily hear what Ashlei was saying even though she was screaming. Something about Ashlei’s command made it feel like time had stopped so Miku could hear what was being said.

Ashlei had to make sure Miku was left with this. “Miyuki is the one that has done this to you! If she never existed, you wouldn’t be laying there blind. IF SHE NEVER BETRAYED YOU THEN MAYBE YOU WOULD BE SAVEABLE... BUT SHE ABANDONED YOU! FIND HER AND KILL HER!” Ashlei screamed this order back to Miku who was still wailing on the floor, but had her screams drowned out by a mouthful of blood turning her yells into gurgles. Ashlei turned to her side and flicked her wrist to open a gargantuan. “This will take you to the living world. You won’t find her here. Go there, and hunt that girl down...” Ashlei then walked over to Miku and lifted her in her arms. She knew the girl was in critical condition but she would not die from something like this. Just as she went to lift Miku, she tore a part of her sleeve off revealing one of her crucifixes and used the torn material to cover Miku’s eyes. It was wrapped around her eyes like a bandage to stop any more bleeding and then she lifted the girl and walked over to the Gargantua. “I’m so sorry Midknight... but you will just be too much of a distraction if you’re going to act like this towards me. Return to Hueco Mundo, but only after you have killed Miyuki. Until then, I hope you can find a path that will take you further than if you stayed here with me. I can’t afford to be using an unstable pawn in my game. This is goodbye... Midknight...”

After saying that, Ashlei held out her arms and pushed Miku through the gargantuan. Then with a quick flick, Ashlei dropped her onto the other side and closed the gargantuan behind her. Ashlei turned around and looked at where they had been fighting. There were upturned roads, destroyed buildings and a huge blood pool on the ground right in front of her. Ashlei folded her arms with a critical look of sadness on her face. “Fucking girl... how could this have happened...” Quickly, Ashlei went from this state into a full blown crying session. She held her hands up to her eyes and just cried. She had lost a valuable member... but she can’t stay here... Miku didn’t belong to Ashlei anymore. She was too much of a burden now with that sudden change. Ashlei had given the order, and Miku was going to fulfil it...

“Kill Miyuki...” These words ran through Miku’s head over and over as she lay there lifeless under a bridge in Karakura. She was beaten, bloody and blind. Those words were going to lead Miku across her new way of life here...